The Girl With a Rose on Her Forehead -Once Upon a Time Fanfiction-

Season 4: Episode 22: Operation Mongoose Part 1

"Nothing!" Regina said throwing another blank book into the pile that the group was going through in the library. "This is useless." Regina said with a sigh. "Easy. This isn't your fault." Robin said placing his hand on top of Regina's to get her attention. "If anything you have helped more than most of us with finding the flower enchantress location." Robin said trying to cheer her up. "Yea, much help that is with the state she is in. Have you heard anything about her from Mother Superior?" Regina asked looking across the room to where David, Mary, Henry, and Emma were all flipping through books as well. "No, August volunteered to stay there with her in case something happened. But she won't be able to help us for at least a few days." Mary said with a frown. "We don't have that kind of time to wait." David said, feeling frustrated as he flipped through the blank pages. "Yea, with Rumple and the Author together again I could wake up tomorrow a talking frog." Regina said. "At least you will wake up, I don't doubt whatever the Dark One has for me is a far worse fate." Hook said looking down at his hook. "There is no use debating what he will do, we just need to try our best to stop it." David said. "And if there isn't anything here that can help we need to move on, and find something that can." David said tossing another blank book into a pile. "I think I can help with that." August said walking into the room. "Arn't you supposed to be with Azelea?" Emma asked standing up. "Buck came by, said that he would stay with her." August said with a grin. "Who is Buck?" Mary asked. "A friend of hers from school." Henry said quickly. "A boy -" David said folding his arms. "Okay David, we do not have time for you to go all protective dad mode." Regina said stepping up. "If August has information we need to hurry and hear it." She said turning to face August, as did the rest of the room. "I don't know anymore about the Author, but I do know about the man who gave him his powers. the Apprentice." Mary's eyebrows rose, as if she recognized the name. "I only met him once, when he told me about the storybook and that I needed t learn everything I could. that was before I came to Storybook for the first time...now I don't know where he is now. But I do know what he looks like." August said holding up a picture of the man. Hook looked at the picture closely. "I know this man." Hook said with a frown. "You do?" Emma said turning to face him. "More importantly I know exactly where to find him." Hook said looking up from the picture that August held in his hands. 

-Azelea Outfit- 

-Azelea Pov- 

"Are you sure you don't want me to call your family?" Buck asked as he sat beside me in my bed. "No, they are trying to stop Rumples plan. And with me in this state I can't use my magic. I'm still too weak. They will call me if they need anything." I said with a smile. "Besides, I haven't seen you in a few days. This is our time to be alone." I said playing with a loose string that hung from his shirt sleeve. Buck sighed. "Azelea...I was so worried." He said gripping my hand. "I can't believe that I had to sit back and just wait. I couldn't even help find you...all I did was worry. I have never felt so weak in my life." He said looking up at me. "This is what I have been trying to tell you...There are always people who are going to want power, and they are always going to try and steal it from me. It's why my parents hid from everyone in the forest. That didn't even work out well for them." I said. Buck didn't say anything for a few minutes, and I let him think as I held onto his hand. "I'm not like your family, or your friends. They all have powers, and they can protect you. I can't do that. Where I come from I'm an animal talent sparrow man. I can talk to animals. What good does that do if someone stronger than me takes you away?" He asked, not really talking to me. He had a distant look in his eyes. "Hey," I said putting my hand on his cheek, turning him to face me. "My mom and dad always say that true love prevails...and if we believe that our love is true love. Nothing could keep us apart." Buck frowned, looking away from me. "Do you believe that our love is true?" He asked. "My mom said that I would always know true love when I experienced it..." I said, doubt suddenly filling my heart for the first time sense this relationship started. "It's not you - I just. I need to take some time. To think about everything." He said standing up from the bed, my hand suddenly felt ice cold as he let it go. "Okay. I understand." I said sitting up in the bed. "Azelea. I -" He said before my phone started to ring. "I told you my family would call me if they needed me...go on, I'm not angry. Take the time you need to think." I said before picking up the phone. I looked away from the door as Buck walked through it. "Hey Emma - Yes I'm awake.....I'm fine please don't worry about me right now. you all need to focus on finding Rumple....The magicians hat? Why do you need it........oh- I - um. Please meet me here. I know where it's at. But I need to tell you all a few things about it before you all try to use it...and bring me my mothers flower book as well."