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

Season 5: Episode 1: The Dark Swan

Azelea wiped the tears running down her cheeks as she held the Dagger in her hand. She looked at the name on it, unable to believe that her sister was the new Dark One. "How could she be so stupid?" Regina asked in anger when she snapped out of her shocked state. "Regina!" David cried out, holding onto Mary. "Well there had to be another way!" Regina said. "There wasn't." I said standing up from the road, the dagger heavy in my hand, but I refuse to let it go. "The darkness from the Dagger was going to kill you. She saved your life." I said turning to Regina. "You think I don't know that?!" Regina asked with a frown. "And now...she's the Dark One." Mary said in disbelief. "Now she's a problem - for all of us." Regina said folding her arms. "She's still good. She has to be." Mary said. "I sure hope so. It's not like she rode off on a unicorn. She got sucked up in a vortex of evil energy!" Regina said, Robin walked over to her to try and calm her down. "Where is she? Wh-where did she go?" Robin asked. "It doesn't really matter." Hook said, finally saying something as he walked up to Azelea. "Hook, don't-" The teen said. "If we can't find her we will bring her back using the Dagger." He said taking the blade from my hand. He held it up over his head and shouted. "Dark One! With this Dagger I command thee. Return!" Everyone looked around waiting a few moments before Azelea sighed. "Are you done now? She won't come back by command. I thought you knew the rules of the Dagger." She said as Regina walked up. "Put that thing down before you hurt yourself guyliner." She said. "But I should b e able to command the Dark One to come back from any corner of the world with this Dagger." He said looking confused. "Well there is your answer." Regina said folding her arms. "When Emma went through the vortex she made sure she couldn't be followed. She isn't in this world anymore." Azelea said. "Do you know where she went?" David asked Azelea. "No, but I I think I know someone who could help us."

(Azelea's outfit^^^)

-Azelea Pov-

"Apprentice. That monstrosity took Emma. Where is she now?" Hook said as he and the others walked into the back of the Pawn Shop where The Blue fairy was looking over the weakened Apprentice. "She is now where all Darkness is born...In your realm." He said as I walked over and knelled beside the couch he was laying on. "Well, take us there." Hook said, his anger showing in his posture and voice. "I am too weak now, but this-" The Apprentice held his hand up and a wand magically appeared in his palm. "will help." I held out my hand as the Apprentice handed me the wand. I let him feel the petals of my flower crown and he smiled before resting his hand in mine. I could feel the foreign magic inside of it. I had never handled a wand like this before, and from the way that the Blue Fairy was looking over the wand as well she hadn't either. "It was a gift from the sorcerer, from Merlin." The Apprentice said, his voice getting weaker as he continued to talk. "He gave it to me the day I became his Apprentice." He smiled at his own memory and I held onto the wand as gently as I could. "Are you sure you trust me with such a personal treasure?" I asked him. "It has all the light magic inside of it. I wouldn't trust anyone besides a flower enchantress with it." He said with a smile. "It can take us to our daughter?" Mary asked. "Not on it's own. In order to travel across realms it bust be used as it was forged. With both sides of the coin." He said, talking directly to me. "With the light -cough- and the dark." He said, pushing out the last of his sentence before passing out. "Don't worry he is alright. Just very weak." Blue said putting a comforting hand on my shoulder as I held the wand. "So what do we do now?" Hook asked, his patience running thinner as his worry for Emma grew. "That's my cue to get things going." Regina said taking the wand from my hand. I rolled my eyes and sat back. Watching as Regina tried to use the wand-and failed. I could practically hear the crickets chirping as I stood up from beside The Apprentice. "You should stop before you embarrass yourself.  When will people learn to stop taking things out of my hands?" I asked looking at both Regina and Hook as I took the wand back. "Regina you don't have Darkness in your heart anymore. This only proves that you a good guy now...congrats." I said shrugging my shoulders. "We need someone wicked." Hook said with a thoughtful glance. Regina frowned. "No, not my sister. That witch is more than wicked. She's deranged." She said. "For Emma. It's worth the risk. She sacrificed herself for you, your majesty, because she believed that an Evil Queen could be good. Don't you think you owe it to her to repay the favor?" Hook asked Regina, as if daring her to say no. "Regina please, we need to get our Emma back." Mary said stepping up. "The longer we take to get to her the longer the Darkness has to take over Emma...she may be the savior but it won't stop the Dark magic from taking control. We need to hurry." I said. "So, let's go pay my sister a visit." Regina said. "While you do that I will need to go by my flower shop and Emma's bedroom. We will need something that is meaningful to her for this to work. And I will want to grab a few things from the flower shop before we go." I said tucking the wand into my spell bag. "I'll go with you for protection just in case. Let's go." David said walking over and standing by me. We all separated and I sighed as David and I left the Pawn Shop. "I worry about Hook. His love of Emma is going to make this harder for us." I said as we walked to the flower shop. "How so?" David asked. "He is being blinded by his determination. I don't want him to do anything stupid." I said. "We all are guilty of doing stupid things. All we can do it try our best to be there for each other. Hook is hurting and we need to be sympathetic, but it wont hurt to keep an extra eye on him just in case." David said. I agreed, and we continued on our way to the flower shop for a few things. I opened the door to the shop and David looked around as I started packing a few things into my bag, things that might be useful once we go to the new land.