Rumpelstiltskin's Heir

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Auxiliator's POV

I was practically skipping with joy. It had been two weeks since Aldara and I kissed, and so far everything was going swell. Dame Gothel had locked herself in her room and hadn't called for me. I knew she would try to kill me or something, but I didn't care. I was in love and felt that I could conquer the world. Then everything went wrong.

I was on my way to find Aldara when I head my name being called.

"Mr. Artifex! Mr. Auxiliator Artifex!"

I turned around to see who was calling me. It was one of the maids.

"Yes?"

"Mr. Artifex-"

"Call me Auxiliator please, or Auxi"

The maid seemed startled at the suggestion.

I sighed, "Or if you wish you may call me Mr. Artifex"

The maid gave me a brief small smile,"Mr. Artifex"

"Yes?"

"Dame Gothel has sent for you, she wishes to speak to you."

I closed my eyes. Shoot. I guess happiness doesn't last forever.

"Very well, where is she?"

"In the thrown room", she said pointing at  her left.

I knew where the thrown room was, I've gone there a million times. But never had I felt so much fear to go there. I might never see Aldara again. We wouldn't be together anymore. What would happen to me? Or to Aldara?

I took a deep breath and headed to the thrown room, what was the us of being afraid? If I was going to die, then I better not die a coward. I stopped at the doors, the two guards looked at me for a few minutes, and then let me in.

"Hello Auxiliator", said Dame Gothel from her throne

She wasn't a queen, but she could sure act like one.

"Good morning Dame Gothel"

She smirked "Good morning indeed"

I stood still, what would she do?

Dame Gothel flipped her hair to the side.

"You know Auxilixtor, when you left me the other night, I began to think", she stopped, "You want to know about what I was thinking?"

"What?", I asked

"About that mermaid you use to love, and I realized, your right you don'y love her anymore, at least not that way."

I mentally sighed, that meant she wouldn't do anything to her.

"But then I thought, 'who does he love?'", she smiled cruelly

I felt a lump in my stomach, did she know?

"Oh?", I said calmly (I pretended)

"Yes and do you know what came to my mind?"

"No if I did, I wouldn't be standing here", I said with a smile

Dame Gothel Ignored my comment

"I thought of that day, when you came from the job I asked you to do, do you remember?"

"I've done many jobs"

"Mmmm yes, but this one ways different, you know why?"

I was beginning to get tired of this, but I kept my self calm, there was no point in getting angry

"No", I said 

"I think you do"

"Well I don't"

She stared at me and then began, "The day I told you to fake a baby's death, and to bring it to me."

My eyes widened, did she know?

Dame Gothel laughed "You do remember see? That day you came with the child in your arms, but before giving it to me you asked something I will never forget, because up to then I didn't think you had a heart. Do you remember what you said?"

I sighed, "yes"

"Could you please tell me what you said?"

"Why ask me ?!", I yelled

"Tell me!", she sneered

"I asked you 'why the mother had done such a horror as to give her child away and lying to her husband about something like that?' And then you said-"

"Yes I said 'That I didn't know, that sometimes, people can to incredible things out of grief'' but you said-"

"'What kind of grief would cause one to betray the ones you love?"

"I shrugged and Asked you what it mattered to you"

I sighed once more, "And I told you that, the face of the fathers was of pure pain"

"And I told you that I didn't care, some one always got hurt in these kind of this", she flipped her hair again, not taking her eyes off me

"And then I asked a favor of you"

"Yes a relatively small favor"

"I asked you to name the child Aldara."

"Yes and I named the child Aldara, as you wished"

"And I am very thankful for that", I said, "But I fail to see how that is peculiar "

"From the first day that you began to work for me, you had never shown feelings, except for anger. And that day you showed many feelings, adn one of those is love for the child."

I swallowed hard. Shoot.

"And?", I said trying to act as though I didn't care, "It was once, I got over it after a while."

Dame Gothel shook her head slowly, "Oh don't lie to me Auxiliator, it won't help. Do you think I'm an idiot?"

I held back the answer that I wanted to give her and said, "I don't know what your talking about"

"You mean you don't know about the kiss you had Aldara after you left me?"

I couldn't say anything. She knew.

"So", she said, "Since you care about her so much I thought you should know who she really is."

"What are you talking about?"

"Her father is named Rumplestiltskin"

"And?"

"Rumplestiltskin is the new dark one"

"So? That doesn't make her any less"

Dame Gothel seemed a little surprised that I didn't care about that, but she quickly got over it.

"Yes that's true" she said

"Is that all you wanted to tell me?", I asked showing a little of my irritation in my vioce

"No, there's more"

"Go on then"

"Well since you cared for the girl, I thought you should be the first to know."

"Know what?"

"Well, I don't own her any more"

"What do you mean?", I said slowly

"I sold her", she said looking at her nails

"What!?!?!"

"I sold her", she repeated