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Ignorance is Bliss	By : Khaleesi-Of-Dragons Category: M through R > Once Upon A Time Views: 2313 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon a Time, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. Any and all songs used belong to their respective owners.

Chapter List
- 1-Ignorance is Bliss
- 2-2
- 3-3
- 4-4
- 5-5
- 6-6
- 7-7
- 8-8
- 9-9
- 10-10
- 11-Season Two: Knowledge is Power
- 12-12
- 13-13
- 14-14
- 15-15
- 16-16
- 17-17
- 18-18
- 19-19
- 20-20
- 21-21
- 22-22
- 23-23
- 24-24
- 25-25
- 26-26
- 27-27
- 28-28
- 29-29
- 30-30
- 31-31
- 32-32
- 33-Season Three: All Good Things
- 34-34
- 35-35
- 36-36
- 37-37
- 38-38
- 39-39
- 40-40
- 41-41
- 42-42
- 43-43
- 44-44
- 45-45
- 46-46
- 47-47
- 48-48
- 49-49
- 50-50
- 51-51
- 52-52
- 53-53
- 54-54
- 55-55
- 56-56
- 57-57
- 58-Season Four: To Those who Wait
- 59-59
- 60-60
- 61-61
- 62-62
- 63-63
- 64-64
- 65-65
- 66-66
- 67-67
- 68-68
- 69-69
- 70-70
- 71-71
- 72-72
- 73-73
- 74-74
- 75-75
- 76-76
- 77-77
- 78-78
- 79-80
- 80-81
- 81-82
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"You know, if you had come here when you were supposed to, you wouldn't have been attacked by flying monkeys," Whale says smugly, probing at my side with gloved hands to make sure Pan hadn't missed anything.
"You know, the fact that we're discussing me getting attacked by flying monkeys would make most people question our sanity," I point out, staring up at the ceiling with my arms under my head. "You're not gonna force me to stay here again, are you?" One look from him has me groaning. "God, I hate this place—it smells weird and your food sucks worse than the Tai place on forty-second street." Whale just smiles, peeling the gloves off his hands and adjusting my bed so that it's in the sitting position.
"Why don't you make yourself comfortable, Morgan? I'm sure there's something on TV you teenagers like to watch."
"Only if reruns of Family Guy count—they don't, by the way, I hate Family Guy."
"Yeah, I'm more into Lilo and Stitch myself."
"Whatever you do, don't go stealing everybody's left shoe."
"I make no promises," he laughs, walking out of my room and back to the nurse's station to drop off my chart. Pan takes the controller from me, turning the little TV on and flipping through channels until he finds a Harry Potter marathon on ABC Family. It was just getting to the scene where Barty Crouch Junior shows up to put the Dark Mark in the sky when a high-pitched wail is heard followed by Whale's shout," Stay in your room, Morgan, or I'll have a temp nurse sit on you!" Obviously Pan thought to get in the doctor's good graces, because he quickly straddled my stomach, his back facing me so that he could see the TV.
"Seriously, what the fuck?!"
"Just go with it, darling," he responds, making a point not to face me. "Besides, it's not often we're able to stay out of the drama and this is a great way to do it." Blowing a raspberry, I relax back on my bed and continue watching the show, trying to ignore the pained shrieks. Whale pops his head inside with a strained look a few hours later, looking like he was about to say something he didn't want to.
"I'm going to regret this later," he says," but…." His brow furrows as he looks at Pan and me. "You're sitting on her."
"Just following orders." Looking conflicted, Whale stands there for a moment in silence as he scratched the back of his head.
"Well then, I order you to get off of Morgan and go stand out in the hallway—if Zelena breaks in, then you can be her target practice while Morgan helps protect the baby." Pan gives a shrug, getting up and placing a kiss on my lips before sprinting out of my room and down the hall. "Morgan, I want you outside Mary-Margaret's door during the delivery, you're the only one available and I want to keep you close." I swallow hard, knowing that, if Zelena showed up, my papa would be right behind her. "Come on, it's almost time and I need to check on the Charmings."
I get up slowly, slipping my feet back into my shoes before following him the opposite way Pan went in to one of the last rooms. "I-I'll stay out here, you go do your thing, Doc." He squeezes my shoulder before entering the room, his nice suit replaced by scrubs. Flickering lights signal Zelena's arrival, but the pained shrieks coming from Snow's room only intensify. A new cry mixes with Snow's as Zelena and Papa round the corner, the witch brandishing my papa's dagger with a cruel smirk. "Why do you need that dagger, Zelena? It's because, if Papa were free, you know he'd have killed you the second you showed your ugly mug."
"Now, now, Morgan," she chides," step aside and maybe I won't hurt you too badly."
"I'll hurt you much worse."
"Your daughter's brave, Rumple, I'll give her that, but we need her alive. There's a reason she was chosen by Excalibur." Papa moves to walk in front of Zelena, sending me a tearful look. "That evil inside her will even out the purity of Snow White's baby and will help to fuel the time portal. Knock her unconscious, Rumple, don't kill her."
"I'm sorry," Papa apologizes as he raises a hand, resting it against my forehead. I grab his wrist, beginning to drain his magic, but it wasn't enough to keep his magic from working on me and driving me to the ground in sleep.
The next time I open my eyes, I'm having my magic drained from me, coming out as faint purple vapor that mixes in the center with other colors. It was making me weaker than I've ever felt and I can't see anything since I'm lying down inside a circle dug deep into the ground. "It's not over yet," I hear David shout, feeling relieved that this shouldn't go on for much longer.
"And who's gonna stop me," Zelena challenges. "Certainly not the savior." Shaky, I slowly push myself up into a sitting position, clutching my head as dizziness almost forces me back to the dirt. If I could just get out of this damn circle, I might be able to stop the spell. My eyes catch Papa's, the older man nodding subtly towards the outside. I nod that I understand, beginning to crawl even as the magic tries to drag me back. It was like a vice grip on something deep inside of me, pulling and tugging ruthlessly as it tried to hold me in place.
I ignore it, throwing myself away from it with a shout of pain. Zelena's attention is directed at her attackers, not even noticing that I had made it out of her circle until I'm charging back in and jumping on her back, making her stumble. "Little brat," she yells, using magic to throw me to the ground in front of her. "I'll get you."
"Will you get my little dog, too," I ask with a wince," because, really, if you're going to do something, then you should go all the way. Bit of a warning, Pup may not have much of a bite, but Fidget does." I smile defiantly, inwardly cursing period cramps and the way they make me want to curl up in a ball when I should be worried about a witch blowing my head off my shoulders. "Come on, Witchy, do the best you can, but I want it to be you and not the ability you're stealing from my papa."
"Quiet down now, Morgan. This is no fight for children." She rests her booted foot on my chest, easily pinning me down after the weakening her spell had caused in me. "Only light magic can harm me," she informs Regina, raising her hand and forcing Regina a few feet in the air, choking her with a childish glee. "And you're as dark as they come. It was your destiny to be this way, and it will also be your undoing."
"Don't tell me what I can be," Regina growls back, struggling only a little to preserve some oxygen.
"I tried to be good once, but it wasn't in the cards. This is who I am, and it's who you are!" I turn my head, catching sight of Robin pocketing Regina's blackened heart and Papa just letting him do it with a small smile tugging on his lips. Papa meets my gaze again, his smile stretching the longer he stares at me. I smile back, stretching one hand out towards him and laughing a little when he does the same.
"You're wrong, sis." Regina opens her hands, pure white magic collecting there and shining like diamonds.
"What are you doing?!"
"Changing." Regina looks proud of herself, realizing that she's not just a villain, she's also that little girl that just wanted to escape all those years ago before death tainted her purity. The magic hits Zelena hard, sending her flying across the room and the dagger falling to the ground. I roll onto my stomach, quickly picking up Papa's dagger before anyone else could and stuffing it in my back pocket as Regina rips the pendent from around Zelena's throat. Her magic, green in color, quickly leaves her body and enters the pendent in Regina's hand, the emerald glowing brightly for a moment before returning to its natural dull color. The mixing colors of the portal dissipate and David wastes no time in retrieving his baby from the basket Zelena had it lying in.
I jump up when a flying monkey screeches and begins to descend from the rafters of the barn, Papa moving quickly to stand in front of me with one arm stretched out to keep me behind him. I hide my face against his shoulder, clutching the back of his suit jacket until the shrieking has stopped. When I look up again, the big guy named Little John is kneeling on the ground with the edge of David's sword pressed against his neck. Certain that there were no more threats, Papa turns and pulls me into his arms, nearly sobbing as he holds me.
"I'm so sorry," he whispers in my hair," I never wanted this to happen, I wanted you to be kept safe, but it seems that the harder I try to do that, the more stuff seems to happen that puts you in danger."
"I'm okay, Papa, I've got you back and Whale can't get pissed with me this time since it was his idea to guard the delivery room," I tell him, breathing in his familiar scent of magic and aftershave. I wince again, pulling back enough so that I can clutch my middle where cramps were having a field day. "God, I think I'm gonna puke."
"What's….Oh, shark week." I snort at the name he gave it, letting him lower me to the ground so I could rest for a moment and regain a little control over my twisting stomach. "I'll procure some of that eight hundred milligram ibuprofen from Whale when we get back in town, then you can spend the rest of the week eating ice cream, watching movies, and crying on the couch." That sounded fantastic.
"You're not going anywhere," Regina chuckles, looking down at her older sister.
"I beg to differ." Papa's voice is dark, filled with all the malice he holds against the witch. He holds up his clenched fist, his magic dragging Zelena across the room. I smile, both sides of me cheering Papa on. "I'm gonna make you pay for everything you've done to me." Zelena is obviously terrified, but she looks up at Papa with her chin raised in pride.
"What are you waiting for," she demands," just do it!"
"With pleasure."
"No," Regina shouts, Papa forced to stop for some reason. I didn't know why until I saw that she held the dagger. It must have fallen out of my pocket when Papa hugged me and now Papa is under another person's control. "Enough. This ends now."
"After everything this witch has done…." Papa points down at Zelena, trying hard to control his emotions. "You're going to protect her?"
"Good magic stopped her and good magic doesn't exact vengeance." Seeing my hands balling into fists, Dad quickly scoops me up in his arms and sends me a warning look.
"She killed my son and she attempted to kill my daughter!"
"How many lives have we taken trying to get what we want?"
"You can't be serious?"
"Let me put this another way, do you want your daughter to witness another death at your hands? Look at how it's affected her, she's struggling to keep the dark side you taught her under control because, if she doesn't, she'll kill us all without a second thought! For once, think of something other than revenge, think of what example you're setting for Morgan." That seemed to do the trick, Papa reluctantly turning his back to Zelena and walking out, forcing Dad to let me down so he can tug me after him by one of my hands.
It wasn't painful or rough, it was a protective hold that let me know he would always be there for me now that he's returned. I've got my papa back and all I have to do to make sure I keep him is destroy Zelena, and I'll do that shortly.
The Next Day
I lead the way into the police office, making sure no alarms were triggered when my magic forced the doors to open. Zelena sits on a cot inside a cell, her back to us as we approach, Papa taking the lead now with Pan and I trailing after. "Regina," she says without turning," I didn't expect you back so soon."
"I don't imagine you expected me at all, dearie," Papa returns, making the woman turn with a look of fear plastered on her face.
"What are you three doing here?"
"Having a little fun," I say, a twisted version of my usual smile making an appearance as her eyes flick to me. I can see the apprehension in her eyes, the fear she feels at the three of us standing in front of her new cage.
"Rumple can't kill me, Regina took his dagger." It was a weak attempt to prolong her life, one Papa's all too happy to put an end to.
"She gave it to Belle," he replies.
"And she wants me dead?"
"No, of course not."
"Well, then you'll have to do what she wishes. If she has the dagger, you have no choice."
"Yes. If she has the dagger." It was safely hidden away in his safe until we decided to make this little trip, a duplicate in Belle's purse to make her think she has control over Papa's rage. Even if she did have it, no dagger controlled Pan or me, so I can easily kill her without moving from my spot outside her cell. "But she doesn't." He brings the real dagger out from behind his back, admiring it in the bad lighting of the office. Zelena jumps up from the cot, backing away until the wall stops her.
"Don't look so scared, sweetheart," Pan grins," it'll all be over soon and you'll never have to deal with us again. No one ever need know about this little slice of mercy we're granting you."
"Wait," she pleads, close to tears, as Papa's magic transports us into the cell," wait, I'm powerless now. Regina's got my pendent. My magic's gone. I can't hurt anyone! Why?"
"Because I promised my son his death would be avenged," Papa explains with a cold smile," And Rumpelstiltskin never breaks a deal."
"And because I've been wanting to do this from the first moment I saw you," I add on, my hand moving to cover Papa's so that we're both holding the dagger. "You've had this coming, Zelena, and no one is going to protect a slimy worm like you." She lets out a strangled gasp when the dagger is plunged into her stomach, doubling over in pain. Instead of dropping to the ground and bleeding out like I thought she would, Zelena turns into porcelain before shattering into dozens of pieces. Pan uses his magic to open the cell door, taking me in his arms when I step out.
"How do you feel, Morgan," he asks, his eyes dark as he stares down at me.
"I've never felt so good in my life." I wrap my arms loosely around his neck, meeting his intense stare with one of my own. "I do believe you have a promise to keep."
"Gladly, my darling." He picks me up so fast, my reflexes make me wrap my legs around his waist for fear of falling. "We'll see you tomorrow, Rumple."
"Don't get her pregnant," Papa yells after us," I'll kill you painfully if you do."
"I won't."
"He won't," I reiterate to give my papa some peace of mind. My period ended yesterday and we've got loads of condoms that Regina and Dad threw at us the first time they caught us since we came back here.
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