Collaboration between YoshiSkittlez as Prince James, Red and Rumpelstiltskin, and GuardianAngelHaruki as Heather Jekyll and Evelyn Hyde ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evelyn's eyebrows rose, and her smirk widened into a malicious one when the two people landed between her and Rumpelstiltskin. She could tell that the woman was injured from the smell of blood, that was coming from her. Evelyn also couldn't help but also detect the faint smell of roses from the woman as well. She commented laughing "Well isn't THIS interesting! Finally! I was getting bored!" She then heard Heather tell her not to kill the two, considering that Rumpelstiltskin may have wanted them for a reason. Evelyn sighed under her breath slightly irritated and mentally answered Heather "[i]Ugh, Fine! I won't kill them...[/i]" James was the first to react. Upon seeing Rumpelstiltskin straight away, he carefully positioned himself in front of Red, though still holding her up as he didn't trust her to be able to hold her own just yet. "Well...that's one way of doing it I suppose..." Prince James said taking his eyes off of Rumpelstiltskin for just a moment to look around the large dining room, glancing quickly at Evelyn. A small chill rolled up his spine, something seemed very...off about her, but he shouldn't have been surprised considering where he was. Evelyn easily recognized the look that Prince James had when he saw her. It was the same as well, everyone else's when they first met her back in London. It never got old. She waved to James when he glanced at her before he looked back at Rumpelstiltskin. "I have your map..." Prince James freed one of his hands from holding Red up and reached for his shirt chest pocket and pulled it out, handing it out to Rumpelstiltskin for him to come and get. "Now, give me Snow's wedding ring..." "So rude..." Rumpelstiltskin rolled his eyes, swapping out the map with the enchanted ring with a quick swipe of his wrist. Prince James looked at Snow's wedding ring that was now between his fingers, feeling the enchantment pulsing like a heartbeat. "Why-why are you helping me? We both know that map is no use to you...what do you benifit by bringing Snow and I together?" Charming practically demanded. He knew there was something odd about this deal the moment it was made, though clouded by the fact that it would bring Snow and him together, he didn't give it much thought. "Oh, I just want you and your twoooo wuv to be united once again, it does the heart good." Rumpelstiltskin said pocketing the map and putting both his hands over his heart. Charming raised an eyebrow, shuffling his feet as he placed the ring into his pocket and adjusted his hold on Red. "What do you know of true love?" He asked the Imp. "Well not so much as you perhaps, but not so little as you might think!" "You? You love someone?" This time, James rose both his eyebrows, and even Red, who was practically blacking out from the pain had to shoot The Dark One a surprised glance. "It was a...brief...flicker of light amongst a notion of darkness..." Rumpelstiltskin waved his hand, as if dismissing the conversation. This caused Red's and James' faces to fall. "What happened?" Red couldn't help but to ask, bringing Rumpelstiltskin's eyes to her for the first time since they had arrived. "She left...simple as that." Rumpelstiltskin replied bitterly. "That's the thing about true love dearie, it can slip through your fingers. It's the most powerful magic in the world; the only magic powerful enough to break any curse." "True loves kiss...you're sure that will bring Snow back?" James asked, shifting topics to something less...awkward. "Of course." Red couldn't help it, her body had lost all willpower and despite Jame's hold on her, she collapsed quickly to the ground. James quickly knelt down beside her, for the first time really getting a good look at her injuries. "My friend...she's hurt..." James said outloud, uncaring if he was stating the obvious. He had figured that Rumpelstiltskin would have picked up on what he was asking. "I'll give you anything you want. My Kingdom? It's your's. All I want is Snow, and for Red to be well again..." Rumpelstiltskin rolled his eyes. "I don't want your kingdom!" He said, feighning a laugh. "What good would that do me if it's under the rule of Regina anyway?" Rumpelstiltskin let out an amused giggle and turned his back to Prince James, walking away from him and in the general direction of Evelyn. "Name your price." Prince James practically demanded, desperation starting up in his voice. "How about..." Rumpelstiltskin paused in his step and swiftly spun around. "...your cloak?" Prince James looked up at Rumpelstiltskin. If he had been confused before, he was even more so now. "My cloak? Why would you want my cloak?" "It's drafty in here." Rumpelstiltskin replied quickly, outurning his hands as if it were obvious, but Prince James didn't feel any draft. Keeping an eye on Rumpelstiltskin, Prince James got up from off of the floor and approached the Imp, removing his cloak and then tossed it to him. Rumpelstiltskin caught it on the fly, a wide grin crossing his crooked teeth while his other hand absent-mindedly waved in Red's general direction. James looked back at his friend, watching as the cuts and abrasions began to heal themselves. With Red now unconsious, he could only hope that it was healing whatever had been damaged inside of her too. "Don't you have a damsel to save? What are you still doing here? Go!" Rumpelstiltskin chided giddily and waved his free hand, covering Prince James in a purple fog and then...he was gone. Rumpelstiltskin let out a bit of a giggle and took James' cloak over to the cabinet. Evelyn watched and listened to the entire conversation, her expression clearly showed that she was becoming bored...again. She was even disappointed that the seemingly easy to scare man was sent away. As Rumpelstiltskin sent Prince James away, Evelyn switched back to Heather. Heather went up to the woman, and saw that she seemed to be completely healed, just as Rumpelstiltskin promised. Still, as a doctor she knew she couldn't be too careful, the woman could have internal injuries, and there was the question of how she got hurt to begin with. She grabbed hold of one of the woman's arms, and lifted her up with the arm slung over Heather's shoulders, and the woman slumped against her. She said to Rumpelstiltskin, preemptively answering the question that she figured would come her way, "I'm going to make sure she doesn't have any internal injuries, and I'm quite curious as to how she got hurt in the first place. Don't worry, I'll make sure she leaves when she wakes up," Rumpelstiltskin simply waved Heather away, indicating that he didn't care as he laid out the cloak on the table and then went back to the cabinet to retrieve another glass vial. Heather then took the woman to one of the empty bedrooms, and laid her down on the bed in the room. She figured it would take a while for the woman to wake up. Rumpelstiltskin began to busy himself, conjuring up a pair of small tweezers and a magnifying glass after setting the glass bottle down on the table next to the cloak. There was already a hair inside, however this one was different than the one he had plucked from Evelyn beforehand. Rumpelstiltskin used the magnifying glass, examining the cloak closely until he found exactly what he was looking for. Using the tweezers, he plucked a single, short, blonde hair from the cloak; that of belonging to James. Keeping the hair locked tightly between the two metal tongs, Rumpelstiltskin used his other hand to uncork the bottle, and then gently laid James' hair inside. The long, black hair that had been in there before seemed to stand up straight the moment James' hair came into contact with it. Corking the bottle, Rumpelstiltskin watched as the two seperate hairs began to magically intertwine with one another, the one long black hair glowing a fiery magenta and James' hair glowing a radient gold. With a smirk of satisfaction to himself, Rumpelstiltskin returned the vial back to the cupboard, placing it with all the other vials in a neat and orderly row, each of them a symbol branded into the wood just underneath them; and under this new vial, a solid heart-shape. He wasted no time in grabbing the vial he had placed Evelyn's hair into earlier and went back to the table, setting it next to the cloak. "Hey! This table is filthy!" Rumpelstiltskin shouted out to Heather in a demanding tone. Heather had just finished checking the woman for any signs of internal injuries, when Rumpelstiltskin called to her. She jumped a bit, before she headed down and closed the door behind her. She hurried down and grabbed everything she needed to clean the table. She came to the same room where Rumpelstiltskin was, and she figured out which table he was talking about. She answered his shout calmly "My apologies, I'll get to it," She then nodded to the cloak and vial, and she politely asked "Do you mind? I can't exactly clean it thoroughly with anything on it, and I don't think you want me touching your things," "As much as you like me touching yours..." Rumpelstiltskin jested quickly, snapping his arm out to pluck one of Heather's hairs from the top of her head. Without missing a beat, he opened up the glass vial and placed that hair into it with the other. With his free hand, he grabbed the cloak, using magic to have it worn over his shoulders properly and walked back to the cabinet, watching the two separate hairs dance with one another in a glowing blue and purple spectacular. He placed the vial in it's proper place, shut the cabinet and sealed it with magic before turning back to Heather. "The dishes too, dearie." He reminded her with a giggle. Heather raised an eyebrow as she watched him place a hair in a vial with another and the two hairs glowed. After he put it away, she got to work on the table. When he reminded her of the dishes, she answered "Very well..." After she finished cleaning the table and dishes, and finished any other necessary chores, she went back to check on the woman.