It's been a while but here it is, sorry its late.

A big thank you to those who commented, much appreciated and here is the second half, hope you al enjoy.

I don't own OUAT and quite happy at that seeing at how dismal the ending was. I might not have liked Robin that much but he was sure as hell better then Hook as once again Emma stupid Swan gets everything.

Mal didn't know how long it was but soon she was gently roused by the sound of her name being frantically called.

"Mom… Mom can you hear me?"

She heard the voice more clearly but still struggled to open her eyes, the sound of shuffling could be heard as soon another voice joined in trying to wake her.

"Mal, come on now dear, this is no time to be sleeping."

A few gentle taps to her cheek saw her eventually opening her eyes as tired as they were. The blinding of the light had her shutting them as quickly and a small hiss of pain left her lips. Hands under her arms saw her being pulled into a sitting position as she opened her eyes again.

Inhaling deeply she lifted her head carefully to see the panicked brown eyes of Lily and turning she saw Zelena sitting by her side. As soon as their eyes made contact Lily burst into a happy sob and shuffled closer, the other woman offered her a smile but it was far more restrained.

"Mom what happened?"

The blonde could only look at her in silence as she carried on. "I came down here because I felt something strong wake me, I find you're on the floor and smaller Mom's gone."

Mal kept silent as she tried to get her head clear. She was still feeling the effects of the blackout and it took her a few minutes to try and clear the fog. But once her sharp mind recalls the interaction just before she fell unconscious her entire body stiffens and Lily looks at the hand suddenly gripping her arm.

"Regina."

Both keep their eyes on her as she looks around the room. "She was here."

Lily slowly turns her head away and looks to her aunt whose face was impassive. It's only then that Mal notice that the older woman's eyes were tinged red like she had been crying before she clears her throat and speaks.

"What happened Mal?" It's the question that has her shaking her head lightly, her eyes looking at the wall on the other side of the room.

"It was standing right in front of me."

The lowness of her voice has the others looking at each other before they turn back to her, "Maleficent."

"We have to find her," the sudden determination surges through her like wildfire and she waves them off before getting to her feet. She had been through far too much to allow a century's old curse no matter how powerful to once more separate her family.

"Has anyone seen her?"

Turning she faces them again and it dawns on her at just how quiet they both were. Glancing from one to the other a sense of foreboding ignites in her stomach, she could understand Lily being quiet but Zelena had never been one to keep her mouth shut.

"What is it?"

With another look to Zelena the older woman gives the younger Dragon a reprieve as she takes a step away from them. "Considering how we found you, I doubt it. But… there might be something you want to see."

Confused slightly at her words she watches as she moves to the window. Giving the brunette a small look she only moves on her imploring look and slowly makes her way to the older witch who is waiting with a solemn look.

Once she is standing in front of her Zelena flicks her wrist and the blinds lift up as Mal takes a step back in horror.

The entire street from what she can see had been upturned in what looked like a vicious storm. The cars that had lined the sides were either on their sides, upside down or crushed into small balls of metal and rubber, trees had been ripped and scattered or burned into nothing and the road itself has huge indents marking the concrete road.

It was a storm alright, only it was Dragon sized and called Regina.

Blue eyes turned horrified to azure as the red head can only tip her head in silent confirmation.

"Apparently downtown is worse. She gave no warning before immediately tearing apart the street. A few shops have been blown into nothing and according to the human shaped cricket when he saw her; she wasn't acting like herself at all."

Mal could only look on at the carnage the dark one had wrought and shook her head not wanting to believe what she was seeing.

"What happened, Mal? What caused this?"

The blonde could only shake her head still; she knew exactly what caused this as her hate and anger flared through her veins like molten lava. She knew what caused this and there was only one person she could speak to who might have an idea.

"I need to speak to Belle."

The other woman's brow dipped on hearing her speak of the librarian. "Why on earth would you need her for? In case you haven't noticed, my sister seems to be on a destructive streak intent on razing this town to the ground and you wish to what? Borrow a book."

Blue eyes narrow at her sarcasm and she glares. The look does nothing to the much stronger witch as Lily takes a step closer, seemingly sensing the tension.

"Alright let's go find her."

Zelena turns to look at her niece but soon finds an empty spot as she and Mal have both vanished in black smog. Sighing to nothing she uses her magic and senses the trail before following on after them.

Across town in the flat above the library Belle squeaks when the middle of her room is suddenly engulfed in black as soon both Dragons are standing in her modest living room.

She stares at them wide eyed about to speak, when the flow of green following sees Zelena soon joining them. The red head takes a slow look around the room as if appraising the place before turning her unimpressed gaze back to the mousy woman.

"How quaint,"

She's about to reply when the blonde interrupts. "Talk about décor later, right now I need to have a little chat with you."

Standing in the same room as two highly dangerous predators, - both with very powerful magic, coupled with the wicked witch of the West whose own was insane on a scale no one could compete with, she knew she was trapped. Also with Rumple no longer having any power he couldn't help her and so did the only thing she could.

She nodded.

Mal smiled pleased with her only response, but before she could talk Bella had already cut her off.

"I saw Regina," She noted the slight hardening of the blonde's eyes on hearing her name but carried on.

"I was out in the street when she just appeared. Next thing I knew I was being pulled to the side before a flaming car hit me head on."

All three listened to her speak at how she was seeing the onslaught first hand from her hiding place. "It was terrifying. I've never seen someone do so much damage and enjoy it like she did."

At her side Lily felt her Mother tense and gave her a small look, she was still unable to work out just what all of this was about and she knew the her Mom knew something, if only she would speak.

"She also said at how she had missed everyone. It was weird, why would she say something like that when she sees people most days."

"Yes Mal, why would she say something like that?" Belle turned to the woman who had been standing at their side, Zelena had her arms crossed and was giving the Dragon a piercing stare that on most says would be enough to make a person pass out, she looked pissed and she was directing that to the blonde.

"You know something, and unless you start talking you're going to see just how pissed I can really be."

"You would do well not to threaten me." She didn't face the red head who had snarled and took a step closer, she wasn't one to make idle remarks even if it was against family, so was going to show her just how wrong she was when Lily once more stepped in.

"Will you both stop it?"

They turned to see her glaring at the both of them. "Mom's out there for some reason tearing this place down and we have no idea why,"

She turned to the blonde and looked into her eyes. "You seem too though, so please, no more vagueness just tell us what you know."

It was a few seconds of staring but eventually Mal nodded and turned back to Belle.

"The darkness,"

Finally at addressing the black shaped elephant that wasn't in the room both Zelena and Belle react to its mention. Belle understandably wincing and the older woman with anger, but the librarian nods her head.

"What about it."

The blonde licks her lips. "Has it— has it ever been able to speak before."

She can feel all three sets of eyes boring into her, one more than most but she keeps her gaze firmly on the speechless woman, whose own eyes are wide eyes again at the question.

"…Speak?"

"Yes."

"I don't know."

At the older woman's darkening glare she hurries to add. "I mean I'm still reading up and studying."

"Why."

She turned to Zelena who had interrupted. "That Weasel you call a husband no longer holds any importance. he isn't the dark one any longer so why keep reading."

"Just because he may no longer be cursed, doesn't mean the topic isn't any less fascinating."

The witch merely gives her a hard look but says nothing.

"But it could be possible, though."

Belle turns her attentions back to the blonde who is looking at her little in desperation as she slowly nods. She has no idea how the Dragon has come to such a conclusion and admittedly is intrigued by the possibility but also slightly worried at such a thing.

"I guess, eventually, one day— it might be strong enough to be able to voice itself. The darkness gets stronger with each host but even then it's still not powerful enough to achieve something that great."

Normally Maleficent wouldn't care in the slightest about anyone else's horror and fear, but seeing as it is not only them who is in danger but literally everyone in town, she needs as much information that she hasn't already known from her own encounter in the past.

So she inhales shakily and speaks, breaking the silence and shattering Belle's assumed notion in seconds.

"Well that day I fear has come."

She powers on, ignoring everything around her as she tells them everything about what happened before Regina's change. Closing her eyes she tries to push aside the mockery and the smirking, the hand around her throat that threatened to take the air from her lungs without a single shred of remorse.

Belle sits and listens in absolute horror. Never in her time researching her husbands, at one time, burden. Never did she think something like this imaginable. Yes she had said it a chance but only slim and a very long way down the line, though she had only ever imagined the darkness to take hold of humans.

Regina was far from human. Mal finally comes to a stop, her heart throbs painfully as now the memories wash over her, a hand slides into her own and she smiles tearfully and grips Lily's tighter in comfort.

"I personally never thought it sentient enough to evolve in such a way." She admitted as Zelena paces the room slowly. Her anger is palpable and her thoughts in half as she tries to process everything she had heard.

"How do you think this came to be?"

It was then Belle speaks again with her theory. "All the previous hosts have been human."

They turn back to look at her as she shuffles on her seat. "With the exception of Nimue, all of them were normal— none magical and so with all of its power going into transforming the host it has none left to do much else, let alone even try to attempt something that large.

They soon catch on to her train of thought. "But now with a host that is not only magically the strongest being in any realm."

"HMM-MMM"

She looked to see the disruption as Zelena looks back at her with an arched brow. It is a few seconds before she finally gets it and tilts her head apologetically.

"Sorry, one of the strongest beings in any realm. But that being also has the backing of a Dragon, one of nature's most primal sentient creatures."

She smiles a little at both Mal and Lily, "Well I don't need to tell you just how powerful that is."

She doesn't, she also doesn't need to carry on knowing what the end verdict is. She knew just how powerful both sisters were given that their Mother was an ancient sorceress. Even if she didn't have the Dragon she still would have been unbeatable and the blonde had no doubt that the raven haired woman was far stronger than Nimue given her age.

All in all, the other witch was practically fathomless well of magic that the darkness now had at its disposal, it also had command of the Dragon seeing as their very cores were fused and that scared her the most.

Overall they were screwed unless they didn't find a way to bring her back.

"You said you saw her outside?"

Belle nodded. "But that was about an hour ago. I was pulled inside by one of the dwarves."

"Well as far as I can tell nothing else has been blown up," Mal idly commented looking to the window. "Nor have we heard anyone running down the street screaming. So I think it's safe to say Regina's little firework display is over."

"For now."

She didn't respond to Lily's grim remark but they all knew that she was right. Thanking Belle for her time the trio left and started making their way down the street.

"Alright, so we know that this thing can now speak for itself."

"It said that its first act was to let everyone know what it thought of them."

Lily scoffed and let her gaze roam the street which now looked like something from an apocalyptic film. "Message received,"

Mal ignored the sarcasm and tried to focus on what else it had mentioned, but to her frustration nothing was coming to her. At her other side Zelena was keeping pace but remaining quiet, a notion that hadn't gone unnoticed by the blonde and was about to ask why when the sound of sharp whistling had them turning to see on the other side, Granny.

They watched the senior wolf wave them over; taken over by sudden curiosity Lily moved first and headed to the other side leaving the older women standing watching her go.

"All those hours teaching her caution were put to good use." The red head heard the other witch grumble as they followed.

"Was wondering where you lot got to?"

Never one for formal greetings they simply allow it to pass as they come to a stop in front of her. "Eugene."

"Pleasantries later, right now I got someone who wants to talk to you."

With that the white haired woman turns and retreats into her shop leaving them all confused and for Mal, wary. For be it from being on good terms with the often cantankerous owner of the diner she had glistened enough from passing mentions that the elder canine was something of a ball buster.

The repeated complaints she had to listen to on another of Ruby's many visits lent her that assumption. So with that she didn't think the other woman one for following another's orders. Also, there was nobody else in Storybrooke who would willingly talk to them unless to ask insipid questions, so just who was it that could possibly want to talk to them?

Eugene must have sensed their reluctance and turned around to see them not having followed her, "I might have passed on the message but like hell am I a delivery dog. You want this you best come in otherwise I'm shutting up now and you can go clueless."

Lily glanced to her Mother who was wearing the smallest of smirks. "You can forgive us for being a little sceptical. After all it is not often you actually hear of anyone in this fine town wishing to speak to us under their own violation."

A small bark of laughter left the wolf's lips and she nodded her head. "Any other time you'd be right, but this isn't any other time is it? Right now I'd say you're looking for that rampaging lizard of yours, correct."

Azure eyes narrowed as she nodded slowly "…Yes."

With another nod in their direction Eugene turns back around and he heads into the back room. "Then you're defiantly going to want to hear what this person has to say."

Once out of sight the three give each other small looks as if trying to convey their answer. Once their eyes met Lily shrugged and jerked her head to the door.

"We've got nothing else." With that she makes her way inside once more leaving them to watch her go, Zelena hears a sigh from her side and looks amused to see Mal's eyes closed.

"Looks like we're going in,"

"Was there any other choice?" The taller woman rolls her eyes before taking the first step forward with Zelena following after. They reach the others who had been waiting in the kitchen of the diner as both women look around the surroundings, a cough had them turning to see the arch brow of the wolf.

"Just remember where you get your ice cream and chocolate cake Swirls from."

The implication in her voice has them focused, much to the amusement of the younger woman who grins at them.

"Alright moving on, just who is this person who wants to talk to us?" Eugene watches as blue eyes look around, waiting for the person to arrive as she shakes her head.

"Not here they're aren't"

Immediately her back tenses at the gesture of her words. Seeing the dragon bracing herself but far from being worried, Eugene shakes her head.

"Now hold off puffing your chest out like that," She turns leaving three sets of eyes wide in astonishment at her brashness as she reaches for something in the drawer, turning back to them she unwraps the item from its cloth and Mal zones in on the thing in her hands as her eyes take in what she's holding.

"That looks an awful lot like my—"

"Your looking mirror? You'd be right again. That Robin fellow brought it to me before they left. Lily turns to see the older woman staring at the lost item she once owned and let out a small chuckle through clenched teeth.

"Should have realized what an irksome little… character, this little prince of thieves would turn out to be when he took that the first time."

She had also heard the tale of how he was supposedly her wife's soulmate. Neither she nor the Dragon was happy about that and was going to take a trip to see the happy little winged menace that instigated the rumour, but Regina had insisted she didn't and said that it was far from true. Tink didn't know what she was talking about and proceeded to prove just how wrong she was.

She very quickly forgot about the inconsequential bug and the irritating tree hugger after that

But now she really wished she had gone and roasted him over one of his many campfires as Eugene frowned.

"Right now you should be thanking him; otherwise you'd never hear the rest of this conversation."

Before Mal could finish showing her distaste the mirror was shoved into her hands, barely restraining the urge to snap she took hold of her lost mirror and held it so the others could see as they leaned closer.

When all she could see was their own reflections she sighed and spoke. "Well speak. We don't have all day."

Nothing happened for a moment, then the sounds of loud shuffling and a few mumbled words and then a long string of curses followed as she rolled her eyes when the face of Emma White popped into view.

"Oh finally,"

The fingers holding the mirror gripped the glass harder at her words. "Miss White… can't say this is a pleasure but it seems you have something to say?"

The other blonde nodded.

"Well then speak. Not sure if you've heard but we're a little busy and frankly this is already taxing my patience."

She stopped when Emma held up her hand looking flustered. "No— I can really see just how busy you are."

Silence filled the room as Maleficent peered into the mirror intently. "Just what is that meant to mean Saviour?"

Emma didn't respond for a moment, the mirror blacked out for a few seconds as they heard some rather disturbing noises on the other end followed by more curses. Lily jumped a little on hearing a noise that filled the room, the piercing scream sounded like metal scraping against each other coupled with loud distortion.

Eventually Emma came back looking out of breath.

"Ok… ok… I think—I think we're ok…"

"That's great but if you could get to the point, it would be fantastic."

The saviours' jaw dropped at her flippant sound of her response. Her shock soon morphed into anger and she lifted her mirror closer.

"Listen you reptilian bitch. We have our own problems to deal with down here, whatever fucking argument you've had is not our business and if anything happens because you couldn't keep your issues to yourselves… just know I'll hold you personally responsible and will be knocking once I get back."

At her side the younger woman shifted at the clear promise in her voice and turned to see her Mom's reaction to being threatened. Much to her confusion the blonde was still smiling cordially.

"Be rest assured saviour, I'll be waiting for that day."

Emma nodded in understanding, before ducking down as something large and heavy sailed over her head and smashed into something unknown causing the people beside her to shout loudly.

"What the hell is happening down there?" Zelena muttered for the first time since entering the room. Since both hearing the words underworld and Robin she had been on edge, only thankful that Mal was occupied with back-chatting with the saviour to have noticed but now was wondering just what kind of things they had been facing as it was clear the younger woman was out of her depth.

"Funny you should ask, we were down here just minding our own business and you know… looking for Hook, avoiding Hades, the normal things when you're in the realm of the dead, when Ruby shows up."

That was nothing new Lily had been told by the taller brunette who was excitedly telling her about the journey she was taking with the saviour and a few others, at her side Mal was nodding her head impatiently. She had no idea why she was still standing here entertaining the stupid woman, they had far bigger problems to solve and listening to a whining child wasn't one of them.

"Will you just get on with it? Right now I'm close to smashing my side just to end this tedious conversation and I really don't want to do that, not when I've just got it back."

Emma's jaw clenched with bristled anger and gave a stiff nod. "Absolutely, Ruby was meant to be meeting us here and she did… only she didn't come alone."

The older blonde was about to snap again when Emma suddenly turned her half of the mirror around so it was facing outwards and reshuffled it so she could stretch out her arm safely without fear of being seen. The mirror is shaky and the picture blurry but once she manages to hold her arm the image steadies and what they see shocked them all.

"Is that… is that the clock tower?"

They take in what the limited picture shows them but from what they can see, it looks like they were merely outside instead of a realm away.

"Wait, so the underworld is a... replica of this place?" Lily asks looking at them. None of them had the answer but judging from the bits they were seeing then that was true.

As much as it startled them to see that the land of death was a mirrored image of the cursed town, Mal still didn't see what Emma was trying to get across.

"Miss White, if we wanted to see darkness and misery then all we need do is step outside. What is it that you are trying to—"

She never got to finish. Emma must have heard her as she tilted the mirror further left and the blonde's stomach and heart dropped.

"Holy shit is that…"

On the clearer reflection they could see the large snarling wolf that was brown in colour and who was clearly Ruby, the wolf was growling snarling and snapping, her eyes a deep golden red and they could see from her posture she was angry. But they could now see what Emma meant when she said she wasn't alone.

As large as she was, the wolf was shadowed by something far bigger and decidedly more predatory. Behind the lupus the mountainous form of the Dragon that was standing next to her moved. They watched as both creatures set about terrorizing the occupants of Underbrooke.

Ruby was giving chase to the fleeing patrons who were unfortunate to be near them, their panicked cries when she got to close with her dagger-like teeth. Those cries soon morphed into screams when the fifty foot winged beast reared up, the roar that followed sent stabbing chills down Mal's back as the unnatural cry flowed through the room and sounded like the very death it sought to bring.

All eyes save Granny's were on the mirror as the Dragon turned and facing the clock-tower, reached out and tore the tower part of the library from the building, before turning and using a mere fraction of its strength launched it across the road and into the copied shop run by the dwarves.

Pleased with the destruction the beast roared again, the giant wings stretching out and blocking the rest of the damage from view as it was soon followed by the triumphant howling of Ruby who had cleared the area of people, was back up closer to the Dragon as they cheered in their victory.

On seeing the Dragon Mal's heart jumped rapidly in her chest, they all knew without a doubt who it was but before she could keep the ache from returning the mirror was spun back and Emma came into view again.

"You want to tell me why Regina's here and why she's trying to kill everyone in sight… not that she could as I don't think you can kill what's already dead, but it looks like she's having a really good go."

Mal stared at the other blonde looking at her expectantly. She had no answer, but was about to speak when suddenly Emma darted into an upright position as muttering could be heard, followed by a loud 'Fuck'

Turning back to the mirror she wiped a hand over her tired face before replying. "Look, we have to go. Apparently Hades is about to show up and I really don't want us to be in the middle of that fight when he does."

Mal stiffened on hearing of a possible fight whilst at her side; Zelena's heart gave its own little jolt of hearing of the god of death. As Emma and the rest begin to make a break for the safety of the graveyard, the sound of the ear splitting roar almost had her dropping the mirror as she looked up in shock to see the large Dragon bending down and picking up the wolf in its long, clawed talons let out another roar before the black smoke spiralled up, covering them entirely as they both vanished from the street.

The blonde could only look on at the spot they had been and the wreckage they had left behind in their fifteen minute rampage, a hand tugging on her arm had her turning to see Robin trying to pull her away from the open space and back to where the rest were waiting as they prepared to run.

Barely remembering the mirror she lifted it up to see the agitated look the other Dragon was giving her as she licked her lips. "Look we have to go, they've gone and I'm not sure where but given her size I'm sure she'll be back soon. If they do pop back up I'll try and let you know but for now there's no way in hell we're staying here."

With that she shoved the mirror back in her bag and took off running along with the others leaving a blacked out screen on the other side. In the kitchen it was silent again, the air thick with tension after all they had witnessed. Lily turned a little fearfully to see the reaction her Mom wore and was a tiny bit surprised to see nothing.

Mal kept hold of the mirror, an unreadable expression adorning her face as beside her Zelena was the one who burst. "How the hell did she end up down there of all places?"

She took a step away and over to Eugene who saw the dark look she wore and stood as tall as she was able, she might have been old yet she was still stronger than the rest in the town, though compared to the woman in front of her that still was barely a scratch on her arm as Zelena towered over her.

"She said Ruby was going with them, so how did it come to be that she took my sister with her!"

Jumping right in the senior wolf defended her granddaughter. "You think my Ruby did this? In case you've looked the other way, that sister of yours has near enough wiped this town away like it was toy bricks. Who's to say she didn't force her to take her down there."

They continued to argue as Lily watched them shout. Mal had been quiet and her eyes never leaving the now clear mirror as her mind raced, she could hear only vaguely the shouting as she tried to work out what to do next now that she finally knew where her wife was.

Minutes later she made her choice. Turning she left the kitchen as Lily, only just catching on she had left rushed out after her.

"Aunt Z come on!"

She was halfway through her next taunt having taken to goading the wolf when she heard the younger woman shout, turning she looked around to find the spaces empty and glanced back at Eugene who was glaring at her as her eyes trailed to the door where the other had left through.

Sighing she sneered and with a burst of green smoke, left the other woman and appeared back out onto the street. She looked around and spied the pair moving downwards, another sigh leaving her before repeating the gesture and came out in front of them.

She stared at them as it didn't appear Mal was slowing so stepped out of the way, letting them pass before falling into line with them.

"So what are we doing?"

It didn't take Maleficent long to reply. "We're going to the underworld."

The red head stumbled in her shock, it was only Lily keeping her up that she didn't fall completely over as she looked over to the blonde in disbelief.

"Are you being serious?" She watched her nod.

"But what about the town,"

"What about it."

"Didn't the saviour say that the town was safe if we were here? If we're not then who's going to look after this place."

Mal shrugged as they turned the corner. "Like I care, besides it's protected at the line, no one can see it and I doubt anyone will pass it suddenly once we have gone. The little true love child can rest her tiny head knowing that it's safe."

The older woman kept up her protests until they got to the end when Mal rounded on her.

"Do you even want to save Regina?"

Zelena was stunned for a few seconds before she snapped back. "Of course I do! What kind of stupid question is that?"

"Then why the hell are you so dead set against going? It might have been easier if she was up here yes, but she's not. So we have to go to her."

The red head was silent. Inside a battle of conflicts raged as she tried desperately to think of a way to avoid going to the one place that he ruled. But it was impossible, there were things lost to her in the under realm and now Regina went and added herself to that list.

Knowing that true love outweighed all and if Emma White had taken on the god of death for her dirty pirate than she knew without a doubt that Mal would do the same for hers, save the dirty and pirate parts.

There was also much more at stake for them then there was for Hook and the ex-princess as point example stood next to them staring with big brown eyes. There wasn't any point in arguing and so let her head drop slightly as she nodded.

"Alright, you win."

Mal gave her another semi dirty look before turning and walking back down the path quickly followed by Lily with the red head taking the rear.

"So how are we getting there?"

The younger Dragon was curious as to how the others managed to travel to the realm. She had forgotten to ask Ruby so was both confused and excited about the venture from town as Mal opened the gate to the garden and allowed her to go first.

"For that I think we have to pay an old friend a long overdue visit."

She turned around, brow furrowed as she pushed on the door to their house. "What friend and how overdue,"

Mal smirked as she stepped inside leaving Zelena to shut the door before moving into the living room. "Late enough to know that it was a very important date."

Lily was left in even more confusion but Zelena who had heard and knew who she was talking about simply groaned. "Really? The man is a lunatic."

"Wait you know who it is?"

The older woman nodded but gave nothing else as the blonde replied. "Be that as it may he is also our best bet. Now shut the door and help me plan."

With nothing more to say Zelena simply did as told and made her way to the couch as the two of them began plotting out their own descent into the king of deaths domain.