Author's Note: This story takes place after the season 5A finale and before 5B, it is what I would like have happened.

A broken Promise

Mister Gold was walking back on forth on the ferry boat, that was taking them to the underworld, his cane was clicking against the deck as he moved forward at a steady pace. The ferryman looked at him with annoyed eyes, so he stopped looking over the railing and into the darkness. Lost in thought.

He needed a break from his Belle. It seemed ironic that he loved her as much as he did, still he couldn't give up his powers for her. It was just that he liked what he could do with his magic, not to mention what he could make others do. It was like an addiction and even if he knew he should stop and became a better person, he couldn't.

That however wasn't what troubled him this night, it was a broken promise he had made to Cora. It seemed like forever ago, and then again it was. He still could hear her young voice in that back of his mind.

"I know what you are doing. You are teaching Regina magic. I had a feeling when I noticed my spell book was gone one morning and returned later in the day. I never confronted you or her with it. I can't as I am as dark as can be. You know that, we both do. You know I am not the one to speak about not practicing magic, after the way I used it against her in her upbringing. Just promise me no matter what happens, you won't let her die and you won't let her travel to the underworld."

And what had he done, as with many other promises he had broken this one as well. The difference was that had hadn't intended to break it. He had done all in his power to make sure she never was gravely injured, not even in her evil queen days. He knew for sure that Cora would kill him when she saw Regina down there. Not to mention himself and the others.

He could already hear her voice in his head. The voice he loved so much, he could picture her sweet features when she saw Regina. It was just his dumb luck that Regina was his daughter, and didn't know about that fact. No one knew, just like no one knew about Cora's real identity either.

He did though, about how she strived to be the queen in Fairytale land, as much as she was in the underworld. It didn't work out that way though and in time as she always did, she had to go back to her husband, Hades.

It is safe to say that haven been the dark one for ages, Rumpelstiltskin wasn't afraid of a great many things. Still, as he was the king of the underworld and a God, he did fear Hades.

He had been a fool when he many years ago seduced Cora, and got her to bed him. Or if she was the seduced him, he didn't really know, but he did know what he did enjoy her, and that she still had her heart in when it happened. A heart that now belonged to her husband. And if it was one thing that Rumpelstiltskin knew, it was that Cora loved two persons higher than she ever could love him, her Hades and her Regina.

Mister Gold wasn't' sure what deal Hades had with Prince Henry, but he did know that when Regina used his heart for the purpose of the curse, his soul did not go to Hades. In fact, Mister. Gold didn't even know if old Hades knew about Regina being his daughter. If he did know, he for sure didn't mind her, all things considered he had never tried to show up and kill her. Maybe he would in his lands thought, it was no way to tell.

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