Race Through Time

by Emersonian

After accidentally reading a spell, Rosetta is transported to the Enchanted Forest and encounters eight pilgrims, one of them being a Batrishan. In Storybrooke, an old acquaintance of Fidget has come for payback. Meanwhile, the Evil One is preparing for his arrival in Storybrooke on the day of his son's annular birthday eclipse.

1. The Lines That You Shouldn't Read

Race Through Time:

The Lines That You Shouldn't Read

It was a very peaceful day of April. The birds were chirping and the sun was shining over the town of Storybrooke, Maine. With such peace going on, one would have assumed that the events that occurred last month with the ancient gods, the heroes of San Angel, and Fidget stealing the Medal of Everlasting Life was nothing but a dream.

Now things had gone for the better: Xibalba had taken the medal back before he, La Muerte, Manolo, and Maria went back to San Angel through a portal. Killian was spending more time with Emma, Henry was dating Violet, the Golds kept an eye on their unpredictable daughter Amanda, and the Romanovs had now given their daughter Rosetta more freedom once they realized that they couldn't hold her away from her fate and powers. As for Fidget the Bat, he exiled himself on a cottage settled at the top of a cliff that bordered the ocean, where he could jump and commit suicide.

But this is Storybrooke, and nothing in this charming little town is supposed to be normal.

On this particular day of April, Rosetta stayed alone in her home while her parents were off at work. Since it was the spring break for kids in Storybrooke, she would be able to do the only thing that pleasured her during holidays when she was alone: sit on the couch in the living room and read a big pile of books that she took from her family's library.

Once she made sure that she was well settled and a cup of hot jasmine tea was settled on the little table near the couch, Rosetta took the first book that was at her disposal. Her eyes beamed when she saw that it was the CANTERBURY TALES from Geoffrey Chaucer. She remembered reading the actual adventures from the actual pilgrims in the Book of Life and how wonderful she found them. She couldn't wait to see what Chaucer wrote as an adaptation.

She opened the book and the first two lines appeared in front of her :

When that April with his showers soot

The drought of March hath pierced to the root

However, before she could read the rest, the page suddenly glowed and the words started to disappear.

"What on earth…" Rosetta began until new golden words appeared and glowed like mounds of gold.

"The race through time you must take; To when the fate of balance must have begun!"

Rosetta realized too late that she should have never read those two lines, because she was now blinded by rainbow colors that filled the room with magical light until it took away Rosie.

Somewhere in the Underground

"After three centuries of waiting, the time is near," a dark voice said. The shadowy creature slinked on the balcony of its dark castle as it observed a visual of outer space. What really got the teacher's attention was how near the moon was beginning to approach the Sun.

"The eclipse will soon come to be. My ultimate success shall befall on Storybrooke. And as the Fates predicted: the race through fate will be at stake; and soon shall rise the Evil One!"