Hello my fellow Oncers!
Here is Season 4 of Dark Shadows.
I skipped the first episode since in my opinion wasn't very interesting. Enjoy!
Once Upon A Time belongs Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. I only own my OC's.
Zila's POV
I thought things would be fine after the whole time travel thing but apparently I was dead wrong. The day after Rumple and I renewed our vows things turned more chaotic. First it turns out the woman who Emma and Hook brought back from the past was Robin's wife who had died, and worse Robin broke up with Regina. I couldn't imagine what the queen was going through right now having your second chance at love taking from you. Then there was an ice monster that had formed from out of nowhere and went on a rampage in town. Luckily Regina had defeated it but whoever summoned it was still on the loose.
"Gah I hate math it sucks!" Dakota protested slamming her head on the dining room table.
"Need any help?" I offered my daughter.
"No but thanks anyway Mom" Dakota replied before lifting her head up. The lights suddenly flickered before the power went out altogether.
"Damn" I growled as I went to get the candles out of the kitchen. I grabbed them before setting them around the kitchen and the dining room before using my magic to light them up.
"Can you see enough?"
"Yes thanks again Mom" Dakota answered just as Rumple appeared next to me in his signature cloud of crimson smoke. Earlier someone had broken into his shop and stolen something.
"The whole town is out of power" my mate told me. "And a necklace was taking from the shop"
"That's all?" I questioned.
This got Dakota to snort as she turned to her father.
"Face it Dad people just like breaking and entering your shop" she teased.
"That they do love" Rumple agreed. My I-phone suddenly chimed and I looked to see a message from Emma.
"Hey Emma just texted me I'm going to meet her and David at the town line"
"Be careful" Rumple said before he kissed my forehead.
"Will do" I then looked to Dakota. "You listen to your father young lady"
Dakota smirked before I used my magic to transport myself from the house to the town line.
"Hey Zila thanks for coming on such short notice" Emma greeted as I appeared next to her. "I figured maybe your wolf senses might help us out here"
Before I could answer her, the ice wall got my attention. The entrance to Storybrooke was blocked and there were power lines in front of it. Looks like the problem to what knocked the power out was solved.
"In case you were wondering it goes the whole way around" Hook called out as he appeared from out the trees carrying a lantern.
"Hook I didn't know you were joining us" David greeted the pirate as he walked on over.
"Well when I get a distress call from a fair maiden I'm on the spot" Hook teased Emma.
"I was not distressed" Emma countered.
"You're saying this damn ice wall goes all around town?" I questioned just to be sure I heard Hook right.
"Aye Zila it does" Hook confirmed.
"So once again we can't leave Storybrooke"
"It looks like whoever put this wall up wasn't trying to take out the lights, they were just putting up a wall" Emma suggested eying the wall again.
"My gut says that person wants to keep us in town" I added.
I then decided to get a closer look while David headed back to the squad car for something. While Emma and Hook talked amongst themselves I scanned the wall closely using my wolf vision. A flash of movement got my attention and I turned to Emma.
"I saw something moving"
"I think I did too" Emma agreed. She then looked to me. "Want to go check it out?"
I nodded as the two of us headed towards the wall with caution. It was a good thing I chose to wear warmer clothing. Under my black leather jacket was a long sleeved black shirt that went along with my blue jeans and black boots. I really should have pulled my hair up before rushing out of the house. We both stepped over the power lines avoiding electrocution as ice and snow crunched underneath our boots. A woman suddenly turned in alarm when she saw us.
If I was to guess she was around Emma's age her hair was blonde and was styled in a braid that hung off her left shoulder. She had a beautiful icy blue dress which rested at the top of her shoulders. A matching train flowed behind her dress and she wore matching shoes on her feet. She held up her left hand and I saw ice magic beginning to form in it. Ice magic was rare and it was a very cool gift in my opinion.
"Hey who are you?" Emma asked the clearly frightened young woman.
"My name is Elsa" the woman replied.
"Okay Elsa, I'm Emma" Emma told her using her words wisely so she wouldn't upset Elsa any further.
"And I'm Zila" I added. "You don't need to be afraid of us"
Snowflakes hovered around Elsa it would appear her magic worked along with her emotions.
"Wanna tell us what you're doing out here? Do you have something to do with this wall?" Emma asked.
"I'm looking for someone my sister" Elsa answered. "I can't find her"
Elsa was holding what looked like to be a necklace in her other hand. It looks like Elsa had been the one to break into Rumple's shop. A snowflake pendant hung off of the chain. Emma looked at it while Elsa continued.
"I found it in a store filled with things where is she?"
"I have no idea but if you want us to help you, you have to help us" Emma replied. "What's her name?"
"Anna" Elsa told us.
"Emma!"
The three of us saw David and Hook coming to the wall. Immediately Elsa held up her left hand in the direction of the men and the snow around her began to accelerate responding to her fright. More ice spikes shot out of the wall flooring making the ground beneath us shake, Emma lost her footing and she fell while the ice above us gave way. I quickly pushed Elsa and myself out of harm's way as the ice above us fell causing us to get trapped. After the ground stopped shaking did I help Elsa to her feet first before going over to Emma. Emma was shivering like crazy and I swiped off my jacket and put it over hers so she could have extra warmth.
"How are you not shivering?" Elsa asked.
"I have can tolerate a lot of temperatures I'm not exactly human" I replied. Elsa was going to respond when Emma interrupted.
"I gotta give it to you put it on a quite a show, wanna tell us about it?"
"No" Elsa answered. "Just that I'm very powerful, you and your people need to be more careful, I would keep my distance both of you"
"I think I can guarantee that" Emma continued. "So if you wanna, you know, hit undo on that" she nodded towards the wall. "Then we'll get right on it"
"Not right away" Elsa stated. "Bring me what I want and I'll consider freeing you two"
"You're sister right?" I added. "We can't really look for her trapped in here"
"Emma can you hear me?!" David's voice suddenly rang out from over the radio Emma carried.
"What is that?" Elsa demanded holding her left hand up again.
"This allows me to talk to my father who's on the other side of that wall" Emma replied taking the radio out and pointing to the wall behind her. "But if you want to melt that we can talk"
"Tell him to go get Anna" Elsa ordered her.
"Dad?" Emma answered. "Can you hear me?"
"Oh thank god are you and Zila alright?" David demanded.
"Yeah we're in here with this woman, she's looking for her sister Anna, she thinks Anna is in town because she's found a necklace of hers in Gold's shop, she wants us to find her before"
"Before I freeze this town and everyone in it" Elsa threatened.
"Also call Rumple" I called out to the men.
10 Minutes Later.
Emma walked around trying to keep herself warm while Elsa and I watched her.
"You're a werewolf aren't you?" Elsa asked getting my attention.
"How did you know that?" I asked turning to her.
"The kingdom that I used to rule had many packs surrounding the area, some still live in Arendale however most left to find other domains" Elsa explained. "I also read that wolf shifters can handle temperatures better than the average human"
"I have a sister too"
This got Elsa's interest.
"My biological family passed away due to hunters when I was young, I was adopted by a local lord and his wife, during that time they had lost a child so they took me in and raised me as their own, their first daughter Belle is like me a wolf shifter"
"Are you two close?" Elsa asked.
"Yes"
"Aren't you two cold?" Emma decided to ask walking over to us. "I'm freezing"
"It's never bothered me before" Elsa answered.
My hand smoked red as I conjured Anna's necklace into my hand and I held it out to Elsa.
"This fell through the ice when the wall collapsed"
"Thank you" Elsa said as she took the necklace from me.
"We can tell you care for your sister a lot" Emma continued. "If you melt the ice we can take this conversation somewhere warmer"
Elsa remained quiet and Emma widened her eyes.
"You can't control it can you?" Elsa turned to the Savior. "What you said to David on the walkie, it wasn't a threat, it was a warning, because you can't control what you're doing"
"What makes you think you know me?" Elsa demanded.
"Because I know me, I have powers too and I'm not great at controlling them, it looks like to me you're the same way"
"You have magic?"
"Yeah so does Zila"
"Can't argue with that" I agreed. "I was born with it like Emma, it didn't manifest until after I had my daughter"
Elsa was quiet before she spoke again.
"Anna helps, she helps me control it, so if I can find her, we can get rid of all of this, the whole wall, when she's here"
"She may not even be in Storybrooke" I told Elsa. "But I wouldn't give up hope"
"Hey Zila can you use your magic to get us out of here?" Emma suggested.
"I'll try"
I then closed my eyes and focused. However the same vision of that intense darkness that had me in its embrace suddenly made my eyes snap open.
"Whoa Zila your hand is shaking" Emma said. I looked down to see my hand and it was shaking.
"Why don't you try using yours?" I suggested. Emma nodded as she too closed her eyes and she held out her hands focusing on her power. But nothing happened.
"See I don't have control over mine either" Emma then started to go the floor and I quickly phased into my wolf form. Hopefully my body would warm her up. I walked over to the Savior and coiled my body around hers while Elsa got to Emma's level to try and keep her awake.
"We're you born with magic or cursed?"
"Those are my two options?" Emma joked. "I don't know, I was raised in a place without magic, and I didn't know I had these powers until recently, and I didn't have any parents around to help me with them"
"Parents don't always help" Elsa stated. "I ended up a queen of a large land, unprepared"
"I hear you with unprepared, I'm get this the Savior, I'm still not sure what the hell that means"
"Sometimes it all feels like too much and even trying to shut it out, that ends up hurting people too, and part of it is, I'm the only one who I've ever heard with powers like mine"
"That has to be lonely" Emma replied.
"I'm very sorry I trapped us in here" Elsa apologized as Emma lay her down against my fur and she fell asleep.
"This isn't good" Elsa said. She then saw the radio and she took it telling Hook or David that Emma was slowly freezing to death.
"She's lucky to have a friend like you to protect her" Elsa said after putting the radio down on the ice next to her. I flashed Elsa a wolf smirk while I pressed my body closer to Emma. Minutes passed but they seemed like hours and when David's voice spoke through the radio I let out a bark. Elsa took the radio and told David.
"She's freezing, turning blue"
Hook's voice yelled out at that.
"Elsa I need you to listen to me, I need you to find a way out" David told Elsa.
"I need Anna" Elsa replied.
"Well we don't have her right now, but we have a way to find her and we will but right now you're gonna have to do this on your own"
"I can't control this"
I let out a bark to Elsa and she turned to me. I eyed her with optimism while David continued to encourage her.
"I know how you feel, you're trapped, it's a battle you can't win, but it's exactly the kind of battle you have to fight or you'll die"
"No I won't I'll survive" Elsa replied.
"But Emma's survival isn't enough you have to live"
"Where did you hear that?" Elsa questioned as though she knew what David was saying.
"You know where" David answered.
"Anna you knew her?"
"Yeah I did, she helped me once, a long time ago, become who I am, she saved my life and yours, and now I need you to save Emma's, I didn't know much about Anna, but she wouldn't want you to live alone in an ice cave, which is where you'll be if you don't melt that ice, you can do it"
Emma groaned and I carefully shifted back to my human form and helped Emma to her feet. Elsa handed me the radio and I took it from her before she turned to face the ice wall. The wind around Elsa began to blow and she held her hands out. I watched in amazement as her ice magic shot out of her hands in a blue swirling beam. It hit the wall and slowly little by little Elsa's ice magic created a small hole that got bigger and bigger until she stopped using her magic. Hook, David, and Rumple all looked through to see us.
"Emma!" Hook shouted. I put one of Emma's arms around my shoulders while Elsa did the same on Emma's other side. The two of us then carefully walked ahead guiding Emma out. When we got to the hole Elsa and I pushed Emma out first, before we followed.
"Zila" Rumple said as he wrapped his arms around me.
"Mate of mine" I told him. I then shivered and Rumple pulled off his suit jacket and put in on my shoulders. My husband then guided me away from the ice wall.
"Is Dakota?"
"She's okay dearie so don't worry" Rumple interrupted. David and Elsa came over to us.
"Thank you Elsa" Rumple said to the young queen. "You have my word that I will help you in Anna's search"
"You have my gratitude" Elsa then turned to me. "Are you alright Zila?"
"Yeah I will be" I reassured her.
Next Day.
Emma, Elsa, and I stood in front of the ice wall.
"You did this, you might not totally control it but its amazing"
"And unique" I added after Emma. "You said you're the only one who has this power"
"That's probably a good thing for everyone" Elsa joked.
"And you" Emma pointed out. "This is kind of cool"
"Pun intended" I joked as well.
Elsa smiled.
"Well, regardless there's no need for a barrier anymore, let me take it down" Elsa then held up her hands and her ice magic shot out in the same spiraling motion like it did in the ice cave. Both Emma and I watched as her power hit the wall but nothing was happening.
"Why can't I bring it down?" Elsa asked as she stopped using her magic. "There's no reason this thing should be staying frozen, I'm the only one with this power, I should be able to undo it" she then turned to us.
"So what's keeping this thing up?" Emma asked.
"Hell if I know" I finished as the three of wondered why the hell this wall wasn't budging.
Now that's what I call a start to Season 4!
