Hello again everyone. This is going to be a very long chapter. Enjoy the first half of the episode.
Chapter 2: A Tale of Two Sisters pt 1
~Theater~
There is thunder as a ship is trying to sail. It has Arendelle's flag blowing in the wind. There were shouting as the scene shift to the inside of the ship. The door opened to reveal the former queen of Arendelle.
"Anna, it our mother. This is when she and papa died five years ago." Elsa whispered to her sister.
"Yeah. I missed them both." Anna replied as she hold Elsa's hand.
'I wonder where they were going.' Anna wondered as she watch her mother trying to find a writing utensil. Her mother began to write something on a piece of paper just as their father came in.
"What are you doing?!" the King asked.
"I have to finish this." Queen Gerda replied in urgency.
"My dear, no. The vessel it's going down. We have to abandon ship." the King warned his Queen.
"They have to know." Gerda told the King as she is close to finishing the letter. "We might not make it home, but this could."
Everyone is now watching as the King and Queen made it on deck. The King has a bottle with Gerda's letter in it.
"Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" the King asked.
"Yes. Anna and Elsa must know the truth. It's the only thing that will save them." Gerda insisted.
The King threw the bottle into the water just as a huge wave rise and sink the whole ship.
The inhabitants of Arendelle look sadly at the former King and Queen's death.
"Wait, what truth?" Anna began.
"In later episodes you'll know." Pearl told the princess. Ingrid felt a bit confused at the scene, was her sister talking about her as in the "truth" of their family secrets.
The scene changed to five years after the death of the former monarchs. The words "5 years later" appeared and after that is "Arendelle".
The scene is paused by Pearl. She then turned to Elsa and Anna.
"Just to let you know, this is the day before the wedding." she told the sisters. Everyone become delighted at the news that their lovely princess is just a day closer to marry her real true love. Only Hans, his brothers, and the Duke were scowling. Ingrid, on the other hand is now interested to know how strong her nieces' bond was. Pearl then hit the play button as the scene continued.
Elsa and Anna hold hands as they visit their parent's grave, each paying their respects to their late mother and father. They put yellow flowers tied in a ribbon in front of the gravestone.
"Anna, they would be so proud of you." Elsa told her little sister.
"Both of us, Elsa." Anna corrected. They both are smiling as Elsa lead Anna away from their parent's grave.
"Now, come on. I have a surprise for you." Elsa exclaimed.
"Really? Because surprises tend to be hit or miss in this family." Anna joked.
"This one you'll like. I promise. It's for your wedding." Elsa replied happily.
"Oh what is it?" Anna asked excitingly.
"Nope, you'll see later." Elsa teased.
The scene changed to show a barn. The words "Storybrooke" and "Present Day" appeared.
Pearl paused the scene again.
"Another thing I should tell you is that there will be two scenes. One from the past and one from the future. The scenes in the past can be anyone's and the scenes in Storybrooke is further into the future. In this episode, there will be scenes from Arendelle and Storybrooke." Pearl explained. She got many confused looks but she just ignored it. She played the scene.
Inside the barn is where Elsa walk toward to the doors, leaving an icy trail on every step she takes. She then stop to find herself in an unfamiliar surrounding. Elsa walks in the middle of the street to see a sign that says Storybrooke.
"Storybrooke." Elsa spoke. The sign begin to be covered in ice.
Everyone watch the opening title as it is snowing in the background. The words "Once Upon A Time" with the music.
The door opened to reveal a woman in dark clothing. She sigh as another woman came out of the diner.
"Regina-" the blonde woman began but was cut off.
"Not now, Swan." Regina stressed.
"I'm sorry. When I brought Marian back, I didn't know who she was. I didn't intend to cause you pain." she explained to Regina.
"Well, your intentions really don't matter. Because once again, I've felt the brunt of heroism. Always the villain." Regina scoffs. "Even when I'm not."
"What was I supposed to do?" the woman asked.
"Well, you were dumb enough to travel through time. Maybe you should have left things well enough alone." Regina suggested.
"Is traveling through time possible?" Kristoff question.
"Well it was done once but that it later in the future. And that woman who is talking to Regina is Emma." Pearl answered.
"I am not gonna apologize for saving someone's life." the Emma replied.
"She was to die anyway. What did it matter?" Regina asked in frustration.
"What mattered was she was a person. And whatever she did, she didn't deserve to die." Emma protest.
"Well, maybe she did." Regina countered.
"Well, you would know. I saved her from you." Emma retaliate.
"The woman who did that, that was the person I was, not the person I am. I worked very hard to build a future- A future that's now gone." Regina explained.
"You don't know that." Emma replied, not losing hope.
"Well, I know it's complicated enough that his dead wife is back." Regina argued
"Regina, for that, I'm sorry. If there's anything I can do to help-" Emma was cut off.
"Swan the more you try to help, the worse my life becomes." Regina warned Emma.
"Are those two important?" Anna asked.
"Oh yes. Both are in a the same complex family tree of good and evil and they both have magic." Pearl explained.
The door opened to reveal Robin trying to reason with his wife.
"Marian, please, meet her. She's not at all what you think. Regina I-I want you to meet Marian. I-I want us to talk about this." he tried to make peace with both women.
"Wait, were you two... are you two together?" Marian asked.
"Marian, please." Robin pleaded.
"You and the Evil Queen? Did you let her near my son? Do you know what she's done? The terror that she's inflicted?" she threw all her questions at Robin as the door open to show Mary Margaret, David, and Neal.
"Is that..." Kristoff began.
"Is something wrong Kristoff?" Anna asked worriedly.
"That's David! It's been a long time since I last saw him. He's an old friend of mine." Kristoff exclaimed. "I didn't know he's married."
"Is everything okay?" Mary Margaret asked, carrying Neal.
"Well, no one's been incinerated yet, so that's a good sign." David replied.
"Regina, you all right?" Mary Margaret asked.
"What- what is wrong with you people? W-why are you talking to her? Don't you know who she is?" Marian asked is disbelief.
"Mom, what's going on?" Henry asked.
"She's a monster." Marian exclaimed
"I agree! Anyone who has magic is a monster!" the Duke yelled in agreement. Everyone just ignore him except Hans, who nod in agreement.
"No, she's..." Emma sighs as Regina walks away. "Regina-"
"Uh, no good has ever come of pushing that woman. Give her space." Hook advised.
"Yeah, but it's what she does in that space I'm worried about." David admit.
"You don't think she'll become evil again." Henry concluded as everyone looked at him. "She can't. She's come too far."
"I hope you're right, kid." Emma assured him.
The scene changed to Walter and Leroy driving home from a party. Inside the car, mid-tempo music is playing as Walter is driving the vehicle.
"What is that? A horseless carriage?" Kristoff asked.
"It's called a car and it function by machine to take people from one place to another. It's also made by people." Pearl explained.
"Well, that party went south fast." Leroy grumpily comment. There is a thud from the driving. "Easy, Walter. Easy. She needs to be treated gently." he reminded Walter.
"You made me designated driver. I'm gonna drive how I like." Walter counter.
"No beer is worth this." Leroy replied as there is static coming from the radio. "Really? Radio station shuts down after dark now?" he questioned, as there is another thud along with tire squeal. He turned to see Walter sleeping. "Sleepy!" Leroy exclaimed as he tried to grab to wheel from the passenger seat.
Nearby, Elsa is still walking in the middle of the road. She can hear tires screeching in the distance. Lights are shining at her and the horns honking.
"Um Elsa, I'm going to give you a tip to remind you if you ever ended up in that world. Stay off roads that have dotted lines. It's so you won't get hit and end up servery injured by the collision." Pearl advise.
Elsa watch at her future self blasting the vehicle to a halt with her magic to find that Pearl is right. If she hadn't used her magic, she could have gotten injured.
"Pearl, if Elsa were to get hit by that car thing, what would happen to her?" Anna asked as she squeeze her sister's hand.
"She could get broken bones, bleed perhaps, traumatic experience or possibly die?" Pearl answered in an unsure tone as the princess looked at her in shock. "You asked what would happen."
"Well that would make the job easier for me since the witch is always ruining my plans for the throne." Hans commented from the higher row.
"Elsa is not a witch," Anna yelled. She then looked saw the Duke rolling his eyes. "Or a monster." she added.
"Aah!" Leroy became unconscious.
"You were saying?" Hans counter. Anna just ignored him.
Elsa opened her eyes panting at what just happen. She looked at the car with fear in her eyes, feeling uncertain in a world she doesn't know. The next day, Elsa came to the town, leaving a tail of ice. She walks until she stopped as a motorcyclist drove across the street. It surprised her and she is starting to loose control again. She closed her hands into fists to stop the magic as she breath heavily. She look at a nearby wedding dress as she walks towards it.
"What was that blue thing?" a Arendelle citizen asked.
"It's Storybrooke's version of a bike." Pearl answered.
The scene shifts back to Arendelle showing Elsa and Anna going to an attic.
Elsa gasped, she just found that attic today and now she gets to see the future in which she surprise her little sis.
"You have to tell me! No, don't tell me. Um... A horse and carriage! No, a horse couldn't get up stairs." Anna guess. "It's a snow palace, an indoor ice rink." she gasped. "The whole wedding will be on ice. It's an" she opened the door. "Attic."
The crowd giggled at Anna's excitement in this case, all her guesses were wrong.
"It is indeed." Elsa replied.
"So, we're here because?" she asked as Elsa walks to the wardrobe.
"Take a look." Elsa opened the door, revealing a beautiful wedding dress.
"Is that..." Anna began.
"Mother's. Yes." Elsa finished.
"You found it." Anna exclaimed.
"Go on." Elsa replied as she steps away. Anna walk towards the dress to touch a rose.
"I don't want to rip it." she replied.
"Then you'll have to put it on carefully." Elsa told her.
"You want me to wear it? Of course you want me to wear it. Why else would we be here?" Anna answered her own question as Elsa give her their mother's dress.
The scene made Ingrid happy until she realizes something. Not only did Gerda died when she was still trapped in the urn, but she was never there for Gerda's wedding.
'Did Gerda still hates me that she never did set me free to attend her own wedding?' Ingrid wonder sadly.
"It's missing something... Hmm." Elsa show Anna the snowflake necklace. "There." she put the necklace around Anna's neck. "Something new to go with something borrowed."
The citizens are happy for the sisters as they watch their queen and princess having fun. The Duke obviously doesn't care neither does Hans and his brothers. Ingrid is feeling the trip down memory lane.
'We also had experienced that same joy, back when it was the three of us.' Ingrid remembered that wonderful time.
Elsa noticed Ingrid from her seat. She wondered, since the Snow Queen seems tense at every scene concerning her mother, did the Snow Queen and the former Queen of Arendelle had a history together?
"It's gorgeous! - I mean enchanting." Anna replied. "I mean I love you!" she laughed.
"You're very welcome. Now, shall we see it with the dress?" Elsa suggested.
"Mm!" Anna replied. Elsa lead Anna to change behind the draped curtains. "Whoop. It's so beautiful and soft. You know I'm gonna spill something on it. Maybe only clear beverages at the wedding." Anna suggested as she changed.
"So, about the wedding tell me I don't have to walk down the aisle with Sven?" Elsa asked.
"He's not the best man but he is invited." Anna replied.
"And now is where you tell me you're joking." Elsa wondered if it was a joke.
"What's wrong with Sven? Kristoff asked his future sister in law.
"It just... we never had a reindeer that attends a wedding before. In fact, I don't think it ever happened before." Elsa answered.
"Then this will be the first time a reindeer attends a wedding." Kristoff declared.
"He's going to be properly attired... For a reindeer." Anna assured her.
"I'm sure he will be. I am actually a little bit more concerned with the groom." Elsa admit.
"What do you have to be concern about?" Kristoff turned to Elsa again. The queen did not answer.
"Elsa, he knows what to wear. It's not like he grew up in a barn." she paused. "Fine. Yes. H-he lived in one for a while, but he grew up with trolls. Wait until you see him. He even cut his hair. He's going to look wonderful." she insisted.
"That would be a most-welcome surprise." Elsa replied as she walks to a desk. She opened a draw to notice a diary. She opened it just as Anna step out wearing the beautiful gown. However, she notice flurries falling around her sister.
"Elsa, what's wrong? What is that? A diary?" she walked to Elsa to take notice of it.
"Mother's." Elsa answered in heart break.
"What's in there?" Anna questioned.
"Our parents their death. It's all my fault." Elsa answered. She tearfully left the attic with the flurries following.
"Elsa. Elsa!" Anna called out to her as she began to follow.
"Elsa, whatever happen, it wasn't your fault." Anna comfort Elsa, who is beginning to feel upset.
The scene change back to Storybrooke. Inside the car, Mr. Gold looked nervous and hesitant as Belle comforts him.
'That is defiantly Rumpelstiltskin. I'm sure of it.' Ingrid thought.
"Hey. It's okay. You can do this." Belle assured her husband. Mr. Gold walk to a grave stone. On the stone engraved "Beloved Son, Neal Cassidy"
"My boy." Mr. Gold began. "Remember when you were small, there was a night, during the ogre's war? There was a terrible noise. It was horses' hooves thundering down the dusty path. You crawled into my bed, and I can still hear your little voice."
"Papa. I'm afraid."
And I guess by instinct, I just said, "Don't you worry, son. Everything's gonna be fine." And you smiled at me. You know, that was the happiest moment of my life because for the first time ever, I felt like a man, that I could truly look after you, alone." he paused. "Until I discovered This." he pulled out the dagger.
"It turned me into a monster, obsessed with power, when all I really needed was you, your love. And now, through Belle, there's love in my life again. And once more, I've started it with a lie. She thinks she has the real dagger. I only lied to her in order to avenge your death. And now that I've done so, I really need the strength to give it back, be that man I should be, the man you died for. And I pledge, Baelfire, I will be that man. Your heroism has shown me the way. I promise. I'll spend my life repaying you for that." he put the dagger back inside his vest and touch the top of his son's grave stone.
The scene shifts to Regina's office. There was a knocking sound at the door. Regine opened it to reveal Robin.
"Hello, Regina." Robin replied.
"Robin?" Regina exclaimed.
"Can I have a moment? I want to talk." Robin replied. When they are inside, he began, "I'm sorry."
"Why are you sorry?" Regina chuckled. "Everything Marian said was true. I am a monster."
"The woman I know is the furthest thing from a monster." Robin told her.
"Maybe you don't know me as well as you think." Regina begins to doubt herself.
Robin sighs, "I know you better 'cause you're like me. I was once, long ago, quite different, but I changed. And I left my past in the past, where it belongs, as you have."
"So, what went on between us..." Regina trailed off.
"Was real." Robin finished. "Yes." he chuckled. "My feelings for you were... are real. But Marian is my wife. I loved her, and I made a vow "Until death do us part," and it did. And then it didn't. But my vow remains."
"So, you made your choice." Regina concluded.
"I may be a thief, but I have a code, and I have to live by that code. Otherwise, what kind of life am I living? I hope you can look into your heart and understand." he replied sadly as he got up, walks out and close the door.
Regina wanted to go after him but stopped. She turned around, anger filled her up as a mirror behind her shattered into pieces. Regina let go of her tense feelings to walk over and pick up a large shard of glass. She tilt it to see her reflection in it as she smiled evilly.
The scene changed to Regina walking in the hallways at a hospital. She push the code and open the door. At the mental institution, Regina stopped at a door that has a name Sidney G. next to it. She opened the door as she looked at someone.
"What are you doing here?" Sidney asked.
"I need my mirror." Regina simply answer.
"For what, my queen?" Sidney questioned.
"There's someone standing in the way of my happiness. I need your help getting rid of them." Regina replied.
"I got a bad feeling about this." Kristoff comment as the scene changed again.
"There. Right around the bend." Belle told Gold as he stop the car at a mansion. "I, uh I found it on a morning hike. It must have come over in the last curse. No one's claimed it, so I thought there'd be no harm if we borrowed it for our honeymoon." she turned to her husband who smiled back at her.
The scene changed to the inside of the mansion, with Belle showing Gold the huge place.
"You know, I wonder who this belonged to." she admit as she put her bag down. "Come on. Take a look around. It is spectacular. You can see the ocean from nearly every room." when she has her back turned, Gold snapped his fingers and froze Belle at her place.
"Wow, he can do that?" Anna asked in shock.
"It appears so." Kristoff replied.
"When it comes to magic, there are many types. However, magic, like our emotions, can change and take different ways. They can be unpredictable." Ingrid told her niece.
"You must know a lot." Anna guess.
"I do." Ingrid admit.
Gold opened Belle's bag and took out the fake dagger. He then put the real one back in the bag and the fake inside his vest.
"If we're gonna do this we're gonna do it properly." Gold told himself and snapped his fingers, unfreezing Belle.
"You haven't even seen the best part yet. Come on." she giggles as she tried to lead Gold into a room. "Is everything okay?" she asked when Gold stopped at the sight of a box.
"Yeah. It's just whoever this place belonged to... Has interesting taste." Gold answered.
"Come on. So what do you think?" Belle chuckled as she showed Gold a room filled with books and a chandelier.
"Well, I think we've been married almost a full day, and I don't believe we've had our first dance." Gold answered. He snapped his finger to play a record player, another for the lights, one to put Belle in a yellow ball gown, and the last to put him in a blue suit just as an instrumental beauty and the beast plays. "Care to dance Mrs. Gold?" he asked.
"I would love to." Belle replied.
They dance until the scene changed to the Charming family.
"I don't know. Maybe we should have gone with Baelfire." David wondered as Emma's cellphone beep.
"She hasn't answered any of your calls?" Henry asked his mom.
"Uh, sorry, kid. Looks like Regina does not want to be disturbed. But that doesn't mean that she's doing anything-" Emma begin.
"Evil?" Henry finished. "I know. I just... let me try calling her. Maybe, you know, it's you she doesn't want to hear from." Henry replied as he grabbed his cellphone.
"You might have a point, kid." Emma point out.
"I hope for his sake she doesn't give in to what she..." Mary Margaret sighed. "Sometimes gives in to."
"Seems to be handling it well." Emma replied.
"I mean, between losing and regaining his memories, seeing both of his moms with new men." Mary Margaret listed.
"Uh, speaking of that-" Emma was hesitant to say.
"He doesn't know about you and Hook?" her mother asked.
"There is no me and Hook." Emma denies.
"Mm." her mother teased.
"Okay, well, I don't know what there is, but I certainly can't talk to Henry if I don't know what I'm talking about." Emma explains her complex situation.
"Swan." Hook called out to her.
"Speaking of." Emma told her mother.
"Mausoleum's all clear. Regina's not hiding there." Hook informed her.
"Thanks." Emma replied trying to get away from Hook.
"Swan, are you avoiding me?" Hook asked.
"Will you give us a minute?" Emma asked her mother. Her mother joined Henry and David as Emma and Hook walked somewhere else to talk.
"I'm not avoiding you. I'm just dealing with... stuff. We have a crisis right now." Emma replied.
"There is always a crisis. Perhaps you should consider living your life during them. Otherwise, you might miss it." Hook advise.
"We're under attack! We're under attack!" Leroy exclaimed as he and Walter run to Emma.
"Okay, Leroy, what is it?" Emma asked.
"We were just driving home, and some thing blasted me with magic. The whole van's iced over. We woke up in a meat locker. Who's got that kind of magic?" Leroy questioned.
Elsa felt a bit guilty for what her future self did. She didn't mean to trap them inside their car.
"Maybe the person who made that." Emma answered as she look at the ice trail.
Back in the past, Elsa, who is still upset, is sitting on a log as flurries are falling around her. Anna, who is running in a wedding dress, was able to catch up to her.
"How are you able to run in that dress? And in the forest as well?" Pearl asked.
"Well, I'm always a klutz so that explained why I'm running in the forest but I don't know how I'm able to run in mother's dress. I was more concern about Elsa that I didn't have time to changed and went after her." Anna answered.
"Elsa." she panted. "Elsa." she runs to her sister.
"Please. I want to be alone." Elsa told her.
"You have a sister. You're never gonna be alone... Other than when I'm not around. But even then, I'll be there in spirit. But that doesn't matter because I'm here now and you're not alone. And you know what I mean? And it's a nice thing." Anna went on.
"You do realize that she meant that she needs some time alone by herself, right?" Kristoff questioned.
"It doesn't matter, she needed me whenever she wants to be alone or not." Anna replied.
She sits in front of her sister. "What was in the diary? You can tell me anything." she insist. The flurries stopped and Elsa seemed to relax a bit.
"Turns out our parents didn't go off on some diplomatic mission like everyone thought. That was just a cover." Elsa explained.
"For what?" Anna asked.
"Read it." Elsa gave the diary to her sister.
"I wish I didn't have to hide the truth from our children, but the truth would be too painful." she read. "What we've seen from Elsa is terrifying, and it has to be stopped." she finished.
"They were scared of me. That's why they left because they thought I was a monster." Elsa thought of that possibility.
"See, she confessed that she is a monster! Even her parents doesn't denies it!" the Duke yelled as he stand up from his seat, pointing his finger at the queen. Of course, now that he had irritated Pearl passed her tolerance levels, she waves her hands as ropes appeared to tied him down to his seat with magic to zip his lips.
"No, no. I-I-I won't believe it. I refuse to believe it." Anna argued at the very thought of it.
"It's all right there." Elsa countered.
"Is it? Because it doesn't say where they were going or what they were doing. It could be a misunderstanding." her little sister pointed out.
"Anna, because of me, they left. Because of me, they can't walk you down the aisle tomorrow. I'm so sorry." Elsa apologized.
"You don't have to be. It's not your fault. You're not a monster. I don't think so, this whole kingdom doesn't think so, and for sure, our parents didn't think so." Anna back up her claim.
"The princess is right! We do not think you are a monster Queen Elsa." the towns' people agreed.
"And I will prove it. This diary is only part of the story." Anna continued.
"How do you know that?" Elsa asked, begin unsure.
"Because... Instinct? Okay. Right. That's not enough. But there are more answers out there about what happened to them I know it." Anna exclaimed. She gasped, "And I know who can help us find them."
"Who?" the queen questioned.
"My future in-laws." Anna smiled.
Back in Storybrooke is a statue of a troll. Emma whip out her gun as she and Hook followed the ice trail. They saw a door shut and started to run towards it. Elsa saw the two chasing after her and run to hide behind a wall. Emma opened the door, getting close to where Elsa is. Elsa, letting her magic out of her control again created another Marshmallow.
"All right, that's a new one." Hook comment.
"What does he mean by a new one?" Anna questioned.
"Well...They have encountered ogres, wraiths, an evil shadow, dragons, fly monkeys, giants, mermaids, zombies, and a werewolf." Pearl listed.
"I thought mermaids are benevolent creatures." Elsa spoke.
"It depends, most mermaids are aggressive and couldn't be trusted. Only one is different." Pearl explained.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Reviews/comments if you want. See you next time.
