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Chapter 10: Family Business
Everyone watched the preview and then to the episode. It shows a castle in the Enchanted Forest. Then inside the castle with Belle's mother taking books out of the selves in a rush.
"The wall it's fallen. We must leave now. The town will soon be overrun." the main guard came in to tell Lady Colette.
"These books are too valuable to leave to those monsters." Colette ordered them as she puts the books in the trunk.
"My lady, please." the guard insisted that they must leave.
"Take these trunks to the carriage. I'll be just behind you." Colette told him. He singled the other guards behind him to take the trunk.
"And your daughter?" he questioned.
"I will find her. Now go." she command the guards. They had no choice but to do what she said. "Darling, we must leave, quickly! Where are you?" she exclaimed as she keep taking more books.
"I'm right here, mother!" Belle came from a shelf. She was holding a book. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't leave without this. It's the first story you ever read to me, remember? It's what made me fall in love with books." she explains.
"Of course I remember, my Belle. Quickly, we must flee before-" she was cut off by the rumbling sound.
Belle gasped, "They're here."
"We will hide till they pass." her mother suggested.
The two hid under the table until the door was destroyed.
"Ogres!" Belle whispered in fear.
Her mother put a finger on her lips to stay quiet. The ogre walks into the library and past the table.
"Shh! It's going to be all right." she assured Belle.
Suddenly the table was lifted as they saw the ogre. They both screamed as it roars.
Almost everyone screamed at the close up of the ogre except for the flower guardians, since they seen giant monsters before. They just jumped in surprise.
Belle woke up as she got up from bed. "Mother?! M-"
Belle walks out of the bedroom and out to the halls, still in her nightgown. She saw people huddle in the hall, wearing black. Sir Maurice saw her and approaches her.
"Belle, why aren't you in bed?" he asked.
"What happened? W-where's mother?" she asked her question.
"You mean you don't remember?" he questioned.
"Remember what, father? I-" she asked. She tried to see what is going on. People cleared a path and Belle saw a coffin.
Everyone bowed their heads in silence for a moment, evening it haven't happened yet. Anna and Elsa felt sorry for Belle.
"No." Belle replied tearfully as the title card appeared showing the Snow Queen's ice cream truck and then the scene of Mr. Gold. He was putting the hat inside of a small secret vault that is hidden behind a painting.
"Rumple?" Belle called out to him off screen. He hide the vault behind the painting just in time.
"Belle." he called out her name as she came in.
"Hey, I've been... Been looking all over the house for you. Didn't even hear you leave." Belle told him.
"Well, I didn't want to wake you. Just a few things to take care of before we open." Mr. Gold explains.
"Well, whatever it is, it'll have to wait. Emma called. She needs to see us right away." Belle replied as the angle show the two behind the frame. The scene then changed to Emma, showing everyone the tape.
"Give it back, Kevin. The camera is Emma's, not yours." the Snow Queen told him as Emma click on the remote to pause.
"Emma, that's you. You must be..." Mary Margaret is cut off be Emma.
"Thirteen, maybe fourteen." Emma replied.
"Are you missing the part where she's with the Snow Queen? Emma, you knew her before you came to Storybrooke?" Regina asked.
"Apparently my run-in with her in town wasn't the only memory she erased. All this time in this foster home, or whatever that place was it's gone." Emma explains as Elsa gets into a chair.
"Look, I-I just don't understand how she even ended up in this world." Belle stammer as Elsa quietly moved her cape.
"We were hoping Gold could tell us that. You spent more time trying to get here than anyone. How the hell did she do it?" Emma questioned as everyone turned to him.
"Considering the time I spent on the same task, I'd love to know." Mr. Gold replied.
'He's on to me... Where I'm hiding that is.' Ingrid thought.
"Does it really matter how she got to Emma? I mean, shouldn't we be more concerned about why?" David questioned.
"Obviously, she needed her for something. But what?" Regina scoffs. "Well, that's our next problem."
"Well, we know she's hiding somewhere in the north woods. We combed every inch of her shop. We tore apart her house. She must have cleared everything out days before." David listed.
"Which means she must be hiding something." Hook replied.
"But where?" Emma questioned.
"What about her ice-cream truck?" Henry suggested.
"Whoa, Snow Queen has an ice-cream truck?" Emma questioned.
"What would I be as a Snow Queen without my ice cream truck?" Ingrid asked the screen.
"I'm a kid. I notice these kind of things." Henry shrugs.
"Then we split up into groups. We search the town, the woods. Hook, Regina, Emma, you take the west. Gold, you're with me for the east." David suggest.
"I think we all know I work best alone." Mr. Gold told him.
"Well, no time to argue that. Belle, how are you at tracking?" David questioned.
"Uh, actually, I-I think I'll be more helpful at the library. Maybe I can dig something up on the Snow Queen." Belle replied.
"I'd like to come with you, Belle, if that's okay. Maybe something about my sister will be there, too." Elsa got up from her seat. "Unless you'd rather not have the company?"
"No, n-not at all. I would love some." Belle replied as she and Elsa exit the station. The scene changed to the past with Belle and her father, who opened the door.
"It's late. You should be in bed." Sir Maurice told her as Belle is reading a book.
How can I possibly sleep when I can't even remember what happened to mother?" she asked.
"Perhaps that's for the best." he suggested.
"No! I need to know what happened to her after I blacked out." Belle protest.
"You won't find the answers you seek in the pages of a book." he replied.
"But I already have, father. According to this, there are creatures who can restore memories that have been lost. If we journey to them, maybe they can help me remember what happened to mother." Belle explains.
"I can't allow you to do that." he told her.
"Why not?"
"Because there's something this book doesn't tell you. Magic always comes with a price. And whatever that price is, I don't want you to have to pay it. I'm sorry, Belle, but I've already lost your mother to this infernal ogres war. I can't lose you, too." he explains.
"But father-" she got cut off.
"You heard me!" he yelled.
"No, no!" Belle want to protest more.
Maurice closed the book, "Forget this nonsense! You are not to leave this chamber until the doctors say you're better!" He storms out of the room, closing the door.
"I'm sorry, father, but I need to know what happened. And this..." she pulls out a map. "Is the only place where I'll find the answer. Arendelle." she looked at the map that has a land with "Arendelle" on it.
Back in the library.
"There doesn't seem to be anything on Arendelle here. Do you know where to look?" Elsa turned to Belle.
"No, I'm- I'm sorry. I'm- I'm really not that familiar with Arendelle, o-or or your sister." Belle told her. Elsa just gave her a sympathetic smile before turning to look at the shelves. Belle started to frown. Back in the past. Shows Elsa, in her coronation dress, controlling her magic.
"Did Elsa's ice dress melts back to her coronation dress?" Anna questioned.
Elsa heard what Anna said in the speakers. She had always have an extra spare since her first coronation dress is permanently changed to her ice dress. Ingrid and Snow could not relate to Elsa. Despite, their magic over snow and ice, they never made any dresses using their powers. It had been handmade.
"Elsa?" Anna came in the door.
Elsa turned, "Anna!" she made her snowflake disappear and ran to her sister to give her a hug. "Oh! Oh, I was worried I'd never see you again."
The townspeople were happy for their princess and queen's rejoice. Hans scoff at the scene while the Duke just huff.
-Inside the box with the cloaking spell-
"Honey, do you think that our children will be alright after this? Especially, now we have seen so far?" the female voice asked.
"I don't know. But as royals, I thought they knew better. Guess I was a terrible father." the male voice answered.
"Your not a terrible father. You taught what you thought was right. You never knew this would had happen...Even though it is their future not ours." the unknown queen assures the unknown king.
"Your right. We just have to hope that they do not make any more mistakes." the unknown king replied.
"We may have expectations for them but never had we show hatred towards them before. I wonder why our children decided to take this path." the unknown queen express her worries.
"I'm glad Pearl did came to us in the first place. Do you think that she will reveal who we are?" the unknown king asked.
"That is the decision that Elsa will have to make." the unknown queen replied.
"I'm afraid you're stuck with me. I'm sorry I left without telling you." Anna told her.
"Oh, and I'm sorry I made you feel like you had to. I know you did it for me, to try to make me feel better." Elsa sighs. "So, what did you learn? Did you discover why our parents went to the enchanted forest?" she stops when Anna didn't respond. "What is it, Anna? What did you find?"
"Nothing." Anna lied. "I mean, I'm still waiting on some answers from a few people I met, but I wouldn't expect anything anytime soon because they have to find it out, then get on a ship and come here. It could take a while, a long while, and... Wait...," she notice something different. "No flurries? No frost on the windows? Usually a conversation about our parents ends with a chill in the air."
Elsa is disappointed that her sister decided to lie to her instead of telling her the truth. Sure, it may hurt a bit, but she would get over it eventually.
"I'm sure she was just trying to help you- So that you won't feel bad about yourself." Ingrid assures her. Elsa gave her a little smile.
"I've been learning to control my powers when I get upset." Elsa was clearly excited to tell her the news.
"Really? How?" Anna asked.
"By training with me." the Snow Queen replied as she enters. Anna turned to see her.
"Who is that? I mean, who are you? I-I mean... Hi." Anna greeted awkwardly.
"She's our aunt." Elsa told her.
"Our what?" Anna questioned.
"Your aunt. My name is Ingrid. Your mother and I were sisters. You look exactly like her." Ingrid smiles.
"But our mother doesn't have a sister. At least, she never told us about one." Anna explains.
"I'm sure it was too painful for her to talk about. You see, many years ago, I was trapped in a magical urn by... People who didn't exactly understand me." Ingrid explains.
"Didn't understand you?" Anna does not understand.
Ingrid shows Anna her powers, "Our gift runs in the family."
Anna's voice off screen, "I'm telling you, that woman is up to something." the scene shows her talking to Kristoff.
Ingrid felt hurt from Anna's distrust in her. Elsa felt slightly upset at Anna even though she knows why. Snow was not surprise. People's reactions towards Snow Queens are usually negative, painting them as the villain, even if they have a reason why they became that way.
'Why would you say that you idiot?!' a voice appeared in Anna's head. 'Well, I had to be sure. She could turn at to be like Hans.' Anna's other voice answered. 'Yeah, that didn't go well. You should have waited before you act. That way, you wouldn't have caused trouble for Elsa. Did you even considered what Elsa thought? No. You'll end up hurting her instead. She trusted Ingrid, why can't you?' the voice countered.
"What, you mean your aunt? What makes you think that?" Kristoff questioned.
"Cause it's weird and strange, her being here. And because I'm a good judge of character." Anna answered.
"Yeah, says the girl who agreed to marry Hans, ten minutes after she started talking to him." Kristoff countered.
"I was young and naive." Anna tries to defend herself.
Some of the towns people chuckle at Anna's reason for what happened two years ago.
"You met me the next day." he reminded her.
"Young-er." she corrected herself...kinda. "Anyway, I just want to make sure we're asking all the right questions."
"Like what?" Kristoff asked.
"Like, is she really even my aunt, or is she just some imposter trying to worm her way into our family?" Anna questioned.
"Anna, look at her. You can't see the resemblance? Oh, yes, the ice-power thing, there's that." Kristoff tries to prove a point as he go get the tea.
"Maybe, but if she's really my aunt, why isn't she in the family portraits, the royal records? There's no trace of her. It's like she never even existed. There has to be an explanation for all this." Anna told her fiancee.
"Yeah? And how do you think you're gonna find it?" Kristoff asked.
"Your family." Anna replied.
"Careful. Grand Pabbie's still a little miffed that you postponed the wedding." he pour the tea into a cup.
"I can handle Grand Pabbie. Will you go back to the castle and cover for me watch Elsa while I'm gone?" Anna asked.
"If it'll put your mind at ease, of course." he give her the cup of tea.
"Oh, but, Kristoff, you have to be careful what you say around her. I... Might not- I might not exactly have told her what I discovered in the enchanted forest." she turned away from him and took a sip of Kristoff's tea.
"You lied to her?" Kristoff questioned, not knowing that Anna secretly spit the tea out of her.
"Was something wrong with my tea?" Kristoff questioned.
"No! Nothing was wrong with it." Anna replied, though her face was turning a bit red.
"Then how come he drink it when I cannot see you and then spitting it back?" Kristoff asked.
"Okay, maybe it was a little bad." Anna lied to not hurt his feelings. Kristoff raise an eyebrow. "Okay, it was bad but I think you should consider using the kitchen's recipe for making tea. It's much better than the grass and plants you used for Grand Pabbie and the others."
"Ohh, I didn't lie. I just withheld the truth. Telling her our parents wanted to take away her magic... I just have to find the right moment. That's all." she told him
"Right, right. Of course. Yeah. You know I'll support you no matter what." he turned. "Unless I think it's really dumb. Then I'll tell you." he turned to face her.
"Thank goodness I haven't hit "really dumb" yet."
"Can I get you supplies for your journey?" Kristoff asked.
"You're sweet, but no." she wraps her arm around his shoulder. "I'll stop by Oaken's on the way. You'll see me as soon as I return." she gave him a kiss and went out of the barn. She turned to see him one last time as Kristoff smiles at her. What they didn't know is that Ingrid was eavesdropping on them, feeling hurt by Anna's distrust but didn't show it.
The scene changed back to Ingrid in the forest. She walks away from her ice cream truck as Emma and the others arrived.
"David, call off the search party. We found the truck near the Merry Mens' camp." Emma told her dad via walkie. "Thanks for keeping an eye out." she told Robin, who is carrying a crossbow.
"Gladly. You're the first sheriff I don't mind assisting." he let himself behind the others to talk with Regina. "Uh, Regina, I was hoping we could talk."
"Um, in case you haven't noticed, I'm about to storm an evil ice-cream truck." Regina told him as she paced faster to get to Emma.
"You could have just said, 'maybe later.'" Emma advised.
"I know you're trying to make everything better, but staying out of it is your best bet. It's bad enough I'm stuck with you and captain guy-liner making eyes at each other." Regina comments as she walks passed her.
"I don't make eyes." Emma told her as Hook catch up.
"Ready, love?" he asked as Emma sighs. She opened the back door of the truck and enters. "It appears she beat us to it. She's cleared out the vessel."
"What now? Should we question the cows she gets her milk from? Maybe search the waffle-cone factory?" Regina is being sarcastic.
"Hang on. Look." Emma notice the freezer being locked. "Who locks their freezer? Was she afraid someone was gonna steal the Rocky road?" Emma questioned.
"Stand back." Hook destroyed the lock with his hook. Emma opens the freezer to find a folder. She pulled out the newspaper that was about her when she first came to the world without magic.
"Looks like the dairy queen's been following me for a long time." Emma told everyone.
"Since before foster care?" Regina asked.
"Since I landed in this world." Emma answered as she gives Regina the paper. The scene changed to Elsa and Belle.
"Are you okay?" Belle asked.
Elsa closed the book and took her flurries back, "This is pointless. I don't know why I thought I'd find anything about Anna in here."
"You know she's somewhere. You know she's alive. You heard her heartbeat with Bo-peep's staff, right?" Belle tries to assured her.
"But if what the Snow Queen told me is true and Anna is the one who put me in that urn, then maybe she doesn't want me to find her."
"I would never do that to Elsa! And I never wanted her to not find me!" Anna exclaimed.
"Too bad, she is gone." Hans yelled his comment in a singing way.
Ross got his sword ready. "You want me to cut his tongue off?" he suggested to his distant relative.
"Ross!" Rapunzel exclaimed.
"Hey, that man is not going to insult my descendants, especially when they took after me." Ross told her.
"Ross... I let you keep your sword because I trust that a king, like you, would not try to attack people despite your rash behavior. I can easily take it away." Pearl warned.
Ross obeyed though he did it in a childish way.
Snow giggled at her brother's behavior from the control room.
"That's not true, Elsa." Belle told her.
"You're just saying that to make me feel better." Elsa comments.
"No, I promise you, I'm not." Belle insist.
"How would you know what my sister thinks? You've never even met her." Elsa replied.
"Well, just from what you've been saying, I-I feel like I know her. You two were very close. Something must have pulled you apart something beyond your control." Belle explained.
"But my memories are gone, and no one in this town has even been to Arendelle." her voice breaking. " I need to face the truth, Belle. No one here can help me, and I'm afraid that means I might never see Anna again."
Belle sighs, "Okay. You will." Elsa scoffs. "I know it. Now, keep looking. I'll be back."
"What? Where are you going?" Elsa questioned.
"There's something I-I need to take care of. We will find Anna." Belle reassure her.
The scene changed to Belle going to Oaken's trading post and sauna. The scene then show Belle trying to get help from Oaken.
"You want to find trolls? You know they're dangerous, yeah?" Oaken asked her.
"Oh, no, no, no. Rock trolls, not bridge trolls." Belle explains.
"Oh, yeah, they're quite nice." he told her.
"So, you can- you can direct me to them?" Belle asked.
"No. I've never met them." he explains as Anna came in.
"Yoo-hoo!" he waved at Anna.
"But y-you just said they were nice." Belle got confused.
"I've heard." he added.
Belle sighs, "Please help me. I- I just lost my mother."
"Oh, I'm- I'm so sorry." he told her as Anna overheard while she is getting her supplies. "Uh, trolls can't bring life. But I can help soothe you. Have you tried the sauna?" Oaken asked.
"Uh, no, no. Thank you." Belle politely decline. She took the map and was about to leave when Anna stops her.
"Need some help?" she asked as Belle turned to her.
Elsa felt upset that Belle lied to her about not knowing Anna or having never been to Arendelle.
"Uh, well, I was trying to find my way to the rock trolls, but this map is not being too helpful." Belle explains.
"Oaken means well." Anna told her.
"Yeah!" Oaken's voice can be heard off-screen.
"But you don't need him or a map. I can help you. I'm on my way to see them. Come with me." Anna suggested.
"Really?" Belle laugh. "Thank you. Uh, I'm Belle."
"I'm Anna." the two gave a friendly handshake.
"Friend of Anna's? Half price on the sauna." Oaken told Belle. The scene changed to Regina and Robin as he approaching her.
Robin sighs, "I can't help but think- you're avoiding me."
Regina sighs, "Well, not very well, it seems."
"You're upset because of what I said that I'm still in love with you. I suppose I should never have told you, not after I asked you to find a way to save my wife." Robin thought.
"That's not why I'm avoiding you." Regina told him. Robin stops her.
"Then why can't you even look me in the eye?" he asked.
"Because I don't know how to tell you the truth." Regina admit.
"You know you can tell me anything." Robin assures her.
"I've read every spell book in my possession, experimented with every potion in my vault. I even tried to defeat the Snow Queen so I could force her to reverse the spell. But... Nothing I do seems good enough." Regina explains.
"But it will be, Regina. I have faith in you. You will figure out a way eventually." Robin encourage her.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you. I'm not sure I can figure it out. Robin, I'm sorry, but if you truly want to save Marian... You're gonna have to forget about me... And... Find a way... To fall in love with your wife again." she told him as she continues to walk away from him. The scene changed to a different part of the forest.
"You can show yourself, dearie. I'm not the one you're hiding from." Mr. Gold calls out. The camera angle changed to show the Snow Queen to his left. She leaned on a tree with her hand on her hip.
"No, you're not. To what do I owe this intrusion?" she asked.
"A warning. Emma Swan is onto you. She knows your history began long before you came to Storybrooke."
"I'm aware." her replied as she walks around the forest but still in each others' sight. "Do you really think she would have discovered that if I hadn't wanted her to? It's all part of my plan a plan you thankfully know little about."
"You're being awfully secretive." Mr. Gold pointed out.
"You didn't come to warn me. You came to find out my secrets." she now is walking towards him and then passed him.
"Or offer up a deal. Whatever suits you best." Mr. Gold suggested. The Snow Queen stopped to looked at him. "But if you decline, I'd be careful."
"There it is. There's the warning." she walks behind him and stopped to his left. "You want something out of me? Why don't you just ask for it?"
"If I wanted something out of you, dearie, believe me, I'd take it." Mr. Gold told her.
"But you can't, can you? Otherwise you would. You and I both know to get what you want, you need one thing that I have and you're sorely lacking leverage." Mr. Gold turned to face her. "And until you get that I have a warning for you. Stay out of my way."
The scene changed to Belle, back at the shop, taking out a winter coat and a pick ax.
"Don't worry, Anna. I'll find you." Belle told Anna spiritually. The scene changed back to the past where Anna and Belle are walking together.
"So, Belle I couldn't help overhearing... Well, actually, I could, but I'm naturally curious. Anyway I heard you lost your mother." Anna told Belle.
"Yes, in the in the ogres war." Belle replied.
"I'm so sorry. I lost mine, too. There are no words."
Belle sighs, 'No, there aren't, especially when you don't know what happened. I was hoping the rock trolls could restore my memory so that I can finally be at peace."
"Sometimes the answer isn't what you want."
"Which is what?"
"One that makes you feel better. But if Grand Pabbie can help you get what you need, I'll make sure he does."
"Thank you." Belle stopped as they stared at the mountain. "Uh... So, now what?"
"Now we climb." Anna answered as she took Belle's pick ax.
"Okay." Belle replied.
Anna grabbed the ax in determination that she can do it, "Okay."
She tries to climb after she used the ax but fell from the attempt.
"You okay?" Belle asked.
"Ohh." Anna let go of the ax.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey."
"Whoo! Oh! Kristoff makes this look easy!" Anna sighs.
"Here." Belle gave her the pick ax. She then looked at the box that dropped from Anna's bag.
"Careful! Careful." Anna told her.
"Why? W-what's inside?" Belle asked as she gives her the box.
"A hat which can strip the magic from the most powerful of sorcerers." Anna explains.
"Why do you have such a thing?" Belle questioned.
"I sort of stole it from an evil sorcerer when I was back in the enchanted forest." Anna sighs. "I went to him to help with my sister, but things didn't exactly go according to plan."
"Why? What what happened? Who- who is this person?" Belle asked.
"I- I'd really rather not get into it. The less you know, the better. I just pray you never cross paths with that twisted man." Anna hoped as the scene changed to Mr. Gold entering his shop to see Belle ready to go.
"Belle." he called out as he closed the door. "Where are you headed?"
"To the north woods, where the Snow Queen's hiding." she answered.
"And what business do you have with her?" he asked.
"I have to fix a mistake that I made a long time ago." Belle explained.
"What are you talking about?" he questioned.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you. You wouldn't understand." Belle told him.
"Whether or not that's true, the fact remains that she defeated both Emma and Regina. She is far more dangerous than you realize." he reminded her.
"I know. That's why I was I was hoping you'd come with me." Belle suggested.
Mr. Gold scoff, "I'm sorry, Belle. That's out of the question. I won't let you anywhere near her." he walks passed her.
"I was worried you were gonna say that." Belle reached for the fake dagger in her bag. "Because I really... Really didn't want to do this." Mr. Gold turned to see the fake dagger.
"Belle, I gave you that dagger because I trusted you because I thought you would never want to control me." he told her.
"Wow, he is good at deceiving her." Anna comments.
"No kidding." Kristoff agrees.
"I know. I know, and I'm so, so sorry, rumple. But if you won't come with me willingly, what choice do I have? Take me to the Snow Queen." she command Mr. Gold through the fake dagger. The scene changed to Emma and Hook.
"According to this, she was my foster parent for six months." Emma looked at the file.
"Aye?" Hook questioned.
"That's the longest I was ever in one spot, but I don't remember a second of it." Emma told him.
You all right, Swan?" Hook asked.
"I'm fine. It was all a long time ago." Emma replied.
"Mm, perhaps, but wounds that are made when we're young- tend to linger." Hook told her.
"How would you know?" Emma questioned.
"Believe it or not, I was once a child." Hook answered.
"Yeah, like a million years ago." Emma replied.
"It was more like 200." he corrected as Emma pulls put a painting. "What is it?"
"It's a painting I did when I was in school." Emma answered.
"That so surprising?" Hook questioned.
"It's not the only one. This crazy woman has a whole file of my old art projects and essays. Just like the one I have for Henry. You don't keep stuff like this unless you care about someone." Emma realized as she took out a card.
"Well, perhaps the Snow Queen wasn't simply using you. Perhaps she'd grown fond of you over time." Hook suggested.
"Looks like the feeling was mutual." she opens the card."Thanks for being the family I never had. Love, Emma." she read the card. "I wrote that to her."
"Looks like you two were close once." Hook replied.
"But she still erased my memories. Something must have happened to change all that. There has to be a clue as to why." she looked in the folder.
"Perhaps there is... If you can read hieroglyphs." Hook notice and pulls a scroll. He unroll it and they see runes.
"This isn't from our world. What the hell was she doing with me?" Emma asked as the scene changed to Belle and Mr. Gold.
"This is it? This is where she's hiding?" Belle asked.
"Indeed. But she's not at home. I don't sense her magic." Mr. gold told her.
"Good. Okay. You stay here as lookout. I'm going in." she was about to go inside the cave.
"No, Belle, y-you're not going in there alone." Mr. Gold, concern for her safety, stops her.
"Look, I won't be long. I just need to find something." Belle replied.
"What could you possibly want from the Snow Queen's cave?" Mr. Gold asked.
"A hat one that can strip a magical being of their powers." Belle answered.
"That sounds like a remarkable object almost too good to be true, which means it probably is." Mr. Gold pretends to not heard of it.
"It isn't, and I know she has it, and I need to get it from her. It's the only way to force her to tell us where Anna is." Belle explains.
"I appreciate Belle's intentions to help me find Anna, but I don't think that is the right way." Elsa comments.
"Especially since the mirror is inside." Snow agrees.
"The mirror?" Elsa questioned.
"Do you want to tell her or do you want me to?" Snow asked Ingrid.
"You can tell her, since you have experienced it before." Ingrid told her.
"Tell me what?" Elsa asked.
"The mirror is cursed. Many centuries ago, I fell victim to it's influences. It was named the False Mirror at that time and it's what made me into the first legendary Snow Queen. It used and tricked me into restoring it, claiming that it can save Gwyn, when it wanted is to used my sorrow to destroyed the world, burying everything in ice and snow. It turned my love for those I cared about to a selfish desire, making me not myself." Snow explained sadly.
"So the same thing will happen to your mirror, Aunt Ingrid?" Elsa questioned.
"Not exactly, from what Snow already told me last night, the mirror that influenced her was not designed by her. Because I was the one who designed my own mirror, it will turned people against each other and sparing very few." Ingrid explained, feeling regret for making her own mirror.
"So this is about Elsa's sister? Why are you so invested in a girl you've never even met?" Mr. Gold questioned.
"Because a hero always helps strangers. Now keep watch. I'll call out to you if I need your help." Belle enters the cave as the scene changed to the past.
"Grand Pabbie? Grand Pabbie, it's me!" Anna called out.
"Ooh, Anna, my dear, you're back! Have you come to tell us the new wedding date? I have been working on my speech." Grand Pabbie exclaimed.
"Not yet, but we can get into that later. First, I want you to meet my friend Belle. She's come a long way to see you." Anna explained.
"It's an honor to meet you." she shook hands with him. "I'm, uh I'm here because I-I-" she is cut off.
"I know. I can help you get the memories of your mother." he pulls Belle's memory and turned it into a memory rock. "Take this to the place where you lost your memory, then brew a tea with the stone in the kettle. When you drink it, your memories will return." he gave the rock to her.
"Thank you." Belle sighs. "Thank you, Anna. I- I owe you, as well. How can I repay you?" Belle asked.
"You don't have to. Having a new friend is payment enough. All I need is a moment alone with Pabbie. I'll be quick." Anna turns to grand Pabbie as Belle give them their privacy.
"What can I help you with, dear?" Grand Pabbie asked.
"Some woman claims to be my aunt." Anna sighs. "I just don't believe her! Mother would have told us if she had a sister."
'Actually, she had two sisters." he told her.
"WHAT! Queen Iduna has two sisters that she never told us!" the townspeople exclaimed. Hans became interested and so did the Duke.
Anna now realized why Pearl said "sisters" last night. She also recall Ingrid yelling at the Duke for something he did but she was far away to hear clearly back then.
"Wait. What? Mother had two sisters that she never spoke about? Why didn't she say anything? Why didn't you say anything?" Anna questioned.
"Because I was sworn to secrecy." he answered.
"Grand Pabbie, I need some answers. Please." she pleaded.
He sighs, "Your mother, Gerda, was the youngest of three. And then there was Helga, and Ingrid was the oldest. As children, the three girls were quite close, often seen playing together in the royal gardens. But then, one day, Helga and Ingrid vanished. No one ever knew what happened to them. It was a tragedy the royal family wanted to forget. And they did, with my help." he explains.
"You took the memories of everyone in Arendelle?" Anna asked.
"Yes. And the royal family erased mention of Helga and Ingrid from every book and record they could find in our realm." Grand Pabbie added.
"Why wouldn't Ingrid tell me what happened, or that she had another sister?" Anna questioned.
"Those are questions you'd have to ask your aunt." he told her.
Anna sighs, "Like she would tell me. If she's keeping these secrets, who knows what else she's hiding. I have to warn Elsa. Belle, we have to go!"
"What? Is everything okay?" Belle asked her.
"I don't think so. It's my aunt. She's up to something." Anna told her as the scene changed to the Snow Queen's cave.
"The hat must be in here somewhere." Belle told herself.
Suddenly, a woman's voice echos around the cave, "Belle. Belle. Belle! Over here, Belle. Over here, Belle. Over Here."
Belle notice the mirror and went over it. She then uncover it to see her reflection.
"Hello, Belle!" her mirror side greeted as Belle gasps. "I was hoping you'd find me."
The scene changed back to the past with Belle and Anna on the mountain, trying to get back to the castle or the docks.
"I wish I didn't have to wait to use this." Belle told Anna.
"You'll be home before you know it. As soon as we get to town, we'll put you on the first ship back to the Enchanted Forest." Anna replied as Belle notice storm clouds.
"If any ships are even setting sail. It... Looks like a storm's setting in." Belle respond.
"I don't think it's a storm." Anna realized.
"Well, what else could it be?" Belle asked.
"My aunt. I don't think my aunt wants me to tell my sister what I found out." Anna replied.
"Well, if she has all this magic and... And you have, well, g-good intentions, then what are we gonna do?" Belle questioned.
"I have more than good intentions! I have this! She can't hurt us if she doesn't have magic." Anna show Belle the hat just as a gust of wind separated them. Belle dropped her memory rock. she tries to grab it.
"Belle! Belle! I can't pull myself up!" Anna is seen holding for dear life on a cliff.
"Just hold on! I'll be right there!" Belle wanted to get her rock first.
"Belle, hurry! Please!" Anna pleaded.
"Oh!" Belle almost got her rock when it fell and shattered to pieces.
"Belle, hurry!" Anna is close to losing her grip.
"I'm coming! I'm coming." Belle tries to help Anna but she was too late. "Anna!" Belle exclaimed as she lost her grip and fell to the bottom of the cliff.
"Anna!" Elsa exclaimed, worried that she is dead.
Everyone also had that same reaction, thinking that no one could survive a fall like that.
Hans smirk at the possible dead of Anna.
"HEY! Your forgetting that I survived a two hundred fall off a cliff two years ago. This is a no brainier." she nervously laugh, hoping that she was not wrong.
She is now unconscious as Ingrid appeared. She took the hat from Anna's bag. "Leave her alone!"
Ingrid looked up to see Belle and told her , "You'll have to excuse us, but this is family business." She and Anna disappeared as Belle is left in regret. The scene changed to Belle looking at her mirror self.
"I'm surprised you were brave enough to come in here." Mirror Belle told her.
"I had to. I have to find a way to help Anna."
"Why?" Mirror Belle questioned. She scoff, "You never really cared much for her before."
"That's not true." Belle protest.
"Sure, it is. You chose that rock over her. You had to remember what happened to your mother, no matter what the cost." Mirror Belle points out.
"I made a mistake. I didn't mean to-" she got cut off.
"Ruin someone's life?" her mirror self asked. She scoff again, "It certainly wasn't your most heroic moment. Not that you've ever really been hero material."
"No, please- please stop." Belle plead her mirror self.
"Everyone sees you for what you really are, Belle a pathetic coward. I mean, why do you think the dark one married you? You think it was love? He needed someone weak, someone he could manipulate." Mirror Belle is slowly turning Belle against Mr. Gold.
"That's not true. He loves me. He gave me this." she shows her reflection the dagger.
Mirror Belle laugh, "You truly believe that's real? Deep down, you know what kind of beast you're dealing with."
Belle is starting to get influence by the magic of the curse mirror.
"Belle! Belle. The Snow Queen's approaching the cave." Mr. Gold saw that Belle is under a trance and notice the mirror. "Belle." he got in front of her. "Look at me. Don't look in the mirror. Look at me. We have to leave."
Belle used the dagger to attack him and he took the chance to restrained her.
"Let me go!" Belle yelled.
"You don't know what you're doing." he told her.
"No!" Belle exclaimed as Mr. Gold teleport them back to the shop. "Please, let me go!"
"It's okay." he assures her.
"Let me go!" Belle yelled again.
"It's okay. We're back in the shop. We're back in the shop. It's okay." he tries to calm her down.
"No, no!" Belle exclaimed.
"It's okay." he reassures her.
"Wait. No. You were outside the cave. I commanded that you wait there." Belle told him.
"You commanded me to keep watch. I sensed she was coming back. I came to find you, and I'm glad I did." Mr. Gold explains as Belle looked to see that she hurt him. She drops the dagger and collapse.
"I- I hurt you. I- I'm so sorry, Rumple." Belle apologized.
"It's okay." Mr. Gold told her.
"When I f- found that mirror, something came over me, like a- like a spell. And and it spoke to me and made me made me believe all these horrible things, and it said to me that the dagger you gave me is fake." she looked at the dagger.
"I can assure you that nothing that mirror said is true. It was imbued with the darkest of magic. I- I know you would never wrong me." Mr. Gold told her.
"I have wronged you. I've kept a terrible secret from you. I'm the reason that Anna's missing. I didn't want anyone to know until I could make things right and save Anna. But I couldn't. I failed. And all I managed to do was abuse the dagger and and take advantage of you, my true love. I- I don't even know if I- if I deserve to be with you anymore." Belle explains.
"No, no, no. You were only doing what you thought was right." Mr. Gold understands.
You- you forgive me?" Belle asked in surprise.
"Of course I forgive you." he replied as they shared a hug. Thank you for telling me everything." Mr. Gold cried.
"Thank you for understanding. I never should have kept a secret from you, especially 'cause I know that you'd never keep one from me. I love you, Rumple." Belle told him.
"And I love you, too." Mr. Gold replied as the scene changed to the past.
Belle returns from her trip to find her father waiting in her room. She sighs, "Father, I..." She clears her throat, "I-I thought you'd be asleep."
"I haven't slept in days. How could I when you left without so much as a goodbye? So, did you find what you were looking for?" Maurice asked.
"No. You were right, father. I should have just left things alone. That trip was a huge mistake." Belle replied.
"I'm the one who's made the mistake, Belle. I've been keeping a secret from you. I know what happened during the ogre attack." Maurice admit.
"Wait, what?!" Belle exclaimed.
"Why is everyone taking my line?" Anna questioned.
"Technically, it's not your line. Anyone could used it." Kristoff replied.
"I know but I'm the one who says it the most." Anna counters.
"I didn't want to add to your grief. When the ogres stormed the library where you and your mother had been working, the guards heard the commotion. They rushed in. They saw the ogres were about to attack. But your mother, she she stood in the path of those monsters to protect you. She kept them at bay while the guards pulled you from danger. But by the time they came to save your mother... It was too late." Maurice explains.
"She sacrificed herself for me." Belle realized.
"She loved you so much, and so do I. I'm so glad you're back. I don't know what I would have done if the ogres had gotten you on the road." Maurice told her.
"They- they have reached the roads?" Belle questioned as she looked out the window.
"The war is not going well. But you need not worry of such things. We have soldiers to fight." Maurice tries to assure her.
"But those soldiers don't stand a chance. They'll only slow down the ogres' advance." she sighs. "We need someone who can stop them once and for all."
"And who would that be?" Maurice asked.
"On my journey, I did some reading. And, well There's a wizard, a powerful, powerful wizard, who may just help us. His name is-" she got cut off by her father.
"I know his name! And I dare not speak it. Trust me, Belle, if we do-" he got cut off by Belle.
"I know. Magic always comes with a price." she sighs. "But if mother's death taught me anything, it's that sometimes a hero has to sacrifice everything to save the people they love, and I will do whatever I can to save our land. And I can be a hero, just like mother. And if that means summoning Rumpelstiltskin... Then so be it." Belle told him as the scene changed to Mr. Gold and the Snow Queen in her ice cave.
"I'm afraid we have a problem, dearie. I caught a glimpse of your mirror today." he replied.
"It's rather impressive, isn't it? I had no idea your bride would be so easy to turn." the Snow Queen taunt.
"Watch yourself. Now, I don't know exactly when you intend to use this mirror, but you should know this. I won't allow you to hurt those I care about." Mr. Gold warned.
"And I won't allow you to derail my plans because you've suddenly gotten sentimental." the Snow Queen gave her own warning.
"You only get one warning." he told her.
"Which is more than you get. I can't make any promises over who may or who may not survive." she replied.
"You know, you were wrong before." Mr. Gold respond.
"That you needed leverage to get what you want?" the Snow Queen questioned.
"No, that I didn't have it. I do." he made the hat appear.
"Where did you get that?" she roll up her cape and walks away from it.
"Oh, that's irrelevant. But now that I know what you're up to, we can have a real talk." he approaches her. "You might want to reconsider your position, because I doubt you'd enjoy becoming just another embroidery on this hat. Looks like you've just lost your leverage, dearie." he threatens. The scene changed back to the past in Arendelle.
"Anna. It's time to wake up, dear." Ingrid told her in the dungeon.
Everyone gave a sigh of relief except for Hans.
"What? Where am I?" Anna asked.
"Exactly where you belong." Ingrid answered as Anna realized where she is. Ingrid was about to leave when Anna runs to the bars.
"You can't just lock me in here! Elsa won't stand for it!" Anna yelled.
"Even when she finds out what you were planning to do to her?" Ingrid questioned.
"Wait. What?" Anna became confused.
"You were planning to use this to strip away her magic." Ingrid shows her the hat.
"No, that's not why I had it." Anna denies it.
"Really? Then why didn't you tell Elsa about it?" Ingrid asked.
"Because I- I didn't know how to tell her the truth. I found it with a man that our parents sought out. They went to him looking for a way to strip Elsa of the thing that makes her special." Anna explains.
"And you're following in their footsteps." Ingrid concluded.
"I wasn't going to use it on her. I wasn't going to use it on anybody..." Anna told Ingrid. She gave her an "Oh really" look. "Until you attacked me. The rock trolls told me what you've been hiding, that you and my mother had another sister."
"The rock trolls shouldn't talk about things that they don't understand." Ingrid told her in a harsh whisper.
"But it's true. What happened to her?" Anna asked.
"Some secrets are better left buried." Ingrid responded.
"I don't understand. What do you want?!" Anna demands. Ingrid approach the cell and put her hand on one of the bars.
"What I have always wanted... A family who will embrace me for who I am. For a brief moment, I thought the three of us could be that family you, me, and Elsa. But you showed me that plan would never work. You have nothing in common with Elsa and me. You are the odd woman out. And now I suppose I have to find someone else to take your place." Ingrid suggested as the scene changed to Emma and Elsa at the sheriff station.
"The Snow Queen is your aunt?" Emma questioned.
"According to this heraldry book I found in the library. Her name is Ingrid. I didn't even know my mother had any sisters. I'm as surprised as you are." Elsa admits.
"Well, spend a little more time in this town, love, you'll realize just about everyone's related." Hook enters as Emma smiles.
"This book traces the lineage in Arendelle for generations. That's Gerda, my mother. And this is Helga, my other aunt." Elsa explains.
"Bloody hell. Look at this one she looks just like you. Maybe that's why she was so obsessed with you, why she kept all those relics from your childhood." Hook suggested.
"She came to this world looking for blondes? There's a lot more than just me." Emma thought.
"Don't I know it." Hook smiles earning him a look from Emma. Elsa notice the scroll and unroll it.
She sighs, "She wasn't looking for a blonde. She was looking for the savior."
"What?" Emma asked.
"This scroll the writing is runic. It's a prophecy. It says, "the name of the savior is Emma." Elsa read or translate.
"She knew?" Emma questioned.
"Before you even did. She knew you were powerful." Elsa told her.
But why?" Emma asked.
"It says it right here "And the savior shall become Ingrid's sister." Elsa read or translate the bottom portion of the scroll.
"What the hell does that mean?" Emma questioned.
"Well, my mother died, and her other sister she's not around anymore. I think Ingrid believes in this prophecy. I think she's looking to replace them." Elsa concluded as Belle came in.
"Elsa." Belle called out her name.
Elsa sighs as she put the scroll down, "Yes."
"I- I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry, but-" she was cut off by a confused Elsa.
"What?" Elsa asked.
"I-I've been keeping a secret. I know your sister, Anna. She helped me once. But when I had a chance to help her, I let her down. And because I did, she was captured by the Snow Queen." Belle explained her past.
"What? Where did this happen? When?" Elsa asked her questions.
"Arendelle a long, long time ago. And I have no idea where she is now. But, uh, I'm afraid we have a more pressing concern." Belle explains as she looks to the left, the screen transition to the mirror and Ingrid smiling at it. "The Snow Queen has a mirror imbued with terrible magic that can do terrible things." Belle's voice can be heard off-screen.
The scene transition back to the right, showing Hook. "Mirror? Easy enough, let's just go smash it." he suggest.
"It's not that simple. Rumple told me it's part of an awful spell the Spell of Shattered Sight. If she casts it, its magic will make everyone in Storybrooke turn on one another." she explains.
"Bloody hell. The entire town will destroy itself." Hook replied.
"And there'd be no one left." Belle finished.
"Except us." Emma is referring to her and Elsa.
"What makes you think that she'd spare you and Elsa?" Belle asked.
Emma sighs, "Because of this."
"She wants it to be just the three of us." Elsa looked at Emma.
"Her perfect family." Emma replied as the screen shows Ingrid smiling in the mirror.
Pearl clicked the remote and got up from her seat.
"Alright, everyone. It is now nighttime. Townspeople, the portals are ready so please enter it to your right. Those who stayed their first night here go to your rooms except for the people in the cloaked box and in the control room." Pearl replied.
Once the townspeople left, the theater was almost empty. Pearl dismissed Han, his brothers, and the Duke to their rooms first. Followed the flower guardians, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven. She then told Elsa and Ingrid to stay in the control room and to turn away from the windows. She escort the secret guest to their room. She then came back to get Elsa and Ingrid.
"Elsa I checked the halls, and it is safe for you to leave. And Ingrid, wait for me in my room. I want to talk to you concerning episode seven." Pearl explained.
They both left her as she gets ready to closed the theater.
I hope you have enjoyed the episode so far. I have the unknown king and queen speak in this chapter so that you won't forget about them because they are kinda important. Just to give you the idea behind my story, in later chapter, there will be three endings to choose from and once it is picked, the other endings won't be in the story. I already have the poll, the explanation, and what the price is. You can pick now or wait for the chapter after the last episode of the Frozen arc to decide. Well, see you soon.