Descendants 2 Chapter 10
Episode 6A
When Regina woke up, she checks on the children in the house. Little Hope was fast asleep, Henry was asleep on his bed with Neal Jr. on the floor. When she got to teenage Hope's room, she found her awake and making the bed.
Regina came into her room and closed the door behind her. "Good morning honey."
Hope folded her lips. "You want to talk about Zelena."
"You Aunt has a temper. We all know this." Regina stood before her daughter. "I was the most skeptical of anyone of her change. She really has changed for the better. She's on our side now."
Hope shook her head. "That's what she wants you to think. She's wicked."
"Why are you so opposed to this?" Regina asked. "She's family."
Hope made a face and leaned her head. She closed her eyes tightly.
"Hope?" Regina put her hands on Hopes shoulders.
"She..." Hope started to cry, "She took-"
At that moment, the door opened. It was Zelena. "Regina, the microwave's not working."
"I'll be down in a minute," Regina said, annoyed.
After Zelena left, Regina looked back at Hope. "Why did she do?" Regina asked.
"Forget it," Hope said.
- Tittle screen -
August walked up to Granny's diner and noticed the closed sign. He checked his watch and made a puzzled expression on his face. "It's after 8. The dinner opens at 7."
Neal Jr. walked up to the diner as August passed by him. Neal saw the sign and then peeked through the window. He could see Granny and Gepetto inside the diner together. They were holding hands. Neal gave a smile. "We really did it." He said aloud.
Flashback: (Years later) Teenage Neal (Jr) Charming woke up in his spacious room a few days after Lena told her mom the truth about herself. He had breakfast with his parents, Snow and Charming at the table. They had bowls of food to choose from including rice, bacon, cheese, potatoes, carrots, and pears. Neal engaged in small talk with his parents while he ate. Then Neal headed for the school.
Neal graduated two years prior. He's older than Lena, Lyra, etc. He got a job at the school, like most of the village, as an assistant teacher to Mr. Booth's wood-shop class.
After work, Neal attendance Magic school lessons too. He began training when he was seven, the minimum age requirement to attend these lessons.
For this lesson Regina taught the class how to transform into someone else. "Now this is advanced magic that takes time to master. You may got get it in the first lesson."
Regina paired her students up together. Lyra and Lena as usual, the twins, Hope and Ger, Neal and Henry.
Henry was the assistant teacher now that His daughter Lucy is in the class. Lucy was teamed up with Lyra's little sister Leia.
Neal worked with Henry on transforming into each other. Henry demonstrated how to do so. He quickly turned into Neal.
When Neal tried, he was stumped.
"Don't overthink it. Just feel. Think about who you want to become and how they make you feel." Henry said.
Neal tried again to no avail.
"Keep trying." Henry said.
Neal tried again and again. When he was able to change clothes magically, he looked over and saw everyone else in the class. Lena and Lyra quickly changed into each other and back to themselves. Everyone else had mastered this. Flora and Fauna giggled and cheered.
"Even the twins?" Neal sighed. "I think." He looked back at Henry. "Hey maybe I should partner up with one of the twins. It's not like we can tell if they transform into the other."
"They seem okay. Besides we're not allowed to change partners." Henry said.
Neal observed the class, looking at all the students. "How are our partners chosen?"
"What do you mean?" Henry asked.
"By age?" Neal suggested. "Because you're older than me. And everyone else seemed to be about the same age as their partner."
"It's more like we base it off of how well each of you work together."
Neal nodded with a smirk on his face. He left the class early that day.
He sat alone by a pond nearby. Lyra spotter him on her way home from their magic lessons and sat beside him.
"Neal? What are you doing out here?" Lyra asked.
Neal was quiet. He stared ahead passed the pond. "I'm the worst in our class."
Lyra shook her head. "Don't say that."
"It's the truth," Neal said. "I'm terrible at magic. You guys are all better than me and you're younger."
A nice breeze brushed up on their faces, flapping their hair around.
"It's not just magic school," Neal said. "It's everything." Lyra listened as he went on. "In school, I was a fair archer, but 'I'm no Snow White.' I'm no hero. I'm don't have a special skill. My sister has to ask August for a job."
"My mom and August go way back-" Lyra said.
"She can be too much sometimes." Neal said.
"What?" Lyra asked sternly.
"Emma. She's good. She always does good. Even when she's evil, she's good. Emma has saved everyone countless times-"
"Before most of us were born. Before the final battle. Before we didn't a savior. Everything is great now. It's okay if you don't see yourself a hero. We don't need one right now. There's not chance to prove if you are one."
"Lyra," Neal sighed and faced Lyra. "When you came here, when you were 12, everyone accepted you for who you are. Everyone loved you instantly. You fit in and you didn't grow up here... I don't. I grew up here and I'm not a natural at anything. I can't even maintain a girlfriend."
"Alexandra and you should give it another chance." Lyra said.
"Don't you understand!?" Neal said. "I can't live up to Emma or Henry or my parents. I am just a disappointment with no purpose here."
Lyra paused before responding. "I once knew someone who felt that way. Like he wasn't the preferred child. Rejected by his own family. Even I felt that way once..."
Neal looked at her as she told the story.
"He wanted revenge on the person he blamed for taking all the love from him. But that didn't end well for him. He didn't see how much his mom loved him and the friends he could have had..."
Neal and Lyra continued talking for a few more minutes before going home.
Lena arrived on set of "Good Morning Storybrooke." Hope texted Lena about being on the show and where it was located in town. Lena was escorted to the filming room where the show hosts Goldie Locksley and Hart Archer were. They were reading from an electric prompt.
"Now despite all these loose Dalmatians, it does not mean Cruella is back from the grave." Goldie said.
"Speaking of Cruella," Hart said, "Her car is still up for sale. Sheriff Nolan assures the owner that the vehicle's parking tickets will be evokes once it's bought."
They switched over to Belle, doing a segment on books. She was reviewing two stories: a young adult novel and a children's book. Lena smiled seeing her mom talk about books.
Lena was up next. She wore a green dress for the occasion, and tied her hair back in a tall ponytail. The workers there had her stand by a large window.
"That's all for the weather," Hart said.
"And now we are joined by Belle and Gold's female Descendant Lena, with an important message." Goldie said.
A studio worker pointed at Lena. Another one held a microphone over her. Lena was handed a regular microphone to hold. Lena stalled. An employee gestured her to talk.
Lena started at the camera nervously. She took a moment to take a deep breath and remember why she's on the show. "Storybrooke residents, you have been told that the newcomer Gideon is working with the villainous Black Fairy. It may seem that way, but he is no villain. The Black Fairy is controlling him. Making him do bad things. Against his will. So please, don't label him as a villain or evil. And if you find a heart in Storybrooke, turn it over to our sherif so we can return it to the rightful body. Thank you."
Neal Jr. joined the Mills family for breakfast that morning. Hope and Henry talked about Good Morning Storybrooke.
"Lena did so well. It's so cool seeing her on the screen." Hope said.
"Yeah, if she went to school here, she's be miss popular today." Henry said.
"Quite insightful what she said too," Neal said. "She knew that Gideon was being controlled by the Black Fairy."
"Gideon doesn't have his heart," Hope said. "Where could she be keeping it?"
"Well I know where I would keep a heart," Regina said.
"Where?" Hope asked.
"In her vault," Henry said.
"If I hid something as valuable as a heart," Neal said, "I would hide it in a secret compartment of a box of a shelf."
"I'd use magic so no one could get to it," Henry said.
"I'd hide it somewhere just as valuable," Zelena said.
Hope eyed her. "Like where?"
"I don't know. Like with my son's things." Zelena said.
Hope looked over at Neal and gave him a sly smile.
Regina looked over at them and sipped her coffee.
"I wonder if Lyra saw the show," Neal asked.
Lyra entered the Sherwood Forest in the present. She looked back and saw the portal disappear.
She began walking through the woods and called out, "Roland!? Merri Me-en!?"
She walked alone through the woods, hoping this wasn't a horrible mistake.
Flashback: During dinner that night, the Charming family gathered at Snow and Charming's house, in the kitchen. Everyone contributed to the meal. Snow made the main dish. Charming roasted a chicken. Emma and Killian made fish tacos. Lyra and Leia made a salad. Neal made a vegetable platter. Henry, Grace, and Lucy brought a dessert.
They couldn't go five minutes without asking about magic school. Neal stopped eating for a moment when they brought it up.
"Everyone is doing so well," Henry said. "Lyra is a natural, as we already know. She mastered transfiguration so fast. The fastest I've ever seen. I think that's a world record. She should get a metal."
The family gave Henry a look, knowing it wasn't Henry. He smirked and turned back into Lyra. The real Henry was disguised as Lyra and went back to himself. The whole family laughed at the trick, except Neal.
Lyra looked over to him and her smile faded.
Lyra has been walking for over an hour in the woods when she began to feel really dizzy. She kept calling, "Roland!? Merri Men!?" Lyra leaned against a tree.
"Will Scarlett!?" She shook her head. "Will's in Wonderland." She continued to move along, stumbling over tree roots and rocks.
She fell over a large branch, and immediately smiled. Lyra was surrounded by the Merri Men. "Little John!" She said. "Good to see you again."
"Lyra?" He asked. He walked over to her and helped her up.
"I thought you went back to the Future," one Merri man said.
"I came back," Lyra said. "It's a long Story."
"I'll start a fire," another Merri man said.
"I'll roast the food," said another.
"And I'll listen," said a little voice.
Lyra's face lit up as she saw a young Roland in front of her. "Roland!" She ran up and hugged the seven year old boy.
Here is the link to the Story Trailer for Descendants 2:
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