Chapter 10: Off to Storybrooke
The next thing Emma saw after being swept away by the Red Queen's magic red mist was a large, empty field. She, Cyrus, the Red Queen, and the White Rabbit were standing right in the center of it.
"Is this the Outlands?" She asked Cyrus.
"Yes." The genie said.
"There's nothing here." The Red Queen said. "Why would Alice know to come here?"
Before Cyrus could respond, his attention was stolen by a sudden cloud of purple mist that appeared in the distance.
"What's that?" Cyrus asked.
"I've seen that purple smoke before." Emma said smiling.
They watched as the smoke cleared away and revealed six people standing there. Among them were Alice, Regina, Mary Margaret, David, Will and Hook. Cyrus immediately made eye contact with Alice and he soon found himself with a grin larger than the Cheshire Cat. Alice returned the gesture with a smile of her own and the two than ran towards each other as fast as they could.
It was then that David and Mary Margaret saw their daughter standing next to a woman in red and a small, white rabbit. They immediately started running to embrace her. Emma, who had no idea that her parents were even in Wonderland, was so overjoyed to see them that she couldn't help but run to them. Will caught the Red Queen's stare and soon became angry. He was reminded of their tearful past. He remembered how they were in love and came to Wonderland to start a new life together. He also remembered how she threw away their love for a crown and all the power that came along with it. He then noticed that Hook and Regina had started walking towards the rest of the group and decided to walk along with them.
By now Alice and Cyrus had finally reached each other. She jumped into his arms. They held onto each other with no intension of ever letting go again. When they finally did let go, they stared into each others loving eyes and shared a long kiss.
Emma soon became consumed in a joyful hug with her parents. She then saw Cyrus and a young, blonde girl walking towards them.
"Cyrus," Emma said, "these are my parents."
Cyrus soon became very confused. Emma and her parents seemed to be around the same age.
"It's complicated." Emma said noting the expression on Cyrus' face. "You must be Alice." She then said to young girl.
"And you must be Emma." Alice said.
"Cyrus wouldn't stop talking about you." Emma said to her.
"Your parents didn't stop talking of you either." Alice said.
"Who are they?" Cyrus asked referring to Regina and Hook who had now joined the group, with Will just behind them.
"Regina and Hook." Alice said. "We never would've found you without them."
"What about Henry?" Emma asked Regina.
"He's safe in Storybrooke." Regina said. "Who's this?" She asked about the blonde girl in red and the small white rabbit who had just walked over.
"The Red Queen." Alice said.
Before giving the Queen a chance to speak, Regina immediately waved her hand and the Red Queen became magically paralyzed from the neck down.
"Looks like you're the powerless one now Anastasia." Will said.
"You're making a mistake." The Red Queen said. "I can help you."
"You've done nothing but try to get us killed." Regina said.
"It's different now. Jafar attacked my castle. He tried to kill me. I even brought Emma and Cyrus here." The Queen said.
"That was only because the other option was being killed by Jafar." Emma interrupted.
"Why did you do it?" Will asked. "Why did you help Jafar."
"For you." Anastasia replied. "He said he could change the laws of magic and then we could go back to when we were in love before all this happened."
They suddenly heard a loud, rumbling noise in the distance.
"What's that?" Mary Margaret asked.
"It's Jafar." The Red Queen said. "He's going to kill all of us. We have to get out of Wonderland now!"
"We?" Regina questioned. "As far as I'm concerned you can stay here and face Jafar."
"I brought the rabbit." Anastasia said.
"Good." Regina said. "He can take us to Storybrooke, while you stay here."
"Can we come to Storybrooke too?" Alice asked referring to herself, Cyrus, and Will.
"Of course." Mary Margaret said.
The booming sound of Jafar's magical storm cloud was growing louder.
"We better go now." Hook said.
"Go on rabbit," Alice said, "dig your hole."
"Alright." The White Rabbit said. "I'll dig the hole, then I'll use what little magic I do have to keep it open for you all."
"Please take me with you!" Anastasia begged.
"Shut it." Regina ordered.
"We can't just leave her here." Mary Margaret said.
"Well she's not coming back to Storybrooke." Regina said. "I won't let her. It's what's best for Henry's safety."
"I have to agree with Regina." Emma said.
Jafar's powerful storm loud was now visible. They all looked up and saw how dark it had made the sky as it started to consume all the sunlight.
"Dig!" Will yelled to the rabbit.
Without delay, the White Rabbit started digging and soon a large, swirling vortex of blue light and magic formed on the ground. The rabbit then stood aside to use his small magical power to keep it open long enough for all to enter through.
Regina and Emma were the first ones to jump through. They were both far too eager to get back to their son back home. David and Mary Margaret, holding hands, jumped down next, also eager for their family to once again be reunited.
Hook then readied himself to jump. However, as he was about to leap, he noticed that the hole started to shrink rapidly.
"Rabbit!" Hook shouted.
He searched around, but the White Rabbit had disappeared. He was nowhere to be seen. Realizing that he would be stuck there without the White Rabbit, Hook made one more desperate attempt to jump through the hole. However, it closed before he even came close to it and the pirate landed hard on the grass.
"Where's the rabbit?" Alice shouted.
"She did something." Will accused the Red Queen.
Hook heard the conversation going on around him, but was still too shocked to get off the ground. Emma, Regina, Mary Margaret, and David had successfully gotten to Storybrooke, but Hook remained trapped in Wonderland with no way back home.