Chapter Eleven: The Outsider

Previously, on Once Upon A Time Travel:

"What would Henry have to hide from his family?" Killian asked.

"Speaking of Robin, how are they going to react?" Lucy asked. "Technically speaking, it's been over a year. What's that saying? The bill comes due?"

"With the final battle against Jadis drawing near, your memories might be returning," Henry said to his family.

"Immortal being exist out of space and time," Henry told Lucy. "Gods, angels, et cetera. That give us like maybe a few months."

"We have six months at the least though," Lucy pointed out.

"Welcome to Cair Paravel," Lucy announced.

"Could you tell me how exactly I was saved from death?" Robin asked.

Henry flinched. "Oh, uh, it was kinda really super dark magic," he mumbled. "Like satanic dark."

"We need to go on foot. Jadis will sense us coming by way of magic."

Lucy frowned and crossed her arms. "Henry, you can't lie to your family like this. Six months, Henry. That's all the time we have to figure this out. With your help anyway."

"Two years sounded plenty at the time," Henry murmured.

"Daytime will be the only safe way to travel for now."

"I don't think they're being entirely truthful about how they got Robin back," Snow said.

"Susan's horn will call aid to us in our time of need should we blow on it."

"Whatever Henry is doing, can't be good," Charming said to Belle.

"Once the ice starts to melt, get everyone into a portal back to Storybrooke."

Lucy dry laughed. "I'm going to lose you in a few months if we can't figure out a way to prevent-"

"-I know, okay?" Henry interrupted. "I know they will come for me. When they do, we will be ready and I will survive. I'm not ready for anything else."

"Time?" Nebula asked.

"Time," Gamora repeated. "I hope for their sakes they have left the ice witch's castle." The Soul Stone fell back into the abyss of it's home.

"How long has it been?" Henry asked the Netherworld. The fiery text read: 1 Year, 10 Months, 14 Days.

"Thank you," Peter told the heroes genuinely. "We can never repay you for helping us defeat Jadis."

"We only have about two months left," Henry said to Lucy.

"Emma and Killian are getting married in two months," Lucy pointed out.

"Emma and I are getting married in a few weeks. You should stick around for it."

"When they come for me, it won't matter how old I am," Henry said.

"I will not tell your family what you did," Lucy hissed. "That's your responsibility. You chose to do that so you will own up to it." She crossed her arms. "I hated that choice and I don't think Regina would ever allow herself to be happy after she finds out. What you did is unforgivable, Henry."

"Well, I thought I could get out of it somehow," Henry snapped. "She said that she would give us an extra year to try and figure it out. She said that they couldn't figure it out in a year, so she was curious if we could figure it out in two years. Maybe I believed we could."

"Yeah, but you never talk about it, Henry!" Lucy said loudly, practically crying now. "Everytime I bring it up you dismiss it and now we have months left, Henry. Months! Whoever this they are sounds respected and feared and probably really smart. They are probably more experienced than us and if they couldn't figure it out, how can we?"

"Lucy, some day we will have to return through the original wardrobe. We can't afford to not want to leave things behind or even to leave people behind confused or hurt," Peter said.

"In the Netherworld, Henry told me that if we had to leave him behind, don't look back. He said it wasn't worth it. He said you could explain," David added, looking at Lucy.

"It is worth it," Lucy growled. "And I will not say a word of his idiotic reasoning. He will tell you what he did, and when he does there will be hell to pay."

"When I'm twenty-eight," Lucy said. "That's when we go back according to Henry." She send Peter pleading eyes. "But you don't understand! I can't leave him yet. Not now. Certainly not now."

"How long has it been?" Henry asked, voice cracking. 1 Year, 10 Months, 25 Days.

"What's going on?" Peter asked her.

"I can't tell you," Lucy said biting her lip. "Henry made me swear not to tell anyone what he did. He wants to tell his family first. It just hasn't been a good time."

"How much longer?" Lucy murmured.

Henry grimaced. "Haven't been keeping track. I'd say about three weeks. Give or take a few days."

"Well, you better make him say something to them soon," Peter said in irritation. "Henry's a nice kid, and he means well, but he won't always be there. You won't always be there."

Storybrooke, Present Day

"Thanks, Henry," Lucy said warmly. "I can't ever repay you for helping me."

Henry and Lucy were sitting at a two person booth in a corner at Granny's.

"No problem, Luce," Henry shrugged. "Honestly. Saving people. Defeating villains. The family business."

Lucy's face fell flat. "Henry, that's not what I meant. Sooner or later you are going to have to face the harsh reality that you might not be around for me to repay. I can repay you easily. Help you defeat a baddie, but I can't repay you if you're dead."

Henry looked away. "Lu, I understand, but if my family knew about this, they'd kill me." He paused. "Well, you know what I mean. I'll tell them somehow. I'll write them a note or something for them to find after, but…" He trailed off.

"That's not fair," Lucy said quietly. "Not to the family that has loved you for years." She glanced over her shoulder at her siblings who were chatting happily with the heroes. Henry, I have to leave, she wanted to say. And I don't know if that's before or after.

Enchanted Forest, Many Years into the Future's Past

"This is stupid," Lucy complained to Henry. She slammed another book shut. "There's nothing we don't already know in these books!"

Henry pointed to the last book. "Come on, Lu! One more book. Please?"

Lucy sighed and opened the book. She read aloud, "The Olympian Crystal is a powerful weapon with the ability to end someone's existence, and it was originally owned by Kronos, the King of Mount Olympus." She looked at Henry.

"Just keep reading," Henry said shaking his head.

Lucy scrunched up her nose, but continued. "When he chose his older son, Zeus, to become his successor to the throne, this caused his younger son, Hades, to become jealous. Eventually, Kronos was killed by Hades, who decided to take the Olympian Crystal for himself. As he was about to destroy his brother Zeus with the weapon, Hades was defeated by Zeus. The latter stopped his younger brother's heart and broke the Olympian Crystal, making it impossible for Hades to use or fix the crystal. As he left Mount Olympus for the Underworld, Hades took the broken crystal with him, intending to keep it safe until he found a way to fix it." Lucy looked up from the book. "I really don't think this book will be able to tell us anything else, Henry."

Henry slumped back in his seat. "If Greek mythology exists," he murmured, "other mythologies must exist." He sat up straight. "I'll be back, Luce. Maybe. Look, just tell my family that I'll be late to dinner. If I even go to dinner." He rushed off into the depths of the library.

Storybrooke, Present Day

Emma peeked out of the bathroom to see the waiting faces of Snow, Regina, Belle, David, and Robin. She smiled at them before opening the door all the way.

Snow sighed upon seeing Emma. "Oh, Emma, you look beautiful."

"It's not like we haven't already seen the dress," Regina said shaking her head fondly. She looked at Emma. "But you do look wonderful."

"Blushing bride," Belle joked, giving Emma a hug. "It looks even better than you described."

David looked unimpressed. "Are you sure you want to do this? Now? I mean, you've already been married. Do we really need to go through this?"

Emma crossed her arms. "In the eyes of those who do not know about the time travel, I would like to be officially married. So, yes, we do have to go through all the formalities." She smiled softly. "Besides, we haven't technically gotten married. That hasn't happened yet as far as the timeline is concerned."

The front door opened and Henry poked his head in.

"Robin and David have to go now!" he called. "Lucy and Susan will be here soon. Ruby said she was bringing food later." He waved at Emma. "Nice dress, mom!"

Emma laughed. "Okay, we'll send them out. Don't let Killian in! Bad luck to see the bride in her dress before the wedding."

"Unfortunately, we seem to have the worst luck," Killian's voice cut in from behind Henry and the door.

Regina waved her hand and switched Emma's dress with sweats.

Killian pushed the door open and shook his head. "Of course. Regina I assume?"

"Guilty," Regina smirked. "Get out of here, Guyliner. Bad luck!"

"Perhaps for us it's good luck?" Killian suggested, but he allowed Robin and David to pull him out of the house.

Lucy and Susan walked in staring at the odd trio as they passed. Lucy and Henry exchanged a look before Henry shut the door behind him.

Enchanted Forest, Many Years into the Future's Past

Henry burst into the dinning hall in excitement. "I've got it!" he shouted. "I know how to save Robin!"

Regina stood up. She hurried over to Henry. "You do? Henry, that's wonderful! How do we do it?" she asked eagerly.

Henry's smiled wavered. Then it returned steady. "We have to go to the Dark Fairy's realm. I know it's a world of hopelessness and sin, but without the Black Fairy, we should be safe."

"You could have let me help," Lucy grumbled. "I must have left only a couple minutes before you found the solution."

Henry's face slipped again, but he recovered quickly. "Well, how was I supposed to know? Anyway, I was thinking me, moms, and Luce could head out first thing tomorrow. Shouldn't last too long. Day or two at the most."

"Let's do it," Emma agreed. She smiled at Regina. "Guess villains do get happy endings."

Regina smiled to herself. "I guess they do."

Storybrooke, Present Day

"Henry, can I talk to you?" Lucy said quietly the next morning.

They were helping to set up for the wedding that would take place on the rooftop of Granny's.

Henry nodded. "Sure, Lucy. What's up?"

"For starters," Lucy said flatly, "how much longer?"

Henry looked up at Lucy and his eyes widened. Lucy's face was distorted and grey. She growled at him.

"Henry?"

Henry blinked and shook his head. "Sorry, what were you saying, Lu?"

"How much longer?" Lucy repeated.

"Any day now," Henry said guiltily thinking about the distorted version of Lucy he just saw.

Lucy raised her eyebrows. "Oh? Well that's just great isn't it. Plan on telling your family anytime soon? Maybe before they notice you hallucinating?" She paused. "You haven't started hallucinating yet, have you?"

Henry set up the chair he was holding with more force than necessary. He shook his head. "Nah, I'm not hallucinating. As for telling them... In due time. Now get to it, Luce. What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Right," Lucy said swallowing. She brushed her hair out of her eyes. "Henry, did you know what we'd become? Did you know we'd fall in love?"

"Lu," Henry said rolling his eyes. "Don't go getting all sappy on me." He held up his hands at Lucy's look. "Okay, okay. No, I didn't. Not then. Why?"

"You're the author, Henry," Lucy said sadly. "And the author isn't in the story. But I am. And you know how my story goes. And how it ends. You told me. I'm going to go back to my world. I'll be eight years old again." She blinked rapidly. "I was just a chapter in the story, Henry. I'm leaving after the wedding. I'm sorry." She continued before Henry could say anything. "I don't think I could follow my path if that meant leaving you. Peter's right. It would be better, kinder even, of me to let you go sooner rather than at the end. But he doesn't know. He doesn't know," Lucy said shaking her head. "How can I leave you now? Right before your time is up? Time! Time!" Lucy laughed hallowly. "What a funny thing time is. Your time was never meant to be up. Not this soon anyway. I did believe for a time that going back in time would solve the problem, but it didn't. I was so silly."

Henry shook his head. "No. You weren't silly. You didn't know better, Lu," he said quietly. "It's me who was silly. I'm the author. I knew not to interfere with your story." He held up the Author's pen. "I could change your story. Maybe the books are wrong!"

"No," Lucy said firmly. "Henry, you need the power of the Author now more than ever. You need to tell your family."

"I will," Henry promised. "I promise I'll tell them after the wedding."

Lucy sighed. "That's the best I can hope for at this point." She walked off, leaving Henry staring after her.

Henry flinched as he saw Lucy turn back and sneer at him, face once again distorted. He squeezed his eyes shut. When he opened them, Lucy was back to normal.

"Just tired," Henry muttered to himself. "You're just tired."

Dark Fairy's Realm, Many Years into the Future's Past

"They'll be safe," Henry murmured to Lucy as they snuck away from the sleeping forms of Regina and Emma.

"I don't like this, Henry," Lucy whispered as they approached an intersection of a gravel road. "Do you even know what will happen?"

"Sure," Henry said easily. "You ask it to return someone to life, then you" he paused and made a face, "seal the deal with a kiss."

Lucy scrunched up her nose. "Okay, but demons, Henry. You said there wasn't much lore you could find on them and you didn't leave me time to look. But there's legends about people who sold their souls to crossroad demons. Like that music guy you told me about. Robert Johnson."

Henry laughed uncertainty. "Luce, that's just a story! Selling your soul, that's ridiculous." He stopped in the center of the crossroads. "Okay. Let's do this."

Lucy and Henry set to work, quickly digging a hole in the ground. Henry dropped a box in before the two covered the box with gravel and dirt again.

"Now what?" Lucy asked in a bored yet worried voice.

"Now you make a deal," a female voice said coyly.

Henry and Lucy turned to see a woman with straight dark hair. She was very casual with navy skinny jeans and a bright camisole and cardigan. Her eyes flashed a bright red before setting back to a ice blue. She smiled at the two.

"Children making deals?" she questioned. Her voice reminded Lucy of honey. Her eyes sparkled with curiosity. "Why, I wonder?"

Henry stepped forward. "It's me. I want you to return Robin Hood back to life."

The demon giggled. "So cute. Sweetheart, you really didn't do your research. You should listen to your girlfriend. Is your soul worth this Robin Hood's life?"

Lucy gasped. "I told you! You have to sell your soul!" she exclaimed in a shrill whisper.

Henry didn't meet Lucy's eyes. "I understand. Ten years, I'm yours. I just want to get Robin back."

The demon laughed again. "Oh no, honey. I don't deal in ten years. Not anymore. You know, there was a man who made a deal like this a while ago. Saved his brother from death." She studied Henry. "You remind me of him. His deal was worse," she said sagely. "One year and no trying to get out in exchange for his brother's life. He readily accepted the terms. Oh, they tried to get him out of that deal. Did they ever try. Unsuccessful," she added. "We still got that boy in the end. But I'm feeling generous. I'll give you two years, and you can try all you want to get out of this deal." Her smile turned ferocious. "But if they couldn't get out in one year, I highly doubt you could get out in two."

Henry swallowed and looked at Lucy. His mouth was dry.

"Ten years or no deal," Henry said.

The demon smirked. "Is that so? Then… no deal." She turned to go.

"Wait," Henry called in defeat. "Two years and I can get out of the deal if I find a way? Robin stays alive permanently?"

The demon nodded slowly. "That's the idea."

Lucy shook her head frantically. No, no, no! She mouthed desperately.

Henry looked back at the demon. "Deal," he said braver than he felt. "You don't know me or my family. I'll find a way. We always find a way."

The demon nodded. "It seems we have a deal." She smiled at them poisonously sweet. "You really do remind me of him. A crossroads deal as a last resort. No offer is one you can turn down."

Storybrooke, Present Day

Lucy was beaming through the whole wedding. Her siblings looked appropriately happy, but an air of discomfort radiated off them. Lucy thought back to the time in the Enchanted Forest where Emma had been frozen solid and encased in ice. The people were much more vibrant and alive with their Savior safe and happy.

Lucy had been the flower girl at Emma's insistence, and Henry had been the ring bearer. Emma's bridesmaids consisted of Regina and Belle wearing varying shades of deep blue. Killian's groomsmen consisted of Robin and (reluctantly asked) Mr. Gold to each woman respectively. The men wore matching tuxedos to their respective lady.

"Swan," Killian said as Emma reached the end of the isle.

"Killian," Emma murmured back.

"Are you ready to recite your vows?" Archie asked them.

Killian nodded and looked Emma in the eyes. "Emma, when we met, there was just one thing that mattered to me... getting my revenge." He looked down with a rueful smile, then back up. "And you did something that no one else ever could. You showed me that a heart full of love was the most precious treasure of all, and one that I don't intend to lose. They say that a captain's heart belongs to his ship. And with this ring, it now belongs to you." He laughed lightly. "I realize this sounds awfully… cliché, but I don't think I could word it any better."

Emma's smile lit up the small rooftop. "Killian, I spent so much of my life on my own. And then, Henry found me and brought me to Storybrooke, and helped me find the rest of my family. But just because you learn that you come from true love doesn't mean that you believe that you'll ever find it. But thanks to you, now I have." She grinned. "Cliché is just fine."

Archie looked between the two. "Do you, Killian Jones, take this woman to be your wife and to love her for all eternity?"

"I do."

"And do you, Emma Swan, take this man to be your husband and love him for all eternity?" Archie continued.

"I do."

"Then it is with great pleasure that I now pronounce you husband and wife," Archie announced.

A thunderous applause broke out as Killian and Emma sealed their union with a kiss.

Killian broke away and smiled at Emma. "Do you think this is it?" he joked. "A moment of peace and a happy ending?"

Emma shook her head. "One can hope, but I doubt it's over," she said. "After all, our memories still haven't fully returned."

Black Fairy's Realm, Many Year into the Future's Past

When the sun rose the next morning, Henry and Lucy appeared well rested and the four continued their search for Robin Hood.

"Where will he be?" Regina called back.

Henry paused at a break in the dense forest. He looked into the clearing and gestured for Regina to come over.

"I think he's right there," Henry said pointing at a man wandering around the clearing.

"Robin?" Regina called.

The man paused and turned. His mischievous eyes lit up. He looked no different than the day he died.

"Regina?" Robin exclaimed, rushing towards her. He scooped her into a hug and kissed her.

Regina felt herself collapse into Robin's arms. "You idiot!" she yelled through her tears. "Why would you jump in front of that bolt. You died!"

Robin frowned. "I thought I was supposed to die, but I woke up here in this clearing not twenty minutes ago."

"That's supposed to be normal," Henry said quickly. "Souls are judged by three ghosts, but since people die every minute, it takes a while for souls to be processed. Sometimes the three ghosts can sense the survivors attempting to revive the dead. In our case, that worked favorably since it was the Olympian Crystal that killed him." He cleared his throat. "We ought to get home though."

Storybrooke, Present Day

Lucy stared at Henry sadly. "I'm sorry, Henry," she whispered to the subject of her sadness standing too far away to hear. "We couldn't find a way out of the deal and now I'm leaving. I hope you tell your family. You promised." She frowned as a breeze ruffled her skirt and she looked down and had to stifle a gasp.

Footprints, distinctly dog footprints, were imprinted in the sand. More were appearing, getting closer and closer to Henry.

"Oh my god," Lucy whispered in fear. "It's today." She drew her dagger and yelled, "Henry!" Then Lucy slashed the knife down.

Blood spurted from an invisible wound. The dog flickered into existence. The hellhound growled and turned to face Lucy. Henry pulled David's sword from the sword sheath around David's waist.

"Oh hell no," Henry muttered. He swung the sword and more wounds appeared on the dog.

"Oh god, Henry!" Emma gasped.

The hellhound stayed on its course for Lucy. It rammed her over the edge of the building. Lucy screamed as she fell and a sickening crunch everyone on top of the building could hear was immediately followed by a blood curdling scream.

Henry roared in outrage and hopped over the side, landing on an awning and sliding down to the street.

Lucy had pulled herself up to sit plastered against a bench, looking at the hellhound in fear. Her ankle was very clearly broken if not her leg was very close.

A gunshot rang out and the hellhound's attention shifted to a young woman in a dark leather jacket, worn out blue and purple plaid shirt, and heavily ripped jeans. Her arm was still extending the gun towards the dog. Beside her, a dark haired man in a tan trench coat glared furiously at the hellhound.

The woman tossed the gun aside and drew two glinting silver daggers. The man's eyes appeared to glow a bright blue as he approached the beast briskly. The woman tossed the man a dagger then circled the hellhound to sandwich it between her and the man. She kicked out at the demonic dog, sending it flying towards the man who delivered a fatal blow to the beast.

"Chew on that, bitch," the woman said breathlessly. She blew strands of blonde hair that had escaped her messy ponytail out of her face.

The two barely paused to catch their breath before realizing they had company.

"Who are you?" Emma demanded moving to stand between the two strangers and Henry.

The woman met Emma's gaze, then looked past her at the injured Lucy and Henry. She jerked her head at them looking at the man pointedly.

The man sighed, placed is index and middle fingers on Henry's forehead, and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, Henry felt the small scratches he sustained disappear. The man did the same with Lucy, and her ankle and leg were suddenly fixed.

The woman gave the man a tight smile. Then she refocused on Emma. "Claire Novak," she introduced. Claire nodded at the man. "This is my companion. Castiel."

A/N: Oh yes I did! Finally, all is revealed! Henry made a freakin demon deal! Oh gosh this feels great to have that out there finally.

Okay, so at the time of writing this, I have seen like the first 10-11 episodes of Supernatural Season One, but I have seen multiple episodes scattered across all 14 seasons as well as all of Season 14 minus the first few. So. I am going to binge watch and hopefully get to the fourth season by the time I publish this chapter. Which I will let you know where I am at when I publish it.

Also, so sorry about the long Previously. I compiled little snippets of all the clue scenes that maybe some Supernatural fans caught on to throughout the story. Anyway, I did that and the normal things from the previous chapter I would normally put in a Previously.

SPOILER KEY! PLEASE READ THIS! THIS IS SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MAY RUN THE RISK OF GETTING SPOILED! THIS CONTAINS NO ACTUAL SPOILERS!

Okay, so if you have not seen season four of Supernatural or do not know who Claire Novak or Castiel are and you don't want Supernatural spoiled or don't want to risk it because I doubt I'll spoil anything, do not continue reading until after you have done so. Claire and Castiel's PLATONIC (anything but that is just weird, watch SPN and you understand) relationship is based and formed on actual canon information that makes how they will interact with each other make sense.

Again. If you don't want Season Four or higher spoiled or don't want to take the risk, this is where we part ways for now. Can't wait for you to return!

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I love Cas! Oh my Chuck! (wink) Love that guy so much. I just want to catch up to Season Four so I can finally see Cas in Supernatural. Ughhh! Can't wait.

Edit: At the time of writing this chapter I was not yet at season four. At the time of upload, I am on season 11.

Speaking of, I'm not sure how much of this will actually be happening, but if Claire and Cas take the heroes hunting, what creatures we wanna deal with? Spirits, vampires, wendigos? Let me know what creatures you might want to see.

Chapter Twelve: In the Name of the Brother; meeting Claire and Cas, everyone finds out about the deal, Cas and Claire drama.

SPN CHARACTER WARNINGS! THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS WILL BE IN THE NEXT ARC OR MENTIONED: CLAIRE NOVAK, CASTIEL, JIMMY NOVAK, CHUCK SHURLEY, SAM WINCHESTER, DEAN WINCHESTER, JODY MILLS, ALEX, JACK KLINE, LUCIFER, CROWLEY, ROWENA, MARY WINCHESTER, JOHN WINCHESTER, BOBBY SINGER, GARTH. Any more then I will add warnings before each chapter.

LANGUAGE WARNING: Supernatural uses a more colorful vocabulary than OUAT traditionally uses. So fair warning, there will be more language used in the coming chapters.

Chapter recaps - THEN and NOW as per the norm for Supernatural. Shall I start each chapter with "Now Playing: Carry on My Wayward Son"? Or just the finale?

And now for my least favorite part of seasons... the long hiatus. I have Chapters 12 and 13 written so far and I plan to start uploading the next half of this story in a few months. Three months ish? That's probably about how long TV show hiatuses are. I would love nothing more than to continue uploading these chapters every Sunday, but I would have to be writing a whole chapter in a week to do so and that's not fun for me personally. Thank you all so much for supporting this story! I'm so glad you guys like it so far and I hope you all like this new arc with Supernatural.

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Okay so this is suppose to be set after season 14 and assuming nothing season 15 is canon, but then with the latest episode and Jack going all... psycho and soulless and other crap that makes me mad because Jack is precious and must be protected... Anyway, that kinda threw a wrench in my plans so I'm going to hold out for some more episodes before deciding what exactly will happen and if I just want to throw part of Season 14 out the window.

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Okay, you guys are safe! No more spoilers! Promise. Anyway, please let me know what you think! I really would love some feedback on this and some thoughts on where I should take this. I think I have a plan, but it's possibly scuppered now, so I would love to hear your input and get some new opinions!