The Lost Boy's Revenge Chapter 14
About half the town gathered at the town hall that night. Nora's body was on a lying on the table.
"There has to be something we can do to save Nora," Grace said. Her eyes were red from crying.
"She didn't deserve this," Pete said.
"Agreed," Killian said.
"What's done is done," Emma said. "He crushed her heart. There's nothing to heal. Her heart is dust."
"All the magic in this town and you can't do anything to bring her back?" Grace asked.
"She came from the outside world..." Pete said. Everyone looked at him. "She's not a fairy-tale character. Our hearts are so powerful that they glow-"
"Her heart glowed," Henry said. "When Devin ripped it out."
"But that could have been because he was using magic to take it out. There has to be some sort of exception for her." Pete said.
Belle's eyes narrowed. "There might be..."
Belle came back a half hour later with a large book. She dropped it on the podium, making the ground shake a little.
"What is that book?" Tinkerbell asked.
"Loopholes In spells. Found it in the pawnshop last week." Belle said.
"Did you find anything to help Nora?" Wendy asked.
Belle turned to the correct page. "Here. It's about reviving those who are dead. There are some qualifications to this process." She skimmed the pages. "It was to be within 24 hours."
"Check," Hansel said.
"They can't have died of a terminal illness such as cancer." Belle read aloud.
"Check," Gretel said.
"And it only works on those not of the fairy-tale world who are killed by someone of the fairy-tale."
"Check," Henry said.
"Oddly specific," Charlie said.
"But in order for this to work..." Belle said, "We each have to give a piece of your soul."
"What?" Regina asked.
"The more people who offer, the less of your soul it will need to revive her." Belle said.
"So if there's 10 of us, it will only need a tenth of our soul?" Grace asked.
"Correct," Belle said.
"I'll do it," Grace said.
"Me too," Pete said.
Grace and Pete stood next to Belle. Wendy followed them. Then Tinkerbell. Henry went up next.
"Are you sure?" Regina asked him.
"Mom," he said, "It's what's right... I have to do this."
Killian offered himself up next.
"I don't think a piece of your soul will help," Tinkerbell teased. "Nora will be drinking rum and saying 'mate' all the time."
"Yeah, Killian Maybe you shouldn't." Emma said. "You've done enough for her."
"If you're okay with your son doing this, you should be okay with me doing this." Killian told Emma.
Hansel and Gretel went up to the line of volunteers next.
"Alright," Belle said. "That's nine of us. Anyone else want to offer up a bit of their soul to save Nora? The more people the less it will take."
The room was quiet for a few seconds until Will Scarlet entered. "I'll do it."
"Will?" Belle asked. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah. Sure. Why not? Wouldn't mind losing a bit of my soul actually." Will said.
"Alright," Belle said.
The ten volunteers gathered in a circle, arm's length apart. Belle, Grace, Pete, Wendy, Tinkerbell, Henry, Killian, Hansel, Gretel and Will Scarlett.
"Before we do this," Belle said, "I need to tell you the price."
"I thought giving one tenth of our soul was the price." Hansel asked.
"Because Nora was killed by magical means, the only way to bring her back is to take away those memories of magic." Belle said.
Grace gasped and whimpered. Pete covered his mouth. Wendy looked down at the ground.
"She'll forgot ever coming here?" Tinkerbell said.
"And everyone." Killian said.
"Including anything Devin told her about magic. In fact she'll forget Devin entirely." Belle said.
"So there is no good ending no matter what we do?" Pete said.
"It's the only way," Belle said.
"She might forget us..." Grace said, "But we'll always remember her."
The ten volunteers joined hands and begun the spell to revive Nora. A white ray of light emitted from each volunteer, taking a bit of their soul and placing it into Nora.
Emma, Regina, John and Micheal watched from a distance as the spell was cast.
A huge beam of light came from Nora's heart as the spell ended.
"Is it done?" Henry asked. "Did it work?"
Belle and Tinkerbell checked on Nora.
"She's breathing," Tinkerbell said.
"The book says she'll wake in a few hours." Belle said.
"How are we going to get her back to Manhattan?" Will Scarlet asked.
"I've already called Nora's parents," Emma said. "They're on their way here."
"We'll dropped off Nora passed the town line." Regina said.
"Can I go with you?" Grace asked.
"Me too?" Pete asked.
Emma drove her yellow bug to the town line with Killian. Grace, Henry, Tinkerbell and Pete rode with David in his truck with Nora in the back. Tinkerbell and Pete were inside the car while Grace and Henry were in the back with Nora.
"I really hope fate will bring us together again." Grace said to Nora.
David and Emma carefully carried the unconscious Nora out of the truck and towards the town line. Pete burst into tears as Nora was carried closer to the town line. Tears streamed down Grace's face.
Nora's parent's car light came down the road.
"That's her parents," Emma said. "She has to go over now."
"Farewell Nora," Tinkerbell said.
Emma and David lowered her over the town line carefully. Her parent's car pulled over and held their daughter.
Groggy, Nora woke up. "Mom? Dad? What happened?"
"You were gone for a week," her mom said.
"A week? I don't...I can't remember anything after seeing that play on Saturday." Nora said.
"C'mon Nora," her dad said. "Let's go home."
Grace leaned on Henry watching Nora from the other side. Tinkerbell held Pete, who was a blubbering mess.
Nora got in car with her parents and drove off, far away from Storybrooke.