Chapter 25: The Mirror
Jafar and Ingrid appeared in a puff of magic smoke inside the mayor's office. The lights were off, but plenty of light was coming in through the window.
"Regina hasn't come in to work yet." Jafar said. "How peculiar."
"She's been to focused on finding Zelena." Ingrid said. "Perhaps my theory is correct. If they haven't found her by now, then she and her monkeys are probably not in Storybrooke."
"We'll begin looking for her after we get what we came for." Jafar said.
Ingrid walked over to Regina's desk, found her compact mirror, and picked it up.
"Got it." Ingrid said.
"Why do you want that?" Jafar asked.
"There's magic in this mirror." Ingrid said. "I need it."
"For what?" Jafar asked.
"I'll show you." Ingrid said.
Ingrid then consumed herself and Jafar in magic smoke and transported them to a white, ice cave somewhere in Storybrooke. In this cave were rugs, a couch, shelves, and a large, circular mirror on the wall that was cracked and had some missing pieces.
"What is all this?" Jafar asked.
"This is my home." Ingrid said.
Ingrid then used magic to break Regina's mirror into shards and use those shards of glass to fill the missing pieces in her grand mirror. Then, the cracks disappeared and Ingrid looked at herself in the now, complete magic mirror.
"Can we find Zelena now?" Jafar asked. "I'd like to get that over with, if you don't mind."
"Of course." Ingrid said. "I propose that we go to Mr. Gold's shop. If he discovered anything in his investigation of Zelena's whereabouts, it will be there."
Jafar then immediately consumed them both in magic smoke and transported them to the inside of Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop. They were both surprised by the white globe on the desk. They walked over to it and discovered a red splat on the globe that had the shape of Neverland.
"This is a magic globe." Jafar said. "Regina used her blood magic to track down Zelena."
"Apparently she's in Neverland." Ingrid said. "Unfortunately Jafar, we have no means of getting there."
"Of course we do." Jafar said as he pulled out the long, white wand that they stole from Regina's vault. "This wand can recreate any magic that's ever been done, including re-opening magic portals."
"I admire your tenacity." Ingrid said. "I don't know if I should leave Storybrooke. I'll have to tend to Emma and Elsa at some point."
"You promised to help me. It's clear that the Dark One, the Evil Queen, and Amara have all gone to Neverland to fight Zelena. I don't stand a chance against all of them without you. Your...sisters, will be here when we return triumphantly." Jafar said. He then pointed the wand at the ground and used magic to re-open the same swirling green portal opened just moments ago by Amara to travel to Neverland. "Are you coming?"
"No." Ingrid said.
"Yes you are." Jafar said. "If you don't, I'll use this wand to re-open the time portal and send Elsa back to the past. You'll have to wait another thirty years to see her, that is unless she accidentally changes the past somehow and ruins your chances of a happy future."
"I take threats very seriously Jafar." Ingrid said. "I will go with you, but the second we get back to Storybrooke, we're finished."
"I recall Elsa saying that exact sentence to me." Jafar said. "It's obvious you're related."
Ingrid jumped down into the portal, to avoid continuing the conversation. Jafar followed and the portal closed behind him. Neither Ingrid nor Jafar were aware of the full scope of what would await them in Neverland. Zelena and the Jabberwocky had resurrected both Peter Pan and Cora, while Rumplestiltskin, Regina, and Amara were arriving there with the same plans as Jafar. If she knew this, she may not have gone, for Ingrid would know that Neverland would probably be consumed in an intense magic battle with the most powerful dark witches and wizards in all the realms.