Everything I Do, I Do It For You

Chapter Forty-Five

In Storybrooke…

After leaving their friends at the ice wall, Robin, Regina, and Henry began to make their way back into the woods towards the Merry Men's camp so they could warn John and the rest of the archer's men of the curse that was looming over them. Plus, Roland was out with John and Friar Tuck for the day, while Robin joined Regina for breakfast at Granny's and was now busy trying to help his friends defeat the Snow Queen's curse. Now, he wanted to make sure his son was alright, and that he would continue to remain safe with his closest friends for as long as was needed.

While they walked, they talked a little about the Snow Queen and her curse, as well as about what the Merry Men needed to do in order to avoid hurting one another should they fail to stop the curse from falling over them. However, Regina eventually brought up the subject of Operation Mongoose, since neither her son, nor the man she loved had yet to share with her what they might have discovered in their search for information about the Author of Henry's storybook.

Once she did, Henry avoided looking at her when he responded, "I'm sorry to say that our search yesterday was nothing but a waste of time. I really should have stayed with you, and Grandma and Grandpa so I could help you find Mom. At least I would have been more useful."

Regina stopped walking, as she reached out to grab her son by his shoulders in order to turn him around to face her while she replied, "You are plenty useful, Henry. To me and to Robin, as well as to everyone else. Always."

"Your mother's right," Robin stated to him in agreement with her, as they continued walking again so they could reach the camp as quickly as they could. "You worked very hard last night in the library, searching practically every book in there for answers. Or at least what felt like every book. And we may not have found answers, but we tried. And that's what's important."

"That… And that you don't ever give up," Regina added again. "And I don't just mean on Operation Mongoose, of course. It's important never to give up on anything you're passionate about, or on something you might be determined about. Besides... we didn't find Emma until it would have been too late to help her, so we weren't of any use to her either. Elsa was the one who saved your mother from Gold's deception and helped her to regain control of her powers again. Hook too. He was able to comfort Emma like no one else could. Like he's always been able to do. Although, he doesn't see that right now."

Henry smiled at her and then he answered, "It's nice to hear you give Killian some credit for a change. And you're right that I shouldn't be ready to give up on trying to find the Author of my book. I guess I just needed someone to remind me. Thanks."

The Queen smiled back at him and nodded, then she responded, "That's why I'm here."

"We've made it," the archer then spoke again, as they finally arrived outside of his men's camp, then called out to his closest friend. "John? John!"

"There you are," John replied as he called back to Robin, when he, Roland, Will, and Friar Tuck came running towards their leader, while the rest of the men were scurrying around their camp in a panic upon already having seen the curse coming over the trees.

Roland immediately rushed into his father's open arms and cried out for him as Robin bent down so he could pick him up, then the big man continued, "I take it you've seen whatever that purple cloud is roaring through the sky?"

Robin nodded as he answered, "We've seen it. Which is why we've come here to warn you. All of you need to find someplace away from everyone else, where you can tie yourselves to a tree, or simply just keep away from everyone so that you can't hurt anyone. We're busy working on trying to stop it and the Snow Queen, but if this curse hits, it will cause us all to become the opposite of who we are and we'll begin to tear ourselves apart."

"You mean literally?" Will questioned the leader, who still wasn't his leader despite them having begun to put their differences aside the day before.

"Yes, quite literally," Regina snidely responded, as she turned to glare at the thief. "I suggest you listen to what we're trying to tell you, or you probably won't live to see another sunrise."

The thief nodded and then replied, "You make your point quite clear, Your Majesty."

When he then ran off, Friar Tuck looked at Robin again as he asked, "What are you planning on doing with Roland, Robin? Surely you don't plan on leaving him all alone, do you?"

"Actually, we're going to have the fairies cast a special protection spell over all the children in Storybrooke so they'll remain safe, and won't be able to try to hurt the others or anyone else either," Henry answered him, while he looked between his adopted mother, Robin Hood, John, and the Friar. "Like… a sleeping spell. So none of them will be aware of what's happening."

"But we need to get going," Robin responded once again. "So all of you, find yourselves somewhere where you'll be able to stay safe as well. Tie yourselves up, knock yourselves out, or do whatever you have to do. Just don't be anywhere near anyone else. And be sure to spread the word to the others who aren't standing here at the moment. Do you understand?"

His two men nodded, then John spoke sternly again saying, "You had better be careful too, Robin. And whatever you do, stop this ice witch, or Snow Queen… whatever she is."

Regina smiled at him as she replied, "We'll stop her. One way or another, we will."

Meanwhile…

Emma and Elsa made their way back into town as quickly as they were able to on foot once everyone else ran off to do like the Savior had asked of them. Once they were just down the street from the pawnshop, the Queen from Arendelle slowed her friend down a little so she could ask her if she was going to be okay with talking to Gold again, especially after their confrontation with him the night before.

"Emma… are you sure you're able to talk to Gold again?" she worryingly asked her, as she reached out to grab Emma by her arm, though they continued to walk. "I mean… after last night, I'm sure neither one of you are quite ready to be too civilized towards one another. And believe me… after what Gold's done, I can't blame you."

"I don't want to confront him again and honestly… I'm not sure if I am ready to, but I don't really have a choice," Emma answered in frustration, as she glanced over at the older woman. "We need his help to stop this curse. I'm ticked off with him for what he tried to do to me. Gold knew what I was struggling with. Knew that I was terrified I was going to hurt more of those I loved and he used my fear against me. But more than all that… I'm angry because of what he's done to Killian. Killian's hardly any better today than he was last night, though he's doing a hell of a job trying to mask his pain. Gold hasn't changed like he tried to get us all to believe. He's still every bit the Crocodile just like Killian's always said he was. I just have to bite down and try not to let my anger towards him rear its head. Hopefully, Belle will be there with him so I don't lose my temper again. Come on… let's get this over with."

Unfortunately, when they walked inside, Gold was nowhere to be found, but thankfully Belle was, and she had spent most of the morning pouring over as many of her husband's books that she could find to learn more about the Spell of Shattered Sight. Both from texts and from the actual story the idea of the curse came from, The Trolden Glass.

Once the beauty greeted them from behind the counter at the back of the room, then explained to them that her husband would hopefully be back soon and what she herself had been busy doing, Elsa looked at her with hope in her eyes as she questioned, "Any luck?"

Belle sighed deeply in frustration and then she responded, "No. It appears to be pretty much unstoppable."

However, she suddenly sounded a little more hopeful when she added, "The one thing I did find is… there may be a way to undo the effects from anyone it touches."

"That's wonderful," the Queen of Arendelle eagerly replied, as she glanced over at Emma who also had a fleeting moment of hope, until it became dashed again when Belle continued.

"It seems that when somebody's been touched by the spell, that you can use them to undo it," she apprehensively said to them. "With a strand of their hair, you can make some kind of counter spell. Like a vaccine."

"Great… no one here's ever been touched by this curse before," the Savior curtly answered her out of frustration. "This solution doesn't help us at all."

However, Elsa suddenly remembered Ingrid telling her during their interrogation, that Anna was the one who turned against her and trapped her inside the urn, and it dawned on her why it could have been possible, so she uttered swiftly, "My sister."

Emma glanced over at her in surprise as she questioned, "What?"

"My aunt said she put me in that urn," her friend responded again. "I didn't believe her because Anna would never do that… unless she was under that spell. We have to get to her."

"But you… You still don't know where she is," Belle uneasily replied to her.

Elsa smiled as she pulled out her sister's necklace from within a small blue pouch she carried on her, then carefully handed it over to the beauty while she answered, "No, but you can help me find her. David said if we had something of Emma's, we could use this locator spell to find her. Well… I have something of Anna's. Sometimes sentimentality pays off."

The Savior shook her head out of relief as she responded, "Point Elsa."

"There's… mirror dust in this," Belle then said again a few moments later, once she took the necklace from her friend and studied it beneath Rumple's magnifying glass. "Actually embedded in the metal."

"So, I was right," Elsa sadly replied again upon thinking about her sister being trapped under the same spell her friends were all about to face as well. "She was under that spell."

However, she anxiously added, "So if we find Anna, she can save everyone."

Belle looked between Elsa and Emma again while she kept hold of the necklace, as she spoke again eagerly saying, "I'll round up the fairies. They can set up shop somewhere close and figure out how to make the counter spell."

"Thank you," the Queen from Arendelle answered her with a quiet laugh, then quickly turned back to Emma once again. "Let's go."

"Elsa… you realize this is a long shot," the Savior responded, as she looked into her friend's eyes with concern, knowing that the locator's spell might not work like Elsa hoped. "I was time travelling when I brought you here, and when Anna disappeared, it was…"

Elsa interrupted, "Thirty years ago. I know. But she's okay. She has to be. And I don't care how old she is. She can save us."

Emma nodded and then she replied, "Okay, then. We're relying on mirror dust and fairies, but now we have a plan, which is progress. Let's go find your sister."

"Emma?" Belle then stated in concern, as she looked over at the Savior again upon seeing her still standing there considering something on her mind after Elsa had started to leave, until she too saw her friend wasn't following her. "Is something wrong?"

"Yeah… Listen, Belle… I…" Emma answered her with apprehension. "I need to ask you something. Have you noticed at all that Gold isn't… Well, that he hasn't changed as much as we all would like to believe he has?"

The beauty looked at her in confusion as she responded sternly, "What do you mean, he hasn't changed? Of course Rumple's changed. He's been trying to help you all against the Snow Queen and he gave his life to defeat Pan. To… to save us from him."

The Savior sighed as she turned around to face her straight on, then in hope of trying to get her to understand, wanting Belle to be aware of what he's hidden from her so she would know the truth as she deserved to, she continued, "Please… I'm not saying this to hurt you, or to hurt him. And he might have changed for awhile, until something must have sent him back down the dark path again. The darkness inside of him… I don't know. But last night, Gold tricked me into believing he wanted to help me when my powers were out of control. I came to him asking for help and he told me he had a way to rid me of my magic. But what he didn't tell me is that in doing so, I would also be sucked into some… magical hat he's in possession of and trapped inside of it forever. For all we know, I could have died."

"No…" Belle stated in disbelief as she shook her head. "No, this can't be true. You must have misunderstood what he told you."

"Gold didn't tell me how he was going to take away my magic, except through some ancient spell," Emma replied again. "He said nothing about some magical hat. It was Killian who told me about it. After Gold blackmailed him into helping him pull Zelena and some old man into the hat first, by threatening me. Gold's hurt Killian more than Killian will admit to me he has for days. If you don't trust me… I can't blame you. But you can find out for yourself if you use the dagger to summon him here. Just to summon him. If you do, you'll see that the dagger Gold gave to you to hold onto, is a fake."

The beauty looked at her as she retorted cruelly, "Because Killian told you? And you really believe him? Maybe he's the one who hasn't changed as much as you'd like to believe. I know how much he still hates my husband because of their past. Killian won't ever see that Rumple's become a better man. No. I won't betray Rumple's trust. I promised him I would never use the dagger against him. Please leave. Or… just wait outside for me to mix up a locator potion for you."

Emma looked at her friend sadly, despite being upset with her over the cruel words she had spoken against Hook, then she turned to leave while Elsa followed behind her, as the Savior answered her, "I'm sorry, Belle. I really am. But like I said… I wasn't trying to hurt you. It was only meant as a warning for you to be careful. Thanks for your help with finding Anna."