"My moms will come for me." Henry sat calmly in the chair he was tied to while watching Blue collect ingredients for a spell. She kept referring to the open book he found earlier and looking through cabinets for the various vials.

Henry would occasionally look out into the hallway where the office door remained open, wondering if he'd see Lily. Blue followed his eyes and then smirked, "If you're looking for your friend, she's currently indisposed."

Henry sat up straighter and glared at the fairy, "What did you do to her?!"

Blue continued with her work and without making eye contact, answered his question, "I haven't hurt her if that's what you're worried about. I simply restrained her in the basement so that she can reunite with some friends when they wake up shortly."

Henry knew what that meant and began trying to think of a way to escape his binds. He searched the room for anything that he could use to cut the ropes should Blue leave him alone but he saw nothing.

Once Blue was done collecting her materials, she combined them in a pot and used her magic to heat it up. Henry saw blue smoke rise from the concoction and then it changed into a floating black tar. It remained suspended in the air for a few more seconds before migrating towards an open vial in Blue's hand. 'That's disgusting.'

"This ought to do the trick", Blue then used her magic and teleported out of the room leaving Henry alone. He quickly began scooting his chair towards her desk looking for something sharp.

Lily was fighting her restraints to the point of causing her wrists to bleed. 'Stupid magic.' She was surrounded by coffins containing sleeping vampires. A shuffling sound was heard from one of the coffins and soon the lid began to raise. Lily's eyes grew wider when she saw the vampire that arose; "Russell."

Russell turned around to see his 'gift' all tied up neatly for him and a grin spread across his face. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?" The other coffins began opening, but Russell only had eyes for Lily. He reached up and stroked Lily's cheek, but she turned away and huffed. "Oh, don't be like that. How long has it been?"

"Not long enough." Lily still refused to make eye contact. 'Fuck he smells nasty.'

The other vampires in the room noticed the smell of blood coming from Lily's hands and their eyes began to glow. They all licked their lips showing their prominent fangs. Lily's heartrate was off the charts, but she tried to regulate her breathing. Her pupils began to dilate and her color became pale as she was going into fight or fight. Then a low growl was heard coming from her gut. Russell watched as a green smoke began rising from Lily's skin. When he looked down, he saw her hands changing shape and growing in size which caused her ropes to easily snap apart. Russell jumped back, but was unable to look away. When Lily finally turned back to face him, her eyes glowed a bright yellow and her pupils had changed to black slits.

Russell gulped and turned to his gang, "What are you waiting for? Get her!"

While the majority of the vampires rushed towards Lily, Killian stayed back because he knew what was happening to Lily and wanted no part of it. 'I thought all the dragons had been killed. Guess not.'

Just as the vampires reached Lily, she raised one arm and swung it across her body which created a magical tidal wave that threw all of them back across the room and slammed them into the far wall. Russell turned to Killian, "Your turn."

Killian held up his hand, "Sorry, mate. I'm not taking on a dragon."

Russell's eyes bulged, "Dragon?" Then he turned back to Lily. "Fuck." He looked back at his crew which were down for the count so he walked over to Killian, "We're leaving."

Confused, Killian raised an eyebrow with a silent question. Russell smiled wide, "You're going to take me to the Dark One's vault."

Killian watched Lily slowly lose control and then turned back to the other vamps, "What about them?"

"Leave 'em. We need to find that dagger." He grabbed Killian's arm, "Take me there, now."

Killian just nodded and they both used their speed to exit the building which left Lily alone and slowly losing herself to her previously dormant Dragon.

Regina and Mal had burst into the convent with Regina using her magic to blow the front door off of its hinges. "HENRY!" "LILY!" Both women called out.

"Mom!"

Regina perked up and began running through the halls, "HENRY!"

"IN HERE, MOM! BLUE'S OFFICE!"

Regina ran in and found her son tied up so she immediately ran over to him and cupped his face with her hands as she cried happy tears. "Are you alright, Dear?", she asked while untying his restraints.

"I'm fine, but Lily is in the basement with vampires! We need to help her!"

Maleficent heard this and ran out the room looking for the basement stairs. When the ground began to rumble, she heard a loud growl coming from behind a door down the hall. She ran over and opened just in time to see a group of vamps run out screaming. She let them pass and continued to run down the steps towards the noises. When she reached the bottom, she found a large dragon slowly growing in size. The head had just broken through the ceiling. The beast spread its wings and when they flapped, sharp wisps of air sliced through the walls around the room leaving slash marks.

"LILY!"

The dragon ignored Maleficent and continued to grow in size easily breaking through the basement ceiling and almost breaking through the first-floor ceiling. She spread her wings and flew through the second floor, bursting out of the building and taking flight.

"SHIT!" Mal used her speed to run upstairs and find Regina, but what she saw scared her to death. She found Regina, Henry and vampires buried in debris and not moving.

"REGINA! HENRY!" She ran over and began removing wood and fiber glass from them when all of the sudden, a silver bullet pierced her body. She looked down and grabbed her abdomen watching blood spill out. Maleficent then collapsed with a through and through hole in her stomach.

Regina and Henry had begun to move around thanks to Mal's voice. Regina sat up first and saw her old friend collapsed and screamed. "MAL!" She crawled over and grabbed Mal, pulling her into her lap. "OH NO! NO! NO! NO!" Regina lifted her hand and saw the blood which was hemorrhaging from Mal's body. Regina felt Mal for a pulse, but couldn't find one. Tears continued to run down her cheeks as her son came behind her placed his hand on his mother's shoulder.

Regina continued to rock back and forth with her friend in her lap and hugging her tight. She knew Mal wasn't breathing and being a vampire, there was nothing she could do to resuscitate her.

Henry looked around when he heard rubble being moved. That's when he saw the gang of vamps regaining consciousness. "Um, Mom?"

Regina ignored her son and looked down at Mal's pale form. She squeezed her eyes closed allowing her tears to flow more freely and then leaned over the kissed Mal's forehead. A flash of white light spread around the room knocking the vampires back.

GASP

Maleficent took a gasping breath and regained consciousness. She tried to sit up in Regina's lap, but the wound and pain prevented it. She looked up at Regina, "What happened?"

Regina gaped at her friend, "I don't understand. You were dead." She noticed that Mal now looked like her old self; blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin. She looked up at her son who was also stunned silent. Looking back at Mal, she tried to explain, "You were shot and collapsed. You weren't breathing and..."

SMASH

The sound of glass shattering caused the trio to whirl around and see a broken vial on the floor and a black ooze moving from it. The tar-like substance grew in size and began to spread around the room. It paused as if thinking and then split into several partitions, charging towards each body in the room. Soon enough, each vampire along with Regina, Mal and Henry were covered in the black goo and struggling to free themselves.

Blue stood outside the room watching her trap ensnare its victims. 'This potion was created to separate the vampire from the human, but I wonder what it'll do to the Evil Queen. Pity Henry got caught in it, but his sacrifice will be for the greater good.' She smirked at her handy work and then waited for it to finish.

BOOM

The building shook because of the angry dragon outside. While Lily had lost control, her ire was still directed at the convent. She kept shooting fire at the building and using her wings to fire air knives at the structure.

Blue looked up to see the dragon flying around and studied it confused, 'That's the girl that was with Henry?' When the dragon's identity finally came to her, Blue paled and swallowed hard. 'Impossible.'

The screams in the room brought Blue's attention back to her office. All bodies were covered with the black substance which began glowing a bright blue color. After a few more minutes, a loud explosion occurred causing blue powder to spread around the room. When the dust settled, all parties stood there looking at their hands and each other.

Blue then noticed there was an extra body in the room and studied the person's back. Henry and Mal noticed the new body and stepped back in shock and confusion. Meanwhile, the vampires in the room stared at each other and then squeezed their fists as if testing something, but nothing happened. They looked around and noticed Blue in the doorway, "What the fuck did you do to us?"

Blue's smile grew when she answered their question, "I simply removed your vampire. You're now simple humans."

"YOU BITCH!" One of them began running towards Blue, but she merely raised her hand and turned him into a toad.

"Anyone else?"

The rest of them stayed still and stared at her. She then redirected her attention to the four people across the room.

"What the hell am I wearing?"

Henry stared at the new woman and then looked to his mother, "Um, Mom?"

Both women turned to Henry and both responded, "Yes?"

Henry stared at the women who glared at each other, then one of them waved her hands and changed her clothing to a flowing black gown covered with jewels and a high scooped neck; her plunging neckline decorated with elaborate diamonds. Her hair was long and pulled into an updo while her makeup was dark and smoky.

"That's much better." She smirked as she stared at her other self.

Regina's jaw hung open as she gaped at her evil half in the flesh. Mal noticed a feeling in her body that she hadn't felt in centuries. Perplexed, she stood there with her eyes closed trying to assess her magic. It then occurred to her what happened and she smiled.

BOOM

Everyone looked up to see Lily still flying and roaring as she swooped down and hit another part of the structure with her massive body. Mal's eyes glowed a bright yellow and then she began transforming. It felt so good to have her dragon back, but she still didn't understand how it happened. Once fully transformed, she took flight to go calm Lily down and communicate with her.

Henry looked up momentarily, but then quickly looked back down at his mother…well…mothers. "This is so weird."

Regina looked past her other self and glared at Blue, "What the hell did you do?!" Blue waved her hands and disappeared in blue fairy dust.

The Evil Queen stared at her other self, "Look at what you've become. So weak. We could have been happy, but you just had to ruin it. We could have had Emma and our daughter!"

"You're pinning this on me?"

"Well, there's no one else here in there, Dear?", she sarcastically replied.

Henry could see how this was going to end so he stepped in, "Moms. Please calm down. We need to figure out how this happened and how to fix it."

The Evil Queen laughed, "Fix it? Why would I want to do that? I'm going to obtain what you never could, Dear." She then raised her hands and disappeared in a cloud of purple magic.

Regina ran over and hugged Henry, "Are you alright?" She scanned him over, checking for any changes after what happened, but couldn't find any physical differences. "How do you feel? Any different?"

Henry just shook his head, "I feel fine. I don't think it did anything to me."

Regina looked up to see the dragons flying in a circle and emitting low growls towards each other. Finally, they flew away. Regina stared at the empty skies trying to process the evening's events when Henry approached her, "Um, Mom? I think something's wrong."

Regina whirled around and looked at her son whose eyes were glowing bright red. Henry stared down at Regina's injured hand which was bleeding from the rubble and he began growing fangs. Regina stared mortified, "Oh no."

Emma was sitting in bed going through all of Rumple's letters. She noticed one with a dagger symbol on the front of the envelope so she opened that one first.

Dearest Emma,

You are the only one I can trust with this responsibility as you have the most powerful light magic. When Belle used True Love's kiss to remove the Dark One from me, it became trapped in the dagger as you know. The spell used to trap it in the dagger is not full proof. All my magical items pass to you upon my death by magical rights. When I pass, the security of my vault will automatically pass to you which means if the security is breached, you will feel it and know there is danger.

There are two spells in this book you need to refer to. First, turn to page 468. Using your blood, enact the spell. This will protect the dagger and keep it in a safe place.

Emma turned to the page and saw a picture of the Dark One dagger without a name on it. She noticed the words above it and wondered where her blood should go. After studying the spell, she made a decision. Emma held up her index finger and allowed the nail to grow into a sharp point to slice the palm of her hand. She allowed the drops of blood to fall onto the picture of the dagger and then recited the spell. Gray magic rose from the page and the picture of the dagger began to disappear. After the magic was floating in the air, it shot into Emma's right forearm, searing itself into her skin on the underneath side. "FUCK!" She could hear her skin burning and watched as smoke rose from where the magic was spreading. "AHHHHHH! FUCKING HELL!" She noticed an image beginning to form on her skin as the pain continued to move along the lines of the image. "SON OF A WHORE!" Finally, the spell was competed and the pain stopped. What was left caused Emma's anger to rise. She now had a tattoo of the dagger on the inside of her right forearm. "WHAT THE FUCK, RUMPLE?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS SHIT?!" She lunged towards to the letter to read the rest of it, hoping he had a damn good explanation for this.

I must warn you, Emma. The spell to protect the dagger involves embedding it into your body. You will not become a dark one, merely a container for the dagger. It will probably appear as a tattoo, but that can easily be concealed with a spell.

Emma rolled her eyes and huffed, "Shit. Guess I should have read more first. Fuck." Her bedroom door then burst open and Audrey rushed in with Tristan. They had heard Emma's screams and became concerned.

"What happened, Em? Are you okay?", Audrey studied her friend and her eyes were drawn to Emma's arm. She walked slowly towards Emma, her eyes staring at the new tattoo. "What the hell is that?"

Emma turned her arm over so that Audrey could better see her arm and Audrey gasped as she ran her hands over the dagger. Tristan ran up to the bed and climbed in, "I wanna see." The little girl studied her mother's arm and ran her hands over the skin checking if it felt different. "What is this, Mommy?"

"Rumple gave me a spell to protect the dagger. I performed it without reading the rest of his letter that warned me and this happened. So apparently the dagger is in me now.", Emma sighed.

Audrey looked up at Emma concerned, "Are there adverse effects to this?" She carefully worded her question in front of Tristan.

Emma shook her head, "I won't become a Dark One so we're safe." Emma looked at her arm again, "But it hurt like a bitch.", she grumbled.

"Have you finished reading the letters yet?" Audrey noticed the papers strewn all over the bed.

"I'm still on the first one and haven't even finished it yet."

"Can I cuddle with you, Mommy?", Tristan crawled into Emma's lap.

Emma wrapped her arms around her daughter, "You bet, Sweetie." She looked up at Audrey and gave her a nod to let her know it was alright. Audrey then nodded back and left the room to get some house work done.

"How about your play with my cell phone while Mommy reads this letter?" Tristan nodded and took Emma's iPhone as Emma sat her down next to herself. She had learning games loaded on her phone for times she needed Tristan to sit still. Emma then continued reading the first letter.

The second spell can be found on page 299. There you will find a spell which will allow you to gain all of my knowledge which includes the content of the other letters. You must use your blood on the page so that it recognizes you as the caster. If others try to use the spell, it will not end well for them. Please keep the book safe and out of reach of others to avoid this.

If you decide not to utilize this spell, then please read the remaining letters as they contain important information. I apologize that this is falling on you, but I cannot trust anyone else with these tasks. Once you've acquired the knowledge in the other letters, I trust that you'll make the right decisions regarding the family. If you have questions, please see Belle.

Good luck, Emma and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Emma rolled her eyes and huffed, "Really, Rumple?" Emma ran her fingers through her hair and then opened the book to the appropriate page. She saw the words written in Rumple's handwriting and a circle at the bottom of the page. 'That must be where my blood goes. Kind of like a key.' Using her already sliced hand, she reopened the wound and allowed the drops of blood to fall within the circle and then recited the words on the page. Soon, a gray smoke rose from the page and moved towards Emma. She stayed perfectly still as the magic travelled towards her forehead. She closed her eyes allowing the grey smoke to touch her forehead. When the connection was made, a bright, blinding light spread around the room and within seconds, the room was silent and back to normal. When opened her eyes, her eyes glowed white. The words on the page were gone and the page was left blank. Images raced through Emma's mind like a film reel. It was like watching a movie on fast forward. When it was over, Emma was left flabbergasted.

"What was that, Mommy! That was bright!" Tristan was rubbing her eyes and finally squinted them open towards her mother.

"It was a spell to help Mommy. Nothing to worry ab….."

BOOM!

They both looked around after the loud noise and Emma grabbed her daughter and stood up from bed. "What the hell was that?"

"That was the barrier spell."

Emma turned to the voice, "Cora." Emma walked up to her with Tristan still in her arms, "What do you mean the barrier spell?"

"Someone tried to breach your protection spell.", Cora shrugged in a 'duh' kind of expression.

Emma's eyebrows rose, "What?"

"Calm down. Right about now, they'll be nursing some pretty nasty injuries and they won't be able to fix them.", Cora responded with a devious grin on her face.

"Mommy, who is that?"

Cora and Emma both looked at Tristan shocked, "Honey, you can see her?" Tristan nodded her head, but continued to stare at Cora.

"She's beautiful, Emma."

Emma turned to her left and saw Henry Sr. smiling. Tristan saw him, but his smile comforted her and helped her relax. Emma smiled and looked at her daughter, "He's your Grandpa and she's your Grandma. They're your other Mommy's mommy and daddy."

Tristan's eyes grew wide and she wriggled indicating that she wanted to be put down so she could walk up to them. She approached Cora first and Cora kneeled down with a huge smile on her face and tears forming in her eyes. "Hello, Sweetheart. It's so nice to finally meet you." Tristan continued to study Cora so Cora continued, "You are so beautiful, Little Princess." That comment got a smile from Tristan.

"She called me a princess, Mommy!" She then dove into Cora's arms which caused Cora to gasp since she was a spirit and had no form. Just as Emma was about to quickly reach and grab Tristan, the little girl slammed into Cora who took on a solid form and was stunned. Her eyes bugged out as she was able to hold her granddaughter.

"Oh my God. I don't understand." Cora felt the little girl in her arms and happy tears streamed down her cheeks. Emma watched speechless and unable to come up with an explanation. Henry soon joined and wrapped his arms around his wife and granddaughter; his body just as solid.

Emma reached out and attempted to touch Henry's arm and it worked. She couldn't believe it. He turned and looked at her equally shocked and then released his hold on Cora and Tristan and moved to hug Emma, but he passed right through her. He looked down at his hands and then up to Emma confused. "I don't understand."

"I think I do." They both turned to Cora. "As long as you're touching Tristan, it'll work." Cora walked over to them. "Let's test my theory."

When Emma touched her daughter and then reached for Henry, she could touch him and vise versa. "Oh wow." Emma gulped.

Cora beamed at the little girl in her arms, "She's truly amazing."

"Emma, did you hear that sound?", Audrey walked into the bedroom. "Oh! I didn't realize we had company."

"Wait. Aud, you can see them?" Emma looked back and forth between Audrey and the Mills'. She simply nodded. Emma looked down at her daughter in absolute awe. "These are Regina's parents, Audrey." Emma watched as Audrey comprehended her words.

"Her parents? Her dead parents?" Audrey stared at the couple intrigued.

"Yep. Those are the ones. Apparently, Tristan has another ability." Audrey kept staring and nodding at Emma's comment. She didn't move any closer, deciding to stay near the exit as she was too weirded out by this.

"It's nice to meet you…I guess…" She directed her attention to Emma, "Soooo, I'm just gonna give you some privacy.", he thumb pointing behind her to indicate her quick exit and then he was gone.

Cora chuckled and then held out one hand and used her magic to create a flute. Tristan's eyes glowed as she watched the flute take shape. Cora knew of Emma and Tristan's talent from watching them in the spirit world. She wanted to contribute something.

"Look, Mommy! She made a flute!"

Emma smiled at Tristan's amazement. Cora sat her down and handed her the flute. "I believe you might be able to play this for me one day. I so love listening to the flute and was hoping you might learn something on it."

Tristan picked it up and felt the keys. She checked the alignment of the body with the head joint and foot and then checked the rod system. She was already familiar with the instrument from spending time with Emma while she worked at the music hall with the musicians. Tristan held up the instrument, aligning her lips to the lip piece and she blew out a note to test the sound. She always used the F chord as that was what she learned first. The sound was soothing; not too loud or soft. Cora smiled watching her granddaughter study the keys.

"Can I go play with this, Mommy?"

Emma nodded, but then added, "What do you say?" She stared at her daughter with a knowing look.

Tristan looked at Cora, "Thank you, Grandma." She hugged Cora and gave her a kiss on the cheek which shocked Emma. Tristan wasn't one to open up easily to others. The child then turned to Henry Sr., "Thank you, Grandpa." She hugged and kissed him as well and Emma could have been knocked over with a feather. Then Tristan was gone having run out of the room yelling through the house, "Gam Gams, look what I got!"

The Mills' just chuckled while Emma stood in stunned silence. Cora watched Emma and then noticed her forearm, "I see Rumple left you a 'parting gift'.

KNOCK, KNOCK

"Just a sec! Coming!" Snow sat her tea kettle down after removing it from the hot burner and wiped her hands before rushing to the door to answer it. She checked the peep hole and quickly opened the door with a gasp, "Oh my God, Blue! What happened to you?" Blue fell forwards and collapsed in Snow's arms.