A/n: I did say two.
The Queen of Hearts
Devon fought against Mary Margret. "I am so sorry for this," he grunted as he dodged one of her arrows.
"Its Cora! She's controlling you!" Mary Margret rolled to the side to avoid his swing.
"We thought her control over us would stop when she was sent to Wonderland." One of her arrows stuck into his shoulder, making him drop his axe into the portal. "Get her!"
Mary Margret loosened an arrow at Cora, who disappeared into blue smoke. Devon dropped to the ground, clutching his shoulder. He didn't see Mulan running off with Aurora's heart, or Emma knocking Hook out with the compass. He did look up intime to see Cora blast mother and daughter back from the portal.
Emma pushed Mary Margret aside as Cora dove in for her heart. "Oh, you foolish girl," Cora chuckled. "Don't you know? Love is weakness." She tried to pull Emma's heart out of her body but failed.
"No," Emma whispered. "It's strength." The blast from Emma threw Cora back, knocking her unconscious. Mary Margret ran to her daughter's aid as Devon carefully stood and approached them. "What was that," Emma asked, still in shock.
"That... is a great subject of discussion... when we get home," Mary Margret said as she pulled Devon and Emma to the portal.
Orabella sat surrounded by school books, spell books, and journals, attempting to juggle helping her nieces and nephews with their studies, helping Gold cross the town line, helping Mother Superior bring back the memories lost by those who did cross, and deciphering her own handwriting to figure out a timeline of events. She had left the sleeping prince with his grandson, Regina, and Gold when Belle had told her she was going home.
"Why couldn't I have practiced writing more," she sighed as she stretched out her back.
"You're too busy doing other things, like killing dragons and making tea," Hroar said without looking up from his math homework.
"Cheek will only ever help you barter with shopkeepers," Lucia said from over top her history book.
"Both good points," Orabella said as she stood, quickly diverting an argument between brother and sister. She walked to the window and watched as storm clouds swarmed the sky out of nowhere and began to crackle with thunder. "Shit!" She scrambled to her journal quickly and flipped through the pages. "Shit!" She grabbed her coat. "Hroar, you're in charge until your father gets back. Should be about half an hour. Finish your homework."
Orabella flew through town, then through the forest to the well that connected to Lake Nostos. She arrived in time to see Regina pull Henry away from the well. "You idiots," she yelled over the storm and the magic covering the well. "She's not coming through! That's Emma and Mary Margret!"
"Can you be sure?" Gold regarded her with worry. If she was wrong... He'd rather not think on that.
"I swear to the Gods and the Daedric Princes that if you don't help me open that portal back up, I will make you wish you had," she snarled at him.
Without another thought, Gold pointed the Dark Fairy's wand at the portal as Regina full on drew the magic from the well and into herself. Orabella planted her feet and cast a variant of Expel Daedra to break through the barrier. With their combined efforts, the poisonous green barrier broke, throwing Regina back.
Emma held the compass out, Mary Margret took her hand, Devon wrapped the chain around his wrist and covered their hands with both of his. The trio jumped into the vortex.
"No!" Henry couldn't move. The portal was closed.
"I'm sorry, Henry," Regina sniffled from where she had landed. "I'm sorry."
"No," Orabella said striding up to the well. "Don't be sorry, Reg." She lent into the mouth of the well and extended her arm. "Grab my hand!"
Gold moved to grab her hand before he realized she was talking to someone inside the well. She pulled a weary looking Emma up first, who was happily reunited with her son. Mary Margret was next, worried for her husband. Devon came last.
"It's about time, lazy ass," Orabella said as she carefully healed his shoulder.
"Well, I needed my nap. I wasn't gonna get it around the kids. Thought I'd see what Cora was up to." He stretched his arm out.
"And how is she?"
"Still a bitch." The pair laughed. "My kids at home?"
"Hroar's in charge."
"Better hurry then." He hugged Orabella and quickly left. "We'll talk later!"
Gold turned her attention to him next. "I'm sorry we didn't confide with you our plans," he said quietly as he took her arm in his.
"I'm sorry I snapped," she conceded as he led her out of the woods. "But we do need to have a conversation when we get somewhere more private."
"Yes, Milady Lovely, as you command."
Devon opened the doors to the mostly empty orphanage. "I'm home!"
"Papa!"
The thundering of feet on hardwood was deafening. The pressure of six smaller bodies piling on top of him was hurtful. The cries of love from each person's lips as they surrounded each other was priceless.
He truly was home.
A/n: yay it's over!
