Author's note: Hi everyone, when I have the time, I will be editing my stories and fix my grammar mistakes! If you find some grammar mistakes please tell me and I will fix it! And I many ideas that I want to share some time, but I'm also busy with my studies and my child, that haven't had the time yet. When I have the time, I will try to do some of them. But without further ado⦠I will on with the story!
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They were in the Blanchard apartment. David brought a wooden box into the kitchen and placed it in front of Mary Margaret. "In the world above, this is where I found the Storybook. So..." She opened the box and began searching through, but doesn't find anything. "Sorry."
"Are we really surprised?" Regina remarked. "That book is the embodiment of hope, and there's not a lot of that here in the Underworld."
"Let's keep looking." David told them as then Emma went upstairs, soon Liam followed her and they talked there.
Then downstairs, Madelyn and Jack in the bathroom, looking at then she told to him. "Can't find the damn book."
"I know, love." Jack told her.
"What are we even doing here? We should find a way to communicate with Jackson or with Jonathan." Madelyn sighed. "We should warn them about the book andβ¦" She was interrupted.
"Aye, I know, love. I know." Jack walked closer to her. "There's a prophesy in it."
"Aye." Madelyn nodded. "A prophesy about another savior."
"Aye, but they can't know." Jack told her.
"Uhu." Madelyn nodded as then they walked out of the bathroom and saw Hook standing there, he was looking at down, but then he turned when he heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
Hook watched Liam for a few moments, before looking at Emma, and he noticed that she doesn't seem herself. "You all right?" Hook asked concerned.
Emma nodded. "Yeah." She was lying through her teeth. "Fine. Let's keep looking." Then she walked in Hook's direction.
Just then, Henry opened the door and entered the apartment. "Hey. What's... going on?"
Mary Margaret looked at him. "Oh, looking for the Storybook, you know, "Underworld Edition"."
"Really?" Henry looked at her. "Well, I think I might know exactly where it is."
Then the others walked closer to him as David asked to him. "How would you know that?"
"The Apprentice." Henry replied to him. "I saw him at... at Granny's. He said the Sorcerer's mansion is down here and there's a bunch of his stuff inside, like the Storybook."
"Finally, some good news." Regina sighed in relieve.
But Madelyn eyed at him, he was somewhat lying to them. "Aye, it is."
"Well, sort of." Henry comment to them. "The house is locked with magic, and the sheriff has the key."
Hook looked at David. "Your evil twin is sheriff? Hades has panache, I'll give him that."
"Well, it's time for my brother and me to have an overdue chat." David sighed.
"Well, you won't be alone." Mary Margaret comment. "I still owe him a punch in his pretty mouth for kissing me."
David looked at her, annoyed and slightly jealous. "He kissed you?"
"Thought it was you." She replied as then she headed to the door.
"Let's go." David nodded as then he followed her.
Just then, Liam looked at the others. "In the meanwhile, we should all go about our usual business. Hades has eyes everywhere. We can't have him learning what we're up to."
"Fine plan." Hook nodded. "Can't wait to see the look on his face when he learns a valuable lesson... one should never mess with the Brothers Jones."
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Above world, in Storybrooke still. Caitlynn was in her room, searching stuff for her baby as then Amelia came to her. "Hey, how's it going?"
"Good." Caitlynn replied to her. "It's just, Gold misses a lot right now."
"Yeah, but he made his choice to go with them." Amelia told her.
"I know, but I miss him." Caitlynn sighed as she stopped with looking and stood up. "It's been a few days, already. He should be back, he told he it was a day and then he would be back."
"I know." Amelia nodded. "But as I said before, he made his choice."
"Yeah, yeah, you said that before, but maybe something happened." Caitlynn told her.
Amelia sighed. "It can."
"I don't want to argue with you, mom." Caitlynn told her.
Amelia looked at her. "I don't want to either."
"Okay." Caitlynn nodded.
Then they went downstairs, to see Jackson and Aubrey. When arrived they saw that they were asleep on the couch. "Ahhh, they cute." Amelia comment, happily.
"They are." Caitlynn comment, also happy.
"Tea?" Amelia asked to her adopted daughter.
"Yeah, thanks." Caitlynn nodded.
Then Amelia put some water in the kettle as then they waited for the water to cook.
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Underworld, Emma, Madelyn and Regina were in Granny's, they were waiting, but Emma was on edge because of Liam and her parents. Regina had enough and asked her. "Will you stop staring at the door? When your parents walk through it, I promise I'll tell you."
"Okay, just sit down and a have a drink." Madelyn told to Emma. "It would calm the nerves."
Emma sighed. "Maybe this was a bad idea. I should've gone with them."
Regina looked at her. "Would you relax? People are starting to stare at us. Remember what Liam said we need to act casual."
Just then, Emma sat down. "Yeah, what do you think of Liam, anyway? You don't think he's a little self-righteous, do you?"
Then, Madelyn gave Emma a drink. "Here."
"Thanks." Emma comment to her.
Regina looked at Emma. "He doesn't like you, does he?"
"He doesn't think I'm good enough for Hook." Emma replied to her.
"Nonsense." Madelyn muttered.
Regina chuckled. "To be honest, you're too good for Hook."
"He's different with Liam." Emma told her. "It's like he thinks he walks on water."
"What's going on?" Regina asked to her.
"Liam thinks I should let Hook move on." Emma replied while sighing.
Regina scoffed. "Who cares what Liam thinks? What does Hook think?"
"He agrees." Emma sighed.
Regina sighed. "Well, that's because he hasn't forgiven himself."
"How do you know that?" Emma asked to her.
Regina looked at her. "Though I hate to admit it, we're much alike... and forgiving yourself is the hardest thing to do. You want to help Hook? Help him with that."
Just then, Henry opened the door and entered, before walking up to Emma and Regina. "Moms... Grandma found the key."
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Flashback, still in the underworld, Madelyn and Jack were walking around, exploring. When they found a house and walked inside of it. It was a mansion, full of books, lots of books and they found a book with stories in it. Madelyn read it and found a prophesy in it. It says that:
Two halves of a whole,
sister's they may be
Though as the last battle approaches,
The fate of one falls to the other to see
The Queen without her fire,
And a hand that continues to shake
The man who's dark side conspires
And a life that love shall take
But know that the other
That makes up the whole
Along with another
With a rather shady soul
Converges and learns
What Fate will try and steal
Both will in turn
Show fate how it feels...?
Then, Madelyn turned to look at Jack. "There is a prophesy in this book."
"Oh." Jack comment as then he went over to her and read it for himself. "Aye, there is a prophesy." He looked at her.
"What shall we do with it?" Madelyn asked to her husband.
"Let it disappear." Jack replied to her.
"Aye." Madelyn nodded in agreement as then she waved with her hand and the letters disappear form the page.
End flashback.
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Present, in the underworld, Hook, Emma, Henry, Liam, Madelyn and Regina were walking up to the sorcerer's mansion. Jack was finding Gold, again, if he could find him. Then, Hook comment to then all. "The mansion is here. I guess old White Beard was telling the truth."
"Do we have the key?" Liam asked to them.
"We have it." Hook replied to him. "But there's a protection spell on the door. Could be dangerous to open it."
"Oh, well, I suppose I should do the honors." Liam comment to them all. "I've been dead the longest. I'd say I have the least to lose." Madelyn rolled with her eyes.
Hook looked at his brother. "You always were the noble one, weren't you?" Then he handed Liam the key. Liam went over the door and open it. Then they all stepped inside of the house.
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The group continued to make their way through the house. Hook moved a spider cobweb aside and make sure Emma can pass through as well, before letting it go. "Wonderful. I love what they've done with the place." Hook comment to them.
"We should split up... move fast." Liam told them.
Emma nodded. "Uh, yeah. I guess." Then she looked at her son. "Henry, uh, you got to stay here."
"But this was my idea. I'm not gonna stand behind and do nothing." Henry told his mom.
Emma looked at him. "You're not doing nothing. You're the lookout."
"Lookout?" Henry frowned.
Regina looked at her son. "Don't argue with your mother."
"But..." Henry was interrupted.
"Or your mother." Regina and Liam went in separate directions, whilst Hook and Emma go together, leaving Henry alone in the room. Well not alone, cause Madelyn was there as well.
"Well, you are a teenager right?" Madelyn asked to him.
Henry nodded. "Yeah."
"Why don't you want to be on the lookout?" Madelyn asked to him.
"I'm always doing it, but I now need to find something." Henry replied her.
"Uhu..." Madelyn nodded. "Well find it and I will be on the lookout." She smiled, friendly at him.
"Thanks." Henry smiled at her. Then he muttered something under his breath. "Last time you leave me behind." As then he spoke out loud. "All right, pen. If you're in here, give me a sign."
Meanwhile, Liam managed to find the book. He opened it and tears at the pages with Hades's story in and pocketed them. "I'm sorry, brother."
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The group were now all standing around the book and having flicked through it and found nothing on Hades, they all looked a bit defeated. Regina still continued to flick through. Then, Hook comment. "There's no mention of Hades' story anywhere."
Regina scoffed. "Why am I not surprised?"
Just then, Emma noticed the ripped pages. "Yeah, and look. There's some pages that are missing."
"Back during the first curse, I tore my story out of Henry's book so he wouldn't know I was the Evil Queen." Regina comment.
Hook sighed. "Well, if Hades has done the same, we don't stand much chance of finding it."
"Then, there's something in it that Hades doesn't us want to find out." Madelyn sighed.
Then, Emma looked at Liam suspiciously. "What do you think, Liam? You found the book. Was there any evidence it had been tampered with?"
"No." Liam shook with his head. "And until I find any, I'll choose to have hope. Those pages could have fallen out and still be in this house, and I, for one, won't give up without trying to find them." Then he walked out of the room.
"I see what you mean about self-righteous." Regina remarked as then she followed in the same direction as Liam.
"Ass." Madelyn comment as then she followed Regina.
Hook turned to follow them, but noticed that Emma hasn't moved. "What's wrong? Aren't you coming?"
"Uh, yeah. Sorry. Let's go." Emma started to leave.
But, Hook stopped her because he knows something is off. "No, wait. Wait. Not until you tell me what's going on. I know when something's bothering you." Then he smiled at her softly.
Emma sighed and hesitated to tell him, but it anyway. "It's Liam. I've had a bad feeling ever since we met, and at first I thought it was just because he didn't like me. I think he's hiding something."
Hook looked in shocked. "That's preposterous. My brother wouldn't lie."
"Maybe there's stuff about him you don't know. Maybe he does know what his unfinished business is down here." Emma suggested.
Hook shook with his head. "No, you're wrong about him. I know who my brother is. I'm gonna go help him find those pages." Then he started to walk away as well, following the others.
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Much later, Emma and Madelyn were still in the sorcerer's mansion. It's clear they has been looking for Hook and Henry who both disappeared. Just then, Hook entered the room, Emma was breathless and turned to face him. "Hook, where the hell have you been? First you and Liam left, then Henry ran off somewhere."
Hook looked guilty. "I'm sorry, Emma. You were right about Liam. He destroyed those pages because of a deal he made with Hades years ago... A deal that almost got us thrown into that boiling sea."
Emma looked now concerned. "Are you okay? Where is he?"
"He, uh, sacrificed himself, but his sacrifice helped a crew we once sailed with. They finally moved on, thanks to him." Hook replied to her.
"Did he move on, too?" She asked.
Hook nodded. "He did... but he helped me see the truth before he went. I'm glad you came down here, Emma. Perhaps I do deserve saving after all."
Emma stepped closer to him and it's clear she looked happier. "Does that mean, when this is all over, you're planning to come home?"
"Yes." Hook chuckled lightly. "Everything Liam did was to ensure that I had a future, and I damn well intend to have one." Then he pulled Emma into a passionate kiss.
"Ahhh, true love." Madelyn comment, making them break apart as they remembered her still being there, they blushed.
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Above world, Amelia came to Caitlynn and sat on the couch. "He will come back, you know he will find a way, sweetie."
"I know, mom." Caitlynn sighed. "I think something happened, but I which I was with him, to help him."
Amelia nodded. "I know that, but you choose to be with your daughter and your unborn child." She told her daughter. "That's also important, sweetie, very important."
"Yeah, but I can't help, but think. If I was with himβ¦" Caitlynn sighed.
"I know, but think of the now." Amelia grabbed her daughter's hand.
Caitlynn looked at her mother. "Okay." She nodded.
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Underworld, Emma, Hook, Mary Margaret, Madelyn, David and Regina were in the Blanchard apartment. The book was open to a picture of Liam. "There's nothing in this entire book about Hades." Mary Margaret sighed.
"Liam ripped out every page." Hook looked at them. "On behalf of my brother, I'm sorry."
Emma sighed. "Maybe there's something else in here that can help us. Our Storybook had all kinds of secrets in it."
"Well, Henry's kind of the expert on Storybooks." David looked around him. "Where is he?"
"He's upstairs going full emo teenager." Emma began.
"And doesn't want to talk to anyone right now." Regina finished.
"Well, maybe he just doesn't want to talk to his mothers." David told them as then he went upstairs and greeted him. "Hey, there. What's my favourite grandson up to?"
"Nothing." Henry sighed. "Just thinking."
"Mind if I think with you?" David asked as Henry did nothing, then he sat on the bed also and sighed. "So... what are we thinking about?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Henry replied to him.
"Okay. Let's talk about me." David sighed. "I had a... pretty bad day today. I learned that my twin brother resented me his whole life."
Henry looked at him. "I thought he grew up a prince."
"Guess he wanted something else, what I had... a loving mother." David told him.
Henry sighed. "Please don't make this a lesson."
David looked at his grandson. "Too late. See, some people would give anything to have a family like yours, Henry. Because, whatever's going on with you, you know you always have someone you can talk to. Or if you just want to stay up here and be a teenager, that's... cool, too." Then he walked back to the stairs.
"Wait." Henry called as then David stopped. Henry stood up. "I need to show you something."
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Henry has now joined the group downstairs and was telling them about the author's pen as Regina asked to him. "The Author's pen? I thought you destroyed it."
Henry nodded. "I did, but that just brought it here. The Apprentice told me where it was. I thought if I used its power, I could be a hero."
"Henry, what made you think you needed to do this?" Regina asked, looking at her son.
"At first, it was Cruella." Henry replied to her. "She wanted me to use it to bring her back to life."
Emma looked at him. "Why would you help her?"
"To help you." Henry replied to her. "She said you have all this guilt about killing her, and that's when I realized I have all this power and I ignore it. I just live in everyone's shadow. I want to be the hero instead of the one the heroes rescue."
"I understand that." Emma nodded. "But that's not the way to do it."
"I know, and that's why I'm telling you now." Henry looked at all of them. "I finally understand what the Apprentice meant. I'm gonna write the stories as they are, and I'll start with Hades. I'm gonna use the pen the correct way... To re-create his story."
"Hades went to a lot of trouble to keep us from learning his story." Mary Margaret comment.
"Which means we're onto something." Regina added.
"Question is, what is Hades trying to hide from us?" David asked them all.
Madelyn crossed with her arms. "That's what I would want too."
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