Pan, still inhabiting Henry's body, soon approached the wishing well with Felix. In his hand, he carried the Dark Curse scroll.
"You never cease to amaze me, Peter," Felix smirked at his superior. "Outwitting The Evil Queen and her spawn in less than a day. It's impressive."
"They love the boy. That makes them weak," Pan smirked back. "Especially Princess Blueberry who can't hold a candle to her mother's darkness, especially for Snow White."
The two soon stopped in front of a certain well that was in the woods of Storybrooke.
"This is it. This is where we'll cast it," Pan soon told his right-hand boy. "The ingredients?" he then prompted.
"When it's done, will they all be dead?" Felix asked as he handed Pan a bag.
"Of course. They will be slaves to this new land we're making with no idea who they once were," Pan replied as he took out a bottle. "Death is final, Felix. Their suffering will be eternal, especially with their descendants who will be forced to become Lost Boys and Lost Girls." he then added as he continued to set out various bottles as ingredients, and dropped one into the well.
As it hit the bottom, the water changed to a greenish hue.
Pan soon eyed one of the ingredient bottles. "What she did is child's play compared to what I have in mind." he then informed Felix as he dropped the bottle into the well as the water glowed green once more.
"I knew you'd win," Felix replied, sounding impressed. "Peter Pan never fails."
Pan then flashed him a smile as another bottle went into the well.
Felix soon looked inside the well before looking back at his boss curiously. "Are we missing something?" he then wondered.
"Yes." Pan nodded.
"What is it?" Felix wondered.
"The heart of the thing I love most." Pan explained.
"You mean your son's heart? Rumplestiltskin?" Felix guessed.
"No, uh, I never loved Rumple." Pan replied without hesitation or shame in his voice like the little fiendish weasel he was.
"Well, then, whose heart do we need?" Felix then asked since that perplexed him. "Who do you love?"
"Love can be many things, Felix," Pan explained before smirking darkly at the currently much taller boy. "It doesn't just come from romance or family. It can also come from loyalty; friendship."
Felix then suddenly turned into a fearful expression.
"Only one person has always believed in Pan." Pan then continued darkly.
"That's me." Felix realized in slight horror.
"Don't be afraid. Be flattered." Pan grinned menacingly as he moved to take out Felix's heart.
"No, no, no!" Felix yelled and panicked, but it was too late.
Pan soon reached inside his chest as Felix gave a pained grunt. Pan then tore out the glowing red heart and began to squeeze it as Felix dropped to the ground in anguish. The heart was then pressed to dust into the well to complete the spell to create the new curse.
Meanwhile, back near Regina's vault, everyone else was discussing what was currently going on.
"Another curse?" Mary Margaret soon asked. "It's happening again?"
"Gold, this curse, is it going to work like the last one?" Emma soon asked.
"The last one was created to service the Queen's wishes. This will be done per Pan's desire," Rumple explained. "I would count on something hellish."
"The curse was built to be unstoppable," Regina retorted. "There's nothing that can be done."
"Well, it is possible to stop it." Rumple then said.
"What?" Regina asked in surprise.
"How?" Evie wondered.
"By using the scroll itself. It can only be undone by the person who used the scroll," Rumple explained as he gestured to the former Evil Queen. "That's you, Regina."
"What do I have to do?" Regina soon asked.
"You must destroy the scroll," Rumple explained. "Both yours and his curses shall be ended, but know this; there will be a price; a steep one. Also young Evie can help you."
"Me? But what can I do?" Evie wondered.
"As the descendant of The Evil Queen, you can combine your magic with your mother's in order to help strengthen hers to stop this madness." Rumple explained calmly.
"Oh. Well, I guess I should be able to do that." Evie said thoughtfully.
"W-What do you suggest?" Regina then asked the older man.
"Instead of going to him, bring him to us with a spell," Rumple said before seeing the confused look on Regina's face. "One that will return Pan and Henry to their own bodies." he then explained off her confused expression.
"If I'm back in my own body, that means I'll have the scroll," Henry soon realized. "I can bring it to you guys." he then suggested.
"Exactly right, Henry." Rumple nodded in response.
"But Mr. Gold, you were Rumplestiltskin," Evie spoke up. "Can't you cast the spell with your own magic and maybe have Ben help you out since he's your descendant?" she then offered as a suggestion.
"I guess not even Mr. Gold is powerful enough for this, dear." Regina said to her daughter.
"Well, given the proper tool, I could be." Rumple clarified to both.
"And what would this tool be exactly?" Goldie pondered.
"The Black Fairy's wand." Tinkerbell informed.
"The Black Fairy?" Evie then asked.
"Who's that?" Goldie added.
"One of the most powerful fairies that ever existed. Well-versed in dark magic," Tinkerbell explained. "The Blue Fairy exiled her, but before she did, she took her wand."
"I assume our dearly departed Mother Superior has it hidden in her residence especially away from young Jane." Rumple concluded.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's hit the convent." David suggested.
"Can I come?" Tinkerbell asked hopefully. "I should pay my respects to Blue, after all."
David nodded in agreement, allowing her to come along as well.
"Then it's settled," Rumple soon said to the group. "The rest of us should get back to my shop and prepare Henry for the spell."
And with that, everybody began dispersing from the group. The shadow soon loomed above; having overheard everything. A moment later, it flew off. While that was going on, back at the wishing well, Pan finished pulverizing Felix's heart and opened his palm to let the remaining dust fall into the well. He soon watched with satisfaction as a thick green smoke rapidly raised to the surface.
Eventually, most others were at the pawnshop as Mary Margaret stared longingly at one of the unicorns on the baby mobile while touching it with her palm before Emma walked up to her. In the meantime, Rumple was consulting a spell book while trying to help.
"That's a pretty nice mobile," Audrey commented as she stood by Ben. "I had one almost like it when I was a baby."
"If memory serves me right, you had pink and gold fairies dangling from your crib when David and I were invited to your christening." Mary Margaret said to the brunette girl.
"That sounds about right to me too." Ben agreed.
"You came to my christening?" Audrey asked Mary Margaret.
"Well, of course we did," Mary Margaret smiled softly. "Your mother was a very good friend of mine of course."
Audrey smiled back until her smile disappeared and she looked a little dejected. "...I miss her... and my father." she then said softly since she had been in Storybrooke for such a long time now along with Lonnie.
"Don't worry, Audrey... You'll be back with them again soon," Ben soothed his girlfriend. "I promise you."
"I sure hope so." Audrey sighed and pouted a little before hugging him.
Ben did his best to comfort Audrey as he hugged her back.
Mary Margaret also looked soft until she then saw Emma suddenly, then smiled a little at her grown daughter. "This mobile hung above your crib," she then explained until she saw Emma's confused expression. "Uh, um, it was supposed to hang over your crib." she then tried to explain better.
"I like the unicorns." Emma said softly before smiling at her mother who smiled back at her.
"Giving you up when the curse hit was the hardest thing I ever had to do." Mary Margaret said softly.
"I know." Emma reassured her mother.
"Every time I look at you, I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't had to." Mary Margaret then said.
"I do the same thing with Henry." Emma replied.
"You were doing your best," Mary Margaret coaxed. "You were giving him-"
"His best chance," Emma interrupted with a sigh before nodding. "Yeah, but still, things would have been very different I had kept him. We would have had a life together. A normal one." she then added thoughtfully.
"Where do you think you would go if you had the chance?" Ben asked Emma curiously. "If you don't mind me asking."
"Back in Boston or someplace else," Emma replied. "But I guess all that was just not meant to be."
Soon, Evie, Belle, Henry, and Regina walked in from the backroom to sit down.
Emma then walked over to Henry. "You doing okay, kid?" she then asked him.
"Yeah. Just ready to be me again." Henry replied.
"Yeah, me too," Evie agreed with her little brother. "No offense, but you have a very punchable face in that body."
"Did you find anything they can use, Mr. Gold?" Audrey soon asked the man in charge.
"Not much longer now, young ones. Not much longer," Rumple replied as he was still looking through his book until he decided to shut it. "Once we have the wand, all will be as ensured." he then added.
"Let's just hope that it's very soon, Panry." Evie then told her little brother.
"Panry?" The others asked out of confusion.
"Yeah, he's Peter Pan, but he's Henry right now, so Panry," Evie explained with a shrug. "It sounds better than Hen anyway, otherwise it makes me sound like I'm calling my little brother a chicken."
"Well, Peter Pan does crow whenever he wins against someone." Ben whispered and reminded her with a smirk.
"Watch it, Beasty Boy." Evie whispered back as she smirked back at her childhood best friend.
Meanwhile, in the convent, Mother Superior's body was laid in an open casket as three of her fellow nuns were in mourning. David, Killian, Neal, Goldie, and Tinkerbell then approached from behind.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we need your help." Tinkerbell stated urgently.
"With what?" Sister Iridessa asked.
"Wait... Don't I know you from somewhere?" Tinkerbell asked her curiously.
"...Say, you do seem familiar too..." Sister Iridessa replied.
"We don't have time to get into all of that. Sorry, but we have a bigger task at hand right now," Neal interrupted and apologized. "The Black Fairy's wand is here. We need it." he then explained.
Sister Iridessa backed away along with the others. "We can never-" she then started to say out of concern.
"Yeah, yeah. It's a terrible thing, but what's coming is worse," Tinkerbell interrupted and explained. "Where is it?" she then asked.
Before the nun could answer, a pounding noise came from outside.
"Uh-oh... I know that sound anywhere..." Goldie said nervously.
They all turned to see something flying at high speed around the building windows.
"What the hell was that?" David asked.
"Pan's shadow." Killian and Goldie answered anxiously.
They soon saw the shadow on the other side of a stained glass window attempting to get in.
"What does it want?" Sister Iridessa ased nervously.
"The wand," Killian replied. "Where is my son and the other young ones?" he then asked.
"Away for their own protection," Sister Rosetta explained. "Mother Superior insisted on it."
"Good, I wouldn't want them to be apart of this, especially my son, Harry." Killian nodded.
"Run, run run!" David soon cried out.
The nuns then ushered out of the room as the shadow entered the convent.
"Get the hell out of here!" David demanded to the shadow.
"Stay covered! Over there!" Killian called out as he found something safe for now.
Soon, they ran to hide behind the church pews so that they could try to think up a plan to stop the shadow.
"So all we have to do is light the candle, right?" David asked to check. "That's how you trapped it in Neverland?"
"Yeah. This time I say we get rid of it for good." Neal suggested.
"Fine by me." Goldie agreed.
"I'll draw its ire." Killian volunteered.
"You sure you want to do this?" Tinkerbell asked the adult pirate in slight concern.
"It's the only way to prevent this bloody curse from obliterating us all, then it's a risk I'm willing to take." Killian insisted strongly.
"I thought you'd only risk your life for love, your son, or revenge." Tinkerbell countered.
"One other important thing: me," Killian replied as he climbed out from behind the pew before calling out to the shadow. "Hey!" he called before ducking as the shadow lunged down on him, making him flash a smirk. "That the best you got?" he then jeered at the shadow.
Soon, the shadow roughly knocked him off his feet; sending Killian sprawling onto the ground. David then rushed to pull him back behind the pew.
"Can you trap it?" Tinkerbell asked hopefully.
"No, it's too high," David replied. "We gotta get closer."
"And I can't fly up there," Neal added until that gave him an idea in realization. "Tink."
"If you didn't notice, I don't have my wings." Tinkerbell reminded him.
"Can't you use pixie dust?" Goldie suggested.
"It doesn't work." Tinkerbell retorted.
"Tink, you made it work once. You can do it again." David advised warmly.
Tinkerbell then sighed before sliding slides out of the pew and uncapped the vial of pixie dust as it began to glow green. She soon closed her eyes in concentration, to which the dust began working for her. Neal then handed her the coconut halves as she lit a flame on the candle and flew into the air to entrap the shadow inside.
"What's going on out here?" Carla wondered as she, Dude, Jane, Carlos, and Harry came into the room.
"NO! Get out of here!" Neal cried out in warning.
"Get out of here, you crazy kids!" Goldie added.
The shadow growled and soon lunged right for the teenagers, causing them to scatter away in opposite directions, even Dude. However, Carla wasn't so lucky as she tried to run, but the shadow was soon trying to grab and take away her own shadow. Harry was hiding like the coward he felt like he was until he saw that Carla was in danger. Something about seeing her tear-filled eyes from fear and terror bothered him deep inside and even began to make his blood boil. He then shook his head and narrowed his eyes with strong determination.
"Well, well, if it isn't Codfish Jr..." Pan's Shadow mocked. "Going to run away and hide with Daddy again, Harry Hopeless?"
Harry soon glared and snarled as bravely as he could as he mustered his courage. "Not... this time!" he then snarled before he lunged out and pushed Carla out of the way.
Pan's shadow looked angered at that and soon began to go after Carla before Harry ran to her side and pulled her out of the way.
"Tinkerbell! NOW!" Harry soon called out to the former pixie.
Tinkerbell soon flew toward the shadow and used the coconut halves to trap it. Pan's shadow hissed and growled in defeat and once inside the candle, Tinkerbell clamped the halves together, sealing them shut for good. Once that was done, she came back down and dumped the coconut halves into the open fire.
"Look who's still a fairy." Killian noted with a smirk.
"Look who's still a pirate," Tinkerbell smirked back before facing the pirate teen. "Harry, that was so brave and noble of you."
"Oh, uh, it's no harm done, really." Harry shrugged and blushed in response.
Carla giggled and blushed as well since Harry saved her life of course before she decided to hug him out of thanks.
"You all right?" Tinkerbell then asked the adult pirate.
"Well, I lost the hand once," Killain shrugged. "It's nothing."
"For the record, I know why you risked your life back there, and it wasn't for yourself or revenge or even your son," Tinkerbell then said to him. "It was for Emma."
"Dad... Is Tinkerbell gonna be my new mommy?" Harry asked bashfully from the way that his father and the former pixie looked at each other.
"Please don't... That would be a very awkward ship name... I mean... Hookerbell? Tinkaptain?" Carlos remarked bashfully.
Jane giggled a little, amused by that.
"Well done, Green." Mother Superior's voice suddenly said as everyone looked behind to see that she was restored to life.
"Mother Superior! You're okay!" Jane beamed.
"Of course I am, my dear." Mother Superior smiled warmly.
"Blue. You were-" Tinkerbell muttered in amazement.
"Gone. I know, but when you killed the Shadow, mine was returned and I was revived," Mother Superior interrupted and explained proudly. "Thank you. You finally believed in yourself, Green..." she then decided to correct herself. "Tinkerbell. Welcome back."
"I just wish it could give me my childhood back." Goldie shrugged bashfully.
"I'm a fairy again?" Tinkerbell asked Mother Superior hopefully. "Even after I disobeyed all your rules?"
"I might have been overly strict. You deserved your wings, Tinkerbell," Mother Superior explained softly. "And you have earned them back many times over. Especially since Sister Astrid AKA Nova will no longer be with us."
"Did something happen to her?" Tinkerbell asked with a concerned frown. "Did she have... an untimely departure like Farrah?"
"Who's Farrah?" Carlos asked with a whisper.
"Cinderella's Fairy Godmother," Jane whispered back. "I think she might be my long-lost mother."
"Hmm... Could be." Carlos shrugged at that.
"Thankfully, no, but she has decided to become a mother and the new arts and crafts teacher in Storybrooke Elementary School and she seems to be getting close with Grumpy the Dwarf even though I warned her about that too," Mother Superior explained. "She decided it was best for her, but you are still welcome to become a fairy again and even help Jane become a full-fledged fairy when she becomes old enough."
Tinkerbell smiled tearfully. "Thank you." she then said softly.
"As for The Black Fairy's wand..." Mother Superior began to say before she materialized it in her hand and held it out to them. "Go, save us all," she then said as she handed the wand to Neal who departed from the convent along with David, Killian, and Goldie. "Jane, I believe it's time you and I had a little talk." she then said with a sigh and frown at the teenage girl.
Jane squeaked and looked a little nervous. "W-W-What did I do?" she then asked.
"It's all right, dear. You're not in any trouble," Mother Superior reassured Jane. "It's just something I should've told you a very long time ago."
"Do you want us to leave, Mother Superior?" Carlos offered. "Jay took Enid over to Game of Thorns so they could hide out with Ms. Lotus and Ben's grandfather and I think Lonnie is hiding out at Any Given Sundae with Ms. Fischer and Elwin."
"Well, I don't want to make you leave, but it's very important that Jane and I had a very important talk, just between the two of us." Mother Superior then said before blinking and smirking in amusement as Dude tried to come between her and Jane in one of the seats.
"I think that means you too, Dude," Carlos chuckled as he scooped up his dog and moved him out of the way. "Sorry, Jane, maybe we'll talk later?" he then suggested.
"Sure, Carlos. I'll see ya..." Jane nodded.
"All right. Text me later." Carlos said before he walked away suddenly, leaving the convent along with Carla and Harry.
Jane nodded at him before she sat down in one seat before Mother Superior sat next to her. "So, uh, ma'am... what's this all about?" she soon asked.
"Jane... It's time we had a very serious and important talk..." Mother Superior said before taking a deep breath as she looked at the young teenage girl. "Jane... as you know, you were brought in this convent as a ward of the church during The Dark Curse and you eventually discovered your own fairy magic and abilities much like the rest of us around here who used to be fairies and pixies in Misthaven." she then began to inform and remind her.
"Yes... I assumed you guys maybe knew my mother or at least both my parents since I was raised here like everyone else being with their parents and finding out their legacies from The Fairy Tale World." Jane nodded and remembered that.
"Well, that's partly true..." Mother Superior sighed a bit as she looked Jane deep into her sapphire eyes. "You were raised here to be a fairy or fairy godmother in training because you were part of the family even before The Dark Curse, but that's not the main reason."
"Then, what's the main reason?" Jane wondered.
"For your own safety and protection, especially away from Peter Pan and Ozul." Mother Superior stated.
"Ozul? Who's Ozul?" Jane asked.
"That was what Peter Pan's shadow was called before he came into Neverland to escape from the responsibility of having Rumplestiltskin for a son," Mother Superior explained. "He was hoping to take you and turn you against everything good after you were born and I couldn't let that happen because I would never let anything or anyone hurt you because I know you are destined for goodness as a Hero Descendant and not a Villain Descendant. You have the rare burden of being born from both worlds."
"How do you know all of this?" Jane wondered.
"I know because I was the one he impregnated to raise a more proper and suitable heir to his Nightmare Kingdom he calls Neverland." Mother Superior explained.
Jane looked a bit wide-eyed. "You mean...?" she then began to ask.
"Yes, Jane... I am your mother and Peter Pan is your father." Mother Superior finally revealed.
Jane just looked wide-eyed and jaw-dropped that she couldn't think of a proper response to that right away.
Meanwhile, the group from the convent began to regroup in the pawnshop after they did what had to be done to Peter Pan's shadow. Emma, Regina, and Evie were sitting with Henry until they heard the others come into the shop and come straight into the back room.
"Did you guys get the goods?" Evie asked.
"Yep," David nodded. "She's back. The Blue Fairy. She gave us the wand." he then added.
"Thank goodness." Audrey sighed in relief.
"Do we need anything else?" Emma soon asked Rumple.
"Only one more item." Rumple replied as he opened a cabinet to take out a bracelet.
"A bracelet?" Evie asked out of confusion.
"This is one of the only useful things that I managed to pilfer from Greg and Tamara before they left for Neverland," Rumple explained. "It renders anyone with magic utterly powerless."
"Ooh..." Ben, Audrey, and Evie whispered in amazement.
"I haven't forgotten about all that, by the way." Regina then told Rumple with disdain in her voice.
Rumple ignored that before he looked down at his grandson who was currently in his younger father's body. "Let me see your wrist, Henry," he then requested before the boy did as he was told, allowing the man to cuff him instantly. "I want to make sure when my dear old Dad awakes that he is weakened. This will lock his powers." he then explained to the others.
"So what happens now?" Henry soon asked.
"I enact the spell, you fall into a deep sleep and when you awake, you're back in your own body." Rumple explained.
"Only without true love's kiss?" Audrey guessed.
"Yes, dearie, only without true love's kiss." Rumple nodded to her since she was the daughter of Sleeping Beauty after all.
"Then you hang into that scroll and come find us as fast as you can." Regina then instructed Henry.
Neal soon handed the wand over to his father.
"I gave my heart to Pan. I thought I was being a hero," Henry sighed and scoffed to himself. "I'm sorry."
"You're not the one who needs to be sorry," David advised. "Pan does."
"I would never hold anything against you, little brother," Evie added. "I just wish you would've listened to me when I tried to stop you back at Skull Rock."
"I'm really sorry about that, Evie." Henry replied softly.
"It's okay... You won't lose my love, but when your big sister tells you something, you should do it, especially since I'm not mean to you." Evie advised.
"It's time," Rumple said as Henry then laid down on the cot as Regina, Emma, and Evie got out of the way. "Keep your eye on the wand." he then instructed his grandson.
Henry watched the wand before his eyes slowly closed while Rumple waved the wand and cast the spell. Eventually, Pan's body began convulsing.
"What's happening?" Emma wondered.
"Should we get some holy water before he throws up everywhere?" Ben suggested.
"Henry's spirit is leaving Pan's body." Rumple informed them.
The shaking continued before soon gradually subsiding.
"It worked." Regina said in relief.
"Let's go find our son." Emma suggested.
Everyone soon began to leave the shop. Belle and Neal followed suit until the pair stopped when they noticed Rumple was not budging from his spot.
"You're not coming?" Belle asked Rumple.
"No, no. I think not," Rumple replied as he looked down at the ageless boy who was currently lying motionless in the bed. "My father and I have, uh... some unfinished family business.
Belle nodded as she then decided to leave him to it. Ben and Neal soon lingered for a beat longer and stared silently at their father.
Eventually, everyone else from the pawnshop was running down the streets of Storybrooke where Granny took the lead due to her special abilities as not just Red Riding Hood's grandmother, but also a big, bad wolf in a former life.
"I've got a scent. He's nearby." Granny told the group behind her before they came to a stop at the clock tower/library.
"The tower?" Mary Margaret wondered.
They all approached the building and soon, Henry ran out of the library. "It's me, it's me! It worked!" he said as he rushed to hug both Emma and Regina. "Mom, Mom... I just saw you guys. You guys just saw me."
"But we didn't see you." Regina reminded softly.
"Did you get the scroll?" Evie asked hopefully.
"Yes, ma'am." Henry nodded as he took out the scroll.
"He's got it." Emma said, taking the scroll from Henry to give to Regina.
Regina accepted the scroll, but when she was given it, a burst of purple light came from the scroll, and the mayor passed out onto the ground.
"Regina!" Emma gasped before they all began to converge around Regina in concern. "Regina!"
"MOM!" Evie cried out as she stood with Henry.
"Evie, go find your friends and come up with a plan so that you can also help while we try to figure out this curse," Goldie soon suggested. "I think this part might be up to you until your mom will need you for the next part."
"You really think so, Goldie?" Evie asked softly.
"Yes, I do," Goldie nodded. "Now go before it becomes too late for anybody."
Evie looked soft before she then took off running, feeling a little emotional since her mother was just suddenly on the ground and no one knew if she was alive or dead.
Meanwhile, at Any Given Sundae, the teenagers who came from Neverland were hiding out there, trying to plan their next move and Elwin was also there, hoping to help out hopefully since he discovered his own ability of magic which included ice manipulation or any other kind of winter based powers.
"So, let me get this straight," Elwin began to say as he joined the others at a big table together with the ice cream shop being temporarily closed due to Peter Pan's reign of terror. "This whole entire time, you've been in Neverland fighting for your lives against a beloved childhood hero for generations who ended up being an evil warlord who's going to enslave our parents and turn us into brainwashed followers?"
"It wasn't exactly my choice that my little brother was kidnapped and as his big sister, I saw it as my noble duty to save him!" Evie reminded Elwin.
"So anyway, like it or not, it's up to us to help stop Pan," Lonnie suggested. "He only wants one thing and he won't stop until he gets it. So it's up to us to help the adults stop him from getting the power he desires."
"Yeah, if Pan gets power, he could put the whole town under his shadow if he wants." Gil spoke up.
"That shouldn't be a problem anymore since Tinkerbell helped stop his shadow, as well as Harry, being brave enough to save me from it." Carla spoke up.
Harry blushed sheepishly at that.
"I've heard The Sirens on our way into Neverland saying that they were going to help him win with their singing and also him getting a special pipe from a place called Hamelin," Evie then said. "So we all have to help pitch in and stop him before we become his brainwashed slaves."
Elwin sighed a bit. "All right! All right! Let's all go and use our own powers as the descendants of Storybrooke and stop this pig." he then suggested to the others.
"How do we find them?" Carlos wondered.
Carla blinked with wide eyes and shook a chill down her spine.
"Carla, are you okay?" Gil asked the freckled girl out of concern.
"There's some kinda shift going on..." Carla reported. "I can feel it from the beach."
"How can you do that though?" Doug asked. "You're not a mermaid."
"I may not be a mermaid by birth, but I was made to become a mermaid in Neverland," Carla explained. "I guess I had some sort of hidden desire to want to swim or something."
"The Sirens are also mermaids, so they must be coming from the beach right now," Evie suddenly said as she stood up. "I think Carla's instinct might be a clue of where The Sirens could be."
"Well, that's a spot of luck." Gil commented.
"Elwin, I know you're still learning how to use your powers, but we might need them to help stop The Sirens from trapping Storybrooke," Evie told the platinum blonde-haired boy. "Can we trust you?"
"Well... I... uh..." Elwin stammered a bit, looking among their hopeful faces before looking right at a certain girl. "Lonnie, do you think I should?" he then asked.
"Of course I do, Elwin," Lonnie replied. "I trust you, especially with how you used those powers against Zevon at The Neon Lights Ball when we all got our birthright jewels to help unlock our magic deep within our stories."
"Well... Okay, Lonnie..." Elwin smiled and blushed at her a little. "If you believe in me."
Lonnie giggled a bit before hugging him and Elwin blushed a bit more before looking at the others as they seemed to smirk at their hug.
"All right then... to the beach!" Elwin soon proclaimed after a few moments. "I don't know how long my powers will last, but it should at least help buy us some time before Pan can take over the town." he then advised the others.
"Right!" The others agreed before they soon left the ice cream shop to head over to the beach.
Pan smirked as he was standing at the beach while Magda came out of the water until her waist glowed and her legs came out. She then brought out her own scepter and came to stand beside him.
"I see you caused a lot of damage for this Storybrooke place," Magda smirked. "Hopefully I can do more if not worse."
Soon, Diana and Scarlett could be seen coming into the water as well and on their way out to join Magda and Peter.
"You've done very well and if your song fails, I still have Plan B to visit." Pan told her darkly as he glanced toward the high school that was slightly in view.
"Shall I continue?" Magda soon asked darkly.
"Oh, I think that will do fine," Pan nodded as he smirked. "If I were the hero type, I'd come running."
"So what next then?" Magda asked. "Kill hostages? Destroy the town?"
"Threaten. Threaten to kill hostages. Threaten to destroy the town," Pan clarified. "If you kill anyone, you have no leverage."
"Hmm... I see," Magda nodded at that. "Well, maybe just one then so they know we mean it."
"Magda!" Ben called out as he rushed over, looking a bit firm.
"Benny Boo! You made it~" Magda grinned darkly.
"Whatever you're up to with my grandfather, it's not going to work," Ben said as firmly as he could before crossing his arms. "I might be the son of The Dark One, but this is my home and the people in this town are my family and I'm not letting you destroy either. You oughta know, there are plenty of fish in the sea."
"Told you~" Pan whispered to Magda with a dark smirk.
"You've done enough damage! Both of you!" Ben glared at the two. "I won't let you harm anyone else! Not on my account!"
"You've got balls, I gotta respect that, Benny Boo, but I'm afraid I don't have to listen to you for I am my own Queen and boss, especially with my new friend~" Magda smirked before she winked at Pan before looking back. "Perhaps I should go after another one of your friends to become part of my Sirens... Melody always had the perfect potential for being a granddaughter of King Triton and Queen Athena."
"You should know that good always wins." Ben reminded.
"Blah, blah, blah, I've heard that speech so many times that it's lost all meaning and people now see ME as the bad guy and Captain Hook as the good guy," Pan rolled his eyes before he smirked. "I'll leave you to your fish food, Magda... I have a lesson with music to tamper with~"
Ben glared as he tried to lunge out and attack his young grandfather only for Magda to make him back down with her scepter. Scarlett and Diana soon joined Magda's sides and they began to try to help her and even though Ben didn't like to hurt girls, he had to to protect himself against their abuse and evil intentions. Evie and the others soon made it over to the beach to see what was going on.
"Thank goodness you're here," Ariel told the group. "They're gonna try to roam the town and hypnotize everyone with their song."
"Don't worry, Mrs... Uh... Melody's mom," Evie replied. "We're gonna do what we can to help out."
"Thank you." Ariel smiled.
"You seem to have a history with this Princess Magdalena person and we thought she was just another kid like us." Elwin commented.
"It's a long story, now go stop her and try to help out." Ariel said before deciding to instruct them.
"That's why we're here." Doug reassured the redheaded woman.
Ariel nodded and soon ran off to go and hide at the bait shop along with Eric and Melody for their own protection and soon, even Scuttle and Sebastian came to keep them company. Magda's eyes soon glowed red and she shot her magic at Ben, sending the brown-haired boy flying and then crashing in the sand as he groaned and moaned a bit.
"Elwin, do your thing." Evie suggested to the boy before rushing off with the others to go and check on Ben.
"Right then." Elwin nodded as he tried to mentally prepare himself by cracking his neck and knuckles before wiggling his fingers as he channeled his winter abilities from deep within himself.
"Ben... Are you okay?" Evie asked her childhood best friend.
"Yeah... I think so... Could've been worse..." Ben groaned in response with a bit of a weak smile. "At least my grandfather didn't hurt me."
"Speaking of your grandfather, where is he?" Lonnie asked.
"I heard him say something about going for a music lesson at the high school... but I don't know what that could mean," Ben replied before shrugging. "What could Peter Pan want from Storybrooke High?"
"That's a very good question," Carlos remarked. "Hopefully we can find out the answer before he makes us find out."
"For real." Harry added and agreed nervously.
"I just want all of this to stop," Carla pouted. "It's not fair that you guys are being attacked like this by him."
"Hey, it's okay," Evie reminded softly as she put her hand on Carla's shoulder. "No matter what happens, The Dark Curse broke, we're all going to help each other, even if we don't know the full details of his plan." she then added with a small smile.
Carla smiled back at that a little even if she felt a little unsure deep down inside.
Elwin grunted and snarled a bit before he slammed his hands down on the sand once he channeled his winter powers. This then created a big ice wall to keep Magda and her Sirens away from getting through the town.
"That barrier won't last long, you guys!" Elwin soon called out to his friends as Magda began to try to hack at the ice. "We better go right now while we can still stall them with this."
"All right, Ben. Come on, let's get you up," Evie said as she helped her childhood best friend while Doug came by the other side. "Thanks, Doug."
"No problem." Doug smiled since he helped out.
"Hopefully we have enough time until Pan goes to the next part of his plan for the descendants." Ben whispered to himself.
The others agreed with that.
MEANWHILE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL...
"Oh, I just hope that Piper will be able to evacuate in time with his friends... Rumor has it that there's going to be a new curse and we all might be in grave danger, let's just hope it doesn't have to come to that," The school music teacher known as Roddy Geiger who was also the father of Piper was heard mumbling to himself as he was walking down the hallway and on his way into his classroom, going to unlock the door. "I better get some things I might need for the trip and maybe we'll even find his mother if we're lucky... I sure do miss her." he then said before coming inside his classroom.
There appeared to be someone standing in front of his desk, rifling through his drawers a bit.
"What on Earth?!" Mr. Geiger mumbled at that before glaring. "Jay, if that's you, I might have to call The Sheriff's Department if you're trying to find an answer key to any test you didn't study for-"
Suddenly, the person turned around, giving him a rather dark and menacing look.
"Egads! You?!" Mr. Geiger gasped and gulped nervously once he saw who was facing him.
"Hello, Artist Formerly Known as The Pied Piper," Pan smirked darkly. "Remember me?"