August had informed Regina that he was going to take Luxe to the wishing well. Regina accompanied by Henry, had to prepare, when he will have finished his story, to prove to her that the magic exists thanks to it.
The writer, still disconcerted by what had just happened, took over the management of his father's house. Luxe was in her room, still upset by what had happened that morning.
« Go away », she annoyed
« I'm sorry, I know I've gone too far, but I'm trying my best to be a responsible father and protect you from bad people like Mr. Gold. »
« You know as well as I do that we can change, why don't you give it another chance? »
« We've already given him tons of it », he said under his breath.
He knew that when Emma had become the Dark One, Rumple had no more powers and he had evolved into a good man, worthy of Belle but when he regained his powers, he started his schemes again, but he was grateful who he was. saved the life for the protege of his late son.
« Alright, you're right, I'm still giving him a second chance and a second chance. He laughed. « I have something to show you, come on! »
August took her to the wishing well. Unlike many people, she was not skeptical about getting on her motorcycle. He had put on lights to see more clearly. It was already night.
« Lux, I owe you a truth if you want to stay in this city, it's important! »
« Which ? »
« First promise to listen to myself, not to react, and not to say anything until I'm done »
« You scare me », she surprised herself
« You will have proof afterwards »
« Alright, I'm listening to you »
August took a moment to think
« For starters, I'm not from this world »
« What? You're an alien », the girl sneered
« Lux, please, he grew angry, I come from a world called the Enchanted Forest. All of the inhabitants of Storybrooke are fairytale characters or descendants. Well you look like you want to chuckle, can you guess who I am? »
« I see you as a prince who wasn't really one before like Aladdin and Regina, it must be Jasmine »
August was stunned
« We don't have Arab origins »
« I don't know it's your desire to want to see the world, you surely stole a bit in your youth and Regina is very princess who wants to change the laws, in addition she is mayor »
« Your guess is pretty funny but no, I'm Pinocchio, and yeah we can't all be princes or princesses. »
« Oh yes, I hadn't thought about it as we only know Pinocchio as a child, it's not easy to think about it right away but it's true that Pinocchio suits you very well: the temptations, the discovery, the promises broken ... And your father is Geppetto, it's totally obvious » she said going back to her game. « And Regina, does it seem to me like a princess a little badass? »
« You are not far, she is a queen. Snow White's Evil Queen. »
Lux was not expecting it, she found Regina so sweet and kind, even too much, sometimes it had nothing to do, it was the exact opposite
« We can all change! He smiled at her. I continue my story. Thirty years ago now, the Evil Queen to take revenge on Snow White and Prince Charming cast a curse to destroy everyone's happy ending. The curse will take them all to a small town called Storybrooke, time will stand still and they will have no memory of their life before. »
« Well that's very elaborate for a writer. You should write a series! »
August continued without taking into account what she had just said.
« But there was hope: Emma, the princely couple's daughter. She was the savior. At the age of 28, she could save everyone, but she had to be protected. My dad built a magic cabinet that couldn't hold two people and it was Emma and I, at age seven, right after the story you know because my dad was afraid I would turn back into a puppet if I got caught in the curse. The rest you know, from Henry. »
August saw Regina behind the trees and waved her over
« How do you want me to believe these things? »
« When Emma was found by Henry and he brought her to Storybrooke, I was in Thailand and I felt a great pain in my leg, I started to transform back into a wooden puppet because I didn't was not with her like I had promised. So I thought to myself that if the curse would be broken, my spell will end so I did a bit of the same with Emma as with you now, I tried to make her believe in her destiny but she didn't did not believe and I became a puppet, entirely. But now that there is magic in this world its much easier for you to believe »
Regina made a fireball appear in her hand and threw it at an tree behind. She also changed her outfit with a majestic dress of the Evil Queen.
« You believe us now », Henry retorted
« It's impossible, I'm dreaming or I'm having a nightmare, it's completely crazy »
« I swear it's real, her father added, you'll get used to it eventually. Emma had a lot of trouble back then and now she even uses magic »
« I have a lot of questions, so »
They didn't notice that Rumple was looking at them in his crystal ball to wait for the right moment when he can use the crystal of Olympus
« Neal is also a fairytale character? You said that you became a wooden puppet again but how did you become yourself again? And Regina how she changed? And Henry, why was he not as skeptical as I was, how he found Emma and how she broke the curse? »
« Wow everything in due time, young girl », Her father laughed
He tried to tell her everything quickly: the abandonment of Neal, who was really Mr. Gold, his episode as a puppet, then as a little boy and how he became himself again thanks to Regina. The latter told her about her past with Snow White, her change thanks to Henry and Robin then August but suddenly they saw a very powerful magical force coming out of the clock tower
« What is that ? » The girl wondered
« Gold! He's going to wake Belle », The ex-evil queen exclaimed
« You understand why we wanted to tell you everything before that », August said. Luxe nodded, a little lost
« Henry protect Luxe, with August we'll see what happens », Regina said to her son.
Henry took Lux to his grandfather's shop, he had an idea in his head.
Regina understood that Gold wanted to gather all the magic of Storybrooke to wake Belle and for that he had linked the crystal to all the magic of the city.
With Gold's back turned, Luxe managed to grab the crystal, which Henry had asked him to do.
« Why do you need it? »
« We're going to destroy it, we're going to destroy the magic! Magic is no good, it is evil, it killed my father, it turned my mother into darkness, it made all the people I love suffer. »
Luxe was not yet comfortable with this situation but from their stories and the tales she had read, the magic seemed to her very magical and wonderful.
« But without magic my dad wouldn't have become a human, even he never would have existed »
« Yes and I would never have met my family but I swear to you that she did a lot more harm than good
He showed her two puppets which were quite scary.
« These are your great-grandparents. By mistake, Jiminy Cricket turned them into puppets and your grandfather lived his life on his own with cricket in one company. This needle has put dozens of people under a curse they can't wake from. And this. An entire village is frozen in this glass ball. »
« It's horrible »
« It is not only the will of the mage, it can also be against his will. She made so many people suffer. And now she's even worse than anything. Our troubles always come from magic, every time. Regina told me that your father was ready to sacrifice himself for her in front of the crystal, you imagine if he did it again, you would lose him forever. I think I can fix everything, what do you say? »
Henry was quite convincing
« My father will definitely want to kill me », she laughed, annoyed that her father was way too protective, « but yes I'm going with you, But just how do you destroy magic? »
« You have to take it somewhere thanks to this crystal, where there is none and destroy it, once and for all. »
The two young people took the bus to New York. They left their phones so their family wouldn't stop their plan.
Meanwhile, Rumple who had noticed that the crystal was no longer there entered the loft where August, Regina, Emma, Killian and the charmings had gathered to come up with a plan against him.
« It's cheeky of you to come see us », Regina told him
« It would appear my grandson (showed August a laughing look) and your daughter have outsmarted us all»
« What are you talking about ? », the writer asked, furious.
« Lux stole the crystal from me, they want to destroy magic and take it to a world without magic »
Everyone was amazed. August didn't recognize the Henry from the First Curse and he was even more disappointed that he was using his daughter to do this.
« Do you really think they are going to do that ? Destroy magic ? », Snow said, worried seeing August's reaction.
« We better hope they don't », Rumple replied suddenly.
« Why ? What happens if they succeeds ? », Regina asked.
« Considering this town was built with magic, what do you think will happen?
Rumple was a real manipulator. He knew Storybrooke was in no danger. The city lived without magic during 28 years old.
« They would never destroy magic if they knew it could hurt us » Emma spoke
« I'll be sure to tell them that right before I take the crystal back » he smiled
« Don't you dare go near them », Regina threatened
« Sorry, dearie, but they're threatening me now »
Gold disappeared in a cloud of smoke
Regina was furious. She had almost lost August, she didn't want to lose Henry.
« Regina, I'm with you wholeheartedly, I don't even understand how my daughter even got the idea of joining him, but you don't have to fight headlong either, you have to think a little »
« He's right », Emma adds. « Gold doesn't know where they are any more than we do! »
« I think I have an idea to find them, but we will go that both Sheriff Swan »
« It's my daughter ! August said , you can't leave me on the sidelines yet »
« I thought you got it, she cried, I told you that I wanted you to be protected and after what you did or what you dared to do, I leave you here. I know you're disappointed and worried, I promise we'll get them back »
« Do you want me to stand there and do nothing? »
« August, I'm sorry but it's the least I can do for you »
« We keep up to contact then », he said indiscriminately
« I promise ».
She clung to him and left to join Emma in her yellow car. Regina's plan was to take Emma's blood and put it on the map. Her blood, which was therefore linked to Henry, could trace him.
Maleficent, Killian and the Charmings took it upon themselves to bring all the untouched people back to their world with the Apprentice's wand. But no sooner did August arrive than the four were sent to another kingdom. If the magic was destroyed, they could not be saved. August notified Regina by phone. Time was running out to stop the stupidity of their teenagers.
Regina and Emma realized that their magic was working in the world without magic since Henry had made the whole trip with the crystal. Gold had seen it all with his ball and quickly teleported to New York.
All the while, the young people found themselves in their old big city. He had barely left, he was already coming back. Henry and Luxe had lived together for several weeks. They now formed a real bond. They had become inseparable.
« You know my dad always wanted magic to go away, like it was because of his dad's magic that he was abandoned. I wanted to continue his quest with you. »
Lux smiled at him, she was ready for anything with Henry.
« I found a journal that belonged to him. »
They headed for the library, in the old books room.
« In his diary, my father had noted that he had a reunion here, I think what he was looking for to destroy the magic must be in this room. »
Henry, remembering Camelot, noticed a Holy Grail in the window.
« But of course, the Holy Grail is the source of all magic, when Merlin took hold of it to become invincible and transformed it into Excalibur to destroy the darkness. If the magic starts with this, it will end with this. »
Luxe barely listened to him, she noticed that there were tons of books identical to the one Henry often had with him.
« Henry, come see! These books don't mean anything to you! »
Henry flipped through the pages, there were other stories besides those in his book, he was fascinated.
« But you told me that your book was magic, that it helped you find your mother that's what made you believe in magic and my father revealed to you that all these stories were real, you think these are real, how is that possible? »
« I don't know, I don't even know these characters really. Dr Jekill and Mr Hyde, Aladdin, Monte Cristo, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, do these stories really exist? »
« I ask myself the same question », she laughed, overwhelmed
Henry took the Holy Grail and put it on a table with the crystal beside it. The Holy Grail lit up. He took everything back and put them in his bag.
« What are you doing ? »
« Here it is too risky, but one thing is certain the holy grail can destroy the magic »
When they made their way to the door. Gold was there, proud to have found them. He put them to sleep and stole the crystal from Henry's bag.
Soon after, Regina and Emma arrived and their voices woke the two young people. Luxe understood her father's concern for Neal's father, this man was so in his quest to save his beloved that he was able of anything.
« What did you think, why you wanted to destroy the magic and your father, Luxe, you really think he would accept that, you are completely oblivious », Regina retorted
« Do you really have to ask me that ? Whenever we find a little happiness, the magic took it away. We were so good in New York, all foure without worries, without magic, we were happy, weren't we? I want to relive that in Storybrooke, with all my family. The magic took my father and the great-grandparents of Luxe from me, whom she can still admire as a puppet and your first love, mom. I refuse that she takes back another member of our family »
Luxe stroked his back, worried
« We gotta find Mr Gold, he's got the crystal », Luxe thought
Regina did the same blood maneuver with Henry as with Emma to locate Rumple, but it didn't work. The blood was not moving.
« Our magic, it's gone »
« Gold must have done something to it », Emma noticed, « he's not going to give that magic back to anyone. He's gonna to keep it all for himself »
But Gold did not succeed in what he had set out to do, the pandora's box where Belle was locked disappeared in a portal, come out of nowhere.