Chapter 13
Emma, Baelfire and Gideon leave the Meadow realm. After Nathaniel, a deceased Child of Darkness gives them a warning along with a message they don't get. The three return to the Gold house where they explain what happened in the Meadow realm.
"So Nathaniel a deceased Child of Darkness has warned you guys," Laurel says.
"Yes," Emma replied.
"Can we trust him though he may be the one that cast that dark spell that almost killed Gideon and the girls," Belle asked.
"Yes," Gideon tells his family.
"How can you be so sure,"? Henry questions.
"I just know it's was Nate's eyes they looked so warm and pure and for some strange reason, I knew I was safe around him that he wouldn't hurt me," Gideon explained.
"Maybe he won't hurt you but he could hurt anyone else," Baelfire points out.
While Emma, Laurel, Belle, Henry along with Gold, Baelfire and Gideon are debating whether or not Nathaniel is on their side upstairs in a nursery for Lucy. Lucy is in her playpen playing with toys. As Lucy plays with toys a dark mist manifests and transforms into the spirit of Charlotte! Charlotte approaches the girl slowly trying not to frighten the child she didn't know how long her followers could project her soul up here.
"Hey there angel," Charlotte whispered.
"Mummy," Lucy said as she looked up from her toys expecting the voice to belong to her mother.
"I'm not your mummy Lucy, I'm a special someone to Giddy" Charlotte tells the child.
"Giddy's friendie," Lucy replied.
"Yes, Gideon's friend and you love Gideon don't you," Charlotte says loving how easily Lucy is manipulated by her.
"I wove everyone," Lucy spoke.
"And you want to protect your family don't you," Charlotte replies.
"Yes," Lucy said.
"If you take my hand you will they be safe forever and mummy and daddy will be really proud," Charlotte lied and god does she love how she has Lucy wrapped around her little finger.
"You promise," Lucy says.
"I promise," Charlotte told Lucy. Charlotte holds her hand out to Lucy and Lucy takes it. The moment their hands met a dark spellbinds the two together Lucy falls softly but quickly to the soft floor in her playpen. While Charlotte's physical anchor strengths until finally her body is restored and she starts to breathe!
"Foolish child," Charlotte chuckled before walking down the stairs slowly. Gideon couldn't help but feel something was wrong and he couldn't explain why.
"I'll be back in a minute," Gideon said as he left the living room.
"Nathaniel something feels wrong are you trying to contact me," Gideon calls out hoping for an answer as he reaches the stairs he gasps at the sight of Charlotte.
"Hello, little one," Charlotte whispered.
"YOU" Gideon shouts.
"Yes," Charlotte chuckles before flinging one of her arms in Gideon's direction throwing Gideon straight through the front door causing a large smash Gideon, lands hard on the ground outside the house.
"What just happened,"? Laurel asks a moment after hearing the loud smashing sound.
"I don't know but I'm going to find out," Emma replied before leaving the living room. Emma walks out into the hallway and sees the ruins of the smash front door and Gideon laying down on the ground unconscious.
"We might at last Emma Swan," Charlotte snarled drawing Emma's attention to her.
"Who the hell are you," Emma demands to know.
"I'm family and I must say for a saviour you're incredibly talented but as a grandmother, you fail miserably," Charlotte taunted as she threw a magical blast at Emma. Emma reacts quickly firing her own blast. The two blasts of magic collide creating a small wave throwing the two Charlotte hits one of highest stairs. While Emma goes flying into a grandfather clock.
"Oh it's been some time since somebody has been able to hurt me, oh the rush is exactly how I remember it's a pity your granddaughter will never get to feel such a rush of emotion," Charlotte said before vanishing in grey smoke!
"LUCY," Emma screams as she stands on her feet and runs up the stairs. Emma's screams grab everyone in the living room's attention. Everyone in the living room rushes into the hallway. Rumple, Belle and Baelfire see Gideon's unconscious body in the front garden. The three quickly run outside to Gideon to see what his condition is. While Henry and Laurel run after Emma.
Emma bursts into Lucy's nursery with Lucy's parents not far behind her. Emma runs up to the playpen and sees the unconscious toddler lying on the soft floor. Emma attempts to pick up her granddaughter only to be thrown back at her son and mother of her grandchild by a wave of dark magic.
"What happened what's wrong with Lucy," Laurel demands to know.
"The monster she manipulated Lucy," Emma tells Henry and Lucy as she gets to her feet and walks over to the playpen and holds her hand over Lucy making sure not to touch her grandchild. A white light glows from her hand for a few minutes.
"Why is this taking so long what's wrong with Lucy, mom," Henry snapped.
"She...She, not dead Henry, Laurel, she sleeping no she in a coma Charlotte put her in a coma-like state," Emma says.
"Coma what kind of monster puts a baby into a coma," Henry shouted.
"If it's a dark spell true love kiss can break it surely"? Laurel asks with immense fear for the well being of her daughter.
"No, Charlotte or one of her followers have put a non-contact spell on her one that keeps us from making physical contact with her," Emma explains already breaking into tears.
"No, no mom you have to break their spell you have to," Henry replied in a desperate but angry tone.
"I-I wish I could Henry, Laurel but I can't I don't know how this spell works," Emma cries.
Meanwhile, on the front garden of the Gold house. We have an unconscious Gideon being healed slowly by Rumple. As Gideon's recovered he finds himself being pulled up onto his feet gently by Belle and Baelfire.
"This is becoming a regular occurrence," Gideon said after adapting to his surroundings.
"Are you okay Gideon what happened to you,"? Baelfire asks.
"I-I had this strange feeling like something was wrong as if someone was damaging balance itself maybe it's my Gatekeeper powers resurfacing and I went looking for imbalance only to find Charlotte before I could react she threw me out the front door," Gideon explained.
"How is she even alive though, you can't just come back from the dead," Belle asked.
"I don't know," Gideon replied.
"Emma, Laurel and Henry ran upstairs to Lucy and Charlotte was in our house," Gold says but before he can finish his sentence Baelfire butted in.
"Charlotte used Lucy to come back to life," Baelfire shouts as he runs back into the house and upstairs with the others following him.
End of chapter 13.