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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="b7301bd69f9719c9a0e643a672ba8486" I was so caught up in my infinite thoughts of never leaving this place that the booming voice caught me by surprise. "Robin Hood?" It called. Looking around I saw that there was still no one else around. "You are Robin Hood, are you not?" It was asking me questions now. Who did the voice belong to? And what could it possibly want with with me? I wasn't even supposed to exist anymore./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="cfb41a5b4a8b7184c3fd30ca9c55f2c6" The man stepped forward into the light. "Robin, it's nice to meet you. I am Zeus." That voice. It was the one from before. I edged closer, choosing to cross the bridge, but Zeus raised his hand to stop me. The woman remained behind; silent. Since I couldn't see her face, I had no idea who she was./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="37e5b77ba1d3dc926a43d2dbb557cb27" "And the grandmother to your daughter." That too. "So, I bet you're wondering what all this is about?" I was, but I didn't answer. However, I guess my silence had saved me the trouble. "After I moved on from The Underworld, I was watching over my girls and I saw what happened to you and how unfair it was that the damn pirate got to return to his precious Savior but my daughter got screwed over yet again. When she lost Daniel, it was my fault, so this time I decided that I wasn't going to sit back and watch her fall apart. I figured there was something I could do to help." I couldn't tell if she was being genuine or not. "When I saw that Zeus here sent Hook back, it gave me an idea; if I made enough of a racket then he would have no choice but to listen to me." The hope I had been clinging to grew stronger and began seeping back into my brain allowing me to want to trust Cora./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="cae4bede65a70f2aed63a940d7d8a8b4" "What are you saying?" I wanted to believe she was trying to help me, but from previous experience, I was still hesitant to do so./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="ef09cd43fb94a9ae99b99631c7a3ef67" "I'm saying that I can reunite you with my daughter, and your family." She replied as Zeus coughed. "Sorry. I'm saying that I persuaded him to send you back." I was beginning to think that maybe Cora wasn't all bad, and that it was possible she had some good in her after all./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="5ae3b92d6ee4a7225212208b92945402" I was still frozen to the spot. "Why should I believe you?" I had to be sure of her motives; that she was doing this for the right reasons. I was not going to play a part in some grand scheme that would ultimately allow her to wreak havoc in Storybrooke again./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="47707434c3e3b84a6c4f74bd9361c6e7" "I brought my so much pain to my daughters' lives when I was alive and then in The Underworld I got the chance to bring them together so they could share in each other's happiness. However, Regina's happiness is tied to you, and it isn't possible if you're not there; if you're not with her." She was actually being honest with me. Now I knew I was able to trust Cora, and I fully believed that she really was attempting to help me./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="589b7aac4c5e9a7ce8e5b93198ab75c6" Cora reached her hand out and I took it, knowing that this was it. Soon I would see Regina again; Roland and my baby girl too. The three of them were what had gotten me through my time trapped in the void or wherever I was. They would get me through this next step too; of that I had no doubt./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="02417ec7816bb5e62b4bb7dcc3ef66c4" "You're telling me that I won't remember? What won't I remember?" This wasn't good. What if I didn't remember Regina, or Roland? But then again if I didn't go back I'd be stuck here and I would definitely never see any of them again./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="e22be7c9a5ee67d4e8d0a650317d5f8e" Twigs snapped beneath my feet as I moved, and I held my breath so as not to alert the two youngsters. "What was that?" The girl asked. "It came from over there." She continued. I could hear them getting closer, but I had nowhere to go. They were going to find me and there was nothing I could do about it. I was trapped./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="79ac01579f33dbfe5aff3fd4b5c6b516" I was getting used to this being my new reality; just me like this, trapped here for god knows how long. It wasn't as if I had any reason to think otherwise./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="79ac01579f33dbfe5aff3fd4b5c6b516" /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="b7301bd69f9719c9a0e643a672ba8486" I was so caught up in my infinite thoughts of never leaving this place that the booming voice caught me by surprise. "Robin Hood?" It called. Looking around I saw that there was still no one else around. "You are Robin Hood, are you not?" It was asking me questions now. Who did the voice belong to? And what could it possibly want with with me? I wasn't even supposed to exist anymore./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="2d7052f0e4272b5d8bac90a9883a95d5" "Then you have been granted an audience with Zeus." The God? "You will be called upon in one hour. Be ready." Confusion spread across my face. It didn't make any sense. Zeus was a God, and Hades brother. I didn't know much about their relationship, but family means something, right?/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="11cf14f86d73e68afc19d8f81ee46c1c" "Indeed. And so your audience with Zeus begins." A blinding light downed out the darkness. I raised my arms, shielding my eyes, yet by the time I removed them, the light was gone. In it's place was a brightly lit cave with a single crossing; a bridge made solely from crumbing stone. Hardly the safest passing to the other side. There were two figures stood watching me; a man and a woman./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="cfb41a5b4a8b7184c3fd30ca9c55f2c6" The man stepped forward into the light. "Robin, it's nice to meet you. I am Zeus." That voice. It was the one from before. I edged closer, choosing to cross the bridge, but Zeus raised his hand to stop me. The woman remained behind; silent. Since I couldn't see her face, I had no idea who she was./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="0f52937fa17e3b87362816e590387066" "Ugh, this is just boring. Get to the point already." It was the woman who spoke, her voice coarse and filled with urgency. Naturally, I switched my attention to her and as she drew nearer, her face became visible. "Robin, do you know who I am?" She asked, and I did./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="334c2c6a5d974a9bc61b38e82b8de641" "Cora. You're Regina's mother. Zelena's too." A sly smile formed on her lips. From everything Regina and the others had told me about Cora, I had to be careful. Like Zeus, I had no reason to trust her, but I suppose I should give her the benefit of the doubt since she had brought the two sisters closer./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="37e5b77ba1d3dc926a43d2dbb557cb27" "And the grandmother to your daughter." That too. "So, I bet you're wondering what all this is about?" I was, but I didn't answer. However, I guess my silence had saved me the trouble. "After I moved on from The Underworld, I was watching over my girls and I saw what happened to you and how unfair it was that the damn pirate got to return to his precious Savior but my daughter got screwed over yet again. When she lost Daniel, it was my fault, so this time I decided that I wasn't going to sit back and watch her fall apart. I figured there was something I could do to help." I couldn't tell if she was being genuine or not. "When I saw that Zeus here sent Hook back, it gave me an idea; if I made enough of a racket then he would have no choice but to listen to me." The hope I had been clinging to grew stronger and began seeping back into my brain allowing me to want to trust Cora./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="47707434c3e3b84a6c4f74bd9361c6e7" "I brought my so much pain to my daughters' lives when I was alive and then in The Underworld I got the chance to bring them together so they could share in each other's happiness. However, Regina's happiness is tied to you, and it isn't possible if you're not there; if you're not with her." She was actually being honest with me. Now I knew I was able to trust Cora, and I fully believed that she really was attempting to help me./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="589b7aac4c5e9a7ce8e5b93198ab75c6" Cora reached her hand out and I took it, knowing that this was it. Soon I would see Regina again; Roland and my baby girl too. The three of them were what had gotten me through my time trapped in the void or wherever I was. They would get me through this next step too; of that I had no doubt./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="606e850703c40f0ae41a7cdc210131b1" As my eyes fluttered open; my lids heavy and my vision blurred, it took a while for me to work out where I was. After a few minutes I realised I was in the forest, but not Sherwood. This forest was unfamiliar to me. Most people would think they all looked the same; just a bunch of trees, but not to me. I knew Sherwood and this was not it./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="e22be7c9a5ee67d4e8d0a650317d5f8e" Twigs snapped beneath my feet as I moved, and I held my breath so as not to alert the two youngsters. "What was that?" The girl asked. "It came from over there." She continued. I could hear them getting closer, but I had nowhere to go. They were going to find me and there was nothing I could do about it. I was trapped./p
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