Wands, Red Cloaks, and The Wicked
A Once Upon A Time, and Harry Potter Story
Summary: Saber, Emma and Henry have no memory of their families after crossing the town line a year ago. But when an old friend returns to warn Emma and Saber that they're families are in danger, the two friends must return to Storybrooke to save the people of the town once more. Because something wicked is coming. And it won't stop until it's wish is fulfilled..
Author's Note: Spells used in those story will be mentioned in Bold and they're descriptions will be at the end of each chapter.
Also, Saber, Red, and Anita can leave Storybrooke because they were not fully affected by the Evil Queen's curse.
I do not own any of these characters from Harry Potter, Once Upon A Time or Herbie the Love Bug. They belong to their respective owners. I only own my OC's, Saber, Anita, and Billy James Glazebrook.
Chapter 8: Operation Mongoose Part 2
Location: Outside a Diner outside of Storybrooke, Time: Present Day
Saber's POV
Henry and I arrived at the diner five miles down the road from Storybrooke.
"So, you'll go in and ask for information on Emma, Regina, Mary Margaret, and David, and I wait here with Herbie, right?"
"Yep."
Henry hopped out, and went inside. A few minutes later, he came outside with a book in his hands. He quickly jumped into Herbie.
"Step on it!"
Herbie squealed his tires, and took off, racing onto the highway. Henry handed me the book.
"Heroes and Villains?"
"Yeah, check the back."
I flipped the book over, and growled under my breath.
"Issac. How do we find him?"
"He's having a book signing in New York."
"Henry, that's hours away. We'll never make it in time."
"Yes, we will. Herbie, take that shortcut."
"What shortcu..ahh!"
Herbie swerved off the road, went through a field and onto the interstate. Once I regained my senses, I turned to Henry.
"Never do that again."
It was night when we arrived in New York. Henry and I got out of Herbie. He beeped in confusion.
Henry knelt in front of him.
"Herbie, can you go back to Storybrooke? We need somebody there in case everyone comes back. Also, stay under the speed limit."
Herbie dipped his bumper and started his engine before he pulled out of his parking space, and disappeared within the traffic.
I sighed.
"We're on our own."
We turned and headed inside where Issac was giving his speech. I quietly snarled under my breath. I really wanted to turn into my wolf form and tear Issac to shreds, but we needed answers first. Soon, the crowd lined up for the book signing and we got in line. Then it was our turn. Henry slid the page with the painted door and the key in front of him.
He gasped.
"What are you doing here?"
"What did you do with our family? Where are they?"
"I, uh..I have no idea what your talking about."
I leaned forward, transforming my hands into partial claws to prove a point.
"No, you're lying. You know what that page does, so you either give us answers, or Henry opens that door again, and you get a whole new ending."
Soon, the three of us were in a back room talking. Issac walked over.
"Okay. Much to the chagrin of my publicist, you have my undivided attention."
I turned to him.
"Where's our family?"
"You really want to know? Look around you..they're all right here..in my best selling book."
Henry turned to Issac.
"What does that mean? Are they still alive?"
He held up the page of the door, and put the key near it. Issac put his hands up.
"Tut..tut...tut...tut...tut. Easy with the key, cowboy. Your families are fine. If you want to get technical..."
He reached into his saddlebag, and pulled out a book that looked very much like Henry's except it was black, and had in silver lettering on it "Heroes and Villains."
"...they're in here. See? The original copy of my book..the one I always wanted to write. They all live in here now in kind of..alternate reality."
I turned to Issac.
"What about my kids? And Red?"
"Let's see, um..your kids..well, they were never born in this book because you weren't there for Red..."
In my anger, I transformed into my wolf form, and slammed him against the wall, growling madly.
Henry pulled me back and then held up the page.
"Bring them back or I use this."
"I can't. I don't have the power anymore. The cardinal rule of the authors is, "Don't write your own happy ending." As you can see...I broke that rule by writing the book. So, this.."
He pulled out the quill.
"..it's just a pen now. And me? Ohh. Well, I'm nothing more than a best selling writer with legions of fans, and a penthouse over Central Park."
Henry frowned and tried to grabbed the book.
"If you can't get them out, then give me the book, and I will."
Issac took the book, and laughed.
"You? Do you know why you're still out here, kid? Because you're not from a magical world. So take it from me..you will never be a knight in shining armor. You're just a poor innocent child who needs saving. So, why don't you put the key away, and, uh, stick to the role you're best at?"
As Issac walked away, Henry tackled him to the ground, ripping the book from his hands and quickly opened it, turning the pages. I transformed back, and held my wand at Issac.
"Don't move."
Issac looked at me, then Henry.
"Now what? You're going to tear up the book?"
Henry stopped on a page, and shoved the key down, causing a golden light to appear.
"Wait! Don't be stupid!"
But Henry turned the key, and the light grew brighter, blinding my sight, forcing me to cover my eyes. Suddenly, I hit something that felt like dirt.
"Henry?"
I opened my eyes and slowly stood up. I was home. Sort of. Henry was nearby looking at all the stuff in wonder.
"I've never thought I'd see this place again. Though I want to go back to my old home. Back in the real book."
Henry dug through the dirt, and found a rusted sword. Lifting it up with some difficulty, he held it high.
"Cool."
"Feel like a real hero now?"
We both turned around to see Issac.
"Don't get used to it."
Before we could hit him, he hit us with a shield and then...darkness. A few minutes later, I woke up tied to a wagon that was on it's side. Issac was next to me and Henry.
"So now the three of us are trapped in the book. Congratulations. Let me tell you about this place. It's cold, there's no running water, and things are always trying to kill you."
I rolled my eyes.
"I already knew this, duh. Now let us go."
"Not a chance. This book we're in, it's worked out quite nicely for me. I don't need you two runing around changing things. This is my story. And no hero gets a happy ending."
Henry gasped in surprise.
"Why? Would that somehow destroy the book? That's what you're afraid of. Isn't it?"
"Doesn't matter. You brought us into the final chapter."
"How do you know," I asked.
"I know, because I wrote it. And I know how it ends..with the loud tolling of bells at sunset. When you hear that sound, it'll mean we reached the last page. The book will end, and everything will remain exactly how I wrote it."
Just then I heard loud footsteps, and roaring. I knew what it was.
"Oh, no."
Issac smiled as an ogre came stomping into the village.
"There we are. Right on time."
"What is that?"
"It's an ogre attack, Henry," I replied as I strained against the ropes.
Issac smiled even more.
"And you know what they say...you don't have to be faster then the ogre. You just have to be faster then the next guy."
Issac turned and left as the Ogre came to us. I strained the ropes to reach my wand which was laying in the dirt.
"I can get us free if I can just reach my wand!"
Just then I saw a knight on horseback charging up the hill towards us. With a blast of magic from his hand, the ogre fell down, and went still. Villagers, who were hiding in they're huts came out to see what had happened.
"The monster is dead! The ogre slayer saved us!"
A middle-aged woman came up to the knight.
"Thank you. Is there anything my family and I can do to repay you..."
The man pushed his visor up, revealing a face I didn't want to see at the moment. It was Rumpelstiltskin. Except, he wasn't green or scaly.
"Good deeds have their own reward. This.. comes with no price."
Henry was shocked. With a wave of his hand, Henry and I were freed from our restraints and I grabbed my wand, shoving it up my jacket sleeve in case we needed it.
"Are you all right, you two? What's your names?"
Henry shook himself out of his shock.
"Henry.. and that is Saber."
I waved nervously.
Rumple smiled.
"I am Rumpelstiltskin, a knight at your service. Do you have any family around here?"
I nodded.
"Yeah."
"Then I suggest you both run home to your supper's cause I...I have another village to save."
He pulled down his visor and took off on his horse. After he was gone, Henry pulled out the copy of the Heroes and Villains.
"Issac said we're in the last chapter, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
Henry scrolled through the book rapidly.
"Mom..I know where she is."
"Emma?"
"No, my other mom."
"Oh, right, Regina. I forgot. Everything's backwards. Mary Margaret is the Evil Queen, and which in that case, Red is...oh."
"Hey, Saber. We'll fix this, okay? Come on."
Sighing deeply, I followed Henry into the forest. As we searched for Regina's hideout, Henry read the book to guide us through the traps that Regina laid out, and soon we arrived at her front door, which was just a hole in a log.
"Hello?!" called Henry.
"Turn around slowly."
We did as told, and there stood Regina in the outfit Snow usually wore when we were on the run from Regina when she was the Evil Queen. She had bow and arrow pointed at us with arrow pulled back.
"Who are you two? What do you want?"
Henry took a deep breath.
"My name is Henry..and I'm your son."
Regina's eyebrows twitched with confusion, and she slowly put down her bow.
"Get inside."
Soon, we were sitting around a fire barrel in the treehome. Henry was telling her what was happening. She was thinking we were probably out of our minds and that we belonged in the loony bin.
"But I'm telling you.."
"That we're trapped inside a book?"
"Yeah."
"And I'm supposed to live in a place called Maine? Where I became your adopted mother after someone named Emma gave you up?"
The two continued talking before Regina put her knife to Henry's throat. I couldn't pull my wand out and risk Henry getting hurt.
"Who sent you?"
"Mom, please Nobody sent me."
"Stop calling me that! Are you working for the Queen?"
"No, I'm trying to help you."
"Help me what?"
"Find your happy ending. In Saber and I's world we called it Operation Mongoose."
Regina chuckled before pulling the knife away, and I released a breath I didn't know I was holding.
"That's is a very silly name."
"Well, it was your idea."
"You two actually believe this. So, you two are crazy."
"We're not and I can prove it."
Henry pulled out the Heroes and Villains book.
"This is a copy of the book we're trapped in."
"Let me see that."
Regina grabbed the book, and read it. She laughed.
"This.."
Regina went quiet before speaking again with a slightly freaked out tone.
"This says I'm.. going to rob a royal tax carriage today to buy passage out of the kingdom."
Regina closed the book and turned around to face us.
"How did the book know all that? It can see my future?"
I shrugged.
"Something like that."
"Then I don't want any part of it."
She then tossed the book into the fire. Henry tried to grab the book, but only managed to get a page. We turned around to see Regina leaving the tree, and we followed after her.
"Regina!"
"Don't follow me. Whatever world you think you're from, go back there."
Henry shook his head.
"We can't..not until you find true love."
"Ha..then you're stuck. Never gonna happen for me."
"His name is Robin Hood. I-I think the only way for us to escape this book is for you to find him in a tavern and kiss him. True love's kiss..it can fix anything."
Regina laughed really loudly before turning around to face us.
"Wow. You are crazy. If I ever meet Robin Hood in person, the only thing he gets, is a broken nose."
I was confused.
"What? What do you mean?"
Henry nodded.
"What are you talking about?"
"He's my competition. Every robbery I plan, he beats me to it. He's the reason I'm stuck in this kingdom. Why am I still talking to you?"
"Cause I'm your son."
"Look, kid. If you read about me in that book, you know I got to go. The Queen wants me dead. She thinks I ruined her life."
"Did you?"
Regina paused and took in a deep breath.
"Yes. So..if it's happy endings you're after, look some place else."
Regina turned and continued on walking, leaving us behind.
I groaned.
"We're never going to fix things."
"Yeah, we will. I got a plan."
"And pray tell, what is this plan?"
A few hours later, we were sitting outside a Tavern.
"Is this...?"
"Yep, Robin's Tavern."
"Oh. So, what are we waiting for?"
Just then Regina stepped out of the tavern and walked over.
"Mom."
Regina groaned.
"You have to stop calling me that. How do you two keep finding me, anyway?"
"I figured if my plan worked, you'd be in Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood."
"I hate to break it to you, but Robin's already found his true love. And.."
She turned Henry and I around to make us look in the Tavern.
"..They're getting married...today."
She shoved us forward, and we saw Zelena kissing Robin.
"No, no. This is all wrong. That's Zelena, your siste.."
But Regina was already gone. We ran after her.
"Wait. You have to listen to me."
"I heard enough. I don't have a sister. My mother abandoned me when I was a baby."
"No, you're mother abandoned Zelena."
I nodded.
"Everything's been flipped. This must be Zelena's happy ending."
"Look, I have to go. And you should, too. Snow White's looking for you two."
Henry stopped her.
"Wait..you can't tell me that you didn't feel anything when you met Robin Hood."
Regina looked down before Henry continued.
"See? That's proof. He's your true love."
"No. It's proof that I'm not the kind of person that gets a happy ending. I'll never have true love. But you two..you gave me the worst thing you can give anyone. Hope. Now, I'd like to get far enough away that I don't have to hear Robin and Zelena's wedding bells to proclaim they're love."
I gasped.
"Wedding bells? The tolling of bells at sunsets. We can stop the ending from becoming real forever. We have to stop the wedding."
Henry agreed with me. Regina sighed, and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Look...you seem like a nice boy. And clearly you believe all this..nonsense. But didn't you say I was your adopted mother? That you have another mother out there, named, uh..Emma? So, if you want help you should by find her."
"We tried. She wasn't in the book And if she were, believe me, you'd know. She's the most powerful sorceress there is."
"The only sorceress in this land is Snow White."
"She's more powerful then her. She has, uh, special magic."
"Special magic?"
"In out world, she was called The Savior."
Regina's eyes flashed with recognition before she replied.
"Never heard of her.."
Henry grabbed her shoulder as she turned away.
"Mom. No, I know that face. What aren't you telling me?"
Regina sighed.
"There were rumors once of a woman who called herself that. The Savior."
Henry smiled as did I. There was still hope.
"Issac lied. He couldn't write her out of the story. Where can I find her?"
Regina frowned.
"You can't. Snow White locked her up years ago. No one has set eyes on her since. The prison she's in is impenetrable.
Location: The Bottomless Sea, Emma's Prison, Time: Present.
3rd Person POV
A woman in a dark blue dress sat cross-legged in a tower on island out in the middle of the Bottomless Sea. Suddenly, she stood up and was gasping hysterically before letting out a scream.
Alright! Two more chapters of this story, and it's over. Then it's onto "Wands, Red Cloaks, and The Dark Swan." That story will be started next year when Season Five of Once Upon A Time is put on demand. In between this these two stories, I'll probably do one of my spin-offs or companion pieces to this story. When the last chapter is done for this story, I'll upload a poll for the two companion pieces along with what they entail so you can vote on them. Until Next Time, this is Saber The F4U Corsair, signing off.