Chapter 3
Regina, Hook, and Tinkerbell are walking through the jungle towards the camp when the magic goes bursting past them and everything becomes brighter.
"It's too late." said Tinkerbell
"What do you mean we're too late?" asked Regina getting angry "Operation: Henry can't just fail… now."
"Operation Henry?" asked Hook curiously
"Henry always named missions. When he broke the curse in Storybrooke he called it operation cobra and David told me he wanted to call the mission to get Snow and Emma out of the enchanted forest operation scorpion. Sadly, I can't come up with good names but I just had to call it something for him." said Regina
"Well, it doesn't matter what you call it because it's over which means you no longer need my help." said Tinkerbell
"Lady bell, what are you talking about?" asked Hook
Tinkerbell looks directly at both of them "I first met Pan because I was hypnotized the way the lost boys were by his pipe. I happened to be in the town of hamlet when he started to collect them. He convinced us all that he could give us something to believe in. We should have realized it came with a price. Anyway, not too long after he called a boy named Felix and I over to him and told us about the truest believer and he was going to use his heart to enact a spell called the spell of ultimate power that would enable him to be the most powerful being in the entire universe and bring even more magic to Neverland. All we had to do was help him sneak into different lands and hunt for the boy. See, for the spell of ultimate power to work it requires the heart of the truest believer, which is your son, but he has to have just lost faith which I suppose he did. Pan has to throw it into a fire and recite an incantation for power. Once, that's done this entire place will be bursting with magic and well… look around you. This place is bursting with magic because he killed your son. I suggest you start whatever escape plan you had and get yourselves home. "
"No. I refuse to believe Henry is dead. I'm going on with or without you." said Regina "I'm not leaving my son behind."
Regina pushed Tinkerbell out of the way and kept walking followed by Hook. After much walking Regina stomps into the camp everyone stops and stares at her and Hook. "Where is he? Where is my son!" yelled Regina
Pan comes up very calmly, " Calm down, Regina. He's just over there." he gestures towards Henry's body laying on the ground.
"Henry!" yelled Regina who runs over to him but when she gets over she realizes that his heart has been taken out "O, Henry. I love you." holds his limp body in her arms and starts to cry.
"O, isn't that so sad. A mother and child never to see one another again. Brings back memories doesn't it Regina? Everyone seems to leave you don't they Daniel, your father, your mother, Graham, Owen Flynn, and now your own son Henry." said Peter Pan
Regina stops crying and starts getting extremely angry. She drops Henry's body, stands up, and forms a fire ball in my hand, "Hook, how do you like your demons cooked medium or well done!" She throws a fire ball at Peter pan who suddenly turns the fire ball right back at Regina who makes herself disappear just in time for it to just miss her. "Clever." said Peter Pan "But you forget this is my game. No one wins but me."
"Well perhaps it's time you lost." said Regina closing her eyes to get all the anger she has inside of her and lighting up the fire balls again. When she opens them Peter Pan is gone and Cora is standing in his place "Mommy?"asked Regina taken off guard
"Yes, sweetheart it's me." said Peter Pan disguised as Cora
"But I don't understand. Snow White killed you." said Regina
"Part of me that's true but I split my soul into seven pieces and hid the pieces all over in case someone ever found my heart and tried to use it to kill me." said Peter as Cora
"Where did Pan go?" asked Regina
"Who?" asked Peter Pan as Cora
"Peter Pan. He kidnapped Henry. He killed him." said Regina
"O don't worry, sweetheart. Henry isn't dead. He's fine." said Peter Pan as Cora
"But his heart was ripped out of his body." said Regina
"Hook, would you like to verify that?" asked Peter Pan as Cora
Hook goes over to Henry's body and doesn't see any blood marks in fact he notices that the body is slowly breathing "Regina, he's alive." said Hook.
Henry slowly wakes up. "What… what happened?" asked Henry
"You fell asleep dear." said Peter Pan as Cora
"Mother, you faked this whole thing? There is no Peter Pan?" asked Regina
"That's impossible. I met him many years ago. " said Hook
" You're right there was a Peter Pan once but I killed him. It seemed he had fallen in love and as I've known for a long time love is weakness. " said Peter Pan as Cora
"But why?" asked Henry
"I did it for you Regina so you and Henry could be together." said Peter Pan as Cora "Plus, when I know Rumplestilskine he will set his life on the line for his son if he has to it would be the perfect way to get him and the others out of the way in the process." said Peter Pan as Cora
"Peter Pan never had anything to do with this?" asked Henry
"Of course not, dear." said Peter Pan as Cora"Now we need to find Rumplestilskine's dagger. It's on the island somewhere but where still remains a mystery with it can just be you and Henry. Forever."
" It's a big island and that's some feat." said Hook
"That's what lost boys are for just me me a second." as Pan changes back to normal "Boys," said Pan as the boys come out" I want an entire man search of the island. Felix , you take Regina and the captain with you and check from here to the echo caves!"
"Yes, sir." said Felix. Regina and Hook follow him.
Pan smirks to himself.
Meanwhile, back in Wonderland Emma, Snow, and Charming keep walking through the dark forest. Suddenly, the hear the clattering of china and people chatting. They walk over to see who it was when they enter a glen area where a giant table is set up with many chairs that were currently empty. At the table sat a brown rabbit, a white mouse who appears drunk.
"Well it's about time!" said the the white door mouse seeing them approach.
"That's not the mad hatter, you stupid door mouse!" said the march hare "I would like to apologize for my friend. too much tea. Would you care to join us whoever you are?"
"No thank you. We're in a hurry." said Prince Charming
"Jefferson was always in a hurry too but somehow he made time. Every Thursday we would have these wonderful tea parties but then he just stopped showing up but I have faith he will be here any day now." said the March hare
"I know Jefferson and I wouldn't count on that. Now, could you tell us where we could find the cheshire cat. We need his claws in order to cure my father." said Emma
"Claws? I've never heard of the cheshire cat's claws curing anything." said the March hare and then he turned to the door mouse "Have you?"
"No, I can't say I have but perhaps the the caterpillar would know about that. You might want to go to Underland and talk to him. Be careful though, everything with him always comes with a price and what he gives you may not be what you bargained for." said the door man
" We've dealt with someone like him before. I think we can handle it." said Charming wincing through the pain
"How do we get to this under land?" asked Snow
The door mouse jumps into the sugar bowl in front of him and comes back out with a piece of paper. "Just follow this map." he said handing the map over to Snow White
Snow White puts it in her pocket "Thank you. It was nice meeting you…"
"March…March hare and this here is my friend door mouse." said March Hare
"Thank you, March hare. Thank you, door mouse. I'm Snow White and this is my husband Prince Charming and my daughter Emma." said Snow White
"Are you sure you wouldn't like a bit of tea before you go?" asked the march hare
"Thank you but no thank you." said Emma
They exit the glen with the map and walk back towards the polka dot ro
"This must be the place." said Emma . She opens the door and they walk down the stairs to the seedy underworld. Every evil looking person was in the place. They all looked up when The Charmings came in.
"We need to speak to the caterpillar!" said Emma
"Let them through." said the caterpillar. The evil looking people got out of the way so the Charmings could see the caterpillar.
"Who are you?" he asked as they approached blowing smoke rings in their faces.
" I was injected with sheep shade. We were told you could tell me how to cure it." said Charming
"Perhaps, I could for a price." said the caterpillar
"What do you want?" asked Charming
" Kill the queen of hearts and I will tell you what you want to know." said the caterpillar
"We already tried killing her back in our land and it didn't take." said Snow White "I am not going to kill her again!"
"I'm sorry we don't kill people." said Charming
"No dead queen of hearts no cure for your poison and considering how pale you look I'm saying you don't have much time left." said the caterpillar
"Just tell us how you want us to kill her?" said Emma
"Emma, this is your father's decision not yours!" said Snow
" Deal!" said caterpillar
"Now, tell us what the cure is." said Charming
"First you show me proof that she is dead. Her tiara will do nicely. And I do not want you bothering me again until all seven pieces of her soul are found and destroyed." said the caterpillar
"Her soul?" asked Charming
"Of course. She split up her soul. How else do you think she remained alive after you killed her in your land?" said the caterpillar
The Charmings leave the Underland in search of the pieces of Cora's soul.