Epilogue : Come back.

Belle wanted to shout. Neal told her what happened, and if she admired his courage, the fact is that things weren't good. Henry's fate, at first, that she already knew, but it horrified her now that she knew the truth.

And about her husband… she didn't know what to think about it. She felt betrayed, for what he did, to her, but not only. But, on the other side, she admired him for fighting against him mother, even when the fight was pointless, and that he accepted to risk to loose his family to be able to break the curse.

When Gold appeared in front of her, she decided to forgive him, and ran into his arms. He did mistakes, but tried to fix them. It was a good beginning.

Rapidly, people learned that Neal killed the Black Fairy, and broke the curse. And they rapidly recognized him as a hero, who he was. But he didn't care.

He was looking at the ghosts, just there, who weren't desperate there, but didn't really seem to be happy either. But they were relieved, despite it.

Revenged.

Snow and David are there, with their son, and it's there only that Neal understands all the things that they lost, and he thinks it's unfair.

There is things that will never be fixed, lives had be broken, and at this moment Neal says to himself that even the victory against Fiona won't change it.

The ghosts are there, alone. Blocked.

Neal would want to help them, but he can do nothing for them. Some things don't change, and, according to Neal, the state of the ghosts can considered as it.

And suddenly, things change, and a strange man appear in front of them, smiling.

Neal recognizes him immediately. He is Zeus, the king of the gods, that he already saw during his time in the Olympus.

He salutes the ghosts too, and Neal is not even surprised, and what is in him now, it's the anger.

What is he doing there ?

But he is not the one who talked the first.

"Who are you ?

- He is Zeus, the king of the gods, said Hook, answering to Emma.

- Why are you here ?

The question was coming from Snow, but Zelena didn't let him answer.

- Why didn't you interfere ? You did nothing for us.

- Your world doesn't concern the gods, we didn't interfere then. You did it goodly by yourself.

- To what price ! Neal whistled.

- If I am here, it's because I know that I had been wrong. I came because you succeeded to destroy this immortal fairy. I came to thank you. And for something else.

They all looked at him surprisingly.

- You, he said to the ghosts, you did what you thought being fair. You fought bravely, and you died for this. And even after death, you never stopped.

- What do you mean ?

- Your unfinished business is over. Now, you can go to the Olympus.

The ghosts felt kind of a warm and a good feeling invading them as the way to the Olympus was allowed for them.

But, before they left, Neal talked.

"Wait !

They looked at him, surprised.

- I want to ask you something.

- What ?

- Henry… he has to seem ! Everyone had to see them ! And to talk to them. Because they all died for the town, and I don't want it for being done in vain. They have to at least say goodbye.

Zeus nodded his head.

- Alright."

§§§§

After the ghosts saw most of the people of the town, Neal made them come to see Henry.

When he saw his father, Henry immediately threw himself in his arms, happy, and smiling ; then, he moved away.

"You did it, you broke the curse, you…

Then, he stopped, and Neal turned back. The ghosts were there. Henry's look was now on Emma.

"Mom ?

And then, he began to run. And the Saviour, crying, had now him in her arms.

- I am proud of you Henry, I am so proud of you.

- We all are, continued Regina, as her son embraced her, and the two woman both embraced their son."

For a moment, the three of them, they were what they always wanted to be.

A family.

This moment couldn't have been more perfect, and Neal needed some seconds before he realized that he was crying.

As Henry did, happy to see his family again, after all this time.

And then, a detail came to Neal's mind ; apparently, Henry was almost nineteen. When he died, his son was, what… twelve ?

How did many time pass ?

"Killian ? He asked, worried, since how many time are you waiting exactly ?

The other smiled, appeased.

- Almost six years.

- Six… SIX years ? Neal cried."

It was long, when time didn't really pass…

He told to himself that he waited enough ; he took the pirate's hand, and interlaced their fingers. Hook looked at him with surprise, and Neal smiled at him.

He wasn't afraid any more.

He kissed him.

And for a moment, the world stopped.

None of them heard the applauds just behind them, nor Henry's surprise as he understood that what his father told him was true.

Nor the "finally", said by Regina. With a false annoyed sight and the smile on the lips.

But for Neal, it didn't matter.

The only thing that mattered, it was that Hook replied to his kiss.

Not a long time after, he moved away, in order to breath.

They were both smiling, and were probably silly and happy.

Neal didn't care. And he finally was able to say the thing he couldn't really say to himself before, since Emma' question, maybe even before.

"I love you.

- Me too," whispered the pirate, before kissing him again.

§§§§

During this time, Zelena was talking with Zeus.

The discussion really badly began.

By a slap, coming from the former witch.

"It comes from Hades, she whistled, even if I think he would have wanted to do something worst.

The god almost didn't move by receiving the hit.

- What do you want ?

- I don't want to go to the Olympus.

The god looked at her with an interrogative air. Did she want to stay in the Underworld ?

"I want to live, she said. Go back to Storybrooke, raise up my little girl, to see her grow up, love her, see her smile. Argument with my sister, mourn Hades. Remember what it is to breath. I want to get old. And then die. And then, maybe see Hades again, if he is somewhere.

- That will be difficult.

- I don't care. I want to believe to it. I want to still have a hope in which I can believe.

- Why would I help you ?

- Because you can?

- Exact. But it's not enough.

The cold' look of the witch was now on him.

- I killed Hades, she said, with tears on her eyes. I killed the man I loved to save my sister. I sacrificed him because I had no other choice. I destroyed the god of the Underworld.

- And then ?

- You brought back Hook because he helped to destroy him. But me, I had nothing for my broken heart. Hook, me, and the other. We are heroes. We made good or bad things, some that we regret. But when it was the case, it was for the good of everyone.

- Explain yourself.

- Regina defeated me, as I wanted to ruin her life, and the world with it. Emma killed Hook, because he wanted to let the darkness win. I (her voice broke) killed my true love to save my sister, and it helped you. Neal died in order to save his father.

- And because you manipulated him, and it helped you.

- I changed. I abandoned my powers so the Black Fairy wouldn't be a threat any more. And Neal killed Fiona to break the curse. He destroyed the spell, he did what you didn't do, what you couldn't.

- What do you want exactly ?

The god was waiting. He was ready to agree to the young woman's wish. He just wanted to know if she was different or no. If she would be selfish or not.

- Bring me back ! Bring back all of us ! Make things as they were before ! Make the worlds be as they used to be.

The god smiled.

Right.

- I can't. As the witch would protest, he continued. Them, I can't, they are dead, and they won't come back. But you…

An air of hope appeared on the witch's face.

- I can bring you back, you and the other ghosts… You're between life and death, there will need a little thing to make you go to the good side.

- Will you do it ?

- Yes.

For the first time, the gratitude appeared on Zelena' face.

- Thanks."

§§§§

No one expected it. But, as the surprise was gone, joy was strongest than the rest.

It would not erase what Fiona did, no. But it would offset, a little. Thing may not end so bad, in fact.

(In fact, yes, things ended bad, for other.

For them, it was just as rewrite the story, or begin another.

A happy beginning.

They would be able to have it.)

The god explained them that the rules of magic would soon be as they were, but that before, he would give to them, the dead, an ultimate favour.

Give them their life back.

Because a portal opened in the past, in an unknown way, and that they were ghosts, them, who so tried to stay in this world. Their efforts would finally have a result.

"It was me, I think, said Gold. I opened a passage, a long time ago, because I was desperate. I wanted to change things, but I didn't know how. I bled in the lake by accident.

- So, we came back thanks to you ? Asked Regina with surprise.

- Yes, I guess."

They all thanked him.

Some seconds after that, the former ghosts became as they were before, and their first reflex was to take a deep breath. The god, smiling, decided to go and let them find each other.

If there was no party this evening, at least, it was less desperate as it was before the ghosts came back as living people.

When Killian resurrected (for the.. third time ? If you took into account his death in the rewritten story), he immediately went next to Neal.

This one burst into laughter by seeing the suspicious look that Gold gave to them.

He smiled to the pirate, and his hand in his hand, he whispered to him :

"You think it will be easy ? With him who will watch us, not knowing if what he thinks is true or not.

The pirate shrugged.

- We will see."

That would be their motto now, for them as for Emma and Regina, who were savouring their happiness they found again, and were talking with Henry. Regretting all the years they lost.

But ready to savour all the one which would follow

THE END