Chapter 9: Off to Oz

Storybrooke

The Doctor, Rose, Jack, Mr. Gold, Regina, Hook, Emma, Henry, David, and Mary Margaret appeared inside Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop on Main Street. Mr. Gold was eager to undo the magic of this one particular Weeping Angel that cursed the town. Both his wife Belle and his son Neal had become Weeping Angels already. He wanted them saved. They had to kill the original Angel. Then, everything would go back to normal...hopefully.

"We have to move quickly." The Doctor said. "The Angels can smell us. They'll be here soon."

Mr. Gold then went into the back room for a brief moment. Then, he returned holding a small, gray box.

"That's Pandora's Box?" Jack asked.

"It's so small." Rose said.

"It's bigger on the inside." Mr. Gold said. "I figured you'd know something about that."

"Hurry up." Hook said as he looked out the window. "I can see the Angels outside. They're turning out the street lights."

Mr. Gold then waved his hand over the box. Suddenly, a red magic light came out of the box and took a large shape in the center of the room. Then, the light retreated into the box. The large shape had become a Weeping Angel. It was now free. Everyone stared at it, so that it could not move. However, they heard the door to the store open and some turned around swiftly to see that the other Angels had entered. The group was now divided with some of them staring at the angel in the room and the rest staring at the Angels by the front door. All were trying desperately not to blink. Mr. Gold turned to look at Regina to offer his services in casting the spell instead. This was a tragic mistake. Before Mr. Gold could even turn back around, he was touched by the Weeping Angel by the door that had broken in. Then, he was consumed by a blue light and teleported away.

"What happened?" David asked, he did not dare take his eyes off the Angel.

"Gold is gone." Regina said. She could see what happened in the corner of her eye. "He was touched by the Angel."

"Then why didn't he turn into an Angel?" Mary Margaret asked.

"The Angels must be done recruiting." The Doctor said. "They're doing what they normally do. They send people back in time and feed off the energy that produces. I'll find Gold with the TARDIS later. Now you need to stop this before it's too late."

"Give me a second." Regina said.

"Regina!" Emma shouted.

"Don't rush me." Regina said. "If I lose focus, we could all die."

The Eye of Life then started to glow in Regina's hands. She then held the Eye up to her lips, concentrated, and whispered into it. Suddenly, the Angel in the center of the room became surrounded by a blue aura. Then, the statue started to crack all over. Soon, the Weeping Angel shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces that sprawled across the ground. The Eye of Life had done the impossible yet again and killed a Weeping Angel. Now that the original Angel was dead, it's spell over the town of Storybrooke was broken. Soon, every Weeping Angel in Storybrooke became consumed by magic smoke. When the smoke cleared, they had been returned to their human forms. Two of the Angels that had invaded the Pawn Shop were Belle and Neal. Neal was the Angel who sent Gold back in time. Henry then ran over to hug his father.

"Congratulations Regina." The Doctor said.

"Where's my father?" Neal asked.

"Rumple's gone?" Belle asked. "What happened to him?"

"We don't know." Rose said. "The Angel touched him."

"If we get back to the TARDIS, I can find him and bring him back." The Doctor said.

So, Regina waved her arms, transporting herself, the Doctor, Rose, and Jack to the town hall, where the TARDIS was parked. The Doctor then ran inside and started maneuvering around the console to track Mr. Gold's location across time and space. Once he figured it out, he ran back outside to talk to the others.

"So where is he?" Rose asked.

"Oz." The Doctor said.

"As in the Wizard of Oz?" Jack asked. "That can't be a real place."

"It is." Regina said. "So what are you waiting for? Go get him."

"I will, but not now." The Doctor said. "Here's what's going to happen. I can't be the one to get Mr. Gold. There are future versions of me that know him very well. The oldest one of them will have to do it. I will write myself a note. I'll stick it in the TARDIS. I'll find it in the future and then I'll go and bring Mr. Gold back from Oz. You have to use the Eye of Life to make me, Rose, and Jack forget about Storybrooke. We can't know about it when we meet you all in our futures. I'll write the note, then forget about Storybrooke. Then, when I'm older and will have met all these people again, I'll know to go to Oz and bring Mr. Gold back here. It will take hundreds of years for me, but only seconds for you here in Storybrooke."

"You should let me help you write the note then." Regina said. "We last saw you in the Enchanted Forest when you were traveling with a girl named Clara Oswald. You shouldn't even know about the Dark Curse, or that Storybrooke exists. I'll have to include all that in the note."

The Doctor and Regina then spent the next ten minutes writing an extensive note about Storybrooke and Mr. Gold, while Rose and Jack sat in the hall and watched. Rose asked if the Eye of Life was the most powerful magical item in existence. Regina told her no. The Red and Blue Diamonds were the most powerful magical objects. Regina then told them that there were two other powerful magic glass Eyeballs like the Eye of Life. They were the Eye of Birth and the Eye of Death. However, Regina did not know where they were. After that, the three time travelers boarded the TARDIS. As the blue box was de-materializing, Regina used the power Eye of Life to make the Doctor, Rose, and Jack forget about Storybrooke. The TARDIS then completely disappeared from Storybrooke on its way to Japan in 1336. The Doctor hid the note on the TARDIS before he forgot. He would not find it again until his twelfth regeneration, when he was traveling with Clara Oswald. Regina then heard a voice she hadn't heard in a very long time.

"I bet you're just loving this." Missy said.

Regina turned around to face her old enemy.

"It was you." Regina said. "You sent the Angel here."

"Right again." Missy said. "Oh how the mighty have fallen. You used to be a Queen, the most powerful woman in the world. Now look at you."

"I still have this." Regina said holding the Eye of Life. "Now get out of here before I kill you with it."

"I'll be in Storybrooke again in the future." Missy said. "It will be my final victory. Goodbye for now."

Missy then teleported away.

(*HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER...*)

The Twelfth Doctor and Clara stood next to each other in front of the TARDIS console. The two of them had just stolen the Eye of Death from Peter Pan in Neverland and defeated Ursula's mermaid army.

"It's like the Eye of Life from Arendelle." Clara said.

"Funny thing about the Eye of Life." The Doctor said. "It's not there anymore. My past selves have sort of ruined that."

"How?" Clara asked.

"First the Evil Queen stole the Eye of Life from Arendelle. Then she traded it to Maleficent. Then Robin Hood stole it and gave it to me way back when I was traveling with Rose. That Eye caused me some trouble with Red Riding Hood as the wolf. Then Regina stole it back when I was with Amy and Rory hundreds of years later." The Doctor said. "Regina still has it. I couldn't say anything when we first went to Arendelle because it would've messed up the timeline."

"Shouldn't we do something about the Evil Queen having such power?" Clara asked.

"No." The Doctor said. "The Eye found its way back to her. It's likely she's meant to have it. Apparently that's how the laws of magic work. I personally think the laws of magic are idiotic, but there's little I can do about it. The only thing we can do is keep the Eye of Death safe from her so she can never get it."

The Doctor then took the Eye of Death from Clara and walked down the hall.

"Where are you going?" Clara yelled after him.

"I'm keeping it in a safe place." The Doctor replied. "I'll be right back."

While Clara was alone in the console room, she thought of her boyfriend Danny Pink. After the Doctor hid the Eye of Death, he was going to take her back to London. She and Danny had plans for the evening. She hoped it would be a good time. Then, the Doctor came back holding a piece of paper in his hand and he looked concerned.

"What's that?" Clara asked.

"It's a note." The Doctor said. "It's an important note that I wrote hundreds of years ago."

"What does it say?" Clara asked.

"Well...it's written for us." He said. "It's starts with 'to the Doctor, once you are traveling with Clara Oswald'."

"How did you know we'd travel together all those years ago?" Clara asked.

"I don't know." The Doctor replied. "I don't even remember writing the note, but this is definitely me."

"What does it say?" Clara asked.

"It's says that we, you and me, have to go to the land of Oz and save Rumplestiltskin."

(to be continued in "Once Upon a Time Machine 2-8: Adventures in Oz" a Doctor Who and Once Upon a Time Crossover. The Doctor has been to Oz before with a different companion and faced the Wicked Witch. Now, he returns with Clara to save Mr. Gold, but what new evil lurks in Oz? Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed.)