Descendants 1b

Ch 2

Episode 1B

A loud buzzing sound scared the four girls awake the next morning. Lena covered her head with a pillow, Lyra shouted, "Ahah!" Maryanne looked at the odd rectangular decide on their dresser, and Melody actually got up to stop the annoying sound. The numbers 7:00 showed up on it. She hit the device a few times then noticed the cord coming from it. She followed it to a plug and yanked it out. Maryanne sighed and Lyra rolled over, going back to sleep.

When the girls got up, they fought over the bathroom. "I have to pee!" Melody shouted.

"I was here first!" Maryanne said back.

"You can brush your hair out there!" Lyra said back.

"Get out!" Maryanne shut the door on them.

Lena looked at Lyra and Melody from across the room and sarcastically said, "This is going to be a fun two weeks."

"So are we going to actually leave this room or are going to just hide out for 13 days?" Lyra asked Lena a half our later, after they all got dressed and ready.

"We can leave but not all four of us at once. I don't trust that they won't search our room. Someone should be in here at all times," Lena instructed.

Maryanne nodded at the rule.

"Great, so I can leave," Lyra took a step towards the door.

Lena extended her arm out, stopping Lyra. "Not so fast. If you want to leave, I'll go with you.." Lena said.

"So now you're my babysitter?" Lyra asked.

"You think this is a joke. They're not stupid. They could figure us out if we're not careful." Lena said.

"I'm not stupid either. I know what I'm doing." Lyra said.

"You are not going to ruin this mission for us. We know why we're here." Lena looked out to the others. Maryanne nodded and Melody sighed before nodding.

"Why don't we tell them? They'll be so surprised. The look on their faces will be so worth it." Lyra said.

"This is serious!" Lena said. "If we tell them everything will be ruined. Think about why we're here. Who we're here for."

Lena put on her shoes and opened the door to their room. "Don't leave this room," she told Maryanne and Melody.

"I know," Maryanne said.

Melody gave a look to Lena before she left.

Lena walked down the stairs and outside of the Bed and Breakfast, looking for Lyra. She power walked out the door, distracted and bumped into someone.

"Oh, I am so sorry," Lena said before seeing who she ran into.

"That's okay," Henry said.

Lena gave him an odd look, tilting her head.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah-fine. You uh, you're the sheriff's - there was a picture of you in his office." Lena stammered.

"Oh, yeah. He's a grandpa." Henry said.

Lena nodded until it got awkward.

"You're um, you dropped in here yesterday." He said.

"Yeah, from the Enchanted Forest."

"So I've heard. By an chance have you ever met Mulan or Rapunzel?"

"I have not. But I've heard that Mulan is doing well. Found her happiness."

"That's good to hear. I've never actually met her but I've heard stories and seem the movie."

Lena looked puzzled. "Oh you mean like a live action story. A play but on screen."

"Yeah," he smiled, "I'm Henry."

"Lena. It was nice talking to you and I don't want to seem rude but I really have to go."

"Okay. See you later." He said as she walked passed him and down the street.

Back in their room, Melody was channel surfing and groaning. "Nothing is on!"

Maryanne was reading a book from her small satchel, while sitting on the bed, and shook her head at Melody. "It would be nice if you could control your volume so I could enjoy this book."

"You want some quiet, go in the bathroom." Melody said.

Maryanne shook her head but stood up and went into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.

Melody tossed the remote across the couch and stood up, walking towards the door. She looked back at the bathroom door and smirked. She opened the front door quietly and maneuvered behind it without opening the door too much.

The bright summer sun shined over the town from the Welcome sign to above the library, on a figure seen through the window. The long hand on the clock tower moved down from the 15 to the 16, and the figure behind the window was revealed: Lyra.

Melody walked down an unfamiliar path, straying a bit far from the main roads of Storybrooke. She was looking to the left and to the right as she walked by.

The trail led to a creek with a lone bench. Melody stopped when she saw the creek and stared at it. There were a few ducks in the pond. There was a family of ducks with four little baby ducks following their mama. A duck dunked his head in the water.

Melody turned around and headed back in the other direction, and soon after saw someone else on the trail. A beautiful woman with long dark hair and a formal outfit with boots.

Melody avoided eye contact and tried to walk passed the Mayor quickly but Regina started talking.

"You're one of our new arrivals. You came from the storm, right." She started. "Where did you all come from? And what made you decide to come here?"

Melody scooted her right leg back and looked nervously at Regina.

"I'm the Mayor of this town." She added.

"We came from the Enchanted Forest." Melody said.

"You all seem very young to be on your own here."

"We have each other. We have family back home."

"Oh. And you left them to come here?"

Melody looked down, guilty. "It wasn't like that," she said quietly.

Regina narrowed her eyes at Melody.

"I have to go." Melody wiped a tear from her eye just after passing by Regina.

Lena's search for Lyra lead her to the end of the street, beside Mr. Gold's pawnshop. Lena looked in the window and saw all sorts of objects inside. Lena gasped and immediately opened the door to the shop. A belle chimed and Lena looked up at it. She beamed as she looked around the store. She gingerly touched the unicorn mobile and picked up the old oil lamp.

"Stop!"

"Don't touch anything. They're very delicate," a mans said as he emerged from the back room.

Lena almost dropped the lamp when he spoke. She put it back on the glass counter and walked up to the shop owner. "I was just looking. You have a lot of very unique items in here," she continued to look around.

Mr. Gold looked at her, "Well this is a great place for a souvenir."

"I won't be buying anything-today anyway. I was wondering if you'd seen my friend here today? She's about my age, curly hair, often sassy and even smartalic."

"No I haven't seen her."

Lena sighed and gave him a half smile to Mr. Gold before turning back to the door.

"Miss," He said stopping her in her tracks, "I know everyone in this town and in any world." He started walking towards her, "I know all their secrets and their weaknesses. I know everything I have ever done to them." He stood in front of Lena. "I do not know you. Tell me, who are you?"

Lena looked down, shuffled her feet, and looked at him, between the eyes. "I'm Lena. I'm 16 years old and I came here with my fiends for a new life. We're from the Enchanted Forest where we grown up. Mr. Gold perhaps you don't know us because we've never crossed paths with darkness nor ever needed to make a deal. You don't know everyone from the Enchanted Forest, Sir."

Mr. Gold leaned his head slightly back and Lena left his shop.

Melody made it back to their room and asked Maryanne, "Is Lena here?"

"No, and if she were she'd be furious," Maryanne said, "You snuck out. It's our second day here!"

Melody rolled her eyes.

"Where did you go? Why did you go?" Maryanne asked.

"I didn't go anywhere. I just had to get out." Melody went over to her bed and fell on to the bed. She rolled over and picked up the phone. "Room Service?"

Maryanne opened her mouth in surprise at Melody.

The sun was setting as Lyra entered an apartment building, the same one where the Charming's live. She walked down the hall touched the wall as she went by.

A door unlocked and opened from down the hall. A woman with strait long dark hair entered the hallway and saw Lyra. She looked at her as she walked by.

"Hey," she said, "Are you on your way to see the Charming's?"

Lyra froze. "...What. Do you mean?"

"Nevermind. You just look like... I'm Lily," she said.

"Lily," Lyra repeated. "I'm Lyra. A lot of L names around here."

"Right. I am actually on my way out, so I'll see you around," Lily nodded and left the hall.

Lyra watched her leave.

Lena went back to their room at Granny's where she found the three other girls. Maryanne was already asleep in their bed. Lyra and Melody were watching a show on Disney channel while sitting on the sofa. There was a tray with three empty silver plates. From the crumbs left, they had pizza and ice cream.

"Have a fun day?" Lena stood in front of the TV.

Lyra clenched her jaw.

Lena moved over to the crumbs of food. "How nice of you to save me some," she said sarcastically.

"There's a salad underneath," Melody said.

Lena looked under the double decker tray and saw for herself. She looked at it, disappointed.

She went back to the couch and knelt beside Lyra, "You can not run off like that. Did you tell anyone?"

"No!" Lyra whined.

"Where did you go?" Lena asked.

"Where did you look?" Lyra asked.

"Can you two like whisper your argument?" Melody asked.

Lena stood up and grabbed the remote. Melody scoffed when Lena turned the TV off.

"While you were off galavanting through town," Lena eyed Lyra, "did you happen to find her?"

Lyra looked at her shook her head. "There's no sign of her."