Descendant Chapter 9
Episode 5a
Flashback: Maryanne was enjoying her tea with her parents outside their cottage. The table was set with lovely china and sweet smelling treats. They were all wearing 1880s style clothing. And they all had accents.
Maryanne wondered into the field to pick flowers afterward. She giggled and her parents watched from a distance as they put cleaned up the table.
She heard some rusting in the field and followed it. "Jack." she called for what she assumed was a rabbit. "Fluffles." she skipped over to it. Maryanne stopped in her tracks when she caught up to the animal. It was a rabbit, but not one like she had ever seen before. He wore a suit and stood on two legs and wore glasses!
The rabbit looked at her and said, "Hello. I'm sure you've heard of me. The stories your parents have told you. About Wonderland. It's all true."
Maryanne's eyes lit up.
Maryanne's mother, Alice looked outside their window and saw Maryanne and tall white ears.
The White Rabbit looked at her and asked, "Would you like to see for yourself?"
Maryanne smiled and nodded.
The four occupants of Room 404 got off to a slow start on a Saturday morning. Melody didn't want to get up. Lena slept through the alarm. Lyra kept falling back asleep. Maryanne slept in, waking up when everyone else did.
The four finally got up and dressed for the new day. Lena wore a tortoise shirt with a matching skirt and white kapri leggings. Lena wore black jeans and "nightmare before Christmas" shirt. Maryanne changed into a light colored dress. Melody wore long shorts and a Kingdom Hearts shirt.
"So it think today Lyra and I can go to the-" Lena said. The four girls were all gathered around the room.
"Why are we still doing this?" Maryanne asked.
"What do you mean?" Lena asked.
"I think we should split up." Maryanne said.
"That's what we're doing," Lena said.
"I mean by ourselves." Maryanne said.
Lena looked offended, while Melody nodded and Lyra smiled.
"I think we'd get more done," Lyra said.
"Yeah," Melody said.
"You all want to go off on your own?" Lena said.
Lyra lifted her arms and said, "Operation Falcon."
Lena sighed, lowering her shoulders.
*title scene *
Maryanne ate her breakfast at the diner by herself. Leroy wasn't there to gossip about it.
Ruby came by Maryanne and asked, "How are you enjoying your meal?"
"These pancakes are amazing!" Maryanne lit up.
Ruby smiled, "Yeah a lot of people say that. We don't have such delicacies in the Enchanted Forest."
Maryanne took another bite of her food.
"So where are the rest of your friends?" Ruby asked with her hand on the other booth.
"They're around town. Probably going to visit the pawnbroker to cash in our old money." Maryanne said.
August and Lily came into the diner together and sat at a booth.
Ruby left Maryanne and went over to her other customers.
Flashback: Maryanne landed in Wonderland with the White Rabbit. She looked around the forestry setting and noticed the small wagon near them. The door was left ajar, so Maryanne opened it and peeked inside where she found a small room. There was bed, some empty baskets and cages, and a pink dress hung up. It had a corset with it.
"This is where I was trapped," the White Rabbit said, looking at the cage.
"Oh," Maryanne stepped back.
"This is where the Red Queen lived." He told her.
"A queen lived here?"
"Before she was a queen."
"Oh yeah, it's starting to come back to me. In the story, you live in a tree."
"Well, yes." He smiled.
"And you have a family."
"Yes."
"Could I meet them?"
"Sure. Isn't there anything else you would like to do first? You're in Wonderland."
Maryanne thought for a few moments and smiled, "I want to try their cake."
The rabbit led her to a small hovel where here he fetched her a cake. She took a small bite and said, "Hm, it's really good." Abruptly she felt an odd sensation across her body as she grew 15 feet taller. She clothes stretched with her. "Whoa. She cautiously took a step and said, "I could walk a mile with a just a few steps." She looked down, "Ooh, can we go to that castle over there?" After a few seconds she looked back, "rabbit? Oh right, you're way back there."
The rabbit said something but it sounded all squeaky and unarticulated. Maryanne knelt down and listed closely. She still couldn't understand him. Then she saw him holding a small bottle. She drank it, and returned back to her regular size.
"Can we go to the castle?" Maryanne asked, "I saw it when I was tall. It looked so close."
The White Rabbit said, "It's not like we could explore the castle. The guards wouldn't let us in. Wouldn't you rather be small and slide down a tea pot or something?"
Maryanne shrugged, "Alright."
She drank a liquid and shrank to about six inches. She clothes shrank with her. They were at the rabbit's house when they did this. He had an empty pot of tea out and place her inside. "Weee!" She cheered. His wife came out of their home and talked to him.
Maryanne called him and asked, "Rabbit, can you go to other lands? I mean besides Wonderland and England?"
"He can go anywhere," his wife said, "Any realm and any time."
"Really?" she said, still small and in the tea pot."
He smiled and his wife and agreed. "Is there somewhere in particular you would like to go?"
"I have a few places in mind. But first, I would like to try a Wonderland outfit," she beamed.
Flashback continued: The White Rabbit took Maryanne to a number of worlds. Wearing a long pale shirt, dark pink leather vest with dark leggings, and short black boots, Maryanne ventured into each of these worlds, full of excitement. The two of them visited a circus where she got see an adorable elephant with big ears, and a world full of flappers.
"What's with their dresses?" Maryanne asked.
"I'm sure they could say the same about you." The rabbit hid from view.
"I think I'm ready for a new world now," she said.
The rabbit led her around the corner and dug a hole. They jumped inside and the hole closed on that end.
Flashback continued: Maryanne climbed out of the hole he made and looked around her new setting. "You took me back home?"
"I don't want your parents to worry. You were only gone a few hours." He said.
"But I want more adventures, rabbit," she said.
"You will. But not all at once." He said before making a new hole and returning to his home.
"Mary!" her father, Cyrus called, "You're back!" He ran up to her and hugged her.
Alice came running outside just behind him. "How was your adventure honey?"
"Oh mother, it was incredible. I ate that growing cake. It's really sweet. I wanted to eat the whole piece but then I'd be too tall for Wonderland. And I shrank to the side of a glass, and I even got to see other worlds. I went to a circus!" Maryanne told them. She was still in her new outfit.
"Sounds wonderful," Alice smiled. "How is rabbit?"
They started walking back into the house and they talked.
"He's great. Still living a tree with his family. Why does he wear those glasses? He's a rabbit." Maryanne said.
In Storybrooke, Henry and Roland were in his room at the Mayor's Mansion playing. First they played card games then Roland watched Henry play "Kingdom Hearts 2." Roland kept pointing out things for Henry to get and asking him where his dad was in the game.
"Robin Hood isn't in this game." Henry told him.
"Well I saw Jack Sparrow and he isn't even real." Roland said.
Henry smiled at his step-brother and got back to the game.
Mr. Gold's shop had the "closed" sign in the door. Lena grabbed the nob and waited a second. She opened the door and entered the shop.
To Lena's surprise, she wasn't alone. "Melody, what are you doing in here? How did you get in?"
"The backdoor was unlocked." Melody said from behind the left counter. "And I'm looking for a portal. He has to have something here."
"Okay," Lena said, going over to the painting on the wall in front of her. She put the painting down, revealing the safe behind it. The keys were i the safe and Lena laughed to herself.
"I have to get back to my family." Melody said.
"Yeah yeah, we know." Lena sighed.
"It's more than that. I have to apologize to them. For everything..." Melody said.
"What is the point in having a safe if you just leave the keys in the thing," Melody said.
"You make this too easy," Lena said quietly, turning the key. She opened the door and started taking things out of the safe, one by one. The first thing was an old shall. Lena grabbed it and felt it on her hands. She slowly put it down and took out several little potion bottles.
"What's this?" Melody held up a double candle. There was a wick on both ends. One side was white and the other was black.
Lena's eyes widened. "Put that down!" She whispered.
"What does it do?" Melody asked.
"Kills people." Lena said. She turned back to the safe and took out a bottle with a purple substance inside that glowed when she picked up the bottle. "True love," she held the bottle to her chest.
"What did you say?" Melody said. She was on the other side of the counter, looking into the glass counter.
"This is true love in a bottle." Lena showed her. "It's supposed to be extremely rare. Well it was a long time age. Now it's quite common."
"Okay?"
"But still very powerful." Lena held the bottle up above her.
Melody looked up and saw something from across the room that got her attention. "He's coming." She saw him from the window.
Lena quickly put everything back in the safe and put the painting over it. Melody helped. Lena looked at the front door from across the room and locked it. By the time he unlocked the door to his shop, the girls had moved into the next room.
In the storage room, they sat against all the random objects in the room. One caught Lena's eye and she picked it up. "Oh my God."
"What is that?" Melody asked.
"I've heard tales about this. It seems harmless but many people have felt it's pain."
"What does it do?"
"Oh it's not magic. It's just a common cane," she held Mr. Gold's cane in her hands. "Used to beat the crap out of numerous people."
"Killian was one," Melody said.
"Yes, and..." Lena trailed off.
Melody had a thought, ""When I go back, I'll finally meet my grandpa."
Lena looked at her, "I need to see someone..."
They heard the cling from the cash register in the other room, reminding them how close the shop owner was.
"What does Operation Falcon mean to you?" Lena asked.
"What?"
"I know you're not here with us. You don't even really know why we're here. So what does this operation mean to you?" Lena asked.
"I will help you find whatever it is you need so that I can get home as soon as I can." Melody said. She stood up and walked over to the back door.
"What are you doing?"
"Leaving," Melody said as if it was obvious.
"You're gonna leave me behind?"
"You will be fine. You have an advantage." Melody said. She opens the back door quietly and slowly and left the shop.
Lyra went into the forest and found the old abandoned ice cream truck. The lock was broken so she just walked inside the back. "It's a good thing no one in town cleans up loose ends," she said. Lyra moved over to the front seat of the vehicle and looked for keys. She pulled down the visor and commented, "Well that's where they are in the movies."
Maryanne stood outside the library, gingerly touching the door nob.
Flashback: A loud explosion woke up Maryanne a few weeks later. She got up and quickly changed into her new "Wonderland/Adventure outfit." Maryanne ran outside and joined the rabbit in another adventure in realm jumping.
This world looked parallel to her own. It was daytime in this world. They walked around in full view.
"Aren't you worried about being seen?" Maryanne asked the rabbit.
"No," he said simply.
In the distance, there was a lighthouse. Maryanne noticed and asked, "Where are we?"
"This way," he led her around the corner.
The two walked several blocks across the small island town. People started looking at Maryanne and giving her weird looks. Some people were pointing.
"Rabbit, what is going on here?"
"Trust me," he said.
They walked up to the lighthouse and Maryanne knocked on the door.
An old man answered the door, "Yes, who are you?"
"Oh you must be from a friend from school," a woman said behind the old man, opening the door. "Come on in. Pete is upstairs."
Maryanne looked at the rabbit who nodded and assured her. She and the rabbit walked passed with no judgments. The woman and the old man didn't even seem to notice the rabbit.
She walked up the narrow spiral staircase and asked rabbit, "Who is Pete?"
"Just talk to him," he told her.
Maryanne found a boy about her age with long brown hair outside on the railing of the lighthouse. Maryanne opened the door and he turned around and gave a confused look.
"Are you from school? Sorry about the commotion in class today." He said.
"That...okay," she tried. "Uh, my name's Maryanne."
He nodded. "What did you come here for?"
"Uh...Tell me more about that commotion in class." she said.
"It wasn't my fault. Elliot was mad that I couldn't play with him today so he acted out."
"In what way?"
"You saw it. He rang the recess bell. He made a hole in the wall. Well, that was because the teacher was going to whip me."
"Whoa. Is Elliot your brother?"
"He's my dragon."
"What? A dragon?"
"I know. Everyone tells me I'm crazy. But he's real." Pete looked out on the railing.
Maryanne looked out too, standing beside him. "Where is Elliot?"
"On time out," he said.
Maryanne smiled, "Aw. I'd like to see him."
Pete looked at her, skeptical. He called Elliot a few times and waited. Maryanne looked around. When her head was turned, Pete said, "Eh, hem." Maryanne turned back and saw a brightly colored dragon. He was green with pink spots and he was about 40 feet long.
Maryanne smiled with her mouth open. "Hi Elliot."
Pete looked at Elliot and back to her. "You can actually see him?"
She nodded.
"But no can see him. Not even Nora. She says she does but I know she thinks it's a game." Pete said.
"Maybe that's because I'm a child."
"No, no one else in school can see him."
"Maybe I'm special," she played.
"Maybe," Pete smiled at her.
Maryanne realized why no one had noticed the White Rabbit. In this world, he's imaginary or whatever Elliot is to Pete. "I have own Elliot as well. Rabbit?" She called him.
He opened the door and came out into view. Pete looked at the rabbit and nodded.
"Hello," rabbit said.
"He talks too!" Pete smiled.
Maryanne giggled and Pete followed.
Back in the present, Maryanne was inside the library. She saw someone a few isles down and quickly went over to them, to see who it was. Down the isle, holding a novel and looking for something else on the higher shelves, was Will Scarlett.
Lena was back outside and power walking down Main Street. Archie noticed her as he walked his dog. She came to a halt just outside the flower shop "Game of Thrones."
She enters the shop reluctantly. The strong aroma of flowers filled the room. Lena sniffed as she walked deeper into the shop.
"Your order is on the counter," a man with an accent said from the back room.
"I'm not here for that." Lena said.
Moe French, the owner came out into the main store room.
Lena sneezed. "I just wanted to see something."
"Yeah, what's that?" Moe asked.
She looked at Moe's face as if she was studying it.
Moe leaned away from her.
Lena said, "I've never met you. I never got a chance. I hardly heard any great stories about you. The way you treated your own daughter. Your hatred for the man she loves, which I never understood. Even if you were around I'm not sure they would let you in our lives."
Lena was back outside in mainstreet. As she passed by the diner, Henry ran out and greeted her.
"Hi Lena," he said.
"Hi Henry," she said back.
"I was thinking about something your friend said yesterday," Henry said, "And how her name isn't familiar."
Lena shifted her footing tried to not look scared. "Oh?"
"Is she a magic being?"
"What are you talking about Henry?"
"Your friend with the blonde-ish hair. Is she like a seer?"
Lena looked at her feet, thinking.
"Don't worry. I won't tell my grandpa. I know having magic in this town can be seen as a threat but I don't believe you are here to cause any harm." He smiled.
Lena looked up, "Yes. She's a seer. That's why she talks like she knows something."
"Awesome," Henry said.
They started walking down the street in the opposite direction of the pawnshop.
"So you know about the future too? I mean she's told you stuff." Henry said.
"Yeah." Lena said.
"So can you tell me anything?"
"Knowing about your own future can be bad."
"You can't tell me anything?"
Lena looked at Henry. "Emma will be fine."
"Can you be a little more specific? When do we find her? Where is she? How long is she the dark one?"
Lena looked stressed. "I can't tell you all that. You know I don't have all the answers."
Henry took a step back. "I'm sorry. Can you answer me something though? Why come to Storybrooke? Was something bad going to happen in the Enchanted Forest?"
"Something bad did happen." Lena whispered but Henry heard her.
"I'm heading over to the sorcerer's mansion. Do you want to go with me?" Henry offered.
Lena looked forward. "Yeah." She grinned.
Flashback: The four of them (Maryanne, Pete, Elliot, and rabbit) walked over to Elliot's cave together as the sun set.
"I always thought I was alone. That's why Elliot found me. But then he made things worse when I showed up here. He's a big dragon and he caused some distraction in town," Pete explained.
"I'm sorry you don't have anyone else. My parents know of Rabbit. They know him. They've known him for a while. They know firsthand of all my adventures." Maryanne told him.
"Adventures?" Pete asked.
"I've been traveling with the rabbit. I'm away from home. They live far away from here."
"So you won't be staying long?" Pete asked.
"I don't think so. Rabbit has a family that needs him too."
"Will I at least see you at school tomorrow?"
"Oh Pete, I'm sorry. I can't. But maybe I can come back soon. Keep an eye out for us."
"I will," he promised. A few seconds later he added, "Maryanne, are you real?"
She laughed, "Oh course I am."
Inside the library, Maryanne saw Will from the next isle over. She slowly moved down her isle while keeping her eye on Will. When she rescue the end of the isle, she noticed sow one was right next to her.
"We need to talk," Belle said.
Back in the ice cream truck, Lyra opened up a cooler where she found pictures an articles about their missing resident, the former savior. Lyra picked up the article and read it. Then she looked at the other stuff in the cooler. Her file was missing, with art projects inside. "She must have kept it when she found it. It's at the loft."
When Lyra turned around to leave she saw something that made her gasp.
Roland was outside the truck looking at Lyra.
"Don't kids ever stay inside anymore?" Lyra said.
"You're not supposed to be here," Roland said.
Lyra folded her arms and shifted herself to one side.
Lyra got a closer look at the boy. "Oh my God. Roland?"
"Who are you?"
Lyra laughed, "You're so small."
"Hey!"
Lyra sat down, criss-cross in the truck, meeting Roland's eyes. "How are you?"
"Good." He answered. "Who are you?"
"I'm a friend." Lyra said. "...And I miss you."
"I've never seen you before. Hey aren't you one of the new girls?"
Lyra gave him a side smile. "I am."
Lena and Henry walked about a mile to the sorcerer' mansion, talking the whole way there. He opened to door for her and they walked into the exquisite house. In the main room, there was a door in the middle of the room.
"What is that?" Lena asked.
"It's a magic door," Henry said. Lena gave him a look. "No really. It's a portal to any world. Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff left through there back to their home."
Lena hid her smile. "Wow. Didn't j is there was a door. I thought realm jumping was difficult."
"It was once. Now there's this convenient door." He said.
"Yeah. Are there any other means of going to other worlds?"
"You're not thinking about leaving are you?"
"I'm only curious." She said.
"Come on," he gestured her to the next room. She followed him as he slid the doors open.
Lena's mouth opened as she entered the room. There was a chandelier in the center hanging above them. A phonograph stood against the wall.
"This way," Henry stood at the door across the room.
Lena spun around the room admiring every detail. She looked back a Henry and left the room with him, taking in one last look at the ballroom.
Henry led her down the hall, to a seemingly dead end. On the wall were two sconces. He pulled one down and the wall moved.
Inside the secret room, there were shelves and shelves of books. Lena smiled at the room and Henry smiled back at her.
Flashback: Maryanne was at home reading quietly. Her mother was sewing in the kitchen and her father was out. There was an exploding noise and Maryanne sat up. She looked to her mother who nodded, allowing her to go. Maryanne changed into her adventure clothes and ran outside to meet the White Rabbit. He dug a hole and they jumped through together.
They landed in a snowy world. Rabbit explained that they were in a world cursed by a witch. Maryanne eagerly wanted to help.
"Are you sure you what to? This is a huge risk," rabbit warned her.
"I loved helping Pete out. Helping realize that he's not alone. I want to help more people." Maryanne said.
"This isn't like talking to a kid. It's battling a sorceress to save an entire world!" He said.
"I know that! And I am capable of saving them."
They came across a few statues of animals and rabbit told her they were once real animals that the witch turned to stone.
"The witch is medusa?" Maryanne thought.
"No. She's-her Magic comes from her wand." Rabbit said.
They walked in the cold and thick snow until they found a small house with the latched to door removed. Inside the home they found the whole place turned over and a note.
"He was taken by the secret police?" She asked.
"The witch's wolves."
They climbed deeper into the forest until they saw something in the fog. Maryanne and rabbit ducked down and hid behind a tree.
A minute later, the figure found them. Maryanne screamed for a second, until she saw it was a human and that he wasn't going to hurt her. He extended his arm out to her and she took it. He was tall and about 16 years of age. He had sandy hair parted in the middle.
"Pevensies come quick, there's another daughter of Eve here," a beaver said coming over to them.
"Daughter of Eve?" Maryanne asked.
"I'm Peter," the tall boy said.
"Maryanne."
"You can call me rabbit."
Two girls came over to them and another beaver. One girl was taller with lovely dark curls and the other was about Maryanne's age, if not younger with short light brown hair.
"I'm Susan Pevensie."
"Lucy."
"My, my," the female beaver said, "This was not in the professy."
The beaver and the Pevensies explained how they were in their way to Aslan's camp to save their brother Edmund. Lucy shared that she was the first one to find Narnia, the name of this land, in the wardrobe.
Maryanne told them about her land and the Pevensies said they were from England as well, but the country was a war.
"No it's not," Maryanne said.
"Yes it is," Susan said, "It's so bad we can't stay at home anymore. We were sent away to the countryside."
"It was all over the newsreels," Peter added.
"What's a newsreel?" Maryanne asked.
They realized they were from different times and talked about their worlds briefly. It helped distract the Pevensie's from their worry over their brother.
The seven of them walked several miles through the forest to the Frozen River, where they encountered the secret police. It was a close call but the melting ice was their saving grace.
By the time they reached Aslan's camp, the snow was all melted and sun shined on them. Everyone in the camp looked at them as they walked by. Aslan's welcomed them all.
A centaur standing closest to Aslan said, "There is a third daughter of Eve?"
"I'm not related to them," Maryanne said, "But I would like to help."
Aslan nodded slowly once.
They slept in separate tents that night. Girls in one, boys on another, animals in a third one. Maryanne and Lucy played a few games in their tent such as dress up and giggled.
"It must be nice to have siblings to play with all the time," Maryanne said.
"Not really. No one wants to play with me. My brothers are boys and my sister is 'too old' for such play," Lucy said. "It must be nice to be an only child. All the attention."
"All the loneliness."
"All the quietness."
"The boredom." Maryanne said.
"...You don't seem to be so surprised by all these magical creature around us. How come?" Lucy asked.
"I've seen a thing or 2." Maryanne answered.
The next day they started training. Maryanne and the other girls practiced archery. Susan was doing pretty well. Maryanne went over to the boys (Peter and some centaurs and fauns) working of sword fighting. Maryanne joined in and surprised them by how good she was.
"Where did you learn to sword fight?" A faun asked her.
"My father," she smiled.
The others smiled back at her and went back to training.
The following day was the big battle. Rabbit asked Maryanne several times if she was ready for this. She kept saying she was. Peter even asked her if she was ready to fight. Lucy agreed to be a nurse, not coming to the battlefield until sundown to help their wounded. They battle began in the morning and lasted for hours. Peter, Susan, Maryanne, and the others fought admirably. The White Rabbit watched from afar. Maryanne saved Peter at one point in the battle. Peter and Susan defeated the witch together.
The Pevensies found their brother at the witch's prison inside her castle.
The four Pevensies celebrated with the whole world (except for a few loyals of the witch who wouldn't join them). There was a big feast and a dance. Edmund, the brother, didn't much. He was taking it easy, trying to recover quickly from the witch's torment. Lucy and Maryanne danced together. She was wearing a purple Narnian dress for the celebration.
The next day would be the coronation. The Pevensies would reign as Kings and Queens of Narnia. Maryanne was invited to join them by Aslan.
The White Rabbit found Maryanne on the balcony.
"I heard Aslan's offer. You could stay here and be a ruler. That sounds pretty wonderful." Rabbit said.
"Yes it is. But I can't stay here. I need to keep on going to other worlds. Helping those in need. Saving kingdoms. They need me out there." Maryanne said aloud.
"You're ready," rabbit said.
"Ready for what?" She asked.
Back in Storybrooke, Maryanne was still in the library with Belle.
"We are here to help and the fact I'm you're refusing it is awfully suspicious," Belle said to Maryanne. Her hands were on her hips.
"We just don't want to be a burden, "Maryanne said. She took a step to her left but Belle blocked her.
"What are you all up to?" Belle asked.
"You can trust me."
"I don't know you. I don't know anything about you." Belle said.
Maryanne saw in the corner of her eye, Will over by the door leaving the building. Maryanne made a longing sigh and looked back at Belle.
Lyra left the forest and headed over to the diner for lunch. When she got a yard away from the door, it swung open. Killian Jones was leaving the diner and he didn't look happy. Lyra stopped in her tracks and stared at him.
***I have a few questions for my readers:
Who is your favorite of the "descendants?"
Who do you think is related to who?
Please leave a comment and let me know***