Descendants 15
Chapter 15
Episode 9a
The elevator doors opened up in the clock tower. Lyra and Lena waited at the top of the stairs. They looked down to see who was there. Wearing blue jeans, a red and black striped shirt, and a backpack over his shoulder, stood Henry Mills.
He looked up at the top of the stairs and made eye contact with Lena. He walked up the stairs quickly. Once he reached them he glared at Lena. He noticed Lyra. "Can you leave us alone. We need to talk."
Lyra looked at Lena, who gave her a quick nod. Lyra lifted her arm but Lena said, "You can use the stairs."
Lyra pushed her lips together. She stood up and walked by Henry. "Don't be so hard on her."
Henry looked back at Lyra without moving his head. Lyra went down the steps and into the elevator.
Once the doors closed, Henry looked back at Lena. "You lied to me." He had an angry tone.
Lena looked at the ground. "Lyra's not a seer."
"Another lie." Henry said. He looked at her. "Please stand up. This fight has just started."
Lena sniffled then stood up. She was about the same height as Henry.
Meanwhile Lyra ran out of the library and into the street. A car almost hit her. The tires screeched as it came closer. Lyra closed her eyes. When the car stopped Lyra opened her eyes and regret filled her face. It was the police car. David got out of the vehicle and said, "You're coming with me."
*Title screen*
Flashback: Four girls were walking down a trail together in the forest. Lena and Maryanne walked together in front of Lyra and Melody. Lena was wearing a green short sleeved dress with her half her hair pulled back in a ponytail. Lyra wore dark pants and pale shirt with a red leather vest. Maryanne wore a new outfit that a Villager made. She specialized in making clothes for the residents. This outfit was a simple but cute dark blue dress. Melody was wearing Lyra's old clothes.
Hope came skipping by and grabbed Lena's arm. They walked off together and said "see you later," to the others.
Lyra, Melody, and Mary stood there. Lena folded her lips and looked at the two younger girls next to her. "Have you two met?" Lyra asked.
Lena and Hope talked and laughed about the events of that day. "And he said he wishes he could attend magic school," Hope said, "But it's just more work on top of school work."
"But learning magic is pretty awesome," Lena smiled.
"Yeah," she giggled. "So do you think Lyra is ever going to come around?"
"With Roland?" Lena said, "Doubt it will be anytime soon."
"My brother won't wait forever," Hope said.
"Yeah my niece is a handful," Lena smiled.
A teenage boy can running down on to the path. He had short light brown hair and wore a pale plaid shirt with cuffed sleeves and dark pants. He was about a year older than Hope.
"Zak," Hope sighed, annoyed.
"What are you doing?" Lena asked.
"I was climbing up the hill. You know there is a whole world out there," Zak said.
Hope raised her eyes and folded her arms. "You can go now."
"Don't be like that sis," he played, putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Don't touch me," Hope moved back.
"No fighting," Lena said.
"We're not," Hope said.
"It's fine Thumbelina," He said.
"Don't call me that," Lena folded her arms.
"Mind if I walk with you?" He asked them.
"Yes!" The girls both said.
Zak raised his hands and backed away, "See you tonight at the family diner," he said to Hope.
Hope made a face.
Flashback Continued: Regina and Robin both cooked something for the family dinner in their home, in the village. Regina made lasagna and Robin roasted two chickens. Hope made a fruit salad and set the table. Roland and Henry helped Robin catch the chickens.
At 6pm, their meal was meant to start. Here was a knock af ff he door a few minutes later. Regina answered the door for her sister and son, Zak. Zelena brought a caseros for the dinner. They entered their home and came into the dining room. Everyone stood behind their chairs and Regina gave a small speech about how this weekly dinner was a way to keep the family connected and close. They sat down together and began their meal. Regina and Robin was at each end of the table. Next to Regina was Zelena and Hope. Across from them, were the boys, Henry, Roland, and Zac, who sat next to Robin and directly across Hope.
The conversations varied from peace in the town, to magic school, to Henry and Roland hunting, to mentioning Zak's incident the other day.
"Zelena," Regina said, "He killed a living creature."
"It was bird," Zelena said, "and it was an accident. Besides you kill birds all the time."
"That's called hunting. It's for food to eat. And I haven't gone hunting in weeks." Robin said. He was quiet for a few moments then he hit his hand on the table. "It could be been a student."
"I apologized," Zak said, "and Regina's the one teaching us magic improperly."
"How hard is it to fix a broken wing?" Regina said.
"Stop picking on him. I'm sure your children aren't perfect. Look at him," Zelena addressed Henry, "He's almost 30 and hasn't mastered the art of magic yet."
"I didn't learn at an early age. It's like learning a second language later in life." Henry protested.
"I know Henry," Regina said.
"And it's not like he ever killed another animal," Hope added.
"That's enough," Robin said calmly. "Can we just agree that it won't happen again. Ever. Zak is sorry and he didn't mean it, right?"
Zak nodded.
Hope sighed, shakng her head and looked at Zak and then to Regina.
"You tricked me. And you lied about being in the book." Henry said in the present. He was standing the clock tower with Lena. The light that hung above them illuminated the room. Outside the window of the clock tower was a great view of the stars in the sky.
"I am in the book." Lena said.
"I checked every book. You're not there. None of you are."
"That's because weren't not any of those books. I'm not in your books. Do you think those are the only ones?"
Henry eyebrows came down for a moment. "And where is your book? Do you have it?"
"It's home."
"So you have no proof."
"Henry."
"And Grandpa told me about the tape. Operation Falcon? What the Hell?" Henry said. He raised his voice.
"We got it from you. In the Enchanted Forest, you are sort of a legend. You saved everyone when they were trapped in an alternate universe. You came up all these different names for things. Operation Cobra is a legacy." Lena said.
Henry made a face. "And you led me on." He added.
"I thought we just friends."
"Really? I didn't make it obvious how I felt."
Lena tried not making a look of disgust. "We can never be more."
"Why are you so disturbed by the idea? What-do you have someone back home? Were you just using me for information?"
"Trust me if you knew-"
"I don't trust you. You betrayed my trust. Was anything you said true? Is Asgard really real or was that a lie too?"
"Henry, don't be an ass," Lena said. "Asgsrd is real."
He looked down for a second. "Why did you come here? To Storybrooke?"
Lena put her hand on the railing. "I wanted to..."
"Why? And why don't any of us know you, not even my grandpa? Is this some sort of glamour spell?"
"No."
"The whole town is after you. If you don't come forward and tell us everything, they could kill you."
Lena looked down over the railing.
"My mom suggested ripping out your hearts to see if your intentions were true."
Lena looked at his quickly. "She can't do that."
"She can. The whole town is fearful of you all." Henry told her.
"I don't want that. They have nothing to fear from two teenagers."
"There are four of you."
Lena looked down. She started to walked passed Henry.
"Why can't you tell us?" He asked. Lena was on the first step.
"I have a strong feeling we will tell you. But not today." She walked down the steps and into the elevator, leaving Henry to think about what she said.
Flashback: Lyra and Melody were in their room that evening. Lyra sat in the bed, defeated.
"Another bad dinner?" Melody asked, standing by the dresser.
"It's just so awkward," Lyra said.
"At least Henry wasn't there," Melody said.
Lyra agreed and changed the subject, "So any more conclusions about your curse or whatever?"
"I go in the water, I sink. There's not much more to it than that. I'm afraid to bathe." Melody said.
"You'll be fine. It's big bodies of water that you have to avoid."
"When is your friend coming back? Will Perry?"
Lyra looked at her. "Um, soon. Any day now."
Melody looked ahead and said, "Good."
Lyra blinked and used her arms in emphasis, "Don't you like it here?"
"Oh, no, no it's not bad here or anything," Melody assured her, "It's just that I can't stay here. My family-my kingdom needs me. It's been three days already since I was sent here."
"So maybe everything is fine now. I've heard stories of Ariel. She seems pretty capable." Lyra said.
Melody looked at Lyra and knelt down. "Can you tell me those stories?"
Lyra gave an odd look at Melody. She saw myself in her. Lyra had to hear about her parent's stories from others. Her parents never talked about them, in detail.
David took Lena inside the sheriff's station in Storybrooke. He grabbed her arm as they walked in.
"Are you sure you can handle me all on your own?" Lyra teased.
He pushed her into the room.
Lyra turned around and smiled with her mouth open. "Real strong there aren't you grandpa?"
"Hey," David said, "That's enough out of you."
"It's late. Shouldn't you be back home with your wife and son." Lyra said.
David put one hand on his hip. "You're right, I don't have time for this." He grabbed her by her arm again and went over to the duel jail cells. He unlocked one and placed her inside.
"What do you I think you're doing?" Lyra asked.
"Going home to my wife and family." He closed the door on her and locked it. "We can continue this tomorrow."
Lyra's mouth was open and her eyes wide in shock. "You can't do this."
David was already halfway out do tej room. She watched as he left her along in the cell.
Lena poofed back to room 404 from inside the elevator. She placed her hands up at the front door and cast a protection spell. She went back over to the bed she had slept in for almost two weeks, which now seemed very unfamiliar. Nothing was the same in Storybrooke. They were quickly approaching the point of no return.
The sun rises the next morning over the town of Storybrooke. Many residents stayed indoors, peeking out of their windows.
Inside the diner, Ruby noticed the decrease in customers. Leroy and Astrid were at a booth together and Ruby came over to them.
"Look at this," Ruby said. "No one is here."
"They're scared," Astrid said. "Of those girls."
"But you're not?" Ruby said.
"Not when I have Leroy beside me," Astrid said.
Leroy held her hand on the counter and she smiled up at him.
Ruby smiled at them and got back to her job.
Lena woke up to the sound of someone knocking at the door. She rubbed her eyes and stretched as she walked over to the door. She skeptically grabbed the door nob. She opened the door and sighed with relief when she saw who it was.
Granny stood on the other end of the door with a worried expression on her face.
"Granny," Lena said.
"Hi Lena. I though got you should know the whole town is afraid. I really think it's time you girls either come out with the truth or leave the town."
"They want is locked up," Lena said.
"They want answers. I can respect you not wanting to tell us but the town can't. So I wanted to give you a choice."
"Thank you Granny," Lena said. Her lips quivered and she hugged Granny. "Thank you for everything you've done for us."
Granny hugged her back and smiled sweetly.
Flashback: The next day, the descendants all went to school for a few hours, then a handful of them walked to magic school together. During school, the teachers told the students of an upcoming dance festival. Thier magic school was about a half a mile walk and it was in a clearing. A few trees and many bushes surrounded the area. There was a dirt floor for them to stand on and some wooden benches (made by the merri men) on one side of the clearing for them to sit in while Regina gave instruction. There as plenty of floor space for the student to move around and practice magic. Grumpy and Nova's twins followed them there that day.
"I see we have some bystanders again," Regina said, noticing their additions to the class.
"We might want to attend," one twin said.
"Our mom only knows fairy magic," the other twin said.
"We'll just watch for day," the first one said.
"Very well," Regina said.
The classmates all stood in a line and class began. They had warm up and Regina began introducing the next lesson.
"Heart ripping is a delicate task. Your goal is to make it as painless for the other person when you rip it out and when you put it back."
Lena raised her hand, "Why are we learning this? It's dangerous."
"I'm not teaching you to crush someone's heart. Ripping out a heart can be for protection, to keep it somewhere safe so you can't be controlled and it can't be crushed. It can also be to make sure you don't have darkness within you." Regina explained. "Would anyone like to be a demonstration?"
No said a word. Everyone looked down. Hope stepped forward after a few awkward moments of silence.
Regina nodded at her as she stood across her. Regina ripped out her heart and showed the class.
"How did that feel?" Regina asked Hope.
"It stung a little." She said.
"When you reach for someone's heart, you want to grab it and pull it out quickly. It takes practice though." Regina went on.
"So we're supposed to be in pain?" Lyra asked.
Henry looked at Zak and shook his head.
"You need to practice. And you'll all be ripping out each other's hearts and placing them back," Regina said.
Regina put Hope's heart back and she went back in line.
They went in teams of two and took turns ripping out hearts. The twins looks scared and left during the session. Lyra and Lena were paired together. Other pairings were Hope and Zak, Henry and Neal.
Lena refused to rip out Lyra's heart. Lyra took out Lena's heart and looked at it strangly. Zak ripped out Hope's heart first. Hope shouted, "Ow!" Regina came by, "Careful Zak! Be gentle." Henry ripped out Neal's heart, feeling confident. Neal gasped but then the pain passed.
In the present, David walked into the station the station that morning after a quiet family breakfast. He unlocked the front doors and entered the building. He walked down the hall and into the main room where the office and the cells were. He looked over at the cell where Lyra was held and stopped walking. He ran back out of the room quickly.
The cell door was still closed but no one was inside. Lyra had escaped.
Lena went into town and saw for herself. Everyone was indoors. She saw a few blinds and curtains move slightly. Residents peeking out to see what she was up to. Lena looked at one woman who quickly ran to her shop's front door and locked it. She flipped the Open sign over to say Closed. When Lena looked forward again, she saw a resident she didn't want to talk to at this time.
Mr. Gold stood before her and made eye contact with her.
Flashback: After their lesson, Henry walked over to Lyra and scoffed at her.
"What is your problem?" Lyra asked.
"You know it's very rude to talk without being called on," Henry said. "And to question my mom. She knows what she's doing."
"You're so desperate to find something against me-" Lyra tried.
"I can guarantee that if I ripped out your heart I would see it for myself. The darkness within you." He threatened.
Lyra pushed him back.
"There it is, that temper of yours," He teased. "Surprised you haven't seriously hurt someone yet."
"I'm no villain. I am a hero."
"Good one." He smirked.
"I saved Melody just the other day."
"Yeah right."
"I did!"
"You're full of it."
"Why don't you just go home, to your wife."
He smirked again and then walked away.
Lyra was strolling down the streets of Storybrooke casually. She spun around happily with her eyes closed and skipped once. When she opened her eyes she saw something that hanged her mood. Her smile faded and her shoulders tensed.
As as stormed passed him, Henry said, "You know you guys have really confused me. You come here all united but now you're always fighting. I think it's because of you." He was standing at the corner of a shop. There was a narrow alley behind him.
Lyra stopped, aligned with Henry. She looked at him with a pissed off looked upon her face.
"Maybe that's why Mary left. Yeah, I heard the footage." He said.
Lyra looked away from him. She started walking away.
"And maybe that's why Melony wanted a way out too."
Lyra stopped and moved her eye around as she thought.
"So desperate she would steal from a pirate when I told her where to find a bean." Henry said.
Lyra turned back around and ran over to Henry. She grabbed his shirt with both hands and shoved him against the wall in the alley. "You told her to go on his ship!?"
Henry tried to break free, to no avail.
"Why!?" Lyra shouted in his face.
"She wanted out. Melony wanted to leave."
"Her name's Melody!" She said in his face. "You did this. You led her there. Yesterday."
"Yeah?"
"He though caught her. He thought she had it. And so they fought and she fell." She said to herself. Her attention went back to him. "You are always trying to mess up everything! You don't deserve this life you have." There was a hint of fear in Henry's eyes.
"What the hell are you doing!?"
Lyra turned and saw the town mayor at the end of the alley. When Henry's mom started going went up to them, Lyra let him go.
Regina drew a fire ball and Lyra backed away smiling. Lyra pointed her finger out. "Ohohohoh. This is it. This is the day." Lyra nodded. She clasped her hands together and laughed. "This is the day!"
Henry stood next his mom. They were both confused and worried.
"What day?" Regina asked.
Lyra gestured as she said, "The day you all learn the truth."
Regina and Henry were distracted by that comment to stop Lyra was disappearing via magic.
Lena and Mr. Gold poof-ed them into a small cabin in the woods. The same cabin where he once hid from the town and formed an alliance with the queens of darkness. He lit the fire in the fire place and made tea with just a flick of the wrist.
Lena and Mr. Gold saw across from each other at the table. Lena took ha sip of the tea and Mr. Gold kept his eyes on her.
"I imagine you know why I want to talk with you. Privately." He said.
Lena nodded.
"So why do you seem so calm?" He asked.
"Well I don't see the cane," she said. She folded her lips when she finished her sentence.
He pounded his fist on the table. "Enough jokes. You broke into my shop. Why?"
Lena looked at him. She was going to say "Well I mean technically all I did was enter" but seeing his face, she changed her mind. "I want to look at your shop. I was curious. The door was open."
"After you picked the lock." Mr. Gold said.
Lena tucked her lips in and then back out. "I didn't take anything."
"Why were you there?"
"I just wanted to look around. I wanted to see if I could recognize anything."
"From..."
"From my home."
He lifted his head up slightly. "And did you find anything?"
"I did."
"We've never met," Mr. Gold said, "How could I have anything of yours? Do I know your parents?"
Lena bit her lip. Damn it Lyra.
"I guess that means yes." Mr. Gold said. "Who were they?"
"They're still alive," Lena said.
"And they're names are..."
Lena finished her tea.
"You're not leaving until I get an answer and we come to some sort of deal." Mr. Gold said.
Lena laughed nervously. "Or..." She poofed away in a cloud of red smoke.
Mr. Gold watched in the utmost surprise as she left. His eyes widened and his mouth was half open. He wasn't shocked because she left. It was something far more intising than that. He realized who she was.
Flashback: Lena, and Hope walked together with Lyra running up to them.
"What took you so long?" Lena asked.
"Henry was being an ass," Lyra said.
"Hey!" Hope said, "Watch they way you talk about our brother."
Lyra shook her head at Hope.
Roland passed by them and Hope left the group, "I gotta talk to him quickly," she said, walking towards him.
Lena and Lyra walked together until Melody showed up and asked for Lyra's help. Lyra quick;y agreed and walked off the path, in anohter direction. She left Lena alone in the trail back to the neighborhood.
A minute later, Zak came up to her said, "Hi!"
"Hi?" She tried to walk passed him but he walked beside her.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Walking." Lena answered.
"To the house? Your house I mean."
"Yeah?"
"Oh cool. I headed there too. Well, next door."
"You're going to your dad's? But you just had a dinner there."
"And now I'm spending the weekend with him. He wants to take me hunting. He can teach me archery. There's something I'd like to learn in class."
"Yeah, that would be nice, I guess," she did as she looked at the ground.
"Are you okay Thumbelina?" Zak asked.
She huffed, "I don't like to be called that."
"Why not? It's your name?"
"How would you like it if I called you Zakaria all the time?"
"I actually wouldn't mind."
Lena gave a weird look to Zak. It was a mixture of confusion and awkwardness.
"So the dance festival is in a week... Would you - are you going with anyone?" Zak asked.
Lena looked at him a bit worried. "Uh, probably Hope."
"I meant more like a date. I think she'll go with Will Perry... Would you," he stood in front of her, "like to go with me?" He looked her in the eyes.
Lena looked disturbed. "What-no," she backed away, "No!"
"Come on."
"No!" Her voice raised. "You're joking."
"I am not. I really want to go with you."
"Why?"
"You're beautiful, good, happy, and you have a little darkness in your heart-"
"Stop it." She warned him.
"-even though to try to ignore it."
"Stop it!" She screamed in his face.
He grabbed the back of her head and tried to push her on for a kiss. She maneuvered away and backed up several feet.
"Stay away from me."
"Lena please, I love you." He said.
Lena shook her head. "You don't even know what that means."
"Yes I do. I feel happy when I'm around you and I think about you all the time and I... I really want to go with you to the dance."
"You're a creeper."
"Lena, give me one good reason why you won't go with me?"
Lena took a step towards him and leaned forward, "You're a monster."
He looked hurt, "Because I accidentally killed a bird?"
"Because of how you came into the world. Your creation is vile."
"That's not my fault."
"But I think it is. That foundation makes you-"
"A villain? Come on. I've heard it all my life. The whispers. The exclusion. Everyone thinks I'm a monstrosity. I thought you could see past that."
"What-because my dad was the Dark One? So was Lyra's mom. And we're nothing like you! I could never love you." She ended the conversation.
At the sheriff's station, David had just finished writing an email warning the Storybrooke residents of the new arrivals. He told them that he wanted help turning them in. If they saw any of them, they were to contact David himself. He sent tech email to everyone in Storybrooke (who had an email).
Lena poof-ed to Lyra which was in the forest, up in a tree.
"Just like old times," Lyra said.
"Nothing is like old times. Nothing is the same without her." Lena said.
Lyra opened her jacket and pulled out something from the inside pocket. "I got this for you." Lyra handed it to Lena.
Lena grabbed the picture and looked back at Lyra. "Where did you find this?"
"I sort of stole it," Lyra said, "But I mean I'll give it back. I just thought you would want to see a picture of your brother."
Lena's chin quivered. "Thank you Lyra."
Lyra nodded and then looked up at the rest of the tree.
"Do you have what you need?" Lena asked.
"In my bag," Lyra said. Her bag was wrapped around her shoulder.
The two girls sat on the tree branch together looking at the ground below them. They were far enough away from the town to not see or hear the panic of the town. Everyone who received the email was either peeking out do their windows or boarding them up.
From where Lyra and Lena were, they could hear the lovely birds chirping and smell mint. After a few minutes of quiet, Lyra said, "I want a funeral."
Lena turned to Lyra.
"For Melody," Lyra said, "Before we go any further."
***Author's note: I realize my updating schedule has been off the past few weeks. Instead of posting on Saturdays, I am posting whenever. That is going to change. From now on I will be posting twice a week, on Mondays and Saturdays (starting this Saturday). Thank you to all my followers for reading this story and I hope you enjoy the last 5 chapters.