Descendants 16
Chapter 16
Episode 9b
"Do you want me to poof her to us?" Lena asked. They were standing at the beach, hidden from view by the forest.
Lyra shook her head. "No." She walked into the ocean. When half her body was in the water, she dove in.
Lena waited as Lyra swam farther out. Lyra took a huge breath and went back under water.
Several minutes later, Lyra came out of the ocean with Melody's body in her arms.
The two girls went over to the graveyard with Melody. Lyra dug a whole in an empty space while Lena looked at the headstones. Lyra made a casket appear with magic and had Melody placed inside. The casket have one side open. Lena found the headstone she was looking for: Neal Cassidy. She knelt down on one knee in front of it. Across the graveyard, Lyra made their clothes be black and gave them each a dozen black roses. Lena left a rose for Neal's grave before joining Lyra.
Melody lied in her casket wearing a floral dress with a collar that hid her wound. Next to the casket was a headstone Lyra created:
Melody Fisher
Beloved Daughter and Friend
"No year?" Lena said.
"I can't exactly do that. Enchanted Forest doesn't have years. And she died in the past." Lyra said.
Lena stepped aside for Lyra to begin her speech.
"Melody was...She was a very determined girl. She was loud mouthed and funny and loyal. So loyal. She was more than a friend to me. She was like a sister." Lyra said. Lena looked at Lyra in disagreement. "All she wanted to was to save her family. A family is probably still wondering where she is." Lyra started crying.
By the trees bordering the graveyard, Robin Hood saw them. He was with Little John. His friend said, "It's those girls. Let's get them."
"No John," Robin said. He extended his arm out in front of John. "It looks like they need a moment."
Little John and Robin looked over the two teenagers mourning the loss of a friend.
"We're not going to let them go are we?" Little John asked.
"No, but we are going to give them a chance to finish up here before they get arrested." Robin said. "Go get the merri men. Tell them to go get David. Come back here, in case. That should give them enough time."
The funeral continued while the Merri Men ran into the town. "I knew we were going to be great friends," Lyra said, "when you became my roommate. And the night I saved your life, I knew we were destined to be in each other's lives." Lena looked confused by that statement. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. I'm sorry I wasn't there to save you this time." Lyra started to cry again. "it was my fault my dad killed you. He thought you stole it but it was me. I took it and he thought it was you."
Lena wrapped her arms around her niece. "No it's your fault. It's no one's fault."
Flashback: Lena woke up on the middle night to tabbing at the window. She got up and noticed a slip of paper was slid in the window. She opened her window to read the folded note:
Lena,
Meet me at the tree. Our usual spot a soon as you get this. It's an emergency.
- Hope
Lena put on her boots and a jacket before climbing out the window. She jogged over to their tree holding a lamp. The village was completely silent. Everyone was asleep. All the lights were out in all the homes. The only light Lena had other than her lamp, was from the moon.
She called, "Hope. Hope?" While shining her light. The shinned the light up on the branch where they usually sat but no one was there. She lowered her light and circled the area. Hope has to be here. She left the note. She had a head start. She saw Hope standing by the tree, terrified. There was someone standing behind her holding a knife to her throat.
"Zak!" Lena gasped, "What are you doing?" She almost dropped her lamp upon the sight of it.
"My father never loved me. He tolerates me. But he loves her. He even loves Henry more than me. And my mother, well she taught me a thing or two about magic. I've been holding back in classes to avoid showing off." He was talking like a maniac.
"Zak," Hope said.
"Shut up!" He held the knife closer to her.
"Zak, let her go," Lena lifted her hands parallel to the ground.
"You took away the light in my life," Zak said, "You rejected me."
"That's how I feel. I can't change that." Lena said.
"Shut up! Now I'm going to take away your light. Your best friend. The precious hope of the HoodMills family. I'm a HoodMills too! You never loved me either," he said to Hope. "I would crush your heart, but that's not as fun as watching you bleed."
Lena could feel Hope's fear.
"Please don't do this Zak. I'll go to the dance with you," she shouted with a high pitched voice.
"Oh, is that all I had to do to win you over?" He said. "It's too late." He frowned at her and moved his blade around Hope's neck swiftly.
"Noooo!" Lena screamed and fell to her knees.
David and Mary Margaret stormed into the forest with the merri men. Ruby followed them. The ran through the woods in pursuit of these two teenagers. They were on their way to finding out the truth.
"You will not be forgotten." Lyra said at the graveyard. Then she gasped. "We can't bury her here."
"What?" Lena asked.
"She has to be buried back at her home. She deserves to be back home. And we have to tell her parents what happened, after we save them. We owe her that."
Suddenly, they heard rusting in the forest and a lot of footsteps. Lyra wiped her tears and made Melody invisible. She changed their clothes back into what they had on before.
David, Mary Margaret, Ruby, and the merri men all came forward. They all had weapons drawn, except for Ruby. Robin and John stepped forward as well.
Lyra and Lena put their hands up.
Flashback: Zak poof-ed away, leaving Lena to grieve over her best friend. She held her in her arms and spoke incoherently. Blood staining her nightgown, Lena gently held her in shock.
After several minutes of replaying the scene in her head, witnessing her best friend get killed before her, Lena spoke in an undertandable manner. "No no no. I can fix this. I-I can uh..." She stood up,"I can fix this."
She ran to Lyra's cabin and woke the girls up. They likens at each other, confused. "Lyra!" She called. Melody gave a look and turned on her stomach. Lyra got up and went outside.
"What's going on Lena?" Lyra asked.
"We have to bring Hope back to life," she blurted.
"Back to life? She's not dead." Lyra said.
"Yes she is. Zak killed her. But we're going to fix it. Before anyone else finds out."
Lyra started to cry.
"There's no need to mourn. We're going to save her." Lena said.
"What are you talking about?"
"A resurrection spell or a re-do curse. Something. Somehow we will save Hope."
"So what did you have in mind? A heart split?" Lyra asked as they left the shed and walk down the trail.
"No, her heart wasn't crushed," Lena said.
"What did he do with her heart?"
"He did do anything to her heart. He...stabbed her. Let's not talk about it. We're going to undo it."
Lena went back to Hope's body and hid it in the bushes. Lena went back to her home and stayed up all night, looking for a way to save her. Heart split - only of the heart was crushed. Resurrection - life for a life. Lena thought about using Zak for the trade but the trader has to be willing, not forced. Trip to the underworld - too risky and too time consuming. She came across "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and got an idea.
"A time travel spell?" Lyra asked.
"Rabbit can take us there. To Storybrooke 2015, before they left to come here and just before Zak is born." Lena said.
Lyra thought about it. Zelena was pregnant while Emma was gone as the Dark One. This could be her chance too. "I'm in. What do we need?"
"Just like that?" Lena asked.
"I want to help. I want to fix this." Lyra said.
"So what do we need to enact a time travel spell? I don't know we're we can find a brain, sword, and heart..." Lyra said. She looked sweaty and a little dirty. There was a stain on her shirt.
"We're not making a spell. We're going to use Rabbit." Lena told her. She didn't notice Lyra's uncleanliness.
"Why would you want to go there?" Rabbit asked Lena and Lyra when they visited him with Maryanne. It was early morning by this time.
"Because we want to see what it was like." Lyra said. "I've never seen Storybrooke."
"And you can travel there. To when it did exist." Lena said.
Maryanne realized Will could be there, at that time. "Rabbit, are you ready to travel?"
"It's been three weeks. I think I can handle it," he said confidently.
Lena, Lyra, Maryanne, and Rabbit met up in secret in a small classroom for the entire day, preparing for their journey. The girls went back to grab a few things. Lena wore her friendship bracelet from Hope and stared at a photo of them. Maryanne changed into her adventure outfit and grabbed her bag with her EF and Narnian clothes. Lyra looked at her Golden Compass and decided to leave it behind. Melody asked what Lyra was up to, but her response was, "I'll explain later."
The four met up back at the classroom ready to go.
The rabbit dug his hole in the ground after explaining, "Don't jump until I say it's ready. You'll have a short window of time to jump, so don't hesitate. This isn't ideal for me, so it's taken a lot of energy to dig. And so many of you are going through with luggage."
Lena was wearing her green dress with a white top and her hair in a high pony tail, holding a small bag. Lyra wore her usual pants and shirt with a brown vest with a small bag. Maryanne wore her adventure outfit and a small satchel.
Meanwhile, someone was walking over to the school, hearing all the commotion. It was a young person, wearing cotton kapris and no shoes.
"Once the four of us go through, it will close, unless you take too long to jump," Rabbit said inside the building. The hole started to open and he told them to wait. The hole took up almost the entire room and was spreading. "Now!" he shouted.
Lena jumped through first and Maryanne turned to the rabbit before falling in backwards. Lyra tossed her bag in and turned her head to something she saw in the corner of her eye. The door to the room was opening.
"What are you-WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Melody asked, holding on to the door handle.
"This doesn't concern you!" Lyra shouted above the noise of the swirling portal.
"You lied! You found a portal and you didn't tell me!" Melody said.
"Mel this isn't about-"
The hole expanded and Melody's grip on the handlebar failed. She fell through the portal and Lyra slid into the portal with her.
The portal closed, leaving the White Rabbit alone in the room, stunned by what had happened. Fearful he said, "Oh no. Oh no no no," he ran out of the room.
Inside the sheriff's station, David quickly put the anit-maigc cuff on Lyra. Both girls were sitting on the desk.
"Really?" Lyra said. "You know you should make more of these actually."
David, Mary Margret, Ruby, Regina, Killian, and Robin were in the room with Lena and Lyra. They surrounded the two girls.
David took Lyra and Lena's coats and emptied their pockets. "I see you've been steal from us too." David said. He held up the article about Emma and the photo of Emma and Neal.
"We were going to give those back," Lyra said.
"Oh yeah right," Regina said. She rolled her eyes.
"Still think we can trust them?" Mary Margaret asked Ruby who glared back at her.
"Why aren't there any people here who are on our side, besides Ruby?" Lyra asked.
"She is the only one on your side," David said, "if she even is anymore."
Lena said, "That's not true. Granny is on our side."
"And Astrid and Leroy. Oh and August." Lyra said.
"August?" David said.
"And maybe even Lily, which would mean Maleficent too." Lyra said.
"Stop it," David said. "You're caught."
"You said this was the day you tell us the truth," Regina said.
Belle and Mr. Gold entered the room. "We heard the news," Belle said. Mr. Gold looked at Lena.
Lyra looked down. Lena saw her and closed her eyes. She bit her lip and then said, "You can tell them."
Lyra looked up quickly her face lit up.
"You're sure you've thought this through," Lena asked.
Lyra nodded and hugged Lena quickly. Lyra put her handed together and towards her mouth. "Oh where to start. What to say. Wa-wa-wait. Wait. I got it. I got it." Lyra said.
The adults in the room wait for her to tell them.
"So I have magic right," Lyra said. "Guess who taught me? Come on guess."
The adults looked around the room. Ruby and Mary Margaret looked at Mr. Gold. Everyone else looked puzzled.
Lyra leaned forward. "Regina."
All eyes went to her. Regina said, "No I didn't. She's lying obviously."
"Okay let's see, What else is there?" Lyra said to herself.
"Just say it!" Lena said.
"Fine." Lyra stood up. She walked over to David and Mary Margeret. "Look at me. Closely. Do I look familiar to you?"
"No," David said, "We've never met you before. Unless you've taken away our memories."
Everyone looked at Lyra as if they believed that.
Lyra stepped back. "Wow. I mean I know you two didn't get to raise your daughter but I thought you two would still know her."
"What is she talking about?" Robin asked.
"I have no idea," David said.
"No more riddles," Regina said.
"Start making sense," Robin said.
"My last name is Belaqua. I mean that's the name I grew up with, until I found out the truth. My real name is Lyra Jones."
All eyes went to Killian.
"You're saying you're related to him?" Mary Margaret said.
"Good luck with that," Regina said.
"Why didn't you just say so?" David asked.
Killian said, "Whoa whoa, wait a second. So you're like my sister?"
Lyra lifter her arms up like he said something stupid and went over to Killian. "Woah, I'm getting Deja Vu." She said. "Look at me."
Killian made a face similar to the one he'd made when he first met her in the Enchanted Forest. He looked into her eyes. His eyes. "Hi," he managed to say.
"Hi," Lyra said. She was smiling back at him sincerely.
"What is going on?" Ruby asked.
Lyra turned to face everyone in the room. "We're from the future. I'm his and Emma's daughter."
Everyone looked a mixture of shocked and confused. Lena bent her head down.
Lyra saw her. "Oh and guess who she is."
Everyone in the room was still trying to deal with the bombshell.
Mr. Gold stepped forward. "You're ours." Belle looked at him and back at Lena, who was afraid to face them.
Lyra spun around the room and did a little laugh. "This was so worth it."