Descendants Chapter 19
Episode 11a
**Previously on**
"We need to do it," Lena finished. She stood beside Lyra and they went beside the well. They both helped conjure up something. The bottom of the well was glowing a bright green color. Lena and Lyra both drew a drop of blood from her their finger by pricking themselves with the dagger. Once that happened, the color in the wall turned purple and a huge cloud came above them and the well. The cloud was spinning and making thunderous noises.
David and Killian showed up after the first bit of thunder. Ruby and August were right behind them.
"What are you doing!?" Killian asked over the thunder.
Belle and Mr. Gold showed up at that moment. Regina poofed to the girls. Robin and the merri men had just arrived too. They had their bow and arrows out.
Regina said. "For all we know they could be here to ruin the future."
"Regina, please," Lena said. Lena and Lyra's hands were over the well and an electrical surge was running from them. "I'm doing this for you."
The storm cloud made a lightning sound and seemed to strike down below it. Everyone ducked and shielded their eyes. The stayed down for a few seconds. It was quiet, so it seemed safe to take a peek. Regina was the first to look up, quickly followed by Mr. Gold, (who shielded his wife when the lightning came down, Killian, and Ruby. Everyone slowly stood up and looked at what the lightning made. It wasn't lightning at all. The cloud brought something down. It dropped someone down to Storybrooke. On one knee, wearing all black, hair a mess, head down, she slowly looked up. Everyone surrounding her looked at her in complete shock. The cloud was a portal. A very powerful portal. Kneeling before them was the Dark Swan.
The crowd surrounded their former savior. Regina, Killian, David, Mr. Gold, Belle, Ruby, Robin and the Merri men stood around the Dark Swan, forming a moon shape by the well. Lena and Lyra completed the circle formed, standing beside the well.
The Dark Swan slowly stood up. Everyone around her tensed up and was unsure of what to do. Besides Lena and Lyra, everyone was in shock to see Emma and to see her as the Dark One.
Ruby, Robin, and Belle looked at the others surrounding Emma. No one was taking a step towards her or saying a word.
Killian finally broke the silence and took a few steps towards his love. He reached his arm out to her and said, "Emma."
Right after he spoke, Emma lifted her head up and screamed.
*title screen*
Still surrounding Emma, who stopped screaming, the crowd looked at one another for suggestions. Robin and Belle had to help Ruby back up. The scream hurt her sensitive hears.
Killian had backed up from Emma when she screamed but Regina stepped forward.
"That's really not a good idea," Mr. Gold said.
Regina looked back at him then to Emma. She kept her distance and started talking to her. "Emma, you're safe. You're in Storybrooke with your parents. Your son."
Emma's eyes were looking strait ahead, avoiding looking at Regina who stood to the side of her. She wasn't looking at anyone in particular. Lyra and Lena could only see the back of her. Lyra leaned over to see her profile. She took a step towards Emma from the back.
Before Lyra could see her mom's face, Emma poofed away quickly.
"No!" Lyra reached for her after she was gone.
Everyone else in the forest turned their eyes to Lyra and Lena.
"What did you do?" Regina asked. "You just summoned the dark one!"
"That's still Emma," David said.
"Did that look like Emma?" Robin said.
"Who knows what sort of hell she could have been through in the past 6 months," Regina said.
"We brought her back" Lyra said. Many of them looked at her suspiciously and annoyed.
Lena walked over to Lyra, reaching her arm out to her. She grabbed her wrist and made a gesture. Suddenly there was a magical red cloud of smoke surrounding Lena and Lyra. Regina took a step closer to the cloud of smoke. An instant later, Lena and Lyra were gone.
Lena and Lyra appeared back at the clock tower at the bottom of the stairs. Once the mag smoke cleared Lyra ripped her arm away from Lena, taking a side step away from her.
"Okay," Lena said, "So this is our last night here. We still have to-"
"Find my mom." Lyra said.
"You brought her here." Lena said.
"I didn't get to talk to her."
"We both need to talk to Henry before we leave... Since the truth is out, we might as spend this past day with our family." Lena said.
"So this is where we officially go off on our own?"
Lena glanced at her. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Are you mad that I told them?" Lyra asked.
"They know too much now. We're going to have to erase those memories!"
Lyra sighed, "So we might as well make the most of what time we have left with them."
Lena grabbed her gut. "We have to cast a curse. I know that was your plan all along."
Lyra looked down at the metal ground.
"I found the note." Lena said.
"Have fun with your loving parents," Lyra said. She pressed the elevator door and it started to open.
"Have fun with your charming family." Lena teased playfully. The elevator door closed on Lyra, separating the two.
Lena Gold met her parents at their home. She dressed in a pretty light green dress with a pink belt. She had her hair tied up in a ponytail as usual too.
She walked up to the front door of their home, one step at a time. She still remembered the way to their home. The color of the house stood out too, making it easier to find. Mr. Gold answered the door as soon as her foot reached the top step.
Inside the home, Lena looked around at the decor. The portraits on the walls, the vases, the flowers, the flooring, the aroma; it was all very familiar to her. It brought back nostalgia.
Lena sat at the dining table with her parents, who wouldn't stop smiling at her. Lena smiled back a few times, then it got awkward.
On the table was a salad, mashed potatoes, fruit salad, a whole ham, carrots, yams, and rolls. Lena's eyes widened as she realized how much food there was. "Thanksgiving isn't for two more months," Lena said.
Her parents smiled at her. "We know," Belle said, "We just don't know what food you like, so we made everything."
"I am your daughter," Lena said. "I like a lot of the same things you two do."
They started filling their plates as began their meal. For drinks, there was sparking cider and a pitcher of iced tea. Belle noticed something missing from Lena's plate.
"No ham for you?" Belle said.
"I'm a vegetarian." Lena said.
Her parents looked at her.
"How does that work in the Enchanted Forest?" Mr. Gold asked.
Lena laughed slightly. "You must have so many questions."
"Can you see the future?" Mr. Gold asked.
"No," Lena said.
"How old are you?" Belle asked.
"I'm sixteen."
"How do you like Storybrooke?" Mr. Gold asked.
"It's pretty close to how I remembered." Lena said.
Mr. Gold froze for a moment. "You remember this place?"
"I did spend my first few years here. I shouldn't get too specific."
Mr. Gold nodded.
Belle took another bite of her food. She looked down at her belly. "Hard to believe you're in two places at once," Belle said.
Lena smiled at her mom, "Could I see my room after we eat?"
"Of course," Belle said. They went back to eating their food for about a minute.
"Who is the dark one in your future?" Mr. Gold asked.
"There isn't one." Lena said.
"The darkness is gone?" Belle said.
Mr. Gold shook his head, "The darkness cannot simply be destroyed."
"The dagger is blank. No name is written on it. But hat doesn't mean the darkness is gone. It's just living inside someone else."
Mr. Gold looked at his daughter. "I'm sorry you have to live like this."
"It's fine dad. I have you and Lyra to help with it." Lena said.
He placed his hand on Lena's. "Are we good parents?" Mr. Gold asked.
Lena leaned her head to the right. "Oh, of course you two are. You are the best parents."
Across town, Lyra Jones was with her dad on his ship. He taught her an old board game, in the lower deck and she taught him a card game. They bet each other with candy. They played for a couple hours, until the set began to set. Lyra left to go spend her last night with her grandparents and brother, whom she needed to talk to.
Lyra went to the loft and had dessert with them. They were having ice cream sundaes with fudge, caramel, ten different kinds of sprinkles, creme, and a cherries. It was just her grandparents and baby Neal there. He was toddling around the room. After their fun dessert, they all sat on the couch and started to get serious.
"Will Emma be okay?" Mary Margaret asked.
Lyra nodded. "Um, when will Henry get here?"
"Oh, he's staying with him mom-Regina tonight." David said. "She doesn't trust you or Lena, I'm sorry to say."
Lyra bit her lip. "Does he know?"
"I'm not sure," David said.
"Is there anything you can tell us about the future that won't reveal too much?" Mary Margaret asked.
Lyra put her index finger on her chin and tapped it a few times. "Hmm. Roland has a crush on me."
"What?" Mary Margaret opened her mouth. David laughed too.
"And Regina is our magic school teacher. And we have regular school too. Oh and Henry has a true love out there." Lyra said.
"Who is it?" Mary Margaret asked.
"I can't say. And realm jumping in the future isn't as common as it is here. So enjoy it here while you can." Lyra said.
"Why do we all go back?" Mary Margaret asked.
Lyra tucked her lips inside her mouth and back out. "A final battle results in you all returning home."
Back at the Gold estate, Lena slowly walked up the stairs to her room. Her parents we right behind her. She gingerly touched the railing like an important jewel. Her parents didn't even have to tell her where the nursery was. Lena knew the way. She walked down the hall, second door on the left, just passed the bathroom. She opened the door and saw her room. The room was mostly white. There were green turtles painted around the room. The crib was put together at the center of the room. There were many stuffed animals inside along with blankets and pillows. Lena picked up the stuffed cat animal. It was white and have a pink bow on it.
The sun rose early the next morning over the small town of Storybrooke. To most residents, it was just another day. To Lena and Lyra, it was the day.
Killian woke up in his ship his smile back. He got up quickly and left the ship.
Lena woke up in the guest bedroom of her childhood home. The entire room was fancy from its elegantly painted walls to the artistic rug on the wooden flooring. There was a tall wooden dresser with a TV on the top of it. The queen sized bed had red sheets and many pillows to match. Lena sat up in the bed and smiled to herself. She was the first person to ever use their guest room.
Meanwhile Lyra woke up in her mom's bed in the upstairs of the loft when she heard pots and pans hitting each other. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was the photo of Emma in the frame on the nightstand. Lyra rolled over and looked at the ceiling of the room. She giggled to herself.
Lyra's grandparents made breakfast for four and half. The half was for little Neal. Lyra took her plate and noticed the extra one. "Is Henry coming?" She asked. She didn't seem very enthused about the possibility.
"No, that's for," David looked at the plate and then at Lyra, "your dad."
Lyra pushed her lips together.
At the Gold mansion, Lena smelled the sweet aroma of pancakes and chocolate as she walked down the steps. At the table, there was a tall stack of chocolate chip pancakes. Belle was at the stove flipping over another pancake. Lena sat at the table where her plate was already set. She enjoyed the delicious meal with her family until she realized she would be leaving today.
Lena appeared in the forest at the well an hour later. Lyra was already there.
"There you are!" Lyra said. "I thought I was the one who was going to be late."
"I don't have much time. I told my parents I had to use he bathroom." Lena said.
"This is a curse. We can't rush it." Lyra said.
"I know. I know."
"Do you have the hair from the darkest of souls?" Lyra said playfully.
Lena took out a lock of long wavy hair. "I got this off of Zelena the other day."
Lyra placed it in the well and a Whisp of Magic came up to the surface and then faded.
"What are we going to do for the heart of the thing we love most?" Lena asked.
Lyra said, "We don't need that. We're powerful enough to cast this without taking any lives. And they're not go anywhere, we are."
"It's will take a few hours to cover the entire town." Lena said after they set up the curse.
"So we better say our goodbyes," Lyra said, looking into the well.
"I have to back to the hospital," Lena said. She stepped away from the well.
Lyra closed her eyes and tilted her head. "Wait." She faced her aunt.
Lena turned her head to her. In Lyra's hand, arm extended out towards Lena, was the dagger. Lena looked at the dagger and back at Lyra.
"Do what you have to do," Lyra said to her friend. Her family.
Lena's chin moved and she lifted her head up. Lena took the dagger in her hands and nodded to her niece. "I'll meet you back at the town square." Lena said.
Inside her office, Regina was putting together a tracking spell of three different people. Robin was there too along with Henry. They helped her father all the ingredients.
Henry came back into the room with bracelet from Lena. "Found this at the sorcerer's library. Must have fallen off Lena."
"You took her to the sorcerer's mansion?" Regina said.
Henry faced his mom. "I got the missing ingredient didn't I?"
Robin gave a hint of a smile.
Henry handed over the necklace to Regina and she put it with the Swan necklace that belongs to Emma. "I'll look for Emma and you," she looked at Robin, "can search for Lena."
"What about me?" Henry asked.
"We don't have anything of Lyra's to help us locate her." Regina said.
"But I can still help." Henry said. "And it's not like they're an immediate threat. My Grandparents trust them. They weren't lying about who they are."
"I know they weren't lying," Regina said, "at least not about being their children. I can't trust them. They want to change something about their past-our present and won't tell us."
"Won't tell you." Henry said.
Regina gave him a look.
"I'm pretty sure if we find Lena or my mom, we'll find Lyra with one of them." Henry said.
When Regina and Robin left to search for Emma and Lena, Ruby saw them leaving the mansion. She ran over to the loft, knocking on the door until someone answered.
Finally Mary Margaret answers the door and Ruby walked inside as she said, "Regina put a location spell on them. She's tracking them down. Lena and Lyra. She thinks they're up to no good. We have to find them before she does."
David and Mary Margaret were surprised by the news. "Are you sure?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Yes." Ruby said.
"But she would need a personal item of theirs. Does she have that?" David asked.
"I saw a bracelet, one I've seen Lena wearing at the diner." Ruby said.
"And Lyra?" Mary Margaret asked.
"I don't know," Ruby said.
David looked around the room. He eyes fixated on something: Emma's baby blanket. "We have it here." Mary Margaret and Ruby looked at him, puzzled.
"A personal item. She's our first grandchild. Of course we passed down our stuff to her." David said.
"But we don't need a location spell," Ruby said, "You have me."
Lena poofed into the hospital of Storybrooke. She landed at the door leading to the basement. "Really? I can't use magic to appear in the basement?" She thought to herself. She entered the code in the security system before anyone could notice her. The door opened for her and she entered as soon as it opened up enough for her to fit through. She closed the door behind her by leaning on the door with her back.
Lena walked down the hall of the basement. The plain white walls and flooring made it seem never-ending. Around the corner was nurse Ratched. Lena peeked around the corner and thought of a way passed her. She looked around the room, then grabbed her bag. "The cookies! I can use a magical object. But she won't fall for the cookie trick again. But the nurse didn't remember that." Lena thought. She glanced down at her own outfit. She can't pass for a volunteer this time. No magic can used in these walls - at least not by her. But magical object still work. Lena reached into her bag and took out a small vile with clear powder inside. It drizzled over her and fell downwards. Once it hit the ground the effects were visible - or invisible. Lena was now entirely clear.
She walked passed the severe nurse and down the hall to Zelena's door. Lena took out a something that looked like a part of a safe. Just that object was visible. Lena turned the object, which unlocked the door. "Not all magic is immune here." She as quietly.
As the entered the room , she started to become visible again. She closed the door on them and faced Zelena herself, who was grunting and grab her stomach.
"Finally someone is here," Zelena said. "The baby is coming. Get it out!"
Lena blinked and raised a hand. "None of that." She grabbed something from her bag and threw them at two of the walls. "There. That will sound proof the room."
"Hey aren't you that volunteer? Get the doctor in here!" Zelena said.
Lena smiled with a hint of anger. "She's busy. It's just me."
Ruby and David searched for Lyra around the town. Ruby's trail led them all the way into the forest. Ruby stopped on her tracks and David bumped into her. "Ruby?"
"Her scent. She was here and then..." Ruby said.
"She disappeared." David sighed.
Ruby turned around and narrowed her eyes. "She's back in town." She and David ran back towards the town.
The entire town was in chaos. Everyone was in a panic and the purple could of snore entering the town didn't help calm anyone. Leroy was running down Main Street shooting "A curse! It's heeeeere!" Many residents were running across the street.
Among the crowd was Henry looking for someone. Once he spotted her, he pushed through the crowd to her. He grabbed her arm and she turned to see him. "Lyra." He said, "We need to have a talk. And don't you disappear."
Henry and Lyra maneuvered through the bustling crowd across the street and into a small shop called Any Given Sundae. After he shut the door behind them, he quickly faced her. For once, he really saw her. "You really are my sister."
Lyra made a guilty expression on her face which faded as she said, "So are you scarred for life knowing that you had a crush on your own aunt?"
Henry squinted his eyes and shook his head. "I don't ever want to talk about that again. I can to talk to you, my sister. I never have said those words before. My sister. I have a sister."
Lyra turned away, her chin tucked into her chest.
"How come you treated me like that? I mean you were mean." Henry said.
Lyra scoffed and turned back towards Henry. "Because you deserved it. You never treated me like a sister. To you, I was never a sister."
"What are you talking about? Why would I do that? I'd love to have a sister."
"And you got one. Before you knew about me, you have a sister of sorts. And a brother. Roland."
"Yeah, I do love spending time with that little guy. I do think of him as a brother." Henry said.
Lyra looked at Henry when he said Roland's name aloud. "Well he's not my brother thank goodness." She stood up strait. "You never liked me. You hated me. Everytime I would do anything you just had to say something negative about it. You spread rumors about me. You told Roland we were related so he wouldn't ask me out. I always heard stories about the author Henry, the heart of the truest believer, the Savior's son. Well the savior had a daughter too. And I have saved lives..." She suddenly thought of Melody and how she didn't save her.
Henry's expression read as confused and sad. "I'm so sorry. I can't believe I ever treated you like that."
"I can't even ask you why you did it, because you don't know. Present Henry-or in your case future Henry won't tell me. You never even showed me the storybook."
Henry moved his shoulders to get his backpack off. He opened the big pocket and pulled out the large storybook. He placed it in his hands and showed her.
Lyra held her hands out and touched the hardcover. She opened it up and looked at all the images and stories. She skimmed through the part of the story about Snow White and Charming meeting and falling in love. She touched the pages where the print was and then the images before turning over to the next. "Too bad August can't put our story in here for us"
Henry closed the book and put it back in his backpack. "Why are you taking our memories? Where are you taking us too anyway?"
Lyra went behind the counter of the ice cream shop. The wasn't any ice cream in the slots. The store was cleared out. "I would have liked to have met Ingrid and visit this shop while it was still open. I also would have loved to meet our mom when she was our age."
Henry followed her from across the counter. "Lyra, what is this curse going to do? How are you even casting it?"
"You're not going anywhere, so you can calm down. You're just going to forget me and Lena and Mel and Maryanne were ever here." Lyra said.
"So that last two weeks will just be gone from us. Why are yo doing this?"
"You all know the truth. It's too big a risk to have you remember all that. It will change the future."
"But if I remember, I can know not to treat you the way you say I have."
Lyra looked at her brother. Then there was a loud thunderous noice coming from outside. They both looked outside through the blinds of the old ice cream shop. The curse was coming into town at this point. "We only have an hour left." she stepped away from the blinds. "Maybe less." Lyra went over to the door and left the shop in a hurry.
"Wait-where are you going?" Henry called after her. He left the shop just seconds after she did, but didn't see her in the crowd this time.
Regina, Robin, Ruby, and David went all over the town looking for Lyra, Lena, and Emma. They all came to the same location about the same time. At the docs, they all found each other and decided to call it quits.
"We have bigger things to worry about, like that storm cloud," Regina said.
"Are they taking us to the future with them?" Ruby asked.
"They can't. There can't be more than one of us in any timeline." Regina said.
"How would you know that?" David asked.
"A lot talking to Gold about time travel. Point is, that's not where we're headed." Regina said.
"Then where?" Robin asked.
"We can ask them after we stop this curse from happening." Regina said.
Passed the docs, along the end of the beach, walked Emma's daughter over to where Henry's castle once stood. Lyra walked quicker when she saw who she looking for sitting over there. Lyra slowly walked up to Emma and kneld down by her. "Emma."
The dark swan looked up swiftly and looked at Lyra with an unpredictable sense of mood.
"It's okay. Everything will be okay. Look at me. I'm...I'm your daughter."
The dark swan's expression started to become softer. Emma looked at Lyra and back to her belly.
"I'm from the future," Lyra said. Emma looked back to her. "Mom, I-"
Emma wrapped her arm around Lyra pulling her towards her and them made them poof away.
Emma and Lyra landed in the upstairs of the loft, sitting on the bed. Lyra moved out of her grip and stood up. She looked at Emma and leaned closer. "Why did you do that?"
Emma finally spoke. "I wanted us to talk alone." Her voice was different. It was a little deeper and less warm.
"We were." Lyra said.
"I heard them coming. Regina and the others." Emma said. "How is your life? What is your name? I have no idea what to name you."
Lyra smiled sweetly. "Lyra. And I have an okay life. Well it's...It could be worse."
"I'm not like this for long am I? I mean you don't remember me like this throughout your childhood do you?" Emma asked.
"You weren't a part of my childhood. I grew up in another world. That world you were in."
Emma grabbed Lyra's hands. "I am so sorry. But I don't understand. I'm here now. With you." She touched her stomach.
"Yeah, I brought you here. So I could grow up with you mom."
Emma's face turned serious. "You did what?"
Henry found Regina, Robin, Ruby, and David over by the beach. He ran up to them and told them what Lyra told him. "We're not going anywhere. Lyra and Lena are taking our memories of them. They're going back without a trace." The four other looked at him as he spoke and then over at the storm cloud. "Lyra also said we have less than hour before it comes."
Regina shook her head. "We'll see about that."
Back inside Zelena's room in the hospital basement, Lena was helping Zelena during her labor. Lena gave Zelena a railing to hold onto while she had her contractions. Lena checked and looked at Zelena, "It's almost time. He's crowning."
Zelena constantly screamed and complained to Lena over the passed hour. "Hey girl, how about getting a real doctor in here?"
"Push!" Lena said.
"Aren't there supposed to drugs to help with this?" Zelena said.
"This was your idea. All to get back at your sister. You having any regrets?" Lena teased.
"Aren't you supposed be professional or something? I'm having a baby." Zelena said.
"Just push." Lena said.
Zelena screamed more than pushed but the baby did come out. He was screaming too. Lena picked up the infant and placed him inside a small blanket from inside her bag.
"What is it? Zelena asked. "Boy or girl?"
"A boy," Lena said, starting at him. He was still crying and moving around in her arm.
"Let me hold him," Zelena said.
Lena looked at Zelena and then back to her bag where she saw the end of the dagger sticking out, while still holding the baby.
****This Monday, the story concludes.