Chapter 32: Olympus

Royal Castle, Wonderland

After returning to Storybrooke from the Underworld, Will Scarlet and Anastasia quickly said goodbye to their dear friends. Wonderland had just been through a massive invasion by Hades' demons. They needed to get back there. Cyrus used his magic to send the two of them back. Now they could focus on rebuilding Wonderland, their wedding, and the birth of their child. Ana was still only a few weeks pregnant, but she wanted to be married to Will before their baby was born. Their wedding plans were put off by Hades' invasion of Wonderland, but now they could resume planning. However, tonight they were both tired.

"We keep getting separated." Will said. "First by Cora, then Zelena, then Cersei."

"And not a single one of them could keep us apart." Ana said.

"Once we get married, I'll be the White King." Will said. "That's a weird title."

"You get used to people saying 'your majesty' very quickly." Ana said.

"What should we name the baby?" Will asked.

"Let's focus on the wedding first." Ana said. "We've still got a kingdom to rule."

"I love you." Will said.

"I love you too." Ana said.

Storybrooke

It was still night in Storybrooke. Alice, Cyrus, Sophia, Taj, Rafi, Emma, Regina, Mary Margaret, David, Hook, and Maleficent appeared on Main Street. Will and Ana had returned to Wonderland. Alice and Cyrus were still heartbroken over Sophia, who was quite distraught herself. Hades had aged her to be sixteen years old so that she could takeover as Goddess of the Underworld in a few years. He also gave her the ability to control her immense power. Fortunately, Cyrus and his brothers killed Hades. Unfortunately, they could not undo what was done to Sophia. The group was about to split up, but suddenly Belle came running out of the pawn shop.

"Help!" She cried. "Someone please help! It's Rumple!"

Everyone then ran down Main Street and entered the store. They found Mr. Gold lying on the floor. His eyes were open and he was breathing heavily.

"What happened?" David asked.

"I'm dying." Gold said. "Without the Author, there's nothing that can save me."

Maleficent then walked up to Mr. Gold, bent down, and stood in his face.

"You're not going to die with the knowledge of where my son is." Maleficent said. "You're going to tell me. You've already said that my daughter is in Massachusetts. Where is my son? Tell me Dark One. You owe me."

"Very well." Mr. Gold said. "Your son...is in...Camelot."

"Thank you." Maleficent said as she backed away from the dying man.

Rumple then closed his eyes. He was still breathing.

"I've been reading about a way to save him without the Author." Belle said as she picked up the Sorcerer's Hat, which was sitting on the counter next to the Dark One's dagger.

"What is it?" Alice asked.

"We need to rip out his heart. Then, we need to cast a special spell that will release the dark power from Rumple's heart and put it into the hat." Belle said.

"I'll do it." Rafi said.

"Here it is." Belle said as she opened a book.

Rafi looked at the spell. Then, he bent down to Rumple and ripped out his hear. It was as black as coal. Rumple was the Dark One for longer than anyone else. His heart was filled with more powerful dark magic than any other Dark One before him. Rafi then cast the spell. Soon, a large black magic energy was released from the heart and absorbed into the Sorcerer's Hat. Rafi then placed the heart back inside Rumple. Although the darkness was now gone, his heart was still damaged from all those years of evil. Rumple did not wake up, at least not right away. However, the dark power was too great to stay inside the magic hat. The dark power soon erupted out of the hat, flew around the room, and then flew out the door into Storybrooke. Everyone fled the room to follow it, except for Belle, who chose to stay by her husband's side. The entire group ran into the streets. Emma was holding the Dark One's dagger and was planning on using it to stop the dark magic.

"Wait!" Sophia yelled. "Hades gave me knowledge on all kinds of magic, including the magic of the Dark One. If you use the dagger to absorb the dark power, then you will become the next Dark One."

"Emma you can't." Mary Margaret said.

"Yes I can." Emma said. "If anyone can avoid becoming evil it's probably me. No offense to Regina or Maleficent."

"She's right." Regina said. "She's the savior. She's made of the purest light magic. The darkness and evil is more likely to consume myself and Maleficent, given our histories."

"Let me do it." Cyrus said.

"No." Emma said. "Your family has been through enough as it is. That's the last thing you need. I will be fine. I have to do this."

"Be careful Swan." Hook said to her.

The dark power then flew around again. Emma held up the dagger. Soon, the dark power consumed Emma entirely, forming a black tornado in which she was at the center. Then, the black magic disappeared. Then, the Dark One's dagger was the only thing that remained. The name Rumplestiltskin had disappeared from it. It was replaced by the name, Emma Swan. Suddenly, a cloud of green smoke appeared in front of the dagger, revealing Zelena with her green skin and black dress. The Wicked Witch then picked up the dagger.

"Zelena!" Regina yelled as she stepped in front of everyone else. "You give that to me right now or we will kill you!"

"No you won't." Zelena said. "I command you to let me take the dagger."

Everyone in the street suddenly found that they were paralyzed and could not move. They could only move their mouths.

"What's happening?" Alice asked.

"Tell them Regina." Zelena said.

"I made a magic deal with Zelena." Regina said. "It was the only way to get the Vorpal Blade and stop the Jabberwocky. In exchange for the blade, I made a magic deal saying that at one point, I would be powerless to stop Zelena from doing something. Apparently, now is that moment."

"So why are we all paralyzed and not just you?" Taj asked.

"Regina asserted herself as your leader when she stepped forward and threatened me." Zelena said. "If you attacked me, you'd be doing what she wanted, which cannot happen because of our deal. So, you are all powerless to stop me."

"What do you need the Dark One for?" Regina asked.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Zelena asked. "I'm not telling you what I want or where I'm going. See you next time sis."

Zelena then disappeared in a cloud of magic smoke. Once Zelena had away gone, everyone became un-paralyzed. She took the Dark One's dagger with her. Emma Swan had now become the Dark One and she was being controlled by the Wicked Witch.

"We have to find her!" Mary Margaret yelled.

"No." Cyrus said. "There's something more important. I can feel it. My new powers. I can feel her coming and she's bringing an army."

"I feel it too." Rafi and Taj said at the same time.

"As do I." Sophia said.

"Well we don't all have the power of the gods." David said. "So one of you better tell us what's more important than finding my daughter!"

"Who is coming?" Hook asked.

"Cora." Cyrus said. "The Queen of Hearts is coming here. She's on her way. She's going to destroy Storybrooke."

Olympus

In the royal bedroom, Zeus and Hera were sound asleep. Suddenly, both of them awoke as if they had just had a nightmare. Zeus' white hairs were becoming more noticeable amongst his brown hair and beard. He was getting older, but was still the youngest of his brothers. His wife Hera, a truly beautiful woman with brown hair and brown eyes, was also thousands of years old, but looked to be in her forties. The two powerful gods looked at each other.

"Did you feel it?" Hera asked. "It happened again."

"I know." Zeus said. "Hades is dead."

"First Poseidon. Now Hades." Hera said. "What are we going to do?"

"We never really did get along." Zeus said. "I can't even remember the last time the three of us were together. Hades practically avoided me altogether once our son Hercules went missing all those years ago."

"Zeus." Hera said. "This is serious. Two of the most powerful gods are dead."

"Then we combine our power and we avenge them." Zeus said. "I will find out who did this to my brothers and then they will pay."

Suddenly, the door to the bedroom opened and in walked Hercules. Zeus and Hera had not seen their son in decades. He looked just as young as he did when they lost him. They assumed he was dead. They didn't know that he was Hades' prisoner all this time. Zeus and Hera then immediately jumped out of bed and hugged their son.

Massachusetts

Cora and her army were driving on the highway north through Massachusetts on their way to Storybrooke. The small army traveled in jeeps with their weapons. Cora and Victoria were riding in their own private coach bus. Inside the bus, Cora and Victoria were each sitting on a couch across from each other. Suddenly, a cloud of green smoke appeared on the bus. Then, Zelena appeared.

"Zelena?" Cora said.

"Surprised to see me mother?" Zelena asked.

"No." Cora said. "I knew you survived my attempt to kill you."

"You mean with this." Zelena said as she showed the Dark One's dagger to her mother.

"Why does it say Emma Swan?" Cora asked. "Did you come here to kill me? You must have come from Storybrooke. You used magic there to appear here, but now, you don't have any magic, just like me."

"If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead." Zelena said. "I need to go to Camelot and I need my slippers to do it."

Victoria was still wearing Zelena's slippers. So, Zelena walked up to Victoria. Alice's twin then stood up to fight the Wicked Witch. Zelena only giggled. She took the dagger and stabbed Victoria in the stomach with it. Victoria then fell back onto the couch as she put her hands over the wound to keep from bleeding out. Zelena then forced the slippers off Victoria's feet and put them on herself, all while Cora sat on the other couch and watched.

"Why don't you just kill me now?" Cora asked. "You hate me and without magic, I can't escape death this time."

"You're going to Storybrooke to destroy everyone, including Regina." Zelena said. "I suppose I can always kill you after you're finished."

Zelena the clicked her heals and disappeared in a cloud of magic smoke.

"Help me." Victoria said as she took off her jacket and used it to apply pressure to her wound.

"No." Cora said. "You don't have the slippers anymore. You're of no use to me. Whether you live or die is no concern of mine. I'll be in Storybrooke in a few hours. Then, I'll have my magic again."

Camelot

Zelena appeared in the forest outside Camelot as she held the Dark One's dagger. It was her new mission to speak to the powerful Sorcerer, Merlin. She was unaware that Jafar was also in the forest near Camelot with the same goal. They both hoped to see Merlin before the heroes discovered they were in Camelot. Dark times were coming, and neither of them wanted to be left in the dust

Olympus

Zeus and Hera spent an hour talking with their son Hercules. He told his parents of how Hades tricked him into being a prisoner in the Underworld for over two decades. He told them that it was Ursula who killed Poseidon and was now the Goddess of the Sea. He also told them of how Hades' four sons killed him and now Hades' youngest son Iago became the new God of the Underworld. Hercules then went to bed. He was very tired after all. Zeus and Hera then returned to their bedroom to discuss further.

"I am happy that my brother's reign of terror as God of the Underworld is over." Zeus said. "But that does not mean Iago, Ursula, and their allies can go unpunished. It is a serious crime to kill a God."

"So what shall we do?" Hera asked.

"We do what I had planned to do before." Zeus said. "We avenge my fallen brothers."

THE END. Thank you all so much for reading. The final installment in this series, "Crossing Worlds 4: The Final Adventure" is up. As the title suggests, it will be a grand finale. So far, the series has been to Storybrooke, Wonderland, the Enchanted Forest, Agrabah, Arendelle, Neverland, Victorian England, Oz, Camelot, the Underworld, and Olympus. The final story will feature all of those worlds (some in much more detail than before) as well as other new worlds. Old and new characters (gods and mortals) will be featured and new problems will arise. Cora begins her invasion of Storybrooke. Zelena and Jafar try to find Merlin in Camelot. The Wicked Witch controls the new Dark One, Emma Swan. Maleficent will find her daughter Lily in Massachusetts and her long lost son in Camelot as well. Will and Ana are given a special mission. Zeus and the Olympian gods wage war against those who killed Poseidon and Hades, putting every world in danger. Will Rumplestiltskin and Victoria live or die? Find out! Thanks again for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it so much. Thanks again! :)