Here is the final chapter for the day! I will try and get back to my regular every-other-day posting schedule after this. I hope you enjoy!
CHAPTER NINETEEN- On the way back to the dock
"You look like you've never seen candy before!" Henry snickered at Kendra's fascination with the assorted sweets.
"We have candy, various chocolates and other sugars, but nothing compared to this! How do they flavor all of this? Do they use some sort of magic?" Kendra pulled out an array of colored lollipops.
"No! They make it in factories all over the world. Next thing you'll tell me is that you've never had ice cream!" Henry was practically dying of laughter.
"What's ice cream?" Kendra's eyes were wide.
"Okay, we definitely need to change that. As soon as we meet up with Colette, we'll go and get some, deal?" Henry held out his hand to lock their agreement.
"Deal," she graciously shook his hand.
They stepped onto the dock where The Savior Swan was at port. Kendra stepped onto the gangplank first, leading Henry through the cloaking spell.
"Colette! We're here! Henry agreed to help us!" Kendra removed the disguise spell that she had been using, fluffing out her once again blonde hair. "Colette? That's not funny, come out. Henry, look for her below deck. She should be here." Kendra did not have time for this. She pulled out the case of potions Rumple had given her.
"Nope, nope, ah, here it is," she pulled out a small blue bottle labeled Tracking Potion and put the trunk back in its place. "Henry! Can you bring me something from Colette's cabin? It's the first room on the left. Something that looks personal please!"
Henry came up from below deck with Colette's journal. "Will this work?" Henry handed her the leather bound book. Kendra flipped through the pages to see small sketches of wedding plans and entries about Colette's various adventures with herself, Liam (little hearts adorning his name), Oliver, and Neal.
"This is perfect, Henry." Kendra poured the liquid over the cover of the journal, careful not to ruin any of the pages. The book started glowing, but didn't move from its position.
"No…this is supposed to work! If nothing's happening then…she has to be okay…she can't be…I promised nothing would happen to her…" Kendra choked on her words.
"I'm sure she's okay…" Henry tried comforting his sister.
"IF THIS ISN'T WORKING SHE BLOODY ISN'T OKAY! COLETTE COULD BE DEAD OR HURT OR IN ANOTHER REALM AND I HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS! SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND AND I'VE FAILED HER!"
"Kendra, about two years ago, when my-our mom was helping Elsa look for her sister Anna they used a spell like this. It glows brighter the closer you get to the person you are looking for it. I don't think it would be glowing at all if she was dead." Henry picked up the journal and walked around the deck of the ship. The light it was putting off got ever so brighter the closer he held it towards town.
"Henry you're a genius!" Kendra took the book from him and started speedily walking towards the center of town.
"Um, Kendra, I was just wondering where you got that potion?" Henry stayed at her heels.
"My magic teacher, why?" Kendra responded quickly, she was more occupied with the task at hand.
"Who is?" Henry only knew of a select few that could make a potion of this nature.
"Rumplestiltskin, Rumple, Mr. Gold, The Dark One, Colette's father, your grandfather, The Crocodile, whichever name you personally prefer, mate," Kendra muttered.
"That's what I thought…" Henry murmured to himself.
"Mate, it's pointing towards this way." Kendra turned towards the clock tower. "Rumple has really done his best to change, for Belle and his daughter. I didn't trust him for a long time. I grew up hearing all of the stories from both Storybrooke and The Enchanted Forest about all of the bad things he had done and caused. When I finally agreed to start taking lessons from him, it was hard at first. I couldn't bring myself to listen. One day, I lost control during a lesson and he risked himself to stop me from hurting anyone. I didn't really give trusting him a second thought after that," Kendra opened the door of the library for Henry. "Not surprised to see she wandered into the library."
"That's good to hear. Belle has had a really tough time raising Colette on her own," Henry trotted inside.
"Actually, Colette didn't actually find out that he was her father until two years ago. She has been taking lessons from Rumple since she was nine and a half though." Kendra walked through the doors and nearly dropped the journal.
"We may have a problem…" Henry stood in the entry. There were bones as black as coal strewn about the floor, and what looked like shadows, imprisoned on the walls in a state of eternal suffering.
"COLETTE!" Kendra followed the glow to the center of the library. The light started burning her hands and she was forced to look away, and then there was nothing… "No…no…no…you can't be gone…I need you…I'm alone now…I promised your father…I promised Liam…" Her hands balled up into tight fists, she clenched her jaw, trying to hold back the tears already flowing from her eyes. This was not happening.
"Maybe…" Henry tried to give Kendra hope. That was the last thing they needed to let go of right now.
She whirled around flaunting the journal in his face. "DON'T YOU GET IT HENRY? SHE'S GONE! WHOEVER DID THIS IS GOING TO PAY! NO ONE IS GOING TO STAND IN MY WAY!" Kendra's face twisted into a malicious glare. Her hands glowed red as she vanished into a cloud of black smoke, an earthquake rattled the library shelves. Henry was throttled backwards into the wall by the great amount of energy she exerted.
Henry got up and stumbled out of the library, holding tight to his left arm which had been injured upon the impact. He rushed towards the diner, where it seemed like everything was still carrying on as normal. He burst through the door, collapsing from the grueling pain in his shoulder.
"Henry, what happened?" Regina and Emma rushed to his side.
"I don't think she meant to…she was just scared…we need to find her…before she hurts herself or anyone else…" Henry gasped, fluttering in and out of consciousness.
"Who? Who did this?" Regina tried keeping him away.
"Kend…" Henry's world went black.
Review?