Thunder rumbled deep in Storybrooke the following time. The Spell of Shattered Sight was soon engulfing Storybrooke as Ingrid watched it spread from the forest until she soon had company.
"Well done, dearie. It appears you've won." Rumple said as he approached The Snow Queen.
"That's big of you. A welcome change," Ingrid remarked. "You're usually so confrontational."
"I prefer reasonable," Rumple replied. "I'd like to make a deal."
"You have nothing that I want." Ingrid retorted.
"Well, perhaps I do. This spell of yours, when it hits... In a few hours from now?" Rumple clarified and then asked to make sure.
"Sundown." Ingrid replied.
"Sundown. Yeah," Rumple nodded. "It'll bring out the darkness in everyone in this town."
"It'll do more than that," Ingrid remarked. "They will tear themselves apart until everyone is dead."
"Not everyone," Rumple clarified wryly. "You'll have what you want... You alone with your 'sisters' Elsa and Emma doing who knows what as well as your desired descendant, and I'll be here, too, spending every waking moment of my immortal life trying to rip your heart out."
"It seems you do have something to offer," Ingrid noted curiously. "What do you want?"
"To leave." Rumple demanded.
"Didn't we already make this deal?" Ingrid asked curiously.
"Yes, but I have an eye for a loophole, and I think I've spotted yours. My wife, son, new daughter, and grandson will be destroyed by this spell, so I want you to allow them to leave with me," Rumple explained. "You spare the four of them, I spare you misery. Do we have a deal?" he then added.
Ingrid thought about it before smirking as she decided she would acquiesce to that. "Enjoy your trip." she then told him.
Meanwhile, in the clock tower, Elwin was watching the spell come into town with his binoculars along with some of the adults along with Henry and Dee Dee. "Mrs. Gold was right... Aunt Ingrid really is doing all of this." he then told the others as they took turns to look through the binoculars as the spell got closer and closer.
"The Spell of Shattered Sight." Mary Margaret realized.
"We open the mines and the vault. We take shelter there." David suggested.
"This is magic. It doesn't care about ceilings," Regina retorted. "It's started."
"How long?" Killian queried.
"By sundown," Regina replied knowingly. "By sundown, everyone in this town will start... Tearing each other apart."
"Okay. The answer is simple: Let's not be in town." Emma suggested.
"Can we still leave town?" Elwin wondered.
"Only one way to find out." Emma replied.
Everyone then went over to the town line which was still covered by the infamous ice wall.
"Hardly an elegant solution." Regina snarked since the ice wall was clearly an obstacle for all of them.
"Nothing wrong with brute force if it works." Emma reassured her.
"If we can get over, we can build a frame, take people over one at a time." Leroy suggested.
"David, be careful." Mary Margaret warned her husband as he collected a grappling hook.
"Yeah, yeah." David replied and he soon took a pic-axe and whacked it at the ice wall, but the magic deep inside of it suddenly pushed him back with its own brute force and the wall grew bigger and stronger.
"DAVID!" Mary Margaret yelped as she and the others came to check on him.
"Mr. Nolan, are you okay?" Dee Dee asked her best friend's grandfather softly.
David could only groan in response as he tried to help himself back up.
"Looks like that wall doesn't care much for your brute force." Regina remarked.
Elwin soon looked into the ice wall and approached it as something glimmered inside of it and caught his attention as the ice crackled.
"Elwin, wait!" Elsa gasped in concern for her son.
"Elwin? No, stop. Hey. No!" Emma then said, trying to pull the boy away from the ice wall in concern. "That thing could go off again! Come on."
"Sorry, but I just found something interesting." Elwin said as he then came along willingly once he found a certain necklace.
"What's that?" Emma wondered.
"It's Anna's necklace!" Elsa gushed once she saw what Elwin found. "I thought it was gone. It's like a miracle."
"You're welcome." Elwin smiled as he decided to let her have it.
"Glad you found it, but sentimentality's not worth risking your life over." Emma replied a bit firmly.
"I think that it might be a sign." Elwin retorted.
"I know it is too," Elsa agreed. "It's a sign that we're gonna win."
"Is everyone into this hope thing now?" Regina complained.
"If we're gonna win, we need to stop wasting time," Emma suggested. "Mom, Dad, Leroy, go tell everyone what's going on. When this goes down, everyone needs to be separated from their loved ones if they don't want to hurt each other. Killian go to waterfront to see if we can use boats to get some people out."
"Come along, Dee Dee." Leroy said as he took her hand like she was a little girl again.
"I'll see you later, Henry!" Dee Dee told her best friend.
"Later, Dee Dee!" Henry called back.
"I have to warn Robin Hood," Regina said urgently. "His camp's not far from here."
"Okay, go. Elsa and I are gonna talk to Gold, see if he has any ideas," Emma nodded. "Henry, you come with us-" she was then about to add.
"No. He's with me," Regina interrupted and decided. "I'm his best chance."
"That might not be true. Emma, Elwin, and I?" Elsa replied. "I think we're immune."
"What?" Regina asked in disbelief.
"It's these ribbons," Elwin said before showing them off to the former Evil Queen. "If The Snow Queen wants us to be her sisters and descendant, then the curse won't affect us."
"I think you might be right about that." Elsa agreed with him.
"So I should definitely watch Henry." Emma added.
"No. You're part of this nutjob's plan," Regina reminded Emma. "I want Henry near me as long as it's safe for him."
Emma looked soft and unsure about that as she faced the boy gently.
"It's okay, Mom," Henry reassured her. "I'll be fine with her."
Emma looked soft and emotional before she decided to give him one last hug. "Be careful, kid." she then said softly.
"We gotta go," Regina then said as she took Henry's shoulder, seeing the spell coming closer and closer. "This is happening now."
And so, once that was all said and done, everyone split up. Emma, Elsa, and Elwin soon came right over to the pawnshop for some extra help.
"Any luck?" Elwin asked hopefully.
"No. It appears to be pretty much unstoppable," Ben replied regretfully. "The one thing though that Mom found is there may be a way to undo the effects from anyone it touches."
"That's wonderful." Elsa said hopefully.
"It seems that when somebody's been touched by the spell, that you can use them to undo it," Ben then continued to explain from the book that Belle had found about this. "With a strand of their hair, you can make some kind of counter spell, like a vaccine."
"Aunt Anna." Elwin said hopefully.
"What?" Emma asked.
"He's right..." Elsa agreed. "My aunt said she put me in that urn. I didn't believe her because Anna would never do that..."
"Unless she was under that spell," Elwin added from that. "We have to get to her."
"But you... You still don't know where she is." Ben reminded them.
"No, but now you can help us find her," Elwin countered. "Mother... If you would?" he then prompted to Elsa.
Elsa smiled as she took out the necklace that was found from the ice wall. "You said if I had something of hers, you could use this locator spell. Well, now I have something of hers. Sometimes sentimentality pays off." she then said as she took out the necklace.
"Point Elsa." Emma commented.
Belle then walked in and looked over. "They found an item of Anna's?" she then asked.
"Yeah, Mom. What do you think?" Ben replied and then showed her the necklace.
Belle accepted the necklace and began to look it over. "There's... Mirror dust in this. Actually embedded in the metal." she then observed.
"So we were right. She was under that spell," Elsa concluded. "So if we find Anna, she can save everyone."
"We'll round up the fairies," Belle then said. "They can set up shop somewhere close and figure out how to make the counter spell."
"Thank you. Let's go." Elsa nodded and then urged.
"Elsa, you realize this is a long shot," Emma reminded Elsa. "I was time travelling when I brought you here, and when Anna disappeared, it was-" she was then about to add.
"30 years ago. I know," Elsa interrupted and reassured Emma. "But she's okay. She has to be. And I don't care how old she is. She can save us."
"Okay, then. We're relying on mirror dust and fairies, but now we have a plan, which is progress," Emma remarked. "Let's go find your sister/aunt." she then added to both Elsa and Elwin as they both smiled hopefully.
They soon left the shop after being given the locator spell and Elsa held out the necklace to have Emma pour on what was needed to help Anna at long last.
"My only regret is that I can't find your father this way since we don't have anything of his around here." Elsa told Elwin softly.
"You waited long enough to find your sister, I can wait longer to find him if needed." Elwin said with a sigh, trying to be mature about the situation.
Emma then poured on the spell and the necklace began to glow in Elsa's hand after a moment.
"Is it supposed to do that?" Elsa asked once she saw the glowing.
"Yeah. I know this spell," Emma explained. "It gets brighter as you get closer to your goal. It's how my parents found each other."
Elsa held the necklace out as they left the pawnshop and saw it glowing brighter. "Did you see that? That means it found her, right? She's out there?" she then asked hopefully.
"How about... Yeah. Come on," Emma replied as she decided to lead Elsa who was entranced by the magic right now. "Don't stand here. Let's keep going."
"We're going to the library apparently." Elwin said once he saw where they were being led.
"The library?" Elsa asked out of confusion. "But I've been inside before, and Anna wasn't there."
"The library's... Well, a funny place," Emma tried to explain. "There are all these tunnels underneath."
"You think she could be down there?" Elsa asked as they came to the library and Elwin held the door open for the two women, being a gentleman.
"Regina kept a whole dragon under there for 28 years," Emma clarified. "I'm sure you can fit a small princess, too."
"Yes. Frozen by The Snow Queen," Elsa realized. "That's why we never found Anna."
"But now we will." Emma reassured as Elwin held the door open for them and he went in after they were both inside.
Killian was on the waterfront and watched as the ice wall was growing up on the sea. "No fleeing by boat then." he then noted.
"This Snow Queen is good, isn't she?" Rumple smirked as he was shown to be there and sitting on the bench. "Sit, lad."
Killian looked over and then decided to sit down with him, though his decision was mostly forced.
"Don't forget where your heart lies," Rumple then continued once the adult pirate took his seat while taking out a certain item. "Now I have a job for you. You remember how this works."
"The hat? Not Emma." Killian replied.
"No, no. Not this time. I have a better plan," Rumple reassured him. "Granny's Diner is being onverted into a temporary hive for the vilest of creatures the pious little fleas."
"Pious? The fairies?" Killian asked.
"Just like any flying pests, if you wanna eliminate the infestation, it's important to get them all," Rumple clarified and explained. "Doing so will infuse this hat with enough power to allow me to cleave myself from the dagger and then leave this town with my powers intact, a suddenly urgent undertaking. Now will you assist me?" he then prompted.
"You have my heart," Killian reminded him even though he hated that that had to be true. "You know I can't refuse."
"Indeed, but here's the rub, dearie. My wife has just called to inform me that she and our children intend to spend the day sequestered amongst said fleas," Rumple then said. "So I need you to stand by while I get her out of the way."
"The fairies are working to stop the spell. You're killing the cure?" Killian realized. "You do this, you condemn the entire town, and even your own grandson and children, to whatever happens."
"No, I'm not leaving the young ones," Rumple reassured him. "I will take them and I will take Belle and I will leave this town to its fate."
"But Emma and everyone else..." Killian began to say. "Especially my own son..."
"I don't have time for everyone else and if I have to choose between everyone else and me... 'Me' wins every time," Rumple retorted and smirked. "You can clench your jaw... And flash your eyes all you wish, because it doesn't change the fact... That we're in this together."
Killian sighed as he really did not want to hear that, but he had to put up with it for now.
At the Merry Man camp, Mulan and Lonnie were standing together while Robin was educating Roland about becoming the next outlaw of Sherwood Forest as Mulan taught Lonnie how to become an imperial warrior just like her and Lonnie's father against Shan Yu.
"Is this right?" Lonnie asked softly as she held the sword as tightly as she could in her right hand.
"Loosen up just a little, you want to be able to swing it and hit things, but not get hurt if it's knocked out of your hand." Mulan told her daughter with a smile.
Lonnie nodded and stuck her tongue out as she tried to practice swinging the air with her wooden sword as practice. Mulan carefully corrected Lonnie's hold with a small smile before she watched her swing the sword, making sure Lonnie's posture was good.
"Whoa!" Lonnie gasped and yelped as she nearly fell before she looked over at Mulan with a small smile. "I was close." she then giggled.
"Yes, you were," Mulan smiled to that. She then came over and guided Lonnie on how to hold her weight. "Now just remember, you don't have to be perfect right away, but don't get discouraged if you don't get it at first by practicing you'll get better." she told her.
"Yes, ma'am," Lonnie nodded. "Someday I'm gonna be brave and strong just like you."
Mulan smirked a little to that. "Well, don't try to be exactly like me, but you will be strong and brave~" she assured warmly.
Lonnie nodded before she bowed to her mother in response before she tried to hold her sword again the proper way this time. Mulan took in her form and nodded as it was better.
"Good?" Lonnie asked hopefully.
"Very good, Lonnie." Mulan praised.
"I learned from the best just like Yi-Min with Uncle Yao." Lonnie told her with confidence.
"You're sweet." Mulan chuckled warmly with a smirk.
"I'm amazing." Lonnie nodded, playfully boastful.
Mulan chuckled to that.
Lonnie soon planted her wooden sword down for now before putting her fists up. "When do I learn to fight?" she then asked.
"You're not ready yet, you're still out of balance~" Mulan smirked and gently pushed her daughter.
Lonnie looked wide-eyed as she almost stumbled before she giggled. "I'm trying, remember?" she then added. "I'm not exactly doing professional sword-fighting in school besides fencing with Jay."
"I know~" Mulan chuckled warmly.
"I'm the best." Lonnie smirked.
"Humility is a good thing, you are doing good, but you shouldn't go around bragging, little warrior." Mulan advised.
"Oops. Sorry." Lonnie blushed.
"Just remember for next time, little warrior." Mulan advised with a chuckle.
"Yes, ma'am," Lonnie replied as she bowed to her mother. "And besides, I can't be as worse as Chad."
"Yes, that boy definitely needs his own lesson in humility," Mulan agreed. "You seem a little distracted though. Is something on your mind?" she then asked.
"Well, I've been seeing some posts from school..." Lonnie sighed as she started to say. "Someone took some pictures of Elwin hanging out with Enid almost like they were a couple or something."
"Who is posting these? And you should ask your principal to take them down?" Mulan asked protectively and then suggested.
"No, Mom, it's an online post like on the phone..." Lonnie sighed as she tried to explain. "It's complicated, I think I'll be okay though... I don't think Elwin would do that, but... I don't know..." she then turned away lightly.
"...Little warrior, if you want to stay here after The Stone Dragon helps bring us home when the time is right, I won't be upset," Mulan said softly. "After all, you're from another timeline and so am I, but if you come with me, we can always start over."
"I'll think about that a little, Mom, but I'll be fine..." Lonnie reassured before blushing. "Elwin was probably just helping a friend in need. I'm not jealous or anything."
"I see..." Mulan said softly before sighing. "I know what it's like to be around someone you feel deeply passionate about and you end up getting your heart broken when you want to tell them something very important, even if they didn't mean to hurt you. It just seemed to be very poor timing."
Lonnie looked curious about what her mother meant by that until they suddenly had company.
"Excuse us, Mignon-" Regina began to say.
"Mulan." Evie, Henry, and Lonnie all corrected.
"Yes, that's my name." Mulan chuckled, amused how they all said that and nodded.
"Right. Sorry," Regina said. "Uh, is Robin Hood around? I need to speak with him." she then requested.
"Ah, yes, he's with his little outlaw at the moment." Mulan nodded as she gestured to the back.
"Thank you." Regina said before she went that way right away.
"Would you all like to stay a bit?" Mulan asked Evie and Henry. "We're just about to have some dumplings because I think Lonnie needs them."
"I am a little hungry." Lonnie admitted.
"Thank you, uh, Miss Mulan, but we're just passing through and passing some urgent news along that I'm sure Mr. Hood will tell you too." Evie replied.
"Thank you anyway." Henry added.
"This sounds serious." Mulan remarked.
"It really is," Evie nodded. "It could change the fate of Storybrooke as we know it."
"Tell me... What's this?" Robin quizzed his young son, taking out an arrow. "What is this called?"
"An arrow." Roland stated confidently.
"Yes. And where does this go?" Robin nodded and then asked.
"Flight." Roland then said.
"Flight, yeah," Robin nodded before looking over. "Mulan? What is it?" he then asked the warrior woman who approached him.
"Queen Regina wishes to speak to you right now." Mulan stated urgently.
Robin nodded before facing his son. "Stay right there," he then told Roland who did as he was told and soon the outlaw came to see the Queen. "Regina." he then greeted her.
"It's happening. You and your men need to scatter," Regina warned him, looking concerned about the camp since they were Merry Men after all who fought, especially Mulan who was an honorary Merry Man. "All together like this with all these weapons? You'll kill each other once the spell hits."
Robin agreed before he called out. "Will! Will Scarlet!"
"There's no need to yell," Will groaned as he crawled out of his tent. "I'm just here, Robin."
"Emergency. Break camp." Robin commanded with instructions.
"Right then. Come on, little man." Will said as he began to go along with Roland, obeying orders as needed.
"We best go too, little warrior." Mulan said to her daughter.
"Yes, Mom." Lonnie agreed.
"Why don't you go help?" Regina suggested to Henry and Evie.
"Sure, Mom." Evie agreed as she walked with Henry to help out the Merry Men as Regina stayed behind while everyone else began to get prepared for their next big adventure against this spell.
Robin was about to join them until he saw Regina giving him a certain look. "What? Is there something else?" he then asked her softly.
"No. I'm just trying to memorize you like this." Regina replied as she looked him deep in the eyes.
"Like what?" Robin asked out of concern. "Nervous and alarmed?"
"No, with love in your eyes," Regina explained with a small smile. "I told you what this spell is going to do."
"Maybe it won't." Robin said as he put his hand on her shoulder.
"It will," Regina insisted. "The only people who believe in me in this town are Henry, Evie, and you. The thought of you looking at me the way everyone else does, with... With hatred... That just might kill me." she then added emotionally.
"Stop thinking. We're here now, and this is true." Robin promised as he gently held onto her in comfort and love.
And so, the outlaw and Evil Queen shared a tender kiss on the lips with each other as Evie looked soft and hopeful for her mother.
Soon, Elwin, Elsa, and Emma came closer into the library and were in the tunnels and ended up deep in the mines where the dwarves often worked.
"It's brighter. There. There!" Elsa said as she pointed out anxiously until they had to suddenly come to a stop and she began to feel confused and frustrated. "What? No. How can there be a barrier? Look how bright the glow is. She must be practically right on the other side. Anna, are you there?!" she then called out, hoping to hear from her sister.
Sadly, there was no answer as Elwin brought out his cell phone and used the flashlight on it. "I don't understand," he then said. "If Aunt Anna is through here, then why would we be blocked by this?"
"Look at this dust. It just recently fell," Emma pointed out. "All the new ice spiking and earth shaking that The Snow Queen's been doing must've caused it."
"I can move this." Elsa then suddenly said, going to use her magic.
"Uh, I'm not sure that's a good idea." Elwin said, trying to stop her.
"Why not?" Elsa asked him.
"As much as I enjoyed our last cave-in, I don't wanna do it again." Elwin told her.
"Neither do I." Emma agreed.
"But she's right there!" Elsa reminded both of them apprehensively.
"Then we'll find another way." Emma reassured Elsa.
"I sure hope so." Elwin added from that, concerned about his mother's behavior since they were so close and yet still so far away.
Meanwhile, in the upper floor of the library, Elsa, Elwin, and Emma gathered everyone else around so that they could plan and regroup from there.
"Sure, me and the guys can clear the tunnel," Leroy said once a plan was offered. "We'll have to work careful, but we can do it."
"Let's go now." Emma suggested.
"Excuse me." David said as he went to answer his cell phone as it started to ring.
"Look at this mess," Regina scoffed at the sight of the map. "A good mayor checks that these things are kept up to code."
"Yeah, well, if the mayor only has to worry about one villain, and it's herself, that frees up a lot of time for infrastructure," Mary Margaret remarked. "I've had other issues."
"Uncle Leroy, how long to clear the passage?" Doug asked.
"Couple of hours, maybe. We can get right on it," Leroy guesstimated. "Call your dad."
Doug nodded as he would do just that.
"That's wonderful." Elsa said softly.
"We don't have a couple hours. Have you guys not been watching the clock?" Regina reminded Leroy. "It'll be sundown before you munchkins finish."
"We're dwarves, Madam Mayor." Doug corrected nervously.
"Like I care." Regina scoffed.
"Mom." Evie frowned at that.
"Let's just blast through and take the risk." Leroy suggested.
"That was Belle over at the diner. It turns out they can possibly make the counter spell even if we don't find Anna," David said as he came over to the others after hanging up his cell phone. "They can pull the mirror dust out of the necklace and try to use that."
"It's exactly the same?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Almost. It'll take a little longer," David explained gravely. "The process is difficult and... It will destroy the necklace."
"So the necklace can either save all of us or Anna." Evie realized.
"No. It can do both," Elsa reassured them. "We have time."
"We don't," Regina countered. "Exploring these tunnels could take days."
"So what'll it be, folks?" Leroy asked the others as it seemed like they had no real choice. "Save the town or find the sister?"
"This shouldn't even be a conversation," Regina said. "If we don't get the necklace to the fairies right now, we and all our loved ones will be hit by this vicious spell. It's one woman's life versus a whole town."
"Maybe we just haven't found an option where we don't have to lose anyone." Emma suggested.
"Mm, you're talking like a hero." Mary Margaret commented proudly.
"Yes, like all you Charmings always do, but right now that's not your job," Regina rolled her eyes. "You're more than heroes. You're leaders, which means making the tough choice where someone has to lose, and you have to say who."
"I agree with Regina," Mary Margaret then admitted. "You're right."
"Yeah, I heard it, too." Emma added.
"I guess sometimes the thing about being an adult is deciding what's best for the most people." Evie commented.
"Yes, and sometimes it's not easy," Mary Margaret said to her. "We need to give this town its best chance."
"I'm so sorry, but we have to let the fairies destroy that necklace." David then said.
Elsa looked heartbroken at that as she stepped further away from everyone else.
"We need that necklace to help," Doug said to Emma. "Maybe you could talk to her?"
"Yeah, a lot of good that'll do me." Emma muttered in disbelief and she soon came over to talk to Elsa as the other woman stood in the corner, alone and sad since this was a very rough time for her right now with being so close in finding her sister.
Elsa then gave up the sack that had Anna's necklace in it to Emma who then brought it over to her parents. Elsa and Elwin then took the elevator and went back to the tunnels though Elsa had something in her closed hands. Elwin decided to come along with his mother for emotional support since she clearly needed it right now.
The fairies were hard at work at Granny's Diner as Mother Superior guided Jane since the teenage girl had to learn about this. Suddenly, they were given some company.
"Hi, guys. Do you have the necklace?" Jane asked as she came over with a hopeful smile while the older fairies worked as hard as they could.
"It's right here." Emma said, taking out the small sack she got from Elsa.
Jane smiled as she accepted it and then emptied the sack before looking confused.
Mother Superior came beside Jane and saw that the item wasn't a necklace. "It's pebbles from the mine." she then noted.
"What?" Emma asked in disbelief and shock.
"Where is it?" Mary Margaret demanded.
"She tricked us so she can use it... To keep tracking down her damn sister! Her son was probably in on it too," Regina realized and concluded before she scoffed to herself. "I should know better than to trust blondes by now."
"We should go back and get it." Emma suggested.
"Uh, I think it might be too late to do that." Ben said as he came with his mother and foster sister.
"He's right." Belle agreed.
"Too late? Already?!" Mary Margaret asked out of shock.
"By the time you get back here, yes," Belle explained. "Without Anna being here physically, there's no way to make a counter spell in time."
Suddenly, everything looked grim and hopeless for all of them.
"Time for a hope speech? Virtues of blind faith?" Regina suggested wryly since she knew how the heroes could be most of the time when it came to a snag.
"Well, it seems Elsa's blind faith is exactly what's screwing us right now." Mary Margaret retorted as she sounded very much unlike herself at the moment.
Regina looked wide-eyed. "Coming from you, that's just terrifying like whenever Evie does get angry." she then commented.
"Evie's been angry?" Mary Margaret asked in surprise.
"It's very rare, but yes, and she looks just like me when she's upset." Regina nodded.
"I don't even wanna imagine that from such a sweet young girl coming from someone so-" Mary Margaret began to say until Regina gave her a sharp look in deadpan. "...Maybe I shouldn't finish that thought." she then said with a nervous smile.
"Well, I'm not giving up," Emma suddenly said. "I know she's down in the mines looking for Anna. I'm gonna go help Elsa find her."
"Well, then go, because right now that's our only shot." David advised.
Meanwhile in the tunnels, Elsa continued to run with the necklace as it glowed.
"I really don't like tricking everyone else." Elwin said to himself as he followed her.
Suddenly, the elevator was heard coming down and out came Emma at an almost instant. "Elsa!" she then called out.
"I'm sorry! We have to try this!" Elsa replied urgently. "Come on, Elwin!"
Elwin sighed sharply and soon used his powers along with his mother's to try to break down the wall. Fortunately, the barrier was slowly breaking down and eventually, there was a new door out of the tunnels and they ended up in another part of Storybrooke.
"Huh. I can't believe that actually worked." Elwin said, surprised but not in a bad way.
"The beach?" Emma realized as Melody and Piper were both seen in the distance together, seeming to be having a swimming date "That map couldn't have been any more wrong."
"I don't understand. She should be here." Elsa said, frantically looking around for her missing sister.
"Elsa, I'm sorry," Emma frowned as she came beside her. "Magic isn't always perfect."
"So even though it's still glowing, because she's not here, it means..." Elsa began to say wearily as she stared down at the necklace.
"The search is over..." Elwin realized as he closed his eyes. "I guess 30 years is too long of a time."
"You think something's happened to her?" Elsa asked them both hopefully. "And this has all been a mistake? Elwin, please, you have to believe in me like you believe in The Guardians."
"I think we need to deal with the problem in front of us right now," Emma replied regretfully. "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too, Mother," Elwin added softly. "Sometimes a story doesn't always have a happy ending and sometimes we need to grow up and accept that."
"He's right." Emma agreed.
Elsa shook her head as she walked by the shore, hanging her head sadly as she didn't want to believe this. Elwin backed up and kept away from the water as the waves crashed around.
"I'm sorry, Emma, but I still have faith," Elsa suddenly said, trying to stay strong and positive. "I still believe she's-" she then stopped because something happened that made her feel even worse.
"What?" Emma asked since they suddenly stopped.
"Oh, no..." Elwin frowned as he looked at the necklace. "It stopped glowing."
"I'm sorry." Emma said to Elsa and Elwin in sympathy.
"She's really gone," Elsa said gravely as her search suddenly came to a stop in a way that she wasn't hoping for. "This was my present for Anna for her wedding. It was among my mother's things, but to us, it was new. And I turned it into the last gift I ever gave her." she said emotionally as she looked down at the necklace.
Emma looked over as the spell came closer and closer. "Elsa, I'm so sorry, but it's almost sundown That cloud is gonna hit any time. We have to go," she then said softly and urgently. "Everyone's gonna turn on each other, and something tells me that being immune to the curse is not gonna stop them from attacking us."
"I failed. I deserve to be attacked. This... This is all I have left of Anna," Elsa said emotionally. "Now I'll never know what happened to her."
Elwin frowned and he stepped away briefly since he knew he couldn't say or do anything to help right now.
"Anna, wherever you are, whatever happened to you all those years ago, I'm so sorry I didn't find you," Elsa said as she stared out into the ocean while holding onto the necklace. "I still have faith. I know you're out there somewhere. I won't give up hope. I just wish... I wish you were with me now."
"Elsa, come on." Emma said, going to take the other woman away from the beach as the spell came closer.
Elsa looked over at her before looking down at the necklace as it glowed suddenly.
"...Something's happening." Emma said as she looked around and felt something strange.
"Do you think it's my aunt's spell?" Elsa wondered.
"I don't know." Emma replied.
Melody suddenly came out of the water.
"Whoa, you okay there?" Piper asked the ebony-haired girl in concerned.
"There's some kinda magic down there, I don't know what it is, but it seems like a miracle." Melody replied.
"Hmm..." Piper paused thoughtfully.
"Hey gang, what's going on?" Elwin asked as he decided to give Emma and Elsa some space after what just happened.
"Melody found something down there." Piper explained.
"Found something? Like what?" Elwin wondered.
"I don't know, but it seems like it's box-shaped." Melody said with a small shrug, not really sure how to explain it.
Elwin suddenly thought about something. "Get out of the water!" he then cried out.
"WHAT?!" Piper and Melody asked.
"Come on, let's move!" Elwin told them as he rushed closer to the sand around where Elsa and Emma were.
Melody and Piper both looked unsure and soon Piper took Melody's hand and rushed away from the water with her. Some sort of portal opened in the water and everyone was pushed right back onto the sand. Everyone groaned as they were pushed suddenly and soon looked by the water and saw a box on the shore.
"I think that's what I saw." Melody said as she pointed out the box to them.
"What is that?" Emma wondered.
The box rattled a bit and it soon opened. A couple of people crawled out of it, gasping for air and panting. They appeared to be a redheaded young woman with her hair in braids and there appeared to be a man with dusty brown hair as he joined her.
"Who are they?" Piper wondered.
"...I think I might have an idea." Elwin said softly.
"Anna? Anna!" Elsa called out as she rushed over to the young woman right away.
"Elsa!" The young woman replied as she beamed, though she shivered a little.
"Anna! Oh! I couldn't find you!"
"I was looking for you! I put you in an urn!"
"You missed your wedding!"
"It's okay! We're here!"
"But you're still young!"
"We were frozen!"
"For 30 years, apparently." The man stated as he came to join them.
"How did this happen?!" Anna wondered.
"How did you get here?!" Elsa added.
Emma looked down at the necklace curiously. "It's like you wished it." she then suggested.
"My necklace," Anna said as she realized something. "It was the Wishing Star!"
"This is an amazing miracle, but it is a cold miracle, and we're all wet, so..." The man said as he shivered along with Anna.
"Yes. If we can get Anna back to the fairies right away, she might be able to stop the spell." Emma suggested.
"Wait. There's something I have to do first." Elsa said and she suddenly came over to her long-lost sister and hugged her right away. "Come over here, Elwin." she then said.
Elwin looked over and then decided to join in on the family reunion. "Hello, Aunt Anna." he then greeted.
"Aunt Anna?" Anna repeated curiously with a small smile.
"It's a long story." Elsa said with a light chuckle.
Elwin smiled all around as things seemed to be wrapping up nicely for them. A bottle seemed to wash up on the shore and it seemed to have something inside of it as Melody came by and decided to pick up the bottle since it seemed important.
"Well, buddy, I guess I'm your Uncle Kristoff." The man said to Elwin.
"Nice to meet you." Elwin said with a small smirk.
"Likewise." Kristoff smirked back.
They soon left the beach and went down the street to rush over to the fairies as the spell came closer. Anna and Kristoff were soon brought up to speed over what was going on and it was a lot to take in, especially since they were in Misthaven and lost for three decades with no one knowing where to find them or how to get them back to Elsa and Elwin.
"So this spell can't affect Anna because it already got her once?" Kristoff asked on the way down the street.
"Exactly." Emma nodded.
"And the three of you?" Anna then asked Emma, her sister, and her nephew.
"We're immune," Emma replied. "It's a long story."
"We... We just gotta hurry." Elwin advised.
"What a funny-looking world." Anna commented to her sister.
"Right?" Elsa agreed.
They soon left the beach and went down the street to rush over to the fairies as the spell came closer. Anna and Kristoff were soon brought up to speed over what was going on and it was a lot to take in, especially since they were in Misthaven and lost for three decades with no one knowing where to find them or how to get them back to Elsa and Elwin.
"So this spell can't affect Anna because it already got her once?" Kristoff asked on the way down the street.
"Exactly." Emma nodded.
"And the three of you?" Anna then asked Emma, her sister, and her nephew.
"We're immune," Emma replied. "It's a long story."
"We... We just gotta hurry." Elwin advised.
"What a funny-looking world." Anna commented to her sister.
"Right?" Elsa agreed.
In the diner, Jane and Mother Superior were finishing up the potion.
"You've done very well, my dear." Mother Superior smiled proudly.
"Thank you, I learned from the best." Jane smiled back.
"Oh, you~" Mother Superior chuckled warmly.
Suddenly, their joy was cut short as lightning struck all around. The other nuns screamed and ran all around as this terrified them. Mother Superior held onto Jane as they hid behind the kitchen counter and looked over as the other nuns were getting sucked away by some sort of force.
"Go hide, my dear, I'll try to handle this." Mother Superior whispered to Jane.
Jane nodded and soon went to try to hide somewhere safe. Mother Superior crawled and panted heavily, hiding away from whatever was going on. Once the lightning stopped, she thought maybe they were safe and she soon came to the end of the corner only to be stopped by a certain adult pirate.
"I'm sorry. I truly am." Killian whispered as he held onto Yen Sid's hat and soon sucked Mother Superior away next.
"No..." Mother Superior whispered before she shrieked as she was the hat's next victim.
Jane suddenly crawled out and looked around as she heard Mother Superior's scream. She began to feel very lost and alone since not only Mother Superior was gone, but all of the other fairies she had grown up with in the convent.
Killian looked the most regretful about his actions when he saw that Jane was all alone like that as he held onto the hat and he decided to just let her go rather than take her along with the other fairies. "Go." he then urged her quietly.
"W-What?" Jane asked.
"Go," Killian repeated, a bit sharper but still quiet. "Go while you still can."
Jane blinked as she wiped her eyes, feeling very sad and confused as she then stood up and began to leave the diner. Killian watched her go and then decided to hide from his shame before the others would come and see what happened to Mother Superior and the other fairies.
In the meantime, the others made it into the restaurant only to find the inside in ruins.
"What happened here?" Elsa wondered.
"What do you think? The Snow Queen." Emma replied.
"What does this mean?" Anna wondered.
"It means that even with you here, we can't protect everyone." Elwin said with a frown.
"So what do we do now?" Elsa wondered.
"Prepare for the worst." Emma replied gravely.
Everyone then agreed and left the diner, trying to think of something else to do.
They soon ended up in the sheriff's station as Emma rushed urgently to her parents. "Mom, Dad, we're running out of time. You said you had a plan." she then said to them urgently.
"Kristoff?" David asked in shock.
"David?" Kristoff replied.
The two soon laughed and reunited in a friendly way.
"You cut your hair." David remarked.
"So did you!" Kristoff agreed and chuckled.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you two know each other." Elwin smirked to himself.
"Who doesn't know a stranger in this town?" Emma rolled her eyes in response.
"I see you brought your lovely fiancée. Joan?" David then greeted Anna, but didn't say her actual name oddly enough.
"Joan?" Kristoff asked out of confusion.
"It was a... Code name." Anna explained bashfully.
"Hang in there, Joan." Elwin smirked at Anna.
"He has quite the sense of humor, doesn't he?" Anna asked Elsa.
"I think that he gets it from his father." Elsa chuckled and nodded.
"David, I like you short hair," Anna then said to the former pauper turned into a prince until she caught herself and felt like she was being insensitive. "Not that I didn't like it long or that I thought it was-It's good to see you." she then sighed and decided to say something nice instead of rambling on and on.
"Likewise," David nodded until he realized that introductions were in order. "This is my wife Snow, our son Leopold, but we all call him Leo, and our daughter Emma."
"Wait. What?" Anna asked out of confusion since David, Mary Margaret, and Emma all looked like they were the same age. "How can she be your daughter?"
Kristoff looked like he was wondering that himself as Anna made a very good point about that.
"It's a long story like me and the other descendants," Elwin piped up. "Once we survive this curse, I'll be happy to tell you all about it." he then said to his long-lost aunt and uncle.
"Right, just after the plan is set," Emma agreed until she looked over and then prompted her parents hopefully. "The plan. What's the plan?"
Mary Margaret then suddenly walked over to the sheriff's desk and picked up the keys in her free hand while holding Baby Leo in her other hand. "This is the plan." she then explained while showing the keys and headed to one of the cells.
"What?" Emma asked, feeling concerned and curious.
"You and Elwin and Anna and Elsa are the only ones immune, so the rest of us need to protect ourselves." Mary Margaret explained as she held out the keys to her daughter.
"You might wanna try that desk, old friend," David suggested and pointed on his way to the other cell door. "It's sturdy. Cuff keys are in the top drawer."
Elsa nodded as she then went to the desk and opened the drawer to bring out what would be needed.
"I'm not locking you in there." Emma countered with wide eyes.
"Yes, you have to." Mary Margaret urged Emma while keeping the keys out for her.
"We won't be able to hurt anyone from in here." David added in agreement.
"Take the keys, Emma." Mary Margaret urged her daughter.
"I don't know what's gonna happen. I don't know how long it's gonna last. I don't know what's gonna happen to me," Emma frantically said to her parents. "I mean, what if... What if you starve to death in there?"
"No, Emma, you're gonna fix this thing, and then you're gonna come back and save us." Mary Margaret reassured her daughter.
"You think?" Emma asked softly.
"We believe in you." David promised.
"Please," Mary Margaret smiled, looking sweet, nice, and friendly as much as she could one last time. "Now you know Henry's in a safe place, and Regina, Evie, and the others can take care of themselves."
Emma really didn't want to, but she soon sighed and relented as she locked her parents in jail. "What about the baby?" she then suddenly wondered.
"No, don't worry," David reassured her as they thought of that too. "Leo won't be with us."
"Who's gonna take him?" Elwin then asked.
"You are," Mary Margaret said softly as she then handed over her infant descendant to her grown descendant. "We don't fear your magic, Emma. It's what's gonna allow you to take on The Snow Queen and win."
"And when you do, you'll be right back here unlocking these doors." David added.
"We trust you. And Henry's right," Mary Margaret said warmly. "You are special, and you are going to use that specialness and save both of you."
Elsa looked between everyone, feeling so touched at how kind and helpful these parents were while her parents raised her to conceal her powers, especially when she and Anna were very young before their parents' untimely deaths harmed everyone inside and out. "You have wonderful parents, Emma." she then said emotionally.
"I'm sure that I do too." Elwin said softly to Elsa.
Elsa sniffled and then hugged him suddenly, patting him on the head as she could really feel their bond being strong then.
"I know." Emma admitted, trying not to be too emotional but this was a wild experience for her to consider.
Suddenly, a certain pirate came in. "Swan? A word." he then prompted.
"Elsa, can you hold my brother?" Emma asked The Snow Princess softly since she knew she couldn't give her brother right back to their parents.
"Of course. It's okay." Elsa said as she suddenly took a hold of Baby Leo as comfortably as she could.
Elwin looked wide-eyed and suddenly an image just an across her head like a split second of something that felt like it was from a long-forgotten dream. "You are the most adorable baby in the world!" he then heard in Elsa's exact voice echoing through his mind as he could see her looking right down at him with a very proud, yet tired smile.
"I wouldn't say that~" A darker, unknown, creepy voice said in response before worrying Elsa, but Elwin was suddenly back in the sheriff's station before he could get a satisfying answer or name or face to that voice.
"What are you doing here? You know what's about to happen." Emma asked and reminded Killian as she didn't want him to be part of this, especially of what it might do to poor Harry.
"Aye. I know," Killian admitted and nodded before he explained mostly why he was here. "I just needed to see you. Before I chained myself to the dock for the protection of all, I... Needed to see you one more time.
Emma shook her head, trying not to cry but she was already emotional enough as it was. "Killian, I'm not... A tearful goodbye kiss person," she then said, sniveling until she knew that she would probably need it right about now and she soon jumped in and gave him a big kiss on the lips. "But maybe just this once."
The kiss wasn't very long, but it felt worth it every moment it happened. The two held onto each other and tried to gather each other's embrace while they had a very tight time it as Father Time waits for no one when it came to the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, or century as everything happens just as it is supposed to according to his clock, especially if one is very tardy to "Mr. Cogsworth's next history lecture" which feels like it lasts for beyond the hours while it's only seconds to that man.
"Goodbye." Killian said softly and soon suddenly left after that since there was no time to dawdle.
Emma watched him go and then began to feel a lot more feelings for the pirate than she would like to admit and she soon came back to accept the responsibility of looking after her baby brother. "Okay. she then told Elsa once it was time for her to take back Leo.
Luckily the baby boy was asleep at the moment and completely unaware of what was going on all around him which probably made him one of the lucky descendants not to experience their families suddenly turn on each other in a way that ruins precious childhood memories from Storybrooke since very few of them had Enchanted Forest experience except until after Neverland.
The thunder rumbled closer this time which told Kristoff one thing. "Not long now." he then said as this was the big moment.
Anna looked out the window as she came closer to the blinds to see that it was very true. "Sadly, it's not our old friend Thor, but it still looks like one more adventure together." she then told the others with a neutral look on her face since no one was really prepared for this.
Mary Margaret looked between her beloved, then her children, and soo took David's hand to brace herself for impact. "Here it comes." she then said breathlessly.
Meanwhile, Regina led her children into her office, but had to talk more with Henry than Evie right now.
"Henry, I am so sorry," she then said to her son, feeling very remorseful. 'I should have stayed focused on Operation: Mongoose, but Robin Hood... I... I let my heart pull me elsewhere."
"Operation: Mongoose is not over," Henry reassured her. "We are gonna find the author. You will be happy.
"First, we have to survive. Now listen to me carefully, Henry," Regina reminded him before letting him know what was going to happen for the next while. "I'm going to seal this place. You're going to be locked in, but more importantly, everyone else will be locked out."
"Don't be scared." Regina reassured them.
"We're not, Mom." Evie said bravely.
"Emma and Elsa will fix this," Evie added. "We have faith.
Regina sighed and hugged both of her children warmly one last time. "I wish I was as brave as you," she then said to them. "Evie... Your father would be proud."
Evie sniffled and wiped her eyes at that.
"Now go. We'll be okay, Henry then said as he ended the hug sooner than he would like. "Really, go."
"I love you." Regina told them tenderly.
"We love you too." Henry and Evie replied.
"So, Evie, where are you gonna hide?" Henry asked.
"I have my own idea and good luck, I just hate that I can't be with you right now." Evie said softly as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"I know, I wish Dee Dee were here too, but Leroy said that she and Doug would be better off in the mines." Henry added.
"They would be, especially since I only saw Doug angry once and that was enough even for me," Evie nodded. "Good luck, Henry."
"Good luck to you too, Evie." Henry replied.
Evie then looked emotional before giving her little brother one last hug and a sisterly kiss on his forehead like when he was a baby.
Regina then went to leave and go seal her office with her magic after that was said and done.
"Where to now?" Robin pondered.
"My vault. And you need to get as far away from it as possible," Regina explained and then warned him. "It's dangerous even being around each other now. We're moments away."
"It's okay. Roland and Marian are locked away somewhere even I don't know," Robin remarked. "Henry is safe in there. I'll go and chain myself to a tree in a minute... Unless you want me to come with you." he then added before looking hopeful about the second part.
"No, no, no, no, no. I need to seal myself in that vault," Regina shook her head and warned him.
"To keep people out?" Robin guessed.
"No..." Regina sighed. "To keep me in and Evie's really growing as her own person and spreading her wings besides just being The Mayor's Daughter or The Evil Queen's daughter who is friends with a Dwarf. No, she's willing to do anything to help her family and people she really cares about, who knows what this curse might do to her after I get the way I become?" she then added.
"Regina, I'm not afraid of you." Robin reassured her with a small smile.
"But you've really... Really should be." Regina appreciated that, but she still wanted him gone since this would be for the best.
Evie soon went through some old things and eventually took out something that was very old. It was an old tiny castle that was a playhouse that was made for her at her 6th birthday party as a gift from Graham. She looked at it emotionally as she remembered she usually hid in there as a child whenever things would get rough or if she and Ben would try to run away from home together and just ended up staying there and even tried to live there by sneaking the jar of cookies in the kitchen when they felt like their parents didn't love them anymore. She then took a deep breath and used her own magic, concentrating very hard and soon magic shot out of her palms and the castle playhouse suddenly began to grow and expand in size so it would be enough for her to hide in away from the spell and she made sure to have plenty of food, water, and her sketchbooks in case inspiration struck.
"Hurry inside, children!" Lotus was heard telling Jay, Enid, Gil, Carlos, and Carla.
"Are you sure this spell won't affect you?" Jay asked her in concern. "I mean, it's supposed to hit mostly the adults."
"I should be fine, Jay, as far as I'm aware I have no connection to Misthaven, but I'd rather stay here and look after you all while everyone else is split up." Lotus replied.
"You're the best, Miss Lotus." Gil beamed.
"Thank you." Lotus smiled warmly.
Suddenly, Dude started barking.
"What is it, boy?" Jay asked Dude. "Timmy fall down a well?"
"Jay..." Lotus sighed and shook her head at that.
"I think he's trying to tell us something," Carlos commented. "I wish we could talk to Dude like Snow White talks to animals."
"That would be nice," Carla agreed until she looked over. "Oh! It's Jane."
Jane sniffled and wiped her eyes as she was shown to be coming their way.
"Jane?" Carlos frowned as he came over to her in concern. "Jane, why are you here? Aren't you and the other fairies trying to help stop The Snow Queen?"
"I'm sorry, it's such a long story, can I stay with you guys?" Jane asked emotionally.
"We don't have time to discuss it, come inside right now." Lotus replied as she ushered the kids inside as sunset drew closer and closer.
"Thank you." Jane said while wiping her eyes.
The others looked very concerned to see Jane so sad right now. Carlos was the most concerned about her of the bunch however.
At the sheriff station, the thunder rumbled closer and closer and it was soon moments away from sundown.
"Never let go." Mary Margaret told her husband.
"Hey. Don't be afraid. You know, we share a heart, and nothing can come between two halves of one heart," David reassured her strongly. "These are just precautions. No spell is strong enough to break what we have."
Everyone soon waited for the spell as silver snowflakes fell all through the town. Emma tried to protect her brother and soon, the Spell of Shattered Sight fell upon Storybrooke with no one knowing what would probably happen next, especially with the descendants. Neal, Goldie, and Koda even saw this from their window, looking curious until they all faced each other but suddenly had other things on their mind besides curiosity.