"But how can we be sure that it wasn't Gold, we can't trust him at all." said Nico.
"I told you, I have his dagger, there was no way that it could have been him." said Belle.
"I'm with Belle." replied Regina.
"You are?" asked Rachel.
"As much as I would love to accuse Gold for this, it would get us no where. It isn't him."
"How do you know, Regina?" asked Emma.
"The smoke colour, the colour of your smoke determines who you are on the inside, mine is purple for example and Gold's dark red and never in magic's history has it ever been possible to have changed."
"But mine has and Gold's has before."
"But you nor him were at will. The smoke is an indicator of the magic aura inside of you. Your magic and personality can change and that can change the smoke colour but you are not in control. The smoke colour was green."
Everyone eyed Zelena.
"What?" she asked. "It wasn't me!"
"I'm with her, she has no reason to have the blade." said Regina.
"So what if it wasn't Gold, who else could it have been?" asked Mary Margaret.
"The villain most certainly." replied Alabaster. "We know she has magic as she trapped us in Storybrooke so she must be able to at least teleport objects."
"And we already know her location," said Henry. "'Go to the land where stories are untold where the blade is at capture' which must be the Land of Untold Stories."
"And that would be a perfect place to stay hidden." said Emma.
"You've been there before?" asked Alabaster.
"Well, not me specifically but basically, yeah, we know the place." replied Henry.
"Then I will have to kill her," said Mr Gold.
"You're suddenly on our side now when you have no power. Who would have guessed?" said Nico, sarcastically.
"No, dearie, that was before she stole from me! Rumpelstiltskin takes and has power over others, not the other way around. She is in possession of the very power to take me down and that makes her a far greater threat to me than these... demigods."
"Well, it's going to be taking more than that." said Regina.
"Whatever do you mean? I will just rip her heart out and that will be the end of it."
"Seems you don't know what we have concluded who she is."
"And why should I care?"
"Because she's just like you... a Dark One."
"Impossible, the only Dark Ones that still live on is me, Miss Swan and the pirate."
"You are a Dark One?" asked Rachel.
"Long story short, we were Dark Ones." concluded Emma. "Gold is the only one with the powers of the Dark One."
"Indeed it will stay that way and it is that way." said Mr Gold.
"Well, actually, that would make total sense." said Rachel.
"Indeed it does," said Mary Margaret. "When Rachel told the prophecy, it said, 'For thee blade shall reunite from its stray'. We suspected it was Mr Gold but he isn't in possession of the blade."
"And in order for me to recite another prophecy in Storybrooke, I have to have the previous one to finish. It makes total sense." said Rachel.
"And Dark Ones can locate the dagger and perhaps Excalibur as well, so she would know its precise location in order to swipe it." said Emma.
"It makes sense, logically." said Belle.
"I agree." said Henry. "As Mom said, it would be a perfect place to stay low where no one can find her."
"Okay! Let's say that if any of what you're saying is true... we cannot go to the Land of Untold Stories." said Mr Gold.
"And why not?" asked Regina.
"I thought that this was rather obvious, but I shall explain anyway. This Dark One has done the unthinkable, something which no other Dark One has done before (apart from me) and she is in possession of the thing that can control her. She has so much power and no weakness in sight."
"I agree too, she is using her magic upon us and never before, she must have already revealed herself to the realm." said Belle.
"Which means that she is now in control of the Land of Untold Stories." said Emma.
"But why now?" asked Regina. "Why does she choose to reveal herself now and not before? What has changed?"
"Hyde is dead," said Zelena. "He was in control before and now that he is dead, she took control."
"Which means that he must know something valuable against her." said Emma.
"And I believe that we only have five beans to use, if we waste two to get there and return, it would just be a waste. We need to also be 100% sure that we are right on this." said Belle.
"So... we're going to the Underworld?" asked Nico.
"Yes... we are." said Regina.