Ch.70: Heroes and Villains
It was a cold day. Snow, Kristoff, Anna, Elsa, Katherine, Henry, and Hook stood where the ice wall was.
“Wow. That’s a lot of ice,” Anna commented.
“And It’s time for it to come down,” Elsa replied.
Elsa approached the wall and used magic to bring it down which, this time, worked.
“Okay. Now can we go back home?” Anna asked, skipping towards the line.
“Stop! Don’t take another step!” Katherine warned. “That’s the town line.” Katherine then went to stand by Anna whom had stopped at the warning.
“Right,” Anna said. “But I wanna leave the town. Didn’t I just say that?”
“The wall may be down, but I sense that some of Ingrid’s magic remains.” Katherine reached her hand out and there was a barrier on the line. “Yeah. There’s a protection spell on the town line.”
“So, how do we get back home?” Anna asked.
“Well, walking there won’t get us there anyway,” Elsa informed Anna. “We’re in a different realm.”
“We need to find a portal. Or magic beans or something,” Katherine told them.
“Okay. Now I’m lost,” Kristoff said, not understanding.
“Well, then let’s get one of those things. We have to hurry,” Anna told her.
“We don’t need to rush. We need to be careful. Arendelle will still be there while we figure this out,” Elsa told her.
“It might not.” Anna turned to Kristoff. “Did we forget to tell her?”
“Well, a lot of stuff was going on,” Kristoff replied.
“Tell me what?” Elsa asked.
“Arendelle’s been conquered. By Hans and his twelve brothers.”
“Katherine, we need to find a way back. Now,” Elsa said, looking at Katherine.
“I’ll do my best,” Katherine replied.
Hook left them there silently to inform Rumple of the situation. Rumple wasn’t happy, because that meant it would make it much more difficult for him to leave town without a look back.
When Rumple woke Belle, he let her know after breakfast that he’d be taking her to New York and to pack a suitcase.
Later, Rumple and Hook went to the sorcerer’s house to find a portal, in which they found with the help of the walking broom.
Henry came into the shop to see Belle trying to close a suitcase.
“Hey, grandma. Going on a trip?”
“Yeah. Rumple’s taking me to New York for a while.”
“But the Snow Queen left a spell on the town line. Anyone that goes can’t return. Didn’t you hear?”
“No,” Belle replied. “I didn’t.” Then he told her that the book had all the bad things that had happened to Regina and Belle told him she was on a much better path now. Then she asked Henry to help her find a much better suitcase, in which he did. That’s when she discovered that a certain knight-like arm was in the shop. “I didn’t expect to see this here,” she stated, knowing what it was.
Hook entered the diner.
“Pierce. Come to celebrate,” he said, walking over to where Katherine was sitting at a booth with Kristoff, Elsa, and Anna. “I may not be the Savior, but I may have just saved the day.”
He poured a little bit of his rum into a couple cups at the bar and Katherine stood by him.
“Okay. What are we celebrating?”
“The portal to Arendelle.” He handed her a cup and she took it. “I found it. So, bottoms up.” He took a drank from his cup.
“You found a portal?”
“Well, I found Gold. And he told me how to locate one. A doorway in the ballroom of a mansion. Yes, it seems our Rumpelstiltskin has turned over a new leaf.”
“Apparently, dozens of leaves. You sure we can trust him?”
“Positive,” Hook replied, though it was Rumple that was saying that, since he was controlling Hook with his heart at the moment. “The Crocodile truly has changed.”
Katherine noticed that something was up with him, though and she asked him what was wrong, but he said everything was fine, though she knew that it wasn’t. Then he left.
They found the door and they went through the door, but before Anna went through she informed them that she knew Gold and stated that all he did was lie. That’s when Katherine realized that he’d played them. So she, Charming, and Snow looked for him and soon found him and Hook at the clock tower, Gold with Hook’s heart in his hand and the hat having just aligned with the stars above.
“Gold, stop!” Katherine yelled at him.
“I’m sorry. I can’t,” Rumple replied. “I’ve waited too long for this. And I’m too close.”
Katherine was about to use magic on him, but he froze everyone that had tried intervening.
“Not everything has gone to plan, but this next part I’m really going to enjoy,” Rumple told Hook. Then he began to crush his heart, but found that he was unable to. “I don’t understand. Why can’t I…,” he began, and then turned around to see Belle.
“Because I commanded you not to,” Belle informed him. “Drop the heart,” she ordered him, dagger in hand.
Rumple dropped it and Hook caught his heart before it could hit the floor.
“Now release everyone,” Belle told him.
He did as told.
“And now, now you’re going to take us to the town line, because we need to be alone for what comes next.”
He did as she told him to. Then he said, “Belle, what are you doing?”
“Finally, facing the truth.”
“No. Please, put the dagger down and let me explain.”
“No. It’s my turn to talk. Do you remember the first time you saved my life? You traded for me. I thought I saw something in you. Something good. I realized all the signs that I’ve been seeing are correct. You’d never give up power for me, Rumple. You never have. You never will.”
“You don’t understand,” Rumple replied.
She informed him that the arm she found led her to the real dagger.
“I like the power,” he admitted, and also informed her that he wanted them both to have it all.
“I just wanted you,” she told him. “I wanted to be chosen. I tried to be everything for you, Rumple, but I wasn’t. And I lost my way trying to help you find yourself. Not anymore.”
“Please, Belle. I’ll make it up to you. I’ve changed once before. I can do it again.”
“You’ve never changed,” she replied.
“Please,” he pleaded with her.
“No. It’s too late. Once I saw the man behind the beast. Now there’s only a beast. Rumpelstiltskin, I command you to leave Storybrooke.”
“Belle, please. I won’t be able to come back,” he pleaded.
“I know,” she replied.
“I don’t want to lose you,” he replied.
“You already have.”
“Belle, please. I’m afraid.”
He stepped over the town line, but because there was no magic, he fell to the ground because of his leg.
“Belle? Belle, please.”
Belle stood by the town line, sobbing.
In Arendelle, Anna and Kristoff were getting married after they’d all gotten Arendelle back from Hans and his brothers.
Katherine stood in front of Hook outside the apartment with his heart in her hands, trying to find out how she was supposed to put it back inside him.
“Just be gent—,” he began, but was cut off when she put the heart back in him, since it hurt when he did so.
“Sorry. I just thought if I put it in quickly, it wouldn’t hurt as much,” she apologized. Then he kissed her and she kissed back.
“I told you, Pierce. I’m a survivor.”
Katherine found Regina at the bar, so she sat down next to her.
“I’m not in the mood for a hope speech,” Regina said.
“You mistake me for Snow White. Besides, you don’t need one. You need a drinking buddy. Shots?”
Regina was a little surprised at that and said, “Sure. Why not?”
They were about to drink, when Henry came in and informed them that he found something. They followed him to the house that they’d found the portal in and showed them that he’d found a library full of potential story books. Katherine hadn’t known what was going on, so Regina informed her that they’d been looking for the author so he could write her a happier story.
“I’m in,” Katherine stated.
“You are?” Regina asked.
“Everyone deserves a happy ending. Even you,” she replied to her.
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