healed souls

✨cowards and going home✨

"rumplestiltskin's cell,we haven't been here since before reginas curse" i tell mary margaret and she nodded 

"this is where he told us you were going to be the savior" she finished,her eyes getting glossy

 "he knew?" emma asked shocked 

"oh it was prophesized" i nodded my head eagerly but awkwardly coughed when i saw how uncomfortable emma looked "i-uh-it wasn't that...prophesized though" i rub the back of my neck

 "come on" mary margaret stopped my terrible rant and we walked into the cell

 "the squid ink,its not here" aurora informed 

"gold said we would find it" mary margaret said

 "well was there anyone else in here with him? could they have taken the ink?" mulan asked 

"no he was alone visitors were always forbidden he was too dangerous to allow any human contact" i spoke

 "how did he keep from going crazy?" emma asked 

"he didn't " aurora spoke,holding a scroll 

"what is it?" i ask 

"is it a message?" mary margaret and emma asked 

"yes,and i think its for you" aurora showed us the scroll 

"why would you think..."emma trailed off as we looked at the scroll and saw the word 'emma' written repeatedly "...that"

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"what does this even mean?" emma asked from the floor,still looking at the scroll

i snorted "are you kidding me? the bloke was obsessed with you,you were the key to breaking the curse" 

"we've looked everywhere there's no ink in this cell" aurora said 

"no there has to be,he told david" mary margaret grunted,looking through rocks

 "you were in the netherworld maybe something got lost in translation" i smirked at emma's comment 

"no she heard right" mulan said 

"you found it?" mary margaret rushed over to her

 "in a manner of speaking there was ink in this cell" mulan shows us the empty ink bottle 

"son of a bitch" emma muttered and aurora threw a rock that hit the rope,making the cage close,with us on the inside and her on the out 

"aurora what are you doing?!" emma yelled but it was too late

 "helping me" a voice said and i clenched my teeth,looking up,i saw cora walking up to us,with my father leaning up against rocks casually,using her magic,cora took the compass from emma,i went up to the bars and held my hand out but nothing happened and i heard her chuckle a bit 

"sorry dear,i guess whatever little magic you have gathered doesn't work down here" 

"no" emma started to rattle the cage 

"dont waste your energy dear,rumplestiltskin himself couldn't escape from his cell,thank you aurora we couldnt have done it without you"

 "how could you do this?"

 "how could you?" 

"i bloody knew it!" we all yelled 

"dont blame her she was only doing what she was told" cora brought out auroras heart 

"you took her heart?" emma asked

 "actually i did,it was a gift" my dad spoke,cora squeezed her heart slightly and aurora gasped in pain