Chapter 43: Who We Are
Belle leafed through the spell book idly, as Rumple shoved the one he was reading away.
"Any luck?" she asked tentatively. He sighed irritably.
"In my haste to get to this world, I failed to anticipate how vast it is. It's virtually a needle in a haystack. The only way to even pinpoint a vague location is blood magic," he replied.
"You couldn't have known. But Emma is really good at finding people," she assured, as the shop door chimed.
"I am...but we might have another problem," the blonde interjected, as she entered the shop with her parents in tow.
"What's happened?" Belle asked.
"Grumpy, in his infinite wisdom decided to push Sneezy over the town line like a guinea pig," Snow replied.
"And now he thinks he's Tom Clark again," David added.
"I don't know what that means for me since I wasn't cursed, but for everyone else, stepping over the town line means you lose your real memories again," Emma clarified. Rumple felt his frustration boil over at that point and he took his cane, smashing the glass on the case before them.
"Rumple!" Belle scolded, as the Charmings backed away slightly.
"How am I ever going to find my son! Even if I get past the town line, I still don't know where to look," he growled.
"Losing your temper isn't going to solve any of our problems," Persephone chided.
"Don't lecture me..." he snapped to the Goddess.
"Stop...fighting isn't going to get us anywhere," Snow admonished.
"She's right...we both know that with a little blood magic, we can pinpoint your son's general location," Persephone reminded.
"Do you really think I haven't thought of that?" he spat.
"The problem with that is I don't exactly have the device I need to utilize that particular spell," he reminded.
"You mean the blank globe that's in Cora's possession," she surmised.
"The very one. And even if she was here, I'd rather not make any deals with the likes of her," he shot back.
"Making a deal with Cora is the same as making a deal with Hades. I would hope you wouldn't be that foolish," Persephone warned.
"You're one to talk. We both know that we are the same. We will do anything for our children. Fortunately, Cora is isn't here...yet," he said, muttering the last part.
"Then we find a different way to use the blood magic locating spell without the globe. I have to contact Athena anyway and can consult her. She has the oldest library in existence in her temple. If there is another way, she'll know," Persephone replied. He gave a curt nod of acceptance.
"In the meantime, we can work to solve the problem with the town line. You need to be able to cross it. Emma, Henry and I should be able to cross without consequence. But I need Snow and David to be able to cross it as well," she said.
"Why?" Snow asked. Persephone looked at her daughter.
"Because in the event that Hades does find his way here or Cora for that matter, I'll be sending the two of you over the town line with Emma and Henry," she stated, as she glanced at Rumple.
"You may want to make enough potion for Belle to cross as well," she added.
"I don't know if I can even make enough for one and you want me to make enough for at least four?" he asked. She rolled her eyes.
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