Serendipity-Book 4

Chapter 6: Family Buisness

At the Sheriff station they watch Emma's video."Give it back, Kevin. The camera is Emma's, not yours."

"Emma, that's you. You must be..."Mary Margaret said.

"13, maybe 14."

"Are you missing the part where she's with the Snow Queen?"Regina asked,"Emma, you knew her before you came to Storybrooke?"

"Apparently my run-in with her in town wasn't the only memory she erased. All this time in this foster home, or whatever that place was... It's gone. We were hoping Gold could tell us that. You spent more time trying to get here than anyone. How the hell did she do it?"

"Considering the time I spent on the same task, I'd love to know."Mr. Gold added.

"Does it really matter how she got to Emma?"David asked,"I mean, shouldn't we be more concerned about why? She's hiding somewhere in the north woods. We combed every inch of her shop. We tore apart her house. She must have cleared everything out days before. Which means she must be hiding something."

"But where?"

"What about her ice-cream truck?"Hope asked.

"Whoa, Snow Queen has an ice-cream truck?"

Henry shrugged."We're kids. We tend to notice these kinds of things."

"Then we split up into groups."David suggested,"We search the town, the woods. Hook, Regina, Emma, you take the west. Gold, you're with me for the east."

"I think we all know I work best alone. Well, no time to argue that. Belle, how are you at tracking?"Mr. Gold asked.

"Uh, actually, I-I think I'll be more helpful at the library."Belle said,"Maybe I can dig something up on the Snow Queen."

"I'd like to come with you, Belle, if that's okay. Maybe something about my sister will be there, too. Unless you'd rather not have the company?" Belle shook her head, seeming to like the idea then her and Elsa walked out.

"Are you okay?"Belle asked.

"This is pointless. I don't know why I thought I'd find anything about Anna in here. If what the snow queen told me is true and Anna is the one who put me in that urn, then maybe she doesn't want me to find her."

"That's not true, Elsa."Belle insisted.

"How would you know what my sister thinks? You've never even met her. My memories are gone, and no one in this town has even been to Arendelle. I need to face the truth, Belle. No one here can help me, and I'm afraid that means I might never see Anna again."

"Okay. You will. I know it. Now, keep looking. I'll be back. There's something I-I need to take care of but trust me, we will find Anna." Belle said, and with that she left the room.

Into the woods, near the ice-truck."I can't help but think you're avoiding me."Robin said once finding Regina. "You're upset because of what I said... That I'm still in love with you. I suppose I should never have told you, not after I asked you to find a way to save my wife."

"That's not why I'm avoiding you. I've read every spell book in my possession, experimented with every potion in my vault. I even tried to defeat the Snow Queen so I could force her to reverse the spell. But... Nothing I do seems good enough."

"But it will be, Regina." Robin insisted."I have faith in you. You will figure out a way eventually."

"That's what I'm trying to tell you. I'm not sure I can figure it out. Robin, I'm sorry, but if you truly want to save Marian... You're gonna have to forget about me... And... Find a way... To fall in love with your wife again."

Meanwhile Emma reads the Snow Queen's file."According to this, she was my foster parent for six months. That's the longest I was ever in one spot, but I don't remember a second of it. I'm fine though. It was all a long time ago."

"Mm, perhaps, but wounds that are made when we're young tend to linger. Believe it or not Swan, I was once a child...What is it?" Hook asked.

"It's a painting I did when I was in school. It's not the only one. This crazy woman has a whole file of my old art projects and essays. Just like the ones I have for Henry and Hope. You don't keep stuff like this unless you care about someone."

"Well, perhaps the Snow Queen wasn't simply using you. Perhaps she'd grown fond of you over time." Hook said.

"Looks like the feeling was mutual. "Thanks for being the family I never had. Love, Emma." I wrote that to her. But she still erased my memories. Something must have happened to change all that. There has to be a clue as to why...This isn't from our world. What the hell was she doing with me?"

Emma is met back at the sheriff station by Elsa."The Snow Queen is your aunt?"

Elsa nodded."According to this heraldry book I found in the library. Her name is Ingrid. I didn't even know my mother had any sisters. I'm as surprised as you are.

This book traces the lineage in Arendelle for generations. That's Gerda, my mother. And this is Helga, my other aunt. Emma, She wasn't looking for a blonde. She was looking for the savior."

"What?"

"This scroll... The writing is runic. It's a prophecy. It says, "the name of the savior is Emma." She knew before you even did. She knew you were powerful. And It says it right here... "And the savior shall become Ingrid's sister."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"Well, my mother died, and her other sister... She's not around anymore. I think Ingrid believes in this prophecy. I think she's looking to replace them." Elsa concluded.

That's when Belle comes."Elsa.  I... I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry, but... I-I've been keeping a secret. I know your sister, Anna. She helped me once. But when I had a chance to help her, I let her down. And because I did, she was captured by the Snow Queen.

It was in Arendelle... A long, long time ago. And I have no idea where she is now. But, uh, I'm afraid we have a more pressing concern. The Snow Queen has a mirror imbued with terrible magic that can do terrible things."

"Mirror?" Hook asked,"Easy enough, let's just go smash it."

Belle shook her head, for even she knew there was more to fixing this situation than that."It's not that simple. Rumple told me it's part of an awful spell... The spell of shattered sight.

If she casts it, its magic will make everyone in Storybrooke turn on one another. The entire town will destroy itself and there'd be no one left. What makes you think that she'd spare you and Elsa?"

"Because of this." Emma sighed, looking down at the matching ribbons that had appeared onto her and Elsa's wrists. "She wants it to be just the three of us... Her perfect family."