All the magic (OUAT Peter Pan)

Chapter 34: Getting a plan together

"Well did it work?" Matt asked after a moment of his niece holding the knife and staring at the blade. She just kept staring at the blade, her brows wrinkled in confusion. "Amelia?" he asked again after she didn't react. Matt shook her arm a bit and she finally looked at him. "Well?"

With a sigh, she told him, "Nothing. Nothing happened. I don't know why we would think it would."

Matt knew how disappointed she was, she knew who everyone was but her. "Hey, at least some good came out of this. You learned about Bae, something only myself, Belle and now you know about. Come on, let's go get some dinner. It's late and we haven't eaten yet."

Amelia still looked at the knife, hoping for something to happen. "I don't want dinner, I want this stupid idea to work!" she yelled in frustration. "It's not fair! Everyone else who knows about the curse knows who they are. I know who every important fairytale person is and who most people close to me are! Why can't I know who I am?" She sat down on the floor with her back resting on the wall. "What did I do wrong in my other life to deserve this?" Tears pooled behind her eyes but she refused to let them fall.

Kneeling down next to her, Matt placed a hand on her shoulder. "I am sure you did nothing wrong, my dear. I know it isn't fair for you, but that is how life is sometimes. Soon the curse will break and then you will know who you are and can tell for yourself if you did anything to deserve this. You know as well as I that when you get your hopes up and it doesn't work you tend to get... emotional. Why don't we go to Granny's and eat? You will feel better once you have some food in you."

With a sniffle, she stood up and placed the knife in the sheath. Amelia opened the box and looked at what was inside. A bit of folded-up clothing, a small pink bag, a few very old-looking flower crowns, and a small bottle of what looked like perfume. "Why did you open this box when you wanted to give me a knife? How did you know this box had one?" She took the cap off the bottle and smelled it. It smelt like roses, campfires, and the ocean. For some reason, she found the smell very comforting. The bottle was glass with a dark green tint in the shape of a shear with a pink rose-shaped cap.

"I don't know. I heard about the boy being missing and knew you were going to go after him. I didn't want you out there unarmed with those awful brats around. So I went down here and opened a box, I just had a good feeling about it. Sitting there on top was the knife, it looked sharp and well taken care of so I grabbed it for you." Her stomach gave a rumble and he gave her a small smile. "Let's go, Amelia."

Together they walked out of the bellow, closing the large door to the storage room on their way out. "Can you give me a sec to get some normal clothes on? You might be cool bearing fancy stuff all the time but I'm not." Matt nodded and climbed up and she waited till he was gone before taking the knife and perfume out of her pocket. I swear if they aren't mine I'll put them back when I remember. She promised herself. I just feel like that box is mine. The knife fit perfectly into my hand, I feel like I know that perfume smell, it smells like a home I can't remember.

Quickly Amelia glanced around her room for a good place to hide them both. She opened her wardrobe and lifted the lid to the box of things from her mom. Well her cursed mom. She placed them in the bottom of the box to look at more later. Amelia took off the leather jacket and dress and slipped on her gray Hufflepuff sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. She grabbed her boots on the way out and Matt was waiting for her at the back door again. "Ready?"

"Yep, we can walk, it's a nice night." she told her uncle as she took her coat off the hook by the door. Once they were outside she asked, "When do you think the curse will break? You keep saying soon but when?"

Matt looked down the road and responded, "I can't really say for sure. Ms. Swan is very stubborn but so am I. And so are you and the dreamers was it? All it will take to get the curse to break is Emma believing. You just work on that and soon your questions on when it will break and who you are should be answered."