Twice Upon A Time - Season 2 (reader x once upon a time)

Into the Deep - Part 1

Friday night, September 18

Cora had been patiently waiting for Hook to come back with the compass and the necessary information about Storybrooke, but after more than four months it was clear he had changed sides, so Cora took things on her own hands.

After capturing Anton, she went back to the safe haven. She used magic to appear at her hut, which had several drawers filled with the hearts of the people she had killed back when the princesses had found out she was posing as Lancelot. She had put a preservation spell on them in case she needed them and she decided to do just that.

Cora grabbed one of the boxes and blew on it, awakening all the hearts. She stepped outside, still holding the box and spoke to the corpses "Rise"

The corpses started moving, standing to their feet, and following Cora's instructions, they walked into the woods

Saturday night, September 19

Snow was sitting alone on a hill, watching the night sky when Emma approached her

"What are you doing?" the blonde asked

"Uh, just thinking" Snow replied

"Come on, Mulan has some ideas where Cora might be hiding" Emma informed her before leading her back to the camp

They had been trying to find a way to steal the wardrobe ashes from Cora for months, but they hadn't come up with anything that didn't end with them dead. Part of the problem was that they also didn't know for sure where Cora was

Mulan explained to Snow, Emma, Angie and Hook how she thought Cora could be back at the haven while Aurora slept

Aurora was once again in the burning room. The flames kept jumping at her, making her scream.

Suddenly, another figure appeared on the other side of the room.

Aurora couldn't see them clearly through the fire, but she was sure he was a kid and it looked like he was concentrating.

A moment later, the flames subsided and Aurora could see him clearly.

It was indeed a kid. He had short brown hair and wore some blue pyjamas. He had a necklace on that he was holding tightly

It was Henry.

Finally, after months of trying, he was able to control the flames enough to keep the unknown woman on the other side of the room as safe as he had been since getting the necklace

"Wait, don't be scared" he said

Aurora was so surprised by this that she woke up

"Snow! Snow!" Aurora shouted, startled by her nightmare

"Hey, I'm here" Snow said, coming over "It's okay, it's okay it was just another nightmare" she tried to calm her

"No, this time was different" Aurora said "There was a little boy, he-he put out the fire, he talked to me" she explained

"A little boy?" Snow asked confused

"What did he say?" Angie asked

Aurora hesitated for a second before answering "He said, he said his name was Henry"

"No" Emma whispered. She quickly pulled a photo of Henry from her wallet and showed it to Aurora "The boy you saw in your dream, is that him?" she asked