A Potter In Storybrooke

Chapter 12: Part 6

Hope was investigating the wardrobe "Where's the on switch?"

"It looks a bit more complicated than that." Snow told her "We'll have to get it back to the Island. Hopefully someone there has enough magic to work it again."

"How are we going to carry this thing?"

Lancelot walked in "With a help of an old friend."

"Lancelot?"

"What are you doing here?"

Lancelot chuckled "We heard about the ogre attack so I have to make sure you're alright."

Emma nodded "Oh. Where are Aurora and Mulan?"

"I sent them to find food." Lancelot told them "Tonight, we'll make camp and in the morning, we come back. So this is it? The portal you're after?"

Emma nodded "Yeah. The same one I went through. It's how I escape the curse."

Lancelot admired the wardrobe "Remarkable"

"Gepetto carved the wardrobe, but there's no magic left." Emma explained.

"A portal this powerful..." Lancelot trailed off  "There must be another way to recharge it."

"Why are you so interested to in the wardrobe?"

Lancelot chuckled "I just want you to get home to your families. Snow and Emma have to get back to Charming and Henry. They must miss you."

Rose realized something "Stay away from him!" She warned pointing her sword to Lancelot "He's not who you think he is."

"What are you talking about?" Emma asked "Who is he?"

"There is only one person you told Henry's name." Snow said.

"Cora."

Cora dropped the disguise and looked at Snow and Rose "You sisters are always been clever girls."

"Where's Lancelot?"

Cora smirked "He's dead. I killed him a long time ago."

"And you've been posing as him ever since."

"Well, they never listened to me." Cora pointed out "And besides, every kingdom needs a hero, don't you think?" Snow and Rose tried to attack her but Cora uses her magic to threw them to the wall "Thank You, Snow and Rose." She turned to Snow "I've been looking for a way over for so long. I never thought the people to help me find it will be you." Cora tried to attack Hope and Mary but it didn't work since her magic won't work to witches and wizards in the real world "what?!"

Hope smirked "Seems it doesn't work."

Emma looked at Cora "Why? Why are you doing this?"

"I just want to see my daughters. It's been too long. And you know, I also want to see my grandson, Henry. I'll have fun meeting all of them."

Hope glared at her "No you won't."

"Incendio" both witches set the wardrobe on fire.

"No!" Aurora and Mulan ran in and Cora glared at the two "We're not done."

"We'll see about that." Hope snapped.

Cora disappeared into a whirl of black smoke.

"You okay?" Rose asked Snow.

Snow turned to Hope and Mary "You saved us."

"Yeah, well..."

"Where is she?"

"Gone."

Rose turned to the destroyed wardrobe "So is our ride back home..."

Hope and Mary felt guilty "We're sorry."

Snow walked over to them "Its okay. You guys stopped her before she went to the real world."

"Why don't we try the other side of the forest? The Forbidden Forest?" Emma suggested turning to Mary

Mary thinks about it first "Let's try."