A little bit later.
"You're acting like a petulant child. Your parents did a bad thing. They apologized. Now get over it." Regina scoffed as she held up her umbrella. They walked around the gloomy forest area.
"Forgive me if I don't take advice from a woman who held a grudge for half her life because a 10-year-old spilled a secret." Emma scoffed while Hook and Dream looked at each other, exchanging a look as they held hands and followed behind the others.
Emma called Arthur to help them since he was good at tracking. Neal walked behind Emma with a clenched jaw as she walked with Arthur. Regina walked behind Neal. And Dream and Hook trailed behind Regina.
Regina looked offended by Emma's comment.
"Emma, if you won't listen to Regina, perhaps you'll listen to me," Neal said, moving to walk on the other side of Emma. "You were able to forgive both of us, all because you found it in your heart to see past it. You forgave Hook and Dream--" Neal went to say.
"After she kissed him... And I forgave both of them for that." Dream spoke up as Neal glanced back, letting her know that it was not the time.
"The difference is that you never had yourself as some paragon of virtue. None of you did." Emma said, looking at Regina, Neal, Hook, and Dream. "You were honest about who you were... Except you for a time." Emma said, looking at Neal.
"I didn't know until August--"
"My parents weren't. They said they were heroes." Emma continued, not letting Neal try to explain himself.
"Even heroes make mistakes, Swan." Hook said as Emma stopped to look at him.
"You know, not long ago, your mother gave me some advice. She said I needed to believe I could still earn forgiveness. That I had a chance at grace. I didn't realize it then, but she was talking about herself." Regina tried to say to reassure Emma. "Emma, she's been trying to make up for what she did for a long time." She added with a small smile.
"If you two understand them so well, you forgive them. I can't." Emma sighed when Dream looked around them.
"Well, at least they didn't try to kill you and your husband..." Dream said as everyone turned to look at her. "What?" Dream asked as Hook shook his head.
"I've more important things to worry about right now, like saving Henry." Emma sighed, walking past Arthur as the others continued.
"What is up with you right now?" Hook whispered to his wife.
"Nothing." Dream sighed when Hook gave her a look, saying he did not believe her. "I'm telling the truth." Dream sighed when Hook sighed, looking at the others as they continued to walk.
But Dream sighed, glancing to the side of her, seeing Gold's Dark One version leaning by a tree as she swallowed harshly. When Cruella threatened Henry's life, the Dark One appeared again. Dream sighed, walking with Hook while they still held hands.
Cruella sat on the hood of her car while she played on Henry's phone. "Blasted birds. I'll show you what angry looks like." She scoffed while Pongo sat still across from her and Henry was sat next to Pongo as his arms were tied behind his back.
While Cruella continued to play the game, Henry found some random shards of glass by him. He carefully grabbed a piece of the glass to cut the rope. Once he was free, he got up, running away.
Cruella looked up from the game, sighing to herself. "Pongo, sic!" She ordered the dog to do all the hard work.
"Help me! Please!" Henry yelled as he tried to run away from Pongo, who was chasing him.
"Help me! Help!"
The group looked at each other as they heard Henry's voice.
"It's Henry. Quick. It's coming from over there." Emma exclaimed.
"Henry?" Dream yelled out, still holding Hook's hand.
"No, it's this way." Hook said, pointing to the west while Emma was going north.
"Has cannon fire damaged your hearing? It clearly came from over there." Regina scoffed at Hook, pointing to the east.
"No! No! Help me! Please!"
"Split up. Go!" Emma said as the group split up.
Dream let go of Hook's hand as she ran off with Emma. Neal and Hook went to the west. And Regina and Arthur went off toward the east.
"Somebody!"
"Henry?" Regina yelled out.
"Henry!" Arthur yelled out as well.
"Help me, please!" Henry continued to yell, but his voice was distorted.
The two of them sighed as they turned to the other side of a tree to see a shell.
"No." Regina scoffed, picking up the shell.
Meanwhile, Hook and Neal yelled out for Henry.
"Henry?" Hook yelled, looking around them.
"Henry! Where are you?" Neal yelled out.
"Somebody! Help me!"
Hook stops when he hears Henry's voice become distorted. "Neal." He called, making Neal stop to look at Hook while Hook picked up the shell. "Magic." Hook groaned when the two of them looked worried for Emma and Dream's safety.
The two of them were unaware that Gold was watching them as he had placed the shells as a distraction.
"Please, somebody--" Henry continued to yell until he stopped, reaching the edge of a cliff. "Pongo..." He tried to plead with the barking dog as Cruella sighed, stopping as she got to Henry.
"Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?" Cruella asked as she held a silver pistol. "You shouldn't have run." She said, aiming the gun at Henry.
"Henry."
"Henry!"
The two of them turned to Emma and Dream.
"Mom! Dream!" Henry exclaimed when Cruella moved to grab Henry.
"Let him go!" Emma exclaimed.
"I'm afraid not. Come any closer, and he dies." Cruella threatened, still holding the gun up to Henry.
~season 4, episode 19: "Sympathy for the De Vil"~
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