juliet •peter pan•

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE

Now that Regina had come to terms with her situation and stopped pushing Henry and Juliet away, life could return to normal.

Well, as normal as possible when the town is surrounded by a giant ice wall. But hey, at least there were no monsters around.

Juliet decided to see if she could be of any help in figuring out where Anna was, so she went to Gold's where Hook, Emma, and Elsa already were questioning Gold.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've never seen her before in my life." Gold informed the trio right as Juliet opened the door to the store. Quietly, she closed it behind her.

"So how'd she end up inside your urn?" Emma asked. "Inside your secret vault of terror?" Juliet snorted as she joined the group. She thought 'vault of terror' sounded pretty funny.

"Look, if you really wanna know how she wound up there, she's standing right beside you Miss Swan." Gold replied. "Why don't you simply ask her?"

"She did." Elsa chimed in. "But I can't remember. Something happened to my memories." Gold shrugged.

"Well, an all-too-common affliction around these parts. Pity. But as you can see, many objects fall into my possession. Urns, necklaces, all manner of things. I can't know the history behind all of them." Belle stood behind Gold, her hands on her hips, nodding as he spoke. Juliet rolled her eyes. Of course Gold would give vague answers that benefitted no one.

"Only if there's something in it for you. Right, mate?" Hook asked.

"Yeah, well that may have been true once." Gold retorted. "But recently my life has been turned upside down. I've lost a son." At the mention of Baelfire, Juliet looked down at the ground. Even though she hadn't been the one to kill him, she felt partially to blame given that her mom was the one that killed him. "I've gained a wife. So you might say I've decided to turn over a new leaf."

"Yeah, I'll believe that when I've seen it." Juliet murmured to Hook, which earned a chuckle from the pirate.

"Don't forget about my superpower. I'll be able to tell if you're lying." Emma stated. Gold sighed.

"How about I do you one better? Let's simply have Belle use the dagger on me." The words were barely out of his mouth before Belle was shaking her head.

"No. No, Rumple, you don't have to do that." Gold turned back to the group.

"No, no, no, Miss Swan wants proof. And I'm happy to cooperate." Emma nodded, surprised. Juliet folded her arms, still a little skeptical.

"Fine." Belle muttered, pulling out the dagger. She held it in front of her, looking a bit uncomfortable using it to control her husband. "I command you, Dark One, to tell them the truth." All eyes turned to Gold.

"The truth is... just as I said." Gold answered honestly, unable to lie under the influence of the dagger. "I had no idea there was someone inside there. I know nothing about Elsa. Or her sister." Belle lowered the dagger. "But I wish you the best of luck finding her." Elsa looked visibly disappointed. Juliet couldn't blame her. Not knowing where your sister was had to suck. Of course, Juliet wouldn't know because she never had a sister. But she could kind of understand if she lost Henry.

They left Gold's office, no better off than they were before. With no idea what to do next, the group decided to go to the Mayor's office to see if Mary Margaret had any insight. When they got there, they found Marian laying on the couch. Her lips were blue and she looked like she was freezing to death.

"What happened?" Emma asked. Regina, standing over Marian, took a look at Elsa and frowned.

"Perhaps you should ask your new friend. After all, it was her monster that attacked Marian."

"Well, to be fair, we did provoke the beast." Hook countered. Elsa shook her head.

"But this isn't my magic. Someone else did this." Regina scoffed.

"Oh, and we're supposed to trust you?"

"You can trust me." Emma interjected. "If she says it was someone else, it was." Regina looked at Emma, trying to figure out whether Emma was being sincere or not.

"So how do we break the spell?" Henry asked. Juliet shrugged.

"I have no idea. We never had anything like this happen in Oz. If Marian were turning into a flying monkey I could help, but I don't know what to do with this." Everyone gave Juliet a look indicating now is not the time, and Juliet shut up.

"The only way to cure a freezing spell is an act of true love." Elsa stated, like she had heard the statement many times before.

"True love's kiss." Regina muttered. Juliet glanced over at Regina. If Robin's true love was Regina, how would they wake Marian?

"Alright then, there's no time to lose." Robin announced, kneeling down to be more level with Marian. Regina turned her head away as he bent down to kiss her. After a second or two, he pulled away, but Marian showed no sign of improvement. "What's wrong? Why isn't it working?"

"I've seen this once before." David recollected. "When Frederick was turned to gold..."

"Who the hell is Frederick?" Emma asked, interrupting him. Henry shrugged.

"Long story." Robin stood up.

"So the cold is acting as a barrier? Is there nothing we can do?" He asked, looking at Regina.

"Well every curse is different." She bent down to get a closer look at Marian. "I need more time to study this one." She began to inspect Marian.

"I'm going to go find who did this before it happens again." Emma announced, leaving the office.

"Well, I hope you're bringing backup." Regina commented, which stopped Emma in her tracks, causing the blonde to look back at her.

"What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Regina stood back up, folding her arms.

"Well, between the snow monster and the cave-in... seems like the Savior needs saving these days. You might want to bring Juliet along." Juliet narrowed her eyes incredulously. Why was she being brought into this? She didn't do anything. Emma scoffed.

"I think you're bitter and you're taking it out on the wrong person. I'll be fine. I don't need Juliet." She turned around and headed for the exit.

"Well, I like that battle plan, so I'm with you Swan." Hook followed after her.

"No." Emma turned to look at him. "Take Elsa to the sheriff's station, keep her out of sight. Once people get word of this, they're gonna be calling for her head." Hook shrugged.

"I'd rather save yours than hers. There's someone dangerous out there."

"I don't have time to argue with you about this. Can you for once just do what I say?" Emma huffed in annoyance. Hook looked taken aback as she hurried out the building. Juliet went over to look at Marian. They needed to figure out how to save her, and they needed to do it fast.