Greetings from Underbrooke (5th Book of Heroes and Villains Quintet)

Chp 3: Lord of the Underworld

Flashback: Many years ago in the Underworld, Hades starts to read up on all of the dark magic lore that he can, for the deal he made with Facilier. Hades comes to believe that the amount of information he has gained from the dark magic lore allows Hades to cast a spell and turn himself into a powerful ruler of the Underworld, and he convinces the Nyx to travel with him to conquer Mount Olympus. Nyx turns him down and tells him that she has her own problems to deal with, than leaves the Underworld for good. Than Hades comes up with a new idea that requires being into the sacred underworld vault, Hades plan involves combining two spells, to create a curse: the "Dark Curse" which will banish all of the inhabitants in all the realms to a land without magic, giving Hades his happy ending forever. Than Hades enact the Dark Curse, which made the Underworld into a red tented version of the real Storybrooke. Hades powers and himself completely darkened. Than after Hades enact the Curse in the Underworld, his deal is off with Facilier and he chose to hide the Curse in Bald Mountain and put the Chernabog to guard it. End of flashback

Present day Underworld, Hades has grown impatient with Renee over the refusal to pick three living people to stay behind, so Hades picks up the chisel and drags Renee into the boat for a ride. As Renee sits in silence and Hades takes her to the River of Lost Souls. Renee is then chained up and hung by Hades. Meanwhile, at the Emporium, Facilier conjures up a enchanted mirror with a living soul trapped inside and receives a message, he then drops and shatters the mirror after seeing an image of Glinda. After the group meets back at the apartment, Rumple tells the group that they'll need a deceased soul's aura to disguise their presence in order to save Renee. Zelena than finds someone and introduces Liam to her mother, Cora/Queen of Hearts. The group then heads to Liam and Renee's Underworld home and Cora is able to penetrate a protection spell leading to Hades' lair. They start to go further, but Cora and Zelena both stay behind to watch over the boat. Liam sees Renee and rescues her from being dropped into the river of Lost Souls. Meanwhile, at Roni's Diner, Grace, Dorothy and Edward gets help from Maleficent, who explains how to tell if someone has moved on from the Underworld. While waiting at the boat, Cora and Zelena make amends. However, the moment is interrupted by Nyx, who freezes Zelena and She blasts Cora into the River of Lost Souls, then Nyx sinks the boat than puffs away in Dark Gray cloud of smoke. Than, Liam arrives with Renee, but they hear hellhounds appears ready to kill and Rumple appears, he uses his light magic to turn the hellhounds into rats. Back at the apartment, Zelena rediscovers her magical abilities after healing an injured Renee, Liam prepares to split his heart in half and share it with Renee in order to return her to the living. However, Rumple/Light One is unable to take Liam's heart. It turns out that Hades and Nyx both decided and picked Zelena, Dorothy, and Liam as the three living souls unable to leave the Underworld. Meanwhile, Facilier pays a visit to Hades, who has broken his promise to let him trade with another soul. Hades explains that he found out about the enchanted mirror, which revealed his lover, Glinda. Hades tells Facilier that he now works for him, threatening to send Glinda into the River of Lost Souls. Hades also reveals that he has the trapped living soul in a Firefly Ruby.