Once on Instagram II

I'll Be Your Mirror (Part Two)

somehow, i cannot hide who i am, though i've tried
when will my reflection show who i am inside?

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Storybrooke
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Gold held the mirror up so Robin, Neal, and Belle could all see it. "If we can figure out which alternate reality Emma and Regina are in, we should be able to rescue them. But we need someone to stay behind and protect the mirror. If the Dark Swan steals it back, we won't be able to leave. It must stay in this shop."

The four glanced at each other before Neal spoke up. "I'll stay."

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Hamilton AU
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"Okay, so we're between That Would Be Enough and Guns and Ships," Emma said. "That means we have Guns and Ships, History Has It's Eyes On You, Yorktown, and What Comes Next to figure out a way home."

Regina nodded. "Alright. We can do this. But where do we start? This world is magicless."

"Regina, all musicals are magical in their own special way. We just need to figure out what the magic of Hamilton is!"

Regina rolled her eyes. "You and your musicals," she scoffed.

"What if we start singing songs from other musicals?" Emma wondered aloud. "Would that, like, implode this universe?"

"Let's find out! Standing here, all at once, all the words run dry.."

"See the line where the sky meets the see, it calls me..."

"Something changed, can't explain, and I can't deny..."

"And no one knows how far it goes--"

The house began to shake, and Emma and Regina grabbed onto each other to steady themselves. "D'you think it's working?"

"Unless New York City sits on shifting tectonic plates," Regina muttered. "I think we need to sing songs from the same musical, though."

"Uh, okay, so we'll just pick a song from Moana--"

"No, I haven't seen that yet. Let's do Finding Neverland."

"Why would I know songs from a musical about Pan?!"

"It's not--" Regina stopped herself. "Never mind. Think, what's a musical - besides Hamilton - that we both know?"

The two were silent for several minutes before Emma jumped up. "INTO THE WOODS!"

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Mirror World
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"So which mirror do we start with?" Belle asked, looking around the room. She walked past several different mirrors, watching as her reflection changed in each one. She turned back to look at Robin and Gold.

Suddenly, the room began shaking. It was only slight at first, but it grew stronger the longer it went on.

"What's happening?" Robin asked.

"One of the AUs is collapsing!" Gold responded as he stumbled over to Belle. Robin managed to join them just as a long mirror crashed over all three, sucking them into an alternate reality.