Once Upon a Time: Ever After High (Book 8)

Ch.41 Forgiveness

In the Storybrooke Hospital, Nolan sat by Ansel who was asleep on a hospital bed when he started to wake up. When he opened his eyes, he saw where he was as he turned and saw Nolan.

"Where am I?" he asked him.

"Storybrooke Hospital" Nolan answered "You got quite a nasty bump on your head."

"Oh, so who was the girl with the large tentacle?"

"A friend of mine who's the daughter of the Sea Witch."

"And what about the pink hair girl?"

"She's uh-" he said with a small smile "A special friend of mine."

"I know that look" Ansel smirked "You like her."

"We're taking things slow."

Ansel then gave a sad sigh.

"I'm sorry for trying to kill you" he confessed "It's just ever since my father died, I spent most of my life trying to find the person who killed him for revenge, and when I found out it was your father who did it, I just lost it."

"I understand" Nolan sighed "I mean my uncle was murdered by pirates when I was young, and that made me want to find them for revenge, but I learned that if I kill, I wouldn't become a good person, my heart would be full of hate."

"Yeah I kinda learned that the hard way" Ansel sighed again "I just wished Nemo was here so he could see I've found peace."

"Well maybe you can."

At that point a hospital bed was rolled up beside Ansel's bed as he turned and was surprised to see Nemo.

"They found him this morning" Nolan put in.

"Nemo" Ansel smiled.

"Ansel" Nemo smiled back.

Nolan then gave a small smile as he joined Meeshell and Coral at the doorway.

"Oh Meeshell-" Nemo called "Are you really a mermaid?"

Meeshell gave a small sigh.

"I am" she confessed.

"Well I know that Nolan told you everything, and just so you know, I wasn't planning on harming any mermaids."

She gave a soft smile.

"Thank you" she said as they all left the room.

"Hey" Olivia and Terrence suddenly went up to them.

"Are you guys okay?" Olivia asked.

"Yeah we're fine" Meeshell said "We manged to get a crew reunited with his father figure and didn't die while doing it."

"Well that's good. Hey uh, could you guys do something for us?"

She then pulled out the shears.

"We want you to hide these shears in the water" she said.

"What?" they said surprised.

"I know I was mad before, but Terrence and I came to an agreement to hide these shears so that they don't fall into the wrong hands. And we think the best idea is for it to be at the bottom of the ocean."

"So can you do that?" Terrence asked.

Meeshell took the shears and gave a small sigh.

"If it's for the best" she said.

"Thank you" Olivia said as she and Terrence started to head off.

"Hey guys" Elena suddenly came up to them "I heard that Meeshell and Nolan were found after being kidnapped by a submarine, is that true?"

"It is" Terrence said.

"How did that even happen?"

"They were just there on the docks, we saw everything."

"But what were you guys doing at the docks?"

Olivia and Terrence then turned to each other.

"You wanna tell her or should I?" she asked.

"It's alright" he said "I got this."

Olivia gave a small nod as she patted his shoulder before heading off.

"What's going on?" Elena asked him.

Terrence gave a sad sigh.

"Everything that happened today was my fault" he explained "Olivia was just trying to help."

"Help what?"

"When you told you to dispose those shears, I didn't, I couldn't, it was the one thing that could save you, even if that meant you hated me. But Olivia made me see a different way, and we got Meeshell and Coral to go hide them at the bottom of the ocean, where no one can find them."

Elena stood there surprised, not knowing what to say.

"It's okay" she finally said "I get it."

"You do?" he said a bit surprised.

She gave a small smile.

"I would of done the same thing."

And with that they went into a hug. Knowing that the shears will be forever gone, she had to deal with the fact that there will no longer be a way to save her life.

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In his shop, young Mr. Gold stood near the counter looking at a spell book when Mira's evil self entered.

"What do you need now Ms Queen?" he asked her.

"Wow" she said with a sneaky smile "You really do know your customers. But before I could get to what I want, I found something that may answer to why you decided to create a younger duplicate of yourself."

At that point he hesitated.

"You- you do?" he asked as he stayed calm.

"I was looking around in your home, forgive me by the way, I was just curious, and I came upon something that I found quite interesting."

And with that she held out her hand as a folded up piece of paper appeared in her hand. She then unfolded the paper and started to read what was on it.

Dear Mira,

I've been wanting to tell you this for a while, but I think I may have feelings for you. You're one of the greatest persons I've ever met, and I can't imagine my life without you. I hope this can go on to more than friends.

Your friend, Gold

At that point Gold started to feel his heart beat with nervousness.

"I never got this letter" she said as she folded it back up "And I had no idea."

"I was planning on giving you that letter at the end of the school year before we all went home-" he confessed "But then I saw you with David and I just thought I didn't have a chance."

"So that's why you created a younger duplicate of yourself, to try again."

"Just so you know, my real self is not a pedophile, he doesn't feel the same way anymore, but he wanted to see if I did. And I still do."

At that point Mira walked up to him and placed her hands on his shoulder and pulled him into a kiss. And when they pulled away, Gold had a surprised look on his face.

"I think we can make a good team" she smirked "And uh, about the thing I want, do you still have that magic hand mirror?"

"The silver one?"

"Yes."

"I do, what do you need it for?"

"Oh just a little something-" she said with a sneaky smile as she ran his fingers down his arms "Something to use to get rid of a few people."