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

Ch.53 Gold advice

Now back at Olivia's house, everyone went inside now with Aladdin and Whisp who was holding onto her bottle.

"So what happened?" Olivia asked with a worried look.

"Well-" Terrence said "Let's just say we got the bottle back, but the queen is still loose."

"Yeah that's what I thought" she sighed with disappointment.

"Well now that we have the bottle back" Jasmine said as she turned to Whisp "Whisp we need you to take us back to Agrabah."

"Uh, isn't Agrabah gone?" Whisp said.

"Yes but, we need you to take us... let's say somewhere near Agrabah."

"Well, I guess I can try."

"But do we have to go now?" Gigi asked.

"I'm afraid so" Jasmine said "The sooner we go, the better we have at finding Agrabah."

Gigi then gave a sigh.

"I guess it's too late to say goodbye to my friends then" she said sadly.

"Hey don't worry-" Brooke said "We'll tell them."

"And besides-" Aidan put in "You can always come back."

"But I don't know how" Gigi said with a worried look "I came here with Jasmine from the Land of Untold Stories, I don't know how to come here on my own."

"You can always ask me to bring you here" Whisp spoke up "Remember me? The new genie of the lamp."

"Oh. Right. Sorry about that."

"And you can always go back through Cupid's mirror" Brooke added.

"Right."

"Well you guys better get going if you wanna find Agrabah" Olivia told them.

"Alright" Aladdin said as he turned to Whisp "You ready?"

"Everyone hold onto me" Whisp ordered as they held her hands and onto each other.

"Goodbye everyone" Jasmine said to everyone with a smile "Thank you so much for your help."

"No problem" Olivia smiled "It was really great to meet all of you."

"And if Elena comes back-" Aladdin put in "Tell her I wish her all the luck."

"We will."

Aladdin then turned to Whisp.

"Whisp" he said "I wish for you to take us back to Agrabah."

"As you wish" Whisp said as she granted the wish as they disappeared.

"Well then-" Aidan said "I guess all we can do now is hope they find their home, and hope that Mira and Elena comes back soon."

"But what are we gonna do about the queen?" Brooke asked "She's still out there."

"I guess there's nothing we can do" Terrence said with disappointment "We don't have magic, she'll kill us if we go against her."

"Then I suppose we just keep waiting and hoping for Elena and Mira?" Olivia guessed.

"I'm afraid so" he sighed.

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Away from the castle, Mira made her way down the Dark Forest where she came upon a cave with a lit up torch up front. Realizing who the cave belonged to, she went inside the cave that was lit up with multiple torches as she came upon a cell where she heard a familiar voice humming.

"There you are" the voice said with a sneaky giggle "Come to see old Gold? Come closer."

As Mira took a step closer, Gold who was now in his old scaly form appeared in front of her as he held onto the bars of the cell.

"You" he said a bit surprised as he smiled with his gold teeth "The queen, for some reason in her younger form, she's back! She's back to see the old master!"

"Look" she said "I need your help."

"Why would I help you? You lost to a bunch of kids, you're a failure."

"That wasn't me, I'm not really the Evil Queen in this reality. Which, isn't really a reality, well, it's all fake, you're fake."

"Not I'm intrigued" he said with interest.

"This world, is created by a wish, to trap... Raven?"

She watched as he started to think, hoping he recognized the name.

"Raven..." he said as he thought "Ah the Savior! Perhaps I can help you after all, for a price."

At that point she gave a laugh.

"Deal" she smiled "You're not even real."

"Oh I know more about Saviors than you, all I need in return, is one teeny, tiny, little thing... my freedom."

At that point she gave a frown.

"No" she replied "It's not worth it, the world is better off with you behind bars."

And with that she started to head off.

"But you said-" Gold spoke up as she stopped "That this world isn't real, what's the harm of letting a not real me out of a not real prison, into a not real world?"

"You actually have a point" she said a bit amused "But I know better than to take one of your deals, in any realm."

She then started to head off again until he spoke up.

"You know why Raven became the Savior in the first place?" he asked as she stopped "It's because of you."

Mira turned to him a bit surprised.

"Yeah you" he giggled "Every Savior needs a villain. The Evil Queen, the real queen, not this deluded creature I see before me, a real queen of power and purpose, one that I knew, one that can remind Raven that the world needs a Savior."

At that point it caught Mira's attention.

"Oh I'm right" he smirked "Show her your inner darkness, and the Savior will be reborn!"

Mira gave a smile as a nod as she started to head off when Gold started to shake the bars as she stopped.

"What about these bars?" he asked.

"Sorry" she smirked "We're just old friends talking, we haven't made a deal, remember?"

"Oh I'm well aware old friend, but you may know a way to wake Raven up, but you don't know a way back to what you call... Storybrooke."

"How do you know about that?" she asked with wonder.

"That doesn't matter" he giggled "What matters is, I can find you a magic bean."

"Where?" she demanded.

"That... will cost you."

Realizing that there was no other choice, Mira gave a frown as she used her powers to open the cell. He gave a giggle as he stepped out and took a deep breath.

"Smells just as dank outside" he said "I think I need some fresh air."

"Uh-" Mira spoke up before he could head off "The bean?"

"Right, meet me tomorrow at noon, down by the lake."

"Tomorrow by noon it is" she smiled.

"And remember, if you want Raven back, you're gonna have to be evil."

Mira gave a promise nod as she headed off, knowing what she needed to do to get Raven to remember.