We will be together again

Chapter 5 - Dark Hollow

Caitlynn and Gold were talking as Regina and Ariel looked at them, confused. They didn't know what they were talking about as they in distance, away from the water. "Let me come with her, Gold. Do you have a spell that I can hold under water?" Caitlynn asked to Gold.

Gold sighed. "It could be dangerous under water."

"Gold, please, on this island is also dangerous." Caitlynn reasoned. "Everywhere is always something dangerous."

Gold wasn't happy with this, but he knew that he couldn't let her stay here, Ariel didn't know for what they were looking for, Caitlynn does. "Yes, I know the spell for to hold under water, but I don't know for how long it will hold."

"Okay, then teach me the spell." Caitlynn told him.

"I will teach you the spell, if you return to me safely." Gold told her seriously.

"Gold, you know me, I will always return to you safely." Caitlynn told him. "Now will you teach me the spell?"

"Yes." Gold told her.

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Later, Caitlynn had learned the spell as Gold cast it first on her. Then Gold and Caitlynn walked over to Regina and Ariel. Gold started to draw were they needed to go, when he was done he draw an X in the middle of the drawing.

"That's Storybrooke?" Ariel asked to him as she had moved to sit on a rock.

"Can you get there?" Gold looked at her.

"It's far. I'll have to cross over realms." Ariel replied to him. "But yes, I can make it."

"If all went according to plan, Storybrooke will be surrounded by a cloaking spell." Gold explained it to her. "When you arrive, surface close to the shore. Then you're inside its bounds."

"And Caitlynn will find what we must bring back?" Ariel asked as she glanced at Caitlynn.

Caitlynn looked at her. "An object to help us defeat Pan."

"Well, I'm gonna need a little more than that to go on." Ariel told them.

"I'm sorry. Pan has ears everywhere. We can't risk telling you." Gold told her as he walked over to Caitlynn. "You know where it is?" Caitlynn nodded to him as then he grabbed a small shell up and he holds his hand over it as it started to glow as then he placed into her hands. "In case you forget it and the spell."

"Thank you, my love." Caitlynn told him.

"Then how?" Ariel asked confused.

"That's why Caitlynn is coming with you. She will help you." Gold replied to her. "She has an air bubble around her for under the water."

"Caitlynn coming with me. Storybrooke. Got it." She told him as then she looked at Regina. "And Eric? Where will I find him in this new world?"

"Well, that comes after you've succeeded. Incentives are important." Regina replied to her. "The bracelet will only give your legs for 24 hours."

"How do I know you'll uphold your end of the bargain when I'm back?" Ariel asked to her.

"Guess you'll just have to trust me." Regina replied to her.

Then Caitlynn walked over to Ariel as she grabbed her hand and they both went into the water, Gold staring at it.

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After a long trip back to Storybrooke, they landed by the shoreline of Storybrooke. They had a few stops on the way to Storybrooke, Caitlynn had to cast the spell again, once. Now, Ariel is placing her bracelet as they see the dwarfs. "Hi! I'm Ariel." She told them as she walked on the strand, Caitlynn walked next to her.