Mad Hatter [Jefferson Hatter || OUAT || Mad Red #2]

Chapter 18

Enchanted Forest...

Emma was banging the door of the cell with her sword, while the rest of them watched her and Giselle was looking at the piece of paper.

"We aren't going to break it down, Emma. It was enchanted to hold Rumpelstiltskin. We don't have a chance," Mary Margaret said.

"This is my fault," Aurora said.

"No, it's mine. Cora stole your heart because I failed to protect you," Mulan said.

"That's very sweet, but I believe it's my fault. I'm a Saviour, and I've not been doing much saving, have I?" Emma said.

"It's not your fault," Rose Red sighed, "If I trusted Hook, maybe he wouldn't have done this," Rose Red said.

"Don't doubt yourself, especially with him. You were right not to trust him," Giselle said.

"We're going to win this fight, you know," Emma and Rose Red looked at Mary Margaret, "Good always defeats evil," Mary Margaret said.

"You sound like Henry," Emma said.

"Guess optimism runs in the family," Mary Margaret said.

"I think it skipped a generation," Emma said.

"You should know better than anybody. You broke the curse," Mary Margaret said.

"What have I done since then? I got us stranded over here, burned down wardrobe, let Cora get the ash. And now, Cora has the compass. The only reason I ever broke the curse, was because it was exactly what Gold wanted me to do. I had nothing to do with it," Emma said.

"What are you talking about?" Rose Red said.

"He told you I was the Saviour. It was his plan. Once I fulfilled that role, maybe that's all I was ever meant to do. Everything I've ever done... He had it all mapped out before I was even born. I'm not powerful. I'm... I'm not... A Saviour. I'm just a  name on a piece of paper. I'm a pawn and that's exactly why I am in here and Cora's on her way to Storybrooke," Emma said.

Meanwhile, Cora and Captain Hook were travelling through a field.

"Where are we going?" Captain Hook asked.

"Lake Nostos. The legend says its waters hold the power to restore what was once lost. It'll return magic to what remains of this wardrobe. And then, we'll be able to cross worlds," Cora said.

The two of them arrived at the dried-up Lake Nostos, "I may be a simple pirate, but... I know one thing, lakes have water," Captain Hook said as they stood near the middle of the lake.

Cora waved her hand in front of her and a small vortex magically formed in the middle of the former lake then a geyser of water shot up from the ground. Cora looked at him, "After everything we've been through, why do you still doubt me?" Cora questioned.

Flashback

Wonderland...

Cora still had her hand plunged into Captain Hook's chest, gripping his heart.

"I've told you all I know. Now have some honour, and kill me," Captain Hook said.