Dark Hearts | Once Upon A Time

LXI. The Legend Has Many Faces

Storybrooke. Present-day

THINGS WERE TENSE between Jaclyn and Killian with Killian feeling like Jaclyn was no longer a friend because ever since they got back with Emma, Killian had felt a little put out with the relationship between the trio of pirates; hurt that they seemed to know more about the woman pirate than he did 

Erica wished she could take the pain away that she saw on Jaclyn's face any time she tried to talk to Killian  about things but Killian would just brush her off and so Erica had encouraged Jaclyn to once again talk to Killian and try to ease over the situation and tell him as much as she wanted (just like she did with Erica)

While the blonde was left figuring out how the hell to stop the Wicked Witch 

Which meant dealing with a frustrated Regina who was mad that Henry didn't have a clue who she was. A tired and pissed Emma who was struggling with coming back into the fairytale world (she really did need to speak to Emma about that) and a mother who didn't know the hardships that Erica had gone through but still bless her heart tried but Erica knew if she was to reveal a fraction of what she had been through seen and discovered Snow White would be horrified

Whether that was hypocritical of her or not remained to be seen 

"I don't like the idea of Henry hanging out with those new pirates" Emma pipes up, drawing Erica's attention to Emma "He could pick up things from them, things that I don't want him to know and things that could just confuse him"

"Okay I know you have no reason to trust them but can you please trust me?" Erica huffs, locking eyes with her twin, face pleading with her not to push today or she could very well snap "And for all Henry knows they're just people dressed up as pirates. I'm sure he didn't believe me when I said they were actual pirates, after all, he is a smart kid, I just wanted to uphold my end of the promise I made him"

"Still I don't want him to get too attached" Emma mumbles 

Before Erica could ask her what she meant by that, Regina walked in. A smile on her face seemed to blossom as she smothered down her hair and Mary Margret caught it and smiled a  small smile herself 

"Regina if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were smitten"

"Well if I didn't know any better, I'd say Häagen-Dasz is smitten with your stomach" Regina scoffs, folding her arms and rolling her eyes  "Can we get started? We have to find a way to stop my sister"

"For once I agree with Regina, stopping her is our top priority," David said 

"There's one thing in this plan that doesn't fit. Regina"

"I'm the point of it, so she can take my life for herself"

"Yes, but why bring you back to Storybrooke? Why bring any of you back?"

"Well nobody has ever succeeded in time travel. Perhaps something from this world makes it possible" Regina guessed before going back in thought "But what's almost as troubling is the fact that she was able to cast the curse to bring us here in the first place to cast the curse you have to give up the thing that you love the most and from what I've seen Zelena doesn't love much"

"Neither did you. You managed"

"Zelena's smart, strategic. Perhaps we had discovered something in the missing year" David said with a hint of confusion in her voice and he turned to Erica "Do you know anything that could have helped us in the Missing year?"

Erica shook her head "No. I spent most of the year with Jaclyn and the crew trying to move on with my life without Emma, I wanted to get her back but I didn't know how. Then when we got the note about the new curse and the potion, that was my ticket and I managed to find Emma and Henry and reunite them with me"