Chapter 3
The small group of four made their way to Zelena’s farm. As they walk up to the farm they hear Zelena talking then she looks down. Ruby pauses when she realizes that Zelena has the slippers. Snow grabs her hand to calm her down. Its a good thing her friend knows her so well otherwise she would charge and rip the bitches throat out. As she starts to click her heels Regina waves her hand stopping her sister’s feet.
As they got closer Zelena turned towards them. “You're not going anywhere sis,” Regina informed her.
The wicked witch sighed at the interruption, “How do you expect me to become mother material if you won't leave me be?”
Sounding annoyed by her sisters answer but trying to stay a voice of reason, “We were planning on it until someone you screwed over literally dropped out of the sky.”
Unable to keep her quiet any longer Red stepped forward. “What did you do to Dorothy?”
Zelena paused and looked away. Regina trying to help not just her friends turned family but her sister as well asked, “Zelena tell us what you did to Dorothy. Fight your instincts and help us. It's the only way you will ever see your little girl again. Trust me.” Regina had lost Henry because of her stubborn behavior she doesn’t want her sister to go through the same thing.
Zelena knew that she had done something that couldn’t be reversed. Shaking her head she replied, “No. I'm afraid I can't fix this. Even I can't help Dorothy now.”
Emma didn’t like what she was hearing, “Why not?”
Zelena moves her hand poofing a mirror to show what she was talking about. The image showed Dorothy laying on what looked like a green bed. She looked like she was sleeping. Red started to breath hard when it hit her, “You killed her?”
Smiling the wicked witch looked around at her visitors, “Not quite. I took a page out of your book Regina.”
Regina’s heart sank a little at that answer, “Sleeping curse.”
Red couldn’t believe this was happening. She just found her. Why was she being taken away so quickly? “You need to wake her up.” She demanded of the witch.
Zelena looked down on the mutt, “That's what I'm trying to tell you, I can't. Dorothy may have the love of the people of OZ but there's only one thing that can help her now.”
Regina looked like she was thinking about something as she answered, “True love’s kiss”
Zelena continued, “No family, unmarried, unloved, all alone. There's no one that can give Dorothy what she needs.I'm afraid sometimes I'm just too clever.” A smirk played on her face as she thought about how she had just been too smart for anyone to out think her.
Regina took a step forward and looked in Zelena’s eyes, “Can we speak in private please?” Zelena rolled her eyes and sighed as she turned to walk back into her home. Regina was not far behind.
As they waited for Regina and Zelena to finish talking Red was pacing the front porch. Unable to keep herself quiet and calm she started freaking out about the situation. “We have to do something. Dorothy is all alone back there. She doesn't have anyone.”
As she finished speaking Regina walked out of the house, “Not for long.” She showed the others the slippers, “These can at least get you back to OZ.”
Snow looked from the shoes to Regina in surprise, “How did you get her to hand those over to you?”
Regina answered a little surprised herself, “You're not going to believe me but all I had to do was ask.”
Feeling worthless and hopeless Red snapped, “What good are slippers if there is no one back in OZ that can give Dorothy true love's kiss?” She wish she knew she could wake Kansas. If she could she wouldn’t be here. She didn’t believe they were meant to be though.
Snow looked at her friend with a bit of sadness in her eyes. She could tell that this Dorothy meant more to Ruby then she wanted everyone to know. “Are you sure there isn't anyone?”
Looking out then back to the others, “Her family was awful to her and the only person that she has ever loved was her deceased Aunt Em.”
Emma realized where they were and offered, “She may still be here. All we have to do is find her.” Everyone looked at her with a spark of hope. Emma teleported them to the cemetery and they started the search for Aunt Em’s stone.
After searching and searching Red finally rounded a stone that had the familiar name on it, “Thats her, thats Auntie Em.”
Walking around the stone Snow observed, “Its not cracked or tipped, she's still down here.”
Red felt her heart quicken at the words. “Well what are we waiting for let's find her.”
Regina with her wisdom reminded them all, “It's not that simple. If she's dead she can't just leave the underworld to give Dorothy true loves kiss.”
Snow was looking out when she remembered the Blind Witch, “Maybe she doesn't have to.” Everyone looked at Snow like she was crazy. She continued to explain, “The other day the blind witch bottled David's breath.”
Emma looked shocked, “What? Why would she do that?”
Shaking it off Snow continued, “Well she roasted children in her previous life. Do we even want the answer to that. The point is maybe we can do the samething with a kiss from Aunt Em.”
Emma looked to the wolf, “Ruby could use the slippers to deliver it to Dorothy in OZ.”
Suddenly David, Hook, and Henry were running towards them, “SNOW! We've been looking everywhere for you.”
Snow went into panic mode, “What is it? Did you talk to Neal?”
The pirate answered, “Hades ripped out all the phone. He's cut us off from Storybrooke.”
Feeling her heart drop at the news she looked between the men, “What? Why?”
Trying to calm Snow, David tried to keep his voice even and firm. “Snow Neal's fine.”
She didn’t believe him, “Wait, no we don't know that. I mean maybe Hades did this for a reason. Maybe he's gonna make a move on Storybrooke now that we are trapped down here.”
“This is exactly what he wants is for us all to lose hope.” He was doing what he could to get Snow to calm down.
“It's hard not to when our child's life might be in danger.” Snow’s worst fears seemed to be coming true. How could this be happening again. Why couldn’t they have just been.
Emma started to feel guilty about the whole situation. If it wasn’t for her and her need to save Hook this wouldn’t be happening. “Mom I think its time.”
Snow was confused by the sudden interruption, “For what?”
“You need to go home, both of you.” She said looking between her parents.
“We haven't completed our mission. We haven't defeated Hades.” Snow pointed out.
“You've done more for me than you know. And so many down here.” Emma tried to reason.
Not one to just give in, “And I meant what I said we came because we wanted to.”
Feeling a great respect and so much love for her mother Emma couldn’t help but be happy she had found this family. “Because I needed you. Now your other kid needs you more and Storybrooke might too.”
Her father wasn’t going to just give up either, “Well what about Hades. We don't even know how to began to fight him yet.”
Hook stepped in this time, “We will just have to find a way to wage our war without the Charmings.”
David pointed out the same thing Regina did earlier, “But this is the underworld, we can't just walk out.”
A plan forming Emma answered, “You can with the slippers. Go to OZ with Ruby. Once you help Dorothy you can click your way back to Storybrooke. Mom...Dad...You've done enough. I will take care of the rest of our family. We're gonna be ok.”
Again Regina always thinking interrupts the moment, “You all are forgetting something. Hades carved Snow’s name on a tombstone. Emma you couldn't take it off even with the slippers she can't leave.”
Snow looked from Regina to David, “I can't but you can.” David didn’t want to but he could tell that she was determined to make sure someone got to Neal. With a half formulated plan the group split up again. David, Henry, and Hook go back to the apartment to see if there is anything else they can figure out. The women go to the one place that has the latest on gossip. Granny’s Dinner.