Epilogue

A few days had passed since the incident in the cave, despite Ingrid's change of heart at the last minute her actions before hand had earned her some jail time. Ingrid agreed to face punishment and allowed them to place the magic inhibiting bracelet on her wrist. Emma, Anna and Regina took her down to Belle's old cell in the hospital ward. In the cell next to her was none other than Zelena...yes Zelena, Regina's jealous sister. Robin Hood had caught "Marian" looking in the mirror and saw Zelena in the reflection, turns out that she had killed the real Marian before she came to Storybrooke and had been impersonating her ever since. Luckily, Regina was able to get another magic bracelet from her old friend Ursula.

"So Regina, considering the whole Marian thing is fixed were cool now right?"

"It was my sister trying to ruin my happiness, not you Miss Swan. More important question is whether or not our new friend here will be anymore of an issue"

"I'm fine, you stuck the bracelet on me remember?"

"I'll pull yours off if you pull mine!" Zelena was yelling from the other cell

"Quiet Zelena! Your lucky Snow Queen, your sister is dead"

"I heard that!" Zelena yelled again

"I wanted you too!" Regina yelled back and walked away

"Alright dairy queen, in you go"

"Emma, are we cool?" Ingrid asked nervously, wanting a good response, but also because they didn't use words like cool for a reason other than temperature.

"Were not friends, let alone cool. Ok Anna, she's in the cell, let's go find a way t get you back home."

"Actually Emma, I would like to visit with my aunt for a while"

"Jezze, you were her prisoner for 30 years isn't that enough?" Emma asked sarcastically, but saw that Anna was genuine. "Alright take your time." Emma left the two of them alone, following Regina up the stairs.

"I'm sorry about her Ingrid"

"She is right to feel this way, I AM a MONSTER Anna, not because of my powers but because of what I let them turn me into."

"Ingrid, don't say that"

"No! Anna, with every bone in my body, I am sorry for everything I have done too you. I should have just accepted you as my family along with Elsa thirty years ago. It's just that, after what your mother did to me, I was filled with anger and pain. And I let those emotions cloud my judgement, guide me. I thought that anyone who wasn't exactly like me would come to hate me. That Gerda hated me and that you would too. And I let those feelings turn me into a manipulative, murderous monster. But I was wrong. I became the very person that I hated, someone who hates and attacks anyone different from them. I don't expect you to forgive me but..."

"Ingrid, you're right about one thing. I am not like you and neither was my mother, you hurt both of us, but if my mother was able to forgive you and love you for who you are then so can I. Your apart of our family no matter what and family doesn't give up on each other"

"You remind me so much of Helga, I wish I could have seen her in you when we first met instead of your mother. Would have saved us so much trouble."

"I wish we could have found that bottle sooner, THAT would have saved us so much trouble, and killing, and freezing. OH MY GOD, ARENDELLE'S STILL FROZEN!"

"Take this bracelet off me and I will unfreeze them." Anna looked at her aunt, while she was trying to forgive and love her, her previous actions had made trust a little difficult. But she knew she had to, not just for Arendelle, but to show Ingrid that she meant what she said was true. Anna took off the bracelet and Ingrid got her powers back, she closed her eyes and when she opened them again, there was a flash of blue light.

"Done."

"You really unfroze them all?"

"Save one. Your prince friend"

"Hans?"

"Yes, he should still be frozen."

"Phew, yeah that's for the best, Kristoff can handle things until we get back"

"We?"

"We'll I'll have to talk over it with Elsa, but I'm not leaving you trapped alone all over again"

"Well not alone, I'll have Emma, if she forgives me."

"By the way, what is it with you and Emma? I mean I know she is like you in terms of power but come on you barely know her."

"Actually, after I found a way to this world, before I came to Storybrooke I was Emma's foster mother for a time."

"Really, she never mentioned that?"

"Yes well, things were going great, but one day I tried to explain to her that she had powers and then she called me a lunatic and ran away. I didn't see her again until she walked into my ice cream shop ten years later and she was not happy to see me."

"You erased her memories like you did Elsa"

"Yes, oh and that reminds me" Ingrid held out her hands, and in a puff of white smoke appeared two small purple stones

"Rock Troll memory stones!"

"Yes, they contain the memories of my time with Elsa and Emma, could you please return them for me, they deserve to know"

"Ingrid, I don't have magic, how will I get them out?"

"I'll get them out if you get me out! Or at least stop talking about this loving family garbage." Zelena yelled

"Ignore her Anna, just wave your hand over them, the stones will do the rest."

Anna smiled at her aunt and walked away. Ingrid slipped the bracelet back on and closed the door to her cell. She honestly couldn't believe how fast she had grown to care for this girl after wanting to kill her for thirty years. Guess things can change so fast.

"Hey, Anna!"

"Belle, hi"

"Umm, Elsa and Emma told me about what happened"

"Belle, I am so sorry"

"You know Anna, I always knew there was a beast, but for the longest time I thought I saw a man behind it, thought I could get rid of the monster. But I guess that was stupid romance talking. I should have seen through him."

"You were blinded by love, I went through the same thing once, I once almost married a guy three hours after meeting him."

They share a chuckle

"Anyways, I still can't say that I am over him, but I think it is for the best that we leave him in the hat. If I ever choose to let him out, it will be outside of Storybrooke."

"Hey look, I have to go do something, I'll talk to you later."

"Alright"

"Anna, your back!"

"And not frozen if I may add"

"Emma, Elsa, I have something for you guys. From Ingrid"

Anna reached into her pocket and pulled out the stones, Emma was confused and Elsa was in shock

"The snow queen wanted you to give us her pet rocks?"

"They are memory stones Emma, do they contain the memories that Ingrid took from me?"

"Yes, and memories she took from you too Emma"

"She took memories from me? When did that happen?"

"A few years ago, when you first came to Storybrooke, and she knew you before then as well. She wanted me to give you two your memories back"

"Why so we can remember exactly how badly she treated us"

"Wait Emma, I want my memories back. I mean yeah Ingrid went out of line, but from what I have heard we are close once and she seems to have changed now"

"Ok fine, YOU get your memories back, I will stay out of this"

"Emma, please, your right to be mad at Ingrid, she has hurt you and attempted to hurt others as well. But in all that time she was blinded by pain and anger and now she isn't"

"Why are you even defending her? She froze you for thirty years! Tried to have you killed! What!? Two!? Three times!? And she tried to turn your sister against you!"

"Emma, please. She really is sorry, and from what she's told me you and her were very close once."

"Oh yeah, then what happened!?"

"See for yourself."

Emma grudgingly sat down on the couch and Elsa beside her. Anna waved her fingers over the stones and the aurora entered their minds. Suddenly Elsa remembered their first meeting when Hans accidently released her, how Ingrid taught her to control her powers, and how everything fell apart when she cast the spell of shattered sight on Anna and she was sealed in the urn. Emma also remembered, on how she was bullied and lonely in the foster care system, how Ingrid was there for her and adopted her, but also on how she ran away and her less than joyous meeting ten years later.

"I have to go talk to her"

"Me too"

"Emma! Elsa! You came."

"Yeah, Anna returned our memories"

"Oh god!" Zelena yelled, annoyed that now she has to hear about love, again.

"Be quiet Zelena!" All three of them yelled

"You know I hope she and Regina eventually patch things up, they are sisters after all"

"I doubt that is going to happen Elsa. Now, Ingrid, I am very conflicted right now. We had good times together in the past, I ,saw you as my family, and I loved you. But now i'm having a hard time forgiving you wanting to destroy basically everyone I know"

"Yeah, and I still don't know if I can forgive what you did to Anna"

"And I didn't expect you too. But I really am sorry"

"Although, we talked about it on the way over here, and we both agree that we care about you more now than we did a hour ago."

"And, with these returned memories, your good behavior, and some time, maybe we can love you again."

"That's all I ever wanted."

"Yes, well, we'll see you later."

Emma and Elsa walked away, but Emma stopped for a minute and faced Ingrid again

"By the way, your not a lunatic, and you didn't screw up my life. I shouldn't have ran"

"I should have been more patient"

Emma gave Ingrid a kindly smirk and followed Elsa up the stairs. As they did Ingrid laid on her cell bed in delight. All these years she thought her sisters didn't love her, now she knows they did. All the wanted was two people to fill the void they left, and now she has three. Anna, Emma, and Elsa were both special in their own way. And now they love her, and her them.