Chapter 22

At the Awakening Ball, everyone is now dancing in perfect sync making some more beautiful memories.

Grumpy that is otherwise known as Leroy found himself dancing with an old flame Nora and actually smiled for more than a minute.

But the dancing soon ends when Prue manifests out of white smoke shocking everyone present at the ball!

"PRUE" Gideon shouts

"I guess you couldn't get rid of me" Prue replies

"I sent you to Wonderland with your father what are you doing back"? Gideon demands to know

"It was Walsh he used the mark of obedience to make me rip his heart out for the Dark Curse to work" Prue explains

"He can't of cast the Dark Curse the scroll in my vault," Regina said

"He didn't need the scroll he used a magical Copy Cat to get a hold of the Dark Curse," Prue says

"What will casting the Dark Curse do after all it already took us to the Land Without Magic,"? Gideon asks

"It will take us to another land where Emma won't be able to break the curse because she be one of the cursed" Gold explained to his youngest

"There has to be a way to stop the curse we can't let Walsh punish us," Robin said

"They would have been a way if I had my magic," Gold replies

"What could have you possibly do if you had magic against the curse"? Zelena questioned

"The Dark Curse was created by my mother and because of that any children of hers or future descendants like grandchildren who magic can control the outcome of the curse being cast," Gold says

"How's that going to help us now no Gold has magic" Rick snaps

"It does help us because I'm going to be the one to stop the curse" Gideon announced causing everybody to turn and face him

"Gideon, you can't be serious this is the Dark Curse we're talking about" Regina spoke

"I know we're talking about the Dark Curse but I'm the last Gold witch standing and none of us wants to be cursed So I'm going to try and stop the curse" Gideon declared as he walks away from the dancefloor to the exit but Robin, Rick are the first to catch up with everyone else following

"You, can't do this alone Gideon, I'm coming with you" Robin spoke

"Me too Giddy," Rick said

"And me," Prue says making Gideon and his friends turn and face her

"You, want to help" Robin replied

"Of course my father cast this curse let me help," Prue says

"Fine, help Emma, Regina and Zelena get people to safety and get ready to use the Apprentice's wand to send everyone out of Storybrooke if I fail" Gideon instructed

"Gideon, in the space of a few shorts weeks you discovered you had magical powers created a whole new brand of magic that you don't even know the limitations of Vocalization" Belle points out

"We have no choice mom at least let me try and it's not like I'll be in too much I have Robin, Rick and Prue they step in if I get to over my head" Gideon replies

"It appears we have no choice but first we need to find Henry and Baelfire," Gold said

"Let's get to work," Belle says and then the people of Storybrooke at the Ball leave through its exit and make their way to Storybrooke's main street.

Henry and Baelfire were soon found by their family and were all too aware of the Dark Curse.

The Dark Curse has now devoured Storybrooke's forest and is heading for the rest of the town Emma, Regina and Zelena are already prepared with their small groups of people to leave Storybrooke if Gideon can't destroy the curse!

Gideon finds himself breathing quite heavy he knows he the only Gold left that can destroy the curse or at the very least hold it back long enough for everyone to escape.

Belle and Henry can see the worry on Gideon's face and approach him.

"Nervous," Henry said

"Terrified actually" Gideon replies

"You, do great and we're here," Belle says trying to reassure her son

"The curse it's here" Leroy shouts

"Here, I guess it's time" Gideon Spoke as the Dark Curse reaches the main street and everyone takes a few steps back in horror apart from Gideon

"You can't hold back Gideon you have to use all your strength" Gold instructed and Gideon nods giving his father a signal of him knowing

"Dark Curse bringer of pain, loss and grief with my power I destroy you for all time" Gideon shouted as he throws a highly concentrated magical beam at the Dark Curse which causes the curse to be pushed back for a moment and become unstable but the curse in retaliation to Gideon attack fires a magical lighting bolt at Gideon who falls to the ground his magical beam ends

"Gideon" Belle, Baelfire along with Henry and Gold scream

"God that hurt" Gideon whimpered but Gideon doesn't get a chance to examine his wound because the Dark Curse from Gideon's attack grew stronger and starts to devour residents of Storybrooke ready to take them to a place worse than Storybrooke

"He failed," Red said with sadness

"No, not yet leave them alone," Gideon commands as he makes a gesture that forces the curse move from the residents of Storybrooke before it had chance to send them away

"Gideon, what are you planning on doing"? Robin asks

"If I can't destroy the curse it doesn't mean I can't hold it off Dark Curse I command you to come to me," Gideon said while calling all his magic and strength to drag the Dark Curse into him through his nose, eyes and mouth scaring everyone

"GIDEON" Gideon's friends and family scream as Gideon falls to his knees from absorbing the Dark Curse into his body trying to contain it

"Open the portals get everyone out of here I'm going to try and contain the Dark Curse for as long as possible" Gideon cries out with pain from absorbing the Dark Curse into his body and struggling to use his magic to prevent the curse from overwhelming him and leaving his body and finish its evil purpose

"You heard him" Rick shouts and not a second later we see Emma, Regina and Zelena using various magical items and wands to open portals to the Enchanted Forest and direct people to go through them

"Hurry, I can't hold it much ... longer" Gideon says as some of the Dark Curse starts to force its way out of Gideon through his mouth and nose

"I can't let this go on," Robin declares as she runs past her mother with Rick and Prue following her to Gideon

"We have to do something" Rick spoke

"Hang on Giddy" Robin replied as she held out her hands and attempts to use her magic to weaken the curse but instead the curse feeds off her magic growing stronger forcing Prue to use her magic against the curse but that only makes the curse so much stronger. The curse is already half way of becoming completely free from Gideon.

"You have to get away from Gideon" Robin and Rick's parents shout but it was too late Gideon trying one last time to use his remaining strength and magic to absorb the curse along with Prue and Robin using their magic to weaken the curse only to making the curse stronger caused the Dark Curse to do the only thing possible in this situation. The curse creates a vortex around the only four teenagers before sending them with a lot of struggle to a new land!

"NO" Rick, Robin and Gideon's family scream as they run to the spot they saw their relatives a moment ago

"What happened where did they go"? Belle asked

"I have no idea they just got transported to an unknown realm by the Dark Curse" Gold replies

"We have to get them back who knows where the curse sent them," Zelena said in between sobs

"How do we know if they survive the trip to that realm"? Ruby asked

"We don't that's the problem" Regina spoke

The End.

Thank you for reading this chapter as well as all the previous chapters also.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter I left on a bit of a cliff hanger.

But don't worry a sequel will be up in a couple of days called "A Journey to become heroes".