"The danger is I'm dangerous... and I just might tear you apart."
Astrid is a sarcastic archer who was kidnapped from the Charming family and twin sister when she was a baby.
She's also known as Artemis, a girl who uses her magic to save people, p...
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Astrid walked beside Peter as they followed Merlin, Snow, David, Regina, and Lancelot over to where the Dark One's vault was located at.
"There's nothing we can do." Merlin spoke up as he moved a hand over the symbols lightly, "It's too late. The Vault has already forged Hook as its new Dark One.
Astrid noticed the tracks on the ground and spoke up, "He went this way. This way!" She quickly followed the tracks but soon stopped. "And then the tracks disappear."
"We should split up, search the woods." David suggested, placing a concerned fatherly hand on his daughter's arm.
"He's a Dark One." Regina spoke up, "He can transport himself anywhere. So can Emma."
"We've got to start looking somewhere." Peter also spoke up, glancing over at his wife as he knew she was saddened by what had happened.
"There's no time." Merlin commented, "Of all the paths I foresaw for your daughter- Emma- I'm afraid that this was the darkest. We should return to Granny's. Even without my magic, I still have enough ingredients to make preparations."
"I don't care how bad things got-- My sister wouldn't hurt us." Astrid spoke up in defense to her twin.
"Maybe." Merlin replied, "But this new Dark One, we need as many allies as we can get."
"Lancelot, your mother's the lady of the lake." Snow began towards their old friend, "Could she help us?"
"Perhaps," Lancelot started.
"Perhaps?" David repeated with a small sigh as Merlin agreed with Snow, "Lancelot, you should go. She does have great power. The lake is but a two-way journey from here. It's worth a try."
"And if I don't make it in time?" Lancelot inquired.
"Well, then you get to spend your last moments with your mother," Peter answered him.
Lancelot, Regina, Merlin, and Peter walked ahead while Snow, Astrid, and David remained behind.
"We were so close," David began, "Emma was seconds away from destroying the darkness and ending this."
"And Hook would have been dead." Astrid commented, keeping her gaze on the ground beneath her boots.
"She chose love, David," Snow added with a concerned glance thrown towards her daughter's way, "And we would have done the same thing. We'd share one heart because we took the same kind of risk that Emma took-- And Astrid almost took-- We save each other. That is what our family does. So have some faith in her."
"I do." David assured before adding, "I just hope her faith in Hook is justified."
Astrid looked over at her father and then over at her mother, her jaw flexing somewhat. She just wanted her sister and father figure back and themselves.
