"You know I actually slept last night" Ella said whilst cleaning glasses in the bar
"I knew you would" Will replied whilst serving
Ella and Will were both in the bar together for the first time since the curse broke, they were both behind the bar when it started shaking and glasses fell from the shelves smashing on the floor.
"What the hell!" Ella yelled
"Think a rabbits going to appear out of the floor?" Will said being deadly serious
"Don't even joke about that," Ella smiled "I don't think I can handle the rabbit right now" , she turned her head to hear David yelling at someone, "I can hear David yelling,"
"Let's go see what's happening." Will said,
Ella nodded and they ran out of the bar along with all of the day drinkers, They ran down the road but stopped immediately as they saw the Giant.
" That's ... new" She said to Will
"Isn't that Anton?" Will asked
She ran over just to hear the Giant snap, "I don't make deals with humans."
"Would you make a deal with me I'm not human." Ella yelled up at the Giant making David, Mary Margaret and Leroy spin around in her direction
"How did you know something was happening?" Leroy asked
"Glasses started falling off shelves in the bar and there's a giant in the street I think we could guess." Will replied
"You look Human." The Giant argued
Ella sighed but flashed her eyes, fangs and roared
"Do we have a deal Anton?" Ella yelled
"How do you know my name?" Anton said back
"You don't remember us do you? William and Isabella Scarlett." Will yelled up at the Giant
Anton then immediately said , "Deal."
But instead of standing down he ran towards them all, Mary Margaret grabbed David and Will grabbed Ella pulling them back just as Anton jumped towards them.
As Ella got up she saw Anton in a large hole in the ground. Blue smoke appeared around him and he was gone.
Ella's eyebrows shot up and she moved towards the hole as Mary Margaret asked, "Where did he go?"
David stood up and said, "I'm not sure."
"I think I can guess." Ella said looking down the hole at Anton who was holding onto some piping.
"How you doing Anton, long time no see." Will yelled down, "I thought we got past the you killing us part."
Ella just gave Will a look, smiled and shook her head.
Not even five minutes later, David parked his truck in the front of the hole, Leroy was holding onto a rope and Granny and Ruby had arrived with some more townspeople.
"I got this." Granny said tying one end of the rope onto a hook on David's car.
Ella, Will, David and Mary Margaret were standing at the edge of the hole, Leroy tossed down the rope into the hole where Anton was hanging onto the pipe.
Just as Ella was about to say something to David, Mary Margaret kissed him.
Ella quickly turned away and said," Well that's something I never want to see ever again."
David tied the rope around his waist and then looked down at the hole as he said, "Alright, Anton! Coming down"
David slowly went down the hole and soon he made it to Anton who was barely holding on
Ella couldn't hear what they were saying when Will quickly span her around and wiped something from under her nose, he showed her his finger and there was black blood on the end of it.
"Whale?" Will asked
"Whale." Ella confirmed
. . . . .
"Ella this is going to get worse." Dr Whale said changing her bandages from the Hook wound.
Ella nodded and sat in the chair in his office and said, "Believe me I know."
"How is it even working on her?" Will asked in the chair next to her
"What do you mean?" Whale questioned
"Uh, magic doesn't work on me, to be honest I have no idea how Regina's curse worked on me."
. . . . .
"This is Granny', she makes a mean lasagne and runs an inn, so I'm sure we can set you up in a room until we find you a place." Leroy said to Anton as everyone including Ella and Will, who had decided to not clean the bar for the day, walked into Granny's.
Anton looked around as he said, "Thanks, but I think I'll set up a camp in the woods."
"The woods?" Ella asked
"Yeah, I'm better off alone. I'm not too good at fitting in." Anton explained
Leroy smiled as he said, "Well you're in the right place, Storybrooke's got all kinds: Dwarves." He motioned to himself, "Fairies." He pointed to the nuns who were in the corner, "Werewolves." He nodded to Ruby and Ella, "And outlaws." He pointed to Will and Ella who said,
"Nice to see you again Anton."
Leroy turned towards Ruby and said, "Ruby beers all around."
Anton looked around and Mary Margaret smiled at him lightly saying, "We all miss our land Anton, This is our home now."
"You ever think about going back?" Anton asked
"Of course we do, it's not possible." Mary Margaret nodded
"We have no way to get to any realm." Ella said
Anton was quiet for a second and then he said, "How's the farmland here?"
"Pretty good, why?" David asked
Anton reached into his pocket and pulled something out
He held up a small tube with a green stalk in it and said, "This stem is from a beanstalk, If I plant it. I should be able to grow some magic beans, and then you might just have a way."
. . . .
Anton was bent down, feeling the mud in his hands as David said, "What's the verdict?"
"The soil's got a nice lonely feel, a lot of minerals. The beans should grow well here, there's only one problem."
"What's that?" Ella asked, trying not to get her hopes up
Anton stood up and said, "Cora. This is why she brought me. She wanted me to grow beans. So whatever she plans to do with them... it can't be good."
"Then we won't let her get to them." Mary Margaret said with a shrug
Leroy nodded and said, "No one touches our crop."
Anton looked at the dwarves confused as he said, "Your crop? I thought you guys were miners?"
"Work is work it's what we do. So what do you say, you up for some help." Leroy asked
Anton nodded and said, "Okay."
"Happy!" Leroy yelled and the said dwarf walked over and handed Anton a pickaxe with a grin.
A name appeared on the axe 'Tiny'
"Tiny." Anton whispered, "My brothers used to call me that."
Leroy shrugged and said, "The axe never lies."
"Wait a second I did my time in the mines, how come I didn't get one of those." David asked a little offended.
Leroy gave him a look and said, "Because you aint a dwarf."
Leroy smiled and patted Anton on the back saying, "Welcome aboard brother."
Anton smiled and the dwarves started whistling.
"If this works-" Will said
"- I know." Ella said cutting him off.
. . . .
"So how do you know Anton?" Mary Margaret asked as she, David and Ella all sat on the sofa in the apartment which did make Ella feel a bit uncomfortable.
"That's for me to know." Ella said with a smirk
"Ok you won't answer that question, answer this one what happened in the hospital with Whale?" David asked
"I don't know what you mean." Ella said trying to avoid that question
"You lost control and you flung him across the room." David said
"I am having a hard time controlling it lately." Ella said as she quickly stood up and went into her room.
Ella shut her door and leaned against it listening to what David and Mary Margaret were saying,
"There is something wrong with her David."
"I know but she doesn't trust us enough to tell us." David said with a sigh, "Yet."
"It's because we made the mistake of giving her up and because of that..." Mary Margaret trailed off
"I know, Snow, I know."
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