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Astrid sat at the counter beside her fiancé and watched her mother put her baby brother down in his crib, the woman saying, "Here you go, Sweetheart. I'll see you in three hours for your midnight shrieking. Yes, I will. Ohh, sweet dreams."

Henry stepped over to Snow and inquired curiously, "What do you suppose babies dream about?"

"Bullfighting-" David started as Emma chimed in, "Laser tag-" and Peter and Astrid saying in unison, "Sword fighting."

Snow placed her hands over her hips and argued defensively, "That's not true."

Henry chuckled, "I think they're joking."

Snow sighed, saying, "Right. I'll recognize funny again when he's three and I've had some sleep."

"Three?" David and Astrid simultaneously repeated, sharing a small look between one another, "I see the optimism returning."

Emma looked over at what her son was doing and noticed the basket he was making and started, "Okay, chocolate, DVDs, ice cream, red wine. That's one heck of a late night snack, Kid."

Henry smiled a little and replied, "It's for my mom."

Emma placed a hand over his shoulder and pointed out lightly, "I don't drink and sheriff."

"My other mom. I googled 'how to get over a breakup'." Henry commented, "It didn't talk about your boyfriend's wife time-traveling back from the past, but close enough."

"That's really sweet," Emma began just as everyone jumped at a loud thud and saw a black crow trying to get into the window.

"Bloody hell-" Astrid started before going over to the window and opened it, the bird climbing onto her hand. "It's a message." She removed the small scroll and let the bird fly out of the window.

Snow looked over her teenager's shoulder and read it slightly, saying, "It's for Henry. It's from your mother."

Astrid handed the scroll over to her nephew as he took it and read it, letting out, "She doesn't want to see me."

Astrid moved over to Peter who immediately wrapped an arm around the small of her back, pulling her closer to him. Henry walk out of the apartment after grabbing his scarf and jacket.

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Peter, Astrid, and Hook stepped out of the woods and moved over to Emma and David who stood in front of the ice wall near the town line.

Hook spoke up towards the two other adults, "In case you were wondering, it goes the whole way 'round."

"Hook, I didn't know you were joining us," David replied as Astrid spoke up in amusement, "We got a distress call from my sister, and we're on the spot, sooo..."

"I was not distressed, and this wall goes around what- the whole town?" Emma commented.

"That it does," Peter spoke up with a nod while taking his love's hand in his.

"So, once again, we can't leave Storybrooke," David replied.

"Doing more than keeping us inside, by the looks of that," Hook pointed out as he looked over at the fallen pole that connects it to the power in the town, "Guess that's what caused the loss of power."

"Look at you becoming a twenty-first century man," Emma replied, "Yeah. It looks to me like whoever was putting up the wall wasn't trying to take out the lights. They were just putting up the wall."

Astrid shared a look with David and spoke back up, "To keep us in-- Why?"

Peter smirked in amusement, saying, "Kill us all one by one. It's what I'd do- and Hook."

David let out, "Mm." Astrid grinned but frowned when she noticed something by the wall after David stepped over to the police car.

Astrid let Peter's hand go and began to make her way over to the wall; She stopped and noticed a light blonde- almost white- haired woman in a blue dress as she started, "Hey. Who are you?"

The stranger held up her hand defensively, frightened, as her palm glowed blue some while she asked, "Who are you?"

"Okay. It's okay. I'm Astrid-" Astrid began just as Emma stepped over to her twin and cut in, "I'm Emma. I'm her sister."

"I'm Elsa. I'm looking for my sister. This belonged to her. I found it in the store of many things," Elsa replied while showing a necklace of a snowflake.

"Okay. We can help you-" Astrid started gently.

"Astrid!" "Emma!" Peter and Hook both started, Peter making it to his love's side first while Elsa held up her hands defensively.

"No, no, stay back," Emma tried telling their family while David started, cocking his gun, "Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

"She's just trying to find-" Emma began as the wind picked up and very strong, pillars of ice shot out from the ground which made Emma get knocked down.

Peter instinctively pushed Astrid out of the way as the girl fell into David's and Hook's arms with the two men steadying her; An avalanche of snow began to fall on all of them while the wall thickened even more.

"Peter!" "Emma!"

Astrid pushed her two dads out of the way with her also taking cover, and once everything settled down again, the three stood back up.

"Peter." Astrid breathlessly let out, reaching towards the icy wall and held her palm against the cold surface.

"The device-- Call them," Hook told David who pulled out his walkie-talkie and spoke in it, "Emma, Peter, are you two in there?"

"I'm getting her out." Hook commented and began hitting the ice with his hook.

"What if we lift?" David suggested as both of the men tried to shift the solid rocks of ice but failed in doing so.

Hook tried breaking the ice with his hook until David stopped him with Hook letting out, "Don't! We're not giving up."

"We won't, but this is not getting us anywhere," David pointed out.

"Well, I'm open to suggestions," Hook replied.

"Magic made this thing. I think we're gonna need magic to unmake it," David commented, "And I'm not gonna stop fighting until we do."

Astrid spoke up a few feet away from them, "Step back. I'm gonna try and break this wall down. Let's see if my magic works."

Hook and David shared a look and quickly stepped away as Astrid's hands glowed white while she held it up at the wall.

*On the Other Side of the Ice Wall*

Peter helped Emma to her feet as she let out with a groan, "Wow. Ow. I got to give it to you-- You put on quite a show."

"You want to tell me what this is about?" Peter spoke up towards Elsa who placed her hands over her hips and answered, "No. Just that I'm very powerful, and I don't know who you are, but you and your people— you need to be more careful. Keep your distance."

"I'm Peter. Peter Pan." Peter replied with a slight smirk before adding, "And I think we can guarantee that."

"So if you want to, you know, hit 'undo' on that, then..." Emma chimed in while pointing slightly at the wall behind them, "We'll get right on it."

"I... Not right away," Elsa replied, "Bring me what I want, and then I'll consider freeing you."

"Your sister, right?" Emma confirmed.

"We can't really look for her from in here," Peter remarked, moving his hands over his hips.

Static then crackled from Emma's jacket as the said woman reached in her jacket and pulled out her walkie-talkie with David's voice coming through it, "Emma! Peter! Can you two hear me?"

"What is that?" Elsa warily asked.

Emma held it out in front of her and began to explain, "Uh... It's a-"

"Emma, are you two okay? Say something." David spoke through the device.

"Um, it allows me to talk to my father and sister- Astrid- who's on the other side of that wall," Emma continued, "But if you want to melt that, we can all talk."

"Tell them to go get Anna," Elsa simply told her.

"Dad, can you hear me?" Emma began as she now talked in the device.

"Emma. Say it again." Hook spoke up on the other side.

Emma shared a look with Peter as she spoke in the walkie-talkie again, "We're in here with this woman. She's looking for her sister- Anna."

Peter added in the explanation, "She thinks that Anna is in town because she found a necklace of hers in my brother's shop."

Emma also added, "She wants us to try to find her before-"

Elsa then cut in, saying, "Before I freeze this town and everyone in it." Peter shared a look with his love's sister and sighed, crossing his arms across his chest as he shivered somewhat.

They then felt the ground shake with the walls trembling slightly, Peter smirking a little. "What was that?" Elsa began suspiciously.

"Probably my sister," Emma replied, "She, uh, has magic like we do-- and its pretty strong. Aren't you cold? I'm freezing."

"It's never bothered me," Elsa shrugged before saying, "Your sister, the one who found me first- Astrid- is she strong enough to break through in here?"

"Most likely," Peter commented, confident in his betrothed's power. They felt the walls tremble and ground shake again.

"Call her on that thing and tell her to don't do that. Not until Anna gets here," Elsa replied.

Emma looked over at Peter who was now holding the walkie-talkie in his hand and slowly lifted it up to his mouth as he spoke in it, "Astrid? Guys, tell her to stop."

David spoke on the other side in confusion, "Why?"

Peter looked at Elsa and then Emma and back at Elsa before answering, "Because our visitor said to."

"No. I'm not. They're gonna freeze to death in there. I need to get them out of there. My sister and love needs me."

Peter smiled a little as Emma spoke in the walkie-talkie, "Astrid, hey, it- it's okay. We're okay. Just hold off on using your magic for now. Alright?"

There was a brief silence over the two sides until Astrid spoke through the walkie-talkie, saying, "As you wish, Sister... And Elsa? Make any attempt to harm my family, I will burn your world to the ground. No one hurts my family and lives. ."

Elsa raised her eyebrows at the device and looked at Emma and Peter who shrugged and replied, "That's my girl. She's very protective of her family- and friends."

"The other day, there was something here-- We called it a snow monster," Emma started, "I assume that's something you made?"

"I'll do whatever it takes to get my sister back," Elsa replied simply.

"So would I," Emma shrugged while shivering, "I can tell you care about her a lot. I'm sorry about her necklace."

"Where is it?" Elsa frantically asked while looking for the necklace.

"It fell in the ice right here," Peter answered while pointing slightly down at the frozen ground.

"You can melt it down to get it back." Emma added, "Keep going, and we could take this whole conversation someplace warmer."

Peter narrowed his eyes at Elsa who looked away and replied in realization, "You can't control it."

Emma looked from him to Elsa and realized also, starting, "What you said to David on the walkie— It wasn't a threat. It was a warning. Because you can't control what you're doing."

"What makes you two think you know me?" She asked Peter and Emma who answered, "Because I know me, and I have powers, too, and I am not great at controlling them. And it looks to me like you're the same way."

"You mentioned you had magic like your sister... Anna helps." Elsa began, "She... helps me control it. So if I can find her, she can help me undo this. We can get rid of all this- the whole wall- when she's here."

"Well, I'm afraid she's not," Peter spoke up, "Can Astrid please start trying to break the wall down with her magic now?"

"Y-Yeah," Elsa agreed just as Emma collapsed onto the ground, shivering even more and turning a bit blue from the cold. "Emma! Stay with us."

Peter picked up the device and spoke in it, calling his love, "Astrid, do your thing, love. I'll work on the wall in here. Emma's not doing so good at the moment... She's freezing to death."

"!?" Astrid replied on the other side and resumed blasting her light magic against the thick ice wall.

Peter blasted his magic on their side of the wall also, both starting to make a dent in it; Elsa stood up in determination and also joined by his side, using her power to help melt the wall.

After a minute passed, a large enough hole for them to crawl out was made; Peter helped Emma out first as the said woman fell into Hook's arms as he picked her up bridal-style.

Peter then helped Elsa step out as David also helped her climb out; Then the green eyed boy climbed out of the hole and rushed over to his fiancé, instantly embracing her in a tight hug.

"Don't ever leave my side again," Astrid murmured softly.

"Never," Peter quietly assured, "I'm not losing you ever again, and you won't lose me either. I'm with you forever and always."

"Always and forever," Astrid whispered before kissing him as he kissed her back with her kissing him two more times.

"I love you, A," Peter mumbled while kissing her forehead, inhaling her sweet scent and sighing, relieved.

Astrid smiled and buried her face in his shoulder and also mumbled, "I love you, Peter."

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"Hey, Peter? You awake?" Astrid spoke up, lifting her head off his chest to look up at his face.

"No, why?" Peter grumbled out sleepily, his eyes never opening.

Astrid smirked, saying, "If a Guinea pig and a normal pig had a baby, would it be called a piggy-er Guinea pig?"

Peter smirked, his eyes still closed, as he replied sleepily, "If you and I had a baby, would it get my beauty and your late night thoughts, or get your sexy body and my late night murder thoughts?"

Astrid blushed somewhat as she looked back up at him and admitted, "I... don't know how to feel about this..."

Peter kissed her forehead and murmured, "Go to sleep, love."

Astrid blushed even harder and let out, "Okay." But then a smirk of her own passed over her features again as she faced him even more and kissed his forehead.

Peter frowned, his eyes closed again, pointing out, "You missed."

"Oh. Did I?"Astrid remarked and kissed his nose.

"You're getting closer but still missed," Peter replied and looked at her now.

She kissed his cheek and remarked, "Hamster cheeks. I love them."

Peter rolled his eyes and leaned forward towards her and kissed her on the lips with her kissing him back, saying, "Better."

Astrid smiled big with Peter pointing it out with a smile of his own, "There it is again."

"What?" Astrid laughed while snuggling back into his arms, one hand over his chest as she felt his heartbeat and the vibration from his voice when he spoke.

"You better not smile for anyone else like that. If you do, I might have to kill them," Peter smirked.

"Hey, I'm yours," Astrid assured, now growing sleepy as she yawned.

Peter grinned, saying, "You're mine." He heard his fiancé fall asleep then as he added sleepily, "And I'm yours, too." He kissed her forehead and fell asleep beside his true love for the night.

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