12. Box to the Future

Complete story — includes the ending

Frederick is suspicious of Ingrid's decision to go to Asgard. He tells his grandfather about how close she is to Dash and though Dash doesn't remember much of his past life as Bastian, it may not be safe to think she's on their side. Frederick's grandfather, Nikolaus, transforms into Tommy and pays Dash a visit and threatens him to stay away from Ingrid. He tells Dash that if Dash stays away, Nikolaus can reward him in a previous life. Ingrid is worried when Dash tells her this but he promises her he's on her side. She tells him that they need to reconstitute the journal they had burnt but is forced to leave them at Dash's place, even though she doesn't trust the power of the books with him, to avoid being detected by Nikolaus. Detective Ravevn finds out about Fair Haven's history of housing witches and carrying out occult practices. Hot on the heels of Dash, she pays him a visit and they sleep together. Dash wakes up to find that Raven has made it away with the journal Ingrid had restored. Nikolaus confronts Ingrid and holds her captive, concealed from Frederick. Killian has consumed a poison to kill himself and reunite with Freya. He calls Ingrid and tells her about a dream in which Freya tried to give him the root of a lotus. Ingrid gives him the lotus root and asks him to drink it every fifteen minutes to slow down the effect of whatever he has consumed. Killian hallucinates Freya who keeps asking him to stay alive and wait for her though he is growing increasingly weak. Joanna is able to procure the weapon from her past self but is followed by Tarkoff who has been sent by Nikolaus. Tarkoff proposes to Joanna to join him and beat the King together. Tarkoff abducts Joanna and starts injecting her with opium. Meanwhile Freya and Wendy are forced to go back to the opium den where they have left the magic key to the time door. The key is now with the Wendy in the past. Freya recognizes Edgar Allan Poe as having the same soul as that of Killian and enlists his help to get the key back or it may be too late for them to return.