You're Losing Your Memory
Chapter One:
Emma Swan arrives at 108 Mifflin Street to meet up with her girlfriend and son. Regina and Emma had gotten off on the wrong foot, but in the past few months something had blossomed. The mayor had started to let Emma in, and now they were telling their son that they were together. Neither really knew how Henry would react, considering he still thinks that Regina is the Evil Queen. All they can do is hope for the best.
"Emma!" Henry exclaims when his blonde mother walks in. It wasn't odd to have her over. Even Henry knew that Regina and Emma had started some sort of friendship. "I didn't know you were coming over."
"She's joining us for dinner." Regina informs with a smile as she enters the room. "Would you like a drink, dear?"
"Sure." Emma smiles.
The two wander into the kitchen with Henry trailing behind. The ten year old is telling Emma about Ms. Blanchard's bird houses. Emma listen intently, even though she didn't care about bird houses, she did care about Henry.
"I'm sure it was wonderful." Regina comments, even though Henry hadn't exactly included her in the conversation.
Once dinner is done they sit at the table. Emma notices how nervous Regina looks, so she takes her hand under the table. With a gentle squeeze, the blonde is reminding Regina that everything will be okay. Henry might be surprised, but hopefully, with time, he'd be happy that they could be a family. All three of them.
"Henry, we need to talk." Regina finally says. She glances at Emma one more time who gives her a small reassuring nod. "Emma and I….we….we are together."
Henry drops the fork from his hand. He jumps from his seat and gets close to Regina with an angry face. This was definitely not the reaction they had been hoping for.
"NO!" He exclaims. "You can't do this! She has to break the curse!"
"Henry!" Emma scolds. "Don't speak to your mother like that!"
"But, she's the Evil Queen!" Henry insists despite the tears welling up in his adoptive mother's eyes.
"Henry, please we've been over this!" Regina pleads, her heart hurting at the thought of her son hating her so much. "I am not this...villain. Ms. Blanchard and I have lunch every Friday, would I do that if she was Snow White and I the Evil Queen?"
"You're trying to keep your cover." Henry states coldly. "You curse all of them, but I won't let you do the same to Emma! You'll see!"
With that, he took off up the stairs. The door to his room slams shut, causing Regina to flinch. Emma wraps her arms around her girl friend as she sobs against her. The blonde makes a mental note to have a serious conversation with her offspring once Regina is comforted. Ever since Henry had found her, Emma had made it her mission to stop his fantasies. Regina had told her that Henry's therapist advised them not to ruin his imagination. Emma was beginning think Dr. Hopper was a quack.
"He hates me." Regina cries in defeat. "I don't know what I did. We used to be so close."
"I know." Emma soothes, remembering all the stories and pictures Regina had shared with her from Henry's childhood. "I'll go talk to him. He needs to stop this."
"He doesn't understand, Emma." Regina sniffles. "I was strict on him, maybe I pushed too hard."
"Hey, this isn't your fault." Emma says gently. She leans forward and places a gentle kiss on Regina's forehead. "I'm gonna go up to see him now. Are you okay for a few minutes?"
After Regina nods Emma sets off to speak with Henry. As much as Emma loved her son, she also wouldn't tolerate this behavior. How could he not see the look on Regina's face when he called her 'Evil?' Emma was determined to mend this broken relationship if was the last thing she did.
Emma knocks on the white door. Henry doesn't answer so she tries again. When she's met with silence the second time, she turns the handle. Emma's jaw drops when she sees the window open and a rope made of sheets thrown out the window.
"Of course." She sighs. "He couldn't make this easy."
Emma goes back down the stairs and quickly explains to Regina that she is off to find their son. She manages to convince Regina to wait at the mansion. She knew Henry couldn't have gotten far, and chances were she knew exactly where the kid went.
Henry had been convinced that all of the "Evil Queen's" magic had been stored under the mausoleum in the cemetery. This where Emma knew Regina's father had been laid to rest. She had refused to play into her son's games and let him explore down there. This was a place where Regina could go to grieve. As far as Emma knew, her girl friend had never even gone down to the basement of the tomb.
"Henry!" Emma calls entering the stone building. She notices that the casket has shifted, revealing a staircase. "Kid! I'm not playing!"
When Henry doesn't answer, Emma decides to just go and retrieve him. The stairs don't feel very stable. Emma can tell that no one has been down here in years, possibly even decades. As she reaches the bottom she sees cobwebs everywhere. The place gives her the creeps.
"Come look at this!" Henry's voice calls. "I told you so!"
Emma follows the sound. She is getting very irritated, and she wants to get the heck out of this place. She will absolutely not give in to his shenanigans today. She has full intent of making him go home and apologize to his mother.
"Henry Daniel Mills, what are you doing here?" She demands coming into the same room as him. "You need to come with me. Right now."
"Emma, look!" Henry exclaims. "Potions."
Henry holds up a small wooden box holding some old viles. Emma almost laughs. So this is where all the teens came to drink. No wonder she never saw them in the streets during her patrols. The place looks like it's been abandoned for a while, so maybe they'd gotten caught before she came to town.
"Kid, that's probably moonshine." Emma explains. "Now come on, you need to come and have a chat with your mothers."
"Emma, please, listen to me. I know the curse is real!" Henry argues. "I'll prove it."
He uncaps one of the bottles. Emma quickly reaches out and snatches it away before it reaches his lips. She takes a whiff of the contents. Yes, it's most definitely alcohol. She was going to end this little charade once and for all.
"I'll prove it." Emma states. She raises the bottle to her lips and takes the smallest sip.
She begins to gloat about being right, but suddenly she feels off. The last thing she remembers before hitting the floor is Henry calling out her name.
Regina races into the hospital. She asks three different staff members before someone finally points her toward Emma's room. She finds her son sitting outside the door crying.
"Henry, honey, what happened!?" Regina asks moving to comfort him. He jerks away.
"She drank one of your potions!" He yells at her. "This is all your fault."
Before Regina can react, an awful noise comes from Emma's room. The eerie beeping of a flat line machine. Regina bolts to the room, just as the staff seem to give up. Dr. Whale turns to her with a solemn look in his face. Regina can barely remember moving to Emma's bed. She feels the tears streaking down her cheeks.
"I love you, Emma." She sobs, leaning down to place a soft kiss to her girlfriend's head.
A very bright white light erupts the moment Regina's lips come in contact with Emma. Suddenly the blonde takes in a long breath as she gasps for air. She sits up. Regina staggers back. The room is suddenly silent.
"Regina?" Emma asks, knowing that something isn't right.
"H-He was right." Her girlfriend manages, sounding absolutely terrified. "Emma, the curse it was real, and we just broke it."
A/N Thoughts?