This is just my interpretation of what happens after the season 1 final. Thoughts and comments would be much appreciated.
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The purple smoke had begun to clear and Emma could see clearly again. She was huddled on the ground with Henry. They had been in that position for about two minutes now. Those two minutes felt like an hour for Emma. Staying still with only her thoughts running through her mind had caused her to seriously contemplate the events of the day she had just experienced. It was easier when Henry was on his death bed. Emma had gone into automatic mom mode. Instead of falling apart like any normal person would have, numbness overtook her and she had done what she needed to do in order to save her son. Stillness would prove to be her undoing,staying still for two minutes made her realise many things. In the span of a day she had discovered Henry was right, fairy-tales were real. Above all else however, was the knowledge that she had found them, her parents, Mary Margaret and David Nolan. The damaged young couple whom Emma consistently felt sorry for, were her parents. For months she had gawked at them, unable to understand why they kept making such unbearable mistakes. She had pitied them and declared them doomed from the start. 'I guess they were' she thought. 'We all were'
Emma wanted to cry. It was the cruellest thing to ever happen to her. She had found her parents, but not today. She had found them months ago. She had been right there in front of them, talked to them, became best friends with her mother and they had no idea who she was. For months she was just Emma, the Sheriff, the roommate, Henry's biological mother. They had stared right at her so many times with no awareness in their eyes. She was their child, a part of them and no one knew it, no one except Henry.
Emma raised her head and looked at him with wonder in her eyes. Henry stared at her curiously.
"What's wrong" he asked. Emma gave a half smile. It was all the joy she could muster at the moment.
"You're a smart kid you know that" she said softly.
Henry looked at her concerned. "It's going to be ok" he said, trying to comfort her as best he could for a ten year old.
Emma laughed, as she began wiping her eyes "I'm supposed to be telling you that"
Henry smiled and shrugged "by the looks of things", he paused and stared at the sword lying on the hospital bed behind Emma, "You've had a pretty long day". Emma frowned as she too looked at the sword. She had forgotten about the dragon, "You have no idea"
Once the purple smoke had cleared Snow softly let go of James's embrace. She stared around, curious and confused. She turned to James, he too was looking around wearily, "What was that?" she asked
James shook his head "I don't know, but whatever it was, it's gone now". James turned his head and caught Snow's eyes. They stared at each other as relief overcame them. Everything finally made sense. David and Mary Margaret knew who they truly were. It was a lot to take in though. It was the strangest feeling, to know they are someone Mary and David would never have believed true.
"We have to go" said James quickly, "we shouldn't stay out here in the street, it might not be safe".
Snow nodded as James took authority. She missed him like this. He was so sure of himself, so unlike David, who was always so conflicted. He grabbed her hand and they hurried off towards Granny's Diner. They could see Red and Granny looking at them with tears in their eyes. A sensation overcame Snow and without thinking she ran towards Red and hugged her fiercely. Granny was crying as James tried to comfort her. They all did not know what to say. All they could do was hug and cry tears of relief.
"Can you believe the clothes here" Red joked. Snow laughed as she looked down at Red's extremely short skirt. The knowledge of just how different the two worlds were was coursing through all of their minds. This is where Regina sent them. This is where they had spent 28 years of their lives.
Red stopped laughing and looked sadly at James and Snow, "I guess Rumplestiltskin was right" she said as she wiped tears away from her eyes. Her eyes moved to the clock tower. "28 years to the day, she came and it just started ticking away,"
Granny's eyes began to water.
Snow and James's faces went blank. In all the commotion they hadn't forgotten their daughter; they just hadn't completely contemplated Emma yet. Her face suddenly entered their minds, tall, blonde and with a fierce attitude. Emma, the outsider, the town Sherriff, Henry's mother, the girl who came to town and made quite an impression on everyone she met. Snow looked at James and frowned. She knew Emma extremely well.
"What's wrong?" said James
"She's not going to take this well", Snow said slightly amused. It wasn't exactly a laughing matter, but the thought of Emma, the most sceptical person she has ever met, dealing with all of this made her smile. It was a funny image that made Snow feel guilty. The Mary Margaret inside her couldn't help it though.
James nodded, "maybe we should let the air out of her tyres?" he suggested.
The group looked at each other blankly for a moment. They all tried their absolute hardest but they could not contain their laughter. Snow dug her face into James's shoulder trying to muffle her giggles. Granny suggested they let the air out of every car in town just to be on the safe side.
"After all, she's the most resilient person I have ever met".
They laughed even harder, almost out of breath. This was not the reaction any of them expected to have. The situation weighed on them and all they could do was laugh.
It died down however, when they saw Jiminy walk towards them from across the street. Granny put a comforting arm around him. He stared at Snow and Charming with glistening eyes. His words were stuttered and full of remorse.
"He told me again and again and I-I didn't believe". Everyone's smiles disappeared. The moment was over and the laughter was gone. It was replaced with an immense feeling of guilt. They all didn't believe Henry.
"Where are we going?" asked Henry. Emma had wanted to leave the hospital as quickly as possible. Fights had started breaking out in the hospital and people were running around franticly looking for answers. Emma didn't have any answers. Why everyone was still here, why they didn't all go back, she didn't know.
Emma turned to Henry "I don't know…to find the others I guess"
Henry smiled "you mean your parents?" he said excitedly. Emma cringed.
"It's not that weird is it?" Henry said curiously. Henry had believed Mary Margaret and David to be his grandparents for months now, so he was pretty accustomed to the idea, but he knew it was probably strange for Emma.
"Weird…..doesn't cover it kid" Emma said, looking around suspiciously. She wanted to find them, but at the same time she didn't. Deep down she really wanted to crawl into a ball and hide. 'It wasn't supposed to be like this' she thought sadly.
Emma stopped suddenly at the image across the road "son of a bitch" she said in disbelief.
Across the street was a funny looking guy in pyjamas putting a knife to her tyres. Emma took off running towards him with Henry in Pursuit. She stopped right in front of her car "what the hell are you doing?"
The strange man looked confused. Suddenly David popped out of nowhere looking rather amused and shocked at the same time.
"Dopey, it was a joke!" David said, with his arms crossed. Suddenly David and Emma's eyes met. He gave her a kind of half smile. He looked back at the car apologetically "don't worry…I'll fix it" he said. James wanted to punch himself. He hadn't seen his daughter in 28 years and that was the first thing he said.
An awkward silence followed. Emma wanted to muster up a smile but she couldn't help but stare blankly at David's face. She wondered if she resembled him; tall, blonde, blue-eyed and sword wielding.
'Fair enough' she thought.
Suddenly Mary-Margaret, Ruby, Granny, Archie, Leroy and five other guys approached out of the diner.
"Jiminy!" Henry yelled excitedly. Archie's face dropped, his guilt had returned.
Ruby looked at the tyres and giggled. Emma felt suspiciously left out of some inside joke.
Her eyes suddenly caught Mary Margaret's. They didn't know what to say. Mary Margaret made her way closer to Emma. Emma was frozen as Mary Margaret lightly touched her face. It wasn't Mary Margaret though. It was Snow White and behind her was James, Red, Jiminy and the seven dwarves Emma guessed.
"I guess you do have my chin" Snow said trying to break the silence.
Emma cleared her throat and stood back again, arms folded. Snow could tell she was uncomfortable. Emma looked at James, his arms were folded too and he had the same uncomfortable expression on his face. Embarrassed, she changed her stance. Henry couldn't help but smile.
