Title: And to think I'd never see you again.
Prologue
Summary: Emma is just paying her debts; but could they lead to her paying them and being reunited with someone she doesn't want to see?
Emma felt something wrong about this trip, as if she knew something bad is going to happen. She started saying her goodbyes and tried to say the hardest one of them all, to her son.
"Goodbye Kid" she said as she hugged him, she had just recently left him and now she had to do it again. "Why do you have to go, you just came back" Henry complained as he pulled from the embrace and looked at his mother's face.
"I don't want to, but I must honor my word" Emma said as she kissed her son on the forehead.
"Sorry to interrupt but you're not staying here Henry." Gold said with a chuckle as he opened the door of the apartment.
"Then where am I staying?" Henry said curiously, he was hoping that he would say that he was going with them.
"Hold up there" Emma said shielding her son from Gold. "What do you mean by he's not staying here?"
"Well you do know, you're coming with us"
"Really, I am?" Henry asked excitedly.
"Good" Emma said as she held her son's hand. "Go pack" she ordered him to do.
"I'll help" Snow said as she hurriedly ran to Henry's room.
"This better not be a trick Gold, Henry means a lot to me." Emma said seriously, trying to get down to business.
"I'm not playing games dearie" Gold said as he magically made a map appear in Emma's Hands.
"Manhattan"
"You've got it." Gold said as Henry went in and asked where his extra coat was. "I've got it" Snow said as she led Henry into the bathroom to get all of his toothbrushes and soaps. "So we drive to the airport and take a flight to Manhattan." Emma said as she placed the map on the kitchen counter.
"I'll meet you at the town boarder." Gold said before leaving the apartment.
"Great so now both of you are leaving." Charming said finally, he had been silent for this whole time.
"Can you watch my steed for me Gramps?" Henry asked his Grandfather.
"Alright, I'll watch your steed." Charming said with a sigh as he patted his Grandson on the head and messed up his hair.
"Don't forget, remind me about your next swordsmanship lesson when you come back." Charming said as he sent Henry off to say Goodbye to his Grandmother.
"Bye Granma." Henry said as he hugged her.
"Oh, Henry can you not call me Granma." You're making me feel old." Snow said just before she started to laugh with her Grandson. "Bye" she said as she hugged him again.
"You know our cell phone numbers right?" Charming asked the two as Henry finished packing.
"Yeah I've got you on contact, don't call me on the plane alright" Emma told him as she opened the door and carried her bag outside.
Emma made sure to stop by the office first and fix up her belongings; she wouldn't know how long they would be gone.
They met Gold at the border and got into his car. Henry got into the back seat and put on his seat belt. Emma buckled up and asked Gold how they are supposed to cross the border.
"You don't need to worry about that, I only have to since you two don't have memories to lose."
As they started driving Gold said with determination.
"We're going to find my son."
Emma looked at her son and then she looked through the rear view mirror.
They had passed the border.