Back Home Again

by redangelguard

This follows the events of Second Star To The Right. Warning Spoiler Alert. Neal is transported to the Enchanted Forest via the Magical Bean where he reflects on his life. He encounters Mulan and Aurora after he arrives. One Shot. Complete.

I should have known that I would end up back here again. The one place that I have been running from my whole life, I suppose that it is fitting that my final moments should be spent here. I should have seen the truth sooner and trusted Emma. I believe the pain in my heart of losing Emma and Henry is greater than the bullet in my chest from Tamara. I should have never trusted that woman, Emma was right about her being evil. My feelings for her blinded me from the truth and now I am regretting my decision. Henry, I know he will be safe with Emma I had to let go of her hand otherwise he would have lost both of us. I knew I made the right decision to let go but my heart is still filled with the pain of my love for Emma.

Her last words to me were "I love you."

I have not stopped loving her since the day I left her. If August had not interfered than would have been with her still but fate has other plans or so my father says. My father is a different man from the one who has raised me. I fear that our separation has done nothing more than spread the evil inside of him.

I feel myself slipping into unconsciousness when I hear a woman speak.

"Mulan, there is a man over here. He appears to be injured."

I hear armor rustling and I black out with the image of Emma in my mind on the first day that we had met.