So I have decided to take a creative break from my other stories and being this. This plot bunny has been gnawing at my brain for the last few days. I still intend to finish my other stories but my last semester in college is getting ready to start on Monday. I have rearranged my entire room and closet and cleaned out a lot of junk, same with my computer. I often like to make a refreshing change before the beginning of every other semester and since it's my last, I thought a refreshing new story would help too. Warning!: This is a very, very sad story. I cannot guarantee a happy ending. I do not recommend listening to sad or emotional music while reading this unless you want to cry and have tons of feels. I am listening to such music as I write for the story's purpose.
A/N: You might want to get some tissues ready for this story. Just in case.
Enchanted Forest
"Amber!" He cried out. He saw the little girl sitting on the floor, her tears mixing with the brown curls covering her face. She was watching the figure in front of her step forward, a ball of fire in his hand, ready to throw. The young man moved.
"AH! He cried out in pain. He could smell his flesh burning on his chest. It didn't matter. He stepped in front of the girl despite his body being on fire. He had to protect her. When he saw their attacker on the floor in his own pain, he turned and picked up Amber and ran outside, towards the stables and placed her on a horse. He then mounted himself on the stallion behind her and rode them away. He knew what he had to do.
With the Snow Queen business behind them, Storybrooke was finally settling down once again. Many of the citizens still missed being back home but after so many years, they had begun to see their quaint little town as their new home. It would never be the same however but no one could decided which was better. When they tallied the pros and cons of both homes, it seemed to have weighed out evenly. The pros of Storybrooke were no ogres, internet and electronics, carriages with no horses, and everyone's favorite, plumbing. The cons were that many of the citizen's family never made it back with the second curse, some didn't even make the first. Another pro was that they did make some new friends with the Merry Men joining their town along with some others. Despite the new comforts of the Land Without Magic, the Enchanted Forest was were they all lived for most of their lives, with the exception of Emma and Henry. There was just something about running from ogres, giants, evil queens and sorcerers that made it feel like home. Luckily, every few weeks or so, a new villain would pop up and they all felt at home once more. They all just wished that they would have at least a few months of peace before their newest life or death fiasco. In fact, the dwarves were actually making bets on how long the town could go without new drama or death. So far Leroy, Doc, and a few others had lost their portions of the bet when the town reached its third week of peace.
The Savior was able to defeat Elsa when her powers returned and the Snow Queen headed back to Arendelle with her sister. Emma and Hook were still working on their new found relationship while Mr. and Mrs. Gold were still continuing their marriage with bliss. No one was more shocked then Rumplestiltskin when his wife forgave him for his trick on the dagger with her. Almost everyone in town, even Snow, had told her that she should have held a grudge and never forgiving him. Henry, holding the Heart of the Truest Believer, kept telling everyone that she would forgive him because she loved him no matter what. Needless to say, everyone lost the bet on how Belle would handle the situation when they all found out the truth. Snow and Charming were busy raising baby Neal and Emma and Henry were enjoying having a new baby brother and uncle. After so many villains and trials, life in Storybrooke was returning back to normal before Emma came but with all their memories in tact. Everyone was more than ready to live their small town quiet life with no villains, drama, or death. On the first day of the fourth week, even Rumplestiltskin wouldn't be able to foresee what, and who, would enter their lives.
Please review. :) The next chapter is already up. I wanted to go ahead the get the beginning uploaded so we can go ahead and dive into the story.
