The Enchanted Forest

"Please stop crying Regina, I promise you in the end everything will work out," Tinkerbell said as she held me close to her sparkling green dress, my tears streaming viciously down my cheeks.

"No! It's not!" I pulled away from her embrace to look her in the eye, "I watched my mother kill Daniel. Daniel. The love of my life. We were going to run away together!" I had lost all hope, I've been crying for an entire week and the tears haven't slowed down the least bit. I watched Tinkerbell take a deep breath, her face looked as if she was internally struggling with something. She bit her lower lip as she placed a hand on top of mine.

"I know this is wrong and I shouldn't show you this but come on," Tink insisted as she dragged me from my bed. She sprinkled her glowing green pixie dust on top of my head. She took my hand, pulling me through the starry night sky.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked.

"That I can't tell you. It's a secret but I promise you, you will feel so much better," Tink confessed with a sincere smile that made me believe in her words.

We didn't say another word. Flying through the night was actually settling my nerves. The air was warm as the stars danced and sparkles all around us, lightening our path to our unknown destination. I had a calming sensation wash over me and I just wanted to enjoy this moment. It was the first time in a week that I actually felt content.

We arrived where I could only assume was the Fairy's home. There were bright, colorful flowers everywhere. There was an old tree in the middle of the flowers that had pixie dust flowing from it. This place was like a dream I never wanted to leave. Tink waved her wand and I began to shrink down to her size. She took me to a blue flower that was in the shadows, unlike all the other flowers. I noticed as we approached, in the middle of the flower was a mirror.

"This Enchanted mirror will show you Regina that there is...someone out there for you. This...person, will change your life. Make the hole in your heart complete. Bring you so much joy and love you won't know what to do with," Tink confessed with a genuine smile.

I furrowed my eyebrows and watched the fairy intently, "Why do you keep saying person?"

Tink waved her wand over the mirror and an image of a young blonde woman appeared. She was dressed in riding pants and boots, with a blue vest. Her hair was pulled back in a messy ponytail with golden locks falling along the sides. What really grabbed my attention were her beautiful green eyes. She was thin but looked very...strong.

"It's a SHE?" I squeaked out causing Tinkerbell to scramble to cover my mouth with her hand.

"Ssshhh. Yes she's a she. AND she will change your life. This is her in the future." I reached out to touch the mirror and I noticed the mirror rippled, as if it were a wave in an ocean.

"You have magic," Tink whispered breathlessly.

"No I don't!" I demanded.

"Yes you do! Promise me you will never enter that mirror! You could alternate the future and our world now as we know it." Tink stared at me but all I could do was stare at the woman before me.

"Promise me!" She demanded again.

Boston, Present Day

Bzzzz. Bzzzz. Bzzzz. Bzzz.

"Bloody hell Emma," I heard Killian groan next to me before he nudged my shoulder, "Swan, get up! Your phone's been going off for ten minutes now!"

I moaned against my pillow and reached my hand out blindly searching my nightstand. I grabbed the vibrating device and answered without checking to see who was disturbing my sleep.

"Hello?" I mumbled.

"Mom! Wake up! Mom is missing! You need to come back to Storybrooke, now!" Henry shouted into my ear. Even though he's a young man now, all I could imagine was that confused, ten year old little boy from all those years ago.

"Slow down Kid, what happened?"

"She's gone! I'm here now and nobody has seen her."

"I'm sure she's fine. Your mother can take care of herself. I just talked to her..."

"When?" Henry demanded as he cut me off. I contemplated for a moment trying to figure out when I did talk to her last. We were talking about splitting Henry's next semester for college, when was that?

"Hmmm, maybe three days ago?"

"Yeah and I haven't heard from her since then either. You know it's not like her to ignore my calls for one day, let alone three," he snapped at me. I groaned before I slowly stood up from my warm bed. I looked at the clock to see it was eight in the morning. Just like his mother to be up this early.

"Did you talk to everyone in town?" I asked as I rummaged through my closet to get dressed.

"Yes, grandma and grandpa haven't seen or heard from her either," Henry said as his voice cracked and I knew just how worried he is.

"Alright. Alright. Don't panic Henry, we will find her. I'll leave now, I should be there this afternoon, okay?"

"Okay. Thanks mom," he whispered.

"Kid, I want you to relax until I get there. Go stay with grandma. That's an order," I said trying my best to be firm like Regina would be int his situation.

"Fine. Goodbye," he mumbled before he hung up the phone. Not even an I love you, I thought. He must really be stressed. After I was dressed in some jeans and a warm white sweater, I walked over to Killian's side of the bed.

"Killian, time to wake up. We have to go back to Storybrooke, Regina is missing." His blue eyes fluttered open as he stretched his limbs.

"Aye, love. I heard you talking to your boy," he leaned forward pecking my lips ever so softly.

"I'll go make us some coffee to take with. You get dressed," I ordered and he nodded in agreement.

Fifteen minutes later we were walking out the door. "Wait," I said before I locked the door. I ran back inside our house making my way back to my closet in our bedroom. I opened the door and reached for the last thing that was hung up in the corner. I ran back downstairs and locked the door behind me. I slipped my arms through my red leather jacket. "Now, let's go bring Regina home."