Hello my lovelies, been running this in my head for the last few days, it will continue on from I Can't Break His Heart, but be AU from 5x05, my idea of how it will all play out and what happened in Camelot, i could be right or horribly wrong, but hey it should be fun, Allons y

Chapter 1 - Questions and Choices

Henry lay on his bed, it had been two days since he had seen what his mum had done to Violet, he didn't know what he felt, betrayal of course, but then there was doubt after hearing why she had done it, somehow his broken heart meant freeing Merlin, but had it worked Emma was still the Dark One, so he wondered if it had even worked, was his pain worthwhile, to Emma clearly it had been or she would never have asked Violet in the first place, he rolled onto his left side and saw his desk, the storybook lay closed on it, he also wondered was this pain part of his story, he had seen it happen to his grandparents, both his mum's and countless others who had come into his life in the last few years, love meant misery plain and simple, but it always won in the end, he sat up and grabbed his phone, he opened his messages and saw three messages Violet had sent over the last couple of days, after learning about Emma, he had lied and said he was ill so he couldn't see her, she had answered back telling him to rest and feel better soon then just two small texts asking how he was and bidding him goodnight, yesterday there had been no messages, her phone had probably died he didn't think there were many plug sockets for her to charge the phone up or Emma still had her heart and was now finishing him off, he dropped the phone and laid back down, this was the worst part, his doubt over Violet, did she have her heart back and was she spending time with him to see him or was she playing a role Emma wanted her to just so she could hurt him again, after years and years of seeing people use others for their own goals and even doing it himself last year in the search for the author, was this all life was, one lie after another to achieve goals and move on to the next lie afterwards, he rolled over and slammed his head into his pillows, he hated it, hated all of it, he thought maybe he shouldn't have snapped the damn quill, if he had he could have simply written the darkness out of his Mum and stopped all this before it started, but he would have never met Violet, maybe its what life meant everyone following their own story and hurting other people's stories so their's would win,

Knocking on his door made him roll onto his back and sit up as his mother Regina called through the door 'Henry, i brought you lunch from Granny's'

'come in' he said, the door opened slowly and Henry smelled Granny's double cheeseburger, 'hey mom'

Regina looked at him the same way she had the last two days, sad and apologetic, he was almost sick of it, 'here, thought you might be hungry' she held out a brown paperbag which Henry took, without saying anything else Regina nodded and went to leave,

'why did she do it?' he asked, Regina turned to look at him, 'i'm asking all of you' he said

'all of who?' Regina asked

Henry sat up cross legged and unpacked the burger and fries, 'you and all the guys on the landing'

Hook, Robin, his grandparents all appeared in his doorway together,

'we just wanted to check on you' Regina said

'hey buddy, how you holding up' David asked

Henry stared at them 'i'm...not sure'

'Henry' Snow entered the room and sat on his bed 'i'm sorry, you asked why Emma did that to Violet and we can't answer'

'but why me, there were other people with first loves, why did she choose me?' Henry looked at all his family

'dunno lad' Hook answered, 'desperation, timing, only she knows why'

'do you think, i mean could she still have Violet's heart?' Henry asked

'no, i don't think so' Snow said 'whatever happened in Camelot, the Violet that is here now, well there is only one person i think who has her heart' despite how he felt Henry smiled, 'really?' he asked,

everyone nodded, 'yes lad' Hook said smiling 'you can't hide love'

Henry finally bit into the burger, he felt better, 'we'll leave you alone' Regina said Snow stood and kissed his head, 'we'll be downstairs' she said and left his room,

'thanks' Henry said,

'you're welcome' Regina said with a smile as she closed the door,

Henry finished the burger and fries quickly and stood up from his bed, he knew what he had to do, he would free his mum from the darkness and get his answers about why she chose him, but first, he picked up is phone and dialled her number.