A/N: hi okay yeah this is my first fanfiction on this website and I'm really excited about it and I really hope you don't hate it :) Just a note, this is set like six years in the future after the end of season 3. So Henry is about 18 years old, so yeah. That's it, hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: don't own OuaT, I don't own anything except for OC's blah blah blah yeah
My favorite thing about having two houses to come and go from as I please, is that they're so different from one another. Regina's was always quiet, Roland and my three year old twin siblings, Daniel and Josephine never got super loud while playing, and if they did they went outside or my mom got them to quiet down. Emma's house, on the other hand, was always loud. My four year old half brother Liam was always running around, usually half naked, playing pirates with my step dad Killian. Emma and Killian's other kid, Clara, was always screaming, laughing, or doing any other thing to make as much noise as possible. The TV was always on and meals were usually eaten on the couch, while at Regina's dinner was always at the table. Always. On this particular day, I was at Emma's house, sleeping and enjoying the quiet house. The quiet, naturally, didnt last long.
"Henry! Get up, get up, get up!" Liam screamed, jumping on top of me. "Its the first day of summer!"
"Piss off." I mumbled, groaning from his knee pressing into my spleen. I shoved him off and pulled my blanket tighter around me, fliching at the loud 'thump' when Liam's body hit the floor. I sighed in content as the room fell silent again, but this didnt last long.
"Daddy!" Liam wailed from the floor. I shot up, shaking my head at him.
"No, no, no Liam no need to yell for Killian, no need for that." I said in a panic. The little brat was always trying to get me in trouble. I scooped him up off of the floor and fixed his disheveled hair, holding him tightly to my chest as Killian came running in.
"I heard Liam yell, what's wrong?" He asked, panting slightly.
"Nothing, little Liam here was just being a bit dramatic weren't you buddy?" I said, smoothing his hair down roughly. "Say yes and I'll buy you icecream." I mumbled into his ear.
"I'm fine daddy." Liam assured with a smile. Killian gave us a confused look before shrugging it off and turning on his heel.
"Oh, before I forget, your mother forgot her pills again. Can you run them to her Henry? David called her with urgent business to do and she rushed to the hospital. I would do it but I have to watch Clara and Liam." He explained, scratching the scarred end of his stump with his hand.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." I said with a smile, letting go of Liam and pushing myself out of bed and grabbing a pair of jeans and a shirt from the floor. Killian motioned for Liam to follow him out as I pulled my clothes on, pulled my phone off of its charger, and slipped my feet into the flipflops that I had kicked off the night before. I followed Killian and Liam downstairs to the living room where Clara was bouncing contently in her bouncy chair. I grabbed Mom's vitamins off of the counter in the kitchen and an orange from the fruit basket and jogged out the door towards my Gramps old truck that had been my sixteenth birthday present, focusing on the task at hand.
I found my mom standing outside a hospital room with Regina and David, one hand massaging her temple and the other rubbing her pregnant stomach. "I"m almost eight and a half months pregnant David, I don't need this sort of stress right now." She mumbled. I chuckled and she opened her eyes.
"Hey kiddo, what are you doing here?" She asked, pulling me into a hug. I held out the bottle of pills and shook it gently.
"You forgot to take them, again. Dad sent me to give them to you while he watched Liam and Clara." I explained, giving her the bottle. She smiled but rolled her eyes.
"Thanks Henry." She said, opening the bottle, shaking out two of the pills, and swallowing them dry. She turned to David with a worried sigh. "What are we going to do about her?" She asked, her brow furrowed in worry.
"Well she's confused for one, but she has her memories. wants to watch her for a while, says she might have a touch of Salmonella, which is weird, but since when is anything normal in this town." David said with a dry chuckle, scratching the back of his head.
"She can stay with me when she gets released." Regina offered. "At least until we figure a way to get her back, if she even wants to go back."
"Who is she? What happened?" I asked, curious about the whole situation.
"A girl showed up in the middle of town this morning," David said slowly. "from the Enchanted Forest. We think another curse might be coming."