Author's Note:
This is general story request that I found on tumblr by user watchoutfornealfire-sgirl.
I liked the story idea and I had a pleasant time with it.
Question is, it's only 3 chapters.
I wasn't sure whether I should continue it or leave it as it ended so I'm leaving that decision up to you guys.
If you do want more of this one then I'll be happy to write a part 2. Just let me know :^)
(Parts in italics were taken from episode 3x11, "Going Home")
Chapter 1.
Emma stood and watched as Neal bowed his head and closed his eyes. Not moments before his father had sacrificed everything to save them. In all the time Emma had known Gold there were only two things he ever cared about, himself and his son. She walked over to him and put one hand on his back and the other on his left arm.
"I'm so sorry," Emma said to him.
Neal was on the verge of tears as was evident by the sound of his voice, "My father did what he had to do. He saved us. Regina, don't let him die for nothing. Regina."
"What?" Regina said.
"We're here for a reason love," said Hook, "Pan."
"Is dead," Regina replied.
"His curse remains," Hook reminded, "Can you stop it or should we all start preparing our souls cause mine's gonna take some time."
Regina did her best to gather herself. Now was not the time to mourn her mentor, now was the time to fix the problem that his father had created.
Before anyone had time to think Leroy came running to the group.
"It's here, the curse, it's here and it's coming fast, from all sides. We can't escape it."
"Regina," said Emma, "What do we have to do?"
"It's not 'we', it's me." Regina turned to face her odd group of allies. "It's what I saw when I first held the scroll. It's what I have to do. I have to say goodbye to the thing I love most."
Emma motioned for Henry who was still hugging his father. Her son came to him and Emma placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Henry?" asked Emma.
"This all started because of me," Regina conceded, "And now the only way to stop Pan's curse is by letting go of my son."
"What will happen to him," Emma said suddenly said fearing that her son would be alone.
Regina half smiled at Emma and walked over to her. She held Emma's hand. "You will take him because you are his mother. That's your job now. You and Neal can both be the parents you always wanted to be."
"And what will happen to you?" Emma asked not liking where this was going.
"I will have no memory of the past eleven years with Henry. I will remember everyone else and everything else and I will remember you because you were born in the Enchanted Forest before the first curse hit but I won't remember my own son. We are all from there, Henry was born here. It's just the way the curse works."
Henry went into his mother's arms, "It's not fair," Henry said to her.
Regina hugged him back. "Curses aren't supposed to be fair," she said and then lifted his chin so he could see her, "but you know that."
"But we'll always know who you are," said Henry.
"You will. That's the price of the curse Henry." Regina looked at everyone, "A price we all must pay." Regina looked at Emma, "For so long all I wanted was for you to get the hell out of my life but now what I want most is for Henry to be happy and I know he's happy with you. Just promise me one thing Emma, look after our son."
Emma half smiled, "I promise."
The green smoke of the curse began to make its way to the main square. Emma and Henry took a step back, Neal placing a hand on both their shoulders. Regina then tore off the curse from the scroll and crushed it in her hands. She then closed her eyes and raised her hands up creating a force field around the green smoke and turning it purple. It enveloped all of them for one swift moment and then it cleared.
Mary Margaret smiled, "Regina you did it."
"You did," replied Emma, "It worked."
"Good," Regina said. She noticed the boy near Emma for what she thought was the first time. "I don't think I've seen you here before," Regina said to him. "Are you new here?"
Henry wanted more than anything to go to Regina and tell her everything but he knew he couldn't. Henry didn't know what to say so he looked up at Emma and Neal.
"This is our son," Emma said. She had meant it both ways: that he was her and Regina's as well as her and Neal's. "He just moved here from Phoenix," Emma said figuring that Henry's birth place would be a good location to use.
"You're a handsome young man," said Regina. "Do you have a name?"
"It's- it's Henry," the boy replied.
Regina smiled, "What a coincidence my father's name was Henry."
"Regina, you did it," said Emma, "You saved all of us."
"Yeah I guess I did," Regina said looking around.
"So what now," Mary Margaret asked.
David placed a hand on his wife's shoulder, "We start our lives over again."
David opened up another of his arms which Emma smiled and went into. Henry then followed and the four of them stood in their embrace.
David placed a kiss on top of his daughter's head, "Let's go home," he said to the four of them.
Emma looked up at her father, "Maybe we should start looking into a new place, we can't stay in that loft forever."
"Sounds like a plan," David said with a smile.
Everyone began to disperse except for Neal who continued to stand in the street where his father had died. Emma looked back at him.
"Neal, you coming?" she asked.
"You go on ahead," Neal replied not meeting her gaze.
Emma only nodded knowing that he needed to be alone for a little while.