The Next Chapter Begins
AN: Welcome to Twice Upon a Time: The Next Chapter.This story is based on my fanfiction for Seasons 1-6 of Once Upon a Time, entitled Twice Upon a Time. If you haven't read that story yet, please read it first then come back. Ingrid is played by Dove Cameron and Annabelle is played by Sofia Carson. And, now on with the show!
It had been years since, Henry Mills left Storybrooke to look for his story, and things had been quite peaceful. Regina was still Queen and Emma was still Sheriff. Elsa and Travis still ran Any Given Sunday, but now they were helped by their now teenaged daughters, Ingrid and Annabelle.
The Winter Family was quite happy, and Ingrid and Annabelle loved their lives in Storybrooke. But, they were getting older and all their lives they had heard about and read the stories about their amazing family from the Storybook. They wanted to go out and have adventures like the rest of their family had. Like most parents, Elsa and Travis were very protective of their girls and they didn't really want them to leave Storybrooke.
One night, Elsa, Travis and the girls were all home watching TV when Travis' phone rang. "Who could that be?" he asked. He picked it up and saw 'Emma' on the caller ID. He answered it and said, "Hey Emms? What's up?" he listened to what his sister said and then he said, "OK. Elsa and I will be there in 5 minutes." Then he hung up.
Elsa looked at her husband, "What's going on? Nothing's wrong with the baby, is it?" Emma and Hook had just recently told the rest of the family that they were expecting and she was about 3 months along.
"No," said Travis, "Hook got a message from Henry… Henry's been captured by Lady Tremaine in another realm and he needs our help. Hook and Regina are going and Henry wants us there as well."
"Well then, let's go!" said Ingrid, as she jumped to her feet.
"Yeah!" said Annabelle as she joined her sister.
"Hold it," said Travis, "You two aren't going anywhere. When I said that your cousin need us, he meant your mother and me." He stood up and went to the closet to get his and Elsa's jackets.
Elsa followed Travis and she said, as Travis helped her with her jacket, "Besides, we don't know what we are getting into and we don't need to worry about you two while we are trying to help Henry."
"But, you don't have to worry about us," said Ingrid, "Grandpa and Uncle Hook have both taught us how to handle swords. And, you, Dad, Aunt Emma and Aunt Regina have all taught us how to control our magic." When the girls were about two years old, their magical abilities started to manifest. Ingrid had inherited her mother's abilities to create snow and ice. Annabelle had general magical abilities like her Dad and her Aunts. From a very early age, Elsa and Travis had taught the girls not to fear their powers. Both girls were taught their powers made them special and is was fine to be special. But, they were taught to be careful of their powers. They had shown the girls Frozen to show them what could happen if they weren't careful.
"Besides this sounds like a simple rescue mission," said Annabelle.
Travis laughed a little, "In this family, there is no such thing as a simple rescue mission."
"But…" Ingrid started to say.
"No 'Buts'" said Elsa, "You two are staying here and that's final. We shouldn't be gone too long. If we're not back in the morning, go ahead and open up the shop. If we aren't back by tomorrow night, I want you to go over to Aunt Emma and Uncle Killian's House, do you understand?"
"Yes, Mom," said the girls together.
Elsa smiled and hugged her daughters and gave them each a kiss on the cheek, "I love you both."
"Love you too, Mom," said Ingrid as she hugged her mother.
"Love you, Mom," said Annabelle.
Travis walked over and hugged Ingrid, "Love you, Peanut."
Ingrid rolled her eyes at her father's pet name for her. She hugged him back and said, "Love you, too, Dad."
Travis hugged Annabelle, "Love you, Sweet Pea."
Annabelle hugged her father, "I love you, too, Daddy."
Then, Travis and Elsa left. Annabelle walked back over to the couch and sat down in a huff, "It's not fair," she said, "Mom and Dad treat us like babies… We could totally help them rescue Henry."
Ingrid walked over to her sister with a smile on her face, "Maybe we can…"
Annabelle looked at her sister, "What do you have in mind?"
Elsa and Travis met up with Hook and Regina in the park. Hook held a magic bean. "So how does this work?" asked Elsa.
"The magic in the bottle that Henry sent Hook will link up with the magic of the portal the bean creates and we'll be instantly taken to wherever Henry is being held.," said Regina.
"Okay," said Travis, "Let's do it…"
"Aye," said Hook. He threw the bean in front of them and a circle of fire appeared out of the ground.
Hook and Travis went first followed by Regina. Elsa was about to head in when Ingrid and Annabelle came running from behind her toward the portal. "Wait!" said Elsa. But it was too late, they had already gone in. "Those two are so grounded." she said, as she went in.
When the group from Storybrooke came out the came out the other side. They were in a bedroom, a black-haired woman in a ballgown was holding a dagger to a much older Henry's neck, as he sat on the bed. There were also two guards. Travis and Hook quickly dispatched of the two guards and Hook pointed his bloody sword at the woman, "Get away from him, Now."
"And who are you?" asked the woman.
"I'm his mother," said Regina, as she blasted her against the wall with her magic.
Hook and Travis went up to Henry who had his hand's shackled behind him, "Good to see you're still in one piece, kid," said Travis.
"Good to see you, too," said Henry, as Hook used his hook to pick the lock on the shackles.
"And am I bloody glad that you sent this," said Hook, as he showed Henry the bottle.
"That makes two of us." The two men hugged then Travis and Henry hugged.
Elsa stepped forward, "You look great," said she said, as she went in for a hug.
"Thanks, Aunt Elsa," said Henry as they hugged. Then he saw the twins, "That can't be Ingrid and Annabelle?"
Travis noticed his daughters were there, "Yeah..." he said, as he looked at them with stern look, "That's them…" The girls smiled at their father uneasily.
Henry looked at his mom. Regina looked like she was going to cry, "Mom. It's okay. I'm fine," said Henry.
"Oh, Henry," said Regina, "You…" she laughed a little, "You grew up."
"I did."
"You look good."
"I just I know, I know. I missed you, too." They hugged.
"Much as I love hugs and tears, can we do it outside the torture chamber?"
"Yeah. Yeah, yeah," said Henry, as he broke the hug, "But wait. Where's my other mom?"
Before anyone else could answer Hook spoke up, "Emma? Well, she's back in Storybrooke. She's fighting a swarm of tiny, irritating dragons. Nothing she can't handle."
"Sounds like Mom," said Henry, "Okay, come on. Come on. Let's go." Then he rushed out of the room.
"What the hell was that?" asked Regina, "Why did you just lie to Henry?"
"Because that's what Emma wanted," said Hook, "If he knew what really happened, he'd drop everything and come back. She wants to let him get on with his life."
"Well, I think she's wrong."
"Me too," said Travis, "Henry deserves to know that his mom is going to have a baby."
"Well, that's decision is not up to either of you. We have to respect Emma's wishes."
They got out of Lady Tremaine's house and once they were in the clear, Henry handed over Cinderella's glass slipper. Regina tried to cast a locator spell but nothing happened, "My magic worked earlier," said Regina, she tried again but nothing happened, "Location spell should be easy."
"Let me try," said Travis as he took the slipper from Regina. He tried and found his magic wasn't working either.
Elsa tried to form some snowflakes between her fingers but nothing happened. The twins tried their magic and found they couldn't do anything either.
"I might have a way to help," said Hook, "Smell that?" Everyone took a sniff of the air then Hook continued, "Salt water. We're near the sea, which means there's a port. Where there are ports, there are pirates. If a woman passed through with a glass slipper, believe me, they'd know."
"Go to it, Pirate," said Regina.
Hook turned to leave when Travis said, "You know, I think you should take Henry with you."
"Yeah," said Elsa, "It'll be a good chance for you two to… talk."
Hook took a deep breath and said, "You're wanted in this realm, lad. I think it's probably best I go alone." Then he left.
Henry took the others to a small cottage he had been staying in while he was in this realm. Regina and Henry were out in the main room while Travis and Elsa were talking to their daughters in the bedroom. "What on earth could have possessed you to run in that portal?!" said Travis.
"I'm sorry, Dad," said Ingrid, "But, we just wanted to help."
"I know you wanted to help," said Elsa, "But you have to understand that this can be very dangerous. You two don't have the experience that we have."
"We just wanted to be like you and Dad and have great adventures," said Annabelle.
Travis looked at his girls and he could tell they were both sorry for disobeying him and Elsa. He sat down between them. Ingrid on his right and Annabelle on his left. Then he said, "Listen… I know it must be hard for you to grow up and read about and hear about all the exciting things that our family as done in the past and for you to not have the same chance. But, it can be very dangerous."
Elsa sat between Ingrid and Travis and said, "Look at all the times we almost lost different members of the family," Elsa looked at Ingrid and thought of her Aunt, Ingrid's namesake, "And the members we have lost We don't want to lose either of you."
"As corny as this might sound," said Travis, "the greatest adventure that your mother and I have ever been on, is raising you two." The Winter family all looked at each other and smiled. Then they all hugged, "But that doesn't mean that you two aren't grounded for two weeks the minute we get back to Storybrooke." They all laughed.
They walked out of the back room and saw Regina standing by the fireplace stirring something in a cauldron and Henry was sitting at the table. "You guys get everything worked out?" asked Regina.
"Yeah," said Travis as they sat down next to Henry at the table.
"Good."
"So, tell me about home," asked Henry, "How is it back there?"
"Well, Granny's added poke," said Regina, "Archie's seen business go down because of all the well, happy endings."
"But on the flip side, his wedding officiating has gone way up," said Travis. Everyone laughed a little.
"How are Grandma and Grandpa?" asked Henry.
"As you can imagine, sickeningly happy," said Regina.
"You left out one person You. How are you, Mom?"
"I'm… I'm fine," Regina stammered.
"Mom."
"I miss you."
"I know. I miss you, too. I do."
Henry looked at his aunt and uncle, "How about you too?"
Travis smiled, "We're doing great, the shop is doing just as good as ever."
"Ingrid and Annabelle graduated from Storybrooke High as Co-Valedictorians," added Elsa, proudly. The twins just blushed.
"Wow," said Henry, "Congratulations." Then, he turned and looked at his mom, "And Emma Everything's good with her?"
"Mm," said Regina.
"What? asked Henry, as he looked back at Regina. He looked at Travis and Elsa, "Is something going on with her?"
"No," said Regina, "She's… She's fine." She walked over and joined the others at the table, "Enough about us. I want to hear more about you, about your story. It appears it's been interesting?"
Henry took a deep breath and laughed a little, "Yeah. Yeah, I guess. Although, I wouldn't mind a little less interesting. Cinderella might not even like me. I mean, if I was running for my life, I'd probably ditch the glass heels, too. I just I have no idea what she thinks of me."
Just then Hook walked in, "Actually, I do." Henry stood up and Hook continued, "And it's it's I-it's not good."
"What? What… What happened?" asked Henry.
"I came across some pirates who crossed paths with her. She bought passage on a ship for the next morning. I caught her before she weighed anchor," Hook took a note out of his pocket, "She wrote this on the spot." He placed it on the table. Henry picked it up and read the note and Hook sighed, "Yeah. Then she set sail. I really think it's time we… head home."
"Uh yeah," said Henry, as he folded the note back up and crumpled it up into a ball, "Yeah, it is. This trip was an absolute failure."
"Henry…" Regina started to say.
Henry cut her off, "No, no. It's… It's okay. It's okay. It's… It's a failure." He threw the note in the fire.
"You are not a failure, Henry," said Regina.
"Well…" said Hook.
"Right. Uh, thanks, Mom," then he walked out of the door.
Hook went to sit at the table when Regina said, "Go give him one of your piratey heart-to-hearts. Make him feel better." Hook hesitated then Regina said, "Go!"
"Aye," said Hook, the he left.
Travis looked at Regina, "Something didn't seem right with Hook…"
"Yeah," said Elsa, "Killian didn't seem to be too sympathetic."
A short time later, Henry and Emma walked in the cottage. Travis stood up and walked over to his sister, "Emma…" he gave her a hug, "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I just couldn't wait to tell Henry the good news," said Emma.
"I'm glad you came to your senses," said Regina.
"Where's Killian?" asked Elsa.
"I don't know," said Emma, "He said he and to go fix something. He didn't seem right. I'm going to go after him."
"I'm going with you," said Travis. He gave Elsa a kiss. Then, Emma and Travis headed out.
Emma and Travis made their way to the port that Hook had visited earlier. They found Hook kneeling next to another Hook. The Hook on the ground, was propped up against a barrel with a wound in his chest, "Killian?" asked Emma.
"Who's that?" asked Travis.
Hook stood and walked over, to Emma and Travis, "He's hurt. Please help him. It's me from the wish realm, magically aged down. Please save him. He deserves his second chance."
Wish Realm Hook laughed, "It's too late for me," he reached in his inside jacket pocket and took something out, "Here. Here." Hook took the item then Wish Realm Hook said, "This was hers. I kept it to remember her." Hook opened his hand and saw a black rook. Then, Wish Realm Hook continued, "It's her rook. She has my knight. Find her. Give that to her."
Hook stood and looked at his wife, "Emma."
"I'm sorry," said Emma, "I don't think my magic works in this realm."
"She's right," said Travis, "Remember the trouble Regina had trying to cast a simple locator spell?"
Hook looked at Emma, "If it were me, you'd find a way. Find the part in him… The part that's me."
Emma walked over to him, knelt down, and shook him gently, "Hey. Killian. You don't know me, but I know you. The man I fell in love with. Until we met, he was you. Which means there's hope. All you need to do is believe." Travis could tell that Wish Realm Hook was fading fast. Emma shook him gently to keep him awake, "Hey. Hey, just look at me and believe." Emma waved her hand over his wound. Her hand glowed with white magic and a few moments later the wound was healed.
Wish Realm Hook looked at Emma and smiled, "Thank you."
The next day, Emma and Henry were sitting on a log talking, "So, you're good You and Hook?" asked Henry.
"Yeah. Great," said Emma, "We're a family, almost."
"I had to go."
"I know. I didn't always like it, but I know.
"So… you're not here to drag me back?"
"Do you want to come back?" Emma quickly asked.
Henry laughed a little, "I… I do. I do want to. But… I still haven't found my story. Or well, maybe I did, but I still have to fight for it."
"Yeah. I know that feeling," said Emma.
"I can't give up. And, I mean, it all could be for nothing. Who knows if she left the slipper for me or if it just fell off."
"You're not allowed to come home until you find your answer."
"So, you're okay with me staying?"
"I'm your mom. I'm never gonna be okay with being apart. But all those years ago, when you were a kid and you found me and Travis, and you brought us to Storybrooke and brought us to our family… I'm gonna keep missing the hell out of you. But, I got to give you what you gave me."
Then the Two Hooks, Elsa, Travis and the twins, walked over, "We are gonna miss you, m'boy," said Hook as he sat down next to Emma, and he kissed her.
"Aye," said Wish Realm Hook, "Never give up on love, Henry. I wasted many years trying to steal another man's love, and, uh now it's time for me to find one of my own… My daughter. And I will."
"I don't doubt it," said Hook. He stood and reached in his pocket, "When you do give her this." He gave Wish Realm Hook's Daughter's rook back to him.
"Thank you," said Wish Realm Hook, as he put the piece in his pocket, "I just wish I knew the first steps to take."
"Yeah," said Henry, "Me too."
Then Emma got an idea, "Team up."
"What?" said Henry.
"That's a great idea," said Travis. He looked at Wish Realm Hook, "You need Henry. You made the wrong choices, but for the right reasons, and Henry always knows the right things to do."
"And I think I'd feel better knowing that some sort of Killian was looking out for him," said Emma.
"I'm in if you are," said Henry, as he walked over to Wish Realm Hook.
"All right," said Wish Realm Hook and they shook hands.
Ingrid stepped forward, "Do you think it would be alright if Annabelle and I stayed too?"
"Ingrid," said Travis.
"Dad," said Ingrid, "Annabelle and I are both the same age that Henry was when he left home."
"Please," said Annabelle, "Ingrid and I need to do this…"
Travis sighed and looked at Elsa, "What do you think?"
Elsa sighed, "I think that if we don't let them stay we'll never hear the end of it…"
Annabelle and Ingrid smiled, "Really?" asked Ingrid.
"If it's Okay with Henry and Killian."
"Sure," said Henry with a smile, "It's fine with me." He turned to Wish Realm Hook, "What about you?"
"Aye," said Wish Realm Hook, "I think the lasses will make a couple of fine additions."
"Yes," said Ingrid and Annabelle together. They hugged their parents then they hugged Henry and Wish Realm Hook.
"Someone better go get Regina," said Hook, "Storybrooke awaits."
Henry went to go talk to Regina and he told her about Wish Realm Hook and him teaming up with Ingrid and Annabelle. "Are you sure you won't come with us?" asked Regina.
"I'll be back," said Henry
"I know… I just," Regina sighed, "I hate being apart."
Then Henry got an idea., "Why don't… Why don't you come with us?"
"With you and… Other Hook and… the Winter twins?"
"Why not? Look, your story's not over. Maybe you need to be here to find it. And Maybe I need you here, too."
Regina smiled and took her son's hands and, "Well, can this be one of your 'operations'?"
"'How about "Operation: Next Chapter'?"
Regain nodded in approval, "Let's go say goodbye."
They rejoined the others and told them that Regina was going to stay as well. That sat well with Travis and Elsa because they knew the twins would truly be in good hands with the addition of Regina to the team.
Henry walked up to Emma and hugged her, "I love you, kid," said Emma, as she cried.
"I love you, too, Mom," said Henry.
They broke their hug and he turned to Hook, and they hugged, "Best of luck, m'boy."
Elsa hugged her girls with tears in her eyes, "You take care of each other."
"We will," said girls, with tears in their eyes.
"I love you two, so much."
"We love you too…"
They broke the hug and the twins turned to their father and hugged him. He kissed Ingrid on the forehead, "I love you Peanut."
"I love you, Dad," said Ingrid with a smile.
Travis kissed Annabelle on the forehead, "I love you, Sweet Pea."
"I love you, Daddy," said Annabelle with a smile.
Emma walked over to Regina, "You take good care of Henry."
Regina smiled, "I will." Then the two women hugged.
Then, Hook, Emma, Travis and Elsa stepped away from the others. Hook threw another bean and a portal opened. The four of them looked back at the others. Hook placed a hand on Emma's stomach. Then, the four of them walked through the portal and a moment later it closed.
AN: Don't worry… I promise this won't be the last time you see Travis and Elsa. They are going to be featured prominently in this story. You'll see how in the next chapter. If you like this story, Favorite and Follow. Also, give me a Review and let me know what you think of this. It gives me motivation to keep going.