After watching my favorite character die on T.V. I decided to keep him alive on the internet. If the first two chapters do not make any sense let me know and I will try and fix it! Enjoy:
"He was a hero," Emma said as she clung tightly to her son.
Henry rested his hands over his mothers while trying to figure out what to say.
What do you say when you find out your father was the complete opposite of what you've always known?
"I wish I would have known him," Henry said as he laid his head on Emma's shoulder.
She smile at the boy with tears in her eyes, holding him tighter than before. "Come on, lets go get some hot chocolate."
"Can I get a milkshake instead?" Henry said detaching himself off his mother, "I've had way too much hot chocolate in the past few days."
Emma gave her son an odd look as she got up from the bench they were sitting on. "What are you talking about, you love hot chocolate!"
"Yeah but I love candy too and I don't like having that everyday."
Emma smiled sadly as she looked at the boy next to her. He was her son but he wasn't the little boy she met three years ago. He definitely wasn't the truest believer, at least not right now. She was going to figure out how to truly get her son back, but first it was time to melt a witch.
But first: Milkshake time and possibly alcohol time. Lots and lots of alcohol.
Emma chuckled wiping a tear off her face, "Oh come on let's just go to Granny's."
It took two days to put together Neal's funeral. With only finding a casket and getting a tombstone engraved, there really wasn't much else to do but bury him. Emma asked David and Hook to get the tombstone while Belle and Snow got the casket. She couldn't do it on her own. Especially asking Dr. Whale to find someone to prepare the body. Emma prided herself on being a strong independent women but sometimes she cracked every once in awhile. Especially right now, she just didn't know what to do for the funeral. She figured that Neal wouldn't have wanted a big ceremony but a nice little funeral to remember him by. He was always someone who loved the little things in life.
On the morning of the funeral the air was murky and there seemed to be a slight drizzle. Emma tugged at her beanie and clutched her swan necklace while sitting in the front row pew at the church. She watched everyone make a little speech about Neal and how he affected everyone's lives. Even Regina said something nice about him, even though it was less than a minute. Snow and Belle made everyone cry and of course Hook's speech made everyone feel awkward, especially Emma. But non the less everyone made a heartfelt speech that warmed Emma's heart regardless.
As everyone finished up there speeches Emma couldn't shake the feeling of hope but this was Neal's funeral. It was really happening. This was real.
It wasn't until everyone was walking into the forest Emma finally lost it. Right as David and Hook were about to start digging Neal's grave was when Emma noticed the tombstone sitting next to a tree.
The tombstone read: Neal Cassidy: "Not appreciating my puns when I was alive was a grave mistake"
"What kind of sick joke is this?" Emma screamed. "A man has just died and you think you can joke around at his funeral?"
Emma furiously turned around to look at everyone. She made sure to watch everyone's body language to find out who the culprit really was.
She slowly walked up to Hook and whispered, "If you think this is a joke I swear I will punch you in the face-"
"What! Why on earth would you think I did it?" Hooked yelled, "I had my closure with the boy, I don't wish him any harm even if he is dead!"
"Then who else could have done it?" She yelled, "you have wanted him gone for a long time and don't think I hadn't noticed!"
"How cute, trying to help save your precious boy's tombstone."
Everyone froze in there places, where was the voice coming from?
"Zelena," Emma whispered as she looked around the forest. She seemed to be no where in site.
"Not now!" Emma screamed, "Come mock me anytime but not now!"
A puff of green smoke appeared and a woman with green skin stood before her with a wicked smile on her face.
Emma was so furious and scared that she started clutching her necklace.
Zelena watched the small women and laughed. She raised her hand to cast a spell but before she could utter a word, time had seemed to stop.
"Alright, that's enough." Rumplestilskin said coming toward Emma behind a tree. "You can wake up now."
With a snap of his fingers Emma's world seemed to become blurry and quickly vanished before her eyes, Forever.
