Chapter 2
Emma and Hook walked into Granny's diner. Emma had called her parents and Regina to meet them there to wait on Henry to finish with his date with Violet. Snow, David and Regina were sitting at a booth. It was nice to have them all together after the chaos from the underworld, as if they were a normal family. Snow and David were sitting on the left side of the table carrying on a convrsation with each other while Snow held baby Neal and Regina was sitting on the right side, quietly looking down at the table. Hook went over to the counter to get Emma and himself a drink and Emma strolled over to the table and with a smile, she greeted them.
Snow smiled up at her daughter, "Hey, we heard Henry is on a date, how are you feeling about that?" "Yeeeah," Emma sat down beside Regina, "It's kind of weird, but he's happy and it's nice to see him happy." "Maybe it's time I had a one on one talk with my grandson about girls," David replied with a grin. "Oh, dad," Emma gave him a grimace. She looked over at Regina, noticing that she was being strangely quiet and looked tired as well, "Regina? You ok?"
Regina looked over at her with a slightly surprised look, as if not aware that she had sat down beside her, "I'm fine, I just didn't sleep well. Where's Henry?" "Uh, we're still waiting on him, remember? I told you he's with Violet," Emma frowned slightly with concern, getting the feeling she wasn't being completely honest, then looked up to see Hook walk up with their drinks. Hook got a chair from a nearby table and sat down at the head of the table, "The lad still isn't here yet, must be going well," he winked at Emma.
Emma shook her head with a smile and swallowed the portion she took a drink of from her cup.
"I love this spot," stated Violet, as her and Henry stood on the bridge. "It's a pretty memorable place for my grandparents," Henry replied and smiled at her. Violet smiled back at him, "I bet your grandparents have a lot of pretty interesting stories." "They are the greatest example I know of true love," Henry looked out at the water, feeling a little nervous, he didn't want to say something stupid. Violet smiled softly and took the moment to lay her head against Henry's shoulder.
Henry looked down at her with a calming smile, but just before he could open his mouth to say anything, a swirling hole formed at one end of the bridge. Yellowish smoke circled right above the vortex with sparks of green, causing an unsettling mini-storm. Henry saw it first and pulled Violet behind him, protectively, "We have to get out of here." Violet's eyes widened when she saw the threat and it was growing.
Both teenagers turned to run, but the clouds lashed out and grabbed Henry around the ankle. His front slammed to the ground as the force dragged him toward the vortex. "Henry!" screamed Violet and tried to grab his hand. "No, go! Get out of here!" he told her. It was no use anyway, the vortex sucked Henry inside and just as quick as it had arrived, it was gone. Violet gasped and stood there in shock for a few seconds before hurrying back to town and into the diner.
Once she was safely inside, she breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath as tears began to well up in her eyes. Emma stood in alert, seeing the young girl's distress, "Violet, what's wrong?" Regina stood as well, "Where's Henry?" The others looked over. "He..he dissapeared," was all she could get out at first. Hook went over and lead the girl comfortingly to them, "Tell us what happened, love."
Violet sat down in the chair Hook was in and explained all of what happened. Emma looked over at Regina in a kind of panic, "Let's go," she looked at Violet and added, "Stay here where it's safe, we'll get him back." Regina nodded and both women stood, followed by Snow and David. Emma didn't say another word as she lead the charge out of the diner. "Emma, where are we going?" Regina asked, right behind her. "Gold," was Emma's only reply.
end of Chapter 2