Chapter 3
Emma opened her eyes. They were in a very big forest but from the looks of it, it was the right realm. She really was going home. "Mom," Emma whispered urgently, shaking her mother's shoulders. Snow blinked her eyes open. It was really dark. It must have been really late. The moon was not up but nor was the sun. Snow was surprised that her survival skills came back so quickly after so long. She looked around her and saw that just about everyone was slowly remembering were they were and why. Just about everyone. David was standing as still as a statue. His eyes were open but it didn't look like he could see anything. "David?" Snow was beginning to worry. "How are we going to get him out of his shock?" Henry started walking around his grandfather as if he were inspecting him. "I don't know. Shock him?" Emma tried to make a joke out of the situation but it didn't go very well. "Emma!" Her mother didn't find her joke very funny. "O.K." Emma said, putting her hand in the air in surrender. "He reacts on impulse, right?" Emma asked her mother. "Yes. Most of the time. What are you thinking, Emma?" "Well, what if I ran at him like I was going to attack him?" Snow sighed. "Alright. Just don't hurt him." "If I do, you'll kill me," Emma muttered under her breath. She stepped back to get more running distance. Then she ran and tried to tackle her father. David caught her and pushed her away from him. "What are you thinking?" David demanded to his daughter who was on her back. "You were the one who wouldn't get over your shock! Don't yell at me," Emma defended. "Sorry" David looked down at the ground and rubbed the back of his neck. He was almost knocked over as Snow threw herself at him in a hug. He was just able to regain his balance and hug her back. Regina, Emma, and Henry all made degusted sounds. Regina because she just hated it, and Emma, and Henry because they just found it generally degusting. "Okay, I have thing to attend to." Regina had seen enough. "Wait, you're going to leave me with them like this?" Emma did not want to be around her parents if this was how the whole trip back to the castle would be. Even if that meant going with her evil step grandmother. "Sorry." And for a minute Regina actually looked like she was. "I've seen them like this. Now it's your turn to deal with it". Emma just shook her head. Henry ran up to his adopted mother. "Wait. You're leaving?" "Yes. I need to see if my castle is still standing. Sorry, Henry, but you can't come with me this time. Besides, I think you be safe while you're under the care of Snow White, Prince Charming, and the Savior." Regina leaned down and hugged the 12-year old. "I love you, mom," he whispered in her ear. She let him go and stepped back. She gave Snow, David, Granny, and Red a guarded look. She nodded to Emma before disappearing in a poof of purple smoke.