Chapter 3 In the middle of the night.
Sixteen years have passed. And now on the streets of Storybrooke at around 11 pm is a tallish figure. The tallish figure is wearing grey jeans, with black trainers and a black coat. The figure walks over to the nunnery where the fairies reside. Breaking into the nunnery proved to be easy and the figure made it's way over to where the fairies keep some of their magical possessions! The figure retrieves a small golden lamp before leaving the nunnery. After leaving the nunnery the figure made it's way over to the loft where Snow, David and Emma with Neal once lived in before Emma moved out to live with August. And Snow and David moved to a small farm. Entering the loft was easy the lock was busted ages ago. The figure enters the loft and closes the door. The figure lights a couple of candles on the kitchen counter. To create more light in the dark abandoned apartment. The figure gently rubs the lamp and seconds later a stream of pink smoke leaves the lamps and from the smoke a genie manifests. The genie is a girl who looks around to be the same age as Alan wearing purple rags.
"My master, I am yours allow me to grant you wishes three." The genie said.
"I wish to be sent to a place where I could belong." The figure replied. The genie nods her head before making a swift gesture teleporting herself, the figure and lamp out of the loft and over to another realm!
The following morning over at Henry's house around 8:30 am. Billy and Henry are sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and eating some pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs. Billy is now 26 years old and is Deputy Sheriff while his father as Sheriff. Henry is wearing a red bomber jacket with a grey t-shirt and some light jeans and grey boots. While Billy is wearing a blue jacket with a white t-shirt and grey jeans and black boots.
"Alan should be up by now," Henry said as he sipped some of his coffee.
"Alan is never up on time Dad. He spends all his time at school in detention or in his room." Billy replied. It was no secret in Swan-Mills family that Alan wasn't the best student at the school. Alan barely past classes and doesn't appear to care.
"Can you check on him please?" Henry asked his eldest.
"Sure," Billy answered as he got out of his seat at the breakfast table and made his way over to the stairs. Walking up the stairs Billy made his way over to Alan's bedroom which door is closed. Billy not bothering to knock opens the bedroom door and enters. Billy then turns on the light and gasps. The untidy room was empty with an unmade bed that hasn't been slept in! Billy then shouts for his father to come up. Henry swallows the last mouthful of coffee before running upstairs and into Alan's bedroom and is shocked to see no sign of Alan.
"The bed is made Alan hasn't slept," Henry commented.
"There more his phone is on his right pillow," Billy tells his father. Henry walks over to Alan's closet and sees a virtually empty closet.
"He's taken most of his clothes. Billy, I need you to cast a locator spell. Alan really needs to stop pulling these stunts." Henry practically ordered. Billy nods before picking up some dirty t-shirt and waves his free hand over it. The t-shirt hovers in the air for a moment. Before falling back into one of Billy's hands.
"Dad, something is wrong my locator spell it failed and it's my strongest locator spell," Billy said. Henry turns before speaking.
"But you've used an item belonging to Alan how can your spell not work?" Henry asked.
"All I know is that Allie is alive if he wasn't the t-shirt wouldn't have floated," Billy explained.
"We need help you call your grandmothers I'm going to see if any of his medication has been taken," Henry ordered before leaving his youngest bedroom.
Back in the kitchen, Henry runs over to the medicine cabinet and opens its door. And sees no sign of his youngest son's anti-epileptic medication along with his Asthma inhalers. Billy enters the kitchen and draws his father attention by speaking.
"Dad, Grams and Grandma are on their way. And I've found a letter." Billy said holding his phone in one and hand a letter addressed to family. Henry turns around over to the kitchen door where Billy is standing and walks over to him.
"Letter," Henry replied.
"Here," Billy says as he hands over the unopened the letter to his father. Henry takes the letter out of the envelope before opening up the letter.
Dear Family,
By the time you find this letter, I'll be long gone. I bet it was more than a shock to find an empty room in the morning and a closet virtually empty. And the medicine cabinet empty. I want you to know that I haven't left out of spite or to hurt you. I've left because it's what I feel is best for me. I can't be trapped in Storybrooke anymore. To me, Storybrooke is a prison one that I've been in for 16 years. I know you're wondering why you can't find me it's because I've found a way to keep my location a secret from you forever.
Love Alan.
A tear falls down Henry's face as he reads the final line out loud. He looks up from the letter to see a furious and distraught Billy.
"He just left in the middle of the night," Billy whispered. God, Billy hated himself right now he should have checked up on Alan before he went to bed. Maybe he would have caught Alan and knocked some sense into him.
"We'll find him, Billy, I promise," Henry replied.
"I hope so he must have planned this. What happens when he runs out of his medication he'll have to return to get it." Billy said.
"With Grams and Grandma, we'll find Allie in no time," Henry answered trying
"Hopefully before something bad happens," Billy spoke.
End of chapter 3.