Ok, 2nd chapter, short I know, but I was only introducing Flynn to Storybrooke and introducing Neverland and the Enchanted forest with Neal in it. That chapter was just an introductory chapter. Now, this chapter is gonna be exceptionally longer and better. In this chapter Flynn will agree to do something to protect the town, he will also reunited with his true love. Belle will be dealing with her father and a guy from Lacey's short past(with some help from Red, Leroy, and Flynn). So, without further ado, Chapter 3 begins. (also before it starts, this chapter will explain how Flynn knows August)
Chapter 3: Decisions -
Flynn looked on as the Blue Fairy helped Belle activate the cloaking spell. "There, now no one can find the town, unless they are from our world" said the Blue fairy.
Flynn was confused "what do you mean?, why did you have to use a cloaking spell?" he asked.
Mother superior turned to Flynn, "Your Highness, before you arrived, a man named Greg and a woman named Tamara came to town. We thought they were harmless, but it turned out that they were here to destroy magic. They had captured Regina and taken a fail safe that would cause this town to turn back to the forest it was. Everyone not born in this world would die." she explained as best she could, than Belle told him her story.
Flynn sighed "so Snow, Charming, Regina, Rumplestiltskin, Hook, and uh, Emma all went through a portal to Neverland so that they could save the boy Henry. Baelfire is Neal and was shot by Tamara then fell through a portal. Hey, What about August, where is he, do you even know him?"
Gepetto lifted Pinocchio into his arms "Pinocchio was August, he came here when he began to turn back to wood. After Tamara tried to stop him from warning us he was dying, my magic turned him back into a little boy. He didn't remember anything that had happened before." Blue told him.
Flynn cleared his throat "so who is in charge now, since Snow and Charming are gone?"
Belle stepped forward "we voted for a mayor and I was chosen, but we still need a sheriff , no one wants the job."
Flynn looked up and everyone was staring at him. "me, you want me to be sheriff, don't you?" he asked. He was about to decline but when he looked into Belle's eyes, they were pleading him to say "yes" he answered "I'll do it, but I better not get shot."
Belle smiled at her brother "now all we need is a deputy" she said.
Flynn looked through the group surrounding him "How 'bout we go back to town and see if anyone wants the job" Leroy interjected. Flynn turned to him and nodded his head "that sounds like a fine idea, Grumpy. Oh, by the way, where's my wife?" he whispered to the dwarf.
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Phuket, 10 years ago:
August sat up in his bed, got up, and went into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and changed out of his sweat pants and t-shirt.
When he was finished getting dressed he grabbed his key. He opened the door, walking outside he locked it behind him. August went to the coast and waited near the docks. After waiting about thirty minutes he heard footsteps coming towards him.
"You must be Mr. Booth, sorry I'm late, my flight was a little delayed" came a voice behind him.
August turned to greet him "Mr. Fitz, thank you so much for agreeing to come talk about my book with me." Gene shook his hand "of course, it's no problem Mr. Booth."
"You can call me August, Gene" he looked at August. "You know my first name, August?" he asked, August nodded, "of course I do, Gene." The two continued the conversation and talked about the book Gene would be helping him write. August told him how it was going to be a book of fairy tales with differences from the classic tales. Gene listened as August talked about the the twists and differences between his fairy tales and the classics. When August was finished Gene told him he liked his ideas and agreed to help him.
Gene was in Phuket with August for a month, then he went back to Boston with all of August's contact information.
The two kept in touch, so that August could continue to write. August finished the book seven months later, and asked Gene if he could come back to Phuket. He wanted him to look over the book and see that it was indeed complete. He refused though because his wife Rosaline was eight and a half months pregnant now.
August decided he would go to Boston and he met with Gene there. When he got to Boston he called Gene and waited for him to arrive at the Silvertone Bar & Grill. When he finally saw Gene he ran over to him and shook his hand. The two got a table and ordered, then they talked about the finished product. August grabbed his bag and pulled the book out, laying it on the table. He pushed it to Gene and he read the title "Once Upon a Time", Gene opened the book. He looked through the book and approved it, but when he told August he would publish it for him he refused. August told him that he didn't want to publish it and then pulled out another copy for Gene, it wasn't complete.
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Neverland:
The yelling and arguing carried on until she couldn't take it anymore. Emma slipped away without being noticed, she went to the ship's wheel and spun it. The action caused the boat to abruptly jerk and turn starboard, Emma grabbed hold of the wheel and stopped it.
The others aboard the ship fell to the deck and the arguing stopped.
"Now" said Emma "stop arguing, we're never going to save Henry if you all can't quit bickering." Regina sighed "Emma is right, we need to get over our feuds and focus on finding Henry." Snow and Charming nodded, agreeing with Emma and Regina. Rumplestiltskin and Hook sulked, "Hey, the both of you are included in this" called Emma. Rumple gave in and agreed to stop, as long as Hook didn't get in his way. Hook was wary of making a deal with the "crocodile", but he shook on it (with his hookless hand) anyway.
When they had finished making deals, Hook picked up his spyglass and looked through it.
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Greg watched Henry while Tamara scouted the shore. The ten year old was lying on the ground asleep. Greg decided he would have a quick break to take care of his business, while the boy slept. That's what he thought Henry was doing, but really he was pretending to sleep. He waited until Greg was out of sight, when he could no longer see him he jumped up.
Henry ran towards the shore as fast as he could, but then he heard Greg and knew he was catching up to him. He continued to run when he heard Greg's voice getting closer. He reached the shore and the trees and grass turned to sand and water. Henry needed to catch his breath, but knew he couldn't stop now.
He looked out to the sea and far away he could see the very small figure of what seemed to be a ship, he couldn't let Greg and Tamara see it.
Henry looked behind him and saw Greg coming for him, when he turned back to look in front of him he saw Tamara standing not that far from him. He stopped before he ran into her and tried going around her, but tripped in a hole. Tamara started towards him and Greg caught up to them. "Now how did you get away?" asked Tamara, looking at Greg then to Henry.
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Hook scoped along the coast and saw something, or some things. He called Emma over and told her where to look through the spyglass.
She saw Henry! being grabbed by Greg, Tamara was talking to him.
Her blood boiled at the thought of them hurting Henry, her son, her boy, her child. She handed the spyglass back to Hook and told the others what she saw. Snow gasped "he's okay", Charming held her and nodded his head as she buried her face into his chest. Regina was angry "but those idiots still have him" she seethed out.
Rumplestiltskin waved his hand and a map of Neverland appeared before him. "This map is enchanted, it will show us wherever Henry is in this world" he said.
Regina looked to Gold "Why do we need that, we can see him right now, let's go get him."
Emma walked towards him "wait a minute Gold, why aren't you having to use your cane" she asked. He looked down at his leg then back up to Emma, "magic is stronger here, I can use it to momentarily heal my leg" he answered. Emma glanced at his leg "I didn't know magic could do that" she said. Rumplestiltskin looked up at her "magic can do pretty much anything except bring back the dead" he responded.
Regina walked over to stand next to Emma "well that's good for you Gold, now can we please stop conversing about your leg and make a plan already."
Snow and Charming stepped towards the three who were able to use magic. Snow reached her hand out and rested it on Regina's shoulder "Regina, be patient, you know that rushing in there is only going to make it harder to rescue Henry, we need a plan that won't fail."
Regina pulled away from her and frowned, "fine" she growled.
Rumplestiltskin pointed to a red dot on the enchanted map. "That red spot, right there" he tapped it "is Henry."
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Storybrooke:
Flynn got out of his car and headed into Granny's Diner, his kids followed him one-by-one into the eatery.
Belle, Leroy, Marco, and Ruby were already waiting for him at the diner. He saw Red behind the counter and went and sat at one of the barstools. Flynn told Eva to go sit at a booth with her siblings, she relucently sat down at an empty booth, her siblings in toe.
Belle sat on the stool next to him, Leroy on the other side, and Ruby stood in front of him. Flynn looked at Red "You know why I named him Peter?" he nodded his head towards his son. Red shook her head, but she had a pretty good idea. "I named him that when my memories were still gone, but I had a book of fairy tales that was accurate to our pasts. I was attached to you and Peter's story for some reason, so I named him Peter."
A few tears rolled down Ruby's face as she listened to her friend "would you have still named him Peter even if you had remembered" she asked.
Flynn nodded his head, as if Peter was the obvious thing he would name his child. Red leaned over the counter and grabbed him. Flynn felt her arms surround him and he hugged her back. Red broke and began to cry, but they were tears of joy, graditude, and some sorrow.
Granny heard Ruby crying and came out of the kitchen, "Ruby, what's wrong, why are you crying" came Granny's voice. Ruby let go of Flynn and turned to her grandmother, Flynn looked past Red to see Granny walking towards the counter. At first Granny hadn't recognized him but the closer she got she could tell it was him. "Flynn, is that you?" she asked, he nodded his head "yeah, it's me Granny." The older woman hugged the now grown man "your're all grown up now, I hardly recognized you."
Flynn smiled and hugged the woman back "Yeah, I'm thirty-five in this world."
Peter got up from the booth and went to his father, "dad, I'm hungry." Flynn turned to his son "all right" he looked to Granny "can we have some food?" Granny turned to Ruby, "well don't just stand there girl, go take their orders." Ruby walked over to the children and asked them what they would like to eat.
The kids ate the food in silence, listening to their father's conversation. "Where is she" he looked at his kids then whispered, "where's my wife." Red looked down at the counter then back up at Flynn. "I haven't seen her since the curse broke" she admitted. Leroy out his hand on Flynn's shoulder "I saw her, day before the curse broke I saw her at Sleepy's store with her mother." Flynn lost all color, he began to panic "which mother, Queen Amelia or Dame Gothel" he asked.
Grumpy let his hand fall "Gothel."
Flynn covered his face with his hands "we have to find her, now." Belle rubbed her brother's back "we will, but you need to be patient" she told him.
Meanwhile, the other side of Storybrooke:
"Rachel, you aren't leaving this house" announced Gale Tuerme. Rachel turned to her mother, "I know, you haven't let me leave since the curse was broken, mother" she threw back.
"I'm leaving for the day, now you better not try and escape or I will hurt you and your child."
Rachel waited until Gale left and began to cry, "Flynn, wherever you are, find us" she said as she put her hand protectively around her pregnant belly. 'no, I need to be strong' she thought 'for my child.' Rachel pulled herself together and went to the window that was locked from the outside.
She looked around for something to break the window, she had to escape. Rachel saw what she could use, she picked up a lamp and stood back. She threw it at the window, shards of glass flew everywhere.
Rachel grabbed her shoes and climbed through the broken window, careful of cutting herself on the glass. When she was out she headed towards town looking for help.
Rachel walked until she arrived in town and went to the first person she saw. "Hi, can you help me" she asked. The man turned to her "Rachel, is that you" the man said, Rachel's eyes widened. "Victor, thank god", Dr. Whale grabbed her arm "what happened to you I haven't seen you in months." Rachel told him what happened, that she had been trapped and had just escaped. "Hey, calm down it's all right" he told her "why don't I take you to Granny's and you can talk to Ruby." Rachel nodded "thank you, Victor", they walked to Granny's together.
Back at the diner:
Ruby heard the door open and looked up to see Dr. Whale walking in. He stopped in front of her "Ruby, I need your help outside" he said. She nodded her head, and followed him out the door. Ruby stepped outside, when she saw Rachel she squealed and threw her arms around her.
Flynn heard Ruby's squeal and decided to go check on her. He got up "kids stay here, I'll be right back", he opened the door to the diner and stepped out.
He saw Dr. Whale, "Victor, I didn't recognize you, it's good to see you."
Rachel stiffened in Red's arms at the voice she heard. Flynn turned to Red and froze, he got choked up. "Flynn" cried Rachel, "Rapunzel" Flynn choked out. Rachel stepped away from Ruby, and walked towards Flynn. Flynn opened his arms and she was in them within seconds.
Flynn cried into her hair, "sweetheart, I've missed you so much" he cried.
Rapunzel needed no words and met his lips with her own. Flynn held the back of her head with one hand, the other rested against her cheek. Rapunzel wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss.
When they parted Flynn rested his forehead against her's and smiled. Rapunzel was crying tears of joy, Flynn reached up and wiped her tears away with his thumbs.
"What's wrong?" he asked, she smiled "I love you" she answered. "I love you too" he told her, Rapunzel's smile only grew "what is it?' he asked once again.
Rapunzel grabbed his hand and put in on her belly, "I'm pregnant." Flynn looked down and saw that she was pregnant, very pregnant.
"Ours?" he asked, she held his face in her hands "who else's." Flynn smiled and kissed her again, he would never get tired of doing that.
They parted and heard a sob, Flynn turned to Red. "That was so sweet," she cried, "you guys are together again."
Rapunzel intertwined her fingers with Flynn's. "however, there is a problem we need to deal with" Flynn turned to her "what's that?" he asked, "my mother."
Flynn's smile just grew, he picked her up and twirled her around. "There's nothing we can't vanquish, together."
The group was so distracted with their reunion, they didn't see Keith limp past them, entering the diner, or Moe a few minutes later for that matter.
Belle sat at the counter with Grumpy when the former Sheriff walked in with bandages and a crutch. Moe walked in not long after Keith had, the first thing he saw when he walked in was his daughter. Keith stopped and sat on a stool, resting his crutch against the counter. Moe went straight to his daughter and called her name "Belle."
Belle turned when she heard her father's voice "Papa" she replied without any emotion in her voice. Moe stood beside his daughter "I've been thinking, and I'm sorry Belle."
She looked into her father's eyes and could tell he really was, but she wasn't prepared for what she heard next "I want you to come home Belle, with me, I'm the only family you have left."
"Papa, you don't understand" she replied "I don't want to come home, I have my own apartment and I like it on my own." Moe became angry but left the situation alone for now, he went and sat down at a table.
Keith smirked as he recognized Belle.
Belle turned to see where her father had seated himself, but when she saw Nottingham she quickly turned towards Grumpy. Leroy noticed her actions "what's bothering you, sister", Belle gestured over her shoulder. "You see the guy behind me" Leroy glanced at the man, "he kind of took advantage of me while I was trapped in Lacey."
"What do you mean kinda" he asked, "Lacey kissed him, not me." Now he understood "so did he you know...", Belle's eyes widened "no, thankfully." She wouldn't admit it to him, but she was glad Rumple had threatened the man into leaving.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a new voice "Hey beautiful, remember me?"
Belle jumped at Nottingham's words "excuse me." Keith smiled "so I'm guessing from the look on your face you do."
How could she not, the man had been practically all over her. He scooted closer to her, "Hey, why don't you back off" Leroy told him.
"you stay out of this, dwarf."
"why don't you make me."
"You really wanna mess with me."
Moe stood up "why don't you listen to him and leave my daughter alone."
Belle sighed "Father, Leroy, I can handle myself, please."
Leroy sat back down and took a sip from his drink. Moe didn't listen to his daughter and stood between her and Keith. "Leave her alone", Keith laughed " listen to your daughter and go sit down old man." Moe clenched his fist and punched him in the jaw.
Keith held his jaw and punched the older man back.
Belle moved her father out of the way, "so your're brave enough to hit my father, but not Rumplestiltskin."
Keith snarled "That is none of your business." Belle laughed "What, that you were beat with a cane by him."
Flynn heard yelling coming from inside the diner.
Rapunzel looked to her husband "what's going on in there?"
Flynn frowned "I don't know, but I'm gonna go check it out."
He walked into the diner followed by Red, Whale, and Rapunzel.
Flynn stepped into the eatery to see his father sitting in a chair with a hand covering his nose. Then he saw a familiar face arguing with his sister, a bruise starting to show along his jaw.
"Hey, what's going on in here?" he yelled.
All eyes turned to him, the arguing stopped.
Moe was the first to break the silence "Flynn?"
Flynn stared straight into his father's eyes and nodded his head.
Keith was dumbfounded, it was Hood's ally.
Flynn walked over and stood to the side of his sister and Nottingham.
He turned to Keith "What's the problem over here?"
"Nothing, it's none of your business" Keith threw at him.
"None of my business, you're messing with my sister and you think this is none of my business?"
"Sister... what?"
"I suggest you turn around and sit your ass down, or we're gonna have a problem."
Keith laughed "Oh yeah, you suggest it?", he smirked "listen to a lying, cheating, thief or listen to myself? I think I'll listen to myself."
Flynn held his fists at his side, his children were watching.
Keith curled his fists and threw one at Flynn.
He was strong, but Flynn had speed on his side.
Flynn grabbed his wrist and bent it backward, Keith threw his other fist.
Flynn grabbed his other wrist and brought it over his head.
He spun and elbowed Keith in the gut, Keith fell to the ground clutching his stomach.
"By the way I'm the new sheriff, and you're my first arrest."
Keith coughed and choked out a "what?"
Flynn kneeled down next to him "You're under arrest for violation of the law and attempting assault on an officer."
"Flynn there was no need for that, I could have handled it on my own."
Flynn looked up at his sister "Oh, I know, I just didn't want him to get humiliated in public."
Belle held in her laugh, and heard Ruby trying to stifle her own.
Flynn grabbed his father's arm and helped him to his feet.
"Papa, are you alright."
"I'm fine, Belle."
Flynn looked at his father's nose, "It's probably broken, but he'll be alright" he said gesturing to his nose.
"Dad?", Flynn saw Peter walking towards him.
"Yes, son?"
Peter smiled warmly at his father "I always knew you were awesome."
Flynn smiled down at his son and ruffled his hair.
Rapunzel walked over to her husband "You have a son."
Flynn turned at the voice of his wife, "Actually, I have two sons and two daughters."
He pointed to the booth the others were sitting at, "there are the rest."
Moe looked from his son to Peter to the booth and back again.
"I'm a grandfather?"
Flynn smiled at his father, "Yeah, you are."
Belle laughed "Hey, I just found out I'm an aunt."
Ruby chuckled "Can I be the godmother of this one?", she pointed at Peter.
"Only as long as I'm the godfather" interjected Whale.
"I'm a step-mother?", Rapunzel laughed. "aren't step-mothers usually perceived as evil?" asked Peter.
Rapunzel met his eyes and warmly smiled "well, I know what it's like to have an Evil mother, so I won't be one myself ok."
Flynn heard Nottingham moan "Oh, I almost forgot about him."
He grabbed Keith's arm and put it over his shoulder.
"Will someone send a Doctor to the Police Station, wherever it is?"
Whale cleared his throat "I'm a Doctor."
Flynn turned to him "That's a little ironic, now isn't it."
Whale followed him out the door, "Oh, and Viktor remind me to ask for a doctor besides you next time I have to go to the hospital."
"Do you want me to help you or not, I know where the station is, you don't."
Flynn laughed "good point, Dr. Frankenstein."
They arrived at the station after a fifteen minute walk.
Dr. Whale checked on Keith and made sure he would be alright.
Viktor was a bout to leave when he remembered something, "I almost forgot, there's a meeting at town hall later, Belle will be by to show you where it is."
"When did she tell you that?"
Viktor laughed "she didn't."
"So, she doesn't know."
"She will when I tell her."
"Bye, Viktor."
"See you later Ryder", and with that he left.
Flynn laughed and walked over to the desk in the corner of the office.
He opened a drawer and saw a set of keys.
Grabbing them he walked over to the cell in the far corner of the room and tried one of the keys.
Surprisingly, it was the right one, he shoved Nottingham in the cell.
He closed the cell and locked it, "I'm gonna keep you in overnight Nottingham, if that's alright with you."
There was no reply only a weak nod.
Flynn strolled back to the desk and saw the badge sitting on top.
He picked it up and noticed there was a note underneath.
It read:
'Whoever is reading this it probably means that you are going to be the new sheriff of this town until we return. Whoever you are, you must protect Storybrooke while we are gone. There will be many dangers that have not been faced yet, because Regina and myself have left. We were the only magic users to be worried about because the others were afraid of getting in between us. Now that we are both gone the evils that weren't to be worried about will resurface. You, the new sheriff must prevent chaos, if you choose. If you intend to protect this town wear the badge, if you don't put it down and walk away. It is your choice
- Rumplestiltskin
Flynn laid the note down and picked the badge back up.
He stared at the badge before turning it over.
Flynn unlatched it and pinned it to his shirt.
"I choose to protect this town, with my life" he whispered.
Yes, this one was longer. So how was it, did you like the fight scene or the reunion scene better. Please review and answer this week's question, PLEASE, I NEED MORE REVIEWS AND FOLLOWS AND I ALSO NEED WHOEVER FAVORITED MY STORY TO REFAVORITE IT.
Next time:
Flynn and Rapunzel's backstory and the town meeting.