A/N: Thanks so much to XxLostDreamerxX for the review!
Only Teardrops
Chapter 4: Storybrooke
I hadn't seen Henry much in the last two weeks. He was studying for and taking finals and I was pretty much working all the time, but today we were going away. Today we would be going to Storybrooke. I looked around my room to make sure I had everything I needed. I then stood over my bed and looked down at my duffle bag. I think I was ready. I took a deep breath. I wasn't sure what I was most nervous about meeting his family or meeting his family. I heard my cell phone beep. I picked it up and there was a message from Henry saying he was a couple minutes away and to come downstairs. I put my phone in my purse and picked up my duffle. I walked out of my room. My roommate was standing in the kitchen.
"Hey." I said. She turned to me. We didn't speak too much to one another. Mostly about things like rent and the bills.
"Hey." She said back as she leaned against the kitchen counter.
"I am going out of town for a few days. My half of the rent is on my dresser in an envelope." I said to her.
"Oh ok. Have a good time." She answered back.
"Thanks." I said with a small wave before making my way out of the front door. I took the stairs down and came out of the front of the building. I stood around until a yellow bug pulled up in front of me. There was Henry smiling at me from the car. He jumped out and jogged to me. He gave me a quick kiss before taking my duffle.
"Get in." he said as he threw my bag in the back. I got into the passenger side and put on my seatbelt.
"So this is your car?" I questioned.
"Actually it is my mom's car, Emma, but she lets me use it while I'm down here." He said as he put the car in drive.
The ride was long, but we had a great time just talking. It was so nice to finally be open with someone about my life. I spent five years in total silence and keeping everything in my head. I was now able to let go and talk about my family truthfully. I felt free for the first time. We rode and made it to a sign welcoming us to Storybrooke. The moment we drove over the town line I felt something. It was like a surge of energy that spread through my entire body from the top of my head to the tips of my fingers. I wasn't quite sure what it me.
"Are you ok?" Henry asked.
"I don't know I just felt….strange." I said looking in his direction. "I can't explain it."
"Maybe you feel the magic." He said with a smile.
I watched the town come into view as we drove into the center of town. It was a classic picturesque town in the middle of nowhere. We parked in front of a diner. Henry got out of the car and came around to my side and opened my door. I stepped out. He took me by the hand and we walked to the diner. He opened the door and we stepped inside together. Suddenly there was an eruption of cheers and whistles.
"Welcome Back Henry!" all the voices shouted.
We were approached by a blonde woman. I'd seen her photo in Henry's place. I knew right away that this was Emma. She pulled Henry into a hug. I stood to the side as they had their moment. It was beautiful to see. I wondered if I was to ever reunite with my family what it would be like. Suddenly the door behind us opened. I turned to see a woman with black hair enter. She gave Henry the biggest smile.
"Henry!" she said happily.
"Hey mom." He said to her. This had to have been Regina, the Evil Queen. She then looked at me. I saw her eyes studying me, trying to read me.
"You brought…" she started.
"His girlfriend." Emma finished giving me a smile. I smiled back at her. I could tell I liked her already.
"Girlfriend?" Regina questioned. She was now looking at me very hard.
"Hello I'm Gabby." I said giving her a kind smile. I was trying my best to be likeable at least to her.
"And don't worry she knows everything and she has some stories of her own." Henry said as he put an arm around my waist.
"She knows everything?" Regina asked.
"Everything." I then said.
"She also isn't from this world." Henry said.
You could seriously hear a pin drop in this place. Everyone was silent and all eyes were on me. I was starting to feel increasingly uncomfortable. I didn't know what to say in that moment, but I knew I had to say something. I went to open my mouth, but the door opened once again. There I saw them, my idols; Snow White and Prince Charming were standing right there. I was starstruck in that single moment. My mouth went dry. I couldn't help, but just stand there and blink.
"I knew you were back when I saw the bug." Snow said happily.
"Welcome back bud." Charming then said as she patted Henry on the shoulder.
"Oh who's this?" Snow asked cheerfully as she eyed me.
"Henry's girlfriend." Regina spat. I was taking that she was not enjoying my presence. "She apparently isn't from this world either."
"No. I'm not." I answered.
"Then where are you from?" Regina asked as she stepped to me. I was feeling quite intimidated by her. I stumbled backwards trying to add a buffer.
"Regina chill out and let her talk." Emma said at once. She looked at me sympathetically.
"I grew up in the Kingdom of Feuilles." I said nervously.
"Feuilles… I've been there as a kid. I knew a Princess there. She was so beautiful. Princess Amelia." Snow then said.
"Queen Amelia…she's my mother." I then said.
"Amelia is your mother?" Snow then questioned with a smile on her face. "She was a friend. We tried to keep in contact, but life gets in the way. How is she?"
"I wouldn't know." I then answered. Everyone looked at me. I could see them wanting answers with every look. "On the night of my 16th birthday our kingdom was attacked. My father sent me to this world using this." I explained as I grabbed my pendant. Everyone just looked at it.
"How long have you been in this world?" Emma asked.
"Five years now." I answered. "My father said when it was safe he hopes to find me, but it has never happened. I am afraid they may be dead."
"And what is this necklace?" Regina asked.
"I don't know much about it. My father had only given it to me that night. It is a pink stone teardrop, but other than that I know nothing. I just know it brought me here to this world." I said truthfully.
"I was thinking she can find out more about it here." Henry said. I simply nodded in response. "And she has recently noticed the pendant reacting."
"Reacting how?" Emma asked.
"Well…when Henry and I…. umm…when we kiss. I've noticed it warm against my chest." I said nervously.
"When you… kiss?" Regina then asked.
"Yes ma'am." I answered.
"Do you know anything about it?" I asked.
"No I don't, but I think I know who might." She then said.
"Gold." Emma said.
"Gold?" I questioned confused.
"We can walk there." Henry said as he took me by the hand. He pulled me from the diner and we walked down the street hand in hand. I had no idea where he was taking me or who this Gold was. I just tried to keep with him.
"Who is this Gold?" I questioned.
"Well he is my grandpa." Henry said.
"Grandpa?" I questioned.
"He is my birth dad's father. He was also the Dark One way back when and yeah lots to explain there." Henry said as we continued to walk. We then arrived in front of a shop. I looked up at the sign it was a Pawn Shop. Henry opened the door and a bell rang. There was a beautiful woman with brown curly hair standing behind the counter.
"Henry." She said happily. "I heard you would be visiting town."
"Belle hi. Is Mr. Gold around?" he asked.
"Yes let me go get him." She said as she turned and walked into the back of the shop. Moments later an older man with long brown hair limped to the counter.
"Hello Henry." He said. I wasn't quite sure about any of them.
"Hi. This is my girlfriend Gabby. She is from your world. She arrived in this world 5 years ago via this necklace." Henry said as he pointed out my pendant.
"From my world?" he then asked. I didn't like the way he was looking at me. He made me nervous.
"Umm yes… I grew up in the Kingdom of Feuilles." I said truthfully. "5 years ago my father gave me this necklace. On that same night our kingdom was attacked. He told me to use this and I ended up in this world."
Mr. Gold walked around the counter and made his way to me. He looked at my necklace. His hand swiped my chest as he picked up the pendant in his hands. I gave my pendant a smile as he observed it. I tried to not shake nervously as we all stood there in silence.
"Only Teardrops." He then said.
"Only Teardrops?" I questioned.
"Yes Dearie. There are only 3 of them that were made. They were made to travel between worlds, but only once can they be used." He explained as he let it go.
"Well I used it to get here. What about getting back?" I asked.
"Not a return trip Dearie." He said. "To know more you need to ask those who made it."
"And they are?" Henry asked.
"The fairies." Mr. Gold said.
"Well I guess that is our next top." Henry said.
"Thank you." I said quickly before Henry was dragging me out of the shop and back towards the diner. When we made it there he opened up the car door for me. I got inside. He got into the driver's seat and quickly started up the car before pulling off.
"There are fairies here?" I then asked.
"Yes… well sort of. They are trapped in human form." Henry said as he drove.
I sat back and rode. We drove through town and suddenly we were at a far part of the town that was more filled with trees. There was a large house in a small hill. Henry parked as close as we could get. He got out of the car and I followed his lead. He took me by the hand as we approached the house. He knocked on the door. A young blonde woman answered.
"Hi Tinker Bell." Henry said to her. "Is Mother Superior around?"
"I'm here Henry. What is it?" asked a woman who came out of the next room. She gave both of us a kind smile.
"Well Mother Superior my girlfriend, Gabby, is from your land. She was sent here five years ago from her kingdom using that pendant. We were told that fairies created it." Henry explained.
"An Only Teardrop." She said with amazement in her voice. "I made all 3 of them. How did you get it?"
"My father is the King of the Kingdom of Feuilles. Our kingdom was attached five years ago and he gave me this. I was told how to use it to escape." I explained as I held my pendant in my hand. "The thing is when Henry and I kiss it warms."
"True love's kiss." Mother Superior then said happily. "That is the only way once a Teardrop has been used to use it again."
"So I can go home?" I asked. I had never been this close.
"Yes you must kiss your true love and use the pendant the same way. Clear your mind. The only thing is that your true love will be transported with you. You must travel together always." She explained further. I simply nodded.
"I guess I have some things to think about." I said as I turned to Henry. I bit my lip. As much as I wanted to see my family and know that they were fine or not I didn't want to drag Henry into it. The fact that we had to travel together and he could face danger with me frightened me.
"Also there is something else. I feel it so strongly radiating from you. You have magic." She said.
"Magic?" I asked.
"Oh yes magic. I know you feel it. You will have to learn to use it." She said with a kind smile.
"Thanks so much Mother Superior." Henry said. I gave her a smile as he led me from the house. We walked slowly to the car. "Want to go back to the party?"
"Sure." I answered.
I sat alone at a booth in Granny's Diner. I looked down at my soda. I hated feeling so conflicted. I ran my fingers over my pendant. I sighed. I looked up and saw Henry coming my way. He sat down next to me. I gave him a weak smile. I loved that I knew I could get back to my family, but at the same time I had fell in love. I knew it now deep down inside and then there was this magic. I knew from the moment we entered the town. I remember my father telling me that I would find my magic inside.
"So normally I stay at Snow and Charming's place, but it is a bit crowded so we will be staying with my mom." He said. I looked at him. "Regina."
"Oh…ok." I answered unsure about it.
"It will be fine. She is just a little…overprotective." He said giving me a smile before giving me a quick kiss on the lips.
"Ohhhhh Henry has a girlfriend!" called out children's voices. I looked to see 3 small boys coming to our table and a small little blonde girl following behind.
"Hey guys." Henry said. "Gabby these are my brothers. There is Roland and Harry."
"Well I'm really his step-brother." Roland the oldest of the boys said speaking up.
"And this is my little sister." Henry said as he picked up the little blonde one. "This is Violet."
"Hello Violet." I said to the little girl who just gave a shy smile.
"Roland, Harry come on it's time to go home." Called Regina's voice.
"Ok." The boys called out together before they gave us a wave and ran off to Regina.
"I guess we should get headed over there too." Henry said as she stood still holding Violet. He walked over to Emma and handed Violet to her. Henry came back to me and held out his hand. I smiled and took it.
We were setup in a bedroom at Regina's house. I was very tired and practically fell right asleep. I woke up in the morning alone. I stretched and got out of bed. Slowly I left the room and started to make my way downstairs in hopes of finding Henry. This house was kept insanely neat. You could tell Regina was a little OCD. I could hear voices coming from the kitchen. There were many voices. I could make out Regina, Emma, Henry, and then there were new male voices.
"So she can go home, but you have to go with her?" Emma asked.
"That is what Mother Superior said." Henry replied.
"You are not going. She has no idea what could have happened in 5 years. It is too dangerous." Regina said at once.
"But I think we should go." Henry then said.
"I'm leaning towards Regina." Emma said. I could hear sympathy in her voice.
"So this necklace thing can only be activated by True Love's Kiss?" asked one of the male voices.
"Yes." Henry answered.
"Well I don't like it and I don't like her. For all we know she could have been using you this entire time. Did you ever think about that?" Regina said.
"She can speak for herself." I said as I entered the kitchen seeing everyone. The male voices I heard were both standing there. One of them with brown hair standing near Regina and the other with black hair and a hook for one of his hands.
"Well speak." Regina demanded.
"I can truthfully say I didn't know about this place or the connects that Henry had when we met. I do love him and that is obvious since my necklace will only react to True Love's Kiss. I don't want to put him in dangers way, but I need to know what has happened to them. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with this one." I explained. I looked directly at Regina as I spoke.
"I understand and we know you love him." Emma said giving a smile.
"And I love her and I want her to be happy and I understand that her happiness largely lies in knowing the fate of her family." Henry said looking at me. I gave him a weak smile.
"I don't believe any of this crap. My son is not going with you end of story. You can pack your bags and leave my house and this town…and my son." Regina spat. Suddenly I felt anger that I have never felt before bubble inside me. I was so hurt and incredibly crushed at her words. I know that I meant no harm to Henry. He was my everything and she doubted that. My breathing was hard as I starred at her. Suddenly without warning she flew threw the air and slammed into the wall behind her.
"Regina!" Called out the man who had been standing next to her.
"Oh my god!" I said at once running to her. "I am so sorry. That has never happened before."
"So you have magic?" she asked as she stood up and glared at me.
"Apparently." I said.
"Mother Superior said that she could feel it and said that she was going to have to learn to use her magic." Henry explained.
"I've never used magic before this moment." I said shaking.
"Well before you head off to your world we are going to have to teach you to use your magic." Emma said as she walked to me.
"You have magic also?" I asked.
"Yes and I learned how to use mine from the best. Regina you are helping." Emma demanded.
"I'm not." Regina spat.
"Yes you are." Emma said to her before turning back to me. "Get ready girl. You are going to magic school." She said happily placing a hand on my shoulder. I was suddenly very nervous. This was really happening to me. Henry walked over and put an arm around my waist. He pulled me close without words. I had felt so tense before, but I instantly relaxed in his arms. I was really going to learn to use magic. Never in a million years had I thought that.
A/N: Keep the reviews coming guys! I am having so much fun writing this story.