Chapter 7- The Secret
Lunch ended quickly, but I had found some new friends. Friends I would unfortunately have to betray sooner or later. But that's ok, I never keep friends for long in HQ, nor does anyone. We're kind of forced to respect each other, but we all hate each other too. It was the same at school. No one had a big group of friends, unless they were super popular and nice. I thought it was that way at every school, until I came here. At the end of school, I hopped on the bus until we got to my stop at Mary Margaret's apartment building. When I got out of my seat, I bumped into Henry again, for the second time that day.
"I didn't know you got off here," he said.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you, I'm staying with your mom and her friends."
"You are? Why?"
"Oh, well, I'll leave it to your mom to do the explaining." I answered quickly. I wasn't sure what to say when I was on a bus full of people.
So we got off, and went into the building, working our way to the floor of Emma, Mary Margaret, David, and Killian's house. Oh yeah, and baby Neal.
"I can't be the only one that thinks your mom and dad need to move out as soon as possible." I said to Henry.
"Oh, well Killian isn't really my dad, he's my stepdad." said Henry.
"Well, stepdad, then, but why the wait?"
"They need the perfect house for us three." he said.
"Oh, and if it's not even anywhere close to perfect, they start over? There can't be that many houses for sale in such a small town."
"Well, because of… some recent events, a lot of people want to move around."
"What kind of recent events?" I asked.
"Oh, water in basements, those kinds of issues."
"Oh," I said. I think Emma's superpower was rubbing off on me, because I could just sense he was lying.
That night, I heard a noise that woke me up, but eventually, I figured it was nothing. But when I fell asleep, I had a dream. It was Master.
"What have you found out? Do you know how to get him here?"
"I haven't found out much, but I do know you were right about this town. They have a lot of secrets."
"Do you know how to get him to New York?"
"I made friends with him. I can convince him to run away. Just give me a week."
"A week? You've already had a week. You must bring him back sooner than that, or I will kill you."
"You don't want to do that, I'm your strongest apprentice."
"There is always Alex."
"Alex is nothing compared to me. Alex doesn't have the strength I have to get him here, she would need some sense of compassion. Henry can't go with anyone like that."
"Fine, Morrison, a week. But that's all you get. No more."
"Yes sir," I said stronger than I ever said it before.
"And one more thing," he finished, right before my "dream" ended.
"Quit staring at my son. And, Killian is no father to him."
And with that, I woke up in astonishment, thinking,
Master is Henry's father.