So ever since they introduced wonderland I've wanted them to go to this place so in my story at least one person will. As always read and review! I appreciate all of them. Enjoy reading!
The next morning Annie found Henry in the kitchen eating. "Hello Henry. What's that?" She asked."A pop tart. Want one?" He said. She looked at it curiously. "Um sure." He walked over to the cupboard and pulled another packet out. She opened the wrapper and took a small nibble."Like it?" Henry asked.
"This is amazing!" She said. Henry couldn't help but laugh.
"What's amazing?" Regina asked walking into the kitchen.
"This..." Annie looked to Henry. "What's it called again?"
"Pop tart." Henry said. Regina ruffled Henry's hair. "C'mon your going to be late for school." Henry jumped up. "Oh yeah we're watching the wizard of oz today." He said obviously excited. Annie looked at Regina and she merely nodded. Regina handed Henry his backpack and he ran out the front door calling goodbyes behind him.
"What did Henry mean when he said they were watching the wizard of oz?" Annie asked.
"It's a movie." Regina said. One look told her Annie was still confused.
"C'mon I'll show you." They walked into the living room and Regina opened a box full of older movies.
"Aha! Here it is." She held up her copy of the movie and handed it to Annie.
"This is supposed to be me?" Annie was referring to the smiling Judy Garland on the front.
"Yep that's you Dorothy." Annie smiled at her other name. "It's been a long time since somebody's called me that. And I can't believe out of everybody his name is the title."
"Here I'll show you how it works." Regina opened the case and put the movie in the DVD player. Soon the black and white pictures began to play across the scene. They sat on the couch for a while watching it before Regina gasped.
"I'm late!" She quickly got up and grabbed her purse. "Listen I have to work for a little while but I will be back later." Annie was staring into the tv mesmerized. "You can watch the other movies if you want." Regina said. She kissed Annie on the head and left.
*Flashback
Cora stood just out of sight watching as the youngest maid, Annie, rode her horse. Usually free time was not something that servant to the royal court got much of but since Annie was Regina's "lady-in-waiting" she almost never performed the duties of
a servant. As the horse rode by Cora waved her hand and a bunny suddenly appeared in their path. The mare reared up and Annie let out a startled scream. She lost her grip and fell off landing with a hard thud. Cora was sure someone had heard the scream and knew she would have to act fast. She ran up to Annie opened her book and blew a spell onto her. What she had done wasn't permanent but it would buy her some time to perfect her skills.
When Annie opened her eyes she had expected to see forest all around her, or perhaps her room but she saw bright colors, small houses and a woman on fire! She looked around for help and spotted a small well. She quickly ran to it and drew up some water. She ran back to the woman and poured it on her hand that seemed to be burning. The woman turned to her with a look of shock and horror on her face.
"You idiot!" She yelled. "You little!" The woman began to disintegrate before her eyes.
"What?" Annie stood staring at what was now a puddle.
"Oh thank you!" Annie turned and saw a very small girl.
"I don't really know what I did." Annie said. The girl smiled.
"You just freed us all munchkins!" She exclaimed.
"Munchkins? Freed?" Annie said.
"Munchkins. Your in munchkin land. And that was the wicked witch of the east. " The girl gestured to the puddle. "She's ruled since forever. But you've freed us!"
"Munchkin land! No, I need to get home." Annie said.
"Where's that?"" The girl asked.
"It's called the enchanted forest." Annie said. "It's a long way from here. "
"I'm sure the wizard could get you there." The little girl said.
"Wizard?" Annie said. The girl nodded. "Yes the wizard. He lives in Oz. Just follow the yellow brick road and you'll get there." She pointed to the golden path a few feet away.
"Oh thank you!" Annie said. She shook the girls hand and started walking toward the road.
"Hey what's your name?" The girl called after her.
"I'm Annie." Annie said.
"Really, you look more like a Dorothy to me. I'm Eponine by the way." The girl said. Annie smiled at her. "Well, it was very nice to meet you Eponine.
*end flashback
"So what did you find out." Emma and Henry were walking to Henry's school.
"Not much. She wasn't really that important so she only shows up in other peoples stories." Henry said. Emma bit her lip.
"And the other thing?" She asked cautiously.
"She still doesn't know." Henry said.
"Are you sure?" Emma said. For some reason she felt like she and Annie had a connection somehow. She thought that if Annie knew the truth she may be able to fix things with her mother but if Regina waited to long she could lose her. No matter how much she disliked Regina she couldn't let a child lose both of her parents even if one was just emotionally.
"I think I would be able to tell if she knew something like that." Henry said. They walked up to the gate.
"I'll meet you at granny's after school so we can talk more." Henry said.
"Ok." Emma said. "I'll see you there."
Regina came home later to find Annie sitting on the couch crying. Immediately she rushed over to her.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Jack...he's he's...dead!" Annie began sobbing once more. Regina looked at the screen and saw that the movie Annie had been watching was Titanic.
"Annie it's just a movie. Unlike your story none of this is real." Regina said. She didn't have the heart to tell her that the only thing fake about it was Jack, Rose and their tragic romance. Regina sighed, this wasn't going to be easy.
"Listen, sweetie we need to talk about something." Regina said.