Chapter 12
Out Of Storybrooke
At noon Mr Gold came back and when Emma answered the door with her coat on. Mr Gold asked "ready"?
Emma said "nearly. Neal's helping Tally finish her packing".
Henry came up and asked "do you think it will cold where we're going"?
Emma answered "I think layers are always a good idea".
David said "Gold, you're going out there with my family just know if anything happens to them I'll…".
Mr Gold says "you'll what? Cross the town line, and David Nolan will hunt me down in his animal rescue van".
David continued "I'll be devastated. This isn't a threat, it's a request, take care of them".
Mr Gold said "I promise no harm will come to your family, after all they're my family too, and we have a deal".
Neal came down the stairs with two suitcases, his and Tally's. As he grabbed his coat he said "let's get this show on the road".
He suddenly caught sight of the shawl his dad was wearing, "isn't that the shawl mom made me"?
"You remember it" Mr Gold answered.
"Of course I remembered, I'm just surprised you still have it".
"When you fell through the portal this shawl was one of the few things left behind. Since then I've held onto it in hopes someday we'd be reunited so I chose it as my object to keep me my true self when I cross the town line". Neal was going to ask for it back until Mr Gold said that, he didn't known his father could be so sentimental.
They got into Mr Golds car with Emma, Henry and Tally in the back and Neal in the front with his father. Henry asked "so where are we going"?
Mr Gold answered "Logan International Airport".
Tally said excitedly "I've never been on an aeroplane before".
Emma added "I think Henry meant after that"?
Mr Gold said "let's take this one step at a time"
"Well, that fills me confidence" said Neal sarcastically.
Emma asked "do you really think that shawls going to work"?
Mr Gold answered "if it doesn't and I revert to my cursed self we'll all going to have some problems" noticing the worried look on everyone's face he added "it will work".
As they rushed over the town line they stared at him until Emma asked "so"?
"My name is Rumplstilskin, aka The Dark One".
At the airport it was clear Mr Gold was nervous being without his magic. Henry asked "have you ever been on a plane before"?
Mr Gold answered "no".
"Have you ever been out of Storybrooke before"?
"No".
"Are you"…
"No, are we playing twenty questions"?
Tally giggled and said "it's my first time on an aeroplane too".
Neal mentioned "it's all of ours".
Emma said "hey we're next".
Henry commented "it must be hard not to use magic, to be just like everyone else".
They walked up and got a basket to put their things in Emma said "I'll help Tally undo her shoes".
As Emma knelt down to help Tally with the buckles on her shoes Mr Gold asked "undo her shoes".
Neal said "coat and shoes go in the basket as we go through".
Mr Gold muttered "how terribly uncivilized".
Emma said "oh and Roseberry has to go in the basket too".
Tally clutched her toy alicorn tighter and said "but she doesn't want to leave me".
Emma said "it will be fine, we just put her in the basket you go through and then you get her straight back".
Tally asked "you promise"?
Emma crossed her heart and said "promise".
Before Mr Gold could go through a security man told him "uh scarf and cane go in the basket".
"What"?
"Scarf and cane go in the basket".
He turned to Emma "I can't"
She replied softly "you have to".
A man behind Emma said "it's not rocket science, haven't you ever been on a plane before".
"Have you ever been impaled upon a cane before" said Mr Gold brandishing his cane.
Neal had to hold his father back and said to the security guard "he over exaggerates all the time when he feels offended".
Emma told the stranger behind them "my father-in-law is nervous, we're heading to a family reunion, sorry". Then said to Mr Gold "put your shawl and cane in the basket and I'll help through".
Mr Gold reminded her "if I let this go I could forget who I am".
Emma said "I won't let that happen".
Neal said "come on Tally, let's go through so mommy can get Grandpa Gold through".
Tally let Emma take Roseberry as Neal lead her through. When Mr Gold took off the shawl he felt a bit wobbly as Emma helped him through. The moment he was through Neal grabbed the shawl and put it around him. While Emma grabbed Roseberry to give back to Tally.
Henry called out "hey there's a Cinnabons here".
Tally cried out "Cinnabons".
Henry and Tally were sharing a box of Cinnamon Rolls on the plane. Emma asked "are you two good.
Tally said "this is great".
"First plane ride, a vacation with you, and we're going on a trip like in the book. The only thing that could make this better is more frosting" Henry said gesturing to the box of Cinnamon Rolls.
Emma smiled and looked over on the other side of the aisle where Neal and Mr Gold both sat and looked tense. She'd never seen it before but now she could see the family resemblance.
A woman's voice came over the PA "welcome folks, to Ajira Airline Regional Flight 53, with nonstop service to New York City. Our flight time tonight is 42 minutes. Please sit-back, relax and enjoy the ride".