As a spin-off to Princesses in Storybrooke, I've decided to not do the Charming Family Fun Time. Instead I present to you...ADVENTURES OF HENRY MILLS AND CO!
Summary:
One day flipping through the channels, Henry's friend Paige found the strangest TV Show, written and produced by the strangest people. What was Once Upon a Time? And what does it have to do with Storybrooke? The town could be in danger, and it's up to Henry, Paige, Ava and Nicholas to save them all.
So, it's not as grand and adventure-y as it seemed, and there are a few references to Princesses in Storybrooke, but not that much. Basically it's taken place a few years in the future from both OUAT and Princesses in Storybrooke, where everything sort of settled down and Henry grow up to be about 16. So the timeline is messed up and inside Storybrooke it's like 2018 or something, but outside if 2013, when they're airing the rest of season 2, so just bare with that.
Excited? I am. I love writing teenager Henry and although he seems very OOC, it was fun because stuff he says are true. Here's a sneak peek at the first chapter of ADVENTURES OF HENRY MILLS AND CO.
I wasn't happy.
Understatement of the year but never the less true. I, Henry Allen Mills, was in the middle of most complicated family tree ever.
If you know anything about my family, I pity you, I really, really do, it's bad enough because you'll be one of us, but just knowing my grandpa and adoptive mom would guarantee you a life time of trouble and crap, and to think, the stupid curse and all the fighting ended 5 years ago.
We defeated evil number one and evil number two (actual name being Greg and Tamara), Grandma Snow and Grandpa Charming finally had a break (seriously, their life was like a Prime Time TV Drama), and even Emma had some rest, working as the sheriff of the town and not getting into fight with every other villain in the town. Regina, Gold, Maleficent, Hook, and all the big bad pretty much went into retirement after the whole crazy thing. Gold had even managed to find a way to reserve the curse of the town line. So Belle was back (thank god for that), and so was Sneezy (ummm…hurray?), and we could leave as well, not that a lot of us wanted to.
Ya, magic were still an issue, but when has it not been. Regina and Grandpa Gold have that stupid power struggle going on, but it's getting better after they've both signed a contract that pretty much stated they couldn't kill, only maim or seriously injure. Even with the contract Mother Superior/The Blue Fairy/Most useless fairy in the world had the hospital full on a bad day, on a good day? We bake cookies.
Today happened to be a bad day, however, as Emma pulled an all-nighter at the sheriff's station with Gran and Gramps, apparently Regina 'accidentally' vaporized somebody or something. I got to stay at home and play video game, so that was sweet.
Knock, knock.
Not for long.
I sighed and went to the door, and, what do you know, there were the only three people that were actually my age in town. Ava, Nicholas and Paige. It's awkward trying to call them Gretel, Hazel and Grace (though Grace was alright), so we just went by Storybrooke terms. It drives Regina crazy because she's sort of a stickler for making sure we called each other by our 'actual' names, but luckily me nor Emma had to worry about that.
"Hey." I tossed them the bag of Lays chip. The great thing about being able to cross the town line was the products. Before I guess the curse just shipped in supplies or whatever, but since Regina chose them, they were usually weird health food and apples (don't ask). Now we take a drive to the nearby Wal-Mart and grab all of the Cheetos we need for the week, back.
"Really Henry?" Paige rolled her eyes, "Lightly salted."
I shrugged.
"No one likes that stuff." Ava insisted, but shoved a mouthful down her throat.
"I like that stuff." I took the blue bag away from the blonde girl, she frowned and tried to snatch it back, but the daughter of a woodcutter was no match against the grandson of a prince, AND the Savior's son, AND the Dark One's grandson, AND the Evil Queen's son, AND…you get the point, we've been over this weird family issue before.
"You're weird." Nicholas rolled his eyes. Out of the four of us, Nicholas was the youngest, with Ava being the oldest (16) and already able to drive a car, then me who was getting my learner's permit, then Nicholas and Paige, who were still barely 15 and trying to not trip over their shoelace. Ahh, young kids.
"I know." I replied and flopped down onto the couch. Thanks to major persuasion from Grandma Snow's side, we finally got a bigger house. It's a town house near where Mulan, Belle, and Aurora live (don't ask about that, it's weird), and it has three floors. There was a room for each one of us and Pongo (who stays on alternative weekends), then another guest room. Being the royal family really does have its perks, because we paid the previous owner in donuts and eggshells and they moved away gracefully. Looking back, maybe Grandpa Gold coming for a visit and tea had something to do with it.
"What's up this weekend?" Paige asked, flipping through the TV channels, "Ohhh! ABC, I love that channel!"
Ava wrinkled her nose, "I really prefer Fox, it has Glee and New Girls."
"No one watches Glee other than you Ava!" Nicholas threw a chip at his sister. Luckily it was the regular ones, so no one missed them. I held on to my Lightly Salted like it was my life line.
"666 Park Avenue." Paige muttered, "America's Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor; the Bachelorette. What's with all these wedding shows?"
I shrugged, "Maybe people just like seeing people with failed marriages. Grandma and Grandpa sometimes watch it to make themselves feel better."
"Whatever." Paige rolled her eyes, "At least you don't have your dad, he's just asking for trouble with the dating website idea. "Body of Proof, Castle, Dancing with the Stars. You think DWTS will be good?"
I shrugged, "On it's like 20 billion seasons, maybe?"
Paige pretended not to hear me. I knew she had a poster upon her wall. Every little girl's dream to be a ballerina I guess, "Grey's Anatomy, Happy Endings, Last Man Standing, Modern Family, Nashville, The Neighbors…"
"Forget it Paige!" Ava groaned as she was covered in barbecue flavour (why the barbecue Nicholas? Why?), "You're not going to find any interesting show on it!"
"Once Upon a Time." She stopped, "That sounds interesting."
My mind flipped to the back of my closet, where a certain fairy tale book lay, forgotten since I pretty much have the real deal. I gulped, hoping it wasn't what I thought it was. We never did get to figure out who wrote that book.
"Play it." I said, "We've got on demand."
Paige shrugged and struggled with the TV remote (even with the Magical TV Plan, we still can't figure out the TV remote), and played the latest episode, Manhattan.
"Previously on Once Upon a Time…"
DUN DUN DUN!
The four will go down to Stevenson and find the cast of the writers. I'M EXCITED!