A/N: Whoo.

He said everything that he needed to say.

And those few seconds of silence weighed on him heavily until...

"You're right."

Another surprising reaction.

"What did you say?"

"You're right. We've never had anything in common besides Lucy, and I think we owe it to ourselves to be with people that we love instead of forcing it out of the other."

Henry couldn't believe this was happening. Was Ella really admitting that they were not right for each other anymore? Was she actually doing that?

"Ella..."

Henry couldn't think of what the right words were.

"Ella, I'm sorry."

Ella smiled at him.

Her eyes were beginning to grow red from the tears that were beginning to form.

"Yeah. Me too. Guess it just wasn't 'mean to be' after all huh?" She said with a sad chuckle.

He walked over to her and gave her a gentle hug.

"This doesn't change anything okay?" He said through her hair.

He released the hug and grabbed her shoulders gently.

"Just remember Ella. We'll always be a family. Always."

~*ONE HOUR LATER*~

"You're...You're what?!"

Lucy's reaction to the news was just as Henry expected.

And he hated it.

"Your father and I are separating, baby," Ella told her calmly.

"Bu-bu-bu But you guys are true love! You're my parents so you must be!"

"I'm sorry Lucy, but...sometimes 'true love' can happen more than one time. And there's nothing wrong with that."

He knew trying to rationalize with a ten year old was ultimately useless, but as her father he needed to.

Lucy glared her eyes at him as though he had betrayed her in some awful way.

And to be honest, he felt that way.

But she needed to hear the truth.

No matter how much it hurt.

~*FOUR DAYS LATER*~

It had taken a few days to get everything settled.

But now they were finally ready to leave.

Henry wrapped his arms around his mother in a hug.

"I will try and visit as often as I can. I mean I do have that wand."

Henry laughed.

"I know mom. I know."

"So how does this work?" Ella asked him.

"Well, we throw the bean and then we think about where we need to go."

"But what if we get separated from each other?" Lucy said worriedly.

Henry sighed and got down on her level.

"Lucy. That will never happen okay? And even if it did, we will always find each other, because that's what family does. Okay?"

Lucy nodded.

Henry got up and glanced over at Ella.

He could tell she was nervous about this.

She definitely wasn't alone in that.

He took a few of the beans out of his pocket and handed them to her.

"Here, take them. Just in case."

Ella gently took them from his hand and placed them in her jacket pocket.

Henry then proceeded to take one bean from the bag, and stuffed the bag into his inside pocket.

He stared at the tiny little bean for what felt like hours, until his arm went on auto-pilot and he put it on the ground before them.

Suddenly, a portal opened up before them just waiting to be passed through.

"Well, here goes everything. You guys ready?"

Ella grabbed Lucy's hand.

"Yes," she replied firmly.

"Then let's go!"

As they entered the portal, Henry held his breath and let his mind focus on one thought.

"Take me to Drizella."

He closed his eyes and felt the warm wind blow on his face and the force of the portal threw him into the forest of an unknown land.

A/N: :O