A/N: Bee-boop.

"Ah. Easy landing like always," he said out loud to himself as he struggled to ignore the pain in his legs from being thrown by the portal.

"Henry?"

Henry's head whipped around at the mention of his name, and that was when he saw her.

"Mom!"

He ran over and gave his mother Emma the biggest hug that he could.

"Mom! Oh, it's so good to see you."

"You too, kid."

Henry rolled his eyes at her.

"What? It doesn't matter how big you get, you'll always be 'kid' to me."

He noticed that she was starting to grow a little weary around the eyes.

"New baby keeping you up huh?"

Emma laughed lightly.

"Oh yeah. That. Yeah, she's a little spit-fire, I'll tell you that. I'm just happy to finally get a break. Your grandma's watching her now."

"What's her name?"

"Leia."

Henry laughed at that.

"That is just...wow. Mom, that's perfect. It really is."

"Thank you."

Henry motioned for them to start walking together.

"So how long has it been since I last saw you?"

"Two years."

"Two years? Wow. It's been only ten for me."

"Well that explains a lot."

Henry stopped in his tracks.

"What are you doing out here anyway?"

"I could ask you the same question."

"Well mom, I asked you first."

Emma scoffed and chuckled.

"Alright. Alright, Mr. Tough Guy. There was a drunk man out here last night, and I was just trying to find him."

"Where's Hook?"

"He's handling things at the sheriff's station. It took a while, but I think we can safely say that the former pirate managed to adapt to the 21st century."

"Well, I'm glad to hear it mom."

"Now what about you? What are you doing here?"

"Well...It's kind of a long story."

"Well, we have a long walk ahead of us, so you can tell me on the way."

~*MEANWHILE...*~

A bird flew across the sky of the forest, startled by the mysterious bright light that had shown up only moments ago.

Ella fixed Lucy's shirt collar. The force of the portal nearly broke her arm, but thankfully, the pain was beginning to wear off now.

"Mom, is your arm gonna be okay?"

"It's gonna be fine baby."

Lucy looked around worriedly.

"Where are we? Where's dad?!"

Ella could see the fear in her eyes.

"What if something happened to him? What if he got sent to Neverland again? What if-"

"Lucy, calm down."

"But I can't calm down, mom! We don't know where he is!"

Ella pulled Lucy close to her.

"I know baby, I know. But everything's gonna be alright, you'll see."

"Excuse me!" A man's voice said from behind them.

Lucy's eyes lit up. Was that...?

She turned around and saw herself staring at her father once more.

But...

Where did he get that long robe from? And that crown on his head...

"May I ask who you are and why you are here?"

Ella was just as confused as Lucy was.

"Henry? How did you change your clothes so fast?"

"Uh, it's King Henry actually. I am the ruler of this realm. And I won't ask again. Who are you?"

Now Lucy was starting to get it.

This was the other Henry! The one created by The Evil Queen's wish!

Slightly flustered and unsure of what to do, Ella bowed before him.

Henry immediately put his hand up to stop her.

"Oh no no no! There's no need for that."

Ella laughed nervously.

"Sorry. Um, my name is Ella and this is my daughter, Lucy."

King Henry stuck out his hand for Ella to shake.

The moment he grabbed her hand, Ella could feel something inside her that she thought she would never feel again.

"Lovely to meet you, Ella. Sorry if I came on a little too strong. I'm Henry."

Ella smiled at the man before her, and he smiled warmly at her.

And Lucy looked between the two of them with a huge grin on her face.

~*STORYBROOKE, ONE HOUR LATER*~

Henry sat in silence in the front seat while the drunk man snored in the back.

The drunk man actually being Leroy.

"So this Drizella...Is she anything like the movie version?"

Emma's joke managed to cut the tension from having told that long story.

"Ha! No. I mean she does have short dark brown hair, but she's a little bit different."

Emma turned the steering wheel and made a left turn onto main street.

"Well, that sounds a lot like a girl I know who just moved here not too long ago."

Henry sat up straighter in his seat.

"Really? You've seen her?"

"Yeah, I think so. She works as a temp in Archie's office. Calls herself 'Ivy' though."

Now he knew why the bean had taken him to Storybrooke.

It had brought him home once again.

A/N: The reunion will be here soon. I promise. And yes, I know that the magic bean takes you to where you're thinking of, so Ella and Lucy should've gone with Henry. But this is fanfiction, therefore, some rules do not apply.