"Thanks for inviting me to come along Ms. Blanchard," I said helping some of the fourth graders from Henry's school hang up some decorations in a wing of the hospital. It had been about a week since Henry, Emma, and I had ice cream. I had gotten special permission from Da to get the full day off in order to come on this trip with Henry's class.
"It was Henry's idea, he says you do not get out much," said Ms. Blanchard, "Speaking of Henry where is he."
"Oh he went in that room at the end of the hall the one with the John Doe." I said pointing.
"Thank you." She said.
I followed her as she went to the room that Henry was in, "Henry, we could really use your help with the decorations." She said as we entered the room.
"Is Mr. Doe going to be okay, Miss Blanchard?" asked Henry.
"His name is not John Doe, honey," explained Ms. Blanchard, "That's just what they call people when they don't know who they are."
"Do you know who he is?" asked Henry, I could tell by his voice that he was also talking to me, this must have something to do with our investigation of the curse.
Ms. Blanchard walked further into the room shaking her head, I stayed by the door, 'No. I just bring him flowers on my rounds."
"What's wrong with him?" I asked.
"I don't know," said Ms. Blanchard, "He's been like this as long as I've been volunteering."
"Does he have any family or friends?" questioned Henry.
"No one's claimed him." Explained Ms. Blanchard.
"So, he's all alone?" asked Henry.
"Yeah," said Ms. Blanchard.
"That is quite sad." I commented.
Henry looked at John Doe for a few seconds, "You sure you don't know him?" Again that tone, this man definitely had a part in our investigation.
"Of course I'm sure," assured Ms. Blanchard, "Come on. You shouldn't be in here."
We walked out of the room and Ms. Blanchard closed the door behind us. I pulled Henry out to the side and asked him quietly, "Okay Henry who is he?"
"I cannot tell you here," explained Henry, "I want to discuss this with Emma at the same time."
"We will call her when we are done here, have her meet us at the castle." I said.
"Sounds good." Agreed Henry.
A few hours later we were all at the castle, Henry opened up his storybook to a picture of Prince Charming. As soon as I saw the picture I understood why, Henry kept questioning Ms. Blanchard about that coma patient.
"We found your father," said Henry, "Prince Charming."
"What do you mean 'we'?" I questioned. "You are the one who found him."
"Henry…Jack" started Emma.
"He's in the hospital in a coma," said Henry, he pointed to a scar, "See this scar? He has ne, too."
"So? Lots of people have scars." Rebuffed Emma.
"In the same place?" questioned Henry.
"The odds are astronomical." I said.
"Don't you see what this means?" asked Henry, "The curse is keeping them apart with the coma. Now they're stuck without each other."
"So we have to tell Ms. Blanchard that we have quite literally found her Prince Charming?" I said.
"Exactly." Confirmed Henry.
"Jack has a point. Telling someone their soul mate is in a coma is probably not helpful. Not having a happy ending is painful enough, but giving someone unrealistic hope is far worse."
"But what if I'm right?" asked Henry, "We know who they are, now they have to know."
"And how do you two intend to make that happen?" asked Emma.
I looked to Henry, "By reminding him. We have to get her to read their story to John Doe. Then maybe he'll remember who he is."
"You do realize he is in a coma right?" I asked.
"Never hurts to try" shrugged Henry.
"Okay." Said Emma.
"Okay?" questioned Henry and I.
"Yeah, we'll do it. But we'll do it my way," said Emma, "Let me ask her."
"Sounds good." I said.
"We need a location where we can all meet and have Ms. Blanchard tell us how it went?"
"How about breakfast at Granny's tomorrow ?" offered Emma.
"Sounds perfect," said Henry, he handed the storybook to Emma, "We shall see each other tomorrow then."
We parted ways after that, Emma towards Ms. Blanchard's apartment, Henry and I towards his house. "So, have you remembered anything else from the Enchanted Forest?" asked Henry.
"Not since last week." I said, "Also still no idea of who Rumplestiltskin is in town. How did you do it, with others in town?"
"The curse may have taken away their memories," explained Henry, "But it did not erase who they are."
"Clarify please?"
"I mean, they still show little bits and pieces of who they truly are."
"I still do not understand."
"I am ten, you can't expect me to explain this too well." Shrugged Henry.
"I suppose your right." I said, "I just wish I could help with Operation Cobra more than I have."
"You have helped plenty," said Henry, "You helped me prove that the curse is weakening."
"I know, but since then I have really done nothing." I said.
"No, you are willing to help, that's something," encouraged Henry, "I'll see you tomorrow, do not lose faith."
"See you Henry." I said, "I'll try."
I began to walk away but was stopped by someone grabbing on to my shirt, I was turned around so that I faced my attacker, it was Kristalyn Drifa. She held tight to my T-shift, the look of determined fire in her eyes.
"Hi Kristalyn." I said
"I want in." she said.
"In on what?"
"This Operation Cobra thing you and Henry Mills have going on." She explained.
"How do you know about that?" I asked not even denying it.
"I have been following you since that night you, Henry, and Ms. Swan came into the Ice Cream parlor last week."
"That's a bit creepy." I said, "Why?"
"Henry's theory about everyone being characters from a storybook," she explained, "I have reasons to believe that it may be true."
"Really?" I questioned, "Like what."
She looked around and let go of my shirt, "Not here, tomorrow after breakfast with everyone." She began to walk away.
"Did you just invite yourself to breakfast?" I asked.
Kristalyn looked back at me and smiled, "I suppose I did."
A/N: As I am still on a fairly good pace for typing I am going to upload some more….plus I am kind of snowed in at the moment. Poor Jack, he is feeling useless, can't blame him given his reasons. Kristalyn wants in on Operation Cobra and apparently she is a stalker….you guys see where I am going with this. I ran this by my QUAT friends at school and they seem to love what I plan on doing with her. I figured out how I am doing this story in the long run, I am putting future chapters together so that I can shorten the chapter count (Unless you want a lot of chapters) this will make the updates longer in length, and WILL be doing the SEASON thing (so if the title changes please do not freak out). Back to the characters, why do think Kristalyn is believing Henry? DO you know who she is suppose to be? In the midst of making a cover for this story (any suggestions). Feel free to leave some reviews with your ideas…Also to follow and fav this story. See you all soon
