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Bright lights blazed above Tessa. She drifted in and out of consciousness. Voice floated around her, but she couldn't make out any words. She lost any sense of time. When she finally fought her way back to reality, she saw a bright light above her again. She moaned and turned her head to avoid looking at it. She saw she was in a hospital room. She saw that Regina was talking with Henry just outside the room, within view of the doorway. Regina was kneeling in front of Henry.

"Henry, she'll be fine. Right now I want you to go to your session with Archie. You can come back later, okay?" Henry reluctantly turned and left. Regina stood up, pushing her hand through her hair. Tessa started to move her hand to rub her eyes, but found that she had an IV attached to her wrist. Regina turned around to look into the room and saw that Tessa was awake.

"Tessa! Oh my gosh, are you okay?" Regina ran into the room and stopped at the edge of Tessa's bed worriedly. Tessa nodded slightly, looking around before focusing on Regina again.

"What… What happened?" She asked, rubbing her forehead with the hand that didn't have an IV attached to it. Regina pulled up a chair and sat down before she explained anything.

"You were at the edge of town when I found you. You were on the ground, unconscious. Why don't you explain to me what happened?" Regina asked. Tessa blinked a couple of times. She remembered the strange scene that had unfolded in her head. Was it some kind of memory? It had felt so real…

"I don't know." Tessa admitted. Regina raised a single eyebrow, questioning this. Before anything else could be said, Dr. Whale came into the room. He went over to the other side of Tessa's bed.

"Well, well, well, you are certainly an odd little patient, Miss Mills. The oddest, in fact…" He told her, shaking his head slowly at her. She chuckled slightly and gave him a thumbs up sign.

"I like being original." She told him. Regina gave her daughter a small smile. It was good to see that she still had her sense of humor. Dr. Whale tapped his pen against the metal clipboard he was carrying.

"We want to keep you here for the night for observation, but then you'll be free to go." He explained to Tessa. She nodded calmly. He left the room again, pulling the door shut behind him. Tessa looked over at Regina again.

"Hey, mom… Can you go get my laptop from home?" She asked hopefully. Regina rolled her eyes as she stood up, pushing the chair back against the wall.

"Can't survive without your laptop, can you?" She asked, shaking her head. She gave Tessa a smile and left the room. Tessa pushed herself up into a sitting position. She struggled to keep the scene that she'd gotten when she'd gone out of the town. It was already getting hazy, like a heavy fog was coming in and covering everything. She concentrated on holding onto the scene as she lied back down. Finally, she drifted off to sleep.

She was running through the forest. Unlike last time, she was running towards something. She got to the edge of the forest. She was now on a beach, watching a green fog going towards a giant castle.

"No, don't this, no…" She whispered desperately, knowing no one could hear her all the way out there. Green fog engulfed her and everything faded away.

"No, no, no!" Tessa kept screaming until she finally snapped out of it and woke up fully. Dr. Whale was standing over her, nearly pinning her to the bed. He let her go once she stopped struggling and screaming.

"Your heart rate monitor was going crazy." He explained. She slowly sat up, looking around to familiarize herself with the hospital room again. Then she looked back at him.

"How long have I been asleep?"

"I don't know, but it's been two hours since your mom left."

"She hasn't been back?" Tessa asked, frowning in confusion.

"There was a problem. Some of the old mine shafts starting collapsing. Henry and Dr. Hopper were inside. They have to try and get them out." Dr. Whale explained. She tried to get out of bed, but he held her back.

"I have to go help! I'm fine but I have to get out there. It's Henry!" She cried. He held her down until finally she gave up and stopped struggling. When she did, he let her go again.

"You're fine. You have to stay here." He told her. She reluctantly complied. He left the room as a nurse called him out into the hallway. Tessa pushed her hand through her hair, already going stir crazy in the hospital bed. Mary Margaret peeked into the room.

"Ah! Good, you're awake. Come on, David." She led David Nolan into the room as Tessa looked up.

"Oh, hey. You're the nameless dude I spent half the night chasing after." Tessa greeted him. He laughed dryly.

"That would be me." He agreed, nodding. Tessa stuck out a hand.

"Tessa."

"David." He shook her hand.

"I heard that you were here. I thought I'd come see how you were doing." Mary Margaret explained, leaning in to give her a hug. Tessa returned the hug.

"Thanks. Have you heard anything about the mine collapse?" She asked. Mary Margaret frowned.

"I heard about it. Everyone's still there." She explained.

"Any progress?"

"Not that I know of." Mary Margaret admitted. She hugged Tessa again and then turned to David.

"We should go…"

"Yeah, Kathryn will be waiting…" He agreed, looking down. They walked out of the room, waving to Tessa over their shoulders. Tessa waved back and leaned back against her bed.

BANG! BANG! Tessa had officially run out of things within reach to throw at the door. It didn't matter. Dr. Whale stepped into the room, an annoyed look on his face. She smiled sweetly at him and he knew at once that she wanted something.

"I don't suppose that you can let me go now?" She asked. He walked over to her.

"Not until tonight."

"Can I annoy you enough to make you change your mind?"

"You're getting close." He admitted. She smiled wider before motioning to the IV in her arm.

"What is this even pumping into me?"

"It's keeping you from getting dehydrated. You were unconscious for almost twenty four hours." Dr. Whale explained.

"So, since I'm awake and annoying, can you take it out of me? It itches." She complained.

"Yes, I can." He agreed. He took her hand to grab the IV.

"So how do you take out an IV? I mean, do you-?" She started to ask. He yanked it out. Blood formed on the top of her hand and she yelped in pain.

"Ow!" She complained as he stuck a band-aid on top of the small wound. She shot him a look.

"Little more of a warning would have been nice." She told him. He ignored her.

"Can I leave now?"

"Come back if anything at all happens?" He asked.

"Cross my heart, hope not to die."

"I'll go sign you out." He left the room. She got out of bed and went to her clothes, which had been put on a chair on the other side of the room. She quickly got dressed. As soon as she opened her door, she saw Regina and Henry entering the hospital. She ran over to them. Regina caught her up in a tight hug.

"Is Henry okay?" She asked in a whisper.

"He's fine." Tessa pulled away from Regina to hug Henry. Regina turned to talk to Dr. Whale as he tapped her shoulder. Tessa whispered something in Henry's ear. He smiled widely as the words fully hit him.

"I believe you."

A/N Throughout the first season, she'll be slowly getting her memories back of the Enchanted Forest and her past life there. I'll try to keep it interesting and I hope you guys will continue to read and review. Thank you for reading!