Boundaries

A guest asked for a oneshot of Snowing walking in on Neal and Henry debating over whether Emma is the Swan Princess or not and Snowing putting in their two pence (I don't do cents ;) ) worth. One of them implies that Henry is the Page Master as an afterthought. Loved this request! And haha, no, in Britain we do not celebrate the 4th of July :P

Guest who asked what taking the (not a) Mick means: it's the same as taking the piss.

CaptainSwan fan: sorry, I stick by my word. If there's anything else I can write for you lemme know. :)

Janie: Sorry, but I've said previously that I won't write any more stories of Emma being raised by anyone other than Snowing :).

Zzzz: Sorry, I don't redo chapters :).

SisterSister: Sorry, but that's already been too closely covered.

Guest who asked for Neal turning himself into a 4 year old: I'm afraid this doesn't make sense to me as Neal is a baby. Either way, for an age back story check out my separate story "A lapse of concentration".

Bex Mills: I'm afraid that's a little dark for a Charming for me :).

Guest who asked for Zelena being a child: I think that's a bit outside my creative zone.

Xzander mbd: Sorry, but I'm not sure Rosie would be mean to Neal even in those circumstances.

Fictionlover12: I'm not sure which request you're talking about?

"She is!"

"No she isn't!"

"She is!" Snow and Charming shared a look as they entered the house after the town meeting. Normally Neal loved having Henry babysit him, but clearly a rift had come between them today.

"Guys, calm down! What are you fighting about?" Charming asked as he and Snow came into the living room. They found the two boys having a tense stare-down in the middle of the living room.

"Henry keeps saying that Emma is like the Swan Princess, you know, Odette from the movie? But she isn't. Emma is her own princess. She's brand new."

"Just because The Swan Princess isn't a Disney movie and Emma's story doesn't completely match up with the film version doesn't mean Emma isn't the Swan Princess. If Anastasia and Dimitri were to show up in town would you say they were lying? What about Shrek and Fiona? Ogres in the Enchanted Forest aren't like them in the movies, does that mean they can't be real too? I bet there are some DreamWorks or Warner Brothers' characters that are real." Neal scoffed.

"Yeah, I bet Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny, Hiccup and Toothless are all just waiting to be found."

"Boys, is this really worth arguing over?" Snow sighed. "You can agree to disagree on it."

"Well what do you two think?" Henry asked his grandparents. This caused Snow and Charming to pause for thought.

"I dunno." Charming eventually said. "I mean, it's possible, but Neal is right, there are an awful lot of differences between Odette and Emma."

"Well yeah, but look at our Disney counterparts. They're not exactly similar to us and they didn't have kids, did they?"

"Well no, but the movie didn't end with their lives being over, so we don't know what happened to them after the movie."

"True, but their version of Regina did die, so our story couldn't have happened." The whole family fell silent after that, realising they could go like this forever. Charming smiled and turned to his grandson.

"You know, Mr Author, there are a few companies you left out earlier- such as Fox. The Author is a bit like being the Pagemaster." Henry's face paled at that. His grandpa did have a point. Could it be true? Could he already be a fictional character in the real world?