healed souls

✨the necklace✨

i sigh in defeat "i can't do it"

he shakes his head "you have to believe! you see the target in front of you,you feel the arrow between your fingers,and you feel the bow in your palm.take a deep breath and close your left eye" i did exactly what he said

"good now raise your elbow slightly higher and pull your arm back with the arrow.aim.shoot."

i let the arrow go as i can hear how it picks up the wind and lands right in the middle of the bullseye.

"I DID IT!" i shout and jumped up and down and he chuckled "now that you've got that down,i need you to do something for me" i nod my head for him to continue

"wake up love,just for me" i scrunch my eyebrows "what?" i asked confused "WAKE UP"

a gasp leaves my lips as i shoot up from my bed.sitting criss-cross-applesauce,i run my hands down my face and groan.i plop back down and close my eyes. it happened once again, henry barges in

"come one avery! you got somewhere to be" i sigh "and where is that exactly?" i asked frustrated

"uuhhhh school" i look at my clock and school starts in 15 mins. "shit shit shit-don't tell your mother i said that around you" i point a finger at him and he holds his hands up in surrender.

then i notice something "why aren't you dressed?" i ask suspiciously he gulps "i'm-im sick" i give him the 'bullshit' look and he sighs

"fine it's something to do with operation cobra i'm going to my castle"

"says who?" i cock my right eyebrow "says the very awesome babysitter i love so much?"he smiles sheepishly i roll my eyes

"your mother's gonna kill me...go" he smiles big "thank you"

[....]

we are currently in mary margaret's classroom,well technically i'm volunteering because i have a free period,and are working on bird houses

"as we build our birdhouses remember,what you're making is a home,not a cage." i start and she finishes

"the bird is free and will do what it will.this is for them,not for us.they're loyal creatures,if you love them and they love you,they will always find you." her voice seems to go distant at the end and the sound of the bell snaps her out of her trance"we'll pick this up after recess,no running!"

the kids scurry out the classroom and i go and sit at an empty desk and she goes over and cleans paint brushes

"i don't know how you do it" i tell her with a yawn followed after my sentence

"how i do what?" she asks "how you manage to stay calm...and not fall asleep" i groan

she laughs slightly "i'm guessing that's henry's fault?"

"henry's fault" i mumbled about to fall asleep,but jump out of my skin when regina slams the classroom door open followed by emma

"miss mills,what are you doing here?" mary margaret asks "where's my son and ave-" she's cuts herself off when she sees me sitting there "never mind where's my son."