Family Love

Chapter 11

-Neal comes to the bench where Emma was-

"You are well?"  -Asks Neal- sitting next to her-

"We had a good life. Why is everything so difficult?"  -Ask Emma-

"You knew that wasn't true and you know it, whether we like it or not we have our family here."

"Do you ever imagine what would have happened if we had stayed together?"  -Ask Emma-

"Every day of my life I regret having left you" -Says Neal- "But don't blackmail me emotionally .... we were talking about your problems ... Emma we have dreamed of finding a family, a home all our lives"

"When you look at this book, what do you see? Heroes, princesses, stories, a world to which I do not belong, this for me is not a home" -Sighs Emma-

"You were born there, your parents are from there just like your brother, of course you belong" -Responds Neal-

"You also left" -Answers Emma-

"And look how it ends, you can't run from your roots" -Says Neal-

"I know it's not okay, but I'm doing my best for us and Henry ... We finally deserve to be a family the three of us Jun ..." -He stops when he sees Zelena's time portal on the other side of town  - "What the hell is that?"  -Ask Emma-

"I have no idea," Neal said.

"I'm checking this," Emma said as she got up and started to run.

"Emma, ​​wait!", -Exclaims Neal as he took the storybook and chased Emma-

-Emma and Neal were walking towards Zelena's barn where the spell came from-

"Whatever is happening there, it can't be good," Neal said.

"It's Zelena's time portal. David left a message. Somehow she died and activated it," Emma said as she begins to open the door, but Neal grabs her arm and stops her.

"Wait! Let's get out of here," Neal said.

"Not until we find a way to shut it down," Emma said.

"Did you get your magic back?", -Asked Neal-

"No," said Emma.

"Emma, ​​I don't have magic! And I don't know how to use the wand to close the portal!"  -Exclaimed Neal-

-Just when David tries to call Emma the portal opens, Neal tries to grab her, but her grip slipped because of the book Neal was carrying-

"Hold on!", Neal yelled.

"I can't!", Emma yelled as her grasp slides and falls through the portal.

"Not again" -Neal lets go and falls next to her through the vortex-

-Minutes later Neal and Emma collapsed against a dirt ground-

"I repeat, I still prefer to travel by plane or boat than in magical portals" -Says Neal leaning on a tree- "Really? Here again?"

"We are ..." -Emma tries to say-

"Yes, we are in the enchanted forest but the question is at what point in the story are we?"  -Asks Neal-

-At one point Emma stares at the tree where Neal was leaning- "I think I have an idea"

-Neal turns around and looks at the Snow White Search and Capture poster- "In the time of our fathers ... well ... better than in the war of the ogres"

-Emma takes the book from Neal's hands and starts flipping through the book-

"What are you doing reading that now? We are just in the storybook" -Comment Neal-

"Because as we were falling, I was thinking about the story Henry was reading in Granny's ... Snow White."  -Explain Emma-

Neal nodded. "The time portal works like any other, taking you wherever you want."

"Not where, but when" -Comment Emma-

"Good", -said Neal- taking a mouthful of air- "And it seems something else the time portal has in common with the normal ones: it is a travel way."

"So we are trapped in the past", -I sighed Emma-

"Summing up if" -added Neal-

"This is why he wanted us to leave! This is the kind of thing that doesn't happen in New York!"  -Exclaimed Emma-

"At least we know how to get around here" -Says Neal-

"Say that for you" -I whispered Emma- "Do you know how to get back?"

"Why should I know?"  -Ask Neal-

"Because you're the only one who knew how to escape from neverland, because you've lived longer in the enchanted forest than me ... oh and because the one who knows how to use magical gadgets is you" -Emma lists-

"Sorry but time travel is not among my skills, do you believe me Marty McFly?"  -Asks Neal-

"No ... but who in the world of magic does he look like?"  -Ask Emma-

-Neal sighs- "It looks like I'm going to have to meet my father again sooner than planned."

-At hearing the sound of the hooves, the couple turned around seeing a group of men dressed in black-

"Black Knights," Neal exclaimed, pulling Emma into hiding. "Stay down."

-They both followed the knights in black through bushes and trees to avoid being seen, until they found themselves on the edge of a small village, where the Black Knights had led all the inhabitants out onto the road.  Emma was stunned when she recognized the grandmother, Geppetto and Pinocchio among them.

"Line up!"  -The knights ordered.
Hearing the sound of more hooves, the two saw a large black carriage approaching and stopped right in front of the group.  The doors opened and a woman dressed in red and black came out.

"Listen to me very carefully", - demanded the woman as she walked in front of the peasants-

"Whatever despair and misery they have been able to tolerate in their pathetic lives up to this point is nothing compared to the pain and misery I can inflict if I leave here unhappy."  -

"Regina," -Emma gasped-

"This is not Regina, she is the evil queen" -Explained Neal-

"Majesty ... we are just villagers. What does she want from us?"  -Ask Marco-

"Justice! If I find out that any of you have been helping the bandit Snow White will suffer this" -he gestured towards his carriage where a woman was tied- "It is what you get for helping Snow White. This woman tried to protect her.  ".

"Help me!"  -begged the woman- "She's going to kill me! Please help me!"  -She exclaims-

"Who wants to be next?"  Asked the Evil Queen.

-Emma tried to help her, but Neal stopped her-

"What do you think you're doing?"  -Asks the-

"I have to help that woman" -Emma answers trying to get away- "She is just an innocent-"

"No" - Neal sentenced - "I know you want to help, but there is a reason why time travel is not meant to be done: even small changes in events could have enormous consequences."

"So we are supposed to let her die?"  -Asked Emma-

"We have no other choice, I want to return to the present with our son and not change anything that could affect our future ... There are things that we cannot change"

-Emma grumbling nodded-

"You're talking like your father who by the way we have to go find as soon as possible" -said Emma-

"Wait a minute ..." -Neal stopped her until all the peasants dispersed- "I think it would be a good idea if we tried to pass missing first."