No Place Like Home [Jefferson Hatter || OUAT || Mad Red #3]

Chapter 23

Flashback: The Enchanted Forest - One Year Ago...

King Jefferson was walking through the castle looking for Princess Grace, "Grace! Gracie! Come on now, it's not funny," King Jefferson called out.

"She loves hide and seek, doesn't she?" King Jefferson stopped walking and turned to see The Light Queen in what would have been Princess Grace's room, "Always worrying her Papa, even though she's never far," The Light Queen said with a smile.

"Rose?" King Jefferson walked into the room and looked around before looking at her, "What are you doing here? How is this room here?" King Jefferson asked.

"I'm a little nervous about tonight... And being in our daughter's old nursery helps calm me down... Remembering her first steps, first words... Everything we experienced together," The Light Queen said.

"Why are you nervous? What's tonight?" King Jefferson asked.

"The ball, the coronation, where you are crowned King and rule beside me," The Light Queen said.

"You know I don't care for that, as long as we're together that all I care about," King Jefferson said.

The Light Queen smiled, "Come with me," The Light Queen said as she looked at him and turned to the balcony.

The Light Queen walked onto the balcony and King Jefferson followed her, "I don't understand how are you here?" King Jefferson asked.

"You should know by now, nothing will keep me from getting what I want," The Light Queen said.