The Modern Fairy Tale Town Book 1: Magic is Coming

Chapter 26: An Apple Red as Blood

Later that night, Henry was sound asleep in his bed until Emma's voice could be heard coming through the walkie-talkie.

"Code Red. Code Red. Henry?"

Henry then woke up and quickly responded. "Emma, what's wrong?" he then asked in concern.

"I need to talk to you." Emma replied urgently.

"About Operation: Cobra?" Henry asked hopefully.

"No. About us," Emma replied. "Get your sister and both of you meet me downstairs."

Henry then nodded and signed off as he went to sneak out of his room. He made sure to be very quiet before he knocked on the door, knowing that their mother would be asleep by now. He just hoped that he wouldn't disturb his sister too terribly.

Evie yawned and slid her sleepmask over her eyes as she slowly opened the door and rubbed her left eye while looking down at her little brother. "H-Henry...?" she then answered quietly and slightly concerned. "What is it?"

"Sorry to wake you up, Evie," Henry replied quietly. "I had a bad dream."

"Oh? What happened?" Evie asked, slightly more alert than she was before.

"I can't tell you out here." Henry then said before looking up and down the hallway a bit.

"Oh..." Evie said softly. "Do you wanna come in my room?"

"Actually, could we go downstairs?" Henry then asked.

Evie looked curious before she then went back inside to take out her bathrobe to wear around her pajamas which were a tank top and short shorts and even slid on her slippers since it was rather chilly this evening. Henry led the way downstairs before they then went past the living room and were on their way out the door.

"Henry, we can't go out right now," Evie reminded. "It's a school night and way past your bedtime."

"Okay, I didn't have a bad dream, but I had to get you to come down without Mom waking up or realizing what's going on," Henry explained quietly. "Emma called me on the walkie-talkie, so we have to go and see her right now."

"Oh... I see..." Evie then said, calming down a bit before she then yawned. "Let's just hope she makes it quick before Mom wakes up and catches us."

Henry nodded before going with Evie to go out of the house and saw Emma's bug parked right there. "If our mom sees us out here talking to you, she'll get really mad." he then told Emma on the way into her car to speak with her in private.

"Not to mention this could cut into my beauty sleep." Evie added as she crossed her arms a bit while getting in the front passenger seat as Henry sat in the back.

"I'll try to make this quick then," Emma replied before she got straight to the point. "Guys, I need to ask you both something very important."

The Mills siblings looked on, waiting to hear what the blonde woman would have to say.

"Do you wanna get away from Regina?" Emma soon asked the siblings. "Do you wanna come and live with me?"

Evie's eyes slowly widened as she was just too stunned and not sure how to respond to that question.

However, Henry was quicker to answer the question than his sister. "More than anything." he then stated.

"Okay. Then, buckle up," Emma nodded. "You ready?"

"Why? Where we going?" Henry then asked.

"We're leaving Storybrooke." Emma told the two as she started the car and the three of them suddenly drove off.