Across A Town Line

Chapter 3: Imagination or Possibility?

"Let's go walk around," Nina said, getting up from the booth. Lilibelle and I followed suit, following Nina to the door.

"Where should we go?" I asked, feeling the cool breeze through my cardigan. My friends shrugged, and I playfully rolled my eyes. As we were turning a corner, two boys came running through the other side and collided into us. Nina and Lilibelle got most of the impact, both of them almost falling before they regained they're balance.

"What the hell?!" shouted Nina as she turned to face the boys. "Watch where you're going!"

"Sorry mate," said the first boy in an Irish accent while he raised his hands in front of him. He was probably in his early twenties, had dark hair, a built frame, tall, and piercing light blue eyes.

"We didn't mean any harm," said the second boy in a British accent while looking at Lilibelle. He looked like he was in his early twenties as well, had black hair, a muscular physique, tall, and hazel eyes. "I'm Zac, and this is Hunter," he said pointing at his friend who subsequently waved.

"I would say nice to meet you, but it wasn't very pleasant," Lilibelle told them, rubbing her head.

"I do feel bad, let me make it up to you guys by taking you to Granny's, on us," said Hunter, looking directly at Nina. Well, talk about not feeling welcome, I thought. My friends shot each other a look, wondering if they could be trusted.

"I don't know, will there be more head bumping?" Nina said jokingly.

"Only if you want to," came Hunter's response, which made everyone laugh. "Shall we?" he said, offering his arm to Nina, while Zac offered it to both Lilibelle and I.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think you guys need to apologize more to them than you do to me," I said while Lilibelle took his arm. "I'm going to keep walking, I'll come over later," I said as I started walking away, waving my friends and their companions goodbye.

...

I kept walking, oblivious to the people around me. I was so entranced with the town that I didn't hear Henry calling my name.

"Ana!" he shouted, bringing me back to my senses.

"Oh, hi Henry. What are you doing out here so late?" I asked, wondering if his parents knew where he was.

"Just investigating some things for Operation Cobra," he told me. I must have looked really confused because he said, "It's nothing really. But anyways, I have the book. Do you want to see it? We could go to the library."

"Sure, as long as your parents know that you're out here," I warned.

"It's just Emma, and yea, she knows," he said as he guided me to the clock tower that I had seen when we got to town. "The library's this way," Henry motioned over to the door under the tower. We walked in and saw a pretty brunette woman sitting in the desk, her nose buried in a book.

"Hi Belle," greeted Hnery.

"Oh, hi Henry," Belle said, looking up. "Who do you have with you?" she said, referring to me.

"This is Ana, she crashed her car close to here, so she's staying for a while," Henry said, introducing me.

"Nice to meet you," Belle said, a kind smile on her face. "If you two need anything, just ask."

"Nice to meet you too," I replied, returning her smile. Henry led me to a table where he opened his book and began flipping through the pages. He explained the stories as he went through them as if I didn't already know them by heart. However, I didn't stop him, he seemed to be having fun.

"Wait, what?" he asked perplexed.

"What happened?" I asked worriedly.

"You're in the book," he said, looking at me. "See? Right there," he pointed at a page with a girl standing in the middle of the woods. There were some similarities, I'll admit, but that could easily be a coincidence. I mean, how many people had brown hair and brown eyes too?

"It's just a coincidence. There's no way I could be part of a fairytale, I mean, they are just stories," I said, hoping I didn't sound mean.

"You don't understand, this town is full of fairytale characters. Snow White is Mary Margaret, Ruby is Little Red Riding Hood, and so on," he explained heatedly. "But I've never seen you in the book before."

"That's not possible Henry, fairytales are just stories," I said gently.

"You're just like Emma was," he said hurt. "You don't believe," he started packing up his stuff. "But I'll make you believe! Just you wait!" he promised as he ran to the door.

"Henry wait," I called after him, getting up and starting for the door; but Henry was long gone. "Thank you," I told Belle, who just smiled at me and watched me go through the door. I tried looking for Henry, but it was impossible to know where he had gone. I sighed dejectedly and made my way to Granny's.

All the way there, I kept thinking about what Henry said. I knew it was a far fetched, impossible idea, but something about it seemed real. No, Henry is just a very imaginative boy, there is no way that this is real, I convinced myself. Ding! The bell to Granny's rang as I opened the door, snapping me out of my trance. I looked for my friends among the crowd in the diner, but went up to our hotel room when saw that they weren't there.

When I got there, a tall, blond woman in a red leather jacket was outside the door, along with Nina and Lilibelle.

"Are you Ana?" the woman asked me when she saw me. I nodded and shot my friends a questioning look. "Hi, I'm Emma Swan, the Sheriff. I just came by to inform you guys that your truck can't be towed until tomorrow morning. Is that alright?"

"Oh, yea, that's fine!" I replied gratefully. "Thank you so much."

"No problem kid," she said as she started for the stairs. "Goodnight girls," she called out.

"Goodnight Sheriff," we said in unison as we entered our room.

"Guys, something really weird just happened to me," I started. "But first, how was your apology date?" I winked.

"Shut up!" my friends said giggling.

"It was amazing," started Lilibelle.

"But something weird happened too..." finished Nina. "Hunter said he was part of the Jolly Roger crew, and that his dad is Captain Hook."

"And Zac said he's from the 'Enchanted Forest' and that his dad is Robin Hood..." said Lilibelle, raising her eyebrows.

"And Henry told me I was part of his fairytale book..." I told them, realizing how ridiculous we all sounded.

"What the hell is going on?" asked Nina, looking as confused as the rest of us.

" I have no idea, all I know is that Zac was very attractive," said Lilibelle, winking.

"Oh, my God, you would!" I said through fits of laughter. Nina threw a pillow at Lilibelle, and with that, we went to sleep; the sound of our laughter carrying out through the night.

•A/N: I hope you guys are enjoying this so far! Next chapter we'll be meeting Peter Pan, so stay tuned for that. Don't forget to comment and vote, thanks!•