Once Upon A Curse

chapter 3

Storybrooke present day

"Layla Layla wake up." Layla Mills was awoken from her nap by her mother shaking her awake in a state of panic.

"Mom whats wrong now?" Layla asked whilst trying to block out the light shining through her bedroom window. "Henrys missing." Regina said causing Layla to shoot up from her bed. "Missing? What do you mean missing?" Layla said whilst scrambling to get dresses.

"I mean I went to wake him up this morning and he wasnt in his room." Regina said with panic "I have Graham looking for him, but I need your help too" Layla nodded and pulled on her black leather jacket. "I'll start with granny's" Layla said whilst walking past Regina in order to search for her younger brother.

*a few hours later*

Layla and Regina were sat in the living room silently, they had been searching for Henry all day and had no idea where he was. They heard a car door slam outside so Layla went to look out the window to see who was making all the noise. She saw a bright yellow car parked outside their house and saw her little brother walking up the drive with a blonde woman.

"Mom, its Henry" Layla said and rushed to the front door with her mother following behind her. Layla and Regina rushed outside towards the young boy.

"Henry! Henry Are you okay? Where have you been? What happened?" Regina said while making her way towards her son and embracing him in a hug. Henry pulled away from his mother and glared at her before yelling "I found my real mom." He said and ran past Layla and Regina into the house.

The two girls turned to the blonde woman stood Infront of them "Y-youre Henrys birth mother?" Layla asked her.

"Hi..." the women said softly, finding the situation incredibly awkward.

"I'll go check on Henry" Sherrif Graham said from behind them, making his presence known as the two Mills forgot he was here due to their panic. He turned into the house to follow after Henry.

"How would you like a glass of the best apple cider you've ever tasted?" Regina asked the women with a fake smile. "Got anything stronger?" she replied as the three of them turned to walk into the house.

"How did he find me?" Emma asked as Regina brought out two glasses and a bottle of cider.

"No idea. When I adopted him, he was only three weeks old. Records were sealed, and I was told the birth mother didn't want any contact." Regina replied whilst pouring the liquid into the glasses and handing one to Emma.

"You were told right." Emma said before taking a sip of her drink.

"And the father?"Layla asked her from her seat on the couch. There was one. Emma said, looking annoyed at the mention of the man. "Do we need to be worried about him?" Layla continued to ask.

"Nope. He doesnt even know." Emma sighed whilst leaning against the wall behind her.

"Do I need to be worried about you miss swan?" Regina asked. "Absolutely not" Emma said back to the raven-haired women. Their attention turned to the staircase when they heard Graham enter the room.

"Madam Mayor, you can relax. Other than being a tried little boy, Henrys fine. Oh, and Layla, he wants to talk to you." Graham said, and Layla nodded, saying thank you to the sheriff, exiting the room to go and see her little brother leaving the two adults alone.

She entered her brothers bedroom and walked towards his bed.

"You okay Henry?"Layla asked as she sat next to him on the bed.

"I found my birth mom." Henry said and rested his head on his sister shoulder. "But why? you have me and mom." Layla asked him softly.

"Because shes the evil queen, she doesnt care about me or you." Layla sighed at her brothers mention of his fairy tale world hes convinced is real. "Of course she loves us, Henry." Layla said. "NO she doesnt, she took you away from your true love and cursed everyone in the town shes evil."

"Henry, for the last time, she is not the evil queen, I am not the dark princess, and I am not in love with anyone, now enough of this, get some sleep you have school tomorrow." Layla snapped at her brother and tucked him into bed before getting up to leave and go to bed herself.

"Goodnight Henry" she whispered as she closed the door behind her.

Henry laid in his bed staring at the clock tower whishing he could save his sister from their mothers curse so she can finally have her happy ending.