The Cassidy's

Chapter Two

Neal's POV

All I saw was blackness. I saw a seagull above, smelt the salty sea air and felt the wind on my face. Then it was blackness again.

"Will he wake up?" I heard a kind female voice say.

For a moment, I thought it was Emma. That she'd jumped after me like I wanted her too.

"He'll be fine," I heard a male voice say.

Henry? I felt a cool cloth on my forehead and smiled.

"Emma...Henry..." I breathed.

The cloth froze on my forehead.

"What? What did he just say?" This voice was female, yet harsher and filled with more wisdom than the other had been.

"I think he said Emma...Henry," the kinder voice said.

"No," the harsher voice said. "He couldn't have..."

"Mulan," the male voice said hesitantly. "Is he related to the Emma and Mary Margaret you encountered?"

My eyes flew open. It looked as if I were in the forest, though my vision was blurred and it hurt to see. I closed my eyes again and opened them, blinking.

There was a man dressed for battle with a sword, a woman looking very much like a Princess dressed in lilac and another solider that had a somewhat delicate way of moving. My heart fell, it wasn't Emma and Henry. They all peered over me in unison.

"Um...who are you?" I asked.

They exchanged glances.

"I'm Aurora," the woman in lilac said.

"Like...sleeping beauty?" I asked.

"You know of us?" The man asked.

"Yes, I...of course."

They exchanged more glances.

"I'm Prince Philip," the man said putting emphasis on the prince. "And this is the Princess Aurora," he said putting emphasis on princess this time.

I nodded.

"This is Mulan," he said, pointing to the solider.

"The warrior?" I asked. "Didn't you leave home pretending to be a man to fight?"

I realised these were all fairytale characters, much like my father and Emma's parents.

"News travels fast," Mulan said, taking off all that covered her face.

You had to admit, she was beautiful, especially her hair. She reminded me of Tamara and I looked away.

"You...you mentioned Emma and Henry," Aurora said hesitantly.

All I could do was nod.

"Are you...are you from that world?" She asked, putting emphasis on that.

"There are many worlds," I said. "Emma and I are from the enchanted forest. Henry is from that world."

Mulan and Aurora exchanged glances.

"Does...does Emma have blonde hair and a strange red coat?"

I closed my eyes. Emma, her beautiful blonde hair and red leather jacket. Every time I closed my eyes I saw her say; "I need you. I love you."

I opened my eyes and nodded. "That's Emma."

"Who are you?" Mulan asked suspiciously.

Neal or Baelfire?

"Baelfire," I said. "Son of the dark one."

They all gasped. It seemed they knew of my father.

"And...who are you to Emma?" Aurora asked.

"I love her," I said surely. "More than anything."

She and Philip smiled at each other like Emma and I used too. I watched Mulan look away with pain.

"And what of Henry, how does his father feel about this?" Aurora asked with puzzlement.

I smiled widely.

"Well, he's all for it."