Identity- Once Upon A Time

Operation: Hot Chocolate

Mary Margaret sipped her cup of coffee as she sat upon the couch relaxing. "Henry, it would be nice for you to go and visit that girl today, she needs the company."

Henry shrugged. "I know, but she is kinda...weird."

"So is everyone who's been living alone in the woods." Mary Margaret set down the cup and rose to her feet. "It would give you a chance to get some fresh air while walking to the hospital at least."

"I guess so..." Henry grabbed his book bag along with the Storybook. "It's just that..."

"It's just that what?" Mary Margaret turned to him with a knowing glare.

"Uh, um, she stared at me for a while and to be honest, she kinda creeps me out."

"Look at it this way," Mary Margaret sighed. "You are the first person in your class to give her a welcoming party to Storybrooke. If you don't do it, who else will?"

"Okay then," Henry trudged out the door. "Uh, bye Mary Margaret."

"Bye Henry, see you when you get back!" Mary Margaret smiled to herself once Henry walked out the door. "He's a good kid."

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Henry walked down the block and through the streets, eventually making it to the hospital. Once he arrived, he looked up and saw the tall building looming overhead covered with mirror-like windows.

As Henry walked inside, he was met with the clamouring plaza with doctors running back and forth as well as groups of people crammed into waiting chairs afflicted with various ailments.

"Good morning sir," The help desk lady called to a very lost looking Henry. "May I help you with anything?"

"Uh, is the girl still here in bed 36?"

The help desk lady flipped through several documents and papers next to her computer, each page turn met with the click of her fake nails together.

"Oh yes, Lily with no last name. Go up the elevator to the second floor. Should be the sixth room on the left."

"Thank you." Henry practically ran across the hospital floor, his shoes squeaking against the sterile waxed-marble. Boarding the elevator, he notice various buttons, some labeled "Doctors offices", others labeled "Physical Therapy Wing". Just how big was this hospital anyway?

Henry pressed the large button with a number two upon it and made his way to bed 36, in the sixth room on the left. As he approached the room, he felt his heartbeat steadily increase. He hadn't seen this girl since she first had her melt down. If that was her then, what would she be like now?

Henry took a deep breath and walked inside. "Hi, my name is Henry and I just-"

She was asleep.

Lily was fast asleep in her bed with an empty bowl (of what was presumably oatmeal) next to her. Around her neck was a golden locket that reflected the morning sun.

"Oh." Henry backed up. He hoped he hadn't woken her, she did need all the rest she could get. Henry turned on his heels and was prepared to leave the room until a light but cheery voice was heard.

"Hello." Henry spun around and found that Lily was awake. She stretched her arms above her head in a groggy manner and yawned loudly.

"Um, hi. I'm sorry I woke you."

"Don't be," Lily grinned. "I was getting tired of sleeping anyways."

Henry looked around in anticipation, was this girl still as weird as she was a couple of days ago? "So," Henry grinned awkwardly. "Welcome to Storybrooke."