The swan rebirth

chapter 5

Chapter 5

Henry is still sitting at his castle after a half hour of crying. He knew it wasn't going to be easy to convince Riley, she was kind of Emma after all, but he didn't expect her to completely turn him down. He hoped her being a teenager like him, would give her a open mind to the craziness that is his life. He felt so lost now, there was only one thing that could make him feel better, to see Emma.

Twenty minutes later Henry was entering the cemetery to see Emma. He walks up to her stone, he can see Killian had been there recently, there where red roses sitting there. He walks up and sits, still sniffling, "Hey mom" he sits down and grabs a tissue from his backpack. "I really messed everything up mom. She just thinks I'm crazy" he feels a buzz in his pocket, and sees a text from Regina asking if Riley was joining them for dinner, he replied no she can't, he knew he couldn't tell his other mom what is going on. "Ugh I don't know what to do mom, and I can't talk to anyone about this. I mean when dad visited in my dream he said I shouldn't tell anyone. Which made sense, I mean we may live in a town filled with fairytales and magic, that doesn't mean the whole 'my mom may have been reincarnated' thing wouldn't cause problems." He then turns and leans up against the stone, trying to figure out what next.

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Meanwhile across town after Riley left Henry's castle, she walked back to her foster home. She goes in and avoids her foster parents and the other kids, and goes straight into her room. She takes off her coat, and plops down on her bed, and runs her fingers through her hair "This is crazy" she lets out a shaky breath "I finally have a friend since coming here, and it turns out he is crazy" she says out loud to herself. "I'm a teenager; I can't be who he thinks I am." She sighs again and runs her hands over her face "why me?" she asks to no one.

She goes downstairs and gets dinner when it's time. She sits through dinner trying not to seem upset, her foster parents can tell something is up, when asked she tells them she's fine, just a tough day at school. Once dinner is done, Riley decides to stay downstairs with them, play games, watch tv, try to keep her mind off everything, off the fact that her one and only friend thinks she was in a weird way his mom, or at least has her soul in her body. It seemed like it helped until she goes back upstairs, she takes a quick shower, then goes to lie down. She just lays there for a while, unable to fall asleep.

The next thing Riley knows she's sitting at the castle. She looks around extremely confused, she was just in her bed. Then all the sudden she hears "You must be Riley?" a blonde woman says, she looked familiar but she couldn't place from where.

"Um yeah, who are you?" Riley asks.

The woman smiles "My name is Emma Swan."

Then it dawns on Riley "Wait, Emma Swan, as in Henry's mom?"

Emma smiles again "Yeah, that's right" she says sitting on the castle with Riley.

"So what he thinks is wrong? Because how could you be in my dream if..."

Emma stops her "The kid is right Riley" she starts "he came to my grave crying that he messed everything up with you. He's not asking anything of you Riley."

"He thinks I'm somehow you" Riley states.

Emma shakes her head "No, that's not it Riley. Yes you have my soul, and you have a lot of similarities to me. But you're bringing something into his life he feels he is missing since I've been gone."

"What is that?" she says more sarcastically then she means.

Emma shrugs "Understanding, someone who believes in him like I did. Not that are family doesn't, but it was different with me" she tries to give the girl a understanding smile. "Did Henry tell you about why this is a special place to us?"