First Love Reunited

Chapter 16

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Henry sat on the edge ofDanielle's bed. "Maybe we should tell mom." Danielle nodded her head. 'yeah, lets go." both children jumped off of the bed and ran into Regina's room. Regina jumped up startled. "Guys whats going on? Is everything OK?" "Henry looked at his mom. "yeah,everything is fine, Danielle just has something she needs to tell you." Regina's focus turns on her daughter. "what do you need to tell me darling?"Danielle took a deep breath in. "Remember about my dreams that I have, well I had another one tonight. One that you will want to hear." Regina nodded her head "Yes I remember, go on." "Well this one was different. I didn't see the past or the future, I kinda talked to someone or I think I did. I am not entirely sure. But I feel like this person needs out help." Regina was quite for a couple of seconds. She has heard legends of the great powerful enchantress who could talk to the lost souls of those dearly departed, but no one has heard from her or about her for several decades. Could Danielle really have that power. "sweetie, who do you think you talked to?" Danielle looked at Henry and he nodded his head as if to tell her to continue. "Daddy" Danielle said in a sigh type of voice. "baby, I know that you miss him, and that you want to officially meet him but my sweets, he died. I watched him die,you watched him die in your dreams." Regina said as tears began tofill her eyes. "Baby he isn't coming back." Danielle shook herhead. "No, he said he needs help. She told me to save him to help him. Momma you cant just ignore this! He needs are help." Sweetie"Danielle cut her off "No, if you wont help him then ill have to do it on my own." Regina stood up from her bed. "Enough, he is dead,Cora Mills killed him tore out his heart and crushed it in front of me,now that is enough of this foolishness you have school in the morning and I have work. I love you both very much but it is late.Please try and get some sleep OK my loves." Danielle turned aroundwith tears in her eyes. Started walking to the door but quickly turned around to face a crying Regina "I can't even believe that you actually have a chance to save him and you wont even try."Danielle ran out of the room ignoring her mothers plea for her to come back and slammed the door to her room shut. Zelena wandered downthe hall into her sisters room. "Hey sis, whats going on?"sitting on Regina's bed pulling her close. "Danielle said that Daniel might be alive and that he needs help. But he is dead. Iwatched him die. How could he even be alive?" "Wait wait wait, why does she think that he is alive?" "She had a dream where she talked to him saying that she has got to help him" "She had a dream, that reminds me of a legend. Oh a little girl back in the Enchanted Forrest, Regina that is some powerful magic if she as that power, why are you questioning her? Whats holding you back on believing her?" "I think I am just scared that if I fall for this and it doesn't come true that its going to hurt me just as much as it did when he died. I am not sure I can handle that pain again."Zelena nodded her head. "Imagine what she is going through at this very moment. What she must have felt after having that dream and thenyou go and yell at her. I understand that you are scared to be hurt but, you have t take risk, what if its true and you save him. Isn't that a risk you want to talk. The outcome will be so worth it in the end. Take it from me." Regina nodded her head. "If you excuse me,I think I am going to talk to my daughter now." Regina said as she gets off her bed and starts walking towards Danielle room. She knocks but all she hears from the insides are the quite sobs from herbeautiful daughter. She slowly entered the room. "Hey love, I am sorry that I yelled at you. I shouldn't have. But you have to knowthat this is a lot for me to take in. im not sure that I am ready todo this. I want to believe you so much but what if you are wrong? Areyou ready to accept that this might not work. And how do you plan on finding him? I am sorry baby girl, I just am afraid that we are goingto put everything in this and then it might not be true an I don'tthink that I am ready for that and I don't think you are either."

Danielle just sat there and cried, "but what if I am right. You would get the chance to see your one true love and I would gt the chance to finally meet my dad." Regina just nodded her head. "Alright,alright, we will do this your way, you tell me what we have to do,and we will do it. OK?" Regina said which a shaky tone trying to hold back her tears. Danielle turned to face her mother with tearsstreaming down her face. "i am sorry that I just sprung this on you, maybe I should have just tried to find him myself." No no no,"Regina said shaking her head. " I am glad that you came to me and I want you to always come to me with anything and everything OK, I'm Sorry I freaked earlier. It was just too much for me to take in and I rejected the thought of him actually being alive and needing help. I promise that I will do everything in my power to help you find him.Where do you think he is?" Danielle stayed quite. "Baby, where do you think he is?" " I think he is trapped somewhere dark, but Ican feel him near me, like he is watching over me like right by myside." Regina nodded her head. "Do you think he may be trapped in a place called the underworld?" Regina asked hoping she would say-no. Danielle shock her head no. "I've heard of that place and I've felt peoples presence there, but this is different. When I can feel those people trapped they feel so far away, but with daddy,I can feel him so close like within arms reach!" "OK so baby, where is-he?" "Your not going to like this, but I have read somewhere that there is a place called the shadow lands, and i have a feeling that's where he is. Haven't you ever felt him near you? Heard him call you name? Thought you saw him? People in the shadow lands can communicate with those they love if the love is strong on both sides. You still love him like you did when y'all first met and he still loves you."Regina looked puzzled. "OK so if I can hear him and see him because of the true love we share, why can you hear him and feel him? I have heard rumors of an enchantress who could talk to the lost souls of those dearly departed, is that you?" Danielle looked away from Regina, "No, that's not me. But, I know who she is, or shall I say who she was. She was in a terrible accident, back in another world.She suffered a horrible death, people found out about her special powers and tortured her, i only wish that I was able to do something to stop it. But we grew closer before she died, she took me in and raised me Ike her own. We had a special bond and when she died she transferred her powers to me. It was horrible at first, hearing all those people, those sad lost souls, but after a while it got easier,I could only hear the ones that truly needed my help, and I've tried to help them out, to the best of my abilities, but," she paused for a brief second. "before the only magical power I had was communicating with the dead, but lately I gained more power, and its kinda freaking me out, I guess I get them from you?" Regina nodded her head. "How do we save him?"Danielle started crying. "That's the thing, I have no clue,normally I can help the in a mater of days, but when it comes to-daddy, I don't know how to help him, I feel so useless." Danielle cried and Regina pulled her daughter into her arms and held her close. "Baby, you are not useless I promise you." Regina laid down and wrapped her arms around Danielle and just held her while she drifted off to sleep.

Moments later Henry entered the room. "Hey mom, is she ok? I'm worried about her" "Henry, thank you for being worried about her, yes she is fine, now go to your room and try to get some sleep. She will be fine, good night, my sweet prince. Let's not forget you have school in the morning!" "Mom,before I go to bed, do you really believe her, I mean about Daniel, that he may be able to be saved?" Regina thought for her a second, "I hope that she is right. That means I would get my first and true love back." "But wont it hurt it if it doesn't come true?" Henry asked with curiosity in his voice "Yes it would Henry, but would hurt worse if it was true and I didn't do anything to help him out. So I love you Henry now go to sleep. I will see you in the morning." Regina said with her best Strict mom voice. "OK I love you mom. Good night both of you!" He said to both mother and sister but his sister was already fast asleep. Henry left the room and Regina slowly started to fall into a peaceful sleep.