Fire and Gold

Mass Grave

Robin raced up the stairs at the sound of Regina's scream. He saw his fiancée holding his son and the window opened. "What happened?" he asked confused helping the brunette to her feet and she set Roland down. The boy attempted to explain, "I saw something, a dark figure, it told me to look out the window." He whispered and Regina's eyes widened slightly. Her and Robin shared a look. Taking the boy back downstairs Regina led him to bed and told Robin to lock the attic. He nodded and did just that while Regina laid the child down for bed.

"Are you okay?" he asked her softly looking up at her with big brown eyes. She pursed her lips lightly and nodded, after all what do you say to a child who could've died right before you're eyes? "Yes sweetie, I'm okay, what about you?" she asked tucking him in and he shrugged. "Am I in trouble?" he asked softly and she shook her head no. He nodded at her response. She kissed his forehead lightly and got up to leave the room. He stopped her "Do you believe me? About the shadow man? He was real I swear I saw him." He whispered and Regina caught his eye. "I believe you Roland. I do." she said softly. "Get some sleep, dear." she whispered and he nodded letting her go.

Stepping out of his room the mayor made sure to check the lock on the attic door so that there wouldn't be another incident. After making sure that it was secure she went to check on her other son. Knocking lightly and receiving no response, Regina became worried and opened the door slowly. Looking around a bit she noticed that Henry had snuck out. She creased her brows and quickly went downstairs and grabbed her phone calling him. It went directly to voicemail. She shook her head angrily. Robin stepped out of the kitchen and looked at her with concern "What's wrong love?" he asked softly and she looked up at him "Henry's gone. I checked his room and he put pillows under his blankets as if that would fool me." She rolled her eyes pacing the floor slightly. "Regina, I'm sure he's okay love." Robin tried to rationalize and Regina glared at him, "Even if he is okay, that's not the point. He knows better than to sneak out." She huffed slightly. Robin nodded not wanting to make Regina angry. "We can talk to him when he gets home, but right now you need to rest love." He whispered taking her arm gently and leading her to bed. It had been a long night for the both of them and he knew she needed to rest, especially with whatever cold or flu she had picked up.

------Henry------

Looking around slowly he took tentative steps around. For obvious reasons the whole place was dark and gloomy...and wet. It had just rained the night before so the humidity was high. He turned on his flashlight and looked around. It was a hell of a sight. Mirroring Storybrooke exactly, it was a replica of the town. The only difference was there were no people here. He heard a noise behind him and gasped lightly turning around and shining the flashlight to the source.

Violet stood in the light and cringed slightly. "Uh... Hi." She said softly and Henry rolled his eyes "You followed me here, why?" he asked and walked towards her. "Well, I wanted to make sure you were okay, you've been distant lately and I just... I missed you okay. When I saw you weren't going home I decided to come after you." She sighed "It was stupid." she mumbled and he shook his head. He couldn't help but feel bad, they had barley said a word to one another in weeks and it was mostly his fault. He didn't blame her for wanting to come. "It's not stupid. I'm sorry for avoiding you, it's just, ever since Leopold came back it's been really hard and I didn't want to spring that on you. I'm sorry." he whispered and she pulled him into a hug quietly. "It's okay." she whispered "Let's just continue this adventure." she smiled and he nodded taking her hand in his and looking around.

It was a eerie sight to say the least. They found a small trail and slowly followed it down to another area. Another small town came into view and Violet creased her brows "What is this?" she whispered "why are there two towns under Storybrooke?" She asked softly. Henry was also confused, he looked around slowly "Maybe this was the town that stood here before the curse. Maybe mom's curse caused this town to be buried." he whispered and Violet shook at the thought. Though it did make sense. Slowly but surly they made their way through the town and looked at everything. It hadn't been touched in years, the whole place looked like an abandoned town from the walking dead. As if the people just vanished, everything else remained. Toys, jewelry, pictures, etc. it all lay scattered amongst the ground. The teenagers looked at it all with dismay. "If there was a town here, where did all the people go?" Violet asked softly and Henry sighed softly "That's what I'm afraid to find out." He whispered going further into the darkness.

Slipping further and further underground they became very aware of a smell. Not a faint smell either, this was potent. Henry used his shirt to cover his nose in hopes that it would block the odor. Violet mimicked his movements as they got closer to whatever was causing it. Slowly they came to a stop and Violet's eyes widened. "I think we found those people." Henry mumbled softly pulling Violet closer to him gently. She nodded and hugged him taking slow breaths.

Laying before them were rows of bodies in various stages of decomp. "It looks like they were trying to get out. That's so sad." Violet whispered and Henry nodded. Eventually the two left the mass grave and went looking around.

Unbeknownst to them there was something in the distance listening to their footsteps.

So, I hope you like this update and just a quick heads up the next chapters may or may not contain gore or violence so if you aren't up for that then probably skip those chapters.