Helpless

44-The Sacrifice

  "Whatever he's telling you to do, don't do it Henry!" Emma shouts as she runs in the door.
  "Mom? What are you doing here?" Henry questions.
  "You can't give him what he wants Henry. He's trying to use you," Regina tries to explain.
  "No, Mom. This is to save magic. I have to save magic. I have to save everyone. I need to be a hero," Henry says in a tone that breaks my heart. I notice Baelfire and Rumpelstiltskin standing by them as well. Rumple glares at Pan.
  "Hello, son. I thought you'd come," Pan sneers. I cock my eyebrows. He practically has split personality.
  "Father," Rumple says so bitterly I can only imagine their past.
  "Henry, don't do this. You're already a hero, this won't make you one," Bae pleads. Henry shakes his head.
  "Don't listen to them, Henry. They're just being selfish," Pan persuades. I scoff.
  The tensions grow. I can feel the rivalries in the room. I know I need to help save Henry, but something's telling me not to go yet.
  Regina is practically in tears. She's about to lose another kid. That's not easy. She's desperate for him.
  "Please, Henry. Don't do this. I love you," She pleads. "I don't want to lose you too."
  My heart shatters. She thinks I'm gone. Do they all think I'm dead? They probably think Pan captured me. Maybe he did, after all there's still no explanation why I'm here. A tear rolls down my cheek. After years of having no one, nothing to care about, and no hope of finding someone, I'm washed up in this situation with two different people. My mother wants me back. She wants a second chance. But does she deserve it? Do I deserve it? Then, of course, Peter. Or Pan. I can't figure out which side is true, and which side is a lie. He seems to love me, but then again, what do I know about love? I can feel, but I can't identify the feelings. And I have to choose one or the other.
  My thoughts are snapped back to reality when I hear Regina scream.
  Pan cast a spell against them. There's a shield around them. The specks continually fall in the hourglass. There can't be more than a few minutes worth left.
  "Henry, it's time. Help save magic. Be the saviour you want to be. You can save it all," Pan continually begs him in a way no one can resist. Especially me.
  Regina, Bae, and Emma's shouts for him not to do it quiet all of a sudden. I look at the three of them and see pure terror in their eyes.
  Henry shifts his gaze back and forth between the hourglass and his family.
  "I'm sorry. I have to save magic," He finally says.
  In one gesture, he rips his own heart out and shoves it into Pan's chest.