A Story That Will Never Die {Henry Mills/OUAT} [2]

Home Is Where the Heart Is (END OF CROSSOVER)

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After the whole Mason thing happened, Damon and I have been getting closer. We began to bond over how people could see our good intentions being bad. That's what happened with me in Wonderland. After I was back to being my self, I tried everything to make the people of Wonderland to believe that I had changed my ways. They didn't believe and continued to ignore me. To them I was only the girl who made their lives a living hell. I didn't blame them either. I would've done the same thing.

That didn't mean that it didn't hurt. It hurt a lot, but I understood. I had to work to build up a thick skin. Nothing can hurt you when you have thick skin... Or so I used to think. Sometimes having thick skin can really help, but other times it doesn't. You just start to remember all of the bad things anyone has ever done or said to you and it won't matter if you are face to face with the person. It becomes hard to hold it in when you are alone. Being alone is what can make you fall apart.

Damon and I were back at the Salvatore Boarding House after going to the Grill. Now my mission was the find a certain witch. I needed to get in contact with someone from Storybrooke to see how they were coming along with the portal. It's a good thing that Bonnie is actually here hanging out with Charlotte. Where would they be though? Charlotte's room? I walked to the older girl's room and, sure enough, they were there.

They were smiling and laughing at something funny one of them said. They both looked over when they heard the sound of the door opening. They smiled at me and Charlotte said, "Hey, Aria!"

I smiled back, "Hey," I sat down on the bed with them and looked over at Bonnie. Here goes nothing, "I was wondering something," Bonnie's eyebrows rose. "I was wondering if you could do the spell again so I can get in contact with someone in Storybrooke." Instead of Bonnie turning me down, It was Charlotte.

Charlotte sighed a little, "I'm sorry, Aria. I really am. But," Charlotte looked back at Bonnie and the girls were speaking with looks. Charlotte looked remorseful and she turned her head back down at me again, "Bonnie can't go through that again." I nodded my head, sadly. I knew that it would be asking too much to ask her to go through it again. I stood up and went to walk out of the room.

Bonnie spoke up this time, "I'm sorry, Aria."

I pushed aside my own wants and my disappointment to give the girl a smile, "It's fine. I understand." I really did understand. It was like if someone asked me to use the power I acquired from Hecate. It was like my own personal hell that I couldn't escape from. I was stuck with it for the rest of my life and if someone wanted me to use it again? I would've said the same thing. With one last smile, I left the girls to their own conversation.

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I laid in my room that they had let me have during my time here. I needed to know the progress they were making with the portal, but how? Calling them was out of the question. It's not like I could call them without the spell. I just had to think. After what seemed like hours of pacing and laying on the soft bed, I finally came up with something.