After Henry (Once Upon a Time)

Chapter Fourteen: Bump on the road

Ivy: "Drizella?!" The blonde called me in a confused tone. It seemed like she was waiting to see anyone but me in front of her.

"Welcome back." I said, in a gentle tone, as my hand fell on her arm, comforting her.

"Wow, that was intense..." Emma said in her rough voice that suited her so well.

Her mouth frowned, torso held back, walls rose around her. Emma Swan. The woman who hid her insecurities behind a red leather jacket. The "bulldog" who held back all the tears, ever since foster system, was back from oblivion.

"How long was I asleep?" The blonde asked me, ready to deal with one more curse. Savior's routine.

"I don't know...A few years...Probably five. I'm just as clueless as you are."

The savior seemed dizzy and unsettled, if I were to guess, I'd say she wasn't used to curses and memory erases anymore, not in a long time, ever since she won the final battle.

"I'm sorry to ask you this, Emma, but...Where were you when the curse hit? I recall you did come to the Enchanted Forest, but left with Hook shortly after. How come you were all cursed as well?"

"Well, to answer your first question: I was in Storybrooke."

"What?!" I was astounded, my widened eyes screamed that feeling, for it was until now that I realized this curse was powerful enough to reach more than one realm.

"You're right. I remember leaving Henry and Regina back in the Enchanted Forest. Then I went back to Storybrooke..."

"If the curse went there, it means that Snow, Charming and all the others are here as well? It's weird, I met Ariel, she gave me the memory potion and when she did, she said the curse brought us back in time, so there was no way for you to find us."

"Yeah, I know that...That's why the next years after me and Hook left you in the Enchanted Forest, I grew desperate, without an explanation as to why you simply vanished. After so many years of research, we finally discovered what happened: that you were cursed and sent to the past. As so, we casted the curse ourselves to get here, but someone must have known about our plan and highjacked it."

"Wait...You cursed yourselves to get here?" I was astounded, hearing Emma's rush plan to save her son. She really went to any lengths to protect him.

"Yes, I couldn't live with the guilt of leaving Henry and Regina in an unknown realm, I should have been with them. After finding out they were in danger, I had to come here."

"And the curse was the only way you had to travel to the past..." I whispered, with a smily face, as I realized Emma would sacrifice anything for her son.

"Yes, we all did. Snow, Charming, the entire Storybrooke. We came here to save you all."

My eyes drowned in tears, as I heard Emma's motherly speech, the strength she had wasn't just from being the savior, it was the power I now understood, the power of being a mother.

The savior's love for Henry broke the curse, Snow's love for Emma made her a hero to save the fairytale realms, and now, I'd soon know what that unshakable power felt like.

"My bet is that the same person that cursed us, found out about your plan and placed a memory wiping potion on your spell, Emma."

"Yes, I also think that's what happened. Any ideas as to who it could be?" She asked me, taking a sip of white wine to calm her nerves and help her focus.

"I don't know...I'm not gonna lie, I was the one to create the dark curse, back in our realm, but I didn't use it, someone stole it from me."

"Yes, about that...Wasn't Henry marrying Cinderella? The last time I was with him, he was searching for the girl in glass slippers, not you." She asked, waving her hands in confusion.