written ''once upon a time

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|chapter one|
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ALASTAIR MILLS is the oldest son of the mayor- regina mills, his younger, adopted, brothers name was henry. though henry is adopted, alastair never saw that as a wall, they were family by love.
he loved his mother, and his mother loved him, all of them were a happy family, until henry started school, alastair knew the boy didn't have any friends, he knew he had a hard time relating to most. so when mary margaret asked alastair if he thought it would be a good idea to give henry a book, something to help him escape a little bit and find hope, alastair happily said yes— after all it was books that nearly saved his life.

alastair didn't expect henry to run off and find his birth mother. when alastair found out that the boy had ran off, he just near had a heart attack. henry had brought up the subject of his birth mother a few days ago, alastair quickly replied with a "family doesn't come from blood, family is chosen"- a belief he strongly holds close.
alastair had been looking everywhere, asking around town before the sun had begun to set, forcing him to go home.
and that brings us to present time;

alastair, his mother, and the sheriff sat in the living room, all worried sick for henry's safety. they all perk up as they hear a car pull up, getting up the rush to the door and open it.
on the walk in front of the house was a girl with blonde hair talking to henry.
regina and alastair quickly run out to him, "henry! are you ok? where have you been? what happened?" regina questioned him rapidly, she hugged him and looked for any signs that he was hurt, alastair walked up to him and russled his hair, "geez kid we were worried sick, what in the hell happened?!"
henry pushed away from his mother slightly,"i found my real mom!" and with that he pushed past them and ran inside.
alastairs and reginas eyebrowsed creased, looking up at the woman, "you're henry's birth mother?" regina asked accusingly, the women looked at us and nervously raised her hands, "hi-" she stated awkwardly.

sheriff graham noticed the tension in the air and quickly stated, "i'll just— go check on the lad." with that he awkwardly went back inside.
alastair looked at his mother and then back at the woman, "how'd you like a glass of the best apple cider you've ever had?" he asked quickly, hoping to defuse at least a bit of the tension. regina smiled and emma warily looked at them both, "got anything stronger?"
with that they went inside.

alastair poured himself some apple cider while his mom and emma got who knows what,"so how'd he find me?" emma asked, alastair gently shook his head, at a loss for words, "no idea. when i adopted him, he was only three weeks old. records were sealed, i was told the birth mom didn't want to have any contact." regina spoke up, emma raises her eyebrows and sighs, "you were told right." emma sighs, "and the father?" alastair asks gently, emma looked at him, briefly forgetting that he was there. "there was one." she answered bitterly, "do i need to be worried about him?" regina asks with worry in her eyes, emma waves her hand, "nope, doesn't even know" she reassures, the words put regina to rest a bit, however more worry comes with a thought as she passes emma a cup, "do i need to be worried about you, miss swan?" she asks, emma gladly accepts the drink, "absolutely not"
they are cut off as graham comes down the stairs, "madam mayor, you can relax. other than being a tired little boy, henry's fine." he announces, briefly stopping at the bottom of the stairs, "thank you sheriff " regina states, alastair shakes his hand and mouths a thank you with a nod as the sheriff takes his leave.

regina and emma begin walking again, "i'm sorry he dragged you out of your life. i really don't know what's gotten into him." she states as they enter a lounge room, "kids having a rough time. it happens" emma sits, regina, before sitting down checks the time on a clock, "you have to understand, ever since i became mayor, balancing things has been tricky. you have a job, i assume?"regina asks, turning away from the clock to look at emma, the woman turns to look at regina, "uh- i keep busy, yeah" she says, alastair notices it hardly answers his mothers question, but he pushes that thought away.
"imagine having another one on top of it-" regjna sets down her glass and sits next to alastair on a couch across from emma, "-that's being a single mom. so i push for order, am i strict? i suppose. but i do it for his own good, i want henry to excel in life." alastair smiles at his mom, "i don't think that makes me evil, do you?" regina asks emma, emma shakes her head as she struggles to find what to say.
emma picks her glass off the table, "i'm sure hes just saying that because of the fairytale thing." as she says that, alastair winces, "what fairytale thing?" regina asks, covering up anger,
emma looks at her in surprise, "oh you know, his book. how he thinks everyone's a cartoon character from it. like his shrink is jiminy cricket." emma tries to explain, reginas eyebrows crease, "i'm sorry, i-i really don't know what your talking about-" she states in confusion.
emma gives up, "you know what, it's none of my business. he's your kid. and i really should be heading out-" emma says as she gets up, taking one last sip, regina gets up, "of course." regina and alastair walk emma to the door, "it was nice to meet you, miss swan" alastair smiles at her warmly, emma nods and walks out to her car.
regina closes the door and sighs, alastair walks away and puts his cup in the kitchen before walking to his room, falling to sleep quickly.

alastair walked through the halls of a large castle, passing many guards until he came upon a door, three sharp knocks and the door opened, the woman who opened the door had long black hair with pale skin and red lips, her name was snow white, "hey snow!" the boy said happily, snow white smiled at him,"hey alastair!"
snow white helped take care of the young boy, alastair was much younger than snow and was born to regina a couple of years after the king and her married, the boy had just turned 8 and was very happy with how he lived;
he had a good mother, a father who was a king and snow, his sister who was born to another woman—the kings previous wife who had passed away quite some time ago— and his father. the two quickly took each other's hands and ran out to the garden,

and that's when alastair awoke, he shook his head in confusion and got ready for the day.

/////authors words/////
that's where i'm gonna cut off this chapter, i already have over 1200 words and the episode is only half way through. sorry if i got some of the information in the dream, i hardly remember this series so i decided to rewatch it and make a fanfiction whilst.
anyway, i hope you have a good day<3
-ddemimagizard/goldstar

word count: 1264 words!