The Magic Within ↠ Once Upon A Time

[Chapter 19] All Alone

I thought I would start dedicating some of theses chapters...

Firstly, I wanted to dedicate this chapter to one of my active reader who always favorites each and every chapter. I just wanted to show my appreciation.

Hope you like it...

~Henry's POV~

Just as the smoke clears, I flutter my eyes open to come face to face with my family. Well... not everyone. I look at my moms, my grandparents, Robin, and Killian, but I knew 'my' family wasn't complete. Besides my grandpa (Mr. Gold), someone important was missing from the picture, and she was left behind. She let me go in order for me to live. Just for my well-being, Melody, my own sister (no matter what everyone else thinks), let me go to keep me safe; she decided to continue her life of isolation to keep me happy. If only my family would've saw what she did; if only they saw the huge sacrifice she took. They would've known that she wasn't a monster they feared she was. She was a real hero.

"Henry, you're okay," my mom (Regina) says. She runs up to me with open arms, but before she could have the chance to touch me, I slap her arms away.

"No, Mom. I'm not okay!" I yell.

"Henry, what is the matter with you?"

"You!! You're the problem! You and everyone else!! Melody wasn't hurting me! She's not the monster you think she is! She's protected me longer than any one of you, and now, you made her give me up! If you think that she's the real villain, then you should look in the mirror."

I walk past my mom (Regina). Just before I had the chance to leave the group of people around me, I felt a strong hand grip onto my shoulder. I turn only to find Killian grasping onto my arm.

"Henry, this isn't like you," he states.

"What? That you haven't seen me, for once, standing up for someone I believe in. You think my right place is to stand behind and let you 'heroes' do what you think is right. Well, not anymore. I'm doing what 'I' think is right; whether you people like it or not."

"Henry, you don't even know her. How much do you want to bet she's brainwashed you?"

I push his hand away from me almost as if it was just a pile of dirt. "Well, that's for me to find out then. But, I know one thing's for sure. The only person I can trust now is Melody. She gave me up to protect the both of us while you, my 'family', tore us apart. She's the only family I have now." I turn around to make my exit, but before I could take a single step, I look back at my mom (Regina). I look at her straight in the eye and, without hesitation, yell out, "Why did you have to give my sister up!! What did she do that made you not want her anymore!!"

Her eyes widen and she took a small step backwards. "Henry, that's beside the point."

"No; it isn't. You jus-"

"The real Melody is dead. She died before you were born. The woman you know is not the real Melody."

I scoff, "It doesn't matter. You don't know her."

With that, I turn back around and run away from the group of people. The last thing I wanted now was to be around them. If I couldn't be with Melody, then the only person I can be around is myself. The only place I knew I could be alone was my library and I intend on making it there without any interruptions.

Looks like my sister didn't think about the consequences of her own action. Though I knew she was trying to protect me from herself, she didn't realize I had nothing to go back to. With her sacrifice, with her heroic action in giving up the only person who believed in her, it only left the both of us in isolation.