ETERNALLY ⇢ HENRY MILLS [2]

chapter thirty-one

Brooke laughed at her boyfriend before noticing the bus to New York was parked in front of them. She grabbed Henry's hand. "Come on, there it is!" She exclaimed, before the two ran off their current bus and jumped onto the one which was going to take them to New York.

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"Woah!" Brooke said in a daze as the two stepped off the coach into the streets of New York. She spun around, taking it all in before turning to her boyfriend. "I can't believe it! After all these years, I'm finally here!"
Henry threw his arms up and grinned. "Welcome to New York City!"
Brooke laughed as the two's fingers laced together and they almost ran down the streets with smiles on their faces.

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"This place is honestly amazing. If I didn't live in Storybrooke, I would wanna live here so badly." Brooke chuckled as the two walked down the streets with pizzas in their hands.
"Same. But we can always visit again together."
Brooke cracked a smile. "Obviously."
She then remembered what happened with Gold and Pan. "Henry?" She asked.
He took a bite of his pizza before nodding. "What is it?"
"I haven't told you something that I probably should've told you..."
"What's wrong?" He asked, brows furrowed.
"When we first arrived at The Underworld, I encountered Pan and he tried to convince me that I'm just like him and his boys - lost. Before I went to The Underworld with you and the day we... split up... I could hear his voice in my head continuously saying you don't love me-"
"But I do love you!" Henry argued. "Don't listen to him, he just wants revenge for when he tried to take my heart and he died."
Brooke sighed and nodded. "I know and I was stupid to let a small part of me believe him. But you know about Pan wanting to return to Storybrooke and Gold teamed up with him?"
Henry nodded, wanting to know more.
"Well, he took mine. When Robin walked out and I followed, he ripped it out of me and wiped mine and Robin's memory of it. He only told me earlier today when I asked him about Pan and him and ever since then I've wanted revenge on Gold for taking my heart. Luckily, he returned it and gave Pan a heart from the River of Souls and he's dead for good."
Henry took in a deep breath for sighing. "Right, now we have to stop Gold and get rid of magic. I can't let things like this happen to you again." He told her.
Brooke smirked. "I've been aching for revenge for a while now." She said, before taking a bite of her pizza and Henry grinned.

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"You want to go to the rare reading room, really?" The woman asked.
Brooke folded her arms and cocked an eyebrow. "What? Do we look to immature for your liking?"
"It's for an assignment - it's due in at the end of the term." Henry lied, trying to send the woman a nicer message than his girlfriend had.
The woman forced a smile. "Follow me," He lead them to a tall door and pushed it open, revealing a large room. "Well, here we are. No ones been back here in ages. Most folks just come for the YA stuff. Good luck with your term paper." She smiled at Henry before walking out, leaving the two alone.

"Neal's journal said he had an appointment here. Whatever he was looking for to destroy magic must be in this room." Henry told Brooke as the two split up to look for anything that might help them.
After a moment of looking, Henry had already found a bunch of books and placed them next to Brooke, the slight thump of them hitting the desk making her jump. "Let's start with these. Read every page and then re-read it."
Brooke raised an eyebrow. Does he really expect her to re-read it?"
"I'm being serious. Because whatever my dad looking for... he never found it."
"You really think we can?" Brooke asked, picking up one of the books.
"We have to."
Brooke sighed and nodded before beginning to read.
"That's impossible!" Henry exclaimed, causing Brooke to look up from the book. "What is?"
"These books! They all look exactly like storybook - they're magic!"
"Oh my God, they actually do!" Brooke remarked, putting the book down and walking over to Henry and standing beside him. "What are they doing in New York?"
Henry continuously turned the pages and stopped on one in particular. "I've never seen these characters in my book. Look at this! There's so many stories!"
"All the stories in your book are real, right?"
Henry nodded and the two looked at each-other with a mixture of worry and fear. "These must be real too." Henry stated.