-Enchanted Forest-
Princess Aurora and her prince were getting ready to have a peaceful picnic, away from the palace to talk about their unborn baby and have some time alone when rumbling filled the are around them in the enchanted forest. A purple fog filled the air as the rumbling got louder. "What is that?" Aurora asked. "It's magic...come." her prince said taking her hand as they both ran for cover. They were unable to outrun the fog as it covered them, the rumbling died down and Aurora opened her eyes, the fog lifting. "Are you alright?" her prince asked, helping her stand. "Yea, yea I think so...what was that?" She asked, her hands over her tummy holding their baby. "I don't know." He said, turning to face the direction it came from. He blinked, seeing a crown of people in front of him. "What that-" He asked. "Snow...what happened?" Aurora asked, seeing her old friends who had been swept in the curse in the group of people looking around confused. "Were back." Snow said, a frown on her face. "We're back in the enchanted forest."
(Azalea outfit^^^)
-Azalea Pov-
"How have things been since I left? The Ogres?" Snow asked Aurora. "Oh defeated, were restoring our kingdom and our lives." Aurora said with a smile. "We have much to celebrate, you and your friends are welcome in our kingdom. If you need anything were at your service." the prince said. "Thank you, but all we need are horses. We have our own castle and kingdom." Charming said. "Our castle was destroyed in the curse." Snow said turning to face her husband. "Well played your majesty you destroyed everything." Hook said to Regina who only rolled her eyes at the pirates sarcasm. "Not everything, her castle still stands." Aurora said looking at Regina. "Of course it does, I protected it." Regina said folding her arms. "To be fair the castle was originally Snows." Azalea called from her place on the ground. She was trying to meditate, to connect back with the magical energy of the enchanted forest. It shouldn't be hard, she had lived here for so long before. "To be even more fair I married into ownership." Regina said with a smirk. Azalea rolled her eyes, seemed that the past died hard for some. "You did." Snow said, her frown turning into a smile. "And were taking it back...and your coming with us." She said walking up to Regina. She scoffed. "You can't be serious." The evil queen said. "Regina, everyone out there is scared and confused. They need hope. What better way to do that then return reunited?" Snow asked her. Regina frowned. "Your coming with us, you may not like it but you will learn how to...for our good and for yours." Snow said. "Thank you again for your hospitality, we should begin preparations." Charming said, turning to Aurora and her prince. "Good luck to all of you." the couple said. The group took a few moments to put everything together, while Azalea finished her meditation. Once everything was together Charming walked up to the girl and gently rested a hand on her shoulder. Azalea exhaled a long breath and slowly stood up. "I think I'm good now...but I will need more time later to reagain a full handle on this lands magic." She said with a smile. The group left shortly after, leaving Aurora and her prince to tell the other kingdoms about what was happening. Azalea was walking between Snow and Charming, when she stopped feeling something off about the air...no, about the magic. "What is it?" Snow asked, knowing the girl too well. "I feel something...the magic, it's different." Azalea said with a frown. "Of course it's different, we just got back from Storybrooke...it will just take time for you to get used to again now that you are re-connected." Regina said like she was talking to a five year old. Azalea nodded, she knew Regina was probably right...but something just seemed off, Azalea could always recognize any magic from a land she had been in before, like in Neverland. But something was different about the magic this time. Azalea hadn't felt anything like this when she returned to Neverland for the second time. It had been easy for her to use magic from that land, what was different this time with coming back to the enchanted forest? She sighed and let it drop for the moment. Maybe it was the curse Regina used, it could have done damage to the nature of the land as much as it did to the physical appearance to it. "Come on now Azalea, we need to get ready to go." The teen turned to Charming and nodded, talking his hand as he led her to the group. Now was not the time to worry about such things, the Charming's had a kingdom to save.
-Jiminy Crickets Pov-
Azalea and I walked through the enchanted forest. "This looks like a good spot." Azalea said setting her bag of potions down. "I'll be here when your done." I said flying over to her shoulder, I kind of missed my human body. It would be quite the adjustment to being this size again. The group had decided to take a break from walking to Regina's castle. Azalea and I were put to the task of seeing if we could find anyone else around our area that had come back with us from Storybrooke. Our group was pretty small, and we knew that more people were back then who all was in our group. I sat with Azalea while she meditated, getting a feel for the magic of the enchanted forest again so she could use her locator spell, maybe even sense the people from Storybrooke we had lost. I lost track of time, taking a note in my mind to also get used to no clocks anymore when Azalea gasped. Her eyes were tightly shut, as if she were having some kind of nightmare. "Azalea, is everything alright?" I asked, standing up on my cricket legs and tapping my umbrella against her shoulder. She cried out, as if hurt or scared and jumping back, knocking me off her shoulder. Azalea stood up and looked around, as if she had seen a ghost. "Azalea! What happened?!" I asked, worried for the girl. She turned to me and frowned, picking me off the ground. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to knock you over." She said dusting my tiny hat off. "No worries, but why the sudden fright?" I asked her. She sighed, "I'm not sure...I was meditating...then I started having some kind of-vision. Everything was green around me. I was in the castle, someone was there...I don't know her. Then the green fog pulled me under. I couldn't breath." she frowned, looking around as if not sure if she was actually awake. "It's alright. maybe the vision meant something that we cant decipher yet...let's not let it worry us too much." I advised. The teen agreed and put me on her shoulder again. "Before the crazy vision happened I saw a group of about fifty people from Storybrooke that was dropped off a ways from us that way." She said pointing to the direction the sun would set. "Well that is some good news! Shall we tell the queen and king?" I asked. She nodded and we started our journey back to the others. "What do you think it meant? My vision?" Azalea asked as she walked through the forest. "I'm not sure. But for now let's focus on what we do know, like the lost group. We know their location. Now we can go get them...that's a good thing." I said in a calming voice. I could feel the girls fear rolling off of her in waves, whatever she saw in her meditative state really frightened her.
-Charming's Pov-
"So their back? Fifty of them you said?" I asked, Azalea nodded. "That's good, that means we will have our kingdom back in no time with the rate that things are going." I said with a smile. Azalea nodded, looking away from me over to the dwarfs as they got the horses ready. "Hey," I said, putting my hand on her shoulder and getting her attention. "Is something wrong?" I asked, able to tell that something was bothering her. She shook her head. "No-just getting used to the magic here again." She said. I nodded, knowing the girl usually didn't lie to me. Plus with how crazy everything had been, she probably just needed some time to breath and let all the events catch up to her. "Grumpy!" I said calling him over. "You and the others spread the word, all new arrivals head east to the queens castle." Grumpy nodded "Consider it done." He said, before walking over to the others to tell them the plan. I looked down at Azalea to see her looking behind us, I followed her gaze to see Hook loading a horse with supplies. "That's a lot of supplies Hook." I said walking over to him with Azalea. "Well I just want to be prepared." The pirate said. "But the queens castle is less then a days travel away, this looks like you will be traveling for at least a week." Azalea said looking at all his stuff. "Aye, that would be lovely if I were going to the queens castle." He said. I frowned. "Your not coming with us?" I asked him. "You are a perceptive prince aren't you?" Hook asked with sarcasm. "Where are you going then?" Azalea asked, obviously sad to see the pirate go. "The enchanted forest is your home...mine is the Jolly Rodger." He said to the teen, bringing her under his arm, I sighed. "Hook, you don't even know if it made it back here with us." I said, hoping in talking him into staying with us. "Regina told me how the curse worked, my ship is back. All I have to do is find it." Hook said with hope in his voice. "What if you can't?" I asked him. "I will just have to take another one wont I? That's what pirates do." He said. "Huh, and here I though you had gone and changed." I said, pulling Azalea away from him. She frowned looking at him. Hook hopped onto the horse and looked down at us as Snow walked over, confused. "Tried the hero thing, it didn't take." He said. "So that's it, Emma is gone and your going to go back to being a pirate." Snow asked him. "Back? Milady I have always been a pirate." He said getting ready to leave. "Wait!" Azalea called before he could take off. He stopped and she walked up to him, handing him a flower crown from her bag. "If you ever want to come back to us, or if you need anything. My flower crown will guide you to me." She said. Hook frowned, before putting the flowers in his jacket. "You are quite the forgiving one aren't you?" He asked her, remembering all the terrible things he had done to her."From experience I guess so. Plus you helped save me from Pan, so consider us even...good luck Hook." She said, before he took off. I held my hand out and Azalea walked back over to us. "Hey," Bae called. He walked over to us with a frown. "What Hook said, about his ship being back...does that mean that all of our stuff came back?" He asked. Azalea nodded. "If Hooks ship is back all of our belongings from Storybrooke should be as well. It's hard to tell with this curse though." She confirmed. "What are you looking for?" I asked him. "I was hoping we could go by my fathers place...on the way to the queens castle." He said. "Neal, I know your hurting...but Rumpelstiltskin is gone." I said. "Maybe, and maybe not. But if he isn't he might be able to get me back to Emma and Henry." Bae said. "Neal-it's impossible. Regina was clear. The price of our return was a complete reset, no more portals." Snow said. Bae frowned, looking down at the ground. "We know how you feel Neal...we miss them too, but even if we could get back to them we couldn't get them to remember us, the best thing we an do for them now is to know that we gave them their best chance at a good life...you can have a new life in our kingdom. You will be well taken care of with us. It's the least we can do, consider yourself apart of the royal family now." I told him. He nodded, I patted him on the back and he walked over to Belle. I took a deep breath and looked down at Azalea. "Let's continue to get ready. The sooner we get to the castle the sooner we get our kingdom back." I said.
-One Year later, New York / Emma Pov-
"I must be insane." I whispered to myself as I found the address that the crazy guy in black and wearing eyeliner gave to me. I opened the door with a lock picker and looked around, something about the room seemed familiar...maybe the smell, no that wasn't it. I stood in the silence of the room, the sounds of New York outside the window filled my ears as I thought to myself. I walked over to the window where there was a dream-catcher hung up, but I had never seen one like this before. the strings had flowers laced in them. "That must be what I'm smelling." It glowed against the sun shining through the window...the flowers were still fresh, someone must have just put this here not even a day ago...but dust was everywhere, no one had been in this room for a long time. Maybe the flowers are fake? I picked up the dream-catcher...not they were real. "Flypaper for nightmares." I said to myself. "Neal." I picked up some mail that had been left and shook the dust off, all the mail had Neal's name on it. And there was a bloody cloth on the couch. I looked over to the table and gasped. I walked over and picked up the camera...it was Henry's. It had his name on the neck strap. "That's-not possible." I said to myself, holding the camera in my free hand. The dream-catcher in my other hand. What kind of joke was this?!
-Hook's Pov / Central Park-
I stood, waiting for Emma. The dream-catcher. Azalea made it for me. It had to work...didn't it? I smiled when I finally saw Emma walking over to me, trying to not let the frown on her face dampen my hopes. "Swan...I knew it would work. It's good to see you again." I told her. "Why didn't you tell me that was Neal's place?" She asked me. "I think the tone in your voice answers that quite clearly. You never would have gone if I had." I told her. "What is Neal trying to do? Is he trying to get into Henry's life?" She asked me. "I already told you I'm not here because of Neal. I'm here because your family is in trouble. Their entire kingdom has been cursed, ripped back to Storybrooke." I said, hoping she had remembered. "What are you talking about? A curse, a kingdom? Do you know what you sound like?" She asked me, annoyed. I frowned. "A madman I'm sure. But it's true, your parents, they need you. Your the only one who can save them. If you don't believe me at all why did you come here?" I asked her. Emma dug in her purse, pulling out Henry's old camera. "Because Neal has a camera with my son's name on it." she said, showing me. "Don't you see? That is proof of what I am saying. Henry must have left that in the apartment when you all were in New York last year." I told her. "Not good enough, I want answers. Real ones." She said, looking angry. "There is only one way you will get those, drink this." I said, getting the small bottle out of my jacket and holding it up to her. "Drink the thing that the crazy guy just offered me? No thanks." She said. "It will help you remember everything you lost. Azalea said so herself...if one small part of you senses that, don't you owe it to yourself to find out if I'm right? Look into the dream-catcher after you drink the liquid." I told her. "What do you say love? Take a leap of faith? Give it a go." I said handing the bottle to her, she held it in her hand. But she was sneaky, as she grabbed the bottle she wrapped a handcuff around my wrist. "What are you doing Swan?" I asked, trying to pull out of the trap. "Making sure you never bother me or my son again." She said whistling behind her. Two cops walked up and took the other cuff and put my arms behind my back. "This is the guy, the one who assaulted me." She said. "It was a kiss." I said. "There...he confessed." She said with a smirk. "Please Swan your making a mistake!" I shouted as she walked away. "Your family needs you!" I shouted, but if feel on deaf ears. As I was walked to a cop car I looked over at the gate of the park and saw Azalea watching. I shook my head, telling her not to get involved with me. She needed to get Emma to remember, hopefully she would have better luck then I did. As I was pushed into the cop car I watched as Azalea followed Emma out of the park.
-One Year ago /Enchanted forest-
"Regina's castle should be up ahead." Snow said as we all walked together in a group down the trail. "I think our mean our castle." Charming said. "That's going to take some getting used to." Snow said as everyone walked behind them. "The last time I was there it was right after my fathers death, and I always dreamed of returning there. I just never imagined that it would be with Regina by our side." Snow said as Grumpy walked up to the queen and king. "I wouldn't count on that sister...the queen, she's missing." Grumpy reported. Snow sighed, stopping the group. "Find Azalea, tell her to prepare a locator spell." Snow told Grumpy.
-Snow's Pov -
"She's close." Azalea said as we walked through the forest. I heard a tapping sound and I stopped her. She put the flower away and we followed the sound till we found Regina, she was digging a hole in the ground. "What are you doing?" I asked her. Regina sighed. "So now your following me?" She asked, annoyed. "We were worried. And it looks like we were right to be, what are you burying?" I asked. "Nothing that concerns you." She said. "Why does that make me think it does?" I asked. Azalea stood behind me silently watching. We both walked up behind her and gasped when we saw a heart in the hole she was digging. "Is that a heart?" Snow asked. "It's her heart." Azalea said, looking at Regina. "Go away." Regina said, quickly covering it with dirt. "I'm not having this conversation with you." She said looking over her shoulder to glare at us. "I know you miss Henry-" I said. "Not as much as I did with that beating in my chest." Regain said standing up. "But Regina, this isn't the answer. No matter how much pain you feel. You can't just bury it in the woods." I told her. "Watch me." Regina said. "You wont feel better." Azalea said from behind me. "You won't feel anything." I said. "That's the point." Regina said turning to face us. "I can't keep walking around, knowing that I will never see Henry again, that he doesn't even remember me." She said. "We know how your feeling, I just had to say goodbye to my daughter for a second time. And Azalea misses her whole family each day. And we all miss Henry, but I promise you it will get better with your heart." I said pointing to where it lay in the ground. "Right now it may be causing you pain, but soon it will let you feel other things in the future." I said. "Like what?" Regain asked, looking doubtful of my words. "The one thing Henry always wanted you to find...happiness." I told her. "I can't be happy without him." Regina said with a frown, tears in her eyes. "Find a way...for Henry." I said, putting my hand on her arm. Regain sighed and got on her knees, pulling her heart out of the ground and dusting it off. Azalea stepped up and offered to put it back in for her, Regain agreed and the teen carefully pushed it back in. Regina gasped as pain overcame her face, but not from her heart entering her chest. "Now...let' get back to our castle." Regina said, walking past the both of us. We went to follow her when the wind blew and Azalea gasped. "Did you see that?" She asked taking my hand. Regina turned to face her. "There was something there, in that bush." She said turning to face me. I put a calming hand on her head. Regain walked over and looked through the bush. "There's nothing here, unless it flew away." She said looking suspicious. I looked up into the sky seeing a monkey with wings fly down at us. "It did!" I shouted, as it dived at us. "We need to find cover." Azalea said. "No, I don't run from monsters, they fun from me." Regina said, a flame forming in her hand. The flying monkey flew down and grabbed Regina's arm with it's claws. "Regina!" I shouted, trying to pull her away from whatever was attacking us. Regina's sleeve ripped and I pulled her away from the monkey. "It's to fast." I shouted as the monkey turned, going after Azalea. "I'm open to suggestions!" Regina said as we watched Azalea jumped out of the way of the monkey's attack. But it quickly flew back into the air and returned to try and get her again. "GET DOWN!" someone shouted through the woods, Azalea ducked, and Regina pulled me down with her. "No Azalea!" I shouted as the monkey flew at her ready to attack, but an arrow shot into it's eye and it screeched. Before flying away in defeat. "Milady," Regina and I both turned to see a man holding out his hand to us. "Your injured." He noted, looking at Regina's arm where the monkey had grabbed her. "It's your majesty. And I'm fine." Regina said, getting up herself. I jumped up and ran over to Azalea who was being helped off the ground by a rather large man a bunch of other guys behind him. "Thank you," Azalea said, turning to the man who had shot the arrow who stood by Regina. We both walked over and shook his hand. "Robin, of Locksley." He said, introducing himself. "And these are a few of my merry men." He said, gesturing to the men behind us. "Snow white, and Azalea." I said, introducing ourselves. Azalea bowed to hide her blushing face. I smiled as Azalea seemed to get a bit shy with the bigger crowd of strangers, some things never changed. "At last we meet. You know there was a time when our faces graced wanted posters side by side." Robin said to me. "If your really Snow White and Azalea, the flower enchantress. Then why are you with her?" one of the men asked looking at Regina. "Her? Show some respect." Regina said, sounding upset. "You will have to excuse Little John. But before you cursed the land, we spent many a day running from your black knights." Robin said, frowning at Regina. "Well I'm sure you deserved it, and what the hell was that thing?" Regina asked, referring to the flying monkey. "I have no idea, we have never seen anything like it before." Robin said, before turning to Azalea. "but it seemed to be quite interested in you and the evil queen." He noted. "It did," I said. Screeching could be heard again, but from a distance. "Come on, we need to hurry and warn the others." I said, taking the teen under my arm as the merry men and Robin joined us back to our group. "Who is after us now? Rumple is dead." Azalea said, sounding upset. "Who knows, but no matter who it is they wont get to you." I said.
(Azalea outfit^^^)
-Emma Pov / New York-
I stopped at the gate of our apartment when I saw a teenager wearing a flower crown who I had never met before, I don't know why I stopped. It was like I knew her. A sense of de-je-vu came over me as a looked at the flower crown on her head. "Hello Emma" she said. "How do you know me?" I asked. "From our past Emma...Hook-the man you got sent to jail. He was telling the truth." She said stepping closer to me. I took a step back and frowned. What was this girl saying? Was she crazy like the other guy, she didn't look as crazy, but she also had a normal outfit on. "Look, I don't know how he is making you do this but if you are in a bad situation I can help." I told her. The teen rolled her eyes, much like Henry does now. "Its not that Emma...he gave you a liquid to drink correct?" She asked. I nodded, pulling the blue bottle out of my purse. "You also found the camera that Henry left about a year ago in Neal's old apartment, and the dream-catcher I made for you right?" She asked again. I frowned. How did she know all of this? My gut was giving me a bad feeling. I had already looked at the photo's but they must have been faked, they couldn't be real I didn't remember the images I saw. "Would one of the pictures happen to be of you and Henry in front of a sign called Storybrooke?" she asked. I nodded. "How did you know that?" I asked, knowing that the type of camera I found wasn't digital. "Because I took the picture Emma...my name is Azalea and I'm your sister." She said. I blinked in shock. There was no way, right? The feeling in my gut was telling me that she wasn't lying.
-Hooks Pov, New York Police Station-
I smiled as I saw Azalea and Emma standing outside as I walked out of the awful jail place. "Hey, we need to talk." Emma said as Azalea stood beside her. "Ah Swan, I knew you wouldn't let me rot in that cage. Either way I wasn't worried knowing Azalea could get me out. But I'm glad you got me out sooner. I've been in my fair share of brigs but none of them are as barbaric as that one." I said pointing to the terrible jail. "They force fed me bologna." I said. "What is bologna?" Azalea asked, "You don't want to know." I told the teen. Emma held out some photo's "I need answers. I don't remember doing any of this." she said looking at the photo's from Henry's old camera. "You don't remember because you were put under a spell to forget. And a good one at that. As much as you don't want to admit it deep down you know something is wrong." I told the stubborn woman. "That's not possible, how could I forget all of this? How could I forget I have a family, a sister?!" Emma asked, turning to Azalea. "Were not blood related, I tried to explain. I was adopted in by your mother and father." she said. "Look, I promise that there is an explication." I told her. "Not one that makes since." Emma said. "If you drink this it will." Azalea said holding out the bottle Emma had given her. She took the dream-catcher with flowers from her bag. "You already touched this correct?" Azalea asked. Emma nodded. "Then the potion I created will work. The dream-catcher has all the memories the curse took away...that Regina and I took away when we activated the curse." Azalea explained. Emma looked lost, taking a deep breath. "If-If what your saying is true...I would have to give up my life here." She said. "It's all based on lies." I said. "It's real, and it's pretty good...I have Henry, a job, a guy I love." Azalea bit her lip as I tried to not show my own disappointment. "Perhaps there is a guy that you love in the life that you lost...Regardless, if you want to find the truth...drink up." I said looking at the potion. Emma still looked doubtful. "Emma...your parents miss you so much, our parents do. Our family isn't whole without you, or without Henry...we need you back in Storybrooke. We need a savior." Azalea said. Emma blinked. "I-I really have a family?" She asked. "You do, and it's not just Henry...a mother and father who love you, a sister who misses you." The teen said. Emma frowned looking at the bottle, before opening it and drinking the potion. She drank the whole thing, then held the dream-catcher in front of her face.
-Emma Pov-
Images flashed through my mind, at fist it felt like a fairy tale. Then I started to feel it, everything I felt in those moments. It was real. Everything was real. And I remember. I looked up at the pirate and couldn't believe my eyes. "Hook." I said, not able to look away from him. "Did you miss me?" He asked, with his signature smirk I can't believe I ever forgot. "It worked, thank God." Azalea said with a relieved sigh. I smiled, bringing her into a hug. "You never fail me." I told her.
-Azalea's Pov, Enchanted Forest-
We were all walking along the trail when Regina frowned. "My castle." She growled. "What the hell happened?" Charming asked as we all looked at the burnt line in the ground around the area of the castle we were so close to. It was a wide line in the ground, blocking our path. "We're about to find out." Regina said with anger walking up to the line. She put her hand out and a green aura glowed around it. "A protection spell." I said, "It's surrounding the whole castle." Regina said turning to face us. "Didn't you do this? Undo it." Charming said. "Well don't you think that if I could I would almost be home now." Regina said walking back over to us. I walekd over to the line and held my hands above it, sensing the magic that made it. "This isn't Regina's magic, someone else has taken the castle." I said to the Charming's. "Who? Who is in there?" Snow asked, sounding angry. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out who is eating my porridge." Regina said. "We have a lot of people who are with us who are scared and worried, and they have right to be. Let's get them to safety first." Charming said. "They will be safe when whoever is in the castle is dead." Regina said. "The person who casts this spell is strong. They had to cover a lot of land to surround the whole castle, not counting the forest around it." I noted, goosebumps raising on my skin as I felt the magic from the spell. It was familiar, but I couldn't place where I had felt such magic before. "Azalea is right, rushing in there is a bad idea and you know that Regina." Snow said. "I can offer you some land for your people to be safe for awhile, it has good harvest and we have plenty of room." Robin said walking up to the group. Charming and Snow seemed to agree that Robin's offer was the best plan of action for the moment. "Fine, but were coming back here...and whoever did this is going to suffer." Regina said frowning. "Regina, it's our home. We will make it ours again." Snow assured the former Evil Queen. As the group prepared to go with Robin and his merry men I knelled next to the burned line in the ground. I had felt this magic before, but it was so...strange. I closed my eyes and put my hands on the ground.
Dizziness flooded my mind and I opened my eyes, but I wasn't in the enchanted forest. I was surrounded by green fog. I gasped. The green fog grew, covering my whole body, blocking my vision, filling my lungs. I felt someone pull me from behind and I cried out, opening my eyes.
I was back in the forest, beside the burned line again. I looked behind me to see that Charming had pulled me back. "Azalea?! What happened? One moment you were fine, the next you were screaming." He said, holding me as I shook. I was out of breath, gasping for air as Snow ran over with a few other people. "Whoever put this spell up is strong...really strong. I can feel the magic. It's doing something to me." I said, gasping for breath as Charming helped me stand. My legs were shaking and Robin came over with a horse "Here, let me help you. You look almost sickly." He said as he picked me up and sat me on top of the horse. "Thank you Robin." Snow said as she watched me sit on the horse, I suddenly felt so sick, dizzy, and tired. "She can rest with me while we head on over to our campground." Robin said as he got on the horse in front of me. Robin let me wrap my arms around his waist so I wouldn't fall off as Charming stood beside the horse, running his hand up and down my back. I wasn't sure what that magic had done to me, but I could feel the full effects as my eyes grew heavy. "Relax Azalea, we will be at Robin's campsite soon." Charming whispered as I felt the horse start to gallop. I couldn't fight the desire to sleep as I closed my eyes and tried to forget the green fog. I hoped that sleep would take me away from the fog, and this sickly feeling as we headed towards Robin's campsite.
-Hooks Pov, New York-
"I'm not sure what all happened in detail after I left the group, Azalea knows more but refuses to talk much about it. Said she would tell me everything she knows when we got your memory restored." I said as Emma poured herself and I some rum. The teen turned to us from the window in Emma's apartment. "It's not my place. Mary and David didn't even want me to come here to get you, they said it was too dangerous...I'm probably a dead man walking when I get back to Storybrooke." Emma frowned, "You disobeyed...how odd of you." She said with a smirk. "I've been a teenager for many years now, might as well start acting like one." Azalea said making Emma smile. "Yea, but not to much okay. Henry is enough." Emma said. "Well it's a good thing Azalea did rebel, without her sending me a message that a new curse had been set I would have never known that your family was in danger...I would have never come back for you." I said to Emma. "You came all the way back here to save my family?" Emma asked me. "I came back to save you." I said taking a sip of my rum. "Who could have done this?" Emma asked turning to Azalea. The teen frowned, shrugging her shoulders. Emma pulled a seat out from the table and Azalea took a seat. "I-I don't know who did this. No one does. But they had to have a huge amount of magic. We are all missing a year of our memories, everyone who was swept up in the curse again." She explained. "We went back to the enchanted forest, we know we did...but we don't remember any of it. One second we were activating the curse and watching you and Henry cross the town line, the next we were waking up in our beds in Storybrooke, like none of that had ever happened... I was able to create this flower crown so that I could leave Storybrooke to come get you, but I knew that I would need help." The teen said looking to Hook. The door bell rang and I frowned, "Is that the man you love from your fake life?" I asked her. "Even if the memories I had weren't real he is. And so are the eight months we spent together." Emma said standing up to go answer the door. "What are you going to say to him?" I asked her. Emma sighed. "I don't know." She finally confessed. "But I care to much about him to drag him into all of this...wait here." She said before going to answer the door. I frowned and drank the rest of my rum. "Sorry." Azalea whispered. I looked up at her. "If it helps I don't think your out of the game yet." She said. I smiled. "That does help a bit actually."
-Azalea Pov-
I watched as Hook took another shot of rum, astonished by his tolerance when I felt a shift in magic in the air. "Something is happening, magic was just used." I said standing up. "But you said this part of the world doesn't have magic." Hook said confused. "It doesn't." I said before taking off out the door following the sense of magic. I recognize this magic. Something about it was familiar. But I couldn't remember. I ran up the stairs of the apartment to the roof with Hook following me. I opened the door and saw Emma fighting some kind of flying monkey creature. "What is that?!" Hook asked as he tried to attack it with his hook. "It was my boyfriend!" Emma shouted with anger before taking a crowbar and shoving it over the side of the roof, we all ran over and watched as it fell to the ground. Dissipating before it hit the ground. "Are you alright?" Hook asked her. Emma sighed in frustration. "I'm never safe am I?" she asked. "This life that I have now...it's not possible for me. Because I'm the savior." She said turning to face us. "We leave in the morning for Storybrooke." She said.
(Azalea Outfit^^^)
-The Next Day-
"I wonder if he looks any older." Azalea wondered out loud as she and Hook walked up to Emma's door. "Probably, it has been a year." Hook said with sarcasm as he knocked on the door. The teen rolled her eyes at the pirate as Emma opened the door. "You ready Swan?" Hook asked as he and Azalea walked in. "Almost." Emma said as we all walked into the kitchen together. Henry stood from the kitchen table and walked up to us. "Uh...Henry, this is Killian and Azalea. They- I uh, I'm helping them with their case." Emma said as Henry looked us up and down. "Did you skip bail?" Henry asked looking at Hook. Azalea smirked. "Eye, he still a little spiteful isn't he?" Hook asked. "Still?" Henry asked. "He isn't a perp? He is my client. And this is his...family friend." Emma said gesturing to Azalea. Henry looked at the flower crown in her hair. "Why are you two dressed like that?" He asked. "Why are you dressed like that?" Hook asked him in return. "Alright, alright. Killian can you get our bags? Henry lend him a hand." Emma said walking by them. "Wait- we're really going?" Henry asked, sounding surprised. "Yes," Emma said handing him his jacket and scarf. "I just need one more thing." Emma said walking over to her closet and opening it, revealing her red leather jacket. Azalea smiled as she watched Emma put it on. "Now, let's go." She said facing us.
-Storybrooke-
Emma, Hook, Azalea, and Henry pulled up into Storybrooke. Emma looked around as she recognized the shops and clock tower as she found a parking spot. She, Azalea, and Hook got out of the yellow jeep and left the sleeping Henry in the car. "It's really back...I'm really back." Emma said, sounding as if she couldn't believe it. "It's all the same. Down to the last tee. We can't remember a thing that happened before the curse." Azalea said. "Well let's go find out...you stay here with Henry, and don't wake him up." Emma said to Hook as she took Azalea with her and walked down the road. "Where are we going?" Azalea asked. "To talk to our parents." Emma said. "Great, guess I should get ready to be grounded." Azalea said with a frown. "they wont be too mad that you ran off, now that your bring me back with you." Emma said, patting the girls shoulder.
-David Pov-
A knock came on the door and I quickly stood up, maybe it was something about Azalea. What was the girl thinking?! Going off on her own! Knowing we couldn't follow her. Mary and I were both beside ourselves with worry. I walked over to the door and opened it. "Hi." Emma said, she and Azalea both standing on my doorstep. I blinked, was she real? "Don't close the door- my name is-" I stepped out of the door. "Emma." I said, pulling her into my arms. "Dad" She said hugging me back. "You remember?" I asked looking over her shoulder at Azalea. "Guilty." The teen said. David pulled the teen into his arms and sighed. "Your in so much trouble, but thank god your okay." I said, relief washing over me. I looked up at Emma. "You remember...but what are you doing here?" I asked her. She had her life with Henry, they had a good life. Why was she back here? "Hook and Azalea brought me. They said you all were cursed again." Emma said as we all walked in together. "Yea were back, or we never left, or...well we don't know but were trapped again." Emma nodded. "Yea, Azalea told me. You all remember who you are but not what happened before this curse?" She asked. "All we know is that our last year has been wiped away." I told her, I couldn't help myself as I pulled her into my arms again. "All we remember is saying goodbye to you. It feels like yesterday." He said. "But if you can't remember, how do you know it's been a year?" Emma asked. Before I could answer we heard foot steps from upstairs. "Azalea?...Emma?!" Mary called. We both looked up the stairs to Mary. Emma gasped, seeing Mary's baby bump as Mary ran down and hugged her. "As you can see a lot happened," I said. "But we just don't know what." Mary said as she pulled the teen into her arms. "You are so grounded." Mary said, her smile of relief turning to an instant frown of a disappointing parent. "I know...but Emma needed to know, about her brother. About the curse, everything." Azalea said turning to Emma. She smiled. "you were right to come to me and give me back my memories...but maybe with your parents permission? And knowing that I had a little brother on the way might have been nice to know too." Emma said to the teen. "I wanted it to be a surprise, a good one on top of all the bad ones you've had today..." Azalea said. "It's true, you have a brother and sister officially. Azalea has official adoption papers approved on the table when we got back to Storybrooke." Mary said as Emma smiled to her. "That's good and all, but there is a problem that we need to take care of before we can celebrate anything. Who the hell put another curse on you all?" Emma asked. No one had an answer.