Once Upon a Time

## Story

(When she was 10 years old she liked ¨Once Upon a Time¨. She loved the characters. One night when she was home alone in her room, she started to walk around her room. She looked out the window and saw a few people walking outside but she didn’t care. She closed the curtain and sat on her bed. She thought for a while and said.)

Becca: I wish Once Upon a Time was real.

(After she said that she laid on her bed for a while thinking about her wish. She started to drift off to sleep. It was 12:00am when she woke up to a light. The sleepy girl didn't know what it was. She cracked open her door and saw two people. She didn’t know the people but they looked familiar. She watched them for a few minutes until they vanished. Becca shut the door and started to get worried since, to her, they were strangers. She looked around for something until she got an idea. She opened her window and looked outside. After a second she climbed out and stood on the roof. She then started to run across the roof. Once she’d reached the edge of the roof, she jumped into the big pool behind the house. Quickly she got out of the pool and ran across the backyard, climbing into the treehouse that she started building during the summer. She heard someone coming. Breathing hard she grabbed a hammer that was lying in the treehouse. Becca’s heart raced as the sound got louder and louder. She had no clue who or what it was. Then a young boy climbed up into the tree house. Becca drew her arm back to throw the hammer.)

The boy: Please don’t.

Becca: Give me one good reason.

(She still had the hammer in her hands but she’d lowered her arm.)

The boy: I need help.

Becca: With what?

The boy: Getting home and finding my mom.

Becca: What’s your name?

The boy: Henry.

Becca: Hello, Henry.

(Becca put the hammer back where she’d gotten it and looked at him.)

Henry: What’s your name?

Becca: Does it matter?

Henry: Yes.

Becca: Why?

Henry: So I know it for when I need you.

Becca: Fine. It’s Becca.

Henry: Was that so hard?

Becca: No?

Henry: Now you know me and I know you.

Becca: Yea I guess.

Henry: What now?

Becca: I’ll help you get home and find your mom.

Henry: Okay sounds like a plan.

Becca: But we are going in the woods to stay there for a while since I don’t think my house is safe anymore.

Henry:Why would you say that?

Becca: I saw two strangers in the house right outside my door. I have no clue who they are and I’m scared to go in. They could be here with someone I don’t know.

Henry: Oh.

Becca: I just need one thing from inside. Be right back.

(Becca went back inside to get something. She never came back out. )

Henry: Becca?

(No response. He was getting a little worried about her so he decided to go find her. He got to the front door and it was open. That worried him further. She would never just leave her door open like that. He didn’t know much about Becca, but he knew that other people didn’t leave their doors open. He looked around inside and saw her bracelet. He picked it up knowing it was hers since he’d seen it on her wrist when he’d met her.)

Henry: Becca?

(No response again. When he got to the stairs there was a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up and started to read it. It said...)

Hello Henry,

Looking for someone? A girl maybe? Listen very carefully to what I’m about to say. She is fine but she has something she needs to tell you.You don’t know who she really is Henry. She is in the woods right now. You follow the trail and you take a left. There you will see a rock painted red. Walk straight past it and keep going straight. You will see her and me. Do not tell anyone or show this to anyone.

-Sincerely unknown

(Henry knew he had to find her since she’d said she would help him get home and find his mom. He went outside, back to the woods. He had to find the trail the letter was talking about. He looked around and found it. He started to walk on it, cautious and alert. He came to the spot where the note had said to turn left. He’d thought the note was written honestly but it seemed more like a game than anything else. He’d been  walking for 10 minutes when he saw a big rock painted red. He stood next to the rock for a few minutes, then continued on. He was getting concerned for his own safety and Becca’s. At least until he saw her standing, alone and unharmed.)

Becca: Hello Henry.

Henry: What are you doing?

Becca: I have to tell you something.

Henry: But why here? Why did you leave the letter and your bracelet?

Becca: I felt like it was better. Off the trail, we can be alone, and I know the woods better than anyone else. I left the letter for you to find since I knew at some point you would come looking for me.

Henry: The bracelet?

Becca: I didn’t mean to drop it.

Henry: That makes sense.

Becca: Can I have it back?

(Henry gave the bracelet to her.)

Becca: Thank you.

Henry: You're welcome. Oh, what did you want to tell me?

Becca: I brought you here.

Henry: Why?

Becca: I brought you here because it’s important for you to know.

Henry: What?

Becca:I have magic.

Henry: You have?

(Becca nodded)

Henry: No way! And why did we have to come out here for you to tell me this?

Becca: In this world magic is make believe so if they knew, I don’t even know what might happen.

Henry: Yikes!

Becca: So yea.

Henry: Are we camping out here?

Becca: Well...not camping. More like playing hide and seek.

Henry: Hide and seek?

Becca: Yea, we are going to hide there.

(Becca pointed up into a tree.)

Becca: That’s where we are going to “Hide”.

Henry: A tree house?

Becca: Yes. I built it a few summers ago in case I need to hide somewhere. Like right now.

Henry: That’s awesome!

Becca: Vamos!

(She started to climb the tree and threw the ladder down when she got  there.)

Becca: Come on. Don’t be scared.

Henry: I’m not scared.

(He started climbing the ladder to the top. When he’d got there he realized it was a huge treehouse.)

Henry: Nice place you got here.

Becca (Opening the curtains) :Thanks!

Henry: What do we do now?

Becca: I’m going to bed. You can do whatever you want as long as you are here and nowhere else.

(Becca opened the closet and pulled out a blanket. She closed the closet and laid on the bed. In minutes she was sound asleep and Henry looked around and saw a book. He looked at her and picked it up.)

Henry: She probably won’t care if I read it.

(The book was “The Old Willis Place”. He started to read the book summary.)

Henry: The Old Willis Place is an atmospheric ghost story which centers around a pair of siblings named Diana and Georgie. They have been living on the Willis farm for many years, and yet have no parents or family taking care of them. The siblings fend for themselves and are used to being on their own.

(He thought it sounded a little scary so he put the book back where he got it.)

Henry:Why would she read that? She is scared of her house but not that book. She is one weird girl.

(He sat down at the table when he heard something outside. He looked out the window and saw nothing. He thought it was nothing and sat back down at the table again. A minute later he heard the same sound and he looked. He still saw nothing and now he is confused and a little scared. He decided to go check it out. He climbed down the ladder to see what that sound was. Looking around he saw nothing at first but he could still hear something. He could see something in the distance but he couldn’t make out what it was. Walking closer and closer when he moved the bush it was a puppy.)

Henry:Where did you come from?

The pup: My owner’s house.

Henry(Shocked): You...can...talk?

The pup: Of course I can talk. I’m Winnie and I’m looking for Becca.

Henry:Does she know you can talk?

Winnie:  Well...yea. She made me so I can talk.

Henry: You are her pup that can talk to her?

Winnie: Yes. Where is she?

Henry: She is in the treehouse over there.

(Henry pointed to the treehouse.Winnie Looking into the woods.)

Henry: What’s wrong?

Winnie:I thought I saw something. That’s all.

Henry: You're a cute pup.

Winnie: Thank you!

Henry: What kind of dog are you?

Winnie: I’m a pitbull.

Henry: Cool.

Someone: Henry! What are you doing?

(Henry and Winnie both looked up into the treehouse and Becca was climbing down the tree.)

Henry: Nothing I just found…

Becca: Winnie!

Henry: Did you know your pup can talk?

Becca: Well yea. I made her talk silly.

Winnie: I told him so.

Henry: How did she know you were here?

Becca: She just knows.

Henry: That’s a little weird but okay.

Becca: How is it weird?

Henry: She knows your every move, where you go, and don’t you think it’s a little strange.

(Becca shrugged her shoulders and Winnie looked at Becca.)

Becca: Not really.

Henry: Would it be the other way around?

(Becca and Winnie looked at each other with a confused look on their faces.)

Henry: Should you know where Winnie is and not Winnie knowing where you are?

Becca: To be honest. I don’t care if she knows where I am.

(Winnie looked at the bushes where she saw a man standing there. The man was about 6 feet tall, black T-shirt, jeans, and had a red bandanna in his left pocket.)

Winnie: Hey Becca.

Becca:What?

Winnie:Someone is watching you.

(Becca and Henry turned to the direction Winnie was looking, where they saw the man. The man stood there for a minute until he walked away slowly.)

Becca:Winnie.

Winnie:Yes.

Becca:Fetch.

(Winnie started to run after the man and barked at him until he went back the other way back to Becca.)

The man: Tell your dog to settle.

Becca:Answer my question first.

The man: Okay, what is it?

Henry: Why were you watching us?

The man: Because I was told to find you guys.

Becca: Who said.

The man: A women.

Becca: What does she look like?

The man: She had short black hair, brown eyes, and her name is Regina.

Henry:Where is she?

The man: I can show you if you tell your dog to settle down.

Becca: Winnie settle!

(Winnie stopped barking at him.)

Becca: Sit down.

(Winnie sat down and looked at her for what she should do now.)

Henry: Take us now to her.

The man: Okay.

(They followed the man through the woods and they got to a black car.)

Henry: She’s in there?

The man: No. We need to drive to her.

Becca: Can I walk?

The man: It’s far, so do you really want to?

Becca: Well I would since I don’t know you and I don’t know if you are a good driver. I want to walk.

The man: It’s six miles away.

Becca: On second thought I think I’ll ride.

(Henry, Becca, and the man got in the car and drove off. Henry was looking out the window and Becca was on her phone.)

Henry: Becca what are you looking at?

Becca: YouTube.

Henry: What’s that?

Becca: I’ll show you.

(She showed him the screen and they watched a video or two. They watched Sssniperwolf for the whole ride.)

Man: We’re here.

(Becca and Henry looked out the window. Standing at the building was a woman with black hair,brown eyes, and she looked like Regina. Henry got out of the car and walked to the woman. Becca got a good look at her and she had this weird look on her face like she was up to something.)

Becca: Henry, wait.

Henry: (Turns around) What?

Becca: (whispering) Somethings wrong with her.

Henry:( Whispering) What’s wrong with her?

Becca: She has this weird look on her and I feel like something is not right.

(Henry looked at the woman.)

Becca: Trust me.

(Henry looked at the woman and she had no scar on her lip. His mom has one.)

Becca: Thank you for bringing us here but we need to go home now. Again thanks but bye!

(The two of them started to walk away when the man grabbed Becca's shirt.)

Becca: Let go! Now!

Man: You cannot just leave, remember it’s six miles.

(Becca was getting pretty angry with the man when there was a fireball in her hands.)

Henry: Becca your hands!

Becca: What about them?

Henry: Look!

(Becca she looked and saw fire in her hands and it didn’t bother her.)

Becca: This is lit!

(The man looked at her hands, slowly let go of her shirt, and walked away from her.)

Henry: Come on!

Becca: Oh.

(The two of them ran off from the building, the man, and the woman.)

Henry: Why is this happening?

Becca: I don’t even know.

Henry: You know how you did that?

Becca: I don’t know I was paying attention to my hands, I was more focused on him.

Henry: I think you need to get control over yourself.

Becca: I know, I will.

(As the two of them were running, Becca wanted to do something else.)

Henry: What are you doing?

Becca: I need to do something first.

Henry: We need to leave!

Becca: In a minute. I need to do this first but you can go.

(Henry looked at her then at the man coming up behind her.)

Henry: Look out!

(She turned around and looked the man right in his brown eyes. He looked into her eyes and into her soul. Nobody moved, not even an inch. Henry called to her but she wasn’t listening; she blocked out all sounds. Just watch the man and waited for him to make the first move.She will never start until the other person goes first unless no one moves for a long time.)

Man: Are you going to make the first move?

Becca: No, you can.

(She still looked into his brown eyes for another five minutes. She was getting sick of waiting so she made the first move. She started to run, grabbing Henry’s shirt as she ran by him, and never turned back.)

Man: You coward!

(He ran after her and Becca knew he was since she could hear him running.She saw a tree branch that was low and ran to it. Pulling it back far, he got close enough, and she let it go. It went too fast for him to see it coming and it hit him right in the face. Knocking him to the ground, he had a bloody nose, and he was so mad at her for what she had done.)

Man: I will find you! I will find you girl!

(She wasn’t listening to what he said so she turned around to look at what she had done. She saw what she did to his nose and went to turn back around.)

Henry: Hey! Watch out!

(Henry pulled her out of the way of a huge tree that she almost ran into to)

Becca: Thanks dude.

Henry: No prob.

Becca: If I hit it I could be the next piece of paper.

(They both laugh as they keep running.)

Henry: Where should we go now?

Becca: I have a secret place in my house I made not that long ago. I forgot before we went on this chase.

Henry: You just remembered that?

Becca: Don’t judge. I have many places to go and some I can’t always remember them all.

Henry: I’m not judging you.

Becca: I know.

(They ran nonstop to her house and they didn’t stop until the door was locked.They were both out of breath and breathing so hard. Trying to catch their breath and calm down they go to the hiding place in the house. It was behind her dresser but you must press the button on the knob to open the top drawer. It’s a small button on the middle knob sometimes she accidently presses, opening her drawer. They both climbed inside and it was like a whole nother house in there. It was big enough that you could stand on someone’s shoulders and not hit the roof.)

Henry: When did you make this? It’s awesome!

Becca: Two weeks ago.

Henry: Cool!

Becca: Thanks!

Henry: Do you think he followed us here?

Becca: No, I hit him in the face with a tree branch so I doubt he followed us.

Henry: That’s good.

Becca: Do you want anything? A drink? Something to eat?

Henry: No thank you.

Becca: Alright. If you do, don't be afraid to ask me.

(They both sat on the couch and Henry fell asleep. Becca looked at him for a second and got up. She picked up a book and started to read it. She was reading it for two hours and didnt want to continue reading. She got on her computer and played a song.She started to sing along thinking that Henry was sound asleep.)

***I can see it in your eyes that you are restless***

***The time has come for you to leave***

***It's so hard to let you go***

***But in this life I know you have to be who you were made to be***

***As you step out on the road I'll say a prayer***

***So that in my heart you always will be there***

***This is not goodbye***

***I know we'll meet again***

***So let your life begin***

***Cause this is not goodbye***

***It's just "I love you" to take with you***

***Until you're home again...***

(She didn’t realize Henry was listening to her singing.)

Henry: Nice song. What’s it called?

(She turned around in shock to see he was awake and had listened to the song she sang.)

Becca: You...heard me?

Henry: I did and it was amazing. You should sing more often. You sounded great! What’s the name of the song?

Becca: This is not Goodbye.

Henry: What?

Becca: You asked for the name of the song right?

Henry: Yes?

Becca: This is not Goodbye.

Henry: I’m confused.

Becca: The name of the song is This is not Goodbye.

Henry: Oh.

(Becca just rolled her eyes.)

Henry: Well it is a great song.

Becca: Thanks.

Henry: Who taught you to sing?

Becca: None of your business.

Henry: Alright if you don’t want to say so then okay.

Becca: Good.

Henry: Do you know any more songs?

Becca: Yes.

Henry: What is it called?

Becca: Before you go.

Henry: Before I go where?

Becca: Oh my goodness.

Henry: What?

Becca:You are dumb.

Henry: How am I dumb?

Becca: You asked for another song I know. I say Before you go. You ask what? Do you see my point?

Henry: Oh, I get it now. The song is Before you go.

Becca: Where am I going?

Henry: Oh Becca.

(They both start laughing.)

Becca: This was such a funny talk.

Henry: I know right?

Becca: Should we start looking for her?

Henry: Yes!

Becca: Good because we should probably find her fast.

Henry: What might happen if we don’t find the real her?

Becca: That’s something I don’t think I should say.

Henry: Why? Is it bad?

Becca: Let me just say I think only I should know for now.

Henry: Okay but where would she go?

Becca: Well...she could go to the police station.

Henry: Why would she go there?

Beccca: I don't know, but we should check.

Henry: Okay.

(They walked to the nearest station and there was a women that looked similar to the one that was tryin to get them.)

Becca; Wait right here.

(Becca walked over to the women. She seemed to be stressed, lost, confused, and looking for something.)

Becca: Excuse me.

Women: Yes?

Becca: Dp you know him? That's my brother.

Women(looking at Henry): That's not your brother.

Becca:Yes, he is.

Women: He doesn't ahve siblings. Henry Daniel Mills?

Henry: Yea.

Women: I've been looking for you every where!

(Henry walked over to her slowly and could see the tears filling her eyes and the small scare on her lip.)

Henry: Mom!

Women: Yes, I'm here.

(She held him for a minute.)

Becca: Can someone explain this to me?

Henry: This is my mom, Regina. Mom this is Becca. She's been helping me get around here.

Regina: Thank you!

Becca: No probs.

Regina: Let's get you home.

Henry: One more thing...

(He lean close to her ear.)

Henry(whispering): She has magic.

Regina: No way?!

Becca:What?

Regina: You need to be carful around people,Becca. You could get yourself hurt.

Becca: I know.

Regina: Anyways we have to go home.

Becca: Bye Henry! Bye Regina!

Regina and Henry: Bye Becca!

(She watched as they vanished and went back to her house to spend the rest of her life with magic.)