I decided to walk to Mary-Margaret's class to check up on Henry and apologize to him about leaving him the other night

I got there and her class was empty, I got here to late, but then Regina came in

"Miss Mills what are you doing here" Mary-Margaret questioned

"Where's my son?" She asked

"Henry? I assumed he was home sick with you" Mary-Margaret said

"You think I'd be here if he was?" Regina question, then Emma walked into the room

"Did you give him your credit card so he can find her, with her?" She asked looking at Regina and then me

"I'm sorry who are you?" Mary-Margaret questioned

"I'm his.... I'm his..." Emma just couldn't say it

"The woman who gave him up for adoption" Regina answered annoyed

Mary-Margaret sighed as she checked her wallet for her card and it wasn't there

"You don't know anything about this do you?" Emma asked Mary-Margaret

"No, unfortunately not" she said sighing as her wallet credit card was gone

"Cleve boy" she whispered "I should never have given him that book"

"What in the hell is this book I keep hearing about?" Regina question, lightly shouting

"Just some old stories I gave him. As you well know, Henry is a special boy--so smart, so creative, and as you might be aware...lonely" she said "He needed it"

"What he needs is a dose of reality. This is a waste of time" she said, then she purposely knocked down a stack of books

"Have a nice trip back to Boston" she muttered to Emma walking out fuming mad

I went to pick up the books as did Emma and Mary-Margaret

"Sorry to bother you" Emma said

"No, it's...it's okay. I fear this is partially my fault" Mary-Margaret said

"How's a book supposed to help?" Emma questioned

"What do you think stories are for? These stories... the classics? There's a reason we all know them. They're a way for us to deal with our world, a world doesn't always make sense" we started to walk out "See Henry hasn't had the easiest life"

"Yeah, she's kind of a hard-ass" Emma commented

"No, it's more than her. He's like any adopted child, he wrestles with the most basic question they all inevitably face-- 'why would anyone give me away?' " Mary-Margaret then realized what she said and quickly apologized

"I am so sorry. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean in any way to judge you" She said quickly

"It's okay" she mumbled

"Look, I gave the book to him because I wanted Henry to have the most important thing anyone can have... hope. Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing"

"You know where he is don't you?" She asked Mary-Margaret

"I do" I spoke, she turned to look at me "He's probably at his castle"

"Castle?" Emma questioned

"Down by the docks there's an old abandoned playground" Mary-Margaret stated

"Come on I'll take you" I said, then we headed out to Henry's castle
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Snow looked out in the balcony with a bird on her finger, and it soon flew away as Charming walked in

She rested her hands on the bump on her stomach, she is now eight-months into pregnancy and soon the baby will be born

Over that eight month period of time, Adriana and Nic have gotten even closer than they could have thought

But that's for another time

"What's wrong?" Charming asked her noticing her uneasiness

"Nothing" she said, but he wasn't convinced

"Your thinking about what the queen said again aren't you?" Snow gave him a look

"Snow, please. I can't keep having this conversation. You have to let it go, were about to have a baby"

"I haven't had a restful night since Addy's birthday ball" she said walking to the crib staring down at it, Adriana had helped her design it and she was so proud of the work she put into this nursery

"That's what she wants, to get in your head, but they're only words. She can't hurt us" Charming said, snow looked at him shocked

"She poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her. You have no idea what she's capable of" she mentioned

He sighed "What can I do to ease your mind?" He asked

"Let me talk....to him" she said

"Him? You don't mean-"he began but snow said "I do"

"No. no, no. It's too dangerous" he said sternly

"He sees the future" she said

"There's a reason he's locked up" Charming declared

"Can you promise me we'll be safe? Andria? Our child? Can you guarantee it? Because he can"

Charming sighed once more "All right. For our children" he said

But little did they know their eldest child had heard the entire conversation

They wanted to see him? Out of all people him?

She understood they wanted to guarantee the safety of their child and soon to be child but at what cost?

She took a deep breath to calm herself down and walked into the room

"Mom? Dad?" She asked, they turned around and smiled at their child

"Yes Addy? What is it?" Snow questioned holding the bump in her belly

"Will we be okay? Will the baby be okay?" She asked, her parents knew she must have heard, they walked up to her and engulfed her in a hug

"We'll try Addy, all we can do is try"
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I walked with Emma to Henry's castle, and of course he was there, she climbed up first and sat on the right side of him and I sat on the left

"You left this in my car" She said handing him back his story book

We looked at the clock tower "Still hasn't moved, huh?"

"I was hoping that when I brought you back, things would change here, that the final battle would begin" Henry said sadly

"I'm not fighting any battles, kid" Emma said

"Yes, you are. Your here because it's your destiny, both of your destiny's" he said looking at Emma, then me

"Me? Why me? What have I got to do with this?" I asked him confused

"Your both the daughters of Snow White and Prince Charming" he said flipping through the book and landed in a page with a girl with white blond hair and blue/green eyes holding a sword and a child

"Henry, my hair is not that long" I said my hair was just above my chest, not as long as the girls in the picture

"That's because of the curse! Everyone is different so no one remembers" he exclaimed closing the book "You both are gonna bring back the happy endings"

"How come just one of us can't make the happy endings?" I questioned

"Because your needed together, all that time apart made it hard for you to break the curse" he pointed out

"Can you cut it with the book crap?" Emma asked

"You don't have to be hostile. I know you like me. I can tell" Henry said "You're just pushing me away because I make you feel guilty. It's okay, I know why you gave me away. You wanted to give me my best chance"

"How do you know that?" Emma asked after a moment of silence

"The same reason Snow White gave you away" Henry explained

"Listen to me kid. I am not in any book. I'm a real person. And I'm no savior. You were right about one thing, though" she said a few tears falling from her eyes "I wanted you to have your best chance. But it's not with me. Come on, let's go" she started to tear up

"Please don't take me back there" he said standing up, I followed him "Just stay with me for one week. That's all I asked. One week and you'll see I'm not crazy"

"I have to get you back to your mom" she said

"You don't know what it's like with her. My life sucks" he said

"Oh, you want to know what sucking is? Being left abandoned in the side of a freeway. My parents didn't even bother to drop me off at a hospital. I ended up in the foster system and I had a family until I was three, but then they had their own kid, so they sent me back" she said, Henry now had tears falling down his face, so did I, I know what that feels like

"Look... your mom is trying her best. I know it's hard, and I know sometimes you think she doesn't love you, but at least she wants you" she said

"Yeah Henry... at least you have a mom in good health. Every single day I go to that hospital and I sit there, and I hope and pray she'll be alright. But every single time she's just getting worse and worse. Regina loves you, it may not seem like it but she does" I said, tears falling from my face as I sighed

"Your parents didn't leave you in the side of the freeway, and your moms gonna get better. That's just where you came through" Henry said

"What?" Emma questioned confused

"The wardrobe. When you went through the wardrobe, you appeared in the street. Your parents were trying to save you from the curse" he explained

"Sure they were" she chuckled lightly "Come on, Henry. You too Emily" she said as we walked off again, she grabbed Henry's hand and helped him down the rocks
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We dropped Henry off at his house as he ran inside not even sparing a glance at Regina

"Thank you" she said to us as she walked out of her house

"No problem" she said, I nodded agreeing with her

"He seemed to have taken quite a shine to you Emma, and of course you for years Emily" she said

"You know what's kinda crazy?" She chuckled "Yesterday was my birthday and when I blew out the candle on this cupcake I bought myself, I actually made a wish that I didn't have to be alone in my birthday. And then Henry and Emily showed up." She smiled at me, I smiled back

"I hope there no misunderstanding here" Regina said

"I'm sorry?" Emma questioned

"Don't mistake all this as invitation back into his life" she said oh was all Emma could muster, I looked at Regina in disbelief

"Ms. Swan, you made a decision ten years ago. And I'm the last decade while you've been... well, who knows what you've been doing? I've changed every diaper, soothed every fever, endured ever tantrum. You may have given birth to him, but he is my son" Regina sneered

"I was not--" Regina cut her off

"No, you don't get to speak. You don't get to do anything. You gave up that right when you tossed him away. Do you know what a closed adoption is?" Regina said getting in her face

"It's what you asked for. You have no legal right to Henry, and you're gonna be held to that. So I suggest you get in your car and you leave this town, because if you don't, I will destroy you if it is the last thing I do. Good-bye, Ms. Swan, Emily I'll need you to babysit soon, good day" she said storming into her house

"Do you love him?" Emma asked before she could fully get in

"Excuse me?" She questioned turning around

"Henry. Do you love him?" She asked again

"Of course I love him" She said staring at Emma then closing her door

"You're gonna stay right? Your the person who's given him the most hope" I said staring at her

"You bet" she replied, I smiled and we went our separate ways

"Oh, wait Emma!" I called out

"Yeah?" She asked turning to face me

"Happy late birthday" I said smiling, she smiled to

"Thanks"
~~~~~~~~~~
Walking home I passed by the clock tower, and something told me to look up at it, so I did

When I did the clock actually started to work!

I stared at it in awe, how could it just move all of a sudden, I looked at the Mayors house and Henry's window was open, I smiled as I walked back to my house and put myself to bed

It's been a eventful day
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Addy walked throughout her castle, it's been two months and her mothers stomach was starting to poke out and Addy couldn't be more excited

She wanted to go to the market place again to find something for the crib idea she had in her mind, she wanted to get a idea on what she wanted the dwarfs to help her make

She was heading to Nicholas's chamber to ask him to come along

She arrived and knocked on his door, he opened up with a smile

"What can I do for you, Addy?" He asked, she couldn't help but blush, she was always flustered talking to him

"Well, I wanted to go to the market place to get something for when the baby is born, to get a good idea on what to make" she said

"All right, let's go" he said grabbing his sword, tying it around his waist closing his door as they set out in a carriage

As they arrived they walked all around the market place as a man selling mobile's for cribs and Addy immediately noticed them and walked over examining everyone of them

"Young man..." a old woman voice spoke to Nicholas

"I'll be right back okay? Don't go anywhere" he told Addy, she smiled nodding going back to the mobile's

"Ah young love" she said as he walked over

"What do you want lady?" He questioned

"You love her don't you?" She questioned

He looked back at the princess as she looked at a unicorn mobile and smiled at it telling the clerk she wanted that one, he smiled at her child like wonder

"I wouldn't know what love is, I've never felt it" he explained looking back

"That's because your mother cared for you but never really loved you did she? And you father, a town drunk all the time? You never got to fully understand it. But looks to me as if your in love with her, but be warned if you wait to long, someone might just steal her heart before you" she said, he looked at her confused

"What are you-" before he could finish the sound of horses caught his attention, a royal carriage strolled by through the market as Adriana finished purchasing the mobile for her new baby brother or sisters crib

"And he might be the one to do so" the lady pointed as a prince walked out of the carriage and went up to the girl he watched over

He quickly went by her side

"Hello m'lady, I was just passing through and your beautiful face must have caught me off guard. Oh how rude of me, I'm Prince Jamey, how may I make you aquatints?" He said kneeling and kissing her hand, she flushed with embarrassment

"Oh, hello I'm Princess Adriana, please call me Andria" she said smiling at the prince in front of her

"A beautiful name indeed, I hate to say this but I must be on my way-" he pulled a red rose from his cape "until we meet again" he smiled at her as she flushed darker taking the rose and he walked back to his carriage, he took of and was out of sight not to long ago

Nicholas felt nothing but jealousy as he rode away

'Is this what love feels like?' He thought to himself, Adriana flashed her pearly white teeth to Nic as he couldn't help but smile back, she told him she was ready to leave and he nodded

'So this is how it feels....' Nic thought to himself as he looked at the girl in front of him, leading the way back to the carriage to take them to the castle

But looks like Nic had some competition with Prince Jamey

Who would truly win her heart?
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Walking to granny's dinner for breakfast I noticed Regina looking at the clock in shock

I quietly stood next to her "You know, as long as I've lived here, that clock has never moved" she looked at me "And now it has, I believe Henry now" I smiled

"Please don't tell me you believe him, he needs a dose of reality-" I stopped her

"He's ten Mayor, sorry for saying this but it's good to believe in things, even if they're not real. Maybe a little hope and believing is a good thing" I said staring right back at her "I'll see you soon" I walked off to granny's leaving a stunned Regina behind

I walked into the diner and sat down in a booth, Ruby walked up to me and sat with me

"Shouldn't you be working?" I asked her

"When do I work when I can talk to you?" She pointed out I chuckled "Now, onto an important topic, anyone you've got your eyes on lately?" She wiggled her eyebrows a bit

"Girl, the only man I actually have in my life is Henry. And I intend to keep it that way" I said she sighed annoyed

"Em, you need to get a boyfriend! You can't rely on me forever!" I looked at her weirdly

"Ruby, I just stood up to the mayor, I think I'll survive" her eyes widened

"Oh my god, are you serious? What was she like? Blazing red eyes? Tomato faced? Steam coming out of her ears?" She fired questions left and right

"What is this a cartoon? No, she was saying how Henry needed to get a grip on reality and I had enough of it, so I told her it was good he believed in things that may or may not be true" I said

"Now that's the Emily I know!" She exclaimed happy "Now, uh, how's your mom?" She said lightly

"Even worse, the hospital called yesterday and said she went into shock, but she's in a coma so they don't understand how it happened but it did. I don't know what to do anymore Ruby, if she dies who will I turn to? Who will be there when I need her most? All these questions run through my head every single day and I still can't find a answer" I said, choking back a sob and blinking back tears

"Hey, it's gonna be alright, I'm sure your moms gonna get better. She's a fighter, like you" she said

"Yeah, I'm not so sure anymore Ruby, she keeps getting worse and worse every time I see her, I just want my mom back" I said, some tears falling down my face

"Hey don't cry, you'll get through this you  always do" she said, I wiped my tears away

"Yeah I guess, but I need some extra working hours, Gold will have my head if I don't pay rent soon" I said

"Let me clear it over with Granny, but I'm sure she's fine with it" she said

"Ruby! Get back to work we have customers!" Granny yelled at Ruby, she rolled her eyes

"Whatever!" She yelled back, I chuckled at her as she walked away

"I'll talk to Granny, you just get ready for your shift" she said, I nodded

Guess I'm gonna be way in over my head soon
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I wiped a little sweat of my forehead as I wiped down the counter, the bells jingled and I didn't look up, I just kept wiping the counter

I heard someone sit in the seat, still looking at the counter I began to speak

"Welcome to Granny's what can I get you?" I asked

"Your time" a small voice spoke, I looked up to see Henry and Mary-Margaret

"Henry, Mary-Margaret, what are you guys doing here?" I asked as I finished wiping down the counter, pulling my hair into a neater messy bun

"My moms in jail" Henry said, I looked at him weirdly

"Emma? She's in jail?" I questioned he nodded

"We have to go get her, come on" he said, I looked to Granny and she nodded, I smiled in thanks as I walked around the counter

He grabbed my hand with a big smile as we walked to the police station
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"Hey!" Henry called out letting go of my hand as he ran towards Graham and Emma

"Henry?" Graham questioned "What are you doing here?"

"His mother told him what happened" Snow said

"Of course she did" Emma said looking at Graham "Henry, I don't know what she said--" henry cut her off

"You're a genius" he said, Emma looked a bit confused

"What?" She asked

"I know what you were up to. You were gathering intel... for operation cobra" he said, I looked confused operation cobra?

"I'm sorry, I'm a bit lost" Graham commented

"It's need-to-know, sheriff, and all you need to know is that Ms. Blanchard's gonna bail her out" Henry commented, I looked at her with wide eyes, she's gonna do that?

"You are?" Emma said looking shocked "Why?"

"I, uh, trust you" she said finding the right words

"Well, if you can uncuff me, I have something to do" she said holding her hands out in front of her for Graham to open

"What re you gonna do? Brake the Mayors windows?" I joked at the end

"No, I'm gonna go pick her apples"
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I was walking by Regina's and saw a whole branch cut off from her tree! I gasped as I saw it

"Madame Mayor, are you okay?" She looked extremely mad

"Does it look like I'm okay? That Emma Swan cut my tree!" She exclaimed

"Shouldn't have messed with her" I commented shrugging my shoulders

"I don't think you have the right mind to be messing with me right now" She said annoyed picking up a bruised apple

"Oh well, what's the harm? I'm not actually messing with you, I'm just simply talking to you" I mentioned m

"You and the Ms. Swan could be alike" she mutter rolling her eyes

"Then maybe we're sisters, who knows, but I'm looking forward to seeing this play out" I said, Regina had a weird look in her eyes when I said we're sisters, but I was only joking

"Good day, mayor" I said walking to the hospital, I wanted to see my mom
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They wouldn't let me go into my mothers room, she was have a surgery right now and didn't want me waiting in there

As I walked around helping other patients, I noticed on in a room by himself, I walked into the room and he looked like my mother, in a coma

I sat in a chair by his beside, I stared at him, he was a John Doe, no friends or family to claim him, poor man

I held his hand, I felt bad for him, he's stuck in a coma and no one even knows he's here

But it clenched back, I jumped up as I let his hand fall back on the bed, what the heck?

I'm not crazy, he just clenched back, how in the world?

I panted a bit in shock, maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me? I had no idea

I left the room and the hospital, I ran back to my house

As I stepped on the porch I saw a paper, and of course I know Gold put it here

"Eviction notice, great" I mumbled ripping it off the door and storming away from my house, I've got someone to talk to
                                  ~~~~~~~~~
"Whenever we reach the cell, stay out of the light, and whatever you do, do not let him know your name" a guard told Snow and Charming as they had cloaks over there heads as they neared the cell he was in

"If he knows your name, he will have power over you" they neared closer to the cell

"Rumplestiltskin" the guard said, but it was silent "Rumplestilltskin!"he said louder "I have a question for you"

"No, you don't" he said climbing off of the ceiling of his roof in his cell "They do, Snow White and... Prince Charming" he said mocking Charming with a voice, he laughed

"You insult me, step into the light and take off those ridiculous robes" The couple took off there robes as asked as he crackled with more laughter

"That's much better" he said

"We've come to ask you about the--" Charming began he cut him off quickly

"Yes! Yes! I know why your here" he said louder "You want to know about the Queen's threat"

"Tell is what you know!" Snow said loudly, she wanted to get straight to the point

"Ohh. Tense, aren't we? Fear not, for I can ease your mind, but it's gonna cost you something in return" Rumplestiltskin said

"No. This is a waste of time" Charming said trying to convince his wife to leave

"What do you want?" Snow asked, she wanted her children safe and she was willing to see what he wanted

"Oh... the name of your unborn child?" he suggested

"Absolutely not" Charming said, Snow thought for only a second

"Deal. What do you know?" Snow asked quickly

"Ah" he chuckled "The Queen has created a powerful curse, and it's coming. Soon you'll all be in a prison, just like me, only worse, for your prison, all of your prisons will be time, for time will stop, and we will be trapped some place horrible. Everything we love will be ripped from us, while we suffer for all eternity, while the Queen celebrates, victorious at last! No more happy endings. Even for your daughter and he guard"

"What about our daughter and her guard?" Charming asked, only Snow knew some of it, but yet not all

Rumolestiltskin laughed "The signs have been there the whole time, dearie. Then always leaving together, getting flustered around each other, wishing to be near each other every second. It's true love, like you two. Her happy ending with him shall disappear forever, none for you none for her" he said giggling in-between

"What can we do?" Snow asked, she wanted a way to fix this, for her daughter and soon to be child, she wanted her children to have happy endings

Not to be stuck in time

"We can't do anything" he said, straight to the point

"Who can?" She asked, she was determined not to give up

"Your daughter, and that little thing growing inside your belly" Rumplestiltskin said reaching out to touch her stomach, but Charming had his sword fly down and inch away from his hand in purpose

"Next time, I cut it off" Charming threatened

Rumplestiltskin clicked his tongue "The infant and the girl are our only hope" he said

"Why our oldest, what has she got to do with it?" Snow questioned

"She's not really yours, is she? Found at the gates, abandoned, forgotten, alone. She has more power then you could ever imagine, once she's controlled it, she will be able to help your unborn child save us from the curse" he explained laughing once again

"Get your children to safety. Once the infant and your daughter are safe, on its.... 28th birthday, the children will return. Your children will find you, and the final battle will begin!" He exclaimed and laughed

"I've heard enough. We're leaving" Charming said lightly grabbing his wife's arm and starting to exit

He laughed until he started to yell at them "Hey! You! We made a deal! I want her name! We had a deal! I need her name! H-H-her name!" He shouted to Snow, she stopped, a girl? She was gonna have another daughter

Yet she would lose both the the curse, little did she know, only one would be safe

"Her? It's a boy" Charming said

"Missy. Missy, you know I'm right. Tell me. What's her name?" He said, he wanted that name, but to him it was like he needed it

"Emma. Her name is Emma"
~~~~~~~~~
I slammed the door open to Golds shop, slamming the paper on the counter, I had my hands in the opposites sides of the counter as he looked up at me

"Yes?" He questioned, I glared daggers at him

"What the hell is this?" I said pointing to the paper

"I believe it's an eviction notice" he said, I rolled my eyes

"I'm not stupid, I meant why is it attached to my house" I asked tapping my finger on the counter

"Your rent is two months over due, next month it shall be three. I believe you own me $1,000 dollars, $1,300 by the end of this month" he said, I stared at him in shock

"How am I suppose to do that? My mother is on the verge of dying! I have to work extra hours, I can't go to my classes because of this! And you expect me to pay for this?!" I shouted

"Now, now, no need to get shouty. If you can pay $1,000 by the end of the month, I'll pay for the extra $300. But if not, then you'll have to go house shopping. Good day to you Emily, my condolences" he said going into the back

I sighed in annoyance as I ran a hair through my hair, I take the paper and leave the shop, slamming the door

$1,000 dollars by the end of the month? There's no way

Guess all I can do now is try
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gold walked into Regina's office, without knocking of course, Regina looked up annoyed as he entered

"What is it? Can't you see I'm busy" She pointed out

"Well dearie, I have some news on Emily, like you asked" he said, she stopped what she was doing

"What did you find out?" She asked

"That her curse effect is wearing off faster than expected, her sister must be having an effect on that" He explained

"And how do I stop it?" She asked, Scarlett becoming Adriana again would not help her in this point of time

"You can't, until Miss Swan leaves, Emily will become more and more Andria with each growing day. You'll be lucky if she's still has her memory erased" Regina scowled

"Then do something about it, she says she believes in that book Henry has, I can't have this curse end just yet" she said standing up

"What do you suggest I do then, your majesty" he asked

"Whatever it takes"