At my old house, I was packing to get ready to move into the apartment Gold said he would pay for me, I took the necklace he also let me have for some strange reason and placed it into a jewelry box and packed it away in box

Packing some photos in a box, a knock on my door interrupted my thoughts, I stood up and opened the door, there stood Henry and Emma

"Oh, hey guys, what can I help you with?" I asked leaning on the door frame

"Do you have a moment? Henry and I want to talk to you" Emma said

"Oh yeah, sure come on in" I said moving out of the way letting them in

After they came I I shut the door and Emma looked around the room that was filled with boxes

"You moving?" She questioned, I sighed running a hand through my hair

"Uh, yea, into an apartment. I can't afford payments here anymore, since....." I said placing my hands in my back pockets

"Oh, kid, I'm so sorry" She said, patting my shoulder, I sniffled a bit

"Emily, as soon as the curse is broken, you'll get your mom back" Henry said, I laughed a bit

"I know Henry, now what is it you wanted to talk about?" I said for his sake, sitting on a chair, they sat on a couch

"Operation Cobra" Henry began "We're gonna bring back the happy endings"

"And how do we do that?" I asked

"By starting with your dragon story"
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Adriana rode with her parents in a white carriage to another Kingdom, in discussing a trade agreement between the two kingdoms

"How long will this take?" Addy asked, she wanted to get home as soon as possible to finish the nursery for her baby brother or sister, Snow is four months pregnant at the time

"Only a hour at most, if I had it my way it would be less" her father replied

"Yes, and there son will show you around the kingdom, they even have a late birthday present to you. Isn't that nice?" Snow said, Adriana then had a thought in her mind

"Your not arranging a marriage for me are you?" She asked worried, both parents looked at each mother and shook their heads no

"No! Of course not! We would never!" Her mother replied, Addy smiled

"Thank goodness, you had me worried there for a second" she sighed in relief, both of her parents knew about arraigned marriages and would never wish that on their child

"We're here!" A guard yelled, Addy looked through the window of the carriage to see a beautiful, huge, castle they were pulling up to

Addy smiled through the window, she had a feeling this agreement would go well
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The three walked up to the castle with Nicholas by Adriana's side, Nic had a feeling something was going to happen

But he let it slid if he got to be by Addy's side, as the walked up the last steps, a familiar face stood a top the steps

"Jamey?" Adriana asked in disbelief

"Adriana, lovely to see you again" he commented, walking up to her and kissing her hand, making her blush

"We didn't know you knew Prince Jamey" her mother mentioned

"It was in the village, I was passing by and your beautiful daughter distracted me. But now I see I get to know her better" he said, making Addy blush more

"Well isn't that wonderful, come, come, we have much to discuss" said Jamey's mother, inviting them inside

"M'lady" Jamey said, holding his arm out, she linked her arm with his and headed inside the castle, Nic following behind her

He didn't like Jamey one bit, something was, off to him, but if it made Addy happy

So be it
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"Do you like it here? It's very exquisite" Jamey said, for what felt like the hundredth time, but Addy didn't want to be rude

"It's is wonderful, very giant. I can't possibly imagine how you live here" she said once again

"It is difficult, sometimes I get lost myself" he chuckled, so did she

"Now let's bring you your present" he said, her eyes lit up

"Really? You didn't have to get me anything Prince Jamey" she said

"Of course I did, a gift from me to you, guards bring in the present!" He shouted, the guards carried in a large box and set it in front of the princess

"Open it, I guarantee you'll love it" he said, and signaled the guards to open the box, inside were three dragon eggs

She stared in awe at the three dragon eggs sat before her

"Dragon eggs, turned to stone by age, but still lovely to look at" Jamey explained, Andria kneeled in front of the eggs and picked up the green egg

"And these are mine?" She asked

"Yes, shall I have them loaded onto your carriage?" He asked

"No, I would like to carry them, in a satchel if you don't mind" said Addy, Jamey questioned her reason but if he wanted to earn her trust

So be it

"As you wish, bring her a satchel to hold the eggs in, now" he urged his guards as they did as told, placing the eggs carefully into the satchel handing it to the Princess

"Thank you" she said placing it over her shoulder

"Would you like to take a tour of the village? It's the one place we haven't been yet" he commented, see stared down at her satchel, then looked back at Nic for permission

"You don't need my permission Princess, your choice" he said, she smiled

"That sounds like a wonderful idea"
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The three walked through the village, Adriana greeting everybody who came in her path, the rest running away from Prince Jamey

His kingdom knew what he would do if people had gotten in his way, they feared for Andria

But little did they know what she was capable of

"Have a look at the shops, I'll be over here" Jamey said pointing to another shop, his guards by his side, Addy nodded as Nic told a look at the blacksmith's shop

"-of course I don't care about her, her kingdom is rich. She'd make me king and I'd rule two kingdoms, she thinks I care, please" Adriana turned to see Jamey laughing with his guards, she felt her heart slightly brake, as she turned and ran into the woods

Her feet carried her as fast as she could through the woods, someone called her name but she didn't listen, she kept running

Until smoke caught her attention, she looked up in the air as the smoke went higher and became bigger

She ran towards the fire as the sounds of a crying child caught her attention

"Amelia! My baby! Someone help!" A woman cried, Addy came closer to the house as it went up in flames, she ran into the house, smoke filling up her lungs

Coughing she her the sounds of the crying child as it sat there in a makeshift crib crying, quickly picking up the child she ran to the nearest window, there stood the woman holding out her arms as Adriana lightly tossed the child into its mothers arms, but the sound of crackling got her attention, as the burning house fell on top of her

The woman screamed in fear as the house fell on top of her, Nicholas soon arrived and Addy was nowhere to be seen

"Addy!" He called out, a muffled scream was heard to Adriana as it continued to ring out through her ears

"Child...." a voice spoke, Addy could only lift her head as she noticed a glowing woman standing in front of her

"W-who are you?" Adriana choked out staring at the woman

"The mother of dragons... I am here to bestow this power to you" the glowing figure explained

"Why?" She croaked out, as the sound of boards moving was heard by her

"Your the new mother of dragons, just look" the figure pointed to the three dragons laying beside her, they nuzzled up to their new mother

"But you seem underdressed, a gift from me to you, my dear. Raise your dragons well, they are very powerful" with the wave of the figures hand a dress appeared onto Adriana's body, and her hair was let loose into white blonde curls

The figure disappeared as the boards on top of her revealed a bright light, she looked up to see Nic, with slightly red eyes

"Addy...?" He whispered sadly, she touched his cheek wiping away a tear, she nodded lightly

He hugged her tightly, as if he would let go and she would disappear, she hugged back, tightly as well

"I thought I lost you" he whispered into her hair, not caring that she was dressed in different clothes

"You'll never lose me" she whispered back as they pulled apart, something nudging Adriana's leg made her look down to see her new three dragons

"Are those...?" Nic asked shocked, two of her dragons climbed into her arms as the third on climbed onto her shoulder

"Dragons? Yes" She smiled as the two in her arms curled up close to her

"Holy...we have to get you back. The trade agreement should be down by now, Jamey will want to talk to you" he said, jealousy fueling him at the last part

"No! Please, don't make me talk to Jamey, he just used me..." she said sadly, her dragons curling up to her

"Don't worry Adriana, I'll protect you, always" he smiled, he helped her up and they both walked back to the palace
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They walked back up the steps as her parents rushed out and gasped as they saw what their child was holding

"Addy? Are those-?" Asked her mom is disbelief

"Yes, these are dragons. My dragons" she said happily, as they curled closer to her and the one on her shoulder nuzzled her neck, she giggled in delight

"H-how?" He father asked, walking up to his daughter, Snow at his side

"It's a long story, I'll tell you in the ride home. It's been a delight but I'd like to leave now" Adriana explained

"Alright, were done anyways. Let's head home" Snow said, leading the way Charming at her side

"Shall we?" Nic said, gesturing her to go first, she smiled and walked in front of him, the dragon on her shoulder nuzzled her forehead as she left down the stairs, Jamey followed, to see her off

"Until we meet again" he bowed, she scowled

"Which I hope shall not be anytime soon" she sneered, walking away Nic glaring at Jamey

"Next time we're here, sword fighting. You and me," Nic growled

"O-oh! O-of course!" Jamey shuddered, Nic Gabe him a final look before walking back to Adriana

"Thank you Nic" she said smiling, he smiled back

"Anything for you"
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"So that's how I got my dragons?" I asked Henry as he closed his book

"Yep, all three of your dragons are still back in the enchanted forest, in the Evil Queens castle" he said

"Then how are they still alive? I mean like you said this curse has been here for years, how can they survive without, well me" I asked

"Because they stop growing without you, your the mother of dragons. Your dragons need you to grow, but since they are without you they can't, the Queen put a curse on them and turned them to stone, making them unable to be taken by the curse" he explained, I nodded

"Okay, I understand now. I should finish packing, Gold wants to meet in a bit to discuss about my new apartment" I said standing up

"Yeah, of course you go ahead and do that, when you want to get into operation cobra just give us a call" Emma said, I nodded smiling

"Bye Henry" I said, I kneeled down as he hugged me

"Bye Emily! See ya later!" He exclaimed leaving the house, Emma shut the door behind her

I sighed a long, sad, sigh, I believe Henry, cause if I don't then it would crush him but something about this feels, real somehow

I don't know how to explain it, but I continued to pack, who knows how long this is gonna take
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I finished packing and headed down to Gold's shop, on my way there I ran into Mary-Margaret

"Hello Emily! How's you day been going so far?" She asked, I forced a smile

"Okay I guess" shrugging my shoulders

"Emily, what's the matter?" She asked

"What? Nothing's the matter" I said

"Sure, come on I know you better than anyone, what's the matter?" She asked again

I sighed "Okay, my moms... dead" I said, tears pricking at my eyes

"Emily, I'm so sorry" she said bringing me into a hug, silent tears escaped my eyes, a small sob escaped my lips

"She's really gone Mary-Margaret, what do I do?" I cried into her shoulder, she rubbed my back

"Maybe I can help with one thing, why don't you move in with me? I have a spare bedroom, you can come live with me, sell your house make some money off that, and get yourself back on your feet" she explained

"Thank you Mary-Margaret, but I'm going to talk to Gold about an apartment" I said letting go, wiping my tears

"No, I insist you come live with me" she demanded, I giggled a bit

"Alright, you win, but I'm helping you pay rent" I said, running a hand through my messy hair

"Sure you are, let's go talk to Gold" she said rolling her eyes

We walked into Gold's shop as he looked up to see us walking in

"Ah. Hello Emily, and Ms. Blanchard, here to discuss the apartment arrangement?" He question

"Actually, she's going to move in with me. I'd like to add her onto my apartment deal please" Mary-Margaret said

"Ah. Just as well, your not 18 yet so you'd have a hard time applying for this apartment, let's add you on shall we?" He said, I knew there was a catch to this apartment deal, walking up closer I take the pen and sign my name on the paper

"She'll be paying only $100 of the rent" Mary-Margaret said, I looked at her weirdly

"Uh, no. It's gonna be $200" I argued she shook her head 'no'

"Too late, dearie. Already put it as $100, but here is a spare key-" he handed me a key "-and I wish you best of luck. Good day"

"Good day" I said as we left the store "I'm gonna help you pay the rent, and more than what he put down"

"Sure you will, come on. Let's go get your boxes and put the rest in storage. Until you can get your own apartment that is" Mary-Margaret said, I smiled

"Sounds like a plan"