A/N: Hey guys, I'm baaack! How awesome is season 5 so far? Is Jmo not just killing it as the Dark Swan?! So I decided to write this fic, cause honestly this idea has been bugging me for a while... Enjoy :)) xx
(BTW this is after the Dark Swan... she's back to normal now & Swanbeliever is starting to get back on track!)
Chapter 1
'Where the hell is this kid?' Emma thought to herself as she waited for Henry outside of Granny's 'I hope he's not going to bail on me'
"Hey Mom, sorry I'm late" Henry exclaimed as he ran around the corner "I left my phone at the Sherrif's station with Gramps last night"
"It's okay kid, you made it that's the main thing" Emma said as she breathed out a big sigh of relief
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Okay" Emma started "I know you said you understand what happened, and that it was the darkness and not be, but Henry the guilt... It's killing me, I need you to forgive me. Even though i will never be able to explain to you how sorry I am, I need us to go back to normal, Operation Cobra, you and me against the world-"
"Mom stop" Henry started "I do forgive you, you're my mom and I love you... and I want to go back to normal too, so we good?"
"We're awesome kid" Emma grinned as she pulled him in for a tight hug " I love you too Henry"
"That's only cause you're my mom" Henry stated matter-of-factly
"No, it's because you're the best kid a mom could ask for" Emma replied without missing a beat "Okay, first thing on our to do list today is-"
"IIIIIINNNN COOOOOOOOOOMING" Leroy boomed, running right towards Emma and Henry
"Oh for god's sake, what now?" Emma cried
Suddenly, her parents, Granny, Regina and Robin all sprinted out of Granny's
"What the hell is wrong with you now dwarf?" Regina exclaimed
"Leroy what is it" Snow asked, shooting Regina a look
"There's a bus just headed across the town line, not just any bus but a bus full of people heading right for this town" He explained, catching his breath
"What the hell does that mean?" David asked looking towards Regina
"I think, the world may be coming to Storybrooke" Regina replied, worridly
"Hey guys" Henry interupted, fear starting to lace his voice "I think that's it" he said as he pointed towards the large greyhound bus that just pulled onto the main street
They all just watched as the coach came to a stop outside of Granny's, all wondering if the secret of Storybrooke was about to be exposed
"Okay" Emma said as she turned around to face the rest of the group "We have to act as if we're just any other small town, no magic, no fairytale characters, not until we figure this out and get them the hell out of here"
"Agreed" Regina stated "but first I would like to know which weasel around here is trying to expose us, wouldn't you"
"Of course but-" Emma started
"But, we have to be careful, we have to make sure that they aren't given a reason to expose us right?" David interupted, finishing off his daughters sentence
"Right" Emma agreed
"So what do you suggest we do?" Robin asked
"We talk to them as if we're regular people, a school teacher, a mayor, the sherrif and her deputy" Emma shot her dad an amused look "we make them think we're normal until we can fix this"
"Oh god look" Snow jumped in quickly "here they come"
just as she'd finished her sentence, a woman, who looked to be in her late fifties opened the bus door
"Hello, are you the welcoming comittee for this town?"
"Um, yes Hi" Regina said as she stepped forward, straightening her sensible pant-suit "I'm Regina Mills, Mayor of Storybrooke"
"Hello dear" the woman replied, as she shook Regina's hand "I'm Mrs Hilary Rosenburg, I'm also the leader of this church mission"
"Church mission?" Regina questioned, as she watched the rest of the people unload from the bus
"Yes" Hilary confirmed "our church is for those who believe beyond what we can see with our eyes, we believe that there is something out there, more magical than this earth"
"Magical?" Regina breathed out, completely floored
"Hi, I'm Sherrif Emma Swan" Emma interupted, giving Regina a chance to get it together "when you say you're on a mission, what exactly are you looking for?"
"Hello Sherrif pleasure to meet you, we're looking for our confirmation on what we believe is real, and we've been told this is just the place for it, Pastor Mendell-"
"Wait a minute" David boomed "Pastor Mendell, as in Greg Mendell?"
"Yes" Hilary confirmed
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me" Regina groaned, as Emma shot her a glare
"Okay, excuse me" Snow said, quick thinking "could you please give us a minute, so that we can make some arrangements for your group?"
"Oh of course, I'll be over there with the rest of the group" Hilary stated as she walked away
They all waited until the stranger was out of earshot
"I thought Mr Gold said he killed Greg and Tamara when he got to Neverland" Henry whisper-panicked
"Hey" Emma started, throwing her arm around her son trying to comfort him "don't worry kid, nothings going to happen to you, we won't let it"
"She's right Henry" Regina confirmed
"But he is right though" David said, bringing the attention back to the problem at hand "how is Mendell back?"
"Oh, don't worry, I'm going to make sure he's good and dead this time" Regina stated matter-of-factly
"Calm down love" Robin tried to reason "I think we need to meet discretly, say at the Mayor's office where we can round the troops"
"I think that's a great idea" Snow agreed
"You're right" Regina confirmed "away from prying ears
"Excuse me?" they were interupted buy a slight older lady, with grey hair "did you say your name was Emma Swan?"
"Yes" Emma started, as she walked towards the woman "Oh my god, Mrs Rozling?"
"Yes dear" The woman said, as she embraced Emma "It's been such a long time, it's good to see you finally made peace with yourself and found a home"
"Mom?" Henry questioned shyly
"Oh Mrs Rozling, meet my son Henry" Emma introduced, as she pulled Henry to her side "Henry, this is Mrs Rozling my high school teacher"
"Cool" Henry confirmed, smiling at Emma "It's nice to meet you" he said shaking the older woman's hand
"Hello Henry, its a pleasure to meet you. I bet I could tell you a tale or two about your Mother"
Henry grinned at the old woman's admittion
"And this is-" Emma started turning around to face her parents
"Good heavens child" the woman interupted, walking towards David "you finally found your family, you must be Emma's brother?"
"Well actually" David started
"Yes" Emma jumped in "that's my brother David and his wife Mary Margeret" Emma told her, shooting her parents an apologetic look
"It's a pleasure to meet you" Snow followed Emma's lead "I hope you can share some childhood stories with us about Emma"
"It would be my pleasure" the lady smiled, as she turned to Regina "so sorry dear, I didn't catch your name"
"I'm Regina Mills, I'm He-"
"The Mayor of Storybrooke" Emma confirmed rather quickly, shooting Regina an apologetic look telling her she'd explain later
"Right" Regina grinded out "and this is my partner Robin"
"And these are our friends Leroy and Granny, who own's this diner and the Bed and Breakfast around the corner" Snow confirmed
"Its a pleasure to meet all of you" the lady confirmed "I suppose you've already met my daughter Hilary"
"She's your daughter?" Henry asked
"Yes" Mrs Rozling confirmed "she brought me into her church about a year ago, Pastor Mendell really is a saint"
"Speaking of Pastor Mendell" Regina started "where exactly is he?"
"He will join us when the time is right" Hilary interupted as she walked back over "I'm sorry did one of you mention a Bed and Breakfast?"
"Yes" Granny confirmed "come with me, bring your friends too" she turned to Leroy "go get the rest of your squad to help with the luggage"
"Yes Ma'am" Leroy agreed, as he walked off to find the rest of the dwarves
"Well it was lovely seeing you again Emma" Mrs Rozling told her as she started to follow the crowd into Granny's
"Likewise" Emma confirmed
Regina waited until the last of the visitors was inside of Granny's
"Okay, meeting in my office; Snow, Charming go grab Gold and Belle. Emma, Henry go find Captain Guyliner then meet back at my office as soon as possible" Regina demanded angrily, as she stormed off with Robin towards City Hall
"Here we go again" David sighed, as he and Snow walked off towards Gold's shop
"I guess Operation Cobra is back on, huh mom?" Henry joked, as they walked to the bug
"I don't think it ever stops kid" Emma confirmed, as they got in the car and headed for the Jolly Roger
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