Hello Darkness
Rainbow Haired Girl
Summary: MacKenzie Taylor Stone was always known in Storybrooke as the artist and hard worker. She hardly says a word due to her being shy and polite. When Emma Swan comes to Storybrooke things begin to make more sense and memories begin to surface. But the question is are they going to accept them. Part 1 of Holding A Heart.
Disclaimer: I don't own Once Upon a Time, but I do own MacKenzie Taylor Stone.
Authoress Note: This is a rewrite of Holding a Heart. My writing had changed, so it was best to change the story. I know that it might not be fair to write it all over again, but it only seemed right that I did so. I didn't see the story becoming the best if I didn't do it all over again and Season 5 made me think a bit since I saw the first episode of it. So I had to do some rethinking on it of how it was to go. So I hope that this rewrite will go fairly well for me. I hope that you enjoy it. I wanted it something kind of original with MacKenzie well… being who she is to become in this series. So I hope that you guys enjoy it.
Chapter 1
Pilot
There was an enchanted forest filled will all the classic character we know. Or we think we know. One day they found themselves trapped in a place where all their happy endings were stolen. Our world. This is how it happened….
"You're too late." Doc told Prince Charming who had gotten there too late to save his true love.
Charming looked at where Snow was lying in a casket of glass. He felt tears coming to his eyes. No he couldn't allow this. He didn't want her to know thinking that he didn't love her. He truly did. "No. No!" He shouted he looked at them. "Open it." He told them.
Grumpy look at him. "I'm sorry, she's gone."
"At least let me say goodbye." He told the dwarves. He wanted to say goodbye to his true love. There was nothing else that could be done since she had died.
The dwarves moved the lid off of the coffin that they had put her in.
Charming leaned down and kissed Snow on the lips.
A pulse of magic spread through the land.
Snow awoken gasping for air. Her eyes wide open. "You." She said looking into his eyes. "You found me."
"Did you ever doubt I would?" He asked resting his head against her forehead.
"Truthfully, the glass coffin gave me a pause."
"Well, you never have to worry. I will always find you."
"Do you promise?"
OUAT
A woman stood in the back of the room well hidden from the large crowd. They just knew that she was just a simple guest and nothing more. And that was the way that she wanted it. She was dressed in a silver blue gown covered by a pale blue cloak hiding her features. Her violet eyes locked onto the sight before her. A beautiful ceremony between two people that were so much in love. Something that she enjoyed seeing a lot. Happy endings always made her smile. A smile came to her pale silver lips as she watched the scene unfold even more before her.
"I do." Prince Charming said to the bishop looking at Snow White who was across from him.
"And do you, Snow White, promise to take this man to be your husband, and love him for all eternity?" The Bishop asked looking at Snow White.
"I do."
"I now pronounce you husband and wife."
The woman in the back clapping her hands along with the others who were clapping.
Snow and Charming went in for a kiss.
The door flung open and the Evil Queen came into the room. "Sorry I'm late."
The woman looked at the Evil Queen who had a smirk on her red lips. The woman narrowed her purple colored eyes. Why was she even here? Interrupting a wedding that she had no reason of being in.
She walked towards them using her magic to fling those who were in her way out of her way.
"It's the Queen! Run!" Doc shouted.
The woman pursed her pale silver pink lips together. What did she want?
Snow grabbed her husband's sword and pointed it at the queen with a narrowed look. "She's not a queen anymore!" Snow snapped causing the group of friends around them to look relieved. "She's nothing more than an evil witch!"
"No, no, no, don't stoop to her level, there's no need." Charming said lowering the sword his wife held onto to. "You're wasting your time, you've already lost. And I will not let you ruin this wedding." He said in a cold tone.
The woman watched the Evil Queen. She was waiting to see what would happen. She could only hope that she wasn't going to cause trouble.
"Oh, I haven't come here to ruin anything." The Evil Queen said with a smirk. "On the contrary, dear, I've come to give you a gift."
The woman froze. Her purple eyes wide. What the hell was she planning. What ever was going through her mind wasn't a good thing.
"We want nothing from you." Snow said looking at her step mother. There was no way that she wanted a gift from her. Not in a million years.
"But you shall have it! My gift to you is this happy, happy day. But tomorrow, my real work begins. You've made your vows, now I make mine. Soon, everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you. Forever. And out of your suffering, will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness, if it is the last thing I do." She said turning away from the happy couple and walking towards the back of the room.
"Hey!" Charming yelled grabbing his sword from his wife.
The Evil Queen turned her head and Charming launched his sword towards her. She disappeared in a cloud of black smoke and so did his sword.
The woman moved quickly leaving the ceremony. She knew that they would understand why she had left. She was going to get to the bottom of this. She was concerned about what the Evil Queen was talking about. She was going to find out exactly what the Evil Queen was talking about. But that would only mean one thing and that was talking to a man that was hard to find. She sadly knew one thing that he was caught and had been caught for a little bit. She was going to have to see him about this curse. He wasn't called the dark one for nothing.
OUAT
The woman pulled the cloak closer to her that she wore which was black. The black skirts of her gown danced around her feet as she followed the guard down the cells.
"When we reach the cell, stay out of the light, and whatever you do…." The guard told her softly, but only to be cut off with a look that was sharp and dangerous. It made him shudder.
"Do not let him know my name." She snapped. She shook her head. She knew that. After all she was seeing the dark one. She knew enough about the dark one and it was something that she was using to her advantage. She had known him way too long, but the guard didn't need to know the truth of who she was and why she was there.
The guard jumped looking at her. He hadn't expect that. He had never seen a woman act like that. He was still trying to figure out why the dark one was having a visitor when no one like him should have had one.
"I know what I am doing, lad. Go back to your post." She told him. She didn't want him hovering over her and listening in on what she was talking to the dark one about.
"But ma'am…" The guard said in shock. He didn't want to leave her. He was under strict orders to not allow anyone come and talk to the dark one.
The woman let out a soft sigh and reached into the small brown pouch that was hidden by the black cloak that she had on. She pulled out a fistfull of green dust. She hated doing this, but it was the only way to keep this guy from following her around in the cells. She turned towards him and blew the dust into his face. "Go to your post." She ordered the guard again.
The guard nodded his head dumbly and walked away being under the effects of the dust.
The woman shook her head and dusted her hand on her gown. She began to walk the rest of the way to the cell that she was going to. The woman stopped outside of the cell. "Rumpelstiltskin." She said in an almost loving way. Something that would normally wouldn't be heard by someone calling the dark one's name.
Rumpelstiltskin came climbing down the bars like a monkey. He looked at her. He knew who she was by how her voice sounded and the loving tone that she had. He cackled loudly like a madman. "You insult me so." He said to her. He didn't like the fact that she covered her face, but he knew why she did.
The woman didn't move to remove the hood of her black cloak that she wore.
Rumpelstiltskin looked her over. He knew why she didn't take the hood off to reveal herself to him. "What do I owe this visit, dearie?" He cackled loudly.
The woman looked at him. Her violet eyes piercing his eyes. "I've come to talk to you on an important matter." She said grabbing onto the bar with her small hand that was covered by black leather hiding her skin.
He looked at her eyes and could see what was concerning her the most. "You want to know about the Queen's threat." He said with a menacing smile.
The woman nodded her head. "Naturally, Stiltskin. Tell me what you know." She said leaning forward.
Rumpelstiltskin put his hand on the top of her black leather gloved one. "I will tell you free of charge. But I do ask for a favor dearie." He told her looking upon her pale skin tone that was hidden by the hood of her cloak.
Her purple eyes searched his eyes. She normally didn't hear him asking for favors. Never from her or anyone else. So it was something entirely new to her. She closed her eyes taking a deep breath. She opened her eyes looking at him again. "Deal Stiltskin." She said with a smile playing on her pale silvery pink lips. "Tell me what you know."
"The Queen has created a powerful curse. And it's coming." He told her the truth. He had seen no point in hiding it from her. Not in the least bit. "Soon you'll be in a prison, just like me, only much worse."
The woman closed her eyes. Her breathing had become shallow as if there was a fear looming over her head. She gripped the bar tighter that was in her hand.
Rumpelstiltskin could hear her bones in her small hand cracking. "Your prison. All of our prisons will be time."
The woman looked up. She was unsure what this was going to be all about, but it did unnerve her a little bit.
"And time will stop. And we will be trapped, some place horrible, where everything we hold dear, everything we love will be ripped from us while we suffer from all eternity, while the Queen celebrates, victorious at last… no more happy endings."
"That's what I was afraid of." She shook her head. "There is nothing that can be done can there Stiltskin?"
He shook his head. "Nothing."
She took a deep breath closing her purple eyes. "And what is it that you wanted me to do Stiltskin?"
"Get far away from here. Far as you can. Away from her curse dearie."
"You know that I can't do that." She shook her head. "You know that I have a vow." She told him. "A vow I can't break."
He knew of the oaths that she took. She never backed down from them. It was who she was. He knew it too. "It was only a request." He told her. He was hoping that she would heed to his word and leave, but he knew that she had always kept to her bond that she had even though no one else knew it.
"And I wish I could do what you ask me to do."
"Then do this favor for me."
Her eyes locked with his. "And what would that be?"
"Be careful."
"I can do that." She said nodding her head. She looked over her shoulder knowing that the guard would be headed her way soon.
"You should go dearie that green powder won't last forever." He said looking at her patting her hand before allowing her to move it.
She nodded her head. "You do me a favor."
"And what would that be dearie?"
"You take care of yourself." She said before disappearing down the hall towards the exit before the guard realized what had happened.
Rumpelstiltskin watched her go. "I will…" He said knowing that he hadn't heard her saying that he would watch out for himself. Which was something bad.
OUAT
A woman pulled into Storybrooke, Maine with a young boy with her. "Okay, kid. How about an address?" She asked him. She hated the fact that she had to drive him all the way here with a lack of sleep.
"Forty-four Not Telling You street." The kid replying to the woman who had brought him back home to Storybrooke.
The woman stopped her yellow bug in the middle of the road. She got out.
The boy followed him.
"Look, it's been a long night and it's almost… 8:15?" She asked in confusion. She didn't like the fact that she had to bring this kid back to this place.
"That clock hasn't moved my whole life. Time's frozen here." The kid explained to her.
"Excuse me?" The woman asked looking at him.
"The Evil Queen did it with her curse. She sent everyone from the Enchanted Forest here." He told her.
"Okay, the Evil Queen sent a bunch of fairy tale characters here."
"Yeah, and now they're trapped."
"Frozen in time, stuck in Storybrooke, Maine. That's what you're going with?" She asked looked at the kid that had brought her here.
"It's true." The kid shouted, he wanted this woman to believe him so badly. He didn't go and get her for no reason. He got her to bring the life back to this town.
"Then why doesn't everybody just leave?" She questioned crossing her arms.
"They can't. If they try, bad things happen." He told her.
"Henry!" A man said approaching with a dog. "What are you doing here? Is everything alright?" He asked showing concern about the boy.
"I'm fine Archie." Henry said looking at him.
Archie looked at the woman with Henry. "Who's this?"
"Just someone trying to give him a ride home." The woman replied.
"She's my mom, Archie." Henry stated.
"Oh. I see." Archie said looking at the woman.
"You know where he lives?" She questioned Archie. She wanted to get this kid away from her as soon as she could.
"Yeah, sure. Just, ah, right up on Mifflin street. The Mayor's house is the biggest one on the block." Archie told her.
The woman looked at Henry. "You're the Mayor's kid?"
Henry swallowed the lump in his throat. "Uh, maybe."
Archie looked at Henry. "Hey, where were you today, Henry? Because you missed your session."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. I went on a field trip."
"Henry." Archie let out a soft sigh. "What did I tell you about lying? Giving into one's dark side never accomplishes anything."
"Okay… Well, I really should be getting him home." The woman said to Archie.
A woman with silvery blonde hair in a messed up braid walked by carrying a messenger bag that was covered with paint. She looked well worn out and tired from a day of work.
"Yeah, sure. Well, listen. Um. Have a good night and, uh, you be good, Henry." He said before turning to walk. "Mac." He called to the woman that was walking.
The woman stopped in her tracks and turned looking at Archie. "Yes, Archie?" She asked softly in a timid shy tone.
"I will see you tomorrow right?" He asked hoping that she would be coming in for her session of therapy.
Mac nodded her head. "Yes, Archie I will be there. That's a promise."
The woman looked at Henry. "So that's your shrink."
"I'm not crazy." Henry told her.
"Didn't say that. Just, he doesn't seem cursed to me. Maybe he's just trying to help you just like that woman right there." The woman said pointing at the artist who was now on her way home.
"He's the one who needs help because he doesn't know and neither does she." Henry pointed out to his mom.
"That he's a fairy tale character?"
"None of them do. They don't remember who they are."
"Convenient. Alright, I'll play. Who's he supposed to be?" She questioned him.
"Jiminy Cricket."
"Right, the lying thing. Thought your nose grew a bit."
"I'm not Pinocchio!"
"Course you're not. Because that would be ridiculous." The woman said shaking her head.
OUAT
A woman stood there dressed in men's clothing. Her hair was tied back tightly in a braid. Her purple colored eyes wandered around the group that had met up. She had been asked by Charming to show up to help with the threat that the Evil Queen had made.
"I say we fight!" Charming yelled slamming his hand onto the table in a fist.
The woman simply shook her head. It wasn't possible. They were going against something that was darker than anyone else had faced.
"Fighting is a bad idea." Jiminy Cricket spoke up. "Giving into one's dark side never accomplishes anything."
"And how many wards has a clear conscience won? We need to take the Queen out before she can inflict her curse." Charming stated looking at the cricket.
"Can we even trust Rumpelstiltskin?" Doc asked in doubt that they could even trust the dark one at that moment.
The woman closed her eyes. She knew that they didn't know Rumpelstiltskin as well as others.
"I've sent my men into the forest. The animals are abuzz with the Queen's plans. THis is going to happen unless we do something." Charming said trying not to rub his face.
Snow shook her head. "There's no point. The future is written." She told her husband.
"No. I refuse to believe that. Good can't just lose." Charming hissed. He couldn't allow himself to believe it.
"Maybe it can." Snow told her husband softly.
"No. Not as long as we have each other. If you believe him about the curse then you must believe him about our child. She will be the savior." Charming told his wife. He looked up and saw a few guards and the blue fairy coming into the room. He saw that they had a stump. "What the hell is this?"
"Our only hope of saving that child." The blue fairy replied to his question.
"A tree? Our fate rests on a tree? Let's get back to the fighting thing?" Grumpy asked looking at Charming hoping that they would be able to get back into the fighting. It seemed like the best choice.
"Silence." The woman said looking over at Grumpy. She looked over at the blue fairy. "Continue."
The blue fairy nodded her head. "The tree is enchanted. If fashioned into a vessel it can ward off any curse. Geppetto, can you build such a thing?"
"Me and my boy. We can do it." Geppetto said roughing up his son's hair.
"This will work. We must have faith. There is, however, a catch. The enchantment is indeed powerful, but all power has its limits. And this tree can only protect one according to Merlin's power."
"It will work. Merlin does wondrous work." The silvery blonde haired woman said before walking out of the room.
OUAT
The woman took Henry back to a large white house. She walked him through a large white gate and up a walkway leading up to the house.
"Please don't take me back there." Henry pleaded.
"I have to. I'm sure your parents are worried sick about you." The woman said looking down at him as she put her hands in her pockets.
"I don't have parents. Just a mom and she's evil."
"Evil? That's a bit extreme, isn't it?"
"She is. She doesn't love me. She only pretends to. That woman you saw Archie talking to treats me better than she does."
"Kid… I'm sure that's not true."
A woman opened the door and saw Henry. She rushed down towards him. "Henry! Henry… Are you okay? Where have you been? What happened?"
"I found my real mom." He said before running into the house.
The woman looked at the blonde haired woman that was standing there.
"Y-you're Henry's birth mother?"
"Hi…."
"I'll just go… check on the lad. Make sure he's alright." The man said who was standing at the doorway said to the woman who was still in shock of finding out that Henry's birth mother was really there. He went inside to go check on Henry.
"How would you like a glass of the best apple cider you've ever tasted?"
"Got anything strong?" The woman asked Henry's adoptive mother, she was going to really need something stronger for being dragged into this.
OUAT
The woman came back with two glasses of cider.
"How did he find me?" She asked looking at the dark haired woman.
"No idea. When I adopted him, he was only three weeks old. Records were sealed. I was told the birth mother didn't want to have any contact."
"You were told right." She said with a sigh.
"And the father?"
"There was one."
"Do I need to be worried about him?"
"Nope. He doesn't even know."
"Do I need to be worried about you, Miss Swan?"
"Absolutely not." Miss Swan replied looking at the woman with a look in her eyes that told her that she was no threat.
The woman nodded her head.
The sheriff came down the stairs. "Madam Mayor, you can relax. Other than being a tired little boy, Henry's fine."
"Thank you, Sheriff."
He took his leave leaving the two women alone.
"I'm sorry he dragged you out of your life. I really don't know what's gotten into him." She said as they walked into another room of her home.
"Kid's having a rough time. It happens."
"You have to understand. Ever since I became mayor, balancing things has been tricky. You have a job, I assume?"
"Uh, I keep busy, yeah."
"Imagine having another one on top of it. That's being a single mom. So I push for order. Am I strict? I suppose. But I do it for his own good. I want Henry to excel in life. I don't think that make me evil, do you?"
"I'm sure he's just saying that because of the fairy tale thing."
"What fairy tale thing?" The mayor asked in confusion.
"Oh, you know. His book. How he thinks everyone's a cartoon character from it. Like his shrink is Jiminy Cricket."
"I'm sorry. I really have no idea what your talking about."
"You know what? It's none of my business. He's your kid. And I really should be heading back."
"Of course."
The mayor allows Emma to leave.
Emma walked down the walkway to her beat up punch bug and looked up to the second story window and saw Henry. She saw him shut the curtain and turning off the light. She got into their car and began to drive out of Storybrooke. She looked over and saw the book on the seat. "Sneaky bastard." She looked up to the road and saw a wolf in front of her car. She swerved to avoid hitting it instead hitting the Storybrooke entrance sign.
OUAT
Geppetto and Pinocchio were working on the magical wardrobe out of the enchanted tree.
The woman that had been with the court was there watching them. "Geppetto."
"Yes?"
"There is something that I want you to do once it is finished."
"And what would that be Madam?"
The woman moved closer to him and whispered in his ear to Pinocchio didn't hear what she was saying to Geppetto.
"You want me to do that?"
"Yes."
Geppetto nodded his head.
"If you think that will help."
"It will Geppetto."
"Alright I will do it Madam."
She turned her head sharply hearing the bell ringing. "The curse… it's here…"
OUAT
Emma woke up looking around in the jail cell that she was in. She heard whistling alerting her that there was someone else in there with her.
"What are you looking at, Sister?" A man with a hat on his head asked narrowing his eyes at her.
"Hey, Leroy! Manners. We have a guest. So you are, uh, Henry's mother? How lovely for him to have you back in his life."
"Actually, I was just dropping him off." Emma explained to the two of them.
"Well, I'd give anything for one. My wife and I, we tried for many years. But, uh, he was not meant to be."
"Well cry me a river."
The sheriff walked into the room with the woman that Emma had seen the night before that had the messed up messenger bag. "Leroy." He said unlocking his cell. "If I'm going to let you out to your sister, you need to behave. Put on a smile and stay out of trouble."
Leroy smiled sarcastically and walked out of the cell.
Mac shook her head. "Seriously. Did you have to get in trouble again Leroy? What was it this time?"
"Mac why did you have to bail me out again?" Leroy complained looking at the platinum blonde haired woman.
"When you didn't come home last night it scared the hell out of me. You know that I can't pay the rent on my own to Mr. Gold… you know the man scares the living hell out of me…." Her breathing began to become ragged and labored.
Leroy grabbed her arm tightly in his hand. "Mac… Mackenzie breath baby girl breath…"
Mac closed her eyes and breathed in through her nose and out through her mouth.
"I know that you can't handle Gold. He's rude and a bit of a prick. I would never let you deal with him alone. He's always looking at you and it bothers the hell out of me when he watches you."
Mac looked at Leroy. "Leroy you know that you can't say that about him. He owns the whole town and you know it. He could very well take our home and you know it."
"Mac… calm down… he won't take our home. Let's get you to Archie okay."
Mac nodded her head. "Okay." She said softly.
Leroy wrapped his arm around her and walked her towards Archie's office to her appointment that she much needed at this point.
OUAT
"I can't have this baby now!" Snow White screamed out in pain from being in labor.
"Doc, do something. It's going to be okay. The wardrobe is almost finished, just hold on." Charming told his wife softly, holding onto her hand.
Geppetto ran into the room. "It's ready."
"It's too late. We can't move her." Doc said looking at Geppetto as he helped Snow.
Snow gave birth to Emma. Snow held onto her small daughter. "The wardrobe… it only takes one."
"Then our plan has failed. At least we're together."
"No." Snow said shaking her head, she would not allow that to happen not like this. Not when they still had some hope, not when their daughter was born now. "You take her. Take the baby to the wardrobe."
"Are you out of your mind?" Charming asked his wife, his eyes growing wide.
"No, it's the only way. You have to save her." Snow pleaded with her husband, to her it was the only way to save their child and their happy endings from the queen's curse.
"No, no, no. You don't know what you're saying." He said shaking his head in disbelief.
"No, I do." She said shaking her head replying to her husband. She knew what she was doing. "We have to believe that she'll come back for us. We have to give her best chance." She kissed Emma's head.
Charming kissed his daughter's head before carefully taking his daughter from Snow.
"Goodbye, Emma...:"
Charming took a sword that was near the door and walked out the door.
OUAT
Henry sat at his wooden shaped castle slide at the playground that was at the shore.
Emma walked up to him carrying the book that Henry had left in her car. "You left this in my car." She said handing the book back to him.
The two of them looked across to the clock tower.
"Still hasn't moved, huh?" Emma asked looking over at him out of the corner of her eyes.
"I was hoping that when I brought you back, things would change here. That the final battle would begin." Henry said speaking softly the truth that he thought he knew.
"I'm not fighting any battles kid." Emma said shaking her head. She wasn't in the mood to fight anyone else's battles, it wasn't who she was.
"Yes, you are. Because it's your destiny. You're going to bring back the happy endings."
"Can you cut it with the book crap."
"You don't have to be hostile. I know you like me… I can tell." Henry said softly looking at his real mother. "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?"
"Because it's the same reason why Snow White gave you away."
"Listen to me, kid. I'm not in any book. I'm a real person. And I'm no saviour. You were right about one thing, though. I wanted you to have your best chance. But it's not with me. Come on, let's go."
"Please don't take me back there. Just stay with me for one week. That's all I ask. One week, and you'll see I'm not crazy." Henry pleaded with her, he needed her, no wanted her to see what he was trying to get her to see.
"I have to get you back to your mom."
"You don't know what it's like with her. My life sucks!" Henry complained to Emma. He really hated his life with the mayor, she hardly had time for him and it upsetted him the most that he was alone most of the time. Sending him to a shrink thinking that he was insane thinking that fairy tales were real when he knew the truth that they were.
"Oh, you want to know what sucking is? Being left abandoned on 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 so then they sent me back. 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."
"Your parents didn't leave you on the side of a freeway. That's just where you came through."
"What?"
"The wardrobe. When you went through the wardrobe you appeared in the street. Your parents were trying to save you from the curse."
"Sure they were. Come on Henry."
OUAT
Snow went into the room of the wardrobe only to find her husband dead on the floor. "No, no!" She ran over to him. "No! No! No! Please…." She leaned down kissing him twice. "Please come back to me." She whispered against his lips.
The Evil Queen entered the room a sick smile was on her red ruby lips."Oh, don't worry dear."
She laughed. "In a few moments, you won't remember you knew him, let alone loved him."
"Why did you do this?"
"Because this is my happy ending."
Two guards entered the room dragging a platinum blonde haired woman with them.
"You won't get away with this." The platinum blonde haired woman seethed trying to get out of their strong hold.
"The child?"
"Gone. It was in the wardrobe, and then it was gone. It's nowhere to be found." The guard said looking at his queen.
"Where is she?"
"She got away…" Snow said in bewilderment.A small smile came to her lips. This meant that it was a good sign that her daughter would be able to save them from the Evil Queen's curse in 28 years time. "You're going to lose. I know that now. Good will always win."
"We'll see about that."
The ceiling broke apart and a twister started to form in the room.
"Where are we going?" Snow asked over the noise.
"Somewhere horrible. Absolutely horrible. A place where the only happy ending will be mine."
All the windows shattered and the dark smoked filled the room.
OUAT
Emma brought Henry back to Regina's home.
Henry ran inside running up the stairs.
"Thank you." Regina said with a small smile.
"No problem."
"He's seemed to have taken quite a shine to you."
"You know what's kind of crazy? Yesterday was my birthday and when I blew out the candle on this cupcake that I bought myself, I actually made a wish. That I didn't have to be alone on my birthday. And then, Henry showed up."
"I hope there's no misunderstanding here."
"I'm sorry?"
"Don't mistake all this as invitation back into his life."
"Oh…"
"Miss Swan, you made a decision ten years ago. And in the last decade, while you've been… Well, who knows what you've been doing. I've changed every diaper, soothed every fever, endured every tantrum. You may have given birth to him, but he is my son."
"I was not…"
"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? It's what you asked for. You have no legal right to Henry and you're going to 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. Goodbye, Miss Swan." Regina said before turning to head back inside of her home.
"Do you love him?"
"Excuse me?"
"Henry. Do you love him?"
"Of course I love him." She said before going into her home.
OUAT
Mac opened the door to the bed and breakfast carrying a large painting. She held the door open when Emma was right behind her.
"Thanks." Emma told her softly with a smile.
"Anytime." Mac said with a small shy smile.
"You're out all night, and now you're going out again." Granny yelled at her granddaughter.
"I should have moved to Boston." Ruby shouted at her grandmother.
"I'm sorry that my heart attack interfered with your plans to sleep your way down the eastern seaboard."
"Excuse me?" Emma called out breaking the fight between Ruby and Granny. "I'd like a room."
"Really?" Granny asked in shock. "Would you like a forest view or a square view? Normally, there's an upgrade fee for the square but, as friends do, I'll wave it/"
"Square is fine." Emma said with a small smile.
"Now, what's the name?"
"Swan. Emma Swan."
"Emma. What a lovely name." Mr. Gold said who had just come into the bed and breakfast that no one had noticed.
Mac jumped holding the painting close to her body.
"Thanks."
Granny passed a roll of bills to Mr. Gold. "It's all here."
"Yes, yes, of course it is, dear. Thank you. You enjoy your stay… Emma." Mr. Gold said before leaving the inn.
"Who's that?" Emma asked in confusion.
"Mr. Gold. He owns this place." Ruby said looking out the window.
"The inn?"
"No, the town. So, how long will you be with us?"
"A week. Just a week."
"Great." Granny took a key from the wall and handed it over to Emma. "Welcome to Storybrooke."
Emma took the key and headed to her room.
"Granny." Mac said softly.
"Oh MacKenzie darling it is so wonderful to see you again." Granny said smiling at the young woman again.
"I have that painting that you wanted for in this room."
Ruby turned and looked at Mac. "You finished it finally?"
"Yes… I am sorry that it took so long."
"Leroy being a pain in the ass again?" Ruby asked crossing her arms.
Mac sat the painting down onto the table taking the brown paper off of the front of the painted canvas. "Yeah, he's been getting drunk a lot. Sheriff's been picking him up a lot and I've been picking him up every single time. Plus my appointments with Archie have been running a lot longer… and work has been keeping me busier than usual." She rubbed her face tiredly.
"Mac honey you shouldn't overwork yourself like that. You are going to work yourself to exhaustion and end yourself up in the hospital." Granny said looking at Mac in concern. She in a way saw Mac as another granddaughter like Ruby. "Ruby."
"Yes?"
"Can you can get the money for Mac?"
Ruby nodded her head and went into the back to get the money.
"Mac you really should get some rest tonight." Granny told her softly.
"I will try to get some sleep tonight." Mac said softly.
Ruby came out and handed the money to her. "Here you go. It's all there."
Mac counted it. "There is fifty bucks too much."
"You worked hard on it MacKenzie. You deserve it honey doesn't she Ruby."
Ruby nodded her head. "We will see you in the morning at the diner."
Mac nodded her head. "Thanks. Bye." She said softly. "Have a good evening you two." She left the inn and began walking towards her home that she shared with Leroy. Maybe tonight she would be able to get to sleep instead of getting a phone call from Graham about Leroy again about drinking himself into another stupor again.
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This is the end of chapter 1. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I hope that I didn't make Leroy too OOC, but I see him as a caring sibling. I really do. I see him as a really caring older brother. But let me know what you think. I'm not going to reveal who the woman is at the beginning but it will be revealed in due time. Please leave a review and I hope to have a next chapter up soon. Until next time.