Hello ladies and gentlemen! so officially this is my second once upon a time fan fic. my first is a short little one shot but this is gonna follow through the seasons. but fair warning for you readers. this OC will change things.

(i personally think "well what the f#&* are they there for if they don't change things.")

That being said she will not change overly much and it will mostly be the OC Leila who changes things, Irene is mostly just their to be her mother. i really feel that their are not enough stories that give Henry a partner in crime so. i made one for him.

Reviews are love and constructive criticism is appreciated, flames shall be ignored.

ENJOY!

Chapter One: Once Upon A Time

The Enchanted Forest

A few miles of the castle of the Evil Queen stood a simple manor house fit for more of a minor lord or lady than the sister of the queen. In the home was Her Grace the Lady Irene, she also had the title of The Princess Mother as her daughter Leila was her sister's Heir.

Irene was a fairly pretty woman with waist length black hair and brown eyes. She could see herself clearly in the mirror that stood in the greeting room of her manor, a glass of wine in her hand. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. She frowned but went to answer it and found her father waiting on the other side.

She smiled and said "Daddy. Please come in."

Henry came in and immediately told her why he had come "Your sister is going to use the Dark Curse."

Irene's eyes flitted to the stairs quickly and then turned back to her father "How? She gave it to Maleficent."

Henry sighed "She stole it back, I'm hoping you can-"

Irene scoffed. "Daddy she doesn't listen to me any more, not since she became queen."

Henry grasped her hands "Irene please you have to try."

Irene pulled her hands free. "If she's going to unleash the dark curse then the first thing I need to do is make sure my daughter and I are safe. Now please go."

As soon as she saw her father out she started packing a bag and when she heard a noise from the top of the stair she looked up.

At the top of the stairs stood a young girl about 9 years old with blond hair that fell to the small of her back, and sapphire blue eyes in a pretty heart shaped face.

Irene smiled a little "Leila, darling we need to take a short trip grab a few days worth of clothes and a blanket and come back down here in a few minutes please."

Leila bit her lip but nodded and ran back up to her room to get ready.

Irene sighed and went back to packing her bag, thinking about her sister. Regina and Irene had never been close Cora wouldn't allow it and it didn't help that at age nine Irene had been sent away to live with a kindly old woman, part of a bargain that Cora had made when Irene had been five.

Leila came back down the stairs ready to go. Irene smiled and took her daughters hand and rushed them both to the small stables that Irene's small home had. Within twenty minutes they were off.

Storybrooke

Constance Mills was pacing back and forth in the home she and her sister Regina shared. Her nephew Henry had gone missing and no one seemed to know anything. Her daughter Leila was asleep on the couch having cried herself out. Henry hadn't even told her where he was going and he told Leila everything.

Regina had gone out to search the town but Connie suspected that Henry had left, lately he had been asking questions about his birth parents and then there was the fairytale obsession that had come over him recently, Leila said that Henry thought his birth mother was some kind of Savior.

Connie glanced into a mirror a tired woman with shoulder length black hair looked back at her. Then she looked at the clock and saw that it was only a little past twelve in the afternoon and shook her head and went into the kitchen. She needed a hard stiff drink, to hell with the time.

The Enchanted Forest

Irene and Leila didn't make it far before Regina stopped them, appearing in a cloud of dark purple smoke a quarter of a mile down the road in front of them. Irene told her daughter to stay where she was on her horse while she urged her own into a trot to get closer to her sister, when she was a few feet away she dismounted and faced the angry Queen.

"Did you honestly think you could take my Heir and LEAVE?!" Regina asked furious.

Irene shook her head "it's only for a few days. I… I need to see… Her…" she said.

Regina raised her eyebrow, knowing of the woman in question. "Why?"

Irene didn't respond she just looked back at her daughter and then back at her sister. "Please Regina, if you love me… let me do this, I swear I will be back, with Leila, before you cast the dark curse."

Regina sighed and nodded "You have four days, if you're not back by then…" Irene nodded, not needing her sister to finish, if she broke her word the punishment would be dire.

Storybrooke

Regina was sitting next to Connie on the couch as Sheriff Graham asked them questions about when they had last seen Henry, what he had been wearing, etcetera, when they heard voices outside the door.

Regina ran to the door Connie hot on her heals and Graham following behind. And there standing next to an unknown woman was Henry.

"HENRY!" Regina cried as she ran to hug him relieved he was safe. "Are you okay?" she continued to ask "Where have you been? What happened?"

Henry glared at her for a moment before pushing past her calling "I found my real Mom"

Connie jumped a little at the information about who the woman was but she had bigger things to deal with "Henry Mills" she called after him following him to his bedroom unwilling to allow that statement to stand.

He curled into a ball on his bed not looking at her. She took his chin in her hand and made him look at her. "Do you have any idea how sick with worry we were? The three of us? Leila hasn't left the house all day and has been crying her eyes out. Regina has been scouring the town looking for you. And I was calling every person I could think of to see if you were with them. You had us scared to death young man! And now you come home with an attitude for your mother?"

"She's not my Mother" Henry said as he pulled his chin out of her grasp and turned away.

Connie walked around until her back was to the window he had been looking out of and she grabbed his chin again "Who changed your diapers? Who rocked you to sleep when you were sick? Who checked over your math homework when you asked her too? Who raised you for ten years?! Let me tell you who: your mother Regina! That woman who you brought here may have your blood but she didn't do the hard work of raising you for ten years." She sighed and walked to the door. "I will expect an apology to Leila tomorrow if to no one else. Do you understand me Henry Mills?"

A muffled "yeah" came from the pillow he had buried his face in.

Connie nodded resolving to be satisfied with that

After sending the Sheriff on his way with thanks, Regina had welcomed Emma Swan into the house for some Cider when she looked up and saw Leila standing on the stairs looking at Henry's room and Crying again. "Leila, honey?" Regina called.

Leila looked down at her with a heartbroken expression, and Regina held out her arms. Leila ran into them. The mayor smiled and stroked her hair before murmuring "let's get you a glass of milk? How does that sound?" Leila nodded.

Regina poured Emma her Cider first before pouring Leila's milk and handing her a couple of pills. Leila took the sleeping pills gratefully knowing she wouldn't sleep otherwise.

She swallowed the pills and downed the milk and then looked at Emma for a moment before approaching Regina and kissing her cheek "goodnight" she said to both women before heading up the stairs.

"Your daughter?" Emma asked.

Regina shook her head "My niece, she and her mother, my sister, live with me and Henry, after our father passed away."

"I'm sorry for your loss" Emma replied.

Regina shrugged

Emma decided to change the subject "How did he find me?"

Regina shook her head "No idea. When I adopted him he was only three weeks old. The records were sealed. I was told the birth mother didn't want to have any contact."

"You were told right" Emma replied

"And the father?" Connie asked coming into the kitchen as Regina poured her a glass.

"There was one." Emma said flatly

"Do we need to be worried about him?" Regina asked as Connie took a swig of the hard cider.

"Nope, he doesn't even know." Emma stated.

"Do we need to be worried about you Miss…" Connie began but trailed off when she realized she didn't know the woman's name.

"Swan, and absolutely not." Emma replied.

Connie nodded and hugged her sister. "I'm gonna check on Leila and then head to bed it's been a heck of a day."

Regina nodded. Connie turned to Emma and smiled. "It was nice meeting you and I'm sorry Henry dragged you here."

Emma smiled and nodded "You as well. And don't worry about it."

Connie nodded and headed up the stairs to get some much needed rest.

The Enchanted Forest

Regina saw her sister and her niece riding to the palace stable having only been gone three days. She turned to a guard "make sure the rooms for the princess and the princess mother are ready."

"Yes your majesty."

With her sister and niece safely back where they belonged. Regina turned her mind to her curse.

Storybrooke

Connie woke up and started making breakfast deciding that after yesterday she would take the day off. Regina came down before breakfast was finished and made herself a cup of coffee to help her wake up.

With breakfast done Connie went upstairs to wake up Henry groaning when he wasn't in his room. She then went to check on Leila and the color drained from her face when she saw her daughter's bed empty as well."Regina!" She called in a panic

Leila was reading aloud the story of Cinderella from her notebook. (She had copied all the stories down to study) when Henry, who had been lying on his back sat up and looked at her "I'm sorry"

Leila stopped when she heard him say those words and then she shut her book closed and glared at him "you said 'we're in this together.' You said that!" she looked away from him tears in her eyes. "I know why you had to go alone, but you could have told me!"

Henry reached over and hugged her. "I'm sorry Le."

Leila hugged him back before pulling away. "Promise me that we are in this together now?"

Henry smiled at her "We are I promise."

Leila smiled and leaned back against the pillar before flipping the pages to change stories "As he left Snow White the prince could only feel determined as he held his newborn daughter in his left arm and a sword in his right hand."

Henry lay down on the castle again listening to the girl who may as well be his sister tell him the story.

"And as he rounded a corner, there they were two of the queens black guards, as they approached the prince he looked at his newborn daughter for a moment, mentally promising her on his life that she would be fine. He spurred into action then, swinging and striking where he could against the two foes who kept his daughter from her freedom. It only took a few minutes but it felt like years to the prince. Though one had managed to slice his shoulder, he fought them off and made his way to the nursery. He kicked the door in and hurried over to the wardrobe, his daughters only hope. He set her in gently and lightly kissed her forehead before whispering "find us" then feeling as though his heart was breaking he closed the wardrobe just in time as two more black guards came in and fought him, the battle was short for one stabbed him in the stomach. As the brave prince fell to the floor, the two guards figuring him dead rushed to the wardrobe breaking it open, but the little baby princess was gone. The prince, still alive and awake saw the empty wardrobe and knew his daughter was safe, he closed his eyes in relief and fell backward into darkness"

They heard light thudding and Leila looked over to see Emma approaching them. Leila waved and Henry sat up and looked over at the clock tower again hopefully. Emma sat next to Henry and handed him his book "You left this in my car."

Henry took it from her but still kept looking at the clock. "Still hasn't moved huh?" Emma asked.

Leila stayed silent reading the story of the Lady and the God.

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

Leila snorted and covered her mouth immediately after. Henry turned to look at her with confusion and Leila smiled and shook her head and went back to reading.

"I'm not fighting any battles kid." Emma said quickly

"Yes you are." Henry countered "You're here because it's your destiny. You're gonna bring back the happy endings"

Leila sighed slightly knowing that Emma thought Henry meant battle with Regina over him.

"Can you cut it with book crap?" Emma asked starting to get upset.

"You don't have to be hostile. I know you like me. I can tell." He responded with a bit of a smile "You're just pushing me away because I make you feel guilty. It's okay. I know why you gave me away." With that Leila stood up and walked away from the castle giving mother and son some space. She waited by the yellow bug and hugged Henry when he and Emma came close enough

When the door opened Leila hugged her mother and then her aunt before following Henry upstairs. While her aunt and mother talked to Emma, Henry tore out the pages of the book that regarded Emma. Leila smiled at him and folded them up before shoving them into her pocket.

"Will she stay?" Henry asked.

Leila smiled. "Yeah, she's gonna stay"

Henry bit his lip before asking "are you sure"

Leila frowned at him "Hi! Apparently, we haven't met. I'm your cousin and I'm a seer."

Henry smiled a little sheepishly and said "Sorry."

Leila just smiled and left for her own room while the adults finished talking. She hid the pages somewhere her aunt wouldn't look for them and then hesitated before opening her second notebook, the one with her visions of the future, and began reading them again.