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As Emma stopped her car outside the familiar house of the Mayor, she couldn't help but think. What would Regina behave like? Would she be any different? Will the things follow like they did the first time or…
"I don't want to go in there." Henry simply stated, breaking Emma out of her thought process.
Emma merely opened the door of her car and stepped out. Moving around and slowly opening Henry's door, she peeped in and said, "Henry, I am sure your Mom isn't that bad."
"She is!" Henry said, looking up at Emma. "She doesn't love me. At all. She hasn't even been with me. It has always been the nanny."
"Nanny?" Emma asked. Regina never hired a nanny. Had the Black Fairy changed Regina that much?
"Henry?"
Emma froze as she heard the voice. She didn't think she would hear it anytime soon and the sound made her shiver. Gulping, Emma looked up from the car and saw a very familiar face she had no wish to see.
"Henry! Oh, my God, I was so worried!"
She sped past Emma and pulled Henry out of the car, engulfing him in a hug. Emma just stood there, frozen.
She had just managed to understand the curse.
"Where were you?" The Mayor demanded.
"I found my real Mom!" Henry practically screamed and breaking free from the holds of his adoptive mother, ran inside the house. The Mayor looked up to see a shocked Emma.
She smiled pleasantly-too pleasantly for a woman who was just worried about his son.
"Hello. My name is Fiona Gold. You must be Henry's birth mother."
Emma looked at the Black fairy in shock.
But then she realized-She wasn't showing any indication of knowing that Emma was back. Emma knew she needed to play safe. So she tried to smile and said, "Emma Swan."
"Can I offer you a drink?"Fiona asked.
"Yes please." Emma said, almost in a squeaky voice.
"I'll go and check on him."
It was then that Emma's head snapped and she saw him. Graham. The Huntsman. The Sheriff.
"Yes please, Graham." Fiona said, finally putting up the façade of a worried mother. She turned to Emma and said, "Come in please."
Emma wordlessly followed Fiona in the house. It was same, yet so different. No apples on the main table, waiting to be devoured. There was no indication of anything personal and everything looked so different. It was a house, not a home.
Emma didn't even realize when she had been seated and was holding a drink. She needed to be careful. According to Blue, the Black Fairy was much more powerful than everybody thought.
"How did he find you?" she asked.
"No idea." Emma said truthfully. She didn't know if people she loved were even in this place or not. Because if not, then Henry did not have Mary Margaret's credit card to steal and thus, Emma was clueless.
"Henry has always been a sneaky kid," Fiona said, looking down at her drink and speaking as if telling a sorrowful tale. "Being a Mayor of a town and then a single mother, it is hard enough. But him being like this, I should be scared."
She slowly turned to look at Emma and raised an eyebrow. "DO I need to be scared of your intentions Miss Swan?"
Emma gritted her teeth. How dare this woman…
Emma shook her head. "No Madam Mayor. Henry is your son. I have no need to be scared of."
Fiona smiled and nodded. "And his father?"
"He doesn't know Henry exists."
And then it hit her-if Graham is alive, so must be Neal! She needed to get to him. He was never affected by the curse. Maybe he could help her.
"So are you leaving tonight Miss Swan?" Fiona asked, sipping the last of her drink.
"I don't think so," Emma answered. Fiona raised an eyebrow. Emma cursed herself. She needed to play safe.
"I have been hoping for a vacation," Emma said quickly. "Storybrooke looks like a small town-not much happening around. Maybe I can stay?"
There was a flash of anger and irritation on the Black Fairy's face, but it soon disappeared from her smiling face.
"Of course. Granny's inn is the best. How long will you be staying?"
"A week at least."
"Sure," Fiona said smiling. She stood up and walking up to her, took the glass from Emma's hand.
"Have a good vacation Miss Swan. I believe you must leave now. There are some things that need to be taken care of."
And just like that, Emma was free. No threats, no anger, nothing. With Regina, she at least knew with all the protectiveness that she cared about Henry. But Fiona…
Emma looked up at the window of Henry's room, but the light was still on and Henry was nowhere to be seen. Graham must still be up there.
Shaking her head, Emma got into her little yellow bug and drove as far as she could.
The Black Fairy was far too intelligent. She had cast the original curse, only this time it was her who was the Mayor. Was Regina even there? And Mary Margaret? What about David? Belle?
Emma pushed the breaks on her car at once. She didn't know where she had stopped. She looked around, only to see a familiar neighbourhood.
Her eyes darted above on the building and she saw a face. A face that she wanted to see so badly.
Her mother. Snow White. Mary Margaret. She was here.
Emma felt relieved. Mary Margaret was drinking the coffee and checking some papers. So she was here. And if she was here, Emma knew everything would be all right.
Someone called her and she turned. Emma hoped it would be David. Mary Margaret left her cup and went back in.
Emma didn't want to be called a stalker, so she went to the one place she always went to think. The Docks.
The gentle breeze made her smile. It had rained and everything was still wet. But Emma knew the docks well. Her every step was strong and sure.
There was no one around. More importantly, no Jolly Roger around. She missed Killian, so much. HE would have been here, holding her, comforting her. Emma never thought she would crave the attention. But seeing Fiona at her friend's position-it made Emma scared.
She was scared about everything but most importantly she was scared about Henry. She had seen Gideon. He was such a good man and yet, Fiona had turned him. If she did anything with Henry…
Emma needed to meet Henry the next day. It was important.
Emma sat down on a crate and began plotting. She already believed in this world. So it wasn't her belief that needed to break the curse. What was it, true love's kiss? She would gladly do it. Of course, without Killian things began to be worse.
"Who are you? What are you doing here!"
Emma froze as she heard the familiar voice. She thought she was done with the surprises for the day. But then it was never over. Looking up, she saw him. Standing on one of the boats. Looking at her with a confused glance.
All she could say was, "Killian."
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