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AN: I forgot to put the disclaimer in the first chapter but whatevs. Some chapters will follow closely by certain episodes but it's only for such build ups. Some events will happen much earlier than when they occurred during the show so please don't leave a review complaining about such happenings please. I would also like to inform people this is not SWANQUEEN nor will they have any type of sexual/flirtatious relationships but they will have a loving familial bond.

AN2: I will put warnings in all chapters containing triggers, if I include something that is a trigger for you please leave a review or send me a DM and I'll make sure that whenever such subjects occur I will announce it before hand. If anything in a chapter is a trigger for you, I would suggest skipping said chapter and I will do a summary of the previous chapter in the next chapter but you will have to message me so that I can do this.

Warning: I totally forgot to put in the description that this will contain G!P-Emma and OC. As well as talks of mental illness, disturbing thoughts, death, torture, gore, sadistic killing, suicidal thoughts, Dom/Sub behavior, graphic depictions of sex for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples and mild Snow & David bashing.

The mental illnesses depicted in this story may not go into great detail but will be Multiple Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, IED (Intermittent Explosive Disorder) and undertones of Schizophrenia.

Let's get on with the show shall we.

Chapter Two

That Still Small Voice

Dr. Hopper sits in his office writing in his notepad during his session with Henry.

"You weren't always a cricket." Henry announces after a long bout of quietness.

Archie jumps not prepared for such a statement, "I wasn't al…Oh right, because um because you think I'm Jiminy Cricket. Why…why do you, Henry why do you think that I am Jiminy Cricket.

"It's just because of who you are." Henry replied.

"And who am I?" Archie asked.

"You're a conscience. You help people see right from wrong." Henry stated.

"So all of the crickets in Storybrooke, they were once people too?" Archie asked writing in his pad.

"There aren't any crickets here, listen," He goes to the window and listens you can hear an owl hooting, but no crickets could be heard.

Archie ponders such occurrences, "Maybe it isn't late enough."

"There have never been crickets here. You've just never noticed before, no one ever notices." Henry whispers.

"So you think that's proof that there's a curse?" Archie asked looking up at the boy.

"Yes, but I know it's not enough, that's why I'm looking for something more."

Archie looked up at the clock realizing the session was over he turns back to the boy, "So Henry, look, I asked you this once before and you said you'd think about it. Why do you think it is so important that this is real?"

"It…it just is." Henry mutters.

"Alright, well…keep thinking about that answer Henry because I think there's something buried there." Archie said standing up.

Sheriff Station

Emma holds up shirt, "A tie? You know you don't have to dress a chick up as a man to give her authority?"

"So you think you can get people to do what you want in that red coat?" Graham asked, smirking.

"I'm getting you to do what I want right now…those people out there will be like sheep to a shepherd." Emma smirks, throwing the shirt down.

"Well, at least wear the badge," Graham tosses her the badge, "Go on. Take it. If you really want to be a part of this community, you have to make it official."

She clips the badge to her belt, and a loud tremor shakes the office briefly. Car alarms are heard going off outside and all of the telephones begins to ring.

Entrance of the mines

A crowd gathers around what appears to be a mine collapse. The Mayor, exits her car and approaches the crowd as police cruiser arrives.

Regina turns to the crowd, "Everyone step back please."

"Is that a crater?" Ruby asked.

"No. There were tunnels, uh old mines, something collapsed." Marco explained.

"Be careful, step back." Regina ordered, Sheriff Graham and Emma approached, "Sheriff, set up a police perimeter. Marco, why don't you help with the fire department? Miss Swan, this is now official town business. You're free to go."

"I'm hurt, Mayor Mills you wound me." Emma smirked, "I work for the town now boss lady."

"She's my new deputy." Graham explained.

"They say the mayor's always last to know." Regina mutters, Emma smiles.

"It's in my budget." Graham replied.

"Indeed," She gives Graham another look, the addresses Emma, "Deputy, why don't you make yourself useful and help with crowd control?" Regina turns to the crowd, "People of Storybrooke don't be alarmed. We've always known this area was honeycombed with old mining tunnels, but fear not. I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe, to rehabilitate it to city use. We will bulldoze it, collapse it, and pave it."

As she is speaking, Henry and Dr. Hopper arrive.

"Pave it? What if there's something down there?" Henry asked.

"Henry, what are you doing here?" Regina whispers to her son.

"What's down there?" He whispers back to his mom.

"Nothing. Now step back. In fact everyone please, please step back. Thank you. Let's go boys." Regina picks up a piece of glass with a worried look and Henry notices.

Henry turns to Emma, "What was that?"

"Look kid, enough this is a safety issue now go wait in your mother's car so your mother can give her orders and we can do our job."

Regina turns to Emma and Graham, "Deputy Swan, Sheriff, cordon off the area."

Henry gets out of his mother's car and motions to Archie, "Hey Archie. Over here," Both Archie and Emma approach, "This requires all of Operation Cobra both of you."

"I didn't realize I was in Operation Cobra." Archie mutters.

"Of course you are, you know everything. We can't let her do this. What if there's something down there?"

"Kid no, we're going to do our job and make sure no one gets I guess hurt trying to play superhero. They're just some old tunnels that has collapsed."

"That just happens to collapse right after you get here? You're changing things. You're weakening the Curse."

"And you're working my nerves." Emma replied, "Go!" She points to Regina's car.

"Something made this happen!" Henry screams.

Emma looks down at the boy, his psychosis was strong, "Aren't you his shrink? Does this sound healthy to you?"

"I'm not crazy!" Henry snaps.

"Henry, I told you to wait in the car. Deputy, do your job." Archie starts walking away, "Dr. Hopper a word please?" He approaches Regina as the other 2 walk away, "Okay, we're done with this."

"Uh, excuse me?" Archie replies confused.

"My son. We need a new treatment plan. Everything I do he thinks is part of some horrible plot. I can't cover up a safety hazard without him thinking I'm hiding something. How am I hiding something terrible in an old mine? How is any of this logical to him?" Regina snaps.

"He's got an amazing imagination." Archie shrugs.

"Yes,, that you let run rampant which, can cause my son's to get hurt. Henry is becoming reckless and Daniel is going to try to protect him from danger."

"Well I think it would be wrong to rip away the world he's constructed. I'd rather use it to try and get…"

"Sometimes I think you've forgotten. You work for me. You're an employee, and I can fire you. This is my town. You will lose your office, lose your house. I can cut you don't to size until you're a tiny, shrunken little creature, and this," She holds up his umbrella, "Will be the only roof over your damn head."

"What would you have me do?" Archie asked warily.

"You take that delusion out of my son's head…and you crush it." Regina hisses.

Archie's Office

Archie is sitting in his office when Marco enters.

"Hey, Archie." Marco greets.

"Marco, what are you doing here?" Archie asked, Marco motions to his mouth, "Oh lunch. I'm sorry, I forgot. I've got another patient. Another time?"

"Sure, of course," Henry enters, "Hi. Have a good session, Henry." Marco leaves.

"Hey." Archie greets.

"Are you recruiting Geppetto for Operation Cobra?" Henry asked.

"You think Marco is Geppetto?" Archie asked.

"Sure, he's Jiminy Cricket's best friend, and Marco's yours." Henry explained.

"Henry, Henry look…we really need to talk about this, okay?"

"I know you're not convinced but I know where I can get proof." Henry laughs.

Henry opens his backpack Archie peaks in, "What is this? A flashlight? And candy bars? Oh, wait Henry. Henry you do not want to go down there."

"Emma's here and stuff's happening. I have to look at it." Henry argues.

"Henry, stop, stop, there is no proof. Look at all of this, all of this is a delusion. Do you know what a delusion is?"

"I…I think so." Henry listens carefully.

"It's something that's not real. And…and not healthy…and I thought you'd outgrow this but Henry you know…now it's turned into a psychosis. Do you know what a psychosis is? That's when you can no longer tell what's real and if that continues, then…then I have to lock you away. Henry, look this has to stop for your own good. You gotta wake up. This nonsense must end." Archie explains.

Henry gets up and leaves.

Later that day

Daniel followed his stupid brother as he ran to the cave when he realized that Henry was actually going to go in.

"Henry!" He yelled.

Henry turned around when he spotted his brother running to him, "What are you doing here Daniel?"

"Stopping you from doing something really stupid, obviously." He snapped.

"She's hidden something down there and no one will listen to me." Henry yelled.

"Because you sound like a nutcase," Daniel grabbed him by the shoulders, "Tru, bro you don't like people calling you crazy but look at yourself. You sound crazy, raving on and on about fairytales dude I'm your twin and you sound nuts to me."

"I'm not crazy!" Henry sneered.

"Your right you're not crazy you're just weird and lonely. Mom loves you dude even if she is this Evil Queen, she's mom and mom loves us. Emma gave us up no matter what the reasons were she gave us up, mom took us in because we had no one and she was lonely."

"Danny she's the Evil Queen." Henry tried once more.

"And I don't care." Daniel replied shrugging his shoulder.

"Well I do." Henry screamed running into the cave forcing Daniel to chase after him into the cave.

Emma POV

In front of the mines, Archie and I are looking for Henry.

"Henry! Henry!" I yell, this kid is starting to work my nerves already.

Who goes running in a damn cave looking for Fairytales?

"Henry!" Archie yells, Pongo runs to the entrance into the mines, sniffing, "What you got there, Pongo?"

"I don't think he's here." I really don't care if he is or not.

"I think he is." Archie replies, he picks up an Apollo bar, "Candy bar, he had these with him when I spoke to him earlier in the day."

Inside the cave

Henry, flashlight in hand, Daniel at his side, explores the area when they see a mysterious shard of glass among the stones. He picks it up and examines it and shows it to Daniel who shrugs, when all of a sudden, they hear the gravel rustling. They look up to see an avalanche of rocks, Daniel grabs his hand and runs.

Outside the cave

Archie, Pongo, and I also feel the avalanche, "Henry!"

"Archie!" I yelled.

"Henry! It's not safe!" Archie yelled climbing into the collapsing mine to find Henry.

"Archie?! Henry!" Are you fucking kidding me?!

C'mon Emma just leave em let them fucking die! We can just say we tried she might believe us. Kajun growled from my mind.

Inside the mines

Archie lights a match, picks up his lucky umbrella and proceeds to look for Henry, "Henry? Henry?"

Henry and Daniel suddenly comes out with the flashlight shining on Archie, "Archie! You're here to help me!"

"I hope he locks you away forever." Daniel snaps.

"No, I…Listen, we gotta get out of here." Archie says looking around the area.

"So you're still against me." Henry demands.

"Henry everyone is against you! You're acting Schizo dude, your paranoid you say you don't need therapy but you do your crazy!" Daniel screams.

"I am not! Tell him Archie I'm not crazy." Henry pleads.

"Henry there is no time for that. We all must leave now!" Archie orders.

"Trust me I never wanted to be down here anyways." Daniel gripes.

"Neither one of you believe me? You'll see. You'll all see!" Henry screams running away from them.

"Henry! Henry, come back," He turns to look towards the exit then turns back to Daniel, "Get out Daniel I need to find your brother."

"He's a nutcase but he's still my twin I'm not leaving his crazy butt down here."

They both chase after Henry.

They both are searching for Henry, Daniel keeps looking back.

"Henry? Henry? Henry? Henry?" They both see a light in front of them and finds Henry shining the flashlight at a gap on the ground, "Henry! You gotta stop."

"There's something shiny down there." Henry argues.

"Henry this is dangerous dude these mines are unstable we gotta get out of here." Daniel screamed.

"But it could be something." Henry screamed.

"And I don't care." Daniel replied.

Archie looks around anxiously, "Look, I'm frightened for you, Henry."

"Because you think that I'm crazy?" Henry whimpered.

"No! No, because we are trapped underground in an abandoned mine, Henry, and there is no way out." Daniel explained.

Outside the mines entrance

Pongo barks. Regina, Graham, Marco, Ruby and I gather around as workers try to open the entrance.

"Archie is smart. He'll keep the boy safe until we get to that." Marco says to Regina, the ground shakes, "Watch out!"

Regina runs towards me, "Stop! Stop! You're making it worse."

"I am trying to save him. You know what, screw it do whatever the hell you want Regina." I hiss.

My tolerance low I can feel my body getting weak, I lean up against a tree close by, Regina walks over to me.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" She snarls.

"You are, Regina!" My vision is becoming bleary until darkness is all I see, "Is there a reason you're so bitchy or was you born like this sweetness?"

Inside the mines

"Do you 2 hear that?" Archie asked.

"It's Pongo!" Henry exclaimed.

"C'mon follow the noise." Danny said running after the barking sound.

Outside the mines

I turn to Regina, "You wanna save the kid or what?"

"Of course I want to he's my son." Regina snapped.

"What do you want me to do then?" I asked.

"Help me." Regina conceded.

"Alright then."

Inside the mines

"It's loud. It's over here." Archie said removing a sheet of metal in his way.

"What's this?" Daniel asked.

Archie uncovers what's behind the sheet of metal, "It's like, an old elevator."

Inside the mines

"We need to find some way to punch through the ground. We need something big." Regina explained.

Emma looked around confused, "Like what?"

Marco walked up behind the 2, "Explosives maybe?"

"I call being the one to detonate them." I throw my hand up waving it excitedly.

Inside the mines

Archie walks towards the elevator, "To get the mine workers in or out. It goes all the way to the top. That's why we can hear Pongo."

"Can we actually make this piece of junk work?" Daniel asked.

"Well let's give it a shot." Archie said smiling at the 2 boys.

Outside the mines

Ruby hides away as the explosives are ready.

I check our surroundings, "Okay, we're all clear."

Inside the mines

Archie tries to turn the wheel of the elevator, "Come on!" Both Henry and Daniel run over to him to assist.

Outside the mines

Regina turns to me, "Blow it."

I smirk it's been so long since I've got to do something like this, "Bombs away." Everyone finds cover when I push down trigger.

Inside the mines, the elevator starts to move a bit, outside at the entrance there's an explosion.

BOOM!

Inside the mines, the elevator shakes and Archie holds both of the kids tightly, the elevator drops a bit. Outside at the entrance, Emma runs into the smoke caused by the explosion.

Outside the mines

I walk back over to Regina after checking the area, "Did it work?" She asked anxiously.

"It didn't open." I tell her honestly.

"Then what did it do?" Graham asked standing behind Regina.

Outside the mines

Regina runs over to the workers.

"What was that? What the hell was that? You said you could do this." She raved.

I take a deep breath, "Madame Mayor."

"You could've killed my son." Regina snapped.

"I know but this, you yelling, is not helping." I reply smoothly.

"If we knew exactly where they were, we could drill down to them." Marco

Pongo's barking catches Emma's attention and she runs towards the fire truck it is in.

"Maybe, maybe make something to bring them back up." Marco suggested.

"A driller." Graham offered.

"What do you think we…" Regina stops when Emma opens the fire truck's door and let Pongo out.

"C'mon buddy," I turn to Regina, Graham and Marco, "It's Archie's dog." Pongo sniffs the ground, "He's found something. Look, this is where they must be. What is it?" Graham and Marco removes a metal covering and a hole blocked grate bars is show, "What is that?"

Graham smirks, "It's an air shaft."

Inside the mines

"I'm really, really, really sorry." Henry cries to Archie and Daniel.

"It's alright." Archie offered.

"It really isn't though we could have died down there because you need so bad for mom to be this Evil Queen that Emma can kill Henry kill!" He turns to face Archie, "Do you listen to him or are you trying to be such a good guy that you allow this type of behavior, dude?" Daniel turns to his brother, "If anyone in this town is evil dude it's you, instead of trying to make Henry happy Dr. Hopper maybe you need to check yourself into a ward because you're crazy just like him."

"I just wanted to find proof." Henry whispers.

"Henry I am sorry too, okay? I don't think you're crazy. I just, I just say to you that you have a very strong mother, you both do. She's strong mother, who's got a clear idea of a path that she wants you to be on. When you step off that, she, she is scared. You know, it's natural. But, it's also natural for you to be able to be free, to think the things that you want to think. I didn't mean those things I said to you I never should have said them." Archie apologizes.

"If you really think that the things Henry believes is right, mom really needs to fire you because you're nuts. He thinks that his mom is the Evil Queen, for one he's 10 why is he still reading Fairytales? That's what you guys need to be talking about. Two, if this is true how can such a well-put together kid be okay with someone else trying to kill him mom but he's supposed to be the good guy."

The elevator starts shaking.

Outside the mines

"Alright, we got it." I yell out.

Regina, Graham and I look down to the deep shaft.

"So, what's next?" Regina asked.

Outside the Air Shaft

"We need to lower someone straight down, or the line would collapse with the sides of the shaft." Marco stated.

"I've got the harness." Graham announced.

"Lower me down." Regina ordered.

"Oh, no way. I'm going." I've decided I like Storybrooke. I just might stay.

"He's my son." Regina snapped.

"Lady Boss, you've been sitting behind your desk for ten years. I can do this yo plus this is my job." I joke.

"Just bring him to me." Regina whispered.

Inside the elevator of the mines, a few stones drop to the elevator.

"What's that?" Henry asked.

"Dude who else? Mom's mounted an army." Daniel boasted.

Emma appears lowering from the top.

"My mom give you a hard time?" Daniel smirked.

"I don't think it wouldn't be your mom if she didn't." Emma smirked. "You guys ain't dying or nothing right?"

"We are all okay." Archie answered.

"Hang on, you guys," Emma on the walkie-talkie, "Okay, let's get a stop." Emma removes the roof of the elevator, "I was not expecting you to be down here."

"Blame the nutcase back there I was trying to get him not to run down here." Daniel snapped.

"Alright I'm gonna take you 2 first then come back for you Archie." Emma decided.

"Alright." Archie grabs Henry and holds him up to Archie.

"You're a small little shit," She looked down to Daniel, "Alright you're up next." Archie lifts Daniel up next, he wraps his arms around Emma's neck.

"You're a strong chick, Ms. Swan." Daniel remarks.

"Or you 2 are just lightweights." Emma replies.

"You get him to safe…" Archie start but only to stop when the elevator starts to rumble.

"Archie!" Henry screams.

"It's gonna fall!" Archie yells.

"Fuck." Emma whispers, Let him fall Emma it will give us release at least or we can drop the boys one's not even yours.

"It's okay." Archie whispers.

"Archie!" The elevator falls with a loud noise. But Archie is seen in safety because his umbrella has hooked onto a carabiner on Emma's trousers. Henry laughs with relieve and holds up a thumbs-up signal.

Outside at the air shaft, the crowd all clap their hands as Marco and other workers pull out Emma, Henry and Archie.

Regina gasps when she sees Daniel, she pulls both boys into a hug, "What were you 2 thinking going into an unsafe mine?"

"Doofus over here ran into there, I had to follow him." Daniel responded.

"Deputy, you can clear the crowd away." Regina ordered, she turned to Archie, "Thank you Dr. Hopper for helping my children."

"I wish to speak with you, Madame Mayor." Archie starts.

"Make an appointment with my secretary I need to get my children home." Regina replied ushering her children to her car.

"But Madame Mayor I really…" Archie stumbled then silenced when he realized that she was not listening.

The Manor

"Before you 2 go up to your rooms to get ready for dinner I wish to speak to you both." Regina announced.

Daniel sighs, "Sure."

"Okay." Henry groans.

They walk into the sitting room and sit down, "Wassup?"

"Henry can I ask you why is it so important to you that your fairytale theory be true?" Regina asked.

"I don't know." Henry whispers.

"Will you please think for me?" Regina begged.

"I guess cause this can't be all there is." Henry cried.

"Is your life that bad here with us, with me?" Regina cried.

"Nobody likes me! Everyone prefers Daniel over me, everybody just thinks I'm crazy even you and Daniel!" He accuses.

"Of course we like you Henry, Daniel and I love you. And I don't believe you're crazy." Regina argued.

"Yes you do that's why you sent me to talk to Archie." Henry responded.

"I sent you to speak with Archie because you wouldn't speak with me. I've spoken to Archie before and he doesn't work for me but that's because I'm stuck in my way I thought he would help for you." Regina explains.

"The book…" Henry started.

"Is just a book written by one person, how can one book know every decision, action and thought in everyone's history. There is more to life than one choice good or evil sometimes it's the build up that chooses what life will be like."

"Like little choices leading up to one big choice?" Henry asked.

"No like little choices leading up to one action, sometimes situations don't have choices, remember Henry evil isn't born it's made, babies are not born either good or evil." Regina explained.

"So Mom are you the Evil Queen?" Daniel asked suddenly.

"No nor am I Madame Mayor I am Regina Mills and that's all I've ever wanted to be." Regina replies honestly.

"Is the curse real?" Henry asked.

"Everything comes to an end sooner or later Henry I will say this if it is real and I'm not saying it is but real life is not white and black neither is actions sometimes necessary evils are needed for the betterment of everyone."

In Mr. Gold's pawnshop, Mr. Gold walks pass the pair of puppets on the desk.

Storybrooke General Hospital, Mary Margaret puts her letter of resignation into the mailbox at the counter.

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