David arrived at the hospital and made his way to the ER. Dr Whale was waiting for him with a sincere look plastered on his face. Whale gave Nolan the documents which he snatched from him.

"This can't be true" David said in a hushed voice.

"I've triple checked it" Whale sighed.

"But it's not possible; I must have been two when I had her!" David cried.

"I don't know how it happened; only that it has" he replied simply.

"Where is she being kept?" David asked.

Whale showed him the way to her hospital room. All David could do was stare at her, so helpless… in need of a Father. She was unconscious with tubes and other stuff sticking out of her.
"She's being kept under observation but we think she's going to be ok" Whale confided.

David chose to sit in the chair next to her. Whale, sensing a private moment bid him farewell and left the hospital room. How could it be possible? She was really his daughter? David felt a sharp pang of guilt; he wished he could have watched her grow up. But the age difference didn't make any sense to him. How could a 30-year-old have a 28-year-old daughter? Who was the Mother? David just sat beside her; he'd always liked the name Emma. But a question arose in his mind more than the others; was he going to tell her? He didn't think that would be a good idea.

…

David had been sitting for a few hours when a little boy with black hair swept into the room in a awful panic.

"Is she alright" he asked hastily.

"Yeah, she'll just be unconscious for a while" he replied, "Sorry, who are you?".

"I'm her son" he smiled, "I'm your grandson".

How did this kid know?

"I'm Henry" he introduced.

"How did you know? Does your Mum know?" David asked desperately.

"No, I know because you're Prince Charming and she's your daughter" he informed.

"I'm what?" he asked, confused.

"Everyone in this town is under a curse, were all fairy tale characters from my book. But none can remember who they are" Henry smiled sweetly.

Was this kid crazy?

"Well nice to meet you Henry" David greeted.

The mayor stormed into the room and grabbed him by the shoulders.

"Henry I told you to wait in the car!" she yelled.

He looked like he didn't want go.

"She'll be alright with me" David tried to comfort his grandson.

Henry smiled in reassurance.

"I know she will" he beamed and left for the car.

Regina glared at him with deep suspicion laid heavily in her cold eyes.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, her voice as hard as steel.

"Just watching over her" David replied blandly.

"Hmm" she mumbled casting another cold look before leaving.

David returned to his seat, how did that kid know? He slowly touched her hand; spontaneously a flash attacked him…

Prince James waited in the forest for Snow White, he'd set up a trap near her lair. He was still surprised that she was a woman! But oddly happy too, James dreaded going back to his wife-to-be. She was so… bland, boring and a little uptight. Then he spotted the thief in a green cloak, he heard her yelp as she rose in the air which gave him a spark of satisfaction. She struggled against it, James just had to laugh at her misfortune as he revealed himself from behind the tree.

"I told you I'd find you" he taunted mockingly, "No matter what you do, I will always find you".

"Is this the only way you can capture a woman by entrapping her?" she replied sternly, he had to admire her guts and nerve.

"It's the only way to catch thieving scum" he snapped back.

"Aren't you a real Prince Charming" she retorted bitterly.

"I have a name you know" James wondered, he hated when people called him that.

"I don't care, Charming suites you" she replied blandly.

James had to smile; she had the gift of the gab, no doubt about it.

"Now cut me down. Charming" she was defiantly getting pissed off, that just made him laugh harder.

"I'll release you, when you return the leather pouch you stole with my jewels".

She mockingly shook her head.

"Not the jewellery type" she shrugged.

"Indeed, I noticed" James smirked.

"What's that supposed to mean? Are you insulting me?" she sounded genuinely offended.

"Quite right my apologies how dare I cast aspersions on the person who robbed me" James sarcastically replied, "Where are my jewels?"

"I sold them" Snow said slowly through the ropes.

"What?" James was worried now; his Mother's ring was gone!

"What do you care? Don't you have a palace full of treasures somewhere?" Snow sneered.

"These were special among them was a ring that belonged to my Mother. The ring that I was about to give-" James began.

"The nag with the bad attitude! That's what's this is about?" she retorted.

James had to agree with her but he didn't want her to know that.

"She's my fiancée" James stated.

Snow White looked really amused at what he just said.

"Good luck with that, you must be getting something impressive to of agreed to the union".

"Excuse me" James huffed.

"I know how this works. True love… it doesn't exist it's all arranged marriages and business transactions. There's no such thing as love at first sight; or first kiss" She leaned her face closer to the ropes, "Let me guess he kingdom wants to take over yours and this is what, a last ditch effort to avoid war".

"This is not a takeover" he explained clearly.

David flashed back to the hospital room. What was happening to him?