I forgot to mention in the first chapter, but I don't own OUAT. Shocking, right? Anyway,back to the story:

When David and Henry arrived at the hospital he was not surprised to find most of the citizens of Storybrooke huddled nervously in the waiting room. They were all concerned about the appearance of a stranger in their town. This could be really bad news. Ruby approached David, holding their mystery visitor's wallet and cell phone.

"His name is John Walker. Everyone's really freaked out, and we don't know what we should do." David nodded. "What did the doctor say? Is John awake yet?" Ruby shook her head. The man had not woken up once since his collapse in the diner.

"Dr. Johnson said he needed to run some tests, but won't know anything until the results come back." David rubbed his forehead, he could feel a tension headache coming. He thanked Ruby and walked back over to Henry and the group. Everyone was suggesting different things all at once.

David did his best to keep everyone calm while they waited impatiently for Dr. Johnson. It was only an hour and a half, but it seemed to take forever. Their reaction was perfectly normal. Fairly disturbing if one thought about it. The important thing was that everyone keep calm. And not do anything stupid in front of the guy when he eventually woke up. Which they hoped would be soon. Several times, David had to stop Leroy from 'putting an end to things' with a pillow. Finally, the doctor walked up holding all the test results.

" Other than a moderate concussion, likely due to him hitting his head, it seems that Mr. Walker is in perfect health. None of the tests gave any reason for his collapse and continued state of unconsciousness." David sighed, and addressed the group at large,

"All right, everyone. Our visitor is still unconscious, and until he wakes up, there's nothing we can do. He didn't see anything weird, did he?" Everyone shook their heads confirming there had been nothing odd that the stranger had seen. "I for one am not sitting here and waiting around. We've all got better things we could be doing."

Everyone groused and grumbled, not surprisingly, but the waiting room cleared out fairly quickly. David heard his stomach growl, and looked at his watch. It was definitely well past when they normally ate. Nothing had been normal this afternoon, though. He turned to Henry,

"Come on, kiddo, let's get some dinner." Henry looked thoughtful for a few minutes.

"At the diner? Can I have a milkshake?"

"Sure, Henry."

"Can we invite my mom?" This was a surprise. But it made sense to David. Henry had seen what Regina had gone through with her long dead fiance coming back from the dead earlier. And while Regina was not someone David wanted as dinner company, he was still a compassionate guy. He handed Henry his cell phone,

"Sure, why don't you call her. But don't be too surprised if she isn't up to it." Henry nodded already punching in his mom's cell number. They walked to the diner together, ready to put an end to this very long day.

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Gold's Shop, several days later.

Everyone was relieved to see David wake up from his enchanted sleep. The tension that had been building since Snow and Emma had ended up in fairy tale land finally dissipated somewhat. They still had problems to deal with, that was certain, but now they were at least together. Emma, David, Snow and Henry all stood together, while Gold was off to the side. Regina hung back, still weakened from draining the deadly energy from the well. She hadn't mentioned the after effects, not wanting to ever show weakness.

They were only starting to talk about their separate adventures. With Snow and Emma in the enchanted forest, and everyone else in Storybrook, things had gotten complicated on both ends. Emma was telling everyone about seeing Snow kill an ogre with one shot from her arrow. And Snow chimed in with Emma's exploits with the giant and the beanstalk. And they told about all of the 'interesting' people they met along the way home; Mulan, Princess Aurora, Cora, Anton the giant and of course Captain Hook. David started talking about John Walker, his arrival in town and unexplained collapse and continued unconsciousness.

Their happy reunion was ended prematurely when Ruby came bursting into the room. The young werewolf was incredibly excited to see everyone, and nearly forgot why she'd run down to find them. It took her a few minutes to remember why it was so important that she find them immediately.

"He's awake!" That simple sentence got everyone's attention, and they all jumped in with questions. Even Regina was interested in knowing what was going on with Mr. Walker. Ruby waited for a few minutes to let everyone stop talking before she continued.

"He only asked one question when he woke up. He asked who Daniel is." This bombshell shocked everyone, except for Emma. Emma looked confused by Ruby's statement, and looked at her parents, both of whom looked sad and puzzled. And Regina had gone completely pale, leaning hard against one of the counters in the shop. Gold was surprised, but quickly changed his expression to a neutral one. Emma finally broke the awkward silence,

"Does someone want to fill me in on all this?" David answered,

"We'll explain on the way to the hospital." Henry went over to Regina, taking her hand as he looked at her with concern. She was still a bit shocked by all of this. She took a few seconds to mentally pull herself together.

To Be Continued. Reviews appreciated!