Pain, Pain, Go Away

Chapter Two: It's Still Happening

Mary Margaret wouldn't come out of her room. She wouldn't talk. After what happened the day before, David had been trying everything and anything to make her feel better. She spent the previous night tossing and turning, barely getting a wink of sleep and when she did manage to doze off, she'd wake in a fit of tears. David did all he could to try and comfort her, but nothing seemed to help. When dinnertime came, she wouldn't come out to eat. She wouldn't take a bite from the tray of food David brought her.

Emma and David tried to keep a brave face for Henry but the eleven year old could see through the façade.

"Snow White was good… she never hurt anyone," Henry murmured sadly.

Emma's lips turned to a frown while she put her hand to his back, rubbing small circles as he picked at the fries on his plate.

"She's still Snow White, Henry," David said softly while pulling a to-go cup of coffee from Granny's and giving it to Emma. "That won't change."

"When Regina started doing bad things and killing innocent people, her heart turned black… that's what the book says."

Sensing the worry in his voice, David put his forearms on the counter and lowered himself to Henry's level. "But that's the difference. Cora wasn't innocent."

"It doesn't matter," Henry argued. "Once you start to do bad things, it changes you."

"She didn't do a bad thing, Henry," Emma countered gently.

"It was a bad thing… she was protecting us… but it's still a bad thing."

"Henry-"

"She'll fight back," he interrupted hastily. "She'll come for me. She'll want to kill Mary Margaret."

"That will never happen," Emma said firmly.

"You'll die trying to protect me."

"Henry, we won't let anything happen to you," David said.

"What about you? What about what happens to you?!" he challenged. "She has magic. She can kill you. She can kill you and Mary Margaret and-"

"No," Emma interrupted. "I have magic, Henry. I can fight back."

Henry shook his head while standing from his seat. "So that's how it's gonna be?" he demanded angrily while looking from his mom to David. "You'll always be fighting until enough of you die that it has to stop?"

"No one is going to die," David argued.

"You say that now but look what happened to Cora! Look what magic did to her! … Look at what it did to Regina. Look at what it did to Mary Margaret."

With a deep frown, Emma stood from her seat as David walked around the counter.

"Magic was supposed to make everything better but look at what it's doing. It's tearing my family apart. It won't stop until we're all dead."

"Henry-"

With water brewing in his eyes, the boy backed away to the door, grapping his backpack before running from the apartment.

Emma hurried after him, but David stopped her as she reached the door.

"I'll go," he said while grabbing his jacket. "Maybe you can talk to Mary Margaret? Try and make her feel better… or at least get her to eat something," he finished through a sigh.

Emma nodded.

"I'll bring him back," David promised.

TBC

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