Buffy and Henry finally get to the Storybrooke town line, as they get closer to the centre of town Buffy turns to the boy "Okay, kid. How about an address?"

Henry smirks "44 I'm-not-telling-you street." Buffy hits the breaks causing the car to stop and the tires to screech "son of a –" she steps out of the car slamming her door behind her. She takes a deep breath and looks at Henry as he steps out of the car "Look, it's been a long night, and it's almost..." Buffy looks around the small town for something that will tell them how late it is when she sees the clock tower "8:15? What the hell."

Henry interjects "That clock hasn't moved in my whole life. Time's frozen here."

Buffy stares at the small boy as she crosses her arms "Excuse me?"

"The Evil Queen did it with her curse. She sent everyone from the Enchanted forest here."

Buffy interrupts very skeptical "Hang on. An evil queen sent a bunch of fairy tale characters here? Of all places a tiny little town in Main?"

Henry nods "Yeah, and now they're trapped."

"And stuck in Storybrooke, Maine— That is what your gonna go with, seriously."

"It's true." Henry argues

"Then why doesn't everybody just leave?"

"They can't. If they try, bad things happen." Buffy can't help but think of Sunnydale according to Henry bad things happen when you leave Storybrooke, while Sunnydale was literally the opposite, bad things happened if you stayed. Buffy shook her head knowing that Henry's theory was crazy. Before she could say any thing a man and his dog walked towards them "Henry" The man called "What are you going here? Is everything alright?"

Henry turns to the man "I'm fine, Archie." Henry then strokes the Dalmatian at Archie's side. Archie turns his attention to Buffy "Who is this?"

Buffy not sure exactly what to say keeps it very vague "Just someone trying to give him a ride home."

But Henry has other ideas "Oh, she's my mom, Archie."

Archie stares at the blonde who seems rather uncomfortable "Oh. I see."

Buffy cuts right to the chase "Do you know where he lives?"

Archie nods and points down the road "uh, yeah, sure. Just, uh, right up on Mifflin Street. The Mayor's house is the biggest one on the block."

Buffy turns to Henry, who is know looking at the ground. The mayor, damn, well can't be as bad as the mayor in Sunnydale. "You're the Mayor's kid?"

Henry doesn't look up "uh, Maybe."

Archie draws everyones' attention " Hey, where were you today, Henry? 'Cause you missed our session."

Henry looks up "Oh, well, I forgot to tell you, I went on a field trip."

Archie sighs and bends down on his knees in front of the boy "Henry... What did I tell you about lying? Giving in to one's dark side never accomplishes anything." Buffy who is slightly disturbed by the situation hurries this along "Okay. Well, I really should be getting him home."
Archie nods and stands "Yeah, Sure, well, listen, um, have a good night, and, uh, you be good, Henry." Archie smiles at the two of him and walks off in the opposite direction.
Buffy turns to Henry "So that's your shrink?"
Henry glares at her "I'm not crazy."
"Didn't say that. Just...He doesn't seem cursed to me. Maybe he's just trying to help you."
Henry still won't let it go "He's the one that needs help, Because he doesn't know."
Buffy interjects "That he's a fairy tale character?"
"None of them do. They don't remember who they are." Henry head back to the passenger's door while Buffy sighs "Convenient. All right. I'll bite. Who's he supposed to be?"
Henry smiles as he answers "Jiminy Cricket."
Buffy cracks a joke at his answer "Right. The lying thing. I though your nose grew a little bit."
Henry huffs "I'm not Pinocchio."
"Of course you're not, 'cause that would be ridiculous."
Buffy puts the car back into drive, Buffy doesn't say anything but then Henry asks her something she does not expect "So what name are you gonna use?" Buffy looks at him confused "Buffy or Emma?" Buffy looks away she had not thought about it. Before she can answer Henry carries on speaking "I think you should use Buffy. First it's kind of cool. Plus if you use your real name then you won't have to explain why you are using a fake name if anyone finds out. And it's not like anyone is gonna know you here, so why not be Buffy again?" Buffy smiles at the kid. She figures she could use her real name, it's not like she was gonna be here that long. Plus it will be nice to use her actual name for a little while, even if it's just for the night. "Alright kid. Buffy it is." Henry smiles at her obviously very proud of himself. Buffy laughs slightly as they continue to drive to the Mayor's house.

Prince Charming slammed his fist onto the large table "I say, we fight!" the prince yells as he looks at the people sitting around the table in the war room of the castle.
"Fighting is a bad idea. Giving in to one's dark side never accomplishes anything." Say Jiminy Cricket as he stands on the table looking up at the Prince. The Prince just glares arguing "And how many wars has a clear conscience won? We need to take the Queen out before she can inflict her curse." One of the seven dwarfs, who is sat next to Snow White looks at the prince "Can we even trust Rumplestiltskin?" He asks the Prince.
"I've sent my men into the forest." Replies the Prince "The animals are abuzz with the Queen's plan. This is going to happen, unless we do something.
Snow White shakes her head and sighs "There's no point. The future is written." She tells her husband but he looks away shaking his head "No. I refuse to believe that. Good can't just lose."
"Maybe it can." Says Snow as she looks away. Charming watches him wife then crouches down next to her "No. No. Not as long as we have each other. If you believe him about the curse, then you must believe him about our child. She will be the savior. Before Snow can respond to doors blast open, everyone in the room turns to face the intruders as the Prince speaks "What the hell is this?" The blue fairy flies into the room followed by several guards who are carrying a large tree. The fairy flies towards the prince and hovers over the centre of the table then addresses the couple "Our only hope of saving that child." She tells them.
Grumpy who is sat next to a woman in a red hood and her grandmother interrupts "A tree? Our fate rests on a tree?" He turns his attention back to the Prince "Let's get back to the fighting thing."
However the blue fairy continues "The tree is enchanted. If fashioned into a vessel, it can ward off any curse." The fairy then looks towards someone else in the group
"Geppetto, can you build such a thing?" Geppetto nods at the fairy "Me and my boy—we can do it." He says as he pats his son's head who is sat on the floor. The blue fairy smiles and turns her attention back to Snow White and the Prince "This will work. We all must have faith." Snow smiles and grabs her husband's hand but the blue fairy continues "There is, however, a catch." They turn to look at her as she continues "The enchantment is indeed powerful, but all power has its limits, and this tree can protect only one." Snow and charming look at each other sadness on both of their faces, what were they going to do.

Buffy pulls up in front of the Mayor's house with Henry they both get out of the car and start towards the entrance "Please don't take me back there." Begs Henry. Buffy keeps on going "I have to. I'm sure you parents are worried sick about you." Henry sighs "I don't have parents—Just a mum, and she's evil." Buffy stops, rolling her eyes turns towards Henry "Evil? That's a bit extreme, isn't it?"
Henry looks at Buffy with a sad expression "She is. She doesn't love me. She only pretends to." Buffy sighs feeling a sharp pain of guilt in her heart and bends down in front of the boy "Kid. I'm sure that's not true." At that moment the front door of the house opens and a women calls out "Henry?" the woman says and then runs towards him "oh, Henry." She wraps her arms around him "ohh. Are you okay? Where have you been?! What happened?"
Henry glares angrily at the woman with short black hair "I found my real mum!" he yells before storming into the house. The woman looks at Buffy who is feeling slightly awkward and speaks to her "Y-you're Henry's birth mother?" Buffy does not know what to say so goes with a simple "Hi" The rather handsome man standing behind Henry's mother finally speaks "I'll just go and check on the lad, make sure he's all right." As he leaves the mother looks at Buffy and smiles "How would you like a glass of the best apple cider you ever tasted?"
Buffy stares at the woman "You got anything little bit stronger?"

Buffy follow the woman who she had learned is called Regina, into the luxurious house, Buffy stands in the hall of the dining room while Regina get's glasses and something to drink. "How did he find me? Buffy asks, she is still confused as to how he found her, Lena made sure there was no physical evidence, maybe the spell broke Buffy thought, that would be the only reasonable explanation. Regina does not look at Buffy when she answers "No idea. When I adopted him, he was only 3 weeks old. The records were sealed. I was told the birth mother didn't want to have any contact."
"You were told right." Buffy says as she watches Regina to poor the drinks, Buffy did not want to have contact even though Merrick and Lena made it impossible anyway, she did not want to risk putting him in danger 'cause at the time she was the only slayer and would not be able to keep him out of harms way.
"And the father?" Regina asks, clearly worried that Buffy's ex was going to show up. Buffy answer is vague "There was one."
"Do I need to be worried about him?"
"Nope. He doesn't even know."
Regina walks towards her holding out a glass of bourbon towards her "Do I need to be worried about you, Ms. Summers?"
Buffy takes the glass and looks at Regina "No, absolutely not."
At that moment the attractive man from earlier comes down the stairs "Madame mayor" he calls "You can relax. Other than being a tired little boy, Henry's fine."
Regina smiles at the man "Thank you, Sheriff." The sheriff leaves, and Regina heads towards another room of the house. Buffy follows listening to the mayor as she speaks "I'm sorry he dragged you out of your life. I really don't know what's gotten into him."

Buffy shrugs "Kid's having a rough time. It happens."
Regina closes the door behind Buffy while she goes to sit down on one of the couches noticing the bowl of red apples. Buffy can't help but laugh internally at the irony, considering how Henry thinks of this woman as the Evil Queen.
"You have to understand," Regina tells Buffy "Ever since I became mayor, balancing things has been tricky. You have a job, I assume?"
Buffy looks at Regina who is now standing by the fire place and nods and she takes a sip from her glass "uh, a couple, I like to stay busy."
Regina makes her way towards Buffy "Imagine having another one on top of it. That's being a single mom, so I push for order." Buffy has a thought while Regina speaks, little does Regina know that Buffy does have another job as the slayer, only now it is more of a part time gig.
Regina chuckles to her self "Am I strict? I suppose, but I do it for his own good. I want Henry to excel in life. I don't think that makes me evil, do you?"
Buffy tries to reassure the woman even though there is something about her is giving Buffy the wigs. She is not a demon or a vampire. Buffy can't put her finger on it, Buffy just ends up believing that, that off feeling is just because she is slightly creepy. But she clearly cares about the kid. "I'm sure he's just saying that because of the fairy tale thing."
Regina looks at Buffy curious "What fairy tale thing?"
"Oh, you know, his book, how he thinks everyone's a cartoon character from it. Like his shrink is Jiminy cricket." Buffy chuckles.
"I'm sorry. I really have no idea what you're talking about."
"You know what?" Buffy sighs "It's none of my business. He's your kid, and I really should be heading back."
"Of course" The mayor quickly stands showing Buffy the way out.

As Buffy leaves the house she can't help but think about Henry. But no matter what he is better off without her, people who care about Buffy always end up hurt or emotionally damaged. Feeling someone watching her she turns around and sees Henry watching her from his bedroom window. He stays there for a moment before moving away, Buffy sighs and gets in her mustang and heads for the town line.
As Buffy gets closer to leaving town she looks at the passenger seat to see Henry's book, Buffy smiles and shakes her head "Sneaky son a bitch." When she looks back at the road there is a white wolf standing about 5 feet away from her car, she swerves the car out of the way causing her to crash into the town sign and smash her head into the side window breaking the glass. The wolf howls as Buffy slowly loses consciousness.

In the nursery Geppetto and his son Pinocchio are working on turning the enchanted tree into a vessel for the savior. While, Snow White stands outside on the balcony in the royal chambers. She goes inside turning to her husband "I don't want to do this." She cries. Charming looks at his wife sadly "It has to be you."
"I'm not leaving you." Charming walks up to her taking her in his arms.
"It's the only way." He tells her "you'll go in the wardrobe and you'll be safe from the curse."
"He said it would be on her 26th birthday." Tears are now running down Snow's face.
"What's 26 years, when you have eternal love? I have faith. You will save me, as I did you." Snow cries and then pulls her husband into a passionate kiss. She pulls away suddenly and gasps "What is it?" Charming asks her.
Snow looks at her husband and gasps in pain "The Baby. She's coming."

On the other end on the castle Grumpy is keeping watch, a moment later a large fold of blue and green smoke can be seen coming towards the castle. It's the curse! Grumpy rings the bell next to him warning everyone "The curse, it's here!"

Buffy is woken by the sound of someone whistling she turns her head and sees she is in a jail cell, she then sees the person occupying the one opposite her "What are you looking at sister?"
Another voice interrupts "Hey, Leroy. Manners. We have a guest." Buffy stands from the bed and faces the man speaking "So you are, uh, Henry's mother? How lovely for him to have you back in his life."
Buffy raises her hand to her head which is throbbing in pain "Actually I was just dropping him off" she tells the man.
The guy in the next cell scoffs "Don't blame you. They're all brats. Who needs 'em?"
The other man steps forward "Well, I'd give anything for one." He then looks at Buffy "My wife and I—We tried for many years, But, uh... it was not meant to be."
Buffy looks at the older man sadly while the other prisoner could not care less "well, cry me a river."
At that moment the sheriff enters the room "Leroy, if I'm going to let you out. You need to behave." He opens the cell door for Leroy "Put on a smile, and stay out of trouble." Leroy gives him a forced smile then wonders off still whistling. Buffy sticks her head between the bars in her cell and stairs at the Sheriff "Come on, really?"
He walks towards her "Regina's drinks. A little stronger than we thought."
"I wasn't drunk. There was a wolf standing in the middle of the road."
He stares at her unconvinced "A wolf. Right."

At that moment Regina walks in "Graham, Henry's run away again. We have to—" She stops when she sees Buffy in the cell "What is she doing here? Do you know where he is?"
Buffy just sighs "Lady, I haven't seen him since I dropped him at your house, and I have a pretty good alibi."
"Yeah, well, he wasn't in his room this morning."
"Did you try his friends?"
"He doesn't really have any. He's kind of a loner." Regina says as she glares at the blonde.
"Every kid has friends. Did you check his computer? If he's close to someone, he'd be e-mailing them."
"And you know this how?"
"Look lady I have this little gift at finding things. Including people." An idea pops into Buffy's head "Here's an idea. How about you guys let me out, and I'll help you find him?"

A little while later Buffy, Regina and Graham are in Henry's room Buffy sits at his computer as Graham crouches next to her. "Smart kid. He cleared his in-box. I'm smart, too" She shows Graham her USB "Friend of mine designed this for me it's a little hard disk recovery utility I like to use."
"I'm a bit more old-fashioned" Graham tells her "In my techniques—pounding the pavement, knocking on doors, that sort of thing."
"Yeah, well you're on salary. I on the other hang get paid only when I deliver. Pounding the pavement is not the luxury that I get."
As Buffy looks at the screen she sees a few weird things, Henry was emailing someone about her, someone who clearly knew that she was his birth mother, this person gave Henry all of her aliases and places she had stayed over the past four years. This person had set up a trail for him to follow, then told him to use a website to track her down. "Huh. There's a receipt for a web site – . It's expensive. He has a credit card?" Buffy asks looking at Regina.
Regina shakes her head "He's 10."
"Well, he used one. Let's pull up a transaction record. 'Mary Margaret Blanchard'." Buffy reads out loud for the other two. "Who's Mary Margaret Blanchard?" Buffy asks looking at Regina.

"Henry's Teacher."