Disclaimer: I don't own either Once or Buffy, I'm just playing with the characters for a bit.

A/N: This chapter is set during 2x16 for Once. Part of the dialogue is from 'the Miller's daughter' (you'll know which when you get there)

Chapter 2

Once back in Storybrooke, Henry found himself in the care of Ruby while his ma, dad and grandparents went to granddad's pawn shop to deal with his mom and grandmother. He wanted to be there but he also knew that he needed back up so turning to the werewolf he asked, "So… did my Aunt Faith wake up yet? And did you guys tell my mom?"

Ruby looked down and over at the eleven year old sheepishly, "She hasn't yet. I didn't and I don't know if your grandparents did either." The werewolf flinched at the glare she was getting from the boy; it reminded her that while genetically the kid was a Charming he was raised by the Evil Queen.

"And why haven't you let her know?" Henry asked before saying, "Well you need to take me to the hospital because I need to see my Aunt Faith to tell her about everything that has happened recently."

With a nodded from Ruby the two headed towards the hospital in hopes to see the woman who has been in a coma for two weeks now.

Once in the hospital, Henry entered Faith's room to find her twitching in the bed all while her phone had been ringing non-stop. Ruby stayed by the door mostly because she didn't know what else to do. She watched as Henry actually picked up his aunt's phone.

Henry answered, "Hello."

On the other end a distinguished English accented voice spoke, "Hello, who is this?"

"My name's Henry Mills and you are?"

"Rupert Giles, may I inquire as to why you are picking up one of my employee's phone?"

Henry tilted his head, "This is my Aunt Faith's phone and she's currently in a coma after she got into an accident two weeks ago. Why haven't you called before now?"

"Oh good Lord," Giles exclaimed, "Faith had asked for a few weeks off, when she left here. I was just calling to see if she had gotten settled."

Henry noticed that the man on the phone seemed to know something but the little boy didn't know what so he asked, "Why don't you seem more worried about her being in a coma?"

Giles sighed, "I am worried my dear boy, but I will say this it wouldn't be the first time Faith has been in a coma. In fact this would be the fourth time I believe." The man on the other end of the phone finally realized what the boy had said when he had answered, "Wait, your Aunt Faith?"

Henry sassed the man, "You just now picked up on that?" Ruby snickered at the little boy's sassiness.

Over the phone Giles sighed, "Well it would appear that you share Faith's sass and snark, young man." Before getting back on topic, "Would you need me to send someone to send someone or some money for Faith's hospital bill?"

Henry smiled, "No that's okay. We're good. I think Aunt Faith will wake up when she's ready."

"Well she was always like that anyways so Mr. Mills when Faith wakes up have her call me okay."

"I will." Henry then hung up the phone before turning to his bedridden aunt, "You need to wake up soon."

The scene Faith and her two guides were in now found them standing by a well where, little Henry, Gold and Regina watched as a green violent curse covered the top of the well. The Slayer watched as the scene played out just like all the others. This scene had the eleven year old fighting his mom about her having faith in him if she expects him to have faith in her.

Regina walked up to the well and to the magic off the well. Just then Emma and Snow came back through the well.

Henry cried, "Ma!" The boy ran up to the blonde ecstatic that she was back. There was a three way hug between Snow, Henry and Emma before Ruby pulled the pixie haired brunette away to wake David.

Emma turned to Regina saying, "Your ah… Your mom's a real piece of work you know that?"

"Indeed I do."

Faith snorted saying, "Understatement much?"

Ruby stood behind Henry as the boy sat quietly next to his Aunt when Faith spoke sarcastically, "Understatement much?"

Ruby blinked, "Henry has she done this before?"

The boy looked up and smiled, "Yeah, the first day she came in and every visit I had with her. I think some kind of magic is keeping her under but every time she spoke, I thought she was fighting it."

Both stayed quiet as Faith spoke once more, "Really, that's the savior, and I mean it was a dog's memory."

The scene changed one last time as Faith snarled, "Really, that's the savior, and I mean it was a dog's memory." Faith paced, "You know all that could have been avoided had they actually used the damn dream catcher on 'Gina. Hell no wonder, 'Gina seems to be on Mother's side."

What Faith didn't realize is this last scene the three were watching was happening as they observed. Faith watched as Rumple gave Snow the candle to save his life but trade it for Cora's by cursing the heart and getting the heart back into Cora's body. The placement of the scene changed to Regina's vault as sure enough Snow was going through with cursing Cora's heart. Just as Snow finish the curse, Regina entered.

Regina spoke, "You have no right to be here." Looking down at the box, "And you have no right to that."

"I was going to give it to you," Snow said.

"What?"

"She can't love you; you know she doesn't have her heart. With it maybe she can." Snow weaved her story, "That's why you never felt she loved you. She doesn't have her heart, but I do."

Regina looked confused, "You're doing that for me?"

"Think about it, what would happen if Cora had her heart back, back inside her?"

"She told me took it out to protect herself."

Snow asked, "But did it work? The person she was before do you think that person survived? She can't love, she can't love you."

"She always wanted the best for me," Regina replied, "that's love."

"Imagine a really love, you'd have a mother and a start at making a family the Henry could be a part of," Snow looked down at the box before adding, "or you could have her be the Dark One. The choice is yours."

Faith felt her jaw drop as she watched her sister take the box and head out of the vault.

In the room, Henry continued to sit vigil at his aunt's side with Ruby standing by the door. Then suddenly Faith's eyes shot open as she exclaimed, "Fuck!"

The dark haired Slayer moved as quickly as she could out of the bed and over to her bag. She pulled on a pair of jeans and switched the hospital gown for a red tank top before grabbing her jacket and bag as she bolted out of the room.

Ruby and Henry watched in shock before chasing after the woman that had just woken up from a two week coma. Faith moved as fast as her slayer speed would allow, not much caring if anyone noticed the oddness of it. The Slayer was just overly determined to get to the pawnshop before Regina put the cursed heart into their mother's chest.

Snow and David were also racing to the pawnshop as they did they saw Ruby and Henry chasing after Faith. The Slayer got to the pawnshop door and kicked it in just as Regina had placed the heart and Cora had dropped the knife.

Faith yelled, "No!" Rushing forward she absentmindedly picked up the dagger and slides it into her enchanted sheath all while getting to her mother and sister as Cora fell.

Regina looked up at the cry before realizing that something was wrong with her mother, "Mother?"

Cora looked up at her two daughters saying, "This would have been enough. You would have been enough." Looking towards her youngest, Cora had tears in her eyes as she apologizes, "I am so sorry for taking your heart."

Faith gave a watery smirk down at her mother, "Meh… shit happens." Seeing the look on her mother's face Faith continued, "I forgive you mother."

Just then there was a commotion behind Faith. Reacting like she was about to be attacked, Faith pulled the katana from its place on her back to a ready position just as Snow and her Charming prince burst in. Snow was just about to call out for Regina to stop when she found the point of a sword lightly yet deadly touch the tip of her nose. She followed the sword's length to a pair of dark angry brown eyes of Faith.

Henry and Ruby came in to find the standoff. Not knowing what had happened Ruby fell into position to back her best friends while Henry took in the entire scene, not just his Aunt holding a sword on his gran but seeing his mom cradling his grandmother, who looked to be not moving at all, to his granddad, who was trying to call his dagger to him.

Regina looked up ready to go after Snow to find a familiar figure standing tall and proud between her, her mother and the two idiots. It was then that she noticed Henry standing off to the side of everything. Regina's voice cracked a little as she spoke, "Henry?"

Henry gave his mom a concerned look as he approached slowly. Before the boy got to his mom, Emma and Neal entered the shop from wherever they had been sent.

Emma watched the kid approach Regina as the Savior took in the scene just like her son did as she asked, "Um… what's going on?"

Faith sneered at the two Charmings in front of her as she spoke, "Yes, Snowflake why don't you tell your daughter dearest and loving grandson what you did."

Snow actually flinched at the pure venom in a once affectionate nickname. David felt his wife flinch as he jumped to her defense, "Cora deserved what she got."

"Make no mistake in thinking I don't agree that my Mother may have deserved a death sentence," Faith snarled at David, "I'm talking about Snow manipulating 'Gina and giving my sister both false hope and the magical equivalent of a loaded fucking gun."

Both Henry and Emma looked shocked as the boy looked in sadness to his mom before moving to her side and leaning into his dark haired mother as Emma had moved to stand next to Faith. While Neal looked torn between helping his father get the dagger back and joining his son at the woman who he and Emma owe for such an amazing kid, side, he moved to stand right behind his son and his son's adopted mother.

Faith felt the different movements of all those in the shop. She felt the dagger shift a little in the sheath turning her head to look at Gold she spoke with her left hand resting on the hilt of the dagger, "Knock that off. You aren't going to be able to call it to you." Gold glared but stopped trying to call the dagger to him.

Ruby stayed off to the side because this wasn't her fight and after hearing what her best friend did, she couldn't exactly back Snow for murder in such away. The werewolf was both shocked and not shocked that Snow could do this given she found out that Cora killed Queen Eva, but to trick Regina to do it just went against everything that Snow has stood for in the past.

Once Faith was sure no one was going to move one way or the other, she turned around and kneeled down in a one knee kneel reminiscent of her knighthood in front of her older sister. Faith asked, "Would you like me to take her, 'Gina?"

Regina looked up from her mother and her son to look right into her sister's eyes. She noticed that Faith's eyes didn't hold the same dead look that Graham's or her mother's did. It was almost like instead of not being able to feel any emotions, Faith's emotions were almost muted. Regina silently handed their mother's body over to her younger sister as the two Mills sisters stood as one. Henry moved to grab his mom's hand as he looked up to his Aunt saying, "A Mr. Giles said to call him when you woke up."

Faith's anger deflated to disbelief as she blinked, "You answered my phone. Why?"

"It was ringing," Henry replied in a tone of voice that screamed the implied 'duh'.

Regina had a slight smile on her face as the two people that were most important to her that were alive seemed to get along. As she led the two towards the family tomb, Regina thought maybe there still were people that loved her.

Back at the pawnshop, Neal and Emma watched as the backs of the three Mills moved away from them. The two turned back around as Emma asked, "What was that about?"

Snow looked down, "I didn't… I screwed up didn't I?"

Before David could say anything Ruby spoke, "If what she said was true Snow then yeah you did." The Prince turned and glared at the werewolf but Ruby just shrugged because she wasn't going to sugar coat it for Snow.

Emma studied her parents before saying, "Well I'm going to make sure they are alright, well as alright as one can be after losing a parent."

With that said Emma left to follow the Mills. She walked the path towards the cemetery to find the three entering the Mills tomb. Emma hung back but heard Faith say something.

Inside the tomb, Faith turned to Henry saying, "Why don't you go see your Ma, while 'Gina and I lay ours to rest."

Regina blinked before realizing that Faith had picked up on Henry's different uses of referring to his parents. As Henry gave his mom's hand a squeeze he turned and headed out to stand with his ma. Regina then led Faith down into her vaults to lay their mother to rest next to their father's body. After doing this Regina found Faith's heart in some of their mother's collected hearts that she had brought with her.

Looking at the glowing heart in her hand, Regina gave a shuttered breath before asking, "Are you sure you're ready for this?"

"Yes, I think it's time for that to be back where it belongs." With that said Faith gave Regina a nod that told her to do it to put the heart back where it needs to be. The former Mayor gritted her teeth as she watched her hand sink into her sister's chest to replace the heart.

Once the heart was in place, Regina withdrew her hand. It was Faith who reacted to feeling the guilt, remorse, regret, and love that had multiplied by tenfold. The Slayer cried out in a mix of pain and grief as each and every one of her emotions came at her at full strength. She lashed out by slamming her fist through the concrete wall. Regina moved over and caught Faith's wrist above the injured hand. With a small wave above the hand, Regina healed the broken bones from the punch.

Outside the tomb, Emma and Henry waited with baited breath as they heard the cry out of one of the women inside. Emma was about to go in to make sure everything was alright when suddenly both women walked out.

Faith smiled at the two outside, the smile had a hint of sadness but what was more the emotions came out stronger than when the Savior saw the other woman in the pawnshop.

Henry looked at his aunt before asking, "Aunt Faith, did you have mom put your heart back?"

Faith smirked, "yeah pup, I did." The Slayer's face took on a more serious look as she spoke again, "So it would appear that it's time to end the blood feud between the Mills and the Whites don't you think little bit?" Faith was purposefully looking at her nephew knowing that neither woman could say no to him on this topic as she added, "After all you said something about needing back up."

Henry grinned hearing that his aunt had indeed heard him while she was in a coma, "I agree that it needs to end."

Emma and Regina shared a look that spoke volumes as the said in unison, "How do you propose to do that?"