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Regina stared at her son, and looking around the room, she realized that both Archie and David had the same look on their faces. They didn't know what to think.

Regina's heart and mind were a battlefield of thoughts and emotions. On one hand, she desperately wanted to believe what Henry was saying; that her baby girl was alive and well, that her mother lied to her all those years ago. That the last piece she had of Daniel was still out there for her to find, that she will be able to finally hold her daughter. That all hope wasn't lost. But on the other hand, she was terrified; what if she got her hopes up, only for them to be crushed again? She already lost Daniel for the second time today, and she didn't want to lose her daughter again as well. She snapped out of her reverie at David's words.

"Henry, you cant base what you're saying solely on the fact that the drawings in the book look the same. I know that everything else in the book is true, but I think if she was Regina's daughter it would have been mentioned." David calmly told his grandson. He knew exactly how Regina felt, and what was going through her head. He didn't want her to get her hopes up, only for them to be crushed again, and he had no idea what to say to her, so he decided that he needs to be sure of anything before he can encourage her to feel either way.

"No, it wouldn't be mentioned. Daniel is nowhere in the book. Whoever wrote this didn't care why mom held a grudge against grandma, they said it was because she was jealous of her beauty. But in the Little Mermaid, they said she was incredibly powerful, and that she was a witch, but a good one. They even said that she wasn't really Triton and Athena's daughter. They couldn't have children. And Triton is powerful enough to turn a normal baby into a baby mermaid." Henry pleadingly told his grandfather, he was kind of disappointed that he didn't believe him, and at the same time he was desperately trying to make his mother feel better. He wanted to give her something to believe in again.

"Actually David, I think he may be on to something." Archie finally decided to talk.

Regina's head snapped in his direction, and David furrowed his eyebrows at his words. The only one who seemed happy by what he said, was Henry, who had a huge grin on his face.

"What do you mean? Is she really my daughter?" Regina tearfully asked Archie, she wasn't sobbing like before, but tears were still in her eyes, escaping occasionally, and a person could easily spot the desperate tone in her question. She wanted to have hope. She wanted to believe Henry, but she was terrified of both. And the prospect of someone telling her it was alright to have it, was good, hell it was great.

"I don't know about that part. But it may be not as farfetched as you both think." Archie was quick to clarify that point.

"Then what do you mean?" David asked him, as he glanced at Regina, noticing the desperate and yet silent plea in her eyes, that somehow, all of this is true. And in all honesty, he couldn't blame her. He himself, is hoping for the same, but he wants to be sure before any hopes crush when it all fails through.

"Ariel, the Little Mermaid, she's powerful. Back in our land, it was a known fact that she was even more powerful than King Triton. Do you remember the horrible storm that was a few weeks after your wedding to the King?" Archie directed his question at Regina.

"Yeah" Regina answered, her eyebrows furrowed, as she had no idea what THAT had to do with anything.

"That was her."

"WHAT?" came from all three mouths.

"Based on the timeline that we have, that would have made her barely 2 months old." David told Archie.

"Yes I know. She has control over the elements, and her hold on water is twice as strong due to her mermaid nature. And since she was just a baby, her emotions affected her powers greatly. So when her emotions went into overdrive, all hell broke loose." Archie slowly explained.

"How does any of that proof that she's mine?" Regina desperately asked him.

"Well, it doesn't. But it proves that it is a possibility, because she's not Triton's biological daughter. And based on what you told me earlier, you started using magic for evil after Dr. Whale failed to bring Daniel back the first time, which again fits the timeline."

"I don't understand."Regina told him, "neither do I" David added.

"Rumors had it, that the baby was fussy. And on that specific occasion, nothing calmed her down. But after that time, she never went into overdrive again. Not until years later that is." Archie explained.

"You think that she felt mom's transformation, and that storm was her pain and anger over losing her mother." Henry stated.

"Exactly. Ariel was always known to be different from the other mermaids. She was the only one to escape the Pirates. And she made them terrified of capturing any mermaids. She was notorious in dealing with them, when they captured, or even came anywhere near any mermaids. All mermaids have powers, but she was unstoppable." Archie told them, as he slowly monitored Regina's reaction.

Regina's face was a mess of emotions. She was crying, her eyes had hope in them, as well as fear. Fear of getting her hopes up only to have them crushed.

"Regina" David called her and waited till she looked at him before he continued talking, "I know this will seem like a deviation, but bear with me, ok?" he gently asked her.

Regina couldn't even find the strength to answer, so she just nodded.

"From everything I know about your mother from what Snow told me, I find it incredibly hard that your mother never tried to hurt your child while you were pregnant. She had magic, so she could have easily caused a few accidents that should have got you to abort." David told Regina.

Regina looked at him for a long time, and he watched as her eyes started shifting, as she searched her memories for something.

"There were a few falls, but nothing major. David believe me, if my mother wanted the baby dead while she was inside of me, she would have accomplished it." Regina told him.

"Not if the baby protected itself" Henry finally caught on his grandfather's trail of thoughts.

"Excuse me" Regina's eyes kept shifting between her son and his grandfather.

David slid off the couch and was kneeling in front of her.

"Think about it Regina. From what Archie said, she's notorious in protecting what is hers, and the people she cares about. If you cross her and hurt someone she loves, she will rip you to pieces. Does that sound like anybody you know?" David calmly told her, "You" he said to Regina's confused look, which only deepened.

"You protect what is yours Regina at all costs. Yes sometimes you go about it the wrong way, but there is no denying that everything you did to Emma was so that you wouldn't lose Henry. And from what Snow told me of Daniel, he was loving, caring and overprotective of his loved ones as well."

"Yes he was" Regina said, as a longing smile graced her lips.

" Your mother tried, as I would guess relentlessly to abort you for 7 months, but the baby protected the two of you. She wasn't going to allow grandma to hurt her mother." David explained, slightly joyful at the prospect, and the smile that appeared on Regina's lips and the consequent grin on Henry's were contagious.

"She protected you Regina. For months, she made sure that Cora wouldn't hurt you, and I think that storm was because she realized that she wont be able to protect you anymore." David added, "I know that you're scared of getting your hopes up and I cant blame you. But there has to be a way of finding out. "

"I..." Regina started saying as she desperately searched for a way, but before she could tell David that she cant, a voice stopped her.

"The mirror." Henry suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Regina's confused voice answered him.

"Your mirror. A mirror never lies. Maybe you can enchant a mirror so that we can look and see."

"But I promised you that I wont use magic again. It's too tempting." Regina quietly told him.

"I give you permission to break the promise. This isn't dark magic. This is good. If she's alive, then you'll know for sure." Henry told her, and she had to laugh at his enthusiasm. He was basically giddy, and jumping with joy.

"Can you do it?" David asked her, and she looked over at Archie to see what he thinks.

"I think using magic this one time wont hurt. I think it will actually help." He calmly told her. And the grin, that threatened to split her face in half, was mirrored by Henry; and David had a genuine happy expression on his face.

"But before we do that, I want you both to know, that I didn't want Emma and Snow sucked into the portal after the Wraith. He pulled Emma and before I could do anything about it Snow jumped and the portal closed before I could react." She told both David and Henry, and they both saw, as well as heard the sincerity in her statement, so they both nodded. She was surprised when Henry leaned over and hugged her. She hugged him back tightly.

"Now what do you say we go find your daughter?" Henry said as he let go of her, too soon for her liking.

"Sure." Regina said, and she allowed him to pull her up from the couch.

"Let me know how it goes." Archie told them.

"You're not coming?" Regina asked him.

"No, I think it will be best if you three did this alone." He told her.

"We'll keep you posted." David told him, as he directed Henry towards the door, and let them all out.

well here's the new chapter. let me know what you all think.