Rubbing his palms wearily over his eyes he didn't make sense to him, That his mother refused to help, alright she was the Evil Queen, but she was his mother first! At least that was the way it was in the real StoryBrooke.

A knock on his door drew him out of his brooding, it was soft and uncertain.

"Come in" He groaned, turning on his bed.

His mother stepped into the room, her face thoughtful, considering something.

"What?" he snapped after a few seconds of silence

She sighed and sat on the end of his bed, a hand resting on his leg

"Henry…I…I guess I'll help, I have to don't I?"

Henry stared at her

"Why?"

It was a sincere question, he honestly didn't understand the sudden change of heart

"Because if I don't you'll probably get yourself hurt trying!"

She smiled warmly at him, but he remained serious, she sighed softly and looked away

"I, I can't lose you again Henry. These past few years, real or not real as they have been, were torture for me, Henry..I'm your mother, first and foremost. I love you more than any curse"

Choking slightly on his tears, the boy nodded, there she was, his Mom, his savior.

She smiled at his reaction and leaned to kiss his cheek, stopping halfway she looked unsure, he grinned and pushed himself up to kiss her cheek warmly.

Pulling away his grin disappeared, and he began in a serious tone

"Alright, operation-" He caught his mother's amused look and frowned

"You don't think I'm too old to come up with code names, do you?"

Realizing he was serious Regina laughed, surprising even herself, the shook her head softly

"One is never too old for code names, Henry"

The boy grinned widely and continued

"Operation WhiteSwan starts tomorrow morning, bright and early!"

"WhiteSwan?what exactly does this operation entail Henry?"

The boy smiled sheepishly

"We need to get Emma to be the savior again, and share True Love's kiss with someone…"

"Right..And how are we to do that, exactly?"

Henry rolled off the mattress in one swift move, and stood next to the bed, looking like a general commanding his officers in one of those action movies he liked so much.

" We need to get her to be happy again! The only way to do that, is to be her family..or friends…or you know, make her happy"

Regina groaned, and let her body fall onto her son's bed, hiding her face in the pillow

"I see you are not thrilled about the mission, officer"

He had deepened his voice and was standing with his chest puffed out and his hand locked behind his back, She looked up and smiled, going along with his game

"No, sir! Is there no other way to accomplish our mission?"

"Nope!"

Giving up his game the boy fell onto the bed and grinned at his mother

"We have to befriend Emma, make her feel like she's family, you know, make her happy, that way, she can love me again, and we can share true love's kiss again!"

"Henry… Emma does love you! there isn't many good things I can say about the ex-sheriff, but the fact that she loves you, it's a wonder how she manages it, it must be difficult to contain emotions in that tiny brain of hers…"

"Mom…"

"Sorry, I was saying, Emma does love you, and no matter how unhappy she is, if true love's kiss doesn't work now, it never will."

"It will"

Regina sighed and ran her fingers over her eyes,

"Henry, you don't know that"

" I have hope, I believe, that's all we need"

She stared at him a few seconds, then sighed

"Very well, you truly are Snow White's grandson, you know that?"

"I don't see you coming up with a better plan!"

He raised his voice

"Alright, Alright, We'll try it your way…But don't expect me to suddenly become best friends with Emma Swan."

He grinned widely

"Goodnight Henry,sleep now,You're going to need your energy tomorrow"

She sighed quietly and kissed the top of his head, getting up she mussed his hair lightly and left the the door quietly behind her, she leaned against it and sighed heavily, covering her face with her hands she slid down the door into a sitting position, her knees pulled up to her chest.

There was no way in hell she would help her son break the damn curse. She had everything she had worked so hard for, she had killed her father for the stupid thing!

And she had no illusions, if Emma Swan and her idiot family found out who she was, they'd tie her to a stake and burn her without a second thought.

But she could not lose Henry, not again. So she was stalling, she would pretend to go along with his plan, and if it should show any hint of working, she would sabotage it, Henry wouldn't suspect a thing.