Summary: More of our girls and some ground work on the plot.

Note: This site is the hardest to post to unlike ao3 so after this story I will probably only post to ao3. my user id there is the same as twitter Lil_Britain83 if you want to follow me there for my next stories. I am already working on 3 more and one will be a series. The next chapter in this fic is my favorite. I hope I m capturing the humor and flirting I feel like Roni and Emma would have well.

Once Roni finds pants long enough for Emma and one of her band tanks, she hands her a plain black leather jacket "It's no red leather jacket but it's what I got." She smirks at Emma and shrugs as she tosses her the jacket. "I think it will do the job, it's not like I am familiar with these clothes anyway but thank you." Emma slips the jacket on and it's a perfect fit. Emma misses her dress immediately and feels out of place but oddly comfortable at the same time. She wants to fit in, in this new world as long as she is here so she will do whatever she needs to. Roni locks her tiara away for her, for safe keeping and convinces Emma it is for the best as they settle on the couch and talk.

After a long conversation about how this world works, answering all of Emma's questions and explaining everything from a TV, microwave, pool tables to what a camera is and how it makes the pictures Emma moves to more personal questions, dying to know more about her new friend.

"So Roni, tell me about your relationship with Henry. Lucy said you adopted him right?" Emma asks still not clear on everything. Roni shakes her head. "No, I have no children, Henry is an author who came to town chasing Lucy because she stole his laptop. She is convinced Henry is her father and I am Henry's mother and we are in some kind of crazy curse. She thinks once Jacinda and Henry share true love's kiss it will break the curse. I know you may believe her or whatever...I'm not sure but we are almost the same age, there is no way he could be my son." Emma sees a longing in Roni's eyes, a loneliness she is all too familiar with. "I'm sorry Roni, this must be a lot to be dealing with. And I am sure my arrival does not help. I know this doesn't seem real but here I am and there is so much that only adds up when comparing it to a curse." Roni holds back an eye roll at the mention of the curse, Emma can sense the tension and continues. "Whatever the cause may be, I appreciate you allowing me to stay with you."

"Well 'Princess', I couldn't very well have you running around lost and confused now can I? " Roni lets out a small laugh. "Besides what kind of a dream come true would I be to refuse to help you?" The smile on Emma's face is so big she can't hide it even when turning her face away. "Yes well I suppose we both have a lot to live up to, me being your 'Savior' and all, my Queen." Emma half smiles shyly at Roni. " My Savior huh? Your Queen?" Roni raises an eyebrow. Emma shrugs "Yeah I figure if my dream led me here then at some point I am meant to save you in some way and you may not be evil but you certainly are a Queen in my book and maybe even in another life, after all you are treating me very royally and I owe you my fealty since you are going through so much to help me." Roni smiles, not sure how else to respond. She has never met anyone like Emma before and while she still thinks she's lost a few marbles, she is very charming and Roni can't resist the pull towards her.

"So Emma, is there a Mr. Savior or Prince waiting for you back home?" Please don't be in love with someone else-wait why do I care she blinks her thoughts away and holds her grin. The flirty grin on Roni's face creates a warmth and nervousness in Emma and she is all too eager to reply. "Oh no, nothing like that." Green eyes bore into brown as Roni says "Good."

Meanwhile Jacinda talks with Henry about what happened at Roni's Bar today. "So she just appeared?" Henry asks. "Like fully clothed in a princess costume?" "I don't know how she got there, she was there with Roni when we got there but yeah her outfit was very royal looking but not like the normal generic Comic Con look, like it looked like real fur on that thing. And the tiara, I mean it looked real Henry. I don't know what to think anymore." Henry shakes his head. "I don't know what to tell you Jacinda, I mean it does seem really weird but this curse business Lucy keeps talking about can't be real. Maybe this girl is disturbed or something."

Jacinda shifts on the couch to bring her leg under her and turn to face Henry. They lock eyes as she brings the coffee cup up to take a sip and smiles into the edge of the cup. For a brief moment Henry questions his whole life and maybe this curse is real because he feels an unreal connection to her, he smiles back and takes a sip of his own cup. Jacinda breaks the silence first. "Henry...I know what Lucy says sounds crazy but she also has this picture and I am starting to think maybe there is something to what she is saying. Maybe not magic but this woman has to be something to you." Jacinda takes out the picture and the book (because of course Lucy made a copy of the photo.) she opens the book to the page of the Savior and places the picture next to it. She looks at Henry, his brow furrows and his eyes widen. "That's me as a kid! Where did you get this?" "Lucy found this picture with some adoption papers with your name on them. This is Roni and this woman is the same as the one in your book and the woman, the 'Princess', Emma she looks exactly like her minus the jacket. I think you and Roni owe it to yourselves to look further into this. There may not be any magic but I think something in your pasts are connected somehow. How else can you explain all this?" "I don't know Jacinda. I don't know."

"Well Lucy seems to think Victoria has something to do with all this, I know Ivy trusts you and as much as I hate to ask can you speak to her and see if she will tell you more of Victoria's plans? I know she has been secretive but Ivy is sure to know more than she lets on. Maybe she will say something we can use to prove to Lucy all this is not true. You know they are trying to take Lucy from me so she won't tell me anything. And I am doing all I can to keep Lucy but if she keeps running off and talking about magic Victoria may take her for real." Jacinda fights back tears, Henry places his hand over hers and dips his head to capture her eyes. "Hey...it's ok she won't get Lucy, we find something and get through this together." Jacinda smiles at Henry as he squeezes her hand in reassurance. "Thank you Henry." "You're welcome, I will see what I can find and try to talk to Lucy. I can at least ask her to quiet down about magic and stop running off. Hopefully that will help."

The next day Henry finds Lucy after school in the community garden which is basically a bunch of patches of dirt and a dried up well that Victoria plans on leveling to make more shops. "I thought I might find you here." He stands, hands in his pockets with a half smile. " Yeah I've been planting seeds. I came to see if anything has grown yet. I wanted to show everyone there is hope to go back home." Henry sighs and kneels down to her level. " Lucy, my book is just a book, a story. I made it up, that's what fairy tales are. Even if you don't believe that can you do me a favor?" She nods enthusiastically. " Your mom is trying real hard to keep you with her. You want to stay with her right?" "Of course I do." "Ok so you need to stop talking about magic and the curse and stop running off or else your grandma isn't going to let you stay with your mom." Lucy huffs " But it is real and we're your family!" "Lucy I had a family and they died! This may be hard for you to understand but I'm still trying to help you. I'm not saying to forget about fairy tales or happy endings but at least keep talk of it away from Ivy and Victoria. Please." She nods with a sad smile "Ok" Henry gives her a hug. " I like it here kid, I like you and your mom. I'm willing to stick around but I need u to meet me halfway here deal?" Lucy smiles bigger now and nods, she holds her hand out to shake his. "Deal."

Ivy has been asking Henry to meet for coffee for a while, Henry knows her end game is to move in on him which is why he keeps making excuses but today he accepts in order to get some information that may be usable. All Henry wants is to help Jacinda, he can't bare to see them torn apart. Especially over a book, he feels at fault for writing the book that Lucy keeps protesting is real and giving fuel to Victoria to take her from Jacinda.

Henry gets to the coffee shop a little early with his laptop, doing a little research about the properties that Victoria is buying hoping for any information that will help.

"Henry! Thank you for meeting with me, I was beginning to think you were avoiding me." Ivy gives a small smile and tilt of her head as she slides into the seat across from Henry. "No of course not. I have just been working on my second book, deadlines you know." He shakes his head. "Hence the laptop. Sorry this is kind of a working coffee but I had to try to get something down." Ivy swats her hand gently "Oh no worries, I understand all about deadlines from working for my mother. So how is it coming? What is the new book about?" "Well I haven't gotten far mainly brainstorming for now, I'm thinking of making a sequel to the first book, something like maybe a new curse or new villain. Maybe a new love story. I am still working on options. What about you, how is working for Victoria going?" Ivy frowns. "Oh you know mother can be quite the slave driver. Most days I feel like an errand girl for her though. Getting coffee, herbs, flowers, lunch. Handling all the meetings when she doesn't show up, doing the paperwork. It's tedious work really but nothing I haven't done before."

"Why would she miss any meetings?" This sounds promising, why would Victoria be missing any meetings when she is hell bent on making so many changes? "Honestly I am not sure. She has been acting kinda strange lately and its put a lot of pressure on me but I am hoping to run my own company soon so this is good experience for me." Henry takes a sip of his coffee and says. "Well I think it's great that you want to run your own business, it's kind of sucky she puts so much pressure on you though." Ivy takes a generous sip of her coffee and leans back. "Yes well, it's fine. Enough about me. How is everything going with Jacinda? You two seem to be getting close." Henry almost spits his coffee out a little off guard with the question. "Yeah we are good… friends. I have been helping her and Sabine with the food truck you know, get it up and running." Ivy leans back in "Oh right the food truck how is that going?"

"Well you know if your mom would stop trying to sabotage it we would be making a lot more progress. What is Victoria's deal with Jacinda anyway?" Ivy clears her throat and furrows her brows. "Well I don't know I guess she's bitter because Jacinda's father died and left her a widow with an extra child to care for. She's never been the warmest mother even to me so, I guess maybe that's just her." Henry nods. "Hmm well I can understand it must have been hard to be a single mother but why does she want Lucy? I mean isn't it a little extreme to try to take a child from her mother? It just doesn't make sense."

"My mother just wants Lucy to be well taken care of and Jacinda obviously can't handle Lucy if she keeps running off and having delusions. It's not healthy for Lucy and mother just wants to help." Henry scoffs and raises an eyebrow looking very Roni like and says "Come on Lucy's just a kid, it's normal to have dreams, even fantasies of fairy tales, she will grow out of it. Jacinda isn't doing anything wrong. She is working hard,fighting for Lucy and taking care of her. You're her sister can't you help her?" Ivy leans an elbow on the table and rolls her eyes. "Step sister. I guess for you I can talk to mother." Henry smiles. "Thank you."