Granny's Diner
It's Saturday morning, Emma is sitting at a booth drinking coffee and reading through the newspaper meanwhile Graham approaches and sits across from her.
Emma puts the newspaper down. "I didn't send an invitation for breakfast."
"Just thought I drop by to see how my deputy is doing."
Emma smirks. "Or you want something from me." She sits back and crosses her arms.
Graham scoffs. "Can we just have a friendly chat without you assuming things."
"I don't assume things."
Graham raises his hands in defense. "Alright. Look, I didn't come here for an argument...I wanted to ask you out on a date."
"Isn't that against the rules or something."
"In this town, no."
Emma gives him a skeptic look. "Seriously." Her phone rings she answers it. "Yeah. Okay, I'll be right over." She hangs up. "Can we talk about this later I have to go help, Mary Margaret." She gets up and leaves.
Graham looks disappointed then he notices Emma's half cup of coffee and decides to drink the rest of it. For a moment he starts to feel a tingly sensation then he suddenly sees blurred impressions of a forest it becomes clear as a wolf with eyes of different colors one red, the other one blue, appears briefly.
Ruby notices and quickly goes over to him. "Hey Sheriff, you okay."
Graham tries to focus. "Uh, I think I should be heading home."
"Shouldn't you go to the hospital because you don't look too good."
"I am fine." He gets up quickly and leaves.
Mills Residence
Living area. Regina and Henry are enjoying their Saturday snuggling on the couch watching Star Wars Episode III.
"Mom?"
"Yeah, Henry."
"I can see a bit of similarity between you and Anakin Skywalker."
Regina seems confused. "How So?"
"You both were good before turning evil, lost a loved one then wanted vengeance, manipulated by an evil person and finally redeemed yourself in the end except he's dead and you are not."
"Wow, you are very observant." Suddenly the doorbell rings. "Who could that be?" she gets up to answer the door then opens it to reveal Graham. "Graham?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Just a sec." She goes back to the living area. "Henry, I'm going to talk to Sheriff Graham for a minute I'll be outside."
Henry pouts. "Aw, you're going to miss the epic fight scene."
Regina smiles. "I'll watch it again when I'm done talking to Graham, okay."
"Okay." Henry goes back to watching the movie meanwhile Regina goes outside with Graham.
"What's going on?" Regina said, she wonders
"I apologize for interrupting your Saturday you are the only person I can talk to at the moment."
"Graham, it's okay just talk to me."
"I don't know what's going on with me I been having weird flashes like I was in the woods hunting a deer. Then there was this wolf."
"A wolf?"
"It's eyes. One was blood-red the other one was black as night." Suddenly he looks like he is going to faint and nearly falls.
Regina quickly helps him. "Whoa, Graham you don't look too good why don't you come inside."
Graham shakes his head."No, I'm fine."
"Graham! You need to listen to me come inside to rest."
For a minute Graham seems to hesitate then he gives in. "Alright."
Mary Margaret Blanchard's Apartment
Emma is coming downstairs and notices the flowers on the kitchen table. "Really?" She throws them into a garbage bin.
"Oh. Hey. Wait, what are you doing?"
"If Graham thinks flowers will make me go out with him it ain't working."
"No, those were mine."
"Oh. From David?"
"No. Dr. Whale."
Emma looks confused. "Why would Dr. Whale…" Mary Margaret looks back at Emma. "Are you serious?"
"I know, it's a disaster."
"No. That's amazing. You're getting over David."
"First of all, there's nothing to get over. And second of all, it was just a one-night-stand."
"Not according to those flowers."
"Yeah, maybe I shouldn't have called him."
"Oh my god, you called him?"
"Okay, I'm still learning I felt guilty about it."
"Why? There's nothing wrong with what you did. Trust me. One nighter is as far as I ever go."
"That's because you're…"
"Because I'm what?"
"Never mind."
"Yeah. Tell me. What do I do?"
"You're just protecting yourself. With that wall, you put up."
"Just because I don't get emotional with a man."
"You don't get emotional with a man? The floral abuse tells a different story."
"What story is that?"
"The one that's obvious to everyone except apparently you. That you have feelings for Graham."
Emma rolls her eyes. "Come on."
"There's a wall."
"That's not a wall." Mary Margaret picks the flowers out of the garbage bin then puts them into a vase. "Really?"
"There's nothing wrong with being cautious."
"Oh, that's true but Emma that wall of yours it can either keep out the pain or keep out the love."
Mills Residence
The Enchanted Forest. Past. Blurred impressions of a forest, the Huntsman raises a knife, Snow White is there with her eyes widened with fear the wolf who accompanied the Huntsman howls.
Graham wakes up gasping for air as he is in the living area lying on the couch meanwhile Regina approaches him.
"Graham, you alright?" She watches Graham as he sits up then she sits down next to him.
Graham stares at her in confusion. "I had another flash which I tried to kill some girl who looks just like Miss Blanchard." He sighs then rubs his head. "Why is this happening to me?
Regina stares at him for a moment. "Graham, those aren't flashes they are memories of a life you once lived."
"That's impossible there is no way I would ever remember being in a forest."
"It's because you are cursed, twenty-eight years ago I cast a curse to bring us all here in the land without magic due to vengeance. What you saw in those flashes are real we are from a place called the enchanted forest."
Graham looks skeptic. "You know what you had just said sounds crazy."
"You don't believe me do you?" Graham shakes his head. "Great. I'm just going to have to bring my little partner into this. Henry!"
"Wait! Why are you bringing Henry into this."
"If I can't get you to believe maybe he will."
Meanwhile, Henry is walking downstairs then heads to the living area while holding his book he sits between his mother and Graham.
Henry stares at Graham. "Before we get started can I ask you a question."
"Uh, Sure." Graham said.
"When did your flashes begin?" Henry asked.
"Since this morning I was at Granny's talking to Emma after that, the flashes started."
Regina stares at Graham."Graham, you need to give us small details like what were you doing while you were talking to Emma."
Graham looks a bit uncomfortable. "Nothing, just about work then she had to leave...You know what I just realized once I had drunk the rest of her coffee I started to have this strange feeling of emptiness that's when the flashes started."
Henry makes a face. "You drank from Emma's cup that's gross."
"Henry!" Regina scolds him.
"Sorry." To his mother then looks at Graham. "So what did you see?" Henry said.
"A wolf. I saw that I had a knife in my hand and I was with Mary Margaret." Graham said.
"Were you about to hurt her?" Henry said.
Graham looks surprised. "Yes! How'd you know that?"
"Because Mary Margaret is Snow White. Which makes you the Huntsman." Henry said.
"So you think I could be another person?" Graham said.
"Yeah, it all makes sense if you think about it." Henry said.
"So I started remembering just from drinking Emma's half cup of coffee. How is that even possible?" Graham said.
"Well, you two do have a special connection. She owes you her life." Henry said.
"How?" Graham said.
"Snow White's her mother. And you spared her. If you hadn't, Emma wouldn't have been born." Henry said.
"What happened after I spared Snow White?" Graham said.
"The evil queen who was my mom got mad and took your heart." Henry said.
Graham stares at Regina. "You took my heart?"
"Yes, it's somewhere safe."
Graham doesn't know if he should be angry with her he's seen Regina change and believes she deserves a second chance. "May I see it?"
Regina's Vault
Later. Regina and Graham descend downstairs then head to a room full of heart containers.
"No offense but this place gives me the creeps no wonder you didn't bring Henry."
Regina had left Henry with Ruby she tried to convince him to stay with Emma but he refuses to be alone with her.
"Well, there's a reason I hid it in the cemetery." She grabs a heart container holding Graham's heart then opens it to show Graham.
Graham is shocked to see his beating heart then he tries to feel his chest. "How am I alive?"
"The effects of the curse is keeping you alive."
"Can you put it back."
Regina shakes her head. "Not until the curse breaks then I'll have my magic to restore it."
"For how long?"
"Soon, at the moment I'm still trying to find a way to help Emma break the curse."
"So it's true Emma is the savior."
"Yes, but I must warn you Emma thinks the curse is a game we're playing with Henry you cannot tell her anything until the time is right." She closes the heart container and puts it back. "Until then your heart will be safe in here."
Graham agrees with her they head outside. It gets quiet for a moment until Regina is the first to speak. "I am surprised you are not angry with me considering what I did to you."
"Well it's all in the past, I've known you for twenty-eight years seen you change especially for Henry who sees the good in you and so do I."
Regina smiles, the guilt of killing Graham from the original timeline has now disappeared then she realizes if Emma falls in love with Graham her future relationship with Hook will never happen besides she deserves better and hopes Graham will be her happy ending. "Thanks."
Storybrooke Sheriff Department
Later. Emma is sitting at her desk looking through some papers and sees Graham walking in.
"Hey! I hear that you're having a rough day."
"Who says?"
"Ruby told me she said after I left you didn't look too good."
"I was feeling sick earlier now I'm feeling much better."
Emma gets up to approach him. "Well, I'm glad you are ok."
Graham nods. "I'm glad too."
It's quiet for a moment then leans in kissing Graham the kiss evoke Sheriff Graham to remember the events of his life in the Enchanted Forest previously shown in flashbacks in the order they'd occurred.
Emma looks at him questionably. "Graham?"
Graham smiles. "Nothing, I'm feeling one hundred percent better now."
Emma smiles back, they kiss passionately wrapping their arms around each other.
