When Regina and the others arrived back from their night out, they came home to David and Killian sitting at the dinning room table. Each with a cup of coffee and the board games and pizza boxes shoved to the side.

Regina tilted her head as she looked around, "Where is Edith and Coal?" she asked as Emma noticed the same thing. Mary Margret hung up her coat when the question was asked. She too now had a small worried look on her face.

"Sound asleep on the couch." Killian stated as he leaned back in his chair and took a sip from his coffee. "I hope that's de-cafe." Emma pointed to his cup as Regina moved to the living room. There she found both Coal and Edith passed out next to one another. They seemed so peaceful, and yet disturbing. Regina narrowed her eyes, "Please tell me you both didn't fall for this."

Both David and Killian got up from where they were sitting and headed to the couch. "Fall for what?" David asked as he looked over the two teens.

Regina rolled her eyes and reached out tugging on the blanket under the two. With the slightest movement the two teens feathered into the blanket. Regina lifted up the blanket and showed it to them. "It's one of the first tricks in the book." Regina couldn't believe what she had come home to.

Killian turned to Emma and looked to his cup, "Non de-cafe now, love." he stated in a somewhat hushed tone.

"Where do you think they went to?" Mary Margret spoke up as she came over to help inspect the scene.

"Probably ran off." Emma shook her head before running a hand through her hair.

"How long did were they over here?" Regina asked as she tossed the blanket back onto the couch.

David looked to Killian hoping the pirate would state the answer. Killian just motioned to his cup before heading off to the kitchen.

"A few hours..." David finally answered.

"Hours?" Regina exclaimed.

"They said they wanted to watch tv." David stated in defense.

The room started to feel a bit tense with this new information. Mostly from Regina's side. These were her kids. The only other two people that knew what she knew were standing in the room next to her.

"Where could they have gone to?" Mary Margret asked.

This hit Regina like a tone of bricks. Lost like how she was with Henry when he was younger. There were times where Henry would run off to one of his hiding places and she would have no idea where that was. She got lucky that Emma was around and Henry shared those places with her.

These were two kids from her own flesh and blood and she didn't even know where to start. She made her way to the bottom of the stairs as she tried to think quickly. She knew there were things around the house that belonged to them. A simple tracking spell would help with this situation.

"We'll help find them Regina." Mary Margret tried to shed some light onto the situation.

"Find who?" Coal stood at the top of the stairs and started to make his way down. He stopped half way when everyone came into the main entry way to look at him.

Regina and the others felt greatly confused. "Where's Edith?" She asked as she studied the young teen.

Coal smirked and leaned on the rail, "In her room sleeping." He tilted his head. "Why?" he asked with a small sly smirk.

Regina narrowed her eyes, "Do you think this is funny?" She asked.

Coal wanted to laugh but shook it off. "Not as much as a cheating pirate." Coal looked to Killian who came back into the room.

"You cheated." Killian pointed out.

Coal rolled his eyes. He knew he cheated, but he also knew that playing silly board games was a waist of his time here in the past. They were treating them like kids when they had bigger problems.

Regina gritted her teeth as she didn't know how to approach this. "Who taught you that trick?" she asked.

Coal blinked and looked back to her. "Cheating?" he asked.

"The spell." She stated clearly.

Coal smiled at her, "When your a King and everyone treats you like a child, you get creative." Coal started to head back up stairs.

Regina wanted to say more but she let him take his leave. She released a heavy breath as more of the reality hit her. Also more questions. Were they really her's?

"Slap him." Emma stated.

Everyone looked to Emma. "What?" she shrugged. "Slap him or ground him." She shrugged once more.

Mary Margret frowned a little. "Emma." She said softly with a small look of disapproval.

"I'll slap him." Killian commented as he took a sip from his coffee. He immediately spat his coffee back into the cup. "Should have thought this through." He looked to his cup knowing that it wasn't de-cafe anymore.

"He just seems tense." David jumped in. "Think about it. He's here with his sister, they are both from another time and they have some crazy woman after them." He sighed, "He's probably just stressed.

"Yeah well that's not an excuse for his attitude." Emma stated. "I've dealt with stuck up kids like him before. A good slap across the face normally straightened them right out." She added.

"And I've dealt with cheaters." Killian thought, "but then again, beat a cheater and well... He's still a cheater."

Regina looked at them with a dull expression. "Great advice." She stated sarcastically.

Mary Margret turned to Regina as the others made their way to the door. "I'm sure you'll figure something out." She told her before giving her a hug good bye. Regina nodded as the wheels in her head were already turning.

After saying goodbye and shutting the door behind everyone, Regina noticed that the house was extremely quiet. She looked to the top of the stairs before making her way up them slowly. When she came to Edith's room, she opened the door quietly and peeked in. Edith was passed out in her bed.

Regina closed the door quietly before looking to Coal's room. The door was slightly cracked which made things all too easy for Regina to look inside. Coal was lounging about on his bed reading. Regina found this a bit odd, but not too odd. More so as to what he could be reading.

She stepped away from the door thinking to herself about everything. If these were her kids... Then her kids were indeed being hunted down by Morgana. Even if they came from her other half, Regina would not stand for her own flesh and blood to be hunted.

She narrowed her eyes as she made her way back down the stairs. She looked about and found the mess still on the dinning room table. She started to clean it up as she pondered on what to do next. They still had no idea that she knew who their mother was...

Who was their father?

Robin? Or maybe another?

Regina placed the board games away and threw away the empty pizza box. It was about time she got some real answers.

"She's what?" Killian asked.

"Wait, so, Coal and Edith are Regina's kids?" David asked.

Mary Margret nodded as she finished cleaning up the dishes after breakfast.

Emma came into Mary Margret's apartment and tossed her keys on the table by the door. "Speaking of kids, Henry is now at school." Emma announced as she walked into the kitchen and poured herself some coffee.

"How is that even possible?" David asked.

Emma rose her brows as she blew onto the hot cup of coffee. "Simple, I drove him to school." Emma smirked.

"Very funny love." Killian wanted to laugh.

"I mean about Regina having kids. Wasn't she cursed to where she can't have any kids?" David looked to Mary Margret.

Mary Margret shrugged, "Maybe all that changes in the future?" she suggested. "But I think it's wonderful." She smiled and held a gleam of hope in her eyes. "Regina always wanted kids of her own."

"And one of them has her old attitude." Emma stated. She looked up from her cup and noticed that everyone was looking at her. "Come on, tell me Coal doesn't remind you of the old Regina?" She asked.

"He does... In some ways." David confessed.

"He plays games like the Evil Queen use to. If the rules didn't help her win, she would break them and make her own rules." Killian grumbled.

Mary Margret frowned at where the conversation was going. The spoke more so about Coal's attitude then about the fact that Regina has kids. "Maybe we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover." She pointed out.

"Maybe we could slap him with a book cover." Emma responded with sarcasm once more.

"Regina could actually get her happy ending... the one she has always wanted." Mary Margret looked around the now very quiet room.

Now becoming a bit too quiet as they all thought about it more.

Regina was always the villain, right from the start. but as their lives twisted and turned things became clear. Regina just wanted what they all wanted. A happy ending to their story. Even if it wasn't perfect, the future was telling all of them that it could happen. That Regina could truly be a hero in disguise.

"What do you have in mind?" Emma asked as they all gathered around one another. "What can we do to help Regina?"

"I think I might have an idea." Mary Margret said with confidence.

Coal sat across the dinning room table from Gold with his arms folded and slouching in his chair.

Gold sat quietly with both hands on the top of his cane and his eyes locked with Coal's.

They had been sitting like that for a hot moment now. Not a word was said and neither broke eye contact. Edith stood at the edge of the kitchen looking into the dinning room. Watching the two. Her eyes narrowed as she could recall her mother once telling them about the Dark One. She already knew he wasn't a force to be messed with, yet here he was sitting across from Coal... Yet another force not to be toyed with.

Edith glanced over her shoulder to glance at Regina who was gathering up cups and a tea kettle. Regina seemed more calm for some reason. She brought over the tray and passed by Edith heading to the table.

Coal and Gold kept eye contact even when Regina placed the tray on the table. She too noticed the silent death stare coming from both of them. She was about to say something when Gold beat her to it.

He leaned forward, "How does one create a time spell and then gather enough magic to use it?" He asked in a cool collected voice. "Mind you there isn't enough magic in the world to even cast such a spell in the first place." He narrowed his eyes at Coal studying him.

Coal smirked at this as he too leaned forward, placing both hands folded on the table in front of him. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"I would, which is why I asked." Gold leaned in a little more. His words hissed through his teeth as they still refused to break.

"Tea?" Regina asked as she held up a cup. She looked to both of them and felt her nerves twist. She knew Gold wouldn't be able to get anything from Coal. He was indeed stubborn. he placed the cup back on the tray. "Well if you want tea it's right here." She stated clearly. She grumbled as the two continued their staring contest.

"Alright then." she clasped her hands together. "I'm going out for a bit. Gold will watch the two of you..."she could tell he would keep an eye on them.

Regina walked around the table and headed for the door. Edith was quick to her side. "Can I come with you?" she asked.

Regina smiled to Edith, "Not this time." She told her in a soothing voice. "I'll be back before you know it." With that Regina left with her coat in hand.

Edith looked back to Coal and Gold.

"You take one board game out and I'll burn it." Coal warned.

Gold laughed a little, "What makes you think I want to play games with a cheater?" he asked smirking. "That's right. I've heard all about your little childish ways." Gold reached out for the kettle and a cup. "Even your little tricks with magic." He smirked as he poured himself a cup of tea.

Edith grumbled as she watched the two. She felt like she was being punished for something.

Regina knew what she had to do, but first she needed a few things. The drive to the cemetery was quiet. Getting to her vault was easier said than done. Even gathering and finding the things she needed was all too easy. She placed all the items on the table in the center of the room and looked them over making sure she had everything. If they weren't going to talk, she needed another way to get them to.

She paused for a moment when she looked up and to the mirror on her wall. She walked over to it and looked herself over. the thought of having kids was indeed something she would always have. But, now, there was proof that she could have kids. Kids she could call her own. Yeah they weren't perfect, but they were hers.

A soft smile started to crease the corners of her lips as the thought started to take over her mind. They could truly be hers. Hope stirred in the pit of her stomach as she locked eyes with her reflection.

Sometime in the future she would have kids...

She could feel tears burning at the corners of her eyes. Henry was indeed a blessing and she would never cease to ever think that he was not her son. But, even if she desperately wanted him to be her flesh and blood, she knew that would never happen. No mater how mush she loved him, nor how much he loved her.

Her hands covered her lips as she saw them quiver with joy and sadness at the same time. Tears burned so bad that when she closed her eyes a few were released. Her body shook at the thought.

She could have the happy ending she always wanted. She could have and raise a family that was hers and hers alone.

She choked back the cries wanting to come out as she stepped closer to the mirror. She placed a hand on her reflection and the mirror rippled into changing it's view.

She watched as Edith, Coal and Gold sat at her dinning room table. Edith at the far end drinking and eating the little snacks with the tea, but Coal and Gold were still at their staring contest.

She couldn't help but watch Edith and Coal closely. They both had similar features that matched her own. Coal more than Edith.

She laughed a little as she watched Edith reach out for another snack only to see that she had eaten all of them. She frowned and looked about the table. Gold and Coal still had theirs.

Edith looked at the two before slowly reaching out for the snacks. "Don't even think about it deary." Gold snipped. Edith withdrew her hand from Gold's food and slowly looked to Coal. Coal reached out and slid his plate to Edith without looking at the plate or Edith. Coal tilted his head a bit at Gold, "How does the Dark One get tricked into baby sitting?" Coal smirked.

Gold only smirked back, "I wouldn't call this baby sitting." Gold responded.

"Then what would you call it?" Coal asked.

"Assurance." Gold smirked back.

Regina wanted to laugh a bit at the scene but found that she needed to get back. She didn't want to be gone too long. What if Morgana showed up and she wasn't there? Her stomach turned at the thought of loosing people she hardly even knew yet. She stepped back from the mirror and waved her hand. The mirror opened up revealing a hidden compartment where she kept her mothers spell book and a few other items. She picked up a small vile from the shelving and waved her hand as the mirror closed off the compartment.

She placed it with the other things and started to pack it all up.