"So tell me about the other night"Archie says to me three days later at my first session with him.
"What's there to talk about"I say twisting my ring.
"I was there Sarah,I know Zelena tried to kill you,if it wasn't for Gold you'd be dead right know,how does that make you feel"Archie says writing something down on his clipboard.
"I'm scared,I don't feel like I'm safe anywhere,I mean I felt this way before but now it's like this fear has been magnified by like fifty percent"I say taking a deep breath.
"Alright this is good,what are you scared of exactly"Archie says moving forward in his chair.
"That I'm never going to see Henry again,that something is going to happen to one of us and the last memory I'll ever have of him is him falling through a portal that,that the last time I'll ever see the only man I've ever loved he's scared for his life"I say trying to get that picture out of my head.
"Do you think your fear that Henry won't come back related to your father abandoning you"Archie asks pushing his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose.
"No,why,why would you think that"I ask surprised he suggested that.
"The most influential man in your life walked out before you were born,most people would phrase that as you having daddy issues"Archie says as I smile a little.
"That isn't the first time I've had people say that to me"I say the last person being Henry but I leave that out.
"My point is the kind of message that sends you is that men are never there and that they don't come back,and so now that Henry's gone your subconscious is telling you that he's just like your father,that he's gone forever"Archie says shifting in his chair.
"But Henry's coming back he has to and he's nothing like my father"I say emphasizing that last part.
"I know that but it's hard to against what you've know your entire life"Archie says pushing up his glasses again.
"I guess your right"I say twisting my ring again.
"What you did opening yourself up to Henry,is something most people can only accomplish after years of therapy,so your already half way done therapy"Archie says.
"Does that mean I can leave early"I say as Archie smiles.
"No it doesn't "Archie says still smiling.
"To bad"I say wiping the smile of my face.
"Let's talk about your mother"Archie says I knew that was coming but it still came as a shocking blow.
"What if I don't want to"I say looking out the window.
"Right now this is your biggest problem Sarah,your relationship with your mother is holding you back"Archie says writing something down on his clipboard.
"Exactly it's holding me back so I should just cut it off at the past,before I get hurt again"I say looking back at him.
"That's not all,you have a lot repressed anger towards her and it's not healthy,you need to hide a way to deal with it"Archie says looking at his watch.
"What time is it"I ask hoping we're almost done.
"It's almost three thirty,but we've still got time"Archie says looking back at me.
"Is it possible to deal with it by not dealing with it"I ask convincingly.
"If it was would you be sitting here right now"Archie asks making a good point.
"I guess not"I say looking down at the ugly rug beneath my feet.
"If you want me advice,confront your mother about everything she's ever done,and this is a hard part you need to move on,I'm not saying forgive her but you can't keep holding on to this anger"Archie says as my phone beeps.
"I thought I told you to turn off your phone"Archie says as I take it out of my bag,which was next to me on the couch.
"I'm sorry but I always need to keep it on"I say looking at the caller ID and getting Regina's number"Hello"I ask answering the phone.
"We've got a situation"Regina says after a second.
"Pan or Zelena"I ask already standing up from the couch.
"Nether"Regina says as if she's unsure what to say.
I pause,what,"You've lost me".
"Remember when you were telling me about what you can see every where else"Regina says as a voice I don't recognize starts talking in the background and then Hook tells them to shut up.
My mind is racing at a mile a minute,oh god,"Yeah".
"Well it's not every where else anymore"Regina says quietly.
So my father was right,they did find me and they did come here,this is my fault,I brought them to Storybrooke.
"Where are you"I ask swinging by bag onto my shoulder and putting on my scarf and my peacoat.
"We're at City Hall,and for the time being so are they"Regina says as Hook and the other voice start fighting again.
"Ok I'll be there in ten minutes"I say turning to Archie.
"Go we'll reschedule"Archie says before I could say anything.
"Are you sure"I ask putting my phone back into my bag and start looking for my keys.
"Yes go save us all"Archie says standing up to face me.
"Thank you"I say running to the door.
My bike was parked outside,I'm glad I decided to bring it instead of walking.
I get to city hall in eight minutes and run into the building and straight to Regina's office.
Sure enough every one was there,Regina,Mary Margaret,Hook,Robin,Neal and Gold,waiting for me,as well as the Wesen,three men and one woman,they all look to be in their thirties,they were all wearing black,they are all tied to chairs with rope Hook uses on the Jolly Roger and one was bleeding from his forehead,didn't take a lot of guesses to guess how that happened.
I walk over to them and the guy with the bloody forehead instantly woged,revealing his true form as a Hundjäger,a form I've only seen in books.
He sees that I saw and changes back,"It's you,your the Grimm".
The others look at me and try break free of their bonds, but Neal looks at them and says"Do we really need to go through this again"as Mary Margaret picks a spray bottle up from Regina's desk and sprays them individually with water,and they settle down.
"What are they cats"I say taking off coat,but leaving on my scarf,covering the key just in case.
"We let her pick the form of punishment"Regina says as I set my stuff down on a nearby chair.
"This is the most humane form I could I think of"Mary Margaret says proudly.
"Yeah we use it on cats"I say stepping right in front of the bleeding guy,"Let me see your palm".
Every one looks a little confused,"What are you Dashwood some kind of palm reader why do you want to see his palm"Hook says coming over from his spot from in front of Regina's desk and goes over to the guy next to the one I'm standing in front of and glares at him.
"I want to see if he's Verrat"I say getting more confused looks from people in the room,"Their police for the royal families,the people that rule everything in our world"I explain.
"And you can tell from their palms"Gold asks using his own palm for example.
"Yes there's a tattoo there that is given to all agents of the Verrat,it's four swords crossed over each other"I say drawing the square pattern in my own palm.
The guy doesn't move so Robin comes over and grabs his hand and and pry's his fingers away from his palm revealing the unique tattoo.
"Is this it"Robin asks waiting for my answer.
I nod and turn away slightly,I'd read about the Verrat in the books my dad sent me,but I've never seen one before,in the books their portrayed as ruthless killing machines,and now four are sitting in front of me.
"Are you ok"Regina asks coming over right beside me.
"I'm fine"I say turning back to the Verrat,"Who sent you"I ask getting my courage back.
There is silence for a minute until Gold yells,"Who sent you"he doesn't like people messing with his town any more than I did.
The front guy smiles,"Do you think this is funny"Regina asks moving so she's inches from his face,"Because I'll give you something to laugh about".
Robin pulls Regina away and I move in to her place but two feet back.
"Was it Prince Erik"I ask thinking of the person I knew from the royal family by name.
"You've been out of the game a long time Grimm"says the woman,mocking me.
"Why don't you enlighten us"Hook says moving right in front of her and showing off his hook.
The guy between the girl and blooded guy speaks up first,"Prince Erik has been dead for over six years,Prince Viktor's in charge now".
I look from him and then to Hook and he backs off,"Ok here's my next question,how'd you find out about me"I say moving around the circle.
The guy who hasn't said anything yet speaks up,"Viktor got word about a Grimm in New York City in possession of a key,and we show up there and your not there,and we find things that lead us here"he says getting dirty looks from his friends.
I think of all the things in our apartment that could sent them here,letters from people in town,photographs of Henry's,any thing from that apartment could have brought them here,but I'm the reason they were in that apartment.
I take a deep breath and ask"So what do we do with them".
We're quiet for a second,until Gold motions for us to follow him and we leave Robin to babysit,I grab my stuff and we go into the hallway.
"So what are we going to do"Mary Margaret asks as Hook shuts the door.
"Well we can't let them go"Neal says crossing his arms.
"If we don't the royal families will sent more,but if do let them go they'll come back"I say taking off my scarf revealing the key.
"Is that the key they were talking about"Gold asks pointing at my neck.
I look down at the necklace I've been wearing for so long"Yeah"I say unclasping it from around my neck and showing it off for everyone to see.
"It doesn't look like a key"Hook says looking at it closely.
I pull down the edges and revel the edges of the key,and Gold takes it and turns it over in his hands,"I've never seen anything like it".
Regina looks over Golds shoulder,"Where did you get it"she asks taking it from Gold.
"My dad sent it to me along with some books about Wesen and other things in our world that I needed to know about"I say taking the key back and fastening it back around my neck.
"So this key it's valuable,I mean how much we talking"Neal asks still looking at the key.
"No one knows,it could be millions or it could be nothing,or it could be something more valuable than money"I say looking at the key thinking about what my father wrote about the key.
"So it's not the key it's self it's what it opens"Gold asks as I nod.
"Is that the only key"Hook asks.
"No there were originally seven,as far as I know the royal families have four,I have one and the other two could be anywhere"I say thinking back to the books.
"So we can't give it to them"Regina says,I'm surprised she even mentioned that.
"No"I snap back.
"So we can't give them the key,and we can't let them go and we can't keep them here so what are we going to do"Mary Margaret asks looking at all of us for an idea.
We're all quiet for a second trying to think of ways to get out of this mess,I've got nothing.
Regina speaks up after a minute,"I've got an idea".
We all turn to her,"What is it"Neal asks,guess he had nothing to.
"We let them go but we sent a message with them"Regina says looking proud of herself.
"What kind of message,a threatening note,that won't scare the Verrat"I say as everyone shares a look,"Why do I have the feeling you all know what she means".
Every one looks from me and back to Regina,"Do you mean"Gold asks unsure.
"I do"Regina says smiley slightly.
"I thought we agreed not to do that any more"Hook says,does everyone know but me.
"We're despite,do you have another idea"Regina says as she takes her phone out of her pocket when it beeps.
"Someone tell me what the hell is going on"I say louder than I anticipated.
"She wants to take out their hearts"Mary Margaret says as calmly as if she was saying she was going to spray them with water again.
I feel my jaw drop,what is she doing,"She wants to do what".
"Relax it's completely harmless"Regina says trying to calm me down.
"You want to take out their hearts that sounds pretty harmful to me"I say as Regina's phone beeps again.
"I should take this"she says walking a away a few feet and answering the phone.
"Are we seriously sinking to this level"I say after Regina's out of ear shot.
"And what level would that be Miss Dashwood,because between all of us there's plenty of levels we've sunken too"Gold says as everyone else nods.
I can't lie I've sunken to plenty of levels that others consider unsavoury but I wasn't about to sink to murder.
"Quadruple murder just to send a message,I doubt even you've sunk to that low of a level Gold"I say immediately regretting it,"I'm sorry that came out wrong".
"Don't worry about it dearie and it's not murder"Gold says like nothing happened.
"What are we calling it self defence now,we're still killing them no matter how much they may deserve it"I say as Regina walks back over to us.
"That was Whale,Greg Mendall is awake and he wants to speak to the one who shot him"Regina says looking at me.
"Are we sure that's a good idea"Neal asks cautiously.
"He's in restraints and as long as someone goes with her she should be fine,and this may be our one chance to find Pan and Zelena before they try again"Regina says as I nod in agreement.
"I'm not going anywhere until you promise me,that when I get back those four people will still be alive"I say completely serious,although they've probably killed plenty of people like me,I wasn't about to let them get hurt by people I care about.
"They will be it was never the plan to kill them"Hook says,that doesn't even make sense.
Neal must have seen the confused look on my face because he explained,"It's magic,some people have the ability to take out a persons heart and still keep them alive as if that persons heart was still in tack and beating and Regina is one of those people".
"So when Pan was going to tear out Henry's heart,he actually did it,not just keep him captive and prepare to do it"I say thinking Henry never told me specific's about his time with Pan but suddenly that just made a lot more sense,Neal nods.
"So no killing involved"I say still wrapping my mind around it making sure I've got it.
"No,well what will the royal families do when they come back empty handed"Mary Margaret asks.
"I have no idea,but it won't be pretty"I say honestly.
"So we're going to tear out their hearts and then what"Hook asks a little unsure.
"We send them back to-"Regina asks looking at me for a hint.
"Vienna"I answer back.
"We send them back to Vienna with their hearts not attached to their bodies"Regina says and we all agree.
"Do you think that will keep the royal families out of Storybrooke"Neal asks,I think they were all thinking that.
"I don't know,but to have four of their Hundjäger's hearts in a box will defiantly scare them"I say as every learns the name of what we were facing.
"Enough so they never come near us again"Mary Margaret says as I nod.
"Hopefully"I say touching the key again.
"Alright so Sarah your okay going to the hospital"Neal asks changing the subject.
"Yeah,I'll be fine"I say doubting myself only slightly.
"Take Hook with you just in case there's a problem"Gold says like he was actually concerned about me.
Hook nods and just as we're about to walk away,I turn back to everyone and say"I just want to say I'm sorry about all of this,they would have never found you if it wasn't for me,and I completely understand if you want me to leave,you've got your families to think about".
Everyone looks both shocked and hurt that I said that but Mary Margaret walks over to me and puts her hands on my shoulder's"You are our family,you said it your self"she says giving me a hug.
When we pull apart I turn to everyone else and say"Do you all feel that way".
Every one ether nods or says yes,so I take that as a good sign.
"Thank you"I say as Hook and I head for the door.