At midnight, all of Storybrooke's residents were asleep, all except for some. Emma and her brothers along with Splinter, April, Casey, Gold, Jefferson, and Graham were making their way to the cemetery.
"Anything Donnie?" Leo asked. His brother had some tech out.
"Nothing yet. I am detecting some abundance of interference though." He said looking at the screen on the handheld computer.
"That might possibly be the dark magic surrounding the area." Gold said as he followed them.
Emma had her battle suit on, checking everything around her.
"We're almost there." Gold said.
"How are we going to be able find his heart if she has more than one?" Raph said.
"The Huntsman surrounded himself with the wolves of the enchanted forest, because of his ties with them his heart has the tribal markings for his wolf pack." Gold explained.
"That would explain the wolf I saw last night when I was closing up." Graham said, walking next to the man.
"You saw a wolf?" Leo asked.
"Yes."
"Were one of its eyes were red?" Casey asked,
Graham looked at him startled, "How did you know?" He watched as Casey pointed out something and everyone saw it. A wolf with one eye red and the other blue.
"Hey boy." Graham said as he got down to his knees again like he did the other night. The wolf trotted over and came up to Graham who petted him. The wolf looked at them before trotting off again, but it looked back at the group.
"He wants us to follow him." Graham said, parts of memories coming back to him.
Everyone followed the wolf to a large stone chamber. There on the top itched into the stone was a symbol.
"This is Regina's symbol. The royal symbol she took after she married King Leopold and was declared queen." Gold said.
"My heart. It's in here. I can feel it." Graham said as he walked to the door.
Graham opened the door and everyone went inside. A spiral staircase leading downward.
"This way. Gold said, everyone following him into the dark chambers below.
"I feel it more." Graham said.
"Then it must be close by." Leo said.
Gold led them to an open room stocked to the ceiling with miniature boxes upon boxes and a casket in the middle of the room.
"That would be Henry." Gold said.
"She kept her dead father here?" Mikey said.
"Yes, now Huntsman, do you feel anything in this room?" Gold said.
Graham started around, he felt a warmth starting to become hotter as he came to one particular part of the room. As he felt his chest getting warmer, Graham ran his hand along the boxes, feeling for which one continued his heart. As he brushed his hand next a box he felt a jolt him.
"Here! It's here!" He said numbly.
Gold rushed past him and took the box that Graham had his hand against. Gold opened it and to everyone shock there was a red pulsing heart, with the tribal markings of the wolf pack on it.
"We have it, now we must make haste. Regina will know something is up here and its better we leave before she makes the connection."
"Ok ladies and gentleman, run don't walk to the nearest exit." Mikey said already high-tailing it out.
Everyone walked out of Regina's heart chamber, closed the door, and left the cemetery with Graham's heart in their possession.
Rumpelstiltskin took the heart out of the box and carefully went over to Graham. He was on the couch, lying on his back.
"Now, I warm you, I'm not sure what the effects of this going back in will do. It most likely will do nothing, but we need to monitor it afterwards." He said acting serious for once about this.
"I understand Dark One. I'm ready to have it back in me." Graham said.
Rumpelstiltskin nodded as he summoned his magic and a light glow surrounded the heart. Slowly he shoved into Graham's chest, making almost everyone cringe and Mikey bolting for the bathroom. As soon as it was in, Rumpelstiltskin pulled his hands away and Graham let out a small cry before jumping and breathing heavily, looking at everyone in bewilderment.
"Graham, you ok?" Emma asked.
"Not Graham. I'm the Huntsman." The man said.
"Good, it worked." Casey said.
"Where am I? What is this land Dark One?" He demanded, looking around at everything wildly.
"We are in the land without magic Huntsman. Regina sent everyone here with no memory of who they are."
"Then how do I remember who I am now?"
"Because of young Emma here." He pointed to the young blonde in the room, "she is the savior and since she has been here Regina's magic is starting to slowly crumble away."
Graham looked at Emma skeptically for a few moments till he saw her eyes, he remembered who they belongs to. Snow White.
"You are Queen Snow White's daughter?"
"Yes. And you're the one who was supposed to kill my mother but didn't." She said flatly.
Graham bowed his head, "Yes, but I did not see it fit so I gave her the chance to go. Regina wasn't pleased with my decision."
"We understand your dilemma and therefore do not hold it against you Huntsman, for you did not hurt Emma's mother." Splinter said.
"Thank you, who are you?"
"You may call me Splinter. I am Emma's adoptive father."
"So you raised her here? In this land…without magic?" He asked.
"We all did." April said, "We knew about Emma and her family so after she turned fourteen we decided to come help her with Regina." The redhead explained.
"You do realize that Regina will not hesitate to do something is she knows who Emma really is." Graham countered.
"We all know." Jefferson said, "She got all of us involved so now we're all gonna help her break the curse."
"You as well Mad Hatter?" Graham said.
"Yes. Regina kept me from my daughter."
Graham nodded and walked in front of Emma.
"I know that I was under the queens men back in the enchanted forest and was one of the few who went after your mother when the curse was launched. I didn't have a heart than, but now I have it back, I swear on my honor that I will do whatever I can to help put an end to what has happened here."
"Me and my family take honor very seriously, we'll make sure you abide to that. I understand what Regina did to you and like my dad said, I won't it against you when you had no control over it."
Emma gave the Huntsman her hand and he breathed out in relief and shook it. Now they had another ally to their group.
Regina was walking to the cemetery, she was going to her father's grave like every Tuesday night and maybe give a certain sheriff's heart her own personal playtime. She smirked as she confidently made her way to the stone chamber, but she stopped. She felt the presence of other people and it was getting stronger. It was when she got the door of her chamber that she grew suspicious and possibly scared. She walked down the stairs to her chamber and grew red with fury. One of her heart boxes was gone and she realized it was Grahams. She snarled as she realized someone's signature,
"Hamato."
That little brat! She found her Huntsman's heart! Steam was coming out her ears at the thought of that silly little blonde playing with her like this. How did that little girl find out about her boxes of hearts? Than, the pieces started being put together and Regina found herself growing pale as she realized something.
"The savior!"
Emma was Snow White's daughter!? The baby that she tried to get rid fourteen years ago was here and starting to unravel everything she put into this curse. No! She wasn't supposed to be here till she was twenty-eight! How did she know about Storybrooke already? Regina's brain started scrambling and a cold smile came on her face,
"So, step-granddaughter of mine, you found Storybrooke early?" She murmured to herself as she thought about how she could still use the finding of her adoption agency to get her. Regina hadn't been finished off yet, she still had some cards to deal out.
"I'll get you Emma, and your little family too."
