A very belated New Year to you all. I had planned on updating last week but my little brother was rushed to hospital so it's been a nervy few days and to make up for it I will update again next week and I promise you I will. Hope you have had a great start to 2017 and let's have an amazing year. I already have one new fic to reveal this year and hopefully I will manage to finish a couple as well.

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The Two Truest Believers-Part 14:

The day wore on and soon it was the end of the school day and Emma had gone to pick Eva up when Henry walked over to her.

"Hey Emma," Henry smiled, "heard you decided to stay and are staying with Mrs. Nolan."

"You heard correct," Emma said looking at him, "where's Eva?" Henry shrugged,

"Still in the classroom last time I saw her." Emma nodded,

"Want to do something with myself and Eva?"

"Can I show you my castle?" Henry asked.

"As soon as Eva arrives you can do," Emma said before looking around for her daughter.

Eva eventually appeared,

"Mrs. Nolan says dinner will be ready at 6," she said, "ehat's he doing here?" she asked.

"He's going to show us his castle," Emma told her daughter.

"I don't want to see his castle. I'd like to do something just us two," Eva said.

"We are going to see Henry's castle and that is the end of it," Emma said before grabbing Eva's hand and following Henry.

Zelena had arrived at Regina's office.

"Did you see them?" Regina asked not looking up from her paperwork.

"They were all heading off in the direction of Henry's castle," Zelena informed Regina, "Eva didn't want to go though." Regina looked up from her paperwork and smiled,

"That means she'll escape soon and come looking for me then."

"Why you?"

"Just something I said to her at the school…"

"You went to the school?" Regina nodded and filled Zelena in about what she'd said to Eva at the school. Zelena was smirking as Regina finished,

"Nice work sis," she said.

Emma, Eva and Henry had arrived at the boy's castle and Henry was showing Emma the book again and Eva was just looking out to sea. She didn't really believe that the book was true and just sat looking out to sea wondering when she and Emma would be heading back to Boston. She was still hoping they'd go back.

"Eva come and have a look at this book," Emma said to her daughter.

"No thank you. I'm quite happy watching the ocean."

"Eva here now," Emma said and Eva sighed and went and sat down next to her mother.

"So there's your parents," Henry said pointing at Snow White and Prince Charming, "and there's you as a baby," he said pointing to a baby wrapped in a blanket with the name Emma embodied on it.

"That doesn't mean anything," Emma said.

"My mother is not the result of a relationship between Snow White and Prince Charming," Eva said, "she was an orphan who was raised in foster care before making a fresh start after leaving prison and keeping me," she added.

"Yes she is. She's the Saviour and she's going to bring back the happy endings," Henry said.

"No she's not. She's just a woman with the ability to tell when someone is lying. Now stop with all this!" Eva said before getting up and walking off, not knowing where she was going.

Eva walked down Main Street and then realised she didn't know where she was going.

"Eva?" came a voice from behind her. The girl turned around and saw Ruby stood outside Granny's.

"Oh hello Ruby," Eva said.

"Where you heading?" the young woman asked.

"I don't know," Eva replied deciding to tell the truth.

"Come inside until your mum comes to find you." Eva nodded and then headed over to Granny's and inside with Ruby.

"Why is Eva being the way she is? I thought she'd have loved it here," Henry asked Emma as they were still sat on his castle, "Mrs. Nolan says she's struggling to adjust to being here."

"She's right. That and the fact I never told her about you," Emma said.

"Well she didn't need to know at first but I am sorry that I upset her," Henry said.

"I know you didn't mean to kid and Eva will settle down in the end," Emma told Henry, "she's just mad and confused, mad and upset about everything right now. I just hope that she'll be ok in the end."

Eva was sat in a corner of Granny's doing some of her homework while she waited for Emma to come and find her. She did feel bad about shouting at Henry like that but she was fed up with him calling her mum the Saviour. She sighed and propped her head up using her hands as she read her reading book. She did wonder when Emma would find her though.

She was halfway through writing something when she heard a voice calling her name and she looked up to see Regina walking towards her.

"Oh hey Regina," Eva said.

"Where's your mother?" Regina asked looking around for Emma.

"Some castle with Henry. I got fed up of them talking about this stupid curse and just got up and left."

"Didn't she come after you?"

"Nope. She just sat there and watched me go. Ruby saw me and brought me in here until she comes to get me."

Regina sat down before calling Ruby over.

"What can I get you Madam Mayor?" Ruby asked.

"A coffee and Eva's usual please. I'm assuming you know what she usually has in here," Regina replied and Ruby nodded before heading off to get the order ready.

Regina watched as Eva read her book,

"How are you finding school? I forgot to ask you earlier," she asked.

"It's ok. It's very different to back in Boston though," Eva replied looking up from her book, "I just don't get half of it at all."

"You will eventually settle down here," Regina said, "things always do and your mother won't forget you. I'll make sure of it." Eva smiled and nodded before carrying on reading her book and waiting for Emma to come and find her. Until then she had Regina.

"At least someone cares about me," Eva thought. And she was right. Regina cared, much more than she should have done.