AN: I know a Henry chapter, but I do have a purpose for having him ruin the cliffie from the previous chapter. As always thanks for the support.

Chapter 20: Meanwhile in Storybrooke

Henry Mills had always wanted to be a superhero.

Ever since he could remember he had loved tales where the hero rescues someone. And he had a chance to be a hero a couple of days and blew it when his mother became the Dark One.

He could've kept that quill.

Could've saved her, wrote her a happy ending. Sure, it wasn't what you were supposed to do with the magic quill—per the apprentice—but at the same time he was pretty sure the town's savior wasn't supposed to be the Dark One.

That was Grandpa Gold's job.

Not that Grandpa Gold liked it when he called him Grandpa. He saw the way the man inwardly winced. Sometimes Henry thought, he wasn't happy that he was his grandson.

He didn't get it? You'd think he'd be happy, he had some part of Baelfire left. His mom of the Evil Queen persuasion said Gold just didn't like being reminded that he was old plus he was the embodiment of evil, and dark magic users didn't like warm and fuzzy things.

She was one to talk considering Regina loved him and their Pomeranian, Apple, that she made pretty sure no one knew about save for Henry and Dr. Boots—Storybrooke's vet who used to be a cat. And maybe Robin, though Robin was so oblivious he probably wouldn't notice the seven pound ball of white fluff that slept by his mom's feet.

She bought Apple dog sweaters to wear, after all. Not something you'd think an Evil Queen would do.

So, he really didn't get what his grandpa's deal with him was.

But he was gone now. Left for England, without even telling Grandma Belle goodbye!

This whole week, had really turned his world upside down. And he couldn't really talk to anyone. Grandpa David, had been missing Grandma Snow, and didn't seem to comfort Henry when Henry told him he wished he would've kept the quill in tact.

He didn't say Henry was stupid though, he just sort of shrugged.

It wasn't that helpful.

And all Henry had been trying to do since his mom—his biological mom—left was try to help. But no one seemed to want his help, until today. When Hook asked him to help him see Tinkerbell at the nunnery.

Henry didn't really see how this was going to help him find his mom, but he trusted Hook. Well, enough. His mom liked Hook and that was all that mattered.

But there was still something off about the pirate, like he wasn't telling Henry the complete truth.

Probably trying to protect him, Henry told himself. A lot of people didn't realize that he was growing up now.

He was thirteen years-old after all.

But a lot of the time, his moms treated him like he was eight.

Like today, when Regina had called him she told him to make sure he was brushing his teeth.

He always brushed his teeth.

Okay, occasionally he didn't. But that was besides the point. He was the author, they should trust him!

He did save the day once (sort of).

With complications, that weren't really his fault.

But he blamed himself. Maybe if he tried more to talk to Grandpa Gold, he would've known what was wrong.

Henry knew he wasn't all bad. Yes, he hadn't tried to be good like his mother, but when he talked about his father—well, Henry saw glimpses of the man his grandfather could've been.

But he hadn't done anything when he had a chance. He hadn't tried to write his grandfather or his mother a happy ending. And now he was useless.

Which was why he decided to help Hook.

Before his mother had left, she had been adamant about a lot of things. Mostly that both Henry and Apple would be taken care of.

But mostly Henry.

Also, she did not want him doing anything dangerous. She gave a pointed look to Hook when she said this, but considering that all Hook wanted him to do was to distract Mother Superior, he didn't really think it was that dangerous.

Though Mother Superior was creepy and he knew that Regina didn't want him anywhere near her.

She always refused to allow Henry to participate in anything that involved the Blue Fairy.

"She's creepy." She said before and after the curse. Even after she turned into a hero.

"But Mom, you're a hero now!" He said.

Regina rolled her eyes. She still did that a lot, even though she now was a hero. Apparently, something Henry said was annoying. He didn't know what was annoying though. He thought he sounded perfectly normal.

"Just because I'm deemed Team Hero now doesn't mean I trust that nun. There's a reason she's still in a nunnery, Henry, post curse."

"Because she believes in Jesus?" Henry asked.

Regina rolled her eyes. "I got to finish dinner. But no, I am not going to sign that permission form. And don't you dare ask Emma. She might be your biological mother, but that doesn't mean she has any legal rights."

His mom rarely played that cared anymore, but when she did she meant business. He knew it had to hurt Regina that he had a relationship with Emma, but Emma was his mom as much as Regina. He still knew she didn't feel the same way though.

It was right after Emma had moved back into town. Henry had just came home from getting ice cream with Emma, and his mom was sitting there waiting for him with a look of disgust on her face.

"Well, you ruined your dinner." She snapped.

Regina was a lot more direct those days. Now, she hid her annoyances with him better. Those years before Emma came and broke the curse it was like she was in a perpetual state of PMS. For all Henry knew she might've been, after all time was frozen for twenty-eight years and that was enough to make any well-wisher cranky even without hormones.

And Regina just wasn't a nice person in general.

"It was just a late day snack." Henry said.

"Well, you're not getting dessert. Too much sugar."

Henry pouted. "But Mom said—"

And this was when Regina interrupted him. "She is not your mother Henry. She is an egg donor, nothing more nothing less. She gave up all rights to you. She wanted a closed adoption. Do you know what that means?"

"No." Ten-year-old Henry said not realizing that his mother was going for the jugular.

"It means she didn't want you. She threw you away like yesterday's garbage. I wanted you. I'm your mother."

"That's not true!" Henry cried.

Regina smirked. "Oh, but it is true. You want me to get out the legal documents and show you, Henry?"

He ran into his room sobbing at this point. There was no dinner that night. Though he did come down later and snuck a piece of apple pie as his revenge.

Their relationship might've improved since that day, but neither Henry nor Regina knew that things were perfect. Henry tried to ignore those thoughts though as he smiled at Mother Superior.

He had to help Emma, so what if his mom killed him for coming here. She was on the other side of the Atlantic; it wasn't like she had wards around the nunnery to know Henry entered there.

Well, actually, she might.

Scary thought.

But Henry was going to try his best to be a hero (again). Hopefully, this time he wouldn't fail.

He had to admit Mother Superior's office was a bit too much. There was a big crucifix in the middle of the room and the chairs were the sort of hard kind that you'd only see in the principal's office. It was imposing, not very fairy like.

And then there was the fairy herself. Still dressed primly in her habit with her hair pulled back severally, she did look like a nun.

Mother Superior sighed once they were settled. "I am really sorry about your mother, Henry. But like your I told your father, long ago, there's not much we can do."

"We can hold a prayer service though, right Mother Superior."

She bit her lip. Like she didn't like the idea of holding a prayer service for the Dark One. She had helped his father, after all, escape to this world. Something that Grandpa Gold wasn't fond of.

He called her the Blue Doxie.

Henry didn't even dare ask the reason behind the nickname. Even his father didn't like her.

"It's nothing personal." He told Henry after a very brief encounter with Mother Superior on the streets.

"But she's the Blue Fairy!" Henry said.

His father shook his head. "I thought the same thing when I was your age, let's just say I grew up. You'll understand one day."

Maybe that day was today.

Because Henry didn't feel that warm comforting feeling he assumed he was supposed to be feeling in the presence as someone as benevolent as the Blue Fairy. Instead, she looked at him like she halfway expected him to pop out horns.

"A prayer vigil might not be the best thing, Henry." She said, "In fact, it might be a little sacrilegious given your mother's nature."

"My mother is cursed, she's not a bad person. She took on the Dark Curse to save my other mom."

Mother Superior rolled her eyes and then bit her lip.

"What?"

"Emma made a choice, Henry. The curse affects only a person willing to take it on, and obviously Emma wanted the power. Just like Rumpelstiltskin before her. And the rest, power corrupts. It probably sought out Regina, because, well, do I really need to explain that to you."

Henry glared at her. "She's my mom."

"No, she's not. Emma is your mother, and like Regina she chose darkness. I was wrong about her."

"She can be saved!" Henry claimed.

This wasn't right. This wasn't supposed to happen. The Blue Fairy was the embodiment of good. She was to bring hope that was what Grandma Snow said anyway.

Blue sighed as she looked at him, "Do you want me to lie to you, Henry?"

No, he didn't. But at the same time he was sure there could be something that could be done. So, he decided to speak up. "Emma's a hero!"

The Blue Fairy shook her head sadly. "No, she wasn't. I feel like the term hero has been muddled lately."

Oh, yeah, Henry was about to get schooled by the Blue Fairy. But, he didn't realize until it was too late.

And by the time, he would leave her office he'd be in tears, because what she said next was even worse than when he was four-year-old and Regina told him that Santa Claus was the invention of the toy companies and that the Easter Bunny was real Cruella De Vil would've probably skinned him to make a pair of special gloves.

Yeah, she claimed he was delusional, but still had a few fairytale zingers back in the day even before she admitted that the truth was true.

"My moms are both heroes." Henry said trying to stand up for what he believed. Grandpa David said that was what a true hero was, a true believer. Which was what Henry was.

"No. Neither your mother nor Regina are heroes. Especially Regina. She can claim she changed all she wants, but at the end of the day the Dark One wanted her and I think that says everything that needs to be said about her."

"She's changed." Henry argued.

The Blue Fairy rolled her eyes. "Really, Henry. Really. She pulled out Belle's heart a few weeks ago. Not that she would tell you that."

"She didn't do that."

"I know she did that." The fairy said though not revealing how she knew this information. "And I know that she'd use dark magic to protect you still. And Emma, well, I had hopes for her but look what she did."

"She saved my mom!"

"Again, Regina is not your mom. And no, Emma took in the dark magic. No one should mess with that. So, as far as I'm concerned Emma is not a hero. And I'm glad that the curse took her away from this town, we don't need a Dark One here."

"She's my mom."

The Blue Fairy shook her head. "Not any more, Henry. She's now a demon. And you're not going to be able to fix her."

"There's always a way."

The fairy shook her head. "No, not in this case. I'm sorry. Maybe, maybe, you'll be okay. Snow White and Prince Charming can raise you and you can be a hero. But neither of your so called moms are, and I won't allow this church to commit blasphemy."

He stared at her.

"But, but, we're supposed to pray for those less fortunate than us."

At least that's what the TV preachers always said. Regina never really let him go to church; he was starting to see why.

"They made the choice to embrace darkness." Mother Superior said. "If you care about your own soul, Henry, you'll let it go."

Henry bit his lip as there was a knock on the door.

Thank the lord it was Hook. "Sorry for interrupting, but it's time to go."

"Of course," Mother Superior said. "Henry, it was nice seeing you, think about what I said."

He walked out of the nunnery with Hook in silence.

The pirate looked at him once they left. "Everything okay, lad?"

Henry shook his head. "No…we…we have to save my mom."

"I know," Hook said. "Tink gave me what's needed. We'll get the dagger, and then we'll help Emma."

Henry nodded, though after his chat with the fairy, he seemed less enthused about his rescue mission.

Chapter 21 Preview: When Harry Met Regina. Obviously, not starring Meg Ryan and having less kissing and more snark.