To Jason, it appears that your tears fall as fast as mine :D and since you all agree that I should write the show, somebody get the producers on the phone :D and I think you all just convinced me to write another story.

To Barbara Montgomery, sorry I deprived you of sleep :D but this is the sooner that I managed to update. Hop you enjoy this :D

To carriemarrie78, well Regina is her mother after all. Glad you liked it.

To Percybeth4ever, you have no idea how hard your review made me laugh. It's cute :D I always appreciate criticism as long as it's constructive, and patience my dear all will come in a good time. Thank you for the review both positive and negative :D hope you enjoy it.

To Gizela, I think Regina might have rubbed off on me too much. xD is this soon enough? :D :P

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Henry perked up immediately at the mention of his father; and Emma could feel a stab of pain knowing what it will do to him.

"What about him?" he asked enthusiastically; getting up from his place and crossing his legs. He felt his mother's hand smoothing his hair before it rested on his shoulder.

Emma fiddled with her fingers for a few seconds; trying to get her thoughts in order.

"I….uh….I wasn't honest with you that day" she said gently.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

Emma told him the story of what happened; how they met, their relationship and finally how he sold her out.

Henry had started shaking his head, and was staring at her wide eyed with confusion and hurt. It tore through Emma's heart seeing him like this. Regina kept rubbing and squeezing his shoulder, and Ariel was squeezing his hand reassuringly; his hand had found hers somewhere in the conversation. Emma only now registered that in the course of the story, Henry had backed away from her and into Regina's arms. She didn't mind that he was seeking comfort from Regina; she minded that he was seeking comfort because of her. And she realized that this is how Regina must have felt all those times the situation was reversed; that it must have been worse for Regina because she was used to having Henry seek comfort from her and not Emma.

By the end of the story, he was slightly shaking in Regina's arms and his breathing was a bit irregular from the pain and hurt he felt. His tears were running down his cheeks.

"Henry please say something." Emma begged him.

"You lied to me; you knew how much I hated being lied to and you did it anyways." He accused; his voice was filled with pain, and….guilt?!

"I know. But you were so convinced that good can't win and you were upset and I just couldn't let you down any further." She explained.

"NO!" he yelled, jumping out of Regina's arms; who instantly missed his warmth and felt her heart snap seeing the look on his face for the first time.

"You lied to me. You told me he was a hero; that I was like him. You should've told me the truth. You…I…" he found himself at a loss for words, so he just turned around and ran out of the room.

"Henry" Came from both his mothers.

"No, I'll get him." Ariel said, jumping out of bed and following him.

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"Regina?" Snow called, as she and David entered Regina's room. Her brows furrowed in confusion and worry when she saw Emma's tear stained face.

"Sweetheart what's wrong?" she asked her daughter who was leaning on her….grandmother?!

"She told Henry the truth about his father." Regina gently explained, rubbing Emma's arm.

"Oh." Snow sympathetically replied; having heard the story in the Enchanted Forrest.

"What truth?" David asked confused; he had no idea what any one is talking about.

"Long story." Ariel's voice came from behind him.

Emma immediately sat straight "how is he?" she asked worriedly.

"Angry, shocked, confused and feels guilty about something." Ariel answered; Snow and David couldn't help but notice how tired she sounded and looked.

"We're going for a walk and cocoa at Granny's before school." She continued.

"How much does he hate me?" Emma asked, not entirely sure that she wants to know the answer to that.

Ariel cocked her head to side, "He doesn't hate you Emma. But it's not easy finding out that your father is not the hero you thought he was. He's angry and I know what it feels like, so I'll talk to him. I promise I'll explain everything once I get it out of him. Just give him time, he needs it. " She gently assured her.

Emma nodded solemnly.

"How was the night with Ruby?" Snow asked, in an effort to stir the conversation away from the tensed subject.

"Great actually; she didn't turn. Not once, we talked all night till the sun came up and then we went home." her voice seemed distant as she was watched her mother intently; she had a weird look on her face.

"Ariel" Henry's voice was heard from the hallway.

"Coming. David are you going to the station?" she asked, as she pulled her jacket on.

"Yeah, why?" he asked.

"I need to talk to you about something. I'll swing by after I drop Henry off." She explained; before she leaned over giving her mother a peck on the cheek, "And you, get some sleep. I will be crawling next to you soon." She said gently. Regina smiled softly at her daughter; before she turned around and left.

Emma watched Ariel leave and saw Henry standing there waiting for her. The look on his face broke her heart but she was glad that he smiled softly at her before leaving with Ariel.

"So what truth?!" David asked pointedly. And all the women sighed before starting the tale again. The tale was told mostly by Regina and Snow, since Emma was still distraught over Henry.

David could feel his fatherly instincts kicking in! He was secretly planning what he would do to this guy once he gets his hands on him. He was beyond furious and had his jaw set tight to control the anger bubbling up inside of him.

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Ariel and Henry walked down the street, and waited till they cleared the house before Henry broke the silence.

"Are you sure none of them followed us?" Henry asked her.

"Henry they wouldn't do that. And besides I'm part wolf remember? I will smell it if anyone followed." She assured him.

"Right." And she noted that his voice didn't hold the usual enthusiasm and spirit.

"Talk to me kiddo." She gently said.

"She lied to me. I told her a million times over that I hated being lied to but she did it anyways."

"She was trying to protect you Henry. She didn't think that you need to know the truth; especially at the time. She thought she was doing what was right for you. Yes, you told her you don't like being lied to; but she thought that this was one thing where it will be better to lie to you about than tell you the truth."

"I know; I understand her reasons. That's not why I'm mad." Henry told her.

"Then why are you mad?"

"Cause I'm a hypocrite." His answer was simple and blunt, and it shocked Ariel.

Her eyes widened in shock and confusion, "A hypocrite?!"

"Yeah." His voice was so small and broken that she could feel her heart break inside her chest.

"Sweetie you're not a hypocrite. What makes you say that?" she gently asked.

"I was so mad at mom for so long because she kept lying to me about everything. I treated her badly because of it; I was horrible and mean to her all the time because of her lies. I thought she was a terrible person and that it justifies my behavior towards her; all because she lied. I rubbed Emma in her face over and over again; how good she was, that even though she made mistakes she never lied about them. And after all of that I discover that Emma lied too, and that based on my own logic I was supposed to give her the same treatment I gave mom, that she deserved it too. And…." His rant came to a halt by Ariel's hand on his shoulder. She stopped him in his tracks and turned him around to look at her.

Ariel couldn't believe her ears; Henry wasn't mad at Emma. Or at least not as mad as he is at himself. His rage was over guilt! She bent down a bit so she can look into his eyes; since she was still wearing Emma's flat boots, she was about a foot taller than him.

"Sweetie; you're mad at yourself?!" she asked in shock and disbelief; though her voice was gentle.

"Yes. I was horrible to her Ariel; really horrible. I called her the Evil Queen more times than I could count, told her I hated her even more. She raised me for 10 years and she was great; even after I accused her of being the Evil Queen and was horrible to her, she never stopped. I know that all the stuff she did was because she was trying to keep the curse intact so that she doesn't lose me; that she was scared of letting it go. But she never gave me up or was even mean to me; after magic was back she got her powers back so that she can get me back. And then she let me go when she realized that it was for the best. I even told her that she wasn't my mother and that Emma was. I rubbed Emma in her face for being good and I just…" he suddenly stopped, slightly out of breath; from talking too fast, as well as crying.

Ariel stood straight before she pulled him into her arms. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held tightly. He buried his face in her chest as she ran her fingers in his hair soothingly, and rocked them gently.

They stood there for a while; and when Ariel realized that he wasn't letting go anytime soon, she decided to talk, "Henry listen to me," she started. Henry lifted his head from her chest, but didn't break out of her hold on him, "You are not a hypocrite. You didn't know about your father and that Emma lied; and you were right about mom being the Evil Queen. Yes, it wasn't as black and white as you thought, but again you didn't know. You're young sweetie and mom said that she didn't handle your discovery very well, so I'm sure you didn't have much of a choice. The fact that you feel bad about it right now means that you're not a bad person and that you love her. And I think you knew all along that she loved you and that she won't let you go no matter how hard you push her. Listen, you were hurt. You thought she lied to you and you didn't handle it well; and the fact that she kept lying didn't help." She was looking him straight in the eyes.

"I knew she wouldn't let me go, and when I apologized to her, she said that I didn't have anything to be sorry for. And somehow that made me feel even worse; she was taking all the blame. Yes, she may have lied and handled it the wrong way, but I was no better." He said, burying his face in her chest again.

"Yes I know. But that's what a parent is all about; you forgive your kids for their mistakes no matter how heinous they were and no matter how much they hurt you; because you love them so much that you just forget about it the moment you see them hurt or when they apologize. Mom feels terrible for allowing the piece of Cora to take control, and she hates that sometimes she handled you the same way Cora handled her. So it makes sense that she doesn't blame you for how you treated her, she understands."

"Yeah, she may have let it take control when she dealt with other people but never with me. Not until I got the book from Grandma and started treating her differently; and even then she wasn't any where near as bad."

"Which is worse in her eyes; that when it really mattered, when it was basically the ultimate test of how different she was from Cora, she failed and turned into her."

"But that wasn't the ultimate test; she didn't give me to Emma to protect her curse and she even helped Emma get the True Love potion so that they can wake me up, knowing that it can very well break the curse but she didn't care, as long as I am safe and alive."

"Well how about you tell her that? I know that you already had this conversation but maybe you can be a bit more specific this time; tell them both what you just told me, and anything else you feel like telling them."

"Will you be there?" His voice had a pleading tone.

"If you want me to, yes." She smiled reassuringly at him.

"I do." He stated.

"Then of course I'll be there."

"You know; finding out that you have an older sister after 10 years of being an only child is not as bad as they make it seem." Henry mumbled against her body, and smiled as her body shook with laughter against his.

"Glad to hear that." She said kissing his head.

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The bell over the door chimed and Granny looked up from the books, "Ariel! I didn't expect to see you till tomorrow morning." She exclaimed surprised.

Henry's face contorted in guilt, worry and alarm as soon as he heard Granny's statement, "Oh no! I totally forgot that you were up all night with Ruby in the woods. I'm so sorry."

"It's alright, it's no big deal. I was up for 3 weeks in the Enchanted Forrest, I'm used to it. And besides I'd take a walk with you over sleep any day of the week and twice on Sunday." She assured him, and smiled at the toothy grin he gave her.

"What can I get the two of you then?" Granny asked.

"Cocoa for him and the strongest coffee you have for me." Ariel exclaimed.

Granny and Henry giggled at her statement, before Granny went back to get their orders.

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Henry and Ariel rounded the corner to his school and found Snow walking in.

"Hey Grandma." Henry exclaimed.

"Hey sweetie." She said, ruffling his hair.

"See ya later sis!" Henry exclaimed before he ran inside.

"Later sweetie." Ariel answered, smiling at the title.

"He's in a much better mood." Snow observed.

"Yeah, how's Emma?" Ariel asked.

"OK I guess. She decided she will go to the station to get her mind off of things, so I'm guessing she'll interrogate you if you go there to talk to David. He's there giving her back the reins."

"Well, she'll have to wait till Henry gets back from school. He wants to talk to both her and mom."

"Is he ok?"

"Yeah, he just feels guilty mostly."

Snow cocked her head to the side in confusion.

"For how he treated mom." Ariel explained.

"So when Emma told him that she lied, he felt like a hypocrite." Snow realized.

"Exactly. Took some convincing but I guess he understands now; but I think a talk with both mom and Emma will be good."

"Yeah, I think so too." Snow said, before she turned her head in the school's direction when she heard the bell ring.

"I have to go; class is about to start. I'll see you at home."

"Yeah, I'll swing by the station to talk to David and Emma before I crawl into mom's arms and go to sleep."

"Mom is not at home; she's at the office."

"She didn't sleep all night; why is she in the office? I get why Emma is keeping busy, but not her." Ariel was a bit confused at her mother's behavior; which only deepened when Snow looked a bit nervous.

"Is there something I should know?" she added.

"She's been acting a bit strange all morning; she seems distraught and has a weird look on her face. And she spaces out a lot."

"Yeah, I noticed. I'll swing by the office and talk to her."

"Alright; I'll see you at home." Snow said, squeezing her hand before she ran inside the school.

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Ariel was walking down the streets racking her brain, trying to figure out a reason why her mother would be acting weird. She understands why she didn't sleep all night; after all her daughter was sleeping in the woods with a werewolf next to her. Said child is the one she thought was dead for the most part of her life. But why would she act weird?

She was pulled out of her thoughts by somebody's hand on her shoulder and her name being called.

"Killian!"

"Hey, are you alright? I called your name a hundred times and you didn't answer me." He asked, and she felt her heart melt at the concern in his eyes.

"Yeah, I was just thinking." She answered.

"Everything alright?" his concern wasn't deterred.

"Yeah, everything's fine." She smiled reassuringly.

"How did it go last night?" he asked.

Ariel giggled, having answered that question a million times over.

"Great, she didn't turn."

Hook's heart fluttered at the sound of her laughter and the gleam in her eyes. Ariel noticed the look in his eyes, "Killian, stop looking at me like that." She said, although she didn't sound like she really wanted him to stop.

"I can't help it. I love you and you know it." He gently told her, as he pushed some of her hair out of her face. He was delighted when she didn't pull away from his touch, or even glare at him.

"I told you; I need actions not words." She told him sternly.

"And I will give you both. And as I understand, in this world one must take the woman he loves out on a date; so how about tomorrow night? I know you will probably spend the rest of the day sleeping." He asked her.

Ariel's mind went numb at his question; she tried to come up with an excuse to say no, but it appears both her brain and her heart betrayed her. They were both screaming at her to say yes.

"Come on Ariel, please. It's just dinner, and we can talk. I miss you." He gently pleaded; and whatever resolve she had, not that much to begin with mind you, was out the window.

"Ok." She whispered.

His face broke into a huge smile, "Thank you. I'll pick you up at 7" he said.

She opened her mouth to answer, but was interrupted by an angry voice from behind her.

"YOU!"

She whipped her head around to find Rumpelstiltskin standing there glaring at them both; and she instantly knew that this will end up being a standoff.

"What do you want?" Hook asked, glaring back at him.

Rumpelstiltskin scoffed, "Oh you've got some nerve asking me that after what you did."

"What I did?! You ripped your wife's heart out!" Hook retaliated.

"Yes. She deserved it; and you deserved to know the pain I felt when you stole her." He seethed.

"I didn't steel her; she wanted to come with us. She begged me to take her along; and told me to challenge you to a sword fight knowing that you will refuse." Hook shot back.

"Yes, and then you two got your happy ending." he said through gritted teeth.

"What happy ending? I was never in love with her; she fell for me but I didn't return the feeling. But she begged me to play along so you would leave her alone." Hook informed him, and watched as shock covered Rumple's face.

"You're lying." He accused, although his voice held way less confidence. Ariel and Hook noticed that his cane was shaking slightly and realized that his resolve was faltering.

"No I'm not. I would never fall in love with a married woman. But when I saw how desperate she was, I did what she asked. She left and you let her go." Hook told him.

Rumple kept staring at him for a long moment trying to determine if he was lying or not. He desperately wanted to believe that he was; but he couldn't deny the sincerity he saw in his eyes. And looking back at that day, he remembered seeing love in Milah's eyes but not Killian's.

"Then why are you here?" he finally asked.

"Well I wanted revenge on you for my hand; but then someone pointed out how ridiculous it was. But I wasn't going to stay back there with Cora around." Hook told him; he avoided telling him the real reason he was here. He came because he wanted to be with Ariel, but he kept her name out of it so that Rumple doesn't rip her heart out in revenge. He knew she was a mighty witch, but he figured he'd let her fight one dark force at a time.

Rumple knew that Hook was hiding something; and noticing the way Ariel was standing next to him, and how his hand….err…hook went around her and rested on the small of her back, it dawned on him.

"My, my, my. Our little mermaid is in love with a pirate." He stated.

Ariel had noticed the recognition in his eyes, so she wasn't surprised at his statement. And it seemed that when she didn't react as he expected, it irritated him more, so she smirked.

"Do you have a problem with that?" she asked.

"No, but again why would I? Tell me dearie, how does mommy feel about that?" he snickered.

"That would be none of your business. Now if you will excuse us, we have places we need to be." She shot back.

"Before you go." He called, and they stopped in their tracks and turned around.

She looked at him impatiently, and furrowed her eyebrows in confusion when all he did was wave his hand.

Hook suddenly felt something strange, and Ariel felt a change in the sensation coming from the small of her back. They both looked; and their eyebrows hit their hair lines when instead of the usual hook, they found his hand.

Ariel whipped her head back and looked at Rumple, "What's your price?" she asked.

"Oh no dearie. You don't owe me anything, he does." He said, pointing to Hook, "but I will save that for a rainy day." He added.

"Thank you." Hook said sincerely.

Rumple was taken aback by his statement, and didn't know how to reply. So he just nodded, before he turned around and left.

Hook kept staring at his hand and moving it around, afraid that at any minute it will go away; Ariel had a huge grin on her face.

"I can't believe this." He finally exclaimed, excitement evident in his voice.

"Neither do I; but I'm a little worried about what he will ask for a price." Ariel said.

"As long as it's me I don't care." He sincerely told her; and smiled back at her.

"Let's go. I need to get to the station before I swing by mom's office and drag her home." She told him.

"Good, I need to get there too."

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Hope you all enjoy it and please let me know what you think. I will update as soon as I can.