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A/N: Soo I am trying to keep with a little bit with one of the themes that I found in s.2 was confrontation with the past. Then the struggles that come with that. SO that is what I tried to give Avery.. I struggle with her past, it happens to be with Hook and her mother (for now).

The next morning Avery awoke and she was still nude. There were empty containers of Granny's on the bed side table and three wasted bottles of wine, and she vaguely remembered Ruby saying something about a Giant in town and something about Charming's twin brother. That was a conversation to be had today. She lifted herself out of bed and cracked her back.

"Come back to bed." Archie mumbled.

"You sound hungover my love." She teased him.

"I am." he said. Avery kissed his forehead.

"I have to go talk to Snow and Charming."

"Mmmkkaay.. They said something about wearing to go farming." Avery scrunched her face when he said that and shook her head. She laid a hand on him curing him of his headache and kissed his temple. She wanted to magic herself to the Charmings but she decided against it after all the alcohol she had the night before. So she gabbed her jacket, slipped on some jeans and walked to the Charmings. The stairs were a little hard on her because her legs felt a little like Jello. When she reached their apartment, she knocked on the door.

"Well good morning Avery." Charming said smirking at her, apparently word got around about Ruby delivering to their house and Archie taking the delivery in a robe, with their messed up hair.

"Stow it Charming." She laughed, looking at the mark on his face. "Oohh Anton got you good." she laughed a little bit harder. He gave her a small glare and let her in the. As she passed she touched his face and healed him. "There all pretty again." She smiled.

"Hi Avery." Snow said.

"Hey Snow. I made your husband pretty again for you." she winked at her.

"Oh good!" Snow sighed playfully. "I was worried I would have to find another trophy husband." The women laughed.

"Hey!" Charming said defensively.

"Fell the love Charming." Avery laughed.

"So.. You know about Anton?" Charming said.

"Uh yeah.. He tried calling my Father up the beanstalk after.. well.. his run in with your brother." Avery said. "Dad was, thankfully, busy and I went up instead.. Talked him out of summoning the dark one.. and told him there was nothing I could do about the genocide of his people."

"My brother?" Charming said.

"Yes.. He wasn't solely responsible but it was his idea. His and Your adoptive father's... well and that slut Jack." Avery shrugged, Charming looked down. "H-hey.. Charming. Don't look like that. You are completely different than your brother.. Why didn't you call me? I could have helped?" she put a hand on his shoulder.

"We wanted to give you your birthday." Snow said, taking Avery's jacket for her. Avery looked between Snow and Charming and shook her head.

"Listen.. Snow you are the closest think I have had to a child in my many many centuries. That makes you." She punched Charming playfully. "My son in law. That means I will drop everything I have to, to make sure my kiddos are safe." Avery smiled.

"We know.. We know.. We were just-"

"I know I know.. Being good people." She smiled at the couple. "There are questions swimming now Charming." Avery took a seat.

"Yeah.. My brother.. he was-"

"An ass, love." Avery cut him off. "Nothing like you. But honestly.. When I went with my father to you. I was shocked why he invited me.. But you know my dad.. He knew what was going to happen. He saw that King George's son was to marry Snow." She looked at Snow. "He just didn't see which one. Its maddeningly unhelpful sometimes." she shook her head, Snow laughed.

"Well its good I wasn't introduced to an ass."

"Well.. its his dong he's dead, but its because of the time I met him when he was grown up." Avery shrugged.

"What did he do?" Charming asked.

"Grabbed my rear and wanted to bed me." Avery said, Snow choked on her coffee, Charming looked shocked.

"To the Dark One's daughter." He asked eye brows raised.

"Yep. Good to know, even raised as a Shepherd, you are the smart one." Avery said. "Anyway.. Yeah Anton was pretty crushed. How is he? Where is he?"

"He's with the dwarves in the fields." Snow said. "They made him an honorary dwarf."

"Good for him! He has been lonely so to long." Avery smiled. Snow kept looking at her like she wanted to say something.

"What Snow?" she said, looking from both them.

"Well.. Hook told us you visited him." Snow said.

"I did." Avery said.

"Why?' Charming asked.

"He didn't tell you?" Avery asked.

"No.. he left that out." Snow said, but she still looked strange.

"I'm not going after Hook!" Avery cleared up. "But that's not all you wanted to tell me." she sense.

"Emma found your brother.. and she.. well he.." Snow kind of stuttered.

"He's Henry's dad." Charming finished. That set Avery off kilter a little.

"I.. umm well.. Didn't see that coming." Avery said. "Emma must be having a panick attack."

"Oh yeah." Snow said. "Plus she lied to Henry about his dad."

"Oh no.." Avery said. "And my Dad? He hasn't called me at all."

"I didn't hear about your Dad. I-" Snow started.

"Don't worry. Your daughter was freaking out. I didn't expect you to think of my Dad at all. I just wanted to ask." Avery took a deep breath. "Do you know where they ended up?"

"No.. Just her freaking out.. She doesn't want Henry to get hurt." Snow said.

"Yeah.. Sounds like my brother has made his mistakes..." Avery took a deep breath. "I need to know where they are."

"Why?" Charming asked.

"Because.. He isn't mad at me. But I still want to talk to him. He won't come back here. I'll tell you right now, He'll find out my dad's near him and skip a million miles from him." Avery knew.

"Your dad might use you to get him here." Charming said.

"He better not. I'd punch my Papa in the face for using me." she said sternly then sighed.

"Hey Avery.. one more thing we need to talk to you about." Snow said.

"Yes?"

"Anton is growing magic beans.. For going back." Charming said.

"To the wasteland that is our world? I wouldn't go back." Avery said.

"Not even to help us take back our land?" Charming said.

"Charming.. The magic is nice.. yes.. But.. what I just want to be normal here. Have a fresh start."

"And Archie is a man here." Snow said.

"Yes.. I mean what if here things can be normal for me?"Avery looked at Charming, who obviously didn't like her answer. Then her phone went off, she looked down, recognizing it as the library's number. She answered but there was nothing but silence. Then a man groaning in pain.

"Avery everything okay?" Charming asked.

"Yeah. I just need to make a stop somewhere. And honestly I am a bit off this morning. To much to drink last night. I just wanted to make sure Charming here was okay." Avery smiled.

"Thanks Avery." And with that she mustered up her thoughts and magiced to the library. Hook was laying in a stack of books, on his ribs. He obviously passed out from the pain. Avery knew she should just leave him here. Another part of her went to help him, he was hurt so badly. She stood there thinking for a moment then muttered.

"Damn Charmings.. Rubbing off on me." She cursed herself and went to the man. She touched him and he groaned slightly.

"Hook." she said softly.

"Milah?" he squinted, Avery rolled her eys and prssed on his side, that shocked him right away. "Bloody hell woman!"

"You have to stop calling me that." She snapped and did a little repair work on his ribs again. "What happened to you?"

"Regina.. I-" He stopped. "Before the curse. Cora-"

"Was supposed to be dead. I know she had one job." She helped him get up.

"Well she commissioned me to do it.." He said.

"She outsourced the job to you.. a pirate. A person who will do most for the highest bidder..." Avery shook her head. "Idiot!" Hook laughed.

"You think highly of her Majesty." he was sarcastically.

"And even lower of her ridiculously vengeful mother." Avery rolled her eyes. "Because she didn't get a perfect life she now destroys everyone else's. She's ridiculous."

"Ahhh.. You know much of an unperfect life?" he asked with a smirk.

"Enough to know that most of the time you make your own darkness. There are people who take the hardships in life and turn them into building experiences. Then those are others, like Cora, who take a hardship and let it consume them. Life is a game, and those who let those things consume them are the losers." Avery spoke from her own experience.

"Like your father?" he said smooth as silk.

"Go back to the hospital.. or even your cabin. You need to rest Hook. Seriously.. I should even be helping you.. But-"

"But you help people." Hook said, pulling out the card she gave him.

"Yes. Now I have to go." She said to him. leaving him in a puff of purple smoke. She went home and dropped on the couch with Archie.

"You okay?" he asked.

"No.. My dad found my brother, he's Henry's dad, My mom's boyfriend is in town so I have the past here, then Cora is here in a rage of pissed off.. and Tomorrow is Snow's birthday and its also the day Eva died.." she gave a deep sigh.

"The way you speak about her.. I wish I would have met her." Archie said, referring to Eva.

"Yeah.. she was amazing." she smiled.

"I have to know. How does the daughter of the Dark One meet the Good Queen.. and become her best friend?" he asked, Avery just smiled and let the tears well in her eyes.

She just can't get a break with Hook! Him and his mouth.

BBUUTTT next chapter AVERY MEETS EVA!

Stay tuned!