Chapter 49: Discipline and Devotion

"Morning mates," Harry says, coming right up to the table where the VKs and AKs are sitting.

Everyone immediately shoots him a look of utter disgust and a few roll their eyes at him. He tries to act smooth and confident around them, but they immediately shrug it off.

"Have a nice night wandering around Storybrooke?" Carlos asks, a slight growl in his throat. Jane clings to the son of Cruella a bit tighter considering the last time she'd encountered Harry, she, Ben and Doug, had all been at the end of his sword. It shocks everyone to see that he still has it, that Emma and Killian had yet to take the lethal weapon away from him.

"Didn't actually do that, spent the night with my lovely lass over there," he says, his blue eyes pointing towards to where Crystal is standing. As if by pure instinct, Crystal can tell that Harry's trying to tell a tall tale about what happened last night. She leaves Emma and Killian at the counter to order breakfast, while she walks over to the group.

"What is he telling you?" she asks, crossing her arms over her chest.

The kids from Auradon can immediately tell that Rumpelstiltskin's daughter is fed up with Harry and that he has not given up in his pursuit of her.

"He told us that he spent the night with you," Ben says, skeptically.

"It's not what you might be thinking. I found him in my room sleeping on my bed having cleaned out half my pantry and was looking through my photos when I went upstairs."

"Jerk," Dizzy mutters.

"What was that runt?" Harry hisses, staring evilly at the young VK.

Evie snaps her fingers, getting Harry's attention and gives him a warning glare that if he went after Dizzy, he'd have to deal with her. Mal also becomes defensive, letting her eyes flash green to tell him to back off.

"Don't worry Dizzy, I called him much worse last night. He ended up sleeping in the unfinished part of my house."

"Which is still comfier than the brig," Harry mentions. "What was that soft thing filled with feathers ye could lay yer head on?"

"You mean a pillow?" Carlos offers. He too has been deprived of basic comforts during his time on the Isle, so this doesn't surprise him.

Harry grins at the name. "Greatest ting to ever be invented."

"You don't have pillows on the ship?" Doug asks in an unkinder manner.

"We sleep in hammocks up high off the deck, so the water and rats don't get at 'em," Harry says a matter-of-factly, not too pleased with the nerd of the group was even talking to him. The son of Dopey had no experience at sea and therefore should not be asking any kinds of questions. He walks over to Doug's side of the table, leans in much closer than what should be considered comfortable and begins leering at him. "Bet ye didn't know that… that we have to make our own way on the Isle, not have everything given to us on a silver platter."

"Back off Harry," Evie says, getting her hands on the pirate's shoulders and tries to shove him away from her and Doug roughly. However, Harry seems prepared for some kind of attack, because he uses his hook to roughly grab onto one of Evie's bracelets, which also happened to be one that Doug had designed and made for her personally. He wrenches at the daughter of the Evil Queen so hard that she's forced to stand up from her seat. A sharp pain enters the teenager's wrist as she tries to struggle free from his weapon and she lets out a small cry of pain. Mal, Jay, Carlos, Ben, and Doug are immediately up, ready to take on the son of Captain Hook. Evie slaps Harry across the face and tries to free herself. However, Harry retaliates the assault by pulling even harder on her bracelet, causing the cord to snap and the apple and heart-shaped beads that Doug had selected and strung together on his own, to spill all over the diner floor.

Several of the Storybrooke adults have gotten up, ready to break up the conflict, especially Regina, who can feel her hands warming up with magic.

Evie is immediately on the floor, frantically trying to pick up the beads, unable to hide the tears appearing in her helpless brown eyes. Doug gets on the floor next to her.

"It's okay Evie… it's okay," he says, but anyone could hear the hurt in his voice that Harry had destroyed something he'd made for his girlfriend. "We'll find them."

Mal's eyes glow a very bright green as she stands up and raises her hands. She mutters a spell under her breath and throws her palms up to let the magic flow through… except, like before, nothing happens. The daughter of Maleficent internally kicks herself for forgetting about this but decides to use her enhanced strength to still teach this punk pirate a lesson.

Just as she's about to grab the front of his belt and vest, someone beats him to it.

Killian hooks the back of Harry's collar and pulls him roughly away from Evie.

"That'll be quite enough mate," the adult pirate says in a low, threatening voice.

Killian and Emma have arrived on the scene and the real Captain Hook pulls his son forcefully across the restaurant and outside onto the front patio. The shock of being manhandled like this makes the kid's eyes go wide in surprise. He tries to writhe out of his alternate father's grip, but he is forced to comply as the real one-handed pirate is far stronger than him.

"Everything's fine, go back to your breakfasts," Granny calls to the concerned looking customers that were either standing at the counter or eating in the booths as both Regina and Snow follow the "alternate parents" outside.

"Ease up there mate," the kid grunts, when Killian finally unhooks his son, forcing him to stand in front of a picnic table. "Ye think ye could be a bit more gentle?"

"I hardly think you deserve it after what you just did," Snow says, sternly crossing her arms over her chest.

Both Emma and Killian are nervous about what they are going to be doing. Sure, Emma has had experience dealing with disciplining kids, but Henry was never as arrogant or as seemingly cruel as this kid was. She was so angry at the way he'd bullied the other kids and deliberately ruined something that was obviously special to Evie. The father of Harry was also especially angry, he hated seeing this boy be so harsh to the other children, but it also made his stomach turn. It was like looking into the past, seeing him pick on the meeker people because they refused to fight and destroying something precious to them. He'd done it to Rumple, destroying his family, although one could argue that the Dark One got him back by destroying his hand and Milah many years later. It was like watching an immature child pick a fight and it made both the parents sick to think about.

However, before either of them could say anything, the Evil Queen had to say her piece first, as always. She grabs the front of Harry's shirt and belt, pulling him towards her so that they were eye to eye.

"Don't you ever touch my daughter again," Regina snarls, her Evil Queen side immediately rearing its ugly head again. Despite the fact that she'd rid herself of "the bad apple" side of her personality, once and a while that darkness resurfaces, especially when her loved ones are threatened. She leans in closely and whispers in the teen pirate's ear. She grinds her teeth as she speaks. "You are so lucky that you're a kid and that I have a moral compass. Once upon a time, I wouldn't have hesitated in tearing out your beating heart and crushing it into tiny little pieces of dust right in front of you…"

"That's enough Regina," Snow says sternly, putting her hand on her step-mother's shoulder. "Let Emma and Killian handle this."

The dark-haired queen hesitates, grinding her teeth slightly while staring into this child's bright blue eyes. She can tell that he's trying to be brave, remain calm and collected in the face of potential death, but she knows that he's terrified. She can see it in his eyes and the way he's breathing, having threatened people during her reign as queen allowed her to see when a person was truly terrified, especially when faced with harm or death. She still has an effect on people to make them immediately fear her, especially when someone she loves is being threatened. Eventually, she releases him but has to get the last word in like always.

"Come near Evie again and you will regret it…" she warns before turning on her heels and going back inside, Snow following, after taking another glance at her daughter and son-in-law. The princess was certain that they could handle this, after all, they were going to be parents in less than 8 months.

Harry lets out a slight sigh of relief now that the dark-haired "witch" was no longer threatening him, however, he turns towards his alternate parents.

Taking a deep breath, Emma begins to speak.

"You. Sit down right there," she says sharply, a serious edge in her voice.

Harry opens his mouth to protest, but the Saviour responds by immediately snapping and pointing her finger down to the seat at one of the picnic tables.

"Nope," she snaps at him. "I've already raised one angsty teen. Sit your butt down right now, we got some things to talk about!"

The son of Captain Hook is completely confused, unsure about any of this. No one in his entire life has spoken to him like this. His father always yelled, but never instantly demanded something from him. He tries to protest by refusing to sit, but the way Emma and now Killian are glaring at him… he simply obliges and sits down at the table.

The blonde Saviour reaches behind to grab her husband's good hand. He gives her a slight squeeze of reassurance before both of them sit down across from their "son."

Meanwhile, back inside Granny's, things have partially returned to normal with the customers chatting at a much lower volume and eating their meals. Mal and the rest of her friends are searching around the table to find more parts of Evie's bracelet. Crystal has also joined the search while David tries to keep Neal from squirming out of his arms and trying to eat the beads. Regina is instantly at her daughter's side, trying to help her pick up the rest of the beads.

Evie looks up to stare into her "alternate" mother's dark brown eyes. Normally, her wicked mother would scoff at her daughter's tears, telling her that a true princess never shows her true feelings and to suck it up, but Regina is gazing at the teenager with deep sympathy. The adult reaches over and gently cups the girl's cheek in her hand. She uses her thumb to wipe away some of the girl's tears. The daughter of the Evil Queen hesitates for a moment and then leans into her mother's palm, appreciating the comfort.

"Are you okay?" the mayor asks.

Evie merely nods before standing up with her gloved hand filled with beads. The dark-haired queen examines the girl's arm, looking for any kind of a wound. There is a nasty red mark where Harry had pulled at her bracelet and his hook had contacted her pale skin. The mother gently waves her hand over her daughter's forearm and heals any marks. Evie looks up, a few tears still in her eyes and smiles. She then puts her collection of beads onto the table. Doug and the others bring theirs over as well.

Evie stares down at it and sighs. Doug puts his arm around her and squeezes gently.

"It's okay Evie," he says quietly.

"It is okay," she responds. "It's just a piece of jewelry, you're more important than all the beads in the world."

The couple looks at each other, giving saddened smiles and then kiss gently. Immediately, Regina knows that Doug has the best intentions for Evie, all he wants to do is make her happy, as any partner should in a relationship. She is also humbled by her daughter's answer, material things do not matter to her, you're only truly happy when you're around people who love you; a lesson she herself, unfortunately, took a long time to learn.

"Even all the diamonds in the world?" he asks.

Evie pretends to hesitate before giving a cheeky smile and kissing his cheek. "A diamond tiara might be nice though," she giggles. Doug laughs too.

Both Mal and Ben look at each other for a long moment, unsure of what to think, but there is a twinge of envy in their eyes.

Regina then looks down at the ruined bracelet. With the wave of her hand, the beads form back into a perfect circle and then the piece of jewelry wraps itself back around Evie's wrist. She and Doug both look amazed and happy.

Once her hand stops glowing, the mayor gives a gentle smile.

"It has a flexible metal piece, now it won't break off as easily," she explains.

The blue-haired teenager rushes forward and engulfs her mother in a hug. She squeezes tightly, and Regina can feel that the girl is crying happily as they embrace.

"Thank you, Regina," Evie says quietly.

"Anything for family," the former Evil Queen says quietly.

A/N: Special thanks to Intellectual Punk for the Emma and Harry dialogue stuff. Thank you for all the reviews.