True Love Is Magic

by AtlantianDream

"Love doesn't work that way. Love...true love...is magic. And not just any magic, the most powerful magic of all. It creates happiness." An alternate dimension of our lovable characters show up in Storybrooke! Story goes AU quite quickly! For starters Regina is caring for Baby Snow White! Cora's still alive! There are 5 Snow's in town...and Regina is Snow's biological mother!

32. Watch What You Say

Author's Note: YES! YES! A new chapter! A really LONG new chapter! It's one of the longest chapters I've EVER written. PLEASE take your time when you read this one. There are some little clues on where I am taking this story! :D Enjoy!

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Sarah wiped her hands together with a satisfied smile.

Tamara and Greg looked up at her with glares of extreme hate, both struggling against the gags and bonds that Sarah had wrapped them up in.

"Now...I have no clue who you really are and what you really want. But by the fact that you both tried to capture me...quite unsuccessfully I might add...I'm not going to let you go any time soon." Sarah said this with a smirk and her hands on her lower back.

Both continued to try to scream at her and struggled against their bonds even more, as if they were going to be able to strike her.

Sarah knelt down and picked up the noise makers that they had both tried to use on her.

"What are these things?" Sarah questioned out loud, unknowingly pointing the guns at the two.

"Don't." August quickly lifted her arm up just before the guns went off.

After having heard the gun shot he had rushed out as fast as his wooden body would allow him. Of course he was incredibly shocked when by the time he had opened the door Sarah had Tamara and another man tied up like hogs on the ground.

Seeing her playing with the guns had made him rush over and barely save the two rolling around on the ground.

"Wow! They definitely have some power. What do they do?" Sarah asked as August took the weapons from her hand.

"They are weapons. Imagine a small canon. That's what these are. You're lucky you didn't just kill them." August said as he took the clips from both guns, and emptying the barrels as best he could with his stiff hands.

Sarah gave August a smile that was a spitting replica of her mother's. "No...they're not lucky enough to have been killed. Besides..."

Opening her hand she moved her hand back and forth between the two, smiling as she knelt down and retrieved a bracelet from the man's pocket.

"I kept them alive so they could explain to me who gave them this little invention." Sarah said holding out the bracelet for August to see.

"Looks like a bracelet to me." August said as he looked at the cuff.

"That's what it looks like, but this bracelet seems to have the ability to hinder magic. It's enchanted by black magic. Quite powerful I may add." Sarah explained as she examined the black cuff with a grimace on her face. Thoughts of who could possibly make an enchanted item as powerful as this one going through her head.

Both of the captives squirmed and grumbled loudly at Sarah's words, so much so that Sarah rolled her eyes and grabbed the man's chin and jerked his face up towards her so she could look into his scathing blue gaze.

"What?" Sarah snapped the word out making her sound identical to her mother.

The man's eyes widened suddenly and then narrowed. Twisting his head he tried to remove his gag without success, making Sarah smile.

Jerking his gag down the man immediately began to speak.

"It's not magic it's science! And just because you captured us doesn't mean anything. Others will come. There's no way you'll be able to stop us all. I'm not going to let her get away with this."

Sarah's reaction was instant.

Grabbing his hair and jerking his sight up to stare into her eyes. And when they did - he stopped moving all together.

The once brown eyes from seconds before now black swirled with a grey cloud storm.

"What's your name?"

August instantly heard the difference in Sarah's voice. There was a shiver that this new tone of voice caused down one's spine.

Looking down he watched the man's Adam's apple bob up and down as he realized that the woman he spoke with was hiding her true nature.

"Greg..."

Sarah yanked his head up with a snarl. "Don't lie to me. Do it again and it'll be the last thing you do."

August found the man's eyes glance up to him. What he saw must have shown just how fearful he was because the next second the man looked back at Sarah.

"Owen Flynn."

"Pleasure Owen." Sarah said with an evil smile, grey clouds still swirling in her eyes.

August stiffened when Sarah lowered closer to be a hairsbreadth away from Owen's face.

"Who exactly were you referring to when you said 'her.' Who wouldn't you let 'get away with this.' What would they be getting away with?"

Owen couldn't help but feel fear. He had thought that the mayor of this town had been evil. One look into this woman's eyes and he realized he obviously didn't know evil.

Strengthening his resolve he stared back with a steely gaze as he spoke.

"The mayor. She has my father. I'm not leaving until I know what she did with him. You can kill me if you want. But I'm not leaving willingly."

Seconds later, as the words sunk in, Sarah's eyes turned slowly back to their brown. A sadness in her eyes as she finally understood who Owen was talking about.

Hearing people mumbling the word 'mayor' accompanied by 'the Evil Queen' she was certain the man was talking about her mother.

"How long ago?"

"Twenty eight years ago." Owen said in a strained voice. Years of anger and hate pouring into the words.

"Do you really think she's kept him prisoner for all that time? You know what's more likely then that."

Sarah's words made Owen flinch, but the truth always hurt one way or the other.

"I have to know." It was the only thing Owen said in answer to her words.

Nodding her head in understanding Sarah now had some respect for him. Weirdly enough she understood exactly how he felt.

When she was a child her mother had finally told her how her father died. After years of not being told she had finally understood why her mother never spoke of her father. The story of why her mother had killed her father made her realize there was no way she could ever fault her mother for what happened.

For what she had done.

But before being told...the not knowing, and hearing people talk of him...

Sarah would feel a huge tug on her heart.

" I'll get you your answers. But I'm not going to let you harm her. Whatever she did, we can't undo it. If you're thinking of taking some kind of revenge...I can tell you it's not going to happen. I won't let it."

Owen knew better than to respond to the implied threat. Minutes ago he thought it impossible for someone to take both him and Tamara out without the use of magic. But somehow this woman before them had done so and with a strength he couldn't believe could be kept in such a feminine looking creature. Looks are deceiving though.

Learning that small truth all those years ago had proven an invaluable lesson as the years had passed by.

Sarah's face then hardened.

"As for what you were planning with this one right here," Sarah motioned towards the bound woman, "you're going to tell me what you were planning and why you were using Bae. I want to know who you work for and I want to know now."

Owen smiled evily at Sarah, his cockiness abundantly obvious in the gesture.

Sarah resigned herself to the idea that this man wanted to hurt her mother and family. He just didn't know it was never going to happen.

"Well well well...I can't even leave you for a few days without you getting into trouble."

Everyone turned their heads at the new voice.

Sarah smiled. "You know me Red! Get too bored if I'm not in trouble."

Red smiled widely as she approached Sarah.

"Why are they tied up? Or do I even want to know?" Red asks tipping her head to the side towards Owen and Tamara.

"Hmm...better if you don't know." Sarah considered with a tilted head and concluded with a nod.

"Alright then. Do you need help?" Red asks with a huge predatory glare at Owen. Eyes suddenly flashing colors, with her wide smile caused Owen's smile from moments before to disappear.

Sarah smiled seeing his confidence suddenly disappear.

"If you want. Mom and Snow are probably looking for me by now. I need to leave soon, but I'll be damned if I let this one near either of them." Sarah makes a motion with her fingers, and Owen's gag went back in place.

"Your sister is going to kill you if she finds out your doing something without her knowing." Red says as she looks at Sarah out of the corner of her eyes.

"Huh." August grunts out.

Both Sarah and Red turn to look at him.

"What?" Sarah asks.

"I just...hadn't thought about the fact that...well...you grew up with Snow White...as your sister apparently." August says with rapidly blinking eyes and a shaking of his head.

"It's kind of hard to wrap your mind around." August says as he finally moves to dispose of the guns by chucking them into the woods.

Red laughs. "Oh you have no idea the trouble they got into. I was dragged along more than a few times, and to say the Queen was always heard yelling out, 'Red, Rose, and Snow White! You are in so much trouble.' I'm not exaggerating."

Sarah shared a laugh with Red.

"Who's Rose?" August asked confused making Sarah realize yet again that this wasn't her Pinocchio.

"I am." Sarah says simply. "Grammy's favorite flower is a rose. So...mother named me Sarah Rose. Kind of keeping in theme with Snow's name."

Explaining this to who essentially was her other best friend was a little awkward for Sarah. August could even see this from the way Sarah was looking at him while she explained. Her forehead was wrinkled and her eyes looked like they were expecting him to remember something.

After a few seconds of really processing what Sarah said he began to giggle.

Red and Sarah exchanged looks before both looked at August without blinking. Of course it didn't take him long to feel eyes on him. Turning his head he tried to contain his laughter.

"What exactly is so funny?" Red asked.

Unable to suppress his laughter anymore August looked between the two women's faces and laughed out right.

"Red rose...and Snow White..."

Sarah turned to look at Red, "I have no idea why it's funny to him."

"So...you and Snow...you get along?" August asked with a raised wooden brow.

At this Red laughed heartily, almost folding in half from laughter. Sarah glared at Red's figure.

"Stop laughing you sound like a hyena." Sarah scolded Red, but Red just continued to laugh.

Calming down Red was finally able to answer August.

"Sorry. You just have to see the two of them together to know how disgustingly well they get along. It's actually very sad how they are so much alike."

"Hey! It is not sad! And of course we're alike. We grew up together. It's hard not to be alike when you're almost constantly with someone since your birth." Sarah argued and shoved Red a little to show her irritation at being laughed at.

Of course that only made Red laugh even more, especially after hearing Sarah's excuse.

"I know. But you know it's more then that Sarah. I was there for your birth! And from the moment Snow laid eyes on you, she was determined to stay as close to you as possible." Red said with a smile and a shove of her own.

Sarah started to smile. "Snow never told me she was there with you...she always told me the first time she saw me was in my crib."

Red's smile immediately started to falter. Yet again she had said too much to Sarah.

"It was. Well...when she fully saw you. Everyone was obviously fussing over you...Snow...really didn't get a good look at you. She kind of kept watch over you while every one made sure your mother was alright." Red rambled out her answer. Somehow she always managed to say too much to Sarah when it really mattered.

Sarah knew something was off with what Red was saying. The way she rambled always gave it away. That's when Sarah knew Red was saying a lie.

Knowing that at the moment wasn't the right time to call her out on the subject, Sarah continued on with her conversation.

"Anyway...Snow and I have been inseparable since I can remember. The only time we weren't attached at the hip was the whole big fiasco with David."

"David? You mean Prince Charming?" August didn't know many of the Storybrooke names for the people from their lands...but he knew enough to recognize that one.

"Do people seriously call him Prince Charming here?" The question was asked with a furrowed brow and closed eyes by Sarah, as if she were in pain at the very thought of the title.

August nodded his head, but realizing that Sarah's eyes were still closed gave a 'yeah.'

Sarah opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow at the answer. "Yeah? August, if you are going to answer me please do it properly. You might not know who I am but please remember that when we are around others to be a bit more formal. You have no idea what kind of lecture I'll get from Mom if she hears you talking slang like you did after I dragged you home drunk. Not to mention how I was able to convince her that you didn't know it was alcohol."

August looked offended. Immediately he tried to defend himself. "Well excuse me your highness. But up until recently I've been hearing you speak like the common person. I didn't realize I was ruining your sensibilities."

Sarah rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, letting out a huge sigh then responded. "It's not my sensibilities you need to worry about. It's Little Snow White's."

"Huh?""Huh?"

Both Red and August we're suddenly very confused.

"Did something happen to Snow? Was she somehow turned into a baby and that's why you were stuck here? Some kind of magic?" The worry in Red's voice escalating the more possibilities of what could have happened entered her mind.

Red had instantly known that this Pinocchio was not the one she knew from her lands by just his smell. He smelled completely different here. Not to mention the fact that this one had turned back to wood, while their Pinocchio was still completely human and probably wandering around the woods searching for Sarah and Snow.

Even with that knowledge as she had approached Sarah and another Pinocchio, nothing was as shocking as hearing that Snow had been turned into a baby.

"What? NOO!" Sarah whined out with a shake of her head.

"Then how is it possible that there's a Little Snow White?" August asked as he too suddenly had begun to panic again.

Sarah looked between her two friends and then at the two figures that were suddenly very still and listening in on their conversation.

Sarah's jaw tensed. Without another word she made a quick hand motion and both Owen and Tamara were gone.

"Great. Now they both know about her. Another thing to make sure they don't interfere with." Sarah mumbled more to herself then the people around her.

Looking up she found both sets of eyes looking at her curiously. More then likely not understanding her recent actions.

"Didn't you see the way both of them suddenly were paying attention to what we were talking about. The last thing I need is someone coming after my sister when she's still a child and can't defend herself."

"So Snow did turn into a baby." August asked.

"No! Uncle David used the 'w' word. Then suddenly there was a little Snow White." The exasperation in Sarah's voice was heard clearly. Unfortunately Sarah forgot to tell August one important detail.

"I don't understand." August was beyond confused. "David's your Uncle? I thought he was Prince Charming. And what's the 'w' word?"

Sarah's head dropped back onto her shoulder's with a groan. "Yes! David is my uncle. He's my mother's brother."

"Ok...that's disturbing. That still doesn't answer what the 'w' word is."

"Wish." Red said curtly.

Sarah's head popped up and she became rigid. A second later she spun and backhanded Red on the arm. "RED!"

August looked between the two. "So David wished for a baby Snow White to appear and it happened?"

"NOOO!" Double screams from both women rang out, both turning with horror filled eyes at August.

August jumped back suddenly frightened.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Sarah screamed with wide eyes.

"I.." August faltered not knowing what he did to cause this reaction.

"Damn it Pin! You can't say that word in a sentence around Sarah? She can't help what happens when people say that word." Red said hysterically.

"But...I didn't make one..." August began confused.

"It doesn't matter! The universe doesn't care if you make one, only that the word is used. Do you have any idea what you just did?" Sarah really tried to stay calm, but the way she emphasized certain words showed how angry she was.

August, not understanding how using the word 'wish' around Sarah made them come true, stiffened as the words he used seconds before came back to him.

His eyes widened. Two more words sputtered out of his mouth.

"Oh Shit!"

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Rumplestiltskin transported himself to Neal's hotel room.

He hesitated only for a second before knocking on the door.

If Sarah was in any way right...he would risk being shunned away from his son.

When the door swung open Neal looked angrily at him.

"I thought I said it wasn't the time."

Rumplestiltskin felt a pang of pain at the words, but only pushed into the room with determination.

"The woman you came here with...do you know who she works for?"

Neal opened his mouth to answer when his father continued.

"No you don't. Because that woman and another man we're following Sarah in the woods."

Neal's mouth closed and a look of hurt shock crossed his face.

"Now normally when someone calls for me its for a deal they want to make. Imagine my surprise when she said she wasn't worried about her safety...but yours."

Neal lowered his head and blinked several times. "She doesn't really know me. She...know's her dimension...or world's Baelfire. She shouldn't worry about me."

"That doesn't matter!" Rumplestitlskin moved towards his son with an angry look. "She does. In fact she says she loves you. That you're part of her family. And that she's willing to lay down her life for you. And I believe her."

Stressing that word had the desired effect on Neal. Straightening he stared at his father for the first time without suspicion.

"Why would she be worried about my safety? If what you say is true why didn't you go back to the woods and help her." Neal gestured with his arm out the door.

Rumplestiltskin puffed out a laugh and turned, walking back further into the room. "I was about to when she told me she needed me to make sure you'd be safe."

Neal shook his head. "I don't understand. Why would she call you for help, just to send you away."

"She's powerful. More powerful than what she's letting us see. I have a feeling she's keeping a secret from me. She showed me something that showed her magic being hindered. The ease she had with the magic...the way she was able to control it...it would have taken a vast amount of practice and strength." Saying this more to himself than to Neal. His own suspicions of this woman...this girl who claimed to know him so intimately rattled around in his brain.

"That doesn't mean she's evil. If she's powerful and hiding it from you it's because she knows how you operate. How you work. How you manipulate people to do what you want. I don't need you to protect me from her...or from Tamara. I'm more than capable of taking care of myself." Neal said with some anger.

Suddenly Rumplestiltskin felt a telltale magic he hadn't felt in quite some time, a smile crossing his face as he turned towards Neal.

"Well...seems she did capture someone. Just felt someone be transported into the shop. Would you like to see if it is Tamara?" Rumplestiltskin placed his hands on the cap of his cane, not acknowledging the barb towards him.

Neal considered the offer.

His father was many things...but he knew that his father would never physically hurt him.

If Sarah was telling the truth...he needed to see it for himself.

Neal reached for his jacket on the back of the chair and quickly whipped it on.

"Fine. But if it is her...you're not going to hurt her." Neil said this as he fixed his jacket collar.

"I make no promises." Rumplestiltskin answered honestly to his son.

"No...hurting her." Neil said with a no nonsense voice.

His father said nothing but nodded his head once.

Knowing that was the best he was going to get...he nodded his head.

With that...both were engulfed in purple smoke and were gone.

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Snow was walking deeper into the woods, in the opposite direction of where everyone was going. Something was making her walk this direction, as if Sarah was there and somehow needed her.

Which was odd, since Sarah had taken Henry and Little Snow home.

Nonetheless she continued to walk further into the woods.

Telling her husband that she was more than capable of being in the woods by herself with a small smile and a pointed look was more than enough to get him to retrieve the others by himself.

He knew where he stood on persuading her when it came to Sarah.

It was a fact that she had told him at the very beginning of their relationship.

Sarah came before him.

Always.

Sarah needed her in ways that he didn't understand and that he needed to understand that.

As time had gone by David had realized that not only had she been serious, truth was she would pick her sister over David all the time.

David had kind of been shocked.

Especially because of the lengths they had been going to keep their relationship secret from the others.

Snow remembered the look on his face after the seventh time in four days that she had refused to sneak away with him because of Sarah needing her was still imprinted on her mind. It was the saddest look she had ever seen on his face.

The next day had been there first official fight as a couple. And it revolved around Sarah.

In the end she had given him an ultimatum that if he made her choose between him and her sister...she would choose her sister.

Days had passed before Sarah had gotten into deeper trouble than normal that David realized what Snow had meant about Sarah needing her. What happened that day had made him realize that she had been telling him the truth about Sarah needing her.

Coming to terms with it had been hard for David, but as time went on the more he agreed with Snow about Sarah's safety and needs.

Snow smiled as she thought back over the years of how David had become like a father to Sarah. In all seriousness it had prepared him for Emma. Sarah had a adventurous streak that their daughter had inherited.

It made for a very interesting life and childhood for her own daughter.

Snow smiled thinking about the way that Sarah always made Emma laugh when she had been punished by her or David.

Sarah had in many ways been an excellent Aunt to Emma.

With Sarah and her mother's help Snow had the privilege to raise her daughter without the obligations of running a kingdom, and thoughts of impending battles or wars.

It had been an incredible time in all their lives.

Until it hadn't been.

Snow slowed her pace as the memories of all those years ago assaulted her.

*******************************Snow's Memories****************************************

"Snow where is your sister? I had the guards looking for her and they can't find her again. Do you know where she sneaked off to this time?"

Turning her head towards her mother, hearing the concern in her mother's voice who still stood in the doorway, she continued braiding Emma's hair.

"She was in here just a little while ago. Turning this one here against me." Snow smirked and pulled a little on her daughter's hair to emphasize who and show that she hadn't forgotten what her daughter had said.

"Ow." Emma winced and turned her head to give her mother a scathing glance, one that showed how much influence her Nanna had had on her upbringing and facial expressions.

"Well she is most certainly not in the castle anymore." Queen Regina said as she entered the room fully. Moving towards Snow and Emma she reached up and smoothed down some hair on Emma's head, the smile she gave little Emma tainted by the worry she now felt.

Emma returned the smile initially, but quickly fell as she noticed there was no spark in her Nanna's eyes the way they usually did when looking at her.

"Nanna what's wrong?" Emma's own face showing her concern for her Nanna.

"It's nothing sweetheart. You know how Nanna gets about your Aunt Sarah." Queen Regina caressed Emma's hair, then leaned down to kiss her forehead. "I just have a really bad feeling that something's wrong."

The second Snow heard the words her hands stopped weaving Emma's blonde hair. Her eyes looking up into the only woman she had called 'mama' in her life.

The last time that her mom had felt something wrong Sarah had truly been in grave danger. It had been the day James had been planning to do the unthinkable.

Immediately Snow was in high alert. Fear already gripping her as she finally realized that the fear in her mother's eyes wasn't that of her normal worry from Sarah's antics. It was fear that something horrible had already happened.

"I'll go check the stables. Sometimes she hides behind the horses." Snow quickly tied off Emma's hair and moved towards the door, not looking at Emma. Knowing that if Emma saw the fear in her own eyes, like her mother's, she would become afraid as well. And she didn't want her daughter afraid at the moment - if ever.

Queen Regina nodded her head, already turning Emma around so she could continue braiding her hair. It gave her the opportunity to grab Snow's arm and halt her, sharing a look with Snow.

No words were needed in that moment. Snow nodded her head and gave her mother a quick kiss on her cheek.

Turning she made her way out of the room, and out of the castle.

When she would find the stables empty her heart would begin to race faster, almost as fast as her legs would carry her from place to place where she could think of Sarah possibly being.

All of them would be empty.

And the only trace of her would be found would be her overcoat spread out over her bed.

Days would pass.

Crying and heartache would be the only thing her family would know.

A sword across her torso would be one of the many wounds she would receive during those weeks.

Her mom had tried everything to keep her in bed to rest and heal. Afraid of an infection or bleeding to death.

Emma had cried for days begging her to rest, but even pale and weak she knew she had to search for Sarah.

That day she had almost lost her life because she had never considered King George to be so evil and selfish.

Immediate threats had been thrown. King Midas and King George both denying any involvement in Sarah's disappearance. Though King George's smile as he uttered denial from his lips had caused an anger she had never felt in her life.

She had fought hard to recover. Every herb and remedy that was given to her would be taken. Drowsy and wanting nothing but rest she had pushed her body to its limits.

And still there had been no sign of Sarah.

There was not an able man or woman in the kingdom that had not been searching for Sarah.

Crying as she stared up at the ceiling of her bedroom, with David completely exhausted and sleeping what little sleep he could before once more scouring the countryside and any lead to Sarah, she had allowed herself to consider that Sarah was dead.

Trying not to disturb David she had left their bed and gone to the balcony, where she had closed the doors behind her and broke down sobbing against it's frame.

Watching the sun rise, Snow had revisited the last time she had seen her sister trying to remember if there had been anything she missed. If Sarah had been in trouble and had been letting her know, if something had been off...something...wouldn't she have noticed?

For the first time since Emma was born she closed her eyes and prayed. Prayed that her sister wasn't dead. That she was safe. That whoever had taken her would bring her back.

Please God. Please let her be ok. Please bring her back to me. Let her be alright.

Snow shook her head, feeling drained of all hope and plagued with guilt.

If Sarah had been there she would have kicked her sister and told her to get up. To not give up.

"God...I wish you were in your room just sleeping." Snow whispered the words and opened her eyes to watch the sun rise and awaken the kingdom.

She had said the words with all the love in her heart.

A few short hours later David would find her staring out at the kingdom with her nightclothes still on. Her eyes darkened by rings, showing she had not slept in the longest time.

Not saying a word he had knelt by her and wrapped her in his arms. Knowing that there was no real way to comfort her.

Emma's screams would be the thing that caused them to jump up and run out the room.

Running through the castle they followed the sound of Emma screaming, and when they realized where it was leading them to they both charged through the bedroom door.

"Emma calm down it's me!"

The voice trying to calm down the young blonde made Snow's heart feel like it was going to jump through her chest.

She had her back to them, and was trying to calm down Emma, that she didn't realize they had come in.

"Sarah?" Snow's voice whispered out, walking towards the oddly dressed figure, but knowing her sister's voice nonetheless.

The figure stilled and slowly turned.

Snow immediately began to cry at the sight of her sisters face.

Without another thought or consideration Snow dove at Sarah and crushed her in an embrace, letting out the sobs that she had tried to conceal for the last few months from the others. Everything pouring out at the relief of having Sarah in her arms.

"Snow? Snow! Are you ok? What's going on? How did I get here? Snow what's wrong?" Sarah's worry for her sister outweighing everything else as Sarah held her sister just as tightly back as Snow's frame began to shake.

Second later Snow heard the gasp and felt the embrace of her mother and grandmother engulfing both Sarah and she.

Snow wouldn't let go. Too afraid that it wasn't real.

"Sarah! Is it really you?"

Her mother's tear filled voice causing all three of the women to pull back and take a look at Sarah.

Snow could tell there was something different about her sister, but she didn't seem hurt in any way.

"Of course it's me. Who else could it be?" Sarah's look of confusion and attitude at the question confirming it was indeed her.

"Where have you been? Do you have any idea how sick with worry we've been for the last three months?" Cora's authoritative voice rang loudly as the shock of it finally hit her.

"Where I...wait...three months? Grammy I've been gone for three years! I've been trying to find a way back this entire time!"

The room was suddenly so quiet that Emma was the one to break it with her sniffles. "Aunt Sarah?"

Sarah turned away from the astonished looks of her family and to that of her niece.

"It's me little duck. No need to be afraid."

Emma's eyes lightened suddenly at the nickname. "I'm not a little duck. I'm a baby swan."

Sarah's smile at the normal retort her niece would give her making her repeat the words she would always speak back to Emma's words.

"Don't go spreading your beautiful wings any time soon. Snow around you means winter is still here. Your not fully grown yet. "

Emma's huge smile broke across her face as her Aunt's words let her know it was really her.

Throwing herself at Sarah, Sarah muttered a 'oh geeze.' Barely catching Emma in her arms as Emma squeezed her Aunt to her.

"I knew you'd come back! I knew you'd never leave me."

The words of the Ugly Duckling story her aunt would always tell her when tucking her into bed at night reminding her that her Aunt told her that their family was a flock of swans. They would never leave each other behind...and they always flew together.

Snow saw the tears form in Sarah's eyes at the words, her own full of tears as she allowed herself to see how much Sarah's absence had affected Emma. So distraught by her own fears and guilt that she had not noticed just how much Emma had been suffering.

"Of course not Emma. I'd never willingly leave you all. Never." Sarah's words said against Emma's long blonde hair, as she looked over at her sister.

"Sarah...you've been gone for three months." Cora's voice said slowly, sounding shocked at Sarah's admission of being gone for years.

Pulling away from Emma Sarah focused her attention on the others. It was only when Sarah looked up at her uncle David that David snapped into motion as his eyes met Sarah's. A huge grin spreading across his face, diving down he planted a huge kiss on Sarah's cheek and felt David's hand cupping her face and staring into her eyes.

"I'll go get James."

Sarah's eyes bulged. "Oh God don't tell me..."

"SARAH!" Cora's yell causing all of them to focus on her, "please explain how it's possible that you've been gone for three years when you've only been gone for three months." Cora's fears swelling inside her, wanting to know if someone had cursed her granddaughter or if something else had happened to her.

"Grammy I don't know. All I know is that many things have changed! I've changed." Sarah looked at all of her families faces as they stared at her with these curious looks. Not understanding what Sarah meant by those words.

Sarah seemed to take a deep breath and looked directly into her sister Snow's eyes. Knowing that the news would cause Snow the most pain.

"I'm married."

Snow felt as if she had been punched in the face by the words. And nothing would have prepared her for the next one's Sarah would say.

"And I have a son."

"WHAT?" The yell was given by all in the family, even Emma.

"Sarah that's impossible. You've only been gone three months. No amount of magic can cause such a huge gap of time from months to years." Cora's scrunched brow and confusion finally making Sarah's face slowly fall.

"Grammy I'm telling you that..." Sarah began once more but Cora stopped her by moving towards her and holding her arms.

"Sarah you're in your bedroom. No one saw you leave the castle over three months ago. I used a spell to see if you had ever left this room after a month...and you haven't. I've been trying to find you this whole time."

"WHAT?" Both David and Regina yelled. Horror that their mother had used magic without telling them. Hurt that she had not told them after the many days and nights worrying and searching for Sarah.

Snow felt like she had been slapt in the face.

Her grandmother had known that Sarah had not left the castle and had never told them.

And though Snow felt like she had been physically hit, nothing compared to the way Sarah paled and her face that shown with such happiness and joy seconds before dulled.

"Wha...what are you saying? That...that I've been in this room this whole time? No. No your...your wrong! Grammy I fell in love!" Sarah's sudden panic and fear of what her grandmother was saying making Snow's heart ache as if someone had reached into her chest and squeezed.

"Sarah...you haven't left the castle. You never left." Cora tried to calm Sarah, but with how Sarah's sudden quick intakes of air let her know her granddaughter was hyperventilating.

"No. No I was in the past. In the past. That's why you couldn't fine me. I was in the past." Sarah tried to calm her breathing, but the way her grandmother spoke with such certainty making her doubt everything and anything she thought she knew.

Snow watched her grandmother's eyes fill with pain. Snow felt her heart tighten at the look.

"Sarah...not even Rum can travel back in time. There's no magic strong enough to go back in time. Don't you think if it were possible he would have tried to find his son in the past?"

It felt like the world had stopped spinning with Cora's words.

"No..." Sarah's protest at the words dying as she realized what her grandmother was saying.

"Sarah...he was the most powerful being in our realm...and he couldn't cast a spell to go back in time. Believe me. He tried. And he...he couldn't make a spell powerful enough."

The shock of the words slowly morphed into panic for Sarah. Snow could tell almost instantly the second Sarah realized what it meant.

"No. No. I need to get back to them! I can get back to them!" Sarah began to pull away and thrash around on the ground as suddenly James was there and grabbing a now hysterical Sarah.

"NO!NO!LETGO!LETGOTOFME!MAL!MAL!NO!NO!"

Emma covered her ears and cried as she heard her Aunt's wails, her Nanna quickly moving to grab her and hoist her up into her arms as both cried and tried to drown out the sound of Sarah losing herself to the delusion that had literally taken her from them.

Snow quickly followed James and Sarah. Not ready to let her out of her sight.

Watching her thrash around and screaming out for someone that Snow instinctively knew was the person she was claiming to have fallen in love with.

David and James were both trying to calm her, but Sarah's desperation turned to anger. Snow could feel the magic ready to burst from Sarah and quickly pushed them away from her and enveloped Sarah in a hug.

The instant she did Sarah's anger become sobs as Snow rocked them back and forth, all of the fight draining out of her as sobs racked her body.

Snow could feel her pain so clearly that she cried along with her sister.

Nothing having prepared her for this situation.

Whatever had happened to her had been real to her.

"It couldn't have been a dream. It couldn't have Snow." Sarah's aching voice whispered out through a clogged throat.

Snow said nothing, merely closing her eyes as her feared images of Sarah lying dead in the middle of a field somewhere were put to rest by the sound of her heartbeat in Snow's ear.

The only thing that she could feel at the moment was relief. As selfish as it was...that's all she felt in that moment.

With her head in the crook of her sister's neck, Snow breathed in her baby sister's scent and shivered.

Then suddenly the shivering wracked her entire body.

"Snow? Snow! Talk to me Snow!"

But she couldn't speak as the tears of relief broke free and she trembled with it in Sarah's hold.

Not a few seconds later their mother's arms suddenly wrapped around Snow, and dragged her into her hold.

"SNOW! Your bleeding again! MOTHER!MOTHER!"

Snow could feel Sarah and her mother's hands on her...but she couldn't open her eyes at all.

**********************************Back To Storybrooke*****************************************

Snow's eyes scoured the forest as her memories of years ago bombarded her.

That had been the day Sarah had first seen her scar, and found out how she had received it.

Though it looked fairly recent, it had been quite a few years that it had branded her body. A constant reminder to her that she needed to think of the consequences of her actions.

Something her mother always scolded her for.

The way she had talked to King George, how she had let slip that she knew his secret. A secret that she threatened to reveal if he didn't tell her what he had done with Sarah.

She would discover just how evil and selfish he truly was.

Freezing in place as a sudden wailing was heard. At first her heart jumped at the sound, but soon the sound began to sound oddly familiar. Seconds passed until Snow understood that the sound was a child's wailing.

Curiosity at the sound being this deep in the woods making her bite her lip and continue on towards the sound.

Her ears taking her oddly back towards the town. Still...the sound was loud enough for her to hear it. Therefore it had to be fairly close.

The closer she found herself getting towards the wailing, the easier it was to distinguish that it wasn't a child's...but a baby's cry.

Something deep inside her felt a pull towards the sound. Not really understanding it, but working with her instinct Snow continued to follow the sound.

---

David couldn't help but laugh at James.

Seeing someone who looks exactly like you act a fool made you laugh and be embarrassed. Which was how David felt as they arrived at Regina's home.

"You really are an idiot." David said to his brother.

"You know that we're identical twins right?" James jibed back.

"Yeah well you were raised a rich spoiled brat. Maybe that's why you're an idiot." David said with a smile.

James held his hand over his heart with a hurt look. "You wound me."

"With your ego? I highly doubt it." David said as he opened the door to the house.

Upon entering the house James began nodding his head. "Not bad. Not a castle but I guess it's not so bad."

Hearing the noise from the guest bedroom, Cora shifted in bed. Slowly as she heard the voices she began to get up, wiping away the tears that she had been crying.

Feelings had been flooding her since this morning and she couldn't control her emotions at all.

Coming to terms with what she had done. Who she had hurt. Just...everything. It was too much at once for her.

Composing herself as best she could she walked over to the open door and walked out to see who was there.

James smiled when he saw his mother. "Hey mom."

Cora felt herself suck in a breath.

The wardrobe, the cocky half smile...he looked just like his father in that moment.

Her eyes switched over to who she knew to be David and could see him give a slight nod, trying to let her know it's who she thought it was.

"James?"

"Unless there's a third David I need to worry about?" James asked with a raised eyebrow glancing at David.

David just smiled. "I'm not that lucky."

"Hey!" James backhanded David in the chest.

James was smiling at his brother for the quip when he had the wind knocked out of him by his mother crashing into him and holding him tightly.

"She's shaking...why is she shaking? Mom...MOM...your scaring me!" James held his mother tightly as he felt tears begin to soak his shirt.

James looked over at David, and David's face showed such sadness that he was afraid to know what could cause his strong mother to crumble with just the sight of him.

"There's.." David tried to tell James, but his voice closed up on him. He looked down at the floor and tried to reason with himself that his brother was dead, and not standing in front of him.

Telling himself that he had already lost his brother, and that this James belonged to another David doing nothing but causing a tightening in his chest.

Lifting his head, James was still comforting his mother when he looked up and found David looking like he was crying.

"David..."

"There's something you need to know." David swallowed and wiped his eyes swiftly.

The next few seconds as he explained to James the difference between their two dimensions, he never looked away from James. And seeing James pale at the information, and who he now knew to be his mother continued to cry against him, it was hard to tell him the whole story. But James deserved to know.

Minutes passed by and James' color slowly came back to him.

Silence reigned for a long while.

"What about Lena?" James' question making Cora stiffen.

David's look of confusion only making James pull back from his mother and look at her.

"Mother..." James using the title like a question.

"They don't know." Cora said softly, not able to look up into James' eyes.

James closed his eyes fighting off the urge to yell at his mother. Remembering the circumstances in which he had come to know about his sister.

"Mother...they need to know." James opened his eyes as he said the words.

"Need to know what?" David asked.

Cora pulled back completely from James and braced herself for the anger she knew would come.

Lifting her head she met David's eyes, not looking away.

"You need to know about your sister." Cora answered.

The look of puzzlement on David's face slowly gave way to understanding.

"Your not talking...about...Regina...are you?" David said slowly, his head lowering as well as his voice.

Cora shook her head still looking at David's face to see how he took the news. "No."

"I think we need to talk with Regina...both of them. If I know Lena she's not going to stay standing guard at the castle if she finds out that Sarah has been missing." James knew he had to warn his sister...sisters...or someone was going to wind up hurt - hopefully not physically.

Cora's head whipped to James. "How is that possible? How could she be in The Enchanted Forest?"

James' crooked little smile finally returned. "That's a question you need to ask your granddaughter."

Cora's brow furrowed and a smirk of her own emerged as a thought hit her. "Which one?"

James chuckled.

"That's something you have to figure out on your own."

Cora's smirk fell and a look of admonishment came across her face, slapping James' chest.

At this James laughed merrily. "And there she is. That's the mother i know and love."

Cora's face fell and she caressed James' face. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you. I'm sorry it was too late."

James wide smile sobered as he took in the look of guilt on his mother's face. "The only thing you ever need to apologize to me for is for having me first. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have been born. I know I'm not your James...but I know that he wouldn't have ever wanted you...or you..." Looking over at David, staring directly into David's eyes he spoke with certainty, "to blame yourselves for my death. No matter how lost and brainwashed father made me...I know I would have always chose being your brother then being King. If my death meant you met Snow...then it wasn't in vain."

David tried to keep himself from crying again at the words.

James turned back to his mother.

"My life meant something mom. I always thought it never would. And if it took my death for it...I'm ok with that." James explained to his mother.

"Yeah well, I'm gonna make sure that you stay alive long enough that your pretty face gets uglier than our fathers." David said with all seriousness.

But of course it made James laugh. "Thanks for the threat. Wait...did you just call me pretty?"

David finally smiled. "Well your ego is still intact. And of course your pretty. You look like me."

"We do attract the ladies." James said with a twinkle in his eye.

David smiled and then frowned when he realized there was only one woman he wanted to attract. And if she was attracted to him...did that mean she would be attracted to his brother?

The sudden worry filled him.

"Enough." Cora said with a rolling of her eyes. "We need to find your sister before she finds Regina. I'm afraid what will happen if I'm not there."

With that Cora began walking towards the door, James and David naturally following her.

Both understanding exactly what she meant.

---

Regina couldn't tear her eyes away from the man.

How different in confidence and stature he was from the man that she knew was incredible to her.

Inhaling deeply she slowly let out her breathe.

The purple smoke engulfing her and soon revealing her behind Rum.

Trying to remind herself that this was not the same man that she knew she cleared her throat, causing Rum to whirl around suddenly, not expecting him to almost fall from the startle.

Instinctually Regina dove to grab him and stop him from falling over, catching him in time to avoid him truly hurting himself.

"You startled me." Rum said breathlessly as he was held up by Regina.

It wasn't until that moment that Regina realized the true age difference this man had to her Rumpelstiltskin.

"My God how decrepit have you become?" Regina instantly asked as her own disgust at herself for actually helping him straighten back up.

Normally Rum would have been shocked at the words, but the fact that Regina still held onto him as he stood let him know that she was still Regina. Despite her words, her hold on him to make sure he didn't fall over once more spoke of the kind hearted child she had once been. How long had he watched over her as a child? How long had he waited for her mother's evil to cause her to rebel?

How long had he manipulated her without her knowing?

Brown dead eyes stared back at him as he considered these questions.

If he didn't tell her what he did all those years ago the next few days would destroy any and all relationships that he had forged over the years with not just Regina...but with everyone he cared about.

"Regina I know you don't know me...but please...you need to listen to me..." Rum stopped as a sudden crying was suddenly heard.

Regina pulled away from Rum and turned towards the entrance to the hidden vault. "Is there someone you brought with you?"

Rum could hear the suspicion in her voice, but his own worry of what the crying was making him instantly start moving back outside.

"I'll take that as a yes." Regina answered her own question as she instantly started to follow him. Despite what Sarah had said, her instinct was to question everything that Rum or Rumpelstiltskin's every move.

"It's not what you think! The baby isn't mine. But I know who she belongs to." Rum answered as he finally made his way outside.

Regina's face furrowed as she took in the words. Quickly following Rum into the woods she didn't question how he knew, the only thought going through her mind was why would it matter who the baby belonged to? Missing how Rum referred to the baby as a 'she'.

She wasn't about to let him out of her sight though at this point. Besides the little voice in the back of her mind that said he could fall and hurt himself, she couldn't find it in herself to trust him walking around without seeing for sure that he wasn't the Dark One as Sarah and Snow had claimed.

Really she was distracted by the child crying. For some reason the sound was making her anxious to find the baby. Something about the sound causing her heart to beat faster.

As feeble as Rum had seemed just a short while ago, he was nimble as he navigated through the woods faster than she would have thought.

"Are you..."

"Yes." Rum interrupted her question.

"Well if your so sure who the baby belongs to why are you frantic to get to the child?" Regina's question was met with silence.

And out of every possible reaction she imagined she'd get from the question, the silence began to make her truly panic that whoever this baby was...she was in danger.

As the wailing became louder Regina's want to find the child increased ten fold at the urgency in which Rum was almost running through the forest.

Regina had called herself the Evil Queen almost proudly, but the idea of harming a baby or child made her nauseous. There was a level of evil that she could never do. It is honestly what kept her from killing Snow at such a young age.

Someone that could harm a child was beyond evil to her. They were just soulless.

That's when she heard it. A female voice.

Regina couldn't make out who it belonged to but something about the voice annoyed her.

When the child's wailing became louder, something in her told her to move faster. Surging ahead of Rum she followed the screaming child's cries and sooner than she expected found herself in front of someone she could have never expected.

Someone who she recognized immediately. Someone she never in her life she thought she would ever have to face.

"Well finally! Please make her stop, she won't listen to me! I have no idea how I've been brought here but I have a suspicion of who..."

Rum entered the small clearing, where he found Regina stiff as a board and not moving. Looking past her he knew immediately that he would need to stop the person from speaking when the baby's screams became louder.

Regina couldn't stand the screaming, and moved to pick up the child that had been crawling around on the dirt covered clearing. She took note that the baby couldn't yet stand on it's own as she hoisted the child up to shush it, and stopped cold as the identity of the child hit her as she saw the child's face.

"Queen Eva please stay calm. We will do everything we can to get you back to your kingdom." Rum's eyes staring down the Queen to keep her mouth shut.

Regina felt as though the world had stopped as she held Baby Snow in her arms. The short black hair ironically almost identical to Mary Margret's. The round puffy face showing how very little she had changed in looks from infancy. In fact Baby Snow looked more like her adult self than her preteen self. The brown eyes that were usually so lively dulled as tears streamed down her face.

Her lungs showing just how upset she was.

Somehow the instinct to harm her wasn't felt in the least. The only thing Regina wanted was to calm her, and stop all the yelling.

Without thinking she called upon her magic to conjure a pacifier, the purple smoke forming in her hand and presenting the pacifier, and in one movement placed the pacifier in Baby Snow's mouth.

The reaction was instantaneous. From the baby as well as Young Queen Eva.

Baby Snow began to instantly suck on the pacifier and calm down slightly, still crying slightly.

Young Queen Eva quickly moved away from Regina and Baby Snow, distancing herself from Regina and Rum.

Regina's nerves began to get the better of her as she saw the motion from the corner of her eye, not to mention that Baby Snow continued to whimper.

"What?! What is it?!" Regina asked angrily to the baby.

Baby Snow's forehead wrinkled as she whimpered, her hands trying to reach for her legs as Regina held the pacifier in place in her mouth.

Regina shifted Baby Snow up as her eyes caught the sandburs that had wedged themselves in the baby rolls of Snow's baby legs.

Letting go of the pacifier Regina's hand immediately set to removing the many sandburs that we're sticking to Baby Snow's legs, along with the dirt and grass that had collected on her legs and hands as best she could. Crawling around on the forest ground had wedged the sandburs into the sensitive skin of her legs and every move she had been making had been hurting her.

Removing them quickly both her and Baby Snow's head were watching her remove the hurtful pricklers.

"Why was she on the ground? Why didn't you pick her up and carry her?" Regina's anger could be heard as she continued to remove the inserted needles out of Baby Snow's skin.

Young Queen Eva suddenly straightened. "My handmaiden was tending to her when I picked her up and found myself here. How dare you speak to me in such a way!" The indignity of having anyone talk to her in such a manner making her forget momentarily of the possible danger the woman in front of her could be.

Rum knew what was coming by Regina's head suddenly looking up and glaring at Eva.

"As you can see Queen Eva. Gina is a excellent wet nurse. The king sent her personally to see to it that the child be taken care of."

The words caused Regina to turn and stare wide eyed at Rum. A thought of 'he must be insane' jumped into her mind.

But it was Queen Eva's reaction that made Regina not say a word.

Queen Eva slowly advanced on Regina, looking her up and down and judging her. "She was extremely fast in assessing the child's needs and wants."

"Yes your majesty. Gina has been raising children for quite a number of years. As you see the Princess already seems quite fond of her."

Regina had been too stunned to say a word, simply staring at the two wide eyed, not truly believing that this was happening to her. When Rum's last sentence managed to penetrate to her brain she found herself looking down back to the child in her arms.

Baby Snow's mouth was smiling widely at Regina, even with the pacifier in her mouth. Her green red rimmed eyes shining happily and her little chubby cheeks were scrunched up to her eyes. Her hands resting on Regina's arms that had wrapped around Baby Snow out of an old habit of holding Henry.

Not in a million years would Regina have ever thought the emotion that flowed through her would have ever been brought on by Snow White. Not a full grown Snow or preteen Snow had caused the flood of warmth that the baby in her arms caused. Her heart suddenly jumped and beat faster. Something in her was loudly telling her that this feeling...this moment...was right.

It felt incredibly right.

Without knowing it she had been returning Baby Snow's smile with a crooked little one of her own.

Rum eyed Queen Eva as she continued to inspect Regina, but when he caught the little flick of her eyes towards him and back at Regina he knew he needed to move quickly.

"She hasn't been breast fed in a few weeks. But...seeing as she is good with her...I should need a wetnurse to care for her as I discern where I am and how to contact my husband." Queen Eva's words making Rum nod his head, his eyes not showing any delight in her words.

Queen Eva then walked over to Rum with a solid stare. "I assume you will explain where I am and how I came to be here."

Rum swallowed as he stared back into her eyes. His own eyes glancing to Regina and back to Eva. His warning clearly seen by the Queen.

Eva gave a small smile and lifted her hand in a manner that any other would have kissed her offered hand. But Rum only grabbed it in his own and led her out of the clearing.

Regina had been too distracted by a Baby Snow White in her hold. Completely missing the silent conversation that Rum and Eva had. Missing signs that normally would have had her in a hissy with what it could all mean. But the child currently in her hold was causing a war inside of Regina she had never experienced before.

At the moment she was staring into eyes that she was so familiar with and yet had never seen before. The absolute happiness in them at the moment was without a doubt genuine. And yet the voice in her mind was telling her to harm the child. To end her life before she had the time to cause her a life of misery.

The very thing she knew she could never do had passed in her mind and had caused her to freeze in place. Almost afraid to even breathe. Afraid that she could ever really harm a baby in such a way.

No.

She wouldn't.

She couldn't.

Evil. Pure evil thoughts ran through her mind, and the whole time her eyes remained locked on Baby Snow's.

Fear gave way as a sudden voice broke through the haze she found herself.

"Mama! Mom! Can you hear me?" Snow's scared voice broke through, making Regina blink several times, then looked up into Snow's worried face.

"Snow?" Regina felt like she was coming out of a fog.

"Mama...are you ok?"

"I'm...I'm fine." Regina's voice not convincing Snow at all.

Snow had walked into the clearing with her mother's back facing her. But when she had called out to her, and her mother hadn't moved Snow had slowly moved towards her calling out to her. As she approached her she saw that her mother was holding something, but now as she was right beside her Snow saw the baby she was holding.

Snow had begun to smile at the smiling child automatically. "Who's baby is she?"

Regina swallowed the lump in her throat, wanting to dump the child in Snow's arms and run as far away from both of them as she could, but her pride and stubbornness kept her from doing so.

"Snow. She's you. This is Baby Snow White." Regina turned her head and stared directly into Snow's eyes.

Snow's smile slowly fell as she saw the seriousness in her mother's eyes. "What?"

"This is Queen Eva's baby. Your mother somehow...someway has arrived here with you as a baby."

"Mama this isn't..."

Regina realized what she was saying could hurt Snow. The woman that she had just seen was indeed Queen Eva, but the woman that she had heard so many stories of and the woman she had just met were two very different women.

In the short time that Snow had been here, Regina had never felt the need to inflict pain or misery on her. This Snow White considered her to be her mother. At the moment she knew that the appearance of her birth mother could potential hurt not just Snow, but the relationship she had with Queen Regina. The possibility of haven that taken away form her...or another version of herself - Regina knew she had to calm herself and explain what had happened.

And she did. Slowly, as she without thought began to bounce Baby Snow in her arms. Telling her exactly what had happened.

Snow listened carefully and stared wide eyed at the baby version of herself, who had placed her head against Regina's chest, blinking sleepily after the huge exertion of crying for quite some time.

Snow tried to slow the beating of her heart. Her mother.

Her birth mother.

She was here.

As long a time as it had been since seeing her birth mother, not once during the years had she not missed her.

Never could she compare her birth mother to Regina. In her mind and heart Regina had become her mother, her mamma, and she had never felt torn between the way she had felt for Regina to her mother.

But at the moment a fear she had rarely felt began to swell inside her. Fear of what this meant. Fear of why this was happening.

That's when a puff of black clouds suddenly formed and Sarah was suddenly standing there.

"What is it? What's wro..." Sarah's mouth dropped open as she stared at a now sleeping Baby Snow that was resting against a still bouncing Regina and petrified looking Snow.

"Why did you..." Regina had been about to question why Sarah was suddenly there, but what Sarah did next would made her too suspicious to ask the question.

"Oh my God look how cute you were Snow! Oh my god! Look at those chubby cheeks! I could just eat her up." Sarah had in a flash been right by her mother and Snow looking over Baby Snow's face - a relaxed sleeping face as the baby sucked on her pacifier.

"How did you know that was me?" Snow's face morphed to one of anger. " Sarah?!" Snow immediately understood exactly how this had happened.

Sarah recognizing that tone of voice from her sister froze and immediately began to ramble out her explanation.

"Iswearitwasn'tmeitwasAugustandIcould'thavestoppedhimfromdoingitbecausehedoesn'tknownottousethewordaroundme."

"What in the world did you just say?" Regina asked and she suddenly stopped bouncing as she glanced between the sisters.

"Sarah do you have any idea what you've caused? Queen Eva is here! How in the world are we going to explain what's going on? We can't tell her about the future! We can't let her know anything or it may alter the everyone's future." Snow blinked after her outburst. Shocked at herself for referring to her birth mother by her name.

The title Snow had used for her birth mother not going unnoticed by Regina. But the suddenly awoken Baby Snow let her know she was not happy that the bouncing had ceased as she slowly pulled back and let out a whine of annoyance.

Regina rolled her eyes as baby Snow looked up at her with a furrowed brow, the question of 'why did you stop' clearly written on the baby's face.

"Oh my God she's up! Hey! Hey Snow! Look at how beautiful you are! Are you a beautiful girl? Are you a beautiful girl?" Sarah spoke with Baby Snow, who had grabbed the baby's attention as soon as she had spoke.

Baby Snow looked at Sarah quizzically at first, then as Sarah had began speaking with a funny voice, the huge smile - even with the pacifier blocking her lips - bloomed to life.

Regina felt something explode in her chest at the sight of Baby Snow reaching out with her hand and touching Sarah's face.

Sarah of course kissed little Snow's hand repeatedly making kissing noises loudly, making Baby Snow let out little laughs.

"Look at those dirty hands. Look at these dirty hands." Sarah continued to cause Baby Snow to laugh as Sarah continued to kiss her hands all over, not caring about the remaining dirt on her little small hands.

Snow couldn't help but smile at the sight, her anger at her sister instantly fading as she watched how Sarah played with a baby version of herself. Snow could see Sarah's love for Baby Snow in her eyes.

Sarah's eyes lit up when she was passionate about something. The same look was there as she played with Baby Snow.

Despite the situation, Snow couldn't help but feel love for her sister in that moment.

"Do you want to come with your sissy? You want your sissy to hold you?" Sarah's hands were raised to accept Baby Snow into her hold, but shocking even Regina, the baby shook her head and dove - physically throwing herself back into Regina's chest and smiled still sucking on her pacy looking at Sarah.

Sarah's mouth dropped open showing her shock at Baby Snow's actions. "Oh you little traitor!"

Even Snow was shocked how even as a baby, she wanted to stay close to Regina. The kicker was that Regina looked just as shocked as they did that she didn't want to leave her hold.

Sarah shared a quick look with Snow, both speaking with out words and communicating that this was going to be interesting.

Baby Snow again looked like she was trying to touch her legs making her little crying noises, even in Regina's hold, making Regina shift trying to keep her from falling. The movement angering Regina at the idea of almost dropping her and causing her harm. Which she didn't want to do. Which only made her angrier as she realized how that was exactly what she wanted to do. All she had ever wanted to do was to hurt Snow White. But she would never stoop as low as hurting a baby.

That didn't stop Regina from making an angry noise. "Stop! What's the matter?" Regina exclaimed loudly, even though her concern that she still had sandburs on her legs made Regina lift Baby Snow as the baby started to cry louder.

Sarah watched Baby Snow's forehead scrunch up and instantly knew something was wrong. "She's in pain. That's the look Snow get's when she's in pain. God know's I saw that look with each baby she delivered!"

"Shut up!" Snow snapped with a backhand slap at Sarah's chest.

"Ah! Why do you always have to hit my breast!" Sarah exclaimed holding said breast with an open mouth wince.

Baby Snow continued to cry and continued to try and reach down, but Regina finally noticed that she wasn't trying to reach her legs...she was trying to reach her diaper.

Her cloth diaper.

A very soaked cloth diaper.

Regina rolled her eyes as she felt the damp cloth and wanted to suddenly find Queen Eva and wring her neck.

Regina looked down at the unhappy scrunched up face of the baby and pushed back her anger when she started to cry and whimper again.

"She needs to be changed. While I'm dying to know how it's Sarah's fault that this miniature you showed up, there's a much more pressing matter of getting her changed." Regina began as she adjusted Snow once more.

Flicking her hair back Regina looked from the still fussing Baby Snow to the fully grown one.

"Snow..." Sarah began softly, well aware that the emotions her sister was currently feeling was due to August's wish. Many times over the years her sister had confided in her the want to talk to her mother again. To remember things about her that over the years one tends to forget of loved ones that have passed.

"I'm alright Sarah." Snow instantly said out of habit. Looking towards her sister she noted the look on her face, and how it matched her mother's.

And how odd that despite the news her heart and mind still called Regina her mother. Even though the woman currently in her presence had not been the one to raise her from infancy - though at the moment it looked as if for brief time she had.

It was still her.

And as much as she denied it, she had always been jealous of her mother's affections. And despite her mother never saying anything, Snow knew that she was just as jealous of her affections towards female figures as well.

Right now she didn't have time to think about what her mother being here meant.

"Snow...you know she can't find out that she's your mother. It could ruin your future." Sarah said softly as she caressed the back of Baby Snow's head.

Snow watched the action and felt the same fear from earlier surge back, the fear that Sarah was in trouble.

And she was.

If she revealed to her birth mother who she was...Sarah might never be born. That's when it suddenly hit her that she needed to talk to Mary Margret right away...or both of them could lose what they both had.

Reaching out she grabbed both Sarah and Regina and transported them with her magic to where Mary Margret, Emma, and Cora stood huddled together in a group hug.

Emma noticed them first and quickly jumped away from Mary Margret and Cora, wiping away her tears, "God! Would you stop doing that!" Emma scolded Regina with a look of anger on her face even as more tears fell.

"Actually that was your mother. And next time please warn me! I almost peed myself!" Sarah said as she backhanded her sister in the stomach.

Having noticed Emma's tears, Snow became slightly startled at the slap, but quickly recovered and moved swiftly towards Emma.

"Sweetheart why are you crying? Did something happen?" Snow reached up and held Emma's face, gauging how upset she really was.

"Is that... is that a baby?" Mary Margret stuttering the words out and pointing at Regina , who was currently adjusting Baby Snow once more as even she had been caught off guard by the sudden transportation.

Emma shook her head, "I'm fine. Just..."

Snow relaxed and breathed out a sigh of relief. "Thank God. We don't need problems after what I just found out."

"What did you just find out?" Mary Margret asked, still enraptured with watching Regina handle a baby that wasn't Henry. The baby seeming to be playing with Regina's jacket sucking happily away at her pacifier as Regina continued to inspect the baby's legs, not noticing Mary Margret watching her. It was odd to see.

"Mother is here."

Mary Margret whipped her head around and stared wide eyed at Snow.

"What?" Mary Margret exclaimed in shock.

"That's you Snow! That baby is you. And as you can see you've already taken to driving mom crazy." Sarah said with a huge toothy smile.

"Can we please go! She really needs to be changed and GOD help me she keeps squirming. Will you stop!" Regina scolded the baby, almost at her wits end from how much squirming Baby Snow.

Baby Snow managed to glare at Regina with a furrowed brow and whine at the same time. Almost as if to say 'what do you want from me. I'm not comfortable.'

"I know! I'll change you as soon as we're at the diner. Okay?" Regina weirdly tried to reason with the baby.

Weirdly the baby nodded and continued to suck on her pacifier and play with the coat ends of Regina's long grey coat.

Mary Margret's mouth was hanging open, words trying to form, but nothing coming out.

All of this was just too much.

"Eva is here?" Cora asked. The look on her face showing not just shock...but worry.

Regina was fussing with Baby Snow when the thought that Eva and Rum had been heading towards town hit her.

In town where a very pre-pubescent Snow White was.

"We need to leave. Now." Regina announced and focused her magic around everyone and transported them to the Diner where Queen Regina, Henry, and Little Snow were standing up looking like they were about to leave.

"Sarah! Are you alright?" Little Snow asked as she rushed over to her.

Sarah smiled and hugged Little Snow and laughed. "Of course I am. You need to learn not to worry about me."

Little Snow rolled her eyes. "I'm your big sister. It's my job to worry about you."

Sarah blinked lazily at Little Snow. "This is why I make your life miserable when you get older. You never listen to me."

Little Snow pursed her lips and glared at Sarah, making Sarah laugh.

"Oh go ahead and laugh now! Do you have any clue how worried we've all been?"

Sarah's eyes widened, her head ducking down as she recognized the voice. Turning around towards the voice she winced when she saw her Aunt Zelena.

Seeing her Aunt with her fists on her hips and her blue eyes that matched her uncle's glaring back at her, Sarah winced even more.

Sarah opened her mouth about to respond when Zelena raised her hand with a 'Ah.'

"You are not going to talk your way out of this. I know exactly what you wanted to do and your an absolute idiot for even trying!"

Sarah closed her mouth and looked down as she was being scolded by her Aunt. If there was only one person in the world that could make her feel horrible it was her Aunt Lena.

"Do you have any idea how scared I was when Anita told me I was needed at the castle? Do you have a clue as to how worried I've been?"

Sarah didn't look up, continuing to keep her head down and let her Aunt finish scolding her.

Regina looked angry as this Red haired blue eyed woman scolded her daughter. "Who do you think you are to reprimand MY daughter?"

Zelena looked up at this other version of her sister with angry eyes. "I'll get to YOU in a second! From what I hear you've buggered up your life enough without me here!" Turning her eyes back on Sarah she continued.

"You know what kind of man he is Sarah. My father is not the kind to see reason or to listen to anyone!" Zelena continued.

"Zelena!" Cora scolded her daughter with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry mother but it's the truth. The man is as stubborn as a mule and as egotistical as Narcissus himself!" Zelena exclaimed loudly.

Cora let out a sigh and looked around as if trying to calm herself down from her daughters antics.

Regina felt like she had been slapped in the face, looking between this other version of her mother and Zelena. "Why did she call you mother?"

The look on Cora's face became one of fear as Regina began to back away from her with a look of anger on her face.

Cora honestly didn't know what to do. Though she had already been through this with her Regina...she was not sure how to handle it with one that didn't share her same history.

"Regina..." Cora began softly.

"Don't!" Regina almost yelled but kept herself from doing so because she didn't want to startle Baby Snow. But the anger in her eyes wounded Cora.

That's when the bell to the diner sounded and David and James entered with another Cora behind them...stopping immediately at the sight of Zelena.

The only one to speak of course was Sarah.

"Grammy...by chance did you forget to mention to mom that she has an older sister?"

Zelena flicked her hand behind her and zapped Sarah.

"Ah! I mean first born! First Born!" Sarah immediately said, rubbing her arm.

Baby Snow watching this and suddenly scrunched up her face and let her pacifier fall from her mouth and started to cry.

Regina was startled out of staring at Zalena and with wide eyes started bouncing her and shushing her, but the Baby had been startled by the sudden magic.

That's when the crying became outright wails again.

All of the women immediately rushed towards the baby.

"SOMEONE PLEASE GET ME SOME DIAPERS!" Regina yelled out materializing another pacifier which when placed in the baby's mouth did nothing to stop her wails. Not bothering going in to the bathroom as Baby Snow's screams pierced the air as the baby once more tried to touch her legs. Regina laid her down on the counter in front of everyone.

Her wails becoming louder and louder as she finally laid flat. It made a shiver run down Regina's spine.

The sound sounding like earlier when she had been pushed to find the child making such a horrid cry in the woods.

Not many people knew how rare it was to hear Regina yell, but Henry did. Hearing the yell for diapers had made him immediately run out the diner and towards the pharmacy to retrieve them for his mother.

Not Ruby or Granny got out a word of protest as Regina quickly placed Baby Snow down on the counter and ripped off her small coat. Quickly her fingers lifted up her white gown and stopped immediately. All of the women sucking in a breath at the sight.

Regina's eyes widening wider then ever before.

"Oh my God." Sarah whispered, speaking what everyone was thinking.

Anger swelled in Regina's chest at the sight of what looked like little red welts between Baby Snow's legs, as Snow continued to try and reach down. With hands shivering from anger, Regina unpinned the linen diaper and slowly lowered the cloth.

"OH MY GOD!" Regina screamed out, immediately lifting the baby in her arms and pushing everyone out of the way to go behind the counter to the small sink.

Regina was livid.

Absolutely livid.

Baby Snow continued to scream as Regina placed her in the sink, trying to stand her up, and that's when everyone saw what Regina had freaked out about.

"OH MY GOD!" The group of women screamed out.

The bright red skin of Baby Snow's bottom contrasting brightly with her pale white skin.

Baby Snow still pointed her toes and didn't stand up straight, forcing Regina to make her force her legs to bend and lay her in the sink. Turning on the cold water, she was shocked when the baby reached out to the pouring water and tried to place it on her lower self.

Regina went rigid at the action, never having witnessed a baby try to clean herself.

Regina lifted Baby Snow up once more and watched as the baby bent over to reach the water and try and tap it onto her privates. Regina quickly tilted Baby Snow's bottom towards the running water.

Baby Snow let out a sigh loud enough that Regina quickly started cleaning her understanding it was relieving her of pain, holding her close enough that Baby Snow put her head back and was cradled by the crook in Regina's neck.

"Adolpha grab some milk!" Cora yelled, as she moved from the doorway, towards Regina.

Granny nodded, turning and running into the back to grab milk from the walk in.

"What's the milk for?" Emma asked as Regina continued to clean Baby Snow.

"For the rash." Queen Regina explained.

"Breast milk is usually best but any milk will do if needed." Cora continued to explain as she grabbed a clean cloth from behind Regina and met Granny at the door of the back room.

"Pour." Cora commanded and Granny poured the cold milk onto the hand towel and quickly moved over to Regina.

"Here. Dry her off slowly, don't wipe but pat." Cora instructed Regina.

Regina did as instructed, lifting the baby out of the sink, and immediately the baby started to cry. Regina almost dropping her as she tried to get back to the cold water.

Drying her off without irritating her further was fast and not thorough, as she continued to cry out.

Not even waiting for Regina to move away, Cora reached over and placed the towel between the baby's legs on her private parts.

Instantly Baby Snow calmed and sighed, once more leaning back on Regina in relief.

Cora adjusted the cloth to cover as much of the rash as possible. "I've never seen diaper rash this bad. God knows how long it's been since she's been changed."

Regina was trying not to snap at her mother, but the fact of the matter was that she raised a good question.

"I have no clue. Eva said her handmaiden was tending to her. But it would take weeks for a rash to be this bad." Regina said as Baby Snow's little hand covered Regina's as she continued to adjust the cloth around her bottom.

Cora froze for just a moment at the name Regina said, but quickly moved passed it

"Weeks?" Sarah squeaked with wide eyes at Baby Snow. "She's been like that for weeks? God she had to be BURNing. No wonder she was crying."

Just then Henry came running back into the diner. "I've got Diapers! Mom. You might want to call Mr. Clark. I kind of just ran in and took them."

"Henry!" Both Emma and Regina yelled.

Henry just shrugged and ran towards Regina with the diapers. "It was either stand there and tell Mr. Clark what's going on...which I really don't even know...or just grab the diapers."

Sarah nodded her head. "Good point."

Emma slapped Sarah's shoulder.

"What?"

"Don't encourage him to steal!" Emma scolded Sarah.

"I'm nooot." Sarah emphasized in a childlike manner. "I'm just saying he has a point! Do you see how hard it is for her to keep that towel against her? Do you really think a..." Sarah stopped and looked back at Baby Snow. "How old is she?"

The the question was asked generally, it was odd who answered.

"About 11 months." Granny said from the kitchen entrance. "You can tell by her wrist bone." Granny nodded towards Baby Snow's hand placed over Regina's.

Sarah pursed her lips. " Do I even want to know how you can tell age by a bone?"

Granny looked over at Sarah with a look that read 'you don't want to know and do not make me angry.'

"Yeah I didn't think so." Sarah quipped, unknowingly misspeaking in front of her mother.

Queen Regina and her mother stiffened.

"Excuse me young lady but did you just say 'yeah'?" Queen Regina asked her daughter, as she stood behind her.

Sarah's eyes locked with Snow's, the smirk on her sister's face annoying her to no end.

"Ahh...Henry said it!" Sarah quickly lied. Knowing that if she told her mother it was Pin...or August, she would talk with Gipetto about them spending less time together because of his 'influence' on her.

Henry turned towards Sarah with a furrowed brow.

Sarah just stared at him without blinking. Trying to convey for him to lie.

Henry somehow understood that Sarah would be in trouble, grimaced and looked at Queen Regina. "Sorry mom."

Queen Regina couldn't help but smirk at the title from her great grandson. "It's alright sweetheart."

The look of relief on Sarah's face made Henry smile, turning back to extract a diaper from the package.

Little Snow had been confused watching all of this and moved to pick up the dropped pacifier and went behind the counter and tapped Regina on the arm.

Regina looked over at the tapping, and found Little Snow with the pacifier.

"It was on the floor. Should I wash it?" Little Snow asked, feeling slightly jealous of the attention the baby was receiving.

"Well it's going to end up in your mouth Snow, so I would!" Sarah exclaimed.

Little Snow looked at Sarah confused.

Sarah pointed at the baby. "That's you. That baby is you. Somehow a baby version of you ended up here."

Little Snow's jaw dropped as she looked from Sarah back over to Regina and the baby.

At the moment the baby was propped up on Regina's shoulder the baby was looking over at Little Snow reaching out toward her with wide eyes looking at the pacifier.

Little Snow slowly started to smile as she watched Regina still trying to wrangle the baby and keep the towel wrapped along it's bottom.

"Henry. Go back and get Mr. Clark in here and make sure he brings medicine for diaper rash and antibiotics." Regina's order was followed by her laying Baby Snow down on the counter once more, as the Baby once more started to let out little whines.

Henry dropped the diaper on the counter and did as he was told and immediately ran out of the diner as fast he could as Baby Snow's whines became cries.

Sarah's eyes widened as an idea hit her, as Regina struggled to place the diaper carefully onto the child.

Swiftly she moved around the counter and pushed her mother out of the way, leaving the diaper off in the process. Leaning down she placed her mouth on Baby Snow's stomach and blew a big raspberry.

The sound and the feeling causing Baby Snow's face to wrinkle in laughter.

Repeating the action over and over causing Baby Snow to start laughing outright soon formed into gasping laughter at the ticklish sensation, becoming louder and louder while she held onto Sarah's head as she did so.

Regina felt her lips pull up into a smile at the squeal of laughter the baby was emitting. Love for Sarah spread through her as she repeatedly blew raspberries against her sisters stomach. The fact that her daughter loved Snow so much clearly evident with the way that she handled her relationship with all version of her sister.

"SARAH!" Both Mary Margret and Snow exclaimed with huge smiles, both mortified at the sounds she was making.

Little Snow just laughed at the sight and the sound.

"Ammm ammm ammm ammm num num num num num..." Sarah made noises like she was eating the Baby's belly making Baby Snow laugh, and then proceeding to blow raspberries again.

"Sarah! Your tickling her too much!" Little Snow exclaimed, moving passed Cora and Regina and turned on the water the way she had watched Regina do and washed the pacifier.

"It's not my fault your so ticklish!" Sarah finally rose up and smiled over at Little Snow. Looking back down at a wide smiling faced Baby Snow, Sarah bent down once more and blew another raspberry and as she did so lifted Baby Snow up onto her feet.

Regina noticed how she continued to keep her toes pointed, not letting her feet rest on the floor.

Pulling back from Baby Snow's laughing form Sarah laughed along with the baby. The huge smile across Baby Snow's face lightening both Sarah and Regina's heart.

Sarah had been about to let go of the baby's hand when she noticed just how unstable she still was on her own.

"Why isn't she standing on her own yet? Emma was walking at 8 months." Sarah said with a look of worry.

When Sarah's smile disappeared Baby Snow's face also dropped. Little Snow seeing this immediately reached up and put the clean pacifier back in the babies mouth.

Baby Snow smiled at Little Snow as she began to suck on the pacifier.

"My GOD!" Sarah exclaimed. Then with grit teeth. "Yoursocute!"

With that Sarah swooped down and kissed all over Baby Snow's chubby little cheek and neck, making Baby Snow laugh again with the pacifier in her mouth.

Regina continued to smile. For some reason feeling happy at the moment and not knowing why.

Looking over at Little Snow she found the young girl smiling and laughing at Sarah and the baby, and even this for some reason made her feel happiness. Looking up she found everyone in the diner smiling and focusing on Sarah and Baby Snow.

And that's when the thought hit her that it wasn't going to last.

It never did.

The happy moment would be gone once Eva reached...

Suddenly she remembered the reason she had transported them to the diner in the first place.

Looking over at Little Snow she placed her hand on her shoulder carefully. "Snow I need to speak with you."

The words caused Little Snow to tense more then the touch. She never liked to hear those words. Especially when they came from her father.

Looking up into Regina's eyes she nodded her head, and Regina led her into the kitchen of the diner.

"She's telling her isn't she?" Mary Margret asked when the door to the kitchen closed. The look on her face showing her own anguish from her mother being there after so many years of missing her.

"She doesn't have a choice. If any one of us does something, or says something to her we could ruin our future." Snow backed Regina's actions, then turned her head to look at Mary Margret. "All of our futures."

Mary Margret said nothing as Snow and she shared a look, one that communicated that it wasn't just about Snow White's future. It was about Emma. It was about Henry. It was about all the other lives that would be affected if her mother found out the truth of who they all were.

"You're right." Mary Margret nodded her head, the look on her face showing just how uncomfortable she was with what they were agreeing on.

"We're not lying to her Mary. We're just not telling her the whole truth. We're not trying to hurt her." Snow stressed the words in a way that made Mary Margret understand that it was what she had to tell herself about Sarah.

About how they were not bound by blood, but only love.

"You always hurt the ones you love Snow. You always do...no matter how hard you try not to." Sarah said as she lifted Baby Snow into her arms with her red naked bottom exposed as Sarah held her from behind her knees.

Baby Snow laid her little head against Sarah's chest as she let out a sigh and fought to keep her eyes open after all the crying she had done had wiped her out.

Slowly bouncing Sarah rocked side to side, noticing that her baby sister's eyes were closing and opening slowly.

Motioning with her hand for the pacifier, it was James who immediately grabbed the pacifier and handed it to Sarah, almost marveling at how maternal his niece was acting.

Sarah shook her head and turned slightly so he could place it into the baby's mouth.

Seeing Snow White in a baby form caused a huge smile to cross his face.

"Well...I knew one day I'd see you naked. Just never thought you'd be younger." James quipped as the baby took the pacifier and immediately began to suck and settle down into Sarah's arms.

David smacked the back of James' head at the comment while Emma, Princess Emma and Sarah tried to keep from laughing.

The glare that both Snow and Mary Margret gave him making him rub his head and smile wider. "What? With the way you and David make babies it's a wonder I haven't caught you two in the act."

"Ewww." Came the double disgusted voices of Emma and Princess Emma.

"You really do want me to punch you in the face don't you?" Snow asked with her fist on her hips as she glared at James.

James just smiled wider at the inside joke they always had. "Just remember it's his sweet face you would be swinging at!"

"Wait. Babies? As in plural? As in more than one?" Mary Margret suddenly looked between Snow and James.

David looked between James and Snow and back to Mary Margret who looked like she was about to cry from happiness. His own face morphing with a huge smile spreading across it as he knew what that meant.

Emma's eyes widened as she also understood what that meant. "I have siblings?"

Princess Emma rolled her eyes. "If you think Sarah's bad...wait until you meet John." The smirk as she looked over at Emma letting her know she was in for a shock.

"Where are your brothers and sisters? Please tell me you didn't leave them alone in the forrest!" Snow suddenly scolded her daughter.

Princess Emma's eyes widened. "Of course not! And that was only one time when we were little! I've never done it since!"

"Well...?" Snow said awaiting to hear where they were.

"They were with Bae. Who probably needs a break from Henry. He tends to be grumpy if he doesn't eat by dusk." Princess Emma noted just how dark it had become outside. For the first time worried that something might have happened to their family.

"They're on their way here. I was with Red before I popped in on you and mom. They should be here any minute now...which reminds me..." Sarah moved towards Mary Margret and slowly lifted Baby Snow and all but slapped her onto Mary Margret's chest.

Mary Margret was stunned for a moment. The act of actually holding her baby self overwhelming her at the moment. Irrational fears from Sci Fi movies and alternate dimensions bombarding her until Baby Snow adjusted her head slightly onto Mary Margret's chest. Her ear pressing to where her heart was, and easily sleeping as she sucked on her pacifier.

"Make sure you keep her bottom out to the open air. I need to get back to Pin...I mean August. Don't ask!" Sarah shook her head at the curious look Snow sent her as she made sure Mary Margret had a good hold on the baby.

Mary Margret couldn't help but smile as she automatically started to bounce and rock to keep Baby Snow sleeping. "This is...sooo weird. But...It's incredible."

Sarah smiled at the words. "Funny. That's what I thought when I figured out who you were." Sarah admitted, as she bent down and gave Baby Snow a kiss on the cheek. Then lifted up and kissed Mary Margret on the cheek.

"Funny how that works huh?" Sarah joked.

Mary Margret had known for awhile now that she loved Sarah. But at the moment she knew exactly how Snow felt about Sarah - because the feelings of love for her sister exploded in her. It wasn't as powerful as the love she had for Emma. But it was such a strong second to that love.

"If you think I'm letting you go back into the forrest without me your crazy." Came Snow's warning as she wrapped her arm around Sarah's.

Sarah's smile fell as she looked over at her sister. "I don't need..."

"Yes you do." Both Mary Margret and Snow said at the same time.

Sarah's eyes bugged out. "Oh God...please never do that again."

Snow and Mary Margret shared a smirk, knowing that they would indeed do it again if it got that reaction from Sarah.

Sarah's lip rose up in disgust while shaking her head as she understood the smirks. "You two really are evil."

With a puff of black smoke both vanished from sight.

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"We made a deal. You can't go back on it no matter how much you'd like to."

"I'm not backing out of the deal." A snarl accompanied the words as they were said through grit teeth.

"Good. Because the deal was made and I kept my part of it." Two sets of eyes glared at each other.

"I should have known better than to make that deal with you." Huffing out a laugh, "I should have known better when you came to me."

An evil smile graced pink lips.

Turning to face the building that formed what was obviously the beginning of a town, words left the lips as they left behind the person.

"Yes...you should have Dark One."

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