Author's note: I'm skipping Page 23. And I'm putting two episode as one and these are: A Wondrous Place and Mother's Little Helper.
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Emma, David and Caitlynn were at the Sheriff's Station, Caitlynn decided to help them, she needed to be busy with something. Then, they had emptied all the cabinets as then the files were on all of the desks, in the office. "I can't believe none of this was ever digitized." Emma comment.
"Its old stuff." Caitlynn comment also.
David looked at the twins. "Well, most of these files were created with Dark Curse technology, so..."
"Time to fix it." Emma finished her father.
"If busywork helps, busywork it is." David told her.
"It is not busywork. It is necessary, and it beats chasing down dwarfs." Emma sighed.
"It isn't." Caitlynn added.
"Debatable." David comment to them.
Just then, Regina walked in. "I've got just the thing to mend some feelings."
"Whatever spell that is, I don't want it. I'm seriously not in the mood for magic." Emma grumbled.
"Well, who said anything about magic?" Regina raised her eyebrow. "It's a -for- drink coupon at that new pub. Aesop's Tables. It'd be a shame to waste it."
Emma blinked. "Really? You think half-priced liquor is the way to go?"
"I certainly do." Regina nodded. "We need a ladies' night out. Me, Emma, Caitlynn, Amelia and... Snow."
"I'm in." Caitlynn raised her hand up. "And I will ask my adopted mother to." Regina nodded to her.
"Remember she's in a sleeping curse?" Emma asked to her. "She's at home asleep."
"Well, she doesn't have to be asleep." Regina glanced at David.
"Oh, come on. I just woke up." David groaned as then he saw the look on Regina's face. "I guess she doesn't have to be asleep."
"I can't." Emma shook with her head. "I'm about to go on patrol. And shouldn't you be trying to break that curse?"
"Well, I'm working on it, but I could use a break. We all could." Regina sighed.
"Yeah, I agree." Caitlynn comment.
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Later, Emma went to Aesop's Tables. She walked in and the place seemed pretty quiet, she had a call that there was a fight there, bit apparently not. Then, she walked up to the bar and said to the bartender. "Hey, I was called here about a fight? I'm assuming it was these guys?" Then, she pointed at the four Vikings in the back room, doing a game.
"I've been here all day. I didn't see any kind of fight, Sheriff." The bartender replied to her. "Are you sure you got the right bar?"
Just then, Regina, Caitlynn, Amelia and Snow walked up to her. "She's sure." Regina comment.
"Seriously? You four called in a fake fight?" Emma blinked at them.
"Fake fight. Real friends." Regina replied to her.
"We're worried about you, Emma. You have to stop holding everything in." Caitlynn added.
"Caitlynn's so right." Snow held up a drink. "Have you tried these drinks? They're supposedly 'artisanal', which, I think, means 'strong'."
"How many has she had?" Emma asked to the others.
"One." Caitlynn face palmed.
"If you can believe it, that's her first." Regina added.
"I have a toddler and a sleeping curse at home. I need this." Snow told them all.
"Yeah, you do." Amelia muttered.
"Misery, meet company." Regina comment.
"O-kay." Emma stuttered a little.
"Now, take a seat... and tell us all about that handsome man." Regina smirked.
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Not much later, Snow saw Vikings leaving without paying and called. "Hey! They're leaving without paying." Or so she thought, but that's the drank talking.
"Do you ever not tattle?" Regina asked to her.
"Do you have a problem with us?" One the Vikings asked.
Snow put her hands to her head and used her pinky fingers to make horns as then she mocked. "Yes, I do!"
Then the others rushed over to her. "Okay, all right, let's all just calm down."
Just then, Snow grabbed small knives from either side of the captain's waist as then she threw one at the dart board in the back room. It hit right in the bulls eye. "How 'bout a wager..." Then she walked into the backroom and threw the other knife at it too as it also hit the bulls eye. "Loser pays both tabs." Then the other Vikings started throwing knifes at the dartboard.
Emma sighed as Regina looked at her. "Uh, so are you going to break this up?"
"No." Emma shook with her head. "I know you want me to open up, but I really think I'd rather be distracted, and this seems like an excellent distraction from... you know, the thing that I would like to be distracted from." She replied to her. "For now at least."
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Emma walked to the bartender with Caitlynn. "Can I get another drink?" Emma asked.
Bartender nodded. "You got it."
"'The Dog and the Wolf', 'The Fox and the Grapes'." Caitlynn read from the card in front of her.
"Best drinks in town... original, crafted, locally sourced where possible. I'd recommend the Ant and the Grasshopper." The bartender told her.
"So, you really are Aesop." The twins looked at the bartender.
"That's right. What gave it away?" The bartender asked, laughing.
"How'd you end up a bartender?" Emma asked back.
"Well…" The bartender chuckled. "I prefer 'mixologist'. Um, but... well, I tried writing my own story, but I never could. It just kept coming out with talking animals and canned morals. Then I went to the Land of Untold Stories, because at least everyone's story was untold."
"You couldn't write your own story? Was it too complicated?" The twins asked on the same time.
"Nah." The bartender shook with his head. "That simple, I guess. 'The Artist and His Wife'... he loves her, she decides she doesn't love him back. That's all there is."
"Yeah... I know what that feels like." Emma sighed.
"You lost someone, too?" The bartender asked.
"Yeah." Emma nodded.
"Then she met another man months later and is still grieving about the man she lost." Caitlynn added.
"Yeah." Emma sighed. "I don't want to talk about it." Letting a tear flow as then she grabbed a napkin and laid down on the table.
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Later, everyone went home, they went their separate ways. When Caitlynn and Amelia arrived home, they saw Aubrey and Gold. "How are you doing?" Caitlynn grinned.
"What's wrong with her?" Aubrey asked to Amelia.
"She's drunk and lightheaded like her biologic mom." Amelia replied to her.
"Oh." Aubrey's mouth formed an 'O'.
"Let's get her to bed shall we?" Gold suggested.
"Yes, we shall." Amelia nodded as then they headed with Caitlynn upstairs and put her to bed.
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The next day, they were all in the shop as then Snow and Emma rushed inside. "Gold! Get out here... now." Snow shouted.
Then, the door closed as Emma was angry. "I've got questions, and you better have answers." She shouted also.
"Well, if you want answers, I suggest you start by asking nicely." Gold stated as Caitlynn stood next to him, the others stood behind them.
"I'm done with nice. Your son has a death wish, which, if he messes with me one more time, I'm happy to fulfill." Emma stated, looking at them.
And I'm happy to help. We've been "looking for some mother/daughter bonding." Snow added.
"What did he do now?" Caitlynn asked, sighing.
"He tried to hurt Jonathan." Emma replied, almost snarling. "He wants to use him as a bargaining chip to force me to help him to kill the Black Fairy."
"I didn't know you had a thing with Jonathan?" Caitlynn asked, smirking.
"I don't." Emma sighed.
"Okay, if you say so." Caitlynn comment.
"He did?" Gold asked to Emma.
"Yes, he did." Emma nodded. "Now, I know nothing about this Fairy, but I'm guessing you do."
"Yeah, she's my mother." Gold nodded.
Then, Aubrey stepped forwards. "She stole me and my brother from the Fairies, took me and him away to another realm where time moves differently, tortured us for years. Mainly my brother." She told them.
"Why would she do that?" Snow asked to them.
"To hurt me." Gold replied to her.
"Her own son?" Snow asked to him.
"That tells you all you need to know about her." Gold replied to her.
"Emma, please don't hurt Quinten, only if he attacks you. He was not born evil." Caitlynn told her sister. "Nobody was." She glanced at Gold.
"No, she made him this way." Emma sighed.
"Though, he will be on the side of good." Amelia suggested.
"Amelia, I can only go with what I see and what I know." Emma told her.
"Then know this... belief in good and hope isn't the only reason to spare my son and help destroy the Black Fairy." Gold stepped a bit forward. "Right now we have an opportunity to not only destroy her and save him, but to save all of us."
"She hasn't threatened anyone else." Emma countered.
"That's because she's in another realm..." Aubrey told them all. "Only able to break free long enough to steal other children before it pulls her back in. But if she should break free for good..."
"I think I can handle it." Emma glanced at Gold. "I handled you. I broke your curse... the one you gave to Regina that started this whole mess."
"Well, that's just the thing, Miss Swan... the curse, that dark curse. It and all of the darkness you've ever faced, was born out of one twisted soul... the Black Fairy. And unless we try and stop her, she is gonna bring far worse." Gold warned her.
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Later that day, Gold and Caitlynn went to find Emma. "Ms. Swan? Emma?" Gold shouted at they were in the Sorcerer' house.
Then, they turned to a doorway that was filled with spider webs. "Emma?!" Caitlynn saw her sister and rushed over to her. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah. I think so." Emma was breathing heavily.
"Ms. Swan... where's Quinten?" Gold asked to her. "Did the beast kill him?"
"That beast was his pet." Emma replied to him. "He brought it here to kill me. I'm sorry, but your son cannot be saved. He's evil."
Caitlynn and Gold glanced at each other. Then she looked at her sister. "Thanks, for the heads up."
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Not much later, Snow and Amelia rushed over to them. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." Emma nodded. "I'll never look at Spider-Man again the same way, but I'm fine."
"Where is Quinten?" Amelia asked to him.
"Quinten led Emma to the creature and left her to die." Gold replied to her.
Snow frowned at Emma." I thought you were helping him."
"I was, but Dark One Junior had different plans. He played me." Emma groaned.
"He's ripping us apart." Amelia comment, suddenly. "Quinten has been here a matter of days, and look at all the destruction he's caused."
"I agree." Emma snarled.
"But, the Black Fairy isn't here with him now. We are." Caitlynn comment.
"Whatever damage that woman did to him in the past, it's over. I promise." Gold added.
"Well, I hope you are right, cause lets not make it a third chance that he can kill me." Emma told them.
"We won't." Caitlynn nodded.
"Good, cause I don't want to do things that make other people sad." Emma told her.
"I know." Caitlynn nodded.
"We just need to find him." Gold added.
"Okay." Emma nodded.
Then, Amelia looked at Snow. "If you want to break the curse, I will be happy to help."
"Thank you, I think, Regina needs all the help she can get with that now she is getting married." Snow nodded.
"I will come by tomorrow and bring what I have." Amelia told her.
"Okay." Snow nodded.
"Can we get out of here?" Caitlynn asked. "I hate spiders."
"Yeah." Emma nodded as they all leave the place.
