Author's Note: Happy Holidays! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter update of the year!

Chapter Two

Storybrooke Mayor's Office

"Ah!" Blue yelled as she destroyed a wall in Regina's office. The fairies before her were cowering in fear.

"How the hell did our residents forget that fairies are fucking real!" Blue yelled at them.

"We don't know, but while they seem aware of everything else, they don't believe in us, and so the dust has gone inactive," Nova told her. Nova was pale, thin, and tired from giving birth to twenty-five drones more than dwarves. She would have loved to have a child with Grumpy, but none of these belonged to her, they never had. And now she couldn't even look at him anymore, and he couldn't look at her. She would never say it out loud to Blue, but she couldn't wait for Regina and Emma to return. She would do all she could then to feed them intel.

"Great, and the one person who can reactivate it, is conveniently not in Storybrooke, but yet another child of the Savior's."

"What are we going to do?" Arthur asked. "We were relying on Hook to be a sort of battering ram so we wouldn't waste anymore dust."

"We?" Blue snorted. "You mean you!" Her lip curled in disgust at his stupidity.

"It's done now, what of our plans, we wanted to break those barriers before they came back, leave them without a safe space in Storybrooke, and we were also supposed to be finding her sister, we were to use her magic as well."

"Well unfortunately she is still behind the barrier as well!" Blue snapped. She paced as she thought.

"Hook will have to kidnap Henry, it's the least he can do for walking out of town." Arthur nodded as Blue stomped to the desk and dialed Hook's number. He answered, he had finally found them.

"They're on some island, but I've just got off a ship, I will have them by tonight, and you will have the boy." He hung up.

"Good, we need the boy before we can do anything against them," Blue told Arthur. "Make sure your men are guarding the town line, unfortunately they will chase after him, although if that idiot manages to do anything maybe he will get control of the sword and dagger, and they'll be under my control."

"You think he'll just give it up the sword and dagger?" Arthur asks.

"No, but the old dwarves have been building me a lovely little cage to keep them in, when I have no use for them. So, unless he wants to join them, he will give them to me."

"What of their spawn?" Arthur asked.

"We'll kill them as soon as they're over the town line, make sure your soldiers know to aim for the head or heart of the little brats. We can't have their abominations running around."

"Got it, I'll deliver the orders, they saw what they did to me, my soldiers won't hesitate," Arthur told her. He left out and easily found the stupidest of the dwarves who gave him the location of the cell. He stationed two men whose sole goal was to gain control of the sword or the dagger, both if possible before Blue did.

"If that bitch thinks she will take my Kingdom from me, she is wrong," Arthur said as he headed for his men.

Boston, MA

"You take a walk with the kids and King, I'll check on the bug," Regina told Emma.

"Are you sure?" Emma asked. Regina nodded.

"Emma you need to spend time with them without me," Regina pointed out. Emma pouted.

"But Little Queen hates me," Emma said.

"Not true, remember how she calmed for you after labor?" Regina reminded.

"Yes, the one and only time," Emma said.

"You stopped singing again," Regina reminded. The closer they had gotten to their return, the more Emma seemed to retreat again. Regina was just glad she could still coax her into being herself at times.

"I know," Emma sighed. Regina didn't say any more as she gave her a kiss before handing her Rhiannon who snuggled up against Emma to continue her nap. Regina gave all three children a kiss before taking the keys from Emma. They walked off to the nearby park, while she attempted to start the car. She drove it carefully to a mechanic and paid him double to look it over already. While they maybe could afford the day, she didn't want too, they had gained a lot of time, and they would use it by getting to safety as quickly as possible.

"All done, you're good to go, I put in a new battery, but your car has been fine even if it sat awhile," He said.

"Thank you," Regina said tucking away one of Merlin's book back into her drawstring bag. She went shopping for car seats though and installed them next to Henry's old one.

"Yeah this is not going to work," Regina said. She parked the bug again in the rented garage before taking a taxi to a car dealership. Without Emma it was a little harder to grow her Mercedes back again, but she traded it in for an SUV that would seat six. She went back to the garage and reinstalled the car seats. She was just wondering if she could manage to shrink the bug when Emma came back with the girls ready to feed.

"You ready to go after feeding?" Emma asked.

"Yeah, we can go eat too, if you feed Vivi, I will take LQ," Regina said. "But first we need to shrink the bug until Storybrooke.

"If we do that, how will we get home?" Emma asked. Regina pointed to their new car. "Oh, I thought you would have the other SUV towed later to somewhere near Storybrooke."

"Nope, we'll figure that out later," Regina said. They shrank the bug, before they got the girls fed and then went to one of Emma's old favorite restaurants. Eventually they were on the road again, headed towards Storybrooke.

Townhall, Storybrooke, Maine

"What do you mean you lost them in the ocean?" Blue asked her voice tight.

"I mean somehow that bitch guard was able to electrocute me with her daggers, but I got her with my Hook, she's going to be real surprised to find the dream shade poison, strong enough to take down a dark one, she'll die as soon as she crosses the town line probably."

"Probably isn't good enough a reassurance would have been better, but you don't know do you?"

"No, I guess I don't know how long she will last, it will certainly slow her down as well."

"Indeed, but you best hope that they don't have the cure that they gave to Charming. How long until you catch up with them.

"Not long now, they have stopped again, underestimating me again I suppose, but they won't get away from me again."

"They had better not get here before you and the kid," Blue growled. "Call me again when you have him." Blue had hardly been pacing five minutes when the phone rang. She picked it up expecting good news.

"They got away again, they managed to fly fast through the sky in a metal contraption." Blue gripped the phone hard.

"And where pray tell are they going in this metal contraption?"

"I don't know, they move too fast, once they are out of the air, my connection will reaffirm itself out here, of that I am sure."

"Good, let's hope they don't land in Storybrooke!" Blue snapped and hung up. She let out a breath and rubbed her temples. There was a light knock. "Enter!" The charmings stepped through.

"Is there anything we can do to serve you Blue, the others seem unreliable," Snow said. Blue looked at them for a long moment.

"Yes, yes, indeed I believe that you can," Blue said pulling out her wand. It didn't rely strictly on fairy dust, perhaps she could get what she needed after all as soon as Emma and Regina came back.

"We live to serve you," They replied.

Storybrooke Townline

"Move quickly and silently we need to be in position," Cox ordered the black knights. She had only taken the quietest of the guard and skilled. They ran through the forest and quietly began to climb the trees to stay hidden in case any of Arthur's men came into the tree line. Cox assessed whether she could send guard over to the other side of the road, but it was risky as they had set up a campfire there. She motioned for only two to go and indicated that they should handle those men at the camp. The rest were milling about on the road itself their very presence a blockade. Most of the road leading out hadn't been shoveled except for the path the soldiers had taken leading back into town. Quite a few town services hadn't been taken care of as usual with the town split in half, that which Blue controlled was a state of chaos. Soldiers did as they pleased, and food was scarce unless you were a soldier or perhaps a fairy.

Highway Leading to Storybrooke

A half a mile from the town line Emma began to slow the car down, it was snowing like crazy tonight and visibility was going to get worse as time passed by. She couldn't believe that over the course of 48 hours or more she wasn't even sure anymore; she had gone from sunny Cuba to dreary Maine.

"Why are you stopping?" King asked. "Do you sense something?" She was looking around from her place in the passenger seat. Regina was currently passed out in the back seat with the girls. She was mentally exhausted after hours of crying and attempting to cling to only her. Their little Queen was so upset she managed to use just the tiniest bit of magic to unbuckle her car seat. That had led to random flares of magic until she'd passed out too. She never wanted to travel like this again.

"No, just want to give Regina a chance to wake up first," Emma said. King nodded in understanding. Who knew how close they would be to the town line and they shouldn't wake Regina up suddenly? There really wasn't anything keeping Arthur's knights from crossing the town line, so they shouldn't use it like a shield. In fact, tactically it was their disadvantage if Regina and Emma didn't have full range of use of their powers, they might find that this weakened them, allowed them to be captured. Certainly, had allowed for Hook to get them, and King wasn't interested in having a repeat.

"Hey baby time to wake up," Emma said. Regina made a face but opened her eyes. She hadn't experienced sleep as she once knew it, but the mental break was everything that she needed.

"Are we at the line?" Regina asked as she straightened up and even yawned.

"No, about a half a mile out, didn't want to startle you awake with battle." Regina nodded.

"Hmm…for the best," Regina said pulling out her burner phone. "Cox is in position already. They texted three hours ago; we'd better get a move on. Probably freezing out in a this and we want everyone at home and safe and in bed as soon as possible."

"What's the plan?" Emma asked.

"I assume they'll keep us from stepping over to the town line in order to subdue us," King told Emma. "We need to get over the town line…"

"I'm not hitting anyone with the car not while my children are in it," Emma interrupted.

"No, but I intend to send those soldiers licking their wounds back to that gnat and their false King," Regina said. "We need to send a message and give ourselves some breathing room.

"So, get inside the town line and transport away?" Emma asked.

"Yes, you and the kids transport away, King and I will handle Arthur's men with Cox," Regina said.

"I can't leave you to fight alone," Emma said.

"You can, your job is to look after the children," Regina said. Emma frowned.

"I am uncomfortable leaving you alone, what if we park the car and approach the town line, they'll come after us, but you are a formidable sword fighter and I pass I suppose." King snorted.

"After all my hard work don't you get out of this car and embarrass me with, 'I pass I suppose'," King told her sternly. Emma looked ashamed.

"I won't shame you I can do better than that," Emma said.

"You had better," King said. "Now we'll have Cox engage them from behind, that will allow us to get over the town line, we'll leave the car just out side of it, once we're across the line, we'll clear the soldiers with magic, your usual vines my Queen should be enough to subdue them. Then Emma you will bring the car forward with the children safely."

"I'm okay with that, far enough to keep the kids safe, close enough for me to jump in if needed," Emma said looking from Regina to King. Regina nodded her consent. She thought about waking Henry, either actively worrying him already or him waking up and panicking neither route seemed great to her as Emma started the car again and carefully pulled off or at least she would have if they were suddenly surrounded by soldiers.

"They must have hidden more, Cox didn't report this," King said.

"She wouldn't have seen them in this weather," Regina said.

"Then the scout will be punished," King muttered as she used her car door to slam into the face of a soldier pushing him back. She'd already unbuckled as soon as she saw the threat. She kicked at another and got out of the car pulling them away from Regina's door. Emma was immediately out of her own as one guy made to smash the back window over Henry.

"Mama!" Henry screamed as the glass broke, thankfully it didn't completely shatter over him. Emma pulled one soldier away and hit at him four men ganged up on each woman while another three cut Henry out of his car seat and pulled him through the broken window.

"HENRY!" Regina yelled as she blasted one soldier and broke the neck of another as they disappeared into the forest.

"MOMMY!" Henry screamed back. The snow was falling thickly around them now as she tried to go after them instead the last two men went straight for the car on purpose and Regina hated herself in that moment for choosing to protect her girls as Emma was no where to be seen and King definitely still occupied. But she had just reacted to the closest danger as she grabbed one of their knives and stabbed one in the neck. The last took off running, they all did. They had lost six men between her and King. All four of Emma's survived.

"I didn't think I could bleed," Emma grumbled as King pulled her up and Regina headed into the woods looking for tracks, but there were too many, they'd already trampled the area on purpose, she couldn't be sure she'd be able to catch up as visibility was getting worse and worse.

"My Queen!" King called joining her. "Let's go, we can't track them out here in this, but one thing is for sure, they have to go back into town and once in there, there will be no hiding." Regina frowned and nodded as they hurried back to the car. The girls were screaming, Emma was shaking in anger, and if the girls weren't in the car, Regina was sure she'd floor the gas even in heavy snow.

"I'm so sorry I let them get pass me," Emma said. She was gripping the steering wheel hard as flashes of Charlotte were going through her mind.

"We'll find him, they just want to activate the fairy dust, and he's a child and heir to the throne. If she's keeping up any pretense then she intends to use and control him," Regina said even as her leg bounced. Didn't stop her from trying to spot anything through the trees. As they approached the town line, Emma flicked her lights and Cox led the attack, there were plenty of men here too practically frozen at their small fires. Only a few weren't distracted by Cox and came after them. King was out first pulling her sword from her necklace it expanded in her hand and she fought expertly. Regina held a sword she had taken from Arthur's knight and slashed her way to the town line.

"Shh… girls mommy's just clearing a path for us," Emma said gently. One soldier tried to come for her, but King threw a dagger and hit him in the neck. "Remind me not to ever mess with King."

Regina grunted as she got to the obvious Captain of the group. He was scared and looking around him left and right, he didn't know who to fight. Regina approached him and smirked just as she felt her magic overflowing for the first time in months. The ground was covered in snow, the battle all spread out you couldn't see the town line anymore physically, but she had just crossed it.

"And now the real fun begins," Regina told him. Yellow pooled at his feet earning him a look of disgust from Regina. "Now you're going to tell me where they took my son?" She dropped the bloody sword in the snow and a fireball appeared in her hand. He screamed and ran, but not before she blasted him good. Vines started to appear and began to wrap the men up tightly. By the time they were all hanging from the trees, including all the dead. She had used vines to drag them back across the town line, it wouldn't do for anyone to find them dead or anything belonging to Storybrooke. King walked over the line and suddenly fell to the ground in pain grabbed her arm.

"Ah!" King cried. Cox, Regina, and Emma went to her.

"What's wrong?" Regina asked.

"I don't know, my arm it burns," King told her. Regina cut the sleeve off her arm, and they saw the dark lines spreading from the wound, King had sustained from Hook. It wasn't a deep one, but that wasn't necessary.

"Dream shade poison, his hook still had poison on it," Emma said.

"We need to get her to Granny now," Regina said she waved her hand, she left them all hanging in the trees, except the captain, she took with her, he wasn't dead, but he'd spill his guts if necessary.

"Emma the girls," Regina said. They were just outside the barrier, by Granny's, but were able to cross through just fine, Emma would have to get the car later, it wasn't as easy as them just walking through.

"You made it!" Ruby exclaimed.

"We need the dream shade antidote we hid with you now," Regina ordered. Ruby nodded and was into action as Granny came over and took the two car seats from Emma and began checking on the two screaming infants. Well they quieted down for Granny as soon as she had them in her arms. Ruby bought the potion and quickly administered it to King, who stopped writhing in pain and the black lines disappeared from her arm.

"Cox take her home, she needs to rest," Regina said.

"No, I must go after our prince," King said.

"You will rest that is an order, Ruby and…"

"If the next name out of your mouth isn't Emma, you've gone insane," Emma interrupted.

"Who's going to stay and protect the girls?" Regina asked.

"These four impenetrable giant ass walls, their own magic, and Granny, and I'd like to see the bastard that gets pass Granny."

"A dead bastard," Granny said.

"Wilcox and Chris stay here and guard the heirs, Yates fetch Maleficent as magical back up for the heirs," Cox ordered as King grimaced. Yates was bolting out the door at a sprint for Maleficent. Once Regina had seen King off to rest, upstairs at least until their return she turned to Ruby who already had her red cloak in hand.

"They took Henry to get the fairy dust back no doubt, where are they likely to take him to meet up with Blue, she'll need to convince him first and that means calming him. She'll need to make nice so that's bought us a bit of time as he'll throw a tantrum." Ruby nodded and pulled out a map out and rolled it out on the counter.

"Archie and Marco say that a lot goes on at the town hall and not the convent as one would think," Ruby said.

Storybrooke Convent

"Why are we shaving his head?" Arthur asked. "How does his hair help with fairy dust?"

"Because Arthur at this age, Henry is useless he's not the author or the truest believer not yet. But older Henry, he was the real power." Henry screamed as guards held him down as Blue cut his hair shabbily on purpose. The razor cut his skin drawing blood like she wanted coating his brown hairs in his blood.

"So, you're going to age him back?" Arthur asked.

"No, that would be stupid, he wouldn't help us, nor do I know what he will know with the dark one's potion. If Hook wasn't such a damn idiot. No, I am going to rip the ten-year-old version of Henry from this new version, deep down those memories are there, I just need to separate them."

"Why ten?" He asked. She grinned.

"Because he was Regina's worse enemy, once I get him to believe, I will convince him that the Evil Queen has stolen Rumple's power and corrupted the savior. He will do everything in his power to bring her down, including finding the dagger and sword. And break her in the process."

"She'll be weak," Arthur said. Blue nodded as she finished and gathered up the blood coated hairs.

"Take him outside and leave him to try and get home," Blue ordered.

"Will he make it?" Arthur asked after the guards left. Blue shrugged.

"Maybe the Charmings get him in time, maybe not, I don't care if they cross the barrier with a dead body or a live one as long as they're trusted," Blue said.

"You are cunning," Arthur said.

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