Price to pay

Erin asked for a oneshot of Snowing not meeting Cruella and Ursula the night they came to SB and instead having dinner with Emma and Killian. Later that night, Cruella and Ursula visit their house. They threaten Neal and Snowing fight against them. They are warned they might want to be careful that they still know their secret.

They tried to act natural. Like everything was fine, even when inside they were terrified. It was no coincidence that Cruella and Ursula came into town together. Even though she was dead, they were clearly still Maleficent's little fan club. Snow and Charming would be steering well clear of them, lest their presence remind two of the queens of darkness be reminded of Snow and Charming's secret. So they pretended not to care too much about their arrival in Storybrooke. Instead, they sat and ate dinner with their family. Emma commented a couple of times on her parents looking stressed, but they told her Neal was teething. Which wasn't a lie, exactly, Neal really was teething, but that wasn't the reason they were stressed.

They covered their fear of Ursula and Cruella's arrival well. They made it all the way through dinner without anyone becoming obviously suspicious. When they went home though, they knew neither of them would get so much as a wink of sleep though. They knew Cruella and Ursula were up to something, they just didn't know exactly what.

It didn't take long to find out though. As Snow and Charming lay tossing and turning in bed at three in the morning whilst Emma, Henry and Neal slept peacefully, they heard the front door open. Both were up like a shot and through to the front door. Their hearts plummeted into their stomachs. There, standing smugly, were Ursula and Cruella.

"Get out." Snow hissed. They both just smiled back.

"Not without what we came for, darling." Cruella droned. "I don't know why she wants a slobbering little demon, but then again you did take one from her so…"

"You aren't taking our son." Charming growled. "You're going to leave and stay the Hell away from us and our family or else we will personally escort you back over that town line." He warned them both. Neither Cruella nor Ursula seemed worried by these threats. Out of the corner of his eye, Charming could see his sword. He quickly grabbed it, and held it up against them both. "You think we're messing around? Nobody is taking Neal anywhere. Come a step further into our house and I will run you through." Charming threatened them. He meant it too.

"Now is that really the way to treat a guest?" Ursula said calmly. "Especially when you don't want us telling anyone your little secret." She saw the panic in both their eyes. "Oh that's right, we haven't forgotten. And neither has she. You might want to try a gentler approach on visitors to your home." Snow threw caution to the wind and marched up, grabbing Ursula by the throat. Before Cruella could jump in, Charming held the sword tip perilously close to her throat.

"Listen closely." Snow growled. "You aren't taking our son anywhere and you will keep your damn mouths shut. If I get so much as a whisper that you've been telling anyone even the slightest detail of that day, especially Emma, then you'll wish you'd never been born. Now get out of this house before I crush your windpipe. Stay away from our children." Snow used her grip on Ursula's throat to throw her out the door. Cruella followed right behind before Snow closed the door, making sure it was locked. She and Charming then looked at each other. They knew they were now skating on treacherously thin ice. If Emma got word of what happened…if Maleficent truly wanted their son and found a way to get him…the world they'd built for themselves and their family would come crumbling down. All because of one, terrible, mistake.