OS 5 : Kids are always right.

[7x17] : AU. Nick keeps saying that all witches are bad. Lucy will try to show him that he is wrong. Doesn't take into account the link between Hansel and Zelena, and here, Hansel didn't attack her. Implied Glass Believer. Law Believer friendship. Nick & Lucy father-daughter (kind of) relationship.

Author's notes : Because Nick's "All witches are bad because to have magic powers makes you evil" speech was incoherent, useless, and stupid, and because I wanted Nick not to die and to have some interactions with Lucy.

"Lucy, you're a child, and I just can't let you enter there…

- He is my father, detective, Lucy answered to Rogers. I just want to talk to him for some minutes, right ?"

The man sighed, before nodding.

The little girl felt wrong about lying to him, as Nick was not her father, but this one was now in prison, after he abducted Henry, and killed those women.

Those evil witches, she remembered, the one who were responsible for her father's state, and of the fact that they couldn't break the curse.

They cast the curse, so they were the villains, Lucy thought, not Nick.

Well, Jack.

Well, Hansel…

(Damn, it was becoming far more too much complicated.)

She should have been scared of him, indeed, anyone would have been, after all, he was a murderer.

Yes.

But the thing some people forgot (well, all the cursed people had forgotten it, at least), was that Lucy's family was full of people who were on the bad side, once, even if it was just for a while.

And if some of them got punished (Tremaine and Cora, as well as Peter Pan and Fiona were the perfect examples), other got their redemption.

Her grand-mother used to rip out the hearts of innocent people, and crush it.

Her grand-aunt turned people into flying monkeys and she did other not really pleasant/moral things to some people (including her own grand-father who had died because of her).

And her great-grand-father… well, it was better if she didn't talk about him.

(And no, she didn't forget at all her great-great-grand-father, maybe the worst member of her all strange and twisted family.

One of the worst, at least, with her great-great-grand-mother…)

Her… great-step-father ? - yes, that's it – tried to kill her own great-grand-father for centuries, and there was some collateral damages on his road to revenge.

But, Hansel ?

Well, he attacked the one who hurt him, the one who killed his sister, the one who had pulled them under the curse that was ruining their lives…

It was… logical and the reason why he did this was easy to understand.

Not acceptable, criminal, maybe evil and bad without the context, yes, it was true.

But in their land of fairy tales where there was no justice, where he had no justice for his dead sister and his scars (blame the blind witch for this), external or internal, where he had nothing for him but his revenge and his pain, well, it could sometimes appear as the only choice you had, when your enemy had magic powers you didn't have.

She was glad he had been stopped, sincerely, because he did need help, more than anyone else in Hyperion Heights.

(Well, in fact… did anyone deal with traumas in the Enchanted Forest ?

Did they at least have psychologists ?

Did they know what it was ?

Because bloody hell, Hansel really needed to see one as soon as possible, Lucy thought).

But she was relieved that he succeeded to stop two of the eight witches, because the coven just lost two of its members, and she hoped it would take time before Gothel would find two others to replace them.

There was an opened war between the one who remembered, and the witches, and Lucy could understand the reason why Hansel did all of this.

This one started and opened wide his eyes as he saw his pretended daughter take place in front of him.

"Wow… Did the policemen really let you go there ? Why ? Or did you succeed to go here without being seen by anyone for a reason I can't understand ?

- Yes, of course they did, Lucy answered, nodding her head. They are letting me talk to you, because, you know, you're my "father".

Despite himself, already knowing, after he talked with Jacinda/Ella, that she already knew the truth about who was who in the town, he had a little smile.

- No, he said. I'm not, and you know it.

- Indeed, the little girl said. And, even if it's not happening in the better circumstances, well… I'm happy to meet you, Hansel. And to meet you not as Nick or Jack, but as Hansel. The real you. The one whose sister was killed by the witches of the coven.

- So, you already know my story, hum ? How ?

- Rumpelstiltskin. He told me who you were.

- How does he know ?

- He talked to Drizella, before she left, she told him that she had killed Gretel during a… witch dual, I would say. She defended herself against your sister. One had to kill the other if she wanted to enter into the coven. This is how it ended for her. I am sorry for you, Hansel. And knowing about your methods and knowing who you killed… he realized rapidly who you were."

The young man clenched his fists.

"So, this is how she died… He whispered with rage in his voice and tears in his eyes. All these damn witches. They are all monsters.

Lucy frowned.

What the hell was that ?

- No ! Just… from where is it coming ? They are not, I mean… Not all of them are, of course ! The witches of the coven, yes, they are. Drizella… she was once, but apparently, she is changing, and she gave Regina a way to cure my father, so the curse can be broken as fast as possible… And my father and my mother will finally be reunited.

For the first time in the conversation, Nick/Jack/Hansel (gods, is it weird) finally smiled.

- That's one of the only goods thing and news which happened during this day… He muttered. But this is not changing the truth. Witches are bad and evil, Lucy, it's a lesson you should learn for now and immediately.

- I'm sorry Hansel, but… I think you're wrong ! Just because you've got powers doesn't mean you're evil ! Being born with powers doesn't force you to be a bad person ! And the contrary is true too ! You sister was a witch, and she wasn't bad, not at all ! My grand-aunt Zelena, she didn't become a bad person because she was born with powers but… mainly because she was ostracized because of her magic… Which… shows that it's not a good method. Not at all.

- Lucy… all the experiences I had with magic ended badly, the blind witch, the coven, my sister was killed because of her powers…

- No… she was killed because Gothel is a monster… And trust me, I know monsters who never had powers… King Georges, king Xavier, king Arthur, Hook was one once, Blackbeard, Achab, the Lost One, my grand-mother Lady Tremaine… Is it enough for you ?

All witches and wizards are not monster… People without powers can be monsters to… And people who get magic powers might be monsters from the beginning… And by the way, my grand-mother, Emma, who is the Savior, and who was born with white magic powers, and my father, Henry, as the Author, he has… some magic in him too, right ? Do you see them as villains too ?

- What ? No, absolutely not !

- And Merlin ? And Glinda ? They always tried to do things right, not because they had powers, but because they were good people ! So yes, sorry to disappoint you, but your argument "witches/wizards are all bad" is stupid as hell Hansel !

Hansel chuckled.

- Well… maybe that you're right. I guess that kids are always right then… he said, smiling, amused.

Lucy crossed her arms and smiled too.

- I told you so !"