Hey guys! Sorry for the delay. I really struggled to get into this chapter so if it sucks I'm sorry. Hope you like it my lovelys.
"Where have you been!" Emma yelled as soon as her daughter stepped into the loft.
"You know, ever since we came to town, you have gained an attitude problem with your greetings," the teen knew her mother would be mad but she didn't have the patience for it.
"You really think this is time for jokes?!" Emma exclaimed. "It's 2 am."
"Look at you telling time, I'm impressed," with that the young girl made her way to the stairs only to be grabbed by the blonde.
"I don't think I'm the one who got the attitude problem when we moved here," this wasn't like the teen and Emma knew it. Yes, she had a sarcastic flare, but she was never like this with it. "What has got into you?"
Sarah let out a laugh. "Oh, so you care now?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Emma kept her grip on the teen.
"You've been so busy running off god knows where you seem to have forgot you have kids at home," Sarah glared.
"We were here for Henry's father," Emma growled. "He needed help but I didn't get here in time and now he's dead. Henry is heartbroken and instead of being there for him I've been chasing after to you."
"Henry's dad is dead?" Sarah felt the anger leave her body.
"Yes, and here we are talking about you," Emma couldn't believe what this town was doing to her kids.
"Well why didn't you start with that," Sarah shook her mothers grip off and quickly made her way upstairs.
"Don't think we are done talking about this," she heard her mother yell as she got to her bedroom to find Henry sat on her bed.
"Henry," she whispered. The boy looked up at her with tears in his eyes. "I'm so sorry," she made her way to her brother's side pulling him into her arms.
After a few moments of sobbing into his sisters shoulder he lifted his head. "Does it get better? I mean, for you it was worse you knew your dad; how did you make it through?"
Sarah looked at her brother for once in her life speechless. The truth is, she thought of her dad every day and it still hurt but it was so long ago. "You never really get over it," she began. "But this feeling right now, the feeling that you can't breathe, that gets easier. As time goes on you learn to live with it. You accept it," Henry nodded putting his head back on the girl's shoulder.
Sarah opened her eyes with a groan as the sun came through her window. Henry was lying beside her, tears still on his cheeks. They had been up most of the night talking about anything and everything. Mainly Zac. Sarah never really liked to bring the man up, it was easier that way, but suddenly Henry had a million and one questions. The teen contemplated how different her life would be if her dad was still around. Would he still be with Emma? If not, would she be living with him? Would she be in Storybrooke? Would that woman have found her? Sarah shook her head and sat up. She refused to think of yesterday's events. Needing the distraction, she went downstairs to find her mother and new found roommates in the kitchen.
"Morning," Mary Margaret smiled.
The teen gave a small smile as she made her way into the kitchen. "Are we going to talk about last night?" Emma asked from her place at the counter.
"Before coffee?" the teen turned her back to her mother pouring herself a cup. "You're brave."
"Sarah," Emma snapped.
"Maybe we should save this till after the funeral," the teacher quickly interrupted.
"She's right," David agreed. "The last thing Henry will want to hear today is you two fighting."
"A funeral the day after the death? You guys sure work fast," Sarah then made her way back upstairs before Emma could try and talk to her again.
The funeral was the busiest one the teen had ever seen. It seemed like the whole town had come out for the man. It was at that moment she made eye contact with the boy she met the other day. He gave her a sad smile like he understood her pain. The truth was, the only sadness Sarah felt was for Henry. She knew what it was like to lose a father, even though Henry never knew him it would still have an effect. He would constantly be thinking of everything he would never have. When the funeral came to a close, the town made their way to Granny's to drown their sorrows.
Emma and Hook stood by the dart board. The blonde was managing to hit the bull's eye every time, rage flowing through her.
"Perhaps I should paint a bull's eye on the Wicked Witch's back," Hook commented.
"She'll get more than a dart when I find her," Emma growled as she pulled the darts off the board.
"I know you're hurting, Swan, but there are better ways to grieve Baelfire's death than letting anger overcome you," Hook tried to be the voice of reason but it really wasn't his strong suit.
"Let me guess—rum?" Emma gave a condescending smile.
Hook drew a flask from his pocket with a smirk. "Never hurts."
"I'll stick with anger. At least, until I've dealt with Zelena," Emma aimed for the dartboard once more.
"Take it from me," Hook sighed. "Vengeance isn't the thing that's going to make you feel better."
"It'll make this town safer," Emma argued before looking over at her kids sat in a booth. "Besides, I promised Henry I'd find the person responsible for his father's death. It's really all I can do for him right now. Plus, my teen is deciding now would be the perfect time to push my buttons."
"Have you tried talking to the them?" Killian countered.
Emma couldn't help but scoff. "As far as Henry is concerned, I haven't seen Neal since he left me in jail. So, anything I'd tell him about his dad being a hero sounds like I'm making that up just to get him to feel better. And Sarah…" Emma focused on her daughter. "There is something going on in that head of hers but she won't let me in. Back in New York she was herself again but now we are in this town she is back to distancing herself from the world, and that's before she has her memories back."
"Perhaps I can talk to them?" Killian offered.
"About what? Leather conditioner and eyeliner? Cause I think Sarah might have you beat," Emma joked.
"I knew Bae as a boy. Perhaps Henry would like to hear what his father was like when he was his age. As far as Sarah goes, I know a little something about being an angry teenager," he laughed.
"You'd really do that?" The blonde couldn't help but be surprised.
"Aye," the man nodded. "Could help the boy make peace with his father's passing and maybe make Sarah open up a bit more."
"Be careful," Emma warned. "Zelena's still out there. Also, I feel Sarah could take you."
"I assure you; nothing will happen to them while they are in my charge," Hook promised as the pair made it over to the kids.
"Sarah, Henry, do you remember Killian?" Emma asked.
"Pirate guy," Sarah nodded.
"Well he's going to look after you guys today," Emma immediately saw her daughter about to argue. "Save it Sarah, there is no way you are being left alone again."
"Whatever," the teen just rolled her eyes.
After sending her children on their way, Emma joined her parents and Regina.
"How are you holding up?" David asked his daughter.
"How do you think?" Emma grumbled while her mother pulled her into a hug.
The moment was short lived as Zelena stormed through the door, the dark one's dagger in her hand. "My condolences. So sorry I've missed the funeral, but I could never pass up a wake," Zelena smirked at the anger in the room. "Oh, did I miss the speeches? Shall I make one? I mean, I am, after all, responsible."
With that Emma leapt forward only to by pulled back by Mary Margaret. "Emma, no. Too many people will get hurt."
"Listen to your mother. Anyone who tries to interfere with my plan is going to have to deal with the Dark One!" Zelena saw David step in front of his wife. "Don't worry. I'm not here for your baby. I have found someone much more powerful."
"Why are you here?" Regina stepped in.
"Now, that my cover's blown, I can finally pay a visit to my little sister," Zelena smiled.
"Who the hell are you talking about?" Regina didn't have time for the woman in front of her.
Zelena smirked at the woman. "Why you, of course, Regina."
"I'm an only child," the mayor snapped.
"Cora lied to you, Regina. I'm your sister. Half, if you to get technical," Zelena was enjoying the horror forming on the brunettes face.
"Why should I believe anything you say?" Regina could feel all eyes on her.
"Oh, you shouldn't. It's a lot to swallow. This is why I brought a gift to help," the red head smiled sweetly.
"I don't want a gift from you," the queen took a step back.
"But you shall have it. See, my gift to you is that sad, sad day. Use it to dig into our past, Regina. You need to learn the truth and you must believe it. And then, meet me on Main Street tonight. Say, sundown. Oh, and why don't you bring that lovely niece of mine," Zelena saw she touched a nerve.
"Leave Sarah out of this," Emma interrupted.
"Why would I do that? Me and her have already bonded so well. You wouldn't believe the kind of power that girl has," it was then Regina's turn to lunge forward but was also caught by Mary Margaret.
"This isn't the Wild West. If you touch one hair on my daughters head-" Regina didn't get chance to finish her sentence.
"No, dear. It's the Wicked West," Zelena then turned her attention to the rest of the guests in the diner. "And I want everyone to be there. To see the Evil Queen, lose."
"I don't lose," Regina glared.
"Neither do I. One of us is about to make history. See you tonight, sis," with one last smile Zelena disappeared from sight.
Hook led the kids to his boat. "Nope, I don't do boats," Sarah stopped in her tracks.
"What are you scared?" Hook smirked.
"Of being kidnapped on a boat by an eyelinered pirate to go to Neverland? Why yes, yes I am," the teen joked, little did she know she had been on that very island. "I'll wait here," the teen saw Hook pause. "I won't go anywhere," she insisted which seemed to be enough to make the man move onboard with Henry.
"How you doing?" Sarah turned to see Sam approach.
"Are you following me now?" Sarah questioned.
"Someone thinks a lot of herself," the boy quickly returned.
"Yep," Sarah smiled while the boy laughed.
"How's Henry?" Sam asked on a more serious note.
"As well as can be expected for a kid whose dad just died," Sarah sighed.
Sam stared at the girl for a moment. "There's something else."
The girl looked up at the boy in surprise. "How do you know?"
"Am I right?" the boy raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe," Sarah looked down at her shoes.
"Want to talk about it?" Sam took a step forward.
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers," Sarah put her walls up quickly.
"I'm not a stranger," Sam saw the confusion appear on the girl's face. "I'm your stalker remember?" Sarah couldn't help but laugh. Maybe talking wouldn't hurt.
Back at Granny's, the group were still trying to work out what had just happened.
"And you're sure Cora never said anything about her?" David asked for the thousandth time.
"I think I would remember if my mother told me she had a love child with a scarecrow," Regina snarled.
"It doesn't matter if Zelena is your sister or not. She wants you dead and has been spending time with our daughter. Any idea why?" Emma knew there was something her kid wasn't telling her.
"I've never even met her before today," Regina said slightly softer than before.
"Doesn't mean you didn't do something to piss her off," Emma knew Regina's natural ability to upset those around her.
"You did manage to step a lot on people's toes back in our world," Tink mumbled.
"Well, none of them were green," Regina was sick of everyone attacking her.
"There's that missing year," Granny piped up. "Maybe you did something to her then."
Regina turned to the other woman with daggers in her eyes. "Stick to the lasagna, lady. It's starting to sound an awful lot like you're on her side," with that the brunette headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" the blonde called after her.
"To find out exactly what this witch thinks I did to her," Regina explained.
Emma turned to her parents. "I need to go and find Sarah. I need to know exactly what that crazy witch said to her."
"I know you do," her mom nodded. "But right now, we need you to help us figure this out. Sarah is with Killian she will be fine."
After a moment of pause, Emma reluctantly agreed. She just hoped Killian was keeping a close eye on her child.
Sarah sat on the dock pouring everything out to her knew found friend. She told him everything. From Hook showing up at their door in New York, to Zelena stealing her away the day before.
"Wow, that's a lot," the boy nodded.
"Well gee and here's me thinking you weren't going to be helpful," Sarah sighed.
"Do you believe her?" Sam held his breath waiting for an answer.
"That my aunt is the wicked witch of the west who wants to fight my birth mother who is the evil queen and needs my all-powerful magic to do it? What do you think?" Sarah knew the woman was crazy, she was just mad her mother had brought her here in the first place.
"But you think Emma is lying?" Part of Sam really wished the teen would believe Zelena. He would give anything for her to remember the last 3 years of her life, their life.
"There is something she is not telling me and she thinks I'm too stupid to realise," Sarah grumbled.
"Emma loves you," Sam stated.
"I know that," Sarah rolled her eyes. "I just wished she trusted me."
Meanwhile, the rest of the girl's family were in Regina's vault searching for clues.
"Regina, is she telling the truth?" Mary Margaret asked as the mayor frantically searched through her things.
"I don't know. I haven't found anything yet," Regina snapped.
"Are you sure Cora didn't set any traps or stuff? I don't think a sleeping curse would be good for the baby," Mary Margaret protectively rubbed her stomach.
It was at that point Regina found a letter that she hadn't seen before. As she read, Emma joined the pair. "David, Belle and Tink are locking down main street in case this fight actually happens."
Mary Margaret saw the intense look on her step mothers face. "Regina, did you find something?"
"A letter," Regina explained as she continued to read.
"What does it say?" Emma wanted to get to the bottom of this once and for all.
"Zelena is my sister," Regina kept her gaze on the paper in front of her.
"Regina, what is it?" the teacher could tell something wasn't right.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it. It's my fight. I got it handled," with that Regina quickly left the vault.
"What the hell was in that letter?" Emma asked as she watched the mayor leave.
The town gathered on main street as they watched to see the explosion of the two sisters. Emma looked around, frantically searching for the queen. They had searched all over for the mayor but she was nowhere to be found.
"Have you seen Regina?" Emma asked her mother.
"Not since the vault," the teacher sighed.
"If she doesn't get here soon that witch will take it out on all of us," Tink was starting to get worried.
"Let's take everybody out of here before that happens," David whispered before turning to the crowd. "Alright, listen up. We need you to get back to your homes."
"No one's going anywhere," Zelena's voice bellowed down the street, Gold by her side. "Where is she? Don't tell me. She's a coward. This isn't good. For all of you. If my sister isn't here in five minutes, I'm going to let the Dark One off his leash."
Sarah and Sam had spent the rest of the day talking amongst themselves. Sarah had finally managed to stop thinking of her mess of her family for long enough to laugh again. She was just about to continue her sarcastic comment when she felt something rush through her.
"Are you okay?" Sam noticed the girl's unease.
"Somethings wrong," she whispered.
Zelena paced back and forth losing her patience. "Time's up. Who'd you want to kill first, Rumple?"
"He's not killing anyone," Emma took a step forward. "If you want to fight someone, Zelena, fight me."
"Sorry dear, I don't dance with amateurs," Zelena laughed.
"I'm not an amateur. I'm the saviour," Emma argued.
"Looks like someone has an inflated sense of self-worth. You realise compared to your daughter your magic is comparable to a blender," Zelena looked to Gold who quickly directed his magic at the blonde to make her take a step back. "Anybody else want to give it a go?"
"I do," the crowd parted to reveal their queen. "Didn't anyone tell you? Black is my colour."
Zelena couldn't help but laugh at her sister. "But it looks so much better on me. I was beginning to think you aren't going to show up."
"I couldn't let my sister off that easily," Regina gave an evil smile.
"So, you've finally accepted me into the family?" Zelena countered.
"I've accepted that we shared a mother, yes," Regina nodded. "But I still have one question: What the hell did I ever do to you to make you think you could step near my child?"
"Isn't it obvious? You were born," Zelena's comment was greeted by a slap in the face.
"I've been waiting to do that. All day," Regina smiled.
"Rumpelstiltskin can't save you this time," Zelena growled. "He should've chosen me."
"Who?" Regina was getting tired of this.
"Rumpelstiltskin," Zelena shot a look to the man beside her.
"That's what this is about? You're jealous of me?" Regina laughed before looking up and causing the traffic lights to come falling down but before they could hit Zelena she quickly threw them in the opposite direction.
"You still don't realise what you had. You never did," Zelena screamed. "You got everything I ever wanted and you didn't even deserve it. But I'm going to take it all from you," Zelena flicked her wrist, causing Regina to go flying backwards into a nearby car. Regina quickly recovered getting a fireball in her palm. Zelena put out the fire with a laugh, before lifting Regina into the air and choking her at the same time. "You can't beat me, little sis. Everything Rumpelstiltskin taught you, he taught me, too. But I was the better student."
With that she sent Regina flying through the air but before the mayor could crash through the clock tower she came to an abrupt holt. Zelena looked at her hand in confusion. "What the hell's going on?" She growled. It was at that point Emma turned to see her daughter.
"Sarah…" Emma noticed the magic flowing through her child as she lowered her brunette mother to the floor.
Sarah then turned to Zelena. "I can't let you hurt them," the teens eyes were completely black.
"You haven't won," Zelena growled before turning to Regina. "I will get your heart. I will get everything you ever had."
Regina smiled. "Not today," with that Zelena disappeared, knowing she was no match for her niece.
With the wicked witch gone all eyes turned to the young girl. Emma slowly approached the teen who quickly took a step back. "Sarah," Emma whispered. "It's me," the blackness remained in the girl's eyes.
"You lied to me," Sarah spoke in pure rage.
"Sarah, please," Emma tried again.
"Don't do this," Regina added as she approached her daughter.
Sarah snapped her gaze to Regina. "What have you done to me?" Before Regina could answer the teen disappeared into black smoke. Magic was truly back in Storybrooke.