"Emma?"

Regina's voice was shaking a little and Emma sat up straight and pressed the phone closer to her ear, "Regina? Are you okay?"

"I am, but I almost got burned alive and am hiding in my vault now."

"What? Is a new monster in town? What is it this time? A dragon? Did you anger Maleficent and Lily?"

"No, of course not! It's your mother!" Regina said, the usual irritation resonating in her voice.

"Mary Margaret?"

"Did you have another mother you didn't tell me of? Of course, Mary Margaret! And … as it seems she gathered half of the town to help her lynch me. Oh ..."

"What?"

"Gold is here too … That's it, my protection ward is down."

Emma rubbed her eyes, "You're telling me a mob led by my mother wants to murder you? At … 7.15 in the morning?"

"Are you still asleep? I'm in serious danger and you philosophize about murder before breakfast?" Regina snapped.

"Okay, okay. What do you want me to do?", Emma got up, put the phone on speaker and started dressing herself.

"Find out what's going on, Sheriff" Regina assigned her. "Call me when you know something new. I'll be hiding somewhere else now. And Emma? Make sure Henry is safe."

"Of course."

Five minutes later Emma called their son while getting in the car. He didn't answer so she decided to stop by at Mary Margaret's apartment. She entered and called for Henry. The answer was a loud pounding upstairs. When she tried to open the door to Henry's room it was locked but a moment later a clicking sound resonated and it swung open. Henry grinned at her, holding hair needles in his hand.

"I did it!" he exclaimed and Emma smiled back. He was definitely her son. His expression changed from happy to worried in a second, "Is mom alright?"

"She is", Emma calmed him down, "She's hiding till we find out what's going on here."

"Good" he sighed and walked out of his room, down the stairs. Emma followed him.

"Grandpa and grandma locked me up when I tried to stop them from starting a hunting party for her. They were like different people. They said Regina needed to pay for all the bad things she did." he reported.

"When did it start? They behaved normal when we all ate dinner together yesterday" Emma remembered.

"Yeah, I know. I think it began just at 7. I was still in bed but could hear them discussing about the best ways to kill someone. So I got up and only then heard they were talking about mom", he frowned. Emma padded his shoulder, "Don't worry, kiddo. We're gonna find the one who did this. Somebody must have cursed them."

They got in Emma's bug and drove to Granny's first to grab something for breakfast. Emma couldn't concentrate with an empty stomach and Regina would never forgive her if she let Henry starve. When they waited for their order she texted the other woman that Henry was with her and safe.

Ruby handed them over their meal when suddenly the diner's owner stormed out, armed with her crossbow.

"Granny? What is it?" the brunette asked alarmed.

"What is it? You really have to ask me that?" the old woman replied. Sam, the cook, ran out the kitchen now, too, a knife in his hand.

All guests, including Emma and Henry, starred at them.

"We're going to hunt down that woman that took everything from us! She needs to be punished for what she did to us! All of us!" Granny blared and the man behind her nodded in agreement.

"You mean my mom?" Henry asked, standing up.

"Kid" Emma tried to stop him. She had no idea what was going on but she never saw the old woman that furious and didn't wanted him getting in her way.

"Your mom is right behind you, boy" Granny corrected him. "That other woman, The Evil Queen, isn't your mother. She was the one that cursed us all! She tried to kill your grandmother countless times. Because of her your real mother had to give you up for adoption!"

"What? No, Emma didn't gave me up because of Regina. She just wanted to give me my best chance" Henry corrected her, his fists clutched at his side. Emma put a hand on his shoulder to pull him back but he shook her off.

"Exactly and that wasn't with her, because The Evil Queen made Snow and Charming give their baby up to save us all. That made her an orphan that couldn't take care of a child" Granny continued her chain of causation.

"Stop it now!" Ruby got in between them. "I don't know what's gotten into you the three minutes I left you out of my sight but I summon you to leave this diner now! And don't come back till you find your mind again."

Granny looked at Ruby the way she would look at a rat in the kitchen but finally left, followed by the cook. When the door closed Henry immediately turned to Emma, "That's exactly the way grandpa and grandma behaved! Something must turn people into bad versions of theirselves!"

"Snow and David?", Ruby sounded worried.

"Yeah, they also went off to hunt Regina. They even locked me up in my room, when I tried to stop them" he explained.

Ruby frowned, "But who would do this? And how?"

"We're gonna find that out. Operation Cobra part 2 starts now!" Henry exclaimed. "Are you gonna help us, Ruby?"

"Of course. I need my Granny here."

"Sit down, Henry" Emma said and handed him his bag. "We can discuss our strategy over breakfast."