See chapter 1 for summary. Thanks for all the amazing reviews! Here's individual responses:

Baratta Jennifer: Glad you liked it!

Mondler Gellar Bing: Yep, they're still merpeople. That become evident in this chapter. They wear necklaces even in the Land Without Magic. :)

Grace5231973: Yep, Snow and David are going to help Owen while he's still a boy and before he goes off the rails. It will be interesting when they get to Storybrooke. I hope they find them too. :)

sexystarwarslover: yep, Owen is not going to believe his eyes in this chapter. Yep, that's Belle and Kurt's still alive for now, but he's in trouble. I blame Cora too. I think Owen is still young enough that he will believe, especially after what he saw. We shall see. :)

Austenphile: Yes, Snowing is a force to be reckoned with together. Owen is taking it well. I think he's still young enough and seeing what he saw is still fresh. Plus he sees something else very convincing in this chapter. :)

Mysterious Fathoms Below

Chapter 4: Another Surprise

The last few hours for Owen had truly been surreal for him. There were people that not only believed him, but knew all about the woman that had taken his father from him. That wasn't all though. Magic was real, as were fairy tales, other lands existed outside this one, and he was sitting in the living room of Snow White and Prince Charming. It was a lot for even a kid to believe. But somehow he did. He had told Snow White what he had seen. He remembered the glowing heart that the Queen held in her hand. It wasn't an image he would likely ever forget. Snow explained that in their land, magic could be used to extract a person's heart without killing them. She said that the Queen could control a person if she had their heart. Immediately, he had worried that the Queen might try to do that with his father, but Snow had said that there was very little magic in this world and whatever magic the Queen had would have been brought with her from their land. She had reassured him that she wouldn't be able to pull his father's heart out.

Now they told him they had something else to show him, before they went to Storybrooke and they were headed to the Marina. Considering he was in the company of Snow White, Prince Charming, and their baby Emma, he figured that what they had to show him could be anything.

Snow held her husband's hand, as they headed to the Marina and looked at him and their baby in his arms. She was terrified of going to Storybrooke, to be honest. Her worst nightmare was the possibility that Regina would try to take David and Emma away from her. But they couldn't turn their back on Owen, especially if Regina really did have his father and he was still alive. It made her angry that her step-mother had once again separated yet another family. And she wasn't going to be naive this time. She knew that she would seek to do the same to her family again. Still...they couldn't turn a blind eye and she only hoped they all made it out. She couldn't lose her husband or her daughter.

"So...what is the other thing you have to tell me now that we're here?" Owen asked anxiously. David handed Emma to her and she cuddled her daughter. He saw the fear and apprehension on her face. He kissed her tenderly and pressed his forehead against hers.

"It's going to be okay," he promised. She nodded.

"The secret is that David and I have another form we can take," Snow said.

"Before David and I could be together, I was on the run from Regina and I met a friend. Her name was Ariel," she continued. Owen's eyes widened.

"Like the mermaid?" he asked. She sighed and nodded. She often forgot that this world had fictional stories about most of the people she knew.

"Yes...and Regina tracked me down when I was with her. She caught me and decided to curse me, instead of killing me," Snow recalled, as she remembered that day

Snow gasped, as her legs were gone and there was suddenly a heavy white tail in place of them. Regina cackled in amusement, as her step-daughter tried to move and get away.

"You know...I could fry or filet you now easily, since you can no longer run without your legs. But somehow I think this is a much more fitting punishment for you," the Queen said. Snow opened her mouth to retort, but found nothing coming out. Her voice box was silent. Regina laughed again.

"That's right...no voice either. That's a nice touch," she said, as she glowered down at Snow.

"Instead of killing you...I am going to leave you to wander the seas in this form for all eternity. You will have no voice, you will have no love, and I will finally have my revenge for what you did to me and Daniel," Regina growled. Snow felt tears in her eyes and she wanted to try and plead her apologies to Regina for the mistake she had made when she was just a little girl. But her ability to speak and walk were gone. Cruelly, Regina finished her transformation, taking away the warmth of her tunic and replacing it with only white sea shells to cover her chest. Snow was then pushed into the cold ocean and into the darkness of her new life.

"She made you a mermaid and stole your voice?" Owen asked in disbelief.

"She wanted me to be alone and feel the pain she felt. But I was very lucky that there was someone who loved me and was out there looking for me," she replied, as she looked at her husband with a wistful gaze. Owen looked to David and he smiled.

"I was running too, from my adopted father," he explained.

"Why?" Owen asked curiously.

"Because he wanted me to marry a Princess I didn't love for riches. But I was in love with Snow...so I ran. I knew he'd try to kill me for it, but I couldn't marry someone I didn't love. His soldiers were chasing me and I jumped into the ocean from atop a cliff. If not for Snow...I probably wouldn't be here right now," he explained.

She had no time to contemplate why he was running from his supposed father's own men and dove to find him when he did not surface. She pulled him up and held him tightly, as she swam to a secluded alcove that she had been frequenting in her time as a mermaid. She pulled him onto the sand and checked his pulse, sighing in relief. It was strong and he was just knocked out. She stared at him and lovingly caressed his handsome face. She wanted so badly to be with him, but it would never be possible and that made her want to flee. She was so lost in her misery that she didn't see his blue eyes open.

"Snow?" he uttered. She jumped in surprise and slid away from him.

"Snow...please don't go," he pleaded. She stopped and her eyes filled with tears, as he was now noticing her tail.

"Snow...what happened to you?" he asked. She opened her mouth to speak and then closed her mouth, putting a hand to her throat.

"Regina...she did this, didn't she?" he asked, a note of anger in his voice. She nodded.

"She took your voice too?" he asked and she nodded again.

"Oh Snow…" he said tenderly, as he reached out to her, but she shied away.

"Snow...I know that you do not love me, but at least let me help you," he pleaded. Her heart shattered. Gods, he still thought she didn't love him and she had no way to tell him. Her eyes filled with tears and she looked at him with the most broken expression he had ever seen. She grabbed a stick and he watched her etch letters in the wet sand.

"I lied," she wrote. His head shot up and his sapphire stare met her emerald one.

"You lied?" he asked. She nodded.

"You love me too?" he asked. She nodded again and tears slipped down her cheeks. He grinned brightly and she gasped, as he hugged her tightly. She was stunned for a moment, but then hugged him back, burying her face in his shoulder. He pulled back and cupped her beautiful face.

"But if you were a mermaid and he was a human, how were you going to be together. Because in the movie, Ariel had to become human," Owen said. David snickered.

"You know your movies," he confirmed.

"And you're right...we had to find some kind of solution. We were both on the run and there was no way I was letting her go again. So we asked a fairy to help us," he explained.

"Oh...I'm sorry I'm late. Blue is busy...so she sent me. I'm Nova," the fairy said.

"And you can grant our wish?" he asked. She looked at the pair with heartache. Blue's instructions had been very specific. If the Prince gave Snow White true love's kiss, then it would return her voice and legs. Then they would go on to fight the Evil Queen with no rest and with their lives in constant danger. But Nova desperately wanted to grant their wish of escape. She might lose her wings for it though, but the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to defy Blue. The head fairy claimed she fought for true love and good, but Nova had witnessed the opposite. She destroyed Nova's chance at true love and now...Nova wanted to make sure she didn't destroy Snow White and Prince Charming's. With her decision made, she smiled.

"I can. If you give Snow White true love's kiss, it would return her legs and voice. But you would still be in grave danger from the Evil Queen and King George. It is a fight I cannot promise you will survive," she said sadly. Snow and David looked at each other.

"And our other option?" he asked.

"I can reverse the magic of your true love's kiss and you will become like Snow," she revealed.

"Mermaids and Mermen can travel across realms. It would be an easy escape to a new and happy life," she said, as two seashell pendants appeared in her hand.

"Then when you find a place to settle, you can wear these enchanted necklaces to restore your human forms," Nova said. The hopeful look return to Snow's eyes, as she imagined a world free of his evil father and her step-mother's rage. A life together, living in peace, with no constant danger to their lives. With her gone, perhaps Regina would no longer slaughter villages and perhaps she could eventually find peace. She nodded and he smiled.

"This is what we want," he agreed. Nova waved her wand over them.

"Then give her true love's kiss and your wish will be fulfilled," Nova said happily. For a moment, they stared at each other, simply captivated by each other and the love so prevalent between them. Snow felt her heart quicken and closed her eyes, as he lowered his lips to hers and kissed her passionately.

A wave of multi-colored magic erupted from them and washed over them. She gasped, as she felt the emptiness in her throat be filled once more with vibrations.

"Charming…" she uttered, putting a hand to her throat, as he beamed at her. It had worked...what they had was true love, indeed. She then observed the changes in him, as he now had a gorgeous red tail and she felt her cheeks burn, as she gazed upon his bare chest and torso.

"Oh…" she thought in awe. He laughed and sought her lips again, kissing her with so much passion and love it made her want to weep tears of happiness.

"True love's kiss will break any curse," Nova stated, as she handed them the necklaces. Snow took them and put them for safekeeping in her pouch.

"You must hurry and go before dark forces discover that you mean to escape," Nova urged.

"Thank you…" Snow said tearfully. The pink fairy smiled.

"Be happy and in love...that will be all the thanks I need," she replied.

"That and Blue's displeasure," Nova added silently. Joining hands, Snow and Charming, in their new forms, dove into the mysterious fathoms below, hand in hand.

"So you escaped here?" Owen asked.

"Eventually. I asked Snow to marry me and then we traveled around to many different realms," David replied.

"But when we discovered I was pregnant with Emma, we knew we'd need a stable place to raise her as human. That's when Ariel told us about a Land Without Magic where we could take our human forms and raise our daughter," Snow explained.

"We packed the gold we had amassed from several sunken ships we had encountered, said goodbye to our family and friends, and came to this land," David added.

"I had hoped since I was gone that Regina could move on. But knowing I was happy, I should have realized she would still seek revenge. So she cast a dark curse," Snow said.

"That was the storm cloud I saw...on the night before Dad and I went to Storybrooke!" he exclaimed. They nodded.

"Dad was really surprised when we woke up the next morning and there was a town there. He kept saying it wasn't supposed to be there and hadn't been there the day before," Owen said. They nodded.

"The dark curse brought everyone from our Kingdoms here to this land and they probably don't have any memories of their old lives anymore. We're going to have to be very careful," Snow replied. He nodded.

"Thank you...for believing me. And helping me. I know it's dangerous," he said, feeling slightly guilty now. They had escaped Regina and going to Storybrooke was going to put them in danger again, not to mention their baby.

"You're welcome...and we're going to find your father," she promised, as she boarded the boat with Emma and Owen joined her. David looked around, making sure the marina was deserted and that time of night it was. He shed his shirt and waded into the water. With a deep breath, he removed his necklace and his legs became a brilliant red tail. With him towing the boat, they would be able to pass through any magical barrier around Storybrooke. So with that, they headed north, knowing that going in that direction up the coastline would lead them to the invisible coastline they were looking for.