Rose POV
The next day, Mom and I were having breakfast at Granny's. "So, what was it like? Over there?" I asked. "Well, let's see. There were ogres, the dead rising, people trying to kill me. And . . . More ogres," Mom said.

"Awesome," I said with a smile. "Kid, we got to work on your sense of awesome," Mom said with a smile. "Come on. It's time for school. I'll walk you to the school bus."

"It's okay. I can go on my own," I said as I got up and put my backpack on. "I know that you can. That doesn't mean that you should," Mom said as she got up. "David let me," I stated.

"Well, I'm not David," Mom said. "You used to let me," I pointed out. "Well, I am not me. I'm walking you, because that's what mothers do. And I'm doing it," Mom said with an amused smile as she put her arm around my shoulder and we exit the diner, where we were greeted by a distressed Pongo.

"Hey, Pongo," I said, but Pongo continued to bark. "It's okay. It's okay," I said. "Where's Archie?" Mom asked and then Ruby bolted out of the diner. "Emma, something's wrong."

"How do you know? Never mind. The wolf thing," Mom said and then looked at me. "You know what? Eleven is old enough to walk to the bus stop. I'll pick you up later," She said. "Okay," I said and left.

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Third Person POV
After Emma and Ruby found Archie dead, Ruby said that she saw Regina walking to his office so Emma brought her to the Sheriff's Station.

Regina was sitting in the interrogation room at the Station. Emma and David entered, while Mary Margaret watched through the glass. "Glad to see the Sheriff's station's now a family business. Why am I here?" Regina asked.

"You know why you're here. Because of Archie," Emma said. "Oh, it's now against the law to get into an argument with someone?" Regina asked.

"It is if you go to their office later that night and kill them," David said, crossing his arms. Regina was completely shocked. Emma looked confused about her look, as if she didn't know about it. "Archie's dead?" Regina asked.

"Stop it, Regina. Ruby saw you going into his office last night," David said. "Then she's lying. I was home all evening," Regina said and looked at Emma, "After everything I've done to change, to win Rose back, why would I toss it all away now? And, if I did and I was going to kill Archie, you would never know it. The fact that he's dead and you caught me shows sloppiness."

"You've been caught before," David said before looking at Emma, "Come on, Emma. Who do you think's lying - Ruby, or her? She's incapable of change, no matter how many times we've given her the chance. Why should this time be any different?"

Emma and David joined Mary Margaret outside of the interrogation room. "So what do we do with her now?" Mary Margaret asked. "Lock her up," David replied. "We can't lock her up, because she didn't do it," Emma said. "You really believe her?" David asked. "I watched her when we told her Archie was dead. She didn't know," Emma said.

"Emma, I know that you want to believe that Regina can change for Rose, but -"

"I know what I saw," Emma cut Mary Margaret off, "Look at her in there. The old Regina would've reduced this building to ashes. That's a woman who wants to change. She just wants everyone else to see it. I know that look. I know her. I believe her."

"With all due respect, you don't know her like we do," David said. "Maybe that's the problem. I know in your kingdom, she was the Evil Queen. But here, she's Regina. And I'm still the Sheriff, and I say she's innocent until proven guilty," Emma said.

"So . . . Uh, what do you suggest we do?" Mary Margaret asked. "Let her go," Emma replied.

"Emma, sh -"

"We let her go," Emma cut David off, "And then we find the truth."