The winner of the name game was luci465! Kader is a Turkish name meaning fate or destiny. Congrats! As your reward, you get to be featured with the Swan-Mills family, and of course, little Lola. Enjoy! :)

"Mommy!" Lola called, running down the hallway. "Where are you?"

"Boo!" Regina exclaimed, popping out from behind the corner. Lola yelped in surprise before starting to laugh. Regina laughed before scooping her up and tickling her.

Lola giggled, squirming in Regina's arms. "Not the tickle monster!"

Regina laughed before stopping her tickling and kissing Lola on her little cheek. "Did you need something?" Regina asked. "Or did you just want to say hi?"

"You need a break," Lola said seriously. "Come join me and Luci for our tea party."

"Luci?" Regina asked. Was there some little girl in the house that she didn't know about? Was Lola now using her magic to poof children into their house?

"She's my best friend," Lola said. She squirmed in Regina's arms, indicating that she wanted to be let down.

Regina put her down gently. "Your best friend huh? How come I've never met her before?"

Lola just grabbed Regina's hand and led the way to her room. Regina looked in confusion at the tea table. There was no one there.

"Where's Luci?" Regina asked.

Lola pointed to the chair right next to the one where she normally sat. "She's right there. See? She's waving to you."

Regina was entirely confused. Could Lola see ghosts? Maybe she should take Lola in to see Archie…

"Mommy?" Lola asked from her chair. "Aren't you going to join us?"

Regina smiled. "I'm sorry sweetie. But I have some more work that I need to get done first. I'll come back when I'm done, okay?"

"Okay," Lola said. She picked up the teapot and began pouring the "tea" into cups. Regina watched her for a while before leaving the room and heading back to her office.


Emma sat in the sheriff's station, bored out of her mind. There wasn't anything to do but paperwork, and she couldn't visit Regina at work because now she was working from home. At least until Lola went to school.

Hearing her phone go off, Emma's face lit up. What had happened? Did someone get into a fight? She could go for being in the middle of a fight.

Instead of a fight, it was just a text from Regina.

R: You need to come home. Right now.

E: Why? Is everything okay?

R: No. There's something wrong with Lola

E: There will always be something wrong with Lola. She's half me.

R: Emma, I'm serious. Something's wrong

E: Okay, hang tight. I'm on my way

Emma grabbed her keys. "I have to head home. Something's wrong with Lola apparently."

"I can cover things here," David assured her. "Go deal with that. Hope everything's okay."

Emma smiled gratefully at him before quickly leaving the station.


"What's going on?" Emma asked, walking into Regina's office.

"Just come with me," Regina said. She grabbed Emma's hand and led her silently to Lola's room. They both peeked inside, seeing nothing but Lola playing with her tea set.

"What's the problem?" Emma asked. "She's having a tea party."

"Would you like some more tea Luci?" Lola asked from inside her room. "Careful! It's very hot."

"That," Regina said. "That is the problem. She's talking to some girl that isn't even there! Can she see ghosts? Should we take her to Archie?"

Emma covered her mouth to keep from laughing. She squeezed Regina's hand before pulling her back to her office.

"You can stop freaking out now," Emma said, smiling. "There's nothing wrong with her."

"But she's talking to someone that isn't even there," Regina said. "I think that's cause for some worry."

"Did they not have imaginary friends in the Enchanted Forest?" Emma asked.

"Imaginary what?" Regina asked.

"I'm going to take that as a no," Emma said, chuckling. "Lola has an imaginary friend named Luci. It's a friend that only she can see. Lola created her with her imagination."

"And that's normal?" Regina asked.

Emma nodded. "Lots of little kids have one. It's completely normal."

Regina sighed in relief. "Thank goodness. I thought that she was talking to the ghost of some dead child that was haunting our house."

Emma burst out laughing. "You worry way too much. And some day, I am really going to enjoy telling Lola this story."