This chapter is for Lanafan7151977 with the prompt: "Lola hears her mothers talking about a threat in town. She wants to help protect her family so she magically turns herself into a dragon. It would be really funny if you had her flying around the house and accidentally breathing fire. Her mothers are freaked out but Henry and Ava think it's hilarious."

"So what do we do about Maleficent?" Emma asked. "We can't keep sending you out with the Queens of Darkness. You don't fit in with them anymore. You could get hurt."

"I can manage," Regina said. "We can't let them know that I'm good now."

"But what if they find out?" Emma asked. "They are full of darkness Regina. They'll do anything to make sure that they kill you so you don't tell any of their dark secrets."

Regina reached over and grabbed Emma's hand, squeezing it gently. "What's life without a little risk?"

"And what's my life without you in it?" Emma countered. "I can't lose you. There's 3 kids upstairs right now that need you. I need you. You can't keep pretending to be someone you're not. You're not the Evil Queen anymore, and they're going to see right through you."

Regina sighed. "But I need the information that they have. It's the only way that we'll know what they're up to."

"And what happens when they find out that you're married to me?" Emma asked. "And that we have 3 kids? You know that they'll come after one of them. Maybe all of them!"

"Calm down," Regina said gently. "We don't want to any of them to hear this. They don't need to worry about it."

Emma sighed before running her fingers through her hair. "So what do we do? How do we get rid of them?"

"I don't know," Regina admitted. "But for now, I say that we just keep pretending like I'm the Evil Queen and get the information that we need."

"I hate that plan," Emma mumbled.

"I know," Regina said, pulling her close. "But it's the only one we have."

"Maybe not," Lola whispered, hiding around the corner. "Maybe not."

Lola sat in her room, thinking about what she wanted to do. She agreed with Ma; there was no way that Mom could continue to act as the Evil Queen. "Magic," Lola whispered. "That's the only thing that could help."

Lola knew that her mothers didn't like Lola having magic. When she was little, she had used her magic mainly to get her way, and she knew that it freaked them out that she had gotten her magic so early.

"Why are you staring at your hands?" Ava asked, staring at Lola. "You're not trying to do magic are you?"

"To help Mom and Ma," Lola said. "There's some bad ladies in town, and they're both worried about what they're going to do. I want to help."

Ava crossed her arms. "Are you talking about the Queens of Darkness?"

Lola nodded. "Specifically Maleficent. She's their leader, kind of."

"You know, she can turn into a dragon," Ava said. "Maybe if she had to fight against another dragon, she would leave."

"Do you think I could really turn into a dragon?" Lola asked.

Ava shrugged. "Only one way to find out."

Lola took a deep breath before channeling her magic. Her magic worked liked Emma's, which meant that all she needed to do was focus on her love for her family, and how much that she wanted to protect them.

"I don't think it's working," Ava said.

"Shush," Lola said, closing her eyes. She could turn into a dragon to protect her family. She knew that she could.

Light purple smoke surrounded Lola as the smell of vanilla and apples filled the room. Ava watched with wide eyes as the smoke cleared away, revealing a large dog-sized dragon.

"It actually worked," Ava said. "I can't believe that it actually worked."

Lola blinked and looked at her before coughing, releasing a small ball of fire. The fire hit the floor, catching the carpet on fire. Ava quickly walked over and stomped it out. "That's probably not good."

Lola looked at her with the heartless eyes of a dragon before roaring. Ava froze, not knowing what to do. "Okay, not good. Really not good."

Emma tensed in Regina's arms as she heard a roar from upstairs. "That was a dragon roar."

"That's not possible," Regina said. "A dragon is too large to fit into our house. You're just so worried about Maleficent that-"

"I didn't make it up," Emma argued, pulling away from Regina. "I heard a roar. I know I did." Without waiting for a response, Emma quickly walked upstairs. It had sounded like the roar had come from right above them, which was only one room. Lola's.

"Ma!" Ava called coming out of her room. "Don't go in there."

"Why?" Emma asked. "I heard a roar from downstairs. A dragon roar. Are you trying to hide the fact that Maleficent took Lola?"

"No!" Ava exclaimed. "It's just that, well, Lola turned herself into a dragon."

"She what?" Regina asked, coming to stand next to Emma. "How did she do that?"

"I don't know," Ava said. "But it's like she doesn't know who I am. She looked at me and roared, so I just ran from the room. I think she's sleeping now."

"This is great," Emma said. "So now what do we do?"

Regina winced. "We need to make her angry. After she calms down, she'll turn back."

"How do we make her angry?" Emma asked.

"Should be easy enough," Regina said. "She doesn't recognize any of us, so we just have to get close."

"Ava go to your room," Emma commanded. Ava looked ready to protest, but nodded and went quickly back to her room.

"Ready?" Regina asked. Emma nodded. With a flick of her wrist, Lola's door flew open.

"Hi," Lola said, sitting on her bed.

Regina and Emma sighed in relief. "You're not a dragon anymore."

"I figured out how to change myself back," Lola said, smiling guiltily. "I realized after Ava ran from the room that I hadn't made a good choice."

"You think?" Emma said. "What were you thinking?"

"I heard you guys talking about the Queens of Darkness and how much a danger they were," Lola said. "I wanted to help."

"By turning yourself into a dragon?" Emma asked. "How was that supposed to help?"

"Maleficent can turn into a dragon," Lola said. "I thought if I could too, she would realize that we're serious about keeping the town safe."

"You weren't supposed to hear any of that," Regina said, sitting next to Lola on her bed. "I understand that you wanted to help, but you can't use your magic like that."

"I know," Lola mumbled. "I won't do it again."

"You bet you won't," Emma said. "You could have hurt someone!"

"Emma," Regina said, a warning in her voice. She looked pointedly at Emma's hands, which had started to spark.

"Dang it," Emma mumbled, calming herself down. Sometimes having magic tied to your emotions was a pain.

"I really am sorry," Lola said. "I just wanted to help. Why are those ladies so bad?"

"They've been through a lot of pain and loss," Regina said gently. "They just don't see the happiness in life anymore."

"That's sad," Lola said.

"I know," Regina said. "And hopefully things with be sorted out soon. But until then, you don't worry about anything okay? We'll handle it."

"Okay," Lola agreed. "I think I'm going to get my homework done now."

"That sounds like a great idea," Regina said. She kissed Lola on the cheek before getting up and leaving the room, Emma following close behind. Once Lola's door was closed, Regina quickly went to Ava's room to let her know that everything was under control, and then peeked into Henry's room to make sure that nothing bad had happened. He hadn't moved in 3 hours.

"Everyone is okay," Regina said, grabbing Emma's hand and leading her back downstairs.

"For now," Emma said. "I don't like any of this. Maybe we should have them all come downstairs. That way we're all in the same place."

"It's very clear that you don't like any of this," Regina said, letting go of Emma's hand as it started sparking again. "You need to calm down."

"I finally have a family," Emma said. "How am I supposed to calm down when all of them are being threatened by a bunch of magical demon-ladies?"

"Just take a deep breath," Regina said. "Everything works out in the end for us, doesn't it? No matter what is thrown at us, we always manage to fight back. And win."

"But what if this time is different?" Emma asked.

"Then we'll cross that bridge when we get there," Regina said. "Besides, we have a dragon on our side too."

"That is so not funny," Emma said.

"Yeah it is!" Henry exclaimed coming down the stairs, Ava and Lola close behind him. "How could I have missed Lola turning into a dragon? That must have been funny."

"She almost lit her room on fire," Ava said. "I had to stomp it out."

"That is so awesome," Henry said, chuckling. "By the way, do you think that we could have a movie day?"

"A movie day?" Regina asked. "What's the special occasion?"

Ava shrugged. "We may or may not have been eavesdropping on your conversation. So we thought that we would all spend the day together to show Ma that we're not going anywhere."

Emma smiled before pulling all three of them in for a hug. "You guys are awesome."

Lola laughed. "Yeah, we know."