This chapter is for AlphaLuna87 with the prompt: "Lola uses her magic to bring her favorite story character to life."

6-year-old Lola sat in her room, all alone. Henry was off at college, and Ava was out with some friends. Her mothers were home, but who wanted to just hang with their parents?

Sighing, Lola went over to her bookshelf and pulled out her "Lilo and Stitch" book. It was her favorite Disney movie, so her mothers had gladly gotten her the book. Anything to get her reading.

Lola loved the movie mainly because of Lilo. She was sassy, funny, and wasn't afraid to stand up for what she believed in. She was someone that Lola wanted to be friends with.

It wasn't that Lola didn't have any friends. Other kids just tended to be intimidated by her mothers being the formal Evil Queen and Mayor, and the Savior. Kids didn't want to say the wrong thing and suddenly find themselves at the end of the wrath of Lola's mothers.

Ava and Henry didn't really help either. Henry was gone for most of the year, and Ava was hardly ever home. They were still all very close, but Lola wanted a friend other than her siblings. They were practically required to be her friend.

"I wish I had a friend like you," Lola said, looking down at the picture of Lilo on the cover of her book. "Or that you were real. I would love to really get to meet you."

Sighing in disappointment, Lola set the book next to her. She would never have a friend like Lilo.

"Why do you look so sad?" a voice asked.

Lola looked over in surprise and saw something she had never thought she would ever see. Lilo. Right in front of her.

"It's very quiet upstairs," Regina said. "I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing."

Emma shrugged. "I'm sure she's fine. She always gets quiet when Henry is gone and Ava is out with a friend. I think she gets lonely."

"Doesn't she have friends?" Regina asked. "She's always around people at recess."

"You watch her during recess?" Emma asked.

Regina smiled guiltily. "I want to make sure that the other kids are nice to her."

Emma rolled her eyes affectionately. "You can't spy on our daughter."

"I was afraid that she would have a hard time making friends," Regina said. "And it seems that my worries were warranted. She never seems to be around anyone."

"Maybe she likes being a loner," Emma said. "Some kids like that."

"You and I both know that Lola is social," Regina said.

"Should we check on her?" Emma asked. "Maybe suggest doing something together? Just the three of us?"

Regina practically started running upstairs. "I thought you were never going to suggest that."

Emma laughed as she followed Regina upstairs. "I should have known."

Just as they got to the top of the stairs, Lola's door opened. She walked out and froze at the sight of her mothers.

"Lo?" Emma asked. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah," Lola said quickly. "Just fine."

"You're acting strange," Regina said. "What's going on?"

"Nothing," Lola said. "I was just going to come downstairs and ask if we could do something."

Suddenly, a crash sounded from inside Lola's room. Lola glanced behind her and glared at Lilo, who was looking down in shock at the bowl that she had just dropped.

"What was that?" Regina asked.

"Nothing," Lola said. "I was cleaning up, and something must have fell. I'm not very good at cleaning."

"Maybe we can help," Emma said, going to walk past Lola into her room.

"That might be a good idea," Lilo said from inside Lola's room.

"Who was that?" Regina asked.

Lola winced. "I wanted a friend. That's all."

"Lo, what did you do?" Emma asked. Lola looked down at her feet and stepped to the side, letting Emma walk into her room.

"Oh no," Lilo said. "I just got Lola into trouble, didn't I?"

"No, it's okay," Emma assured her. "You're Lilo, right?"

"How do you know my name?" Lilo asked skeptically.

"You're in a story," Lola said, picking up the book. "I took you out of your story because I needed a friend."

"Oh," Lilo said. "Is Stitch still in there?"

Lola nodded. "But you could learn to really like it here. We could be as good as friends as you and Stitch."

Lilo shook her head. "Stitch needs me. I need to go home."

Lola sighed. "Okay." She took the book from Lilo and thought about how Lilo needed to get home. When she looked up, Lilo was gone.

Regina pulled Lola into her arms. "You don't need to bring story characters to life in order to have friends."

"But no one at school will be my friend," Lola said sadly. "They're always too intimidated."

"Then prove them wrong," Emma said. "Show them that you're someone who they can be friends with."

"It's not that easy," Lola said. "They're afraid of saying the wrong thing because of you guys and what you can do."

"So show them what you can do," Emma said, smiling.

"Emma!" Regina scolded. "We do not encourage use of magic."

"Her powers are strong," Emma said. "And she knows how to control them."

"I do," Lola agreed. "Maybe if I showed them that I had magic too, they would want to be around me and think I'm cool."

"Lola, you shouldn't need magic to make people like you," Regina said gently. "Just be yourself, and I can guarantee that you'll make friends in no time."

"But what if they don't like who I am?" Lola asked.

"Then they aren't who you're supposed to be friends with, and you find other people," Emma said. "Making friends sometimes takes time. Just be patient."

"I don't have patience," Lola said.

Emma and Regina laughed. "Then you better get to making some new friends right away," Emma said.

"Okay," Lola said. "I'll go to the park."

Before Emma or Regina could say anything, Lola disappeared in a cloud of light purple smoke.

Emma looked at where Lola had just been. "Did she just-"

"Yes, yes she did," Regina said.

Emma sighed before grabbing Regina's hand. "That girl is going to be our death."