This chapter is for bstix with the prompt: "Swan-Mills kids put on a show for their mothers."

It was quiet in the Swan-Mills house. Too quiet. "Something's up," Emma said, flipping to the next page in the newspaper she was reading. "It's too quiet."

"Just enjoy it while it lasts," Regina said. She was lying with her feet in Emma's lap, reading through one of her mother's old spell books. Hopefully if she memorized it, she would be more help with future villain invasions.

"Guess it didn't last very long," Emma said, hearing footsteps coming quickly down the hallway.

The door opened to reveal Lola, smiling proudly. "Your presence is required in the living room."

"What did you do?" Regina asked.

"Nothing!" Lola exclaimed. "But you have to come see what we did." Before Emma or Regina could say anything, Lola ran from the room and back to the living room.

Emma and Regina shared a glance before sighing. Living with 3 children was never dull, that was for sure.

As they walked into the living room, Emma and Regina noted with confusion that there seemed to be a fort of some kind right in the center of a large seating area. What was going on?

"Have a seat," Ava said. "The show will be starting shortly."

"Show?" Emma whispered. "What?"

Regina shrugged. "Just go with it." She sat down on the couch, Emma joining her.

Suddenly, a puppy puppet popped up. "Once upon a time, there lived a lonely puppy," Ava said. "The puppy had a family once, but she had lost her mate and she had given her own puppy away."

A finger puppet puppy popped up. "But the little puppy wanted to meet his mother. So he ran away from home and found her, convincing her to come with him."

The two puppies "walked" side by side to the other side of the stage, where a second large puppy popped up. "The little puppy wanted both of his mothers to like each other, and in time they did."

"They went through good times, and bad times," Henry said. "But they were a family, and they loved each other no matter what."

"Time passed, and the two mommy puppies had a puppy together," Lola said. A second little puppy popped up onto the stage. "They were a happy family, and the new little puppy was spoiled beyond belief."

Emma and Regina laughed before sharing a glance. This story sounded oddly familiar.

"And then one day, the two mommy puppies took a trip out of town," Henry said. "And on their trip, they met another little puppy who needed a home, but didn't have anyone who wanted her."

A third little puppy popped up, looking sad and rejected. The two big puppies "walked" over to it and nuzzled it, making it happy.

"The two mommy puppies took the little puppy home with them," Ava said. "Now they were a big, happy, family. And they lived happily ever after."

"The end!" Henry, Ava, and Lola said at the same time.

Emma and Regina clapped, both feeling slightly choked up. The three kids came out from behind their makeshift stage, bowing dramatically.

"So, what'd you think?" Ava asked. "It was Henry's idea to do a show of some kind, I made the script, and Lola chose what puppets to use."

"I think," Emma said, standing up. "That I am the luckiest mother in the whole wide world. Because I have some pretty darn good puppies in my life."

All three of them smiled before hugging her tightly. Regina smiled before getting off of the couch and joining in on the hug. It was true. The puppy family did live happily ever after.