Hey guys, well first things first, we need to come up with a name for my followers. Share your ideas in the reviews, as long as it has to do with me or swanqueen than I will look at it. Secondly, I am sorry I haven't written in a while I just got so busy during Christmas break, but at least I am writing now! I hope you guys (that got one) had an amazing break! Without further adew.
I sadly do not own ouat, it would have gone a lot differently if I did.
Archie was in his office writing notes thoughtfully. "you weren't always a cricket." Archi starles a little looking up at henry, who is in the chair next to him. "I wasn't al-" the red head looked confused for a couple of seconds then realized wheat henry meant" OH, right because I'm... because you think I'm Jiminy Cricket. W-why do you think that henry?" The boy looks at him intensely "it's because of who you are." "and who am I?" "you're a conscience you help show people right from wrong."
"So all of the cricket's in Storybrooke—they were once people too?" The boy gets up and walks to the window. "there aren't any crickets here. Listen." "well, maybe it isn't late enough." "there's never been crickets here. You've just never noticed." Henry finishes as he sits down. Jimin-Archie smiles a little bit. "so you think that's proof that there is a curse?" "yes, but I know it's not enough. Im looking for more." "So, henry, look, I asked you this before, and you said you would think about it." Archie releases a breath. "why do you think that it is so important that this is real?" "it... it just is." "alright well, keep thinking about that answer, Henry, cause I think there is something buried there."
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" A tie?" Emmett questions holding up his deputy uniform. "you know you don't gotta dress me up so 'manly' to give me authority." "so you think you can get people to do what you want in that red coat ?" Graham (I still hate him) replied bat to his comment. Em smirks a little "I'm getting you to do what I want right now, and Don't dis the coat." He said throwing his uniform at Graham. " well at least wear the badge." The brunette said holding it up. Emmett made a face. "go on. Take it. If you really want to be apart of this community, you have to make it official." The blonde sighs and puts it on his belt.
BOOM
The walls shook with everything inside. After the shaking stops the phones start ringing instantly.
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They drove to the town mine where they saw workers and civilians crowding around. When Regina steps out of her car she takes control of the situation (GINA!) "everyone, step back please." Ruby and Gepetto are at the side looking in "is that a crater?" Ruby asks "no, they were tunnels, old mines." When Graham and Emmett got to the scene Regina went straight up to them. "Sheriff, set a police perimeter. Marco why don't you help with the fire department." Then, she sees Emmett "Mr. Swan, this is now official town business." She said not as cold as her voice used to be."your free to go." "well actually I work for the town now." Emmett looks a little smug about getting the drop on her but puts it out. Regina gives Graham the look that says –what the hell have you done-.
"he's my new deputy." Graham says a little scared of her. She looks between the to men "they say the mayor's always last to know." "it's in my budget." Graham shoots back. "indeed." She replies. "deputy, why don't you make yourself useful and help with crowd control." She says looking back at Emmett. The blonde nods and goes to do what he was told. Regina looked back at the people as calm as ever. "people of Storybrooke don't be alarmed. We have always known this area was honeycombed with old mining tunnels, but fear not." Archie and Henry walk up as she does her speech."I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe, to rehabilitate it into city use. We will bulldoze it, collapse it, and pave it."
Henry got away from Archie and went to his mother. "pave it? What if there is something down there?" Regina looks shocked to see him "Henry what are you doing here?" She questions in a low voice. "what's down there?" He whispered back. "nothing, now step back. In fact, everyone, please, please step back. Thank you." When Everyone steps back Regina bends down and picks up a piece of glass. Henry looks back at her so she puts it in her pocket. He sees what she did an looked at Emmett. "what was that?" "Henry enough." Regina says pulling him away. "listen, this is a safety issue, wait in the car." She finishes her sentence while pushing him off toward the car and turns around. "Deputy Swan, Sherriff, cordon off the area." Regina said walking away.
Henry looks to see if anyone is watching and gets out of the car. He goes to talk to Archie. "hey, Archie. Over here." Emmett goes to see what he's doing with Archie. When him and Archie are by Henry he speaks. This requires all of operation cobra- both of you." "I didn't realize I was in operation cobra." Archie puts in. "of course you are, you know everything. We can't let her do this. What if there is something down there?" Em looks to Archie for help but he looks away. The blonde sighs and answers. "they are just some old tunnels." "that just happen to collapse right after you get here?" The men look at each other again "your changing things. Your weakening the curse." "that's now what's happening." "yes. It is. Did you do anything different today? Cause something made this happen."
"Henry, I told you to wait in the car." Regina says coming up behind them. "Deputy, do your job." Then both Em and Archie walk off. Before Archie could get to far Regina called for him. "Dr. Hopper, a word please." He turns back around to meet her. "ok, were done with this." "um, excuse me?" He replies a little confused. "my son, we need a new treatment plan. Everything I do he thinks its part of some horrible plot. I can't cover up a safety hazard without him thinking I'm hiding something. How am I hiding something terrible in an old mine? How is any of this logical to him?" "he has got an amazing imagination." "yes, that you've let run rampant." "well, I think it would be wrong to rip away a world he's constructed. I'd rather use it to try and get-" "sometimes I think you've forgotten. You work for me. You're an employee and I can fire you. This is my town. You will lose your office, lose your house. I can cut you down to size until you're a tiny, shrunken little creature, and this"she grabs the umbrella."will be the only damn roof over your damn head." "what would you have me do?" She smirks a little. "you take that delusion out of my sons head, and you crush it." She walks off dropping the umbrella.
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Archie is staring off into space until Geppetto walks in. "hey, Archie." "Marco, what are you doing here?" Then realization hits him "oh, lunch. I'm sorry, I forgot. I've got another patient. Another time?" "sure, of course." Geppetto answers chuckling as Henry walks in. "hey Henry, have good session." Geppetto says leaving. "Are you recruiting Geppetto for operation cobra?" Henry asks looking at Archie. "you think Marco's Geppetto?" "sure he's Jiminy cricket's best friend and Marco is yours." "Henry. Henry, look. We need to talk about this ok." "I know your not convinced, but I know where I can get proof." Henry says unzipping his backpack. "what is this? A flashlight c-candy bars? Oh, wait Henry. You don't want to go down there." "Emmett's here and stuffs happening. I have to look at it." "Henry stop. Stop, there is no proof. Look, all of this is a delusion. Do you know what a delusion is?" "I-I think so." "it's something not real, something not healthy, and I thought you'd outgrow this, but, henry, you know... now it's turned into a psychosis. Do you know what a psychosis is? That's when you can no longer tell what's real, and if that continues, then- then I have to lock you away." Archie finishes choked up. "Henry, this has got to stop for your own good. You gotta wake up. This nonsense must end." Henry got up and ran. Leaving Archie to cry by himself.
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" I don't know an 'M'?Mary Margaret said trying to figure out the hangman puzzle. "mmhmm" David replies getting off the hospital bed to put an 'm' on the puzzle's sentence. "two of em." "oh." MM said putting her hands over face. "get it yet?" "yes, and I am completely mortified. I almost hanged on my own name." "don't worry I would never let you hang. I would have added toes, a hat, a horse." " is this a game you played a lot before?" "I don't know.." " it will come back. They're sending you home in a week. And they have to think your progressing don't they?" "physically" "well your making new memories just fine." " maybe I'll like these better."
MM grins. "okay, play again?" "can I guess too?" A new voice was heard from behind. It was Katherine. "Mrs. Nolan" She started "I thought... oh, its noon already, I didn't realize. I should go." "Good day, Miss Blanchard." Katherine says with a smile. Kat turns to David and says "Honey, I brought more pictures that might jog your memory. It's our old dog Ajax." She says showing him the picture. Before Kat looked up David was glancing at Mary Margaret. "remember?" Katherine asked hopefully. "yeah, Ajax." David said like he did remember, to make her happy. Mary Margaret left the scene quietly.
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"I am the worst person in the world." "really? In the whole world?" Emmett replies to MM's comment while making s'mores. "if Katherine was horrible, it would be easier, but she's so nice." Em raised his eyebrow. "and what exactly, would be easier?" "nothing." "nothing is a good idea. Your smart. You know not to get involved with a married guy. It's not worth the heartache. Trust me." There was a knock on the door. "I'll get it" Em said getting up. When he opened the door he saw Henry crying."kid, what happened? Come on." Emmett said concerned.
There was a knock on Archie's office door interrupting him from drinking scotch. "Archie" Em called sounding mad. Archie didn't get up from his chair. "Archie!" He said louder. Emmett was so mad he just walked in and slammed the door behind him. "what did you do? You told me not to take the fantasy away. You told me it would devastate him." "of course when the therapy stops working, you just adjust to it." The red head defends weekly. That set Em for a pause. "Did she, did Regina threaten you? What could be strong enough to drown out your own conscience?" "I do not need to defend my professional decisions to you, okay?" As Hopper Finishes Em's phone rings.
It was Regina. "Hello Madam Mayor, nice work." He spoke in the phone sarcastically. "Are you with him?" Regina's smooth voice questioned. "yes, I'm with . And guess what? You left your fingers all over him when you tried-" "not him, Henry, is he with you?" "I dropped Henry at your office an hour ago." "well, he's not here." "I don't know where he is." Archie's eyes widen. "ohh. I do." Henry determinedly walked into the mine without second thought.
"Henry!" Both Emma and Archie called out over and over. Pongo runs straight to the mine. "what do you got there pongo?" Archie questioned. "I don't think he's here." Em spoke out of breath. "he is. Look." Archie spoke showing him a candy bar. "he had these with him."
Henry flashed his light all around the inside of the mine. While walking around he looked through a crack in the wall and found... glass. When he pulled the glass out the mine started to collapse. Em and Archie felt the quake as well. "Henry" Archie called "It's not safe!" "Archie! Henry!" Em called as the red haired man slipped inside when the opening was closed.
Archie started looking inside with a lit match, keeping his umbrella close. "Henry" he called again. "Archie!" A relieved Henry came around the corner. "you're here to help me!" "no, listen, we gotta get out of here ok?" "so your still against me?" Henry asked heartbroken. "there is no time for that Henry we need to go!" " you don't believe me? You'll see." Henry yell running off. Again. "Henry come back!"
"Henry" Archie calls trying to find Henry again. When he finds the boy he is looking down a crack in the mine wall. "there is something shiny down there." " we gotta get out of here henry it's dangerous." "it could be something." "look at me henry! I am scared for you right now!" "because you think I'm crazy?" He shoots back. "NO! NO. Because we are trapped underground in an abandoned mine, Henry, and there is no way out." The realization hit Henry like a ton of bricks. They might die.
"Archie's smart" Marco spoke. "he will keep the boy safe until we get to them." The mine rumbled again. "Stop. Stop" Regina called getting away from the car. "your making it worse." She said looking at Em. "I am trying to save him. You know why he went there in the first place don't you? Because you made him feel like he had something to prove." "and why does he think he has something to prove? Who's encouraging him?" She said getting in his face. "do not put this on me." "oh please, lecture me until his oxygen runs out." She said tearing up. (my poor Gina )
In the mines Archi can hear Pongo barking."Do you hear that?" He said relieved. "It's pongo!" Henry said excitedly. "follow the noise, Henry."
On the surface Em looks at Regina and sighs walking up to her. "look, we have to stop this. Arguing won't accomplish anything." The woman turns to him with a soft face. "no, it won't." Em looks in her eyes deeply "what do you want me to do?" "help me."
"It's loudest over here." Archie said talking about the barking. "what's this?" Henry asked about the thing in front of them. "it's like, an old elevator."
"We need to find some way to... punch through the ground." Regina began." We need something big." "like what?" "explosives." Marco spoke.
"the elevator is used to get the mineworkers in and out." Archie explained. "It goes all the way to the top, that's why we can here pongo." "can we make it work?" "let's give it a shot."
Everyone got out of the area. The construction workers were setting up the lines for explosives. "okay, were all clear." Em called.
Archie starts turning the wheel to the elevator to try and get them up. "come on." He called getting Henry to help him.
" Blow it." Regina ordered starting to duck down, everyone followed her lead.
Archie and Henry started to get off the ground when the explosives exploded. Knocking them back to the ground.
Em ran to the entrance of the mine then ran back. "did it work?" Regina questioned. "it didn't open." Was her reply. "then, what did it do?" Graham asked himself.
Well, I guess that went well. They failed and knocked Archie and Henry back to the ground, which could have hurt them very badly.
"Have a good day." MM called to a random hospital patient. "hey." When she looked up she saw David. "where you going?" He asked with a smile. "home. I'm done for the day. Shouldn't you be resting?" "Actually doctor Whale wants me to start physical therapy. I am suppose to walk 30 minutes a day on the treadmill or outside with an escort, but they are kind of short on personnel because of that thing that happened at the mine." "oh." "so... maybe if there was a volunteer willing to help?" He asked looking at her. She sighs and smiles.
"I'm trying to remember this place. It's like... I woke up in some strange land." David said walking with MM. "is anything coming back?" She asked politely. He shakes his head. "what about when your with her? You remembered your dog." "yeah. I lied." "you did?" "she's just so loving, you know? I didn't want to disappoint her. But none of it feels right, you know? A dog named Ajax, who would name a dog that!?" MM chuckles at him. "none of it makes sense, none of it. None of it feels real." "that sounds lonely." She replied. "actually one thing does feel real." "hmm?" "you." "what?" "I know it's crazy but you're the only thing in this place that feels... that feels right."
They both lean in till. "Katherine." David said. "right." MM replied disappointed. "Katherine, hey, you're here." MM looks up shocked. Kat smile at him "I know it's outside visiting hours, but, I needed to see you. I made some cranberry muffins for you, they were your favorite." "well, I should leave you two." MM says leaving. "wait Mary Margaret." David called causing them to look in each others eyes. "see you tomorrow?" She smiled and walked away.
See you tomorrow? (puppy dog prince charming eye)
"What the hell was that? You said you could do this!" Regina yelled at the construction workers. Em ran over to her panting "Madam Mayor." She turned to face him. "they could have killed my son!" "I know, but this isn't helping." "if we knew exactly where they were, we could drill down to them, maybe rig something to bring them back up." Marco offered. "but drill where?"
Em had an idea, while they were talking he grabbed pongo from the truck, "come on buddy." Pongo ran out quickly and started sniffing. "he is Archie's dog. He found something. This is where they must be." "What is it?" They all started to move the dirt and found something metal. When they moved the metal there was a hole. "what is that?" Em asked. "It's an airshaft." Marco replied.
Henry had his flashlight looking up to see their way out. "I'm really, really, really sorry." Henry appologised. "it's alright." "I just wanted to find proof." "no, it's really alright Henry. I'm sorry too. Look, I don't think your crazy, I just think that you got a very strong mother who's got a clear idea of the path that she wants you to be on and when you step off that, she... she gets scared, and that's natural, but, it is also natural to be free to think the things you wanna think. So, I didn't mean the things that I said, and that I never should have said them." "then, why did you?" "I guess I am just not a very good person. I'm not the man I want to be." As soon as Archie finishes his sentence the elevator starts shaking.
They use a hook and Ruby's car to get the air shaft off, when they look down all they see is darkness. "So, what's next?" Regina questions.
"I think you can be him." Henry says to Archie. "I think you can be a good person. I mean you are Jiminy Cricket." "Henry, Jiminy Cricket was a, uh, was a cricket. And he was a conscience and I hardly think that's me." "but before you said he was a guy, who took a long time to figure out the right thing to do." "that kinda sounds like me." "now it's harder for you, because of the curse, to hear the voice inside of you, to be who you want to be." The elevator shakes again.
"we need someone to lower straight down." Marco began. "or the line will collapse the side of the shaft." "I've got a harness." Graha pitched in. "lower me down." Regina ordered. "oh, no way I'm going." Em argued. "he's my son." Regina said stern. "he's my son too. You have been sitting behind a desk for 10 years. I can do this." He said determined. Regina looked him in the eye and got right in his face, her eyes pleading. "just bring him to me." She spoke soft. Em gave a small smile and walked away to the whole.
Pieces of the mine fell on Henry and Archie while they sat there. "hey," Archie began."can I ask you again?" "ask what?" "why do you think that it is so important that your—your fairy tale theory is true?" Henry just shrugs "I don't know." "give it a shot." "cause, this can't be all there is." "I understand." "and I thought if I found proof... but I didn't find anything." "well, that's not true. I was lost, and you found me, right?" "you mean, you remember?" "no, I-I don't remember, but, I do remember what kind of person I want to be. I just gotta listen harder." The gravel on top of them started to clatter.
"What's that?" Henry asked. "I think that it's a rescue." It was Emmett. "you guys ok?" "ya, were-were ok." "hang on guys. Ok that's good, stop. She says into the walkie talkie. Em opens the top of the elevator shaft and started to help them up. When he got Henry, the elevator shaft started to fall with Archie inside. "Archie!" Both Em and Henry yell. Luckily in time Archie used his umbrella to hook onto Emmett.
When all three got out everyone started clapping, Regina went straight to Henry, Giving him a big hug and smiling. Marco and Archie were embracing as well. When Em got unhooked he ran to Henry and Regina. "you ok bud?" He asked holding Henry's face. Regina then turned around to Archie. "Thank you, Dr. Hopper." "I, uh, have something to say." He pulled from everyone else to talk to her." I'm gonna to continue to treat Henry, and I'm gonna do it my way." "my relief at his safety hasn't changed a thing Dr. Hopper. You will do as I say or you-" "or what? You'll ruin my life? You'll do your worst? Because I will always do my best." "don't test me." "oh, I don't need to, because your gonna leave me alone and let me do my work in peace." "really, why is that?" "because someday, Madam Mayor, you may find yourself in custody battle, and do you know how the court determines who is a fit parent? They consult an expert, particularly one that has treated the child. So I suggest that you think about that and you will allow me to do my work, and let me do it the way my conscience tells me to." Dr. Hopper walks away with pride in himself. Leaving Regina to think.
Em and Henry are on the hood of the car, watching Marco and Archie. "is that, Archie's dad?" "no, they're just old friends." Em nodded and grabbed Henry's hand looking him in the eye. "you really scared me." "I'm sorry." Footsteps were heard coming up to them, it was Geppetto and Archie. "gentlemen." Em greeted. "well, come on, your mom wants to take you home." "hey." Henry said looking at something through the distance. "listen." There were crickets chirping. "crickets." Archie whispered."they're back." Henry stated. "things are changing." He finishes looking at Emmett.
MM was at the hospital dropping off a letter. A letter of resignation.
While everyone was celebrating Regina was hanging around the air shaft. She took out the piece of 'glass' she had and dropped it down, when it went down it landed near a tree trunk. "Regina." She heard her name called and composed herself. Emmett walked over with a charming smile on his face. "you ok?" He asked concerned. "yes, thank you, for getting him back to me." "no problem, I am just glad he is okay." She hummed in agreement. "Mr. S—Emmett thank you, for saving my son, without you he probably wouldn't be here right now." You could see the tears in her eyes ready to leave. Emmett gave her a hug in comfort without thinking. She tensed, after a few seconds she relaxed and gave it back while giving him a small kiss on the cheek. They were both stunned, Regina composed herself, got out of the hug, and called Henry to leave. Emmett just stood there holding his cheek for a few minutes before grinning like an idiot.
Well, what did you think? Have you guys seen the new episodes of season six? They were epic! I don't want to spoil anything for the ones that didn't, but, just know that I think swan queen is close. Do not quote me on that cause I might be wrong, I just have a feeling. I am sorry if some of my chapters are messed up. When I went to go reread them words, letters, and some phrases were missing I am not sure why, so bare with me, and if you know why it is doing that could you let me know? Thank you for reading! Don't forget to pick yall's name as my followers. See ya later!