A Magical Kingdom Mishap

by Snapegirlkmf

A hilarious family vacation to Disney World for the Golds and Archie, including Rumple, Belle, Regina, and Killian, suddenly turns into a sinister mystery the Nevengers must solve as children go missing and strange deaths occur. Sequel to A Second Little Mishap! Rumbelle and Swanfire, plus all new villains and friends! AU, Mishap verse! Rated M for some violent themes.

2. A Birthday To Remember

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~ A Birthday To Remember, Hijinks On Arrival and First Impressions ~

Storybrooke, Maine

Months earlier….

Killian was excited. It was his birthday and he would get to see his friends as children again and he couldn't wait to see what everyone bought him. He jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to his parents room, pounding on the door. "Moooommm, Daaaaad wake up!"

Bae opened one eye and looked at the clock on his nightstand. "He has GOT to be kidding me! It's five o'clock in the morning!"

Emma threw her pillow over her head.

"MOM...DAD...WAKEY WAAAAAKEYYYY!"

"He's loud enough to wake the dead," muttered Emma.

"And he's not gonna quit till we get up either!"

The exhausted parents crawled out of bed knowing they would need at least three cups of coffee before they would be able to keep up with their hyperactive little pirate.

Killian then ran to Henry's room and started pounding on his door. "Henry, wake UUUUUPPPPPP!"

"Holy crap Killian, s'not Christmas!" Henry grouched. Killian opened the door and ran into the room. He crawled up onto Henry's bed and started jumping up and down on the mattress. "Wake up you sleepy head, wake up, get outta bed!" he chanted.

"You get into some sugar or something this morning?"

"It's my birthday! C'mon Henry, get up!" The little pirate smirked. "Or do ya want me to call your grandpa an have him come over here with the ice water?"

"You wouldn't...!"

"Uh-huh!"

"Okay, okay I'm getting up but you wait Killian Gold. When it's MY birthday I'm gonna wake YOU up really early and if you don't get up I'll make Grandpa get you with the ice water!"

Emma shuffled down the hall to the bathroom feeling like she'd swallowed a beach ball. She wasn't nauseated in the mornings as often now as she was in previous months but she still had to use the bathroom often and her back ached constantly.

At least I won't be having this kid in jail and I'm keeping it! she thought. Nor would she be raising it alone. It was going to be hectic with a teenager, an age regressed former pirate and a baby in the house but taking care of him, her in-laws and Regina for a while taught her some of the things to expect from young children...and it was going to be interesting to say the least.

Killian was already downstairs. He grabbed the cordless phone off the charger and dialed Rumple's number, having been taught to do so by Bae and Emma in case he ever needed him if they were sick or hurt.

Gold's Victorian:

Rumple never liked hearing the phone ring early in the morning. It promised nothing but bad news. He reached across the bed and picked up his cellphone.

"HEYYYY RUMPLE. WAKE UPPPPPP!" Killian screamed into the phone and laughed, nearly deafening the sorcerer.

"Killian Gold, have ye lost your wits, dearie? What's the idea of prankin' me in t'wee hours of the mornin' and where's your mum and Bae?"

"Rumple, who is it?" Belle demanded sleepily.

"Our little pirate friend thinking he's being funny!"

"Rumple, it's my birthday! You, Belle n' Regina are comin' over, right?"

"Not right now! I'm not little yet so I need my sleep!"

"Kay, but don't sleep all day or I'm callin ya again!" He hung up.

Rumple sighed. "Well...since I'm up...I may as well stay up!"

Belle fell back to sleep. Rumple scowled. "Oh, thanks a lot sweetheart!"

Mills Mansion:

Like Rumple, Regina never enjoyed hearing the phone ring early in the morning either. It meant the town was having some sort of crisis or something was wrong with Henry. She sat up in bed, waking Robin when she did so and picked up her phone.

"Hello?"

"HEEYYYY GINA! WAKEY WAKEY!" Killian shouted and giggled.

"Killian Gold! Are you out of your mind? Do you know what time it is? Where are Emma and Bae and why are they letting you disturb my sleep!"

"You're still comin to my birthday party, right?"

"I'm gonna be there and when I get small again I'm going to kick your butt!"

"See ya later alligator!" Killian giggled and hung up.

"That kid is crazy," Robin mumbled sleepily.

Regina sighed. "You have no idea."

Archie's Apartment:

It was a rare occasion that the therapist's phone rang early in the morning and it was only a patient or the hospital calling him in an emergency. He grabbed his cellphone off the nightstand.

"Hello?"

"ARCHIE...WAKE UPPPPPP!" Killian Gold sang into the receiver, laughing.

"Killian...it's five in the morning..." he groaned.

"Uh-huh! An you know today's my birthday. You're comin' to my party, right?"

"Yes..."

"Kay. See ya later!" He hung up.

Archie sat up and shook his head. "What have I gotten myself into?"

Emma and Bae made a mad dash for the coffee pot as soon as they got downstairs while their son sat at the table acting completely innocent.

"I cannot believe you did that, Killian! I know you're excited for your birthday party but next time we're sleeping in!" Bae grouched.

"Okay," he sighed, wondering why everyone was so grouchy. They had to get up early to go to work anyway.

He knew he was going to be in some trouble when the others told his parents he'd called and woken them up too.

Snow and David arrived at the house first, spared Killian's early wake-up call because the toddler knew his grandmother was always awake before five anyway.

"Someone's excited for his party," Snow laughed.

"Uh-huh. M'gonna get to see all the Nevengers again!"

"And they'll probably want to kick your butt for waking them up early." Emma said.

"Ah, they'll get over it."

Rumple and Belle got into her Mini to drive over to Bae's house. Belle had gotten her license some weeks before and she wanted to drive this time. Rumple was a little uneasy, but willing to let her do so. After all, practice made perfect.

Her first driving attempt was a bit difficult. She backed into the mailbox and plowed into her roses and a lawn gnome driving too fast and not hitting the brakes soon enough and the brat next door hadn't helped maters by poking fun at her.

But Rumple had fixed her good when she had thrown apples at her and his car. He'd taken her over his knee and paddled her good, though he doubted it had a real effect on her behavior or attitude.

She would surrender both her humanity and her soul to the darkness on her eighteenth birthday and the dagger that represented it if she didn't start learning her lessons.

"Are they here yet?" Killian demanded impatiently. Once in a while he'd run to the window to peek out, disappointed when he didn't see the 'Mafia Car' as he called Rumple's Caddy.

"I'm sure they're coming soon, buddy," Bae told him. He made sure the Happy Birthday Killian sign was taped securely to the drapes.

The first car to pull in was Regina's Mercedes. She got out of the car with her present in her hands and waited outside for Rumple to arrive to transform them and the three of them would go in the house together.

Belle pulled in soon after her, parking the car carefully behind Emma's Bug. "We made it!" she said to Rumple proudly.

"I told you, you could do it, dearie." He reached for his cane and started to get out of the car.

Robin gave Regina a quick kiss. "I guess I'll see you later."

"Only a few more times Robin...then I'm all yours."

"I can still play with you, right?"

"Of course, Roland. You are an honorary Nevenger."

He grinned.

"All right, Rumple. Let's get to it. Killian's waiting."

"Belle, you have the present?"

"Yes."

"Okay, dearies. Time to get small," and he gestured and turned them back into toddlers again.

Archie pulled up just as the adults turned back into their child selves and walked over to the passenger door to let Pongo out.

He had Killian's gift tucked under his arm.

Little Rumple turned around to see the former cricket's green Chevy parked near a fire hydrant. "Hey, Archie. Better move your car, else you're gonna get a ticket for bein' in violation of no parking near a fire hydrant."

"What? Oh damn! Not again!" he groaned.

"Again? Ya mean you've did it before?" the little attorney put his hands on his hips disapprovingly.

"That's what I got the other parking ticket you like to remind me about for."

Rumple sighed. "Better move it for Emma sees. I'll hold Pongo. Here, boy!" he whistled and the Dalmatian trotted over to him, his leash trailing.

Rumple picked it up and petted the dog. "How ya doin?"

I'm good. How about you? the Dalmatian woofed, and licked Rumple's hand.

Archie parked the car behind Regina's Mercedes, making sure he left enough room for Robin to back out. The former outlaw was learning to drive himself and doing worse at it than Belle.

"Doin' okay," Rumple told him. "Gwen says hi."

"HEY GUYS! C'MERE!" Killian shouted.

Rumple giggled. "The Boy Who Lived Twice has spoken." Then he started to limp into the house, with Pongo walking carefully beside him.

Killian jumped off the sofa and ran to the door to let his friends in.

"YAY You're here!" the little pirate exclaimed, hugging Rumple tightly.

"Hey, dearie! You act like you ain't seen me in a month of Sundays." Rumple laughed, and hugged him back.

"Not as the Nevengers!

"Well, I promised we'd be here for your birthday, an' here we are."

"Yep...you're not mad at me for wakin ya up early, are ya?"

"Umm . . .not really. I woke you up plenty of times when we all lived with Bae n' Emma," his friend admitted. "Sides you know I'm usually up early."

"Well I wanna kick your butt!" Regina declared when she walked in with Robin and Roland. "I was tryin to get my beauty sleep!"

Belle giggled. "Happy birthday, Killian! Where shall we put your present?"

"Ummm...gotta ask Mom."

Henry came in to say hello along with Scout, his dog, one of Gwen's pups. "Hi guys! What's up?"

'Hey, Henry!" Rumple high fived him. "Hello, Scout!"

The puppy frisked up to the little boy and almost knocked him down with his enthusiastic greeting.

"Easy, dearie!" Rumple ordered. "Ya almost made me fall. Sit!"

Scout yipped and wagged his tail, then sat, recognizing Rumple's Alpha tone and the fact that the pawnbroker had somewhat trained him before coming to be Henry's pet.

Pongo ran to the door to wait for his master.

Archie came in a short time later and set his gift on the table with the others. "There's our little bundle of energy!" he joked. "Were you up at the crack of dawn?"

"Uh-huh! This is gonna be the best birthday ever!"

He had so few memories of his former life left now that he had a new family. The only ones he kept were of his brother Liam. He still missed him but he had Henry now and the sibling his mother would give him soon.

"It sure is, dearie!" Rumple agreed. He sniffed the air. "What smells so good?"

"Sketti! Mom made it for my birthday dinner!" The little pirate grinned. "An big meatballs cause ya know I like big meatballs 'case zombies come around."

Rumple bared his teeth. "Rrrawwrr! I've come to eat you brains!"

"Noooo...Henry...go get t' meatball! he's gonna get me-eeee!"

Rumple grinned and went to tickle Killian. "Tickle tickle!"

"You're gonna make me pee!" he laughed.

Rumple smirked wickedly. "Ya need a Pull-up?"

"No m'a big kid now!"

"Me too!" Rumple agreed, then he said, "Got any cookies?"

"Ummm, think Mom made some but don't eat Dad's...they suck...he burned em..."

Rumple huffed. "Did he get 'stracted again by kissin' Emma?"

"Nah...he was watchin' Walkin Dead on his tablet thingie in the kitchen. Mom was real mad an yelled at him for almost burnin' the house down."

"An' she should've!" Rumple clucked in disapproval, then ran into the kitchen to get some chocolate chips from a plate there.

Belle sat down on the sofa beside Archie. "Jus' think...in a coupla years you'll be havin' a party for your kid an' we can come too."

"I don't know...maybe..."

"Hey Rumple, don'cha eat all those cookies or I'm telling!" shrilled Regina.

Robin could barely contain his laughter watching his fiancee's child self's antics. It was undoubtedly a preview of what a daughter of theirs would be like.

"Aww, pipe down, dearie!" Rumple yelled back, chocolate all over his face. "I'm not gonna eat 'em all. Not like YOU did the first night we all stayed at Bae's apartment."

"Did not!"

"Uh-huh...'member. I got sick an' puked on ya." Killian reminded her, smirking.

"Yeah AND ya PEED on the FLOOR and I walked in it!" Rumple scowled.

"Ah ya got over it," Killian scoffed.

"It was 'sgusting!" the small sorcerer growled, eating another cookie. "Next time watch where ya aim!"

Henry was laughing so hard he spit out his Mountain Dew...all over Regina!

"Ooops! Soory Mom!"

Regina wiped her face. "Henry! Do ya got a PROBLEM?"

"Ummm...need to learn not to drink or eat anything when you guys are around!" he chuckled.

"What's so funny?" asked Bae, coming into the kitchen.

"Henry spit his Dew out on Gina!" Killian giggled.

"Oh God!" Bae groaned. "Why?"

"Cause they said something funny."

"Do I wanna know?" Bae asked, rolling his eyes.

"Talkin bout how I peed on the floor an how Rumple walked in it."

Bae snickered. "Yeah, I remember that night. Thought I was never gonna get any sleep."

"Oh yeah...well how many times you keep your papa up? Huh?" demanded Regina.

"I never-" Bae began.

"You did so, Baelfire Gold!" Rumple put in. "Once FIVE times in one hour one night 'cause you were afraid of thunder, the dark, the lightning, an' you snuck too many cookies outta the cookie jar and threw up in my bed!"

Bae covered his face with a hand. "How the hell do you remember this stuff?"

"Gross!" Killian exclaimed.

"If YOU hadta clean up puke in the middle o' the night and it took ya almost an hour, you'd never forget it either," Rumple snorted.

Henry almost snorted Mountain Dew out of his nose. "Oh my God! I need to record this on my phone!"

"Quit it ya ain't in a zoo!"

Regina smacked him.

"Oww! Jeez, Mom, chill out!"

Rumple shook his finger at his grandson. "Hey, don't sass your mama, dearie!"

"Okay everybody, time for dinner!" Emma called out.

Killian was having so much fun eating his favorite dish that he ended up spilling some of it all over his clothes. Henry snapped a picture with his phone.

Rumple decided to be a bit of a scamp. "Killian...m'gonna eat your brains...muhahahahaha!"

"Zombie!" The toddler picked up his large meatball and mashed it in the sorcerer's face. "Ha ha! Now you're DEAD MEAT zombie!"

Rumple wiped his face with his hand and licked his fingers. "Mmm! Tasty!" Then he picked up a meatball and chucked it at Killian. "In your FACE, zombie hunter!"

"Boys!"

Regina grabbed a meatball off her plate and threw it at Emma.

"Sneak attack!" she shrilled.

"Oh really, Queenie? Take this!" she catapulted a meatball back at Regina.

Archie started laughing then a meatball came flying at him and splattered sauce all over his glasses.

"Who...? Belle!"

The little beauty was giggling in the chair across from him.

Henry decided to get in on the fun and catapulted a spaghetti and meatball bomb at his dad. "Think fast, Dad! Oh-too slow!" he cheered as the food splattered all over his father's face and dripped down his neck.

"Food fight!" cheered Killian as he threw spaghetti at David and Snow.

Archie wiped of his glasses. "You do this a lot, Belle?" he chuckled.

"Uh-huh…an just think when you gets a girlfriend you can throw pies in her face...then kiss her."

His face was almost the color of the sauce.

David was giggling and threw a piece of bread with butter at his grandson. "Hey, Henry! I eat my bread with the butter side up-or in your face!" he laughed, quoting a famous Dr. Seuss book.

Snow launched another spaghetti bomb at her daughter.

"This reminds me of the time Grumpy started a food fight using my biscuits."

"Because they were like hockey pucks!" David chortled gleefully.

"And tasted like dust," teased Archie.

Snow pretended to glare at them. "Them's fighting words!" she declared, then dumped her plate of spaghetti on David's head. "Nice hair, Nolan!"

Belle stood up on her chair and dumped hers on Archie's head. "Now you gots rasta hair."

Rumple got Killian in a headlock and mashed a meatball in his hair. "Now you're dead meat!" he giggled.

"We're making this a tradition now...birthday and Christmas food fights," Bae laughed.

His sons and father all wore smirks of satisfaction.

Killian seized a ladle and dumped sauce all over Rumple's hair and yelled "Take that, ya saucy brat!"

Then he threw Parmesan cheese on top for some extra fun, warbling, "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"

Snow laughed so hard she nearly choked.

Until her loving husband shoved a meatball down her dress.

"David! You wretch!" she yelped.

"Bet THAT woke you up, hon!" he husband smirked.

"You're all crazy but I like it," Archie exclaimed.

Belle picked up her last meatball and jumped off the chair. She was whistling Beauty and the Beast as she walked around the table to where Rumple was sitting.

"Gots a present for ya..."

"Really, dearie?" He was trying to wipe sauce off his face.

"Yep..."

She shoved the meatball down the back of his pants.

"Try an sit on THAT...dearie!" she giggled.

"BELLE!" he yelped, his eyes wide.

Killian laughed. "Ha, ha now you gots meatball skiddies!"

"Oh...my ...god...that was AWESOME!" Henry exclaimed.

Rumple stood up and banished the meatball, saying, "That was really wicked, dearie! But in a funny way."

"Well, she IS the imp's wife," Bae giggled.

Even though he was no longer the Dark One, his family still called him "the imp" in a teasing sort of way.

Robin and Roland snuck up behind Regina to perform the coup de gras, dumping both of their plates on her.

"Oooh are you gonna get it good..." Regina promised, performing a coup de gras of her own by picking up the pitcher of iced tea sitting in the middle of the table and throwing it on her fiancé and stepson. "Had myself a little TEA PARTY!"

"Hey! I was gonna drink that!" Belle objected.

Bae got the other pitcher out of the fridge.

"Always have to make two because you and Papa drink one all on your own."

"We love our tea," Rumple snickered. Then he looked at the mess and said, cracking his knuckles, "Look at this wreck! Time to clean it up!"

Killian rolled his eyes. "Oooh boy-now he's in Mr. Clean mode. Everybody be prepared-to get disinfected!"

Rumple clapped his hands, and several mops appeared with hands filled with buckets of water and began mopping the floor. Bunches of antibacterial wipes appeared and began washing the table . . .and anyone else that was sporting food and was dirty.

Rumple snapped his fingers twice and the plates and cups floated into the kitchen and the sink began running water and dish detergent and started washing them.

"Can we open my presents now?"

Then he ducked as a wipe zoomed in and tried to scrub his face. "Ahh! Rumple, stop!" he yelped, running away from it. "I don't wanna get disinfected!"

"Oh, stand still, dearie!" the little magician ordered. "It won't kill ya to be clean!" The wipe followed like a heat seeking missile.

"Noo!" Killian wailed and went to hide behind Bae.

"Papa, calm down!" Bae sighed, then muttered, "Damned OCD!" He sputtered as the wipe went and washed his face, which had some sauce on it.

Regina almost fell off her chair giggling.

The wipe dive bombed Killian and began washing him despite his protests.

"If you don't get clean, you're gonna have germs!" Rumple declared.

"And germs are a worse enemy than the Blue Buttcrack!" Henry hooted. He thought it was hilarious. Unless he was on the recieving end of one of his grandpa's white glove cleaning sprees.

Germs were on Rumple's mind as they stepped off the plane in Orlando weeks later.

Killian was remembering how his birthday had been the best ever with his new family and friends. He had one of their gifts, a new crocodile named Tick tucked under his arm while he held his father's hand.

Rumple held Bae's other hand while Regina held Emma's and Belle stayed close to Archie to make certain he didn't look at other girls until they found Selene.

Emma noticed some kind of line forming as they walked down the ramp and into the airport. "What the heck? What are they doing now? Some new security procedure?"

"Looks like it hon," Bae grimaced.

"Aww man!" groaned a little kid ahead of them. "Not more dumb lines! I wanna see Goofy!"

The line moved slowly and all the children were getting impatient.

Rumple shifted from foot to foot and tapped his cane on the floor. "Bae, why's everybody takin' off their shoes AND socks! That's unsanitary!"

Up ahead they could see that before each passenger was allowed to enter the airport, they were being made to remove their jackets, hats, shoes and socks and walk through these funny metal box like things.

"Not putting my bare feet on a dirty floor!" Regina grumbled.

Rumple started getting anxious. "What if we get some kinds disease from walkin' on it?" he fretted.

"A disease?" Now Belle was alarmed.

"An the alien black goo can get ya in your feet too!" Killian cringed.

"Yeah. Like Athlete's foot! Or psoriasis!" Rumple told her.

"Eeww! I'm not havin' no alien babies!" Belle squealed.

"Ma, what if that box is like the transporter on Star Trek and it beams me away?" cried the other boy.

"Where's the aliens Killian?" demanded Regina.

"Oh Danny, I'm sure there's nothing like that going on," his mother sighed. "Look people are coming right out the other side."

"Only looks like it...prolly got the goo in em now!" Killian muttered.

Rumple was still going off about germs. "You could get eczema and what if somebody's sweat touches you an' THEY have a disease?"

"Nasty?" Regina held her nose.

"Ewww an what if they can really see your bones now?" cried Belle.

"Hey, guys, relax!" Henry tried to calm them down. "Look at it this way, it's like an adventure!"

"Some adventure!" Rumple snorted. "Steppin' on some gerny floor where people have walked in their stinking feet!"

"Yeah venture in having alien babies!" Killian added.

"Oh, Lord!" Emma groaned, foreseeing trouble when it was their turn. She wondered about the extra security measures and asked the uniformed policeman she passed about it.

"Nothing to be alarmed about ma'am we just want to ensure the safety of our guests."

"Okay," Emma said, though her gut feeling was that something had happened recently which had caused security to be stepped up, and she wanted to find out what it was. Her trouble radar was tingling like mad.

Detective Carlyle stood off to the side in his regular clothes, a white shirt and jeans. Two more corpses had been discovered that morning and another child vanished from the family's hotel room the night before.

Both corpses bore odd signs of the victims having turned blue and strangled by some means, but nothing could be found that would have obstructed their airway. Toxicology was trying to rule out allergic reactions from anaphylactic shock, but the detective had an eerie feeling these deaths had not been caused by a mere food allergy or bee sting.

The commissioner was getting pressure from the mayor to call in the FBI but Carlyle didn't want the FEDS in here without it being absolutely necessary . . .because they tended to be like bulls in china shops and cause the suspects to go to ground only to resurface weeks or months later and commit the same crimes all over again.

They would waste more time trying to profile the killer than finding it.

And he had a feeling this killer was not your ordinary one . . .this one was smart and canny to have been getting away with his MO for so long.

He was starting to suspect ALL the strange occurrences were linked; the missing children, the murders and now animals were being found dead, their pelts taken.

This almost felt like one of those bad B horror movies with voodoo queens and sacrifices at midnight.

And now another group of potential targets had arrived...

Rumple hung back as they approached the big metal boxes. He didn't like this at all.

"Go on in honey...it won't bite," the attendant said softly.

"Is that floor sanitary?" queried the little pawnbroker. "Do I hafta take my socks off?"

"Yes honey, you do...just for a bit..."

Rumple made a face. "But . . .you could get germs!" he pointed out. "Gross!"

"You have to go in if you want to see Mickey."

"Rum, please don't give them a hard time," Bae pleaded.

His papa was wearing his Stubborner Than Hell face.

"I ain't walkin' on no germy floor an' gettin' Athlete's foot!" he snapped.

"Umm . . .what if they cleaned the floor?" Bae suggested.

Rumple considered. "With this!" and he pulled out a travel packet of antibacterial wipes. "You clean the floor an' I'll go through this machine."

The attendant rolled her eyes. An OCD kid...that was just what she needed!

"Is this kid for real?" grunted her partner. "Maybe you need to get him some therapy!" he guffawed.

"Maybe you need to work on your people skills!" snapped Archie

"Shuddup, Brent!" hissed the woman. "You wanna have that detective on your ass and get fired?"

"There a problem over here?" demanded Carlyle.

"Uh, no, sir. Not really," stammered the attendant.

"Really? Then why does the boy look upset?"

"Uh huh!" Rumple defended. "I want him to wipe the floor so's I don't get some kinda fungus when I walk on it."

"Cause germs are nasty!" Belle spoke up.

"And we don't wanna be possessed by aliens!" Killian added.

"Crazy kids!" grumbled the woman.

"Umm . . .my kids are a little OCD, and my youngest son watches too much sci-fi stuff," Emma apologized.

"Oh it's all right. Now wipe the damned terminal down and get them moving but if I find out you're not checking them carefully you can both look for new jobs...understood?" Carlyle asked sharply.

"Yes, sir," muttered the attendant. "Freaking germophobe kids!"

Carlyle glared at her.

"I don't blame the boy for asking for that. I would too. From now on, that's standard operating procedure, disinfecting the terminals before each guest goes through. Saves us a lot of lawsuits." He smiled at Rumple. "That's a smart boy you've got there."

"Thanks. He's too smart, sometimes, "Bae said, assuming the man was some kind of airport official.

The attendants wanted to duct tape the kid's mouth shut.

The detective chuckled. "I have one just like him at home." He knelt and asked Rumple, "Can I see your cane for a minute, son? I just want to scan it real quick and then you can go into the room, okay?"

Rumple gave him his cane. "Just give it back, cause I need it to walk."

"I will," Carlyle assured him and handed the cane to one attendant to put through the scanner and then handed it back to Rumple. "There you go!"

Belle and Archie were next in line.

Rumple walked through the portal as quickly as he could and immediately asked Bae to pick him up afterwards.

"Okay Belle, are you ready?"

He handed his umbrella to Carlyle to scan.

The attendant was going to send Belle through until Carlyle reminded her to wipe it down first. She was furious and couldn't wait for him to leave.

Belle stepped through the terminal and kept looking down at the floor for the dreaded black goo Killian warned them about, not wanting it to get in her and make her have a nasty alien baby.

She ran to Archie to pick her up as soon as she came out.

"We gotta go make sure Pongo's okay." she reminded him.

"How are you feeling, Pongo?" Rumple asked the Dalmatian.

I don't like flying and I didn't like where I was kept any better.

"Sorry bout that...but we hadta put you there cause you couldn't sit with us."

Ah well...it'll be worth it if I can have my Perdy and Archie can have his mate too.

"We'll find some way to bring this Selene to you so's you can check her out, okay?"

All right and if she's like some of those other idiots he's gone out with, I am biting her.

"Whoa! Hope you don't have to."

"There's supposed to be a shuttle taking us to the hotel," Emma said to Bae.

"Good."

"Oooh what's that?" Killian asked.

He was pointing over at the baggage carousel. "Looks like a merry-go round. Cool!"

He took off before his parents could stop him and climbed up onto the machine.

"Killian Gold, you get down from there now!" Bae cried.

"Wheeeee! Look guys I'm goin for a ride!"

"Ooh! I wanna try!" Regina cried.

"No, no no..." Emma groaned.

She picked up Regina before she could jump on.

"Gotcha!" Bae exclaimed and grabbed Killian. "Don't do that again!"

"But it was fun!" Killian protested.

"Fun? You could have gotten a hand or your foot caught in the belt," Bae scolded. "Now you stay right here by me, young man or else you're getting a swat and time out when we get to the hotel." He ran a hand through his hair and thought, Papa how did you do it?

"M'sorry Dad!" he wailed.

The kids were bored during the ride to the hotel.

"Member how we cruised 'round in the Justice Mobiles on your birthday, Killian?" Rumple asked him.

The little pirate grinned. "Yep."

After Killian opened his gifts, the four toddlers cornered Bae, demanding he get the Justice Mobiles out of the garage.

"We wanna go for a ride!" they cried.

"All right but you stay on the sidewalks...understood?"

"M'drivin'!" Belle informed Rumple.

"No m'drivin!"

"Move over I know how!"

"You've only been driving a few weeks!"

"M'drivin or m'kickin ya ta the curb!"

"What? You'd kick me out over a CAR? Where's your priorities, dearie?"

"I'm kickin ya outta the car smartie!"

She started the car up and sped off down the sidewalk.

"Belle! Watch out for the 'lectrical box!"

She swerved to the right.

"Told ya I can drive!"

Rumple covered his eyes. "Oh my GOD! Watch out for the tree!"

Belle swerved around the little sapling. "M'fine! Relax!"

"Relax? You're goin' t'hit Mrs. Peabody's mailbox if you don't watch the road!" Rumple yelled, and limped after her. "I toldja I shoulda drove!"

Killian and Regina followed them. "Ya need a lift, Rumple?" Regina asked, stopping beside him.

Both of them were laughing.

Belle stuck her tongue out. "Ha! You watch Mister Smartie! I can drive!"

"Yeah, drive me nuts! C'mere and pick me up! I'm drivin back!"

"No way Jose!" Belle singsonged.

Rumple facepalmed himself. "You're gonna drive me to drink, dearie! And I don't even LIKE alcohol!"

Some older kids, around seven or eight, were skateboarding down the sidewalk. "Ooh, look at the kiddies in their little cars!" They began skating in front of them. "Look out, babies! Don't wanna crash, do ya?"

"Don't be a butthole, Matt!" snapped Killian. One of them was a kid who lived across the street. "Get outta the way!"

"Make me!" Matt challenged.

"How bout we play skater polo!" shrilled Regina.

Rumple was cranky. "Move your butt, dearie! Or lose it!"

"Oh, you and what army, Tiny Tim?"

Regina hummed the theme from Jaws and sped up.

"M'gonna ram him!"

The front of the Power Wheels now had angry eyes and fangs.

"Say hello to our little friend!" hooted Killian.

"Ya gots a choice jerk...ya move or I send ya ta China!" Regina yelled at Matt.

The Power Wheels transformed into a shark mobile.

Matt screamed, picked up his skateboard and took off.

His companion sneered at Belle. "What about you, lil baby? You gonna go cry to your mama!" He gave her the finger.

She smirked and drove past him, running over his feet.

"That answer your question, smartie?"

Rumple ran up and whacked him in the butt with his cane. "Learn some manners, butthole! B'fore I teach ya some with my cane of doom!"

"Owwww! Owww! You guys are nuts!"

"Nope, we're the Nevegers an don't you forget it!" shouted Killian.

Back on the shuttle to the hotel they all laughed as they remember that day.

"We there yet?" Regina demanded impatiently.

"No and don't start that!" Bae cautioned.

"But were bored Bae an we wanna see The Disney stuff!" Rumple complained.

"We'll be there soon, just sit tight."

Downtown Orlando:

"Come along Perdy," Selene Paddington said. The Dalmatian jumped off the sofa and ran over to the front door, pulling her lead off the wall with her teeth and depositing it at her mistress's feet.

She loved going for their walks before her mistress had to leave for her job and her mistress seemed more upset lately than she had been before. Perdy laid the blame at the feet of the man Selene had just broken up with and shed never liked him, tempted to bite him a few times when he treated Selene badly.

She hated seeing her mistress unhappy and hoped one day she would find a mate...and she could find her Pongo.

Selene seemed to spend a great deal of time looking at pictures of men on the computer...an online dating service Perdy heard Selene's mother call it. Perdy didn't care much for Carla Paddington either. The woman never gave her daughter a moment's peace.

Also adding to Selene's distress were the stories of animals being murdered for their pelts. She loved animals and wanted those responsible caught and punished and was now afraid to let Perdy at home while she worked. She was able to take her to the shelter but not to the Magic Kingdom where she worked as a tour guide.

"Nothing, Perdy. I've written him and heard nothing. At the very least he could just send me a note telling me to bugger off instead of just ignoring me altogether!"

"Woof?" Perdy barked, confused.

They sat down on a bench in the park.

"He sounded so perfect...he lives rather far away but he's what I'm looking for...doesn't drink, doesn't smoke and he has a Dalmatian named Pongo."

Perdy's ears perked up. "At first I thought it was some sort of joke but there was a picture of them...not a Photoshop piece of work like the rest of the lot."

She sighed. "But nothing...no emails back...no phone calls just nothing!"

Perdy whined.

"Maybe Mum's right and I should just stop looking."

Perdy growled.

They walked back to the apartment in silence.

Perdy wanted to know who the man was that upset her mistress this time because she would give him a bite on his backside that would make it hard for him to sit for a week!

Disney:

"Okay guys, we're here!" Emma announced.

The kids were anxious to go to Disney World but Emma was exhausted from the trip and wanted to take a nap first.

"Awwww we don't need a nap!"

"Mom why don't you let Dad take us to the park and you can sleep?" Henry suggested.

"Because I want us to go together and we need to get unpacked first."

"Awww!"

Emma was beginning to wish they'd taken the trip earlier. She was going to need all her energy to keep up with five kids even if Bae and Archie were there to help out!

"You better not snore Killian an no fartin or m'kickin ya outta the bed an you can sleep with Henry!" Rumple warned.

"Hey when ya gotta do it, ya gotta do it!" Killian smirked.

"Then I'm wearin' a gas mask, dearie!"

"Yeah like you don't do it! Gimme a break!"

Henry laughed.

"Okay boys settle down and let's get this stuff put away," Bae said.

Across the hall Archie was helping the girls unpack.

"Okay bookworm, here's the deal...no reading in your sleep!" Regina said to Belle.

"Yeah well I don't wanna wake up in drool neither!" Belle retorted.

Archie laughed.

"Not funny! It's 'gusting!"

Regina gave her an Evil Queen glare. "Keep it up an I'll fart too!"

"Ewwwww! Nasty!"

"Come on, enough of that," Archie scolded gently.

It wasn't long after they unpacked that the kids were all complaining of being tired and needed a nap after all. It was still early in the morning and they would have the rest of the day to start their tour.

Thankfully they were able to book a suite for their stay charged to Rumple's Black AmEx. He insisted on it, thinking a deluxe suite would be much cleaner than standard rooms.

Before he got into bed he turned all the lights off in the room and closed the curtains.

"What're ya doing?" Killian inquired.

"Gotta check an make sure this place is really clean!"

"You gonna use that light thingie?"

"Yup!"

He conjured a special UV light and pointed it to the beds, scowling when it revealed a stain on one of the pillow cases.

"Germs!" he screeched and waved his hand over it to clean it.

"Ya see any more?"

"M'lookin."

"Better look for black goo too."

After he inspected their room and declared it germ free he went across the hall to Belle and Regina's room.

There were a few spots on the bed and pillows that he needed to clean and continued his inspection in the bathroom, cringing in horror at all the lighted areas around the shower and toilet.

"Gross!" he moaned.

He conjured a small brigade of cleaning supplies that attacked the dirty bathroom with a vengeance.

He then marched down to Emma and Bae's room with his cleaning army at his heels.

"Ummm...Rumple...what're you doing?"

"Emma can't take a nap till I 'spect the room for germs!"

"It looks clean to me..."

"Oh ya think? I don't dearie!"

"Rumple c'mon I'm tired!" Emma groaned.

"Yeah well you're not sleepin in germs! Bad for you an the baby!"

They decided it was wiser to humor him. Fortunately he didn't find anything in their room or Archie's and they were all able to lie down for a nap.

Rumple was awakened sometime later hearing Killian snoring.

"Awww quit it!" he grouched.

He threw his pillow at the other boy.

Killian kept right on snoring.

Rumple stuck his pillow over his head. "Ya know, you could cut wood with that!"

Henry woke up to use the bathroom. "Holy crap! He is loud!"

Riiiiipppp!

"Awww you butthole!"

Henry came out of the bathroom and pulled his shirt up over his nose. "What died in here?!"

A gas mask appeared on Rumple's face. "Ask Mr. Stinky Butt!"

"That's worse than the time Scout farted after eating baked beans!" the other boy groaned. "Got an extra one of those, Rumple?"

Rumple gestured and another mask appeared on Henry's face.

The little pirate slept on, oblivious to it all.

Rumple turned over and tugged his blanket over himself. Then he huffed and tried to get some sleep.

Archie woke up first after Pongo jumped on the bed to let him know he needed to go outside.

"Okay boy...but quiet...we don't want to wake everyone else up!"

Bae slipped out of bed an hour later to go purchase some snacks for everyone and pick up a few maps of the city, frowning when he noticed that there seemed to be police and security guards everywhere he looked.

Something's up, he thought and grabbed a newspaper. Making him even more suspicious, he spotted that same man from the airport in their hotel.

A police officer walked up to him and whispered something in his ear that seemed to upset him and the two men ran outside.

Bae sat down at one of the tables and opened the newspaper. On the front page were three disturbing stories about a series of unexplained deaths, a child going missing and animals being killed for their pelts.

He raced back to the hotel suite to tell Emma. They were going to have to be careful. Orlando it seemed, was not as safe as they thought.

"Em! Em! Wake up!" bae cried, shaking her shoulder.

"Huh? Bae, go 'way! M' tired! I just fell asleep after puking again!"

"You have to read this Em!" he said urgently, thrusting the newspaper at her.

"Godsake, Bae!" she growled and took the paper. "What is it? A sale on all the Disney princesses? Christmas isn;t till next year!"

Then she began to read and suddenly was wide awake. "God! I don't believe this! No wonder they had beefed up security measures at the airport!"

"Why the hell aren't the feds here? They've got a freakin serial killer running loose?!"

"Maybe they are here and we don't know it? That guy we talked to . . .he seemed to be someone with some clout. Maybe he's a Fed?"

"I sure as hell hope so! But...just in case I'm going to ask Papa to turn back into an adult long enough to talk to him about it."

"Baelfire . . .we're supposed to be here on vacation," Emma reminded him. "Not trying to solve crimes. Let's just lie low for awhile and if anything tries to hurt the kids, then we act. I don't want to be accused of butting our noses in where we're not wanted. Feds can be touchy if they think somebody's questioning them too much about things they're trying to keep under the radar."

"Okay but I don't like it...not one bit."

"I don't either. But this isn't our town and not our place to go butting in. They could have us arrested if they think we're asking too many questions. And the last thing I want is to have another kid in jail."

He sighed. "We'll just have to make sure to keep an eye on the kids at all times."

"Right. Speaking of them, where are they? Still asleep?"

"Yeah, let's go wake em up."

"Okay."

It was so humid out that Archie's shirt was drenched in sweat by the time he and Pongo got back to the hotel.

Archie was still in the shower when he heard a frantic pounding on the door. "Hey Archie can ya hurry up! I gotta pee!" shrilled Regina.

"I'll be right out!" he called back.

"Yeah well make it like yesterday cause I don't wanna pee myself!"

He stepped out of the shower and searched for his robe but he couldn't see it or anything else well enough without his glasses.

Regina pounded harder. "C'mon hurry up can feel it getting ready ta come out an if I pee myself m'gonna make ya a bug again!"

"Oh gods...I'm coming out!" he cried and grabbed a towel to wrap around him.

As soon as he opened the bathroom door Regina gave him an Evil Queen glare. "Took ya long 'nough!" she barked, giving him a shove and slammed the door behind her.

He sat down on the sofa while he waited to go back in the bathroom to get his glasses and clothes. Rumple and Belle came out of one of the bedrooms.

"Why you half naked?" Rumple asked.

"That's my Belle towel. Why you wearing my Belle towel?" demanded Belle.

"Ummm...Regina had to use the bathroom and..." His face flushed with embarrassment. The last thing he wanted to be doing was parading around half naked when there were kids in the room.

"Why didn'cha put a robe on?" Rumple frowned.

"I ahhh...couldn't see it," he admitted.

"So you're kinda blind without your glasses?"

"Ummm...something like that."

"An slow!" Regina snapped from the doorway. "Yous lucky I made it cause if I havta start wearing Pull Ups again cause you take too long getting a bath, m'gonna turn ya into a bug!"

Archie feared he was going to be the one needing therapy by the time this vacation was over!

"What's going on here?" Bae asked and started laughing. "Archie! Really? A Belle towel?"

"It's MY towel!" Belle cried indignantly.

"Oh for the gods' sake it was the first thing I could find! I can't see that good without my glasses, you know and I have the queen over there pounding on the door!"

Bae started laughing. "Welcome to the nut house!"

"Yes...well...I'll go get dressed now!"

"An' make sure ya fold my towel!" Belle instructed.

"What do you think I am...a slob?" came the response through the bathroom door.

"Yep...he's gonna wanna check himself inta the nuthouse with the nuts," Killian chuckled.

"Nuh-uh...he's gotta learn how ta deal with kids 'case he n'Selene have one," Belle whispered.

"If we find her," Henry mumbled.

"Oh, we will, dearie," Rumple assured him. "True love always finds a way."

The kids were singing "It's a Small World during the ride to the park and cheered when they saw the entrance.

"Walt Disney World: Where Dreams Come True!" Belle read.

The kids jumped out of the car as soon as they parked. Bae whistled loudly, bringing them all to a halt. "Buddy system! Everybody pair up and no wandering off. Understand?"

"Okay Bae," Rumple said and took Henry's hand, allowing Killian to take his father's. Regina stayed by Emma as she always did while Belle continued to be Archie's constant companion and he actually didn't mind it until she started talking about getting him a girlfriend.

They were greeted to a song and dance extravaganza as soon as they walked through the front entrance to the Magic Kingdom since they were among the first guests to arrive at the park as it was about to open.

"Emma! Lookit! There's Mickey an Donald….Alice, the Rabbit…an Jasmine!" Regina cried, pointing at each of the characters as they waved down at the crowd.

"Where's Belle n' the Beast? I wanna see Belle n' the Beast!" Belle pouted.

"We'll see them later honey," Archie said soothingly.

"I wanna see them now!"

"Aww pipe down an wait for it!" Regina grouched.

Belle glared at her. "Well that's who I came to see so shut up!"

"Girls! Enough!" Emma said sternly.

Bae handed the camera to Archie to take a picture of all of them standing in front of the train station entrance. Killian smirked as he stood beside Rumple and gave him bunny ears.

"Cut it out!"

"Archie, take another one. No bunny ears this time Killian and smile," Bae ordered.

The former cricket chuckled and snapped another picture for the Nevenger adventures album.

"Okay…your turn…get in there beside Emma." Bae took the camera and snapped another picture with Archie posing with Emma and the kids.

While they were walking through Main Street they spotted Mickey Mouse posing for pictures with several children.

Emma stopped at a balloon vendor and purchased some balloons for the children to carry.

"You okay, hon?" Bae asked her.

"Yeah."

"Oooh there's a toy store. C'mon Dad, let's go in!" Killian cried and started pulling his father toward a toy shop. Emma looked down at her map. The shop wasn't listed among the sites.

"Must've been put up after they already published the maps," she mumbled.

She felt a chill go down her spine the minute she walked into the toy store. An elderly man stepped out from behind the counter and smiled at the group. The children backed away from him and clung to the adults.

"There's no need to be frightened," the man said in a distinctly Russian accent. "Come...see what magnificent toys I have for sale..."

Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly, Emma thought.

"This store isn't on our map...why is that?" Emma asked him.

"I've just opened," he replied. He took a doll down off one of the shelves and showed it to Belle and Regina. "Isn't this a lovely doll?" he asked them.

"Ummm...yeah..." Regina mumbled, not wanting to be rude but the man gave her the creeps. Belle hid behind Archie.

Rumple stepped forward, trying to be brave but his heart was pounding. There was something strange about this shop and the man who operated it but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Ummm...do you make all this stuff yourself?" he asked.

"Most of it, yes." He handed the small sorcerer a toy soldier.

"Henry...I don't wanna stay in here anymore..." Killian whispered to his brother.

"Me neither. Dad...we're umm...gonna go outside."

"Okay but you stay right outside the shop, understand?"

Henry took Killian's hand and they went outside. "There's something weird about that guy. You feel it too huh?" Henry asked the toddler.

"Uh-huh. Kinda reminds me of Rumple's dick dad…ya know how Rumple usta say he'd be real nice to ya then con ya outta your money or whatever?"

"I'm not going in there again."

"Me neither. Hope they come out real soon 'fore that creepy guy tries to rob 'em or something."

Inside the shop, the owner glanced down at Emma's swollen belly. "Ah…..you're expecting. Perhaps you'd like to buy a gift for your little one?"

"Ummm…maybe some other time."

"Archie….I wanna go see Beauty an the Beast now…" Belle whimpered.

"I guess we'll be going now..." Emma said. She grabbed Regina's hand and the group left the shop, all of them still feeling uneasy.

"Mom, there's something weird about that guy. Did you feel it?"

"I felt like someone walked over my grave Henry."

"It's probably nothing you guys," Bae tried to reassure them.

"S'not nothing," protested his father. "Were we wrong 'bout the bad Santa? Nuh-uh!"

"Didn't you feel weird, Archie?" Belle asked him.

"A little," he confessed, the man reminding him a bit of his own con artist father.

"Belle, look there's the librarian!" Rumple whispered to her pointing to where Selene Paddington was sitting eating her breakfast.

She grinned.

"It's showtime, dearie!"

She walked over to Archie while the others hung back with Bae and Emma.

"Archie, I wanna ice tea." she said.

"Ummm...okay ...but don't you think you should ask if the others want anything first?"

"They're fine, let's go!"

"Wait a minute...Belle..." he protested.

She practically dragged him down the street, keeping a firm eye on Selene Paddington and quickened her pace when she saw the woman get up from the bench and start walking in their direction.

"Belle...slow down!"

The others watched with their fingers crossed behind their backs.

"Belle!" Archie cried, trying to keep up with the little girl while she pulled him through the crowd. Selene Paddington was walking toward them but something distracted her and she and Archie collided, their glasses falling off their faces.

The two adults kneeled on the ground searching for their glasses and accidently grabbed the wrong pairs.

"These aren't mine!" Archie exclaimed. The prescription was so weak he could barely see.

"Bloody hell! Whoever owns these is as blind as a bat!" Selene Paddington exclaimed.

She took them off and gazed into the brightest blue eyes she'd ever seen and a very familiar face.

"These must be...it's you!" she gasped.

Belle gave her friends the thumbs up.

"Way ta go dearie!" Rumple cheered.

"I'm sorry...have we met before?" Archie asked nervously, unable to take his eyes off the lady in front of him.

"You don't remember me? I emailed you a week ago but you never answered me!"

"There must be some mistake...I don't own a computer. I wouldn't even begin to know how to use one."

"Uh oh..." Belle muttered under her breath.

"Well if you weren't interested the least you could do is just say so and not feed me a line of bollocks!" Selene snapped.

"A line of...Miss, I have no idea what you're talking about so would you please explain it to me?"

She glared at him. "Paddington! Selene Paddington! ! You have a profile there or did someone bop you over the head with that umbrella you carry and knock your brains out along with your memory?"

"Oh no!" he groaned. "They didn't! You didn't?" he demanded of Belle.

"Yup!" she declared proudly.

"Miss Paddington...ummm...I didn't put that profile online...my friend's kids did..."

"Uh-huh!" Belle said.

"Well...this is a bit embarrassing, isn't it?" Selene said nervously when she got to her feet.

At first she thought it best if she walked away before she embarrassed herself any further but she had to admit that Doctor Hopper looked more handsome in person and spoke with the softest voice she'd ever heard.

"And you've got some explaining to do, Belle Gold..." Archie said to the smirking toddler.

"So...ahhh...should we just...forget this ever happened and move on?" Selena stammered.

"No!" Belle cried. "Archie, talk to her!" The toddler gave him a small shove in Selene's direction.

"What's going on over here?" Bae asked approaching them with the others in tow.

"You might want to ask your oldest son that question, Bae," Archie replied.

"Henry...what did you do now?"

"Apparently this lot put Doctor Hopper's profile on without asking and I sent him an email thinking he wanted to meet me but he never answered me. Now I know why," Selene explained.

"Henry!" Emma exclaimed.

"Yeah, well you need a girlfriend!" Killian said, pointing at Archie and winking at Selene. "Ya know...he doesn't smoke, do reefers, drink an he's got a good job. Not a deadbeat."

"An he's got no priors...'cept that parking ticket." added Rumple.

Archie facepalmed himself.

Selene laughed. "You sounded like a police officer, lad."

"Oooh she gots a English accent!" Regina exclaimed.

"M' gonna be a lawyer when I grow up!" Rumple stated. "So's I gotta learn to talk like one."

"Well you do it rather well."

Rumple beamed happily.

"Do you really gots a Dalmatian named Perdy?" Belle inquired.

"Yes...yes I do."

"Cool. Archie's got one named Pongo. Yous like Roger n Anita in 101 Dalmatians!"

"You honestly do?" Selene asked him.

"You have one named Perdy?" he inquired.

They stared at each other.

"Well...ahhh...I've always loved the movie," Selene said softly.

"An do ya work at a pet shelter?" Belle inquired.

"I do, but always make sure it's a no kill shelter first."

"How come ya talk like yous from England?" Regina asked.

"Why don't we all sit down...my back is killing me!" Emma grumbled.

"Well...I grew up outside of London, hence my accent but Mum moved us here when I was still in high school," Selene was saying when they sat down at a table.

She was dreading what her mother would say now that she met Doctor Hopper. She suggested her daughter not try to date someone who was a primary target for the fashion police.

"Henry I can't believe you did that," Emma scolded her son.

"So...are all these children yours?" Selene asked Bae.

"Yeah...This is Henry...Rumple, Regina, Killian and Belle."

"Rumple? As in Rumplestiltskin? You must love fairy tales."

"We ahh...kinda do."

"Oh."

She didn't...nor did she believe all the hype that came out of that den of fantasy she worked in. it gave children the impression that life was a fairy tale and that only the pretty people got everything.

Or that you had to be perfectly good and proper and selfless to ever get anywhere and only then would everything fall into place.

While the children saw the smiles the actors playing the Disney characters put on and sang the beautiful songs she knew what the truth was after the park closed. Their current Ariel was the worst airhead she'd even seen, Belle was a cheating bitch who stole many boyfriends including Selene's last one. Their Snow White was not so Snow White...she was known as the little engine that pulled the train around Orlando. She didn't want to get started on the 'Prince Charmings'. Gaston was more interested in the Beast than Belle which she couldn't blame him for.

Archie noticed a change in Selene's demeanor when the discussion turned to fairy tales.

"I don't...read them that often...I'm geared more toward the movies that are a bit more...realistic."

"Are ya workin today?" Killian asked her.

"Later on."

"Cool! Then you can hang out with us!" Belle said, leaving no room for argument.

"Belle, I'm sure she has other plans."

"C'mon Archie! How you gonna get to know each other if you don't see each other?" she prodded.

"Belle, enough!" Emma warned.

"I don't have any other plans...and now that you're ahhh...here...Doctor Hopper...I suppose…"

"Archie," he corrected with a smile. They'd gotten off on the wrong foot but he wanted to get to know her better.

The Nevengers elbowed each other.

"All right Archie...I'll spend the afternoon with you...if you don't mind that is?" Selene asked Bae and Emma.

"It's fine."

"Yay!" the kids cheered. Operation" Find Archie a Date was going well and now they had to concentrate on Operation: Get Him Married.

Meanwhile on the other side of the park two people gazed into a scrying globe.

"One of them is with child...the other three; their magic is not of this world," the man said.

"And...if that clumsy ox she met does have a Dalmatian that can mate with that worthless mutt of hers...I'll have a new puppy coat," a woman said gleefully.

And more corpse dust when she took the bones of the child the other woman carried in her belly.

"It seems Selene actually can do something useful after all."

They would use the silly girl's budding romance with that clumsy fool to bring the ones they needed to them.

A/N: Hope you all liked Killian's birthday, since that was requested by someone and the drving the Justice Mobiles. Who knows the name of the Dr. Seuss book David referred to during the food fight? Who wants to take a guess at who the bad guys are in this fic? Hint-they've not been on the show.