AN: While doing some research for this story I found out that Valkyries are called Swan Maidens in some stories, and actually turn into Swans while on earth. Just a fun fact I thought to share. Also I am going to focus solely on this story for a while. I am upset with all the Once drama.

They had been in the old world for 2 years. In that short time, Emma had fought her fair share of Ogres, angry hordes, evil witches, and even a vampire or two. She had defended her parents Castle more times then she could count. Emma was the White Knight after all. This was what her parents wanted, to restore the things they had lost, to go back to being the King and Queen. Emma never seemed to have enough time for Henry, with all the matters of court and wars waged by her parents.

Emma Swan's life had always been tough, but being the White Knight was the hardest thing she had ever done. Sure, she allowed herself to take on the role of daughter, wife, and mother. However, life in the Charming Court was anything but the fairy tale her parents promised. She found herself growing weary and wishing she could be back in Boston or LA, hell she would even rather be in Tallahassee. She did not sign up to be the perfect princess. She may have been born a royal but years alone and growing up in the system took their toll. She could not be the person everyone wanted.

Henry expected her to be a hero, and save everyone. Snow wanted her to be a perfect dress-wearing princess. David treated her like the child he wanted her to be. Neal still acted as if they were 18 and no time had passed. Everyone wanted and expected something different from her.

Neal was as far from prince charming as you could get. Emma found herself loving the idea of him, much better than the actual person. 10 years changed her more than she realized. Neil was not what she wanted or needed and no matter what anyone told her, this was not her happy ending. She was not happy, Neil was not happy, and Henry was miserable; the boy Emma met years earlier was gone, replaced with a dejected lonely teen. Her son missed Regina. As time progressed, Henry only became angrier that everyone decided to leave the woman who raised him in Story Brooke.

Henry hated the idea of his mother being the Evil Queen of Fairy Tale Land. He wanted the curse broken more than anyone. He was Emma's strongest ally, and for a time he hated Regina. He had every right to be angry that Regina, his real mother lied to him. Henry never fully realized the consequences of breaking the curse. He never knew that an entire town would hunt her down and try to kill her. Nor did he ever think Emma would actually keep them apart. Heroes were not that vindictive and petty.

No only Evil Queens would do such things. Regina hated Emma but never forced Emma out of his life. Regina was mean and pushy and perhaps a little over protective, but he still saw Emma whenever he wanted. Granted it was always on Regina's terms. As time progressed, he realized why Regina was such a control freak. He found her old diary and realized just how out of control his mother's life was. Cora controlled everything she had ever done. Then she was forced to marry his grandfather, who locked her in her chambers, whenever she displeased him. Some of things she wrote in her diary where so terrible, it left him happy she finally killed the man.

Henry spent the majority of his time with servants. Snow and Charming were busy rebuilding the broken kingdom. Emma and Neil, were always gone defending the Charming's lands from whatever new impending doom befell the Enchanted Forest. Those were the hardest days for the Henry. He felt so lost and completely alone. Henry wished he had let Emma eat the stupid Apple. Then the curse would have never been broken. He would still be with his Mother. He did not even care if she never let him have anything sweet again. He wanted the person who tucked him into bed every night, read him stories and made him want to be a good person. The same person who ran a whole town and made it home in time to make him dinner and check his homework. Surrounded by the 'good guys' left him wanting to be anything but the hero.

Things only got worse when he overheard a conversation between Snow and David. How Cora really died. Emma had told him the G rated version. She glossed over the fact that Snow tricked Regina in to killing Cora. All Emma told him was that they stopped Cora and saved his grandfather in the process but nothing more. When he found out what Snow had done, it made him sick.

Henry was too young to attend affairs of Court and no one would let him pick up a sword. If everything wasn't so crazy and if her world wasn't falling apart around her, Emma might have noticed how sad and depressed her son had become. Being the Hero everyone demanded took its toll on their relationship.

This was supposed to be a second chance. To finally be the family they all had always dreamed of, the family they would have had if not for the curse. Yet this new - old world wasn't everything that was promised and truth be told Emma missed Story Brooke far more than she had ever missed anything. It was her home and deep down she wished she never left.

Sure, she would have had to deal with her enemy for the rest of her life. Henry would never really be all of hers yet she found herself missing all of it. Hell, she even missed her battles with the fallen Queen far more than she could ever admit to anyone.

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"This is all your fault." Emma screamed at Neil.

"My fault, how can this be my fault?"

"You were supposed to control him."

"How was I supposed to do that, you know as well as I do that there is no controlling my father. If anything this is your parent's fault."

"How is this my parents fault?"

"I said he shouldn't be allowed to come back with us, but no. Your Mom and Dad wanted to be one big happy family. "

"My parents only did it because they thought it would make you happy."

"Well great now, my father is on a rampage and our son is missing this is just great." Neil yelled pacing back and forth. "What are we supposed to do, save everyone or find our son?"

"I am done being the hero; I am going to go find my son with or without your help."

"What about all the people who are going to get hurt. He has your parents Em."

"They would understand, I have to find him."

"Emma, you know he is safe, even if he is with her."

"I don't care, I have to make sure."

"So you're going to let your own parents die, just to drag Henry back here."

"This has nothing to do with Regina."

"It has everything to do with her. You're just scared he loves her more than he loves you."

"How can you say that? Your father let you fall through a portal and you had to grow up lost and alone. I am not going to let my son end up like us."

"Emma I need you, please I can't save them by myself. Once we stop my father then we will go get our son together." Neil put his hands on Emma shoulders and looked her in the eye. "He is our son he will be ok. You will never forgive yourself if you let your parents die."

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"Kenzi, I find this whole thing highly inappropriate."

"Come on G, you can do this I believe in you." Regina rolled her eyes at the little pet name Kenzi used. If anyone else called her something so informal she might have yelled or at the very least glared angrily, but for some reason the tiny woman had wormed into the witches heart.

"I am going to regret this aren't I?" Kenzi shrugged and pulled the brown-haired woman along. "Don't you think we should at the very least inform our house mate that we will be disappearing for over a week?"

"Leave your phone so they can't track us. No one can know, especially Tamsin. We are on official business of the Ash. Besides, Miss Crabby Cop will not even notice, she is working on some case with Dyson. 'Very important cop stuff.' " Kenzi failed at a terrible impersonation of Tamsin. "I doubt she will even come home this week. When she is really focused on her target she sleeps at the station or in her truck."

"I think it is irresponsible and disrespectful."

"We have to keep this whole thing under wraps, Tammy is Dark Fae. She can't know anything about this." Regina took a deep breath and fallowed behind Kenzi. No would ever believe in a million years that the fallen Queen would be trailing behind a succubus and her best friend would be a thief.

"I have a horrible feeling about this." Bo's new impromptu mission had the trio playing a very serious game of cat and mouse trying to save Hale's little sister. The Morrigan couldn't put an end to the Ash by destroying his creditability then she would do it by destroying his family.

"You have powerful magic and Bo's here what could possibly go wrong."

"When people say things like that something usually always goes wrong."

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Tamsin and Henry found the apartment Empty. "I don't know where they are." Pulling out her phone, she dialed Kenzi and then Regina. Neither answered their phones.

"My Mom lives here?" Henry stood staring at the old run down apartment.

"Yeah she lives with me and my roommate."

"No way."

Tamsin shrugged, "Yeah she has for a while."

"She lives here in this tiny apartment with two other people."

"Yeah."

"My Mom hates sharing." Tamsin just smiled, the boy looked truly confused. "No, offence but it's kind of messy, my Mom has OCD." Tamsin put her arm on the boys shoulder. "Like, really bad OCD. She used to freak out, whenever the mansion was even a little dirty."

"When I met, your Mom…" Tamsin took a deep breath. She tried for a few moments to find the right words to explain what had transpired the last few months, but her word failed her.

"She was sad and upset when you met, huh."

"Yeah."

"It's my fault."

"Look, I don't…"

"It's my fault, I broke her heart." Tears started forming in the boys eyes. Tamsin stood just staring at Henry. The Valkyrie had no idea how to respond to his pain. She spent the grand majority of her time avoiding feeling anything. Now a crying child stood in front of her and she had absolutely no idea what to do. He is not just any child. He is Regina's child. Kenzi would bounce up and down until the child smiled or do some other crazy thing. Tamsin scratched the back of her neck, she wasn't going to bounce. She was completely unprepared for this. Valkyries do not comfort crying children. They wage and win wars. They do not comfort, ever. "No one understands." Henry started rubbing the tears streaming down the side of his face.

Henry made the decision for her wrapping his arms around her waist. Tamsin stood as still as a statue, her arms lifted high in the air. Tamsin did her best to wiggle from the boys grip without upsetting him. She failed and he just held on tighter. "I am going to make it up to her. I am going to be the best son." Hearing the boy's deceleration caused something to shift inside the Valkyrie. She lowered her arms. Tamsin put one on Henry's back and the other on the top of his head. Tamsin brushed the shaggy brown hair out of Henry's eyes. "If there is one thing I have learned about your Mom is that she loves you no matter what. Whatever happened between you, she doesn't care, you are her happy ending."

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Tamsin paced around her apartment while Henry helped himself to the contents in the fridge. Several calls later, and still no response from anyone, Tamsin decided to drive to Bo's and Lauren's home. She beat on the door until the Lauren answered. Tamsin pushed past the doctor and stormed into the apartment.

"Can I help you?"

"Meet Henry."

"Hi,"

"This is Regina's son."

"Nice to finally meet you, I have heard so many stories." Tamsin frowned at the doctor for a second and then Henry looked up at her and she put on a fake smile for him.

"I need to speak to you in private." Tamsin pulled the Doctor into the Kitchen.

"She told you about him." Tamsin whispered. "She doesn't even like you."

"Regina baby sits Junior three times a week. Yes we have discussed her only child a time or two."

"Where are they?"

" Who?"

"Not even in the mood."

"I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"It's a matter of life and death." Lauren held up her hands. "That's all I know."

"Cause I run my mouth so much."

"Look, I don't know any of the details only that it's a matter of life a death. That's all Bo told me before she hung up."

"No one thought to include me." Tamsin yelled, and Lauren rolled her eyes.

"Do you know how many missions my wife goes on that she doesn't tell you about? I didn't know we were supposed to inform you of every detail of our lives."

"I get your point." Tamsin crossed her arms and growled. "Usually Regina doesn't tag along."

"I am sorry, I was unaware you finally told her how you felt and started dating."

"It's rude, not to tell someone you're going to be gone for a few days."

"You big scary Valkyrie worried about someone." Lauren giggled. "I never thought I would see the day."

"Shut up" Tamsin hissed. "What am I going to do with the kid?"

"Take him home."

"I would if I could, but he won't tell me where he lives; he wants to see his Mom. Besides it would crush Regina if she knew he was here and she didn't get a chance to see him."

"Looks like you too are going to be bonding until she gets home."

"I can't take care of a child."

"He looks potty trained, that's half the battle."

"This isn't a joke."

"You watch Junior all the time."

"Regina watches your son. I watch Regina and eat junk food."

"He's a teenager; it's basically the same thing."

"Can he stay with you?"

"No, this will be good for you."

"I hate you.

"So, nothing has changed."