Selena POV

Regina and I were sitting in our normal booth at Grannie's when Emma walked in with Henry, both of them laughing about something Emma must have said.

"Mom!" Henry called when he saw us. "Selena." He added, smiling.

"Hey." I smiled back, moving over to make space for Emma.

"Two hot cocoas with cinnamon coming up." Ruby the waitress laughed as she passed the table.

"Emma. A word?" Regina asked as she met Emma's eyes. I knew something was wrong but Regina wouldn't tell me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I mean I am only 16.

"Sure." Emma frowned, getting up and walking to the far end of the room. Henry made way for Regina to sidle pass him and then she went to join the blonde.

"What do you reckon's going on?" I asked Henry who was staring over at them intently.

"Hmm? I don't know." He replied hastily, giving me a quick grin.

"You're lying." I said matter-of-factly.

"I am not." He frowned.

"Mhmm. You all know something I don't. I know you do." I said.

"Like what?" He asked, curiosity etched on his face.

"Like-" I started. Could I trust him?

"You can trust me, Selena." He said as if he could read my mind. I nodded. I felt like I could. Like he would understand. Like he would help.

"Alright. Well, I keep hearing strange words and feeling strange things." I began again.

"Specific." He chuckled. I wacked him playfully on the arm.

"Anyway, like I said, I keep hearing words that don't make sense. Not in reality anyway. Like when I was in the car on the way here, I heard Emma and Regina talking about magic. And they sounded dead serious too. What the hell does that mean?" I said, not able to stop the flow of words now. Henry was looking at me with a mixture of curiosity and fear.

"Magic?" He asked.

"I know it sounds crazy but it's what I heard."

He nodded. "I believe you."

"You do?" I asked incredulously.

"I do." He repeated.

"I wasn't aware we were getting married." I said as I stuck out my tongue. He laughed.

"Anything else?" He asked.

"Yes. I had a weird feeling that I had to talk to Mr Gold. Like I already knew him." I said slowly.

"Interesting." He said quietly.

"I'd call it weird."

"I can help." He said loudly. "We'll figure this out." I smiled.

I decided I liked Henry Mills.

Regina POV

I had to talk to her. I had to talk to Emma. We walked over to the corner of the room, leaving Henry and Selena laughing at the table. I couldn't help but smile.

"Regina? What's wrong?" Emma asked anxiously.

"Gold." I said, snapping my head round to look at her.

"Gold? What's happened? What did he do?"

"Selena wanted to meet him so I-" I began.

"Selena wanted to meet him?" Emma asked, obviously shocked.

"Yes. She said she felt it was important."

"Regina, maybe she's remembering." Emma said slowly.

"She was a baby, Emma. How could she possibly remember?" I asked, resisting the urge to roll my eyes.

"I don't know! Anyway, carry on."

"Right. So Selena and Gold had a slight, ah, disagreement-"

"She's definitely your daughter." Emma snorted. I glared at her, but my smile gave away the tinge of pride I felt.

"Anyway, he told me that she's got a fiery temper and I said that leads to strength but he said that if you get too close to fire you get burnt. So what does that mean?"

"That you shouldn't touch fire?"

I whacked her on the arm.

"No. I think it means that she's..."

"Dangerous." Emma whispered. I looked up at her, my eyes watering.

"Do you think it's true?" I asked.

"I don't know but you need to tell her. You need to tell her everything." Emma decided, still rubbing her forearm.

"I can't! How am I meant to convince a sixteen year old that fairytales exist and that they're all living in this town?!" I groaned, throwing my hands in the air in exasperation.

"You can at least start by telling her who you really are. She deserves to know." Emma said.

"She deserves to know." I echoed.

"That's sorted then. You'll tell her tonight."

"Tonight?"

"There's no point in delaying it, Regina. You know that." Emma smiled sadly.

"But she's only been here a week. She won't want to stay." I said desperately.

"Regina, you're her mother. She won't want to be anywhere else, even if she is angry at first." Emma reassured me.

"There's one other thing, though." I started again.

"And what's that?"

"Gold. He wants her blood."

"He-he wants her-" Emma stuttered, horror evident in her eyes.

"Yes. He wants a vial of her blood. I have no idea why but he said I'd thank him for it later." I said quietly.

"I'll figure it out, Gina. Don't worry about it. You just focus on telling Selena."

"Hey Mom." Henry said over the phone.

"Hello sweetie. How're you?" I replied, putting my book down.

"I'm okay. Um, I wanted to talk to you about something." He said cautiously.

"Have you found a girl?" I almost screamed, excitement evident in my voice.

"No! Honestly, Mom." He said and I knew he'd rolled his eyes.

"Well, you can't blame a mother for trying." I said solemnly.

"Fair enough." He laughed.

"So what was it you wanted to talk to me about?" I prompted.

"Um it's actually about-"

"Selena!" I yelled, rushing towards her bedroom from where I had just heard a sudden crash.

"Well yeah but-" Henry said confused.

"Not now, Henry!" I said and began knocking profusely on her door.

"Selena? Selena!" I yelled.

"Sorry! I dropped all the shampoos and conditioners and shower gels and sponges...although I don't think they made much of a noise...! She shouted back. "And it scared the bloody shi-poop out of me." She muttered. After laughing and checking she was okay about 50 times, I headed back to my room, chuckling as I did so.

"Sorry, Henry." I giggled as I sat back down.

"No problem. Looks like there's plenty of chaos in the house without me." He laughed.

"I still miss you, dear."

"I know, Mom. I'm seeing you tonight anyway."

"Yeah, about that-" I began nervously.

"Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about Selena." He interrupted. I rolled my eyes. That interrupting thing was definitely something he got from Emma.

"Yes?"

"Well, she told me how she's been hearing weird things ever since she got here. Actually before she got here." He began.

"What? What do you mean?" I asked, immediately on edge.

"I mean she heard you and Emma talking about magic in the car and she has all sorts of suspicions about Mr Gold so I told her I believed her and that I'd help her but, Mom, I think we both know it's you that has to tell her the truth." He said in one breath.

"I know." I sighed.

"And it is going to be hard but you have to-wait what?"

"I said I know." I repeated, chuckling slightly.

"Oh. Well that was easy." He said, his happiness yet suspicions evident in his voice.

"Yeah well. You and your mother are both very persuasive." I groaned.

"Correction: both my mothers are very persuasive." He laughed.

"Alright, cheeky. I'm going to do it tonight."

"Tonight?" He shouted, obviously shocked.

"Yes, dear. Or at least that's what your dear mother Swan advises." I mumbled.

"That's brilliant!" He exclaimed.

"Henry! Whose side are you on?" I asked, feigning being hurt.

"The side of righteousness." He said solemnly. I snorted.

"Alright then my little scholar. I guess I'll be coming to join you."

"We have been expecting you." He said deeply.

I laughed. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah. I think it's better you two are alone tonight." He decided.

"I'm scared, Henry." I whispered.

"I know, Mom. But it'll be worth it in the end. You and I both know no relationship works if it is based on lies." He said seriously.

"Since when did you get so wise?" I laughed.

"Since I was conceived." He smirked.

"EW! I do not want to imagine that." I moaned.

"And here I thought I was the teenager." He said, shaking his head. "Anyway, I gotta go. Grandma's got dinner ready. Good luck! Love you!" And with that he hung up, leaving me with one hell of a task.