"Ella?" Belle sounded concerned. "Did something happen with your stepmother?"

"Something always happens with my stepmother," she replied.

"You just seem even more angry with her than usual in the last couple of days."

"Do I?"

"Yeah, now that she mentions it, you do," Aurora said.

"Oh. Well, yeah, there is some stuff happening." She looked down at her hands and started fiddling with her thumbs.

"What is it?" Mary Margaret asked.

Ella didn't answer for a moment, and they all thought maybe she just wasn't going to. Then she spoke. "She wants to sell all my dad's stuff."

Nobody spoke for a moment, and Thomas put an arm around his girlfriend.

"Ella, I'm sorry," Mary Margaret said, and Ella shrugged.

"It's just, you know, that isn't her stuff, and I don't think it's her place to sell it. She says she has to pay for my stepsisters' college. Not even mine, theirs."

"You're right, she doesn't have the right to sell his stuff," Mary Margaret said. "Even Regina hasn't stooped so low as to sell my father's things."

Ella sighed. "I'm sorry, guys, I'm ruining the game."

"Forget the game," said Ruby. "Let's make a plan to stop your stepmother."

Ella snorted. "Like what? It's fine, Ruby, really. Just let it go."

"Honey, have you even met me?" Ruby asked. "I don't let anything go."

"It's true," said Dorothy. "She's still mad at my aunt for insulting her wardrobe."

"Well, there's nothing wrong with the way I dress!"

"I don't have a problem with it, dear."

"Anyway, I say we go after the evil stepmother. Hard," said Ruby.

"I'm not going to participate in anything illegal," Aurora said.

"Me neither," said Belle and Mary Margaret at the same time.

"Well, I'm down for messing with her," Ariel said.

"Me too," said Mulan, "But I'm going to have to add my name to the 'stay within the law' list."

"I'm in, too," said Thomas. "Nobody messes with my girlfriend."

"I appreciate it, guys," said Ella, giving Thomas a quick kiss on the cheek. "But I can handle my problems on my own."

"Ella, that's not how our group works," said Mary Margaret. "Come on, you know us better than that. One person's problem is everybody's problem. That's why I told you guys about, um... my little secret," she said, blushing as she realized Eric, Thomas, Phillip, and Dorothy didn't know she was pregnant.

"They're going to find out, Mary Margaret," said David. "Maybe you should tell them now."

"Well, um, alright..." She swallowed. "I'm, uh... I'm pregnant."

There was a stunned silence for a moment, then people started speaking over each other.

"Congratulations!" said Eric with a smile.

"That's incredible!" Thomas grinned.

"Um, wow," said Dorothy.

"Wonderful news!" Phillip exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, we decided we're going to keep the baby, so..." She smiled a little bit. "Anyway, the point is, Ella, we want to help you."

Ella smiled. "Thanks guys."

"So, we should probably get back to studying, shouldn't we?" Belle asked.

"Oh yeah, studying," Ariel said with a laugh.

"Right. The test is in two days." Phillip opened his book up again.

"Two days? I thought it was three!" Dorothy exclaimed.

"Nope. Two."

"Okay, we really need to get back to studying."

A/N: So I decided the focus will still (mostly) be on Mary Margaret, but it will also have storylines about the other characters thrown in, and will be longer than originally planned. Still don't see it going much longer than 12ish chapters, but, we'll see.