Chapter 5

Morning

Mia and Henry walked back to Snow's apartment around noon and where still laughing about something or other when they opened the door.

The sight that they were met with was everyone in Snow's apartment all wearing worried expressions on their faces. Snow was holding the baby but the others looked to have just came in and where still wearing their coats.

As soon as they saw Henry there was instant relief showing on their faces. "Henry, where have you been? We have been looking for you all night!" Emma was the first one to reach him and she was the one to say this.

Regina was soon at Henry's side also. "Henry! Do not ever do something like that again! You can't go places without telling someone where you are, especially if you are going to be out all night!" Regina's words were scornful but her tone of voice held relief and happiness that she had gotten her son back in one piece.

"Are you alright Henry?" Snow asked the boy.

"Yeah. I'm fine."

"Okay. Have you been up all night?" David asked him. At Henry's nod he continued. "You should go take a nap." He ushered Henry upstairs and Henry complied.

That is when they turned to Mia. "Was he with you all night?" Emma asked.

"Yeah. He brought me my cloak."

"Why did he help you?" Regina asked spitefully.

"B-because we're friends." Mia stuttered. She knew that Regina was Henry's adoptive mother and had been his only mother for ten years until he went to get Emma (He had told her this). She also knew that Regina had supposedly changed her ways but Mia only knew her as the Evil Queen so far and Mia was suddenly very afraid.

"Friends? What kind of friend takes him from his family and does not send him back?" Regina was asking her a rhetorical question.

"I do admit that Mia seems like a bad influence to Henry." Snow said.

"A very bad influence." Regina turned to Emma. "Are you going to let this beast corrupt our son?"

Emma hesitated before replying. "No. I agree she is a bad influence on Henry. What should we do now?"

They were talking like Mia was not even there. Mia being a bad influence was not a fair thing to say. Henry had come to find her out of his own free will and it had nothing to do with her own actions. At least she did not think it was. Mia could feel rage boiling up inside of her.

"We do not let them see each other again." Regina said.

At this point Mia was so angry that the words exploded out of her mouth. "I being a bad influence is ironic considering that the Evil Queen is his mother." With that she stormed out of the apartment and down towards her hideout.

Henry's POV

Henry had heard everything that the adults had said to Mia from the top step. He felt angry as well but on Mia's behalf. Mia had become a good friend in the short time that they had known each other and he did not want his family to get in the way of his friendships.

He went downstairs and yelled at the shocked adults. "Why did you do that?"

Emma bent down to Henry's eye level. "Henry... How much did you hear?"

"All of it. I was listening from upstairs." Henry said to them, anger blazing in his eyes. Everyone looked guilty in that moment, everyone that is except Regina.

"You should not eves drop. It is impolite." She said to him scornfully.

Henry turned to her. Regina stepped back in shock from the look in his eyes. "What's impolite is you telling someone that they are a bad influence and then talk about them like they are not even there. What is impolite is calling someone a beast. It isn't her fault being what she is and yet you act like the opposite."

Regina was too shocked to say anything back. "Henry. Go take a nap." Snow said.

Normal POV

Mia laid down on her blankets and fell asleep. She woke up shortly before the moon rose.

Mia was still angry about what happened at Snow's apartment. Stupid, she thought, I'm so stupid. I said that I would never let anyone else in but look what I go and do. I let him in and now he is being taken away from me.

Mia noticed she was still wearing her cloak so she took it off. Why should she wear it? It is not like she owed those people anything. She had been a werewolf for years she knew how to handle herself.

She walked outside and turned into her wolf form. She ran around the woods, trying to blow off some steam but it did not seem to be working very well. She felt her control over the wolf slipping because of her anger.

She was so angry that that was all she could think about. The emotion consumed her for just a moment and that was when the wolf took over. The wolf feeds off of her negative emotions which meant that because of her anger the wolf was able to gain control over her mind.

She did not care though. They all thought her a bad influence so Mia was going to show them just how much of a bad thing she could be.

Bad, Mia thought, that is what I am. A beast. A very bad, big beast.

Then she blacked out.

Emma's POV

Emma felt a mixture of feelings. She felt bad about what had happened between her, Regina, David, Snow and the girl, Mia.

She also felt bad for hurting Henry but she also knew that he was only upset on Mia's behalf. He was also probably upset because of the words that had come out of their mouths.

She was overprotective of Henry and she was now realizing that she could not expect everyone else to be okay with that. Not Henry and no one who got caught in the way.

She was feeling guilty also that she had encouraged Regina to say things that were so like what the Evil Queen would say. Regina was changing for the better and she had faced some challenges like Marion coming back from the past but through it she had stayed good.

Just then she heard a wolf howl. She looked up from where she was staring at her hands and looked out the window worriedly. She turned to the others. "Did you guys just hear that?"

"Yeah." Everyone answered or nodded.

"It's Mia." Snow stated.

"I know. I'll call Granny." Emma said to them.

"Why? What can an old woman do to help?" Regina asked.

"She used to be a werewolf. And when Red needed to be stopped, Granny knew how to stop her." Snow said defensively.

Emma knew that Mia was probably losing control of her wolf and she also knew that it was all their fault. Emma quickly phoned Granny who said that she will meet them at the edge of the woods.

They raced over there and were met by Granny holding a bow and arrow. "It is a silver arrow to stop her." She told them. Emma was feeling sick to her stomach at the thought of shooting an arrow at a young girl. Then again, it would not be a young girl they were shooting but a wolf.

They looked around for Mia and when they found her Granny shot the arrow and the wolf dropped to the ground unconscious.