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Chapter 8

Graham sits on the doctor's lobby. His knee is shaking. He looks over at Emma who is in the chair next to him. He's never gone to the doctor in his life for himself.

"Graham," she says with a calm voice, "He's just going to help you." Graham nods with a weak smile before going back to his thoughts. She can tell he isn't very comfortable here but they need to see if there's anything they can do about these dreams. He hasn't hasn't had a good night's sleep in a while. His eyes were puffy and red. She carefully places her head on his shoulder. He lets his head rest on hers.

They are like this for a few more minutes before Doc calls him in. He gets up and turns back to see if Emma is going to come with him. He stares back with his big puppy-dog eyes to see she is already standing up.

"Right behind you Graham," she says making him relax. They follow Doc into a small room. Graham sits on the patient chair and Emma sits in a chair next to him. Graham explains the nightmares to Doc and Emma brings up her idea about it being from Regina.

"Well that could be the reason. She's been known for doing evil things to people's minds.

However it could also be because Graham is scared of losing his new family or scared they are going to leave him." Doc says. Emma looks over to Graham but his stare is distant. He guesses it's just easier to blame Regina on things.

"What can you do to get rid of them," Graham asks.

"Well there's no pill or potion I can give you that'll make them go away. I'd give you sleeping pills but you aren't having trouble falling asleep. However I can give you exercises and tips to stop the dream you are having. Whenever you are having a nightmare try to tell yourself it's just a dream. You need to try to realize your dreaming. Once you do that you need to take control of your dream after all it is your mind. That's all I can do sadly. I'm sorry." Doc says. He feels bad he can't do more to help the Princess's fiancé.

"Thanks for your help Doc," Graham says trying to give a weak smile but he can't. Once they leave Doc's small building Graham lets out a loud groan. He's so frustrated that there is nothing he can do to get rid of these dreams.

"Graham," Emma says placing a her hand on his shoulder, "I'm sorry we'll do everything we can to stop them okay."

"I'm just frustrated. These dreams are making me go insane. I hate it. I hate how freaked out I am. I hate I'm scaring you." Graham says as they start walking downstairs.

"I think you need to relax. Maybe when we get back we can sit out in the woods and have a picnic. You're way to stressed. I promise no matter how much you scare me I will never leave you."

Graham nods with a fake smile. He knows he should believe her but with his mind and heart racing it's kind of hard to. They arrive to the lower part of the castle in the kitchen. Emma goes and gets a basket.

"You're serious about this." Graham chuckles.

"I don't kid about picnics," Emma smiles proudly back. She makes to sandwiches. One ham, cheese, and lettuce with a tiny bit of mayonnaise and a peanutbutter and jelly for herself. Now would be a perfect time for a woman in the kitchen making a sandwich joke but Graham decides not to. He pulls out some lemonade and pours it into two thermoses to take with them. Emma sneakily puts two chocolate-chip cookies in the basket. No picnics is complete without dessert. The two head out into the forest but Graham can't shake the feeling that something isn't right. You're just paranoid Graham thinks to himself. Emma spreads out the red two sit down. Graham looks around but doesn't see anyone but Emma. He swears he feels like someone is watching them.

"Graham relax." she says massaging his shoulder. She's pretty damn good at giving massages. She eventually stops and Graham gives her a needy look. "Maybe next time I'll scratch behind your ear." she jokes. The sad part is he actually really likes having his ear scratched. He'll bring it up another day. She get's the sandwiches and brings Graham's his. He looks and see's it's exactly how he likes it.

"Thank you." he says before taking a bite. Emma smiles before sitting beside him taking a bite of her own sandwich. They are peacefully sitting there eating until an arrow is shot right over Emma's head and hits the tree behind her. Then all of a sudden hundreds of arrows are being shot at them. Graham grabs Emma's hand and immediately starts running. They are under attack and the arrows don't seem to stop. Graham tries to see were they are coming from but he can't see. All he knows is they have to get out of here. Suddenly he feels Emma's hand falling down. His head snaps back to see she was shot in the shoulder. Then on the ground she is then hit again in the leg. He scoops her up and continues running. Her blood soaks her clothes.

"It's going to be okay Emma." he says panicking. She feels so much pain. Her vision starts to cloud up. She rests her head against Graham's chest. He finally reaches the end of the forest and runs inside the castle.

"HELP! EMMA'S BEEN SHOT!" he yells frantically. Some knights rush upstairs bringing Charming, Snow, Doc, Belle, and Rumpelstiltskin down.

"EMMA!" Snow cries running to her daughters side.

"We have to bring her to my office so I can operate. She's losing a lot of blood," Doc says. They rush her upstairs into a bed in the office.

"Henry's still out there…" Emma moans "I need to get him…"

"Absolutely not Emma that's ridiculous. I'll find him. You need to get taken care of." Charming answers. She nods closing her eyes and winces at the pain. His poor baby. He has to go find his grandchild. Graham looks back to Charming. "You all stay here. She needs you." Grahak isn't about to argue.

"He's out with Grace and my wolf went with them just incase. Try howling maybe he'll answer." Graham says at Emma's side. This sounds ridiculous to Charming but he'll do it. He kisses her daughter's forehead then he runs out of the room determined to find him.

"You guys have to wait in the lobby we have to operate on her fast." Doc says. Emma has now passed out from the pain. Graham has tears in his eyes. He can't leave her. She looks so pale and sick. He can see Snow sobbing is feeling the same way about not wanting to leave her.

"It'll be alright guys. He can't operate with people in the way." Belle says sweetly. She actually likes these people. They are so kind and just want to be a happy family. Kind of like what she wants. Graham and Snow stand up.

"I love you so much Emma," his voice cracks "Please. You promised you won't leave." he says kissing her cheek as tears fell from his face. They exit the room and go to the lobby next door. Snow sits next to Graham. She squeezes his hand.

"We both know how strong Emma is. We need to be strong for her," she says.

"This is all my fault," he barely gets out. "I could tell something was up." he says slamming his fist down.

"Graham don't do that to yourself. You could have never known." Belle says sitting on the other side of him. Rumpelstiltskin sits awkwardly next to Belle. He actually feels bad for them. Ever since they came they've been nothing but kind to them. Belle is probably turning him into a softy. He wishes he could help but his magic has consequences he doesn't want them to pay. He can tell she'll probably be fine. The arrow is was pretty far from her heart.

Charming is running into the woods he made sure to bring his shield and sword.

"HENRY! HENRY WHERE ARE YOU!" he shouts but no answer. He remembers what Graham told him. He tries to howl. He waits a couple of seconds and hears a howl return in the distance. He dashes in that direction. All of a sudden he bumps into someone.

"GRANDPA RUN! THERE ARE ALL THESE ARROWS SHOOTING AT US!" Henry shouts with the wolf next to him. He see's one fly next to him.

"Come on!" Charming yells blocking the arrows from Henry with his shield. He wants to fight and see who it is but that's not why he came. He came for Henry. They make it to the castle with no one being hurt. He lets Henry and he even the wolf inside. He feels bad and doesn't want it to go back out there.

"Who were they? I walked Grace home and was coming back here when they shot at us." Henry says out of breath.

"I have no idea. Henry. Emma was shot by those people with the arrows. She is being operated on right now. Before they did she wanted me to make sure you were safe." Charming says very upset. A tear falls down Henry's face. Tears begin to fill Henry's eyes. Charming pulls him closer. This is hard for all of them because they just found Emma. None of them wanted to lose her.

Graham sat for a about five minutes before he started pacing. The door flies open and Henry runs in to Graham. Graham squats down and hugs Henry. Henry cries into him.

"Everything is going to be okay Henry," Graham says not even sure that is true. His wolf comes over with his head hanging low. He can tell something is wrong. He rubs against the two of them. Graham looks over to Charming who is standing in the doorway.

"Thank you." Graham says. Charming replies with a sympathetic nod before sitting next to his wife.

"Can I see her," Henry asks choking back a sob.

"Sorry Henry. Doc won't let anyone in. He can't have anyone in the way. He's doing his best." Graham unfortunately says. Henry and Graham sit next to each other. The poor kid is a mess actually everyone really is. Graham just wants to be there for him. It's what Emma would want for him to do and he wants to do it too. There isn't much that anyone can do but wait. Graham hates waiting.

"Did you actually see anyone shooting the arrows," Charming asks after about thirty minutes of silence.

"No I didn't. It seemed like they were coming from nowhere." Graham answers.

"That's what I thought. There's no way that many arrows could be sent by people." Charming says feeling that this is pretty suspicious.

"Regina has very strong magic," Rumpelstiltskin interjects. Everyone's eyes in the room widen. "She is capable of doing more than this." If she wanted to she could have killed Emma easily right there. There'd be no waiting and no chance of her surviving. That's when it hits Rumpelstiltskin. Emma is going to be fine. She wouldn't kill her that quickly. She wants to slowly torture them and tear this family apart. She wants to drive Graham insane by hitting him where it hurts the most. His heart.