Rowena

The witch opened the door with a frown upon her face. "Aye? How may I help you?"

She had tied up her hair in a bun and slipped on a bath robe, she looked as if she had been just about to take a shower.

The pirate stared at her with one hand still on the air, going to knock again. The brunette slapped his hand down and plastered and obviously fake smile on her face before speaking. Quite a political smile, Rowena couldn't help but think. She herself had used the mask several previous times.

"Yes, we are looking for our friend, blonde about five foot six, you wouldn't happen to have seen anyone, would you?"

Rowena laughed internally but plastered a look of concern on her features. "No, no blonde woman has passed by, or anyone for that matter." She stared at the other witches eyes and then looked away. "I'm new in town you see, so I don't know much people here."

Regina nodded, admiring the unknown woman features. She was short, even shorter than herself, barefoot and the lack of clothes underneath the robe suddenly became evident. Her eyes went down her cleavage and up again. Nice. "Let us know if you see anything." She said with a soft voice.

The redhead nodded, her curls bobbling on top of her head and tumbling down her shoulders. "Sure I will, anything special I should look for?". Her green eyes filled with fake innocence met Regina's once more. The brunette was about to answer when Hook gripped her hand. "I need to talk to you for a sec love".

She gave him a death stare. "Can't it wait?"

Hook shaked his head, grabbed her shoulder and gave a light smile to the redhead. "It'll only take a second love."

Rowena stood on the doorway and watched them cautiously trying to eavesdrop without being noticed.

"What is it pirate?" Regina sounded annoyed. "What was so damn important it couldn't wait until I ended talking with…"

He interrupted her rant. "We never mentioned our friend was a woman."

She went dead silent.

"We never did."

"And yet she said that she hadn't seen any blonde woman around, how did she know…"

"That we were looking for a woman." Regina finished for both of them.

"Aye, exactly love. See my point there? But I'm sure you didn't notice there, too busy you were doing doe eyes at each other"

She glared at him. "We weren't! and that's beside the point" she gave a side glance to the house.

"Think she knows something, love?"

"She must know something. And she lied to us, so she is obviously hiding something as well."

"What do you plan to do?"

"Well if she lied to us then, she won't tell us the truth now."

"So what now, love?"

"We'll see"

They both walked back to where the redhead was waiting.

"Something wrong?" She asked with worry lacing her voice.

Regina shaked her head. "No, no, he just remembered something important and wanted to share it before forgetting it."

Distrust raised immediately in the ginger witch, one doesn't not survive centuries without learning to read people.

"Aye, of course" she replied. Her entire body posture now changed. "Will you be needing anything else?" she blinked for final accentuation in a evident sign of: it's time for you lads to go of my property.

Regina considered her options, first she could try attacking the woman but that might prove useless if she was innocent, second she could attack her but if the spell on the forest was anything to go by this new witch was a powerful one and she would rather be prepared for the confrontation, or she could pretend everything was alright then earn her trust slowly and learn what really had happened. She liked the last option rather more, besides she couldn't deny the attraction the redhead emanated and it had been so long since she had… the brunette forced herself to return to reality.

"No, not really." She plastered another smile on her face and gave Hook a side glance that clearly meant: go away now. He didn't get it until she kicked him in the shin.

"Oh? What was that?"

Regina smiled, this woman was not one to go around in circles.

"Well since you mentioned you are new in town I just thought you should know we will be having a cinema night tomorrow, down central hall. It'd be lovely if you could come."

Rowena relaxed a wee bit. "Oh I dunno, see I have a lot of things to do with the moving in. you know, unpacking, sleeping, drinking… sleeping again." She counted with her fingers and laughed. "Sure I'll be there, I do expect them to play a good movie though."

"Oh you bet it'll be a good one."

There's no way in hell, heaven, the enchanted forest and earth I'm letting them but those Disney movies again, might be funny to them but not to me, Regina thought.

"I think I'll be the judge of that". She smiled and locked green eyes with brown, while a funny and sassy smile graced her lips.

"Sassy" Escaped her lips. "I like that."

Rowena let out a snort. "Chuck forbid you didn't."

"Beg pardon?" Regina replied confused. Chuck? She thought.

"Doesn't matter, I'll see you tomorrow then?" The redhead shaked it off.

"Town hall, don't get lost."

"I won't"

Regina walked away to where Hook was staring at her with disapproval eyes while Rowena closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief, it all wasn't going according to plan but at least it wasn't all lost, and she couldn't deny that brunette was not bad at all. "Not at all." Her tongue graced her lips while she moved upstairs to the master bedroom.

A crash from the down floor brought her back to reality. "O shite! First I need to give that to her parents!"

Regina

"So, now you are consorting with the enemy." Hook said while they walked back to town.

The brunette rolled her eyes. "I'm going undercover to extract some useful information from a possible enemy."

"Well that's a fancy way of saying you want to shag her."

She hit him in the head. "Watch your mouth, pirate."

"You know it's true"

"So what if I want to shag her?" she said the word with disgust. "I'm a woman and I have my needs."

And that was all they said about the topic. (A/N: besides Hook's 7u7 face for all the way back).

The charmings house

They were having dinner when someone knocked on the door. Charming looked up from his phone at Snow "You go, I'm almost going to pass this candy crush level."

"That thing is going to eat your brain!" she replied but went anyways.

"DAVID COME HERE RIGHT NOW!" she yelled.

"What?" was his response from his seat.

"DAVID NOW!"

"Kay I'm going, I'm going" He said while pausing the game and going.

"Woah wait what?!" he said surprised staring at the little gift that had been left at their door.

"I think I'm gonna faint" Said Snow shakily.

David didn't notice, he was too surprised staring to what was in front of him. Snow fell down.

"Woah, Snow" He said reacting and helping her up.

"I just had the weirdest dream… I thought…"

"It wasn't a dream" he interrupted her and pointed to the floor. "It's real."

On the floor there was a basket with a blanket, on top of it was what both of them were sure was Emma Swan, their already 28 year old daughter, as a baby with a little note on top that read: "Please raise me right this time. Good luck and don't fuck it up."