And with great fear and trepidation we get to this part. We finally het to Boston...and maybe ths story goes south. All I ask...be honest but be kind...
No one dies. OK. No one dies. At least not here.
Disney/ABC owns this...bla...bla..bla...
(Henry's POV)
There all gone. Ruby. Snow White and Prince Charming. And both my moms. Gone. Now I have to help make sure they all come back.
It started this morning. This guy named Jefferson who owns the hat store downtown was talking to Mom and Emma. They were stuck on how to get to Boston... mom's Mercedes was too small... and you couldn't get three people into Emma's bug let alone five.
He brought his kid to Granny's. Her name is Paige (don't tell my moms, I think she's cute) and Jefferson was telling Mom and Emma about how he used this special hat to get him and his kld back together. Actually he was trying so hard it drive him crazy, but then somehow page made her OWN special hat and that's why they're back together.
Well, they were talking about stuff for an hour. then everyone pretty much ran back to where they lived. Mom and Emma pretty much ran upstairs and started packing. It wasn't a lot. Mom did not pack any of her business suits. She settled for jeans and t-shirts. I guess a lot of people would be shocked to see mom in something other than a "power suit.."
They packed in an hour, then my moms went to the bank. I went with them and they pulled out a LOT of money. Mom said it was from the city's account. I guess they needed it to spend.
Then we went back home for a bit. We synced the GPS on Mom and Emma's phone with the Google Maps on my computer. That way I can track them. I can add Snow, Charming, and Ruby later.
Then they hugged me and kissed me like this might be the last time I'd see them. I hope I'm wrong.
(Regina's POV)
I made a quick trip the the house I set her up in. I feel responsible for for what happened to her. Drive up...knock on the door. She answers. She's not thrilled or mad. Maybe it's the medication. Or maybe she doesn't care anymore.
"Belle...can I come in?"
She offered hot tea I said I couldn't stay. She knew we were going to Boston and why. I just wanted to see if she was alright.
She asked about Rumpelstiltskin...she referred to him by his name in the Realm. She probably knew instinctively, but I told her that we had to stop him from hurting people. I told her we're all damaged and that we had to stop him so he can find his own redemption. I told her he can only find that through her.
She talked with no emotion. She asked me why I had her kept. I told her fear. I was about to lose everything. Storybrooke...my revenge...Henry..everything. Hate controlled me, then I found love. I'm was not asking her to forgive me. I was asking her to help me save Gold.
She was very direct. "He has to apologize to me. Like you did. Then, we'll see. I think you should finish your tea and leave Madame Mayor."
Quietly, I did both.
(Emma's POV)
I still don't know what the hell I'm doing. This is one of those times I think I'm tripping on some real good shit. And I'll wake up in my apartment with a nicely earned hangover. But then something comes along to prove this is real. Usually Gina's kisses.
I grabbed some basic hardware from the office..I could get more effective stuff from contacts I had in Boston (one who was stockpiling "hardware" in case of the next riot. She had one bit of business she called a "Varmint Buster 3000." I don't know where she got it,. And I'm not asking...) I noticed Thomas in with the bling woman we rescued from Gold's. The only name we had for her was "Ginger," Dr. Whale was also in there to make sure that the woman was physically all right...I asked Arch to come in later for an mental evaluation. Apparently the doctor was quite taken with his new patient. I knew Whale was a player deluxe, but apparently the feelings were mutual. Note to self: when we get back, Mom and I have to have "the Whale talk" with this Ginger.
Went back home to do some final packing. I looked out the bedroom window that overlooked the town. Maybe it was what we were getting into but I felt...well...awe. I realized that everything in this town...everything...was Regina. The clock tower..every building...pretty much every person was either built reborn through Regina. Kathryn was pretty much created by her...I think she was the good person Regina really wanted to be but couldn't. And My mom...Snow White...the woman she hated most...she made her a teacher. And not just any. Even if she wasn't my best friend then and my mother now, I'd say she's the best teacher someone could ever have. I wished I had her when I was growing up.
I started thinking about that...and started to cry. Soon I felt two arms coming behind me...I turned around and she was smiling. We kissed. As if it were the last time we ever would. And all thing considered, it could be. When we pulled apart I kept looking at her. I told her did she know how amazing she was. She replied not as amazing as I was. She added that Henry thought we were both superheroes! I had to laugh at that, and I was laughing when I pulled my queen into another kiss.
(Henry's POV)
We we in the middle of the town square. Snow White and King James were giving me some last instructions, along with Granny, Ella, and Kathryn (she said it was alright to call he that since she really wasn't Mrs. Nolan anymore). Just about everyone in town came out to visit. Mom and Emma came with their bags and after awhile Ruby joined them (she shouted out "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!...groan!) Jefferson and his daughter Paige He put down five top hats on the ground and gave Snow and James, mom and Emma, and Ruby each a cap for them and four more caps (Paige said they were spares).
Jefferson said it would work like this...he'd set the hats on the ground. If the spun, a portal would open. Because there were five hats five people would go in...only one person would can say where they'd land. Everyone agreed on Emma, since she knows Boston. She knows where the hotel is and everything. Also that way they wouldn't wind up being part of a wall.
Now the goodbyes. Granny first, then August. If Emma didn't choose my mom, he would have made a great dad. Nova and Blue came said goodbye, they were in their Astrid and Mother Superior clothes. Kathryn hugged everyone, then asked Snow if she could give James a send-off kiss. Snow said yes, and boy did she ever kiss James! She explained that that kiss had to last about 40 years (my moms and Ruby just giggled). Everyone..Dr. Hopper, Grump, Marco and his wife...everyone just hugged and kissed them and give them little remembrances of Storybrooke.
Then it was time to go. The put the hats on the ground. They started spinning. right then there was a doorway that looked like it was surrounded by a gold neon light. I saw both my mom look at me and say "I love you." The crowd was cheering. I think they were all crying...my moms, my grandfolks, Ruby...everyone in the crowd. Then all five of them joined hands. Snow led then in the doorway, followed by the King, Ruby, then mom and Emma went in at the same time. Then with a "whooosh!" the doorway disappeared.
They were gone.
Boston, MA...moments later
Holly Morris was not someone you wanted to mess with that day. Nothing was going right and she wasn't taking any shit from anyone, not even the "little human." Actually that human wasn't so little. Holly's 14 year old niece, Maddie Bailey, was worldly, whip-smart, and a match for her aunt's sometime caustic wit. But Maddie was also Holly's biggest fan. She kept telling her aunt that she was drop dead gorgeous, and that she can have any man or woman she wanted (Maddie knew her sunt was bisexual). Holly's track record with lovers did not match her niece's enthusiasm.
It was a bad day indeed. Car had to be jumped. Lunch date: cancelled (girl said she had the flu, and she DID sound like she was on her deathbed). And on top of that, Holly's heart procedure was delayed two weeks. It was an experimental procedure that could reclaim a small bit of her heart (she was operating on 10% already).
On top of that she was bemoaning the fact that nothing ever happens to her...only to other people. She would die without experiencing any adventure whatsoever.
Maddie tried to cheer her up, but to no avail. "Shut up kid. I'm just going upstairs, watch some House, then go to sleep...preferably for a month!"
The two women, the older blonde and the younger brunette entered the empty elevator and headed to the fifth floor. Suddenly they were rattled by a huge noise, a momentary blinding light and the vibration and light dissipated (it too all but a second) the women looked around...and they went into shock"
"WHAT THE FUCK?" What Holly was seeing was not possible. The elevator was empty, closed, and moving..so how did four women and one man show up, complete with baggage? And not an ugly bunch either.
Maddie was screaming, Holly was cursing, and the oldest on in the group, a black-haired woman did her best to calm the two girls down. When the elevator got to the 5th, everyone piled out. And a shaky Holly demanded "Now. Who. The. Fuck. Are. You?"
"I like this girl already," the tall red-haired goth girl observed.
"Now, now, Ruby" the shorter, younger, primer brunette admonished.
Maddie was still wide-eyed, but the older brunette seemed to have a calming effect on the young woman. A calming...almost hypnotic effect.
"Ok...my name is Regina."
Regina. Re-gin-na...
For Holly, time stood still as she became lost in Regina's chocolate colored eyes. She was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. For the moment she forgot the chaos of the last few minutes and she was swirling in see of desire. She was totally gone.
She introduced the others, Mary Margaret, David, Ruby...but she didn't care...lust had taken over and the small part of her heart she did have.
And then the six words that could have caused that heart to stop: "...and this is Emma...my fiancee..."
This long day was getting longer by the second...
TO BE CONTINUED. Next: When the Man Comes Around.
Ok. This is not the best I have ever done...but it gets us to Boston. God, I need a beta reader badly!
Thankfully Land Without Magic did NOT turn out as I feared, and the one guy who got is final check was also the biggest let's-see-if-we-can sneak-this-by-standards-and-practices gag since Willow pulled that finger gag on the silent episode of Buffy.
But how much more grief can the producers put on poor Regina. We all know how this should go, and if it weren't for fear of those OneMillionMoms, we'd have SWANQUEEN! ARRRRRRGH!
Comments please...online.
Oh, and PS...I have to credit the VARMIT BUSTER 3000 dealy to one Jim Ward, announcer on The Stephanie Miller Show. I dunno...just like the name.