A/N: I'm done thinking that the producers and ABC are going to see sense. They will do what they will do regardless. So the bottom line is that this story has been, and for the most part continue to be in the head cannon of myself and my co-author Holly. I know Disney/ABC owns the show and the characters...this is what WE'D like to see.

Thanks to all who have read this...up to 10K. WOW. It would be nice if a few more of you would be so kind as to review.

Here we go...

Boston/Copley Hotel
Holly's Suite

This is from the POV of...well, the text messages from Holly's iPhone, which Maleficent aka Mallie borrowed from the younger blonde since, well, its kinda hard to carry a Android whilst you were a fire breathing dragon...

Regina: You do know we took the hats back with us...

Mal: And your point, Gina..?

Regina: Well, first off, why do you want to do any jumping? You got to Boston alright by yourself...

Mal: Gina...I'm bringing someone back...

Regina: WHAT THE # $%?! You're bringing someone one back HERE? Don't you realized that could upset the balance of things?

Mal: I'm sorry Gina, but I have to. It's Holly and her niece.

Regina: Ok...give me three good reasons why?

Mal: Ok Gina...One..The magic thing. We need to know where Holly got her abilities..

Regina: Good point...but I need two more!

Mal: Well, Gina...I think I love her. I mean I don't know if its Snow & Charming/you and Em true love, but something happened and I want to know if its real. I think Holly feels that way too..

Regina: She is a sweet one. If it wasn't for Emma...heck I think Emma feels likewise.
Mal: :-D

Regina: Well, I'm still waiting for number three...

Mal: Well, because you are my dearest and oldest friend!

Regina: Not too sure. Pissed...rather..upset that you didn't tell me about Daddy...

Mal: It is your father.

Regina: Yes.

Mal: How is he?

Regina: Stable. They don't know exactly. Doc and Whale think it's magic-related. I think it's Mother.

Mal: F*ck no!

Regina: We think she;s waist deep in what's been going on here. Gold got attacked and they kidnapped Nova.

Mal: That sweet thing? Ok...if we can't do the jump, what do we do?

Regina: Look, I can get Henry to email you a map. You can get gmail on your phone...?

Mal: yes...and Holly does have a car.

Regina: Great! Email a picture of the car so we know what you look like.

Mal: What's the plan?

Regina: You guys drive up here. You CAN see the Storybrooke sign but not Storybrooke. Someone needs to be at the line to get you in. Just text me here when you're close.

Mal: Sweet...

Regina: Oh...and If I'm there, don't be surprised if I sock you one. You should have said something about Daddy...

Mal: I couldn't...so much stuff going on, and I wasn't sure anyway.

Regina: Forget it Mal. You'll just have to buy me dinner at Granny's

Mal: You know I love you...

Regina: I guess you do. I guess I love you too.

12 Noon, later that day On the road, just past the Tobin Bridge on US1, now on i-95 N to God knows where, but Maddie, who's POV this is, thinks it's Storybrooke

I never liked road trips.

Oh, Auntie thinks their fun, though when she went on one, she never took me along...and maybe for my safety probably a good thing. I was all hyped up about going through this magic portal to this place called Storybrooke. I'll be honest, I'm kinda nervous about this. I mean, Holly keeps telling me about all the women she's known who've...how did she put it...U-Hauled-it after one date...and now here we are...and we don't even have a freakin' U-Haul.

Besides, doing the turnpike has always been kinda boring. Nothing but exit signs and the occasional rest stop. And I know its a three hour drive...but it's two hours and we're barely in New Hampshire!

And...now don't me wrong...I am happy that Auntie's finally happy, but Auntie and Mal saying I love you every 5 minutes, while they're looking goo-goo-eyed at each other. Hey there's a road there, can you look at THAT while you're driving?

Holly's POV

It's all happening so fast, I can barely believe it. First we weren't going to drive...then after texting...I guess it was Regina, because I was reading the text, Mallie decided we HAVE to drive to Storybrooke. Of course, I don't know where the freakin' place is! So a kid she knows...I think it's Emma's kid...sends a Google map to my phone...some people couldn't figure out how to pack a smartphone under dragon's skin! Snort!

So...new plan. We all jump in the Scion, load up on Five Guy's Burgers and head out to bumfoo...errrr...Storybrooke, Maine. Mallie is quiet...I am hoping we find a rest stop before she gets into Are-We-There-Yet mode. Mallie's talking about being queen of some realm (and what the hell is a realm?), yammering away about swordfights and arguing with Regina...making up with Regina (hmmmmm...oops, sorry)...and someone named Aurora (she calls her a major spoiled bitch...please, baby, I lived in Boston!)

I mean I love her with all my heart, but she keeps asking how close are we? Hell I didn't know...I was like Captain Kirk in that last scene in the first Star Trek movie..."We're do we go now, Captain? Oh...how about thataway..."

And all this time, here's this MILFy blonde, looks like she's in her hot 40's, just with her eyes and mouth wide open looking at very billboard, passing car, and service station like a five year old on a Sunday drive. That's was when she wasn't looking at me like a 17-year old on a Sunday drive.

And then. she looks at me with those blue eyes of hers..."Baby, I can get you there faster..."

Uh-Oh...

Storybrooke General
Henry Sr.'s Room
Regina's POV

I have been sitting in this chair since 10 last night. And i am not getting up. This is, I guess, my judgment, really. I thought I killed my father to create this town I'm in...this Storybrooke. I ripped his heart out. I used that heart to create this town. I was so consumed with hate and want for revenge that I killed my own father, just to get some damned happy ending.

Oh, I got it, all right, but not what I thought I'd have. The woman I wanted to have revenge on is now my best friend. The woman who was my arch enemy is now about to become my wife. The son i named after him is now closer to me than ever.

And there is a large part of me that would trade all that for my father to see me again.

And an equally large part that wishes I could not be here.

A house just near the Storybrooke city limits

Two large brutish men are seated, watching menacingly at the small, petite figure tied in a chair. The woman is wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt. She has long brown hair and chocolate eyes. She is frightened almost to death. The woman is bound to a chair and gagged.

Her Storybrooke name is Astrid. Her real name is Nova. And she is a prisoner in this house.

Suddenly, an older man walks in the room. His walk is a combination of real and businesslike. he wears a dark suit. Balding, clean shaven.

The man walks up the the bound fairy. He smiles malevolently.

"Don't worry. Your knight in shining armor will be here to save you. And most important of all your mother...superior..." The man said that with an extra bit of acid. "And when SHE comes...I will have..." (The man leans down to the bound fairy and is now almost nose-to-nose with her) "...everything."

And as her captor, District Attorney Albert Spencer steps away from her, for the first time in her life, Nova knows the feeling of wanting to spit in the face of a human.

2:21PM, Rest Area on I-95 Just outside of Fogg Corners, NH
Holly's POV

As soon as Mal said that we need to stop somewhere, we did. Rest stop just outside the some small town in NH, I forget the name. I didn't know why Mal wanted to stop, but Chicken needed to empty herself, so she bolted out of the car. I just hoped the toilet was relatively clean.

But it did give us a few minutes alone. She wanted to say something, but there was something I wanted to ask her...so I turned to her and bluntly (bad habit, I know) asked...why me?

She looked at me for a few moments. (And I had to admit, I had to be the one to ask...the last 48 hours could have overtaxed anyone.) Then she answered...

"First, I think you are beautiful. And I am not just saying this. You are..." Her gaze was intense. "Holly, I don't know why I feel the way i do. All I know is that there is something about you that is drawing me to you. That wants to love you. To protect you. I never thought I would have this feeling...now I do. Scary when you think of it..."

Well, the feeling was mutual. "Scares me too Mal. Scares me to death. But I want to be with you. And to tell you the truth, I don't know how long this heart thing's going to last. I mean, everything I have ever done I've done because I knew I didn't have time and I wanted to do it now..."

"That includes Maddie?"

"Especially Maddie. Do you know I was give only two years to live before yesterday? I wanted to be a mom. Having Maddie with me was the closest thing to being a mom...
"And now..."

"I wouldn't trade it for the world." I then leaned forward to kiss MY evil queen, when a pounding on the driver's side made me want to take back everything I just said.

"Would you two horndogs let me back in!" Chicken was outside the car. I mouthed the F word and opened the door.

Once back in Mal composed herself. "How fast do you want to get to Storybrooke?"

Maddie, always the skeptic: "Well, how about now.."

I rolled my eyes. Big mistake.

For Maleficent aka Mallie Crow aka the love of my life simply said "Close your eyes and count to 10."

We looked at each other with a "let's-humor-her" and we closed our eyes and listened while Maddie slowly counted to...

"...TEN!"

We opened our eyes. The rest stop was gone. I-95 was gone.

In its place was a two-lane blacktop in the middle of bum-foo nowhere. Nothing be trees. Grass. Blue sky. And...

"See, I told ya...we're home!" Mallie cheerfully announced it as she pointed to the wooden sign.

"Welcome to Storybrooke."

TBC

Next up: Storybrooke gets two new residents...who have a lot of learning to do. Plus a rescue...and a father and child reunion is only an emotion away.

Happy holidays, y'all.