It has been busy few weeks, preparing the move back to the dorm and registering for Fall classes with the help from Mayor Mills. Regina reapplied the scholarship for me and got my full scholarship reinstated. David loves being the Sheriff, and it suits him well. Hunter took over the animal shelter for David. Everyone looks up to David and well, me the man who stood up to Mayor Mills and Mr. Gold. I wasn't trying to do that, actually and all I did was to do the right thing for Henry.

I looked at my cellphone in the police car, all the women and photos from them, and I show parts of mine too, scrolling up so many messages from them. How the fuck am I going to do this, tell them off? I don't want to be the asshole, and all the women begs for my attention and all over me every day. How do I get serious and do this?

Henry is in the shop reading comics, the Hulk and the girl from school who's the same age as Henry wondered what he's reading, "The Hulk vs. Wolverine," to keep him distracted while putting candies in his backpack.

"I'm Ava," they knew each other from Mrs. Blanchard's class then introduced her brother, "this is my brother, Nicholas." Henry was happy to make friends, he didn't have any friends at school. They were in hurry to leave and asked Henry if he wanted to hang out, "oh, sure," was Henry's reply.

One of the seven dwarfs, the one who kept sneezing every minute, slams the door before they were about to leave the store, "where the hell do you think you're going?" He demanded Henry to open the bag, and Henry has no idea what he's talking about, "what?"

"Don't think I don't see you robbing me. Open the bag!"

Henry honesty did not take anything, but he sighs and took the bag from Henry. He showed him the candies he stole, "and a liar too." Henry turns to the siblings, "that's why you're talking to me," so his brother can stuff in there. The store was shocked to see Henry doing this when he never done this before, then tilts to the siblings, "just who you think you are?!"

Regina arrived at the store, cut short from her work to check on Henry and questioned Henry, "did you?" Henry shook his head that he didn't steal anything, but the store manager points out his backpack, "see for yourself." Regina looked through the stolen things on the counter, see's candies and supplies that he would have never brought, and he never buys any candies without mom's permission. Regina knew he didn't do it, "my son doesn't eat candy. And he knows better than to steal." Regina looks between those two siblings and doesn't really remember them from Enchanted Forest, "it's obviously those two. We're going."

Magnus arrived at the scene when the manager called the Sheriff to arrest the siblings, "Henry, what's going on?" Regina pulls Henry closer to mark the territory somehow, but tries to compose herself to remember for a moment, "the siblings framed Henry for stealing candies and supplies. Take care of them." The first Magnus asked if he called their parents, but it was disconnected. "Did you give Mr. Clark a fake number?"

The siblings shook their heads at the same time then Magnus asked the reason for the phone disconnection. The siblings put on the show to cry front the Sheriff, "because our parents couldn't pay the bill." Magnus looked through the things and thought maybe their parents lost their jobs, "so you were trying to help out?" They begged him not to arrest them and decided to help pay for the items, "I'll take the lot," eyeing Mr. Clark.

Magnus drove the siblings to their home, but they didn't want Magnus to see the house or the real is that they have no parents. Magnus knew they were lying, "did Henry tell you, my superpower?"

"What?"

"I have the ability to tell anyone whose lying. Tell me the truth," he asked if everything is okay at home and with the parents. Ava nods and answered that everything is fine, but he knew she's still not telling the truth. "Can we go?"

"All right," Magnus lets them go and drove off, but only around the block just to make sure they sees him leaving. The siblings ran to the background and down to the basement. Ava put the things on the shelves, but stopped when they heard some clattering above. They followed the sounds just as Magnus were behind them, "why did you lie to me?"

They gasp and terrified that Magnus would take them away because they didn't want to be separated. Magnus asked again, "where are your parents?"

Ava told him the truth, "we don't have any." Magnus thought of the times he was living on the streets for few months, on the run with Bae, but they are kids, must be only eleven years old. Magnus brought them to David and Mary's house. Magnus questioned Mary if she knew them in their classes and at school.

Mary studied the siblings, "I have seen them, but I had no idea. None of us did."

Magnus opened the private folder from school and hospital, "Ava and Nicholas Zimmer, and it says their mother named Dorrie Zimmer," and she died few years ago. No one seems to remember her or know her. Mary wondered about the father and Magnus looked through the folder, "there isn't one. He isn't listed, so far as they don't know."

Mary crossed her arms, worried for the kids, but worried about Mayor Mills and what she will do about social services, "what does Social Services say?" Magnus didn't want to report them before he finds his father, she gave him a look, "you didn't report them?!"

"If I report them, they go to the system and I can't help them," he wants to find their father, but Mary doesn't see the same as Magnus, "the system is supposed to help them."

Magnus was in the system for short time before he was adopted into Swan's family, the kids were thrown into homes where they are the meal ticket. The families get paid to look after the kids, but as soon they get too much work, they get tossed out than start over again with new kids. Mary doesn't know very well about how the system works but she didn't think that all the families were like that.

"So, we are going to adopt them?"

"I want to look for their father. He may not know that they exist."

"And you think if he knows, he'll want them?"

I don't know, I hope he does because they deserve to be in a good home, "but I do know how hard it is to find a good foster family that would take two. It's their best shot."

Ava heard them whispering behind the stairs and burst into tears, "we're gonna be separated?"

"No, that's not going to happen."

"Please," cried Ava, "don't let it."

Magnus wanted to have their records and their birth certificates to find their father with no such luck because Mayor Mills has gotten their records. Magnus asked Mayor Mills for the records, but she already took matters in her hands.

"Don't worry, Sheriff Magnus, I'll make sure to contact Social Services. It turns out these kids has been on their own. They need help."

That's what I am trying to do, "I'm trying to find their father."

Regina grabbed their records to hand him the file, "well, there's no records of their father."

"The children need a home, Magnus." It turns out she is going to contact the state so she's hoping to find homes somewhere in Boston, a boy's school and girls home.

"You're separating them?!"

"I don't like it either, but we don't have a choice. You have to take them to Boston."

"Me?"

"Well, you wanted to be the Sheriff," Magnus straighten himself when she continues, "it's what Sheriffs do."

"No, I promised them they will not be separated."

Regina doesn't like when he makes promises, and that means he's not going to give up until he finds his father, so the children can stay together. "The children need a home, Magnus."

"Regina, please, give me 24 hours to find their father," begged her not to call Social Services yet, at least not until he finds the father.

Regina considers and about to agree just when Henry walks in with his book in his arms, "mom, I know who they are!"

"Henry," forgotten a moment that it's still weekend then they watch Henry opening his book to a certain page about Hansel and Gretel, "a brother and a sister. Lost and no parents." He turns the book around for them to see, "look, Hansel and Gretel." The father abandoned them, and Magnus hopes to find him somewhere in Boston. Henry knew he's here, "no, he's here."

Magnus scoffs at him, not believing a moment about his stories, "and just how you know that?"

"Because no one leaves Storybrooke, right mom?" Henry turns to Regina for confirmation. Regina has no choice but to agree with him, "yes, that's true. No one comes here."

Magnus puzzled the interaction between them as if Mayor Mills believes in Henry's stories, "but I came here."

Henry replied, "it's because you special. You're the first stranger, ever."

"Right, I forgot. Well, if it's here then I'm gonna find him," Magnus walked over to Sheriff's office to look find any information about the father. Henry stayed behind and wants to know about his other parent. He sat on Regina's desk when she started looking for the father as well, "mom, can you tell me about him?"

"I don't know anything about him, yet Henry. I remember Cora has come across two siblings once, a long time ago," trying to remember what happened between the father and Cora.

"No, not theirs. Mine," Henry wanted so bad to know about his father, "I mean I told him about grandma and grandpa. Now he's living with them, but he still doesn't believe they are his parents."

"Oh, Henry," Regina stopped immediately and held his hands when he pleaded to know more about him. Regina sighs and remembered the page of Emma and Emmett that Henry tore from the book. She grabs it from one of the drawers that she kept hidden, "her name is Emma and she'll love you, Henry. You have her eyes." Henry stopped her, "dad's a mom?"

"It's complicated, Henry. She was new to her powers, and no one taught her how to control her powers. She became a man, well, she's more of a man than a woman."

"Did you both get married?"

"We never had the chance," showing him the engagement ring that the curse brought over with her, "we were engaged to be married."

Henry smiles at the ring, "do you have anything of Emma's? Anything to remember her by?"

"No, Henry," just the engagement ring, "but know this, she wanted you so bad. She kept saying my little duckie and I hated it." Henry and Regina laugh together, then realizes how to find the father, "Henry, I'll be right back. I know where to find him."

Regina remembered about the compass and afraid that Magnus will go to Mr. Gold next. She's been trying hard to keep Magnus away from Mr. Gold as long as she could. She rushes over to Mr. Gold to ask him who owns the compass, and that's another clue that he remembers Enchanted Forest and his true identity. "Stay away from Sheriff Magnus," reminds him as soon as she left the shop. She drove over to the loft and knocked at the door. Mary Margaret answered the door, "Mayor Mills."

"Is Sheriff Magnus in?"

Mary tilted to Magnus whose eating with the siblings, "Charles, Mayor Mills is at the door for you." Magnus dries his hands and walks over to the front door, "thank you, Mary." Mary gave them privacy when he closes the door behind him. Regina gave him a small piece of a paper with his name and address, "he owns auto shop, his name is Michael Tillman."

"How the fuck you find him?!"

Magnus had David to talk to him; unfortunately, he didn't believe that it's possible that he has children, let alone two. They only had sex once at camping when they were young, 12 years ago. Michael still doesn't believe it's possible. David tries to convince him to just to visit the kids, but also to step up as a father and take the responsibility. She showed him the compass that the kids held close to their hearts to prove that he's the father of the twins. He lost the compass at camp and the mother kept it for him. David knows that the kids needed him, needed the father.

David called Mary immediately after, "come outside, please."

"Is everything alright?" Mary answered the call.

"No, it's not. I don't want the kids hear it but come outside."

David and Mary stood outside discussing what to do with the twins, "he doesn't want the kids." David didn't want to break their hearts and give them false hope. "David," she affectionately held him, "I know it's painful and it also can be cathartic."

"What if we adopt them? What if we hide the kids just until we find a family?"

"David! Hiding two twelve-years-old is your great idea?"

"What do I do?" They were interrupted by Regina, and thought Magnus would be the one who would talk to the father, assuming he returns to the dorm. "Sheriff Nolan, shouldn't you be driving?"

"What are you doing here?" David held his anger back while Mary affectionately held him to keep him calm.

"Seeing it that you do your job."

"You don't have to check on me. I know what I have to do!" Mary held him back and Regina kept her hands in her jacket pocket, "really? Those kids should be in Boston tonight."

Magnus pretended there's something wrong with the car just to call Michael over to tow them, but he only wanted the father to see them, in hopes that just one look at them, he'll take them in. The twins' compass was moving and it shows arrow behind them, they looked through the window behind them and saw their father parking his car and jumping out of his truck.

"These are them?"

Magnus slightly nods, "these are them. I just wanted you to see them." Magnus carefully thought about Henry, "look, I know you want to give them their best shot. I know it's hard and you're scared. I promise once you get to know them, you wouldn't want to go back."

Michael walked closer to the car, to study their faces and still thinking about taking them, "you're taking them? To Boston?"

"I don't have to."

Michael's eyes were red from holding back his tears, tilted back and forth to the twins and Magnus then back to Magnus, "no, you don't." Michael opened the door and held his kids for the first time.

Magnus sighs as she saw Mary was folding laundry, "oh hey, what happened?"

Magnus sat on her bed, "their dad showed up and changes his mind."

"Just like that?"

"Well, he had a little nudge."

Mary was so glad, with her biggest smile on her face while folding laundry, "they found their father. That's great!"

Magnus slightly stood up from the bed, "I wonder what that will be like."

"Maybe when you find out, you can't give up."

Magnus terrified to know the answer, "I think giving up is the best plan."

"No, you don't."

"Really?" Magnus looks at Mary who supposed to be his mother, "if they wanted to know me, they wouldn't make it so hard to look."

Mary continues folding laundry, "maybe, but maybe there's reasons and explanations."

If there is, it's something crazy, "even crazier according to Henry's theory."

"What's Henry's theory?"

"That I was sent off and my parents passed away but send me to this world to save them."

Mary was chuckling and laughing at that theory, "who does he think they are?"

"Well, for one, you and David."

"Me?"

"Well, Snow White and Prince Charming."

"Snow White had a kid," in her surprising voice, stopped folding for a moment, "I have a kid." Mary would have remembered that he has a son, "I would have remembered that."

"Yeah, you'd think."

Magnus wanted to visit Regina tonight before bed and Mary offered to cook for him, but he declined. She noticed Magnus' blanket in the box, the only item he owns. It was woven and beautiful cotton with blue ribbon, Mary picks it up after he left to smell and study the blanket to see if there's truth to Henry's theory. Mary shook herself off and thought it's silly and put the blanket back inside the box.

Lately, Magnus has been visiting me, just to talk, but more like bickering with me. He believes he's right, and it's funny how it's same as Henry. They believe they are right and the good will win. It's their stubbornness and unwavering faith in themselves and the people around them. They wanted to be the hero, but sadly, Magnus doesn't see himself as a hero, but a deadbeat man and an asshole with bad past.

I opened the door to let Magnus in as usual, after Henry went to sleep when he asked to double check, "Henry asleep?"

"Yes, well, more like pretending to sleep because he wants to read his comics that he got from earlier yesterday morning."

Magnus chuckles at that and walks inside then straight to her office. He thought of his phone again, then looked up to Regina. He doesn't know how to do this and worst of all, "I don't know where to start." She's not the other woman or any women he's been with. She's a woman who looked over him, washes his clothes, nurse his bruises and scars all over him. She even gave him a guest bed for him to sleep in, no one has taken care of him in that sense.

Regina wanted to tease him for a little bit, he sounded so serious and worried, so I took his iPhone and scroll up the messages, "well, you can start with her. I mean she had nice body," showing him the picture while flashing him a smile.

His eyes darken and grabs the phone back, "Regina!"

Regina got serious again, "where do you want to start, Charles?"

"I don't know … I mean I don't know how to do this."

Regina thought of a way to ask him out or at least Henry will be there to act as a buffer for Magnus, "do you want to eat dinner with us?"

Magnus' eyes widen and never thought Regina would invite him to dinner, "are you serious?"

"Yes, Henry would love to have you here," Regina stopped when he heard Henry and got up when he walk into the office, "Henry."

"Mom?"

Magnus gave him a small smile, "hey, kid," he excuses himself, "looks like it's my cue to go." Regina walks him to the door while he's building the courage to tell her something important, anything at all. "Thank you, Madam Mayor," Magnus kisses her on the cheek. Regina slightly closes the door, so Henry doesn't see them.

Magnus stopped midway when Regina was watching him walking back to his car, whispers to him, "what?" Magnus ran back and passionately deepens the kiss on Regina's lips with his tongue fights for dominance, and Regina moans into kisses. Regina panting, and catches her breath with some red marks on her mouth, "what is it?" Magnus fought the courage to say out loud, but it only come out as a whisper, "you're not the other woman." Regina flashes him a sincere smile and presses her lips on his.