After Mary-Margaret had seen Regina and Cora and heard their plan, she bid goodbye to Johanna and made her way quickly to the station.

She entered the station calling for her husband panicking when he didn't reply. She found him on the floor further in.

"David! David, David!"

As she shook him he came round "Oh! David? What happened?!"

David groaned and grunted as he picked himself up off the floor.

"Hook. He ambushed me"

Mary-Margaret helped him to his feet.

"Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm fine. It's not me he wants, it's Gold. And his hook"

He stated this as he noticed the main desk had been tampered with.

"Yeah, I'm gonna enjoy throwing his ass in jail!"

Mary-Margaret looked at him seriously "Hook isn't the problem David..."

"Tell that to my head" he shot back

"...It's Regina" she continued "She's been lying to us. She's working with Cora to find Gold's Dagger"

He looked at her in realisation

"The Dagger controls him! If Cora gets it, she can force Gold and all his power to do her bidding"

"Or" she put in "Become the Dark One herself!"

He stood with her.

"Neither one of those options sounds good. Lucky for us, we and call the man himself. He's with Emma"

"Tried it. I sent a message"

"Well, we can't just wait"

David looked at Mary-Margaret skeptically.

"No, we have to buy time until they call us back or return"

"How"

Mary-Margaret thought for a moment before stating something that was so obvious to her, she wondered why she hadn't thought of it earlier.

"Regina. She doesn't trust her mother, never has, if we can put some doubt in her about Cora's motives, it might slow them down"

"And you think she'll just trust you?"

"Well, she doesn't need to trust me. She just needs to listen to me. And I know how to get her to do that"

Mary-Margaret called Regina as soon as she got back to her Loft. It rung three times before an all familiar voice answered it

"Hello, Mills residence. How may I direct your call?"

Her brows furrowed as she paused in confused shock "Watcher? What are you doing at Regina's?"

The line went quiet

"Watcher! Don't you dare hang up on me! What are you doing over at Regina's?!"

She heard the young woman sigh over the line

"Regina wanted to talk, about Henry"

"What about Henry?" Mary-Margaret asked

"Just if she gets him back, if she gets to be his mother again"

Watcher stared at her sister as she entered.

"Just if she gets him back, if she gets to be his mother again"

Regina's eyes widened as she heard this looking desperately at her baby sister, begging her to say yes.

"Yes. She does. But not like you think and not for the reasons you think"

Regina could feel tears of happiness welling in her eyes as she gripped her sisters arm looking at her in disbelief, her smile returning.

Watcher handed the phone to her, snapping her out of her happy trance like state.

Taking the receiver from the others hand she held it to her ear and sent a cautious 'Hello' down the line.

"Regina. It's Mary-Margaret. Is Watcher right in saying that you just wanted to talk? About Henry?"

"Yes, that's true. I know what you said the other day, but I'm still legally his mother. I just wanted to know if there was a chance for me to still be in his life. Even though Emma's here"

The silence was almost deafening

"Okay, that's fine. But that's not the reason I called. In fact I didn't even know that Watcher was with you. Anyway, we need to talk. Could you please meet me at Granny's? Say at about eleven thirty?"

Regina stared at her sister, who only stared back shrugging and mouthing "What?"

"Fine. Eleven thirty"

She was about to hang up when Mary-Margaret shouted down the line at her.

"And Regina, bring Watcher with you"

Regina didn't answer her and hung up the phone.

"So what was that all about?"

Watcher and Regina turned to their mother who had appeared behind them.

"Snow White wants to talk" Regina stated

"Now?" asked Cora.

Regina looked at the clock, which read nine fifty-six.

"Later" she answered simply.

As Regina left, Watcher went to follow her, but was stopped by Cora.

"I'd like to have a little chat with you, daughter dear"

Cora gently pulled her back into the room and sat her down.

"As you probably already know, Regina and I are looking for the Dark Ones Dagger. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, But I think you know exactly where the Dagger is, don't' you?"

Cora looked down her nose, expectantly, at Watcher.

"Even if I did, you know I can't tell you" came the reply.

Cora shook her head with feigned sadness "That's such a shame"

She held up her hand and curled her fingers in slowly.

Watcher felt her airways close as her mother magically suffocated her; she gripped at her throat as her vision blurred.
She rolled onto the floor, begging her mother to stop, but could only do so through struggling gasps, each sounding more pathetic than the last.

Cora released her momentarily "That wasn't what I asked"

"Well it's not like I'm gonna tell you now!" Watcher spat.

"Don't be smart with me!"

Cora closed her fingers again and watched as the young one in front of her beat the ground "I'm you mother"

Watcher was silently hoping that Regina could hear her downstairs and as her vision began to blacken she heard a desperate, muffled cry of "Mother!" and felt the spell lift, breathing in deep like a fish in water.
She couldn't hear the conversation Regina and Cora had but it must have been at least five minutes because that was as long as she was going to stick around.
So she picked herself up as best she could and high tailed it out of there, half stumbling and half falling down the stairs to the front door, slamming it open and taking off down the block.

She found herself running down the same path she had taken that morning, ending up again in front of Johanna's little white house.

She allowed herself to break down, falling to the concrete in a fit of tears.

"Watcher?"

She turned to the sound of Johanna's voice and saw the older woman hurrying toward her. Johanna dropped to Watcher's side and pulled her into an embrace, letting the girl sob into her shoulder.

"Hush girl, hush. What's the matter? What's happened?" she petted Watchers hair as she cradled the young woman in the middle of the path.

"I think my mother just tried to kill me"

As Watcher broke down again, Johanna thought on how much of a witch Cora was.

"Now, why would she do that sweetheart?" She helped Watcher up off the ground, leading her to the house for a second time that day.

Watcher gulped back her tears and breathed deep, trying to regain her composure.

"She wanted me to tell her where the Dark Ones Dagger is. She got mad when I told her that I couldn't and she used her magic to choke me. I think Regina heard me hitting the floor and came to investigate, she got Cora to stop and I got out of there as quick as I could"

of course this was as intelligible as could possibly be considering the coughing and occasional sob that fell from the girls mouth.

And unfortunately, it reminded Johanna of similar circumstances involving young Snow White and Queen Eva, on this very same day many, many years ago.

Hours later, Watcher was still at Johanna's, the clock reading quarter past eleven. No one of importance had come looking for her and she was grateful for that.

Regina entered the Diner and made her way to where Mary-Margaret sat waiting for her, the first sentence dropping from her mouth being about her son.

"So how is Henry? Is he okay?"

"He's fine" the other replied "Everything's fine"

The sadness of not being able to be with him showed on Regina's face "What'd he say?"

Mary-Margaret felt a little guilt at not being able to tell her exactly. She could evidently see the love and pain in Regina's face.

"I didn't actually talk to him"

Regina sighed as she sat down "Then why am I here?"

her face changed as she stared hard at the younger woman.

"Watcher might tell you, if she were here. I thought I told you to bring her with you. Where is she?! What did you do?!"

Regina felt a pang of fear and hurt. Obviously they didn't know that Watcher was her sister and Mary-Margaret was clearly worried as much as Regina was, so Regina thought she ought to tell at least one truth to the birthday girl today.

"I didn't do anything! And I don't know where she is. Cora attacked her and she escaped"

"She's missing!" Mary-Margaret said loudly.

Some of the Diner residents looked their way and she swore she heard a growl from Ruby behind the counter.

"She's safe and unattainable, from either me or my mother! I thought you'd be happy!" Regina spat back.

Mary-Margaret faulted at the ferociousness in the Evil Queens voice, wondering why she looked so irritated and upset

"Now tell me, why am I here?!" Regina hissed through her teeth.

"Because I know you've been lying. And I thought it was time we talk about it" Mary-Margaret answered evenly.

Regina feigned unknowing "I don't know what you're talking about"

"No, no, no! No more lying!"

Regina looked at Mary-Margaret with something that was akin to being impressed.

"I know you've been with your mother. I know you're looking for the Dagger"

Regina could feel her monster rising "What I'm doing is my business"

"There's a war starting, Regina"

"That much is clear, yes" Regina replied

"Lucky for you, you've earned enough goodwill with me to give you one last chance"

Regina chuckled to herself at Mary-Margaret's words.

"Just to choose the right side, the side of good" the younger continued.

Regina almost rolled her eyes at the cheesiness of the chosen words.

"Have you ever considered that maybe, perhaps, I am good?" she sneered

"I was always the Queen it was you who added "Evil" to my name"

"Good doesn't do what you do" Mary-Margaret replied shaking her head before staring into Regina's eyes, who only smirked sadly back at her.

"Why? Regina, why go back to being this way after how hard you tried?"

"And what did it get me? Dinner with a bunch of hypocrites who pretend they'll forgive me"

Realisation overcame Mary-Margaret's face and softened her more so as Regina continued.

"When, in their hearts they know, they never will"

Mary-Margaret looked as if she'd been slapped but still stared at Regina with disappointment.

"You're giving me a chance? How 'bout I give you one? Stay out of my way"

Regina finished and with that she got up to leave, but Mary-Margaret wasn't going to let her get away without one last shot in the dark

"Listening to your mother is a mistake, Regina"

"Because listening to you will work out so much better" Regina rebutted.

"She doesn't care about Henry. All she wants is power"

Regina looked at her unable to believe that after all these years the younger woman in front of her still didn't get it.

"Power's how you get things"

Mary-Margaret then said something that hit like a stone from a slingshot "She doesn't care about you"

"Really?" Regina was going to throw her own stone "And what would you know about mothers?"

Mary-Margaret just stared after her as she left.

A thought crossed Regina's mind as the bell dinged above her.

'Is that true? Does she only care about power, not me? Does that explain why she attacked my sister?'

After her failed attempt to change Regina's mind, Mary-Margaret ran back to the station, quickly informing David of what had happened.
They both decided to call on the Mother Superior for help and were on their way to the Nunnery in an instant.

As soon as they got there, Mary-Margaret jumped out of the truck and ran to the Mother Superior, who was rushing down the garden steps to meet them.

"Mother Superior! We need your help!"

"I know" the lady in blue answered "Something's wrong, I sense a great deal of dark magic has been expelled"

David decided to put in his two cents.

"That's why we're here. Cora and Regina are trying to find Gold's Dagger"

The terror of realisation on her face amplified their own fears.

"So they may control the Dark One?"

"We're hoping your magic will find the Dagger first" Mary-Margaret said.

The Mother Superior nodded in agreement

"Please, Mother Superior, you're our only hope"