Chapter Two: Apples Aren't Trust Worthy

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***OUAT***

Emma Swan woke up and found that her brother was sitting on the couch, texting someone. She looked outside and noticed that the clock on the clock tower was now moving. Why had it moved? Had this been something from Henry's book? Were they really the Saviours?

Emma shook her head. That was just a stupid book! The mayor probably felt like it was time to fix the stupid thing.

'Did you see the clock?' Wills asked, not looking up from his phone.

'Yeah- yeah I did,' Emma said, 'and it means that the mayor finally got it fixed.'

'Or that this curse thing of Henry's is true,' Wills said, now sitting up and looking at her.

'This fairy-tale bullshit isn't real,' Emma scoffed, 'we both know that, Wills.'

'Emma, I'm not really sure if it is,' Wills said.

'How old are you William Swan?' Emma demanded, sitting on the couch next to him. 'Twenty-eight! Get a grip! This is a book so the kid doesn't have to deal with that cow of a mother.'

'Emma Swan,' William said, 'all tales, legends or fairy-tales are based on some foundation of truth! Why is it so hard for you to understand?'

'Because it's not true,' Emma scoffed, 'now hurry up. I want breakfast.'

There was a knock on the door and Wills stood up immediately.

'We've barely talked to anyone here,' Wills said, 'who is it?'

'Perhaps it's that old lady giving us a welcoming to Storybrooke?' Emma asked, going to the door. She opened the door a tiny bit and opened it all the way. What the hell was the Mayor doing here?

'Did you know the Honeycrisp tree is the most vigorous and hearty of all apple trees? It can survive temperatures as low as forty below and keep growing. It can weather any storm. I have one that I've tended to since I was a little girl. And to this day, I have yet to taste anything more delicious than the fruit it offers.' Regina said, smirking slightly. She handed Emma an apple and Wills stood next to Emma. The mayor gave Wills one as well.

'Ah thanks?' Wills said, looking at the apple.

'I hope these will be delicious as you two drive home,' Regina smiled.

'Actually,' Emma said, 'we're staying for a bit longer.'

'My son has enough issues without you two dunderheads confusing him,' Regina said, 'it's not a good idea.'

'With all due respect Madam Mayor, you have threatened Emma and I twice in the last twelve hours makes me think that Henry isn't okay in your care.' Wills said, raising an eyebrow.

'Since when were apples a threat?' Regina asked innocently.

Wills scoffed. 'It's my job to read between the lines.'

'I just want to make sure Henry's okay,' Emma said.

'My son, is fine. Any problems he has is being taken care of,' Regina said, looking and sounding annoyed.

'What's that mean?' Emma asked.

'It means I have him in therapy. It's all under control. Take my advice, Miss Swan. Mr Swan. Only one of us knows what's best for Henry.' Regina said.

'Yeah, I'm starting to think you're right about that.' Emma said, glaring at the Mayor.

'It's time for both of you to go.' Regina said, glaring at them.

'Or what, Madam Mayor?' Wills scoffed.

'Don't underestimate me, Mr Swan. You have no idea what I'm capable of.' Regina said, and she walked off with her basket of apples.

'What a bitch,' Wills said, slamming the door.

'We'll get her back, don't you worry, brother,' Emma smirked, 'now, let's get breakfast.'

***OUAT***

Wills sat at the counter, reading the Storybrooke Daily Mirror, eating his apple when Ruby, the girl from last night, put two hot Cocoas with cinnamon in front of him and Emma.

'Here you go,' Ruby said, smiling at Wills. He smiled back.

'Ah thank you,' Emma said, 'but neither of us ordered that.'

'Yeah I know,' Ruby winked at Wills, 'but you, madam, have an admirer.'

They both looked around and Wills laughed. It was the Sheriff of the town, Graham. They both walked over to him and Wills raised an eyebrow at him.

'Ah so you both decided to stay,' Graham said.

'Observant,' Emma said sarcastically, 'that's very important for a cop.'

'It may be good news for our tourist business, but apparently not so good for our local signage.' Graham said and Wills laughed and Emma rolled her eyes. 'It's… it's a joke, Emma. Because you ran over our sign.'

'Look, the cocoa was very nice and all and I'm quite surprised and impressed that someone finally guessed that I like cinnamon on my chocolate because people don't understand that, but I'm not here to flirt with you. So thanks but no thanks.' Emma said.

'I didn't send it,' Graham said and Wills started to laugh loudly.

'It was me,' Henry said, 'I love cinnamon on my cocoa as well and though you two would like it.'

'You're meant to be at school,' Wills said.

'Duh,' Henry said, rolling his eyes, 'I'm ten. Walk me.'

'Hang on,' Wills called out. He gulped down the hot cocoa and Emma glared at him.

'Why?' Emma asked.

'The kid obviously likes me,' Wills smirked, 'and besides, you accused the lovely Sheriff here of buying us these drinks, least I could do is not leave a temptation for him to drink it.'

Graham and Wills laughed and Emma walked out with Henry.

'Thanks man,' Wills said, grinning at him and running off to get Emma.

'So what's with your mother?' Wills asked Henry, as they crossed the road.

'It's not about us, it's about her curse. We must break it. Luckily, I'm the smart one and have awesome plan. Step one is identification. I call it Operation Cobra.'

'Cobra's a good name,' Wills said.

'How?' Emma asked. 'It has nothing to do with fairy tales.'

'Exactly. A code name will throw off the Evil Queen.' Henry said, smiling at Wills.

'So everyone is a fairy tale character.' Wills said.

'They just don't know it,' Emma added.

'That's the curse,' Henry said earnestly, 'time's been frozen- until you both got here.'

Wills started to take a bite of his apple when Henry stopped him.

'Where'd you get that from?' Henry asked.

'Your mother.' Wills said.

'Don't eat it!' Henry exclaimed. He took both apples and threw them over his shoulder.

'But I'm hungry!' Wills exclaimed.

'Okay- uh… Alright. What about the past of everyone living here?' Emma asked.

'They don't know. It's a haze to them. Ask anyone anything and you'll have your answer.' Henry said.

'So, for decades, people have been walking around in a haze, not aging, with screwed up memories, stuck in a cursed town that kept them oblivious?' Emma asked, saying it sarcastically. Wills pinched her shoulder and she glared at him.

'I knew you'd get it. That's why we need you. Both of you. You two are the only ones who can stop her curse.' Henry said, smiling at her.

'Because we're the son and daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming?' Wills asked.

'Yes. And right now, we have the advantage. My mom doesn't know that. I took out the end. The part with you in it. See? Your mom is Snow White.' Henry smiled, taking the book out.

'Kid…' Emma said, frowning and looking at Wills.

'I know I know the hero never believes at first. If they did, it wouldn't be a very good story. If you need proof, take them. Read them. But whatever you do, don't let her see these pages. They're dangerous. If she finds out who you are, then it would be bad. I got to go. But I'll find you later and we can get started. I knew you'd believe me!'

'We never said we did!' Emma said.

'She did- I didn't, Henry!' Wills called to the kid.

'Why else would you be here?' Henry grinned. He ran up the stairs and Wills smirked at Emma.

'How can you believe this, Wills?' Emma asked.

'Because it makes sense,' Wills said, 'I- I just can't explain how Emma but it does.'

Wills saw the teacher from the door before approaching them and she smiled at them.

'It's good to see he's smile back,' Mary Margaret smiled.

'We didn't do anything,' Emma said, and Wills rolled her eyes at her stubbornness and narrow mindlessness.

'You both stayed,' Mary Margaret smiled, 'so does the mayor know you're both here?'

'She did this morning,' Wills said, laughing, 'I mean, what's up her butt? She's a terrible people person. How'd she get elected? Fraud? Bribery?'

'She's been mayor for as long as I can remember. No one's ever been brave enough to run against her. She inspires quite a bit of, well, fear. I'm afraid I only made that worse by giving Henry that book. Now he thinks she's the Evil Queen.' Mary Margaret said, sighing.

'Who does Henry think you are?' Wills asked.

'Oh it's rather- well silly,' Mary Margaret said, blushing a little.

'We just got five minutes of silly.' Emma laughed.

'Snow White,' Mary Margaret said and Wills felt his breath stop. This could be his mother. 'What about you two? Hansel and Gretel perhaps?'

'He thinks-' Wills started.

'He thinks that we aren't in the book,' Emma smiled tightly, 'but could I ask you a favour? Regina said that Henry's in therapy. Where's the doctor's office?'

'Oh it's near Mr Gold's pawn shop,' Mary Margaret smiled. The bell rang and she smiled at them. 'I'm glad you're here for Henry.' She walked off and Emma glanced at Wills.

'She's nice.' Wills smiled.

'She's not our mother, William, get a grip on yourself,' Emma said, walking back from where they came from.

***OUAT***

'Hey Mr Hopper.' Emma smiled, walking into the room. Wills followed her, looking at the room curiously.

'Emma and William Swan. I just read about you two in the paper. Let me guess. You two have PSD and need a diagnosis? That was free by the way,' Archie laughed and Wills laughed with him.

'Actually, I'm here about Henry,' Emma smiled.

'I- I really shouldn't,' Archie said, hesitantly.

'I'm sorry,' Emma said, 'but could you tell me something? This fairy tale thing- obsession- what's caused it? He thinks that everyone is a character in this book! It's- that's crazy!'

'I hope you don't say that in front of him!' Archie said, looking horrified. 'Using the word crazy is quite damaging. These stories… They're his language. He has no idea how to express complex emotion, so he's translating as best he can. This is how he communicates, when he's using this book to help deal with his problems.'

'But he got the book a month ago,' Wills said.

'He's been seeing you longer than that, hasn't he?

'Ah- yes. Yes he has.' Archie said.

'So it's Regina!' Emma said.

'Uh, his mother is, uh, a very complicated woman. And, uh, over the years, her attempts to try and bring Henry close to her only backfired. Why don't you take a look at the file? Um, see what I mean.' Archie went to grab Henry's file and handed it to Emma.

'Why are you doing this?' Emma asked.

'We've talked about you. A lot and you're quite important to the kid.' Archie said.

'Just, uh, see that I get it back, okay? And Miss Swan. Just for the sake of the boy, be careful how to handle his belief system. Destroying his imagination would be…be devastating.' Archie said, smiling at her.

Emma nodded and Wills shook his hand.

'Thank you,' Wills said. They walked off and they heard Archie close the door.

They were sitting on Emma's bed, reading through parts of Henry's file when Wills spoke up.

'We should investigate the Mayor,' Wills said, 'there's- there's something about her.'

'I know and we will,' Emma said, 'but let's continue reading about Henry. There might be something written here that's important.'

There was a knock on the door and they both groaned.

'If it's the Mayor, we're screwed,' Wills said, stretching. Emma rolled her eyes and Wills opened the door. It was Graham and he knew that they were not doing any better.

'Hey there, sheriff,' Wills said, 'if you're concerned about the "do not disturb" signs, don't worry. I've banned my sister from even looking at them.

Graham laughed and Emma came to the door.

'As much as that's hilarious, I'm here about Dr. Archibald Hopper. He mentioned you two got into a bit of a row with him earlier?' Graham asked uncertainly.

'Ah no,' Emma said, putting her hands on her hips.

'Trust me, I was shocked as well,' Graham said, 'given both of your shy, delicate sensibilities… and humour. He says that Emma demanded to see the Henry's files and when he refused, William came back and stole them with Emma's help.

'He gave Emma the file,' Wills said, frowning.

'Alas, he's story doesn't a line with yours, I'm afraid. May I check your room? Or must I get a search warrant.'

'Go ahead,' Wills said annoyed. The papers that they were reading and the pages from the book were on the bed and Graham sighed.

'This what you're looking for, right?' Emma asked.

'Both of you are very accommodating,' Graham said, 'and I'm afraid, Miss Swan, Mr Swan, you're both under arrest. Again.'

'Let me put the hand cuffs on myself,' Wills said sarcastically, putting his hands out for him.

'We're being set up!' Emma exclaimed, as Graham put the cuffs on her. 'You know that right?'

'And whom, may I ask, is setting you up?' Graham asked raising an eyebrow.

They followed Graham out to his car and they sat in the back.

'I love the smell of a new car,' Wills said, 'it's knew right?'

'No,' Graham laughed, 'it's the smelly stuff because Leroy- the town drunk- vomited in the back the other week.'

'Lovely,' Emma said sarcastically.

***OUAT***

Wills laughed as Emma got her mug shot done and she gave him the rude finger.

'Now Miss Swan, that's rather rude,' Wills smirked, 'might want to change that attitude up.'

'I'm going to punch you in that stupid face of yours if you don't shut the hell up.' Emma said annoyed. Graham and Wills laughed and Emma punched him in the arm as he went to get his mug shot taken.

'So Graham,' Wills said, 'you realise the shrink is lying right?'

'To the right, Mr Swan.' Graham said. 'Why would he lie?'

'The Mayor of course!' Wills said. 'She may look pretty on the outside, but that personality don't fit that face. She's a very smart woman, must have something on him. He's terrified of her, Graham, like everybody else in this town.'

'To the left, Mr Swan,' Graham said, 'Regina can be- well a little intimidating, but she wouldn't go as far as this frame job.'

'Firstly, don't call me Mr Swan,' Wills said, 'that's the name of my asshole adoptive father, when I was three, name. But how far would she go? What else does her hand touch?'

'Sorry didn't know,' Graham said as Wills face him, 'Regina is the Mayor. She has everyone in her hands.'

'Including the police force?' Emma asked, glaring at him.

Suddenly, Henry ran in with Mary Margaret and stopped at the desk.

'Henry! Henry, what are you doing here?' Graham asked.

'He's mother told him what happened.' Mary Margaret said sadly.

'Henry I don't know what she said-' Emma said.

'You're a genius!' Henry said. 'Both of you!'

'What?' Wills said.

'I know what you're up to! You were gathering intel for Operation Cobra!'

'I'm sorry, but I'm a bit lost,' Graham said.

'Its need to know, Sheriff. And all you need to know is that Miss Blanchard's going to bail them both out.' Henry grinned as Graham looked surprised.

'You are?' Wills asked.

'Why?' Emma asked.

'I- uh- trust both of you.' Mary Margaret smiled.

'Please uncuff me Sheriff,' Wills smirked, 'I've got to go do something.'

They were silent as they walked to the hardware store and got two chainsaws and Wills was beyond angry at the Mayor. He was going to use his NYCD power to get to her now.

'You go that side and I'll go here,' Wills smirked. They were both working on the same tree branch he wanted to make sure they destroyed it. They started the work on the branch and Regina came out, looking very angry.

'What the hell are you doing?' Regina spat.

'Picking apples,' they both smirked.

'You're both out of your mind!' Regina yelled.

'No, you are, if you think a shoddy frame job is enough to scare us off. You're going to have to do better than that! You come after me one more time, I'm coming back for the rest of this tree.' Emma said and Wills laughed.

'Because, sister, you have no idea, what we're capable of.' Wills finished.

They both walked off and called over their shoulder, 'your move!'

***OUAT***

Emma and Wills walked into their room and were about to close the door, when the old lady from last night came up. They had figured out her name was Granny that morning from Ruby.

'Miss Swan, Mr Swan,' Granny said, 'Oh my, this is terribly awkward. Uh, I need to ask you both to leave. I'm afraid we have a "no felons" rule. It- it turns out it's a city ordinance.'

'Let me guess,' Wills said, 'the mayor's office just called to remind you?'

'You can both gather your things but I need both keys back.'

Emma and Wills handed the keys back and Granny walked away. They grabbed what little they hand and walked out of the room.

'What a cow!' Wills exclaimed. 'I should tell her I'm going to charge her with a hundred different crimes!'

'That won't work.' Emma scoffed. 'Now come on, we'll chuck the stuff in the car and-'

Her car had a boot on it. She glared at it as her phone rang and she picked her phone up. She put it on loud speaker.

'Yeah?' Emma asked.

'Miss Swan, I know you have this on loudspeaker for your brother and I'd be happy to continue demonstrating my power, but am I right in guessing your resolve to stay is only growing?'

'You have no idea,' Wills said angrily, as they chucked the stuff in the car.

'Well then, I think it's time we made peace. Why don't you drive over to me office?' Wills slammed the door and they heard her scoff. 'Or walk, whatever suits you two twins.'

Emma hung up and glanced at her brother who had started to walk off.

***OUAT***

'I'd like to starting by apologizing, Mr Swan, Miss Swan,' Regina said, handing them a glass of whiskey.

'Excuse me?' Wills asked.

'I just have to accept the reality that you two want to be here.' Regina sighed.

'That's right.' Emma said, putting her feet on her table. 'We do and you just proved it more.'

'And that you're here to take my son away from me,' Regina said. Wills saw the horror in her eyes at the thought of it.

'Let's be clear. I- we have no intentions of taking anyone from anybody,' Wills said.

'Well then, what are you both doing here?' Regina asked.

'I know I'm not a mother and Wills isn't a father. I think that's pretty self-evident. But I did have him. Henry. And I can't help that he got in my head and I want to make sure he's okay. We want to make sure he's okay. The more you try to push us out, the more we want to be here. Especially after seeing how troubled he is.'

'You think he's troubled?' Regina asked.

'Well, he's in therapy. And I only got through a couple of pages of his shrink's notes before you had me arrested. But putting all that aside. He thinks everyone in this town is a fairy tale character.' Emma said.

'And you don't, do you?' Regina asked.

'How can I or anybody really? The poor kid can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality and it's only getting worse. It's crazy.' Emma said sadly.

'You think I'm crazy?' A voice asked. Wills looked around and saw Henry, who looked devastated by what Emma has said.

They both got up and Wills walked over to him.

'Henry…' Emma said. Henry ran out and Wills rounded on Regina.

'How long was he there?' Wills asked.

'Long enough,' Regina smirked.

'You knew he would be here,' Emma said.

'Did I know that my son comes to my office every Thursday at precisely 5:00pm so I can take him for dinner before his therapy session? Of course I did. I'm his mother. Your move.' Regina said, crossing her legs and putting her arms on the arm rests.

'You have no soul!' Wills said.

'How the hell did you get like this?' Emma demanded and they both walked out.

They walked to the closest ATM and got money out for the money they owed Mary Margaret. They slowly walked to the building they saw her enter that afternoon and found that she lived on the top floor.

Wills knocked on the door and it was opened to reveal the lady that he felt he had met before.

'Hey,' Wills said, 'we- uh- just wanted to say thank you, and- ah here's the bail money.'

He stood there awkwardly with his sister and turned to leave when Mary Margaret called out to him.

'You both look like you need to talk.' Mary Margaret stood into her apartment and Emma entered first, Wills quickly entering after her. Mary Margaret went to go make hot cocoa and they sat down at her table. It was a small apartment but it felt like home. It was a lovely but it had to get lonely.

'Cinnamon?' Emma asked surprised as Mary Margaret sat down with three cups of cocoa.

'Oh I'm sorry! I should have asked. It's- well a little quirk of mine. Do you mind?'

'We like cinnamon on cocoa,' Wills said, 'thanks.'

'When you bailed us out, you said that you trusted us. Why?'

'It's strange. Ever since you arrived here, I've had the oddest feeling like we met before. And, I know it's crazy.' Mary Margaret said, smiling at them.

'I think we need a new definition of crazy,' Wills smiled back.

'For what it's worth, I think both of you are innocent.'

'Of breaking and entering or just in general?' Emma asked.

'Whichever one makes you feel better,' Mary Margaret smiled.

'It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks either of us did or didn't do. I'm leaving. Thank you – for everything you've done – but I think it's for the best. If we stay, Henry's only going to keep getting hurt.' Emma said and Wills nodded.

'What happens if you both go? I think they very fact that both of you want to leave, is why you have to stay. You both care about him. Who will protect Henry if neither of you won't?' Mary Margaret asked. Wills glanced at his sister then Mary Margaret. They looked like mother and daughter, but that was ridiculous! They were the same age. They all were.

'Thanks,' Wills said, standing up and draining his hot cocoa, 'but we have to go talk to a kid.'

***OUAT***

Emma and Wills barged into the room and Archie stood up.

'Miss Swan, William! Look I can explain! The Mayor forced me to-'

'We know. Don't worry, we get it,' Wills said.

'Henry look I'm sorry,' Emma said.

'I don't want to talk to you.' Henry muttered. 'Both of you.'

'Miss Swan, William, if she knew you were here-'

'To hell with her.' Wills spat.

'Henry, Wills and I stayed here for one simple reason. You. I- we wanted to get to know you.' Emma said, leaning closer to Henry.

'You both think I'm crazy,' Henry said, looking at Wills and Emma.

'No I think this curse is crazy. And it is. But, that doesn't mean that it isn't true. It is a lot to ask anyone to believe in, but there are a lot of crazy things in this world. So what do I know? Maybe it is true.'

'But you told my mom-' Henry said.

'What she needed to hear, Henry,' Wills said.

'What I do know, is that if the curse is real, the only way to break it is by tricking the Evil Queen into thinking that we are non-believers. Cause that way, she's not on to us. Isn't that what Operation Cobra was all about? Throwing her off the trail?' Emma asked.

'It's true,' Wills admitted, 'we have to throw her off the trail.'

'Brilliant!' Henry exclaimed.

'We've read these pages, and Henry you're right.' Wills said. 'These are very dangerous in the wrong hands. There is only one way to make sure no one sees them.'

Wills handed Emma a page and they both threw them in.

'Now we have the advantage and the Evil Queen doesn't understand who we are.' Wills said. Henry hugged them both and Emma looked at her brother who smiled at her.

'I knew you were here to help me.'

'That's right Henry,' Wills said.

'And nothing- not even a curse- is going to stop that.' Emma added. The three of them walked out of the office and Wills smiled at Emma who smiled at him then Henry.

They were going to help this kid, no matter the cost.

***OUAT***

As Emma fell asleep, Wills took his phone out. He wasn't going back to New York. Ever. He had told his boss that he had found his parents and they were going to live here with them. His boss hadn't been too impressed but said he had understood.

Now he was texting his friend from long ago, that he had found again a few days before his birthday.

Hey William :)

Hi! How's working at the station for you?

Pretty sucky actually :'( the boss is an asshole and the people are getting worse and worse.

Well that's no good! Well I have more sucky news for you

What do you mean?

Well- Emma and I aren't coming back to NYC because - well we think we found our parents.

Really? Where are you?

In Maine. It's a quiet town. G2G ttyl

Bye William :)

Bye Lily :)

Wills turned his phone off and took out the newspaper. He had find a house or apartment to live in.

***OUAT***

Author's Note: Cliffhanger! Sorry to leave you like this but it was getting too long! Anyway, I might not be able to update for away and next chapter will have a flashback to how Wills met Lily! :) Please read, favourite and follow! Leave a review with what you liked, what you didn't and any ideas! :)

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