A/N I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. As always, reviews are welcome.

As Tessa walked in to the Sheriff's office the next afternoon, she saw Sheriff Graham taking mug-shots of Emma.

"Well, this is a…surprise." Tessa said, giving Emma a confused look. Then she looked over at Sheriff Graham.

"Brought your lunch from Granny's." She added, holding up the paper bag. She set it down on the nearest table.

"Ah, thank you." Graham told her.

"So what's going on and do I even want to know?" Tessa asked.

"I was framed." Emma muttered. Graham motioned towards the separate office behind Tessa.

"The full report is in there if you want to see it." He told her.

"Do I get to mark your mistakes with a red pen?" Tessa asked, flashing him a smile.

"You will no matter what I say." He returned. Before anything else was said, Henry ran into the room, followed by Mary Margaret.

"Henry, what are you doing here?" Tessa asked.

"Mom told me what happened."

"Of course she did…." Emma mumbled bitterly before turning to talk directly to Henry.

"Henry, I don't know what she said-."

"You're a genius!"

"What?" Emma asked, completely lost.

"I know what you were up to. You were gathering intel. For Operation Cobra."

"Operation what now?" Tessa asked.

"I'm a bit lost…" Graham admitted.

"Its need to know, Sheriff, and all you need to know is that Miss Blanchard's gonna bail her out!" Henry told him.

"You are? Why?" Emma asked Mary Margaret.

"I… uh… trust you."

"Well. If you could uncuff me-." Emma put out her hands to Graham. "-I have something to do." Graham uncuffed her and then went to talk to Mary Margaret. Tessa went over and looked at Henry.

"Operation Cobra?" She echoed.

"You don't believe so you don't get to know." He told her.

"I'm truly hurt." She said sarcastically. Emma looked at her, rubbing her wrists.

"How come you're here and you get to look at official police reports?" She asked.

"I'm his little helper elf. I'm interning here while I do my online college classes. Get the lunch, organize the files, correct his grammar and spelling with a little red pen that he might just break in annoyance. Stuff like that." Tessa explained.

"I thought you said you get to shoot guns." Henry said, confused.

"I did. Then I actually got here and he told me I was allowed no where near any weaponry." Tessa explained, obviously disappointed.

"Well, I have to go. Henry, can you get home with Mary Margaret or Tessa or something?" Emma asked, heading for the door. Tessa rolled her eyes.

"Wow, it's like you forget I'm his older sister. Mr. Crazy here be fine. Go do… whatever it is you need to do."

As Tessa and Henry walked up the walkway towards the Mayor's Office later that day, Henry nudged her with his elbow.

"What?" She asked, annoyed.

"Do you really think I'm crazy?" He asked. She grabbed his arm, pulled him to a stop and looked down at him.

"Henry, I'm your sister. Of course I think you're crazy. Do you think I'm crazy?" She asked.

"You're weird."

"Exactly. You're a kid and kids are crazy, so, yes, I call you crazy. Why are you suddenly bothered by that?" She asked.

"Because now I have to see a shrink and the only reason that mom says doesn't want my real mom here is because she could interfere with all the shrink stuff!"

"Henry, you're not crazy. Okay? I'm gonna call you crazy and probably a lot worse, but I'm just teasing you. You're not crazy." She assured him. He smiled. She nudged his shoulder.

"Come on, we're going to be late meeting with mom." They went into the building and navigated their way through the familiar hallways. Right as they reached Regina's office doorway, Henry and Tessa stopped to see Emma sitting with Regina and heard what she said.

"The poor kid can't even tell the difference between fantasy and reality and it's only getting worse. It's crazy!"

"You think I'm crazy?" Henry asked. Emma whirled around.

"Henry…" He turned and ran. Tessa looked between the two women for a second, then turned around and sprinted after him.

"HENRY! HENRY!" She finally caught up with him at the sidewalk and pulled him to a stop. She spun him around.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"She said she believed me! She said that she would help me break the curse!" Henry cried, pointing towards the building to indicate Emma.

"Oh, sit down!" She told him with a huff. They both sat down on the curb and rested their chins on their knees.

"What's this Operation Cobra thing?"

"We were figuring out which fairytale creature is which towns person." He explained in a mumble.

"Hmm… Who was Sheriff Graham?"

"We… I don't know." He replied.

"Who is Dr. Whale?"

"Don't know."

"Who is Ruby?"

"Don't know."

"Well then you haven't gotten very far, have you?" She asked teasingly. He shrugged. She stood up.

"Come on, kiddo. We're going to be late for you session." He reluctantly got up from the curb and let him lead her towards Archie's office.

As soon as Tessa walked into the house, Romania and Sebastian met her at the door.

"Hey, boys." She sidestepped away from them and went into the kitchen, where Regina was sitting at the island, going over some paperwork.

"Really, mom?" She demanded, throwing her jacket down to cover the paperwork so that Regina had to look at her.

"I'm not sure what you meant by that." Regina told her.

"You know exactly what I mean! You knew that Henry listening when you were talking to Emma!"

"It's better if she is out of his life."

"You don't know that!" Tessa told her, the words coming out louder than she'd meant.

"I'm his mother-."

"And I'm sister that had to talk to him when he was so upset about what he'd heard!" Tessa shot back.

"Contessa-."

"Oh, no, not the full name, my secret weakness!" Tessa cried, both dramatically and sarcastically. She grabbed her jacket and yanked it off the counter, scattering the papers everywhere.

"You're not thinking about Henry, mom… You're thinking about you!" She stomped out of the kitchen, leaving a shocked Regina behind.

It was after midnight when Regina went to Tessa's door, pushing it open as quietly as she could. Tessa was asleep on her bed, her long black hair strewn around her. Regina leaned against the doorframe and closed her eyes, thinking back to a memory only she had.

{Enchanted Forest – Past}

A tired young Regina lied propped up on the bed, watching at the midwife wrapped her new daughter in a warm blanket. Her mother, Cora, entered the room. She intercepted the baby as the midwife started to hand her to Regina.

"You have disgraced this family!" Cora growled at Regina, holding the baby well out of her reach.

"Please, mother, I-." Regina started to beg.

"No! You do not get to speak! You are not married and you refuse to speak of the father… As far as anyone outside this house shall know, this girl is your sister, not your daughter. Consider yourself luck I'm even keeping this child at all!" Cora told her, not even glancing down at the child in her arms as she spoke.

"Please… Just let me hold her…" Regina pleaded. Cora didn't relinquish the hard gaze fixed upon Regina, but she did, however, relinquish the baby. Then she strode out of the room. The midwife hurriedly left as well. Regina looked down at her daughter. She had tufts of inky black hair, the same shade as Regina's own while her eyes were sea-green, the same shade as Daniel's. Regina couldn't help but think of her true love, the stable boy, and her daughter's father. If Cora ever knew… She couldn't even bear herself to think of what would happen. She held her daughter close to her.

"Contessa… You'll be Contessa." She whispered. It was a long moment before she spoke again.

"I'll never let anything hurt you. You'll be alright… I promise."