A/N I combined these two episodes because they were way too short on their own, but I hope you like it. I took some creative liberties and made these two combined episodes a little odd. I hope it's odd in a good way but you can tell me in reviews whether or not you like it or not.

Tessa's eyes fluttered open. She was still in the hospital room. It was dark out in the hallway and out the window. She looked around. No one was in the room except her. She looked down at the IV in her arm. She bit back a groan. She was getting really tired of waking up in the hospital. She yanked the IV out of her arm, ignoring the pain, and slid off the bed. She was in a hospital gown. She searched the room until she saw her stack of clothes on the chair. Once she was in her jeans, white tank top and grey high-tops, she threw the hospital gown onto the bed. She snatched her sweatshirt off the chair as she slipped out of the room. She was still zipping it up when she rounded a corner. She had to get out. She couldn't stay here any longer. More memories were trying to break through, trying to get to the surface. If I can just get to the edge of town, they'll come easier, she thought to herself. She picked up the pace and soon she was running through the hospital hallways. She knew the lay-out better than she should and she was out in the parking lot in record time. It was dark out, but there was just enough moonlight for her to see the clock tower. Midnight. Why did bad things always happen at midnight? She zigzagged her way through the few cars parked in the lot and ran into the road. No cars were coming and she didn't hear anything. It was eerily quiet. It just added to her stress. She started sprinting down the middle of the street, heading for the edge of town. Suddenly a barrage of flashes came on her again, even though she knew she was no where near the edge of town. It dropped her to her knees. She fell all the way to the street as her vision blurred into another memory…

{Enchanted Forest – past}

"You can't curse everyone! Mother, please listen to reason!" Contessa begged. Regina, however, didn't listen.

"Of course I can curse everyone. That's exact what I'm doing." Regina told her with a smile that didn't show happiness, rather the thought of revenge that was making her giddy. Contessa slowly backed away from her.

"You can't do this… I will not be a part of this!" She told her mother, shaking her head.

"Are you abandoning your mother? The one that has taken care of you all these years?"

"My mother died the second she started doing dark magic. You are just an evil witch pretending to be her. I will not stay here a second longer!" She turned and ran. Even as she ran, the Evil Queen's enraged yell reached her ears.

"YOU WILL BE AMONG THE CURSED!"

Tessa opened her eyes again. Bright hospital lights greeted her. She moaned, rolling onto her side. Then she noticed something. She was handcuffed to her bed. She tried to yank her hand free, but the hand-cuffs were too tight. She forcefully threw herself back against her pillows. She heard voices outside her room and strained her ears in order to listen in.

"Miss Mills, has it occurred to you that this is your own doing?" Mr. Gold asked.

"Are you accusing me of putting my own daughter in the hospital?" Regina growled.

"You're the one that cursed everyone. All magic comes with a price."

"The price is my daughter? Is that it?"

"We both know that Contessa is extremely powerful. Her powers are resurfacing. The curse is trying to stop it. This is the result."

Later that day, Regina came into the room. Tessa immediately motioned impatiently towards the handcuffs.

"It's just a precaution. After you escaped last night, they wanted to make sure it didn't happen again. I blame the security… Sleeping on the job like that… I have more than half a mind to have him fired." Regina told her.

"Why am I even in the hospital?" She asked, annoyed.

"You keep passing out. The doctors aren't sure what's wrong." Regina explained. Tessa didn't say anything.

"We're going to have Dr. Hopper come and have sessions with you while you're in the hospital." Regina added.

"So now I'm crazy and a medical mystery? This is going to be one heck on a rap-sheet by the end of the year."

"It's just for a little while." Regina was called out of the room by Dr. Whale. Tessa lied back against her pillows, wondering what exactly she had ever done to deserve all of this…

{Enchanted Forest – Past}

"Snow, she's going to curse everyone. I don't know what's going to happen, but it won't be good." Contessa told her step-sister. They had met in the woods, away from the castle. Snow White let out a shaky breath.

"Alright… Then we'll just have to prepare for the worst. Come along." Snow White started to pull Contessa towards the castle, but Contessa held her ground. She pulled her hand out of Snow White's, who gave her a confused look.

"My mother is beyond reasoning, but I think I can stop her."

"You?"

"Yes. I'm powerful. We all know that. If I can learn how to use my magic, perform dark magic-."

"Contessa, dark magic is what you blame for destroying your mother. Do not stoop as low as to try and learn it yourself to stop her. Stay out of trouble, keep yourself hidden, just for a while. I'll always be here for whatever you need."

"Why do I think the curse is going to disagree with that?"

Tessa woke up, calmer now that she was used to seeing the hospital lights above her. She looked out the door, which was slightly ajar. She saw Dr. Whale, Archie and Regina talking, too low for her to hear. She looked back up at the ceiling. If escape isn't an option, they'll just have to let me walk out of their own accord, she thought. Then she smiled slightly, a plan forming in her head.

"So what do you see when you black out?" Archie asked. Tessa played it causal, as was her plan.

"Nothing. I didn't even know I was blacking out."

"Do you think there's a reason for these black outs? Perhaps memories that are trying to come to the surface?" Boy, he knew how to make it hard.

"I'm not sure." He nodded and made a note in his notebook. Tessa looked down at her handcuffed hand and back up at him. Don't suppose we could move this along? She thought hopefully.

"So what do you think of the hospital, Tessa? Are they treating you well here?" Apparently not…

After Archie had come and gone, Mary Margaret stopped in to see her. Tessa looked up from the notebook she was drawing in.

"Hey. I heard you where here again. What are you drawing?" She asked curiously, trying to sneak a peek at the notebook.

"Nothing." Tessa put it face-down on the bed and waved at her as best as she could with her handcuffed hand.

"So how are you doing?" Tessa asked her. Mary Margaret sighed and flopped down on the bed next to her.

"David drama."

"Ahh… I hear it's the worst kind."

"It is." Mary Margaret agreed, nodding. They were silent for a minute. Then Mary Margaret gasped.

"My class. I'm going to be late." She jumped off the bed, knocking the notebook off with her.

"Oh, sorry." She reached down to get it. When she saw the drawing inside, she looked up at Tessa in confusion.

"Why did you draw me… with long hair? And is that David with me?" She demanded. Tessa took the notebook back.

"Don't tell anyone, but I think I caught Henry's brand of crazy." She explained.

"Where you think I'm Snow White and he's Prince Charming?"

"That would be the crazy I'm speaking off." Mary Margaret just stared at her for a minute.

"I have to go."

"You do that, Snow."

"What?"

"I said Mary Margaret."

"No you didn't."

"Yes I did. Have a good day now." Mary Margaret looked at her for a minute longer and then left the room.

It was even later that day when Henry came into the room. He dumped his backpack on the floor and pulled a chair over to the side of the bed.

"Hey." She greeted him.

"Mary Margaret said you'd been drawing her as Snow White."

"Wow, somebody didn't hear the 'don't tell anyone' part of that conversation." Tessa said with a roll of her eyes.

"So you're getting your memories back? The curse isn't working on you anymore!" He cried excitedly. Just then, Dr. Whale came into the room.

"Sorry, Henry, but visiting hours are over." Henry frowned as he gathered up his backpack and left. Dr. Whale looked at Tessa.

"Are you still mad at me for having you handcuffed to the bed?" He asked.

"Not. At. All." She told him in the bitterest tone she could manage.

Another session with Archie brought the stupidest question that Tessa could imagine.

"Do you see this glass as half full or half empty?" Tessa stared at the glass of water for a minute. Then she reached out, grabbed the cup and drank the water.

"That wasn't what you were supposed to do." Archie told her.

"I think outside the box."

"So I've noticed. Have you had anymore black outs?" He asked. She smiled sweetly at him.

"No." This wasn't a total lie. She was fighting off any memories that threatened to come to the surface, only letting them out at night when everyone would think she'd just fallen asleep. Sometimes, she was pretty sure she did fall asleep before she blacked out.

"Good. I think we're making progress." Don't suppose we could make progress a little faster?

The next day, Dr. Whale was releasing her from the handcuff.

"Am I free to go?" She asked.

"Yes. If you have even the slight black-out, you need to come back."

"Of course, Doc." Not happening, she thought at the same time as she spoke. He walked out of the room to allow her to get the dressed. The second she was out of that horrid hospital gown and into her regular clothes, she hit the hallway running.