I do not own Once Upon a Time.

Time fix a friendship and ask a few questions.

Amelia gathered her courage and entered the pawn shop, she needed to fix a relationship. Actually she needed to fix it a while ago but she was waiting for the dust to settle. And also she wanted some answers.

The bell over her head rang and Belle looked up from behind the counter. There was a smile on her face, one that slowly dropped.

Amelia took the first step. "You alone?" Belle nodded. "I'm sorry, for not telling you about the fake dagger. I didn't want to ruin your perfect image of Gold, or at least your flawed image that needs some fixing. I feel horrible that you found out the hard way."

"I was blind the whole time; I should have been smarter. You were only doing what you thought was right, to protect your… our family." Belle said. Did she still consider Amelia family? "Are we still friends?"

"I don't have friends. I have family. And yes we are family." Amelia told Belle. She smiled and came around the counter to hug Amelia.

Relationship saved. Now to ask a question. "So you and Will? What's the deal with that?" Amelia asked, not realizing she used the uncomfortable word: 'deal'.

Belle smiled. "He makes me laugh and smile. I don't really know exactly what we are right now. He makes me feel special and happy."

Amelia nodded. "Your happiness is all that matters. But if he does something stupid, I'll set him straight." She promised.

Amelia's next step was the bakery, just because she had a sudden craving for a donut. Just a random craving, one not that had a reason. She opened the door and saw Henry inside talking to Helen.

"Thank you and don't tell Granny that I switched my daily snack place." He was saying.

"My lips are sealed. Just like they are about her "fresh" lasagna. It's all frozen." Helen said with a smile on her face.

Henry smiled back and turned around to see Amelia. "Hi Mom."

"Hi Henry, get to school." She told him before placing a kiss on his head. She watched him go. And something dawned on her. "You know," She directed her observation to Helen. "Since Henry is going to be my step son soon, technically he's your grandson. Which means you can stop bugging Jordan and Aiden to have kids." Amelia smiled, sitting down.

Helen brought a tray of freshly made donuts to the table. "It still amazes me that the Evil Queen raised him and he turned out so well."

"Regina's a good person; she changed so much when she found some reason to be good. She's a hero." Amelia said taking a donut.

"How are you doing?" Helen checked in with Amelia often, just to make sure she was properly dealing with her loss. Neal had told her about the make shift funeral service the three of them had.

"Good days, bad days, and really bad days." Amelia said honestly. She wasn't going to lie to her mother, about this at least.

"What's a really bad day?"

"Walking into Ashely's "Mommy and Me" class and knowing you are supposed to be a part of it." Amelia answered, choking back a tear.

"Sweetheart you so strong. You are a hero."

Amelia shook her head. There were so many things that Helen did not know about. "I'm no one's hero."

Helen decided to share a secret with her daughter. "I had a miscarriage also. A few years after the twins were born. It happened very early on, Charles didn't even know I was pregnant yet. I grieved so much, it was like I lost a piece of myself. About a week later, Charles went into the woods and found something that saved my life."

Amelia had no idea what Charles could have found. "What was that?"

Helen squeezed Amelia's hand. "You. You were my saving grace. You are my hero."

Amelia smiled, she felt wonderful. Then from the back room came music.

Helen turned around. "Did Nathan sneak in the back and turn on the radio?" She sounded confused. Amelia said nothing and just enjoyed the music.

The following day found Amelia and Neal in Granny's for lunch. Neal ordered a lasagna and Amelia bit back a laugh. Neal shot her a confused look. "I'll tell you later." She whispered. She would tell him, when they were well out of ear shot of the elderly lady who had wolf powers.

They were just finishing up when it happened, something very bad. Suddenly everyone in the dinner slumped over, as if suddenly asleep. Something was very wrong.

"What is going on?" Neal looked around, confused and scared. But Amelia knew instantly, it was a sleeping curse. Most likely set by Maleficent, for what purpose, Amelia didn't know, yet. But she had to take care of Neal first. While he was distracted by the sudden sleeping people, she applied some gloss to her lips. She stood up and sat next to him in the booth. Then she grabbed Neal's face and kissed him soundly.

He froze then she let go and dropped him gently to rest his head on the wall. Her newest batch of kiss of death was useful; she hadn't planned on using it. Now it would look like the curse hit him also. She was grateful at the moment. This allowed her to get to the bottom of things and she doubted she had much time. Suddenly there was movement outside and Amelia threw herself over the counter. She held her breath and waited. Then she heard a voice that she instantly recognized.

"Baelfire, I'm sorry for everything I ever did to hurt you. I never wanted you hurt, I just wanted you to be happy and safe. And I am never going to stop until you are."

Part of Amelia wanted to vomit while part of her was impressed and wanted to believe him. Gold may not be a good person, but he always cared about his son. And she had more of a reason to find out the plan. She slightly regretted not joining Gold's Angels. She would have inside information. At least Regina was on their side.

The diner became quiet and Amelia peeked over the side. It was empty. She stood up and walked outside. The sleeping curse hit everyone she saw. Amelia had to rack her mind, was anyone immune to it?

Someone had to be because an arm snaked around her waist. Amelia bit back a scream but her fist spoke for her. But it fell when she saw David and Mary Margaret.

"How…?" Amelia started to ask.

"We both already were under a sleeping curse, it's an one-time thing." Mary Margaret explained. Oh that made sense. "How are you not asleep?"

"After all my run ins with the fairies…" Amelia shrugged her shoulders. That reason worked. "I think now would be a good time to tell me what you guys did to Maleficent."

David and Mary Margaret looked uncomfortable. "She lost her child because of us."

Amelia's jaw dropped and her eyes bugged. "You did what? Explain, now."

"Before Emma was born, we were told she had the potential for good and evil. So in order to make sure she was good, we needed to remove her potential for evil. And we took Maleficant's egg so it could harbor the evil. We were planning to give it back but a portal opened and the egg fell in." Mary Margaret said.

"We have no idea what happened after that, if the child even survived." David finished.

What could Amelia possibly say? As a woman who lost a child and had no one to blame, she could almost sympathize with Maleficent. "Why would you double cross a villain? What were you thinking?"

"You never backstabbed someone?" David was annoyed at her outburst; they didn't deserve it.

"Only if I knew I could handle them if they came looking for me." And that was the truth. There were some villains Amelia would never double cross. She stormed off from them, leaving Snow White and Prince Charming alone to figure out what to do next.

So now I can comment on Wil Scarlet. Why was he with Belle? He should be in Wonderland with Anna. She is his True Love.

OMG, the mother daughter moment!

And yeah, Amelia didn't fall under the sleeping curse and neither did Neal. What could be going on?

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