Henry felt his eyes widen. "Woah!" He turned to his mom. "This guy is so cool!"

"Henry, stop making him uncomfortable."

"No, it's fine. I like being cool. I can keep being cool. I'm not usually considered cool."

"But you save planets! You're like-a superhero!"

"Henry, he's an alien, not a superhero."

"Superman was an alien."

"Okay, I'm Superman," said the Doctor.

"Not helping."

"So was your planet destroyed too, then?"

"Um... well, yes, actually."

"Really?" Emma wasn't sure how else to respond to that statement.

"Bit of a... war. Anyway, Henry, do you want to hear about the time I fought vampire fish?"

"Yeah!"

Emma had to admit, the Doctor was an interesting guy with some interesting stories. She still couldn't believe the whole thing about his planet exploding, though. That must be horrible. He had brushed over it so quickly...

Now that Henry was at his friend's house, Emma was stuck alone with the man again.

"Your son's a nice fellow."

"Thanks."

"Say, how did you all get here again?"

"Magic. There was a whole... you don't want to get into it, trust me."

"Oh come on, I told a billion of my stories, can't I get one of yours?"

"Fine. My mom is Snow White, she told a secret that led to the Evil Queen's boyfriend getting murdered by her mother, the Evil Queen wanted revenge, so she used Rumpelstiltskin's dark curse, which he had created to get to his son, to curse everybody to this world to have miserable lives, and I was the only one who could stop the curse. It came on the day I was born, and my dad put me in the wardrobe to send me here, where I was taken to a diner by August, who was actually Pinocchio and came through the magic wardrobe with me, and we were put into the foster system."

"Ok. I guess that's all I'll get. The curse was cast on the day you were born?"

"Yeah. It was bad timing, my mom was going to go into the wardrobe with me while pregnant, but... I was born early."

"Hmm. Alright then."

"Do you have a thing for stories or something?"

"No, I'm just quite bored, and the TARDIS needs to recharge because of your magical anomaly or whatever, so I'm stuck here until tomorrow."

"Oh."

"Why are we at the library?"

"I think Belle would really like to hear your stories, and I have to get to work, I'm already late."

"I don't need a babysitter, I'm much older than you are."

"I just thought you might be bored, since you said you were bored, and Belle could probably use the help, they're always understaffed here."

"Fine. Where do you work, anyway?"

"Sheriff's station."

"You're the sheriff?"

"Me and my dad."

"Ah. Well, okay. Who's Belle?"

"Gold's wife."

"Gold being..."

"Henry's grandfather. You met them this morning."

"Oh, that couple."

"Yes. The guy who didn't trust you."

"Ah-hah."

"Who's there?" Belle called.

"It's Emma and the Doctor!" Emma called back.

Belle came out to greet them. "Hi."

"Hi. Belle, I've got to get to the sheriff's station. The Doctor agreed to help you here."

"Oh. Alright." Emma left. "Hello, Doctor."

"Hi. I don't really know how to... library, I just mentioned to Emma that I was bored and she took me here."

"Well, you can leave if you'd like, I don't really need help."

"Emma said this place is understaffed."

"It is, but there's not much to do right now and there's nobody here."

"Right. Well, she also said you'd be interested in hearing stories."

"What kind of stories?"

"Uh... time and space travel. Saving planets. A lot of running."

"Sure. That's what I wish I was doing with my life instead of librarian. But books are the closest I'll get."

"Well, I could... you know... I really do those things."

"Do you?"

"Indeed. If you'd like, I could... take you for a journey in the TARDIS."

"Really?"

"Yeah, sure. But it is recharging right now, it would have to be tomorrow." He sighed. "I hate getting stuck places."

"Well, why don't you tell me the stories, and if they're interesting, then I'd love to go for a journey."

He smiled. "Excellent."