A/N: Sorry this is late! I will add another chapter tomorrow though! Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Emma and Ella

Chapter 24: Don't Mess with Granny

"Thank you, Granny for doing this for us. Ella should be sleeping most of the time and Emma is reading or writing. Please don't let either of them watch TV. They are both in trouble for a scheme they tried to pull on us." Snow said to Granny as they were about to leave. They had already warned the girls that if they caused Granny any trouble that they would be in trouble with them.

Granny nodded. "Don't you worry. I can handle your girls after raising Ruby!"

Snow chuckled. "Of course you can."

"Ready?" David asked as he came to her side.

Snow looked torn at leaving their girls without either of them there to be with them.

David noticed her hesitancy. "They will be fine and we will be back soon." David whispered to her as he pulled her to the door.

"I know. It's just…we just got them back and what if something happened while we are gone." Snow told him as they walked out to his truck.

"I know what you mean, but Granny isn't going to let anything happened to them." David told her kindly. He knew how she felt because he was feeling nervous about leaving them too, but he did trust Granny.

Snow chuckled thinking of Granny. "No, she won't."

David smiled as they both got in the car. Granny was definitely fierce and won't let anyone mess with their girls. He was more worried about his girls challenging her.

*****OUAT*****

"Ready?" David asked Snow as he pulled up to Regina's. He had stopped by the library to get his sword that he figured was in the caves below the library. He grabbed it ready to use it if he needed to.

"Ready as I will ever be." Snow said before getting out of the truck to head to Regina's house.

They walked to the front door and knocked on it. It opened after a few moments to reveal Regina.

"What do you two idiots want?" Regina asked with a glare.

"We need our daughter's things." Snow said confidently.

Regina smirked. "I had been meaning to take your daughter away for good. I wish I had now. The little brat managed to help your other brat break the curse. If I had sent her away like had planned then Emma would be in a sleeping curse."

David was seething at her calling his daughters brats and saying that she was planning on sending Ella away and putting Emma under the sleeping curse. "You are lucky you aren't in jail right now. After all you did to this town and our daughters you deserve to be in jail." David told her.

Regina just chuckled evilly. "You just keep those brats away from me."

"We came to get Ella's things not to hear what you think of our daughters." Snow told her confidently.

Regina raised her eyebrows before backing up to let them. "Her stuff is in the room upstairs on the left." She said as she pointed up the stairs.

Snow headed up as David stayed with Regina.

As they waited for Snow to come back down in tense silence, it became extremely loud outside with many people yelling and shouting. Soon their was knocking at the door. Regina rolled her eyes as she opened her door to reveal an angry mob of people with Doctor Whale at the head of it. They were ready to string Regina up and get rid of her for good. David, although he wasn't happy with Regina either, didn't believe that was the right way to deal with Regina and intervened. Snow came down with Ella's things to see what was going on and talked to the people. They were able to calm them down with putting Regina in jail for both her safety and the town's safety.

It was also quickly realized that Regina didn't have her magic since she wasn't able to fight them off or disappear.

After getting her to the jail, they made their way back home to their daughters.

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"Emma, don't wake your sister. She needs her sleep." Granny told Emma when she saw her almost wake her sister up.

"But she's been sleeping since Mom and Dad left!" Emma whined. She was bored with only reading and writing her dumb apology letter. She wanted to at least talk to Ella, but no she had to be quiet instead.

"And she is going to sleep until she wakes on her own or your parents come. It's only been an hour and half anyway." Granny told her.

Emma frowned. She really wanted to wake Ella up. She knew she wouldn't mind, but Granny was like a hawk and would see her if she tried. She started to make noises hoping that it would wake Ella, but it didn't seem to make a difference.

She continued anyway, getting frustrated when nothing seemed to work and just shook Ella awake.

"Emma!" Granny scolded as she saw her.

Ella jerked awake. "What's going on?" She asked as she sat up quickly and looked around.

"Finally you are awake! Granny wouldn't let me wake you." Emma said in relief.

"But you did anyway." Granny interrupted with a disappointed look at Emma before turning to Ella. "You can go back to sleep Ella."

"I'm okay. I slept long enough." Ella said despite still feeling tired. She was glad Emma woke her. She couldn't believe she actually fell asleep and fell asleep so soon after her parents left. She hadn't planned on actually sleeping.

Granny shook her head before heading into the kitchen.

"I'm so bored, Ella. Maybe we can convince Granny that we can watch tv. Or better yet, let's not ask, but just turn the TV. Maybe she wont remember that we aren't suppose to watch it." Emma whispered to Ella before getting up and turning the TV on.

Ella opened her eyes wide, but was fine with it. "You really were bored, weren't you?"

"Uh yeah, super bored! I read five chapters and wrote that stupid apology letter. I just couldn't read any more and you were still asleep." Emma complained.

Ella chuckled. "What are we watching?" she asked after a moment.

"Um…how about this?" Emma asked as she landed on a channel playing the show about superman called Smallville.

"Yeah, I like this show." Ella said as she sat up and got comfortable on the couch.

"Me too." Emma said as she pulled Ella's blanket over her lap too.

Emma and Ella started to watch their show without Granny realizing that they were watching it.

"Are you worried about tomorrow?" Emma asked as the show got to a commercial.

"Yeah. I wish I didn't have to have it at all." Ella said with a worried look.

"I know. I hate hospitals and everything that goes with it." Emma said with a sympathetic frown.

"Me too." Ella said with a frown as well.

Granny walked in and sat down on the rocking chair and Emma and Ella exchanged a worried look, but then tried to act like everything was normal.

15 minutes later…

"Why are you two watching TV?" Granny asked when she realized they weren't supposed to be watching TV at all.

"What do you mean?" Ella asked, hoping to throw Granny off so that she would think she heard their mom wrong.

Granny frowned at her. "You two are grounded and your mother told me that you weren't to be watching TV."

"We can still watch TV though." Ella lied.

"Yeah, we didn't get that taken away yet. They just told us that if we got in any more trouble then they would take away TV." Emma added hoping Granny would believe them.

Granny looked between them with a frustrated look. She knew what their mother told her and she knew they were lying to her right now which she didn't appreciate one bit.

Before Granny could say anything the front door opened and the girls panicked because they knew they would get caught both watching TV and lying to Granny.

Emma trying to get the remote to turn the TV off, but Granny snatched it up first with a look that meant they were about to get in trouble.

"We are in here." Granny called to them as she stood in the doorway with her hands on her hips looking at the girls with a frustrated look.

Snow and David came in and frowned at seeing the TV on.

"The girls were just telling me that they could watch TV despite what you told me, Snow." Granny said as Emma and Ella cringed at her telling on them.

"Oh really?" Snow said with a look at her daughters who were looking anywhere, but their parents.

"Yep and here's the remote." Granny said as she handed it to David before looking back at the girls. "If you two ever try something like this again when I'm watching you, you will regret." She warned firmly and the girls looked at her in shock. Weren't Grannies supposed to be nice and let them get away with things?

"Thank you, Granny." David said before looking at the girls. "I think you two have an apology to make to Granny before she leaves."

Emma and Ella both glanced at their Dad and then at each other.

"Uh…sorry Granny." Emma started awkwardly.

"For…" David prompted her.

"For lying to you and watching TV when we knew we weren't supposed to." Emma continued.

"Thank you for apologizing Emma." Granny said.

Snow and David looked to Ella who hadn't spoken up yet with a meaningful look.

Ella noticed everyone, but Emma looking at her and got nervous. She hated apologizing. It was so humiliating and stressful. It was worse when they were told to apologize.

"Ella. Now." Snow said firmly, knowing her daughter pretty well.

Ella frowned with a pout before saying, "sorry."

Snow sighed in frustration. "You can do better than that, young lady."

Ella scowled at her mom which just got her a stern look back that told her she better listen to her before she was in even more trouble. "I'm sorry for lying to you and trying to watch TV." Ella spitted out quickly without really looking at Granny.

Before Snow or David could tell her that she needed to actually look at Granny, Granny forgave her and left the house. Snow and David showed her off after David turned the TV off and brought the remote with him.

"Oh snap. We are in more trouble." Emma said as she leaned her head on her hands.

"I know and I hate apologies." Ella grumbled.

"Me too. It's always embarrassing when they make you apologize like that." Emma complained quietly, not wanting to be heard by her parents causing more trouble.

"I know." Ella grumbled again with a grumpy look. She wasn't in the best mood knowing that her surgery was getting closer and closer. All she wanted to do was forget about it and get herself lost in a show like Smallville, but her parents weren't letting her do that because she helped cover that Emma had snuck out. "This sucks." She muttered just as Snow and David came into the room.

David raised his eyes at her word choice.

"Ella Louise! You don't say that word." Snow scolded her.

"Mom…don't call me that." Ella whined in embarrassment.

David scrunched his face up in confusion at Ella's embarrassment for getting middle named by her mother. He knew he had heard Snow say it before, but he really hadn't thought much about it.

"Oh stop it. I will call you by your full name if I think it is necessary." Snow scolded her with a shake of her head.

Ella scowled at her mom for scolding her again. She was full on grumpy now.

David decided to intervene before Ella got herself in more trouble. "Why did you two watch TV when you knew that you weren't supposed to and knew your mother told Granny about your restriction?" David asked in a disappointed, but calm voice.

"We were bored." Emma replied as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well she was bored that's why she woke me up so we could do something. And since we can't go outside we decided to watch tv." Ella continued.

"You woke your sister up?" David asked Emma with a frown.

Emma gave her Dad sheepish look. "She had slept for over an hour and I was bored. I would have woke her up sooner if Granny wouldn't have stopped me the first time I tried and then Ella wouldn't wake up when I made noises so I had to shake her awake." Emma rambled in frustration.

Ella scrunched up her face when she realized she just got Emma in trouble for waking her up.

Snow and David sighed as they looked at each other. "We may have to call Granny to apologize for our daughters' behaviors so they she will babysit again if we need her too." Snow said.

"We don't need a babysitter!" Ella whined.

"Enough whinnying, Ella." Snow scolded her. "Neither of us are happy with how you two took advantage of Granny and made trouble for her while we were gone. I think for that we will add some chores to your punishment. I sure that is a lot that can be done around her."

"But Mom…" Ella whined again.

"Ella Louise…" Snow started, but Ella got mad again.

"Don't. Call. Me. That!" Ella practically growled.

"Ella." David scolded firmly at her disrespect for her mother. "I will not have you talking that way to your mother. Fix your attitude or else we will find away to change it for you."

Ella's eyes widened in shock at her Dad scolding her too. She wasn't used to getting outnumbered like that.

"You two will be getting chores and I want no complaining from either of you." Snow said and looked at both of her girls.

Ella wanted to complain, but she looked at her Dad in worry that she would get in trouble with him again and she didn't want that so she didn't say anything.

Emma wanted to complain as well, but after Ella got her head bitten off by both parents she wasn't going to try this time!

"Now no more TV. Emma did you finish your apology letter?" David asked and Emma nodded wanting so bad to complain about the dumb letter she had to write, but refrained. "Then you can do a few chores before dinner." David said.

Snow looked down at Ella. "And you can do your apology letter and it better be better than the one you gave Granny."

Ella frowned at having to do her apology letter now. She knew better than to push her luck and complain about it. When her mom didn't give her paper, she smirked and stood up to get it herself.

"Ella." Snow scolded as she came back in the living room with paper. "Sit back down."

"I was just going to get paper to write the dumb letter." Ella grumbled to her mom, knowing that her Dad was out of the room now.

Snow gave her a frustrated look. "If you don't change your attitude, you won't be seating comfortable. You know better than to be disrespectful to me or anyone else. If I need to remind you, I will."

Ella sat back down and crossed her arms across her chest. She didn't want to do the letter and she was sick of being stuck on the couch! Most of all, she didn't want to have her surgery in the morning.

"You can pout all you want, but this letter will get done." Snow told her as she handed her the notebook and pencil for her to write her letter.

Ella did pout, but didn't talk back to her mom. She knew her mom and knew if she did that she would be getting in bigger trouble which would be very embarrassing being that it would be the first time since they'd been together as a family. She didn't want that.

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30 minutes later…

David came in and sat down on the couch by Ella with the book that Snow gave him to give to her.

"Your mom said you can read this." David said softly as he handed her the book.

"Thanks." Ella said softly as she took the book.

David frowned as he saw her down look. "Are you feeling okay?"

Ella nodded without giving away what was bothering her.

David narrowed his eyes as he thought of what she might be worried about. "Are you worried about your surgery?" He asked softly.

When Ella's frown deepened, he knew he was right. "You know that everything will be okay, right?"

Ella nodded. "I just don't want to have it."

"I know, but in order for your leg to heal you need to have it." David told her softly.

"I know." Ella said with a sad look.

David leaned over and kissed her head. "Try not to worry about it, sweetie. Everything is going to be just fine." He told her as he put an arm around her to give her a hug.

"Okay." Ella said feeling a little more relieved by her Dad's reassurances and comfort.

"David?" David and Ella heard Snow call as she came down the stairs.

David kissed Ella's head again. "I better go. Read your book, kiddo." David said with a smile before getting up from the couch.