Chapter 84

Hanna was having dinner with her mom when she felt her phone buzz. She pulled it from her pocket and saw a text from Emma. She wanted Hanna to meet her at Granny's, claiming she just wanted to treat her to some hot chocolate, but Hanna knew better. Emma wanted answers about what Hanna was hiding. Hanna ignored her texts all day. She could ignore her again, but she knew Emma wouldn't give up easily and might just go straight to their parents. Hanna couldn't avoid her forever.

"Mom, can I go to Granny's and get hot chocolate with Emma?"

"Will you actually be going for hot chocolate this time?"

"Yes. Look." Hanna held out her phone to her mom. "Emma just texted me."

"You can go. Just be sure you're home before I wake up your father."

"Okay, I will." Hanna stood to leave.

"Finish your dinner first."

Hanna sighed. "Fine."

Hanna quickly finished her dinner, then poofed into Granny's. She found Emma sitting in a booth with two hot chocolates waiting. Hanna sat down across from her.

"Okay, spill it."

"Can't I even take a drink first?" Hanna picked up her mug and took a sip. "You know I was just in the hospital yesterday, and you haven't even asked me how I'm doing."

"I fixed you. I know you're fine. Now just tell me."

"Tell you what?"

"Hanna…"

"Oh! I meant to ask…how's Belle doing?"

Belle learned that she was pregnant while they were all in the Evil Queen gave her tea to speed up the pregnancy. Belle had the baby, then gave him to the Blue Fairy, who took him somewhere far away. She didn't want him anywhere near Rumple. He wanted to use the Shears of Destiny on the baby to change his fate. Belle didn't want Rumple using magic on him and knew giving up her baby was the only option.

Emma sighed. "As good as can be expected with what she's going through I guess. Now stop trying to change the subject."

"Fine. It's really not a big deal. I've just been skipping homework assignments here and there."

"Yeah Mom already told me."

"She did?"

"Yeah and now you're doing homework while Mom is awake some nights, then the other nights you're doing it while dad's awake, right?"

"Yeah…"

"So what's the secret then?"

"Well…I'm not doing my homework on the Dad days. He thinks I always do it with Mom."

"And Mom doesn't have any idea?"

Hanna shook her head.

"How has she not noticed your grades?"

"I may have learned how to use my magic to change my grades online."

"Who taught you that?"

Hanna shrugged. "Me."

"Is that everything?"

"Well…not exactly." Hanna knew she might as well tell Emma everything. "I've changed Mom and Dad's notes to each other a few times so they wouldn't find out. And I stay up later than I'm suppose to. I pretend to go to bed, but then when Dad leaves for work I go back out to the living room and watch tv."

"Hanna!"

"What? It's not a big deal."

"That's a lot of secrets you've got intertwined there. How have you not gotten caught yet?"

"I'm just that good I guess." Hanna swiped her finger through the whipped cream and put it into her mouth.

Emma rolled her eyes. "You can't keep doing this."

"I don't want to waste what time I have with Mom and Dad doing homework. Do you know how stressful it is to live with them like this?"

"It's been hard for me, so I know it has to be worse for you. I understand, but Han, you have to stop."

"No."

"No?"

"I've kept plenty of secrets for you. I think you owe me one."

"I thought we weren't keeping secrets anymore?"

"This doesn't even count. It's not like I'm going to die from not doing homework."

Emma sighed. "Fine. I won't tell, but if they ask, I'm not going to lie either."

"Okay, but you can't lead them into asking."

"I won't. I've got bigger things to worry about anyway."

"Like your vision?"

"Yeah. I had another one while I was in Gold's shop…there was something new this time."

"What was it?"

"The sword that's suppose to kill me had a red jewel on the bottom of the handle and it was glowing."

"Maybe there's something in there that triggered the vision? We should go look." Hanna scooted out of the booth.

"Han, I don't know…"

"Come on. We need to find out what happens to you."

Emma nodded. "Alright. Let's go."

The shop was closed, but Emma easily picked the lock and the girls went inside. Stuff from the shop was thrown around everywhere.

"Woah, looks like someone in here had a temper tantrum," Emma said.

"This place is a mess." Hanna wasn't sure how they were suppose to find something that could explain Emma's vision, but they didn't have a choice, and began sifting through everything.

"Hanna this is it. This is the sword from my vision. It's here." Emma held onto the handle, but then quickly pulled her hand back when it started to shake.

"Em, are you okay?"

Emma took a deep breath and picked up the sword. "Yeah. I think it's safe to say this is what did it."

"This is the sword that killed you?"

"Will kill me."

"Why would it be here?"

"I don't know. But now that we have it, maybe we can find who's responsible."

"The figure under the hood."

"Yeah, and then we can stop them. I need to get this to Regina. Maybe she has a way to see who this sword belongs to."

"Okay, let's go."

"No. You need to go home."

"But…"

"I need you to tell Mom and Dad…whoever's awake right now."

Hanna looked at her phone. More time passed than she thought. "Crap. Dad's awake." She had a few texts from him, asking where she was.

"Is that bad?"

"For me it is. Mom wanted me home before she woke him, and he's probably been up for awhile."

"Well, you better go then. Tell Dad what happened. Regina and I will let you know what we find out."

"Okay." Hanna waved her hand and sent herself home.

"Where have you been?"

Hanna sighed and looked up at her dad. "I was with Emma."

"That's what your mother's note says. The note also says you were suppose to be home over an hour ago."

"Well, we…"

"You weren't answering my texts, so I had Henry come over to stay with your brother while I went to Granny's to find you."

Hanna looked towards the couch and saw Henry. She didn't realize he was here. "Dad, I can explain. We…"

"And you weren't there, Hanna."

"Well, I was, but then we left."

"What if you ran into the Queen again?"

"I was with Emma."

"You were suppose to just go to Granny's."

"Something came up. We…"

"The last time you told your mother you were going to Granny's you got attacked by the Evil Queen."

"Dad, I wasn't lying. I did go to Granny's!"

"Then why weren't you home on time, and where did you go?"

"That's what I'm trying to tell you."

David took a deep breath. "Okay. Tell me what happened."

"We found something from Emma's vision."

"What about Emma's vision?" Henry got up from the couch and walked towards them.

"We went to Gold's shop and…"

"How did you get into Gold's shop? It's closed."

Hanna sighed. "Emma picked the lock."

"You two broke in?"

"Yeah…"

David closed his eyes in frustration. He took a moment, then looked at Hanna. "What did you find?"

Hanna told her dad and Henry all about the sword and that Emma was taking it to Regina, hoping she could find out more about it. Just as she finished telling them, Regina, Emma, and Killian came into the loft.

"Did you figure out who's sword it is?" Hanna asked.

"No," Emma said. "We did learn something else though."

"This sword can hurt the Queen without hurting me," Regina told them.

"Really?" Hanna asked.

Regina nodded.

Emma sat down on the bed next to Snow and put her hand on her shoulder.

"We can stop her, Em." Hanna sat down next to her sister. "We can break this curse. Mom and Dad can be together again, and everything can actually get back to normal."

"The Evil Queen needs to die."

"Are you going to confront her?" Emma only looked at her, but Hanna knew the answer to her question.

"Are you sure about this love?" Killian asked.

"In this case, the cliché is true…I was born for this."

"Mom. Don't do it," Henry begged.

"Henry, I can stop her. With this sword, I can save all of us."

"That sword is what kills you," Henry said. "How do you know this isn't how you die...facing her? What if she's the figure under the hood in your vision?"

"I can't sit out every battle because I think it might be my last. I'm the savior, kid."

"You're also my mom." Henry turned and ran upstairs.

Emma's hand began to shake again.

Hanna held onto it. "It's going to be okay."

Emma nodded her head and the shaking stopped.

"Leroy called," David said. "The Evil Queen was spotted heading down Main Street."

"Let's go." Regina headed towards the door.

Emma stopped her. "No. You can't. The only way you can hurt her is to hurt yourself, and I can't let you do that. I've got this. You need to stay here with Henry."

Regina nodded. "Good luck."

Emma and Killian walked out the door. Hanna followed, but her dad held onto her arm. Hanna looked to him. "What?"

"You're staying here."

"Why?"

"I need you to watch your brother."

"But he's asleep and Regina and Henry are here."

"You're not coming with us to confront the Evil Queen. After what she did to you…"

"I'm fine now."

"I don't want you anywhere near her." David reached down and kissed the top of her head. "You're staying."

"But Dad!" Hanna tried to follow him out the door.

"Hanna, I mean it." David put his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "Do not leave this loft."

"Fine." She pulled herself out of his grip.

David followed Emma and Killian into the hall and shut the door.

"Ugh." Hanna stomped her foot, then turned around and kicked one of the chairs. She immediately heard her brother's cries from the bassinet. Hanna sighed. She went to Neal and picked him up. "I'm sorry, buddy." She wrapped his blanket around him and tried to give him his pacifier, but he wouldn't take it. "Come on, Neal, just go back to sleep." Hanna bounced him, hoping he would pop his thumb in his mouth and fall asleep again.

Regina walked down the stairs. "I thought he was asleep?"

"I got mad, kicked a chair, and woke him."

"Ah. They wouldn't let you tag along?"

Hanna rolled her eyes. "My dad wouldn't."

"You did just have a pretty nasty run in with my evil half. Can you blame him?"

"Yes I can, actually."

Regina raised her eyebrows at her.

"What if something happens to Emma?"

"Your dad and Killian won't let anything happen to her."

"You don't know that." Hanna looked down at her brother. His eyes were starting to droop. She tried his pacifier again, but all that did was startle him. He refused to take it and seemed to be wide awake now. Hanna looked back to Regina. "How's Henry?"

"He's worried about Emma too."

"Can we please just go find them?"

"No."

"But Regina…"

"Hanna, sometimes you have to know when to sit out of a battle."

Hanna sighed.

"Come on." Regina put her hand on Hanna's back and led her towards the table. "Let's sit and wait. I'm sure we'll hear something soon."

Awhile later, David called and told them to come to Granny's.

Regina went upstairs to get Henry, while Hanna threw some stuff in a bag for the baby, who was still wide awake.

They arrived at Granny's. David told them Aladdin became a genie to help Jasmine, but the queen somehow got ahold of his lamp. She used Aladdin to wish Emma away.

"Where did she go?" Henry asked.

"We have no idea," Killian said.

"But we're trying to figure that out, right?" Regina looked to David and Killian. "Because I didn't stay behind for you to screw things up!"

"Hey, take it easy on us," David said. "It was the queen."

"I know who it was. Maybe use some of that defensive energy to figure out where she is! You're her father. You must have some idea."

"Yeah I am her father. That doesn't mean I know everything." David turned to Killian. "What about you, Hook? You live with her now. Did she give you any ideas?"

"If I had an idea, don't you think I would have bloody well mentioned it by now?"

"How do you share a home with someone and not know their secrets?"

"Because we don't stand around and talk about what happens when a bloody genie appears, mate!"

"Just stop fighting! We need to find my sister."

"What about you?" Killian asked Hanna. "Do you know anything? You and Emma seem to keep a lot of secrets."

"I don't know anything."

"Hanna, if you do, you have to tell us," David said.

"Don't you think I would, if I did? I know just as much as all of you!"

Regina sighed. "Right now we're doing exactly what she wants. She said we would tear ourselves apart, and that's exactly what we're doing. The Evil Queen has thrown a lot of punches today. But now…I think I know a way to throw one back."

Regina was going to confront the queen. She had an idea. If Aladdin's genie wishes worked on the queen, then maybe they would work for Regina too. She could wish herself to wherever Emma was and bring her home.

"Why don't you two go get ready for bed," David told Hanna and Henry once they got back to the loft.

Henry went upstairs, but Hanna wasn't about to go to bed while her sister was who knows where. "I want to stay up until Regina gets back with Emma."

"We don't know when that will be. You need to get some sleep."

"I'm fine. I won't be able to sleep with Emma gone anyway. Just let me…"

"Hanna I'm not going to argue with you. I'm getting your brother a bottle and you're going to go upstairs to get ready for bed." David walked towards the kitchen with the baby.

"Dad…"

"Go."

Hanna groaned and went upstairs. She went into her room and had an idea. All she needed to do was poof herself to wherever Emma was. Hanna lifted her hand to send herself away, but nothing happened. Hanna tried again, but nothing. She tried a third time and was still standing in her bedroom. This was bad. This meant Emma was in another realm…or maybe something worse happened to her. Hanna wasn't going to let herself even think that. Regina's plan was going to work. Hanna grabbed some pajamas from her drawer and went across the hall to the bathroom to take a shower.

After she got out of the shower, she peeked into Emma's room and found Henry lying on her bed. Hanna sat on the edge. "Hey."

Henry sat up. "Hi."

"How are you doing?"

"I don't know. I just feel so helpless."

"Me too."

"I told her not to go. I knew it was a bad idea."

"She had to go, Henry. There's no way she could have known the queen would get her hands on the lamp and wish her away."

"I know, but she could have waited. Until we had a better plan in place or…" Henry sighed. "I don't know. I don't know how we're going to beat the queen. How are going to get out of this?"

Hanna thought about her mom and dad who haven't been able to see each other in weeks, and now her sister was gone. Who knows what other tricks the queen had up her sleeve. Every time they felt like they were making progress, the queen came along and pulled the rug out from under them again. Hanna didn't know how to answer Henry's question. She felt just as helpless as he did. "Do you want to go downstairs with me?"

Henry shook his head and laid back down. "Let me know if I miss anything."

"Okay." Hanna left the room and stopped at the top of the stairs when she heard her dad talking to Killian.

"I can't do this. I can't sit by and wait. The queen is out there, and she's got more wishes."

"Don't worry, mate. Regina will be back with Emma soon enough."

"And then what? What's to stop her from making another wish that sends them someplace even worse? She's done too much damage to this family. I am not gonna wake my wife to tell her our daughter is missing!" David sighed. "I'm gonna get that lamp."

Her dad was about to leave. Hanna ran down the stairs.

"Mate! There is nothing I want more to make the evil queen pay for what she did to Emma, but we are outgunned. We don't have magic."

"But I do!" Hanna said. "Let me help."

David shook his head. "You're not helping. You are going to bed."

"I'm not just going to sit here if you're going out there to face the queen!"

"Yes you are!"

"It's like Killian said, you don't have magic. I do."

"I told you I didn't want you anywhere near the queen."

"Well, the last time you went after her you got Emma sent away!" The look on her dad's face made Hanna regret saying that.

David looked down and shook his head. "I have to fix this."

"I can help!"

"No."

"But…"

"Hanna!"

Hanna jumped back at the sound of his voice.

David closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Why are you fighting me on everything today? I need you to just do as you're told."

Hanna could feel her heart start to race. He wasn't going to let her go. She was trying to hold back her tears.

"Honey, I…" David reached his arm towards her.

"Don't." Hanna pushed his arm away and went to the couch. Her dad left with Killian and Hanna let her tears fall. Everything was so screwed up and there was nothing she could do. Hanna covered herself up with a blanket and waited for them to come back.

Hanna tried her best to stay awake, but she fell asleep. She woke the next morning to find her dad making breakfast. He told her everything that happened. David got the lamp and used it to wish that the queen gets exactly what she deserves. At first, the wish seemed to not have worked until Grumpy brought over a snake, which was actually the queen. A hooded figure used a portal to appear in Granny's and did this to her. The queen did end up getting what she deserved, but now there was a hooded figure in town…the same hooded figure that would kill Emma and no one knew who or where he was.

Hanna came downstairs after getting dressed for the day and found her dad still awake.

"Why didn't you wake Mom, yet?"

"I can't."

"Why? You need to sleep, and she needs to know what's going on."

"I'm not waking her until I find out who wants to hurt Emma."

"But Dad!"

"I can't, Hanna! I have to find him first. I'm not waking her up to this mess!"

"She deserves to know! We're not suppose to be keeping secrets anymore, remember?"

"This isn't a secret. We will tell her once I've fixed everything."

"Mom can help."

"No."

"But Dad…" Tears streamed down Hanna's face. "You can't just leave her asleep like this."

"I promise you I will find him, we will get Emma home, then I will wake your mother." David wiped the tears from Hanna's cheeks.

Hanna pulled away from him. "Don't do this…"

David sighed. "I'm going to look with Killian." David pick Neal up from his jumper and gave him to Hanna. "You're brother needs breakfast."

Hanna took the baby. "Dad!"

"I'll let you know if we find anything." David said before walking out the door.

Hanna couldn't believe he just left her here like that again. He knew she couldn't follow him. There was no one else to watch Neal. Henry's here, but he can't watch the baby by himself for long. He doesn't even know how to change a diaper.

Hanna fed Neal his breakfast, then decided she was done being left behind. She picked up Neal's blanket from his bassinet and put it into his diaper bag. She pulled a couple jars of baby food and snacks from the cupboard and stuffed them into the bag too.

"What are you doing?" Henry asked.

"Taking Neal to Granny." Hanna grabbed a couple of bottles from the fridge.

"Why?"

"Because I'm going to go look for the person that wants to kill my sister." Hanna scanned the bag to make sure everything else Neal would need was in there. She picked the baby up from the highchair, then looked back to Henry. "Are you coming with me?"

Henry nodded. "Let's go."

Hanna slung Neal's bag over her shoulder, held out her hand to Henry, and sent them all to Granny's.