The Crack in Her Curse

A guest asked for a oneshot where Regina realizes Henry actually managed to hide a friend from her... or realizes Hanna is the other daughter of Snow and Charming... or an explanation of how Henry managed to hide her from Regina even though she has an iron grip on his entire life.

This is set during season 2, right after Henry starts having those nightmares from being under the sleeping curse.

David paced back and forth, waiting for her to arrive. He wasn't sure if he made the right decision in calling her. He had to go deal with this emergency though, and he needed someone to be here with Henry. He just started having these nightmares, and David didn't want him to be alone. He knew Regina would never hurt him. Just the other day, she willingly let Henry come with David and live here, so he knew Regina wouldn't try to take him either. What about Hanna though? No…she meant so much to Henry. Regina wouldn't do anything to her, he sure of that. Regina told Henry she wanted to redeem herself, she wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that. David stopped pacing when he heard a knock at the door. He just took a deep breath as he placed his hand on the knob…this was the right decision. Everything would be fine. David opened the door and let the Evil Queen into his home.

"Uh, thank you for coming," David said as he showed her inside.

"Is Henry alright?" Regina asked as she looked to where her son was sleeping.

"He's okay for now. He's been having nightmares though. I thought it would be best if someone were here just in case he had another one," David told her.

"Yes, well I agree," Regina said with a nod.

"I shouldn't be long. Oh, Hanna is upstairs sleeping too. She'll more than likely sleep the whole time. Just don't let her go anywhere if she does wake up," David said. She snuck out on him the night before, and he didn't want that happening again.

"Why is she here?" Regina asked, not understanding why Henry's little friend was staying here…didn't she live at the orphanage?

"You don't know do you?" David asked after seeing the confusion on her face.

"Clearly not," Regina answered with a raise of her eyebrows. She crossed her arms, waiting for an explanation.

"She's our daughter too. Hanna is Emma's twin," David told her.

"She's what?" Regina asked in disbelief.

"It was a shock to me too," David said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Call if you need anything. I have to go deal with this." David wanted to get this issue settled so he could get back here as quickly as possible. He left a still confused Regina standing there as he walked out the door.

Regina sat in the chair next to where Henry was sleeping and pondered what she had just been told. Hanna, Henry's little friend she knew nothing about up until a few months ago, was also the daughter of Snow White? How was this possible? Regina had done all the research she could about this girl after learning about her the night Henry went to retrieve Miss Swan. She found that Hanna didn't have any parents and lived at the orphanage. She looked back through Henry's class pictures and found Hanna in every single one. Besides Henry, no one in Storybrooke ever got any older, but this girl had been aging just like he was. At the time, Regina was too busy worrying about how to get rid of Emma that she didn't put much more thought into it. The only thing Regina had concluded was that it had some connection with Henry, since they were the same age, but she never dreamed it was because they were actually related. Regina didn't fully understand it then, and she still didn't. This little girl had Regina perplexed.

Regina just sighed and looked over at Henry. How could she have not known Henry had a friend? She always thought he was more of a loner. How could she not have seen? She figured the two spent most of their time together at school. Regina never bothered much with the other kids in Henry's classes. The only other time Regina left Henry on his own was during her Saturday "city council meetings." She supposed they could have spent time together then. She would never have known…she was far too occupied. Regina ran her fingers through Henry's hair as he slept, wishing she would have paid more attention.

"What are you doing here?"

Regina jumped at the girl's voice. She looked up and there she was…the crack in her curse.