–[Storybrooke]–
(At Mary Margaret's apartment, August installs a deadbolt on the front door. Emma Logan and Mary Margaret watch.)
August: No one... Is getting through that.
Emma: Wow. When are you installing the torture chamber?
August: You don't like it? I call it Medieval Chic.
MMB: I don't care what it looks like, as long as it keeps Regina and her skeleton keys out.
Logan: This is pretty handy for a writer. Where'd you learn how to do all this?
August: Wood shop. Eighth grade.
MMB: Oh, speaking of school, have to get going.
Emma; Um, are you sure you're ready to go back?
Logan: After a stint behind bars, how tough can a room full of fourth graders be? Besides, aren't you the one we need to be worried about?
Emma: Me? Why?
August: Well... You did threaten to take Henry and Izzy away from Regina.
Emma: Oh, that wasn't a threat. I'm hiring Mr. Gold to help build a case against her. She tried to frame you for murder.
MMB: But, you do know what happens...
Logan: if you win?
Emma: Yeah.
MMB: And you're ready?
Logan: To be their mom?
Emma: Yeah.
(The twins' voice comes through the walkie talkie.)
Henry: Code red.
Izzy: Code red.
(Emma picks it up and responds.)
Emma: Hey, guys. What's going on?
Henry: Meet us at Granny's.
Izzy: It's an Operation Cobra emergency.
Emma: I'm on my way.
(Emma leaves and starts walking down the main street towards Granny's Diner. August and Logan follows her.)
August: Emma, wait up.
Emma: You heard the kids – Operation Cobra calls.
Logan: Well I work there and I'm late.
(Logan walks ahead.)
August: I didn't think you believed any of that.
Emma: Oh, I don't. But, sometimes, it's the only way to get through to the twins.
August: You know, a custody battle against Regina isn't going to accomplish anything. You need to look at the big picture. That's the only way you're going to understand what you're up against. That's the only way you'll know how to beat Regina.
Emma: Okay, new guy. How's that?
August: Take the day off. Come with me, and I'll show you.
Emma: And where exactly would we be going on this magical mystery tour?
August: If I told you, you would never come.
(Emma walks on ahead.)
August: Oh, come on. Take a leap of faith. You come with me, and I promise you – you'll find exactly what you're looking for.
Emma: My kid needs me. I don't have time for faith.
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(Henry and Izzy is sitting at a booth in the diner. They have a cup of hot chocolate, a plate of food, and their book on the table. Emma enters and sits next to them.)
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𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓤𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓐 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮
FantasyFor bail bonds collector Emma Swan, life has been anything but a happy ending. But on the night of her twenty-eighth birthday, an encounter with twins claiming to be the son and daughter she gave up for adoption ten years earlier leads her to a town...
