Serendipity-Book 4

Chapter 2: White Out

At the Charming family's loft."What do you suppose babies dream about?"Hope asked.

"Bullfighting."David said.

"Laser tag."

"Hold up, I think they're joking."Henry said.

"Right."Mary Margeret groaned," I'll recognize funny again when he's 3 and I've had some sleep"

"Okay, chocolate, DVDs, ice cream. Red wine? That's one heck of a late-night snack, kid."

"It's for my mom."Hope said.

"I don't drink and sheriff."

"She means our other mom."Henry added,"I googled "how to get over a breakup." It didn't talk about your boyfriend's wife time-travelling back from the past, but close enough."

A raven knocks on the window." What the..." Mary Magaret started,"It's a message. It's for Henry and Hope. It's from your mother."

"She doesn't want to see us." Hope sighed, throwing the note down and sitting beside her brother.

At the diner Henry is thinking when Emma enters. "You know, that is not exactly what she said. I read the note. She said for right now, while she's dealing with things. Where is your sister anyway?"

"Hope went over to Grace's."Henry muttered,"Why should it matter anyway when she doesn't want to see me or Hope."

"She's in a lot of pain over Robin Hood well, forever. Things have been tough on her, Hope, you. She's trying to fix them so that you two can be together... Because she cares about you kids so much. Because she thinks she's making things better."

"Well, she's not."

The power goes off."What the hell?"

"Emma, I-I'm getting calls from all over. It's a town-wide blackout." David called over the walkie. "I'll swing by to get you. We can check this out."

"Hey, kid. You want to come along on this one? We can call it operation... Nightshade or, uh, blackthorn or... "
"That's okay. I'm just going to head back home." Henry muttered, and left Emma alone in the diner.

In David's car, Emma began to talk with David about the situation. "He wouldn't even let me hug him. It killed me."

"Sounds familiar."David added."It's not just you. Those two have two moms who both put up walls. Sounds like he's taking after the both of you. Kids have extreme reactions. They get over it fast. Just stay strong and roll with it. There's always people in this world who want you to give up. Don't make their jobs any easier. What the hell?"

"Well, there you go. Whatever happened to these power lines happened after the snow monster. Let's go find whoever did this." Emma and David get out off the car. Elsa is hiding in the wall. Leroy, Granny and Happy knock on Mary Margaret's door. She opens."Happy's right. Power's out. So what are you gonna do about it, sister?"

"Me?"Mary Magaret asked."I think you mean Regina, the mayor."

"She doesn't want the job anymore. This is your curse. You are the mayor now." Leroy said, "We helped you take your kingdom back... Remember? So you could rule. Well, this is your kingdom now. So rule it."

"I get a distress call from a fair maiden, and I'm on the spot." Hook had joined David and Emma at the wall.

"I was not distressed, and you're saying this wall goes around what... The whole town?"

"And that it does."Hook said,"Doing more than keeping us inside, by the looks of that. Guess that's what caused the loss of power. So they can kill us all one by one. It's what I'd do." That when David leaves."Oh. I should have brought the champagne. To celebrate our second date. And because we've got the world's largest ice bucket."