Villain or Hero? Part 2: Dark or Light:

Page 10: Nightmares:

The next morning.

Hook got up, walking to the nursery to see Regina already standing at the door frame. "How long have you been up with her?" Hook asked, sighing, as he leaned on the other side of the door frame.

"Since you went to bed after your shift..." Regina sighed as the two looked into the nursery, seeing Dream sleeping in the rocking chair while the babies were sleeping in their cribs.

"And how many times has she woken up?" Hook asked with a sigh.

"Just two this time. She keeps waking up in tears and screaming out. It's the same thing every time." Regina sighed, crossing her arms over her chest. "It breaks my heart watching her." She sighed, looking at Hook.

"We've tried to help her with them... She won't talk about them. Blue said it would come with her not being able to use her foresight. And what she has went through." Hook sighed, looking at his wife.

"And it's also a side effect of the sleeping curse."

"That was to protect her." Hook scoffed at her. "You can go on, now... It's my turn to stay up with her." 

"I can't sleep, knowing that my baby is struggling." Regina sighed when Hook moved the dining room chair for Regina to sit in since they had been taking turns staying up and watching Dream, who had been struggling since she watched her father try to crush her heart.

"I used to be able to sleep through the toughest storms across the seas... But I have not been able to see since she woke up screaming that night." Hook sighed while Regina moved to sit on the chair.

"Is she sleeping now?"

The two turned to the end of the hallway to see Henry coming up the stairs with two cups of coffee and another cup of hot cocoa.

"Henry, you should be sleeping..." Regina sighed at her son, who had been trying to split up his time with his three parents.

Emma still stayed with her parents, trying to help them with the baby. Belle let Neal have Gold's cabin while she has been renting a room at Granny's Bed and Breakfast. Henry mainly stays with Regina, but he tries to stay with Emma and Neal just as much. things were still weird since he had both of his birth parents, who were trying to rekindle what they had over a decade ago. But he also had his adoptive mom and wanted to spend a lot of time with his sister, who did not have long.

"I couldn't sleep..." Henry sighed, reaching Hook and Regina the cups of coffee.

"Aye, thank you, lad." Hook thanked him as he wrapped his arm around Henry's shoulders.

"Isn't there a spell or something to help her?" Henry asked, looking at Regina, who sighed and took a much-needed sip of coffee.

"No... I've tried all the sages and herbs around the room. It's just something we have to figure out. She should be doing better since she's been seeing Dr. Cricket." Regina sighed, looking at Dream, when Hook sighed, grabbing the fleece throw blanket from the ottoman by the rocking chair and covering Dream with it.

"I'll be right here, love..." Hook sighed, sitting on the ottoman as he rubbed his thumb over her face.

Meanwhile, Mary Margaret woke up in a panic at 2:38 in the morning. She woke up from a nightmare, only breathing hard, before rolling over to pat her husband. But his side of the bed was empty like how it played out in her nightmare.

"David?" She asked in a whisper.

She got up, pushing the curtains that divided her and her husband's room from the rest of the loft. She rushed over to the crib where Neal was wide awake, freshly swaddled as he sucked on his pacifier. Mary Margaret sighed in relief before looking up.