Long Lost | Once Upon a Time (REWRITING)

Chapter Fifteen: Second Star to the Right

Emma, Henry, and Grace had been seated at the counter, each eating their own breakfasts while having a small conversation, when suddenly, David and Snow stormed into the apartment, a dreadful look on both of their faces. They all looked at them weirdly, waiting for someone to tell them what was going on. You can never catch a break with this family, can you?

"The beans... they're gone. The entire farm's torched." David stated, earning a shocked look from them all.

"What?" Emma exclaimed, whilst Grace looked down.

"So, we're back to square one, then; there's no way back to the Enchanted Forest..." Grace sighed, earning a sad look from her parents.

Henry, however, looked confused, "Who would do that?" He asked, earning a mournful look from Snow.

"There's only one person who would want to do that." David said, a knowing look coming over everyone.

"Regina."

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"It's okay! She's not here!" Emma called to them, causing Snow, Henry, and Grace to enter the office behind them. Emma and David had gone in with guns, searching to see if she had been in there, though they quickly came up empty-handed.

Grace stepped inside, soon realizing that this had been the first time she'd been in Regina's office. It was nice, though there was a lot of black. The first thing she noticed, side from the color scheme, was a big plant in the corner of the room, one that looked an awful lot like the beans they had been growing. It didn't take a genius to know that she had stolen them, which proves that it had been her to torch the farms.

"When you find her, you're not gonna hurt her, are you?" Henry asked as he and Snow entered behind Grace.

Emma quickly spun on her heel to face him, "No. We just want the beans she stole from us."

Henry seemed thankful as Emma quickly went over towards the office's security alarm to check for when the last time anyone went in or out. Snow looked at them all oddly as she realized something, "I don't get it. Why would Regina leave her office unlocked?"

Grace was quick to step in, "I don't think she would..." Her eyes went back over towards the potted plant, "especially when she's keeping the beans here." She glanced back up to her parents in thought, "When's the last time you guys have even seen her?"

David sighed, "It's been a couple of days."

"You--you don't think anything bad happened, do you?" Henry asked, earning a sigh from Grace.

"Don't automatically assume the worst--we don't know what's happened, or if she's still even here." She commented, earning a look from her father.

"Maybe she's already used the beans to portal out of Storybrooke." He added, which was exactly what she had been thinking.

"Without Henry? I don't think so." Emma replied back. "Something's not right. Regina would never leave evidence like this behind." She had been looking through the security systems as she spoke, until she spotted something out of the ordinary, "It says the last time someone was in the office was around six this morning. They used an override code to get in."

David stepped away from the plant, "Why would Regina need an override code on her own alarm?"

"She wouldn't." Emma quickly replied, worry already coming over her.

Snow furrowed her brows at that, "You think someone else broke in and took the beans?"

"Well, we haven't found Regina anywhere and haven't heard from her." Emma said back, somewhat confirming her mother's suspicions.