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#01 - Ring
Henry thought about what ring he wanted to get Ella and went to his mother to ask if they had any non-cursed heirlooms; Regina came back with a lovely diamond ring and told him, “This one. Robin gave it to me and it still has hope.”
#02 - Hero
Ella held the little girl Marie, as she recovered from being left out in the cold with nothing but a thin ragged shawl and an empty stomach, and she promised her that she would never be lost and alone again.
#03 - Memory
For Henry, he fell for Ella five minutes after meeting her and she stole his bike; Ella, for very understandable reasons, held back even though she felt that the rider of the headless horse was cute.
#04 - Box
The curse would torment Henry with hazy memories of a wife and daughter long dead, accusing him of abandoning them; all designed to keep him away from his family.
#05 - Run
Jacinda had to live through one disappointment after another, so even though she wanted it, she wasn't surprised that she can't seem to make it work with the Swift driver.
#06 - Hurricane
After Regina and Rumple finished the tale of the Black Fairy, Ella turned to Henry and asked how many extremely dangerous villains were related to him, to which he just shrugged.
#07 - Wings
Ella did write to her former stepsisters, kept up to date with how they were, but in the end, they were no longer her family- too many things had happened to them for a bond of sisterhood.
#08 - Cold
It didn’t feel right, Henry thought as he watched another man be called Lucy’s father.
#09 - Red
“Hi Red!” Hope ran and hugged one of her many honorary aunts, visiting from Oz for her big brother’s big day.
#10 - Drink
“What do you get two adventurers for their wedding?” Henry asked Ella as they opened the wedding registry for Alice and Robyn and he got his answer once he saw that on the list was matching holster belts.
#11 - Midnight
“So, what are we feeling tonight?” Henry asked as he set down the iPhone, waiting for Ella’s request, both sitting on the blanket and watching the stars.
#12 - Temptation
“Okay, seriously, tell the truth,” Henry held up the now empty cookie package, “Who ate all the Oreos?”
#13 - View
“Now I know why you were safe from messing with Cinderella’s story!” Alice exclaimed, “You are her prince!”
#14 - Music
Ella enjoyed the song Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and how it was about a little girl in a drawing; when it was time to name her own little girl, she decided that it would be Lucy.
#15 - Silk
When Henry and Ella married, they were garbed in their leathers and their swords on their baldrics, and held hands as they exchanged their vows to one another.
#16 - Cover
Jacinda wrapped the blanket around herself and Lucy, relishing in the cocoon of plush cotton and she began to read the book.
#17 - Promise
“I will be there with you, for whatever life throws at us,” Ella vowed, and then kissed her husband.
#18 - Dream
“I'm pregnant,” Ella announced, with a huge grin matching her husband’s and her multiple in-laws whooping in joy.
#19 - Candle
On the day of Ella’s wedding, Regina presented a ‘something new’ for her- a broach with the Mills family crest engraved on it, because it was time.
#20 - Talent
Tiana wanted a huge welcome back party for everyone when they returned home from Hyperion Heights, but first they had to fight Dr Facilier’s friends from the other side.
#21 - Silence
Ella got her mother’s favorite flowers and laid them on her grave, at her side were Henry who was holding Marie, Lucy who was holding Graham’s and Caffery’s hands.
#22 - Journey
The thing is, they weren’t planning on having more kids, but when things settled down, Ella was getting morning sickness and her and Henry learned that they would have to build a nursery.
#23 - Fire
“Counteroffer,” Ella said as she held a dagger to the bandit, allowing her husband to free himself, “You run now and I won’t slice you from head to toe for interrupting Date Night.”
#24 - Strength
“It's okay,” Henry said as Ella gripped both of his hands tight and slowly stepped onto the ice, “I got you.”
#25 - Mask
“In an hour, we can make our excuses and go back to the hotel room,” Henry said, and the smile that Ella gave him signaled her approval for the plan; they just need to look all polite and respectable for an hour.
#26 - Ice
“Just so you know - ‘I have a wife’ was a warning, not a plead,” Henry said as Ella raised her sword and proceeded to strike.
#27 - Fall
The newlyweds danced the night away, and into the dawn.
#28 - Forgotten
Henry had experience of gaining and losing memories of another life, thanks to it happening to him at least three times, so he took Lucy in his arms and they looked at the photo album of their real life together.
#29 - Dance
Henry watched as Ella spun around, and he could not be more in love with her, and then she grabbed him by the hands and asked to join her.
#30 - Body
Ella almost felt overwhelmed when joining a huge and pretty complicated family, but then she found it handy when she needed an emergency babysitter.
#31 - Sacred
“Oh good,” Ella said as she watched the xenomorph slice open an actor, “Ripley is alive.” Henry hummed his agreement.
#32 - Farewells
When it was time to say goodbye, Lucy hugged her parents and siblings, swung her satchel on her back and went off to find what adventure might await her.
#33 - World
The Mills family all laid on the bed, Ella on the left side, Lucy on the right, Henry in the middle and they all snuggled together.
#34 - Formal
“Pay up!” Janet the cook boasted as the whole camp saw Ella and Henry returning, walking closely together and holding hands.
#35 - Fever
Red and Dorothy gave Ella an odd book called the Victoria Secret catalog and Henry still did not know whether to get annoyed or to thank them.
#36 - Laugh
Henry and Ella knew there was another betting pool on them going around camp, and decided to only tell Regina and Tiana, even though Tiana would end up winning the pot.
#37 - Lies
“Lucy, this is your father,” Jacinda said, motioning to Henry who looked resigned, and Lucy could not believe how sneaky the curse was.
#38 - Forever
Lucy wasn’t sure how she got the book in the first place, it just appeared at the end of their stoop, in a box with other books and a sign “Free Books! Take One!”
#39 - Overwhelmed
At first, it was kind of weird to have a teenage double running around and living with his mother, but Henry and Hal (Henry II insisted that was his moniker) came to an understanding- they were both different people with different paths to take; though Hal did bond easier with little Hope.
#40 - Whisper
In the end, Ella, Drizella and Anatasia held a memorial for the parents they lost and buried the past wrong and pains for good and moved on- what else could they do?
#41 - Wait
Henry promised Ella that they would get to see a movie from a much bigger screen, and when they did, they got to see Alien, which started Ella’s introduction to science fiction horror.
#42 - Talk
To answer Ella's question on how he got over from extreme misadventures, Henry shrugged his shoulders and replied, “My family is very big on talking about what's bothering you and hugging. We hug a lot.”
#43 - Search
Henry knocks on Jacinda's door, the test results in his hand with all its revelations and more questions to be answered.
#44 - Hope
“Happy anniversary,” Henry said to Ella, as they watched the little prince hug his friend, the once heartless giant.
#45 - Eclipse
When it was done, they were able to get Rumplestiltskin back to the Edge of Realms, so he could be buried with his wife Belle.
#46 - Gravity
As Ella walked away, Henry could not help but think that he hadn't been this terrible at asking out a girl since high school.
#47 - Highway
Tucking Lucy in for bedtime is a joint effort with Henry telling her a story and Ella singing a lullaby to her.
#48 - Unknown
“Believe or not, this is not my first experience with body swapping, or even the fifth time,” Henry said, and Ella wondered if she should ask him to elaborate.
#49 - Lock
“Your husband does not like me,” commented the ghost of Lady Tremaine, and when her daughters and Ella glared at her, she submitted, “I understand why, but that is neither here
nor there.”
#50 - Breathe
Ella shamefully talked about her plot to kill the prince, and Emma just shrugged and said “I become the Dark One. We all do stupid things when desperate.”