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CHAPTER UPDATE! (this is about a camping trip and hey, the camping trip gets mentioned) fandom: Once Upon a Time ship: Red Beauty characters: Belle French, Ruby Lucas // the Charmings show up here for a little confrontation plot: Ruby is always there when a crisis hits and Belle starts to notice that she looks tired. Their friendship is on a high note and on a much needed camping trip as a time-out this friendship turns into more. OR One lone werewolf trying to get a good night’s sleep only to find it in the arms of her new best friend who over the course of a weekend turns into her lover. tags: FLUFF, lots of feelings and (getting over) some hurt, but mostly this is a nice, fluffy feelings piece rating: E (for later smut) chapter 2 (of probably 7)

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Special Variables | Shell Scripting Tutorial For Beginners-32

$* it stores the complete set of positional parameters as a single string

$# It is set to the number of arguments specified

$1 first argument

$2 second argument

$0 name of executed command

"$@" each quoted string treated as a seperate argument

$? exit status of last command

$$ PID of the current shell

$! PID of the last background job

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Dead, a ghost

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When people only want to befriend you because of your money (:

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Getting a permit for the Tomato Stand in Warrenton. 

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Hannah where are you my heart is beating so fast because David Bowie help me where are you I need you come live with me

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fandom: Once Upon a Time ship: Red Beauty characters: Belle French, Ruby Lucas // the Charmings etc casually show up/are talked about plot: Ruby is always there when a crisis hits and Belle starts to notice that she looks tired. Their friendship is on a high note and on a much needed camping trip as a time-out this friendship turns into more. OR One lone werewolf trying to get a good night's sleep only to find it in the arms of her new best friend who over the course of a weekend turns into her lover. tags: FLUFF, lots of feelings and (getting over) some hurt, but mostly this is a nice, fluffy feelings piece rating: E (there will be explicit smut, so it has to be, but that’s later and easily skipable then) chapter 1 (of probably 7)

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Snow used to sleep on top of her, snuggling right in. It's a totally usual thing for typical gal pals to do, what's the big deal?

We talked SIDCU. We talked Everyone Else In Denial Cinematic Universe (EEIDCU or TOICU [Town Of Idiots Cinematic Universe]?).

How about WWRCU (We Were Roomates Cinematic Universe)? Meaning: Red Snow definitely dated, they did all the couple things, all the domestic things, all the true love sacrificial things, all the romantic shit.... but they thought "that's just what friends do!"

Because none of them had had a close friend before and, well, this is friendly kissing! Gal Pals! Don't you do that with your friend? Don't you sleep with her? Don't you devote your life to her? Don't you keep each other warm in winter nights with just your body heat? Isn't that the usual friend stuff?

GALAXY BRAIN! Red and Snow as gals being the very best and most domestic of pals a la Xena/Gabrielle. Except even more unaware.

It starts absolutely normal, because it’s cold and they sleep outside and so they get used to sleeping right next to each other. Very close. Maybe sometimes one of top of the other. It’s all for warmth.

Also oh no, you are right. Neither had any “normal” friendships. Everybody always did what Snow wanted and Red’s closest friend was Peter, until they started to kiss and talked about running away. And that only ticked this romance box, because he’s a guy. But everything else is typical, standard, platonic friendship behavior, right? (Lots of it is actually, but they always take it one nudge further without realizing where most people set boundaries.)

First of all, bathing together is very convenient and you always have someone to scrub your back. Getting warm water is a pain in the ass, why double the work? Doesn’t make sense! During meals it’s faster to share everything or maybe feed the other when you enjoy something and want to share this specific thing. Life on the road is stressful and a massage is very relaxing and it’s far better without clothes on. And who wouldn’t want to leave a little trail of kisses, because that feels good?

They are apart for half a day? Of course they greet each other with long, tight hugs. And a soft kiss to the forehead, the temple, on the cheek and eventually on the mouth? They are friends!! When they get into a town they pick up something the other will like, friends give each other gifts and sometimes that’s also just a flower to make them smile. Why should they believe that the frequency and this like need to do it matter?

Slowly they gather more stuff on their journey. Weapons, a tent, matching mugs, matching bracelets (that are friendship bracelets, not engagement rings, just because when they put them on they swear to always be there for each other - THEY’RE FRIENDS).

Red leaves for a while, because she has to check on Granny. Snow finds a stack of 14 notes, because Red said it would be two weeks tops until she returns. And when Red opens her bag there is a letter from Snow that says “when you feel homesick for your bestie”. Those are adorable little notes to show some appreciation, those are not love letters! (Not like they don’t love each other, they do, as the friends they are.)

They train together and it turns into tickle fights and those lead to cuddles being exhausted and kissing for the fun of it. What could be better? And sure, sometimes at night when one is on top of the other, and there’s a thigh pressing up and the kisses are a bit more intense... it’s not like they strip naked and do anything special (they grab each other’s boobs like twice a day during something else, there is nothing interesting about doing that at night); it just feels really good when... something happens. And they both sleep better afterwards. Almost like when one reads to the other until they fall asleep. See, friends making friends comfortable in bed is a thing for gal pals.

They can order each other’s food, they know when the other needs space for a moment or when a hug is better, the future plans always include both of them together until they’re old, they have both jumped in front of arrows or pretty much onto a sword for the other not thinking for a sec...

They are really good friends. (✿ ♥‿♥)

Who is gonna break the news to them?

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Now I gave myself so many feeling over Team Cap on the run again, that I crave cute content about how they hopped places, did good shit and grew close to another.

Can someone write me a fic where a set of their go to forged documents has them as two married couples? Steve and Nat as Matt and Caroline Robbins and Sam and Wanda as Rob and Emma Johnson or whatever. For Steve and Nat this comes terribly naturally and they already have a routine with each other. It’s a bit disturbing, but Sam can’t stop making fun of them for it. But by doing so he and Wanda create shorthands of their own.

They have other aliases and cram together in shitty apartments all over, but every once in a while it’s a nice and fun cover. And then Steve grows a bit weary, maybe they have become too used to this set-up so they switch it up. And well, he was kinda right, because this throws them off-balance, because Nat doesn’t know how Sam likes his coffee and they draw attention at the breakfast buffet.

But worse is how Wanda starts crying when Steve peels an orange and just gives her half, because he does this so exactly like Pietro would and Sam has learned to not engage in some very specific big brother behaviours. And Nat suddenly wonders if there even is a line anymore between the undercover, their lives and the missions they pick for themselves trying to find remnants of Hydra and just helping out wherever.

On the flip side there is that one time they do follow a wealthy shady douchebag possibly dealing weapons to a super fancy beach resort. And looking around at the last second Nat realizes what seems a bit off with the couples everywhere and they have to switch it up once more, but the gay way. And well, Sam doesn’t mind the jealous looks he gets when Steve puts lotion on his back at the pool. Also all of them wear suits and nobody complains about inconvenient footwear like at the last cocktail party they snuck into.

Steve writes cryptic postcards about their adventures to Bucky...

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#oh no my Ruby Lucas feels are awakening again | turn the alarm clock up to 11 then!! So Ruby, a werewolf in October, living her best life. Everyone is excited for the comfy season coming in, fall, the crispy air, and Ruby is just EXTRA energetic. Stay home and chill? NO. GO OUT AND RUN. No cold, wolf blood hot, so still pratically summer, no scarves, just shorts. is it too weird to go trick or treating in wolf form? Henry said it's okay... Full moon on Hallowen? DRAMATICS

Ah yes, people start putting on cute scarves, warmer boots and actual jackets, but no, Miss Lucas out there in tiny tank tops and her hot pants. Regina is sitting somewhere, thinking about the way Ruby always looked on the neverending same day-ness “nailed it” (in more ways than one, madame).

Halloween decorations? Ruby has so much energy, she also draws up plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas, while she’s at it. Granny hates it. But she also loves exploiting this by making Ruby do all the things around the house. Finally she will sort through the boxes in the... garage... cellar... whereever, who cares.

Wolfstime on Halloween? Perfect! Well, that’s what Ruby thinks. But imagine this, Zelena raising Robin in Storybrooke and 8 year old Robin being all “I’m so grown-up already, I can go trick-or-treating alone.” So naturally the way around it is being taken by Aunt Ruby, right. And Robin just pouts, because being The Wolf isn’t a costume, duh. And then there is this fun montage the night before with Regina trying out different dog costumes via magic. What if Robin is in her dinosaur phase?! Ruby has to match, that’s for sure.

When Robin knocks on Snow’s door, Snow suddenly has rain on her face. There wasn’t Halloween back home, but seeing Ruby with this little blonde girl... yeah, well, the things that should’ve been. Anyway, Ruby growls so Robin gets all the best candy.

During October is the time Ruby checks in with Whale at least once. They get shit-faced together until even Leroy thinks they have had enough. By now a vampire probably has shown up, there’s a monster meeting. Her Highness Regina is lessed amused with all the witch comments thrown at her (Zelena is jealous, because her title is still Wicked Witch, she should be at the monster meeting, but she never gets an invite - sorry, but Maleficent covers the magic AND being a dragon, and not inviting her is what starts trouble, so).

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Great, this 10 Top Videogame Ladies post won’t leave my brain, so here is the crossover fic I don’t write.

They all have to meet, which isn’t actually that difficult. It starts with a bunch of tiny scenes. Claire in an Umbrella laboratory where the mad scientists don’t just study viruses and mutations anymore. A weird machine, a *zap* and off she is. For Emily it’s a trip to the Void, now in total chaos with the Outsider gone and she exits elsewhere. Aloy is kinda the same as Claire, but the tech is of course ancient and broken, not shiny and new. Chell is free and her gear shouldn’t work at all outside of Aperture, but oops, there is a malfunction and a portal opens, but she didn’t put up the other side and she’s pulled in. Evie hunts a Templer with an artifact, they fight, a portal opens *tada*. Mercy just answered the Recall, she is out here for the first time in forever, following her team into a newly emerged Omnic nest. And so another *zap*. Heather has returned home. Everything is terrible. Her dreams are still restless and filled with nightmares. The siren sounds, but she doesn’t get transported to the usual other world. Plugging Zelda from the OoT-world there is just a magical portal for once, she thinks it might be witchcraft and she was looking for Link, but oops. And lastly Cortana, which is a bit weird. Let’s say a fragment of her is transported via source code, so she “lives” in a piece of tech as her confused holo self (Heather gets to wear her). As for Lara, well she is on a very normal adventure, wanting to explore a particular island that shouldn’t exist (set before SotTR).

They all find themselves on the beach of this weird island. A tropical jungle that morphs into a deep dark forest, a mountainside with ancient ruins, a medieval castle, different temple structures... nothing makes sense and we get all the nice videogame locations. Since I am not writing this, I don’t know what exactly they find at the end. Some kind of multidimensional omniverse god-creature that tries to guard the spark of all life and needs help... whatever. Who cares? It’s a set-up for a bunch of fun scenes for self-indulgence.

Like when they come to a cliff and the only way is up. Lara grabs her pick-axe and Evie is all like “gonna race you” (it’s what Jacob would say), They start and Emily smirks and uses Far Reach to pull herself to a ledge above them. All the while Chell is touching the wall, inspecting it, to then shoot her portal gun, creating an easy passagway (of course the gun won’t work everywhere for dramatic reasons). Meanwhile Mercy has been fiddling with her Valkyrie suit this whole time and is happy to finally have calibrated it, so she can guardian angel up top, using any of the others as her anchor. “This is gonna be a wild trip”, Claire mutters to herself.

Speaking of Mercy, there is gonna be that one super dramatic moment, where one of them dies by either taking a fatal blow for somebody else or pushing someone to safety. Tears and angst and all and Mercy than goes “heroes never die”. It drains every last bit of energy she painstakingly built up, but it works. (Another reason not to write this, I have four different shipping versions of this scene in my head already, because there is an “you idiot” *hug+smooch* afterwards.....)

Cortana making sarcastic remarks from the sideline. Chell giving her the evil eye for that. Evie and Emily trying to out-sneak each other. The first enemy they encounter is probably a deku scrub and Heather and Claire think it’s rather cute. While Aloy later wonders if she can overwrite a sentry turret (from Portal)... And then the obligatory campfire moment with the most awkward conversation about parents. (So many dead parents, but also kinda no parents to begin with. Heather and Aloy can bond over that. Like Claire and Evie over having stupid brothers.)

Can somebody write this for me, so I can enjoy???

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kNEELING AS A SYMBOL IS THE GREATEST THING AND I CRIED. legit. wow. that alone is filled with enough angst to power a sad sad city. i love it. And Red not being able to look Snow in the eyes? my poor heart. i can't take this anymore. take me somewhere bright. tell me of the first time emma gets to run with ruby, and the first time in a while both of them really feel happy, i want to cry more

What is this “happy” you talk about? I don’t know her...

So want to skip Emma curling up in the cloak, being so afraid the fabric could slip and she would turn, that she lies awake. And Snow is reminded of that time Red had her panik attack. But the thing is, if Emma has the cloak, and it is wolfstime, than Ruby changes. (Ruby keeps herself chained up. It took like two hours of tearful pleas until Belle agreed to help her.)

In that third night Snow draggs Emma over and she wants the two to talk, but then Ruby changes and omg Emma is face to face with the wolf again. Who is chained up, letting out this high pitch whimper and Emma is frozen to the spot. PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! So that’s what ptsd feels like.............

But okay, okay, you want to skip these parts. Like when Emma talks to Ruby one afternoon and just asks “how do you do it”, because she is so afraid of the wolf right now, even though she hasn’t transformed, she’s never hurt anyony, just the thought of losing control is sheer madness. And Ruby had this whole I-ate-my-boyfriend-ordeal.

This of course sets off the guilt spiral for Ruby, because “I did this to you and I can never take it back and I don’t know how to say sorry”... and they talk through a lot of angst. But then slowly there is a shift. Because Ruby smiles when talking about the running. About following a scent and finding your way in new ways.

It’s like four months of glorious angst and hurt, until Emma locks herself inside the jail cell during wolfstime and after hours lets the cloak fall. Snow and Charming are right there. Yeah, okay, no control, she’s pretty feral, but they keep talking to her. And Snow thinks “wow, look at her, she has such pretty fur”. Where Ruby is dark grey, Emma is lighter, silver tipped ears.

Regina sits outside, Ruby next to her. Who tries to crawl under the bench, when Emma howls like the angry caged beast she currently is. And Regina is all “don’t be ridiculous, you’re not a chihuahua”. And then she has enough and tells Ruby to go inside already. And when she finally does, Emma calms at least a tiny bit down. Two wolves looking at each other through the bars... Ruby is shaking, because well, the guilt is somewhat flaring up, but Snow sits down, leaning against her. “You have to be strong for her.”

Ruby’s lack of confidence and Emma’s nightterrors and fear don’t make this easy, but it’s another four months later, when they turn together. And Emma lets the cell door open for the first time. She felt pretty great the last time and she has control.

They asked the others to stay outside nonetheless, but they turn and they howl and then they run. It’s the first time Emma gets to go outside in her wolf form and yeah, okay, so THIS is strength and stamina and power and... freedom.

There have been a few incidents where her strength came in handy during the day. But this is even better. And Ruby is amazed how playful Emma is and she forgot what it felt like to run with a pack. To not feel alone during this time.

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Title: One more holiday to feel miserable about Fandom: Once Upon a Time Pairing: Regina Mills/Ruby Lucas Rating/Warning: All Audiences, some guards get maimed by a werewolf (in a non-graphic way) Word Count: 2100 Summary: Written for @speedracer87 and the prompt “solstice”. Set around S2/3 when Regina is still finding her footing within the Charming family. Storybrooke is excited to hold a bonfire for the winter solstice, a day that back in the Enchanted Forest days holds a shared memory for Red and Regina.

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I now have internet and I love everything you've sent especially Snow being giggle-y around Cassandra! I want that to happen! Also Amy Pond and Snow friendship will be epic. You know what else is missing from the show? I miss the girl's night out, I wish the show will do another girl's night out with Regina, Snow, Emma, Belle and Red getting smashed, and the boys don't know how to handle the girls being drunk. Also both Snow & Emma love rock n' roll music.

(Oops, hit the publish button… well maybe somebody else can have fun reading this. whoa, it’s 2k words of uncontrolled typing…)

The whole fairy tale magic has faded forever ago, but there is this faintest linger of Prince Charming surrounding Cassandra and Snow picks up on it without realizing. XD Somebody should write me that crossover now.

Anyway, omg GIRLS NIGHT STORYBROOKE EDITION!! How much do I miss this? Let me be silly for a moment and run with this. Snow sits at home waiting for Emma to bring lunch and Emma casually mentions “guess who’s in town to visit” and before Emma puts the bag of food on the table Snow is out the door in her house shoes and bursts into Granny’s. “RED!” And yes, it’s her and they hug real quick. Well, okay, so the other guests think five minutes is a bit much, but Snow and Red just put every emotion they felt while they were apart into it.

Dorothy thinks it’s a little bit weird, but then Emma comes in, a pair of sensible shoes in hand. “I underestimated how much they would miss each other.” Ashley sits at a table, child on her lap, and points at the shoes. “Are you mixing up your fairy tales now?” That’s how smalltalk starts which ends with Dorothy being introduced and the realization that this is the perfect excuse for an all girls night!

Belle is reluctant when Ashley and Snow tell her in the mom-child-group, but well she has stopped breastfeeding and is all cleared to have that one glass of wine in nice company (one, right). Aurora hears this and volunteers Philip as a designated babysitter. She’s been living in Storybrooke for so long now and never spent a night at the Rabbit Hole. (Belle vaguely remembers her time as Lacey and decides to be extra careful with what she will wear.)

Philip calls Charming, who expected to take care of Neal anyway with Snow and Red catching up. But okay, it sounds like they have bigger plans? Well, then it is guy time, too! With watching kids and… is any kind of sport on tv tonight? He promised to explain american football to Hook last Thanksgiving, it’s about time. Three men and four babies/kids, what could go wrong? Henry is invited as a backup.

Regina gets a text from Emma. “time of fancy balls is over. tonite all the ladies, all the booze. u r part of it” Regina is at the store and smiles, it feels nice to be a part of this group thing. A familiar scent pushes in. “What now, lewd text messages in public?” “Hallo, Mal.” It’s still weird meeting Maleficent in a public space, like a normal person. They haven’t clashed in a while. Actually there were no complaints about her at all. And if Regina had to name one person she liked to get drunk with (or high on magic, same thing)… “Do you have plans tonight?” Regina looks into Mal’s basket, microwave popcorn and all ingredients for ‘smores. “Lily and I have movie night.” “How about you do that tomorrow?”

Dorothy is nervous meeting all these people and watching Ruby go through her wardrobe for an outfit is an experience from out of this world. “You wore that? For work? I thought you were a waitress.” Ruby throws a flannel shirt right in her face. “No wonder Granny loves you. And so will my friends, just get your ass in a pair of jeans already.” Dorothy decides to wear the shirt.

The Rabbit Hole has a somewhat slow night, but then the ladies get in. They rearrange tables when they realize the group has grown. Whale sits at the bar and Snow orders her first shot right away, because an unwanted memory creeps up on her. He better not try to flirt with any of them tonight. But then Snow looks at the table and is almost sorry for the guy, these girls would eat him alive. Leroy would never admit it, but the bar has been very quiet the past few weeks and this is a nice change in atmosphere, so he buys the table a round of beer.

Dorothy and Ruby have to tell how they met, which sounds way too cheesy when spoken out loud. But they agree, that they all did embarrassing things for love. Ashley impersonates Charming’s “I will always find you” and Emma can’t hold it in any longer and tells everyone how she walked in on her parents post coitus. “And Henry was with you?!” But Regina is in too good a mood and makes a comment about how she at least was always discreet with Graham. Ruby snorts, reminding her somebody had to wash those sheets. Emma realizes that the memory of Graham doesn’t hurt anymore, but she drinks to him.

While they go around telling stories that aren’t for polite dinner talk, Belle takes a deep breath. “At least you haven’t wasted your whole adult life on that one undeserving person.” And she explodes with every little thing that ever annoyed her about Gold. Not the big evil stuff, the tiny everyday things. The tequila is brought out.Here Snow realizes what has been off all night. Ruby comforts Belle, and she had sympathy for everyone and offered comments, but she is kinda giving a cold shoulder to Aurora. In a very subtle and polite way, but Snow can pick it up. But Aurora becomes the center of attention when the last guests arrive. Maleficent and Lily walking into the bar, looking around and they come straight for their table. Whoops.

Emma greets Lily with a hug, the two have mended all their fences a while ago. But well, Maleficent and Aurora. In the same building. Within a few feet from each other. Snow looks over to Regina, but all she can think of now is all the time they wasted, when they worked so well together. Aurora is already tipsy and when she slurs the insult she hurls at Maleficent… yeah, so that’s not threatening. And to her credit Mal takes it in stride. She turns around, but Regina grabs her hand. “If I can sit here with Snow White and her perfect cookie cutter princess friends, you can too. Nobody is gonna get eaten or cursed or gets a heart pulled out.” “There is no free chair.” Dorothy stands up and sits back down on Ruby’s lap. “Now there is.” Aurora and Maleficent sit as far from each other as possible and somehow that’s it – for now.

When there is maybe half a minute of almost silence later on, Emma gets up. “Why is nobody dancing?” Snow shoves a bunch of coins In hand. “Go feed the juke box.” She jumps up the second Meat Loaf’s Paradise by the Dashboard Light starts. Yes, this is her daughter. Snow chooses We’re not gonna take it by Twisted Sister next. The war against the Evil Queen would’ve probably taken only half the time if they had the right music. Snow thanks Regina for bringing Storybrooke to life in the 80s. And why do most of them know all the lyrics to Joan Jett’s I Hate Myself for Loving You? It’s for the best there is no karaoke machine.

When Ruby goes to the bathroom Snow follows a moment later. “What’s the deal with Aurora?” “What?” Ruby knows that Snow can play this game forever, especially when she is right. “It’s not like Aurora did anything. She is nice, I like her alright, but… she broke Mulan’s heart and doesn’t even know it! I can’t look at her without thinking about my friend who took forever to fully open up.” Snow thinks back to the time she had spent with the two and yes, it made a lot of sense actually. Ugh. Ruby sighs. “And I feel a tiny bit guilty being out with Aurora, when I had promised Mulan to show her Storybrooke one day.” “Where even is she?”

Snow borrows Dorothy, gets back to Granny’s, puts on the silver slippers and ends up in DunBroch. It’s just after 10pm when she gets back to the Rabbit Hole, Merida and Mulan in tow. Ruby almost cries seeing them. Mulan is thoroughly overwhelmed with everything, but this is the exact distraction they were looking for, because Merida is so stressed that next week will be a clan’s meeting again. Regina and Maleficent whisper to each other about those clothes. They start to feel like den mothers at a frat party…

When last round is announced at midnight Ashley screams. “Just once in my life!!” The tab is paid with a more than decent tip, but it’s definitely too early for anyone to stop, the buzz needs another kick though. Well, there is that tiny 24hrs corner store and they fall over the place like a swarm of bees. Regina wishes she had prepared some snacks. Especially when she sees how Emma stuffs herself with Doritos. That is the mother of her child! Before she can say something, Lily is with her. But she only offers dip and showcases the same lack of manners.

They egg Gold’s pawn shop. It’s unclear who even came up with this, but while completely immature even Maleficent feels some kind of satisfaction. “As sheriff of this town I have to condone this behavior-“ “Don’t you mean condemn?” “Right, totally condemn this. Very harsh. Harshly.” Emma throws the last egg herself.

They think about going to the docks, but if any of them fell in the water there is a high risk of drowning, so, nope, off to the woods! It’s such a peaceful and warm night, stars are out and they are laughing about some of the cruelest things they’ve all been through. Maleficent and Aurora take a long hard look at each other. “I spent so many years asleep, trapped in a nightmare!” “Well, Regina kept me as a pet dragon all through the dark curse.” “She put me in a mental asylum”, Belle chimes in. Snow clicks her tongue. “Well, the alternative to being locked up is to be set free. Into the wild. With nobody by your side. And that’s no cakewalk either.” Ruby gives her a light jab on the arm. “That’s how we met. So thanks, Regina, for making Snow’s life hell, because otherwise a mere peasant girl like me would never have a princess as a bff.”

Regina finally starts to see the pattern, that a lot of the time one of them will thank her for the most ridiculous reasons. She was the Evil Queen, she was out for blood, but here they are. Drinks, music, laughter – they’re okay now. And it’s nice to be gently mocked this way?!

There is an incident in which Snow and Merida start to argue about techniques for using a bow. Emma almost ends up with an apple on her head (“Where did that apple come from? We are not wasting any more food!”), but they go for a more standard target. (Why is the bull’s eye a little rainbow?)

Ruby notices that Mulan and Aurora are missing for that spectacular half an hour. When she thinks back about what she said in the bathroom she remembers a lingering scent. Oops. They both have slightly red eyes, but also a genuine smile on their faces. Ruby hugs Mulan, but is pushed off.

Charming is a tiny bit worried, when at 3am there is no sign of life from Snow or Emma or any of the others. He calls her cell and isn’t even sure who picks up with a very loud “what’s up”. He understands that they are at Regina’s and all is well.Except when the next morning hits.

There is a pillow fort taking up a whole corner of the living room. Inside are Dorothy and Ruby and well, Snow, pretty much spread-eagled on top of them, drooling a bit. How did the Christmas lights end up here? Belle and Ashley are occupying the couch, their heads on the armrests, their feet meeting in the middle. Lily and Emma just lie on the floor, someone (Mal) at least threw a blanket over them. Lily is spooning Emma, who still has her hand in a bag of cheetos. Regina has a perfectly good bed upstairs, but she fell asleep in the big armchair. Next to Maleficent. There was an argument about how to sit on a throne and like children they wouldn’t let go of their spot. It brought back some memories. Mulan and Merida had taken point in the kitchen, with Aurora joining them. They share a pillow and peacefully guard a box of beef jerky and a half empty bowl of jelly beans. (Mulan’s first sugar rush fit perfectly well with the overall drunken stupor.)

Bottles, glasses, junk food wrappers, confetti, a twister mat, a hand mirror (it’s more prank spying than prank calling with a mirror), two free roaming hamsters, a couple of plastic swords… being a witch will come in handy once the cleaning has to be done.

Ruby wakes up first. Her secret is that she stopped drinking alcohol and had virgin cocktails after the jello shots, because she was too afraid to miss anything. It’s why she could still walk a straight line when Belle off a heel on her shoe and got a piggyback ride to Regina’s. She can enjoy five minutes of peace, with occasional snoring any of them would deny of being guilty of, until a very unwelcome wake-up call comes bursting in.

“Regina, I’m sorry to come by una-“, Zelena’s voice makes Dorothy’s body go rigid before she even wakes up. “What is this?”

There is protesting and mumbling and a very slow process of eyes being opened. It’s Maleficent who starts laughing that has the others on alert. Regina wants to explain to Zelena how this all happened, but Mal can’t stop herself. “We are twelve people. And she was not invited! I know how she feels!” Regina is stone cold sober in an instant, keeping her sister from turning green.

Ruby drags Dorothy into the kitchen. Mulan and Merida are very okay to trashtalk Zelena, remembering the last encounter they had together. But Aurora says that by the end of the night her urge to claw Maleficent’s eyes out had died down and if she could go through something like that…

Still grumbling they start preparing pancakes, setting the table (Mal has another fit of laughter when she sees the 13 sets) and turning everything they can find in Regina’s kitchen into breakfast. Orange juice, tea and coffee are the only drinks served. Between two forks of scrambled egg Snow grins at Regina. “I always just wanted to have fun at a sleepover with you.”