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CHAPTER 1

Regina paced from one end of the vault to the other. She had been going over this decision for the past few months. And although it was going to be hard, she knew it was the right one.

Her nervousness over what was about to happen made her stomach cramp. Her mouth watered and she swallowed repeatedly to keep the sickness at bay. She was breathing deeply through her nose and out through her mouth to try and help calm the churning inside. It was now or never. She had already triple checked her knapsack and she'd secured it tightly on her back. She opened the box she held in her hand. And pushed the trigger.

"Regina?! Regina are you doing down here?" Emma knew she had seen Regina head this way. She had wanted to talk to her. And also ensure that she wasn't 'up to something' as Henry liked to put it.

She had followed her into her vault after trailing her around trying to get a read on her. It had been months since she'd seen her really. She'd been busy the past few months getting the town back in order and hadn't wanted to concern herself with the woman who had raised her son. The son she had finally gotten back.

"Miss Swan?" Regina asked as hand remained pressed on trigger. She looked back and forth between it and Emma, "What in the hell are you doing here?" She put the box aside and strode toward her not waiting for a response. "You have to leave! Now! Get to Henry!"

"What the hell are you up to Regina?" Emma was angry. She'd already been dealing with the grief that was involved with getting the town settled down now that Cora was gone. Henry was still barely talking to her after finding out that she'd lied about Neal. And now this! She was not going to be putting up with any of Regina's bull. Now or ever.

A loud clapping sound was heard overhead. Then the earth began to move. Literally right underneath their feet. Then everything went dark.

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Regina opened her eyes and stared ahead of her. She was lying in total darkness. She pushed the hair that hung over her shoulder out of her face. Then she continued to run her hands through her hair. Her now long and curly hair. She raised herself up on her elbows and looked down at the strands she held in her hand that fell to her waist.

The sound of soft snoring drew her eyes to the other side of the bed. She openly gaped at the sight of a 14 year old Snow White lying beside her.

For a moment she was too stunned to think. Then her mind began to catch up. She had done it! It had worked! She sat up and took in the room around her. Or what she could make out of it from the light of the fireplace. She was back in the castle.

She pulled her knapsack off her back and went through it quickly. Everything was there! She began to laugh to herself softly. Then the laughter got louder. She was back. She'd reset time. She was back to the night she'd begun to embrace the darkness within. The night she'd finally began to think of the curse as her way out.

She looked around in awe. Everything was just as she'd remembered. Suddenly her eyes bulged and she gasped aloud. She jumped out of bed and made her way to the closets that hung just inside the bathroom. She grabbed a bag and began to frantically shove things inside of it. She was filling up the bag with the odd thing here and there when she heard it.

"What in the hell did you do?" a voice growled from behind her.