AU- No curse. No magic. Henry makes up the curse so he can bring Emma home with him. Emma was a detective in Boston but decides to move to Storybrooke to be closer to Henry and becomes Sheriff. Swanqueen is endgame in this story.

Italics represents peoples thoughts

This is my first fic, will only be a short one and I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think and all ideas are welcome just PM me.

Thank you to my beta NoSoup395.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from OUAT

A loud knocking at the front door interrupted Regina from the work that had engrossed her. Regina stood from her desk chair and marched from her study and through the house, determined to give whoever had decided to disturb her a piece of her mind.

It's probably that Miss Swan out to ruin my day, yet again, in that god awful red jacket I'm finding myself loving instead of loathing.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Regina proceeded to the door and pulled it open. She was immediately stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of who stood on her porch and whatever threatening remark she was about to deliver died in her throat instantly.

"Sofia" Regina gasped as she looked upon the face of her now teenage daughter, whom she thought was lost forever.

"Mommy" Sofia sobbed, tears running down her face, overwhelmed with the moment she'd been dreaming about since the day she was ripped away from all that she loved.

It was at that moment that Regina shot forward and wrapped her arms around her daughter, who now stood at the same height as herself she noted. Sofia's arms instantly clung to her mother, the two clutching each other tightly, trying to make up for seven years of absence.

After what seemed like hours but was in fact mere minutes, the two were brought back to reality by someone clearing their throat. The two slowly, reluctantly, broke apart and Regina looked past her daughter to see who had interrupted their reunion. There stood a man in his early forties in a suit and aviators looking very "Men in Black", who she hadn't noticed until this moment.

The man stepped forward, extended his hand to Regina and introduced himself "Miss Mills, I'm Detective Lock" Regina accepted his hand and shook it before wiping away the tears that had escaped while holding her daughter, "Would you mind if we took this inside?"

"Of course, please follow me," Regina replied, turning back to the mansion and gesturing for the other two to follow. She led them through the house and into the family room, "Please have a seat" She gestured to the two couches and single arm chair before taking a seat on the smaller of the two couches quickly followed by Sofia, who sat as close to her mother as humanly possible.

Detective Lock sat in the single chair and took out a small spiral notebook, reading something from it before looking up at the others who sat across from him and beginning to speak.

"Miss Mills, seven years ago your daughter was on her way to school when a van, which had never been seen before in Storybrooke, pulled up next to her and a man who wasn't recognised snatched her from the sidewalk before speeding off, never to be seen again. There were no suspects or leads and the case was dead. After being missing for two years Sofia was presumed dead and the case was dropped. A month ago, one Emma Swan wrote me begging me to take a look at the case. She asked to be able to look through the evidence to see if she could spot anything we missed and to use the upgraded technology we have today to see if she could find anything. Her request was granted and we were able to enhance the footage from the security tape of the van speeding away and got a clear image of the suspect's face. Detective...erm...Sheriff Swan recognised him to be former detective Patrick Harrison, a highly decorated detective who lost his job after he broke down over the death of his wife and 9 year old daughter. We looked into his financial records and found he had been buying women's and girls' clothing and enough food to supply a family of three not a single man living alone. We were able to use this to get a warrant and upon searching his home it was discovered that he had an underground area in which he kept Sofia Mills and Abigail Weston, whom he believed to be his dead wife and daughter."

By the end of his monologue Regina was on the edge of her seat, mouth agape in utter shock, with several thoughts running through her mind and an abundance of emotions flashing across her eyes.

My poor baby.

I'll kill him if he hurt her beyond taking her away from her family.

Why would Miss Swan want to find my baby girl?

"I realise this is a lot to take in Miss Mills, but we have Mr Harrison in custody. Sofia has been checked over by medical professionals and other than being scared and missing her family she is perfectly fine. I'm here to return her home where she belongs. I'm sure the two of you would love time alone to reconnect so I'll be on my way. Please don't hesitate to call me if you have any questions." He took out a business card and set it down on the coffee table separating him from the reunited mother and daughter before standing and turning to leave.

This finally brought Regina from her thoughts and she shot up quickly to follow the detective to the front door. When they reached it she finally spoke "Thank you, Detective."

"No need to thank me, I was just doing my job. Besides, it was all Swan really. She enhanced the tape, recognised the driver, got the warrant and took the lead in bringing him in and making sure the victims were okay. She's really your girl's saviour." With that final comment he turned and made his way down the path to his car, leaving Regina standing in utter shock on her door step for the second time that day.

TBC