Regina stared in horror as the pirate's ship grew bigger and bigger. This couldn't be happening. Her mother couldn't have managed to open a portal. She felt Gold shift next to her. Both their greatest enemies were on that ship. While they had worked together many times before, Regina had never felt like she understood her former teacher. But now, she understood his fear at realizing his worst enemy was going to soon be in his life again. She understood, because she felt terrified at the thought that she would be confronting her mother soon.
"Well dearie, we better start preparing for the greatest fight of all. Are you ready to see your mummy?" Gold asked. He smirked before walking away, Belle following close behind.
Regina turned to look at the crowd that gathered to watch the ship. She could hear the townspeople discussing the ship's occupants. Snow was holding David's hand tightly while he had his arm around Emma and Henry. Henry felt her looking at him so he looked over. She smiled briefly at the young boy she had raised all on her own before she began pushing through the crowd. Gold was right, she need to prepare. After all, she hadn't practiced magic in 28 years. She had no clue what her mother had been up to. She could only hope that she would be powerful enough to defeat her now.
But her mother wasn't the only one on the ship she was afraid of reuniting with. Killian Jones, the man that double crossed her, was also on the ship. He was supposed to go to Wonderland and steal her mother's heart. Instead, he helped her mother fake her death. Regina never even knew how the captain betrayed her until a few weeks ago, when she found out Cora was in the Enchanted Forest with Snow and Emma. She couldn't imagine how he could help her mother and then return to her. He pretended that he had stolen Cora's heart, as she asked of him, but stuck around after so she could teach him how to defeat the Dark One. Of course, their sessions had never really been just about revenge.
Regina shook her head. She couldn't get lost in old memories now. Not when she had so much to do. Her relationship with Killian was complicated and so unlike the one she had with Daniel. As she hurried back to her home, she wondered if he had changed. What will happen when he arrives in Storybrooke? She hoped her mother hadn't turned him against her. He was the only one in her life after Daniel died that she opened up to.