Regina hid inside the secret room in her vault after being wrongly accused for Archie's death. She sat on the white couch and took a sip of her red wine. It took her a minute to realize that she was not able to bring clothes with her. All she have in there are her Evil Queen clothes which she's in the mood to wear. She cannot believe they all fell for that frame job. Back in the day she did a great deal of horrible things and not once she denied them. Regret is not her thing. She looked them in the eye and told them the truth that she did not do it but none believed her. Why would she expect them to? She is the Evil Queen who casted a dark curse that tear everyone away from their homes and their families for years.

Regina doesn't care if no one believes in her. All she wanted is Henry to believe in her. She saw her son's heart breaks when Emma told him that Archie is dead. He's been his therapist for years. The worst part is that Emma told him she did it. Her temper meter broke and she broke the wine glass with her hand.

"Great", she muttered when she saw the mess on the floor.

Regina waved her hand and the mess on the floor was cleaned up. She stood up and walked back and forth. She needs to let him know that it wasn't her. She couldn't bear the thought of her son hating her. It was a hard decision. She knows once she came out of her vault, people will be coming for her and it can turn into a fight. She knows she can win but she intends to keep her promise to Henry to be good. Regina dismisses all the doubts in her head and went with her plan.


Henry is at Snow's apartment sitting on the bed, grieving for Archie. They left him for a minute to buy food for dinner. Suddenly, Regina appeared behind him.

"Henry", she called and the young boy turned around quickly.

"What are you doing here?" he asked. His tone hurts Regina. "You killed Archie", he said.

"No, Henry. I did not kill Archie", she said.

"You're lying. My mom saw it when she used her magic and it's not dark magic", Henry disagreed.

"I know about that. She paid me a visit at our house and tried to capture me with fairy dust which didn't work. Look Henry, why would I kill Archie? We've been working on this redemption path for months and we're actually making progress. We hit a few bumps when he shared our sessions with Emma but I am not going to kill him for that especially if he's helping me. I haven't used my magic until few minutes ago to clean some broken glass on the floor and to poof myself here", she started rambling and realized she doesn't make any sense to her son.

Regina sighed. "You read about me in the book. You know everything I did back then probably more than I do. Do you think if I did kill him I will leave a witness to the crime that was supposed to be secret even a dog? If I get caught, do you think I, the Evil Queen, will deny it if I did it?" she asked her son.

She is counting that he knows by heart what he read about her in the book. As much as it hurts her to think about her son knowing everything she has done before, it's her only chance for him to side with her.

"You never denied the things you did even during your trial. You admit everything. You don't lie about them. You said you did not regret anything except that you failed to kill Snow White", Henry muttered.

Regina smiled and nodded. "Yes. Look, someone framed me, Henry. I don't know who and I can't investigate on it because everyone in this town is hunting me down. I came here because I want you to know and I want you to hear it from me that I did not kill Archie as much as I would want to sometimes when he's getting on my nerves with his psychiatric comments about my life, I know how important he is to you and I can't hurt you like that. I will never. You have to believe me", she said.

"I do believe you", he replied.

Henry came to her and hugged her tight. She sighed in relief. He still loves her, she thought.

"Get away from my son", Emma said from behind them.

The two pulled away from each other and looked at the Charmings by the door.

"I did not do it", Regina said by none of them are convinced.

"Stop lying. We know the truth", David snapped.

"You obviously lost the concept of truth. I am capable of killing people, that much is clear but I am not sloppy when it comes to doing the job. I did not kill Archie", Regina insisted.

"Regina, just stop. This is enough. You have hurt everyone so much. Just surrender and everything will go back to the way it was", Snow suggested.

Regina's blood is already boiling and Henry can see it by watching his mother's fists clenched.

"No, it's not going to go back to normal as long as the person who sets me up is still out there", she said trying to keep it together.

"The only threat in this town is you", Emma said coldly.

That broke the meter and a waved of magic hit the glasses on the kitchen bar. Everyone was shocked and quickly drew out their weapons. Regina took deep breaths trying to control her magic. Her hands glowed in purple light. She clenched harder to keep it in. They all saw her struggle to stop her magic. Once she has settled down, she looked at them in a calm manner.

"I'm sorry about the glasses. I'll replace them. I promised. I didn't come here to fight", she said to all of them and then turned to Henry. "I have to go now. Don't forget about what I said. I love you, Henry, no matter what everyone say", she added and then stepped back and disappeared.

Snow looked at the mess Regina left in her apartment.

"I guess I should start cleaning now", she muttered.

"I'll help you", David said.

Emma went to her son and checked on him.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Mom will never hurt me", he answered.

"I know. I was just worried. Don't worry, she's not coming near you again. We will get her", Emma said.

"She did not do it. She did not kill Archie", Henry suddenly said.

"Kid, I know you believe that but I saw it. It's a pretty solid evidence. I'm the Sheriff. Trust me", she said.

"This is not ordinary Sheriff case. This is magic. You believed my mom first before you saw what Pongo saw. Why did you believe her then?" he asked.

"…because I felt like she was telling the truth", Emma answered.

"See? You have the super power to know when someone is lying. You told me that and you have proven that from time to time even when you're not here in Storybrooke. Remember, magic can be very tricky. Trust your super power. Don't trust the magic", Henry said.


Regina returned to her vault. She is trying to control her breathing. Her hands are shaking. She never had a panic attack before and she thinks she's having one now. Her hands started to glow again.

"Happy thoughts…think of happy thoughts…" she muttered to herself.

The memories of Henry came to her and it made her smile and calm. Her hands stopped shaking and her breathing became normal. Regina sat on the floor wondering what is happening with her and her magic. All of a sudden her heart is filled with rage. It came to her so fast. She remembered the look the Charmings gave to her. She remembered how ungrateful they are that they suddenly forgot that she's the reason why Emma and Snow are still alive. If it wasn't for her, they would've died in that portal from Rumple's spell. In her anger, the mirror on the wall bursts which snapped her out of her dark thoughts.

"What?" she muttered.

She didn't cast a spell or use magic but it broke just like the glasses in Snow's apartment. She got up and went to the broken pieces of her mirror. She then saw her reflection among the cracks.

"What is happening to me?" she said.


The dinner has been served at the home of the Charmings. Despite what happened with Regina's unexpected visit, they still managed to be festive and cheerful. It's one of their traits, full of hope.

While they are in the middle of their meal, the door bursts open which startled them all. Cora appeared by the door together with Hook.

"Cora", Snow muttered.

David quickly drew his sword to protect his family. Cora only laughed.

"Seriously? This is the man you wed, Snow? I thought my daughter has the worse taste in men but you turned out to have the worst taste", she said and waved David's sword away.

"What do you want?" Emma asked.

"Where is my daughter?" Cora asked her back.

They all got confused. Someone with her power can easily track Regina in a small town but yet there she is asking them about her daughter's whereabouts.

"It was you, wasn't it? You were the one who set up Regina. You killed Archie", Snow concluded.

Henry looked at her with such anger. Emma readied herself in case a fight broke.

"No, she didn't", a man's voice rang from the halls.

They all waited until Archie came in the room. Like seeing a ghost, they all looked at him with shocked eyes.

"You're alive", Emma muttered.

"Yes. I was captured and locked up. I wasn't able to see who it was. Cora and Hook came to free me after they learned what happened with Regina. Someone set her up so the people in this town will turn against her including you and Henry", he explained.

Emma started debating in her head. Her hunch was right all along. Regina is innocent and they tried to capture her. She tried telling them the truth and they dismissed it each time. They are wrong.

"Why would someone want the whole town to turn against her, not that I am surprised", David asked.

"…because farm boy, she is heading the other way. My daughter wasn't evil. She wasn't born that way. She was pure. Thanks to me and Rumple and you, my darling Snow, she became the Evil Queen. I learned what she became and I tried my best to get out of Wonderland to help her find happiness. I even tried getting your heart because that's the only thing that will make her stop. I was too late. She was far too gone for me to reach. Then, before she casted the curse, when she thought I was dead, she cried over to my coffin. I felt a flicker of love in her. So I decided that once the curse is broken, I will return to help her pick up the pieces. Then, I got here and discovered she was doing the work herself. She was trying to be good", Cora said.

Snow looked on the floor and thinks. She knows it is true. She met Regina when she was young and she knows how good she was. Things started heading the other way when she spilled her secret to Cora which resulted to the death of her love and sending Regina to a life of being trapped in a loveless marriage. It sparked the fire in her to seek revenge until she went too deep with darkness.

"Someone doesn't want that to happen", she muttered which got everyone's attention. "Whoever framed Regina doesn't want her to be good again. That person wanted her to remain evil", she added.

Cora nodded.

"Regina is in a very fragile state before I was kidnapped. She was vulnerable and adjusting. She stopped using magic and trying to blend in with everyone despite their feelings towards her. Plus, she's lonely that she's not with Henry. Regina is like a glass right now. The frame job sets the glass to crack. The people's judgments of her added to that crack. Your lack of belief in her added to that too. All the glass needs now to break is one single tap and it will shatter into pieces", Archie explained.

Emma looked at them. "Whoever that person is, he's coming after Regina", she said.