It's been 2 weeks since he left Storybrooke. Marian was still under the Snow Queen's spell even after the Shattered Sight spell and the queen herself were gone. They actually found the book which held the cure for this curse among the Snow Queen's other properties.

They needed to warm her heart and put it back inside her and let her thaw from within.

But that information left them clueless again..

He tried the kiss..of course it didn't work. Everyone knew where his heart lay. So there was no way anyone or anything can warm her heart.

The three sorceresses, Regina, Emma and Elsa spent three full days to think and try to find a way. Finally, they found the answer; the cure had to be something that could warm the coldest heart.

"The person with the coldest heart was Ingrid and we knew that the ribbons were the only thing he held on to..", said Elsa. "but they are all gone"

"There has to be something else! Miss Swan, you spent some time with her before. Did you see anything she loved when you were with her?", Regina asked.

"Er.. well.. I didn't spend much time with her before I ran away.. OH WAIT! The necklace!"

"What necklace!?"

"She took me to an arcade and I got a necklace from a claw machine. She said it was a special gift to remind me how special I am. But I threw it away when I thought she was trying to kill me. She seemed truly happy when she looked at me wearing it", said Emma.

"Well, we go get that then. I can't wait any longer. This is getting on my nerves and I want to end this ASAP", Regina said as she stood up.

"But we don't know where it is now. We don't even know if it still exists", said Elsa.

"Hey! don't forget who you're talking with." Regina rolled her eyes and conjured a crystal ball in her hand. "Now Miss Swan, I want you to focus and think back on that day. Try to picture everything you can think of. You ready?"

Emma nodded and did what Regina instructed. Not so long after, the picture appeared.
After Emma threw away the necklace and ran away, they saw Snow Queen pick it up, she hold it close to her heart and cried. The picture in front of her got Emma emotional and lost focus for just a second but that was long enough to make the picture disappear.

"No..we haven't seen where she kept it" Elsa cried.

"Urghh… Miss Swan, didn't I tell you to focus?"

"I'm sorry! But I think I know where she kept it. It must be the drawer in her study..where she kept the spider."

"Then let's go get it, shall we Miss Swan?"

Regina and the Emma were getting ready to take off before they heard the noise outside.

"IT'S COMING AGAIN!" The very same old Grumpy's yelled.

"Not again.. what is it this time.." Regina snapped and walked out of the vault, followed by the two women. There, they saw lights and black smoked from the clock tower. When the smoke faded, it appeared 3 figured, walking straight to them. Upon seeing that, Regina knew she couldn't leave town to go after her plan. She tuned to Elsa and whispered;

"Get Robin and tell him our plan. He's a thief, he should know how to find the place and well.. steal if it needs to. Miss Swan and I seem to have some business to do here."

And that's why he was here; Richfield, Minnesota. He knew this was an important quest to help Marian and also himself and Regina. He made up his mind that once Marian is awake, he would tell her the truth. She deserved a man who really loved her and he just wasn't the one. And he would go back to Storybrooke as fast as he could to Regina as soon as he got this necklace. Gosh.. he was so worried about her especially now when she had to face the unwelcoming guests. What bothered him most was the fact that he left her without a chance to say goodbye, to kiss her and hold her in his arms for one last time. And that thought was killing him.

Robin shook off the thoughts and focused on what's in front of him. He was here, the house that Elsa had told him. The front door was locked, just like he had expected but it wasn't a problem for him. It only took him a few minutes before he broke in. He went straight to the study, to the desk, top right drawer.. and there it was! The necklace. Robin took it out and put it in the pocket inside his jacket.
He closed the drawer, spun around, ready to leave but then his eye caught a sight of a big book on the desk. He turned back and walked closer.

"What..? I swear I didn't see this when I get in", mumbled Robin.

The book looked so familiar. It was a big thick book with leather cover just like the one Regina showed him. But this one, there's nothing on the cover.

Robin couldn't help opening it and what it shocked him to see the stories inside. They were stories of people in the Enchanted forest..Snow meeting Regina, Regina losing her first love and becoming queen. He turned page after page until page 22 and the rest went blank.

"You gotta be kidding me.. 2 magic books? And what is this?"

He saw that the page after the last one got ripped off..

"Page 23.. wait..", Robin hurriedly took out a piece of paper, page 23, with the picture of him and Regina kissing. He tried to put it back on the book. The paper sealed back to the book perfectly as if it had never been ripped off.

Once it did, Robin felt a wave of magic running through him and he saw flashes of memories of himself in the past, one after another.

"Regina.." was the only word he could utter before he ran out of the house, back to Storybrooke, back to her.

"Regina! REGINA!", Robin rushed into the mayor office where everyone was there making plans to handle the new comers.

"Robin?", Regina turned her face towards him. She was glad to see him back safely. But before she could say anything else, Robin swept her up in his arms and kissed her hard and madly.

Feeling a little bit embarrassed, Regina pushed him back gently, clearing her throat and whispered,

"Er.. Robin.. everyone is staring." She awkwardly glanced at Snow who was smiling at the romantic scene she witnessed just now.

"I'm sorry.. but there's something so important that I need you to know"

"What is it? And did you get the necklace?"

"Yes yes i did. Here." He took out the necklace and handed it to Emma. "This one right?"

The savior nodded and took it from him.

"But what is it that you said Regina needed to know?"

"You need to see this." He took out the book from his backpack.

"Look Regina. I found this book in the house and it looks just like Henry's book you showed me. Here. When I first found it, the story ended at page 22.." he flipped the book to that page, "..but when I put our page 23 back on, it seems like someone magically glued it back just like that."

Snow walked closer and enthusiastically said, "Regina! It's your story. You could rewrite your own happy ending now!"

Still amazed, Regina turned back to look at Robin. "But…if this page is in the book, it means..we have met before?", she asked.

"Yes Regina! I remember everything now. We met on that day. After you left the tavern, I came out and we met.", Robin smiled widely at that thought. He couldn't wait for Regina to remember story of them. He couldn't be happier.

"How could that be possible? I mean..how?", Regina was confused. Her life in the past was all about being the Evil Queen and hunting Snow White. She couldn't remember anything about Robin Hood back in the old days. Not a single thing. She paced around the room back and forth trying hard to think.

"Regina, take this. Look at it again. Maybe it helps you to remember, just like it did to me", Robin handed the book to Regina. She took it. But as soon as she touched the book, everything went black. Lucky her Robin was near to catch her before she hit the floor. She heard people calling her name but she drifted off to the familiar land…

Regina slammed the door before running back along the small alley. She was panicked, scared and confused. Yes her happiness was right there, in the tavern. The guy with the lion tattoo was her soul mate. She could be happy again. But she couldn't let go of the anger that had been with her all through these years. What would she become if she let it go? Would she really find her happy ending? What if her happiness got destroyed again? How would she survive the pain this time? She ran and ran and ran until she couldn't breathe so she stopped and sat down on a log in the woods and cried. Suddenly, she heard footsteps so she turned back and saw a man looking at her through the hole of a tree.

"Who are you?", Regina used the back of her hand to wipe her tears while standing up, preparing to run, if needed.

"My apologies milady. I didn't mean to scare you", said the man. He raised both of his hands up showing her that he didn't mean to hurt her. He walked closer to her, "Were you at the tavern just now?"

Regina took a few steps back and answered, "Yes I was there. How do you know? And why are you following me?" She still didn't fully trust him but something in his blue eyes told her that he meant no harm.

"Well..", he stuttered, "It might sound silly but to be honest I don't know also what brought me here. I was drinking with my mates in that tavern and we were expecting another mate. So when I heard the door bells, I thought it was him so I turned and saw no one. I came out and I saw you running this way, to the woods, so err.. I followed you here. It's kinda late and I think it might not be quite safe for a girl to be on her own at this time of the day." He looked down to the ground, lifted up one hand and started rubbing the back of his neck. He felt nervous and it was probably the first time in his life that he felt this.

"Oh… thank you very much." Regina was surprised but she had to admit that she felt good to have someone truly care about her even though he was a complete stranger. No one really cared about her ever since she became queen.

The man looked up and when their eyes met this time, time stood still and they got lost in their moment.

He was stunned by her beauty. A young lady with long silky dark hair. Her brown eyes are surrounded with long and curly eyelashes. And those full little lips of hers…What would it be like to kiss those lips, he thought. But then he realized that he just met her and hadn't even introduced himself to her properly. So he held out his hands and said, "My name is Robin Locksley. Do you mind telling yours?"

"Regina Mills", she said and put her hand in his. He lifted his hand and placed a gentle kiss on the back of her hand.

"Alright Regina, can you tell me why you are out here alone? You don't know what you will see here in the woods and it's dangerous at this time."

"Err.. I don't know how I got here..I guess I might have got lost", said Regina.

"I see. That's why you were crying."

Regina blushed. It had been quite a long time that people saw her crying. She hadn't shown anyone her feelings for quite sometimes. That was what a queen should do according to Cora's belief. And she couldn't tell him the real reason why she came this far and crying. Running away from her soul mate? She would look so ridiculous if she told him so.

"Ah..yes.. yes. Thank you..again for your concern"

"With pleasure, Milady. So now shall we get back to town? Please tell me where your house is so I can drop you there"

"NO! err.. I'm sorry I mean..no I don't wanna go home…yet"

"Then where do you want to go, Milady?"

"Hmm.. actually, it would be appreciated if you can just show me the way to get back into town. I'll just stay here for a moment and then I'll go back myself. I just need to think something through"

Robin frowned, "I'm sorry but it's really not safe around here."

"But I'm not afraid!", she snapped, getting a little bit annoyed. Suddenly, the bushes moved and it made Regina startle so she jumped up from the log and held Robin's arm tight. A brown hare came out of the bushes, looked at them and then hopped away quickly.

"And you still insist that you're not afraid?", he chuckled. His eyes were glistening and dimples showing.

She let go of his arm immediately and tried to make some distance. Embarrassed, she tucked her hair behind her ear and started to walk back to town. She wanted to go a separate way as quickly as she could before she did something else to embarrass herself more. He followed and still laughed at her.