A/N This is my first fanfiction ever, let alone for OUAT. Please criticize as much as you want and give me pointers. This will probably turn into a Swan Queen story but until then it'll be a drama I suppose.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the character off of OUAT and this is for entertainment purposes only.

"This would have been enough. You would have been enough" She hears Cora choke out the words. It takes all of her willpower to keep her feet grounded. A small tear falls down her cheek. She struggles to not to turn her head towards Regina's muffled cries. She frowns slightly, but only for a second before wiping her tear away. "I would have given anything for this not to happen." She turns her head to face her unwitting companion.

"Why didn't you stop this then!?" She is surprised by the Blondes harsh tone. She returns her gaze forward. Refusing to allow herself get caught up in the blondes daring eyes. Could she already have fallen for the brunette or is this outburst for concern for Snow White? Her face scrunches at disgust at the thought. She takes an abrupt step toward the blonde.

"Why? Afraid your mother has darkened her heart!" she snaps back narrowing her eyes. "She is lucky that I didn't kill her at the crypt!" Her body visibly shakes with anger. She has no doubt that the blonde can read between the lines and has noticed her fury, and resentment towards the charming family. She thought that she had perfected the art of masking her true feelings. Emma seems to see right through her. This only irritates her more. How come Emma can evidently see her pain now, but when she needed her the most, she alienated her. Another tear escapes from her eyes, this time for herself rather than her mother.

She senses the blonde's eyes on her. Emma obviously has calmed down enough to try and piece things together. She can imagine the faces Emma's is pulling whilst her that simple mind of hers struggles to figure out why some apparent stranger would take her to witness Snow curse Cora's heart and manipulate Regina into giving it back. For the stranger to then sit back and do nothing to prevent the course of actions, when it clearly pains them not to.

As if reading her thoughts Emma ends the silence "Why would you show me this. You knew what Snow was going to do. You could have stopped her. Why didn't you?"

"It's a lesson." She answers coldly.

She notices Emma scrunch her face, relax it, tense it again, then her eyes widen as if finally understanding. "You wanted me to see her like this didn't you." Emma's words were phrased as a statement rather than a question. "You wanted me to see my mother use Regina's love for her mother against her."

She smiles sadly, "Yes. Everything isn't as black and white as Henry's book, or your parents would like you to believe." She stares intently at Emma's green eyes. It is as if she is looking at a mirror. Self-loathing seems to be something they both have in common. She chuckles to herself. Perhaps Emma has more in common with her than initially realised. Or should it be the other way round?

"You did this!" Regina's desperate cries cause both women to tense. Emma acts first, rushing to stand beside her mother. She should have known better. Emma would always choose those sickening charmings over her family. The action alone is enough for her to disregard what she was initially here to do. No she was going to change everything.

She magically appears beside Regina and attempts to hug her. Regina roughly pushes her off "What the hell are you doing?"

"Helping." She replies calmly.

Rumple smiles wickedly at her "How exactly do you expect to do that dearie?"

"Not that I care for your opinion imp!" she snarks back. She straightens herself, putting her chin up high. Looking as regally as she could. "I'm going to reverse this curse." She motions her hand towards Cora. She returns Rumples smile, rivalling her mothers own. "I have no doubt you will be missed." The sarcasm drips from her words. Before Rumple can react his dagger magically appears in her hand.

"How did you do that?" Anybody could hear the fear in his tone.

She answers mockingly "I once heard from somebody that true love is the most powerful magic of them all."

A/N What did you think? I assume you know who she is?