Here's my take on what happens after the finale. I don't go along with the spoilers, since I found them entirely disappointing. I was hoping that OUAT wouldn't just take up the Disney's version of Frozen, but sadly they probably will. I was hoping for the original Snow Queen from Hans Christian Andersen, so I'm really dissapointed. If I wanted to watch Frozen, I would watch the Disney movie, so...

BTW: I'm not taking up Hans Christian Andersen, because I had a different thought stuck in my head, that didn't go with it :)

I don't own anything.


Consequences

She could see the second in which Emma realized what she had done, the moment in which she understood the consequences of her actions. And as much as Regina loathed admitting it, she could also see the remorse in Emma's eyes. But in this very moment Regina cared little for the regret Emma was feeling. It didn't serve as very good comfort for Regina.

Emma on the other hand was still staring at Regina as she tried to come to grip with what she had done. Her vision was blank even though her eyes were still fixed on Regina. She had only been trying to do the right thing; never had she imagined that her actions would impact the present like that. Killian's voice kept ringing in her ear, kept warning her to leave the past in the past, not to change anything – but it was too late now. And to think she had been so proud to have found such a perfect solution, in which no one had to die. How could she have possibly known… She only wanted to save an innocent woman that was sentenced to death because she had helped her mother. She still didn't want the woman to have died, but the situation that presented itself was complicated und this time that was on her.

Regina blinked her eyes a few times to clear her vision and to make sure that no wetness resided in them. Her first instinct was to run, she glanced at the door, get out and don't look back. There was one thing stopping her. She was the Queen, Evil or not, she would not run… not anymore. She could always fight, lash out like she used to. Make use of her name, her title, the moniker given to her so long ago. A vision struck her, her holding Emma's heart, her pure, beating heart, in her hands and squeezing it, Emma falling to the floor, writhing in pain and Regina crushing it. She could feel the satisfaction; taste the victory on her tongue as it crumbled to ashes…

"Bold and audacious perhaps, but not evil"

She gritted her teeth, the path of vengeance and anger hadn't gotten her very far and she did share a son with the blonde woman, unfortunately as it may be. She had gotten too far, had proven herself too often for her son, proven that she could be more than a villain. Apparently without much success, she thought bitterly. For the universe, karma or whatever heroes called fate still viewed her as nothing but a villain. And villains didn't get happy endings.

Looking back, she really should have known, should have known better than to let herself believe she could actually be happy. It was too late for that now, she had believed and once again was proven too dark, too evil to deserve anything but suffering. There was only one way she could play this, that allowed her to at least keep her pride and dignity, because she had already lost her love and heart. Regina closed her dark eyes for only the fraction of a second, only to regain her composure. She searched deep inside of her for the mask she had managed to perfect over the decades, the one that Robin had seen through immediately and broken only a little later. She reinstructed her facial features to cold indifference and directed an emotionless smile at Emma.

Surprised by the sudden change on Regina's face and feeling dread at the rigidity of her expression, Emma opened her mouth, but no words escaped her, what could she possibly say.

"Please, Miss Swan. You didn't honestly believe that a meaningless affair with some common thief would shatter me. So believe me when I say, that there is no reason to worry, your pretty head will stay on your neck for now" Regina said dryly.

Again the blonde's mouth fell open as if to reply, but Regina did not give her that opportunity. She turned away from Emma, who was still taken by surprise and Regina's eyes fell on the form of her former teacher. With her head held perfectly high and all the regalness she could muster, she made her way to his table. Belle was with him, of course and… would you look at that! If the ring on her finger was any indication, the villains-don't-get-happy-endings-rule only applied to her.

"I presume that congratulations are in order" Regina gave them a mocking smile and sat down opposite of them uninvited.

"Very true, dearie, very true" Gold met her gaze with an equal scornful look. Belle gave Regina a suspicious look but kept quiet otherwise.

The former queen got serious and leaned over the table so that she was able to drop the volume of her voice.

"Tell me that this won't have some kind of unforeseen, horrible consequences" she prompted, even if the disquieting feeling in her stomach didn't just stem from her broken heart.

Gold shock his head slowly, from one side to another, however before he could voice his conclusion, he was interrupted by the beauty on his side, "Would someone be so kind as to fill me in on what's going on?"

"It would appear that Emma brought a little souvenir with her when she visited the past. She is the saviour after all, so leaving someone behind who once died in a past that had already happened was simply not acceptable. Personally I am surprised we're not met with a horde of people" scoffed Regina.

"Wait, you're saying Emma brought someone back from the past who was supposed to die there?" Belle looked at her stricken "but that… the consequences could be dire. We don't know what she possibly changed and…"

"Isn't that completely irrelevant? Whatever she changed, she already did it and it has already happened. Thus we are no longer able to comprehend what happened in the original time line" Regina shrugged. "What I want to know, for once is the price that needs to be paid for a life that's been saved from death" her eyes drilled holes into Gold's skull.

Said man sighed, "I'm afraid I can't answer that. This is not something that happened – ever. But I can tell you, that magic always comes at a price and someone is going to pay it".

Grimly Regina nodded, she had already figured out as much and for just a moment she wondered if the price of losing her happiness was not enough of a price to pay. But the time to feel sorry for herself was not here yet, later she would take the time to curse the world and ask useless questions. Questions related to Robin's words that kept replaying in her head.

"Maybe it's all about timing. Sometimes things work out when they're supposed to".

But now was not the time. Determined not to break down Regina shoved the thought in the back of her mind. She would never show weakness again, not in front of these people, they would never see her weak, never again. She could not think about him right now, not when every cell in her body was focused on not looking at the happy reunited family.

R&R

The turmoil of clashing feelings in his head that spread over his entire body was impossible to describe with words. Robin wasn't even sure he felt anything at all, his body almost felt numb from shock. He barely registered taking Marian in his arms and bestowing a kiss on her head. Everything felt like it was happening to someone else, like everything was beneath a fog and nothing but shock reached him. Robin couldn't even say he was happy, because he simply didn't understand, couldn't comprehend what was happening. Marian should be death, was dead, he knew it, had seen it, had been next to her body, he had cried over her, she was dead. He knew it… or did he? Nothing made sense any more. His arms felt limb to his side and it was only Marian's arm that kept their connection.

His senses united and they all showed him the same conclusion. Marian was here, alive and well and not just a product of his fantasy like it happened for some time after she died. He could smell her, touch her, he saw and heard her. Her bright and happy eyes beamed at him, his son was tucked away in her arms… their son, he reminded himself.

"Marian, I don't understand… How are you here? I… you…" Robin stopped; he wasn't even able to form a logic question. Then he remembered Emma Swan and what she said before about bringing someone back from the past. Of course… it was Marian she had brought back. He shook his head as he realized how long it had taken him to arrive at that obvious conclusion. Usually his quick wit and reaction was source of his pride.

"Everything here is so peculiar. I have no idea where I actually am" Marian let go of him and now used both hands to clutch desperately onto his - their, dammit- son, she shifted Roland slightly and brought the hand up to stroke over Robin's cheek. "I'm so glad to have found you again. I thought I'd never see you again".

He blinked a few times and swallowed dryly. How long did Marian think they were apart? She had died more than four years ago, not counting the nearly thirty years they had spent trapped in the curse. He had mourned her, deeply and desperately for a long time before he had allowed himself to live once again, before he allowed him to move on and he had…

Regina! The thought passed through him with a sudden cold. Where was Regina? His head almost rotated with the panic in which he tried to find her. So much for his quick wit and reaction.

What if she left the diner after the scene he made? What if she left him? What must she be thinking? Robin needed to talk to her, needed to talk to her now!

His eyes took in the Diner with the velocity and precision he had been missing the past few minutes. His knees almost gave in with relief when he found her sitting at a table, in the company of Belle and Rumpelstilstkin. She was still here!

Surely she must understand in what kind of situation he found himself and that he only needed a bit of time to get his mind together, she simply had to understand that he wanted to talk to her later.

"Robin, where are you going?"

It was only because of Marian's stunned question that Robin realized he had turned away from her and had already taken half a step towards the former queen. He opened his mouth in a hopeless attempt to explain to his wife why he had to talk to another woman. He turned to face her fully once again but before he was able to utter even a single word, did he see a movement where Regina sat out of the corner of his eyes, now that he knew where she was, at least one of his eyes would always be trained on her. He felt Marian grasp his arm hard and take a sharp breath, Roland was still pressed in her arm and he was starting to look uneasy with the woman holding him, who was a mere stranger for him.

R&R

The cold overtook her bones quite suddenly and she understood instinctively that this cold had nothing to do with the one that reign in her heart since Marian stepped into Robin's embrace. The powerful magic was almost painful as the wave hit her full force. Her eyes met Gold's equally troubled ones over the table and no more words were exchanged, as they were up and running out of the diner.

She let a dark purple cloud envelop her with a wave of her hand and before everyone's eyes her appearance changed to the one of the Evil Queen. Regina ignored the shocked and scared gasps and screams that surrounded her as she stepped out on the street. Half the diner was most likely following her but she had no sure way of knowing since she refused to turn her head away from the danger ahead. All she knew was that Gold was next to her. They had barely taken ten steps, when the cold and the frigid wind stole the breath from her lips. A small snow storm built up in front of them and Regina knew that whoever was inside was the source of the powerful magic she felt.

Anguish and panic pumped through Robin as he watched Regina and Rumpelstilstkin make their way out of the diner. Without thinking Robin stormed after them, shoving everyone out of the way that dared to stand in it and he didn't even realized that he dragged Marian and inevitably Roland with him. Marian's grip on his wrist only came to his mind as her nails scratched his skin and somehow he concluded that it was the form of the Evil Queen, who caused that scared reaction.

But his attention rested on Regina and the danger of her situation hit him hard and unexpected. His hand went to his quiver instantly and when he met only empty air Robin cursed internally at having left bow and arrows at Regina's.

And now she was in danger and he was unable to assist her, to protect her. He tried getting closer, at least close enough to hear what was going on but Marian shook so bad that Roland let out a tiny whimper and Robin would never expose his son to any danger. So he turned to stroke over his mop of curls reassuringly. But at any given moment was he aware of every single of Regina's movements and when he turned around again, Marian fisted his shirt at his back and hid behind him.

R&R

She was brilliantly beautiful, that much Regina could give her. And despite never having met the woman, she knew intuitively who it was that was standing in front of them. Gold and she understood what needed to be done and he stayed a few steps behind Regina. The light blonde woman in the blue dress stood unmoving even as the Evil Queen stepped into her personal space. In order to intimidate the woman Regina decided to get into the other woman's face. Nose to nose they stood. Funny how the most prominent thought in Regina's head was how she was grateful at having conjured her highest heels; otherwise she would have barely reached the other woman's chin. Even so it was still the Evil Queen who had to raise her head to meet icy blue eyes.

They painted a beautiful picture, beautiful but dangerous and deadly. The beautiful stranger with the fair hair and the Evil Queen, regal and elegant dressed all in black lace and leather. The contrast couldn't have been crasser, Snow White thought, as she watched the scene while holding her breath. She peeked over David's shoulder, which stood in front of her and Neal protectively, his gun drawn. When Regina stormed out of the diner and had converted into the Evil Queen a lot of people may have thought Regina reverted into her Enchanted Forest persona, Snow was not one of those people. She prided herself in knowing Regina better than that and so Snow knew something must have happened, something that caused Regina to feel the need to use her old self to appear stronger. Emma had told them about Marian and Snow had felt deep sorrow for her step-mother. For her it must be like history repeating itself and her first thought was to go to her, but when her eyes fell on the older woman, she was surprised to see that Regina seemed perfectly fine. Next she had searched for Robin and she saw just the moment when he looked for Regina and she'd seen how relieved and grateful he had been at seeing Regina still there. And Snow just knew that everything would turn out just fine. Only now things didn't look so bright.

The two powerful sorceresses measured each other up and down; all the while the snow fell heavier around them. Snow had a strong hunch who they were dealing with, even if she hadn't had an idea that the Snow Queen actually existed. And of course now it made sense that Regina took on the appearance of the Evil Queen. Regina had adapted to match whatever power she felt out there, clearly the Evil Queen was a lot more intimidating than Regina Mills – Mayor of Storybrooke. The Snow Queen on the other hand seemed completely unmoved and indifferent, her eyes were void of anything as she talked to Regina but Snow was unable to make out what they were saying due to the howling of the wind. The complete apathy scared Snow more than Regina ever did; the Evil Queen was temperamental, expressive, led by emotions. Her hatred had been horrible but her love was equally as fierce and with Regina Snow had always known where they stood. She really wished she could hear the conversation between the Queens.

"I am not here for you" the voice of the beautiful blonde was soft but emotionless and Regina suppressed the shiver that ran down her back.

"I don't care why you're here. As you can see, this town already has a Queen. Your being here is redundant" Regina bit out, her teeth clenched.

Cold, indifferent blue eyes met angry glistening ones in rich brown and Regina was flooded with relief. She wanted to keep the attention of the Snow Queen on herself; she would not let that sorceress anywhere near the inhabitants of her town.

The unknown Lady stepped back and tilted her head to the side, "Nothing shall stop me. I will find what I'm looking for. I am however not a danger, once I have what I need I shall leave the town. I do not want to cause chaos and destruction; therefore I shall grant you a week to bring to me, what I'm searching for."

Regina pressed her lips together hart "And what, pray tell, would that be?" she spew out.

"I'm looking for her, who can see the future. Her that stands in the way of fate" was the cryptic answer Regina received.

Regina had no clue, what she meant but she didn't let her bewilderment show, instead she watched the Snow Queen leave with calculating eyes, tension high until there was nothing left but snow.

"Did you hear that?" Regina turned around.

"In case you think I know her or that I have even the slightest idea what she was talking about, or what she wants, you'll be disappointed to hear that I do not, dearie" Gold answered the question she hadn't asked, but still needed answered.

Gold allowed his gaze to sweep over the crowd and found himself immensely relieved at seeing Belle standing next to Ruby. Her safety was his top priority.

"Who the hell was that?" chipped Emma in from the side and the volume of her voice startled Regina from her deep thoughts.

"You're asking the wrong questions, Miss Swan" said Regina. "Even for you, the identity of her should not be too much of a challenge".

"Really? The Snow Queen? Of course she exists as well… why am I even surprised?" exclaimed the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, with her arms thrown up in the air.

The Evil Queen simply rolled her eyes.

"And what did you do to her? I mean she must have wanted something" Emma looked at Regina accusingly. The Queen didn't need to look at anyone else to understand that Emma's assumption was shared largely amongst the townsfolk.

"It might be hard for you to understand and I am deeply saddened to disappoint your low expectations in me. However I'm inclined to inform you that I have never met the Snow Queen before. Neither do I know what she's doing here or how her sudden arrival has come to pass" her eyes kept on the blonde Regina gave her the most conceited look.

Emma grimaced, she understood that her choice of words had been less than optimal; she hadn't really wanted to blame Regina. Leaving Hook's side Emma stepped closer to Regina, "Sorry Regina, tough you have to admit it was a logical guess. Anyway, what does she want here?"

"You're still asking the wrong questions, Miss Swan".

It was Emma's turn to roll her eyes, "And would you be so kind as to let us know the right question?"

"The question, we need to ask, Miss Swan, is why she didn't take what she wanted" explained Regina pensively. Somehow it didn't make any sense, at least not to her.

"Maybe she didn't want to anger the Evil Queen" suggested David, who kept his protective position in front of his wife and son.

Regina exchanged a glance with Gold, who grimaced painfully, "The problem, dearie, is that neither I nor Regina would have been able to stop her. Her magic is more powerful than anything we have encountered so far. If the Snow Queen would have wanted, we'd be nothing but insects to be crushed."

Belle gasped and stalked over to her husband.

"Wait a second. Are you telling me, that you just provoked the Snow Queen, knowing that she could kill you?" Robin shook the iron grip of his wife off of him. His blue eyes sparkled with anger and a hint of worry as he took a few steps forward. He did not want to believe what he had just heard, if it had been Regina's plan to stop his heart from beating, then she had just succeeded. She had put herself in harm's way, deadly harm, knowingly and on purpose and Robin wanted to throttle her for it. He wanted to take her and shake some sense into her, but more than that he wanted to take her and hide her away, keep her in his arms and personally make sure that she was fine. Didn't she understand what she was doing to him? What it would do to him, if something were to happen to her?

She levelled his gaze with one of her own, cold, untouchable and a tad annoyed. Her mask of indifference firmly in place and seeing that guarded expression that kept him from seeing her, Regina, hurt worse than he thought.

"I fail to see how this is any of your business, Sir of Locksley" her answer stopped him short.

It was like she had hit him straight in the face and he looked at her aghast. It was as if the past weeks hadn't happened and with sudden clarity Robin understood that Regina hadn't stayed in the Diner to wait for him to find his wits, much less because she thought he'd still want their relationship. She had only stayed so she wouldn't lose her face, to protect herself. Like she always did… like she always had to. And perhaps that was what hurt the most, she had felt it necessary to protect herself – because of him.

Just as bad was the way she looked at him now and the tone she used to talk to him, cold and uncaring. Almost like they were back in the Enchanted Forest when they didn't get along very well. "Rocky" had been a bit of an understatement. The first time she had ever called him by his name had been here in Storybrooke, before that it was "Thief" or "Outlaw", but even those names – originally intended as insults – had changed their meaning into something almost like a term of endearment over the past weeks. But she had never called him by his title; such formality put a distance between them that gave Robin the feeling of impotence. He couldn't move a muscle.

"What are we going to do?" Snow stepped up from behind her husband looking deeply worried.

Regina's heart clenched painfully in her chest as she turned to face the young mother. Snow gripped her son hard to her body, her gentle eyes filled with fear and Regina swore to herself that she would do anything in her power to protect this child and her step-daughter. She had taken her first child but she had protected her second one from Zelena, this would not be in vain.

She sighed when she felt everyone's gaze resting on her, waiting for her to say something. Not even one minute ago the whole town had held her responsible for the likely upcoming disaster and now they expected a solution from her. Her face contorted into a grimace "Perhaps the Saviour has got a plan she'd like to share. I, for one, am going to find out everything there is to know about the Snow Queen".

The crowd divided when Regina, still dressed as the Evil Queen strode purposefully and looking every bit the Queen she was towards her house. Robin stood still unmoving and she brushed him, because she was the Queen and she would not deviate from her way for some common thief. The mask, completely in place didn't slip even when his scent enveloped her.

The contact however caused Robin to snap out of his rigour and before he could utter a single word, he felt the shaking form of his wife searching solace at his side looking at him with big eyes filled with fear. He hesitated; shooting a longing glance in the direction Regina had just disappeared, then he turn to his wife and brought her and his son back into the Diner.

R&R

Robin cursed under his breath as he fought through the snow. He had planned to talk to Regina much earlier, but Marian had clutched at him and Roland and he'd barely been able to calm her down. He couldn't blame her after what she had been through. Especially because he learned that Regina was the one that executed her – something that made no sense to him. But he'd need to resolve that later.

Robin left as soon as Marian's breathing evened out and he was sure she was asleep. They had decided to stay at Granny's and transferred the Merry Men as well; the weather was just too cold to stay in the woods. Robin had talked to Marian and told her that they should wait till morning to let the Men know about her. He wasn't sure how to explain the situation. No doubt the Merry Men would be delighted to have Marian back. His relationship with Regina had been nothing to crow about for his men, tough they restrained from mentioning anything to him directly.

"Ow!" Robin held his nose in pain. He had walked against an invisible wall and he didn't need much imagination to figure out where it came from, considering it was barely too feet from Regina's porch.

Robin sighed, she certainly didn't make it easy on him, but if it came down to it he could be just as stubborn as her. So he went around the house and got as close as the barrier allowed underneath her window. And then he started yelling at Regina to open up and let him in. It took a good ten minutes of non-stop shouting but then Regina opened her window.

"What do you think you're doing? You're going to wake the whole neighborhood" she hissed down from above.

Robin couldn't stop the grin at the sight of her infuriated face. "Regina, we need to talk and personally I would prefer we converse inside. But if you insist…"

"Now you will listen to me, Sir of Locksley. I have no idea how in all the heavens you could get the conclusion that there is anything we need to talk about, but I will under no circumstances allow you in my house in the middle of the night" Regina was tired and angry and all her energy went into supressing her pain at seeing him. She had a pretty good idea what he was here for and whether it was the 'how-could-you-kill-my-wife' or the 'I'm-leaving-you' talk, she could not sit through either of them. And she was hurt – so hurt and in pain and she wanted to hurt him, wanted him to feel a fraction of the pain, she was going through. "In case this is about the past few weeks there is no reason to fret. I will not breathe a word of our meaningless little fling to anyone and now I would advise you to go back to your family".

"Regina, you can't be serious. We both know that whatever we had was not a simple fling. You have to understand how hard this is for me. I still have no idea how this could have happened and I don't know what I'm supposed to do" he ran his fingers through his hairs frustrated. "I can't turn of my feelings for you."

"Feelings?" Regina laughed but even to her own ears it sounded hollow. "You don't seriously believe that I felt anything at all for you. You were a mean to warm my bed at night and not to worry I will find someone for that position again. And just for your information it is Your Majesty or Madam Mayor for you. Now leave!" she slammed the window shut.

He knew her words weren't true, he knew that. He knew it, he knew this was her way to protect herself but even so, the pain her words caused were very real. And he didn't know what hurt the worst, that she said it, that she felt the need to protect herself from him and pretend what they had meant nothing, that she wished what she had just told him was how she truly felt or that he knew her window would not open again tonight – no matter how long he stayed.

R&R

She felt on the hard floor ungraciously and pressed her head against the wall. Regina's entire body shook and a heart-breaking sob escaped past her lips. In front of others it was easy to pretend, to hide behind the mask, the guise that kept everyone at a safe distance. And her appearance as the Evil Queen was her armour, helping and supporting her, protecting her from others. But right now, when she was all alone - lonely - and the house was cold and empty, she broke. She didn't even allow herself the comfort of her son; she couldn't be weak in front of her child. He shouldn't see her like that, it wasn't his duty to take care of her, she was his mother, she should be the one taking care of him.

Seeing Robin in front of her house – it felt like a thousand needles in her heart. What was he doing here? He should be with his perfect little family? With his lovely, beautiful, innocent wife, who was everything Regina wasn't and would never be. With the woman he'd go through hell for.

Regina's vision went dangerously black, she didn't manage to breathe through the pain, drew some hasty gasps of air. Propped up on her knees and hands she leaned to the floor and forced her breathing to stabilize. Once she quit trying to hold the tears at bay it got easier to inhale and exhale.

It was unfair, so very unfair. Because she had tried, she had tried to be good. She fought the darkness and the anger and the hatred, the pain and most of all the guilt, every single day. She smiled bitterly and it looked more like a sneer than anything else. She was a damned liar and she knew it, she deserved every single bit of misery coming her way. Nothing that happened tonight had been unfair, she got what she deserved and so did Robin. The thing she hadn't deserved was the past weeks and the happiness she had felt at being with him. And he … Robin got his second chance with his true love. He was a good man and deserved all the luck and all the happiness this world had to offer. His son… sweet, cute, happy Roland had gotten his mother back and it wouldn't be long and the small boy would have forgotten all about the short chapter with her in it.

But tonight… she was done for tonight, and couldn't bear any more. She wouldn't survive hearing Robin say, that he was sorry, that she was his wife and what other empty phrases came to his mind. Her mask would break if she heard him say it was over. And she didn't need him to, she already knew that was what he came for, already knew that was how it would end, had known from the second she heard him call Marian's name in the diner.

Using the wall as support she brought herself up, even if her legs were shaking. Sleep would evade her that much she knew, so she might as well look at some books referring to the Snow Queen.

R&R

"We can't catch a break it seems" Emma sighed and took the cup of tea from her mother with a grateful nod. Neal had finally fallen asleep, after Henry read to him from the Fairy tale book.

Initially Henry had wanted to go to Regina's but her magic wall had prevented them from reaching even the porch. Henry had begged her to use her magic to let him through the wall, he had even yelled at her and blamed her for making his mom miserable, but Emma had stayed unwavering. If Regina wanted to deal with this alone for tonight, the least she could do was to give her this, after she had messed up so bad. Emma even had to stay strong as her own mother joined Henry in his attempts to get her to use her magic, Snow had been adamant about not leaving Regina on her own, but Emma had told them to respect Regina's wishes. If by tomorrow Regina still refused company Emma would take down the barrier, but not before that.

"Well, it could be worse" next to her Killian yawned and threw his arm over her shoulders. Expertly he avoided the harsh glare David sent him at the motion.

"What do you mean?" Snow joined David on the other side of the couch and their hands intervened like magnets.

"We do have a whole week, to find out what going on, at least according to the crocodile. And up until now the Snow Queen didn't attack anyone, despite being able to do so" the pirate shrugged.

Charming nodded and the look he shared with his wife didn't escape Emma's notice. "Don't tell me you think, that her sudden appearance is linked to our travel to the past?"

Her father shifted nervously on the couch, "Well, the thought did cross our minds; the timing was indicating a connection, but…"

"So this mess is entirely my fault?" Emma exploded and stood abruptly.

"That's not what we're saying, Emma. But no one had ever seen the Snow Queen prior of today's events. And she did show up shortly after you returned" Snow tried to defuse the situation.

But it was already too late for that. Emma ripped the door open and stormed out of the flat. Snow sighed and gave David a stern look.

Hook looked at both of them with an apologetic look, and then he took after Emma.

"Wait! Emma!" he hurried to catch up with Emma's angry strides „Swan! Stop!"

When he managed to get hold of her arm, she finally actually stopped but shook off his hand on her, "What? Came to tell me, you think it's my fault as well?"

"Look Swan, up until now nothing even happened" he stepped closer to her and softly swept on of her blonde strands from her face "nobody said it was your fault. But it is possible, that the both of us" he empathized "brought something back from the past. We have been to Rumpelstilstkin's secret chamber after all."

Emma melted into him, she closed her eyes and just enjoyed the safety her boyfriend provided.

"But if this is because of that woman you saved, that's on you" he smirked.

Emma's eyes shot open and she shoved him back hard. Killian did stumble back a few steps, "Just kidding. – Swan?! Too early?" he called after her, before he once again found himself jogging after her and once again vowed to himself, that one day he'd stop running after her.


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