Emma was determined to succeed this time around. It was no secret her magic had been very wonky lately and with the Snow Queen getting into her mind, screwing with it, she had lost touch of her usual control. "Magic is emotion, don't think" she kept repeating in her mind Gold's words from her very first magic lesson. She tried again, but it was as if her light magic had been electrocuted and the circuit was malfunctioning. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. She closed her eyes, tightened the lacy cloth she had ripped from the Snow Queen's dress in her hand and tried to bring forth in her mind that time Regina almost killed her in Neverland -well that's definitely not how she says that story but the bridge collapsed under my feet without warning or help, I'd say I'm in the right here—tried to remember how she felt then, the level of emotion, maybe that was the key….

"Hey Swan how's that spell going?" Regina entered her vault in which she had left Emma a couple of hours ago to read up on her spell books -if that ever occurred to her- and concentrate, followed by an impatient Rumple, fidgeting slightly with his fingers. "Fine, I'm almost there" she said trying to not break her concentration. Rumple huffed "You should have let me taken care of it dearie" his eyes on Emma but his comment clearly meant for Regina. "I'm doing it!" the blonde woman yelled slightly pissed as she turned to look at their direction. Bright white light exploded from her hands and hit them in full force, knocking them down at the entrance. After getting over her bewilderment, Emma ran to them to check if they were alright. They both seemed unconscious from the blast. She kneeled over Regina first trying to see if there was any physical damage, she sort of assumed the Dark One would be okay.

"Mmmm…" Regina's voice let out before fluttering her eyes open. "Miss Swan, I told you you should have let me do it in the first place…" she said groggily while she was standing upright with Emma's help. After she blinked a couple of times and took her time to get her head clear she chuckled "I haven't heard one objection from Regina all this time, how is that possible?" Emma placed her palm on her forehead. "Maybe you should lie down, I think you've had a concussion Regina" She felt her hand being smacked away and as Regina was lowering it down she observed her own curiously. "Miss Swan, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that your spell worked. The bad news is that it's a slightly different spell from the one you were working on I assume and it backfired." Emma remained speechless trying to comprehend what was being told to her. "-I- am Rumplestiltskin dearie. In Regina's body. And I can only assume Regina's essence is trapped in mine"

They both shot their eyes to Rumple's lying body. Emma approached it wide eyed and still in shock. "He's breathing. I mean… she's breathing. Fucking hell, this is too weird! Are you sure?" Rumple crooked his head, his look suggesting what he uttered right after: that she shouldn't doubt him about magical endeavors ever. Emma touched Rumple's shoulder and rocked it. "Regina?" When a slight movement on his face was detected, she repeated the motion. Rumple's eyes flung open, looking at the Savior's face. A groggy voice was out "Emma? Is everything all right?" Regina realized her voice was sounding different so she tried to get up and see if she's dizzy or her hearing was impared in some way. As she turned her head to the left, her own twin was staring at her, smiling a wicked smile. "Emma what the hell did you do?!" she shrieked as she was trying to get further away from her doppelganger by instinct but then she noticed her own body moving. It wasn't hers, it was a male one… The suit, the ring…."Rumple?!" "Yes your Majesty?" she heard her own voice coming back at her laced with amusement.

"SWAN!" Rumple's voice boomed and spat on the walls. "Hey Regina, I didn't mean to, you know that!" Emma tried to appease her. "It will be undone, I promise. For now you'll just have to be patient…?" she looked at her like a wet cat, hoping she'd just get over the initial shock quicker. When she received shooting darts coming from her eyes –technically the Dark One's eyes and that made it scarier- she decided to enlist Rumple to her "positive thinking" team. "Gold, you said I shouldn't doubt you regarding anything magical so please, please help me undo it" Regina's laugh echoed in the vault and Rumple continued "So now you want my help?" His eyes met her pleading ones. "All right Savior, I'll tell you what I know. That separation spell you did was supposed to drive the Snow Queen's essence out of her body and trap it to the astral plane for some time, where we would be able to have access to it but she couldn't hurt us. You on the other hand targeted TWO subjects without any control over your magic so that's why we merely switched bodies and essences." Emma nodded showing her comprehending the situation but sensed he wasn't done. "Do I need to go with the good news and bad news again?" Emma rolled her eyes and jittered impatiently "Oh come on, Gold, please get to the point"

"Good news: It's not permanent. It will last double as long as the original spell. That means 6 hours more or less. Bad news: We have to wait until that very moment so you can blast us with your magic since you are the caster or else it WILL get permanent" His explanation elicited a "are you fucking kidding me?" from Regina and a slightly nervous open mouth by Emma. She decided to speak first "Fine. I'll be down here practicing so I'll be ready for you and the correct spell" and she then proceeded to call her dad and let him know her magical attempts would take longer than expected so he would have to hold the sheriff's fort. Regina by now had stood up and went besides Rumple. "This is a fucking nightmare" she whispered "If I needed any money, I'd bet you're behind it". Met by her own sly smile she heard "I assure you dearie, I had nothing to do with it. I want this matter with the Snow Queen resolved as quickly as possible and frankly, your shoes are not sensible enough for me to spend all that time in them. There is nothing appealing about the situation we're in" Regina rolled his eyes while hearing the contempt into her own voice. Asshole She turned around to inform Emma the moment she was off her phone call that they would be going to their usual routines until it was time for the spell to be broken. If she wanted to find one of them then she would just have to…. "Just reach for the other one"