Regina stands at the Well, staring into her sons eyes. The eyes she found hope in. In the same eyes, she also found her undoing.
Her love for Henry would surly destroy her, she knew that now.
No one, not even her son seemed to know what they were asking. Regina and Gold knew attempting to remove the death curse on the Well..., well that was as good as suicide.
Regina's eyes went between Henry's glare and the Well, perhaps as many as one hundred times, as she accepted her choices. She could chose to live and Henry would hate her, or she could save the heroes and die as one herself.
She reasoned maybe if she did the right thing, maybe Henry would miss her. She would never know, because her love for her son consumed every bit of her being, it didn't matter he didn't love her anymore.
A tear slid down her face, catching on her hair, whipping about from the wind. She nodded silently, her death sentence. She pulled Henry close and whispered 'I love you', for the last time.
The ex-queen turned and walked up to the Well.
Someone shouted out for her not to do this, Gold, the man who had twisted and molded her into a monster. She took a steadying breath. Henry would be ok, he would be happy. She chocked back one more sob and placed her hands on the Well.
The magic swarmed from the Well into Regina, throwing her hands to the side hoping to dispel some of the energy, but to no avail. She slammed her hands down to stop the spell as she collapsed, tumbling from the dais.
...
Fingers were seen coming out from the well. The onlookers brought their love ones close. If this was Cora, they were all doomed, and the Evil Queen's sacrifice would mean nothing.
The fingers turned into hands and blond hair. Then another set of hands with black short hair. The small boy ran to his birth mother and grandmother over joyed.
"You did it! You came through!" His face bright again.
Emma held Henry close as she watched Snow run to Charming. Henry turned and ran to his grandparents to hug them as well, a happy ending.
Emma was smiling and crying so many happy tears, until her gaze fell to her right.
There lay Regina Mills, on the ground un-moving face down in the dirt.
Emma looked around wildly, no one seemed to notice the fallen queen, no one but Emma.
Emma moved hesitantly towards the brunette, scared of what she might find.
Slowly shifting her, there was a cut on her forehead, and a river of blood streaming down from each nostril. She saw the brunette's throat pulse as she tried to swallow.
Emma carefully brought the woman up into her arms. She was breathing, her eyes lightly fluttered open, they exchanged a smile, then they fluttered closed.
Emma's eyes filled with tears.
"Gold! David! What happened?!" Emma held the brunette snugly to her chest.
The two men dropped their smiles and walked across the clearing.
Charming had a sad smile, "She let you two come home."
Gold nodded, "There was a death curse on that Well dearie, no one could survive that."
Shaking his head, he did really feel for Regina, but he was a coward and he was only ever out to make his life better, no matter the cost to those he used.
Emma's voice cracked. "She's alive, we have to help her…"
Rumple raised his brows, "Then that is real magic."
…..
David took Regina from Emma's arms and moved her to the cruiser, at the last second Emma joined her in the back, asking Leroy to drive home her bug.
"Where to Emma? I would say the hospital but…" David cast sad eyes at his daughter through the rear view mirror.
"No… magic can't be healed with science," her chest constricted, "Let's take her home."
They arrived at 108 Mifflin within 15 min. Charming carrying Regina while Emma picked the lock.
Emma led her father up to the master bedroom and he placed Regina under the sheets Emma held up.
Emma sat down on the side of the bed, "David, go home, I've got this." Her gaze fixed on the barely conscious woman.
He nodded, "Call if you need… anything. Anything at all Emma. I am so happy you are back." He leaned down and kissed her head, and was gone.
Emma gripped Regina's hand, "Please, please wake up. Regina please look at me."
Regina tried her best to follow the voice out of the darkness, and she started to win.
She was rewarded with an evening glow to her bedroom and concerned emerald eyes.
She tried to push up on her arm, it started shaking. Emma moved to steady her.
"Easy, Regina it's ok."
Regina felt her nose run, wiping it with the back of her hand she noticed the blood, her eyes wide.
"What is happening to me?" Freighted shaking took over until Emma took her hands again.
"Hey it's ok, you just need to rest is all. You defeated one hell of a spell huh?" Emma nervously laughed. Then her smile faded.
"Are you dying?" Her voice slightly rising, a hint of panic.
Regina met her eyes with her own and a shrug.
"No one has ever survived this before…no one is meant to."
Emma brushed a fallen strand of hair out of Regina's face.
"But you're here, you saved us." Emma's wet smile trying to hope beyond all hope that Regina would pull through this.
Regina lay back, her head dizzy, "I guess I did…." Eyes closing.
Her world went dark.