"Shot to the Heart" – An Arrow/OUAT crossover.
Takes place after season 3 of OUAT and after season 2 of Arrow.
Regina Mills was devastated. Her life had been consumed with vengeance, hatred, and tragedy and just when she finally felt she got a second chance at love and happiness once again, she had it ripped away from her. All because of her. That woman, Emma Swan. Regina remembered the first time she met Emma, the birthmother of her adopted son, Henry, not wanting anyone to come between them. She did all in her power to prevent the savior from breaking her curse and taking her son away from her. Her relationship with Emma had evolved. Once bitter enemies, she now started to see Emma as a friend, even part of a family. She had finally buried the hatchet and made amends with her longtime rival, Snow White. If you asked her even three years ago if she would ever forgive Snow, she would've laughed in your face. But now, the Queen had to take responsibility for her actions, owning up to the fact she was so blinded by revenge and selfishness and it had come back to haunt her. She really had no one to blame but herself. She didn't express any regret for her past actions on Neverland, but after everything that had transpired in the last year, she was started to reexamine her choices.
It was time to move on. Vengeance against Emma or anyone would get her nowhere. She had changed now. She was a hero. She broke the new curse and defeated her half-sister with light magic. The darkness in her heart was fading away. True she had Henry, but maybe she should leave Storybrooke and take a look at the great, wide world beyond, a place where she had never fully ventured, and would be powerless. She had to forget her heartbreak with Robin Hood. Even though Marian wasn't supposed to be here in this time period, she too, deserved a second chance with her husband, and Regina wasn't about to take that away from her. The Queen/mayor boarded a flight to New York, after leaving Henry a farewell letter, and went off into the world. She wanted to see where her son had spent his time in the past year.
While on board the plane, Regina felt a strange sensation come over her, as if the universe itself was shifting. What could it be? She pondered, Don't tell me we're going through a portal. At the airport, she got off and planned to head to the Big Apple. An African-American man by a black limosine approached her.
"May I escort you, ma'am?" he asked.
"Yes, of course," she said, smiling as she got into the limo, "thank you."
"Not at all," he responded, "I'd be happy to."
"Take me to New York City please." Regina said, "You can drop me off in Washington Square Park."
"New York's not safe, Ms. Mills," the driver said, "there's been reports of lots of metahumans showing up there."
"Metahumans? What are you talking about?" Regina asked, "And how'd you know my name? Who are you?"
"The name's Diggle, ma'am," he said, turning to look at her, "John Diggle."