A/N: This is an AU based on the movie The Cutting Edge. It has always been a favorite of mine but recently I get very strong SQ vibes from it. There was another AU written based on The Cutting Edge but while it was good I felt that it lacked a lot of good details from the movie. A lot of scenes from the original will be used but I will also be adding some new material as well. I hope everyone enjoys this as much as I do the original movie.

A/N: The places I used have been actual Olympic cities but are not historically correct. Any figure skating terms I used were taken from research or from the movie. My hockey knowledge is much better than my figure skating knowledge. Also a huge shout out to Keki186 for helping edit this story!

Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, 2014

Emma Swan woke with a jolt and sat up in bed. She looked at her watch in a panic.

"It's one o'clock! It's one o'clock in the afternoon! Oh my God I'm four hours late! For the Olympics!"

Emma's companion sat up in bed confused. "You said to set the alarm for nine. Was that a mistake?"

Emma scrambled for her clothes that were strewn about the room. She spotted her Olympic badge and put it on over her head.

"Yeah, 9 am! I'm four hours late, Lisa!"

"Lisa?!"

Emma turned around to face her companion. Then questioned, "Linda?"

The companion scowled. Clearly, that was not her name.

Emma spun around and made sure she had everything. Once more she tried, "Lacey?"

The companion picked up an object of the nightstand and hurled it at Emma's head and yelled, "It's Lily! Dammit, Emma Swan, they were right about you! I am nothing but another notch on your hockey stick!"

Emma narrowly ducked the object the companion now revealed as 'Lily' launched at her and ran out the door as it slammed behind her.

Regina Mills collided with the cold hard ice on the rink where her partner for Olympic pairs skating, Jefferson, had dropped her.

Regina stood up as steam came out of her ears. She had just opened her mouth to berate Jefferson when Coach Gold yelled from the sideline.

"Regina, this is the Olympics! Millions of people across the country are not here to watch you fall on the ice! Why are you not listening to me?!"

Regina rolled her eyes, she did not back down from anyone, especially the ass of a coach she'd had for years. Why her mother kept him around she'd never know.

"Well, Gold, it's not my damn fault! Jefferson didn't lock his grip!" Regina turned around, she wanted to continue practice and forget about Gold.

When Regina had her back to Gold he yelled, "I want to see your ass in the air!"

Regina was furious now. No one talked to her that way! She turned around and glared at Gold. "Well until Jefferson here learns to lock his grip I guess this will have to do."

Once she finished speaking Regina skated off toward the locker room and raised the skirt of her uniform.

The few people in the room other skaters, press, coaches all snickered as Regina skated away. Gold had been put in his place.

A changed Regina came out of the locker room and into the stands where her mother waited for her.

Cora started, "Darling, I don't know why you give Gold such a hard time. I wouldn't keep him around if he didn't know what was best."

Regina scoffed, "That's debatable."

Cora took a stern tone, "Regina!"

Regina huffed, "No mother! I'm seriously starting to think the only thing he knows best is how to humiliate me! At least when I was in junior pairs he did it in private!"

Cora sighed, "Darling, he's just trying to toughen you up. You know if that happens during your program the press will have a field day."

Regina rolled her eyes, "Yeah some training, it's like he's my military leader, not my coach."

Cora reasoned, "Look Regina …"

Regina turned around she didn't want to listen to her mother defending Gold anymore.

Cora called after her, "Where are you going?"

Regina yelled over her shoulder, "I'll be in my cell!"

As Regina stalked off Cora sighed. Regina had always said this was what she wanted, to work for the gold. Sometimes she wondered though if her father's perfectionism had worn off on Regina. Cora really missed Henry he understood Regina so well. Cora felt lost as she watched Regina leave.

Emma ran as fast as she could. She had just made it to the locker room in time.

Her coach yelled, "About damn time Swan! I thought you were going to stand us up."

Emma dressed quickly and laughed, "Sorry coach was having trouble with a different kind of stand."

Coach shook his head, "At least you can't get your one night stands pregnant. That's how I got trapped 15 years ago."

Emma started lacing up her skates, "Whatever Coach don't even act like you're not head over heels in love with Connie."

Coach snickered, "Can't get nothing by you, Savior. Now if we could only get you to settle down."

Emma grabbed her stick and walked towards the ice, "Maybe once I make a million in the NHL I'll consider settling down."

The announcer bellowed, "If you're just tuning in folks you're in for a real treat. Emma 'The Savior' Swan one of the finest young athletes in the country is on a tear this afternoon. Swan is a Junior at Maine State in Bangor and there isn't an NHL club around that wouldn't love to have her on their roster. This game has been nothing but a battle between USA and Russia. We're late in the 3rd period and everything is all tied up at 2 - 2. Both goals have been made by The Savior herself, one more would make it a hat-trick. Savior has the puck at center ice. She's skating hard towards the goal. She's battling with a defender to her left but she still has control of the puck. Savior is going to try for a one-handed shot I don't believe this! Savior still pushing off the defender, winds back with her right hand on the stick and it's in! Savior makes a hat-trick giving team USA the lead by 1."

Emma made the goal, she couldn't believe it. Just then she saw someone coming up on her right out of the side of her eye and everything went black.

The announcer yelled in a panic, "Ladies and gentlemen The Savior was just checked hard into the glass by Russia's leading defender Killian 'Hook' Jones. We've seen those two go at it before but this time Swan is not getting up. She's laying on the ice and appears to be out cold. That hit was so hard her helmet flew off, I hope she's going to be ok."

Coach rushed out on the ice with the medical team, Emma was indeed out cold. The medical team loaded Emma on a backboard and carried her off the ice.

The announcer cried, "I can't believe these turn of events folks. First Swan makes an outstanding third goal for a hat-trick and now she's being taken off the ice unconscious for further evaluation. You only hope at a time like this."

Regina and Jefferson have skated beautifully so far. They have nailed every move, which included side by side double axels.

Jefferson grabbed Regina's hands and lifted her up over his head for the hand to hand lasso lift. Regina was above his head in perfect position spinning around. Jefferson went to let Regina down and then what happened in practice became a reality, Jefferson dropped Regina onto the ice in the middle of their final skate program.

Regina landed on the ice in a daze. Time slowed down. She couldn't believe that had really happened, it all seemed like a dream. Then what felt like a million cameras flashed and clicked which captured the demise of her gold medal dreams.

They were less than 20 seconds away from the gold. The hand to hand lasso lift was the last move in their final program for the Olympics. Regina sat on the ice unsure if she was more angry or sad that her dream slipped away.

Cora sat in the stands motionless. She could not believe Jefferson had dropped Regina again! Regina almost had her gold medal and that boy ruined everything! If Regina skated again that Jefferson boy would be nowhere near Regina, Cora was going to make sure of that.

Days after the brutal hit Emma had taken she sat in Dr. Archie Hopper's office. Dr. Hopper had the results of Emma's tests.

"Emma, you've lost 20 degrees of your peripheral vision in your right eye. Most people would consider this an inconvenience."

Emma interrupted, "Come on Arch how long before it comes back?"

Archie sighed, "Emma you had extreme trauma to your …"

Emma raised her voice and slammed her hand down on the desk, "Doc stop hiding behind the medical terms, how long?!"

Archie closed his eyes, "You have a blindside Emma it's permanent."

Emma exhaled, "Come on there's got to be some kind of operation, some kind of treatment."

Archie looked down at his notes and hoped something would come to him to get through to Emma that there were no options. This condition wasn't something people came back from. Most people wouldn't be bothered by this, it would be something they would get used to, but not for someone that wanted to play professional hockey.

Archie looked up, "Emma I'm sorry. This is something I've specialized in for quite some time and there is no known treatment or operation."

Emma scoffed, "Ok well maybe not here but what about other countries?" Emma was not about to give up on her dream. She'd taken hits all the time that was part of hockey. This couldn't be the end of the road she wouldn't let it happen.

Archie frowned, Emma was not just another patient, Emma was someone he'd known for years. He wouldn't say they were friends but they were definitely more than just doctor and patient.

"Emma this is it. You know I wouldn't tell you this lightly but I don't see professional hockey in your future."

Emma turned away from Archie and looked out the window of his office. It didn't matter to her what Archie said there had to be another way. She assumed when Maine State got her results her full ride hockey scholarship would be null and void. It didn't matter her resume was good enough she could just send her videos to all the professional clubs and see who would take her.

Cora walked into the ice rink on their property and was surprised to see Regina. Cora loved watching Regina skate, it was truly a magnificent sight. When Cora saw Regina skate she knew this was what her daughter was born to do. Regina had refused to talk about the 'incident' since it happened.

Regina noticed her mother and skated toward the sideline.

"Good morning darling."

"Mother. I'm just getting a morning skate in."

Cora smiled, "Good."

Regina wiped her neck with a towel and took a sip of water. Regina set the bottle down, "I want to compete again."

Cora exhaled, "Oh yes I will call Gold and have him set everything up!"

Regina replied sharply, "Absolutely not! I will never work with Gold again or Jefferson for that matter! I want a new coach and a new partner."

Cora pursed her lips, "You got it dear. Perhaps you have outgrown Gold. I will reach out to some coaches immediately."

Regina smiled this was the first smile Cora had seen from her in a while. Regina breathed out a thank you and continued on with her morning skate.

A/N: Please review! This story is already completed but I plan on posting a chapter a week.