A Second Chance

This took me a whole hour to do! Hope you guys like it!

"This is it! The moment we've been waiting for!"

Snow White stands in Granny's Diner with a smile on her face. She looks around at her family, her daughter Emma and her son Henry. And his daughter's boyfriend- Hook who she finally brought back from the underworld.

"People of Storybrooke! We deserve a happy ending after all that has happened in our lives. We have all lost and gained so much throughout our experiences in Storybrooke and now I think it's time to give ourselves a second chance! A chance for Regina to be happy and be with her first love, Daniel and a chance for me not to tell her mother about them."

Regina smiles and pats Henry.

"For everyone to finally be at peace and not have Regina ruining their lives. And…."

Snow walks over to her daughter, smiling. She places her hands on Emma's face, tears starting to fall from her eyes. Emma's eyes start to tear up as well.

"Most importantly, for me to enjoy my daughter growing up and watching her first steps without being threatened by a curse. When it happens, I hope to cherish it forever." She lays a kiss on top of Emma's head.

"I promise I will too mom," Emma replies wholeheartedly and hugs her mom tightly.

Snow White releases her daughter gently and walks back to the center.

One of the dwarfs pipes up. "What's gonna happen to us?"

Snow White paces for a second and starts speaking. "Our memories will reset back to the time I was about to tell Cora about Regina and Daniel being together. Something in the curse that will be set upon us will make me hold back the secret of Regina and Daniel. Therefore, Regina will not become the evil queen we all feared. I hope."

"Yeah, we just hope to death she doesn't," Leroy quips. "I got my eye on you, witch."

"So this is it," Charming murmurs. "We're all reciting our final words."

Snow walks up to her husband and kisses him on the lips. "We're going to make it, you know. We're still going to be together."

Charming sighs. "I have this one part of me that's holding me down. Like our relationship won't be the same."

Snow shakes Charming gently. "I won't let that happen, Charming. We were together before, and we will be again. I promise. We always find each other."

Charming nods. "I believe you." His voice shakes as he speaks.

Emma wraps his arm around Henry. "You gonna be alright, kid?"

Henry nods. "I have faith that you will take very good care of me. It might not be like Operation Cobra, but it might be close."

Emma laughs and hugs Henry. "I'll miss you, kid. I really hope I'll be a good mother for you. Just be on your best behavior for me, ok kid?"

Henry laughs. "Of course Mom. Anything for you."

Emma lets go of Henry and turns to Hook. Hook has a wistful look on his face.

"I'm afraid I'll be losing you again."

Emma shakes her head. "No you're not. I won't let anything separate us."

"That's easy for you to say," Hook says, "I'll be reverting back to my old ways. The ruthless pirate everyone fears and hates."

Emma shakes her head. "I don't believe that. I believe you will become the man you are now." She pats his arm. "Just give it some time."

Hook shakes his head. "You have no idea what I was like in the Enchanted Forest. Now you get to meet me. The true me." He slumps his shoulders.

Emma takes Hook in her arms and kisses him, long and hard. They stop kissing, still holding each other.

"I won't let that happen." She whispers. "I love you, Killian."

"I love you too, Emma."

They let go, and Snow White clears her throat. "Let's begin, shall we?"

Regina walks up to Snow, holding a potion. "I hope this works."

Snow nodded. "Me too. Me being a true believer in hope, I believe it will Madam Mayor."

Regina laughs. "Maybe if you don't tell my mother the secret, I won't try to kill you. How's that for a try?"

Snow laughs. "I'll take my chances." She holds Regina's arm. "Thank you for doing this Regina. You have truly changed since the beginning. I knew I had hope for you."

They both hug and they let go as Regina remarks, "Well I just wanted to do what's best for everyone. And most importantly Henry. It's the least I can do to make up for all the people I killed. Including you." Regina chuckles a little.

Snow smiles. "You're not like that anymore."

"Hmph, and I'm glad!" Regina snorts.

The whole family including Snow and Regina head to the well in the outskirts of Storybrooke where Regina was going to cast the curse. It was a quiet afternoon, the trees being blown by the afternoon summer breeze. The well sat there as still as ever, hungry for a new curse that was about to be brought upon Storybrooke and its inhabitants. Regina takes the bottle of potion and opens it. She holds the potion above the well, ready to cast it.

"Ok, are we ready?" Regina asks the others, facing them. Everyone nods, ready but reluctant of the new curse that was about to be set upon them.

"Alright….here it goes." Regina dumps the potion in the well and smoke started to rise above into the clean, crisp air. Everyone stands, ready for the curse to wash over them. The dwarfs huddle together with Antwon in the mix. Emma takes hold of Hook's hand and wraps her arm around Henry in the other. Belle holds on to Rumpelstiltskin as he slowly reaches into his back pocket to reveal a potion. He looks at Hook, who doesn't realize he's standing right in front of him. He sprinkles a little bit of the potion on Hook and sneaks it back into his pocket.

Now he'll remember everything. Rumpelstiltskin though evilly. He will be watching Emma get her happy ending, and she won't even remember him. Rumpel chuckles to himself.

"What's that?" Asked Belle with a confused look on her face.

Rumpel shakes his head. "Oh nothing darling. Just had a thought. I'll miss you my sweetie." He hugs her, but then Belle takes a hold of his shoulders and kisses him.

"I'll miss you more, Rumpel. I knew you'd be the man I've always dreamed of." She smiles and lets go of him and then takes a hold of his hand and squeezes.

Regina faces everyone and says, "Everyone will hopefully get their happy ending now. Without an evil queen rampaging the forest, or dark magic killing the innocent you guys will have everything you ever wanted. These are my last words." Regina stands back and is washed over by the curse. Soon everyone is washed over by the curse, and everything gets reset back to normal.

Young Snow White sits in on a couch in Cora's castle, twiddling with her thumbs. She looks up at Cora nervously and is about to speak when Cora says, "You know my dear, Regina's been pulling away from me. She doesn't even speak to me anymore. I wonder why that is."

She sits down next to Snow White and lays a hand on her arm. "I'm always there for her, but she's never there for me. I just want to be a good mother for her, but she just doesn't understand that. She seems troubled and I just want to help her. Can you tell me sweetie, why Regina's been so troubled lately? I promise I won't be mad."

Snow is about to tell Cora when something in her mind snaps. Regina promised me not to tell Cora about her and Daniel, and I'll keep that promise. She thought determinedly. She pretends to sulk and says, "I wish I knew but I just don't. I'm sorry Cora. She doesn't talk to me much either. I guess she's just a secretive person and wants to keep her secrets private."

Cora sighs. Darn, I wanted that little brat to tell me the damn truth. Obviously she knows something. And I'm going to get to the bottom of it.

Young Regina walks in wearing a silk blue dress and braided hair. She stares at her mother and Snow in a confused manner. "Is something wrong? Why is Snow here?"

Cora smiles. "Hello my daughter. Snow just wanted to drop by for a visit. That's all. You can leave now, Snow."

Snow looks confused as she walks towards the stairs. "Um thanks for inviting me to visit." She says and walks down the stairs to the first floor. Regina follows until Cora follows up with, "Well, where are you going missy? You need to stay here so you can tend to the mill and give me some straw."

Regina looks nervously at her mother. "Um, I have to go downstairs and see if Snow made it out of the castle safe." She runs towards the stairs before her mother could say another word.

"Snow, wait!" Regina calls and Snow stops short.

"What is it?" Snow looks at her inquiringly.

Regina's voice shook as she spoke. "D-did you tell my mom about me and Daniel? Is that what was going on upstairs?"

Snow shook her head. "I would never tell your mother that. You told me a secret that I intend to keep. I shall never tell your mother about your secret love. But your mom did ask why you haven't been talking to her lately. I told her that you were under stress and she doesn't want to talk about it."

Regina smiles and wraps her arms around Snow. "Thank you so much! I knew I could count on you Snow!"

Snow laughed. "It was so hard to contain. I had to hold my breath to keep it in. I almost fainted."

Regina laughed. "Well thank goodness you didn't!" She smiles friendly at Snow and waves her goodbye. "Bye Snow! I hope you make it back safe!"

"Thank you! I hope everything goes alright with you and your mother!" Snow calls across the lawn.

Rumpelstiltskin walks through a field to clear his mind of all his troubles. All of a sudden, he finds watching Regina and Daniel kissing under a tree. He smirks and thinks, Boy, do I have something to tell Cora!

Part 2 coming soon!