Regina paced around the hospital room with tears streaming down her cheeks. She couldn't believe that this was actually happening. Her son was about to die. And, there was nothing she could do about it. All she wanted to do was get rid of Emma Swan. That's all she ever wanted and now, her son was going to pay for that.

She didn't even want to get rid of Emma because she hated her, quite the opposite actually. Regina wanted to get rid of Emma because she was in love with her. That's right, the former evil queen is in love with the savior. Regina couldn't believe that she let herself fall in love again. She promised herself that she wouldn't let this happen again after Daniel.

Regina sat down next to an unconscious Henry on the bed when she felt something strange. Her eyes widened and she internally cursed herself, because she was about to regress. This is something that no one knew about her except for Maleficent. Regina was an age regressor. She regressed because of the horrible childhood she had and it made her happy. She often regressed when she was either upset or anxious. But, in that moment was not the place nor time to regress.

She couldn't help it, though. Her little self helped her cope and get through tough things. She inhaled deeply as she allowed herself to fully regress. She sat on the hospital bed and made quiet clucking noises with her tongue in her mouth with the sound of the clock on the wall ticking. She was very bored and, little Gina hated being bored.

Her first experience with regressing was when she was only seventeen years old. She was married to Snow White's father and when she was alone one day, she felt something different within her. She felt incredibly giggly and she felt strange. She had no idea what was going on but, she knew that she absolutely couldn't tell anyone. She explored that side of her some more and eventually met Maleficent, who was her first mommy.

Maleficent was the nicest person that Regina had ever met aside from Daniel. She took care of Regina when she was in little space. But, she didn't know that Regina was an age regressor until the brunette couldn't stop herself from regressing one day..

FLASHBACK

Maleficent and Regina laid in bed together, their legs entwined as Regina gently played with the dragon's fingers. Regina sighed contently when Maleficent ran her hand up and down her back gently and quietly cursed herself when she felt herself starting to regress. She just felt so safe and protected in that moment that she couldn't help herself.

Maleficent noticed. She watched Regina become little Gina right before her very eyes. She saw how Regina's tense posture relaxed and how her eyes sparkled in a childlike sort of way. She noticed how Regina seemed to burrow into her embrace some more and she also noticed that Regina's eyes were slightly bigger, like a child's would be, full of innocence and wonder.

Maleficent was shocked at first, for sure. She hadn't seen anything like this before so, needless to say she was very confused and intrigued.

"Regina?" Maleficent asked and the brunette looked up at her.

"Yes?" She replied, her voice much softer sounding than normal.

"Are you.. okay?" Maleficent didn't really know how to bring this up.

Regina nodded and clutched onto two of Maleficent's slender fingers. "Mhm. Just feels small."

Maleficent was still very confused by this and she didn't quite know how to react. She had heard of some spells that caused a person to mentally regress but, she was sure that wasn't the reason why Regina was acting like this. She thought for a few moments, thinking about what she wanted to ask this side of Regina.

She decided to start with something basic. "How old are you, Gina?" She asked softly and watched as the brunette tentatively held up three fingers before burying her face in Maleficent's neck.

END OF FLASHBACK

Regina remembered that day like it was yesterday. She remembered Maleficent being incredibly supportive and not once making fun of Regina or laughing at her. She remembered when she accidentally called Maleficent 'mommy' for the first time and how embarrassed she was.

FLASHBACK

"Are you ready for your bath, little one?" Maleficent asked Regina as she started to undress her.

Maleficent had known about Regina's age regression for about three years now and, she felt like the luckiest woman in the world. She knew that she was the only person who was allowed to see Regina like this and, she definitely felt honored.

Regina grinned widely and nodded. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" She said to Maleficent with a little happy squeak as the dragon used her strength to pick Regina up and set her in the bubble bath. Maleficent grabbed a loofah and started to wash her little girl with it, a smile forming on her lips when the brunette giggled softly.

Maleficent poofed some bath toys into the bath for Regina and watched the brunette start to play with them happily. By now, she knew much more about Regina's age regression. And, she knew exactly how to make her happy when she was in this vulnerable headspace. She continued washing Regina until she was clean.

Regina put down her bath toys and made grabby hands, squeaking when Maleficent effortlessly lifted her out of the bath tub and wrapped her in a soft, fluffy towel. Maleficent dried Regina off before she dressed her into something soft and comfortable.

"Tank you, mommy!" Regina said, not thinking before she spoke. Her brown eyes widened as she looked at the blonde, who also looked shocked.

Regina bursted into tears. "Pease no weave me! I sowwy!" She cried and reached for Maleficent, who immediately picked her up and held her closely.

"Shh, I'm not going to leave you little one." Maleficent said in a soothing voice as Regina clung to her tightly. "Shh.. mommy's here, baby. Mommy's here."

FLASHBACK OVER

Regina was so preoccupied by thinking about her past relationship that she didn't even notice that Emma, the women whom she was madly in love with, stormed into the room.

Emma walked into the room looking very angry. "What the hell have you done, Regina?!" She snapped as she looked at the unconscious little boy. She didn't know that Regina was little right now, since the brunette wasn't facing her.

Regina felt tears fill her big brown eyes when Emma yelled at her. She hated being yelled at, especially when she was in little space. She sniffled softly. "I-I is s-so sowwy." She choked out in a very quiet voice as she looked up at Emma.

Emma furrowed her eyebrows in slight confusion when she heard the baby talking coming from the former evil queen.

'Is Regina really a little?' Emma thought to herself, she definitely wasn't expecting this. 'But.. I thought she was a mommy... she seems like she'd be a good mommy. I mean, not right now obviously. But, when she's big. I can't believe she's a little.' Thoughts raced through Emma's head.

Emma slowly walked over to Regina and sat down next to her. "Hey.. take a deep breath, Regina. Calm down, please." She said, the anger from her voice gone but she still looked stressed and worried about Henry.

Regina nodded and inhaled shakily, choking on her breath as she bursted into tears. Her shoulders shook and she hid her face in her hands as she sobbed softly.

"Bad girl! Bad girl! Bad girl!" Regina scolded herself very quietly as tears fell down her rosy cheeks.

Emma heard part of that and sighed softly. "Regina I.." she didn't know what to say. She needed to talk to Regina, not Gina. She needed to talk to big Regina so that they could help save Henry.

Regina sniffled and wiped away her tears. "I-I sowwy. I-I knows y-you hates m-me n-now." She stumbled over her words as she looked up and into Emma's eyes. She wanted nothing more than for Emma to wrap her strong arms around her and hold her closely.

Emma shook her head. "I..I don't hate you, Regina. I never did. I'm just.. I'm pissed because our son is dying. And there's nothing I can do about it." She voiced her feelings and Regina sighed.

"M-my fault! Everytings my fault." Regina told Emma and sniffled. "Henwy is dyin' cause of me. Everyone hates me cause I bad." Regina was just about to cry again when Emma cut her off

"Regina.. please don't say those things about yourself. You.. you aren't bad, okay? You aren't. We just.. need to find a way to wake Henry before he dies. I can't.. he can't die, okay? I can't.. he just can't." Emma held back her tears as she gently took Henry's small hand in hers, squeezing it slightly.

Regina sniffed and nodded. "I-I cans g-go to G-gold. H-he c-can hewp us." Regina choked out before she stood up with the intent to go to Mr. Gold.

Emma shook her head. "No no no. You can't see him right now.. not when you're in this headspace, Regina. How about you just.. take a nap and we can talk about this when you wake up?" Emma suggested because, she needed to talk about how to save Henry with big Regina. Little Regina was too vulnerable and as angry as Emma was at big Regina, she wouldn't take it out on her little side. That would be cruel and unneeded.

Regina nodded and laid down next to Henry, taking his free hand before she closed her eyes and cried softly, she was emotionally unstable in whatever headspace she was in. Her son was dying.

Emma hesitated for a moment before she took Regina's free hand and gently squeezed it just to give her some support. The brunette seemed to like that quite a lot because, she stopped crying. Emma even dared to caress Regina's hand with her thumb, which made the brunette smile softly and eventually fall asleep.

When she woke up about an hour later, she definitely wasn't little anymore. She looked up and saw Emma looking down at her and was very confused, little blurs of what happened an hour ago coming back. She sat up on the bed and let go of both Henry's hands. Her back was completely straight and her face looked both confused and concerned.

"What the hell happened, Miss Swan?"