Hi everyone! A friend of mine kept on insisting for me to write a new story where Cora appears as the bad guy because she hasn't read one for a while so I'm going to give it a shot.

For those of you who are following my other story 'A Heart Broken Queen' don't worry I will keep on writing it I promise I won't leave it behind. I just hope I can handle two stories at the same time ;)

Hope you enjoy this first chapter and please forgive me for any mistakes.

Chapter 1

Two really long months had passed and Regina was still avoiding everyone, the only person in town that had set eyes on the brunette was Ruby when Regina decided to order some food and even that came to an end, because Ruby took advantage of those mere seconds of contact to ask the brunette to at least receive Henry because the kid was missing her and Regina's answer was always the same "He can't miss someone he doesn't need or love, have a good day Miss Lucas." And after those words came the slamming door in Ruby's face.

Obviously Ruby would give Emma a full report on how the brunette looked, the last time Ruby saw Regina, she looked depressed, sad, her eyes devoid of life, with no spark left in them. Officially it's been a month that the brunette was last seen and Emma missed the hell out of her, she missed her deep brown eyes, the eyes where she liked to lose herself when Regina wasn't paying attention.

The last time Emma saw Regina was when the brunette saved her and Snow on the wishing well. When she climbed out of the well her heart leapt inside her chest, she was happy to see Regina there, like she was waiting for her to come back but Henry had taken her away from that moment when he hugged her so tight and firmly that she almost fell when his body impacted against hers and when she looked at the tree where the brunette had been leaning against she wasn't there anymore and she felt her heart stop.

If Emma admitted the truth she knew that she felt something for the brunette way before the curse had been broken, the thing was that she and Regina were really good at avoiding those feelings and covering what they really felt by always picking up meaningless fights against one another. But then, when Regina's life was in danger Emma knew that she couldn't live without her, no, she refused to live without her, no matter what everyone else in town thought. She wanted to save her not because she promised Henry to save her but because she loved that infuriating but stunning woman and she needed her in her life, preferably forever.

That's why when the wraith came for her she didn't doubt for one second and pushed the brunette out of the way and ended up falling through the portal herself, but that wasn't the important thing what had happened a mere minute before that, that was what really mattered. Regina was really having trouble in trying to open the god forsaken portal with the freaking hat and when she leaned down and touched the brunette's arm the portal finally came to life and they both looked deeply at each other, they both felt the tingling sensation of their touch, their hearts began beating at the same rate, blood rushing wildly through their bodies and there in those wonderful brown eyes she saw what had been hidden for all that time, her feelings were corresponded, the most beautiful and complicated woman on earth felt love for her.

In that moment no words were needed because the most beautiful words of love were said in the silence of a look. So when she found herself on the god forsaken Enchanted Forest alongside Snow White, her mom, and with Regina in her mind she really needed to find a way back home. After a week in that stupid place she was already praying for a miracle, she hated that place, she hated Cora, oh yeah, Cora Mills, Regina's evil mother, she was making her life impossible but that only made her wish to come home and protect Regina even more, because having that for a mother it must have really sucked and she was the one in the foster care system.

After fighting an ignorant pirate and almost getting her heart ripped out of her by the annoying witch, she finally made her way home but technically she wasn't home because home is where your heart is and hers belonged to Regina.

Snow was getting worried, Emma and Henry were barely eating, they were extremely sad and wouldn't react to anything except if they mentioned Regina and when that happened their eyes would sparkle with hope, longing. Snow knew that behind the fights between her daughter and the Evil Queen there must have been something else but she just couldn't accept it, but now, after two months of watching her daughter and grandson dive in deep sadness she needed to do something.

"David we need to talk." She said in a serious tone that made him turn to her. They moved to the kitchen table and sat facing each other. "We have a problem."

He looked at his wife "I believe we do." Were his only words.

"I've been trying to ignore it, pretend that it isn't there but I can't do it anymore." She said.

He sighed "Thank god!" he said relieved "This situation was eating me alive. I was refusing to accept that our daughter had fallen in love with Regina but I can't ignore it anymore either."

"We need to help her David." She said reaching for his hands.

"I know, but how?"

"Let's talk to her, show her that we can handle this situation, let's show her that it's ok for her to be in love with Regina."

"Ok, let's do this. I'll go get her." He said kissing his wife's hands.

He made his way to Emma's room and knocked on the door "Come in." He opened the door and saw his daughter and grandson hugging each other, both silently crying, laying in bed, the scene broke his heart.

"Emma can you come downstairs? You're mother and I need to talk to you."

"Ok. I'll be downstairs in a minute." He nodded at her and left.

"Ma, can we go to mom's house today? Please?" he asked in a small voice.

"Sure kid, I'll be right back ok. Get dressed, we'll leave when I'm done talking to them downstairs."

She made her way down the stairs and found her parents waiting for her. She grabbed a chair and sat on the opposite side of the table, looking at them, trying to figure out their expressions but she couldn't "So… What do you wanna talk about?" she finally asked.

"So how do we say this…" Snow said looking at David.

"Look Emma what we are trying to say is…" David began but the rest of the words didn't come out so Snow finished for him.

"What we are trying to say is that it's ok."

"What is ok? Can you please be a little bit more specific." The blonde said a little confused.

"Regina…" Snow sighed "It's ok for you to feel whatever you want towards her, we won't stand in the way."

Emma's eyes almost jumped out of her face, was she that obvious? "Ok…so you're saying that if for example I simply told you that I'm in love with her you two wouldn't freak out and freeze hell?"

"Make no mistake we had two months to freak out about it and we just decided to accept it." David stated.

"Emma we want you to be happy and if that means that we have to accept Regina then so be it. Don't you think she's been running for long enough?" Snow asked her.

"I…I don't know, she doesn't even let Henry in, she thinks the kid hates her, she will never let me in…" Emma said looking down.

"Listen, with Regina nothing will ever be easy you need to fight for what you want." David said coming closer to her, he placed his forefinger under her chin lifting her head so they could look at each other in the eyes "Fight for your happiness because no one else will do it for you and don't forget that you may not have much more time…"

"What do you mean?" she began panicking.

"Cora, sooner or later she will find a way to Storybrooke and when she does, she will come for Regina." Snow answered.

"But she knows her mother is coming, she will never give me a chance and I think that deep down she's pushing everyone away because she knows what her dearest mother is capable of. She simply can't believe that the kid doesn't love her…"

"I believe you're right Emma but despite that, she can't fight alone, she thinks she can but that isn't true." David told her.

"I know you love her Emma but are you certain that she loves you back?" Snow really had to ask, she needed to know.

"I'm sure, I saw it in her eyes but she's so god damn stubborn that she makes me lose my cool…"

Snow softly laughed "Don't worry honey, you'll make her see what she is missing and she will realize that you are her happiness, you'll see."

And suddenly they heard a scream coming from the stairs "Yes."

"Henry, what are you doing? Were you eavesdropping again?" Emma said in a scolding tone.

He looked at his Ma and made his way down the last couple of stairs. "Ma don't be mad ok? I already knew you loved my mom and I just want you two to be together and I really, really want my mom back, I want my family back." He said almost screaming.

"Hey kid I understand you miss your mom and all that but how on earth did you know I loved her?"

"Really Ma?" he looked seriously at her "Ok so let's see, every time someone is trying to hurt her there you go running for the rescue, since you came back from the Enchant Forest you cry almost every night and whisper her name, when you think no one is looking you grab an old photo of me and mom and kiss her face, at night you use one of her silk blouses, the one that I brought you when you first arrived at Storybrooke and you didn't have your own clothes yet and every…"

The blonde cut him off "Ok, ok, I got it I'm really bad at hiding my feelings, point taken, Jesus…"

"Can we now go and try to see mom?" he asked with pleading eyes.

"Yeah kid, let's go." She grabbed her jacket and they both went for the door "See you later guys." She said to her parents and closed the apartment door behind them.

Regina was lying in the couch, a tear running down her face, her heart was broken, she had pushed them all away. Her mother was coming and that fact by itself was a reason powerful enough for her to stay far away from the ones she loved, her mother was coming for her and she would use them to get to her, she couldn't let that happen even if that meant that she had to be suffering and completely alone. She was pulled down of her thoughts by the sound of someone knocking on the door. She got up and as soon as she got closer to the door she simply yelled "Get the hell out of my porch, leave me alone."

"Mom can you please open the door." Henry's pleading voice hit her like a train.

Her heart skipped a beat, Henry, her little boy, she missed him so much but she couldn't let him in, she couldn't put him in danger "Henry go away, go home." She said with more tears running down her face.

"But this is home, our home, please let me in mom." She could hear the change in his voice, he was crying now.

"No, Miss Swan is your mom and your home is with her. Go away." She sat on the floor with her back against the door trying really hard not to sob.

"Regina please upon up, the kid is right this is his home you can't do this to him." Emma told her.

'Emma, she's here too, oh god how I miss her, I miss her goofy smile but I can't' she thought "Miss Swan leave take your son and just leave I don't want you here."

"You wanna know what? We will come here every day until you finally open up this stupid door, you're not the only one who's stubborn, do you hear me?" Regina didn't answer her. "Hey kid do me a favor go get a pen and paper, it's in the glove compartment." He nodded and ran to the bug a minute later he was back and gave her what she had asked for. She sat on the ground and began writing, after five minutes she was done and slipped the paper under the door. "Come on kid let's go we have a lot to prepare, tomorrow we will start camping." He looked at her confused but followed her to the car without asking any questions.

As soon as Regina saw the paper slide under the door she grabbed it, her heart was racing and her tears wouldn't stop flowing. She took a few minutes to calm down, she got off the floor and went to the couch once again. She took a deep breath and began reading the note.

Regina,

We both know that you are pushing Henry and me away from you because of the bitch of your mother but the thing is we are tired of living without you and we truly miss you. So I'm telling you right now get your head out of your ass and open the fucking door, we are not letting you alone anymore, that's enough.

You've been running and hiding for far too long so I'm putting an end to it. Tomorrow Henry and I will begin camping in your front lawn until you understand that we love you and that we are not letting you go.

Hope to see you tomorrow ;)

PS. Sorry for calling your mother a bitch but she made my life hell in that forest of yours.

She wouldn't dare camping in her front lawn but if she knew the stubborn woman she probably would just to piss her off but she hoped that she wouldn't drag Henry with her, that's nonsense and absolutely insane. But her mind was now hammering on the written words 'we love you' if her brain wasn't eluding her that meant that what happened two months before wasn't a figment of her imagination. And with that in mind she slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Mom" Emma screamed as soon as she opened the apartment door.

Snow and David came running to see what was happening "What happened?" David asked worried.

"Nothing, she refused, again, to open the door. So now I'm going to fight for what I want. Henry and I are going to camp on Regina's front lawn until she opens that door."

"Are you serious?" Snow asked, finding it hard to believe.

"Yup, pretty serious, I already asked a neighbor that moved to a new house recently for his key so Henry and I can use the bathroom of his abandoned home at least. Now we are going to pack a bag with all we need for our little expedition. I stopped on the store to buy us a sweet camping tent and a few other things so we are all good to go." And with that she and Henry made their way up the stairs, leaving behind an open-mouthed Snow and a smiling David.

"That's our girl, a fighter." He stated proudly.

It was precisely 9am when Regina heard their voices. She came to her bedroom window and saw them. Emma and Henry were placing bags on the lawn and a small gas stove, they went back to the car and when they came back Henry was carrying a camping tent and Emma came right behind him carrying a cooler. Emma placed the cooler on the ground and went to help Henry with the tent.

After the tent was up Henry began organizing it inside, he placed the bags that she imagined that contained clothes on one side, then he placed the sleeping bags on the floor side by side. Emma on the other hand made a couple more trips to the car.

When she came back from the second trip she told Henry "That's all kid. I'm going to assemble the table and the chairs."

"Ok Ma."

Emma was assembling the second chair when she distractedly looked up to Regina's bedroom window and there hidden behind the curtain was the brunette's silhouette. The blonde smiled directly at the veiled figure that instantly disappeared.

Regina made her way down the stairs and reached her front door, she placed her hand on the handle but couldn't turn it, she lacked the courage to face them, instead she screamed in order to be heard "Miss Swan get off my lawn, you're trespassing."

Henry smiled at his blonde mother and said nothing, he knew his Ma would come with a nice reply.

Emma came closer to the door "Oh yeah? And what is it that you are going to do? Call the Sheriff?" Henry just had to laugh at that. "Sorry to disappoint but the Sheriff is out of duty until a certain Mayor decides to open the door." Emma smiled to herself "You can always call Deputy David but I wouldn't count on him showing up here."

"Aahhh…"Regina screamed in frustration "You are the most infuriating woman that I ever had the displeasure of meeting Miss Swan."

"Well back at you. But you know what? That doesn't matter because I love you. You hear me? I love you and I know that you feel the same and when you're ready to open this door I'll show it to you."

"You are completely insane Miss Swan and I do not love you, don't make ridiculous assumptions." Her heart was running a million miles per second, Emma had just told her that she loved her.

"Yeah, yeah keep repeating that and try to believe it cause I don't. You know where I am and your son is here waiting for you too." And with that Emma went to the tent. After ten minutes of complete silence on both sides, Emma came to the door and slipped another message under the door and along with it she banged three times on it to get the brunette's attention.

Hearing the banging on the door Regina came out of the kitchen and once again made her way to the front door, when she got there she saw the paper on the floor and picked it up. Back at the kitchen she sat on one of the stools and began reading the new note.

Regina,

I don't know why I found you or why I walked in on your life. Maybe it was destiny or simply happenstance but now that I have you in my life I know that I can't live without you and I know that I will never find anyone as special as you.

When you can't have something, dream.

When you can't dream, forget.

When you can't forget, love.

I'm choosing to love you, please choose to love me too.

Emma

Regina was reduced to tears, Emma's words were so beautiful, so perfect but why couldn't she understand that she can't be with them? Her mother is literally heartless and she won't hesitate in using them to get to her. But she had to admit that her heart beats faster just by knowing that Emma is only a couple of paces away.

Hope you guys liked it, tell me what you think ;)