This is going to be a series of oneshots that take place after the season 3 finale, which was awesome and sucked at the same time. I just needed an outlet in order to process everything that happened in the finale. Hopefully you'll enjoy, and if not, leave a note explaining why.

Regina sat, hidden and alone in the forest. Anger and grief once again consumed her soul, but she did her best to not dwell in it. She clenched the wood she was sitting on, squeezing until her hands hurt. Warm tears ran down her face, and she didn't try to quell them. She hadn't allowed herself to cry over Daniel; her mother saw tears as weakness. But something that being with the Charmings had taught her was not to bottle her emotions, and so she was trying.

"Regina?"

At the sound of her voice, Regina shuddered. "You are the last person on this earth-or any other for that matter-that I want to talk to Miss Swan."

Emma must have ignored her because there was movement behind her, and then she was sitting on the same log as Regina, facing the opposite direction.

"I'm sorry," she said, and Regina could hear the horror in the woman's voice. "I am so sorry Regina. I had no idea who she was. If I did-"

Regina interrupted her. "You would have what?" she asked, her voice biting. Emma looked taken aback. "You would have left her to die? Killed her yourself? Left her in Rumplestilskin's little closet?" She laughed, but it held no warmth.

Emma looked away. Of course she had no answer; Regina knew the woman would have still saved her. Her. The woman that had changed everything.

Regina sighed in defeat. "No, if I had been in her shoes…" she paused and tried to regain control of her raging emotions. "Then I would have wanted to be reunited."

Emma turned to face her again and said something that completely shocked Regina. "Fight for him."

Regina frowned at her. "What?"

"Fight for him Regina," Emma said, her face flashing a myriad of emotions. "He's your true love. That should never change."

Regina shook her head. "No, that was before…before this altered time."

"Bullshit," Emma told her. "When did Tinkerbell first show him to you?"

Regina frowned, unsure of where Swan was going with this. "It was right after I was married to Snow's father," she said.

Emma smiled. "Before you had Marion imprisoned."

Confusion flooded Regina. "I had her what?"

"Imprisoned. For helped Mary Margret," Emma explained. "But when Tinkerbell showed him to you, telling you that you were his soul mate, he was still married."

Regina opened her mouth to argue, but Emma cut her off. "No, there's no argument. No matter what, you two are supposed to be happy. Regina, I know you lost Daniel, but you fought for him. You fought me for Henry. Don't give up on Robin."

Regina turned away. "I fought for Daniel and he was murdered. You and I found a way to work past our differences for Henry's sake-" she looked back at Emma, who nodded slowly, remembering how far they had come. "Why should now be any different? Why should I be the reason Roland isn't raised by his mother?"

Emma's shoulders fell with defeat. "I still don't think you should give up, Regina," she said, lightly placing her hand on Regina's forearm. "You deserve a happy ending."

Regina said nothing as Emma stood up and then left. She deserved a happy ending? She mulled over everything Emma said. Was she right? In her past, Regina had had no problems tearing apart families and ruining lives, but now…the thought of taking away little Roland's chance of knowing his mother again…conflict rose within her, and not for the first time in her life, Regina didn't know what to do.