(At the questioning room.)
"It's understandable you feel upset". Said Ingrid. "Now you think you know how I feel? "Emma asked.
"I know you better than you know yourself, Emma." She said.
"Yeah, because you took... What?... A year from my life?" Emma said angrily.
"When you lived with me, you talked about your parents all the time. You were so angry with them for giving you up." Said the snow queen.
"They had a good reason for that. I know that now." Emma answered.
"It doesn't change the fact that you felt unwanted for 28 years." Said Ingrid
"They didn't have a choice." Said Emma.
"There is always a choice, Emma. They could have kept you. They could have figured out something else. They could have tried." Ingrid said.
"They did what they could to save an entire Kingdom." Emma said.
"You were their only child. And they used you to break a curse. They're still using your powers." Said the snow queen.
"That's not true." Emma answered.
"Isn't it? How many times have you saved them? How often have you felt more like a 'Savior' than their daughter? And all it takes is one tiny mistake, one accident, and you and your powers go from being their salvation to their worst nightmare." Stated Ingrid.
"You don't know them or me." Emma said angrily.
"I don't have to know you, Emma. I've been you... Different, misunderstood, alone. And now they've chosen to have a new child. And don't you think that they thank their lucky stars every day that he was born normal?" Ingrid said looking at Emma with a grin on her face.
"They love me." Said Emma tearing up and slightly raising her voice.
"You can't love somebody you don't understand. And do you know what happens when people don't understand something? They learn to fear it. And then they look at it like a monster!" Said Ingrid.
"Shut up!" Cried Emma blasting a large hole in the wall looking terrified. "LW-what did you do to me?" She said hesitantly.
"Aah" she answered. Freeing herself.
"All I did is show you who you really are." Said Ingrid.
"M-make it stop." Emma said fearfully.
"I can't. It's you, Emma, and... It's beautiful." Said the snow queen smiling and then disappearing into a cloud of snow.