Hello again! Life has been hectic but I still plan on continuing the story. Thanks for the review! Chapter 3 should be up soon after this. Probably going to be some fluff.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters still :( blah blah blah but all the mistakes are mine

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She didn't notice anything. That the deafening noise had stopped. That the spinning had stopped. Nothing. All that Emma Swan could focus on was that she was still holding onto Regina's arm.

The roar in her ears stopped. The world seemed still to her as she slowly started to process what was going on around her. She could hear the waves hitting the boat, feel the sun beating down on her fair skin, and slowly comprehend the voice speaking to her.

"Ms. Swan… Sherriff… Sherriff Swan… Ms. Swan.." Green eyes met brown eyes and the words started to slowly sink in. "Emma"

Her eyes snapped up to meet deep brown and quickly she realized what just happened, "The portal, did we make it?" Emma asked.

The fear that she saw in Emma's eyes created an uneasy feeling in Regina's stomach as she looked at the grip on her arm that Emma was still holding, like she was grounding her, holding the savior steady.

"We made it, we are near Neverland, we just need to figure out how to get there, Emma are you okay?" The mayor asked but as soon as the words left her mouth she focused on building the wall between them. Why do I care for her well-being? She looks so scared?!

"Okay, Ya, I'm okay. I'm not sure I'll ever get used to all this magic and using portals. Is poofing as bad?" Emma asked earnestly.

Regina did all she could to stifle a laugh. "Poofing?" She eyed the blonde while slowly releasing her grip on her arm.

Emma's eyes widened as she realized her grip on the former mayor, removing her hands from the warm creamy skin her hands found solace on, "yes, when you disappear in a poof of smoke to some other location?" Her eyes rolling as she finished the sentence.

That's when she heard it. The unadulterated laugh from Regina Mills. A smile from ear to ear, the kind of smile that reaches your eyes, the chocolate brown eyes sparkling at her, and shaking her head.

Emma smiled in return.

"Poofing as you call it is not as bad, But cannot travel as far as we just did" Regina explained to Emma, the smile still touching her eyes.

Emma used all the strength in her to not tuck the piece of hair that had flipped in front of the former mayor's ear. Wow she is beautiful.

Regina's smile slowly faded as her eyes followed something behind Emma, and the mask that was the mayor was up completely as a familiar voice rang in her ear.

"Emma, we made it to Neverland! honey are you okay?" Snow asked suspiciously as she eyed the closeness between her daughter and the evil queen.

"Yes, I'm fine, that portal was quite the ride," She tried to hide the falter in her smile as Regina removed herself from the pair and discreetly joined the background of the ship joining Hook and Rumple at the wheel. "How long is it until we reach Henry?"

Snow's face transformed into pure worry and empathy as she reached out to touch her daughter's arm reassuringly only to find her pulling away from her touch. "I don't know yet, we aren't as familiar with this realm as we are to the ones closer to home, we can't be more than a few days away though."

"Days?" She repeated? I can't believe he got so far away so quick, I can't believe I'm stuck on a ship with Snow White, Rumplestilksin, and Captain Hook?! She shook her head as if to calm the rant in her head. "Let's find out if there's anything we can do" Emma said as she stalked toward the huddle by the wheel, determined to get some answers which she seemed to lack very little of these days.

Emma walked up to Regina's side without thinking about it and peered over her shoulder as they all seemed to be in intense concentration at something in between them. There in the center of their huddle was the strangest orb, globe, map thing Emma had ever seen. Just by studying it she could tell where on the strange image their ship was and the mass of land their ship seemed to be chasing. It was too far for her liking.

Chocolate eyes seemed to peer up at her with the same level of apprehension that she felt about the ominous distance between the Jolly Roger and their son. Leaning closer to Emma the Queens low voice reached her ears as the others bickered among themselves, "We are here," She said gesturing toward the ships dot, "We are about two days from reaching Neverland which is over that way, but only one day away from possibly being noticed," She looked deeply into Emma's eyes when finishing her sentence, "We do not want to be noticed."

Nodding slowly at Regina, Emma processed what she had just been told. Emma also found that she had leaned into the mayors space while listening to the sultry voice fill her in on their dire situation. How can I pay any attention to what she's saying when she looks at me with those eyes?And the way the sun is bouncing off her hair like that should be illegal. Looking around at all the othe people surrounding her she realized that Regina was the only other person on the ship that fully understood what she was going through, that didn't push her or expect her to understand the norm here. They had lost their son. They were in a foregin world. They were stranded on a ship at sea. Normally this would leave Emma in a full panic and feeling more lonely than ever, but one look at the Mayor and she knew she could handle, only if she was by her side.

Regina studied Emma as she nodded, Watching the wheels turn behind those green eyes of hers that made her stomach tingle every time they peered into hers. I guess if she were to be an ally with anyone on this ship it would be her. Not because she was the savior, not because she was Henry's birth mom, but because she is the only one who didn't look at her as the evil queen, the only one that looked to understand her, and the only one who's judgement free attitude allowed her to be herself at that she knew who she was anymore but because more and more she could feel herself becoming the girl who met the stable boy, the girl who enjoyed life and felt hope in the future to be, except now it wasn't the stable boy showing her a way out, it was Emma.

They both seemed to shake their heads of the thoughts swirling in them at the same time as they reluctantly pulled away from each other to assess the rest of the group. The bickering had only escalated and hand gestures were being thrown wildly across the map.

"So we basically can't do anything for about a day right?" Emma lifted an eyebrow toward Regina.

"Right, at this point we play the waiting game." She sighed.

"Well being that you are my bunk mate and all, I guess we will be spending a lot of time together" Emma teased.

"Ah this ship can be as big as we want it to be Ms. Swan" The mayor smirked, "But i am curious as to how the Sherriff's chess skills match up against mine?"

Grinning at the perfectly arched eyebrow being thrown her way Emma couldn't help but feel warmth spread within her, "I guess we'll just have to find out. This way Madam Mayor" She teased walking towards the ladder they previously climbed up on.

"Right behind you dear."

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