Hello again,

So I wanted to say that this story will not be following either tv show, it will be based on it and I may take a few things from it here and there but don't expect same dialogues or plots.

If you have any questions about it just let me know.

Again, I don't have DID nor do I know someone who does, my experience with it it's from the show and the internet so i'm sorry if i've offended anyone.

I also want to thank helena for looking this over and being my beta for this chapter, so expect less mistakes but I apologize for the ones still in here.

Archie once said that Alice was the protector and she would come out every time Regina felt threatened, but she ignored it, what did the cricket know anyway. He was proved right tho, when she looked at Emma Swan's face - it was like she could feel her whole world collapsing around her and she couldn't face it, so the other her had to take over and that's how they were in this situation.

You see, Regina wasn't used to coexisting, usually when the alters took over she would black out and remember nothing when she returned, but right now, she could see and hear everything that was happening in her living room.

Alice's small courtesy.

"The father?" she heard coming out of her mouth without her permission.

"Doesn't even know..." the blonde in front of them said while taking in the room's decoration. "You don't have to worry about him." She finished.

"Hm..." Alice narrowed her eyes. "Do I need to be worried about you, Miss Swan?" And for once Regina didn't try to fight her, she wanted to know the answer to that as well.

"Absolutely not."

Good.

And then Regina was gone again.

When Regina woke up the next morning, she had a hard time remembering the past events and was confused for a second. Getting up she went for a shower and stopped by the mirror, looking into her own eyes she wondered if one day she would be able to be normal and not this freak show she learned to live with.

'Gina not freak' She could hear Gina's voice inside her head, with a childlike quality to it, and she put both hands against her temples. Alright.

She shook herself and went straight for the shower, the cold water immediately making her more alert and the pressure of it relaxing her beyond measure.

The urge to cry was strong but she was Regina Mills, the mayor of this town and she wouldn't succumb to it.

She remembered Henry.

Still on her bathrobe, she opened the door and went to check on him. His door was already open indicating that he was awake.

"Henry?"

"In the bathroom" He replied and she sat on his bed, hoping that they would have a conversation about why he had ran away yesterday.

Henry likes to think he's a grown up, but right now in his pajamas and eyes still red from sleepiness, he was anything but. Her heart ached for her to hug him, her fear from yesterday not forgotten but she decided to respect his space and simply wait for him to come to her.

'You're too easy on him' Alice whispered in her head and she had to shake herself once again for it to go away. She would not have anyone interrupting this.

"Henry, sit down" She called for him softly.

He did.

"I'm sorry mom." He started. "I didn't mean what I said… About you not being my mom"

She paused.

That had hurt but well… At least he was apologizing for it.

"Oh, sweetheart," She dragged him into her arms, finally. "It's okay"

"Just…" She whispered. "Honey, why did you run away? Why did you go looking for that woman?"

He bites his lips, debating if he should tell her or not but with one look at her face and he knows he has to tell the truth.

"I…" He shakes his head and Regina keeps massaging circles onto his shoulders, encouraging him to continue. "I went to find you help, mom"

She paused.

"Help?"

He smiled a little sad.

"I know about the alters, you know that I know, and I talked to Archie about it too, not that I would run away - please don't fight with him…" He started to explain so fast that she had to double her attention to catch everything. "You've been having more and more episodes and Alice is here more than you are and I…" He murmured. "I just wanted to help"

She had to force herself to breathe, she could feel a lightness starting to take over but she fought it.

"Henry…" She swallowed. "I don't understand, what does your birth mother have anything to do with my situation?"

He shone just like he always did when over excited about something.

"Because she's the savior."

The silence reigned in the room and for a second Regina had to wonder if Henry should be in therapy with her.

"Savior?" She asked trying to be patient.

"Yes mom, don't you see?" she shook his head. "I'll go get ready for school now" He finished, walking towards the bathroom once more.

Regina sat in his bed for more five minutes, staring at the wall before getting up and heading to the kitchen, still in her robes.

'One night in town and that blond woman is already driving him crazy' Alice said yet again and Regina tried hard to ignore her but she was becoming louder with each passing day. She started the coffee machine and went to her bedroom, looking around in her purse she found her medication, two blue pills and one red each morning, her hand shook as she swallowed them without any water.

She braced herself for the sickness that always came when she took them. The alters trying to make her vomit the pills every morning.

She tossed the rest of the medication on her purse, she had to take one more red pill on the afternoon and then one of each before going to sleep. Yesterday she hadn't done that and look what it got her.

'You can fight all you want sweetie, but you know I'm right' Alice's voice wasn't that strong anymore and she could easily ignore her while she put on some clothes for the day.

Hopefully, Emma Swan would be gone by the time they arrived in the town center and they wouldn't have to deal with her anymore. How could a woman that abandons her own son on the side of a road be anyone's savior? Henry was delusional.

Turns out, Emma Swan was not gone, in fact, if she were to believe the town gossip, she was very much staying.

To Alice's biggest disappointment, Regina wasn't furious with the blonde, she herself didn't know why, but decided to avoid confrontation since Miss Swan evoked a side of Alice that the woman didn't want out.

Not that she wanted Alice out in any way, good or bad.

She tried to focus on the paperwork on her desk and the meetings she was having today, but a phone call had to disrupt her day.

She ran as fast as she could to the police station, Henry was missing from school yet again, she needed to find the sheriff.

"Graham?!" She asked loudly when she got into the sheriff's department. "Henry is gone again…" She paused when she saw the blonde behind bars. What she was locked up for she didn't know but she could feel Alice's disgust and she was sure it showed on her face.

"What are you still doing here?" It was out of her mouth before she could stop it and she had to take a few breaths to calm down and remain in control.

"Hey lady, he's not with me" the blonde said in disdain. "Maybe you should keep a better eye on your kid"

Graham looked at Emma Swan with fear and a little bit of admiration for speaking to Regina in such manner. At the same time he had to place a hand on the brunette's shoulders, trying to ground her.

Regina breathed in and out fast, hands shaking. She turned to Graham and told him to find Henry while she excused herself to the station bathroom.

She leaned her head against the door, the lightness threatening to take over and opened her purse in desperation looking for the green pills she could only use in emergencies. She took one and swallowed with no water, her hand gradually becoming steadier as the pill settled in her stomach.

She needed to make an appointment with Archie as soon as she could. This was not normal anymore and she felt like she used to when she was young and untreated. He would have to double her medication or something like that, because it just wasn't working anymore.

She got out of the bathroom and went straight towards the two people on the center of the room.

"Well?"

Graham was shaking his head.

"Regina I don't know where he is…" He started and Regina was ready to say some not very nice things to him. "But Emma says she can help"

Her eyes found the blonde's.

"Finding people is what I do for a living"

Regina nodded. To hell with it, be the savior Miss Swan.

Prove me wrong.