Emma's face was filled with uncertainty when she heard someone knocking at her door. 'Who could it be?' She said to herself. Henry was at school so it couldn't' be him, besides, he also has keys of the apartment. The possibility that it was someone from work was easily discarded since she had no appointment for that day.

Across the door a woman with her fist raised was standing brightly, she was probably about to knock again. 'Hello!' She gave her a big smile, the greatest of all. A smile that could light up any gray day, and even heal a broken heart.

'Um, hi. How I can help you?' The blonde sounded a bit confused. The other woman was quite familiar but she couldn't know why.

'Oh, I'm new in the building, I live in the apartment next door.' Emma smiled, but you could still see in her eyes how disoriented she was. 'I brought an apple pie, I made it myself.'

'Great! But, aren't I supposed to give you something as a welcome gift?'

'Yeah, well... it's just...' The woman's voice began to get nervous. '...I usually do things, a little bit different.' She smiled as she could and handed the tray that was containing the dessert.

'Ah, it smells good!'

'Thank you.' The brunette smiled with her eyes. A small, but awkward silence invaded the air between them for a moment. 'Well, I gotta go, I have... things to do.' She was turning to go back to her apartment but Emma quickly stopped her.

'Wait! You didn't say your name.'

The strange woman turned and shook her hand, Emma corresponded that gesture. 'Nice to meet you, I'm Regina.' At that very moment a great movie of all past events returned to the blonde's present. She remembered, she finally remembered.

'Regina!'

'Yes, that's my name.' The brunette smirked.

'No! I… I remember everything, everything that happened. I remember!'

Regina looked very shocked. 'That's weird; you didn't even have to try the cake.'

What?!' It could say Emma was a little angry by the tone of her voice in that short word. Since all her memories were back in her head, she also remembered that time Regina tried to poison her. 'What was in the pie?!'

'Nothing! Only a potion to bring your memories back. Don't worry; I'm not trying to kill you... again.' She invited herself to get in the apartment while giving a look to the decoration. 'So, this is the New York style.' She said in a scathing way. Emma closed the door and followed her around the lobby of the place.

Regina made herself comfortable in the armchair. Emma, on the other hand was still standing in front of her arms crossed, wanting to be alert all the time. In defense mode, just in case. 'Okay, why are you here?'

'You tell me.' The brunette said quietly.

"Regina, I'm in no mood for games.'

'It's not a game Emma, you called me.'

'Wait, what?' She was surprised by the response of the other woman.

"As you heard, you called me in your dreams.' The blonde had to have a sit to listen carefully to what Regina had to say, she knew it would be too much information to swallow unexpectedly. 'Which I thought impossible because without memories, you can't know you have powers. Right?' The blonde nodded. 'Apparently, your magic is powerful enough to run alone in extreme cases, even knowing that you are not giving it the signal to do so. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?'

'Yes, but why?'

'I don't know, I guess it's because you are the result of true love... or something.' She rolled her eyes in the moment she realized how cheesy that sounded. 'So your powers are much stronger and they know when you need help. Now tell me, what happens?. Is Henry okay?' She asked wistfully.

'Yes, Henry is fine, everything's... fine. I don't understand why I called you, but... wait...' Nerves began to seize her voice. "What... um... what kind of dreams?'

"Well, It was the same dream for a whole month. We were talking about Henry under a tree, while he played with the rocks in the lake and suddenly there was a gray cloud that was destroying everything that stood in the way. Then you and Henry were paralyzed and...' She took a little time to breathe and swallow, since she was trying to explain everything as quickly as possible. 'And fading, but before you completely disappear you asked me for help, and then the dream just ended there.'

'Oh God.' Emma was stunned. The other woman was having the same dream, exactly the same dream as her. But she wouldn't dare to tell her that, at least not for now. 'Wait, how did you get here? Weren't you supposed to return to the enchanted forest?' As much as she tried to understand, things seemed to be increasingly blurred.

'Well, as it seemed that something was wrong I had to resort to another curse. That's why it took me so long to come here to see you.'

'But, what did this curse do now?' She was clearly worried.

'I thought there was no way to travel back to a land without magic. Even Rumple thought the same, when he was alive. But Belle read that somewhere there was buried one of the greatest treasures, and that among this treasure was a unique copy of the book of curses.' Emma was fascinated to realize all that Regina was able to do to go back to the real world to help her, and her son, of course. 'The only downside of this curse is that once cast, we could never come back to our lands again. So we had to check with all the peasants, I mean citizens.' Despite everything, she was still being the same old queen. 'I have to say it was not very difficult to convince them with Snow and Charming by my side. Although many stayed to go back to their lives, others could not live without our loved ones. In my case, Henry.' There was no need to justify, but she did it anyway.

'I think someone will have to eat the pie after all. Henry has to remember. Even if it means that nothing will be the same for us anymore.' The blonde made a pause. 'Thank you.' A small and shy smile was drawn on Emma's lips.

'You don't need to thank me, it was you who called me.' The brunette seemed a little indifferent.

'It's not just that.' Regina frowned and wrinkled her lips. 'I never thanked you for giving me your memories, this new life. Despite the fact that it wasn't quite real, thanks to you I could be the mother I never was for Henry. And even though I now remember everything and know the truth, it was a very good gift. A very nice thing from you. You gave me the days off that I needed. You know, for the problems that always hunted us.'

'The only person who made me feel happy again, was Henry. So everything I do, I do it for him. He is my person.' Regina couldn't help but kindly smile at Emma.

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