Disclaimer: Yeah... I don't own the rights of OUaT... But I have a dream...


It was a beautiful morning and Emma was getting to the station so she could start her day at work. When she arrived she saw that the door was already open and as she walked inside she could see that Ruby was waiting for her sitting on a chair close to her desk. "Hey, you." Emma murmured. Her face only said that she didn't get much sleep the previous night.

"Hey! Good morning, princess. Seems like you didn't get your beauty-sleep last night... Is everything okay?"

"I just hope your morning is good, 'cause I know mine is going to suck... Henry got some sugar at his system and it took me like forever to get him to sleep I only managed to do it after he spent like an hour singing the hateful Gummy Bear song that I could not get out of my head until two in the morning." She said in her tired voice.

"Seems that Regina had a point." Ruby said more to herself than to the blonde.

"Whatever happens just don't let her know, she is going to be like a plague after me saying 'I warned you a thousand times'." The sheriff said finishing with her 'Regina-voice'. "And I'll be so screwed 'cause I didn't make a good job trying to be the 'good' parent and it's all going to become a huge thing... I'll be in pain with my shitty conscience." If there was an assurance about Emma not getting her sleep is that she'd get her over dramatic self out the closet.

"Well I'm just promoting you from princess to our drama-queen of the year, congrats... Let's just see the good side of it, at least she can't make you pee with her death glare like she did with a poor soul yesterday." Ruby giggled at the memory of the milkman fuss.

"Wha- What?" Emma looked confused as she had lost a point in their conversation. "She made a man pee? A grown man?" Her eyes went wider as she made the questions.

"Yeah, yesterday before Granny's opened for breakfast... We just heard the screams and ran off all we saw was in the parking lot, her car had milk all over the hood, she was ready to kill and the poor man with his wet pants..." She said.

Emma's eyes were already wide and now her mouth joined them with the realization that Regina Mills made a adult man pee like a baby with a look. "That woman is not human, I'm saying it." She said with amazement.

"I'd say that you can handle her very well..." Ruby spoke in wonder. "And that she might not do anything to traumatize you... At least not totally. I think she likes to make you fear her threats but for your fortune she also likes that you still have the guts to face her when it's required." She finished with an assurance smile.

"Thanks Ruby but that didn't cover the pee fact running in my head." The sheriff said as she tried to process the situation. "And I just think she likes to torture me which is why she didn't do anything much drastic... She's probably traumatizing me slowly so she can enjoy it."

"You can think whatever you want..." The brunette talked not wanting to engage into an argument about something that her friend hadn't figured out even being so obvious. After that they decided to start their work day and it would be a long one for Emma.


In the other side of the town the former mayor was having her breakfast, as she finished and began to do the dishes someone started to knock at her door. She thought about ignoring it but the person seems rather insistent and all she could do was go attend it.

As she got closer to the door she saw David's face through the glass beside it. When she opened for him she immediately tried to look polite. "Hello, Charm- David. What can I do for you?" She decided not to go with 'Charming' as she remembered she wanted to be polite this time.

"Hi, Regina. I hope I'm not interrupting anything... I was just wondering if you could maybe give me a hand at the stables today. That is, if you have time." He kindly asked.

Regina hadn't actually done anything at a stable for a long time. Yes, she had been there one time but never willingly. She wondered if she could go with it, the stables brought so many memories that she for once admitted to be afraid of. Char- David stood waiting for an answer. She was ready to say 'no' but... "Yes, I'd like that." was all she heard herself say.


At the stables David didn't have to delegate the tasks to the brunette it seemed that she already knew all she had to do. The man was much surprised to see how handy the woman was with the animals. It was almost like she could listen to their thoughts, aware of when one was in pain and where, if they were in good mood or not. For a moment he just stood and watched the care and dedication that the former mayor used for dealing with them.

Regina never thought that she was going to be so easily content to be back at a stable. She only could picture that it would bring her suffering, but the truth was she felt happy as she remembered all the good moments she had in a place just like this one. Most of her good experiences were in a stable and being there only made her feel a little lighter again.

Feeling that she was being watched Regina turned to face David. "I'm surprised, you're pretty good with them. I didn't know you had that kind of interest." He stated.

"I grew up in a place where I spent most of my time with them." She simply replied.

"Is that why you made sure that the city had stables?"

Regina never thought about why she made it and now that she was being asked she wondered to herself, maybe she did it so she could get back when she was ready to deal with being at this place again but right now she didn't know the answer. "I don't know." Was all she spoke as both returned to their duties.

They were working for two hours already and David announced that he was taking a break. Regina said she'd take it when he got back from his. Concentrated in her task the brunette didn't see or hear the blonde sheriff step in the stables. As Emma saw her she silently watched for a moment before making a quiet approximation stopping on the brunette's back ready to make her scared. "Do not even think about it, Miss Swan" And with that Emma was the one scare jumping.

"Jesus! You scared me, Regina!" Emma spoke as she took a breath after the unexpected shock.

"I know, dear. You should know better than try to scare me." She replied not even turning from the horse to look at Emma.

"What are you doing here anyways?"

"Not of your concern, sheriff."

"You always say that but you always say what you're up to, so..." Emma said waiting for Regina to speak and crossing her arms.

"Your father asked me to help him today, so here I am." She said with innocence in her voice.

"And where is him now?"

"Break time."

"Oh, so I'll have to wait." They had an odd silence moment before Emma spoke again. "You're pretty much good with the horses. Is it a thing that everyone from your land manage to have a good hand with them?"

Regina finally turned to look at the sheriff. "Let's just say that back in 'my land' is either barefoot or at a horse if you don't have magic, I think this answers your question."

"Thank God I have a car!" Emma said with relief for not having to deal with horses.

"I would barely call that death trap of yours a car. And being the daughter of your parents and the 'hero' of the story you should be ashamed to be afraid of a simple horse." Regina mocked to see if the blonde would get to where she wanted her to be.

"I'm NOT afraid of it, I just think that a car is safer. And my bug is totally secure, just so you know." Emma responded like an irritated child.

"I hardly think that thing stands anywhere near safety."

"Of course it is! I've had it for almost ten years and I'm very much alive."

"Then let's make a... Deal?" Regina asked smiling.

"What's it gonna be?" Emma simply asked as if she had already accepted it.

"I'll take you to a ride on a horse and you can take me to one on you yellow death-" Emma faced her angry as she was calling her safe beautiful bug a 'death trap' again. "...I mean your car. So we can prove that fear is really out of question here." The brunette calmly explained the points of the deal.

"Accepted!" Emma raised her right hand to Regina as to seal their deal and she accepted shaking hands.

Fifteen minutes later they were on the horse and ready to go. Regina was in front holding the reins. "So, Miss Swan, did I ever mention to you that I grew up in a stable practically and that once I had a prized horse?" Regina asked as to make a point.

"No." Emma said regretting her decision to make the deal.

"Well, I did."

"That's doesn't mean that you'll do anything... Wild..." She tried to say calmly but her nerves were already disturbing her.

"Not at all. That only means you'll be alive after I do it." With that Regina took off with the horse and Emma hysterically screamed on her back insulting the brunette with names she didn't knew that exist yet. Regina only laughed of the scared blonde not even caring to how she was pressing her hands in her waist really hard. After a while Emma stopped the scream and heard the former mayor's laughter. She felt something funny at her belly but related to the wild horse running and the fact that she was at it.

When they came back and got off the horse Emma was feeling dizzy and could hardly walk straight as she put herself together David came back and saw the two women getting of the horse. "And that I call 'revenge'. I hope you enjoyed as much as I did." Regina said before head in David's direction to tell him she was getting her break. Emma went to her father as he looked her confused.


Turned out that Emma went to David to talk about some town festival that they supposedly held every year, though with the events that they got through they couldn't make it, but were looking forward to it this year. And as Regina always organized it they just wondered if she could help at it but this time with simpler tasks.

She asked what she'd be helping with as David tried to put the matter softly. "Well let's just put it this way... We have most of the positions already placed but what we really need is someone to help with the hospital children and-"

"Absolutely NOT!" She cuts him at the moment.

But he quickly complete his sentence. "You'll get to help Mary Margaret doing it?" He knew his wife would be angry about it but he also knew that both women had some unresolved issues to figure out and they weren't doing it if not forced to. He only hoped not get on the couch for an extra time.

"I will do it." Regina responded as he hoped. David knew she'd say yes if he put his wife in the middle of the request.