Not gonna lie. I'm still recovering from the winter finale. And oh so many ideas flooded my mind with these two lovely ladies. But not a lot of time to get a good deal "off-screen" perspectives with all that running around. So I had to cut in between a few different scenes. Hope this works.

Regina stayed back in her vault for a minute to regroup a little as the others headed outside. She cursed herself for letting her heart block her magnificent mind from Pan's trickier of switching bodies with Henry, but she knew if she had to do it all over again there was no doubt in her mind that she would have reacted the same way. Regina had fought so hard for vengeance for so long she had almost forgot how powerful love truly was, and although she was mad to have let her guard down, her heart would have guided her to the truth of Pan's trickery eventually. But again, going back over everything that had happened was pointless now, what was done, was done.

"Regina," the soothing voice of the only other person she could allow to care for her called out.

"Yes."

"There isn't much time."

"I know, I'll be right behind you." Emma let her infamous closed mouth smile give Regina some peace as the once Evil Queen took one last glance around her vault. All this pain, all this destruction, all this heartbreak, done by her hand over countless years, but once again she thought of Henry.

"No regrets," she whispered to herself as she turned her back on her past and made her way to the group waiting for her outside.

Henry as Pan lied down in Mr. Gold's shop to prepare for the switch back to his body as they all looked on. There was no doubt in Regina's mind that the cost to destroy this particular curse along with hers was going to be great, but no matter what the cost, she was willing to take it, for Henry, and to her continuous surprise, for Emma as well.

Once the switch was made, Emma called for Regina and they sprang from Mr. Gold's shop, following Granny's sense of smell to their sons location. Snow, Charming, Neal, and Hook following as well, but Emma took Regina's arm as they began to run to keep her close to her. Just the touch of Emma now sent a jolt of emotions through Regina's mind and body, but she couldn't be distracted by the Savior now, they had to find Henry, then stop the curse. No matter how badly Regina wanted to figure out what was going on will all these new feelings building inside her, now was not the time.

"It's me," their son's voice called out running toward them.

"It worked." Regina's heart melted in a completely different way as she and Emma embraced their son, neither one of them letting him, or each other go, even after Henry informed them of just being by their side. Neither woman loosened their hold for another moment. Their family was together, their family was whole, and both Regina and Emma were going to soak in each and every second of this moment, no matter how brief it would most likely be.

Henry, of course, finally forced them out of their happy ending and handed Emma the scroll.

"It's up to you now," the Savior said as she handed the scroll over to Regina. And with one touch of the scroll along with the sensation of Emma's finger grazing over her hand, once again, everything in Regina's world went black.

The last thing Regina heard as she fell to the ground was Emma calling out her name, then a cataclysmic effect of images flashed through her mind. Every significant moment of Regina's past ran through her memory first. The struggles she had with her mother Cora, even before reaching her teenage years, her father loving her, but never enough to stick up to Cora as Regina went into her teens. The images then went to Daniel... Daniel, her first love, the man she used to justify every horrible thing she had done from his death on. She could see how wrong she was in doing that, but the pain of losing her first love clouded all the good in her for years, until Henry came into her life. And with that, new imagines flooded in. There was more beauty and love entering Regina's world trying to slash away at all her hate and suffering, but Regina did not make it easy. She loved her son more than words could describe, but how she went about showing it wasn't always good, and Regina could see now why Henry thought her love for him was not true, and why he went to find Emma. The Savior was next to come into her mind, confusing Regina. Yes, Emma was growing to be more important to her, especially these last few weeks. The two of them were beginning to build something beautiful and strong, but why these images of her now? Was Emma truly that important to her past, or was this her future now being flashed before her?

The answer came to Regina next. She saw what needed to be done to free Storybrooke of the curse, and the pain piling up inside her was more than she thought she could bear. Letting them go. Yes, them. Henry and Emma would have to leave, it was the only way they would have a fighting chance to ever reunite. The Savior, once again, needed to be tested and forced to continue what she was born to do.

"Regina," she heard her name being cried out again, but she chose to ignore Emma's calls once more as her future was now being shown to her. A future that took her on many different paths. Pain, of course plowing back into all of them, but how she chose to handle that pain would be the ultimate challenge and deciding factor to her upcoming life. And if handled wisely, Regina could end up with a bright and beautiful future of her own.

There were two particular paths that stood out more than the rest. One showed a handsome outlaw with a kind heart, but this path only had a few windy turns to travel through. It brought Regina some happiness, but it was missing something, Henry. But not just Henry, it was missing her family. A family she never thought she wanted, but as Regina walked through the front door of this final path, into her possible future home, all their faces shined brightly upon her. Snow was there with Charming, with their second child. Rumple was there with Belle and Neal at his side, breaking their conversation briefly to greet her gleefully. Then she saw Henry, an older teenage Henry, but still very much a boy at heart as he came running over to hug her. After their embrace, Henry made Regina close her eyes as he guided his mother into the kitchen.

"We made your favorite," Henry said before giving her permission to open her eyes, but when Regina opened them, her eyes didn't fall on the meal being prepared for her, they landed on the cleaned up blonde before her, the woman's smile larger than life as she too, practically ran over to greet her.

"I'm so glad you're home," Emma said, not giving Regina any time to answer, before the Savior took her face with both hands and brought Regina in for a long, deep, passionate kiss. The chemistry between them creating a flicker of magic to crackle into the air as Regina's arms wrapped around the love in front of her, tightening her hold as Emma continued to show her how much she loved her.

"Moms," Henry bellowed, shaking his head. "There are other people here." Regina and Emma pulled away and simultaneously reached out for his chin, causing a small arousal of giggles between them for being so in-sync.

"It's important to show the person you love how much they mean to you, because you'll never know what days will be your last." Emma stated, Regina's eyes refusing to leave the Saviors as she spoke to their son.

"I'm fully aware of that. I'll let everyone know dinner will be ready in a few minutes so you can continue that end of days line of thinking as your excuse to be overly loving." Henry replied, as he continued to shake his head, but let a small adoring smile out at them before walking away.

Henry closed the large dining room doors as he left Regina and Emma alone in the kitchen, and the Savior, not wasting any time reached out and brought Regina's mouth back to hers. The lights in the house flickering as they found wholeness in each other.

But as fast as those future imagines came to Regina, they were gone. Leaving her with the choice; going back to her old vengeful Evil Queen days, settling for some comfort and happiness with a sweet outlaw, or traveling the long, twisty road to get her family back, with would bring her love, and so much more. No mater how rough the path in front of her was, the answer was clear, and without knowing it her answer left her mouth as she opened her eyes and found her future staring deeply into her.

"Emma."

So much had followed after that, but Regina wasn't in a place to comprehend it all. Her mind was too busy processing everything she had just seen. She knew what she had to do, but with Henry and Emma being right there in front of her made it that much harder. She had to let them go? Why can't that future be with them now? Why couldn't she take both their hands and flee to this extraordinary happily ever after she had just seen? But Regina knew better. The only way to have a choice of that life was to make them go, if not, that life wouldn't even be a possibility.

More fuzziness filled her brain as time went on. Regina told Henry and Emma what was to be done, but the pain in her loved ones eyes ate at Regina's soul. Could she live with so much pain and make it through, or would she succumb to her old villainous ways. Regina wanted to believe she had the strength to push through all the pain and loneliness, but again, looking back at her past showed otherwise. But that was the old Regina, this Regina, was wiser and stronger.

Although Regina had come to believe that she, Emma, and Henry could make it to that beautiful future, she needed to do everything she could in that moment to at least secure their happiness as they came to a halt at the town line. With that in the back if her mind at all times, it would help her overcome any dreadful or confusing obstacle that approached her in the Enchanted Forest, delaying their reunion.

"Emma, there's something I haven't told you."

"What now?" Emma asked, but not in the usual annoyed, what the hell did you do this time way she used to ask, but a lonely, defeated way, only reassuring Regina that she needed to give Emma the most beautiful, significant memories she could conjure.

Surprisingly, it wasn't hard to do so, because those memories she would be given Emma would be her own memories of Henry. The joy she felt when she first held her son, the excitement she expressed with his first steps, the overly proud parent when he brought home his first perfect report card, and more. But there was something else Regina was going to do, and even though she was unsure if it would actually work, she knew she had to at least try. Henry may not have been her birth son, but he did pick up a few of Regina's habits and mannerisms over the years. And since rushing up and forcing true loves kiss when she and Emma would first reunite was so tacky and would most likely delay that happy ending more, she thought highlighting all those habits and mannerisms Henry picked up from her, along with the small object she tucked away in between Emma's glove and jacket as she held her hand would hopefully trigger the Savior's memory and reunite them all again some day.

As the magic escaped Regina's fingers, she closed her eyes picturing that joyous future she had been given a glimpse of. Henry smiling at her as he left the kitchen, and Emma jerking her close so they could feel each others lips, Regina never feeling something so complete in her life. She couldn't help but turn around once more as the scrappy yellow bug began to diminish from the purple haze engulfing her.

"Remember me," she whispered as she fought against the pull back to her former land, so she could watch her family leave, until they completely disappeared.