Regina entered Snow's home for their next meeting on what to do about Zelena who had been silent for several days. Of course, the idiots thought it was because of Emma and her magic had Zelena scared. While Zelena was not happy about how her plan to have Hook's cursed kiss steal Emma's magic had failed, the real reason she was lying low was because he was revising her plan on how to travel through time with Regina.

After her chat with her Tink, Regina had gone over to see Zelena to agree to help her with her plan. She still didn't trust her sister, and it was safe to say Zelena didn't trust her. They agreed Regina should continue to meet with the others to stay abreast of their plans. So here she was.

Robin smiled at her as she entered. She forced a fake smile back. There was a mistake of loneliness that was getting complicated. Once there memories had returned and she realized how she and Robin had interacted back in the fairy tale land, she figured he would want nothing to do with her. He didn't end it though. She took a seat next to him, but gave him no other encouragement.

Snow started off talking and Regina drifted into her thoughts immediately. The emptiness inside of her chest was growing each day. She had asked Zelena about her heart – a vital ingredient in the spell she assured Regina – but Zelena also promised her that it did not mean Regina was going to die. In fact she said if all was done perfectly not only would she have her heart back she'd have everything she wanted in life.

That was when Regina sat down and told her about Daniel. She hadn't spoken to anyone about her relationship with the young stable boy and what it meant to her. That stupid book of fairy tale stories had glossed over it – as if it didn't matter. But it mattered to Regina. She surprised herself by being so open about it to Zelena, who surprised her in turn by taking her hand and apologizing to her.

"This is exactly why I'm doing this," Zelena said. "The pain you and I have endured in our lives, it wasn't fair. We shouldn't have had to go through those things. We have a chance to get it right for us. I'm not saying it will be perfect, but at least you and I will be going through it together as sisters."

It meant something to her that Zelena appeared to care about what happened to Daniel, but at the same time she knew her reaction wasn't what it would be with her heart. She was in a constant state of want – wanting to feel something more than what she was feeling.

Even though she broke the curse that stole their memories away by kissing Henry, she found herself not fully participating in the moment. She loved her son. She knew this, and now she had proved it for all to see. And the moment she kissed him, she had felt that love and felt her first bit of pure feeling since her heart had been taken. But then it faded quickly. She wanted to hold on to that feeling but couldn't. She ended up putting a fake smile on for Henry and Robin for the rest of that day. And neither noticed.

No one noticed that she was going through the motions of what she felt only faintly. And she couldn't even feel mad about it, not fully. She couldn't help but wonder if this was what it was like for her mother. Did she feel like this when she made the decision to take her own heart out or was it different because it had been her choice?

"Regina?"

She was broken from her musings to see everyone staring at her.

"Yes?"

"We were just asking if you had figured out any magical way to stop the spell," Snow asked.

"No, but I'm still looking."

"More reason to go on the offensive," Robin said. "We now know Emma's magic can stop her. I say we go at her head on. She's up there at that house. If we go at her in force she won't be able to deal with all of us. It could give Emma her chance."

"You are forgetting she has Rumple under her control. He could stop us," Regina said annoyed by his suggestion.

"Is there anyway to neutralize him as a threat?"

"Outside of killing him or gaining possession of the dagger? No."

"You're just full of optimism," Hook said.

"I'm just looking at it logically," she shrugged.