Disclaimer: All the characters are not mine. Just I want to play with them.

Warnings: Chapter 1

A/N: Sorry it takes too long. but here we go again. Hold on and enjoy it!

Chapter 4

Later I found out that Emma had not stayed inside the mansion. Henry said she apologized and then disappeared in a cloud of red and white smoke. I imagined that she would not stay, but still, Emma did not know that kind of magic.

It was nearly ten o'clock when I heard a noise in my balcony. It looked more like a body hitting the floor and a low swear just in sequence. I went to the balcony and opened the curtain to find Emma wiping the dust from her clothes.

I unlocked the glass door and Emma came apologizing for the hour. "Do not worry, I was still reading anyway..." I said and walked to the chair where a blanket and a book were waiting for me. Emma sat on my couch and took a deep breath.

"Sorry about earlier today..." She looked at her hands in her legs and I kept looking at her. "I did not want none of this to happen. But Robin did not have the right to say such a thing." She shrugged and green eyes finally met mine. I do not know if it was the glow of the flames coming from the fireplace, but they seemed a bit brighter tonight. I smiled without even trying to hide. "Okay Emma, I'm not mad at you." I said and her eyes seemed surprised, eyebrows almost disappearing in blond hair. "No?" She asked and I had to stifle a laugh. The Dark One himself afraid of my anger. "No Emma, if it was not you, I would make a scene by myself." I shrugged and this time, I smile. She wiped her hands on her jeans and cleared her throat. Was she nervous?

"Sorry about disappear too…" She looked guilty and I understood why she had done it. "Okay, I think it would not be a very good conversation if you continue with anger like that. I just did not know you knew how to puff to somewhere." I said and leaned in my chair. She smiled and shrugged. "I said I had been feeling like I can just do everything." She added, and I agreed.

"Gold had another house in the woods. Next to the farm house where we find Zelena." The blonde said and I knew I had raised an eyebrow. She settled better on the couch before clearing her throat again. "I was there both times I wanted to feel safe. I was there when you called me." Now that was a little more interesting. "I was thinking that you might want to see what's there..." She asked and looked away from mine.

"Are you asking me to go to you den Dark One?" I asked and for a second it seemed that her breathing had become stuck. Then she laughed. "No and no. It's not my den and I'm not the Dark One." She said and frowned as the idea repelled her. "I just thought you'd like the collection that exists there. I mean, I know they are not mine, but you would love the books." She said and stood up. I think about the invitation and does not seem a bad idea. Henry is sleeping and I think nothing will want to look for us in the middle of nowhere.

"Okay." I get up and start walking toward the stairs. "Where are you going?" She asks curiously. "Changing clothes…" I say and continue up the stairs.

I'd be lying if I said my mind was not in Emma for the rest of the afternoon. I mean, no one ever stood up for me like that. I know it was for Henry, her son too… I chose a simple shirt and a pair of light blue jeans. It was cold, but not too much and I wanted to be comfortable to be able to explore the place. In the middle of the clothes there was Robin's shirt. The shirt was here since before he left. The pain of losing the man who was destined to be my happy ending was still fresh.

But now he was back, and then Zelena was pregnant. I do not want to think that, indeed, he returned with all himself to his marriage, but the memory of Zelena's wicked grin was there. And he had not tried to save me in that book... Could not save me here... I did not want to think about it, but at times like these when I was alone, things seemed wrong.

"Regina?" The voice on the door of my room scared me. I wore a T-shirt before allowing Emma to come. "Are you okay?" She asked just putting her head inside my room. "Yes. Why?" I do not want to sound rude, but can she read minds? "I went up to see Henry and the magic coming from your door... It was kind of sad. Magic is about feelings ,is not?" She asks and then things make sense. When you're magic there is the facility to feel the magic in other people. But now she could know what were the feelings behind the energy? "You can tell the feeling under the magic?" I ask, and she nods.

"Oh!" I let out and she smiled. "I'm waiting down there…" I could almost see her pointing to the stairs with her thumb over her shoulder and just agreed.

Well, I would have to watch over my feelings around her as she still is the Dark One. But it was Emma... And even if I could never admit aloud, she knew make me happy and understand my anger…

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The house proved to be a mansion and had stacks of books of almost any subject and objects of all kinds. "Belle would love this place." I said when I carried with me for some book to near a table with several chairs. Emma was experiencing all sorts of things that could be touched, from swords to wine glasses. She told me that each of these objects served for something and the memories of what they did seemed to pop up every time she touched one of them briefly. Perhaps this was the most important magical property on the Dark Magic. Each Dark One accumulated knowledge of the above. And we all knew that Rumple had been a great collector.

"'Gina..." She said and I looked wrinkling my nose at the nickname. Where did that come from? "I called you here to ask you something." She came walking towards me and I felt curiosity growing inside me. "What's that?" I said dropping the book on the table. She pulled a chair next to me and sat down. "I need help learning how to control this magic. It fights with me." She looked at me a bit anxious. "Elsa told me to accept the magic that's inside of me and not fear it, so I would dominate it. But this magic is very big 'Gina. I know I can do things that are beyond comprehension. And I'm afraid, because it's evil…" She said as she looked at me. I avoided wrinkling my nose to the nickname again. But now was not the time for that. I could see into green eyes that this was true. "I tried searching on how to get rid of it this afternoon, but it was as the thing did not want to. I get tired of books, I get angry with them and my head just starts to think of something different." She said before lifting to bring a stack of books and put them on the table. "These books here make me feel a slight disgust until it becomes unbearable. I know there are more of them here." She pointed to the cells and the walls full of shelves. "Can you help me with a way to find Merlin and discover how to dominate it before take it off?" She opens the first page of one of the books. "I could bring Henry. We would give a way to read these books if you believe the answers are in them." I say and her attention back to me again.

The eyes are completely over me and for some reason, I almost feel ashamed. I felt that something had changed about her, I could not tell what it was. Emma walked towards me and just before the legs meet with my knees she leans a bit and gives me a big smile. The world stops for a few seconds and I know I should not be looking much into those green eyes.

"Thank you." She says and then I go back to reality.

A/N: And then what do you think? It Emma or the Darkness within her?

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