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CHAPTER 4

Don't be sad when you miss someone.

Just wait 'till you see each other again,

And make another moment to be missed.

"Regina!"

"Mom!"

She heard Henry yelling at the same time as her to the retreating brunette. It looked like her son also saw it was Regina in the shadows and decided to run to her, only they didn't realize the woman would disappear on them like that.

"You saw that too. Right kid?" she had just to ask to confirm she hasn't gone mad, "That really was Regina." Emma then tore her eyes away from the spot the brunette was in merely seconds before and looked at Henry.

"Yeah that was her Emma. That was my mom! She really is alive!" the boy said eagerly, and then a look of confusion overtook his face. "But why'd she go?"

Emma was asking herself the exact same question. "I don't know kid. But the important thing is we know she's okay. We just need to find her. Now."

The boy nodded keenly as Emma went back to the way they came from.

"Where are we going? The mansion's on the other side."

"I know." She replied while half guiding half dragging Henry back to her parent's apartment. "I just want to find Regina and I can't wait any longer. God knows it's been so long already."

"Okay, so Gram and Gramps are going to help us search this time. Right?"

Emma didn't even respond to that. She just kept them moving to the direction of the apartment and knocked on the door frantically. Mary Margaret opened it with a curious expression on her face.

"I thought you were going back to the mansion? Did you forget something?" she said as she let them in. David came down when he heard someone at the door and was surprised to see his daughter and grandson back.

"We saw mom! She's alive! We saw her when we were on our way back to the house!" Henry rapidly told them, not even letting the adults cut in. "It was pretty dark out but I'm sure it was her!" He was practically beaming with joy. "You have to help us look for her. We can cover more ground if there are more of us. That's why we're here; you and Grams can search-" Henry just continued working on his plan not at all bothered by the anxious glances of his grandparents with each other.

The two just stared at their grandson's animated way of formulating his plan. They haven't seen Henry act that way in a while and so they were both surprised and a bit worried for him. Turning their gaze away from the boy, they turned their eyes to their daughter who, despite trying to calm Henry down, was also giving the same air of excitement as her son.

"Emma what's going on?" Mary Margaret spoke, confusion clear in her tone, "Is Henry okay? Does he need to start seeing Archie again?"

Emma turned to her mother at that, her mood suddenly changing a bit, "He doesn't need a shrink Mary Margaret."

"I didn't mean anything by it Emma. It's just that Henry's seeing these illusions so I thought-"

"It's not illusions!" she shouted which caused everyone in the room to still, "I saw her too okay! Regina was at the street across from us but when she turned around she disappeared or poofed or whatever you call that purple smoke of hers."

"Emma I think-"

"No!" Emma turned to look at her father, eyes pleading for him to believe, "David please, I'm telling you Regina was there tonight. Me and Henry saw her."

At the look Emma was giving him David nodded in agreement, "Alright Emma do you have any idea where Regina might be?"

"David you can't possibly think-"

"Mary Margaret if Emma said she saw Regina then I believe her. There's no reason for her or for Henry to make up a story."

Seeing as she was out voted against, Mary Margaret let out a sigh, "Alright fine. What do you suggest we do now? We can't just go running around town screaming Regina's name and hope she turns up right?"

Emma smiled at that, relieved that her mother was with them now; Henry on the other hand yelled out and hugged his grandmother, almost knocking her over while screaming out suggestions at how to find his mother.

We're finally going to bring you back Regina. Emma thought, but first, we need to see if Ruby can track you're scent.

XXX

Regina and Tinkerbell appeared in a cloud of purple smoke back in their cabin; Tinkerbell was already supporting Regina and helping her to sit on the bed.

"Gina, are you alright?" Tinkerbell asked worriedly, she could see Regina's exhausted from their little trip. "Let me get you some water."

"Tink it's alright." She grabbed Tinkerbell's hand before the fairy could leave and gave her a tired smile, "I'm fine. Just a little tired, I guess my magic's not back in its full capacity yet. "

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I think I just need to lie down for a while."

Tinkerbell then helped the brunette took off her shoes and her coat and put them aside. The fairy has been flying to her mansion during the day to retrieve some clothes for her to change into by her request. As soon as her back hit the soft mattress Regina let out a calmed sigh and closed her eyes.

She was quiet for a while but Tinkerbell can see that she wasn't asleep yet. The fairy was worried for her; she saw the look Regina had on her face when her son was laughing with Emma. It was something the fairy had often seen on her friends face through the years of being alone and rejected. Something which she hopes she can prevent from ever crossing Regina's face again.

It was hurt. And she had a very good guess of what could have caused this.

"Do you want to tell me what's in your head?" the fairy asked lightly.

Regina remained quiet lying on the bed, letting her mind drift back to her son and Emma laughing together. She had never seen Henry act like that around her ever since he found out that he was adopted and as much as she hates to admit it she was jealous of Emma.

She was jealous because the blonde managed to build an easy relationship with her son even though she gave him up in the first place and she, the one who raised and love him for ten years, was in a strained one.

A lonely tear escaped the brunette's eyes as she thought about everything that has happened between her and Henry. Sure she loves him with all her heart, that was the reason she willingly went to stop the trigger in the first place, to save him but it still didn't stop the fact that because of that love she is hurt even more.

Seeing her son look so happy with Emma made all of her insecurities to come forth. Henry pushing her away, him sneaking out every night to be with his birth mother, him refusing to call her mom, him believing she killed Archie, him choosing Emma, him leaving her. Him telling her she was the Evil Queen.

She could hear his voice clearly in her head saying the same thing over and over again.

I found my real mom!

I don't want to be you.

You really are the Evil Queen. I don't wanna see you again!

I guess Henry would never really treat me the same anymore, not before him knowing I'm the Evil Queen. Regina thought bitterly, Maybe Greg was right. Villains don't get happy endings. She could hear that little voice inside her head telling her it was pointless to even try to get her son to love her again. It was the same voice that keeps on telling her to just forget everything and lash out.

She was brought out of her thoughts by Tinkerbell's soothing voice as the fairy brushed a few strands of her hair away from her face.

"You know if I'd had known this trip would end like this I would have insisted on staying here." The fairy tried to lighten the darkening mood surrounding Regina.

"I was the one who suggested it Tink, you didn't do anything wrong." The brunette replied as she opened her eyes. She felt a little guilty looking into the fairy's worried glance, she knows ever since they were kids the fairy never liked seeing her hurt or sad.

"What do you wanna do now?" the blonde asked softly.

Regina doesn't have an answer for that. Truth be told, the brunette doesn't have any idea what to do now. The night didn't really start off great for them.

Regina wasn't really ready to come back into town yet, all she wanted was to see her son because she missed him dearly. She just didn't expect to see him so happy without her though.

Their plan didn't go so well; no one was supposed to see them that night. It wasn't part of their plan. She could see in Regina's eyes that she wanted to see her son and so when the brunette asked if Tinkerbell would accompany her she agreed. They were only supposed to see if the boy was alright and so they transported to the town.

They decided to appear near the Charming's apartment knowing Henry was living there already and just walk the remaining block. Tinkerbell could see that Regina was already anxious of seeing Henry but the other woman tried to hide it; it wasn't until they saw them walking down the street laughing animatedly that Regina kind of shut down.

The brunette immediately stopped walking and just stared at the two figures across from them. She saw the clouded look form in Regina's eyes and so she tried to avert her attention by suggesting they see Henry another day. That's when they heard Emma walking towards them and sees the boy already running to catch up with the woman; as they face the blonde however, it seemed Regina snapped out of her daze and teleported them back at the cabin.

Hearing them call out Regina's name, they knew that somehow they would seek the brunette out. Tinkerbell just wasn't sure if that would be the best for her friend at the moment. Regina then turned to look at the fairy with uncertainty and sadness clear in her brown eyes.

"I don't know Tink." She confessed, "But for now I think I'd rather stay here."

"Alright then," Tinkerbell moved so that she too was on the bed, spooning the brunette "let's try to sleep. I'll stay right here. Goodnight Gina." She said and gave Regina a kiss on the cheek.

Tinkerbell hopes that Regina would be okay, she knows the brunette have a lot of demons on her back but right now at least she's not alone. Not anymore. She would protect her no matter what, even if that means she has to take her away from this place.

XXX

"What do you mean you can't track her?!" Emma yelled loudly at the werewolf. After leaving the apartment they went straight to Ruby asking if she could track Regina's scent and lead them to her only to find out that the werewolf can't.

"I'm sorry Emma but you said she 'poofed' out of there and I can't trace where she went if she used her magic to get away." The werewolf reasoned, "All I can do is to confirm if Regina was there or not."

Emma was now pacing around Ruby's apartment thinking of another way to somehow locate the brunette's whereabouts but nothing came to her mind. She was about to go off into another rant when a hand on her shoulder made her stop pacing.

It was David.

"Maybe we should ask someone who knows a lot about magic. Regina's magic."

Then it hit her, "Gold." She said as it dawned on her that there was someone other than Regina who knows dark magic.

"David, wait. Do you really want to go to Gold?" Mary Margaret asked with wide eyes, "I mean you know how he is. He wouldn't do anything if he can't get something in return." She tried to reason with them.

"Yeah I agree, I mean do you even think that he's going to help if he finds out it's for Regina?" the wolf voiced out her concerns.

"Why don't we ask Blue instead?"

"Mary Margaret I think Blue isn't gonna be much help for this. She may know magic but not like Regina's magic. Gold's the only one who can help us."

"Besides he will help us. I'm sure of it." The blonde said with conviction, seemingly sure that Rumplestiltskin would really help.

"Henry you stay here with Ruby."

"What? Why? I wanna go with you."

"Henry." Something in Emma's voice made the boy nod in defeat. In truth Emma just doesn't want Henry there in case they do find Regina and things don't go their way. There was something Emma was missing in all of this, like why Regina disappeared the way she did and she was going to find out.

And with that the group left and went to see the Dark One himself.

XXX

The insistent knocking on the door woke both Gold and Belle from their slumber and together they descended the stairs and opened the doors. The sight of the 'Royal Family' standing outside his door however made the Dark One's curiosity to peak.

"I'm assuming that you have a pretty good explanation as to why you are interrupting us this fine evening my dears"

Emma just brushed pass him with her parents following behind.

"By all means Savior, please do make yourself comfortable. Would you like some tea perhaps?" Gold said sarcasm clear in his voice as he followed them inside.

"Rumple." Belle chided him lightly

"We need you to find where Regina is." David started off the conversation.

"Why would you look for someone who is already dead my dear?"

"She's not dead!" Emma shouted, it seems like she's been doing it a lot tonight and she didn't care even if it was Rumplestiltskin, "I just saw her tonight so yes she is alive and you are gonna help us find out where she's been hiding all this time!"

The Dark One didn't even flinch at her tone, more like he was amused by the situation currently at hand. He let out a smirk as he continued to observe and stare at the three uninvited guest they had.

"Well if the Queen really is alive like you said, why would I help you?" he asked slyly.

Emma fixed him one of her glares, "Because you owe us. We helped you when Cora tried to kill you and if I remember correctly you said you always pay your debt."

He was silenced at that seeing as the blonde was right. He let out a sigh of defeat and turned to look at Belle, "I guess I have to go out tonight. You can go back to sleep Belle."

"Be careful." She kissed Gold goodnight and made her way back. When she was gone he turned back to the three occupants remaining in the room.

"What do you need then?"

XXX

They were now back on the street where Emma last saw Regina. When they told Gold what happened he told them to bring him to the exact location where Regina 'poofed away' in Emma's wording. So now there they were, an unlikely group consisting of Prince Charming, Snow White, the Savior and Rumplestilskin trying to find the Evil Queen's hideout.

It was an odd sight actually but after living in Storybrooke all this time Emma was starting to get used to odd things being the norm.

Why the fuck is he taking so long? He's the so called Dark One, he trained Regina for crying out loud and yet he still can't find her?

After a while of circling the spot she pointed out, Emma was starting to get annoyed.

"Are you done yet?" she asked after several more rounds of Gold going around in circles with his palms up.

"Patience Savior. I'm still trying to locate your beloved Queen so would you mind being quiet while I concentrate."

"So it was really Regina they saw tonight then?" Mary Margaret asked and Emma could swear that there was joy in the pixie haired woman's voice.

"Yes I can assure you it was really her. But something's off." His brows furrowed as he tried to clear whatever was clouding his visions.

"What do you mean?" this time it was David who spoke.

"I know Regina's magic anywhere. I can recognize it even when I'm asleep."

"So what's wrong then?"

Gold didn't answer for a while; he just kept on moving around. It was after a couple more minutes that he stopped and looked at his companions, a smirk decorating his face.

"Did by any chance you saw someone with Regina tonight?" he directed his question to Emma who was still staring at him.

"Well now that you mention it, I did saw someone with her."

"And did you manage to see who it was?" he still had that stupid smirk on and Emma was getting tired of it fast.

"It was dark alright. All I saw was that she was with a woman with blonde hair! What does that have to do with anything anyway?" she was really irritated by now.

"I believe it has to do with everything my dear because if my calculations are correct, wherever Regina is she is with a fairy as of this very moment."

That brought them into silence.

A fairy? Emma thought.

"Look Gold I know I'm kinda knew at this whole thing and all but I do know that Regina does not get along with fairies so stop messing around."

It's true though. Everyone there knows Regina's disgust regarding the Blue fairy so hearing she was with one just surprised them all.

"I am not messing around as you say sheriff. I can sense Regina's magic as well as of a fairy. I just don't know who it is"

"Okay you know what why don't you just bring us to where Regina is if you know her exact location already. We can just ask her who she's with then."

"As you wish." With a bow they were all engulf by a cloud of red smoke and by the time it cleared Emma could see that they were inside a cabin.

XXX

Tinkerbell felt something shift in the air and it woke her. Sensing there was someone else in the cabin she slowly slipped out of Regina's warm body and out of the bedroom. She tiptoes around and stops to listen for any sounds of an intruder.

She could hear movements in the dark cabin along with hushed voices going around, she tried to find out where it was coming from when suddenly she was grabbed from behind and held back by two strong arms.

"Over here!"

Tinkerbell heard him yell with a loud voice. She struggled to get herself free but the one holding her wouldn't budge so easily and so she threw some fairy dust at her attacker which immobilized him and allowed her to escape. Before she could get away however she saw three more figures enter the room they were in which was the living room.

"Hands where I can see them!" ordered a woman, she could make out that she was holding some sort of weapon and so Tinkerbell went to blow her away with her magic, sending the woman a few feet away.

"Emma!"

Emma? Isn't that the savior's name?

But before the fairy could process this she felt being restrained by an invisible force. This feels like the one Cora used that night she trapped me. Damn it! I can't break free!

"Now now dearie no need to fuss. You will only wear yourself out."

That voice! I know it!

"You're the Dark One"

"Indeed I am. And you are a fairy."

"Let me go!"

"Not until you tell us where Regina is." She looked to her left and saw the woman she threw across the room come closer to her being helped by another woman.

The closer she got the better Tinkerbell got to see her face. By the pale moonlight that was slipping through the windows she could see her clearly now. Emma. This woman is definitely Emma.

Before she could utter a response however the room was suddenly filled with lights and a cold voice came through the night.

"Let her go Gold."came a sharp order from Regina's bedroom.

There standing just outside their bedroom was Regina. She must have woken up from all the noises these people made. Tinkerbell thought as she continued to struggle out of the Dark One's magic.

"Regina, are you okay? What are you doing here? Did she hurt you or something?"

"Why would I hurt her you idiotic savior!" the fairy yelled, anger slipping through her at being accused of hurting Regina.

"You held her locked up here for this long!"

"Are you really this stupid? I didn't lock her up!"

"Then what is she doing here in a freaking cabin in the forest instead of her own home! She has a mansion!"

"Obviously she needed to regain her strength and if you must know I was the one who saved her from the mines where you might I add left her in the first place!"

Their shouting match was interrupted however by Regina making her way over to Gold and with a calm but firm tone she ordered him again.

"I will not ask again. Let her go." Despite feeling out of her element Regina managed a firm and strong tone.

This time Gold listened and let the fairy go. They were stunned by the brunette's next move though because she went to the fairy's side and check her over, to see if she was hurt. Regina was sporting genuine concern in her eyes, something they weren't used in seeing.

"Are you alright Tink?" the brunette's voice was gentle, something the other occupants in the room was not used to hear coming from the Queen's mouth.

The fairy nodded but was still glaring at the group. "Alright, now let the idiot go." The brunette said and gestured to David. Another nod and then the man was able to move all his body parts again.

"What the hell's going on here?" Emma asked and the fairy could see utter disbelief in the blonde's eyes, "Regina who the hell is this and why are you all the way out here in the forest?"

The brunette turned her eyes away from the fairy and brought them to stare at Emma. Tinkerbell was able to see that Regina was wearing one of her masks again, one that she often saw when the brunette wanted to hide her feelings away. It was the one she wore on a daily basis back when she was Mayor of the fictional town she created.

"Ms. Swan I suggest you leave now and take your charming parents and the imp with you as well." Her face was void of any emotion.

"What? Regina come on, we're here to get you home. Henry's already waiting for you." The blonde moved forward as to touch the brunette but the fairy was quicker as she stood in front of Regina blocking Emma away.

"Stay away from her." Tinkerbell made it clear that she wasn't going to allow Emma go anywhere near Regina.

"Alright you know what? I have had it with you lady. Who do you think you are?" Emma advanced so she was standing directly at the fairy's face and it was clear to Tinkerbell that the savior really doesn't have any patience and it was irritating the fairy.

"My name is Tinkerbell and if you think I'm going to let you hurt Gina again then you must be really stupid. You are not going anywhere near her. Any of you." She turned to look at the other occupants in the room who was merely just watching them all right now.

That admission startled Emma for a bit, "Wait. Tinkerbell? Like the fairy from Peter Pan?" her brows furrowed as she stared at the so called fairy.

"That is quite enough Ms. Swan." Regina cut through the tension again, breaking the staring contest by Emma and Tinkerbell, "It is getting late and I for one would like to rest. You may come back tomorrow if you wish to talk but for now you may leave."

It was then that Tinkerbell remembered that Regina was still exhausted from their little magic trip into town and saw how the brunette was barely standing up now. She instantly put her arms around her torso to help keep her up.

Everyone in the room was looking at them weirdly now. They know Regina doesn't like physical contacts, except if it was from Henry, so seeing Regina melt into the fairy's hold is a bit unsettling for them all to take in.

"You heard her. Leave now."

Emma was about to argue when Mary Margaret held her back, "Emma I think we should go. For now at least." Then she gestured to Regina's somewhat tired form and she let out a defeated sigh.

Emma saw how drained Regina seemed to be and as much as she would like to take Regina home and pry her away from the fairy's grasp she just let them be.

Tonight. Just for tonight.

"Alright, we'll leave but I'll be back tomorrow so don't you dare take her away because I will find you again." She directed her threat to Tinkerbell who was still holding Regina by the waist.

"Like I'm afraid of you savior." Came a sharp reply

Emma turned to look at the brunette, "We'll talk tomorrow Regina. For now I think you need to rest." There was a certain softness in the blondes voice, one in which she didn't even remember using before, "Take care of yourself. I'll see you tomorrow."

And with a final look at the brunette they were once again engulf by red smoke leaving Regina in the hands of Tinkerbell.

XXX

Just to clear this one, I made the fic for Tinkerbell to have magic.

See you on the next chapter!