Saving one…. Destroying the other

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything to do with once upon a time. Wish I did because if I did season 2 would be starting Sunday.

SUMMARY: Takes place just after Regina brakes the curse by kissing Henry. Emma and her parent's relationship, could be in jeopardy.

A.N

two chapters in one day. which never happens. but PiperPaigeP3 who followed my earlier story and who's reviews was one the helped keep that story alive, asked for a quick update. so this chapter was uploaded quick because she asked.

Regina appeared in the hospital sat on the floor with Emma's head resting in her lap. The tough as nails evil queen, who supposedly had the most resilient heart, felt her heart breaking. Breaking for the woman who was lying dead in her lap, breaking for the parents who had yet again lost their first born, breaking for her son who had lost the woman who had given him life, but also breaking because of what she had do to next. Her heart was breaking because of a promise she would not break.

Snow was paralyzed, she could move it was a wonder how she managed to keep hold of her newborn son. Next to her David stood stock still with both fists clenched, but he couldn't take his eyes off of his daughter. Emma's blonde hair laying across Regina's lap.

Regina had unconsciously been stroking Emma's hair, but at David's shout of. "Get your hands off my daughter" she stopped.

David must have found the strength to move as he began to advance on Regina, and Emma's body. Regina stood and gently placed Emma's head on the floor, she walked towards her son knowing she had to comfort him then take him home and do as Emma had asked her to do.

David picked Emma up and placed her body on a gurney, as Regina tried to drag Henry into her body. Henry however fought her embrace. He wanted his mother. He needed his mother. Snow moved and joined her husband who hadn't moved from Emma's side.

Henry was shouting at Regina, to let him go but she wouldn't she wouldn't release her hold on him.

"LET HIM GO." Snows angry words vibrated through Regina's body. Regina was so shocked by everything that had happened, that the angry words from Snow caused her to loose grip on her son, enough for him to escape her.

Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, Henry running towards the bed where his mother lay, Snow placing her son in David's arms in order for her to cradle the distraught boy as he reached his mother's side. The three of them stood there in a world of the own, a world of pain and sorrow. All the people who had gathered in the hospital to greet the new royal where all stood with tears flowing freely down there face. The only one who wasn't there crying was Hook who had left the hospital as soon as Regina appeared with Emma's dead body.

Hook who was now wandering around Storybrooke lost in grief. The second love of his life was dead. His first love he had loved and lost and by some miracle he had found love again. But Emma there was no one who would or could ever take Emma's place in his heart. He managed to make his way to the docks where he surrendered to his emotions. Where he screamed Emma's name and cursed the heavens for allowing her to be gone. Emma's name was the last word to leave his lips as his body crumbled into a heap as he broke down in tears.

Regina went to take a step towards the trio stood there in mourning, when red placed a restraining hand or her arm.

"Get your hand of me wolf." Regina all but growled out. "I made a promise to Emma, and I will be damned if I break it."

Red could see that Emma's death was taking a toll on the evil queen. So she moved her hand and whispered to Regina.

"If Emma wanted this then I won't stand in your way, but Regina give him a few more minutes with his mother before you take her from him. Give him a few more minutes with his grandparents and them with him. Because once you take Emma from them, you take them from each other."

Red saw raw pain flash over Regina's eyes before her eyes betrayed her and she shed more tears. This woman had cause so much pain but red had to do it she had to pull the Regina to her and offer what comfort she could.

"I..I…I didn't think of…. I didn't realize that…. I should have known that by taking Emma away from them that it would destroy the link they have to each other. I don't think Emma realized that either. She just didn't want them to be hurt by her death." Regina took a breath but didn't pull away from reds embrace. "I don't want to do it red, but I promised and Emma made sure I remembered my promise before she left. It was he last wish. How can I not do it?"

Regina pulled back slightly from reds embrace, and looked at her with pleading eyes, hoping red would have an idea of how to keep them together, and keep her promise to Emma. But red had nothing. It was a choice of allowing them to stay together as grandparents and grandson, by breaking her promise or keeping her promise and taking more from Henry than she had originally realized.

Red and Regina knew that there really wasn't two choices here. There was only one. Regina would not break her promise.

Regina finally stepped away from red to compose herself. She closed her eyes and mustered every ounce of strength she had left to help her cross the room and follow Emma's last wishes.

Snow felt reginas presence behind her and without turning or letting go of Henry, who she held in a vice like grip said in a deep deadly voice.

"I lost her once because of you, I will not lose her again. You are not taking her from me."

Regina smiled sadly, she had only promised Emma she would try and erase her from her parent's memories. With Snows determination of not letting her do that she could honestly say she tried and that wouldn't break her promise. But Henry didn't have that luxury Emma wanted his memories gone regardless.

"Ok Snow but I need Henry." Regina spoke softly, she didn't want to cause them anymore pain but she had to keep her promise.

Henry turned in his grandmother's arms and glared at his mother, as he shook his head.

"Henry Em… your mum told me told do this, she made me promise." Regina spoke as she gently placed her hands on his shoulders. When Henry would budge Regina used a little more force. When Henry realized his grandmother had let him go and Regina was successfully pulling him from his mother's side he snapped.

He pushed Regina forcefully away and demanded his grandparents move.

"You all did this, my mum is dead and it is because of all of you. She died to protect him." Henry said pointing to the infant. "She left me to protect him. Just so that you two." He said pointing to his grandparents. "Didn't go through it again. So you two could raise your baby. So you could have the baby you always wanted." Henry was on a roll as he then turned his anger on his mother. "And you, you knew she was gonna do this and said nothing. You let her die alone. You made her a promise that you are not going to keep. I will not let you take her from me. I won't let you…" Henry could say anymore his young body literally ran out of steam, as he all but threw himself on his mother's body.

He whispered to her. "I won't let you go, mum. I love you too much to lose you." He placed a kiss to his mum's cheek as his tears fell from his face and splashed on his mother's cold dead body.

A bright light appeared next to Henrys hand as it was laid over where his mother's heart should reside. When the light vanished it left in its place a knitted blanket. In fact it left Emma's knitted blanket.

Wrapped inside of it was a dull still heart. A heart wrapped in Emma's blanket could only mean one thing. It was Emma's heart.

Henry picked up the heart gently, and stared at it. "why.. why isn't it beating?" he asked the same people who he had just been shouting at.

But the three stood there as shocked as he was at emmas heart being here, beating or not.

"this easy my boy." Rumple spoke. All eyes turned to him.

"Your mother willing sacrificed her own life in order to save of the life of someone, she was jealous of, someone she resented, someone she had not really met but already hated. Your mother's heart was so pure Henry that she sacrificed herself to save him even though she felt all of this. Because this was the only way he would be able to have a life worth living. A life without looking over his shoulder wondering if that day would be the day his life was to end. That is why your love, your determination not to let her go brought her heart back." The shocked expression on both David's and Snows face was immeasurable. They hadn't known Emma had felt like that.

"Then why isn't it beating." Regina spoke.

"Because it wasn't Henrys love that nurtured her my dear, it wasn't Henry who gave her life and brought her into the world." Rumple answered, it was cryptic but everyone knew who he was talking about.

Snow reach forward to take the heart from Henry.

"Now wait dearie, magic comes with a price. Do you want to know what the price is." Rumple halted Snows movements.

"Get on with it imp." Regina spat out.

"Emma is 30 the price for restoring her life will cost dear snow. 6 months. Both she and Emma will remain in a comatose state, living Emma's memories, feeling what Emma felt as if it was the first time. 1 month for every 5 years of the young princess's life." Rumple got out

Snow looked from rumple to David, from David to Henry, from Henry to her son and from her son to Emma's heart. Could she sacrifice the first 6 months of her son's life in order to save the life of a daughter who would never truly be hers, her daughter who already hated her son? And what about her unborn grandchild?

A.N

so Snow has a dilema, what do you all think. should she, or shouldnt she? please review.