Emma grinned. "You're wearing the crown." Regina nodded, the seemingly floating crown bobbing up and down.
"Of course. Why wouldn't I?" Emma, shrugged, still grinning.
"I don't know, it's been two weeks since I gave it to you is all. I don't think any of the other craft things that got made that week have lasted this long." Regina smiled.
"I am better at taking care of something than a five year old dear."
"Apparently." Emma agreed.
"Now then, there's something I wanted to show you." Regina told her. Emma raised an eyebrow. She could hear Regina's smile.
"Uh, ok...how are you going to show me?" Regina punched her lightly on the shoulder, just enough to hurt a bit.
"Just stay there." She growled. Emma watched, somewhat confused, as the crown made its way around the corner. Two seconds later, she let out a startled yelp as the crown slowly pushed its way through the wall.
"You can walk through walls now?"
"I always could. I've simply had to relearn how to do so." Regina explained once she was completely through the wall.
"Ok, that's pretty cool." Emma admitted. Regina smirked. She had another ability, but she was going to wait and surprise Emma with it.
Six hours later
Regina quickly stashed her crown in its hiding place in the rafters, then went intangible and let herself fall back down. There were downsides to this new ability of course. She had to constantly concentrate so she didn't fall through the floors, and when she became solid again her whole body was full of the same weird feeling that came when one's foot fell asleep. But the main benefit far outweighed the cost. "Night Regina." Emma called as she locked the doors.
"Good night Emma." Regina replied, trying to keep the amusement out of her voice. Fortunately she must have succeeded, because Emma didn't question her. She counted to ten, then pressed herself against the doors. Once she'd begun working on walking through the walls of the 'castle' something had occurred to her. The barrier trapping her here felt as solid as any wall. Now that she knew how to concentrate on going through walls, why shouldn't it work on this barrier? It had taken longer than any wall had, but the thought of being able to spend time with Emma outside of Emma's work had given her the strength to go through. She'd spent about a minute just pacing the front 'porch' of the 'castle', then gone back inside. For some reason exploring Lagoon without Emma just seemed wrong. Moreover, it wasn't as though she'd know what anything was without Emma's help. But now...Regina's lips turned up in a smirk as she quietly followed Emma. They made their way to a large gravel field full of large metal objects that Regina assumed were the cars Emma had spoken of. Emma unlocked a small green car that said Honda on the back, and Regina slipped through the walls of the vehicle, silently sitting down on the seat next to Emma's. She waited until they had left the gravel field and were away from any other vehicles before speaking.
"So, where are we going?"
"Ahhhh!" Emma screamed, yanking on the steering wheel and swerving the car. The older woman started laughing. "Holy crap! Regina?"
"Do you know anyone else who is invisible?" Regina asked dryly.
"Don't be snarky with me woman!" Emma snapped, stomping on the brakes. "You gave me a heart attack!"
"That was the intended effect."
"When did you start being able to leave Dracula's Castle?" Emma demanded.
"Last night."
"And you didn't tell me before now because?"
"I wanted to surprise you." Regina said, still chuckling at Emma's reaction.
"Stop laughing! That wasn't funny!"
"Yes it was." Emma glared at the seemingly empty passenger seat, then shook her head.
"Okay, yeah, it was kind of funny." She admitted, giving a sigh and a small smile.