Regina sat in her living room, watching Hook attempt to learn how to work a television. She wasn't quite sure what Hook was to her, but she decided that that was a conversation for another time. She laughed as he jumped when she changed the channel. This was more entertaining than she thought. She was about to change the channel again when her phone rang. Hook jumped again.

"Regina! You need to come to the school." Regina could hear the desperation in Snow's voice.

"What's wrong?"

"It's King George. He tried to take over the school and when that didn't work Sidney grabbed Henry."

"Sidney Glass?"

"Yes. George broke him out of the asylum."

Snow looked up and saw purple smoke. Once it disappeared Regina stood before her.

"Where did they take my son?"

"I don't know, but they are terrorizing the school."

Regina looked around the gym. It seemed as if most of the school was here. She pointed at a group of children.

"Move away from the wall, now!" The children ran in fear. Regina focused on her son and used that feeling of love to summon her magic. The children watched as she blew a hole in the wall. Regina turned towards the students and Snow. "Take them to my house, they will be safe there."

One of the teachers looked at Regina. "Why should we trust you?"

Regina walked up to her looking every bit like the queen. "You don't have a choice. My house is protected by magic; even Mr. Gold would have trouble breaking through my new barrier. The school is no longer safe."

Snow picked up her phone. "I'll call Ruby and Granny. They will meet you guys there." The teachers guided the children through the hole Regina made.


"What are you going to do to me?" Henry struggled against his bonds. Sidney looked down at him with disgust.

"First I'm going to kill you and make Regina watch. Then I'm going to kill her. She will pay for trapping me."

"I read the book. You made a wish and trapped yourself."

"You don't know what she did to me! She will pay." Sidney left the room and locked the door. Henry continued to fight against his bonds.


Regina and Snow ran into the town square and found George's mob attacking people. A puff of purple smoke appeared and then a bow and arrow appeared in Snow's hand and a dagger in Regina's. Regina looked at Snow. She had the same serious look that she had in her eyes all those years ago when she chased Snow near the stables. Snow knew that Regina was about to ask her to do something, and this time Snow was determined to go through with it.

"George's men have been riled up. They attacked a school. There is no way that you will be able to talk to them. I am counting on you to fight back." Then Regina handed Snow the dagger. "Help me save my son." Snow put her hand on Regina's shoulder.

"I will make sure nothing happens to him." Just as Snow started to walk towards the fighting David and Emma showed up. Emma walked right up to Regina.

"What are the children doing at your home? Did you take them?" Regina shot an evil glance at Emma.

"Ms. Swan. They are there for their own safety. My house…" Before Regina could finish they all heard screams. The group ran in the direction of the noise and found a mob attacking a group of people who were loyal to Snow and David. Regina threw a fireball at the attackers and Snow moved then into a store to hide. Once people realized that Snow and David were there they started coming out to help. The town was chaotic. Regina was throwing fire and branches were shooting out of the ground and grabbing George's men. The Charmings were fighting and the townspeople were helping.

After about an hour of fighting Regina heard a familiar voice. "Stop fighting or these two die." Regina turned and saw George holding Henry and Sidney holding Snow. They each had a knife held to their neck.

"If you touch my son I will hurt you. I will tie you up and hurt you until you beg for death. Let him go and I might give you a merciful death." Everyone could sense the anger in Regina's voice. The Evil Queen had returned with a vengeance. Sidney glared at Regina.

"You took my life from me, I have never had a moment of freedom because of you." Regina walked closer to him.

"You're pathetic. You made the wish that trapped you in my mirrors. You choose to do my bidding here because you had a pathetic puppy dog crush. Your miserable life is no one's fault but your own." George put the knife closer to Henry's neck which caused Henry to whimper.

"Mom." He choked out. "Please." Regina looked at the two men.

"Either you two let them go or I will kill you right where you stand." George laughed.

"You want to save Snow White. What an unexpected surprise. Are you going soft Regina?" Sidney and George laughed. Suddenly the two of them were lifted into the air. Chains appeared out of thin air and wrapped around their necks. The chains tighten until the men could no longer breathe. Then, Sidney threw his knife right at Henry. Regina caught it in mid air.

"You bastard. How dare you touch my son!" Regina set the knife on fire and sent it shooting right at Sidney's heart. George continued to struggle. Regina felt David's hand on her shoulder.

"Let him down Regina, he will be punished." Regina looked over and saw Henry, then she let George down, and a mob engulfed him.

Henry went running towards Regina. "Mom!" Regina hugged Henry and gave him a kiss on his forehead.

"I'm sorry Henry! I had to. I couldn't let him hurt you. I love you Henry. Never forget that." Henry looked over at Emma, and she smiled at him. He looked up at Regina. "Mom, can we go home."

"Of course Henry. Of course.


Regina sat in Henry's room and watched him sleep. All of the children had left her home and Henry had gone straight to bed. She wasn't sure what would happen next. She just decided to take it one day at a time and hope for the best. She headed into her room and went to sleep. That night she dreamt of Daniel's death and her marriage to King Leopold. She woke up covered in sweat. It seemed that her nightmares had come back to haunt her. It seemed that the happiness that she had felt the past couple of months had decided to leave her. Her demons were back.

important question. Should I keep this going? I already have a chapter written that will wrap this all up. It would take place a year after this chapter. If you guys want I can continue the story up to that point and that way you would have more to read. Let me know. :)