Eva looked around the room, to find something to occupy her time, perhaps a book of some sort, but there was nothing.

Emma excited the bathroom, she was dressed in some blue shorts that cut of at the knee and red T-shirt. She had her hair pulled into a bun on top of her head.

"See sweetie, now don't you feel better"?

"No" Emma lied.

"How about we brush your hair"?

"No way. I don't like to brush my hair".

"Come one Emma, your mom used to be the same way, when she was about your age, but she grew out of it quickly. She is 12 now, well was 12, and she likes it now".

"Really? Well when we find her, you can brush her hair".

Eva stiffened at that remark. It hurt her but she knew her granddaughter meant no harm. "You are very sassy. You remind me of myself when I was younger".

"Really? You? You seem so goody too shoes now".

Eva laughed. "Well thanks darling". Emma couldn't help but smile back.

Eva ordered Emma to take a nap shortly after breakfast. Who takes a nap after breakfast Emma thought to herself. Well apparently her grandmother did, because now she was asleep and Emma wanted to go outside, and get started on this curse breaking thing.

She snuck out of the room while her grandmother was asleep, and made her way out of the bed part of the bed and breakfast without being noticed. She made her way into the diner.

Emma stood in the door way and looked around. She decided to go and sit at the bar for a while.

"Hi cutie, my name is Ruby. You must be Emma, Granny told me we had a couple of visitors in story Brooke".

"Yeah, I'm Emma". Emma smiled she liked the tall lady already, she was pretty nice she thought.

"So what grade are you in"?

"I'm in the fifth grade. But I hate school. It's boring".

"Well, I think you will like it here. We have the best fifth grade teacher here. Her name is Mary Margaret".

Emma nodded and was about to respond before a lady walked into the diner like she owned the place. All the chatter ceased and all eyes were on her. Hey eyes scanned the room daring anyone to look at her funny. She saw Emma and walked over to her.

"Hello, my name is Regina Mills". She held her hand out to Emma to shake it. "I am the mayor here", she said proudly.

"Really that's cool". Emma shook her hand. "Your pretty too, I always thought that mayors were old fat men with big ass beer bellies".

Ruby chuckled under her breathe, Regina glanced sideways at the little intruder. Clearly she had no idea who she was. "I'm Emma".

"Well hello Emma. I trust that you will stay out of trouble while you are here".

"I'm 10. What kind of trouble could I cause?" At that moment everyone in the Diner Jumped from a loud sound coming from outside. It sounded like a bell. Everyone started to mummer.

"Wow that Clock hasn't worked in since, since I could remember", Ruby said to Emma.

"Really? It just starting working today? Oh, that's because the whole town is frozen in time".

"And what do you mean by that?" Regina said defensively.

"Well, August said that"- Emma was interrupted by her grandmother calling her name.

"Emma, do you know how worried I was when I woke up to find you gone. You was supposed to be napping".

"I'm 10, I don't nap anymore", Emma whined as she tried to push her grandmother away who was now smothering her in a hug that was way too tight.

"Hello, my name is Regina Mills. I am the Mayor here. Is this your child"?

"Yes, it is". Eva answered.

"Well, make sure you keep a close eye on her, you wouldn't want anything bad to happen to her".

"Is that a threat"? Eva said defensively. She let go of Emma and was now in front of her nose to nose.

"Wait". Emma said seeing where this was going. "Grandma, No, Regina is my friend".

Both adults were shocked by that outburst. Eva shocked that Emma called her grandma, Regina shocked that this child called her by her first name, and that she referred to her as a friend.

Regina was about to respond before she received a message on her phone. She read it before she said, "If you will excuse me, I have to get to my office. But we will continue our conversation later, Emma". Once Regina walked out of the Diner Eva turned to Emma.

"I don't want you talking to her anymore Emma".

"But Grandma, Why. She is nice. I like her, she's like me".

"Emma, I don't know what you saw, but that woman is not nice", Ruby insisted.

"What do you mean she's like you Emma"?

"She's alone, just like me. I saw the look in her eyes when I said that she was my friend. She was happy. For like half a second but she was happy".

Eva Sighed. "Emma, you're never going to be alone. I told you, you have me. And you will always have me. And when we save your Mom, you will have her as well. Okay"?

Emma smiled, she knew she was telling the truth, and it made her happy. "Okay". Emma hugged her grandma.

"But we are still going to talk about you sneaking out of the room", they both laughed.


Author's notes: Warning just rambling...

So there you have it. Regina is now a character in my story! YAY ! In my story Regina does not recognize Eva. She didn't know Snow White when she first met her, so I'm sure she didn't know Eva considering she was already dead. Even if there was a painting, I'm sure she wouldn't recognize the woman in the painting over 20 years later considering Snow is an adult now, with a 10 year old...