A/N Thanks to all who read, followed and reviewed. My internet is down at the moment. Damn satellite internet! But you wonderful people motivated me enough to stop at the library on the way home from work and post a chapter! I was sort of hurrying through the posting though so I will apologize if there are more mistakes then normal!

Hope you enjoy!

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Robin woke to the feel of Regina running her hand over his chest. It was nice waking up with her like this. Somehow in the night the two of them had wrapped around each other and were now a tangle of limbs.

"Good Morning." he said softly as he brought his hand up to stroke her hair.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Hi."

"Did you sleep well?" He questioned and she grinned.

"I did." She answered. "You?"

"Best I've slept in years." He grinned at her.

"We should probably be getting up and on the road…if we want to get to Phillip and Aurora's." she told him.

"Can I have a kiss first?" He wanted to know.

"I suppose." She smiled and shifted up to place her lips against his.

He grinned when she pulled back. "I could get used to this." He told her.

She leaned in and placed one more kiss to his mouth before settling back down against his chest. "Me too."

He smiled and ran his hand along her back. "I thought we needed to get on the road?"

She hummed and wrapped her arms tighter around him. "Just a few more minutes."

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"Robin, Regina." Aurora said walking up to them. "We weren't expecting you two today." She glanced behind Regina. "Is Mulan with you? Or the kids?"

Regina smiled. "No the kids are actually with Mulan right now."

"We just returned from Maleficent's castle." Robin told her and touched Aurora's shoulder when her eyes grew wide with a small bit of fear. "We were looking for a portal, something that could take us back to Regina and Henry's world and we believe we found something." Robin held up the picture they had found in the castle.

"It's a painting that came from Narnia. We believe that it can transport us between bodies of water into different lands." Regina explained. "We were hoping you could get a message to Emma that we need her to research how it works. Perhaps Rumple could tell us something."

"I'm due to meet Snow and David tonight. I can ask then." Aurora told her as she studied the painting. "You know my father actually did some research on Narnia, it was a land he always had interest in. There may be something in the library."

"Would you mind if I had a look?" Regina wanted to know.

"Not at all, I'll take you there."

"Can I get you a drink?" Phillip asked as Robin watched the women walk away.

He turned and smiled at him. "Sure, thanks."

"So it's true then? You and Roland are going with them to this Storybrook?" Phillip asked.

Robin nodded. "Yes, It really would be best for Roland. There are no other children here for him to be around and…well I would like to go as well." He finished.

"You're developing feelings for Regina." Phillip observed. Robin only raised a brow and Phillip laughed. "Come on, I'm not blind. You can't take your eyes off of her."

Robin smiled. "I suppose I can't, she's just so damn beautiful."

Phillip nodded. "Do you think the two of you can be happy together?"

"I think it's possible. I know I want to try and even if I didn't I would still want to go. It's what's best for my son." Robin answered him.

"I've thought about that as well." Phillip replied. "Being here in this world, it's not really the best place for children is it?"

"Yeah I guess not." Robin said realizing where this conversation was going.

"What would you think about Aurora and I coming with you? I haven't actually talked to her yet. I was kinda wanting to find out if it was even a possibility first."

Robin winced inwardly. On one hand he understood Phillip's reasoning for wanting to go, hell it was the same reason he wanted to initially, but on the other he also understood that Mulan was going to try and start over. It would be hard for her to get over Aurora if she had to see her everyday of her life. "Yeah, I can talk to Regina and see…I don't know if there's a portal limit or something."

Phillip smiled at Robin. "Thanks. I do think Aurora will be much happier there. Especially if Mulan is going too. She would be pretty miserable without her only friend."

Robin simply nodded and Mulan would be pretty miserable seeing the woman she was in love with everyday and knowing that she couldn't have her.

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"So you really think you've found a way back?" Aurora asked.

Regina smiled as she looked through the shelves and pulled out books she thought may contain the information she was looking for. "I hope so."

Aurora sighed. "And you're all going? Mulan too?"

Regina nodded. "It looks that way."

"Oh." Aurora said as she followed Regina to the table. "How is she? She really doesn't come around much anymore." She smiled. "I miss her."

Regina looked up a the woman and nodded. "She's good, she keeps pretty busy."

Aurora nodded. "It's just that when we were trying to get Phillip back from the wraith I was with her everyday. I kinda got used to having her around. She's my best friend and I wish I could see her more. Especially if she's going to this new land. I mean if she goes will I ever see her again?"

Regina opened her mouth to answer but then shook her head. "I suppose that is something you will have to ask her, but I can certainly tell her you would like to see her when I get back."

Aurora smiled. "Would you?"

Regina smiled and nodded. "Sure." She paused for a moment and studied the woman in front of her. "Aurora…Are you happy?"

Aurora looked up at Regina. "Of course I'm happy. I married my true love and we're having a baby." she shook her head. "Why wouldn't I be happy?"

Regina smiled and shook her head. "No reason. I was just curious."

Aurora creased her brow and studied Regina. "Is your world like this one?"

Regina shook her head as she looked through a book. "Not really."

"What's different about it?" Aurora wanted to know.

"Well, a lot of things." Regina sighed. "Instead of kingdoms we have countries and most of the countries are ran by an elected government instead of a monarchy…although there are still some countries that have kings." She shrugged. "Ours doesn't which I very much prefer to here. The people get to chose the person they want to run their countries, cities and towns. It's a much better system then people being born into it and being horrible at what they do."

When Aurora's brow creased at this Regina tried to think of a way to explain it better. "When I was Queen Leopold knew little about how to make his kingdom prosper. He fooled himself into believing that because he prospered the kingdom did, but nothing could have been farther from the truth. Many of the people in the kingdom were suffering, but he didn't see it. It's hard to see things like that when you are sitting in a palace and have a full belly every night."

She sighed and set one of the books aside, "But because I hated living in the palace so much I used to dress as a commoner and sneak out. When I was in the villages I saw that there were people suffering. At one point I tried to talk to Leopold about it, but he just patted me on the head like the good little trophy wife I was and told me it wasn't my job to worry over matters of the kingdom."

She heard the venom in her own voice when she talked of her husband and shook her head. "In any case, the kingdom had no say in whether or not Leopold continued to run things because he was the king. All powerful…no one questions him. In our world if someone wasn't doing a good job running things then the people would have a choice to vote them out." She looked back into Aurora's eyes. "Like I said, it's a better system…not perfect, but nothing ever is."

"After you…um…After your husband died did you do anything for these people you saw?" Aurora asked.

"I made some changes, attempted to make the kingdom more financially stable. We certainly didn't need to make marriage contracts with other kingdoms to survive as most did." when Aurora only looked at her questioningly Regina smiled. "I realize I had a reputation and much of it was well earned, but I will point out that I also had loyal followers, people who's lives were made better by my reign and people who were willing to give their lives not to see anyone in Leopold's family in charge again." She sighed "He wasn't a good king. He was a terrible leader. He loved to sit in his palace and spout off about only wanting the happiness of his people, but he didn't even care that there were people under his own roof who were miserable." She stopped and looked down. She'd shared to much. God she hated talking about this man. He infuriated her to no end even now. "There is only one thing on the planet that would make me come back to this world to live and that is if my son were to come here to stay. The world we live in is much better…not to mention we have electricity."

"Electricity?" Aurora asked.

Regina smiled. "It's a rather lovely discovery that makes life much more comfortable."

"I should maybe like to see your world someday." Aurora stated.

"Yes well, that will never happen if we can't get this portal working." she told her. She went back to reading while Aurora sat silently. After several minutes of looking through the book Regina stood up with some excitement. "This is it !I think I've found something." she left the library with Aurora on her heels and found Robin and Phillip where she left them.

"I think I've found our way." She told Robin with a smile. He looked over her shoulder as she sat beside him with the book on the table. "It says here that the painting of the Dawn Treader was said to be a portal to other worlds…specifically bodies of water in other worlds. It says the portrait would always find its way to the ship itself."

"Meaning what?" Robin said in confusion. "The portrait can only take you to the body of water the ship is in? Is the Dawn Treader in Storybrook?"

Regina shook her head. "No, the ship itself is no longer in existence, but it says here that there were pieces left. People sought after them for centuries. It specifically mentions a piece of the bow of the ship." She showed him the diagram of the boat. "See how the forward hull if the ship is shaped like a dragon? The book mentions this piece specifically."

"Wouldn't that only benefit you if the part of the ship were in Storybrook?" Phillip asked.

Regina nodded. "Yes, but I believe that it could be." She looked up to Aurora. "Rumple was obsessed for centuries with getting to the land without magic. If this piece of the ship was said to have portal properties he would have tried to find it. He would have done everything he could to get his hands on it in hopes of finding a way to his son. He most likely tried to get this painting too, but Maleficent managed to keep it hidden from him."

"So you need to find out if Rumple has the other piece?" Aurora asked.

Regina nodded. "If he does then when it is placed in a body of water it will create a portal between this painting and the ship."

"So I guess I know what I'm asking tonight." Aurora stated.

Regina nodded. "If I'm right and Rumple has it, we could be home by the end of the week."

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Robin and Regina walked back into Rumple's castle a little after midnight. Regina had talked him into a late night ride home so she could see her son. Robin had missed Roland as well so he wasn't all that hard to convince. They walked through the hallway and Robin took her hand. Regina looked up at him at the simple gesture. It was nice to have someone that simply wants to hold her hand. Just that simple contact made her heart leap.

"So here we are…back at the castle after having a completely uneventful trip." she grinned up at him. "No ogres, no thieves, no dragons coming out of the dark. I thought you said you were needed for my protection." she teased.

He gave her a wry smile. "The only reason none of those things came after you was because they knew I was with you and I would kick ass if anything attempted to hurt you." He told her.

"Mmmhmm." She grinned. "I imagine those ogres are absolutely terrified of you."

"They most certainly are." He turned her into his arms and she rested her hands on his shoulders. "Look at it this way. If I hadn't come along you would have been deprived of my winning personality and amazing good looks."

Regina lifted an eyebrow. "The good looks certainly were a bonus."

He grinned. "Nothing about my personality huh?"

She laughed. "I suppose you can be amusing when you want to be."

He leaned down and brushed her lips with his. Regina brought her hands up behind his head and pulled him into her. She parted her lips in invitation, and Robin eagerly explored her mouth with his. Kissing her was like nothing he'd experienced before.

Regina moaned softly when he deepened the kiss. Every time he kissed her she completely lost all sense of everything else. It just became him and her. Just the two of them in their own little cocoon together.

He pulled back and rested his forehead against hers as they both regained their breath. "I don't think I will ever get tired of doing that." He told her.

She smiled. "We are quite good at it aren't we?"

He gave a small laugh. "We are indeed."

He ran his hands gently along her back. "Are you ready to see the boys?"

She smiled. "Absolutely."

They entered Roland's room where they found him and Henry sharing the large king size bed. Regina immediately made her way to Henry's side and just looked at him. She leaned in and placed a kiss to his head and whispered. "I love you so much sweetheart."

Henry shifted a little and opened his eyes. "Mom!" he exclaimed rousing the little boy beside him then threw himself at Regina. "Mom I missed you so much! I was so worried that an ogre might try to get you or something." Regina sent Robin a look to which he shrugged. He'd sat down on the bed beside his son who'd climbed into his lap.

Regina stroked Henry's hair as he hugged her savoring the feel of her son in her arms. "Nope, no ogres or any other danger." She told him. "And we think we found something." Regina smiled when he pulled back to look at her. "At least on our end. Aurora got in touch with the others to see if they have what we need to create the portal on their side. She is going to come here two days from now and let us know what they find."

"So we might actually get to go home?" Henry asked.

Regina smiled at him. "I hope so."

"Mom this is great!" Regina smiled when Henry once again threw his arms around her.

"It is but for right now you two need to get back to sleep. We'll talk some more in the morning."

Henry pulled back from her. "Will you stay with us tonight?

Regina would never turn down the opportunity to hold her baby in her arms. "Of course I will." she smiled and laid down on her side beside Henry. He cuddled into her chest.

Robin grinned at the sight of them and the smile of contentment on Regina's face. It was so obvious how much she loved her little boy. He tucked Roland back under the covers. "Good night you three, sweet dreams."

"Daddy you stay too." Roland asked.

Robin looked at Regina who gave a soft smile. He climbed into bed next to his son and threw his arm around him. Just before drifting off to sleep he found Regina's hand and laced their fingers together. The last thing he saw before sleep took him was her smile.

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So I think making a trip to the library warrants some reviews huh?

Thanks again for all of your kind words about this story. You all are so inspiring to me! Seriously you're the best! My evening is free and my internet maybe down, but that doesn't mean I can't go home and write some more! I'm so excited about the trip back to Storybrook!