Regina rolled over in her bed, still with her eyes closed but aware that she would have to get up at any time. Slowly, she began thinking of what she should do in the day; she'd have take Snow to the sheriff's station, then go to her work and well, everything else was routine. When Regina was decided to open her eyes, before she could do it, she felt a small body hugging her, and she knew it was Snow's head that was resting on her chest now.

Opening her eyes, still feeling sleepy, Regina looked down to find Snow clinging to her, probably still asleep. For some reason, and surprising herself, she didn't care that the girl was clinging to her. It was kind of... nice. But the brunette turned her gaze to the clock on her bedside table, and opened her eyes even more to see the time. She was late.

Slowly she moved Snow away from her body, but instead of waking her, she decided she could let the child sleep some more. So, Regina let Snow lie on the bed and covered her with the sheets, and then quickly got up and went to her closet to change clothes. She couldn't see the frown in Snow's face when she was still sleeping.

Snow started running through the woods, looking back constantly to see if the witch was still chasing her. She couldn't see anything, but she knew that the witch was still around. She had to find a good hiding place because if the witch found her… she'd kill her.

Snow stopped running and froze when she saw the witch appearing in front of her, with her wavy and long black hair, and her black, tight dress to her body. And of course, her wicked smile on her face. "Where do you think you're going, dear?" Snow felt how her breath was cut as she saw the witch's eyes; totally full of hate and anger. "You can't run away from me."

Snow gasped and turned to start running in the other direction, thinking that in that way she could escape from the witch. But no matter where she was, she would always be there.

"Hey!" Snow raised her eyes to see the witch a few feet from her. The witch began to walk toward her, and in a second, she raised her hand and Snow could feel as a great wind pushed her in the air. "I told you, you can't escape or hide from me." Snow stood up, watching the witch walking over to her. "No matter what you do, I'll always find you... and I'm always going to hurt you."

Snow swallowed again and took a few steps back, feeling her back being met with a tree. And the witch moved closer to her. "Who are you?"

"Don't you remember me?" The witch smiled crookedly, sarcastically. "I'm the one you gave her name to. The Evil Queen."

Snow furrowed her brow without remembering that she'd named someone by that name. But for some reason, a person came to her mind. A person who this Evil Queen certainly had hurt. "What did you do to Regina?"

The Evil Queen's smile widened and walked closer to her. "She's gone. And she's not coming back."

Regina finished putting on her coat as she began to hear Snow murmuring in her sleep. She turned to see that the girl had begun to cry, still asleep. Quickly, Regina went to the bed and sat on it, beginning to shake Snow slightly.

"Snow, dear... wake up." Regina whispered, but Snow's frown got deeper as she kept sobbing. "Snow!" She raised her voice; making Snow open her eyes abruptly. Regina could see the fear and desperation in her eyes. "It was a nightmare."

"She's so evil..." Snow whispered, throwing herself into Regina; her head resting on her chest and letting the tears stream down on her cheeks. "She deserves her name."

"What are you talking about?" Regina couldn't help asking, but simultaneously and unwittingly having a vague idea of who the girl was speaking.

"The Evil Queen." Snow said moving away from her to look into her eyes. "She was the one who killed my Daddy... she wanted to kill me. She took you from me."

Regina gasped. She had caused such pain and tears in the dream of this girl? But if Snow knew The Evil Queen, surely she'd seen her face. "You know her? You saw her face?" The panic quickly came to her, thinking she shouldn't have asked that question. Snow wouldn't have hugged her if she remembered her, but now that she'd asked that question, the little girl would remember her. And she would get away from her... and would hate her.

"Yes..." Snow whispered, feeling more scared. "She looks like you." Regina pressed her lips and swallowed hard, hoping that she didn't connect things. "You think she's here, too? That she could come and get me?"

"I don't think so. Just forget her. I'm sure you don't have to worry about her." Regina said quickly, getting up from the bed. "Go to your room and get changed, I'll make breakfast." She headed to the door as Snow jumped on the ground.

"Regina!" Regina turned to look at her, and Snow smiled slightly. "Thanks for letting me sleep here."

"Yeah..." She whispered as Snow walked by her side and to her room.

Regina sighed and went downstairs quickly, moving toward her kitchen to prepare breakfast. But she couldn't stop thinking about Snow's nightmare, and what would happen if she found out that she was the Evil Queen. She would hate her, surely. She wouldn't love her more and... wait. She stopped thinking about that, why did she give so much importance to that. There was an advantage... if Snow discovered that she was the Evil Queen, she would move away from her, and she would go with Emma and David... and that would be a good thing.

"Here I am!" Snow said walking into the kitchen and heading to the fridge. Regina watched as she put something in the refrigerator door. It was the drawing she had made for her. "I found your purse in the living room, and I saw the drawing and I thought it would be nice if it were here. Isn't it?" Snow finished sticking the drawing with a magnet in the fridge and turned around with a big smile on her face.

"I – I think so." Regina whispered in shock to remember what she was thinking seconds ago. Would it be a good thing?

Regina came into her office, leaving her coat in her rack before heading to her desk. There wasn't much to do that day because almost everyone was heading to solve their problems – of all kinds – to Emma and David, but she was still the mayor, so there were things that only she could solve.

The mayor grabbed her pen to begin to look at the papers, but her cell phone started ringing, stopping her in her actions. Regina took it and looked at the call. Emma Swan. She had talked to her five minutes ago, why she was calling her now?

After pressing a button and taking the phone at her ear, she said. "Miss Swan? I just saw you."

"You were right. Greg… he took Snow." Emma said on the other side, out of breath. Regina quickly stopped at those words.

"What? How?! I just left her with you!"

"When you left, he came through the back door and... I don't know! Before I could react he hit me on the head and he took her!"

Regina quickly felt a lump in her throat and felt her voice began to break, but she decided to clear her throat. "I'm on my way." She quickly took her purse and began heading toward the exit, when Emma answered.

"No, I didn't call you to help me, I'm going to find her with David, but I need you to go to see Henry! I called Neal, but he doesn't answer. He had to take him to school, but he's not answering!" Regina could feel Emma getting more desperate, and so she did.

"I can help in finding her, too!" She couldn't help but scream.

"Just keep Henry safe!" Emma yelled as Regina was outside already, moving toward her car.

"Of course." She hung up, getting into her car.

She gripped the steering wheel, pressing the pedal speed as much as she could to get to school and check her son was safe there. That bastard took Snow, hit Emma in her head; he could have done the same with Neal and Henry. This man was going to pay so much when she could reach him and rescue the girl. She should have done something when she saw the look he gave to Snow.

Snow. Would he be able to hurt her? Neither she could do; she was just a kid. Clearly no one could hurt a child... but that bastard kidnapped her, and who knew what he could be doing to her right now. Yelling at her? Hitting her? Threatening her? She was only five year old, for God's sake. How did he have the heart to kidnap her? Oh, but he was going to pay. That was for sure.

Regina stopped her car in front of the school and got out as fast as she could, almost running over there. Upon entering the school, everyone started to look at her strangely. The kids, the teachers, but she didn't care. She had to find her son and make sure he was okay. Quickly, Regina began to run up the stairs to go to Henry's classroom. And she reached it, and couldn't even think of knocking before entering and receiving looks from everyone.

"Henry?" She called him out, looking at each child to find her son. To her relief, a head of brown hair stood out from the others, and she found her son's eyes. She quickly walked towards him, letting out a sigh that she didn't know she was holding. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah..." Henry looked at his sides, confused and embarrassed by his mom's interruption. He returned his gaze to her, feeling the despair and fear in her eyes. "What's wrong?"

"I need get him out for a minute." She said to Henry's teacher; she had no time to remember her name. Taking Henry's arm, she took him out of the room before anyone could react.

"Mom, what's happening?"

"You sure you're okay? You haven't had any problems coming here?" Henry wrinkled his brow, totally confused.

"Nope. My dad brought me... what's happening?"

"You've met with Greg? The man who's not from here?"

"Ohm, yes. He had breakfast with me and Neal to Granny's... he seemed friendly." He furrowed his brow once more to see his mom's face changed to one of total concern. "Why?" And he could see the hesitation in her eyes; she was hesitating to tell him something. And it was something very important. "No more lies, remember?"

Regina sighed cursing herself, she should have verified that Henry was there; she shouldn't have asked him such things knowing he was safe, that way, he would suspect... and she couldn't lie to him. "He took Snow."

"W – what?" Henry yelling, his eyes going wide. "No... but..."

"Look, I'm going to find her, okay? But I need you to stay here." Regina could know that after this her son wouldn't sit idly by. "Please Henry, you must stay here. I'm going to find her, but you have to be safe, too."

"You have to find her." Henry said quickly, "But why would he kidnap her?"

"That doesn't matter now. Just go to the class, and please, don't do anything stupid."

"I won't." Regina smiled slightly as she took him to her and wrapped him in her arms. To her surprise, Henry clung to her. "Find her, please."

"I will." He turned away from her and looked into her eyes before entering in his classroom again. Regina sighed and walked away quickly.

"Uhm, Miss Smith?" His teacher raised her head to hear his voice. The little boy went to his desk and took his backpack, placing it on his back. "My mother's going to take me... something happened, and I have to go with her." He knew he could do this without getting questions, her teacher was afraid of his mother, it was easy to do.

"O – okay, but don't forget the homework for tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you Miss Smith, see you tomorrow!" And without another word, he got out of his classroom, looking around to see that his mother wasn't around. And she wasn't, so he ran down the aisle willing to search for his grandmother, too.

Regina left school as she marked numbers in her cell. Once she got into her car, she entered it as Emma's voice reached her ear.

"Is he okay?"

"He's fine, he's in his classroom." Regina answered back, starting to drive without removing her eyes from the front. "Where are you?"

"In the forest, David and I found out he could be here."

"I'll be there soon."

"Alright, call me when you're here." And she looked at David, standing at his side. "She's coming, I don't know, she wants to find her, too."

"Okay, it's better if there are more people to find her. Henry's fine?" Emma nodded as they continued walking. "I'm going to kill him when I find him."

"I'm going to enjoy putting his ass behind bars," And both of them continued walking, looking around to see any sign of the man or Snow, but no one seemed to be in sight. "I was so stupid; I should've known what he was doing. Why would he enter by the back door?"

"This is not your fault, Emma." David whispered as he continued looking around. "Now we just have to find her and keep her safe."

"Yes but..."

"LET ME GO!" They heard Snow's voice screaming. Both of them quickly grabbed their guns and started running towards where Snow could be.

They ran up by a cabin, surprisingly; David was able to recognize that cabin. He'd been there with Mary Margaret the day there was a big storm, the same day he rescued her when she was holding on to a branch to avoid falling into the void in the cliffs. But that thought quickly flew from his mind when he saw a man holding his wife – little wife – in his arms, as she tried to get out of his grip. But Snow seemed to paralyze when she saw them arrive.

"Hey, let her go!" Emma shouted as she raised her gun at him, ready to shoot when he wasn't holding her mother. "I warn you, let her go."

"Why would I do that?" Greg said with his eyes full of rage. "I won't let her go until Regina's here."

"She has nothing to do with anything, she's a child. Just let her go!" Now David cried wanting to grab this man and teach him that he shouldn't mess with his wife, if she were a child or not.

"I know she has nothing to do with anything, but she has something to do with Regina. And to be honest, she's smaller than the boy." Emma felt her blood accelerate further at her son's mention. "Henry, isn't it?"

"Don't you dare talk about him. Let. Her. Go." Emma said again, clinging at her weapon.

"I don't think so."

"Emma!" Snow squeaked with her arms outstretched towards Emma and kicking to try to get out of Greg's grip.

"Call Regina, and tell her to come here. Now." Greg said holding on to Snow. "Call her now."

Emma glanced at David, and he nodded slightly, knowing that they had no choice. Emma took out her cell phone while pointing her gun at the man, and dialed Regina's number. She put the phone to her ear and glared at Greg.

"I'm in the woods, where are you?" Regina said on the other side. Emma sighed slightly.

"In the cabin, near the cliff. Regina, you have to get here. Now."

"He's there, right? With her?"

"Yes. And he won't let her go until you're here. Come here now!" Emma screamed and then hung up and saved her phone in her pocket.

"You can't hurt her." David said with his eyes fixed on him.

"I just want to Regina come here." He said forming a small grin.

"I'm here." Regina said appearing behind the cab, walking slowly towards Emma and David. She felt a great despair get to her when she saw Snow in Greg's arms, with her face full of fear and tears.

"Regina!" Snow squeaked, her big tears streaming down her face.

"I wonder what you did to be here in seconds," Greg said with a frown, but still grabbing Snow forcefully.

"I'm here, so let her go." Regina repeated, standing next to Emma.

"No intention of doing so." Greg said with a little grin, and then started stepping back, getting closer to the cliff.

"What are you doing?!" Henry's voice reached everyone's ears as he came to his family. But he had his eyes on Greg and how he approached the cliff with his grandmother in his arms.

"Henry, what are you doing here?" Regina cried, looking at her son. He turned to look at her as a form of apology, but then he turned his gaze to Greg.

"Stay back." Emma said, knowing that this could happen. Henry could appear trying to help, but this would only cause more concern in her. "Don't come near, Henry."

"Why are you doing this?" Henry asked Greg in confusion, taking a step forward, but Regina approached him quickly and put her arm around him, keeping him close to her body. "She's innocent!"

"I know, but your mother is not." Henry frowned and looked at Regina, confused but understanding everything. She surely must have done something to this man.

"No matter what she has done to you," Emma intervened taking a few steps forward without lowering her gun as her father did. "The child has nothing to do with this. She's nothing to Regina."

"Really?" He turned his gaze from Emma to Regina, and then to Emma again. "But she seems to care a lot about her." And he took Snow harder and faked that he was going to throw her off to the cliff, causing Snow to scream of fear as all the others did the same.

"DON'T!" Regina yelled, placing Henry behind her and taking small steps towards them. "Don't you dare hurt her."

"Oh, I thought she had nothing to do with Regina," Greg said, looking at Emma, but he stepped back again, staring at Regina. "I know who you are. I know what you are… why don't you show it?"

Emma and David exchanged glances, both wondering if this man knew about Regina's magic. Or if he knew about the magic of this town. Otherwise, why would he refer to Regina as something?

Regina looked more intently at Greg, feeling her blood boil more and her heart racing, not knowing because she was angry, or afraid he would let Snow fall. She didn't know if this man knew about magic, but with his last words, she didn't doubt that he knew she was a witch. But she couldn't do anything... she couldn't use her magic while he was clinging to Snow, and she had promised to Henry. And her son was behind her. She couldn't do anything this time.

"Why don't you use your tools, Madam Mayor?" Greg said, losing his patience. He took a step backward. "You want an incentive?" He and Regina didn't move their eyes from the other, totally angry with each other.

"You have to use a child to confront me? You became a coward Owen, as your father when he let you go." She couldn't help but spit, and Emma closed her eyes for a few seconds, knowing that she had said that it wasn't good.

"He let me go because he was saving me from you." And he grinned, causing a chill in Regina. "Like I'm going to save this girl from you." And this time he let Snow go, but throwing her off the cliff, leaving everyone perplexed.

"NO!" Henry and Regina shouted, as Emma and David lowered their weapons as well but screaming her name.

Regina didn't think twice and raised her hand, squeezing her teeth in concentration. She could feel the tears in her eyes, considering the possibility that she'd been too late. Perhaps Snow had fallen, had been hit with a rock, or if she had been beaten to the ground, or if she had already reached the water, and with such an impact, it would be impossible for her to survive. But Regina was getting more concentrated, trying not to think the worst and not letting her hand drop. She could feel like she was holding something heavy, and she hoped so. And then, about five seconds later – although she thought they had been long minutes – Snow began to appear, but floating in the air. She did it on time.

"Snow!" Regina yelled, running towards the cliff. She maintained Snow in the air a little more until finally her feet touched the ground and she was found wrapped in Regina's arms, starting to sob again because of the shock. The woman sat on the ground and hugged the girl, remembering that she had many pairs of eyes looking at her with shock, perhaps because she had saved Snow, or because Snow was alive, or because she was holding the child. But she didn't care, she had the child in her arms, she was sobbing, but at least she was safe. "It's okay, I'm here." She murmured caressing Snow's long hair, feeling the child's tears on her chest.

Hi y'all! Thank you very much for your reviews, I love to read one by one, always! Well, here I leave this chapter that I think is a little long, but I wanted to do those things now.

I'm going to say that in the next, well... you will see something of the Evil Queen. And I think you can now why. ;)

Again, sorry for grammatical errors!

And I'd love to see what you all think about this! I'm very intrigued to know what you think about Regina's reaction. :) Please, R&R? I love reading them, all of them! :)

Thank so much for reading!