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It had been eight years sense Regina took Henry and Emma to fairytale land and neither one of them were happy. Sense they had gotten there Regina had become more her old self, she was slowly turning back to the woman she once was and this scared Emma. She knew there were things Regina was not telling her.

Regina had been in a bad mood for a while and when Emma asked why which she often did, Regina would become angry and the pair would get into a fight. Emma and Regina often got into fight like these, Emma was growing up and she often didn't want to listen to Regina. Small things set Regina off, like when Emma rolled her eyes. Or when Emma mentioned the old world and her real parents.

Emma often looked around the castle in places Regina had forbidden her to go, but she found the castle boring and as of late her and Henry where not allowed out of the castle. Emma didn't dare ask Regina why, she guessed her real parents had found a way to get to this land but she decided it was best not to mention that to Regina.

On this occasion when Emma was looking around the castle she found a room, she could hear a beating sound from the other side of the wall and she was curios to what was behind it. She wondered what her mother was hiding from her in this room. Sense it was locked she knew it was something Regina did not want her to find, which meant it was full of the answers that she wanted.

Emma had gotten good at unlocking things her mother had locked. All she needed was a pin and she could open everything in the castle. Emma got it open easily but when it opened all Emma wanted to do was run. Hearts millions of them where locked away. Emma stepped in the room and quickly looked around to see if anyone was following her.

There was not only hearts in here there were other things too, there where potions and spells. She read each spell and none of them where good ones. They all seemed to be about revenge, Emma wondered what her mother would need these for. Snow White and Prince charming where in the other world, Regina had no one to get revenge on, not anymore.

Emma finally decided that her real parents had to be there, why else would Regina be so angry and have all these horrible potions. Emma went over to the hearts and abruptly felt disgusted, who's hearts where these and why did her mother have them. It precipitously dawned on Emma that Regina could control every single person of whom she stole a heart from. It was like Regina was building an army.

Regina must be building this army because of Snow White, they were probably trying to find Emma so she would be back with them. Emma both wanted this and didn't, she loved Regina; she was her mother. But Emma was tired of the darkness that lurked in every corner of Regina, Emma never knew if her mother was going to be in a good mood each day and although Regina had never physically hurt Emma, she knew that Regina was hurting others.

Emma knew this because one time when she was little she snuck into the dungeon and found people, dozens of them in cells. She had not spoken to her mother for weeks and in the end Regina let them go. Emma knew that obviously she didn't actually let them go but she had decided it wasn't worth fighting with her anymore.

Emma quickly made her way out of the room and shut the door and back into her room quickly so she wouldn't get caught. If she did get caught Regina would be so mad and Emma did not want to get into trouble, not when her mother was in such a bad mood.

At dinner that day everything was going as normal, when Regina broke the silence and said to Emma "why where you sneaking around the castle today, one of my men saw you somewhere you were not supposed to be earlier.

Emma said "I wasn't mommy I swear, I was just walking around and it appeared I didn't know I wasn't supposed to be in there."

Regina smirked as if she knew something Emma didn't and said "is that why you broke in, you didn't figure sense it was locked you were not supposed to be there." Emma sat silently, she knew she was caught and nothing she said would get her out of trouble now. Regina said "How many times do I have to tell you to stay out of things that don't concern you. Do I have to lock you away before you realize how serious I am? I will not tolerate such behavior."

Emma said "I know what you are hiding, you had no right to keep such a thing from me." Henry started to acknowledge the fight now and he said "what is she hiding."

Regina said "Emma you keep your mouth shut, go to your room I will up there to speak to you about this when I and Henry are finished eating supper." Emma sat defiantly before Regina looked at her angrily and she ran up to her room.

Like Regina said she came up in a half hour, Emma didn't look at her. She was angry too, Regina shouldn't be hiding things from her and she didn't deserve to be yelled at earlier. Just because Emma had found out Regina's little secret.

Regina sat on the bed and said "You will not tell Henry what you have found out, he doesn't need to be bothered with it."

Emma said "why not, even if he is a vegetable he still deserves to know. His grandmother is here, he would want to know. At least the real Henry would."

Regina said "If you want to tell him go ahead but I will lock you away before you can get out one word. Why are you being so difficult, do you want to be in more trouble?"

Emma rolled her eyes and before she knew it Regina had her up in the air with magic and she said "what have I told you about that, Emma."

Emma said "you're just mad because I figured out what you were up too, I know your building an army and I know Snow White is here. I hope she wins, then I won't have to be locked away in this castle with you." Regina through Emma against the wall and Emma could hear her head smash against the wall. She held at the spot where it had been smashed and when she looked at her hands they were bloody.

Emma started to cry, it hurt both emotionally and physically, Regina had never hurt her before. She had said she would but she never actually had. Before Emma knew it Regina was at her side, she looked just as hurt as Emma did and she instantly healed the wound and brought Emma into her arms.

Emma moved into the comfort and cried into the dress her mother was wearing, Regina pet her head as she did this and whispered comforting words into her ear. When Emma was done crying She sat up and said "I didn't mean it mommy, I'm sorry."

Regina whipped the tears off of Emma's cheek and said "no dear it was my fault I shouldn't have lashed out on you like that."

Emma lay her head in Regina's lap then and said "you don't have to hurt Snow White, we could just hold a meeting and I will tell them I would rather be with you. Then there will not have to be any fighting."

Regina said "I don't want to bring you into this dear, its not something a little girl should be involved in. But I will think about it."

Emma said "please don't hurt Snow White, if not using me you can find another way you have to, will you promise me you won't hurt her."

Regina said "I promise, I don't want to do anything that will upset you." Regina slowly crossed her finger and then brought them around Emma's waist and held her there possessively.