Emma went back to Hook, who had it rough for a while there and would not let it go easy, so there were a few arguments, and Emma was realising just how much she was missing Regina.

Meanwhile, Regina went back to her big, empty house and was all alone, and again, she cried. In part over losing Henry, and in part over being alone. After two days, Emma and Regina had started to hang out during the day, and then Emma went home to Hook at night. Emma and Regina felt so comfortable around each other that they could not help it, they just needed to be around each other. On day three, Snow hung out with them for a few hours, but she started to feel uncomfortable because of how Regina and Emma were looking at each other. Snow pulled Emma to one side and asked a bit forcefully, "What are you doing? I thought you were only into Hook?"

Emma responded, "What do you mean? Regina and I are just friends. Yes we are closer then any two friends in history. Closer than family, closer than if we were a couple but we are still, just friends."

Snow tore into Emma with a rant, "That is not the way you are looking at her. You are looking at her like you are about to tear her clothes off and have at her right here with god and everybody watching. You're eyeing her like a starving man would eye a steak on a full plate of food. You need to stop it right this instant. For god's sake Emma, control yourself. What do you intend to do, leave Hook for her? I can't believe you. What did that witchy woman do to you?"

Emma angrily replied, "Stacy did not do anything except help Regina and I get closer. It was all to save Henry, and now that the potion is complete, on the full moon we will have Henry back. And though Regina and I will always be close. Now with Henry back, we will be able to pretty much go back to the way things were. Besides, Regina is lonely, and I miss her a lot too. She needs me until Henry is back, and I need her until the effects of what we went through together dissipate a little. We are doing nothing wrong. We are not even sleeping together anymore."

While trying to control her voice so Regina couldn't hear, Snow snapped angrily at Emma, "What?! Emma you didn't?

Emma, a bit startled, exclaimed, "What?! Ew, no. The closest we ever got to that was when I placed my hand on her butt while we were asleep. No, I mean we shared the same bed, as in sleep."

Snow was relieved, and spoke more quietly now, "Good. But Emma, you keep making googly eyes at each other. You look like a couple of horny teens."

Emma followed up with, "Stacy assured me that it will dissipate with time, but until we have Henry back, we still need each other.

Snow let it drop, and they went back to Regina. ½ an hour later, Snow left. Emma and Regina's feelings did start to dissipate, so they went to Stacy to ask if that would be a problem.

Stacy used her magic computer and assured them, "No, the feelings were heightened unnaturally by you trying to love each other for all the wrong reasons, and the time you spent together and the magic that put you in each other's heads, so yes, your love is true love but it is just a spark. That will be plenty. You have 8 more days. Just enjoy your lives to the best of your ability and trust your hearts that it will all work out."

Emma and Hook were not arguing as much now, her feelings for him were growing again, things between them were heating up again, but you could still see the longing in their eyes whenever Emma or Regina looked at each other. And you could see them smile whenever they heard the other's name. Hook could tell her heart was divided but could not figure out what to do. So he went to Stacy and asked her how to fix Emma.

Stacy retorted, "There is nothing to fix. You will get the old Emma back in time, but it will be a few months after Henry is back before it will happen, so just chill out and trust that your love for her is real enough to get through this. Just wait 7 more days and you will start to get the old Emma back.

Hook was unhappy, but left it at that, knowing how much they all wanted Henry back. The less they fought, the more amoris Emma and Hook got, but Emma still spent all day, every day with Regina, and Hook let her, thinking the worst was behind him. Even Emma and Regina were convinced the worst was behind them, that it would all be back to normal soon. They even started spending more time together as a family, Snow, Hook, David, Emma, and Regina.

Then, while Emma was with Hook, and Regina was wallowing in loneliness, getting drunk at Granny's, Stacy came in, and sat beside her. They traded stories, bought a bottle, and kept drinking on foot after closing. Regina was starting to understand how Stacy felt, and gently offered, "For what it is worth, you will always have a friend in me."

Stacy was grateful, and replied with, "Thank you. And you are the only one."

Regina came back with, "Not in this town, here you will find all sorts and you will find lots of friends, especially if you can bring Henry back. You will have people bowing before you as a goddess."

Stacy blushed, "Not a goddess, just a genius. Don't forget to stay sober before the big unveiling. The potion will be ready day after tomorrow just after midnight."

Then Stacy staggered back to the inn, and Regina walked home.

When it was time, the whole town came to watch, and Stacy could really feel the pressure. Then came midnight, and Stacy told them to wait another 5 minutes, just to make sure. They did, then Stacy used a big stone bowl, filled with water, added a drop of true love then a large bottle of Essence of Life, took a drop, and revived Henry's flesh. Stacy had Regina summon Henry's soul, and put it into the binding potion. Emma poured the binding potion into the bowl, and Regina poured the mix over Henry's body, and in his mouth, while Emma held his mouth each kissed Henry's forehead at the same time, for the added boost from true love's kiss. Henry glowed so bright they all had to look away.

When they could look back, Henry breathed deeply, opened his eyes, exclaimed, "Mom!" and died again. The whole time, Stacy was on her magic computer, she explained, "It is just as I feared, Henry's death was an act of fate to bring me here, but never fear, I have a plan B."

The crowd started to thin and Regina was exasperated, "Oh great, more kumbaya with Emma"

Stacy explained plainly, "No, you already have true love. So plan B, is a goddess so powerful that she can breath life into the dirt, and bring forth any form of life she can imagine. She can breath life on a dinosaur fossil, and revive the dinosaur. And her power would come from within not from the universe outside her so her powers would be just as powerful outside the town line."

Emma spoke up, "I guess that is me then. What do I do?"

Stacy continued, "No, thank you, but no. Only a child born of an immaculate conception can wield such power. And as you can't find a virgin in this world over the age of 14, I had to figure out another way, and it turns out that it will also work if the woman who has never given birth, is by natural or magical means, sterile. It uses the breath of life, which I'll explain in a moment, and as only a woman can wield the breath of life, and the women must have true love, that means that it will have to be you two."

Regina impatiently hissed, "We can't wait 9 months for the baby to be born, and another 14 to 18 years for the child to grow up!"

Stacy reassured her, "That's the beauty of this. Where it is a magical pregnancy, you should be able to wield the power of the child at about the 3rd week of pregnancy. And no, you won't need to do anything hinky or kinky. See, the breath of life is a power made from The Essence of Life that is basically a magical defibrillator paddle. The magic is limited, so if the person is dead to long, or if the body is to badly damaged, then they can't be revived. Only a female can wield that power. The power can only be passed as a power mother to daughter, though the power can be used on anyone, male or female. If you think of the power as an unlimited supply of batteries and the energy to charge them, then a person with the power could pass a single breath as a battery to any female blood relative, and they would be able to use it, or in your case after you get Regina pregnant, you will have created a daughter, so you will lose the power, but as you will still be wired for the power, the female family member you give the power to, can give it back. And you would again have an unlimited supply of breaths of life, so you could get her pregnant again. However, there is a small catch."

Regina cut her off, "Here it comes. I knew it. What do you want us to do now?"

Stacy continued, "As I was saying, the catch is that you need to use blood magic too, or it will fail. Regina will be pregnant with a clone of herself with no magic, and you, Emma, will still have the power and still be able to get her pregnant again but it will never be able to be the goddess you need. So you gotta get it right the first time. This means you need to take blood from both of you, put the others blood on your lips, kiss each other through a piece of paper, then burn the paper over the blood mix and stir it together. Then you use the same technique to pass the power to family, only with a different placement of the hands, and with the blood mix on Emma's hands and mouth. See, you would place a hand on her face and one under her neck until you start breathing life into her, like CPR, then you back away a bit, turn to look her in the eyes and move the hand from her neck to her face. But for this, you will place a hand on her belly and one under her neck, and you will move the other hand to her belly, but you need to decide if you want your daughter to have all your knowledge. Not your memories that created the knowledge, just the knowledge. It won't come to her right away or all at once, but it will all be there up to the moment of her conception. And if you do, her daughters, and their daughters and so on will be born with the power of the breath of life, and the knowledge of all the mothers before her, back to you. I'll give you some time to decide if a daughter, who is the most powerful force for good ever, is worth getting Henry back. Oh, and a child born of an immaculate conception, will be extremely resistant to the temptations of evil. You decide." Then Stacy walked out.