A/N: Very short update. But at least I am trying. I hope you enjoy, I am not clear where I am going with this story anymore. The excitement has faded a little. WHich means that you guys are probably too through with this. But I would appreciate knowing what you would like to see Maybe it will spark something. anyway, Til next time Much Love~ S.K.

Great Escape

Emma

I drove Regina home and turned to her. "So are we going to pack the things you can't live without?" I said to her. "Then when I come back tonight around you can just sneak out."

"Emma," she says running her fingers through her hair. "I don't have to sneak out. She is going to find me; she has magic. If I tell her I am leaving, then she won't be as angry with you and your family. I need to protect you now. Understand?"

I look down at my flat belly, and she reaches out a hand to caress it. "Yeah, I guess," I say softly.

"I just have to find the book of spells that holds the one about protection spells. The only one I know to erect, Mother will be able to break because she is my blood," she says and looks out to the mansion as it sits imposing at the end of the drive. It might as well been a castle of ice. I don't know how someone so cheerful as Zelena can live in that place. The mansion doesn't suit her at all. But Cora the evil queen of hearts fit right in. "I bet she taught it to me so that I could never protect myself from her…" Regina muttered more to herself than to me.

"So when should I come get you?" I ask.

"Don't come get me. I have other ways," Regina answers stepping out of the car.

"I love you, Regina." I remind her as she approaches the front door. She glances at me, a smile playing on her lips as she pushes the entry into her home.

I sat in the driveway for a few minutes not sure if I should leave. But I had to get Mom ready for the news of my baby, and the fact that Regina is coming to live with us. So I started the car up and headed home.

The moment I stepped into the loft I gagged at the smell of bacon that greeted me. What the hell? I loved bacon. But my guts roiled with the scent, and that smell gets on everything. This baby does not like the bacon. Definitely Regina's baby.

"Mom!" I say, and mom pops her head out from behind the kitchen post.

"Hi, Emma!" She says cheerfully. "Dad said you were having a tough day, so I am making you your favorite."

"Where is Dad?" I ask because I need to tell her to put the pig in the trash, and I need backup.

"I'm right here." He said coming out of the bathroom.

"Oh thank god," I say and run for the bathroom as I had taken a bit too deep a breath and I was about to lose my school lunch.

"Emma Honey, Mom says coming into the bathroom and holding back my hair. "Oh gosh are you sick."

I shake my head as I spit the last bit of puke out of my mouth. "You smell, like bacon." I say and am overtaken by another wave of nausea."

"What?" Mom asks confused.

"Snow, you finish dinner I'll take care of our girl." Dad finally says pulling mom away then turning back to hold my hair. "I am totally gonna miss bacon," He mumbles once he neals besides me.

I laugh a little. "Me too," I say softly then stand up and wash my face and mouth.

When we step out into the bacony atmosphere, I hope to God; I don't have to run back to the bathroom. "I think Emma would rather have something else to eat," Dad says.

"Oh?" Mom says eyeing me curiously. Then she gasped. "Wait… but you have a girlfriend!"

"What?" I ask confused.

"You're pregnant! Did you cheat on Regina."

"How did you come up with that?" I ask confused

"I've been Pregnant...with you. I know what it looks like." mom said.

"It's Regina's," I say watching her face anxiously.

"That's impossible," Mom says.

"She has a magic… Um.. you know… and it just happened." I tried to explain

"Apparently our daughter has magic and has formed a magical bond with Regina resulting in that baby." Dad steps in.

"You have magic?" She said her eyes more alarmed now than ever. "Cora is going to destroy her. How do we protect her?"

"Mom."

"Regina is of no consequence to her Cora used to treat that girl like a gilded doll she might as well have locked her in a tower. So you're telling me now if Regina suffers, my daughter suffers too?" Mom was pacing the floor now.

"Regina is coming to stay with us here," I say, and she stops to glare at me.

"I will not have that spoiled brat looking down on me in my own house."

"Mom She won't I promise she is just scared for the baby and me. She will behave I promise." I assure her.

Mom finally just stops and drops on to the couch. Then she picks up her phone and dials a number. "Blue," she says once the other end picks up. "I need you to erect a protection spell on my apartment." then she glances at me. "And train Emma's latent magic which seems to have revealed itself."

Regina

I walk into the house tentatively. I wanted to move into mothers library without her knowing. I needed to find a spell book that had the spells of protection for my family's sake. My family. I was 17 years old I shouldn't' be having a family with my 16-year-old girlfriend. But here we were. I should be afraid out of my wits. But I was thrilled that she did not get rid of our child.

The Savior has Magic, but she doesn't know the power she holds. This situation isn't just about some curse for my mother. Mother craves control as if the world were a chess board and she the sole player. The Dark one set a trap on her chess board that she didn't see, and we were all thrust into This life that we have been locked in for 16 years. Had I been allowed to live my life I would be 32 years old today. 33 in a few months. I almost feel like a pedophile. Except, All I know is that I am a child. I have been a child all this time; I am so happy for the day that she stumbled back across the magic line at the edge of town and found the parents she had been searching for, for so long.

I stood there in front of the bookshelf in Mother's study trying to figure out which book led to the latch on the door behind it. "It's sense and sensibility." I heard from behind me, and I jumped slightly in surprise.

"Daddy! I… I…"

"Why do you want to go down to the crypt Regina?" He asked cautiously.

"Emma… We are having a baby." I said and before he could say something to derail me I rushed on. "And I need to find the book that teaches protection spells So that I can protect my family."

He nodded and sighed. "Will you be leaving then?"

"Emma wants to stay with her family… and I don't blame her daddy." I say coming closer to him. "She just found them, so I need to make sure we are well protected."

"I will do everything in my power to protect you, Regina." Daddy said. "Now go on. I will keep her distracted if she gets here."

I smile and throw my arms around him. "Thank you, Daddy."

"Be careful my girl." He says as he let me go and I run toward the bookcase and find Sense and sensibility and pull it to unlock the hidden door.

I run into the dark hallway and hear the door close behind me. I forge on to get to my mother's room of magic. The magical items glowed with renewed magic since Gold brought Magic to this world. Mother has been having trouble with her magic, but Zee and I were getting more powerful every day. It makes me wonder if Mother is just pretending to be a squib. Or if she is missing a component.

I began to search in her stacks of magic books for the protection spell. It would have been fantastic if things were labeled, but they were not. Then there was a noise at the outer crypt door. Oh no. She didn't come from home. Daddy would not be able to stop her. I grabbed four books. Closed the lid of the trunk I found them in and disappeared in a cloud of purple that I hope dissipated before She could see.

I reappeared at the foot of my bed, and I threw the books on it. I took out a suitcase from deep inside my closet. I began to toss a bunch of clothes from hangers into the bag along with the books as fast as I could. Closed up the suitcase and with it in hand, I did another vanishing act and landed at the front of Emma's building. I pulled the bag and went inside. As I approached the apartment door, I saw a glow emanating from it, and I could sense a lot of magic. Not only Fairy magic but my magic… and Emma's magic. I knocked at the door, and Emma opened it immediately as if she had been standing behind it the whole time.

Emma threw her arms around me and kissed me. Nothing too intimate, just a simple peck on the lips, and it spoke volumes of her relief at seeing me there. "Hi," she murmured.

"Hi," I said back and smiled softly at her.

"You look beautiful." She said to me and all of a sudden I was aware that Mary Margaret was looking at me.

"You always say that," I say shyly and stroke her cheek.

"I always mean it." She said then looked at my bag. "Hey, did you only bring one Big bab? Need any help?"

"Please? I did bring a bunch of my mother's books. But I see you have a light magic protection spell enveloping us." I say.

"Yeah, Blue taught me how. She is going to teach me how to control my magic." She said looking for my reaction.

"Oh…" was all I could say. Despite my distaste for the meddling Fairy, she was Emma's Godmother and was there to help me protect my family. "Well… I suppose that's an intelligent move. Mother wouldn't care if she hurt me as long as she could get to you."

"She's got to love you at least a little bit," Emma said softly.

"My mother's heart has been hidden away from everyone. She loves not." I said.

"Why do you sound so old-timey," Emma said with a chuckle.

I grimace, because, yes I sound like an old woman. But I was serious. I didn't want Emma to make light of what I was saying. "She doesn't love anyone then." I corrected.

"And she keeps you all around because?"

"She feels she can use us in her endeavors. Especially me."

"Regina…" It was Snow's voice interrupting our conversation. I had forgotten that Emma's parents were there hanging on every traitorous word that came out of my mouth. "If all it takes for your mother to begin to feel is to give her back her heart. Why don't you give it back to her?"

It was true… If I could find mother's heart... "It won't break the curse, but it will change her... " I said with renewed energy. Help me get this to our room; I have some research to do.