As the crowd freaked out, an actress dressed as Cinderella walked out to the front steps of the castle. "Move along, there's nothing to see here. Enjoy your day at the Magic Kingdom." Part of the crowd ran towards the exit, while the rest scattered to various parts of the park.
Having assessed that the situation was safe and under control, park security finally came out of its hiding place. They walked up the stairs to the castle's room, where they found Snow, Charming, Emma, and Regina sitting on the bed. "I have to ask you to leave the park," one of them said.
Charming just stared blankly at them, "We stopped the threat. Nobody else was hurt. Why do we have to leave?"
The security guard sighed, "I know that, sir. But your little stunt scarred multiple children for life and we can't allow you and your friends into any of our parks," Charming opened his mouth to speak, "I'm sorry, sir. It's in the rulebook."
Snow huffed and stood up, "Well, if they don't want our money, we should just go." She made her point by storming out of the room. Charming followed her.
Emma looked at Regina who was staring sadly at her mother's body on the balcony. "Come on Regina," she said softly, "Let's go." Regina reluctantly stood up and followed her out of the room.
The group made their way to the park exit and Emma texted August to have Neal and Henry meet them at the hotel. The group turned and looked one last time at the park before getting in line for the ferry. The trip was silent and nobody dared to speak.
They arrived at the hotel soon after, and found the rest of the group waiting in the lobby. Henry ran to hug Emma, Snow, and Charming and glared at Regina. Regina looked away so he wouldn't see her cry. Emma saw the exchange and turned to Henry. "Your mother's a hero," she said, "She saved us all."
Henry looked at Regina, then back at Emma. "Really?" When Emma nodded, he ran to Regina and embraced his mother. Regina didn't stop crying, but smiled as she wrapped her arms around her little prince.
"What happened?" Neal looked at the family curiously. Snow and Charming filled Neal, August, and Henry in on what had happened. In turn, August told them about their fight with Hook and how park security had taken him into custody and how the three of them got banned from the park.
"We got banned from the parks too," Snow said, "Who would have thought that you could ban Disney characters from Disney World?" Everyone besides Regina laughed at that.
"So now what?" Henry asked. As exciting as his vacation was, he didn't want it to be cut short.
Snow pulled out a pack of dinner passes to the Medieval Times Restaurant, enough for all of them. "Well tonight, we're going to celebrate our victory with a free dinner." The group cheered.
"And tomorrow we're going to take you to Universal Studios," Regina said.
Henry jumped up in excitement, "We're going to Harry Potter World?" Regina nodded. "Awesome," he paused, "Can we go swimming before dinner?"
"Sure kid," Emma said. The group went to their hotel rooms to get their bathing suits, while August waited by the side of the pool for them.
When the family reached their rooms, Regina waved her hand and cleaned up the mess in Snow and Charming's room. She went into her and Emma's room and sat down on the bed. Henry excitedly grabbed his bathing suit and changed while Emma sat next to Regina. "I'm sorry," she said, taking Regina's hand into her own.
"Why are you apologizing?" Regina replied. "I'm the one who should be apologizing. I screwed up Emma and I was blinded by fear that I couldn't see what was right in front of me."
"I know," Emma said, "but nobody should have to kill their own mother. Besides, after what you did for us, I know that you really are a hero." Regina smiled.
At that moment, Henry came out of the bathroom. "Are you coming?"
Emma shook her head, "Your mom's not feeling well. Go have fun, we'll see you at dinner." Henry nodded and ran out of the room closing it behind him. When they were alone again, Emma looked at Regina, "Did you mean what you said? That you love me?"
"Yes, Emma," said Regina, looking into Emma's eyes, "I love you."
Emma grinned, "That's good to know, because I love you too." She leaned in and kissed her, softly, yet passionately. Regina lost herself into the kiss.
They stayed like that for what felt like hours, when Regina pulled away. "Will you just lay with me for a while?"
Emma nodded, "Of course." They laid down on the bed, Emma being the big spoon and wrapping her arms around Regina.
Hours later, the group sat around a large table at the Medieval Restaurant and watched as a group of knights jousted in the center of the room. Charming and Henry were watching the fight with great interest while the group ate their dinner.
As the fight ended, the group started chatting enthusiastically among themselves. Emma turned to Henry, "Having fun, kid?" Henry nodded enthusiastically. Emma continued, "Henry, I'm sorry for lying to you about Neal."
Henry looked up at Emma, "It's okay. You were doing what you felt was best." Emma smiled and glanced over at Regina, who was smiling back at her.
On Regina's other side, Neal turned to August. "By the way, thanks so much for the tickets."
August looked extremely confused, "What tickets?"
Neal pulled an envelope out of his pocket. Inside was a ticket for Disney World and a note that had, "Have fun, you deserve it -August," written on it. "You didn't send this to me? It came exactly like your postcard."
August stared at it, "I didn't send that to you." He took the note and studied it, "That's not even my handwriting."
Regina took the note out of August's hand and examined it. "That's my mother's handwriting," she stated.
Neal looked even more confused, "Why would your mom want me at Disney World?"
"I think she wanted you and Emma to see each other again to cause problems." She purposely left out, "And to manipulate me."
Neal looked between Emma and Regina and nodded in understanding. "So, I was wondering, if I could come back with you guys," he paused, "You know, for my father's funeral."
"That's fine," said Regina. Emma's hand found hers under the table and the women interlocked their fingers.
Soon the group finished dinner, and went back to the hotel where they went to bed, relieved that the worst of their vacation was over.