Once Ivy and Sophia had left, it was Zelena's turn to be the centre of attention tell her story about what had happened after she left Wonderland and a tale it really was.

Her first stop had been Storybrooke to find Mal and talk to her, but the dragon was nowhere to be seen. However, as she arrived, nothing was as it had been. She was able to find out that only two years had passed since she had left with her family. With Regina and now Maleficent gone, Snow had taken over as Mayor and boy was the town suffering.

A number of the shops on the high street were boarded up or had closed signs up, clearly the budget for them had been drained. The only things that still seemed to intact were the school, fortunately, the police station and the town hall. Everything else had been left to struggle. There were whispers of a protest against the former princess brewing.

During the two years she stayed there, she saw that whatever was going on behind closed doors with the Prince and Princess of the town were not tales of True Love. Charming and Snow never seemed to stop arguing. David just wanted what was best for the town and the people, but Snow wasn't having any of it. Naturally, the dwarves were on her side and did whatever they were instructed, which meant destroying all of the fairy dust they had collected when Charming had wanted to use it to try and contact their daughter because Snow didn't trust it.

As Emma heard that, she was touched that her father was trying. She felt bad about leaving him and now felt worse that she'd left his with this new deranged Snow. However, Zelena's story worsened when she mentioned that Hook and Snow were spending a hell of a lot of time together, but she didn't want to know what was going on there.

When Emma asked about her brother, the witch's eyes darkened. "He's too much like Hook," she glowered, and Emma didn't need to hear any more. With Zelena's tone, it was clear that something had happened between Neal and Robyn, but she didn't want to upset her sister and make her relive what had happened. She would find out eventually.

After whatever had happened between Robyn and Neal, Zelena had had enough and she decided to leave, choosing to go the Enchanted Forest instead of back to Wonderland, hoping that perhaps Mal would be there. Again, there was no whisper of her. It was as if she and Lily had disappeared off the face of the earth.

However, shortly after arriving, Zelena found a group of very familiar faces. It was the Merry Men along with a newly turned thirteen-year-old Roland. As soon as Robyn met her older brother, the two got on like a house on fire. Both were avid archers and Little John was doing his best to teach them both Robin's skill. When he recognised Robin's magic bow that Robyn used on occasion, he asked if he could keep it but she refused, saying the bow came to her, not him. Little John accepted that and never asked again.

Over the next few years, Zelena realised that her daughter was aging as normal, but she didn't seem to be aging herself. Even when Robyn turned seventeen, Zelena looked like she did when she'd just given birth to her. She was complaining in the slightest, she just found it a little odd.

Even though Robyn was aging perfectly, Zelena felt it was still a little quick, especially when she started staying out a little later at night. At first, she had feared for her daughter's safety as she had heard whispers of a powerful sorceress that had been trapped by two women who didn't know who they were messing with. She was sick with worry when Robyn didn't return when she was supposed to one night, convinced that she had been captured. However, when Robyn finally turned up, she was bright red with embarrassment at being caught and she had a very dark purple mark on her neck. It took a long round of tickles and mild threats until Robyn revealed that she had a girlfriend.

Emma cackled at hearing that, loving the fact that Robyn had been sneaking out to see girl and the fact that it seemed that yet another member of the Mills' family had a preference for the fairer sex. It just baffled Emma that Robyn's girlfriend was none other than the Alice she had saved from the Jabberwocky all those years ago.

Shortly after Robyn turned eighteen was when Regina came knocking and Zelena knew she had to help her sister and her family. With a heavy heart, she left her farm behind and Robyn had to leave her brother, but they promised they'd find each other in the future eventually. The young archer was just happy that Alice would be going with them. She hadn't needed much persuasion.

Zelena had missed the first battle with staying back with Drizella due to realising she was pregnant, but the second battle was when things started to heat up. It turned out that Tremaine's husband, Cinderella's father, Marcus, was an old friend of the Wicked Witch from many years ago. The two had met before Marcus had met Cinderella's mother, let alone Lady Tremaine.

Because of their past, Tremaine was very wary of the witch, convinced there was more to their friendship than met the eye. When Marcus tried to recruit Zelena to join them, that was the last straw for Tremaine and she fought Zelena, using Gothel to wield her magic against the witch.

"She didn't win," Zelena said quickly as she saw both Emma and Cora's despair at the fight. "She bruised my magic for a little while but I'm fine."

Due to the damage, Zelena was unable to help Henry with his poisoned heart. However, the history with Zelena and Marcus was clearly the reason why Victoria had wanted Kelly banished from Hyperion Heights when the curse was cast. It seemed that was part of the reason Victoria had banished the redhead, accusing her of sleeping with her dead husband and wanted her out of the town.

It turned out that Kelly had found a life in San Francisco. She worked in a gym and was a little bit of a hippie. She had even started dating someone called Maddie, but it wasn't serious. Once she'd regained her memory and made up with Roni, she had called her girlfriend and ended things, saying she had to say in Seattle for an unknown amount of time and it wasn't fair on the blonde. However, as she thought about her now ex, she realised how similar she had been to Maleficent. Blonde hair and blue eyes, very feisty and a wicked sense of humour. It made her miss the dragon more.

Emma could see that her sister was getting a little upset thinking about her past lover, so she quickly asked about Robyn.

Zelena sighed. "I have no idea what to do about it," she murmured. "I want her to be here but that's because I'm being selfish. I miss Robyn so much, but Margot and Kelly didn't get on very well. Because I still look young, the curse made it so I had a very early pregnancy which made us clash a lot. She's still too angry with everything that happened with Roni to want to come back."

"She needs to come back eventually," Cora said. "Besides, I miss my granddaughter."

"I miss Robbie," Lennie said sadly, joining in the conversation after being silent for so long. Part way though, she had stood from sitting beside her mother to sitting on Zelena's lap. Despite everything she had said about wanting to wake Regina up first, she was secretly glad to have her auntie back.

"She missed you too," Zelena replied. "She was always talking about what you would do if you were there." She sighed. "I'll give us a little more time before I call her and say that I'm back in Hyperion Heights. That alone will confuse her and she'll most likely come back. She'll think her mother has lost her mind. Although, talking about Robyn, have you seen Alice while you've been here?"

Emma shook her head. "I haven't."

"I have," Rumple murmured. "But she keeps to herself and out of Victoria's way. She can remember parts of our other lives, but Victoria has her on very strong medication which prevents her from remembering. I'm not sure what happened there. I think it's because she has very powerful magic and it's as if she was trying to undo the curse while it was happening to protect Robyn, but it failed and has given her a split personality while she's here. I check in with her every now and then when I can."

Zelena nodded. "She did everything for Robbie."

Before long, Cora made her leave and went to start making dinner, Rumple offered to help which Zelena found rather odd. Emma simply shook her head, mouthing that the redhead shouldn't ask.

"So how did you make up with Roni?" Emma asked to change the subject. She'd wanted to know that from the moment Zelena had arrived, but the time hadn't been appropriate.

Zelena chuckled. "I said she was right," she replied. "How else do you make up with Regina?"

"I guess," Emma murmured. "So you're okay?"

The witch nodded. "We will be, but Kelly was so hurt that Roni had persuaded Margot to leave. She thought she was being deserted by her family again." Emma shivered in her seat, knowing the feeling of that completely. "Sorry," Zelena said quickly. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's fine," Emma said. "I'm glad you've made up though. It'll make things easier."

Before long, Cora announced that dinner was ready and the family sat down to eat. On the menu that evening was a chicken stir fry with a peanut sauce that Cora had whipped up in less than twenty minutes after having Rumple prep half of the vegetables to speed things up.

While they ate, the family chatted aimlessly, Lennie happily keeping the conversation going. She had mostly been filling Zelena in about what had happened over the past couple of years since she and Robyn had left and Zelena was loving it. She truly had missed her niece while being away, she had missed her entire family. However, she knew leaving had been for the best.

After dinner, Emma had decided to introduce both Rumple and Lennie to the Harry Potter films, after already making Zelena and Cora watch the films back in Storybrooke. As Lennie had now finished reading the first book, Emma had thought it would be a good idea to let her watch the film. It was also pretty interesting watching Rumple see how someone else had depicted the use of magic.

He had scoffed at the spells used. "What the hell does 'wingardium leviosa' mean? That is not how you levitate something." However, he admired the game of Quidditch and joked that Zelena should teach him how to ride a broomstick so that he could play.

Later that evening, well after Lennie and Cora had gone to bed and Rumple had left, though the Dark One was tending to leave their apartment later and later each time he was over, Zelena was sat on the sofa with Emma with the very large glass of wine apiece.

Emma had been staring at her glass for a while and Zelena was biding her time to ask what had been on the tip of her tongue since that morning. After a few sips, she couldn't wait any longer.

"Come on, spill," she requested, "what's going on with you and Roni?"

Emma sighed before revealing everything that had happened up until that moment. She told the redhead about first meeting Roni and automatically feeling a connection with her, but she wasn't sure if it was because she knew her as Regina or if there was just something about them that meant there would always be a connection there. She then went on to tell her about the moments they had where they almost kissed, but Emma had pulled back and the second time when Roni had called her out on it and Emma had confessed that she wanted to something to happen but couldn't allow it.

"She must be so confused with everything that's going on in my life," Emma murmured after she was half way through her wine. "I said that Lennie has another mother, which is true, but then started telling her everything that had happened with Hook. I needed her to know the truth, I wanted Regina to know what had happened."

"But she isn't Regina at the moment," Zelena pointed out. "What made you tell Roni about him?"

Emma paused for a moment as she thought about it. "I think I just wanted to be on an equal level as her. She had just told me everything that had happened with you, well Kelly, and Alyssa and I wanted to share something important about my past with her. We were drunk and there were so many feelings and thoughts going around. Then I kissed her."

Zelena's eyebrows shot up into her hair. "So the kiss I saw earlier wasn't the first?"

The blonde shook her head. "No." She laughed humourlessly. "I stupidly thought that if I kissed her, then I could wake her up, but it didn't work. I just led her on for no reason and now she probably hates me."

"She doesn't," Zelena said quickly. "We talked about it earlier, but she doesn't know how much she can trust me at the moment, so she didn't tell me much. But as Kelly and as Zelena, I know her so well. She cares about you and wants something to happen."

"But it can't while she's still Roni," Emma murmured sadly. "It's not fair on her or Lennie. Lennie met her for the first time and she's already besotted with her mother even though she's not technically her mother at the moment. She was furious when she found out we were going to wake you before Regina but while she's Roni, Lennie isn't upset that she doesn't know who she is. When Regina wakes up, Lennie is going to think she'll know who she is, but she won't; she doesn't have a clue that we have a daughter together. It'll break Elena's heart."

Zelena placed her wineglass on the table before lacing her fingers together, resting her hands on her lap. "Why haven't you told her the truth?"

Instead of following Zelena's actions, Emma drained her still half full glass. "Because I'm a terrible mother." She placed her now empty glass on the table and lifted her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them tightly. "I didn't know how to tell her, so I never did. I've never explicitly told her that Regina knows she's her daughter, but I've not said she doesn't. As far as Len knows, Regina left while I was pregnant to save Henry. She's too young to know what that could insinuate."

"You need to tell her, Em," Zelena said softly. She reached out and pulled on Emma's knee, trying to get her open up and relax. "She's clever and intuitive. She'll understand and she needs to know before Regina wakes up because you know she'll unintentionally hurt her because her first, last and every thought in between will be about Henry. She'll be over the moon to see you because you'll be able to help her save Henry. At first, she'll not put two and two together about Lennie. Do you have any idea how hurt she was when you left that morning without a word?"

"I know," Emma whispered. Zelena had told her Regina's reaction to waking alone when they spoke about it back in Wonderland. However, Emma had shut the conversation down quickly each time, too full of guilt to hear the words.

Zelena refilled their drinks and placed the glass in Emma's hands which the blonde sipped immediately. "If things were to go the way you wanted, how would that look?"

"Honestly?" The blonde asked and Zelena nodded. "I'm torn. On the one hand, I want to know who cursed you all and how to find the bitch who hurt my son. I want Henry to remember me and I want to be able to meet my granddaughter who seems amazing, but I can't get to know her while she doesn't know who I am."

"What about the other part?" Zelena prompted carefully.

"I want to run to Roni and kiss her with everything I have," Emma admitted, "with all the love I feel, and hope that it'll break the curse because it turns out we are True Loves, but like I've said, we've kissed more than once, both drunk and sober and it wasn't to be. Even when Storybrooke had no magic, my kiss still woke Henry." Emma felt herself tearing up at the confession, but she knew she needed to get it off her chest. "I got myself so worked up over it and was so convinced it was going to happen but when it didn't, I freaked out and had to leave. Now she hates me and I won't be able to see her because she's going to change the shifts so that we won't work together. I have no chance of making it up to her." She sighed. "Then on top of that, I kinda don't want anything to happen because it feels like I'm cheating on Regina."

"You and Regina weren't together though?" Zelena pointed out. "Do you know what I would do?" Emma shook her head. "I'd go to Roni and tell her that you want to see how things go because life is too short. When Regina wakes up, which we know she will eventually, she might be a bit confused, but you can tell her that you love every part of her, no matter what, and you couldn't wait to be with her. Tell her about the connection you feel to her, that'll sweep her off her feet."

Emma chuckled and Zelena grinned, happy that she had managed to make the blonde finally smile after such a heavy conversation.

"We'll see," she murmured before sipping her wine.

After that, the two decided to distract themselves and put the TV on quietly. They ended up watching some old episodes of FRIENDS before heading to Emma's room for the night. As she had moved away, Kelly's apartment had been resold and she currently had nowhere to stay. Roni had said she could stay there for a while, they were sisters after all and she had a spare room, which Zelena had accepted but she quickly text her sister to say she was staying at a friend's for the night so that she didn't worry.

oOoOo

At precisely five minutes past ten on Monday morning, Emma arrived outside Belfrey Tower. Most of Sunday, she, Cora and Zelena had discussed how to tackle going through Victoria's office. Naturally, she couldn't take anything with her because Victoria would notice, that also meant she couldn't move anything.

They had decided in the end for Emma to video everything on her phone and to commentate on what she saw. They just had to hope that she found something worthwhile.

As promised, Ivy met her in the foyer and showed her up to Victoria's office, allowing her into the room.

"Mother seemed in very high spirits this morning," she murmured at the door, "meaning their meeting will probably run on, but don't be any longer than forty-five minutes just in case. I'll call you if she's early."

Emma nodded. "Okay."

"Good luck," Ivy said before she headed out of the door.

Once the door was shut behind her, Emma got to work. She slipped her phone out of her pocket and started the video. Deciding the woman's desk would be a good place to start, she made her way over to it.

As the desk was clear of all paper, only holding a mac book pro on top and a mouse, she moved to the desks and almost cursed when they were locked. However, she had prepared for this and had clipped her hair back with a bobby-pin, knowing it could come in useful. She sent a silent 'thank you' to Neal who had always requested she carried one with her for occasions such as this.

With a twist and click, she opened the top draw and immediately hit the jackpot. There was tall pile of sheets that had the name and picture of everyone from the Enchanted Forest along with their cursed name and real name. She flipped through the pages and made sure to film each page. She couldn't help the wince when she saw Killian Jones, aka Rogers', face flash up.

As she reached one of the final pages, a name screamed at her but before she could fully concentrate on it, her phone started to buzz. Seeing it was Ivy, she quickly connected the call.

"Get out now!" She all but screamed. "She's forgotten something and is going to her office."

In her panic, Emma simply ran out of the room, not realising she'd left her bobby-pin on the desk and the draw slightly open. She sprinted out of the room and headed to the stairs, knowing Victoria wouldn't be caught dead using the stairs.

She rushed down several flights before she dared to risk the elevator. She jabbed the button repetitively until it opened before pressing the ground floor and escaping.

Pulling her phone out of her pocket, she called Ivy. "I'm out," she said breathlessly. "I'm out the building and getting as far away as I can. I have some information. See you soon."

She disconnected the phone before heading home.

As soon as she walked through the door, she shared what she saw with both Cora and Zelena who had been staying with Lennie while Emma was out.

"She's got a list of everyone who's from the Enchanted forest," Emma said once she regained her breath. "Including this one." She paused the video. "Eloise Gardener, apparently also known as Gothel and I know where she is."

However, before Emma could continue, her phone started to ring yet again, but this time it wasn't Ivy, it was Roni.

"Hello?" Emma answered nervously.

"Hi," Roni replied, just as cautiously. "I'm sorry it's last minute, but can you work tonight? Remy is ill and no one else can cover seeing as Kelly had disappeared." There was concern as well as confusion laced in Roni's voice. "To start at eight?"

"I'll be there," Emma promised before hanging up. She filled her family in on her shift later on.

"Who cares," Zelena snapped. "Where is Gothel?"

"That's the interesting bit," Emma said. "She's in Belfrey Tower. I just don't know where exactly."

"Well shit," Zelena sighed which summed up Emma's thoughts. Just because they knew where she was, doesn't mean they could get her out of there to start questioning her.

By the time it came to her shift, Emma was rather happy for the distraction, even if it meant she was going to work with Roni. She wanted to get the shift done before asking to talk, without any alcohol so they could be honest with each other. She was going to take Zelena's advice and just go for it.

However, when she walked through the front door, ready to greet to the woman, someone she knew very well, well a form of him, stepped in front of her view, blocking her path to Roni.

"Are you Emma Swan?" Rogers asked.

"Who's asking?" She retorted, feigning ignorance. Glancing up, she saw Roni looking very worried, her hand paused on the beer handle she was about to pull.

"My name is Detective Rogers and you're under arrest for trespassing."