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As the two sisters were racing to the loft to come to Snow's rescue, the woman in question was smiling from ear to ear. Contrary to what her screaming led Regina and Zelena to believe, she wasn't in any danger. She was, however, absolutely overjoyed at the news her daughter just told her.

Holding Emma's left hand in hers, the former bandit princess smiled down at the beautiful diamond ring on her ring finger. After years of enduring so many hardships, Emma Swan was finally getting some happiness in her life. Despite all the difficulties her lover brought her, all the happiness was worth it all. And now, after everything they had been through, they were finally sealing the deal.

Emma Swan and Nicholas Flamel were officially engaged!

"Emma, it's beautiful." Snow beamed with Henry at her side, "I'm so happy for you."

"Me too, Mom." Henry smiled.

"Thank you." she said, not able to stop smiling, "I just never thought-"

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I did." Snow replied.

"So, how did Nicholas pop the question?" Henry smirked, "On board a romantic underwater cruise on the Nautilus?"

"Well…"

"Did he have the team serenade you?" he teased.

"Not exactly, but he did ask me to keep it a secret." Emma grinned, "He's kinda embarrassed by it."

"Okay, now I have to know." Snow laughed, "Oh, I can't wait to tell your father that we have a wedding to plan."

"Oh, about that; we're gonna wait a little while before we start planning." Emma sheepishly informed.

"Oh. Why?" Snow asked with a clearly fake smile as she tried to hide her disappointment.

"Well, Gideon's still out there, and even though I defeated him once, we don't really know what he's up to, and I don't feel like I can focus on anything else until I've really dealt with that." she explained just as Regina and Zelena barged in, fireballs in hand.

"Mom?" Henry asked in confusion.

"What's wrong? We heard Snow scream." Regina huffed.

"Sorry. I couldn't help it." Snow said, bouncing on her heels in excitement.

"Why? What happened?" Regina asked as they put out the flames, "You scared the crap out of us, Snow. We thought it was the queen."

"What do you mean?" Emma asked as Zelena noticed her hand.

"Is that an engagement ring?" she asked, perking up as she grabbed Emma's hand and pulled it in to look at the ring.

"Oh. Yeah." Emma smiled as the sisters looked at her in surprise, "Nicholas proposed."

"Oh, Emma!" Regina gasped. Despite the tension between her and her brother, she was still happy for her closest friend. "I'm happy for you. I really am."

"Thanks." Emma said as they hugged, "Thanks a lot."

"That just leaves the question; what happened to the Evil Queen?" Snow asked, "She's still a snake, isn't she?"

"I have no idea. She got loose. And if she has figured out a way to escape her mortal coil, well, there's no telling what evil she could be up to." Regina sighed in irritation, "We could certainly use Nicholas' nose right about now."

"Where is Nicholas, anyway?" Zelena asked as she looked for her brother.

"Oh, about that." Emma awkwardly laughed, "Something weird happened on our way over here."

"What do you mean?"

"Well…" she trailed, "We were walking over here to tell everyone the good news when it happened. We were walking down the sidewalk, arm in arm with Nicholas closest to the street. And as we were walking, we heard tires screeching from behind. Then all of a sudden, this weird arsenal on wheels rounded the corner, I swear it was like something the ninja turtles would drive. It had to be going like 55. And right as it came alongside us, the door slid open and about four sets of hands shot out, grabbed Nicholas, pulled him in, and drove off. Honestly, it was kinda creepy how they were able to snatch him without losing any momentum."

"…Those League guys are so weird." Henry dryly remarked.

"To Nicholas!" the alchemist's friends cheered as they toasted their drinks together.

"Our little boy is all grown up!" Skinner comically sobbed in joy.

"Yep! Seems like only yesterday we were watching your first kill as a LXG agent." Mina wistfully teased.

"They grow up so fast!" Jekyll and Sawyer wailed.

"I may just be the new guy, but I'm so happy!" Gilles cheered.

"Well, guys, I do appreciate all this; really I do. There's just one little thing." Nicholas calmly said before making his outburst, "Why the hell did you kidnap me in a sedan of all things?!"

"First of all, it's not a sedan." Nemo corrected from the driver's seat, "It is a fully armored and equipped automobile of my own design, fully stocked with all the weapons and resources we typically need and use while on assignments. Completely bullet proof. Laced with black mithril to ward off magical attacks, and capable of going zero to seventy-five in less than a minute. I call it-"

"The Leaguemobile?" Nicholas asked with a smirk. In response, Nemo slammed the brakes and stopped the vehicle dead in its tracks before jerking his head to uncharacteristically glare at his friend.

"Do not ever call her that." the captain warned with a glare that would have even scared the death god he worshiped.

"Duly noted." he nervously chuckled, "Sorry."

"Get out."

"Aw, come on! I said I was sorry." Nicholas stressed.

"No, I mean, we have arrived." Nemo clarified as he got out.

"Where? What is all this?" he asked.

"Well, we had a pretty good feeling that the Savior was gonna say yes, so we got something a little special for ya." Sawyer grinned.

"You did? Thanks, guys. You didn't have to do that."

"Pardon me." Skinner said as he shoved a pair of nose plugs up Nicholas' nose as Mina blindfolded him.

"Okay, you really didn't have to do that." Nicholas remarked as they led him outside, "What is all this, guys?"

"Well, we want it to be a surprise and that nose of yours would give it away." Mina excitedly replied as she gently pushed him forward.

"Though, to be honest, it's actually a gift for us all in the long run." Jekyll added.

"And how." Skinner nodded.

"Okay, okay, I get it. Can I see and smell what it is, now?"

"Surprise!" Mina cheered as swiped off the blindfold. As soon as she did, Nicholas saw a sight so divine, tears of joy flooded his eyes as an angelic voice singing Hallelujah filled his ears.

Standing in his own hometown was the most cherished establishment of all LXG agents; Aesop's Tables!

The moment was absolutely beautiful. Until Nicholas realized that it was actually Gilles standing behind him who was singing Hallelujah. That part alone was the only minor mood killer. Nevertheless, the alchemist's favorite tavern, which hadn't been too in so many years had actually come to him. His prayers had been answered!

"I-I…what?" he stuttered in awe.

"Well, as luck would have it, Aesop was one of the people the Evil Queen snatched from the Land of Untold Stories. And even though we returned them all, our dear mixologist decided to stay and open up another branch of his business here instead of returning with the others." Skinner explained before he and the others were pulled in for a sobbing hug from the alchemist.

"You've all made me so happy!" Nicholas sobbed in joy as his tears poured into waterfalls.

"Come on, y'all! Let's all get wasted!" Sawyer cheered as they went into the bar.

"Yah!" they cried.

While the agents of the League were busy celebrating, the rest of Storybrooke's defenders were facing a bigger problem. After the Evil Queen finished her little outing with Wish Robin, she sent a message to her other half. On the mysterious page Regina found so long ago, the one of her alternate happy ending, the queen wrote her demand for Regina to come to their office and finally settle their inner war. Naturally, Regina accepted. When she stormed into the office, she found her soulmate's alternate self tied to a chair.

"You shouldn't have come here." he said.

"I couldn't let anything happen to you." she said before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"He's not the one you should be worried about." Evil Queen warned as she revealed the Shears of Destiny in her hand.

"Oh. So that's your plan. You're going to separate us." Regina stated, "Then what?"

"Then I'm going to do what you tried to do to me; destroy you." she vowed in hatred.

"It's always about revenge with us, isn't it?" Regina asked, "You know what? Trim away. After all the damage you've done because of me, I'm ready. This town's just not big enough for the both of us."

"At last we agree on something." Evil Queen remarked before summoning the magical bond between them, ready to be severed, "See you on the other side."

With a swift snip of the shears, the link between the two halves was finally severed. Now, after decades of regret and resentment, Regina and the Evil Queen were finally, officially separated and their own persons.

"Now let's finish this." Evil Queen declared as she summoned a sword.

"Gladly." Regina said curtly as she summoned her own blade and began the fight.

"You tried to destroy me because you couldn't stand looking at the darkness?" Evil Queen asked as they fought, "Well, I can't stand looking at the light."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that." Regina assured as she threw her bowl of apples centerpiece at her and bashed her with the bowl, knocking her sword away.

"You really believe you're better than me? Huh?! Stronger than me?!" Evil Queen shouted before throwing her other half into the large mirror on the wall, shattering it on impact, "Because you think you filled that nasty little hole inside you with love and friendship and hope? Well, you've been fooling yourself, because you haven't. I'm still what's inside of you. I'm all that will ever be there."

"You're wrong." Regina dismissed before turning the trees on her wallpaper into actual branches to bind her other half, "All those things in my life you can't stand looking at? They're real. And now that I have them, you will never take them away from me."

With a thrust of her hand, Regina ripped out the blackened heart from the queen's chest, fully prepared to crush it into dust one last time.

"I hate you!" Evil Queen spat in hatred, fear and bitterness at her final defeat.

At first, Regina was going to say the same before finishing her off, but then, something else happened. At that moment, she thought back to a time when she realized just how much she hated herself. Whether as Regina or the Evil Queen, or both, that day, she would never know. But now, she decided to finally put an end to her cycle of hatred; just not in the way she originally planned.

"…But I don't hate you. Not anymore." she softly said as she undid the binds.

"What are you doing?" Evil Queen sharply exhaled.

"I'm going to do what we never could. I'm going to be brave for both of us and choose love over hate." Regina replied before removing her own heart and trading some of her light for the queen's darkness.

"What's happening to me?" the queen asked as she trembled after her heart was returned.

"I gave you some of my love; love from Henry and Robin and the people I care most about. And in return, I'm taking back some of your darkness. Our darkness."

"Why?"

"You are a part of me. And I'm a part of you whether you like it or not. And now I love myself. Which means so should you." Regina smiled before bringing her other half into a hug, finally achieving peace with herself. After taking a bit of time to collect themselves, the two women began to clean up the mess they made in their little brawl.

"Sorry about the mess." Evil Queen apologized.

"Forget about it." Regina chuckled as if she were talking to an old friend, "I'm more worried about the things that really matter, like Robin. Please tell me he's okay."

"Oh, yes. He's-he's fine." Evil Queen assured, "I actually kept my word and sent him where he wanted to go. Home."

"You mean, back to his land? The realm you created with your wish? How?"

"Gold was too busy worrying about his son to mind the shop." Evil Queen replied as she pulled out the Apprentice's wand, "I had a feeling I'd find a use for it."

"So, he's gone, then." Regina sighed as she unfolded her page.

"I'm sorry you didn't get to say goodbye."

"It's probably better like this." she muttered.

"Do you still regret it? Not walking through the door of that tavern all those years ago?"

"If I had, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have Henry or my family or this town. I can't imagine a life without all that."

"So, Tinker Bell was wrong, then." Evil Queen stated, "That isn't your happy ending."

"No, it isn't. But it did give me hope when I needed it most, and that was just as important."

"I wouldn't mind a little bit of that right now." she lamented.

"What, you mean hope?"

"Yes. Well…I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to do anymore. I need a place where I can get a fresh start. But where that is, I haven't a clue."

"I think I know someone who can help." Regina grinned. Over at the diner, after calling over Henry, Snow, Zelena and, Regina explained her plan.

"You want me to use the pen to send her where?" Henry asked.

"Well, that's the thing; I don't know." Regina replied, "It has to be someplace where she can start over, have a chance at a new life."

"Isn't this against the rules?" Snow asked her grandson.

"Actually, the rules say I'm not supposed to affect the lives of people in my book. She's not; not technically, at least." he clarified.

"Hand on a minute." Zelena interrupted, "This is the Evil Queen we're talking about. Wasn't she just trying to murder us all?"

"And Zelena makes a great point." Snow nodded, "This is the same exact person who put David and I under a sleeping curse like five minutes ago. Maybe she can start by undoing it before we trust her."

"Well, she told me everything she knows about that. It won't be easy, but at least we know where to start. As for her…"

"Regina, I know you want to believe in her, but not everyone is redeemable." Snow pointed out.

"But I was. And that means she is." Regina firmly argued, "And I've given her what she needs now to make the right choices. We just have to give her that chance, like you all gave me."

"Heroes are so gullible." Zelena chuckled, "When you wake up a few months from now to find her crushing your heart, don't blame me."

"That won't happen." Evil Queen said in a weak voice filled with guilt, "Well, I hope it won't. All I can say is, I'm truly sorry for everything. And I promise to do the right thing now. And, Snow, I am so sorry for what I put you through; again."

As if seeing the ghost of the young woman who saved her all those years ago, Snow nodded with tears in her eyes and accepted the queen's apology.

"I knew you could be good, Mom." Henry praised.

"Henry," she said as her voice broke, "You've never called me that before. Mom."

"It's who you are." he said before giving her a hug, "You ready, Mom?"

"Yes." she nodded before turning to Regina, "Thank you."

"Just promise me you won't waste a single minute." she smiled.

"I promise." Evil Queen nodded, "And please, tell Abba I'm sorry; for everything."

"…I will." Regina promised before Henry's magic sent her other half away.

"Where do you think she went?" Henry asked.

"There's no way to know for sure, but…I have my ideas." Regina smiled.

True enough, just as she expected, the queen found herself in the wish realm, and reunited with her former captive, ready to start her second chance with him.

Not much on this one. There wasn't much I could use for this chapter since it was mostly focusing on Regina in both the present and the past. The next chapter, on the other hand, hoho! Juicey stuff coming at cha! That's where everything starts falling into my plans. So, until then, just be patient. Also, you don't have to leave a review on this one if you don't want to. This wasn't really anything of mine aside from the beginning. There were some things I thought about doing, but it was all unnecessary and would have made things overly complicated just for the sake of basically the same thing. Granted, I've been doing that with all the other episodes for almost four years now, but that was all necessary.

Oh, and on a different note, here's my two cents on the current "pandemic" everyone's talking about. I understand there are people out there who are scared about the Corona virus going on out there; maybe you're one of those people. Nothing wrong about being a little worried for the people you care about, especially if they're the elderly. But guys, this isn't any worse than the flu. Okay? There may not be treatment for this virus like there is for the flu, but it doesn't mean you're gonna get it and die if you don't get a surplus of toilet paper and GermEx. Humanity had suffered through a hell of a lot deadlier diseases and viruses and natural disasters. Have we lost people to this virus already? Yes. But the chances of a person getting it and dying are slim. Unless your over 70 and/or have a crappy immune system, you'll be fine. Don't let the media freak you out and overreact to every little story about the virus. People get sick. Sometimes they'll die. It's part of life. And life goes on. We're not facing extinction. It's just a bug that's spreading everywhere and scaring people who don't understand how it works. Just wash your hands and don't touch your face after handling something you haven't sterilized.

So, any dumpster diving plans you made this weekend, you'll have to put on hold. Alright? Fear is irrational, don't let it consume you. And if you do get sick, maybe you'll get lucky and there'll be a hot nurse or doctor to take care of you.

See you next time!