As mentioned in my last update, there will be some time jumps. I kinda want to get to the "peak" of the story lol, and do that without this being an extremely long story.

One last note. I did do some research and found that conversion therapy is illegal in Maine (yay), but it didn't work for my story lol, so just pretend it's legal.

Chapter 8

By Friday, Emma felt much better about everything in regard to the school. The assembly went well, and those who had heard about what happened, were very supportive of Emma and Regina. Emma's new roommate Melissa was a freshman who was smaller than most and whom Emma took under her wing. She had found out that Melissa had been a premature baby and because of that, had always been small and had a few learning disabilities; though the girl was smart as a whip, she just showed it in a different way. Emma felt somewhat protective of her and like a big sister.

Regina was often in Emma's room if she wasn't in class or doing homework and while she liked Emma's roommate, she did get annoyed that Emma would invite her to watch movies with them or hang out when it was supposed to be their time.

"She has no friends, Regina." Emma said with a sigh when Regina had shown her frustration.

"And she won't get any if you keep her here with us. Let her go out and meet people, Emma, she's not your pet."

"Of course she's not my pet!" Emma yelled. "She's my roommate and I'm trying to make her feel at home. Geez, sorry for trying to be nice." She crossed her arms and huffed as she sat on the sofa.

"Well I'm sorry for wanting alone time with my girlfriend. I guess I know who's more important. When you've decided you actually want to be with me, I may be in my room." Regina huffed and left, slamming her door.

Melissa peaked in with a bowl of popcorn. "Um…maybe I should stay in the common area tonight."

Emma sighed. "It's not your fault and I'm sorry if you heard that."

"It may not be my fault, but she is right. Emma, I've let you be like my big sis for the last two months, and while that's fantastic, that also means I've been usurping your time. Regina's been a great sport about it, but she's right and you do need time to yourselves. It's time I make friends and not rely on you and your friends. I'll be okay."

Emma sighed. "I don't want to tell her she was right."

Melissa chuckled. "Even though she was?"

"Hush." Emma said, but smirked a bit. "Thanks for understanding."

"No problem. I won't be back until ten." Melissa said and headed to the common room.

Emma took a breath, swallowed her pride and went across the hall, knocking on the door. Ruby answered and gave Emma a look. "Regina, isn't taking visitors at this time."

Emma rolled her eyes and looked past her. "Regina please don't do this. I came to apologize." Regina sniffed and held her nose up, ignoring her as she looked at a magazine. "Regina." Emma whined and then stepped past Ruby into the room. She walked right up to Regina and straddled her, putting her hands on either side of her girlfriend. "Now, you can either sit here and ignore me all night, or you can let me show you just how sorry I am and how right you were." She said in a sultry voice as she leaned in and kissed Regina's neck.

"Oh gross." Ruby said and left the room.

Regina smirked a bit and looked at Emma. "Say that again?"

"What part?"

"The I'm right and you're sorry part."

Emma resisted rolling her eyes and looked into the brown eyes that always captured her. "You were right, Regina. I was wrong and I'm sorry."

Regina leaned forward and kissed Emma. "I have a feeling I'll be hearing a lot of that in our future."

Emma sighed in the kiss and silently agreed. "Now, are we staying here or going to my room?"

The two went to Emma's room and closed and locked the door so Emma could properly apologize to Regina. Though it was still pretty innocent, it went further than before and both girls lay panting and holding each other in Emma's bed. "Remind me why we're waiting?" Emma said.

Regina bit her lip. "Because we're young and sex can change everything." She said, tracing invisible circles on Emma's chest. "And I've…we've never done it."

Emma looked at Regina, her usually confident girlfriend. "Hey, it's okay. We will wait until we're both ready. All I know is I want my first time to be with you…and hopefully my last time."

Regina looked into Emma's blue/green eyes and smiled. "Me too, Emma. Do you think we'll make it? I mean most kids our age don't end up marrying or staying with their first loves."

"I think that if we want to, we will. We just have to continue to be open and honest with each other and always communicate. If, for some reason, one or both of us decides to move on, we have to be okay with that."

"How very mature of you." Regina said, and kissed Emma again. "I should get going. Melissa should be able to come back to her room now."

Emma smiled and got up with Regina. "I love you." She said as she walked her across the hall to her door.

"I love you, too." Regina said, kissing Emma one last time before going into her room.

Emma smiled and went back to her room, giving Melissa a nod saying she could come back in. "Thanks for understanding. I think Regina and I needed that more than I knew."

"No problem. I actually had a lot of fun with some other freshmen, so it was good for both of us."

Before long, it was Christmas break and Emma and Regina headed home together. Sure, Emma had money this year, but Regina went on and on about how she loved the homemade gifts from last year, so Emma had hers already done and wrapped for Regina.

Emma got home and hugged her parents, telling them all about school so far and asking how things were going at home. They were both happier, healthier and employed now, and as far as Emma was concerned, nothing could take that away. Lilly and Emma spent time together, Lilly still down that she didn't make it into the school, but swearing she'd try again next year. Lilly, Cora, Zelena, and Regina were honored guests to Christmas dinner, and everyone enjoyed their time together. Regina loved the handmade phone case Emma made her and Emma cherished the necklace Regina made her. New Years Eve, the girls went out to a movie and dinner and then celebrated at Cora's house with both families attending, and all too soon, it was time to go back to school.

The rest of the term flew by as both girls had multiple projects, papers, and assignments to work on and both worked hard to get all A's. On the last day, they were among four others who were recognized as top students and Cora, David and Mary couldn't be prouder. As a reward, Cora treated everyone to a special dinner on the way home.

The night of Emma's sixteenth birthday came and since Regina had recently gotten her drivers license, the two had parked and made out for a while. "Emma, I want this, but not in the car. You're too special."

Emma smiled softly. "I understand. It's just hard to get a night alone now that we're back home."

Regina bit her lip. "Hang on." She sat back and got her phone out, texting like crazy. Emma looked out at the sun setting and then looked back over at Regina. "Okay, Zee is taking mom to a movie." She looked at Emma. "What ever happens or doesn't happen is okay."

Emma smiled and nodded, feeling a bit nervous. Once at Regina's, they went to her room where Regina turned the lights down and turned music on as Emma sat on her bed, her stomach filled with butterflies. Regina came over and straddled Emma, kissing her with all the love she felt for her. Emma lay back and held Regina close to her as her hands explored Regina's warm skin.

After, Emma was panting and pulled Regina close to her again. "That was amazing. You're amazing, Regina. It's never…I mean when I've touched myself…it's never like that."

Regina chuckled and kissed Emma's lips. "You're pretty amazing too, Emma. I can't wait to do that again." Emma blushed and then both pairs of eyes went wide as they heard the front door open. "Shit. Mom's home. Zelena was supposed to warn me." Regina said as she sat up and threw Emma her shirt. Emma grabbed her clothes and ran into the bathroom, dressing fast. Regina could hear Zelena talking loudly to their mother as they came up the steps and she rushed to get her own clothes on. Her door opened just as she zipped her jeans up and sat on the bed. "Oh, hi mom."

Cora narrowed her eyes. "Where's Emma?"

"Bathroom." Regina said with a shrug. "How was the movie?"

"Terrible." Cora said, looking at her daughter. "Next time at least get your sister to take me to a good movie. Were you safe?"

"Oh, dear gods." Regina groaned and covered her face with her hand.

Zelena laughed and Cora shrugged. "I'm asking a simple question; one I would ask even if you had a guy in here, Regina."

Emma came out, having no idea what was going on and smiled. "Hey Cora." Zelena let out another chuckle when she saw the blonde. "What?"

Cora smirked a bit. "You have…marks on your neck, Emma." She said and Emma blushed and put her hand to her neck. "I take it you had a happy birthday? I was just asking Regina if you two were safe, but she seems to have lost her voice."

"I um…um…" Emma stammered, not sure exactly what to say. "Yes, ma'am, we were safe." She said, looking at the floor and feeling humiliated.

"So I'm ma'am suddenly?" Cora asked, getting a copious amount of enjoyment at seeing the girls so uncomfortable. The truth was, if Emma were a guy, she'd probably be a bit more worried about the situation. Maybe that wasn't fair, but it was true. "I hope your parents don't call me all upset when they find out what you two did."

Emma went white. "I um…do I have to tell them?" She asked, scratching the back of her neck. "I mean, did you tell your mom when you had sex?"

Cora was surprised by this and sighed. "No, I didn't. But you have a very different relationship with your parents than I did with mine. I'm sorry if I've embarrassed you, I was trying to have some fun. If you don't want to tell your parents, that's your call, but you'll have some explaining to do about the love marks."

"Yeah, thanks for that, Regina." Emma mumbled and then looked at Cora. "You're not mad?"

"No, I'm not. Was this really your first time? Your mom and I had that talk with you girls last year."

Emma sat by Regina. "Yeah, but we wanted to wait until we were both sixteen." She said, taking Regina's hand. Regina had been quiet, and Emma wanted her to know she was here with her. "We knew it would be special if we waited."

It was then that Cora noticed how white her daughter was. She came in and sat on the other side of her. "Regina honey, I'm sorry if I scared you. I was trying to have some fun." She said, stroking her daughter's hand. "I'm not upset."

Regina looked at her mom and then hugged her, not knowing why she was filled with such emotion. "Thank you for not hating me."

"Oh, my love, I could never hate you." Cora said, rubbing her back. "I'm so happy you've found someone who makes you happy."

Regina looked at her mother, happy tears in her eyes. "I've never been happier."

Two weeks later, Emma was pacing by the front door and checking her phone. "She's never late and she isn't answering." She huffed.

"If she's driving, she shouldn't be answering you." Mary said. "Maybe she's just hit traffic."

Emma looked at her. "Mom, she's two blocks away."

Mary sighed. "Honey, just be patient."

Emma sighed, but waited. However, when another half hour went by, Emma was beyond patient. "Zelena? Have you talked to Regina?"

Zelena was surprised. "What do you mean? She left to pick you up about forty-five minutes ago."

"She hasn't been here and she's not answering her phone." Emma said, biting at her lip as she put her shoes on. "Mom, I'm going out to look for her." Emma called and then headed out. "Zelena, I'm going to walk towards your place."

"Okay. I haven't heard any crashes or anything. Let me call my mom and I'll call you back."

"Okay." Emma said, feeling worried.

"Emma honey, wait up." She heard and turned to see her mother. "Thought you may want some company." Mary laced her fingers with Emma's and walked with her.

Emma had told her mom about her night with Regina and it was then Mary really understood just how deep her daughter's feelings went. She supported Emma and trusted her daughter. "Mom? What if something happened?"

Mary pulled Emma closer. "Then we'll all be there for her, but let's not worry too much just yet."

They turned the corner and Emma stopped. "Can I worry now?" She asked, tears in her eyes. Regina's car – well Cora's old car that Regina and Zelena used – was parked half on the sidewalk with the driver's door open. The front was wrapped around a telephone pole and Emma felt fear like never before.

Mary held onto Emma to stop her from running over and pulled her aside. "Emma honey, it's too dangerous to go over there right now. That electric pole is active."

"I don't care! Where's Regina?!"

"Honey calm down. There's no ambulance, so she must be okay."

David saw his wife and daughter as he was one of the first after an odd call to the station. He sighed and took a breath, knowing this wouldn't be easy as he headed towards them. "Dad! Dad where's Regina?"

David came over and pulled Emma and Mary to a bench. "We don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Emma asked, feeling so confused.

"We got a call saying the car was abandoned. No one saw Regina or the accident."

"She couldn't have just disappeared." Emma said, trying so hard to understand.

David sighed and bit at his lip. "We don't think she did." He said quietly. "But I can't say much more until Cora is done talking to Thomas."

"What? Daddy, I'm confused." Emma said, tears in her eyes as she looked at him.

"I know honey, I'm sorry. I'll be right back." He then left to go back to Cora and Thomas as Zelena came over. He hugged her before she came over to Emma and Mary.

She sat down by Emma and took the blonde's hands. "Try not to freak out." She said and looked between Mary and Emma. "Mom thinks someone took Regina."

"What?" Emma gasped, feeling sick. "Who?"

"Someone associated with Dad." Zelena sighed. "His ex-assistant was seen in the area about ten minutes before someone reported seeing the car. He's missing now too."

Emma was shaking her head, trying to make sense of all this. "Why? Why would he take her?"

Zelena bit her lip, her own tears falling. "Mom thinks dad told him to. She thinks…" Zelena sniffed and closed her eyes. "She thinks he's taking her to the conversion camp."

"No!" Emma cried out, her heart breaking and fear coursing through her. "No, he can't do that!" She looked at her mom. "We have to go! We have to go and stop this from happening!"

Mary felt her own heart break for both Regina and her daughter. She took a breath. "Emma, we don't even know where it is. We have to let the police do their jobs."

"Mom! She's in danger!"

"I know baby, but that's what the police are for." Cora came over and Mary stood to hug her. "I'm so sorry, Cora." Mary said, wishing she could do more than just say she was sorry.

"Thank you. I'm numb, to be honest. They're reaching out to Henry and trying to track Sidney and all I can do is wait."

"No, we have to go, Cora. We have to go find her." Emma said, not getting why no one seemed to care enough to go find Regina.

"Honey, we don't know where he took her. You can't just google conversion camps, believe me, I've tried. The new mayor is checking to see if there's any information as to which place Henry gave money to before as we're assuming that's where he'd send Regina." She looked at the blonde. "I know this is hard, Emma, because it's killing me too, but we have to let others do their jobs."

"Then what happens to her in the meantime?" Emma asked, tears streaming down her face. "What will happen to her?"

Regina awoke with a gasp as she felt the car take a sudden turn. She had been knocked out and everything rushed back at her. She had been in her car when Sidney suddenly came in her passenger door. She screamed but felt something in her neck and the next thing she knew, she was here…wherever here was. She was in the backseat of a car and realized her hands were tied together along with her legs. "Where are you taking me?"

Sidney looked back and gripped the wheel. "You're awake."

"Yes, now where are you taking me?"

"To a place that will fix you. Your dad has it all sorted out."

"He's not my father. My mother won't stand for this."

"By the time your mother finds out where you are, it'll be too late."

Regina felt tears fall down her face. "Please don't do this, Sidney." She said quietly.

He took a breath. "I have to. I'm sorry. Now, no more talking if you want to stay awake."

Regina sat back, not sure what to do for the best. She couldn't fight since she was bound, and she knew he'd medicate her again if she kept talking. All she could do was hope her mother would find her. She tried hard to stay awake, but as the hours went on, she was dozing on and off. At one point, she thought for sure he'd have to stop for gas, but he pulled over and took a gas tank from the trunk of the car and filled it. "Sidney, I have to go to the bathroom."

He sighed. "You'll have to wait."

"I can't. Sidney, it's been hours."

He grit his teeth and checked the mirrors, seeing they were alone. He pulled to the side of the road and got out, opening Regina's door. "Come on then."

"Are you kidding?"

"I can't take you somewhere you can get attention." He said, untying her legs. "Don't try anything." He said, showing the stun gun he had on his hip.

Regina sighed and got out. "I need my hands untied. Sidney, I don't know if you get that girls can't just whip it out." He sighed and untied her hands, holding onto her arm. "I need privacy."

"If you really need to pee, you'll pee." He growled. Regina sighed, doing what she needed to do and then her heart skipped a beat when she saw headlights coming towards them. Sidney saw it too and pulled the stun gun out. "Back in the car."

Regina looked between him and the approaching car and slowly headed back to the car. However, when the car came closer, she flung her arms out. "Help me! Please help me!"

Sidney threw Regina into the car and got in his seat, watching as the car kept going. "Nice try. Next time you have to pee, do it on yourself."

Meanwhile, Emma was at Cora's with her mother and, with permission, went to Regina's room. She sighed as she laid in Regina's bed, hugging her pillow tightly. "I love you, Regina."

Cora sighed, rubbing her temples. "I know David is doing all he can, but I just want my baby home."

Mary refilled Cora's wine glass. "I know. I promise you they're doing all the can."

"I know that." She sighed. "I just…if we don't get her soon, she will never be the same again. The things they do to people there…Mary, she's my baby."

"I know. Cora, I know this isn't helping anything, but we will all be here for her when we get her back. We'll be here for all of you."

"David, call on line one." Thomas said and David grabbed it.

"Sheriff Nolan. Yes. Black?" He jotted a number down. "Great, thank you. You did the right thing." He hung up and went to the map. "Sighting of Sidney's car." He said, putting a pin up on the board and standing back. "They're going inland towards the boarder on Highway 27. What is up there?"

Thomas was on the computer and brought up google maps. "Not much other than Moose River and the woods. Wait!" He typed something in. "Skinner Maine! There's a camp there called The Christian Camp for Lost Souls. Could they be any more obvious?"

"Let's get the Skinner PD on the phone." David said and when Thomas had them, he picked up the phone. "This is Sheriff David Nolan from Storybrooke Police Department. One of our minor citizens has been kidnapped and, we believe, the kidnapper is on his way up to you guys for the Christian Camp."

The man sighed. "Hello, this is Sheriff James McCoy. That place has been one headache after another. The person who has your minor, is it a parent or legal guardian?"

"No sir." David said and scratched the back of his neck. "Her father is in prison and we believe he hired this person to take his daughter there. Her mother, her sole guardian, did not approve of this."

"Her father no longer has parental rights? Even prisoners can sometimes have rights."

David sifted through some papers. "I guess I don't know one hundred percent, but her mother…"

"Her mother is going to have to fight this." Sheriff McCoy stated. "I suggest you tell her to contact her lawyer and get all her ducks in a row. This place knows all the laws and loopholes and if her father signed anything, they have a team of lawyers to fight giving her back. Tell you what, give me your fax number and I'll send you all the information I have including other cases that we've seen."

"I appreciate that, but can you tell me if she's in danger?"

"I can tell you that her mother needs to get this done as of yesterday. I can look for this guy's car and pull him over and see what he has to say, however, if he's got signed permission, I'm sorry, Sheriff Nolan, but my hands are legally tied."

"I understand. Please do that. Maybe just scaring Sidney will be enough and it will give Regina hope that we're coming for her." He then gave the fax number and hung up, sighing as he fell into his seat. "I need to talk to Cora."

"Go boss." Thomas stated. "I'll get the information all put together."

David hated what he was about to do. He came inside and saw his wife with Cora and sat down. As he told her what he was told, Cora broke down and all he could do was rub her back and try to comfort her.

Emma sat on the stairs with Zelena as they listened, and the two girls couldn't stop their tears as well. Cora heard them and looked at them. "I'm going to get her back. I promise you both, Regina will be home soon."

Regina couldn't believe that they were driving away from being pulled over. She had told the officer she didn't want to be here; that she had been kidnapped, but Sidney had legal papers from her father and the officer said his hands were tied. Sidney was being allowed to take her to hell and the officer did nothing. He felt terrible, but he made sure to mention that her mother is fighting this. Regina heard that, but her fear built inside her and any hope was gone. "I can't believe you're doing this to me." She said quietly. "You understand they're going to hurt me."

"I have to, Regina." Sidney said and then turned the radio up to drown out her voice. Once there, Sidney went to open Regina's door, but the girl didn't move. "Come on; we're here."

"No."

Sidney sighed and looked over at the three men waiting and shook his head. He stood back as they came over. "Regina, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." The man in the suite said. "Let's start out on the right foot. I'm Greg and I'd like to show you around."

"No. I want to go home."

He sighed and the two goons reached in and pulled her out. "I think the tour will have to wait." Greg stated. "I think you need to rest up." The two men took Regina into a cabin and one injected her, causing her to lose consciousness. Greg looked to Sidney. "Got all the paperwork?"

"Yes. Her mother knows she's here though."

"Well, she'll have a fight ahead of her." He said, looking over the paperwork. "We can do a lot of fixing by then."

"Just…don't hurt her."

Greg looked at Sidney. "A little bit of pain to correct a lifetime of sin is worth it."