A month after she proposed, Emma went to Regina's office to surprise her for lunch. The woman's secretary was on the floor, unconscious, and Regina was nowhere to be found. Emma called her fiance, but the phone was in the office. She then called David.

"I'll call your mother and we'll start looking around town. You go check the house to see if she went home."

Emma searched the house from top to bottom, but Regina wasn't there. David and Snow looked everywhere in town and there was no sign of the missing mayor. "Wait, the stables," Emma said to her father over the phone. "Why didn't I think of that?"

"Your mother and I will head over there."

"I'll meet you there ASAP."

It was decided when Snow and David arrived that he would take a horse and ride out to search the woods. Snow would stay behind and wait for Emma. "She's gonna be fine," Snow said.

"What if she can't walk? What if she's too tired? What if she's cold?" Emma panicked.

"Emma, if I were you, I'd be worried too. Regina is going to be fine. She's tough and your father is really great at finding those who are lost."

David was riding through the woods and saw something on the ground. He hopped off of his horse to get a better look. "Regina!" David ran towards the woman who was lying on the ground. He noticed her knees and palms were scraped and bleeding. "Hey, are you alright?"

"No," she whispered, "I tried running, but I couldn't."

"You got away."

"I was able to poof myself here."

"I'm gonna lift you up and onto my horse."

"Leave me here."

"I can't do that."

"You have to because you're risking your own life to save one that's not worth saving."

"You're engaged to my daughter. To me, that means you're worth it." David gently lifted Regina and placed her on the horse, side saddled. She grabbed onto the saddle while David climbed up. It was dark and he was having trouble finding his way back to the stables. Regina was starting to shiver from the cold. "Hang on," he whispered, "we're gonna get there." When David heard his phone he realized he had a signal. He quickly pulled it out, "Emma," he whispered, "I can't find my way out of the woods and Regina is freezing. It's so dark."

"I have your location. Just follow my instructions." Emma talked to her father as he rode towards the stables. Sure enough, his daughter was right. There was an ambulance waiting. David got off the horse and gently moved Regina to the stretcher, "Regina, hey," Emma said with tears in her eyes.

"Let me go," she whispered.

"What?"

"I can't do this anymore. Let me go and free me from my pain."

The paramedics gave Regina a sedative and took her in the ambulance. Emma actually stayed behind. She was in shock. "I'll drive you to the hospital," David said.

"She wants to die," Emma said softly.

"She's probably delirious."

"I need to get home to Henry anyway." Emma looked down at her hand. Regina had given Emma the ring back. David saw it but had no idea what to say. Emma left and David called his wife. The two went to the hospital to wait for news about Regina. Whale came out to tell them that the mayor was exhausted and would probably be unable to walk for a while. She had managed to escape before she could be hurt. Snow went back while David went home to talk to Emma and Henry. Regina mostly slept for the next two days. Snow stayed with her as much as possible. On day three, Regina was tired but not exhausted to the point where she couldn't stay awake.

"Emma said you told her, you want to die," Snow said.

"I can't live with this pain anymore."

"Blue is willing to take away your pain. She's not sure if there's nerve damage or anything, but she can take away the physical pain."

"Then I gave the ring back for nothing."

"Yeah, you did."

"Can you call Emma? Don't tell her you're with me or I asked you to. Just see if she and Henry are still at the house."

Snow called her daughter and spoke to her for a few minutes. She turned back to Regina once the call was over, "they're at the loft. They moved out."

"Then why should I let Blue fix me?"

"Because they still need you. So do I."

"Okay," Regina said.

Snow didn't waste any time contacting Blue. The fairy used her magic on the mayor, "I'm going to need you to try and stand," she said. Snow walked over and helped Regina maneuver herself to the edge of the bed and then to her feet. "Any pain?"

"No, not yet."

"Try walking," Blue watched as Snow held onto the mayor, "how about now?"

"No," Regina smiled. She turned to Blue and slowly walked towards her. Regina took the fairy into her arms and hugged her, "thank you."

The hug surprised Blue, but she settled into it, "anytime. Just take it easy for a week or two. Just to be on the safe side."

When Regina was discharged, she returned to her house, alone. She never told anyone she was leaving the hospital. If Emma was to return then it would have to be because she wanted to and not because she felt obligated to. Two days after leaving the hospital, Regina found the courage to head over to Snow and David's. She had asked the couple to take Henry out before she arrived so she and Emma could speak privately. Snow and David took Henry to Granny's for ice cream. Regina showed up at the loft with a cane and teleported to the correct floor.

"My mom said you're all better."

"Well, I'm getting there. I still have moments where I'm weak or unsteady. That's why I have the cane."

"I'm happy for you."

"Emma, I'm so sorry I hurt you. I never wanted to."

"Then why did you?"

"I got scared. I was afraid that after being with me for a year or longer, that you would get tired of taking care of me. Plus, I really couldn't live with all that physical pain any longer. I had no idea that Blue had already agreed to help me. I made a mistake and I'm sorry."

Emma walked away and took something out of a drawer. She walked back over to Regina and took her left hand. Emma slipped the engagement ring back on Regina's finger. Regina smiled and hugged the woman tightly. "Never do that again."

"I won't and thank you for taking me back. Do you forgive me?"

"I do because I can understand what you were thinking. I'd probably be thinking the exact same thing."

"Will you and Henry come home?"

"Yeah, let me get our stuff together." Emma paused, "you're not going to offer to help?"

"Oh, sorry, it's just that Blue has told me to take it easy the next couple of weeks as a precaution. I figured I already did enough misbehaving for one day."

"Thank God," Emma sighed and Regina smiled. "Just sit and I'll get our things. Now I'm glad we didn't take everything."

"You didn't?"

"No, did you not know that?"

"I can't go up the stairs on my own, so no I didn't know that."

"Wow, you really are listening."

"I didn't want to fall down the stairs and be alone."

"You won't have to be anymore."

Emma finished packing and helped Regina up. The two women teleported to Regina's car. Snow would take Emma's back while David drove Henry in the truck. Emma sent a text to her parents to take Henry home, to Regina's.

"How is this place spotless when you aren't able to clean and stuff right now?" Emma asked.

"Magic, dear," Regina said.

"Oh, yeah," Emma smiled, "that's probably coming in handy."

"It is, but it exhausts me almost as much as walking."

"Just take it easy then. I asked my parents to bring dinner because I figured you'd be tired and we both know how I am in the kitchen."

"You're great in the kitchen. Just not with anything related to the kitchen," Regina smiled.

"Well, practice makes perfect."

"Maybe you should practice cooking."

"Not without you."

"The only way that will happen is if I'm cooking. When I try to have you do everything then I end up on the counter on my back."

"I've never heard you complain about it."

"Complain about what?" the women turned to see Henry, Snow, and David

"Nothing," Emma answered quickly, "trust me."

Regina grew stronger every day. She would sometimes need her cane to help her get around. While blue took away her pain, she couldn't restore any of the nerve damage. She took Regina's pain, but she became unsteady from time to time. Regina would take that over her awful pain and swelling any day. A month after their engagement, Regina and Emma tied the know. Snow and David became very protective over Regina and did whatever they could to make her life better. Regina and Emma finally had what they had always wanted. A loving family and a place they could truly call home.