A/N: Fix It Week – Day 3 – Quest to get Robin back - Tinkerbell says that the Pixie Dust she previously used to find Robin is still activated so Robin must be alive somehow

Regina sat alone, yet again. How cruel was fate to her that she's lost her chance of love and a happy ending for the second time? She felt a burning sensation in her eyes as she fought back more tears. She'd cried so much already.

She felt someone's presence beside her, presumably Snow coming back to try and make her feel somewhat better, she drew in a shaky breath to compose herself.

"I'm really not in the mood for a hope speech Snow. There's none left so it's pointless," she sighed.

"It's not as hopeless as you might think," replied a voice she hadn't been expecting.

"Tink." She looked up, slightly surprised to see the fairy standing in front of her. "Of course it is! Robin's dead. His soul's been obliterated! How can I still have any hope left after that?!"

"Because of this Regina," she held up a small bottle of sparkling green dust.

"Pixie dust? If you're trying to lead me to another soulmate then you're wasting your time, I'm not interested."

Tink sat down in the booth opposite her, placing the bottle of pixie dust between them, "no Regina! This is the same dust that I used to help you find Robin the first time! The fact that it's still glowing means it's still active. He's still alive Regina!"

Regina shook her head in disbelief, she couldn't bring herself to hope that Robin could come back to her, she was never that lucky.

"But Tink, I saw him die! I saw it with my own eyes! He sacrificed himself to save me! There's no coming back from that!"

She sniffed and lowered her head, trying to hide that yet more tears had started to form, she'd always hated crying.

"If that were true then this wouldn't still be working!" Tink exclaimed. "I never told you properly how it works did I?"

"You said it has the power to lead me to my soulmate, the man I was destined to be with, well it worked, but now he's gone,"

"That's what it does, yes but I didn't tell you everything. Once pixie dust is activated on a person to help find their soulmate it becomes linked to them, to anyone else it's just dust. If Robin was really dead then this would be just that, normal dust that would be impossible to reactivate, but it isn't! It still works! Don't you see Regina! Robin must still be alive!"

Regina stared back at Tink in shock, could it really be true? Could Robin still be alive somewhere? If so, how was it possible?! Didn't Hades say there was no way back from being struck with the Olympian Crystal? But she couldn't argue with Tink's reasonings, if it was true about how pixie dust worked then he had to be out there somewhere.

A small smile forming on her face, she looked back to Tink who was positively beaming, "so, how do we find him?"

"Just like last time," she replied. "Follow me."

They both stood up from their seats at the table and walked outside onto Main Street. Once they were out there, Tink opened the bottle of pixie dust and sprinkled it over Regina.

Before anything else could happen, a swirl of green appeared in front of them, a portal.

"Robin must be in another realm," Tink answered.

"Well then, let's go," Regina replied.

Once they had arrived to where the portal had transported them, Regina looked around at the location they found themselves in, the Enchanted Forest? Why would Robin be here?

Then she gasped as she realised where the portal had led them. "No," she whispered. The portal had led them back to the very same tavern where she first laid eyes on Robin all those years ago.

"Regina?" came a voice a few yards from where she was stood, she froze and took a deep breath before turning around, meeting the blue eyes of her soulmate.

"Robin!" she breathed. She smiled as tears ran down her cheeks and Robin walked towards her, his arm outstretched for his hand to wipe away her tears and embrace her in a hug.

She let out a chuckle and buried her head into his chest and inhaled his unique, forest smell, "I thought I'd lost you forever," she sniffed.

Robin pulled back slightly from the hug and cupped her face with his hands, "you're never going to lose me again, I promise. I love you Regina."

Regina couldn't remember the last time she had smiled so widely. She placed a sweet, chaste kiss on his lips. "I love you too Robin. Always."