Author's note: Apparently I was so pissed off that I typed up the new chapter in less than an hour! Tell me if this detail of the story didn't get over looked when Rumple was dying folks!

Before either Snow or Sarah could say another word, both mother and grandmother vanished in a puff of black smoke.

Both would stay there for hours before realizing that whatever their grandmother had wanted to do, she had somehow convinced their mother to do it.

They waited.

Hours. And hours.

Neither of them knew what to say or do about what had happened.

In the end nothing needed to be said.

Both had somehow known why their grandmother was acting so cold.

After those hours had passed. Sarah had suddenly felt extremely sick.

Snow had not gone out to look for her mother for that reason alone.

Her sister's side was where she stayed as Sarah slowly became sicker and sicker.

Snow sat by her sister and let tears of frustration and pain fall.

Whatever was happening, it was killing Sarah.

Sarah slowly opened her eyes and turned to look at Snow.

"We need to find them."

Snow had not waited for another word to come out of Sarah's mouth.

Carrying her sister, and walking through the streets of the town they watched from a distance as their mother ran into a small building.

"What's going on?!" Snow asked almost out of breath to her sister.

"I don't know. But I have a feeling we'll find it in that building." Sarah said with certainty.

Approaching the store as fast as Snow could drag Sarah, both entered the semi destroyed store.

Moving with Snow, Sarah forced herself to keep going, even as everything in her was about to give out.

As soon as they moved into the room, they watched as their mother stuck her hand into Cora's chest from behind.

Neither women could even scream out before Cora suddenly almost seemed to faint backwards but caught herself, only just.

Cora must have smiled at her daughter for the first time with love in her eyes, with the way Regina had said 'mother' and smiled widely.

Regina watched as her mother revealed the poison that had somehow transferred to her own chest.

"Mom what have you done?!" Snow asked in a scared voice before Sarah almost threw herself at her grandmother.

There was almost no time left, barely any breath left in her, but she thrust her hand in her grandmother's chest and slowly began to pump her grandmother's heart.

Regina found herself falling down beside the duo and murmuring an apology.

Rumple stood as a girl he had never seen somehow used black magic.

"Snow. I'm dying." Sarah whispered as her grandmother looked up into her eyes.

The sudden spark of sadness and love in them almost crushing Sarah's barely there heart.

That was when Mary Margaret yelled as she came in the door followed by David.

It was then that Regina realized what had happened.

"You did this."

The anger and rage in that moment outweighed all others in all of their lifetimes.

But Sarah couldn't have cared less, she was using all of the energy she had in her to keep her grandmother's heart beating.

"Snow..."

Barely making the name come out of her mouth - it was like a siren's call to Snow.

Without flinching Snow whipped out a dagger and put it to Mary Margaret's throat.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Snow screamed into her counterparts face.

"I'm soo sorry!" Mary Margaret was already crying in regret.

"She lit a candle. One that would switch Rumple's life with hers." The anger in David's own voice not going unnoticed by no one.

But the horror on Regina's face showed clearly just what Mary Margaret had done.

David's phone rang and by the ringtone knew who it was.

"EMMA! Are you ok?" David asked, but was cut off by Snow.

"Where is she?!" Snow asked about her daughter.

David nodded as he listened to Emma explain.

"She's near the well, by the bike path." David passed on the information.

"What well?" Snow asked confused.

It was then Mary Margaret turned whiter then snow.

Suddenly it hit her. How she could have saved Rumple's life without killing Cora.

"The wishing well. The water of Lake Nostos."

Snow eased the dagger away from Mary Margret's throat.

"Wait. The water from Lake Nostos can..." Snow began, but Regina knew immediately what the water could do.

In a flash Regina was at the well and throwing the bucket down the well. Using a quick flick of her wrist the bucket was back up and in her hands.

Black smoke surrounded her once more and she was kneeling beside Sarah and her mother.

Regina wasted no time and cupped the water into her hand and down her mother's throat.

It was just in time too.

Sarah's body could take no more and was about to fall over when her mother took some water and quickly poured some into her mouth.

Seconds turned slowly as both Sarah and Cora opened their eyes...completely healed.

As Cora began to open her eyes, Sarah slowly pulled her hand out of her grandmother's chest.

Though both were healed, the strain on Sarah had been far too great.

Sarah was about to fall to the side when Cora reached up and pulled Sarah down to her.

"Mother?" Regina asked in a child like way.

"I'm alright." Cora said as she rocked Sarah in her arms.

Sarah didn't resist the call of sleep that her body demanded. If anything in her grandmother's hold the sense of safety and care that she had always felt by her seemed to lull her faster into sleep.

"What happened?" Cora asked Regina.

But Regina was glaring daggers at Mary Margret.

Snow still had the dagger close to Mary Margret's throat, but slowly backed away to look at her with disgust.

"You did this didn't you?! You almost killed our grandmother..." Snow said as pieces of the puzzle started to click into place. "Why would you do that? WHY?!" Snow yelled at the idea of hurting someone she loved soo much.

"To protect my family."

It was whispered out. Barely even said.

"SHE IS FAMILY!" Snow exploded. "She's your husband's mother."

"YOU say! You say she's David's mother, but we don't know that for sure. And she's evil! She killed my mother!" The anguish in Mary Margret's voice heard by all in the room.

Odd thing would be that Snow didn't even wince at the words. As if she...

"You...you knew she killed..." Mary Margret couldn't even get out the words. The idea of knowing and forgiving...it was what she had always believed in, what she always thought she was able to do.

Not but a few minutes ago she had done the complete opposite.

Snow stood almost regally in front of Mary Margret. One would say that it was the same posture Regina used.

"There are things that both of us have taken from the other. But we both gave each other our forgiveness. Maybe for you she has never been a grandmother. But for me..." Snow sucked in a deep breath, "she's saved my life. Even after what she did, I love her."

Regina was shocked from the speech. Her mouth was dangling open with shock at the words.

Cora, who was listening to the whole discussion said nothing as she herself found her emotions in a complete jumble. The things she had done for power, the way she had manipulated her own child...so many thoughts were whizzing around in her mind. Yet Snow White's words penetrated the distorted mess of her mind. And even she was shocked at the words.

"You don't...can't understand...what she's been through." Snow furrowed her brow as she thought of all the things her grandmother had told her. All of the things, private and personal things that she had never even spoken to Regina about, her grandmother had told her. Because of what had happened. Because she realized what she had been becoming.

"Don't judge her so easily. People can surprise you."

"For God sakes Snow! Why do you always make things so complicated! Leave the woman that was heartless alone! It's not like you could have made better choices if you didn't have yours!" Sarah's drowsy voice drifted up from against her grandmother.

Snow automatically rolled her eyes at her sister.

Regina gave a tentative smirk at Sarah's words, still reeling from what had almost happened.

Cora gave a little laugh and a small smile came to her lips again.

Sarah settled back into her grandmother's arms, exhausted but happy that she had been there.

Snow shook her head.

"First birthday she's ever fallen asleep before midnight."

Until that moment Rumpelstiltskin had said nothing, waiting for the other shoe to drop. But the words that this other Snow had said, let alone that their was another Snow, sparked an interest that Rumple couldn't squash.

One question to be more precise.

And as hard as he tried to keep quiet, the question came out.

"How old is she?"

Snow turned and for the first time looked at this dimensions Rumpelstiltskin.

The answer shocking and explaining so much.

"28."

Regina didn't know what to make of the situation.

On one hand, Mary Margret had once again betrayed her, and had it not been for Sarah would have lost her mother for good.

She would have been alone again.

Looking at her mother then, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of Regina's soul.

For the first time in her life, her mother had a glow about her.

Exuding something soo strong she never would have believed it possible.

As Sarah lay sleeping in Cora's arms, Regina thought back to hours ago when she had allowed both Snow and Sarah to do the same.

Something in Regina knew that the girls were not hers.

But the immediate pull she had felt...

The something deep in her knowing that they were hers in some way.

"Mom are you ok?" Snow asked suddenly in front of Regina.

Snow's hand barely touching her mother's chin as her worried eyes scanned her face.

It shocked her just how much this Snow seemed to care for her.

Snow was worried when her mother didn't answer her. Looking up she looked at Rumple.

Still taken aback by the double vision of two Snow's, Rumpelstiltskin stared at the woman like she was going to attack him at any moment.

"I don't know what mess you got into Rum. But if it hurt my mother in any way I swear..." Snow began but stopped when Rumple raised his hand.

"Wait...what did you call me?" The nickname completely catching Rumple off guard.

"Rum...at least that's what we call you where we are from. Sarah gave you the nickname when she was little." Snow explained.

"No she didn't." Rumple immediately responded.

Snow looked confused for a second before shaking her head with a small smile.

"Yes she did. Since she was born you've been like a father to her. Well...besides James and David of course. But they're more like over protective brothers to her." Snow thought out loud as her head tilted up and her eyes looked up at nothing.

Tingles traveled up and down Rumple's spine.

He had not heard someone call him that nickname in over three hundred years.

Whoever the girl was...she was a possible threat. No matter what this other Snow said.

But then something happened that no one ever expected.

Something that left all in the room completely shocked.

Snow turned and looked down at her grandmother and sister and waved a hand at the duo.

Magic swirled and the two suddenly vanished.

It was Mary Margret who found herself with a slack jaw and a heart that pounded drastically at the action.

"Did...did you just use magic?" David asked with an equally slack jawed mouth.

Snow looked at David with a look that read 'did you really just ask me that.'

"Yes." Snow said slowly out of politeness.

"Who taught you magic?" Regina asked with wide eyes.

At this Snow laughed. "You did mom."

Turning back to Rumple Snow again addressed him.

"You helped of course, but mom kept me from going into the dark magics that you wanted to teach me. You always told mother it was for my protection."

Regina and Rumpelstiltskin were both trying to figure out what would cause both of them in this other dimension to do something like that.

"Protection from what?" Rumple asked with a bewildered look.

Snow's glowing smile at her memories of that time vanished at the question.

The change was immediate and all in the room noticed.

Turning back to her mother Snow looked pleadingly at her mother, "Can we talk about this later?"

Though angry at Mary Margret, Regina felt a maternal tug at the look on Snow's face.

Nodding her head, Regina soon found Snow in her arms once more with her head buried under her chin.

Regina didn't understand the instinct in her at that moment.

The overwhelming urge to protect Snow overtook her.

A complete opposite of wanting to hurt and exact revenge upon Mary Margret.

None of it made sense.

Again there was a cloud of black smoke and both were gone, leaving the other three in the store completely baffled of what had just happened in front of their eyes.

Author's note: Ok! Now what do you think of my story line? It's getting good right? Well...you know the drill people...let me know if you liked it...and I'll add more to this chapter tomorrow! :D