These wounds won't seem to heal. This pain is just too real. There's just too much that time cannot erase. When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you screamed,

I'd fight away all of your fears and I held your hand through all of these years but you still have all of me -Evanescence, My Immortal


Time Period: A Flashback

Event: Avalon's birth

Place: Rumple and Regina's cottage in Avalon

Regina's p.o.v

"My water just broke. My labor has indeed started" frightened, I alert Rumple as he carries me into our bedroom. We will wait for our daughter's arrival here. We are in a full

blown panic mode because she will born two months early. Gently, Rumple lays me down on the bed. He massages my shoulders and feet. We practice random breathing

exercises. I try to sleep in between the contractions. Eventually the pressure down below becomes unbearable for me. "I can't do this, but I have to push" I stress. "Easy

deep slow breaths and pushes. I don't want you to bleed to death" Rumple instructs me. Undergoing a difficult transition known as childbirth, my body and mind

can't stay calm.


Time Period: A Flashback

Place: Storybrooke

Rumple's p.o.v

Careless, I interrupt Mary Margaret's class. My grandson Henry waves hello to me and I wave back. "Mr. Gold, how may I help you?" Mary Margaret asks me. "I am

looking for an nonverbal autistic teenage girl. I think she attends this school. Regina wants to see her" I tell her. "Check Special Education" She instructs pointing to a

classroom down the hall way. "Thanks" I grin walking toward the Special Ed classroom. The kind Special Ed teacher allows me to take Ava to the mayor's office. When

we arrive there, Regina embraces us. Thankfully, I can translate Ava's sign language to her.

Regina's p.o.v

Rumple was kind enough to bring Avalon to my office. I felt a little guilty for taking Ava out of class. The mother in me didn't want to go another day without seeing her.

She was my only biological child after all. "You are beautiful. You are a combination of Mr. Gold and me" I compliment Ava in the present time. "Are you and Mr. Gold my

parents?" Rumple asks on Avalon's behalf. "Yes, we are your parents. A dark curse separated us a long time ago when you were a baby" I explain. Teary-eyed, Avalon

hugs and kisses us then. She desires to start a new life with us.


Time Period: A Flashback

Situation: Avalon knows the truth about her parents' relationship

Rumple's p.o.v

I remember we were having a lovely peaceful lunch date at Grannys. Avalon caught Belle and

me kissing through the window. Her presence and loud scream startled us. Belle accompanied

me outside where we encountered a heartbroken Avalon. I tried to hug her, but she pushed me

away. "You and my mom are together. How could you love someone else?" She interrogates me.

"It pains me to tell you this, but you deserve the truth. I am no longer married to your mom. We

are divorced. Belle is my new wife" choked up, I confessed. Avalon ran away with tears in her

eyes. She believed it was her fault that Regina and me were divorced. Eventually, she learned

through Regina and me that she didn't cause our separation.


Time Period: The Present Reality

Place: A Hospital Waiting Room in Storybrooke

Regina's p.o.v

Barely within earshot or arms reach even now you are my immortal. Somehow I catch a glimpse of your ghost. Knocking on heaven's door, we don't know where we

end or begin. The unfortunate position and situation that we are in doesn't make any sense at all.