Facilier kneeled in front of Rumple who has Regina in his arms. The growing roots that were trying to eat the town died. The storm has also stopped and the sun slowly shining again up in the sky. Cora poofed herself to be near her daughter while the others came up to see what happened.
"Oh my god…" Snow muttered as soon as she saw Regina in Rumple's arms.
Emma remains speechless as she holds her son she shares with Regina. She was supposed to be the Savior, she thought. She's meant to save everyone and that means saving Regina as well. Now, looking at her, she failed. She wasn't able to do anything and her son is now heartbroken.
Regina is barely alive while catching every breath she can to remain alive. Rumple's dagger is still in her body and her blood is dripping on the ground. She looked up in the sky and saw the sun as bright as before. The purple in her eyes slowly disappeared.
"I always like the sun", she muttered.
Cora kneeled next to her daughter and held her hand. She wanted to be strong for her but she can't help but sob.
"Mother", Regina called softly.
"Yes, my darling. I am right here. I will never leave you", she answered.
Regina smiled.
"I am so sorry I asked Hook to kill you before", she apologized for orchestrating her assassination back in the Enchanted Forest.
"All is long forgiven, my love", Cora muttered softly.
"I am so glad you came to Storybrooke, Mother. I really am", Regina muttered despite the pain.
It hurts Rumple to see her in pain. He wanted to heal her so badly but he knows he can't. The whole thing will reverse if he tried to heal her.
Regina looked at Rumple and saw the tears in his eyes. He never saw the Dark One cry before. Once almost, when she told him that Belle was dead but not to this extent.
"My little imp", she muttered and Rumple halted to listen. "I have always known, somehow, deep inside but I just thought the whole idea was stupid but I knew…Dad", she added.
It brought more tears to Rumple. Just like him, she felt it too. She wanted to be more powerful than him but she never tried to end his life. She tried to persuade Belle to give him a true love's kiss to rid him off his powers but that was just it.
"I'm so sorry", he said to her.
Regina returned a smile.
"Apology accepted. Look after Henry, will you? Tell him, I love him so much more than anything in this world and tell him that I am so sorry for everything. I could've done a lot better", she said.
Rumple nodded. She looked up in the sky one more time to see the sunlight gracing the whole town. She let out one last smile.
"I always like the sun", she muttered and then closed her eyes.
Cora gasped and cried hard. She knows how it will end but seeing her daughter die hit her harder than she could've ever imagine. Rumple put his hand over her shoulder for comfort as he tries to control his emotions as well.
Facilier, still in shock, looked at them both.
"I thought the whole thing was to save her life. I haven't seen her for 28 years only for everything to end with this", he muttered.
"Turning her evil would've save her life, yes, but she will regret it her whole life if she ended hurting everyone in this town especially her son. She will never forgive herself. She will remain suffering in misery, living without happiness which is worse than death", Rumple said to him.
Tears fell from the eyes of the voodoo doctor. He loves her so much that he will do anything for her, follow her everywhere.
Henry cried downstairs while Emma is holding him tight. Snow leaned to David as she cries for her stepmother. Despite the long history of revenge between them, she was a great stepmother to her when she was young. Regina successfully filled the void her mother left when she died and now she's gone too.
"I thought Her Majesty is supposed to wake after dying. Love is stronger than darkness, you say", Hook said to Belle.
"I thought so too. It's always been that way for everyone", she said.
"Well, I guess it's different for the queen then", Hook muttered.
"Her death saved the entire town, her people and her family. She would've been happy. I am sure of it", David said.
The cleaning of the town was made easy by the fairies using their pixie dusts. The dwarves helped with rebuilding some of the houses that were destroyed by the storm and by the giant roots. They put Regina's body in the town hall for the meantime while they still plan on her funeral. Henry decided to never leave his mother's side.
Snow coordinated with Cora on the planning and decorations while Emma chose to exclude herself with the whole thing. She went outside the building and sat by the garden. She wasn't crying but she wasn't happy either. She is overwhelmed by thoughts running in her mind.
"Are you alright, Savior?" Hook asked her.
"Yeah, sure", she lied.
The pirate didn't buy her lie and decided to sit with her on the bench.
"Come on, talk. I am a good listener", he said with a smile.
"I am the Savior. I am meant to save everyone and I couldn't even save the one person who raised my son as her own. She was right there in front of me in need of saving the whole time and I didn't even see it. I was so blinded by the fact that she was the Evil Queen that I didn't bother looking at her as a person who is also capable of love. I am the worst Savior", she said.
"Don't be too hard on yourself. Regina was not an easy person to save. She hid her emotions very well because she didn't like showing to people her weakness. She was a queen. She should be tough", Hook replied.
Emma looked at him.
"You met Regina back in the day. What was she like? I mean set aside the whole Evil Queen thing", she asked.
Hook thought about it for a minute.
"First of all, she's gorgeous. I came in to find a way to kill the Dark One and she offered me a trade. I will kill her mother and she will help me with killing the crocodile. It was simple but then she decided to put me in a test. He asked me to kill a man who then turned out to be my father who abandoned me and my brother when we were little", he answered.
"I am so sorry", Emma said.
"Yeah, it was all confusing at the time. Why would the queen wants me to kill him? He never done anything to her. I thought about asking him to sail away from the land so I can lie to Regina that I got the job done but you know what I found when I went to his house? A little boy. I found that he had a new family. He left me and my brother to starve on our own to be with his new family. Then I get it right and there. The queen knew about that part. It wasn't a test. It was a gift. She gave me the answer I was looking for my entire life, the reason why he abandoned us. Regina was many things. She's definitely capable of horrible things you can't even start imagining it but one thing is for sure. She never does it without a reason. In the middle of all the things she has ever done was a heart. That was what she was like when I met her", he added.
Facilier was the end of the hall staring at Regina's body on the other end.
"What are you going to do now?" Rumple asked him.
"To be honest, I don't know. For 28 years, I have one goal and that is to be reunited with my queen. I've done that and I tried to save her but I failed. Now, I have no purpose. I just lost the one person in the world who I love", he answered without looking at the Dark One.
Rumple looked at him carefully.
"You really did love her, didn't you?" he asked.
"With all my heart…believe me, even I don't know how was that possible considering my heart is as black as yours but I do love her so much", Facilier answered.
"Oh I know the feeling. I am the Dark One and yet I am still capable of loving someone. I think it's possible for you as well", he said.
Facilier turned to him.
"Then why did you do it? Why did you keep us apart back then?" he asked.
"I saw how you changed her. You didn't sway her to be good but you made her forget of her goal to get her revenge on Snow White. Meanwhile, I was hell-bent on trying to make her cast the curse so I can get to my son. You're getting in the way of all my plans but that wasn't the main reason. I never told Regina about it when she asked me the same question but I will tell you. You and Regina together back in the day was the deadliest combination I have ever seen in entire existence. You can bring out the best of each other but you can also bring out the worst. At that time, you brought out the worst. I made her the Evil Queen. I manipulated her path towards darkness. I created a monster out of her but during that time, that was the one time my own creation made me feel fear", he answered.
Facilier nodded. He finally got the answer he was looking for a very long time. He then turned to Regina.
"I will follow her wherever she might go. I think I know now what I want to do. I will follow her", he muttered.
Rumple looked at him.
"You want to die?" he asked.
"That's the only way I can be reunited with my queen, in death, so be it", he answered with a smile.
Henry is looking at his mother's body while holding a comic book she bought him years ago. His eyes are sore from crying but he wanted to stay with her as much as he can. He got up and went beside Regina.
"Hi, Mom", he greeted while trying to smile.
He then put the comic book on top of her hands.
"You remember this? This is the first comic book you ever bought me. I saw it in the store and I was begging you to buy it for me. We were going to be late in your meeting but I insisted because it's the last one. You looked at me and sighed and then you smiled. We went to the store and you bought me the comic book. When we got to the meeting, we were already late. You didn't say sorry to the board. You said, 'I bought my son his first comic book'. I almost laughed because you winked at me right after you said that then you let me read it in the couch while you're having the meeting", he said.
He wiped away his tears and took a deep breath.
"You always do what is going to make me happy. You always wanted me to be happy and I never even paid any attention to that. I was looking for something else each time. I am so sorry. I am sorry that I ignored you. I am sorry that I made it hard for you to be my mother. I am sorry that I left Storybrooke to find Emma because I was looking for another mother when I already have one that loves me so much. I am sorry that I looked at you as the Evil Queen when the truth is you're not. You are my mother, adopted or not. You love me like your own and I can never ask for more. I should never ask for more", he apologized.
He then saw Regina wearing the bracelet he made as a school project back then. He remembered giving it to her but he never saw her wearing it before. It made him cry even more.
"Mom, I am not ready to say goodbye. This is not how this should end. Everyone should have their happy endings even the villains, even the Evil Queen. I love you, Mom", he said and then put a kiss on her forehead. Suddenly, a wave of magic came out from the kiss and ran throughout the entire town. Then, Regina finally opened her eyes.