Three weeks later, Regina transports to the earthen driveway of her sister's Storybrooke farmhouse or rather, to the location where it's being razed. As the last tendrils of purple smoke evaporate from the air around her, she finds Zelena at her side in one of her customarily stylish gray and green ensembles; complete with flamboyant hat and heels.

Despite the corresponding building permits on the desk in her office, somehow, Regina is still mildly surprised to see the wrecking crew, demolishing all but the foundation of the farmhouse. She gestures "What brought this on?"

"First, I hate the place. I never liked living in that house. It's full of bad memories. Second, I can hardly expect the god of the underworld to take up residence in a rundown old farmhouse; can I?

Regina nods, silently wishing it was this easy to erase every storehouse of bad memories. "You're moving to Storybrooke? Or will you just be visiting frequently?"

Zelena's studies her sister's face. "Are you asking as my sister, or as the mayor?"

Regina shrugs. "A little of both."

Zelena's shrugs as well, trying to mirror her sister's demeanor. "Zeus said, Hades could leave the underworld if he found someone suitable to act as his replacement. We're executing a trial run. Sort of like a probationary period, I guess."

"Who for?"

"Fiona."

"The black fairy?"

Zelena nods.

"She agreed to oversee the underworld?"

"She offered actually."

"At what cost?"

Zelena laughs with a touch of derision. "Always so suspicious; aren't you?"

"Comes with the job."

Being the mayor makes you suspicious?"

Being a reformed villain makes me suspicious, Zelena. Everything comes at a cost. Nothing is free. What did Hades get out of the deal - other than his potential freedom from the underworld? Fiona didn't agree to run that place out of the goodness of her heart. You know that as well as I do."

"I guess he still owes her. She requested a second chance at corporeal life. He laughed at her. She wanted another shot at coming back here. She hasn't given up on the notion of reigning supreme in Storybrooke."

"Well, that's unsettling."

"it's been four years, Regina. You're a lot stronger now than you were when she cast the curse. Don't tell me you're afraid of her?"

Regina shakes her head. "Not what I meant at all."

"What then?"

"If he still owes her - she will collect; probably at the worst possible time. She's not just going to sweep it under the rug and forget about it, Zelena."

"You worry too much." Zelena laughs. "You don't really think she'd be dumb enough to try to put one over on the god of the underworld."

"Maybe you don't worry enough."

"Maybe you just don't have as much faith in my husband as I do."

Regina's chest rises and falls with silent laughter. "Zelena. that's not a maybe. That's a certainty. How's the baby?"

"The baby's okay. It's still rough, but not as bad as last time. At least not yet. Hades says, that Rh disease made everything worse faster last time because we didn't know about it. It seems he's right. With the treatment, things are better. Hades says he's a boy. I told him about our family tree. You know, about no woman in the bloodline giving birth to a male child for at least the last eight generations. He just shrugged and said maybe all our bloodline needed was a divine boost."

Regina shakes her head and whispers dryly, "Oh yeah, no hubris there; is there? Talk about a god complex."

"Hey, be nice. He's entitled."

Regina shrugs. "Maybe so, but next time he says something like that, remind him that the bloodline he's spitting on produced the woman he loves. Think he's really going to be happy here in Storybrooke?"

Zelena's shrugs. "He's got me. Why shouldn't he be happy?"

"I'm not trying to imply that he shouldn't be happy with you, but one woman cannot be all things to one man – or god; no matter how much she might want to be."

"Oh, come on! Every time I see him, Robin seems pretty near to bliss to me."

"Sure, but I'm not the only reason why."

Zelena teases, "Are you telling me that Robin of Locksley has a harem?"

Regina scowls and lightly thumps her older sister on the back of the head. "I'm telling you that - yes, he has me, but he also has the children, his friends, his work. People need more than just one thing. They need more than just one person. We all do. Finding happily ever after is about more than just finding true love, Zelena. What? When you're carrying the child of a god, those extra-sexy pregnancy hormones kick in early? Or am I just now noticing that your mind resides in the gutter?"

Zelena raises an eyebrow. "What do you know about extra-sexy pregnancy hormones?"

Regina smiles in response to a not too distant memory. "Start of the second trimester. You know, after the morning sickness is mostly under control. I was just starting to gain weight and I didn't even care. Well, at least not most of the time. The evil queen always has been a bit of nympho. While pregnant, I seriously think that if she didn't like Robin so much, we might have killed him."

Zelena snorts. "I could think of worse ways to g… Hey, wait!" She drops her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. "Am I hearing things, or did you just let slip that Robin sleeps with the evil queen?"

Regina squints in confusion. "Well, of course, he does. She is part of me. I can't exactly separate myself from her before I crawl into bed at night."

"Yes, I know that, but – I guess I've never really thought about it. I guess I just assumed that yours was the dominant personality at such moments. I mean, he married you." Suddenly in doubt, Zelena raises an eyebrow. "Didn't he."

Regina nods. "Yes, he married me. He also married her. Robin's not like most of my friends here. He doesn't often delineate between the two. In his mind, except for on very rare occasions, I am her. She is me."

"And you see it that way, too?"

"Yes. I have to. It's necessary; for my own mental stability. Otherwise, our marriage would have a very dark problem. One who weighs about 115 pounds, and likes to wear heavy eye makeup accompanied by full-length gowns and lots of jewels. It would especially become a problem in those times when she likes to emerge."

"I wasn't aware she does emerge."

"These days, only when I'm alone with Robin."

"Oh okay." Zelena's blue eyes go wide. "Wait. Is that just alone with, or is it alone with; as in alone with and naked?"

Regina laughs. Easy Greenie! Or do I need to find a hose to cool you off with?"

Zelena sighs quietly. I'm not trying to stick my nose in. Or, okay, I am. But not for the reason you think."

Regina chuckles in uncertainty. "Okay then, why are you sticking your nose in?"

"I guess I'm hoping you can help me wonder a teensy little bit less about whether or not I'm some kind of freak."

Regina squints. "You only think maybe you're a freak? Honey, trust me, we're both freaks. I don't think it's genetically possible to come from the womb of the Queen of Hearts without at least one major qualifying factor in the freak department."

"Regina, will you please be serious for a minute."

"I assure you, I am deadly serious!"

"Okay, freak. Does she emerge sometimes when you're in bed? You know, when its… beyond your control."

Regina tilts her head to one side, offering her sister a puzzled look. "Why do you need to know that?"

Zelena lowers her voice another octave. "Because I do things. Magical things. With Hades… In those moments. It's beyond my control. It's never happened with anyone else. But with him, it's always been this way. It's just - not worse - but more intense when I'm pregnant. I mean; that's weird, right? I don't want to hurt him!"

Regina can't help it. She lifts her face to the sky and laughs freely and boldly.

Zelena pinches her sister hard enough to make her jump and pull away; rubbing her arm. "Stop it! It's not funny."

Regina takes another step further beyond her sister's reach as she continues laughing. "You're right, the situation is not funny and all. What's funny, is you thinking you're going to hurt him. Zelena, he's a god. You could blow him up - multiple times - and never leave a mark. I mean, not a single scratch. And you're worried about hurting him."

Zelena scowls. "I don't care if he is nearly indestructible. He's my husband. And when I'm… You know. I sort of levitate and do some other things too. I get that you probably don't want to talk to me about Robin. But I don't have anyone else to talk to. Not about this stuff."

Sighing heavily, Regina acquiesces and tucks her arm in her sister's and steps a little further away from work crew that is tearing down her house. Close enough to drop her voice to a nearly inaudible level, she whispers. "Look, whatever you're doing, is Hades worried about it?"

Zelena's shakes her head. "Nothing I do ever seems to faze him." She raises an eyebrow as she thinks about her own statement and adds, "At least not negatively."

"Then, I don't think you have anything to worry about." Regina teases. "Not unless your head is spinning around 360° and you're orally spewing pea soup during orgasm."

With no frame of reference for the comment, Zelena's squints in confusion. "No, I've never done that."

Regina smiles. "Then, congratulations. You're no more a freak than your younger sister is."

"So, then, something does happen to you?"

"Yes. The queen does emerge in private moments. It happens fairly often. Sometimes it's beyond my control. Sometimes it's a choice. Other times, my power sort of hovers in my palms without being fully emitted. Robin says it's warm; infrequently it's even hot, but he swears I've never injured him. He seems to enjoy it. Occasionally, I've even been known to throw fireballs. Although I don't think that's ever happened without intent. If it had, I'm pretty sure Robin would let me know. He has this rule about not throwing fireballs in the house. He's put a lot of work into the place. I think he would greatly appreciate it if I refrained from burning it down; accidentally or otherwise."

Zelena thinks this over. "I don't think Hades would mind the fireballs. He emits flames from the top of his head."

"During sex?"

"Oh, no. I didn't mean then. Just in general."

"Yes, well, Hades is probably impervious to most fireballs. Robin; not so much."

"But, he's okay with the other things you mentioned? He doesn't mind the queen...uh, coming out to play?"

Regina smiles and shakes her head vehemently. "I haven't had a single complaint. Except for the fireball throwing when I'm irritated because something is distracting me while we're… I've been known to set things on fire if something interferes with that particular moment. Hence, the no fireballs in the house rule."

Zelena giggles. "We have a no interruptions policy."

"Yes, but you also have a magical four-year-old. Wait until she realizes that she can transport right into bed with you whenever she wants."

Zelena's shakes her head. "That rule especially applies to Eliana. After bedtime, she knows she's not allowed in our room. It's the one time that Hades will actually get upset with her."

Regina squints. "I don't think that's going to work with our bunch. If it's not Norah, it's Roland or the dog. Daddy and Henry are the only ones who have the presence of mind to knock before entering. But then, they are the only ones who are old enough to be bothered by the thought of interrupting something. How's my niece?"

Zelena's groans in frustration.

"Uh oh, that doesn't sound good."

"My darling daughter is being a pill, and we can't seem to figure out why. She will not talk to us about it, but, all of a sudden, she's grumpy and combative. Yesterday she growled at me and yelled at Hades. I wasn't expecting behavior like this until she was at least 11 or 12. I have no idea what's wrong with her!"

"You know, Roland went through a phase before Norah was born. He was jealous of all the attention the new baby was getting."

"Regina, Norah follows Roland around - like a puppy!"

"Yeah sure, now. She adores him – and he loves her. But he was barely six when she was born. He bonded with me easily, but he was used to being Robin's baby. Suddenly, Daddy had a new baby to love, and Roland felt a little displaced for a while."

"I don't even know if that's what's bothering her."

"Ask her, point blank. If she won't answer, tell her it's okay if that's what's wrong. Explain to her that the baby isn't just yours and Dad's. It's hers too. If that doesn't work, bring her over. Robin and I will have a chat with her." Regina gestures to the land around them. "She's getting a new home too. That's a lot of change for a tiny little goddess who is not even in kindergarten yet. You might try letting her pick the color paint or wallpaper for her bedroom. Get her involved in both the move and the pregnancy."

Zelena's shrugs. "Sure, why not? Nothing else we've tried has worked."

"So, tell me. What are you planning to replace the farmhouse with?"

Zelena's smiles and announces with certainty, "I'm thinking, palatial Greek villa."

Regina chuckles. "Of course, you are, Greenie!"