"How is that possible?", Robin Hood said back.

"Because it is.", Ivy simply replied before making her way towards them.

"No.. but it isn't because there's no reason for someone to hate another person without knowing why.", Robin said back.

Ivy unusually smiled. "That's the point. She has no reason for putting Regina in a sleeping curse, has no reason for trying to erase you and Lucy from existence and has no reason for any of her actions so far." She paused as the three of them stared at her as if she'd just said something crazy.

"It's one of the many flaws in casting a curse. People will do things for no reason, even if they think they have one. But deep down my mother always knew.", Ivy responded. Her expression was almost miserable, showing fractures of regret and guilt as she spoke.

Robin Hood couldn't seem to help but recognise it, and despite not knowing her for incredibly long he knew he recognised that look. The constant look of guilt had reminded him of someone who he became closer and closer to as they spoke.

"What are you trying to say?", he said back.

Ivy's hands begun to shake. She been preparing what to say and what to do for what felt like a century and with every counting second she became more and more sick of it. But this wasn't any other day. She knew this was the day everything would go back to the way it was. The innocent untainted reality that she'd once known.

"What I'm trying to say is I made a mistake. I made a mistake casting this curse.", she took a moment to breathe and allowed herself to wonder away from the eye contact that she'd made. "I thought this curse was going to stop all of the pain in my life. I thought it would finally give me the freedom I'd needed, away from my mother's jealousy and what seemed like favouritism for my sister over me."

Lucy looked at her with an unexplainable emotion. Was this the real Ivy? Was this the person who had always groaned at the mention of her name, and who her mother had always regretted seeing?

"But I was wrong. All this curse did was make things worse. In the end, it only made me feel empty. I disrespected everyone. I looked down at the people of this town like hypnotised, worthless human beings all because of some stupid curse. The more and more I think about it now, the more I begin to realise how much of an idiot I was."

"Drizella, I still love you-", Belfrey quickly said back before being interrupted.

"No!", tears begun to well up in her eyes as she looked downwards at the pitifully artificial floor. "I don't deserve that. I don't deserve that type of love after what I've done."

Everything surrounding them fell silent as she stood there silently crying. Even the distant sound of cars around them begun to slowly fade and the atmosphere became unexplainably nostalgic. Both Robin and Lucy showed nothing but bewilderment, unable to see the correlation between anything that had happened within the last few moments. Ivy's mother stood cluelessly, not knowing what to do or what to say. But Robin Hood had an idea.

He stepped forward, standing in front of the woman. "Listen to me. I don't know your story. In fact, I barely know anything about this entire world… but I do know one thing."

Ivy looked upward in curiosity before he continued speaking.

"Everyone makes mistakes. Some big, some small but even so, at the end of it all it won't matter. As long as you learn from those mistakes, you'll only become a better person."

She froze and the unsettling silence returned again.

"No matter what you do, you do deserve love. From your mother, from your stepsister, from anyone.. because at the end of the day… we're all people."

She begun to calm down before slowly processing what he had just said to her. And that was when she knew that she had to let it go.

"If you break the curse now, no one should get hurt. At least I don't think so anyway.", she said quietly.

"What are you telling me to do?", he asked.

"She's telling you to run.", Robin said to her father, before giving him a stern look. She knew Ivy wasn't lying. Something about the way she spoke and the way that she looked so empty made it believable enough to follow. And after all, they didn't exactly have much else to do now.

And that was when he ran. He ran down every corridor as his steps and breaths echoed against the walls. There was nothing that was going to stop him from finding Regina. There was nothing that could possibly get in his way.

And after quickly observing every door and every label, he finally found the room she was in. He opened the door and quickly found himself slowing his steps before seeing her.

He observed her pale skin and her eyes which had looked as if they'd fallen shut for so long. The hospital walls surrounding her attempted to make her look weak and frail, But despite their attempt, he knew there was nothing weak and frail about her. And when he leant over to kiss her, it didn't take long before she opened her eyes.

[a/n: bOOM! there we go guys I basically fixed outlawqueen. Well, there's still one more chapter to go but still!

Anyway, wanted to take this moment to once again thank you guys for the support on this fic. I really appreciate the fact that many people have enjoyed this :D.

Bit off context here but I do genuinely want to know what you guys think about this whole thing about Regina getting another love interest in 7B. I've heard rumours about it and I think I saw some images to back it up so it's not unlikely.

Honestly, I'm genuinely not sure what I'll think of it. I think my favourite ship will still remain to be OutlawQueen genuinely because it was such a cute ship (and yeah I mean I've been writing a fanfic to basically fix it) but at the same time I don't think I'm completely against Regina at least getting a second chance. I'm still salty they had to kill off Robin for no reason tho ._. .Would be interested to hear your thoughts!

Last chapter should be out soon!]