Emma almost panicked. Her whole body screamed that she should run, but her heart told her to stay. She had to protect Regina. She had to.

"Emma please leave" Regina whispered and Emma met her eyes. Truth be told Regina didn't actually want her to leave. But she didn't want her to get hurt either. Emma shock her head and stood up. She was dark in her eyes, looking almost dangerous. The blonde was reminded of all the years she had been abused and she was done with being the victim. Now it was her turn to be someone's saviour. Regina's saviour.

Emma and Ruby had taken some self-defence classes a while back ago, becuse granny thought that would be good for Emma's self-esteem and the blonde was ready to use her new skills.

"Regina!" the voice screamed again and Emma offered her hand and helped Regina up from the bed.

"Emma I…" Regina was cut off by Emma's lips smashing against hers and in that same moment the door to her dad's room flew up.

"Miss Swan" Daniel growled and gritted his teeth. Emma didn't back down as he had expected, instead she moved forward. She clenched one fist and held Regina in her other hand.

"Yepp that's me" Emma shot back and took another step forward. "Do you have any problems with what?"

Regina felt her heart in her troat. She knew this was gonna be something Emma would regret becuse Regina knew, deep inside, that Emma wasn't just doing this for her sake. No in some way Emma was fighting the demons in her head as well. Demons that was disgused in her head as all those terrible abusive foster parents Emma had loved with. Daniel just became the last straw.

"Get out of this house imminently, Miss swan, or I will call the sheriff" Daniel snapped.

"Oh will you now? You don't want to twist my arm like you did with my girlfriend?!"

"Your girlfriend?!" Daniel growled and raised his hand. "She's my wife you disgusting piece of shit!" Emma didn't back down now either. She let go of Regina's hand and took yet another step closer and this time Emma was so close that she could sense the alcohol in Daniels breathe.

"Hit me" Emma challenged. "Come on. Hit me. I know it's what you want!" Regina couldn't stand by anymore and dragged Emma backwards, making Daniels punch miss. Emma groaned and pulled away from Regina's arms. She was angry but when she met her girlfriend's eyes she suddenly felt sick to her stomach. What the hell am I doing? She thought to herself and felt how her whole body started to shake from anxiety.

"You have five minutes on you miss Swan, or else I will call the police!" Daniel spat.

"Yeah you do that. I will tell them you almost hit me and have hurt Regina!" Emma snapped back. She couldn't back down now.

"You do that. But who do you think the Sherriff will belive Hm? The son to the town's richest man or a fucking foster kid? You're pathetic" Daniel spat and left the room.

Emma punched the wall with her fist, making it bleed. Regina just wanted to pull her into her arms and kiss her, but that was the last thing Emma wanted right now. She was to caught up in her emotions for any physical contact, so Regina kept her distance. Emma's behavior right now was even scaring her, because she had never seen her like this.

"Emma, please. Calm down" she said with a gentle tone and let only her fingertips just glance the blondes shoulder. Emma didn't even meet her eyes. She just surrendered to her strongest feeling inside her right ran. Regina sunk down on the floor and just sobbed. But she wasn't allowed to be alone in more than just a couple of minutes before Daniel stormed into the room again.

He grabbed her arm and litterly dragged her with her. Regina was to tired to care so she didn't say a word. But when he threw her onto the bed, Regina decided to fight back but it was useless. He was to strong for her and he ripped off her blouse and stripped her down to just her bra and panties. Regina met his eyes and tugged on her underlip.

"Daniel please, this isn't you. You're not a rapist" Regina almost whispered, and her voice broke.

"I'm a man and you're my woman." Daniel shrugged and took off his shirt and straddled her. "And your body is mine as I wish. My father has taught me that"

"And what have MY father taught you?" Regina shot back, trying to make Daniel realise what he was actually doing, but he seemed almost brainwashed? What in earth had her mother done to the poor guy? This wasn't him. He was a sweet soul. And her daddy had absolutely adored him.

Daniel didn't even react to her words, so Regina pushed on.

"Did my father teach you to hurt me? His daughter Hm!? Did he tell you that as he was laying on his deathbed?!" Daniel gritted his teeth and slapped Regina over her face. She tasted blood in her mouth and he grabbed her arms and she couldn't move at all. He was to strong.

"Don't ever take that tone with me again, you stupid little bitch" He said with a low, dangerous growl in his voice and Regina shivered.

"Daniel, this isn't you! I don't know what the hell mother has told you or your father. But this isn't you! I know you Daniel. I have known you my whole life and this isn't you!" Regina's voice broke and she was shaking now. Daniel did still not react to her words as he unhocked her bra and threw it on the floor. "Daniel… I beg you. Please don't" Now Regina was crying and he gave her a grin as he cupped her head in his hands, forcing her to meet his eyes.

"You're mine now Regina and I'll do as I wish" Daniel snarled and pressed his lips against hers. "You're mine" Regina closed her eyes and tried to imagine herself somewhere she was happy.

She pictured herself on Ricochantes back, galloping on a gigantic field with her daddy next to her riding Titan. She was smiling and was so happy. She pictured herself on a beach with Emma by her side. She had her head on Emma's shoulder and the blonde had her arm around her. They were watching the sunset and they had beautiful engagement rings on their fingers, because Emma had just proposed.

Regina pictured herself as a grown up woman, with Emma in a house on the country side. Emma was running around and playing with their dog and two little children they had adopted from a foster home. Regina picture her daddy standing with his arm around her, smiling at the scene in front of them.

But when Daniel pressed inside her Regina's eyes snapped open. She couldn't fantasize anymore. The pain was to big and she started to cry again. She screamed but Daniel just covered her mouth with his hand. It didn't take more then minutes before he came and as he had done that, he stood up and took on his pants again. Regina curled into a ball, naked and feeling so utterly disgusting.

"Ah now you're broken in so to speak" Daniel said and Regina didn't even look at him. "I'll go down and tell that fat stupid maid to make us some dinner and in the mean time, clean yourself up. You look disgusting"

Daniel left the room and Regina opened her eyes slowly. What the hell had just happened? She covered herself with a blanket and laid on her back, looking up into the ceiling. The fact that he had actually dragged her into her own bedroom just made her sick. Daniel had raped her. The anxiety was growing inside of her as Regina actually understood what had happened. He had raped her. Regina just wanted to scream, but she didn't have the energy. The only thing Regina wished for was that Emma was laying behind her and holding her in her arms, kissing her neck and comforting her. But Regina couldn't tell Emma about this. No. Emma would never forgive herself for leaving Regina. The blonde would just blame herself and that would only make things worse.

Ruby and Belle were still at grannys. Granny had done both food and dessert for them and now they were sitting in the couch playing boardgames. Even if the room was filled with laughter, Ruby was anxious, as well as her grandmother. They were worried about Emma, Belle knew that and she wished she could do something about it, even if she couldn't. Emma and Regina were going through something rough and it wasn't something neither of them should poke around in. Ruby knew her sister would come to her if she needed someone, but she also knew Emma preferred to keep things inside.

Granny tried to act calm about the whole situation but at the same time she was torn. Emma wasn't herself and she knew it had to do with Regina. The old woman shook her head and delt the cards. She thought about the fact that she still hadent told anyone of them about her and Cora's argument. Maybe she should do that? Or maybe not? Suddenly the door flew open and Belle almost fell off the couch, but thankfully Ruby was fast to catch her.

"Emma, stop right there" Granny said, a little anger in her voice. She had tried to call Emma multiple times but all calls had gone ignored. Emma groaned and met Granny's eyes.

"Tell me girl, where have you been? And why haven't you answered your phone?"

"I've been out and I needed to be alone.." Emma shrugged and granny saw she had been crying.

"Emma please, we have been worried" Granny said calmly and Emma just went upstairs. Ruby looked at her girlfriend, and received a kiss on her cheek.

"Go to her Rubes" Belle smiled.

Ruby knocked on Emma's door carefully and when she heard her sister say "come in" she opened the door. The blonde was sitting on the bed with a notepad in her lap. Emma had started to write when she wasn't feeling good and once in a while she gave Ruby her notes, becuse she had a such hard time expressing her anxiety in words.

"Swan, what's going on? Is is Regina?" Ruby asked and sat down on the bed. Emma signed and put away her notepad and met her sister's friendly, yet worried eyes.

"Regina is kinda engaged with Daniel" Emma almost whispered and fiddled with her hands.

"What the fuck?" Ruby replied. "Daniel? Do you mean the stableboy?"

"Mm" Emma shrugged. "So I guess Cora has found out about us and has this crazy idea that if Regina has a man she will forget me and become the perfect daughter Cora always wanted."

"I don't what to say" Ruby frowned. Great support huh?

"Me either. I just want my Regina. I think I love her Ruby" Emma said, sadness stinging in her voice. "I know it's crazy but I really think I do love her. And what's gonna happen now? Am I supposed to just let her go?"

Ruby felt her heart brake. She was so happy that Regina and Emma had found each other. They were so perfect together, just like ying and yang. Of course Cora would try to break them up. If this had been a movie, Emma could just have grabbed Regina's hand and run away with her. But this wasn't some movie. This was real life and Regina was still underage and that meant Cora was in charge of her wellbeing. And could do as she pleased. Ruby gritted her teeth. Regina's dad would never had let this happen. He would have supported the girls as he had done with Belle and Ruby. But Cora felt that homosexuality was a sickness. A abomination. A sin. Ruby pulled Emma into a tight hug and tried to find the right words. But she didn't. Instead she just held her sister, as they both broke down in tears.