So I'm almost done with watching Season 5! Honestly, it's so hard to find stuff to use for Season 5 because it revolves so much around Captain Swan. Oh well.

Emma sat in the kitchen of the mansion, flipping through Henry's storybook. It was so crazy, seeing herself as a baby in someone's storybook. The beginning of her life, written down as a story.

Emma paused as she got to a picture of Regina as the Evil Queen. Looking closer at the binding, Emma's eyes widened. Some of the pages were missing. But who had ripped them out?

"What are you doing reading my storybook?" Henry asked, walking into the room.

Emma shrugged. "Just reading it. I haven't looked at it in a long time. Do you know who ripped these pages out?"

Henry ran his fingers over the edge of the ripped pages. "No idea. I don't even know what's supposed to be on them."

"Well that's something that I haven't seen in a long time," Regina said, walking into the room. "What're you reading it for?"

"Just for fun," Emma said. "Although we did come across a slight dilemma."

"What's that?" Regina asked, starting to pull out ingredients for pancakes.

"There's pages missing," Henry said. "Like someone ripped them out."

Emma and Henry jumped as they heard a crash. They both looked at Regina, who quickly bent down to pick up the bowl that she had dropped. "Sorry."

"You okay?" Emma asked.

Regina nodded before starting to mix her ingredients. Henry and Emma exchanged a glance. Something was up.

Regina was having a normal day at work when her phone rang. "Mayor Mills."

"Hey there," Emma said.

"Hi," Regina replied. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your call?"

"We've had a little development," Emma said.

"Development?" Regina asked. "What do you mean? There's not some operation going on that I don't know about is there?"

"No, nothing like that," Emma reassured her quickly. "It has to do with what we were talking about this morning. With the missing story pages."

Regina's eyes widened. "What about them?"

"I may have found them," Emma said. "And I think I know why they're missing. And who ripped them out."

Regina mentally cursed. "You do?"

Emma opened the door to Regina's office, phone still pressed to her ear. She held up the pages for Regina to see. "I do."

Regina gulped before hanging up. "How did you find those?"

"Same way that my mom found the book in the first place," Emma said, hanging up her phone and placing it in her pocket. "It just appeared to me." She walked forward and put the pages on Regina's desk.

Regina winced at seeing them. "I got rid of these a long time ago."

"I figured," Emma said. "But what I don't understand is why they suddenly appeared to me. And why you hid them from me."

Regina sighed. "I hid them from everybody. I ripped them out the moment that Henry got the book. I didn't want to risk him recognizing me in the book."

"So why did they appear to me?" Emma asked.

"You're always asking what I was like as the Evil Queen," Regina said. "And every time I always change the subject. Looks like the book wanted you to know."

Emma chuckled. "Clever book."

Regina rolled her eyes. "Yes, clever book indeed."

Emma picked up the page on top, a picture of Regina crushing a heart staring back at her. "Stop that," Regina said, grabbing the page from her. "There's a reason that I ripped those out."

"And?" Emma asked. "I already read them anyway. I was curious."

Regina visibly paled. "You've already read them? Why would you do that? I ripped them out for a reason!"

"I'm not Henry," Emma said. "I know that you've changed. Reading these pages just proved it even more to me."

"It did?" Regina asked. "You don't hate me?"

"Why would I hate you?" Emma asked.

"I killed so many people," Regina whispered. "I tried to kill your mother for years. How could you not hate me?"

"You know who I see when I look at these pages?" Emma asked, pointing to them.

"Me," Regina said, glaring at the pages.

Emma shook her head. "I see the Evil Queen." She reached out and gently grasped Regina's chin, forcing Regina's eyes to meet her own. "You know who I see in front of me right now?"

Regina shook her head. "I see you," Emma said, smiling gently. "Just you, Regina. Not the Evil Queen. There's a difference."

"There is?" Regina asked.

Emma let go of her chin before picking up the page with Regina crushing a heart. She turned it to face Regina. "Do you still do this?" she asked.

"Of course not," Regina said quickly.

"See?" Emma asked. "You're not her anymore."

Regina gently took the page from her. She traced her own face on the page. "No. I'm not her anymore."

Emma smiled. "So we can put the pages back in the book?"

"One step at a time," Regina mumbled. "Let me get used to seeing these pages again first. Then we'll talk."

"Okay," Emma said, kissing her gently. "Take all the time you need."