This chapter is for Lanafan7151977 with the prompt: "Body Swap. I would love if it's set in the Swan Mills family and have two characters accidentally swap bodies because of a magical mishap. Like in the movie Freaky Friday." Since I just did the Swan-Mills family a couple days ago I'm not going to do that part, but the body swap will be fun :)

The doorbell was ringing, and Regina had no idea why. What time was it? It had to be early, it was still dark outside. Rolling over, Regina groaned. It was 3 in the morning.

The doorbell rang again, so Regina slowly got out of bed. Whoever was at her house at this hour was going to pay. Especially if they had woken Henry up.

Peeking down the hall, Regina sighed in relief at seeing Henry's door still shut. The ringing hadn't woken him.

Regina walked downstairs, mentally preparing herself to curse whoever had woken herself up this early. "You'd better have a good reason for disturbing my sleep," she said, opening the door.

"I do," Emma said. "Hi."

"Emma," Regina said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I can go," Emma said, starting to back away from the door. "I didn't mean to disturb you or anything."

Regina reached out and grabbed Emma's hand. "That's not what I meant. I don't mind you being here. I meant why are you here so early?"

"I had a fight with my mom," Emma said.

"At 3 in the morning?" Regina asked.

Emma shook her head. "It started around midnight when she and David came home from their date. I was babysitting Neal for them."

"You fought for 3 hours?" Regina asked. "That seems a little excessive. What was it about?"

Emma shifted uncomfortably. "You."

Regina's eyes widened. "Me?"

Emma nodded. "Yeah, you. Can I come inside though? It's getting kinda cold out here."

"Of course," Regina said, pulling her inside. She shut the front door and led Emma upstairs to her bedroom.

Emma sat next to Regina on her bed before sighing. "My mom was arguing with me about me dating you. Again. That seems to be her favorite argument lately."

"I'm sorry," Regina said, wrapping her arms around Emma.

"It's not your fault," Emma said, leaning into Regina's embrace. "She just doesn't understand how much that you've changed. If only she could see things from my perspective."

"If only," Regina agreed. "Don't worry about it though. It's not worth losing sleep over. Let's go back to bed."

Emma opened her eyes the next morning, slowly stretching. She blinked to adjust her eyes to the morning sun, and froze. What was she doing in her parent's apartment? And why was she sleeping in their bed?

She rolled over, only to be met with the sleeping form of her father. Emma screamed, throwing the covers off and quickly getting out of the bed.

David jolted awake, immediately ready for an attack of some kind. "Snow?" he asked. "What's wrong?"

"Not Snow," Emma said. "Just your daughter who very unfortunately switched bodies with her."

"What?" David asked. "Emma?"

"That's me," Emma said.

"What did Regina do to you?" David asked. "Did she curse you so that this would happen?"

"What? No!" Emma exclaimed. "Regina didn't do this. I think I did."

"You did?" David asked. "But why would you do that?"

"I didn't do it on purpose," Emma said. "My magic just responds to my emotions, and I was pretty upset last night. I'm sure it happened because of that."

"Wait a minute…" David said. "If you're in Snow's body and she woke up next to me, then where's Snow?"

Emma's eyes widened. "She's in my body, about to wake up next to Regina."

Thankfully, Emma had managed to call Regina and wake her up before Snow did so that Regina could escape. After informing Regina of the situation, she had burst out laughing. She found it a lot funnier than Emma did.

"I still can't believe that you swapped bodies with your mother," Regina said, looking across the living room at Emma in Snow's body.

"Yes, it's very entertaining," Emma said. "Now can you fix it?"

"You know that I can't," Regina said. "Only you can. It's your magic."

"But how do I do that?" Emma asked. "I don't even know how I got like this in the first place!"

"Easy," Regina said. "You wanted Snow to understand what it's like to love me. So, your magic made that a little easier."

"How is this easier?" David asked.

"They pretend to be each other," Regina said. "Once Snow understands, you'll go back to your own bodies."

Emma went to curse, but was interrupted by a scream from upstairs. "I'll handle it," David said.

Emma grabbed his arm. "Wait. This could actually be a perfect."

"How?" David asked.

"Easy," Emma said. "If Regina goes up and acts like she doesn't know about the switch, then Snow will see how Regina acts around me."

"You want me to pretend your mother is you?" Regina asked. "You've got to be joking."

"I wish that I was," Emma said. "Please. You have to try."

Regina sighed. "Fine."

Regina mentally said every curse word she knew before taking a deep breath and opening the door to her bedroom. She had pretended to love Snow once. She could do it again. Only this time, it was a little more complicated.

"Emma?" Regina called, closing the door behind her. "Are you okay? I heard a scream."

"No, I'm not okay," Snow said. "And I'm not Emma either."

"Then who are you?" Regina asked.

"Regina, it's me," Snow said. "Somehow Emma and I swapped bodies and I ended up here. Can you change me back?"

Regina walked over and placed the back of her hand against Snow's forehead. "Are you feeling alright?"

"Yes," Snow said, batting Regina's hand away. "I'm telling you the truth, I swear!"

"Maybe you should go back to sleep," Regina suggested. "You were pretty worked up last night. Maybe it carried over into this morning."

"I was?" Snow asked. "Did it have anything to do with the fight with my mom?"

Regina nodded before pushing Snow back gently against the pillow. "I comforted you as best as I could, but you eventually just fell into an exhausted sleep. Get some rest. I'll be here when you wake up."

"You will?" Snow asked. "Are you always here when I wake up?"

"Always," Regina agreed. "That's what you do when you love someone."

"You love me?" Snow asked.

Regina just nodded before kissing her on the forehead. "Get some sleep." She went to get up from the bed, but was stopped by a hand on her arm. She went to protest, but was pulled back onto the bed as Emma's lips met her own.

"Hi," Emma said when they broke apart. "I'm me again. You did it."

"Thank goodness," Regina said. "I was afraid I had acted nice to your mother for nothing."