This chapter is for rswope86 with the prompt: "Can you maybe do one where Regina confronts Ingrid because she is one of Emma's foster parents that abandoned her?"

Regina walked around the forest, feeling livid. She had finally managed to calm Emma down and get her home. The problem now was Ingrid.

The Snow Queen had managed to take Emma from being one of the strongest people in town to being one of the weakest. Hence why Regina was currently walking through the forest, looking for any sign of where she might be hiding.

"Do you always wander around the forest with a murderous look in your eyes?" Ingrid asked, stepping out from behind a tree.

Regina spun to face her. "No. Only when I'm looking for someone who hurt someone that I love."

"Oh really?" Ingrid asked. "Because the last time I checked, I didn't make Emma hurt Henry."

"I'm not talking about Henry," Regina said through clenched teeth. "I'm talking about Emma. She was doing just fine until you got here and had to ruin everything."

"But now she has unlimited powers," Ingrid said. "I was doing her a favor."

"You did nothing of the sort," Regina said. "You turned her against herself. You made her doubt how strong she was."

Ingrid shrugged. "All great people start with doubting themselves, and then build themselves up."

Regina lashed out, using her magic to grab Ingrid by the throat. Ingrid gasped, struggling for air. "Why are you doing this?" she asked.

"I already told you," Regina said, walking closer to her. "You hurt someone that I love. And now you must pay the price."

"I didn't hurt her," Ingrid said. "I was trying to help."

"Then how do you explain abandoning her as a child?" Regina asked.

Ingrid's eyes widened. "What are you talking about? I didn't abandon her. She ran away from me."

"You scared her," Regina accused. "Of course she was going to run away after you told her that she could do magic."

"I saw her true potential, even if she didn't," Ingrid said. "What was I supposed to do?"

"Follow her," Regina said. "If you loved her as much as you claimed to, you would have chased after her and made things right. Instead, you let her go. You abandoned her. Just like every other foster parent she ever had."

"No," Ingrid gasped. "I would never abandon her."

"Well that's what she thinks," Regina said. "That you let her go, and were just like every other foster parent she ever had."

"I need to make things right," Ingrid said, struggling harder against Regina's magical hold. "I need to talk to her."

"You are not going anywhere near her," Regina hissed. "Not after what you've done."

"Please," Ingrid pleaded. "I need to talk to her. I can make things right."

"Nothing you can say will make me let you anywhere near her," Regina said. "And if you are anywhere around her, I will not hesitate to kill you."

She released her hold on Ingrid before poofing herself back to Emma's side.

"Where have you been?" Emma asked.

Regina shrugged before sitting down next to her. "Just had a little business to get done."

Emma looked at her skeptically. "What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything," Regina said, feigning innocence. "I can't believe you would think so little of me."

Emma rolled her eyes. "Regina Mills, what did you do?"

Regina bit her lip. "I may have had a little chat with Ingrid."

Emma's eyes widened. "You did what?"

"Had a little chat with her about her treatment of you," Regina said. "Both past and present."

"Why would you do that?" Emma asked.

"Because she hurt you," Regina said. "You were shaking and scared of what you could do with your magic. I wasn't just going to let her get away with that."

Emma smiled before kissing her. "Let me guess. You threatened to kill her."

"She did," Ingrid agreed. "I didn't listen."

"And I plan to keep my word," Regina said, lighting a fireball as she stood up.

"Don't," Emma said, grabbing Regina hand. "Relax."

Regina stared at Ingrid before finally getting rid of the fireball in her hand and sitting back down.

"What are you doing here?" Emma asked, letting go of Regina's hand and standing up.

"I came to make things right," Ingrid said. "I need you to understand that I never meant to abandon you. I love you."

"Do you?" Emma asked. "You were the one parent that I finally felt connected to, and you forced me to run away. I thought you were crazy. The one person that finally loved me was crazy."

"And I'm so sorry for that," Ingrid said. "But please, try to understand."

"Understand what?" Emma asked. "That as an adult, you've already tried to make me doubt myself? I hurt my family because of you!"

Ingrid shook her head. "You're the one that hurt your family. I didn't do anything."

"That's enough," Regina said, glancing at Emma's hands. They had started to spark again, an effect that only Ingrid seemed to have.

Emma nodded before sitting down next to Regina. "Thank you for trying to make things right."

Ingrid looked at her sadly before poofing herself away, leaving Emma and Regina alone.

"Are you okay?" Regina asked, grabbing Emma's hands.

"I'm fine," Emma said, trying to pull away. "You shouldn't touch me."

"I'm fine," Regina said. "I'm not going to avoid touching you because of how you doubt yourself when Ingrid is around."

"I don't want to hurt you," Emma said.

"Listen to me," Regina said. "You are an incredibly strong person, Emma Swan. Don't you dare let anyone make you think otherwise. No matter how well she thinks she knows you, she doesn't. Understand?"

Emma nodded. "Understood."

Regina smiled before pulling Emma into her arms. "I love you."

Emma relaxed in her embrace. "I love you too."