Another Season 6 chapter!

Regina knew that Emma was pissed. How did she know? Emma kept pacing back and forth, not saying a word. This usually meant very bad things for whoever was the reason of her pacing. In this case, it was Regina.

"What were you thinking?" Emma hissed, pausing in her pacing to glare at Regina.

"I wasn't," Regina said simply. "I just saw her standing in front of Zelena, ready to kill her, and I had to stop her. The only way to control her is with my heart. Her heart. Our heart."

"That's not the point," Emma said, resuming her pacing. "The point is that you literally were willing to kill yourself to save Zelena."

"I was willing to kill myself in order to stop the Evil Queen," Regina corrected. "It just so happens that Zelena was her victim this time. I would have done the same for anyone else."

"But you shouldn't!" Emma exclaimed, running her fingers through her hair. "You shouldn't be so willing to kill yourself to save someone. Why would you do that?"

"Because that's what heroes do!" Regina shouted, finally fed up with Emma's rant. "Heroes save people, no matter what it does to them."

Emma stopped pacing, spinning to face Regina instead. "No one asked you to be a hero! No one asked you to split yourself into two. No one told you that you were responsible for her actions."

"I'm responsible for her actions because she is me," Regina argued. "We're the same person, just in two different pieces."

"Does it matter?" Emma asked. "Either way, you almost died today."

"I would have died in the best way possible," Regina said. "Dying to save the town from one of the most evil beings in any world."

"Dying at all isn't good," Emma said through gritted teeth. "That is the point."

"I know what your point is," Regina said. "But I'm not going to stop until the Evil Queen is gone. And if that means sacrificing myself, then so be it."

"No, not so be it," Emma said. "That is not at all acceptable. As far as I'm concerned, you're never leaving this house again. Not until the whole Evil Queen situation is solved."

"You can't just keep me here," Regina said. "You all need me. And she's technically my problem."

"No," Emma said simply.

But Regina wasn't going to cave that easily. "I can't just stay here while she destroys the town."

"Consider it punishment for squeezing your heart and almost killing yourself," Emma said. "Not at all bad considering what I wanted to do."

"Which was what?" Regina asked.

"Locking you in your vault and sealing it with blood magic," Emma said. "Then only our real family would be allowed inside."

"The Queen could still get in," Regina said.

"She doesn't want to hurt you," Emma said. "Hurting you hurts her, and obviously she doesn't want to hurt herself."

Regina sighed. "I'm not just going to be on house arrest."

"Yes, you are," Emma said strongly. "So I suggest you find a comfortable spot to spend your time for the next couple days."

"I am not staying here and sitting on the sidelines," Regina argued.

"Clearly you're in no position to make your own decisions right now," Emma said. "So I'm making them for you."

"You are not making any decisions for me," Regina said. "I can decide when I leave my own house."

"You squeezed your heart to save someone who doesn't even love you!" Emma blurted out. "You could have killed yourself, and where would that have left me?"

Regina's eyes widened. "Emma-"

"You could have died," Emma said, tears started to gather in her eyes. "I could have lost you today, and I'm telling you right now that losing you would kill me. Please don't do anything more like this. Please. I'll beg if you want me to, but please just stay safe."

"Oh Emma," Regina said sadly. She walked forward and hugged Emma tightly. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking when I did it, I swear. I won't do it again, I promise."

"It scared me so much when I found out," Emma said. "I just couldn't get the thought out of my head that I could have lost you."

"I'm sorry for scaring you," Regina said, rubbing her hand up and down Emma's back. "This whole Evil Queen deal is extremely scary. But we're going to get through it, just like we get through everything else."

"How?" Emma asked.

"A lot of love and magic," Regina said. She pulled away from Emma, grabbing her face and wiping away her tears. "You are a fighter, Emma Swan. Don't you dare let something like this tear you down."

Emma nodded, and Regina kissed her gently. "Now come on. We have an Evil Queen to beat."