Emma had lost control of her magic several times. Too many times to count in fact. Little things very easily set her off, and not in a good way. There were many times where Regina had to step in and calm her down before she hurt anyone. During these episodes, Regina was the only one Emma would let near her.

What no one was expecting was for Regina to lose control.

Regina had been doing magic for so long that it was second nature to her. Everyone knew that with a snap of her fingers, someone could be dead. And yet, for once she lost control.

The first clue that Emma got was when she came home and it looked like a tornado had gone off inside of the house. Regina would never have allowed a mess like this to happen, unless she was the one who had caused it.

Henry was still at school, thankfully, so Emma took the opportunity to explore the house and see if she could find Regina, or whatever had set her off.

After what felt like hours of searching, Emma finally admitted defeat at finding Regina. She was nowhere to be found in the house. Which meant that she was out in the town. Not good.

Emma knew what uncontrolled magic felt like, but she doubted that Regina did. Regina wasn't born with magic; she made it happen. Since the beginning of having magic, Regina was in control. She knew how to calm Emma down, but sometimes it was impossible to calm yourself down.

Running back up to their room, Emma grabbed a shirt of Regina's to use to locate her. There were too many places in town to hide that Regina could destroy before Emma found her.

As Emma grabbed the shirt, something shiny caught her eye. She glanced over to their bed and saw what looked like a band of gold. Walking closer, Emma realized what it was. Regina's wedding ring from her time being married to Leopold.

Cursing, Emma picked up the ring and ran to her bug. She had to find Regina, and fast. While Emma might be powerful, Regina was pretty even with her. If Regina got too out of control, the whole town would be demolished.

The shirt guided Emma to the forest, which really shouldn't have surprised her. The forest was where Emma ran to every time she lost control. It was open, people were hardly in it, and you could let some magic lose on trees.

But as she kept walking deeper into the forest, Emma began to get worried. She hadn't been this deep into the forest before, and doubted that Regina had either. If they got lost, there wasn't a whole lot that Emma could do.

Finally Emma saw her. She was sitting on a log, her head in her hands, breathing heavily. With every exhale her hands shook, and purple sparks lit up.

Emma's heart broke for her. Being out of control without anyone to help was the worst feeling in the world. She hoped that she could help and get Regina home instead of making things worse.

"Regina?" Emma called softly.

Regina's head snapped up. "Emma? What are you doing here?"

"The house was a mess and you were nowhere to be found," Emma said gently, walking closer to her. "I figured that something had happened, so I used a locator spell to find you."

"You need to get out of here," Regina said, standing up and backing away from her. "I've never lost control before, and I don't know how to get it back. I'm dangerous right now."

"I know," Emma said, holding her hands up. "But listen to me. You can get control back. You've helped me loads of times, remember? You know how to calm down and get control."

Regina shook her head. "This is different. I don't ever lose control."

"You don't," Emma agreed. "But there's a first time for everything."

"I don't calm down the same way you do," Regina said. "You can't have me take deep breaths and visualize being safe and at home and to accept my magic. I have accepted my magic. I just, I don't know."

"I do," Emma said. She pulled the ring out of her pocket and held it up for Regina to see.

"Where did you get that?" Regina asked, her hands lighting up. She looked down at them in panic, willing them with her eyes to stop. Emma recognized that look. She'd done it many times before.

"Look at me," Emma commanded. Regina looked at her, her eyes pleading with Emma to put the ring away. She couldn't stand to look at it.

"The man who forced this onto your finger is dead," Emma said strongly. "He isn't around anymore. He can't hurt you. You don't need to use your magic to defend yourself because there's nothing to defend yourself from. It's just you and me. You're safe."

"I'm safe," Regina repeated, visibly relaxing.

Emma smiled as the sparks in Regina's hands died down. She waited until Regina looked at her before holding up the ring and throwing it as far away as possible.

Regina watched with wide eyes as the ring sailed away from view. "Why did you do that?"

"Because you don't need a reminder of something like that," Emma said. "What you need to focus on is us right now. No more reminders of the horrible past that you had. Just a reminder of the amazing future."

Regina smiled before walking forward and wrapping Emma in a hug. "Thank you for helping me get my control back."

Emma smiled and hugged her back. "You would have done the same for me."