This chapter is for swanqueen927654 with the prompt: "Regina wants to try something new (you can decide what) and asks for Emma's help with it."

"I need your help with something," Regina said.

Emma looked at her in surprise. "You're admitting to needing help? That's a new one."

Regina rolled her eyes. "Very funny. I'm serious. There's something that I want to try, but I know that I won't have the courage to do it on my own."

"And that would be?" Emma asked.

"I want to skydive," Regina said, watching Emma for her reaction. As far as she knew, Emma wasn't afraid of heights. But you could never be sure. Someone could suddenly be afraid of heights when being forced to jump out of a plane.

"You're kidding, right?" Emma asked. "You don't actually want to try that."

"Why not?" Regina asked. "There are so many things out in the world that I've had yet to try, and Henry thought that I could start a list. The first is to skydive."

Emma sighed and silently cursed Henry. "Regina there are much more easier things to do to get you started in trying new things. You don't need to go straight to jumping from a plane."

"Are you trying to convince me to do something else because you're scared?" Regina asked.

"No," Emma said. "I've done skydiving before. But you've barely ever left this town before. Think about it. You were overwhelmed just being on the ground in the outside world. Can you imagine what being in the sky jumping from a plane would do to you?"

Regina sighed. "That's on my list too."

"What is?" Emma asked.

"I want to try living out of town, with no magic, for a week," Regina said. "I've never known what it was like to live anywhere that magic doesn't exist."

"Why can't you just try something in town?" Emma asked. "There has to be something around here that you haven't done before."

"Why are you so insistent on me not trying something new?" Regina asked. "It's like you're hiding something."

"The world is a cruel place, Regina," Emma said. "I can't let you go out there without magic. Magic is your protection. If the parachute doesn't open, you can't poof yourself to safety. If someone tries to mug you, you can't choke them."

"But I think you're forgetting that you'll be with me," Regina said. "So, let's both try something new. We leave town for one day to go skydiving. I get to cross that off of my list, and you get to see that for once you don't have to always save people. Sometimes, they can save themselves."

Emma sighed. "Fine."

"Still want to do this?" Emma shouted over the wind as the door to the plane opened. She and Regina were completely geared up and ready to go. The only thing left was to jump out of the plane.

"Of course!" Regina shouted back. "I said that I wanted to try this, and I intend to. I never back down from a challenge."

"I've noticed," Emma mumbled, thankful for the wind for covering up her voice.

"Get ready!" the instructor yelled. "We just reached optimal height for the jump. Go!"

Regina and Emma both jumped one by one out of the plane. Regina couldn't believe it. She was flying. Well, not really, but she was falling with style.

In all of her years, Regina had never experienced anything like this before. Henry had been right. The list that she was making was definitely something that she needed to continue.

"This is amazing!" Regina shouted.

Emma laughed. "Just don't forget to pull the parachute!"

They fell farther and farther toward the ground, pulling their parachutes at the right moment. They peacefully floated towards the ground, landing gently into the grass.

"That was the best thing I have ever done in my entire life," Regina said, staring up at the sky. "I didn't realize that jumping out of a plane could be so wonderful."

"Just don't do it when we're on a normal plane," Emma said.

Regina rolled her eyes. "I'm not that stupid."

They laid in comfortable silence just gazing up at the sky before Regina spoke. "I wanted for the longest time to just leave town. And now that I finally have, I'm not sure I ever want to go back."

"But what about magic?" Emma asked.

Regina shrugged. "I don't need to have it, it's just convenient. Besides, it's not like I'm the most popular person in town."

Emma chuckled. "Yeah, you could say that."

"What if we just never went back?" Regina asked. "We could pick up Henry and just leave town forever."

"But your home is there," Emma said. "Where would we go?"

"I don't know," Regina said. "But my home is wherever you are."

There was a Toy Story reference in there :)