WOAH I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE CLIFF HANGER *EVIL LAUGH* Anyway, my exams are over (for now) so I should be able to write and upload semi-regularly! Also, I have confirmed a rough outline of exactly where I want this fic to go..but any reviews and ideas would be greatly appreciated. Before I let you read on, a quick disclaimer. If you clicked on this fic hoping for some beautiful SQ smut, you might be waiting a while. Unfortunately, from here on, the SQ is painfully slow burn. But I promise you, it will be well worth the wait. ;)

The brunette remained holding onto Emma like she was her only lifeline, like even letting go for a second would snuff out her existence. She could feel a very faint but, very much real pulse. Her only sign that her girlfriend was still alive. Regina dared to lay Emma's head down gently on the floor of her office, before standing up and taking a deep breath. Closing her eyes she focused on Emma's bed at her apartment and was relieved when she felt the breeze of purple smoke engulf them both. Regina opened her eyes and rushed towards the top of the stairs. "David?! Mary Margaret?!"

Once she could hear movement from below her, she hurried back to Emma's bed side and began to stroke her hair. "It's okay Swan, we are gonna find a way to undo this, you'll be back with me in no time" She wasn't sure who she was trying to reassure most, the unconscious blonde, or herself. She felt a tear roll down her cheek just as the two Charming's got to the top of the stairs. Sniffing harshly and wiping her cheeks on her sleeve, she stood up trying to think of a way to explain this to them.

Regina watched as their gaze fell from her own tear stained face, to their sleeping daughter. "Emma?" David hastened over to her side, placing a hand on her shoulder and glared at the Mayor. "What the hell happened to her?" Regina looked into the eyes of Mary Margaret, hoping for some sympathy or at least for her to ask her husband to lower his tone to a normal level. However, she was met with the same cold stare that David's eyes bore. "What happened to my daughter?"

The brunette gulped, she hadn't felt as cornered as this since her marriage to Leopold. "My Mother.." She looked at her feet. David scoffed "Of course, who else?"
"She..she disguised herself as Henry, he- she told us that one of the teachers got the flu so they were all sent home. I know I shouldn't have believed him..her. I knew something was off. He was eating take out lasagne-"

"He hates take out lasagne!" Mary Margaret interrupted. "Exactly, by the time I had figured out that it was Cora, Emma had already eaten half the grilled cheese she had given her. I took her to my office to tell her, but whilst we were in there, she collapsed and I didn't know what to do..so..so I brought her here. I don't know how, if or when she will wake up." She looked back to Emma in dismay.

"Maybe it's a sleeping curse?" Mary Margaret thought aloud "then all you have to do is kiss her. True love's kiss can break any curse right?"

Regina lifted her head, puzzled. They wanted her to kiss their daughter in front of them. "I-I can try.." She made her way to the bed, her legs shaky and threatening to give way any second. She placed I've had over Emma's shoulder to support her weight and sat on the bed. "It might not even work" she glanced back to the Charmings "just prepare yourselves" tucking her hair behind her ears, she let out a breath before leaning down and pressing her lips to the blondes unconscious ones. She lifted her head to study Emma's face. Nothing. "Come on Emma, wake up for me" she shifted on the bed so she was at a better angle before taking Emma's face between her hands and pressing her lips firmly against her girlfriends. She lingered for a moment before she felt the brush of eyelashes against her face.

"What the hell are you doing? Why are you on top of me? Get away from me! Were you kissing me?" Regina stared at the distressed woman, what happened to her? What had her mother done?

Emma forcefully pushed her off and stood up, wiping her lips on her sleeve she retreated to David's side. "you just stand there and let her kiss me? What were you thinking? I don't love her, hell, I don't even like her. What makes you think I want her kissing me?"

Regina rose from the bed, a mixture of upset and confusion on her face. "Emma?"

"What?! Why are you talking to me? What makes you think you can talk to me, let alone kiss me?"

Tears threatened to spill over Regina's cheeks, she couldn't understand what was going on, why was she suddenly being turned against? "Because I love you and you love..loved me"

"You love me? Well I'm flattered, but you aren't my type, and your saying I loved you? I'm sorry lady, but I don't love you and I never will."

"Emma!" Mary Margaret scolded her daughter.

"I-I should go" Regina looked between David and Mary Margaret before wiping her face on her sleeve and disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke.

The moment she materialised back in her at-home office, Regina slid down the door, hugged her knees to her chest and allowed herself to break down on the floor.

She cried for what felt like hours, Emma's words repeating over and over in her head 'I don't love you, and I never will' An hour and a half, a wet blouse and a box of tissues later, Regina became aware that the real Henry would be returning from school any moment and she would be needing to look presentable, or at least have a good excuse to why she didn't.

She rose to her feet and traipsed upstairs, her body aching from crying. Standing in front of her floor length mirror she took in her appearance. Her red eyes, her face stained with mascara and slightly damp hair. She didn't have the strength to actually change and tidy herself up, so she just half heartedly wave her hand over her body and a knee length, blue silk night gown appeared and her face was clear from any make up.

She headed downstairs and put pre-prepared pasta bake in the oven before scribbling a note to Henry.

Sorry Henry, I'm not feeling very well at the moment so I have decided to get myself to bed. Dinner is in the oven, I'll be looking forward to hearing about your day tomorrow.

Love Mom x

(P.s Don't stay up too late)

The woman sighed and began her ascent on the stairs again. She collapsed into her bed and pulled the duvet around her, her mind racing. She had to find an antidote to what ever potion Cora had used on Emma. Either that or she was going to have to leave town. She couldn't live in a place where the only way Emma looked at her was with disgust in her eyes.

Tired out from the previous episode of crying, Regina fell into a restless sleep.