Regina heard the sound of swords being drawn behind her and she instinctively knew that Snow and David had moved in front of Henry and hoped that he'd be smart and stay behind cover. Regina moved in front of them, knowing that dumb bravery really wasn't a match for magic and needing desperately for them to survive the encounter to protect the future. "Really, at least it's not the top pony tail, I'm not sure what I was thinking every time I saw a head peace or a hat." Regina said as she took in her younger self who was wearing a black dress with fine leather tooling and jewels. "And I don't miss corsets."

"What the hell are you babbling about? Never mind, it doesn't matter you'll be dead soon..." The Queen lit a fireball and threw it right at Regina who put her hand out and caught it mid air before snuffing it out much to the Evil Queen's surprise. "You do have magic of your own."

"A bit," Regina said as the two of them moved into a magical dueling stance and the Queen threw out her arm to choke Regina just as she did the same sending them both dropping to the ground at the loss of breath. "Fucking drift compatibility..."

It was a strange thing for her to be thinking about as she fought herself but the science fiction reference seemed apt. Large pieces of furniture started flying and crashing against walls. Regina heard one of the Charmings bat away a chair with their swords behind her but couldn't look back to be sure.

"Give up now and I might let you live. You can't defeat me, I'm the Evil Queen, one of the greatest practitioners of magic who ever lived."

Regina rolled her eyes, "Really dear, stop trying to pull that card you don't even like that name." There were smaller objects flying around the room but the Evil Queen had noticed that she kept moving in front of the others and with a casual wave of her hand sent a set of knives from one of the work benches towards where the Charmings were covering. Regina had to move fast to deflect them and one grazed her arm cutting it deeply.

"MOM!"

She heard Henry's voice, and gritted through the pain, "Charming I swear if you don't keep him safe I'll kill you."

"I believe you," David shouted from behind her.

The Evil Queen got a wild grin on her face, "Didn't anyone ever tell you dear, love is weakness."

"For once in your life stop listening to mother," slowed her breathing down and thought about what she was fighting for, Henry, and Snow, and even the idiot shepherd and threw out her hands glowing with white light and sending the Evil Queen flying backwards into a chair, magical ropes wrapping around her and holding her in place.

Regina put her hand on her stomach and let out a sigh. This was not going at all like it was supposed to. Snow and Henry ran over to her, to look at her wound and David over to the Queen to make sure she was secure.

"What was that?" Snow asked as she eased Regina out of her coat so that she could bandage her arm, but Regina waved the torn cloth away, wincing for a moment but floating her fingers over the wound and letting the warm purple glow heal the gash.

"I knew you could do it, mom."

"Who are you?" The Queen had regained her composure and growled from her seat.

Regina tilted her head evaluating herself as if she was looking in a magic mirror feeling the revulsion welling up inside her, "Figure it out." She put a hand on Henry's shoulder, needing to feel him solidly there. "Henry, go over to that case over there, inside there should be a dozen or so magic wands. We need the one that is silver with a black spiral. Snow can you help me set up a table?"

"Of course, but shouldn't we get out of here?"

"Unfortunately I need to brew a potion and the ingredients aren't easy to find." She glanced over at the Queen who was now watching her like a predator.

"Will these bounds hold?" David asked, warily.

"For now."

"You can't be me," The Queen said finally. "Time travel is against the laws of magic."

"It would appear the laws of magic are more like suggestions," Regina said, not looking at her. Instead she was looking at Snow, who was watching the fairies who had been taking in the proceedings with fear in their jars.

"Why did you have them, Regina?"

"I told you..."

"Regina..."

She sighed as she picked up potion ingredient bottles seeing if she could find the ones she needed. "Do you know how many times I wished on a star for a fairies help and it never came? That time mother locked me in her heart vault when I was 12 for trying to stop her from terrorizing a kitchen girl. Or that time she broke my arm when I was 9? Or the night before my wedding to the King..."

Regina stopped speaking, but a voice came from behind her. "The only time a fairy ever tried to help me she lost her wings for it." The Queen was now staring intensely at Regina. "That was light magic. How is it possible that you have light magic? And are having a conversation with Snow White?"

"Change happens, Regina. Perhaps you should think less about who you want to hurt and more about how to stop hurting." It wasn't a taunt, Regina knew that her younger self wasn't ready to hear that.

"Is this it?"

Henry brought a wand over and Regina smiled, "Exactly." But the smile faded when she saw him glancing over at the Queen, who was now looking at him with intense eyes.

"I thought your scary face was bad." He mumbled.

"Who is the boy?"

"None of your concern," Regina said, stepping between him and the bound queen.

"I'm going to have a son... how is that possible?" She craned her head to see Henry and Regina sighed as he stepped out from behind her. The heart breaking possibility of a future in the Queen's eyes. "Hello." Her voice quiet now, "What's your name?"

Before Regina could speak, Henry tilted his head looking at his mother's past self, "My name is Henry."