"Regina, why are we in the Enchanted Forest?" Emma asked with a confused looked on her face.
"Why do you think I'd have the answer to that? I had nothing to do with this!"
Regina said as she turned to look at Emma and extinguished her magic.
Emma had put her arms down in a relaxed position, zipped up her jacket, and shoved her hands into her jean pockets.
"I know you miss this place, but I didn't think you'd send us back."
"As I said before, I didn't bring us here nor did I intend to hurt you with my magic. It was a scare tactic that you apparently believed."
Emma chuckled, "For a second there, I thought you were going to go Evil Queen on my ass."
Right as Emma had said that, there were sounds of multiple horses walking at a decent pace.
Regina used her magic to quickly disguise herself so that Emma was the only one that could see her true form. To everyone else, Regina still had her olive skin, but now had green eyes with long fiery red hair that flowed freely down her back. She didn't have the scar on her lip, something that was a part of her identity. Besides her physical appearance, she was still the Mayor of Storybrooke and wore the clothes she had on when she was arguing with Emma.
That sound was all too familiar to Regina's ears, and a voice that she hadn't heard for a long time spoke.
"Who are you and why trespassing in my forest?"
The velvety voice asked and saw the figure being helped by a knight in black armor stepping out of the carriage. Emma looked from Regina to the Evil Queen and back again. The Evil Queen, in all of her glory, stood in front of them.
"I'm not going to repeat myself." She spoke and was trying to create a façade for the newcomers.
"Hello Your Majesty, I'm Emma and I have been sent here from our world."
"And where exactly is this place that you're from?"
"We're from a place that isn't of this realm."
Her eyes wandered from Emma and then focused on Regina.
"What is your name then if her name is Emma?"
Emma looked at Regina and then back at the Evil Queen.
"Her name is Raena and I'm her knight from our world." Regina silently applauded Emma for her quick thinking. The Evil Queen looked Emma up and down again.
The Evil Queen laughed,"Her knight? You don't look like a knight either and I doubt a queen would have you in her service."
She focused her attention on Regina, "Raena, your name might mean "Queen", but you are no queen or any other type of royalty from what I can see." She smirked at Regina and her attention was focused back on Emma again.
Emma clenched her fists and Regina hoped she wouldn't let her anger take control. Regina knew that Emma wanted to fight, but she gave her a look that helped her calm down. Emma knew very well that the Evil Queen had great power in the Enchanted Forest and that she shouldn't test her.
The Evil Queen signaled her guards to surround them. "Well, as much as I enjoy this talk, I'm on my way back to my castle." She paused a moment and continued, "For interrupting me on my carriage ride and causing such an inconvenience, I'm going to make you my prisoners until I figure out what to do with the both of you."
When she said the words both of you, it made it sound like she was purring and Regina saw how her eyes lingered on Emma. The Evil Queen had a knight help her back into her carriage and had them follow behind. The walk wasn't as painful as Regina thought it would be since she had worn flats. Even if the material for their clothes was strange to her, the Evil Queen never mentioned it.
As the castle came into view, Emma quietly whispered, "How are we going to get out of this?"
Regina sighed, "I don't know, Emma."
When they had finally arrived at the castle with the Evil Queen, the guards escorted them down to the dungeons while the rest had followed her into the castle.
"Regina, this might be a good time to think of a plan right now."Emma whispered after the guards had left them in the dungeon jail that they shared.
Before Regina was able to answer her, she heard footsteps that were descending down the stone stairs. She saw the black material of the Evil Queen's dress come into view first and saw how those eyes were piercing into hers and Emma's souls.
She was known as the Evil Queen in the Enchanted Forest, but to Regina, she was her former self. The Evil Queen was the part of her that she had tried her hardest to bury in her chest for Henry.
Regina stood at her full height and Emma stood right next to her as they both stared at the Evil Queen.
"You two will be a nice addition to my dungeon."