Another chapter for you, not so long but hope you'll stay with reading this adventure. Thanks for reviews.

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Chapter 2

The silence was unbearable. At the last moment they shut their eyes closed. Something was wrong, but so right. Regina could feel breeze of fresh wind on her neck. Wait. Wind?

Suddenly she jumped out of Emma's embrace.

"No! No, no, no, no…" This is not happening. It's not.

The look on Emma's face was one of utter shock and disbelief as well, only for different reasons. They were in the middle of nothing. Nothing like house neither town. Their surroundings contained trees, trees and trees.

Enchanted Forest. Back again. In panic Regina turned around at every shuffle, her eyes darting to all directions.

"What the fuck…?" Emma couldn't hold her emotions.

Regina still wordless was gasping for air. Now I'm gonna die. When they find me… And then it came to her. Where are the others?

Emma had thoughts of her own. "Regina?" she asked, searching for some explanation. There wasn't really one. This is not logical, is it?

"Regina?" this time more urgently. "What the hell?" she almost shrieked. She made a few steps to the other woman.

Regina looked at her, eyes wide open. It can't be true. Is it possible to break your own curse? Well, obviously it is. But how… Rumpel! He created the curse. And to make sure it would never send them back here, the True Love's kiss that could break the curse actually could be only the queen's. He didn't believe she'd find her true love. To be honest, she's not convinced herself. It could be anyone but this woman standing opposite. Her head started spinning and she almost fell but she was stopped by a tree trunk. Emma ran to her and gently brought her down to sit on the ground.

Emma felt awkward herself. Much probably she's in some fairytale forest stuck with this woman and… I love her. I felt it… feel it. Whatever. This situation just sucks.

"Henry," Regina stammered. "I need to find Henry." She wanted to stand up but failed and landed on hard tree roots.

Emma took her by arm, squeezing it slightly. "No, we need to find Henry. Rest for a while then we can start." Actually, she had no idea what to do. This is Regina's world.

The queen took few more deep breaths and stood up, successfully this time.

"You sure you're alright?"

Regina nodded. She didn't feel at her best but nausea was gone. The older woman tried to compose herself as before, avoiding Emma's eyes. She didn't want to talk about it.

"We did it," Emma stated, knowing this is not time neither place (wherever they are) to talk about it but they have to deal with it as soon as possible.

"Did what, Miss Swan?"

"We broke the curse. Just…not the way anyone expected, I guess." She shifted her weight from foot to foot not feeling comfortable with this conversation.

Regina glared at her. "Maybe…let's just hope you're not expecting anything now, Miss Swan. After all, I doubt we are the ones who broke the curse. Someone probably kissed in the same time we did. What reminds me, Sheriff, it was highly inappropriate."

Emma couldn't believe her ears. It had never been easy with Mayor but this was ridiculous. She knew she loved her, despite all those annoying attributes of the older woman. And Regina could deny it to death but she loved her too. That fucking wave, or whatever it was that pulsed from them when they kissed, was a proof. That's how it works in fairytales, doesn't it? It didn't come from somewhere else. They did it.

"And you call me stubborn! Be the queen you supposed to be and admit it! Stay to your feelings! We broke the curse. The thing we feel is true love, whether we like it or not," she practically yelled. That really sounded crazy.

"As you might read, if you're able to, the Evil Queen hardly ever admits anything like that, because it's not true. I can't feel anything. I'm not able to love anyone," she grinned snidely, look of winner on her face.

"Oh, really?" Emma approached her challengingly. "So you didn't love Henry either?" Anger made her eyes almost burn with flames, even if she knew she said it just to convince Regina and maybe herself as well that the Evil Queen not just could but actually loved someone.

Regina scolded herself. "You know I love him," she surrendered with a small voice. Then she raised her tone, "But don't you dare to call me your True Love. Everything I do is for him. And now if you don't mind, I'm gonna find him."

She lifted her hand and turned to the side a little to make herself disappear but it didn't work. She tried again and nothing. Hell! No stamina for that.

Emma watched Regina as if she was insane. What the hell is she doing?

Regina's hands flew to the air at her sides in frustrated gesture. She gritted her teeth and tried to stay calm. No screaming. Breathe. It will come back. You just have to go slowly with it. Step by step. She closed her eyes for a while. Breathe.

"Do you even know where we are?" Emma asked looking around at their surroundings.

Regina shot her another glare, this time for disturbing her from her little meditation. "No idea, Sheriff. You?"

"How can I? I've never been here before. Well, as a baby doesn't count probably." Emma shrugged.

Regina looked at the ground. Then at sun. She knew Enchanted Forest very well. This is not their country. It wasn't evening as in Storybrooke. To her, it looked like morning, one of those warmer ones. So if her theory was right, everything was reversed here. They broke the curse in the evening but it's morning here, they are together but everyone else is gone. Well, that's probably the same effect. Closer they were to each other in the other world, further apart they are here. So Henry must be somewhere really far. And she really has no idea where they are. Or which way they have best chance to find him.

"We have to go up the hill," she stated.

"Why?" Emma asked.

"Still in the mood for a fight. Save it. We don't know what's waiting for us here." Regina grounded her, enjoying her win.

They scrambled up the hill for an hour, when they finally could see blue sky above them, right on the top. They watched the valleys on both sides.

"Nothing," Emma wasn't in mood for fight but neither for some camping trip or Wild West adventure or something. "We're wasting time here."

"There! You see that cottage?" Regina pointed with her finger to the bottom of the hill.

"Nice. But don't you really have any signs here?" Emma was good at finding people, and she was determined to find her son as well, but she was a city girl. She could find a guy in Boston even in Mexico City she would trust herself. But forest? No way.

Regina rolled her eyes and started down the hill right to the direction of the cottage. Emma few steps behind. After few meters she tripped at some stones and almost fell face to the ground but her hands landed there faster.

"Careful, Miss Swan. We're not in Enchanted Forest," Regina said without stopping, leaving Emma to get to her feet again.

"What? What do you mean we're not?! We were supposed to be! Or not?" She was there just few minutes and she had enough of this already. This is fucking fairytale! Shouldn't be here only happy endings? Apparently not.

Regina slowed her step a little for Emma to catch up and lowered her voice, "We're not safe until we know where we are. And even then we can't be sure."

Can her voice go any deeper? So sexy. Thinking about that again, Swan? Sleazy.

"Down there, we can find some people I hope." Regina offered her a nervous glance.

"What…? You mean like…there might be…well…um…non-human…creatures?" Emma stammered. "Like…thinking creatures?"

"Indeed! There're a lot of civilizations of, as you put it, non-human creatures. But they don't like to be called that."

"Non-human?" Emma didn't understand. All this fairytale stuff was a mystery to her. She didn't know much about it, no one ever read a fairytale to her. She lived in real, cruel world where she had to survive, no time for stories.

"Some of them are really proud, some of them are good friends, some of them just hate people. There are wolves, horses, dragons, ants, flies, ogres, giants, unicorns, elves, witches, fairies…You never know who you can fully trust. There've been few wars." Regina explained. But the thing, that squeezed her heart like ice hand, didn't come out aloud. You're in more danger when you're with me. There are not many creatures who don't want to kill me. And Savior or not, they can hurt you as well. She tried to push back tears that pricked in her eyes.

Emma nodded her head, not sure how to respond to that.

In less than an hour they got to the edge of the forest. They could see the cottage from the shadows of trees. Neither of them made a move.

"Re…" Emma started but was stopped by Regina.

"Shh!" The older woman put a finger to her lips.

"But…" Emma wanted to protest.

"Shh!" Regina silenced her again.

"Don't shush me!" Emma whispered. Suddenly she felt Regina's hand roughly pressed to her mouth.

"Shut it, Miss Swan! Or you'll get us in trouble." Regina warned her, looking directly to Emma's eyes.

The younger woman sensed the seriousness in the situation. But couldn't help herself.

"Careful, Madame Mayor. Or I would think you miss the touch of my lips." She grinned and pecked palm on her mouth. Regina removed it immediately.

"Let's just sit here and watch for a while. I feel magic. Not much, but there is some there." She pointed to the cottage.

So they just sat down and watched. After a while the door crackled and old woman stepped out. In one hand she was holding a bucket. She got to the well, filled the bucket with water and carried it back to the cottage.

"Soo…?" Emma expectantly looked at Regina.

She didn't have a good feeling about it. But they probably didn't have any other option. God knows when they would find any other living soul, they need to know where they are. She doesn't have her magic back, and that's a risk. But it's two of them and they can think of something. I hope.

"Ok. Let's go. But stay with me. And do not talk. I know it's much to ask you, Miss Swan. But we don't want to get to serious trouble 'cause of your manners, do we?"

Emma wanted to strike back but Regina was already at the fence of little kitchen garden.

The old hag in the cottage smiled wickedly, watching them from behind the thick curtain.

Not probably good chapter but had to go forward in the story. Reviews are welcome.