A/N: Here's chapter 2. Thanks for reviewing/favorite-ing/following/PMing! They all mean a lot!

The chapter is a bit shorter than the last one, but I hope you enjoy.

"Woah! Hey, wait up! What the hell is the meaning of this?!" She screamed out angrily. They'd imprisoned her! As if that wasn't enough, her arms were chained to the wall behind her and she could only move a few feet. Weren't they supposed to be taking her to Regina?! Goddamnit it! Talk about major complications.

"I can't believe you honestly thought we were just going to take you to the Queen. You aren't worth her time, but this actually might be," the guard showed her the sundial.

"Give that back you little runt! You don't even know what it does!" She snarled back in agitation.

"Hey, Rivers, hold up!" The guard next to him tried to grab his arm but failed. Rivers proceeded to open Emma's cell and stood in front of her for a good few seconds before landing a very strong punch to her stomach, causing her to yell out in pain.

"Rivers!"

"That's what you get for not knowing your place, cur," he responded as she was trying to catch her breath. Turning around, he left the cell and locked it. "Come on Berkley, we're out of here."

"When Regina finds out what you did to me," she wheezed out, "You're going to be in for a hell of a lot of pain."

Both guards raised their eyebrows, "Why would she care what happens to you? We've never even seen you before, so I highly doubt the Queen cares," Berkley scoffed.

"Why wouldn't she care? We're lovers." It was stupid as all hell and she was aware of it. But maybe if she said something incredibly preposterous, it would catch Regina's ear. It wasn't a lie. They were lovers! But well...Just not during this time? Since she wasn't exactly born yet. That made her stop for a few seconds. How old was Regina supposed to be here? Emma hadn't really thought of their age difference all that much, but now she wondered if Regina was secretly over 60. She'd still love her of course, but it would have been a bit weird. Well, their family in general was majorly weird to begin with.

"Well, she's just downright stupid. Let's get out of here, Rivers."

"Hey! I deserve to see her!"

"You're a prisoner," he continued. "You don't deserve anything."

As they walked out, she was left alone. She was in deep trouble if she couldn't see Regina. Not only that, they had her sundial! Without it, she couldn't go back farther into time, or even home. What the hell was she supposed to do? Slumping her head down, she accepted defeat temporarily as she tried to figure out a way to deal with her situation.

If she didn't get a chance to talk to Regina before they decided to execute her, then her journey would have meant nothing at all. It would have been as though they'd just killed a no name peasant who had no affect on history at large. She needed to find a way, any way, to convince those useless guards to let her see the Queen.

She wasn't sure how much time had passed, however her throat began to feel very dry. Those stupid guards! There was a bowl of water in the corner of the cell but her tied up the way she was, there was no possible way she could get to it

"Here you go," the voice of an elderly man let out as she opened her eyes. He was a short man, however he had an air about himself that screamed royalty yet incredibly humble. He put the tip of the bowl to her lips and let her drink. Once she was sated, he let out a smile and began to speak.

"The guards who brought you here mentioned quite an odd statement from you," he raised an eyebrow. "You claim that you're my daughter's lover, yet there are so many issues behind that that I cannot fathom where to start."

"Daughter?" Her eyes widened a bit. "You're Henry? Henry Mills?"

"Oh my. You know who I am," he nodded. "How?"

The likelihood was that if she had this delusion of being in a relationship with Regina, she'd have done all the research necessary to obtain every single information about her. He had come down out of curiosity and interest, but now he wondered if this woman posed a threat to his daughter or not. However, instead of tensing up or sweating in fear, Emma simply let out a quiet smile.

"In the beginning, she wouldn't even mention you. There were things she didn't want to remember about the past. Daniel, Cora, you," before she could continue, he interrupted with wide eyes.

"How do you know of Daniel?" No one should've known. The stableboy didn't even have a family. He'd been lost to the world by Cora's hands and the only ones who knew were Regina, Cora and himself. So how did this woman know Daniel?

"Regina spoke of him. I mean, it took a bunch of coaxing but she finally opened up. She was super reserved in the past. Though, I mean she also hated me because of Henry."

Now he looked at her completely confused, "Pardon?"

"Oh. Not you Henry. Our son Henry. I had a son and she adopted him and then a bunch of stuff happened and we fought and argued a ton. But in the end, we fell in love and ended up being a couple. Oh, adopted is sort of like, I couldn't take care of Henry so she took care of him in my place."

The elderly man nodded slowly, trying to process all the potential nonsense this woman was speaking.

"You have no idea what I'm saying do you?" She sighed, but then it hit her. She knew of a way to prove to him that they really were a couple. "Hey, in my left pocket, there's this device. Could you take it out?"

Henry had an old school mentality, in that he felt uncomfortable touching a woman who wasn't his wife, however with a ton of prodding, Emma finally convinced him to just take the damn phone out of her pocket.

"Okay, now press on the button in the center," she nodded as his finger moved slowly.

His eyes widened in shock as light emanated from the strange device, showing a very heartwarming picture of the prisoner, a young boy and...Regina? All smiling. How could that be? She looked different with shorter hair but that was most certainly his Regina. His sweet daughter. What did this mean?

"Now can I see the Queen?"

"I-I will go talk to her," he responded not sure what was going on. Maybe she was in a relationship with a Regina from another dimension. Because quite frankly? That was the only possible solution. He put the phone back in her pocket and ran to the Queen.

Emma wasn't sure how much time had passed, however she was clearly dozing off until the sound of sharp footsteps brought her back to reality a bit.

"I find it hard to believe that my lover would be a poor peasant woman," the mocking voice let out, putting emphasis on the last word.

Opening her eyes, the blonde stared at the woman behind the cell bars who had a raised eyebrow.

"I wasn't going to give much attention to a random prisoner, however I was told that you came with this," she lifted the sundial in her hand. "I couldn't let you die without getting a few answers. But then I heard about this nonsense about being your lover and I just had to come see you. Father said you knew our family. That you knew Daniel. Who exactly are y-" She couldn't finish. The woman chained in the cell...Her cheeks were stained with tears. She was crying.

"Yes, yes. We all get emotional while on death row."

Emma shook her head, "It's not that." She sniffled. "You just look so healthy. So strong. I haven't seen you like that in a while."

"I haven't seen you period." She disappeared and magically reappeared in the cell, shoving the sundial into Emma's face. "I don't have all day. What is this?"

"It helped me time travel."

"First the whole lovers charade, and now time travel. Child, you have no idea what I'm capable of do you?"

"Am I lying?"

"Excuse me? What kind of question is that?"

Emma was being stupid, she knew that. Everything she said and did would more likely than not alter the future in some way. But it didn't matter. If altering the future meant she wouldn't exist anymore, then it would be the sacrifice to pay if Regina would be healed. She didn't want to do this to Henry, and it wasn't a fair choice at all, but Emma felt as though she was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Henry had hope that Emma would pull through and save everyone. Emma had agreed that that was what would happen. But now, a prisoner in her lover's cells, she was beginning to think that might not be all that possible. So she tried her hand.

"In the future, you can always tell when I'm lying, Regina."

"Isn't that rather cozy of you. Who said you could call me by my name?"

Alright. She'd sate the queen. "My apologies, your Majesty."

There was something in this woman that was annoying Regina, it was obvious. Claiming to be from the future? Claiming to have been her lover? What nonsense!

"My left pocket. Rummage through it, you'll find some proof."

Of course, Regina being Regina, simply used magic to lift everything on Emma's body. Out came a cell phone, wallet and gum. What? Where was her gun? Had she lost it when she'd arrived? Things were clearly looking up for her weren't they?

Emma pointed to the phone with her chin. It slowly levitated into the Queen's hand. "Press the circle button in the middle."

The Queen sighed and did as she was told. The blonde wasn't certain of what she was expecting, but Regina didn't fail to deliver. She didn't scream or call her a heathen or anything. She merely stared at the screen for a good minute until she lifted her head to look at Emma.

"Release her," she whispered. "And take her to my chambers."

"Your Majesty, are you certain?" One of the guards asked in a worried tone.

Glaring at him, she seethed, "Would I give you an order if I wasn't?!"

Truthfully, the men working for her were all completely stupid and useless. She needed to find smarter men like the Huntsman, who at the same time, weren't as stupid as him. But before that, she had to take care of a few things. Like getting answers as to why she was quite clearly being shown on the strange device with the prisoner and a young boy. She couldn't however help but admit that something in her had stirred at the sight of the boy, which made absolutely no sense since she'd never seen him before.

She concluded more so to herself that the blonde woman was from a parallel universe with an entirely different Regina. Why did she come to that conclusion? Because there was no way in hell Regina would ever have a happy ending. Not in this world. But the woman on the screen, smiling? She had definitely gotten her happy ending.

It didn't make Regina angry. She simply felt empty. However, as she took the slow steps back to her chambers, she couldn't help but wonder how any self of her could have ended up in a relationship with a woman. She'd never even thought of it. She supposed it wasn't a terrible idea. Women , in the Enchanted Forest at least, tended to be less smelly than men, and their company was much more appreciated. Then again, the Queen didn't actually have any friends to begin with.

Once at her chambers, the guards uncuffed the prisoner. They left the room as Regina slowly began walking around, having a conversation in her mind. In a split second however, before she could react , she was shoved down on the grand bed with both her arms pinned above her.

"What on earth is the meaning of this?! Unhand me-" She was silenced by a soft yet rough pair of lips claiming her own. As Emma slowly pulled back, lessening the grip she had on her future lover's hands, she whispered, "There's something I need to t-".

Before she could finish, she was thrown back to the wall by a very, very, very angry queen. If looks could kill? Emma would have been dead right then and there.

And that's when she realized how stupid she had been. Playing around with fire was always a mistake. For some stupid reason, she'd thought that Regina would have reacted more to the kiss and maybe in some miraculous 'everything is possible with magic' way, a connection could have been established between Queen Regina and Future Regina. Of course, things never really worked out that well for Emma Swan.

She swallowed as she took a good look at who her lover used to be. A fireball in her hand, the Queen let out with an angry glare, "It was nice knowing you, peasant."

A/N: That's the end of that chapter. I hope you ejoyed! R&R is appreciated.