This has all been done on my phone...sorry about the messed up chapter...and sorry for the delayed chapters. I had to move back in with my parents, had relatives in town, my mom survived cancer surgery (and is going to be 100percent cancer free in the next year), got laid off from my job, got another job, and now I am FINALLY finding time to write! Thank you all for your patience. Here is chapter 5.

Chapter 5

It's All in your Head

Robin awoke in a warm embrace. He could feel fingers running through his hair. He could see her, Regina, looking down at him. His head pounded, yet it was relaxed. He was scared, yet safe. Or was he?

He shot up. He looked at her. "Am I really here?" He asked, craving a kiss from her and taking it.

"Are you?" She asked, after the kiss. "Do you feel me?" She asked him.

"Yes and no." Robin replied. They were sitting on a bed in a white room.

"What is the last thing you remember?" Regina asked him.

"I was in a barn, and Zelena was there, and a sleeping potion fell on me, and then…"

A smile played on Regina's lips. "And then you fell into this deep sleep."

"So it's not real?" Robin asked, a concerned look on his face.

"Soul mates can sometimes connect while under sleeping spells. You must have reached out to me in some way, because I am here, but when I wake up, I will be gone, and who knows where you will go. This sleeping curse must be different than any of the typical fire world sleeping curses. Sometimes, they have layers."

"Layers?" He raised an eyebrow and looked at her, and she only nodded.

"Layers." She repeated. "You might see some terrifying things, and you might see some amazing things, but to navigate this, you must remember, it is all in your head. The curse will play on your fears, it will play on everything to get to you. Just remember, it is all in your head. None of it is real real…except for me. This me. Feel this me. I am here with you. If any other me appears, feel that it is not the real me, and do not fall for whatever it puts you up to."

Robin only nodded and leaned back into her embrace. "I don't want you to wake up." He told her.

"I can't help that." She replied sadly.

"I know." He kissed her hand, and just continued to savor the embrace. She was real. She was there. "Is everyone looking for me?" He asked.

"I am. Hook is. Emma is. Tink likely will be." Regina told him.

"That's a good crew." He replied. "The old barn almost to the edge of town. That is where my body there is. I am going to need you to kiss me there."

"I will." Regina replied.

"Are you really carrying my child?" Robin asked, looking down toward her stomach there.

"Yes." Regina replied. "It doesn't look like I am really pregnant yet, but yes."

"I am excited to meet our baby." He told her.

"So am I." She replied, kissing him. And then, she vanished. The room vanished. All was dark. The room lit up, and dozens of staircases appeared around him.

"Hello." A little voice gently called out.

"Hello!" His big booming voice called out.

Appearing in front of him was a little girl, no older than six, with ocean blue eyes and dark brown hair. "Hi." She smiled. "I am Zoe."

"Hi." He waved. "Do you know where to go to get out of this room?" He asked.

"Follow me." Her little hand took his, and she showed him the way out of that room.

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"I dreamed of him." Regina stated, handing Emma a cup of coffee.

"That's normal." Emma shrugged, sipping it.

"It was real." Regina replied, looking at the blonde seriously.

"Like, he was really there?" Emma set the coffee cup down and waited for the other woman to confirm.

"I know it sounds crazy," Regina began. "But it was him!" She insisted.

"Okay then. Did he say anything about where his body is now?" Emma asked.

"In a barn, on the edge of town." Regina replied.

"Then let's get to him!" Emma stood up and grabbed her jacket. "I will call Hook. Do you want to see if Tink wants to join us?"

Regina sighed. "That was the deepest sleep I have had in awhile." She admitted. "I need a little bit of time to wake up."

Emma nodded sympathetically. "Okay." She replied, sitting back down. "Take all the time you need."

"Thank you." Regina smiled. "We will search for him and find him soon."

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