Wow I cannot get over all the responses to this fic! Here I thought when I started it, no one was reading! Thank you for choosing and it has been rather difficult as I have had very mixed answers on whether to go with option one or two. So here goes, hopefully you will like either way because I have tried to combine them together so there is a tiny journey with main events (telling Emma's parents, Enacting the curse) then I shall skip ahead but then fill in the gaps of both women's journeys with flashbacks :) to do so I will post two chapters now, Enjoy!

Chapter 10

'Standing at the top of the steps after leaving her horse in the stables, Regina looked towards the iron door looking completely defeated. What was she going to tell them? How was she going to tell them?

Trying not to let the tears prickle her eyes, the younger Queen gulps down a lump before entering the castle. Walking slowly towards the main hall, Regina takes a much needed breath then walks inside making her presence known.

"Regina! Back so soon? Let me guess, Emma was feeling homesick already?!" Chuckling the older Queen looks at the brunette and becomes quiet beginning to frown at the distraught look on the fellow Queen's face. "Regina?..."

Also noticing the sad expression, Charming steps forward while looking past the brunette and towards the door. "Regina? Where's Emma?.."

Biting her lip to stop it trembling, all Regina can do at this moment is shake her head abruptly. "I'm..sorry..I..I'm so...sorry.."

The prince takes a shaky breath feeling his anger begin to rise. "Regina?"

"She..she's gone, mother..had..she hated us being together..and she had it all planned..I couldn't..she sent Emma away..I don't know where but I will-"

"What?!" Charming's eyes widen as Snow's begin to water.

Feeling her own set of tears forming, the brunette tries to compose herself with difficulty."I'm sorry but I-"

Approaching the young Queen, Charming glares. "Get..out!"

Jumping slightly at his raised voice, Regina steps back and covers her mouth to hold back a sob.

Having stayed quiet, trying to take it all in, Snow looks between them then watches the brunette practically break down in front of them. "Charming...stop.." Giving him a warning tone, the older Queen walks up to Regina and pulls the sobbing woman into a hug, getting upset herself. "Emma..Emma..wouldn't want us fighting..or for us to blame Regina..it is not her fault..she has had to spend many years in the hands of that woman, it is Cora's fault..I know Regina would never hurt Emma intentionally, she wasn't to know what her mother was going to do..so right now, we need to stick together and figure a way of getting Emma back"

The prince sighs, stepping down as the brunette clings to Snow desperately, feeling the need of forgiveness. Upon hearing the fellow Queen's words, Regina looks up with a sniffle. "I..think I may know how..leave it to me"

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Thinking back to that dreaded day, the now darkened Queen looked at herself in the mirror, once again noticing the change among herself and how with everyday that goes by, she can see the old 'innocent' Regina disappear. Glancing down to the Swan pendant in her hand, something that she had kept with her since that fateful day when Emma fell off of the balcony and causing the flimsy bit of silver to snap from her neck, the brunette looks determined. "I've nearly done it Emma..it won't be long now.."

Having found her mother's book a few months ago, the Queen had used it in desperation to gain power, for one thing that her mother had said was believed to be true. Power was everything. Therefore the brunette had used the book to properly end her mother. Not kill her but to take away what she had loved most. Her magic. Regina still needed her after all to find out where Emma had gone. Whether the women would tell or not was another matter.

Pacing her chamber trying to decide if she should visit the woman she now hated with a passion, the brunette was startled by an appearance of another figure within the room. Recognising him from before, Regina looked over curiously but also still with a tint of coldness to her eyes. "What do you want?"

Chuckling the imp shook his head. "What do I want dearie? Oh no no no, it's what do you want? I see that you have been using your mother's book and I have simply come to tell you that whatever you read or try to use will not work. What Cora did was far more powerful than a simple spell..you need something else.."

Taking in his leering gaze, the brunette crosses her arms watching him cautiously. "Something else? What do I need?"

Rumple grins at gaining Regina's attention. "A curse..one that will get you to the same land as your dear princess"

Inhaling sharply at the mention of Emma, the Queen raises an eyebrow. "What's the catch?"

"Besides everyone else from the kingdoms being taken away to this new land aswell?...nothing. I may have personal reasons but none that will affect you. I just needed someone to help me do it and as you are now dare I say..more powerful than your own mother, it's you."

Regina turns away towards her balcony. "What makes you think I will listen to you and agree?"

Walking up behind her, the imp scoffs. "Have you not tried everything possible already? Have you succeeded? Think about it Regina..after everything you have done..the pain you've caused"

Gritting her teeth, the Queen turns angrily. "No! It's all the pain you've caused! I was trying to find you and instead of coming, you stood back and watched as I tore families apart to get someone..anyone.. to tell me of your whereabouts! Then you couldn't even help me, instead you wanted to waste time trying to train me..train me to what? To fail?!"

Seeing the sheer determination in her eyes, Rumple chuckled. "No that was all you dearie..everyone has a choice..you just decided to take the darker route"

Rubbing her head frustrated, the brunette huffs. "Do you know they won't even talk to me anymore?..Snow and Charming. There was a time when they looked out for me and now they have just disregarded me, saw me as a villain"

"Then enact the curse..get Emma back and I'm sure all will be forgiven. Like I said everyone will go too which means they can also see their daughter again"

Regina takes a deep breath, giving herself a moment to think before turning to face him. "Fine. Show me what to do"

The imp chuckles excitedly and leads the Queen out of her chambers and to where it all needs to take place.