Emma drove over to her parent's loft. She went over in her mind the steps Regina had taught her to cast the protection spell. She hesitated before walking into the apartment, it still felt strange to her to just be allowed to walk into this place without knocking. Even though she had technically lived there for a year, she never really thought of it as 'her place', it was just where she crashed. When she did finally walk in, she found her mother alone in the kitchen mixing up a batch of brownies, most likely at Henry's request. She shook her head at how spoiled he was, but still loved the fact that they were all able to give him things she herself never had.

"Hey." Emma said and draped her jacket over the back of one of the chairs and plopped down.

"Hi sweetheart! Are you staying for dinner?" Her mother smiled wide.

"Uh no, I just came by to um just put a protection spell on the apartment. Did David tell you we figured out who attacked Regina?"

"He did, yes." her brunette mother hummed as she poured the thick batter into a baking dish. When she was done she put it in the oven and turned her attention on her adult daughter.

Emma could feel the tension and decided she would just do what she came here to do and go home.

I am home. I meant Regina's. Home to Regina's.

Emma got up and did exactly what Regina taught her and with a little effort the outside walls of the tiny apartment shimmered with a sparkling magic.

"Are you sure about using magic Emma?"

"I don't know, Regina said I'm a quick study." Emma defended feeling as though her mother was questioning her ability.

"I'm sure you are. Why don't you go down to the convent and take up with Blue. She mentioned how honored she would be to teach you to use your powers for good."

"I'm okay with Regina teaching me." Emma said with a shrug of her shoulders and went back to focusing on severing the mirrors. Once Emma completed the spell she walked to the closest mirror and peered into it as if the spell hadn't worked she would be able to visibly see Sidney's beady little eyes peering back at her. She shook her head at herself and returned to her chair in the kitchen. "Alright well you guys are good. Speaking of Blue, did she give you the binding spell?"

"Blue has said she will not give the spell to Regina so she can figure out a way to counteract her own." Snow said simply.

"Oh, I uh, I took the bracelet off of her."

"Emma that wasn't the deal." Snow said with bite.

Emma folded her arms in defiance. "The deal has changed."

"I will concede that for the short term her magic will be useful to apprehending the man who raped you, but I need assurances that she will put it back on once all this is over."

"I need assurances that if she does she will be safe!" Emma exclaimed.

Snow rolled her eyes and sighed. "Fine. You have my word sweetheart. That doesn't change the fact that Blue won't give Regina access to her enchantment."

Emma shook her head as if she hadn't heard her mother right and questioned her about it. "Come again?"

"Regina is very adept at capitalizing for her own gain sweetheart."

"So what you are saying is that your holier than thou saintly blue fairy would rather let a dangerous insane rapist keep his highly powerful magic than take a slight chance Regina will counteract her precious spell? And you agreed to that? Are you fucking kidding me right now?"

"Language Emma!" Snow scolded and Emma bristled.

"No! He used me to hurt someone I care about in the most unimaginable way possible!"

"What exactly did the Evil Queen do to Sidney, Emma?" the brunette asked.

Emma couldn't believe what she was hearing. Literally. Couldn't believe it. "Excuse me?" the surprise on her face was all encompassing.

"What did she do to him? People don't just get angry to do what he did without reason."

"Are you seriously blaming her for him raping her?"

"I'm pretty sure you were the only innocent one in this whole situation Emma. You were the only one really raped here."

"WHAT?" Emma shook her head as she stood up and looked at this woman who was supposed to be the embodiment of good and tried to process what she was saying.

"What?" The deadpan look in her mother's face was the final straw and Emma lost control of her emotions. "Seriously? You can shove your good versus evil, black and white view of the world Snow White! The world doesn't work that way!" Emma finally yelled.

Snow waved her off and sighed as if the explanation were tedious. "Some people are just evil Emma, you don't know her the way I know her."

"No, Fuck off." Emma called upstairs to her son. "Henry?! We are going home!"

"Emma!" Snow exclaimed.

"Stay the fuck away from me with your victim blaming attitude and stay away from my kid!" she leaned over the island that separated the two women and whispered, "Is that what you are going to tell my son? His mom deserved to get beaten and raped? Seriously? Stay the fuck away from me! I mean it!" Emma was shaking as adrenaline pumped through her body.

"Emma I wouldn't tell him that!" Snow rolled her eyes petulantly.

"That doesn't mean that isn't how you feel!" Emma countered with malice.

Henry poked his head out from behind the curtain, "Mooommmm? I thought you said I could stay!" he whined.

"It's not safe for you here kid. I want you home with your family . Get your stuff!"

Hearing the seriousness in his mother's voice and felt the tension between the two women below, he emerged a few seconds later with his bag and bounded down the stairs. She bent down and whispered into his ear, "I'll make it up to you kiddo."

David came in from the back room and his smile fell instantly. He looked to his wife with question as their grandson quickly rushed past them to wait by the door.

"What's going on?" He finally asked when no one was offering up anything.

"Henry will you please wait for me in the bug?" he quickly complied feeling his mother's anger and was honestly frightened by it.

Once her son's tromping footsteps could no longer be heard in the stairwell Emma turned to her father, "Your wife seems to feel my son's mother deserved what happened to her, so she is no longer fit to be around my child." Emma spat. David looked to his wife in disbelief, "What?"

"I simply asked what horrible things Regina did to Sidney for him to do what he did!"

"Oh Snow!" David exclaimed and put his hand over his mouth in shock.

"David! You know what she is like!" Snow defended herself.

"You didn't see what he made me do to her!" Emma raged at the brunette and she could feel the electrical charge of her magic in the air. Magic is emotion Miss Swan. Emma heard Regina's warning from earlier that day and took a deep breath to calm herself.

She turned to her father and calmly said, "David? If you still want a relationship with your grandson, you may but as long as you understand I will not have him around this negative influence." Emma looked back at Snow when she spoke, the disgust she felt for the woman evident on her face.

"So what you are just going to cut me out of Henry's life? I'm his teacher Emma! He is my grandson!"

"We'll see about that." Emma spat, grabbed her jacket and slammed the door behind her when she walked out.

Emma paced the sidewalk trying to pull her emotions in before she got behind the wheel with her son in the car. She stopped pacing when she saw the fear in his little face and she rubbed her palms over her cheeks then squatted down next to the passenger side of her yellow volkswagon. She made a circular motion with her hand for him to unroll the window and he only hesitated for a moment before he complied.

"I'm sorry Hen."

"Are you you?"

She could see the questioning look in his eyes and she held back her tears and nodded. "Mom put a protection spell on me so no one can ever make me hurt you guys again."

"Mom thinks of everything." he said and visibly relaxed.

She thought of how soon after being protected, Sidney had tried to take her over again and she gulped and nodded in agreement. "She is the best."

"Are you just mad then?"

Emma nodded again and took a deep breath. "Listen. Snow and I had a disagreement." She looked everywhere but his large inquisitive eyes, "On the plus side you don't have to go to school until further notice."

"Does that mean we are going back to the Enchanted Forest?" he asked excitedly.

"Why do you want to go back there so bad? I told you about the ogres right?"

He worried his lip and wouldn't make eye contact with her and she knew instantly something was up. "Hen you can tell me, what is it?"

"There's some kids at school who are really mad at mom and they tell me what they are going to do to her. I thought if we can all go back to the Enchanted Forest, I would be king and I could protect her." tears brimmed his lashes and Emma opened the door to pull him into a hug.

"Hey kid. I'm not going to let anyone hurt Mom okay? Both of you are safe with me." Emma promised and he nodded his head but still clung to her. After a few moments she kissed him and sat him back in his seat and closed his door.

She stood up and rested the palms of her hands on the roof of the car to steady herself as she looked around the quiet streets of Storybrooke. Sidney may not be their only concern. She thought to herself warily.