I guess I finished this a bit quicker than I expected. Hopefully you all enjoy!
Disclaimer: "Once Upon a Tme," the characters, and situations depicted are the property of Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Kitsis/Horowitz, and ABC Studios. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes.
After sending Gold and the firey young Merida away, she looked at Henry and smiled and whisked them off to her new place.
"So kid, what do you want to do? Do you want to watch a movie or read some comic books?" She said wrapping her arm around him, but felt him pull away. No matter how much power the darkness has given her, she still loved her son and would do anything to keep him by her side. She had seen what happened when he believed that Regina was the Evil Queen, he had run to her, run to someone he felt like he could trust. Now she was the dark one, she had to show her son that she was still the same person he brought here from Boston, but now with, well a bit more power.
"Mom, where is my...where is Regina?" The smile that she had on her face faded, why did he want to know about her. She was his mother! She could feel the anger rising, then she remembered watching the crimson blood flow from around the blade and her smile returned.
"Henry do you remember when you believed that Regina was the evil queen?" She asked him leading him over to her couch. She turned towards him on the couch, setting her hand on his leg.
"Yeah, it's why I came to find you in Boston. I needed you to be the savior I knew you were." She could hear the anger in his voice. She knew that he was mad at her
"I know this is hard Henry, but I am still the same person." She said trying to sound as much like her old self as possible. It amazed her how much the power had made her stronger, but also more confident. It almost sickened her to try and sound as unsure and broken as he did before becoming the dark one, even as the savior she hadn't been this powerful.
"Are you? How could you do what you did to Violet?!" He said getting up from the couch and standing with his back to her.
"Henry, I don't want to be the dark one anymore than Regina wanted to be the evil queen. The only way that I can remove this darkness was to speak to Merlin and I needed the tear of a first loves broken heart to do that. Henry, I know it seems like I am evil, but I need you to understand that sometimes Heroes must make sacrifices for the ones they love. Henry I needed you to be a hero." She looked at him knowing in truth the only reason she needed to speak to Merlin was to learn how the two pieces of the sword went back together, but he needed Henry to believe her and there is nothing more that he believed in than heroes.
"Then why not just tell me?"
"Because if you knew it would not have broken your heart and the spell wouldn't have worked. Regina helped me with the spell, she thought her loss of Daniel would be strong enough, but I knew that now that she had Robin it wouldn't be." She said standing walking over to him.
"Tonight Regina knew that you and I needed to talk about this. She was worried that what you did to her, you would do to me. When you thought she was the Evil Queen you didn't want to go anywhere near her, but I knew that she was still important in your life. Regina knows that we will find a way to remove the darkness from my heart and he doesn't want to see you turn from me the way that you turned from her. She told me she knows what it is like to think your son hates you and she knows that the only reason I am the dark one now is because I sacrificed myself for her." She watched Henry lower his head in shame, she knew this was working, he was trying to see through the darkness, which is exactly what she needed. Rumpelstiltskin had tried to hard to push Belle away for too long. She was the only good in his life and the only thing that was keeping his heart from turning black and killing him. Henry would be the brightness in her heart as she had to do what she must. In order for that to work, he must still love her. "Now let's watch a movie. I heard while we were gone a new Avengers movie came out! You know how much I love Iron Man."
"Ok, but can we get Grannies and make some popcorn? But can I also call my mom, just let her know where I am?"
"Grannie's sounds great!" She waved her hand over the table and his favorite was laid out in front of him, burgers, onion rings, a chocolate shake, and a steaming cup of hot chocolate, with cinnamon of course. "Don't worry Regina knows where you are, I told her before I came and got you. I think she said she was going to go out with Robin tonight. You wouldn't want to interrupt her date would you?"
"No, you're right." She wasn't sure if she believed what she was saying, but that thought was interrupted by the sounds of footsteps approaching her door. How had they found this place? Hook...she knew she shouldn't have let anyone know where this place was. Hook had betrayed her and it seems as though they had already found Regina. She cursed silently under her breath. They would not ruin tonight! She waved her hand again casting a protection and silencing spell on the house. Once Henry was asleep she would deal with the problem outside her door, but this moment was for her and Henry. No one would ruin tonight, tonight was theirs. She pulled him closer as the movie started a smirk as she felt her heart beating strong in her chest. She would not make the same mistakes that Rumpelstiltskin had made.