Chapter six

"There has to be another way, Regina," Emma said desperately clutching onto the brunette.

The mayor looked back at the approaching cloud of magic, and a stray tear found its way down her cheek, "you know there isn't Emma."

"So you expect me and Henry to just live without you," the blonde countered, bringing her girlfriend as close as possible.

Regina shook her head, "I can change your memories."

Emma's eyes widened as she realised what the woman was suggesting, "I don't want to forget you."

"It'll make it easier," Regina replied, as she brought her arms around the taller woman's shoulders, and placed a small peck on her lips. "I want you to be happy."

"That won't be possible without you."

"That's exactly why you won't believe that you gave Henry up, you'll remember his childhood," Regina reached up and swept a tear away, "you can be happy."

"But it'll be a lie."

"You'll be alive and happy."

"Regina..." Charming warned, and she turned to see that the curse was not far away, with a sigh she released Emma, who was promptly replaced by Henry.

"I love you mom," he mumbled against her coat, Regina stroked his hair and dropped a kiss onto his forehead.

"I love you too, my little prince."

Henry continued to cling to her as she walked him over to the metal death trap. She kissed him again, before he reluctantly walked over to the car door.

Regina turned around, and lips instantly crashed into hers. The brunette allowed herself to melt into the kiss for what could be the last time, before she finally slightly pushed Emma away, though they were still exceptionally close.

"The moment you cross the line, you'll have your new memories, and everything here will have never have existed."

Emma nodded in understand, though her lack of acceptance was clear.

"I love you, Emma."

The blonde held her hand, and smiled sadly, "I love you, too."

A moment later, mother and son were each in their seats. The pair took their last looks at their family, the moment the wheels crossed the town line, Emma no longer worried about the fact that Regina's hands were protectively clutching her stomach.

"Did you know there's something called cradle cap?" Mary Margaret asked in horror as she looked through the pregnancy book.

Henry looked up from his game for a moment, and held back a sigh.

Emma had asked her parents to look after Henry and Tamsin, so they had split up since he had work and somehow she had ended up with her sarcastic grandson rather than her adorable granddaughter.

Henry sighed dramatically, and mumbled something about going to the restroom.

Mary Margaret dropped the book to the table, and rolled her eyes at the teenager's back.

"Cradle cap goes away," someone interrupted, and Mary Margaret's head snapped up to see an unfamiliar red headed woman smiling brightly at her.

The pregnant woman returned the smile, feeling surprisingly reassured, she pointed to the seat which the other woman promptly took.

"Thank you," she sighed in relief, she seemed to finally have someone that cared about her worries.

"I can see that you're nervous, dear," she laughed, "I'm just glad that I can help, everything in this town is just so strange, I'm relieved that I know something someone else doesn't."

"You didn't come with the first curse?" Mary Margaret asked, clearly trying to figure out who she was.

The red headed woman shook her head, and replied, "I awoke to find twenty eight years had passed, I must admit was strange, I wish I could have spent that time here, it seems much lovelier than I had heard."

Snow nodded in agreement, "since the curse broke, I'll admit Storybrooke is the better option, Snow by the way."

"Zelena."

"So what were you..."

"Oh, nothing of note, you certainly wouldn't have known a lowly midwife, but I would still like to offer my services."

"You had another daughter?" Emma blanched.

Cora rolled her eyes at the blonde, though she could feel the burning eyes of her granddaughters other grandparents upon her. Except Rumpel of course, he was still occupying Henry.

"Why did you never tell us?" Snow asked.

For a moment, Cora saw the resemblance to Eva, and tried to say as calmly as possible, "you never asked."

Snow rolled her eyes, and Charming placed his hand on his wife's shoulder, "so the villain is Regina's sister?"

The former Queen of Heart's eyes widened, she hadn't quite yet considered the implications of the information. Now, however, she had no doubt that the person that had hurt Regina was her other daughter.

"It's a possibility," Cora managed to reply.

Emma looked sympathetically at the woman, and said, "what happened to her?"

"I don't know, I sent her away to Oz," she sighed.

Emma's eyebrows shot up, and her parents looked at her curiously.

"Oz is a real place?"

Everyone in the room nodded, and Emma groaned in frustration.

"The Wicked Witch of the West," she said.

"What?" Cora asked.

"The villain from Oz is the Wicked Witch."

"Wonderful," Cora rolled her eyes, though internally her stomach clenched at the thought of what her first child had become.

Snow blinked a few times before she turned to Emma, "it's lucky Regina gave you magic lessons then."

Emma bit her lip, a small smirk tugging at the corner of her mouth, "I didn't learn much."

Cora rolled her eyes at the blonde, though she was secretly thankful that the conversation course had changed, "well then meet me at Regina's vault in an hour."

Emma hit her head on the counter as the woman walked away, Regina was tough, but she was genuinely afraid of her mother probable teaching styles.

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