Emma now stood on the inside of the "prison" that housed Mary Margaret. As soon as she entered Regina shut the door behind her. Now, she was trapped as well. Mary Margaret was still laid upon the floor, and Emma couldn't stop feeling as if this was all her fault. She walked over to the night stand and placed the tray of food carefully on the nightstand before she headed to where Mary Margaret was. Emma bent down and gently shook the older woman.

"Mary Margaret" Emma whispered. As soon as Emma's hand touched her she jumped slightly before turning her head and relaxing when she noticed it was only Emma.

"Oh Emma" Mary Margaret said. Her tone of voice was sad, and weak.

"Can you stand up...do you need help" Emma asked as she helped Mary Margaret up anyway. Emma realized that she was heavier than she looked as she helped her lay upon the bed. Once she was settled Emma stood beside the bed, playing with her hands. "I'm so sorry about this... this is all my fault, I never meant for this to happen" She admitted.

"Emma, don't blame yourself. It's not your fault it's mine...I'm your mother, I'm supposed to protect you..."

Emma frowned. "You're not my mother...Is Regina making you say that?" Emma whispered as she looked around hoping that Regina couldn't hear her. She had a feeling she could. It was just like Regina to not even trust her to have a simple conversation by herself.

"Emma, you have to believe me. I am your mother, Regina...she's the evil queen, and you have to get away from her as soon as you can"

"Evil...what?..." Emma asked in disbelief. Was she being pranked. If so, this was not funny.

Mary Margaret was determined. She repeated. "Emma, sweetie, you have to get far away from Regina as soon as possible"

Emma shook her head. She muttered. "I can't"

"Yes you can" Mary Margaret repeated once more.

Emma didn't know whether or not she wanted to leave. She loved Regina. Regina was all she had in this world. Regina was also the person she feared the most as well. Emma didn't have to make the choice rather to leave or stay, Regina already made that choice for her. "I can't leave. I'm locked in this house just as much as you are, but don't worry. I'm going to ask Regina to let you go, then you can pretend as if this...never happened" Emma whispered confidently.

"I'm not going to leave you here Emma. You're my daughter, and even if you wasn't, I would never leave you here with...her. She's evil, trust me, I've spent years running away from her. I've never wanted the same for you"

"You're not my mother" Emma states a little annoyed. "Would you please...just stop saying that? I don't have a mother, besides, you're not old enough to be my mother" Emma argues. Mary Margaret looks not even 10 years older than her, how could she possibly be her mother?

"But Emma, it's tru-"

"Look, why don't you eat your food, I can't leave anything down here..." Emma states. She bites her lip. "I promise...I'm going to try and get you out of here, I will save you"

Mary Margaret smiled. "Oh sweetie, you really are the savior. If you want to save me, save yourself, I've already lost everything. My husband, my father, my mother, my life...my hair" She says as she rakes her hand through her short hair. "I don't want to lose you too...but I know that I can never be your mother. She would never allow that. I just want you to be safe and right now, she's only using you to hurt me"

Emma gasped. "She..she wouldn't do that" Emma shook her head.

Mary Margaret looked down. "She is Emma... I don't know what's been going on between the two of you but, Regina's only motive is hurting me, always has been. She doesn't care about you...She's using you" she added.

Emma took a step back, still shaking her head. "That's not true...stop saying that" Could it be true? Emma thinks to herself. Emma's interrupted from her thoughts when one of the ceiling lights sparks fire and the room shakes. "What's happening?" Emma asks as she looks around, the rest of the room. The lights flickering on and off rapidly. Mary Margaret gets an ideal as she realizes what's going on.

"Emma. Regina does not care about you, the only reason she has let you stay in this town is because she know's that you are my daughter. If you were anyone else, she would have sent you packing right away, or worse, she would have killed you"

Emma's eyes widened once more but this time it was because of the words that were coming out of Mary Margaret's mouth. "Stop it. Regina loves me. She told me so, and I believe her" Emma states, more for herself.

"No, no she doesn't Emma, She hates you, because you are my daughter. She killed my father, her husband"

"Stop it"

Emma doesn't notice the swirl of angry magic circling the room, looking for escape.

Mary Margaret shrugs. "She's killed her own father Emma, she had to, to enact the curse that you are destined to destroy. Regina is the reason you grew up without your father and I"

Emma couldn't help it, tears were streaming down her face now. "...no, you're lying"

"I'm not... The night you were born, she stormed in my castle, looking for you...I wrapped you in a white blanket...it had your name stitched upon the side of it"

Emma gasped. How did she know about that? She'd never share that story with anyone. She hasn't even shared it with Regina. Mary Margaret continued. "I handed you to your father, he fought off many men to get you to safety. When I was strong enough, I ran to check on him, and he was..." Mary Margaret started sobbing. "He was bleeding to death...there was so much blood...he's in a coma now, I've always believed in hope but now that I remember, I know that...my Charming is gone. It's been nearly 18 years..." She looks off past Emma at the swirl of magic that is pushing against the door. "Regina rushed in, she said...where is she?, I smiled knowing that you were safe, I replied, she's gone... she's safe...you can't hurt her... She wanted to kill you Emma, but I couldn't let that happen" She states still looking at the swirl of magic. If she could just get out of this room, she could find her way out of Regina's home and get Emma somewhere safe.

"She...she wouldn't kill me" Emma is still crying. "Please don't say that, you don't mean it"

"I do Emma. I do mean it because it's true. The only reason you are still alive is because Regina is using you as a pawn in her sick and twisted plot. This isn't normal princess. If you love someone, you don't lock them up. You don't harm them, you don't beat them, you don't hold them against their will. I know you don't know any better Emma, but it's true. Regina doesn't love you. She just say that she does because she's using you and wants you to cooperate. I love you, simply because...I'm your mother"

Emma was sitting on the floor now, with her arms around her knees, tears running down her face. This was a mess. Her inner lie detector detected no lies. How could Mary Margaret AND Regina both be telling two different truths. Regina said she loved her, She said it, and Emma thought to was being honest. Mary Margaret said she was being used. How could Emma be so gullible. How could she be so desperate for love that she'd just fall into the arms of the first person who said the words. She started to cry harder. She no longer noticed her surroundings. The lights flickered. There was an unnatural wind flowing around the room. A ball of magic growing, unable to by the door wanting to escape the same as Emma. Mary Margaret now sitting up and biting her bottom lip watching the magic, hoping, praying that it opens a path for them. It got stronger by the second.

Suddenly the door pushed open and Regina stood on the other side holding up a golden ring.

"No" Mary Margaret whispered, as she watched. She couldn't believe her eyes.

Regina held the ring up and used it to absorb all the magic. She held her face away from the magic as it all poured roughly into the ring. When it was all consumed she smiled and dropped the ring into her blazer pocket.

"Did you really think that, that would work Snow?" Regina asked. "Did you really think that I didn't know that you would try to turn Emma against me? Did you think that I wouldn't know About Emma's magic. There is a reason I put you into a brick room closed off by a metal door. I knew that you would try to turn Emma against me, I knew Emma would get emotional, I knew that Emma would tap into her newly found magic because she does that when she's emotional" Regina replied thinking about the night not long ago that Emma unlocked her magic when she said that she loved her. She walked over to Emma who seemed not to notice that she was even in the room. She started to lightly comb her fingers through her hair.

"Don't touch her" Mary Margaret snapped."She knows the truth about you know"

"She knows nothing more than the lies you have told her Snow. You always think that you are so innocent. Such a little victim. But, don't worry Snow. I will win this time"

"Good always win Regina"

Regina rolled her eyes. "No, I always win. Will you watch Emma for me? I have some things I would like to do" Regina states as she exits the room and shuts the door behind her.

Regina's first stop was to Gold's pawn shop. The bell above the door signaling that she was entering the shop.

"Hello Madam Mayor" Gold states as he wipes down the counter top. He's always cleaning something every time someone enters his shop.

"Gold" Regina replies. "I know you are self aware, I know you know about the curse, And things are about to change, I have a deal for you" Regina states.

"Whatever are you talking about Madam Mayor, I can assure you I know not of what you speak" He says picking up an old lamp and polishes it.

Regina rolls her eyes. "Cut the crap, Gold. I'm about to break the curse, and I just want to make sure that you do not get in the way of my plans"

"What are you planing?" He asks sitting down the lamp. Regina smiles. She knew he wouldn't be able to play the "I don't know anything game"

"...My business. And I would like it to stay...my business" Regina snaps. "I want you to stay out of everything that has anything to do with me"

Gold laughs. "Your majesty" He shakes his head. "You're thinking to highly of yourself. Why would I care about anything that you do...As long as if doesn't interfere with my plans" He smiles.

"Your plans, and exactly...what, are your plans?" Regina asks.

"My business" Gold states. "And you see, you breaking the curse does not sit well with me. The only person who can break the curse, is the savoir"

'or the savior's magic' Regina thinks to herself. Finally she has one up on Gold.

"...And you're no savior" Gold adds.

Regina rolls her eyes. "Well, I am breaking the curse"

"It's not time" Gold says flatly.

"I say when it's time, and it's time"

"You don't know what you are doing" Gold insists.

Regina pauses for a moment. She didn't come here to argue with the imp. She realized that for the first time he had no idea what he was talking about. "Here's the deal. When the curse breaks, people may come to you for help to defeat me. I don't want you on their team" Regina insists.

"Let me guess, you want me on yours?"

"No. I want you to make a deal with me, not to go against me. Don't team up with someone to defeat me. Don't make a deal to help someone defeat me, don't try to defeat me yourself"

"...you-"

"I'm not done. I will give you someone you love, and the price is a promise. A promise to stay out of my business, and not to help anyone defeat me, or try to defeat me yourself" Regina simplified.

"Who can you possib-" He started but was cut off again.

"Belle"

"Belle?" He asked and swallowed thickly. "I don't know what game your playing but you know she-"

"What, dead?" Regina asks. "She's not dead. I told you she died, but I lied. She's here, somewhere you will never find out without my help...so, do we have a deal?"

Gold looked as if he wanted to kill Regina. Regina could tell. He was going to eventually find out about Belle anyhow, she just wanted to be the one to tell him herself, so she could of course, use it to her advantage. Regina gave him a moment. The twitch in his eye telling her how hard he was taking the news, oh, this was too good.

"We have a deal" Gold stated through gritted teeth.

Regina clapped her hand together, oh, this was too good. "Perfect" She mumbled.

After Regina left Gold she found herself out side a well. A well which waters were supposed to return all that was lost. She didn't understand why this well was brought into Storybrooke when the curse was first enacted but she knew it had some purpose, otherwise it wouldn't be here, none the less, it would serve it's purpose now. Regina pulled out her golden engagement ring Daniel had given her. Daniel was her first love. He was pure, he was perfect. She didn't want to let go of this ring, but she had too. If her plan was to work then she would have to.

She gave it a final kiss before she dropped the ring into the well. She watched as it fell into the water and soon the water started to boil, almost as if it was hot, but she knew that was not the case. Purple smoke started to form, she knew what would happen next. It would return all that was lost to her, and everyone in Storybrooke. Her magic, everyone else's memories... She felt as her skin tingled when she allowed the smoke to surround her, to enter her body, she felt her magic returning. She felt her knowledge of how to use it return. As the smoke spread through and out of her it made it's way into town where she knew it would do the same for everyone else.

Regina tried her magic. She knew there would be an angry mob coming for her, her home was fort knox, but still she wanted something the citizens did not. Magic. She formed a small ball of fire. It wasn't big now, but it was enough, with more practice, it would come to her.

"Regina?" She heard a male voice come from behind her. She jumped, she had not heard anyone come up behind her. The voice sounded familiar, timid, confused. Regina slowly turned around. Her eyes widened with what she saw. Well, who she saw. She brought a hand over her mouth, tears ran down her eyes. She removed her hand as he stood there looking around.

"Where are we?" He questioned.

Regina removed her hand and launched herself at him. "Daniel...I can't...I can't believe it's really you"

He automatically returned the hug. "Regina, what's...what's going on here?"

To be continued...

MUAH HA HA HA! I know, I know...Evil right? How dare I bring Daniel back, what will this mean for Emma and Regina? The curse is breaking, everyone is getting their memories back...Snow and Emma is still locked in Regina's prison. What the F. is going to happen now? IDK...tell me what you think, then keep reading :)