Regina held on tight to Daniel. He was back. But that was...impossible. She tried for a long time to bring him back alive, and it didn't work. What was different... Then suddenly, it hit her. Emma. Emma was different. She used Emma's magic. Emma's magic brought back what was lost, which meant... Regina's eyes widened when sudden realization hit her. 'All magic comes with a price' shes reminded by her inner thoughts. Suddenly, she's at lost for what to do because everything is different now. Her plan wouldn't work now.

"Regina" She hears Daniel mumble. He pulls her away and looks into her eyes.

"What's going on. Where are we?" He asks once more because previously his question was ignored. "What's wrong my love, why are you crying?" He adds as he dries Regina's tears. She hadn't even realized she was crying, but she shouldn't be so shocked. Daniel is back. Her Daniel. Her first love. She thought she was ready to let him go, but now that he is back, in front of her, caressing her, she needs him. But, what about Emma? She questions herself. She hadn't planned for this.

"Emma, Emma sweet heart, come back to me" Mary Margaret states as she places a hand on Emma's shoulder. She had been trying to get Emma's attention for a while with no such luck. Her poor baby girl. What had Regina done to make her so...damaged. She secretly vowed to make Regina pay for what she did to Emma. She could look past everything else, but when it came to her daughter, that is where she drew the line. She just needed to get them out of this room and away from Regina. She sat and something purple out the corner of her eye caught her attention. "What is that?" She silently asked as she watched purple smoke seep through the small crack of the door. That questioned seemed to pull Emma out of her trance because she turned to see what Mary Margaret was talking about.

"What in the hell is that?" Emma asked as she got on her knees and held on to Mary Margaret.

"I'm not sure but whatever it is, I'm sure it's...not good" She answers as she swallows thickly. Was this the end? Was Regina going to kill them with some sort of poisonous gas? She wouldn't doubt it. Shes tried to kill her with a poisonous apple. "Emma...I need to tell you something"

"What...no I-" Emma shakes her head thinking that this is not the time for an heart to heart.

"I love you, your father loved you. You are, you were, and always will be loved" She states hugging on to Emma. "No matter what happens next, please just always remember that, and always maintain hope"

"Wha-" Emma states as the smoke engulfs them. It enters her and it's...strangely pleasant. She feels...different, it's hard to explain, she just feels...whole. Like a piece of her she never knew she had was given back to her. "What was that?" She asks as the smoke clears the room.

Mary Margaret is about to answer when she notices her ring and how it's lightening up. Could it be? She wonders then a smile widens across her face. "Emma, your father, he's alive. Don't worry princess, we will be out of here before you know it" She cheers, suddenly, she feels much better, like her old self. Her hope is returning.

"Daniel. We have to get out of here. It's not safe here" Regina states as she shakes her head. She panicking. What should she do? What about Emma? What about Snow in her basement. What would Daniel think of her when he finds out what she has become. It's like someone placed a covered up mirror in front of her for years, and only now she thought to remove the sheet that covered her from the truth, because Daniels reappearance has made her think about who she used to be. Before Snow White entered her life. She now has regrets, she's disappointed, afraid, annoyed, overjoyed all at once, it's giving her an head ache.

"Why isn't it safe?" Daniel asks.

Regina grabs his hand and pulls him along with her quickly to her car. She opens the passengers door. "I'll explain everything later...Daniel. Please sit down" She asks. She immediately notes the difference in how she treats him, and how she treats Emma. "Where is the evil queen now?" Regina thinks. She's silent. The evil queen in her was angry because there was no Daniel. But now there was a Daniel. And all that was left, was...confusion?

"What is this thing. Is this safe" Daniel asks as he sits awkwardly in the car.

"Yes. It's safe" Regina answers.

Daniel relaxes and smiles. "I trust you"

Regina bites her lip and closes the door. She rushes to the other side and quickly gets in and heads towards the manor. What's going to happen when she gets there, she doesn't know.

The manor comes into view and Regina thanks her lucky stars that the mob hasn't arrived yet. She also reels in the fact that she stays on a street by herself about 10 minutes away from everyone else. Knowing them, they will most likely gather in a crowd with pitch forks and march to her house instead of driving. She pulls into her garage she hardly ever uses and holds her breathe as it closes. It isn't until she and Daniel is in the house safely that she lets out a sigh of relief. It's not that shes afraid of them, because she's not. She has her magic. It's that she doesn't know how she is going to through this situation. What is she supposed to do? She needs more time than she has.

"Regina...are you alright, you seem a little distracted" Daniel mumbles. He is more than interested in all of this stuff he has never seen before, but right now he can sense that something is wrong with Regina. The love of his life.

"Daniel" Regina sighs. "A lot has happened since I have last seen you" Regina notes.

"What? You mean like yesterday?" He laughs. " I was going to meet you in the stables today so that we can run away together. Just the two of us. The next thing I know is I wake up outside and you are standing in front of a well" He explains. "What could have possibly happen since then?" He asked. He really wants to know.

"We are no longer in the Enchanted Forrest Daniel. This is a place called Storybrooke. A place I created so that I could be happy. But right now, it's not safe. There is a mob of people here right now, they want to kill me" Regina states simply. Honesty. That's all she can come up with now. She will be honest, she'll just leave some details out until she can figure out what to do. She's thankful the room downstairs is sound proof. Daniel will never know about it.

"Oh my. Regina, what ever for. Who would want to hurt you. You are the kindest, most gentlest person I know" He said as he moved forward and cupped Regina's cheek.

Regina misses this. She miss Daniel. But she's no longer the person he once knew. She know's that. She's not sure she's ready for him to know it. "They won't be able to get in. Eventually they will get tired and go away" She states. But that's not entirely true. Now that Regina has Daniel back, she knows that Snow will have Charming back, and those two are stubborn. They are not going to stop until they are together, and now Emma is in the picture as well, and she's not sure shes ready to let Emma go...But that leaves the question. Emma, or Daniel?

Regina was strangely grateful when Daniel stated that he wanted to lie down because he felt...weak. Yeah, coming back from the dead will do that to you. She hadn't even mentioned the fact that her mother had killed him. He didn't know any of that. He didn't need to.

Regina stood in her living room staring out the window. 22 minutes. It took 22 minutes for the angry mob to get to her house, now they were all littering her front lawn. There were brooms lit on fire, it was daytime, do they not know how ridiculous they looked? Regina decided to go outside and face them when she saw David, Snow's husband, Emma's father was leading the group. The whole gang was out there. Well, the exception of Graham. There would be no coming back for him. His heart was outside of Storybrooke. Some child could have been trampling over it right that moment. Granny, Ruby, the Fairies, they were all outside. Regina opened the door as a plan formed inside her head. It wasn't the best plan, but it would work for now.

She stepped outside and shut her door. "Yes?" She asked the mob.

"Regina. You are going to pay for all you have done. You took us away from our lives and we want yours in exchange" Dr. Whale shouted.

Regina rolled her eyes and smiled. She turned her attention to David who was now speaking.

"Where is my wife Regina? And where is my daughter. Hand them over, and maybe I will spare your life" He threatened. He raised a sword out at Regina. Where he got a sword from, Regina had no idea.

Regina laughed.

"Oh, she thinks that if funny. Let's just kill the witch" Leroy shouted. The mob yelled yeah and rushed forward. Regina raised her hand and froze everyone right where they stood preventing them from their attack. Even the fairies were trapped. They're was no fairy dust in Storybrooke. They were useless here, more so than they were in the Enchanted Forrest.

"She has her magic" She heard someone yell. People started to scream. "Let's get out of here!" someone else yelled. They were frozen, where did they think they were going.

"No one's going anywhere" Regina stated as she walked through the crowd to see the shocked faces. "Did you really think you could defeat me?" She asked with a humorless laugh. She turned and walked towards Charming. "Let's make a deal" She states.

"I'm not making a deal with you witch. I will find a way to defeat you unless you give me back my family. I know you have them here. Just leave everyone alone" He snaps.

"Oh, will you shut up" She counters. "I will give you Snow, but you can't have Emma. That's my price. Emma, for every one else's life. I can kill you all right now with the flick of my wrist, and torture poor Snow White for the rest of her life. Or, You can take Snow, and come to accept the fact that Emma is mines"

"You can't have my daughter" Charming yells.

"Why not. You don't even know her. You haven't seen her since she was a baby. What would you want with her?"

"She's my daughter" Charming glared despite the fact that he couldn't move.

"What's your final answer Charming? Are you willing to let all these people die for your daughter? There's like what? 523...sorry, 522 citizens of Storybrooke" Regina corrected thinking about Graham. "Would you really risk the lives of all these people, and their children, just because you are to stubborn to take my deal"

"Why can't you just leave everyone alone?" Charming asked. He was trying to shake his head but couldn't against the magic.

"Shall I demonstrate?" Regina asked as she created a fireball. It was a lot bigger than it was by the well. Her abilities were growing by the second. She singled out big mouth Leroy and aimed a fireball at him.

"Do something" He hissed at David as his eyes grew, the ball of fire slowly getting bigger as it made it's way to him. It was moving in slow motions.

"Regina, don't do this" David begged.

"Your running out of time. What's you decision?" She asked.

"Please" Leroy begged him.

David bit his lip. What choice did he have. He couldn't let all these people die. He had sent Emma away the first time so that she could come and save them all in 28 years. That's what should have happened. This was all wrong. He was going to lose his daughter again, and he hadn't even seen her yet. He was a king, and he had to do what was right for his kingdom. Emma would understand wouldn't she.

"AGHH!" He heard Leroy cry out in pain.

"Fine. Just...Just Stop it Regina. You keep Emma, but Leave everyone else alone" He stated as tears ran down his face. His poor daughter. He would find a way to save her, he just needed some time to figure out what to so. He had no choice, he couldn't save her if he was dead.

Regina smiled and conjured up Snow White, she appeared in front of Regina in a cloud of purple and black smoke. Snow looked around and immediately her eyes found David's. "You saved us?" She asked as she ran over to her husband. Regina made everyone disappear back to their homes and now it was only Snow and David who stood in front of her.

David shook his head. "I didn't Snow. Regina's keeping Emma, or she threaten to kill everyone else in town, Including me, and I'm pretty sure you as well" He explained.

Snow turned around to Regina. "Let my daughter go" She glared at her. David held her back.

"Snow" He warned.

"We made a deal. Emma's life, for everyone else's"

Snow gasped. "You're going to kill her?"

"Of course not" Regina snapped someone offended. "Shes staying with me. If you try to get her back, if anyone tries to get her back, I'm killing everyone in Storybrooke, including the two of you"

"You won't get away with this. You won't be able to hind behind your magic forever" Snow glared.

Regina shrugged. "Whose going to stop me? Gold's already made an deal with me to stay out of my business and not help you defeat me. I know your not expecting the fairies to stop me" She laughed.

"Emma will stop you" Snow said confidently.

"Granted, she does have magic, and granted her magic is stronger than mines, but...she don't know how to use it" Regina replied smartly. She turned around placed a protection spell on the house. "Try to remove Emma, and you all die" She threatened one last time before going back in her house. She peaked out the window and watched as Snow White cried on her lawn in her husband arms. This moment, she won. She got everything she wanted and more. But she wasn't happy.

She checked on Daniel and wasn't surprised that he was still fast asleep. She went down stairs to check on Emma. She felt nervous about seeing her. She unlocked the door and walked inside. Emma was sitting on the bed and stood up when she saw Regina.

"Um...what happened to Mary Margaret" Emma asked looking away from Regina.

"I let her go...like you asked" Regina states. It wasn't the truth, but it wasn't a lie either.

Emma nodded.

"I need you to stay down here for a while" Regina states calmly.

That catches Emma's attention and her eyes snap to Regina's. "You're locking me down here. Like a prisoner?" Emma asked in disbelief.

"No, not like a prisoner Emma, don't think of it like that" Regina snaps. She's not sure why shes annoyed, it's just that, this isn't easy for her. A lot has happened, a lot she hadn't planned for. She doesn't know what to do. She needs time.

"Let me go Regina. I don't want to be here anymore. I don't like this" Emma says after a moment of silence.

"I ...can't" Regina admits. "You have to stay"

Emma starts to cry. It's not fair. She never asked for this. She just wanted someone to love her. She deserved love like everyone else. But this...this was crazy. This was weird.

"Emma, don't cry...just...I can't do this right now with you" Regina states as she backs up and shuts and locks the door behind her. Something snaps in Emma and she crying harder now, but it's angry tears. She kicks the night stand over and over again because it's the only thing she can do at the moment, shes trapped. The lights flicker on and off again, but she doesn't notice. She wearing her self out. Good. Right now she doesn't want to be here and maybe she can wear her self out either fall asleep or pass out...either option is good right now.

Regina watches as Daniel sleeps. It's been hours and everything is silent once more. There have been no attempted rescues for the princess. Finally Daniel awake. He turns and looks at Regina.

"You know, that has to be the best sleep I have had in...in forever, it's not like sleeping on a bed of hay at all" Daniel smiles.

"I'm glad you...I'm glad you like it" Regina states swallowing thickly. Daniel stands up and makes his way over to Regina.

"You know, you look a little different. I can't tell what it is...but it's...something" He mumbles. "You're still beautiful as ever" Daniel states. He leans in and Regina's eyes widens. Daniel kisses her, and it's so sweet. Just like she remembers it. Exactly like it. How is she to choose between Emma and Daniel. They are completely different and yet both she love so dearly.

"I've missed you so much Daniel" Regina leans into his open arms places her head on his chest. He still smells the same.

"Emma"

Emma's eyes fluttered opened. Did someone just call her name?

"Emma" She heard the whisper again.

Yep, someone was calling her. Emma's head immediately snapped to the metal door. It was closed and there was no one in the room with her. Was she losing it? Yes, she was losing her mind. Shocker.

"Emma, come closer to the door" She heard again.

Emma did as the voice asked out of curiosity more than anything. When she got to it she realized that the slight reflection that shined through the metal was not her. In fact it looked like Mary Margaret. Emma reached forward and touched the cool metal surface. "Wha-" She started but was cut off.

"Emma, I don't have much time to tell you this. Your father and I will find a way to save you. I'm sorry I had to leave you down there all alone but... It was for the good of the town. It was the best thing to do" Snow/ Mary Margaret states.

"I...I don't understand...you-"

"The deal was, you for everyone else. Regina was going to kill everyone in Storybrooke unless we promised to leave you alone" She quickly explained. "She's evil Emma, I hope you see that now"

"You...you traded my freedom for the lives of others?!" Emma asked in disbelief.

"I'm sorry Emma, we had no other choice" The voice cried. The image was fading away. "Don't lose hope. We will-" And just like that the image and the voice was gone.

Emma sat down in front of the door wondering was what she just saw real, or a figment of her imagination. She hoped it was just her imagination, because if it wasn't, what a fucked up situation she was in. Her life was traded for the lives of others? Without any input from her. She was down here alone. By herself. With nothing. She didn't even know when she would be able to leave this prison, or why she was even in it. She slowly stood and made her way over to the bed, laying down once more...So this was her life now. She'd rather be dead.

Regina talked to Daniel for hours. It was as if he had never left. They talked about all the "neat" things this world had, like indoor plumbing. A Television. Radio. Telephones. Daniel was fascinated with it all. With that being said, Emma was always in the back of Regina's mind. She still had no idea what to do with her. Daniel could never know that Emma was here. He could never know what a monster she had become. She was torn.

Regina waited until Daniel was asleep once more to go back downstairs. She knew Emma hadn't eaten so she fixed her a steak, mashed potatoes and a side of brocolli so that she could eat. When Regina opened the door Emma laid upon the bed, she didn't even move, she didn't even acknowledge Regina's presence. Regina sat the tray on the night stand and sat beside Emma. She slowly reached over and brushed some wild strands of hair behind Emma's ear.

"Please" Emma muttered. "Don't touch me"

"Emma, please. Don't be childish. I brought you some food" Regina states.

"I'm not hungry"

"I know you don't know what going on right now. I don't even know what's going on right now. I had a plan, but...everything is wrong now..."

Silence. Regina continued.

"I don't know what to do Emma" Regina admitted still playing with Emma's hair.

Emma turned over. Her eyes red, and cold. "Let me go. Mary Margaret was right. You are just using me to hurt her" Emma spat.

Regina sighed. "I'm not Emma. Not anymore" Regina answered. "When you first arrived to Storybrooke, maybe, but now that I love you, I care more about you than my vengeance on her. And besides. What Snow White took from me, was returned... I've...lost the passion for vengeance".

"What's that supposed to mean"

"Daniel, my fiance. The one your mother caused to be killed because she couldn't keep her mouth shut. He's back" Regina admitted.

It took Emma a while to realize what exactly that meant. Daniel was here. In the house. That's why she was locked up as a prisoner. "Then why am I here if you have your precious...man back. Let me go" Emma snapped.

"I...I can't Emma. I love you. I can't let you go" Regina admits.

"Then get out" Emma turns her back to Regina and looks at the wall.

"Emma, I know you don't understand it now, but this is how it has to be for now...just until I figure everything out" There was a pregnant pause and when Regina realized Emma wasn't going to say anything she stood up. "You'll understand eventually" She whispers. "Your food is right there. I'll come back for the tray later" Regina states as she walks out the door. It's not until shes out the door and behind the now locked and closed door that she starts to break down. This is just too much. What is she to do?

Emma allowed the food to sit there until the smell of it made her sick. She sat up and turned over staring at it. Something snapped in her and she picked the tray up and smashed it into the wall the food splattered all over everything. She knew Regina would be pissed when she discovered the mess. She wasn't sure why Regina had been acting so calm. How could you just lock someone up and be calm about it. She truly was evil. Love wasn't worth this. Something shiny caught Emma's eye on the floor. A butter knife. Most likely for meant for the steak that littered the floor. She rushed over to grab it. Turned it over a few times in her hands.

'Do it'

Something inside whispered to her.

'This will all be over. No more parents, no more Regina, no more feeling unloved, no more...anything'

Emma realized what that feeling was earlier after the smoke entered and exited her body. It was realization...of everything. No more denial. This was fucked up and she knew it. This wasn't normal, but it was her life. A life she no longer wanted nor needed. She wasn't anyone's property. She wasn't something to be traded like borrowed goods...Not anymore.

Before she even realized what she was doing, she had done it. It was everywhere. Blood. Bright red like Regina's lips. She felt...she felt free. She felt light headed. She laid down on the cot and and licked her lips. Why was her mouth so dry? Price of taking control of your own life Emma thought. Her eyes started to get heavy. Something fell from her hands and landed harshly on the floor. Silver. Butter knife.

Emma's mind raced, it's like her life was flashing before her eyes. Things she shouldn't have even remembered, she did. She remembered a lady with long black hair, holding her in her arms, crying. Mary Margaret. So that was true, but deep down she knew. A man, an unknown man she had never seen before carried her away.

'We have to hurry. They are coming' he said as he took her away from the crying mother. 'you'll save us' he said before he placed her in a tree. A small boy, the orphanage , the Swans, the Turners, the Johnson's, the Peterson's, Neal, the Young's, her emancipation, meeting Regina, Storybrooke, Jordan, Jojo, Mary Margaret, no her mother. Her parents sacrificing her. Again. She knew everything. She had a few words for her "parents" She had a few words for the "love of her life" Regina. To bad, because she wouldn't be able to tell them anything now. She was dying. Dying wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. She was letting go of everything until there was nothing left.

There was a bright light. Was that the "bright light" people spoke about on the movies and in stories. No, it was just Regina opening the door. Panic written all over her face. Shouting that was so close to her but yet sounded so far away. Tears, from Regina. Serves her right. Emma thinks weakly. She laughs. It's funny really. The last thing she remembers before it's all over is Regina pulling her up into a hug. That's it. And that's that. Totally weird right?