A/N: I'm sorry for the late update! But I have been stuck for weeks, staring at the same blank spot for ages. But anyway here is the next chapter. Let me know what you think. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, nor do I own anything from the shows.

Chapter 8 - Cora is alive

"Daniel?" Regina's voice are like a whisper. She looks at Daniel with hope in her eyes.

Daniel stands with his head down and when he hears Regina's voice calling him, he looks up and find Regina's eyes immediately.

"Regina." Daniel smiles wide at her. Regina laughs and runs into his open arms, and starts crying even more.

"I thought I'd lost you again." She cries out into his shoulder.

"You won't get rid of me that easy." They laughs and look at each other. Then Daniel leans down and puts a soft kiss on Regina's lips.

Rosalie is standing by the side, watching her parents. She smiles wide when they kiss. She starts walking towards them. Regina hear her daughters steps behind her, she leans back from Daniel and turn around to face her daughter.

"Come her baby." Regina says holding out a hand for Rosalie to take. Regina pulls her into her arms between herself and Daniel.

"Rose.." Daniel says looking down at his beloved daughter.

"Hi daddy." Rosalie says and puts her arms around him. "I've missed you so much."

Daniel take both Rosalie and Regina into his arms. They stay like that for minutes, maybe hours, none of them can tell, they are just so happy to be together again.

A horse neighing in the background. They all laugh. Rosalie looks behind her fathers back and she see the horse that had made the sound. She screams out.

"Starlit!" She lets go of her parents and runs to her horse, who's standing with his head out through one of the boxes. Regina laughs.

"Well, I know I promised you to go and see him before. This wasn't really planned."

"Mom it's okay. We have been a little busy." Rosalie answer while she is stroking Starlit's muzzle.

"Hi Starlit. I've missed you so much. I did find a replacement for you i DC, but know when I remember, I could never replace you. You mean too much to me."

Regina and Daniel laugh at their daughter, keeping their arms around each other while they starts to walk closer to Rosalie.

"Hey, what do you say we starts to make our way home? I feel in a very much need for some coffee." Regina asks.

"Right." Rosalie smiles kissing her horse on his muzzle. "I'll be back tomorrow, then I will ride you." She turns to her parents. "Let's go."

They walk out of the stables holding their arms around each other, none of them can stop smiling. Daniel stops when he sees Rosalie's car in the parking lot.

"What. Is. That?" Rosalie starts laughing uncontrollably.

"Rose.. Daniel that's a car. Instead of horses and carriages we had back home, we now have cars." Regina tries to explain between her daughter's laughter.

They get into the car, Regina decides to drive because Rosalie doesn't seem to be able to after her hysterical laughter. Daniel sits beside Regina on the passenger seat while Rosalie got to sit in the back.

When they drive up the driveway of the house Daniel's mouth opens wide.

"You live here?"

"We live here, daddy." Rosalie answer trying to keep the laughter away.

While inside the house Daniel can't stop staring.

"Okay, I need coffee. Rose honey, can you start a pot?" Regina says after she had got up from the small stairs and stop to stand beside Daniel.

"Yes, mommy." Rosalie disappears into the kitchen.

Regina takes Daniel's hand. "Are you okay?" Daniel shakes his head and look at Regina.

"Yes, I'm fine. It's just a lot to take in, you know." Daniel lays his hands around Regina's waist and pull her into his arms. Regina puts her head on Daniel's chest and smiles happy.

The night before they had been up until midnight talking about everything that had happened. It was mostly Rosalie who was talking and telling her own story. Regina was very nervous to tell Daniel about her past, about all bad things she'd done. But it had went better than she ever hoped it could. Thanks to Rosalie who was there helping telling the story. Daniel was not mad at her for doing all those things, he understood. But he did think it was crazy for Regina to blame Snow for what happened to him, she was only a child after all. Rosalie had flipped, because Regina hadn't told her about what Snow had done. So she had got up from the sofa and she was almost on her way to run out the door, to find Snow when Regina reminded her that Snow was in The Enchanted Forest.

They had gone to bed some time after midnight, Daniel with his head full of thoughts about this new world, about being alive, this new Regina who had changed a lot since the last time he saw her, and then he thought about his daughter, his beautiful, wonderful daughter who was so like Regina. She was mostly alike the Regina he knew all does years ago, but she was also a lot like this Regina.

Regina lay in bed for hours not able to sleep, she was afraid if she did so she would wake up and find out that it all had been a dream and Daniel wouldn't be laying on the bed beside her. So she lay there looking at her handsome fiancée, just making sure he was still there. But after a few hours she had finally fallen asleep with her hands clanged around Daniel's body.

Rosalie had fallen asleep immediately. She had been so exhausted after her day running around town looking for her mother. And then saveing her father.

A week later

Regina and Rosalie was spending the night at David's to make sure Henry was okay and could sleep. All three of them had fallen asleep on their chairs and Henry in Snow's bed. When they suddenly awoke by a scream.

"They're alive!" Henry wakes up and scream.

"Who?" David ask, looking like he dosen't even know where he is at first. "Who's alive?"

"My mom and Snow." David look at Regina and Rosalie.

"I told you kid, I told you!" He says looking back at Henry.

"Was it that woman you saw, did she tell you this?" Regina asks.

"Her name is Aurora. She said they have a way home, but there is someone in their way. Someone they need us to help them stop. Someone only Mr. Gold knows how to defeat." Henry explains.

"Who?" Regina asks.

Henry looks at his mother and answer. "Your mother."

Both Regina's and Rosalie's eyes go big. They look at each other in shock.

Rosalie had decided to go with her mother to see Gold, just to make sure she would be okay. They walk into Granny's and spots Gold with Belle in one of the booths.

"Gold, we need to talk."

"Do we?"

"Folks! I think I may need to close early here. Everybody out!" Granny shouts.

"No, it's okay. We're civil." Regina says.

"Yeah, for now." Rosalie shoots a hatred glare against Gold. "I see you brought your daughter, as what, a bodyguard? You don't think mommy can take care of herself?"

"Shout up Rumple." Rosalie snap back. Regina smirks.

Gold pretend he doesn't her Rosalie and turns his attention to Belle.

"Belle, you remember the woman who looked you up for 28 years."

"Eh, I should probably just…"

"No, no no. Please stay where you are. What ever she has to say, won't be a secret from you. What ever she wants, she won't get."

"Im actually coming about the one thing that might unite us."

"And what on earth can that be?"

"Cora. She's coming from our land. We need your help to stop her."

"She was dead. You told be you saw the body."

"Apparently you thought her well. She's not and she's on her way. And I don't think I need to remind you how most unpleasant that would be for both of us."

"For you. I can handle Cora."

"That's not how she tells the story."

"I'm one in the end."

"Maybe. But there is a big different this time. This time you have someone you care about. This time you have a weakness."

"Im sorry. Who is this woman?" Belle asks.

"Someone you'll never meet. So you says she's coming. Where is she now?"

"With them."

Back in Gold's shop they started to get Henry ready to go back to sleep and see Aurora. Rosalie and Regina had stopped by he house to pick up a few things, including Daniel. This time he wanted to come with, he didn't like sitting home and wait for something to happen.

When they had arrived to the shop, Regina walks over to Henry who lay on the bed and put his blue blanket over him.

"I brought your blanket, from your bedroom back home." Regina smiles.

"Thanks." Henry answer nicely. "So Cora, she's pretty powerful?"

"Yes, but not as powerful as I am." Gold answer.

"Debatable." Regina says.

"Actually, no it's not."

Charming sighs and walks over to Henry. "Your sure you're okay to do this kid?"

"I was born to do this. I'm done reading about heros, I wanna be one."

"Well, sometimes being one is knowing to not ran into the fire."

"I'll be okay."

"Look. What ever he's facing in there will be far less dangerous than what he'll face if he fails." Gold explains.

"I can do this."

Charming looks at Henry, and after a minute he takes a deep breath and then stands up from the bed.

"Get on with it. And fast" He says to Gold.

"Alright Henry." Gold walks to sit on the chair beside Henry. "Just relax, and soon you're gonna drift off."

"What do I tell them?"

"Just listen to my bedtime story, and all will be clear." Gold lifts up his hand over Henry and Henry closes his eyes, relaxing. "Once upon a time Snow White and Prince Charming needed to stun a very powerful magician, long enough to lock him up in dark dungeon."

"That was you. They used Cinderella to trap you with a magic quill." Henry says looking up at Gold.

"Yes indeed. A quill. And yet, it wasn't the quill it self. But the ink, that captured the dark one." Regina and Charming looks at each other, none of them knew that. "Harvested from the rarest squirted of squid. From a bottom of a bottomless ocean. Impossible to find, unless you're a mermaid or me. I happen to have a privet supply." Gold swipes his hand over Henry's head. "In my jail sell, there is where they will find it."

After a few minutes Henry wakes up. Charming and Regina running to his side.

"Henry, are you all right" Charming says worrying.

"Did you see her, did you tell her?" Gold asks.

"No I didn't get the chance. Something happened. She got sucked out of there." Henry makes a sound like something is hurting. He holds up his hand a little.

"Henry?" Regina says leaning closer to Henry to inspect his arm.

"Something is wrong." Henry says. Regina pulls up his shirt and they see that he has been burned again.

Regina is sitting on the chair beside Henry with a towel over his arm.

"Here, let me take care of this." Gold says and swipes his hand over Henry's burns and they disappear with magic.

"What cause this?" Regina asks Gold.

"When you venture deeper into the never world, instead of away. There are risks. Someone woke Aurora before her soul was ready to return. The violence of that act tore her away and injured Henry." Gold explains. "We're lucky it was't worse. He's gonna need some time to recover before he can be sent back."

"Out of the questions!" Regina says the same time as Charming says, "Not a chance in hell. We've be monsters to even consider risking his life again."

"Careful with your tone Charming. I understand you're concerned for the boy, but I know Cora. Without our help, Snow and Emma will soon be dead." Gold says.

"And then a real monster will be on her way to Storybrooke." Gold says smirks at Regina.

"Aurora is gone. Why do we have to send Henry back to that fire inferno without anyone to receive our message?" Regina stands up and asks.

After a minute Charming says. "Because someone will be there." Charming turns around looking at Regina.

"Who?" Regina asks.

"Snow."

"That's an awfully big assumption."

"No. No it's not, she was there once before she can go back. She can find a way, she will I know it. And I'll be waiting." Charming explains. Rosalie clears her throat in the back.

"You're going to this never world?" Regina asks doubtfully.

"I faced you how bad could it be?"

"HA!" Rosalie let's out but then she look down after a look from Regina.

"It's not as simple as that. You can't get there. You haven't been under a sleeping curse." Gold says.

"Then put me under one."

"If we do that there's a chance you might never wake up."

"Sure I will. When I see her she'll kiss me and I'll be fine. Now put me under I've spend to much time looking for my wife, it is time to bring her home."

Daniel and Rosalie is sitting on the sofa behind one of the counters in Mr. Golds pawnshop. They are watching Regina making the sleeping curse. Rosalie looks up when she hears someone come through the carpet that hangs like a doorway into the back of the shop. It is Henry. Great this is really what mom needs, for Henry to watch when she's doing magic. Rosalie thinking.

"It smells funny." Henry says.

"I know sweetheart. It's a curse, it's not meant to be pleasant." Henry walks and stands beside Regina, watching.

"So the poison is finished. Mr. Gold had everything you needed in his shop?"

"Yes. We're almost ready."

Henry leans closer watching. "So this is how you do it. Magic."

"There are many ways. It's never easy."

"And have you been using magic?" Regina turns to face Henry, she lays her hand upon Henry's that lays on the counter.

"Henry I told you I wouldn't. And I haven't. Exept now. I've really been trying."

"It's okay. At least you're using it to help people now."

"I'm trying. And after this, I won't."

"I know."

Regina puts in the last ingredient to the poison, then it's done.

"Will David be okay?" Henry asks.

"He'll be asleep. And in there he won't die. Gold's explaining everything to him right know." Regina bottle the poison and holds it up seeing if it is ready.

"It should be me. I can go in there without a curse and still come back."

"Henry, David and I have many differences. But on this, we agree. We won't let you risk your safety, it's just not worth it."

"It is to me. He won't wake up."

"Unless he succeeds. And if there's one thing I know about your grandparents. They always finds each other."

Henry smiles. "It means a lot to me when you say that."

"It's the truth, even if I don't like it, it is the truth." Regina answer.

"So the poison is finished mom?" Rosalie asks standing up.

"Yes, it's done."

"Okay then, let's do this." Everyone walks back in to the back room where Gold and David waits.

"What do you mean the old fashion way?" David asks Gold.

"You're about to join a quite distinct club Mr. Nolan. Before as inventions as the apple, back when the sleeping curse first came to be, a more direct metod was recurred. Through blood. By picking ones finger on a needle on a spinning wheel, one falls under the spell." Gold explains. "Your majesty, you did his wife, I'm sure you would like the honor."

Regina walks towards Gold and takes the needle that he had been holding out for her. She puts the needle into the bottle and the poison inside gets absorbed by the needle. Then she puts the needle back on the spinning wheel.

"It's all yours." Regina look over at David. Then she walks back to stand with Daniel and Rosalie.

Henry walks over to David. "God luck." He says and gives David a hug.

"It's gonna be all right."

"How do you know?"

"Well. How would you know that Emma would save you after you ate the turnover?"

"I believed in her."

"The way Snow and I believed she would come back and break the curse. That's the kind of faith that runs in our family."

Henry takes off his necklace that Gold had given to him so he could control his journey to the fire room. He puts it around David's neck. "This helps to control the flames in the room. It'll keep you safe."

"I'll guard it with my life."

David is making himself ready to put his finger on the needle, when he is almost there the pulls his hand back and look at Gold.

"When I awake, I will be in that fire room?"

"Not exactly. That room is for those who already been awoken from the curse return. You however is been put under for the first time."

"Then how will I know where to go? How the hell am I gonna find a room with no doors?"

"And that, dearie, is the conundrum we all depending on you solving. I say this with the upmost sincerity, good luck." Gold starts to spin the spinning wheel again. And David puts his finger on the needle and then he falls back on the bed, sleeping.

Half an hour later

They are all standing over David watching him sleep, hoping him to wake up.

"Come on. Come back" Henry lets out, then he turns around to face Regina. "Should he be in there so long?"

"I'm sure it's fine." Regina answer. Henry looking skeptic to her words. "I imagine they're just catching up." She finish and smiles at Henry, then looking over to Gold who's shake his head.

Rosalie waking to stand beside her mother, putting her arms around her.

"You don't think he'll wake up do you?" She whisper into Regina's ear. Regina looks at Rosalie without answering then she turns back to watch Henry.

The next morning

Regina is at Gold's to check upon David. She stands over him looking worried and then she walks out to the shop to find Gold.

"Any chance?" Gold asks.

Regina shakes her head. "No. He's not improving. He needs true love's kiss. He won't wake up until Mary Margaret comes back."

"Until? Well that's rather optimistic isn't it?"

"What are you talking about?"

"They're up against your mother. The only chance Snow and Emma have of defeating her is with the squid ink."

"Which is why you sent the message through David."

"Which would be beneficial if we knew that message was delivered. But alas giving the prince's condition, we don't know. As such is important we take percussion, we have to consider the possibility, when that portal opens it won't be his family that comes through. It will be Cora."

"And neither of us wants that." Regina answer looking at Gold with fear in her eyes.

Gold turns his back at Regina. "We have to find where they are coming through. And destroy that portal."

"But whoever came through would die." Regina says.

"Exactly. But the confident between the two of us we can summon up enough magic to complete the task."

"What if we're wrong. What if that portal opens up and it's not my mother? What if Mary Margaret and Emma do defeat Cora, and go through it?"

"Well I believe in this world they call that a win win."

"How exactly is that?"

"If we stop Cora, you're protected from your mother's wrath. If on the other hand we stop Snow and Emma, well, you become the only mother in your sons life, now don't you. Look magic is unpredictable in this world. If something unfortunate would to happen when you were attempting to help, Henry could hardly blame you for that could he?"

"No. I can't lie to him. I am trying to be a better mother."

"You won't be able to be a better anything if Cora comes through. And if she does, she will be a treat to everyone including your family. So if you truly wanna be a good mother to Henry and to Rosalie, to protect them, if you want to be better. Prove it."

A few hours later.

Henry is sitting on chair reading stories to David while Rosalie and Daniel is sitting on the sofa by the wall talking quietly. When Regina enters the back room Henry is reading from Snow White.

"With one kiss true love's power made everything right again. But this was not the end of their story, it was just the beginning."

"I think this time it will happen the other way around." Regina smiles.

"You think so?"

"I do." Regina kneels down in front of Henry. "Which is why I need you to stay here and watch David for a little while."

"Where are you going?"

"Mr. Gold and I need to prepare for Emma and Mary Margaret's return, coming through the portal won't be easy. We need to make sure everything's in place."

"Really? You really are gonna help them?"

"I promised you I was going to do better. To be better. So yes, I'm going to do everything in my power to see to it that they come home safety."

"Well, you really have chanced." Henry smiles at her.

Regina gives back a small smile. "I be back as soon as I can." Regina stands up looking over at Daniel and Rosalie and smiles lightly. Rosalie have a feeling something is not right, but she can't read her mother thoughts anymore, because she's blocking her.

"Mom?" Rosalie asks.

"Not now Rose." Regina says walking out of the room.

"What is it?" Daniel whisper to Rosalie.

"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling something is wrong."

"Maybe you should follow her?"

"No, then she would know that I don't trust her, which I do. I'm just concerned."

They decided to stay put and wait for Regina to return.

Henry was still reading from Snow White when Ruby and the dwarfs came running into the shop. Rosalie and Daniel stands up.

"Where are they? Regina and Gold." Ruby asks.

"What's going on?" Henry asks.

"All the magic has been drained from the mines." Ruby explains.

"They stole it?"

"They snuck in after our shift. They took everything." Grumpy says. "Nobody steals from a dwarf!"

"Exept the Queen." Doc says.

"And Rumplestiltskin." Happy fills in.

"If they aren't helping Emma and Mary Margaret, that means my mom lied to me."

"I'm sorry Henry." Ruby says and sits down on her knees in front of him.

"We need to find her. We need to stop them. We need to help Emma and Mary Margaret." Henry says.

"I'm coming with you Henry." Rosalie says. "Dad, wait here. Okay?"

Rosalie and Henry runs out of the shop with Ruby who's tracking Gold and Regina.

They are running through the woods up to the well when they see the sky turns dark.

"This is it, whatever they are doing!" Rosalie screams through the high sound of the storm.

When they get up to the well they see Regina and Gold stand there watching the well that is glowing green and it shoots lighting bolts in it.

"Mom?" Henry says. Regina turns around. "What are you doing? You're not helping Emma and Mary Margaret, are you?"

"I'm helping you, Henry."

"What are you talking about?"

"You're gonna kill them." Ruby says trying to walk forward but Gold turns up his hand hand shoots her back so she falls a few steps away, unconscious. "Sorry dearie."

"Moma, what are you doing?"

"We can't let Cora come through the portal. You have no idea what she will do to us."

Rosalie is standing back, not wanting to interfere, she know her mother is right even though it's not a very smart thing to do.

"Emma and Mary Margaret are going to defeat her. They are the ones that are going to come through."

"Henry your mother is right. It's going to be Cora." Gold says.

"No, it won't! Good always defeats evil. You should no that more than anyone."

"Henry!" Rosalie says from behind. Regina holds up her hand to her, telling her to be quite.

"What I know is my mother will destroy everything I love. And that means you, and I can't let that happen."

Henry tries to run pass Regina but she stops him and holds him back.

"You can't do this! Stop it! You can't! You're gonna kill them! Please! No!" Henry screams.

"They are going to make it through! We have to turn it off! You're gonna kill them!" Henry manage to brake through Regina's hold and runs up to the well.

"Henry!" Regina runs after him and drags him back. "What are you doing?"

"Emma and Mary Margaret are going to come through. I know it. You said you wanted to chance, to be better. This is how. You want me to have faith in you, have faith in me."

Regina turns around and starts walking up to the well.

"Regina!" Gold yells.

"MOM DON'T!" Rosalie screams.

Regina comes up to the well and she holds her hands over the hole and starts to absorb the magic. She knows her life is at risk but she does it anyway, for Henry.

"MOM!" Rosalie runs to Henry and yells at him. "Now look what you've done, you ungrateful kid. If she dies it's on you!" She looks back up at her mother and see her fall back from the well and crash down on the ground and almost hits the tree.

Regina coughs. And Rosalie runs to her mother side. "Mom! Mommy!" She starts to pull away Regina's hair back from her face holding her cheeks. "Are you crazy?! You could have died." Regina looks up into her daughters eyes tears running down. Rosalie starts to wipe them away. "You're my hero mom. That was... I love you so much." Rosalie kisses her mother all over her face and take her in her arms.

Henry screams out. "NO!"

"I'm sorry Henry." Regina says. "I'm sorry."

Then Emma climes out off the well with Mary Margaret right behind her.

"Mom?" Henry says quietly and then he yells. "Mom!" And then runs up to Emma and embrace her.

Regina moves in Rosalie's arms when she hears Henry yell mom, but when she sees Emma she feel like her heart sinks.

"Henry!" Emma yells. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you to." Henry answer Emma. Snow lays her arms around them both.

Rosalie starts to help her mother up on her feet. "What's going on?" Snow asks looking at Regina. "What happened?" She looks after Gold who has started to walk away.

"She saved you. She saved both of you." Henry says.

Emma looks at Regina. "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Are you okay?" Ruby comes running, she runs right up to Snow and gives her a big hug.

"Where's my husband? I need to find him." Snow asks.

"Uhuu." Ruby answer and take Snow's hand and they run away towards the town.

Emma walks closer to Rosalie and Regina with Henry in her arms.

"Um. Your mom, she's a.. she's.. a peas of work, you know."

"Indeed I do. Welcome back." Regina smiles lightly at Emma.

"Thanks." Emma smiles back at her, hugging Henry tighter. "So, who's this?"

"This is Rose, my daughter." Regina smiles.

Snow runs into Gold's shop, inside all the dwarfs are standing around David. "David?" Snow runs to sit down on the bed and then she leans in and kiss him.

And the curse is broken. Rosalie and Regina comea into the back room and walks to the back where Daniel is waiting. He takes them both into his arms.

"You did it." David says looking up at Snow.

"Did you ever doubt I would?"

"No." They kiss again. "The burning red room did give me paws." Snow laughs at him and then kiss him again. Rosalie rolls her eyes.

Henry walks over to Regina and says. "I was right. You really have chanced." Then he hugs her. Regina puts her arms around him, feeling really happy. Henry looks up at her. "Thank you." He says and then puts his head back on her stomach. Regina smiles happy and lays her head down on Henrys, feeling the tears in her eyes.

"Looks like we have some catching up to do." David says to Emma who just walked into the room.

"You have no idea." Emma says.

"How about dinner on Granny's on me?" Ruby asks.

"As long it's not claymerra, I'm in." Emma answer. "Hey kid! You hungry?" Emma asks Henry.

Henry lets go of Regina. "Yeah." He walks away with only their hand still holding and then he slips out of her hand. "See you later." And then they all walk out, leaving, Regina, Rosalie and Daniel behind.

Rosalie walks over to her mother and lays her arms around her. "Let's go home."

Gold walks into the room. "Congratulations. You've just reunited mother and son. Maybe one day, they'll even invite you for dinner."

"Oh, shout up Rumple." Rosalie snaps and then she takes her mother's hand and they walk out of the shop with Daniel right behind them.

A/N: Okay, I have no idea if it is spelled "claymerra". I don't even know what is is :P