When Emma woke up, she saw Regina, with her eyes mostly closed with her palm up in the air. She blinked Regina was focusing on something. Emma then noticed there were light waves of embers coming up from Regina's hand. Before Emma could think, she was up and leaning over into the brunette woman trying to get a better look.
"woahhhh." Emma reached her hand out.
Regina jumping, the flames extinguishing. Regina's face flushing at being caught.
"Emma… I-I wasn't doing anything bad… I just wanted to test my magic…" She looked scared again.
Emma looked from Regina's frightened eyes to her palm. Her hand followed her eyes and she ran her fingers lightly over the pale skin.
"Can, can you do it again?" Emma looked at her hand in wonder.
Regina swallowed, was this a trick? Was it ok for her to use a little magic?
"You really want me to do it again, to use magic? You're not afraid I'll, I don't know, do something horrible, evil?" Regina tone was defensive, glaring at Emma.
Emma shifted to sitting in front of her. She put her palms under Regina's hand. Regina's face changed.
"Will you show me?" Emma asked earnestly. Looking back and forth between Regina's eyes.
Regina's breath hitched, she was overwhelmed, Emma cared.
With warm comforting hands under hers, she began to focus on the feeling, and on her magic. Glancing up into Emma's eyes to ask permission one more time.
Emma watch as Regina's eyes took on a light purple glow and embers danced out of Regina's palm until it rolled and spun into a ball.
Emma was so memorized by the flame. She moved one hand and reached her finger to touch it.
"Ow, shit." Emma quickly retracted her hand, and the magic was gone.
Emma stuck her right pointer finger into her mouth to find some kind of relief, of course it had been a real flame she just wasn't thinking. Idiot.
"Emma, I'm so sorry!" Regina pulled her hands into herself, what was she doing.
"Emma just looked at her with watery eyes and sucking on her finger. Regina's face was twisted in pain but the longer she watched Emma suck on her finger the more her face relaxed and was replaced by a smile and then a light laugh.
She reached for Emma's wrist, and there was no resistance when she pulled Emma's finger away from its relief.
Regina gently set the burned finger down on her one hand and covered with the other. A purple mist glowed and Emma was healed.
The hand was taken back by the embarrassed blond.
Regina looked down at her own palm again and suddenly a green and purple mist was changing form into embers.
Regina's eyes finally met Emma's.
"Go on, this time it is only light. You can touch it." Regina had such light and mischief in her eyes. Like she was sharing all her secrets with the blond.
Emma hesitated, "You promise it's ok?" she whispered, embarrassed to ask.
Regina nodded, "I promise."
Emma ran her hand through the flame and the flames started to dance around her own hand.
She pulled it back and they were still there, the purple and green glowing brighter.
"Wait, what is it doing?" Emma asked watching the embers circle her hand.
Regina had never smiled so much.
"It's a transfer of magic. I passed them over to you. They will fade since you are not charging them, though.
Emma's face lit up.
She locked eyes with Regina.
"Teach me how to do this."
"Mom?" A hesitant voice called from the door.