Hey there guys, so I revised this chapter again, and corrected the mistakes I was able to find, I hope it makes more sense now.

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Camila...

Chapter 6 – Fallen Mines, part I

"What did you do, Henry?"

Emma asked herself as she worked alongside the Sheriff, as his new deputy, to find a way to rescue Henry and Archie from the mines.

All along, Emma kept looking at Regina. The brunette looked frightened, and so was Emma, but she didn't let it show. She couldn't let herself look so fragile; she needed to be strong, for Henry, for Regina. She needed to protect them both.

Emma couldn't understand why she felt the need to protect Regina, she just did. Part of her wanted to think that it was just because Regina was the one who had raised Henry, and this was her way to show her how very thankful she was for that, but she knew that it wasn't because of that. Deep down she knew it's because of her unnamed feelings towards the mayor.

To say Regina was scared, was an understatement. How the hell this had happened, she wasn't quite sure, but there was one thing she was sure of: It was her fault.

If she hadn't been so angry at Archie for not putting an end to Henry's belief, maybe her little boy wouldn't have gone down to the mines to look for proof that the curse was real and he wouldn't have ended trapped and all alone down there.

She had never been so ashamed of herself in her entire life. She had been selfish and only thought about herself without giving a damn about the consequences that her actions could bring, and in the heat of the moment, while being so angry, it was easy to act like the selfish queen she had always been, and usually she wouldn't really care, but seeing the repercussions her actions had caused, she finally acknowledged she had gone too far. It was at that moment that she had decided she wouldn't interfere in anything to make things favor her, if the curse was to be broken, then so be it, all she really cared about was Henry… and Emma.

Regina couldn't bear to look at the blonde's face at that moment. Even though Emma didn't show any sign of fear, she knew just by looking at her that she was trying very hard to hide all the emotions that threatened to overwhelm her.

But what had really made Regina snap wasn't the collapse of the mines, nor the piece of Snow's glass coffin that she had found on the ground, nor Henry's constant accusations pointing that she was hiding something. No, it had actually been the way she had caught Graham looking at Emma. His eyes showed pure lust and desire, it was so obvious and all she could think about was punching him in the face. She just couldn't take it. No one should look at her Emma like that. "Wait 'her Emma'? What the hell!? Regina this is not the time." She told herself.

The Night Before

Emma had just put her deputy badge on her belt when there was a loud crash that had made the station shake.

Graham and she had entered the patrol car. While he drove, she noted he knew exactly where the crash had happened.

Reaching their destination Emma realized they were headed towards the old mines. As soon as they got out of the car, the black Mercedes, everyone in the little town knew so well, stopped right beside them.

As Regina stepped out the car she took in the not so small disaster. If the mines had collapsed it could only mean one thing: the curse was weakening, and she knew why: Emma. She really wished she could hate the blonde for that, but she just couldn't. She couldn't hate the one person that gave her hope, because that was what Emma meant to her, hope. Hope of one day being capable of becoming someone better for herself, for Henry and for the blonde. Hope to love again, to be happy. So, how could she hate Emma for that? That's it she couldn't.

Just as those thoughts raced through her mind, the face she'd been dreaming about the past months appeared in front of her.

"Emma, what are you doing here?"

Regina asked.

"Well, I talked to Sheriff Graham this evening, and I'm his new deputy."

Emma said, giving Regina a small, but beautiful, smile.

Regina, at that moment, felt the urge to just hold the blonde in her arms. Well, that was it, she was certain that the curse was weakening because of Emma. "She is staying, really staying." These words stormed through her mind. Managing to control herself Regina smiled at Emma.

"That's wonderful." Regina said.

As she stood there with Emma, she noticed something that bothered her like few things had bothered her in her life.

Graham had been watching them the whole time, well, not exactly them, he had focused only on Emma. And Regina didn't like what she saw in his eyes. Lust. Desire. A visceral and uncontainable anger started to spread, making her blood boil.

"Deputy Swan would you please disperse the crowd? I need to have a word with the Sheriff."

Regina smiled at Emma warmly. Returning her smile, Emma left to do as she had been ordered. As Emma made her way out, Regina couldn't help but to stare at her.

"Madame Mayor, Madame Mayor."

Graham called her, and Regina forced herself to take her eyes off of Emma.

"You wanted to talk to me."

Remembering the way Graham had been staring at Emma, she felt her blood begin to boil in her veins, once more. Letting the anger take over her, the hardness on her face made evident that she wasn't happy.

"Sheriff Graham I must warn you that Miss Swan is not one of those girls that you like to conquer and end up breaking their hearts once you get bored, so I'm warning you, stay the hell away from her. If I ever hear that you tried to flirt with her I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life. Are we understood?"

"Of course, Mayor Mills."

Without saying another word she turned and headed towards the alarmed citizens, leaving a stunned sheriff behind.

"If I didn't know the Mayor any better I would say she is jealous."

Graham thought as he made his way to where Regina and Emma were standing.

SQSQ

As if that hadn't been enough, Regina found a piece of Snow's coffin on the ground, and as she tried hide the little piece of glass, Henry caught her and began to ask what she was hiding, and it didn't matter how many times she said that it was nothing, he wouldn't believe her. Finally having enough of it, she told him to go wait for her in the car. After she was sure he was inside the black Mercedes, she went looking for Archie, her son's therapist.

"Dr. Hopper"

She called, and by her tone of voice, Archie knew that he wouldn't like where the conversation was headed.

"Madam Mayor."

Archie said turning to look at Regina.

"This needs to end."

Regina hissed.

"What?"

Archie asked confused.

"This Fairytale nonsense Henry has immersed himself into. There's not a thing I can do, without him thinking it is part of some sinister plan of mine."

Regina said, anger burning in her eyes.

"What do you suggest I do?"

Archie asked hesitantly.

"You take this out of his mind and crush it"

She spat and walked away.

Archie was left with no other choice than to go along with the Mayor's wishes. He knew better than to contradict her. So he told Henry that his belief was nothing but a product of his imagination. Henry had felt so hurt, so alone in this battle against evil that he had found himself rushing to the mines. The need for someone to believe in him was so powerful that he was willing to do whatever it was necessary prove them all that he was right.