Chapter 40

Regina sat on the sofa and stared at the fireplace. She was actually surprised that Emma had left her there, but she knew that Emma needed to confer with her mother and Red about their options regarding Rumple. She knew that Emma only left her because she didn't feel good and the fact that she would be dealing with Snow. She could only smile at the fact that Emma was putting Regina first in allowing her to not to have to deal with her overly happy mother.

She was relaxing with some tea and a book. She hoped that it would calm her turbulent stomach. She had just taken another sip and turned the page when there was a knock at the door. She got up and answered the door, completely surprised to see Ruby standing there.

"Ruby?" Regina asked as she moved back to let her in the house.

"Emma said that you weren't feeling well."

"I wasn't, but I am feeling a little better now. Did you need me for something? What's wrong with the meeting of the Charmings and their plans?" Regina asked.

"No, no, they are all fine. I don't need anything that I can think of. I just wanted to come over and make sure that you were okay," Ruby answered.

She continued on to the living room and sat clown on the couch. Regina just watched her go. She shook her head and then followed her younger sister into living room. She sat down beside her and picked her tea cup taking a sip. Ruby watched her and Regina could feel that it was with more scrutiny than normal. Regina let her eyes go cold as her sister's hazel eyes danced with mischief.

"What?" Regina asked her as she put her cup back on coffee table in front of her.

"You're different," Ruby answered.

"So are you," Regina quipped.

Ruby cocked her eyebrow, but didn't take the bait. She knew that Regina was hinting at something and she wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of getting a rise out of her. She sat back in the corner of the couch and just stared at her, waiting for Regina to break and tell her what was wrong.

"What do you want, Ruby?" Regina asked with a little more of her normal fire.

"There is my sister."

"Ruby, seriously. I don't feel like banter right now. What do you need with me? What's wrong? Has something happened that I don't know about?"

"Well, nothing major of any consequence," Ruby stated.

"I don't care if you and Belle finally came to your senses. Ruby, that was your decision and her decision. You are both mature adults, for the most part, and what you do in the privacy of your own home is your business," Regina told her, letting her annoyance at Ruby's disturbing her peace and tranquility while trying to feel better show through.

"I know that," Ruby replied.

"Then, what is it that you want?" Regina asked with more anger.

"Have you told her yet?" Ruby questioned.

"Told who what?" Regina inquired in exasperation.

"Don't play dumb with me," Ruby told her.

"I am not playing dumb, Ruby. I honestly don't know what you are talking about. So do you care to explain it to me before I lose my patience with you?" Regina asked.

"You don't know either, do you?"

"Be plain, Ruby. I don't feel good and I am not following your innuendos well today. What don`t I know? What could you possibly know about me that I don't already know?"

Ruby just looked at her and smiled. She pulled her sister into her and hugged her fiercely. She knew what she was about to tell her would freak Regina out tremendously, but she needed to know and she needed to know now.

"Regina, you're pregnant," Ruby said as softly as she could slowly pulling away from Regina and staring into her deep brown eyes.

The shock hit Regina full force. She pulled away from Ruby like she was burning her. The fear in her eyes was evident. So many thoughts run through her head, but being pregnant had never crossed her mind. She tried to regain some composure, but she knew that she was failing.

"I'm what?"

"You're pregnant," Ruby said again softly.

"How can I be pregnant?" Regina asked her.

"Well…"

"I know how it could happen, but I haven't slept with a man. The only person that I've been with lately has been Emma. But that isn't the only reason that I can't have children, Ruby."

"You still haven't have told Coraline or Emma about that, either?" Ruby asked surprised.

"I didn't know how," Regina replied.

She was pacing. She was anxious. Ruby just watched her, unsure of what to say to her sister.

"Sit down, Regina. Talk to me. Tell me what you are thinking," Ruby urged her.

"I can't have children, Ruby. You know that. Snow even knows that. I told her that years ago, but she hasn't said anything at all. She has accepted Coraline's words."

"Do you believe that she is your daughter?" Ruby questioned her.

She was trying to figure out what Regina's mindset was. She wasn't sure that Regina wasn't questioning the entire ordeal that they were dealing with. She looked into her troubled mahogany eyes and hoped that Regina wasn't thinking anything horrible.

"I believe that she is my daughter as much as Henry is my son," Regina answered as she sat down in a cream colored high backed chair.

Regina leaned her head into her hands. She stared at the carpet. Her mind was going back to the day she cursed herself. Ruby knew the story. She'd been told it many years ago. She was wondering when this was going to rear its ugly head against Regina. She wondered just like her older sister if she was truly cursed to not have a happy ending. Ruby watched her. Regina was confused and hurt. She didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to say.

"Regina?"

"What?" Regina asked her, looking up and meeting her eyes.

"Didn't Coraline explain it to you?" Ruby questioned.

"Explain what?"

"That she was made from magic and love," Ruby stated.

"She did say she was made out of True Love."

"And isn't that the greatest magic of all?"

Regina looked at her sister. Why was it that Ruby was so calm about this? How did she understand exactly what Regina was thinking and know what to say in order to make her feel better about the situation. Regina didn't know. She was thankful for Ruby's insight, but she didn't understand where it came from.

She sank further in the chair. Her own fears were negating her own hopes. She'd never sat back and thought about it all since Coraline had come. She had just accepted it. She and Emma both. There had been no discussion. She just understood that it was magic that finally gave her the happy endings that she wanted. She had a family that loved her.

But, looking back on everything that Coraline said, she began to wonder why she didn't question any of it. And, then she remembered why. Emma. It had been her infectious and damnable Charming hope that assuaged her fears. Any questions that she might have asked herself or Coraline about it were pushed aside by Emma's loving presence. Because she believed Emma when she said that together they could conquer anything, defeat anything and survive anything. She didn't need to look any further than that. Emma gave her hope, a hope that she dared not think about since she was a young child.

Maybe that was it. Emma was the Savior. She gave everyone hope by just living in the town. She'd broken curses. She'd defeated monsters. But, as Regina thought about all that Emma had down, she could not help but see herself beside Emma every step of the way. They had been doing it together. Emma had become her partner long before she even realized that she loved her. They really did do magic together. It was like destiny was pushing them together, but it wasn't fairy dust or a prophecy that did it. It was their own magic. They were drawn to each other like Charming and Snow had been. Regina had blind to see it because of her own fears.

"She loves me…" she whispered as she came to her conclusions.

"She does," Ruby replied.

"And we are going to have a daughter because of our magic together…"

"You are and she is beautiful."

"She is magical," Regina said, looking up and meeting Ruby's eyes.

"She is and she is the perfect blend of her mothers," Ruby told her.

"I'm pregnant."

"Yes, you are."

"We can't tell anyone yet," Regina suddenly said.

"Why the Hell not?"

"I don't know. I want to be sure. I need to be sure."

"Sure about what? Regina, what's wrong? Emma is going to be thrilled. Why would you hide this from her? You love her. You have to tell her," Ruby demanded.

"I know I do, but with everything that is going on, this will make her worry more. Plus, if what Coraline said is true, then we have to start my provisions for the return to the Enchanted Forest. My pregnancy is like an omen to the end of Storybrooke and the coming Darkness. We have to figure out how to deal with all of that," Regina explained.

"O…kay…I get that, but Emma still deserves to know. Everything. You need to tell her everything, Regina. If she finds out later, she'll be hurt. You love her. Tell her."

"I need to see Doc first," Regina stated.

"To confirm what I am telling you?"

"Yes…"

"Oh, Regina. Always needing your proof. Come on then, I'll take you to see Whale."

"That poor excuse of a man is not touching me," Regina stated through clenched teeth.

"Well, if you go to Doc, Snow will find out. You know that the dwarves can't keep a secret. Besides they are all down in the mines looking for more pixie dust. If you go down there looking for him, then the other guys are going to know that something is up and go find Snow and Emma. They'll tell them that you are looking for Doc and then Emma gets hurt."

"Fine, we'll go to the hospital, but I won't see Whale. We'll have to find someone else there. I am not going to let that man touch me. We'll have to do it in secret, too."

"Don't want the town finding out just yet?" Ruby questioned.

"Something like that. Once I have my proof, I'll tell Emma and then we'll go from there. But, whoever I see can't tell anyone else. Ruby, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone until I talk to Emma about this. I just…"

"Okay, Regina, I get it. She is your partner and she should know first. I'll be good and pretend when y'all decide to tell everyone else."

"Thank you," Regina replied.

She stood up as did Ruby. When she met her sister's eyes again, she could see the depth of love that she knew that Ruby had for her and for Coraline. She also knew how much Ruby loved Emma, and not just because she was her Godmother.

She suddenly felt nauseous again. She held a long delicate finger up as she ran for the bathroom. Ruby just smiled at her, as she remembered Snow when she was in the early stages of pregnancy with Emma. It was going to be an interesting nine months with Regina. Emma had no idea what she was in for and Ruby couldn't help but giggle at the thoughts as she heard Regina being ill.

Emma, Coraline, Will, Snow and Belle sat that table staring at each other. Emma kept her cell phone on the table in front of her. They all knew that she was worried about Regina. Snow for her part knew that Regina didn't get sick often, so whatever it was that had Regina down, it must be something bad. Belle was looking into the symptoms that Emma told her that Regina was displaying, but nothing was standing out.

"Have we heard anything from the fairies?" Snow asked, trying to bring the topic back at hand.

"Not yet. They moved everything to the vault. We've put all the spells we could think of on it. The fairies went back to the Abbey. Everything seems to be okay right now, but for how long we don't know," Coraline stated.

"I've set traps around town that will alert us to anything that Rumple might conjure up to use against us. I think that we have protected everything that we can for now. Unfortunately the only thing that we can do right now is wait to see what he does," Will told them.

"And, that is the scariest part," Snow replied.

"He is going to be looking for things he needs to open the portal again. From what Ruby and Emma found, it's closed for now. We don't know what he has, but we know what he needs. We also know where he will go to look for it. We should watch the Abbey," Belle suggested.

"David and I can take turns patrolling out there," Emma offered.

"No, it is too dangerous for you two," Coraline stated. "If anyone goes out there, it will be me or Will. No offense, Ma, but we are better equipped to handle the Dark One."

"I'm not offended, Coraline, but you know that your mother is not going to let you do that. There is no amount of convincing that you can do that is going to make Regina think that it is a good idea for you to go out there alone. As your other mother, I am not sure I like the idea, but I know that I can't stop you. You are my daughter and you have a mind of your own. Will I like the idea, no, but I might just go out there with you. You know two swords are generally better than one," Emma told her.

"I get that, but you can't hurt," Coraline stated.

"And, you can?" Emma asked.

Everyone at the table stiffened. They understood Emma's hesitance and Coraline's need to prove that she could handle herself, but they also understood Rumple's ruthlessness. He wasn't as blasé and trivial as Coraline liked to pretend that he was. She knew it, but she didn't have time to worry about it.

"I am not saying that I won't get hurt. I am saying that it won't matter. I can take it."

"Take what?!" Emma questioned pushing back from the table.

Snow had never seen her so upset. She was proud of her daughter, but seeing her like this was new. She was coming into her own as mother and she understood Emma's hesitance with Coraline because she was already grown. But, she also knew that Emma understood Coraline and her upbringing better than anyone else in Storybrooke ever would. They were too much alike for their own good sometimes. She had felt the same way about Emma and then they had fallen through the portal to the Enchanted Forest. They had bonded then because Emma needed her. The problem was, Snow thought, that Coraline didn't need Emma…now.

"Hear her out," Snow urged, trying to calm Emma with a hand on her arm.

Emma turned and stared at her mother. Her green eyes were fiery and angry, but they softened just a little when they met her mother's calm and loving hazel. She took a deep breath and waved her hand at the table signaling Coraline to explain further what she meant.

"It won't be a problem for me to face him, Ma, because I am not from this time."

"Don't you dare finish that thought…" Emma started.

"Why? It's true. You know that. Nothing that happens to me now is going to affect my future. You know that. You have believe that," Coraline stated.

"You cannot die here…" Emma replied.

"If I do, it won't matter. I will still be born. I will still live. I came here to change my future. If I die here and it alters my future, it will be alright in time. But, you won't know for a few years, I get that. I won't ever know because I doubt that you will tell little Remy about her adult-self named Coraline. There will be no need because the Darkness wouldn't have come to destroy everything," Coraline explained.

"I will not let you die to save us from some unknown future," Emma said with a finality.

"Oh, but is okay for you to go off and sacrifice yourself anytime the people need it, huh?" Coraline fired back with just as much emotion as Emma had.

Belle, Will, and Snow backed up from the table and quietly left the room. They all knew that this conversation had been brewing for some time between them. For Coraline, it had been over twenty years. For Emma, it had been a few months. But, it was still a familial matter.

"Is that what you are mad about?" Emma asked her.

"Is what?"

"The fact that I died trying to defend our family," Emma replied.

"Why wouldn't it be? I don't remember you ever being home. I barely know who the hell you are because you were always off fighting something to defend the kingdoms. When you were home, you and mom were holed up in your rooms. I was too young to understand it at the time, but when she wasn't healing you with magic she was using her body. She did everything that she could to keep you home and send the troops in your stead, but it never worked. I know that it hurt her, even if she understood it. It wasn't fair…to any of us," Coraline shouted at her.

"I am not saying it was, but at least you had a loving home and parents that cared for you. You weren't tossed from home to home wondering where your next meal would come from. You knew who you were and who your parents were. You knew that you were loved. There was never any doubt of that, even from Ruby and Belle. Yes, it seems that I died in battle trying to defend the kingdom. But, that is my job as a Princess of the Realm. Just as it will be yours one day. But, that doesn't give you the right to come back here, make us love you for the woman you've become and then go off and die. I am not going to allow it. And, you think that I am wrong for thinking that, then wait until I tell your mother," Emma warned her.

"Go ahead. You can't stop me. And, I far as I know right now, nothing that I have done has stopped the Darkness from coming. None of my memories have changed. None of the journals have changed. So, it seems that I have come here for nothing. You still die," Coraline yelled.

"That maybe and maybe that is my destiny. Maybe I have always been destined to die protecting the family that I love. God knows that it's almost happened here enough. But, that doesn't mean that I am going to sit back and watch you die when I know that there is something that I could be doing in order to keep that from happening. You're my daughter. I am not going to willingly just let you go. I can't," Emma yelled back at her.

"But, you are allowed to go off into a battle knowing that you won't come home. You're allowed to go fight and sacrifice yourself for me and I don't get any say in it. Tell me how that is fair. Tell me how I am supposed to deal with that. Because any way I look at it, it is just shit."

"It is. It is shit, Coraline. It always will be. The adults will go fight to protect the children. Do you know why? Because they hope that they can stop the trouble, that they can defeat the enemy and give their children, their progeny, a better life because of it. But, you're right it is total shit."

"I can't accept that!" Coraline screamed at her.

"I know you can't. But, I had to accept that my father put in a tree and sent me here to protect me. But, it was more than that. They made the decision to send me away to protect themselves. I have had a prophecy hanging over my head since before I was born. Try living with that once you find out. You didn't have that. And, the fact that I was and always will be the Savior isn't going to change. Your mother will always be the Evil Queen and our union will be considered the most ironic thing to happen, especially to your Grams Snow. But listen to me. I am and will always be your mother first, as will Regina. Everything that we do or will do will be for you and Henry. Fuck the town. Fuck all the people. Our loyalty lies with our family. Yeah, we'll defend the town and save it, but do you know why?"

"No," Coraline said, almost sobbing.

"Because you're in it. It has nothing to do with protecting the people. I could care less about half of them, but my family lives here. This is my home and I will defend it. Our family is crazy and the lines are a little blurry in places, but now that I have it and I know that I am going to have you, I will do anything to protect that," Emma explained to her.

"But that isn't fair," Coraline argued.

"No, it isn't. And, honestly, it never will be. But, you have to know that you mother and I love you very much and everything that we do, here now and then in the Enchanted Forest, we are doing for you. Even in your memories, your mother tries to help you as soon as she knows who you are. Even when she becomes the Black Queen, she fights the demons inside her to send you away, to send you here, to protect you from herself. She wouldn't do that if she didn't love you. She wouldn't do that if she didn't care. We love you, Coraline. And, yes, I might die fighting the Darkness in the future. But, I will welcome that fate if I know that it means you will survive and you will thrive. I know that it isn't in the best of conditions, but you are still alive. That is all that matters to me," Emma told her.

"But you aren't there…" Coraline whispered through chocking sobs.

Rumple licked his lips. His face burned and his hands were torn apart but he had finally gotten through the barriers to the magic hall that the fairies had hidden at the Abbey. The purely maniacal and slightly carnal smile that he gave as he neared the cellar door was very unnerving. He was absolutely giddy. He had won. He had finally gotten in where others had failed and he didn't even have to kill any of the fairies, much to his dismay.

He stood outside the heavy wooden door and just smiled. Now that he was there, he wasn't sure what he was going to find once he got inside. He had only heard rumors of what the storage area looked like. And, no matter how many times he had tried to trip Tink or Nova up, they didn't give him anything to go on. He wasn't even sure that they even knew what he was talking about. As he studied the door, he started to believe that only Blue knew the true power that was behind the solid oaken door.

He blasted the door open and stepped inside. He could smell the magic and he could feel the remnants of magics from the past. He looked around only to find empty shelves. The oak and mahogany hand-carved shelves were all empty. There were a few empty bottles and vials. There was nothing there for him.

He stood there in shock. The entire storage area had either been emptied or Blue had lied about having back up ingredients for Regina and Emma to use. He cocked his head as he walked around the room, still in disbelief that it was empty. He tried to contemplate why Blue would lie about such things and then he wondered why they would bother to erect the barriers if there was nothing here to protect.

"They were playing me…" he mused aloud.

He laughed. They had played him, but to what extent. He wanted to do something, but he didn't know who he should be punishing for this fiasco. At this point in his meanderings, he didn't care. He would punish the town if he had to. He wanted his ingredients and he wanted them now. He looked around trying to figure out what would be the best way to punish the town and still find a way to get what he wanted.

He smiled. He walked up the stairs from the magical cellar. The grin didn't leave his face as he made his way through the Abbey and back to the woods. He knew what he could unleash on the town. They would never see it coming and they would be so worried with dealing with it that they wouldn't notice him raiding his own shop and then Regina's house. He would get what he needed and he would get it quickly enough.

They had dealt with the ogre quickly enough. He needed something that would take them a while to deal with completely. He knew that he would figure out while he walked back to the well. He wanted to check on it. He needed to know how it was holding up since the ogre came through. He knew that as soon as he got the right things together that he would do the spell again and get the well to open up permanently. It was all just a matter of time and then he would be ruling over Storybrooke. He would make them all rue the day that they turned against the Dark One. He would make them understand that crossing him was the worst mistake that they could have ever made. He needed something big…big and difficult to kill.

Snow, Belle and Will were standing outside the library. They had gone outside because it was a nice day and to give Emma and Coraline more privacy. Snow wanted to go back in and say something but she knew that her daughter and her granddaughter needed to get it out of their systems.

"They'll be alright," Will told her.

"I know. It just reminds me of the day that Emma yelled at me. It is hard to learn what you thought that you did in order to help your child, hindered them more than you would ever know. It is hard to learn that the decisions that you made to save the family cost you your child."

"You didn't lose Emma, Snow," Belle replied.

"Didn't I? She isn't a baby. She is a grown woman. And while I am technically older than her, because of the curse…I am younger. I am only a few years younger than her, but I am still younger than her for her mentality," Snow stated.

"But, she still comes to you like you are her mother, doesn't she?" Will asked her.

"For the most part, but I know that I missed out on so much. We are more like friends than we are mother and daughter. And, strangely enough, I am okay with that. I know that my relationship with Neal is different. Even Emma's relationship with Neal is different. She cares for him like an older sister should, but there is more to it."

"She cares for him when he's with her like he is her own," Belle stated.

"Yeah, she does," Snow replied.

"She really is the protector of your family," Will said.

"She is. She had been looking for a real family for so long that when hers found her, she didn't know what to do. I can't blame her for fighting us at every turn in the beginning. She hadn't had a good life and she only had a dream, a thought about what she thought a family should be. When we finally showed her that we weren't going to let her go again, she realized that she had a home here. She had a family here that was willing to do whatever it took to stay together. It is what she always wanted and now she isn't willing to lose it. She will fight until her last breath to keep this family alive and together," Snow explained.

"What are you going to do?" Belle asked her.

"Nothing. It isn't my place. This is between Emma and Coraline. I can only support them."

"Spoken like a true mother," Will stated.

Snow smiled at her. She knew that Will and Belle were just trying to be there for her. They knew that Snow wanted to be in there with Emma and Coraline.

They were just standing there when they saw Ruby and Regina driving passed. It was shortly after they drove by that Emma and Coraline came out of the library. Snow turned to face them worried about her daughter and her granddaughter.

She could tell that they were a little worse for wear, but they had come to terms with their relationship both in the present and Coraline's future. She could see the tear stains on their faces. She could see the tiredness in their eyes.

"Are you two alright?" Snow asked them.

Emma looked into her mother's hazel eyes. She could see the worry and the love. But, at the moment, Emma didn't want her mother, she needed a friend. Snow could sense that and she knew exactly what to do with her daughter.

"Good. Now what are we going to do with Rumple? We need to be on the same page about this," Snow told them hoping that it would spur Emma into action.

"We need to keep him busy until we can get him over the line," Emma stated.

"We are just going to banish him?" Belle asked, joining in the conversation.

"It's the best thing that we can do. It won't kill him so the evil that is connected to the Dark One won't be looking for another host. He would still be the Dark One but he wouldn't have any powers. It is a win-win for us. He'd be banished from the town."

"Emma, that sounds great, but he is Rumple. He'll just find a way back into town. There has to be something else that we can to make sure that he won't just come back," Will stated. "We all know that he is the king of loopholes. I am sure that he put one in the curse so he could leave and come back to Storybrooke at will. We need to get a copy of the curse and study it."

"I doubt that Regina is going to let anyone get close to the curse," Belle stated.

"I thought that she destroyed when she used it to counter act Pan's version of the curse."

"She did," Emma added.

"So, how do we deal with this, then?"

"The second curse was done by you, Mom. When you cast it, did you put some sort of loophole in it? Did you think about anything like that?" Emma asked her.

"No, I didn't. Regina cast it for the most part. All I did was give up the heart of your father, because I had to give up the thing that I loved the most at that moment."

"Wait," Coraline stated, interrupting Snow.

"What's wrong?" Belle asked, realizing that Coraline just had new information that she didn't know and somehow it could helpful in her quest against the Darkness.

"Gramps died in the Enchanted Forest so you could cast the second curse to bring everyone back here?" Coraline questioned.

"Yeah, he decided that he should sacrifice himself for the curse. In doing so, he knew that he would be sending me back to have Neal on my own, but he was worried about Emma and Henry. Not having them with us almost destroyed us. We needed to have our family whole and the only way to do that was to get back to Emma and Henry."

"What happened?" Coraline asked.

"Did you never hear about this?" Belle inquired.

"No, no one ever told me what happened that day. I need to know more. It is important. I need you to tell me everything that you remember about that day," Coraline told them.

Snow looked at her oddly. She couldn't believe that they were discussing the curse in the middle of the street just outside the library. She thought that maybe they should take the conversation inside so everyone could talk about it calmly.

"Just tell me about it."

"Charming decided to give up his heart in order for us to cast the curse. Regina and I weren't sure that it was going to be the best idea, but he had a logical argument. I couldn't give up my heart because I was pregnant. There was no one else who could do it. There was no way that Regina could re-cast it. Henry and Emma were both here. And, even if Henry had been there, she wouldn't have taken his heart to cast the curse. We all knew that. Charming's sacrifice would be what saved us all from the Wicked Witch, or so we thought."

"Zelena?" Will asked trying to get clarification for her own edification.

"Yes, she was making our lives Hell in the Enchanted Forest. Plus we wanted to get home to Emma and Henry. So Regina got the stuff together to cast the curse. We were all assembled in Regina's throne room. She had the cauldron full and was working the curse. We were about to take Charming's heart when Zelena showed up. She dropped a potion into the cauldron. It wasn't until we got back and Emma showed up that we found that the potion was a memory loss spell. We couldn't remember anything until the curse was broken."

"Who broke the curse? Was it Ma and Mom? Or, wait, what? The curse is broken," Coraline stated and she was still trying to figure out why she'd never heard this part of the story.

"No, Regina and Henry broke it. It broke, but the line didn't change. We can't leave and keep our memories. If we cross the line now, we revert back to our lives that we lived under the first curse. Emma, Henry and anyone else that comes in from the outside are the only ones that can leave with their memories intact."

"But, what about Gramps?" Coraline asked.

"Just before Regina threw your grandfather's heart into the cauldron, I begged her to do something. She wasn't even sure that it would work. I begged her to take my heart and tear it in two. I wanted her to give Charming half my heart and I hoped that he would live with it."

"It worked?"

"It did. Charming and I share a heart. The curse was cast and we all came back without our memories. Everything worked out for us. So, does that tell you what you need to know for the line as it pertains to curse and dealing with Rumple?" Snow asked her.

"No, but it gave me some information that I need for something else. Ma, we need to go. We need to find Mom. I need to talk her about something important, now," Coraline stated.

Emma looked at her and then at Snow. She knew that Coraline had to talk to Regina about Neal and not Rumple. She shook her head at Coraline and nodded towards the Bug that was on the street. They started heading to the Bug.

"Wait," Will shouted at them.

"What?"

"Regina's not at the house. She and Ruby were headed that way. I couldn't tell where they were going but they going quickly," Will told them.

Coraline and Emma looked at each other. Emma knew what was up the road that Regina had been heading up. It only served to make Coraline and Emma move faster to the Bug.