*Hey guys! So, in addition to be super busy, my computer has been having some issues. So I sincerely apologize that I didn't update when I said I would. I will do my best to post another in the morning! Sorry it's not super long guys, but it's getting to the really fun part!

The trio, along with a fleet of Royal navy men, arrived on Regina's island the next morning. Just David, Emma, and Killian were to continue on towards the Queen.

"Emma, are you sure about this?" David questions his daughter after she asked to enter the house alone.

She nodded with a slight smile. "I want to be the one to speak to her. I don't want her to see you yet." David looks sadly at her, but he nods his head.

Killian takes a step towards his love. "Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you?"

Emma cocks her head to the side and smiles. "I'll be fine Killian." She takes his hand to reassure him. "I promise." Pressing a light kiss to his cheek, Emma turns to the cabin.

After a few knocks, the door opened a peek. "What do you want?" Regina growled.

"I was hoping we could talk Regina." Emma speaks kindly. The older woman's eyes study her for a moment before she fully opens the door, and the Princess steps inside.

"What could we possibly have to talk about Emma?" Regina circles her and spits her name in disgust.

The younger woman smiles. "Don't act like you're not intrigued, after all, you let me in without a fight."

Regina rolls her eyes at the Princess' confidence that reminded her of the girl's mother's. "I just figured you wouldn't take no for an answer, and I didn't really want my mahogany door to suffer the consequence." She slides into a wooden chair, and leans she elbow against the table as she watched Emma.

Adjusting her cotton baby blue dress that her mother insisted she wear, Emma sat across from the Queen and studied her. "Regina," Her voice loses it's joking tone, "I came here to bring you back to the kingdom."

The Queen honestly can't contain a sharp laugh. "You came all the way back out here to joke with me?"

Emma's dark eyes soften in light of the woman's hidden pain. "No." She slides her hand across the table to lightly touch Regina's. "I'm serious. My parents have lifted your banishment. They believe you deserve a second chance as well."

"Your mother, Snow White, wants to give me a 'second chance' after all I've done? But they are the heroes, and I'm the villain. They stopped me, why in the world would they risk letting me go free?"
"Because they trust my judgment, and I see good in you Regina."

"You know I tried to take your power, and then kill you right?" She raises an eyebrow in speculation.

The Princess chuckles lightly. "That was because you haven't found your reason to live yet. I want to help you find that."

The Queen stands, and turns her back from Emma. "You told me that love was the reason to live, but I've lost the only love in my life." Regina looks down at her hands.

"I know you think that." Emma carefully stands, and stops just behind her. "But I believe there are second chances in love as well."

A long silence follows as Regina stares into the fire roaring in her fireplace. "A long time ago, a fairy showed me the man that was supposed to be my true love."

Emma's eyes widen, and she opens her mouth to ask questions, but she quickly closes it. She decided to let Regina share at her own pace.

The Queen wraps her arms around herself and the fire highlights the tears in her eyes. "I had the chance to approach him. I could have been happy, but I was stricken by fear. And I walked away. I never even saw his face." She drifts off.

Softly, Emma laid a hand on Regina's shoulder. She is startled by the kind physical contact. Her eyes wildly search Emma for alternative motives; it takes a few moments, but Regina relaxes and turns to face the Princess.

"Do you know anything about him Regina? Anything at all that could help me find him?" Emma's voice raises in fear and excitement. Anxiety bloomed in her stomach as she thought of being able to help this broken woman, but fearing she would fail.

She swallows, and meets Emma's gaze. "All I know is that he had a tattoo on his arm. A lion tattoo."