Good morning/evening everyone! The third chapter is (finally) here!

I know I know it was about time, and I hate myself for it, I'm really really really sorry for taking this much time. But it's kind of the holidays, and I've been travelling quite a lot and I can't either find time or a stable connection. Right now, I'm just sharing my phone's.

So, this chapter is a little differnt thant the others, but I do hope you'll like.

And last but definitly not least, I want to thank you all for you reviews, you guys are amazing, you're the best! Thank you so much, you make it all worth it.

And a special thanks JessicaBrennan for trying to cheer me up and give me hope, I owe you big time!

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Disclaimer : I do not own the characters, only the plot of THIS story. The other things all belong to the incredibly amazing creators that are Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis.

(I know I normally give you some news, but the ones I have are mostly spoilers, so yeah..)

Quote of the day :

"It's how you know you really got a home. When you leave it there's this feeling you can't shake. You just miss it."

Once upon a time : Neal Cassidy (Bealfire)

Chapter 3 - Undead wives and frozen towns.

A week and countless searches later, the town's people had yet to find out what was going on in their town.

The day after Regina went to find out what caused the icing, the others met again, learning that the cause was a powerful kind of magic that the queen never sensed before; it felt like it was caused from anger or fear, she wasn't sure, and that's all she could say.

And from that day on, no other clues were found, whoever was causing the change of weather they were experiencing was still faceless and nameless, which grew people more worried. They didn't know who they were facing; they didn't know who their new threat was. They were clueless.

But that day, everything changed. Because as soon they went to Granny's for yet another meeting, and even before they could come up with a plan, Leroy's voice came screaming from outside.

They were under attack.

The minute they got out of Granny's, all hell broke loose.

You could see ice coming from every way, the weather getting colder by the second, and the center of it was a blond woman, wearing an ice blue dress with sparkles, with a veil going down the center of her back. She looked confused, scared, terrified even, like the attacks weren't coming from her but going to her, she didn't look a bit like a woman who meant for all this to happen.

As Regina and Charming started stepping towards her, she took a few steps back, putting her hands in front of her and sending a wave of her magic towards them, only missing them by an inch.

"Don't come any closer" She yells, panicked.

Regina and Charming stop, trying to show their most calm and reassuring posture.

"Okay" Regina says, showing her hands in defense "It's okay. We don't mean you any harm."

"I'm the harm." The Ice-Queen whispers, looking down.

"What's your name?" Regina tries again.

Elsa lifts her head to be face to face with her, hesitating for a bit before saying.

"Elsa. I'm queen Elsa of Arendelle."

Regina nodded, acknowledging the woman. But before she got the chance to answer, David was already talking.

"I'm David and this is Regina, we're from the Enchanted forest." He says "How did you get here Elsa?"

The queen stood there for a moment, going through everything that happened to her in the past few days, from the moment she got out of her urn to this one, making sure not to forget about anything before answering.

"I don't know." She said, confused, her fear growing. "I don't know" she was panicking.

"Okay okay" Jumped Regina "No need to panic now, we can help you, just come with us."

But the Ice-Queen wasn't listening to her; she was lost in her thoughts. "The barn." She whispered, almost inaudibly. When she saw the confused look on the other's faces she explained. " I was in my urn, and then I wasn't. I got out, somehow.. and I ended up in a barn."

Regina looked around, searching for specific faces, doubts of what might've happened coming to her. Hook and Emma were nowhere to be found, they had disappeared from their former place, only to be replaced by Robin and a face she didn't recognize.

"Barn?" Said Mary-Margaret for the first time, which was really out of character for her "Isn't that where Zelena's time portal was?"

Regina scoffed "Of course. Because our dear savior couldn't screw up just one thing." She turned to Elsa "Do you remember anything? Anything at all from before you got here?"

"The last thing I remember is going to see Rumpelstilskin for a solution, I needed to control my powers."

"The Dark One?" David asked.

"Yes." Elsa said, and after seeing the look on their faces she asked "Where am I?"

"You're in Storybrooke. It's complicated." Said Snow taking one step towards her.

"NO!" Elsa said, panic rising again "Don't. I could kill you."

"Ok. I'll stay here. But we need to get you inside."

"NO!" She yelled again

"Where is that imp when you need him." Said Regina getting annoyed.

And before they knew it, Elsa was already running from them, blocking whoever was trying to go after her with a wave of ice until she was no longer reachable.

The gang stayed there for a while longer, trying to understand what just happened, before deciding to meet at Granny's when Emma and Hook go back from wherever they went, totally ignoring Regina when she explained that 'Twiddle Dumb and Twiddle Dumber' would be of no help to them.

* It's all about timing *

After leaving Mary Margaret and Neal at Regina's, David went back to Granny's, to go through what he would say to the town's people to reassure them and clue them in with Ruby.

When he arrived, the first thing that caught his eye was a man at the counter, looking clearly lost in his thoughts, beer in hand. David decided to go talk to him.

"Everything's alright?" He asked.

Robin put his beer down and looked at David quizzically.

"I take it you're not with the group who want to take off my head?"

David chuckled. "I am, by association. But what my wife doesn't know won't be a problem for me" he joked "Now, are you going to tell me what's going on?"

Robin sighed. If he started telling him what was actually going on in his mind he was afraid he would never finish. How do you tell someone who is incredibly head over heels in love with his wife, that you didn't believe in your marriage anymore? How do you tell someone who believes family is everything, that you think you're with the wrong one? How do you tell someone that you're in love with the woman who killed your wife? How do you do that?

Since that morning at Granny's, whenever he saw Regina and she saw him, she would disappear by using her magic or run the other side. And every time she did, his heart ached more. He missed her. His missed her voice, - her sweet soft raw voice – he missed her laugh, her smile – which he had yet to see ever since his wife was back – he missed kissing her, and most of all he missed the feel of her soft skin against his hand and the marvelous synchronized beat of her recently restored heart with his whenever she was in his embrace.

He couldn't remember the last time he was so in love.

He loved his wife, God only knows how much he loved his wife, but as the days went by, he wasn't sure if he was still in love with her. She was his Marian, the love of his life.. But if she was, how is it possible that he felt so strongly for another woman?

As if the beer he was holding was going to give him the answers he wanted, he took another sip.

"I wouldn't want to burden you with my problems, mate." He said taking yet another sip "I'm not sure anyone would understand."

"You have feeling for Regina but you can't leave your wife." David said matter-of-factly, causing Robin to choke on his beer, his eyes almost falling from their place.

"Trust me, if anyone can understand what you're going through, it's me."

"How is this possible? You and Snow White are the perfect couple." He stopped for a moment "Are you.." he said, in disbelief

"WHAT? OF COURSE NOT!" Said David more scarred than he showed "It was a long time ago, and Snow was the other woman."

"I'm confused."

David took a deep breath, letting the fact that he was about to explain THE curse to the thief, sink in.

"In the Enchanted Forest before I met Snow I was engaged to be married to Princess Abigail, King Midas's daughter. But the wedding didn't happen because I fell in love with Snow and I married her. And when Regina cast the curse, I ended up in a coma for 28 years. Long story short, when I woke up I felt this attraction to Snow that quickly turned into those deep feelings I couldn't comprehend." When he saw that Robin had a confused look on his face he continued "The problem being I was married to Abigail. Or our cursed selves were. And I felt this obligation towards her, so I couldn't leave her. But at the same time, my feelings for Snow weren't going away."

That's when he saw the look on Robin's face changed as it downed on him. They were pretty much the same.

"How did you do it?"

"I didn't. I screwed up. I didn't believe her when she told me she had nothing to do with my wife's murder at the time" at the look on Robin's face he said "Long story. Anyhow, if it wasn't for Emma breaking the curse, I would've probably lost the love of my life."

"I see." Robin said.

"The only advice I can give you is.."

"To do what's right, I know." He sighed.

"Actually I was going to tell you quite the contrary. Don't be stupid. Doing what's right doesn't always mean doing what's good for you. And sometimes, it might even be the wrong thing to do." He said standing up, and patting him on the back before joining Ruby in the back of the diner.

* It's all about timing *

That night at Granny's the ideas were flowing; but none of them were any good and they all knew it. And before they could come up with another one, the door to Granny's opened.

"Well, dearies. I leave for two weeks and this town turns into Antarctica. I didn't know we were merging with the other cities, I could have prepared myself." Came Gold's voice.

"It was about time you came back, mate." Said Hook

Gold glared at him, before turning towards Regina "What's going on?"

"Well for starters the town is freezing and your highness went for a lovesick puppy trip!" She bit.

"If I didn't know better I'd say you're jealous Regina." He bit back

"Yes; so much." She said, sarcasm flowing from her tone. "Do you know anyone named Elsa?"

"Yes. She's the Queen of Arendelle. Why is that question?"

"She's here, in Storybrooke. Apparently, those two idiots here" she said gesturing to Emma and Hook "didn't stop at bringing dead wives from their trip down memory lane. "

"Oh yes, I heard about that. My apologies." He said, clearly not meaning it. "But the most important thing here, is that if Elsa is here in Storybrooke, your boyfriend's dead wife coming back is the last of your worries."

"Why? Who is this woman?" Asked Mary Margaret.

"A problem." He said, his two hands on his can, looking pointedly at them.

To apologize again I'm posting what Lana Parrilla said in one of her interviews about Regina regarding Robin.

"I think she needs to find a way to get Robin Hood back. Because, um, I think she's really afraid of losing his love in her life. It's something she hasn't had since Daniel. And, she's fallen in love and now, I think she's really afraid to lose him." - Lana Parrilla. (Fairytales Convention II)

A/N : VOUALAA!

And that's it for today people!

I know no OutlawQueen scene here, but we all know Regina is a headstrong woman, so it's gonna be hard to get to her, and I really want to stay true to the characters with a bit of my version too.

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