Regina knocked once and the door opened almost instantly. "Hey," Emma smiled as she saw her.
Henry entered the house and saw his grandparents sitting on the table with a frown on both their faces. "What happened?" he asked leaving his bag on a chair.
Emma put her hand on his shoulder, "Kid why don't you go to my room? You can read your comics there."
He frowned and shook his face, stepping away from Emma's hand on his shoulder, "I wanna know what happened too. I wanna help, I can help."
Regina and Emma looked at each other and the Mayor sighed, shaking her head slightly so Emma finally nodded and let the kid take a seat on a chair. The Sheriff joined and sat next to him, but Regina remained on her feet, not fully comfortable in the apartment.
"Okay, so basically magic is back," Emma let out. Both her parents and her son gasped, but while the younger one seemed excited about the idea, Snow and David seemed worried.
"Are you sure?" Snow asked.
Emma looked at Regina, who moved her hand and after a purple haze surrounded it, the glass of water that had been in front of David appeared in her palm. "Wow," Henry exhaled; he couldn't believe his eyes as much as Emma, who mirrored his expression.
Bringing back her attention to her parents, Emma continued, "Now that you've got proof, we went to see Gold but he assured he isn't responsible."
"And you believe him?" David asked.
Emma seemed to doubt her answer, but then Regina spoke instead, "I don't, but even if he didn't do it, he knows something. That's for sure."
"You're on our side?" David wondered, making both Emma and Regina glare at him, so he raised his hands. "Just checking. If we don't know what we're against, we need all the help we can gather."
"So what now?" Snow looked at Emma, but she just frowned and shrunk in her chair. Regina took a step ahead.
"No one beside us know, well and Gold…and Belle…and the person responsible for this, but let's keep it between us before everyone goes crazy."
Or come against me fearing I do something evil, Regina finished in her head. David's question had confirmed her fears: not that magic was back everyone would question her more than before. On the other side, they would fear her. She shook her head; she had left that behind.
Snow nodded in agreement, "Okay, but we need to find out who did it and their intentions."
"You will do it mom, you can find them," Henry encouraged her.
Emma smiled weakly at him, feeling everyone's eyes on her, expecting her to go out there and save the day, doing something heroic. She cleared her throat and stood, "Yeah, uhm. I'm gonna go out for a second."
She rushed out of the door and Regina looked at her with a worried expression on her features, but suddenly she felt a tug on her coat and saw Henry, "You can find them too. Now that you're good and have magic!"
Regina smiled down at him; he believed in her again, as he had done so long ago. She nodded at him, "I will. I'll go help her. You stay here with them okay? At least until we find out what's happening."
He pouted but sighed, knowing he wouldn't change his mother's mind, so he went to the fridge to get some milk. Regina looked at Snow, "Can you watch him for a while?"
"Of course, he'll be fine," Snow assured.
Regina let out a soft smile, but quickly recovered and cleared her throat, not letting it go that easily. She nodded once again and left the apartment. She was rushing down the stairs when she almost tripped with Emma, who was sitting at the bottom of it, her head between her hands.
"Emma?" The Sheriff raised her head; her cheeks were red, as well as her nose. Regina sat next to her and put her hand on Emma's back, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, it's nothing," she waved off, but Regina looked at her raising her eyebrows. Emma sighed and stared ahead, struggling to find the words, and Regina just waited; she didn't say anything to pressure Emma, she just waited until she was ready.
"Everyone expects so much of me, you know?" she finally said. "I am the Savior, I should save, but I don't really know where to start. Slaying a dragon was one thing; it was just pure luck and adrenalin. Henry looks at me as if I could fix everything with the flick of my wrist, and so do my parents. I'm just not sure I can do it, and I want to help but I'm kind of lost."
Regina soothed Emma's back as she let it all out. By the time she was finished, her head was buried in her hands again, and Regina could feel she was struggling to not to cry.
"Emma, you don't have to take the world on your shoulders. Yes, you are the Savior, but you don't have to do it all by yourself. You have me, and you have your parents. We will help you."
Slowly Emma raised her head and looked at her, "You teaming up with you long term enemy?"
"Don't make me question it twice," Regina joked and it made Emma laugh softly. "Listen, you may think the title feels a little too much, but you're wrong Emma. It fits you perfectly, even if you refuse to believe. A title doesn't mean you have to do it as an obligation, it means you're good at it."
"You really think so?" Emma asked and Regina smiled at her, placing her hand on her lover's slightly red cheek.
"Of course I do."
Emma kissed her, hoping Regina would feel all the love she felt for her. "Wait, but your title was the Evil Queen," she joked once they separated.
Regina stood and offered a hand to Emma, "What can I say? I was really good at it."
"And that shows just how much you've changed," Emma smiled as she stood up. She kissed her one more time and she went out to the street with determined steps.
"Where are you going?" Regina asked following her.
"Well actually you gave me an idea. Shortly before the curse was broken, the only magic in Storybrooke was where the dragon was, so maybe we could start there?"
Regina smiled proudly at her and Emma caught her, so she cocked her head, "What?"
"See? It fits you, Savior." Regina saw a soft blush on usually pale cheeks and smiled at how adorable her girlfriend was. She stopped; girlfriend? Emma turned when she halted and looked at her.
"Hey, everything alright?"
Regina looked at her and nodded, a smile on her face, "Of course. Let's go to the library, shall we?"
Emma frowned a little when Regina walked past her; she knew her and she had something on her mind, but if she had learn something about Regina was that she would tell Emma anything when she was ready. So both of them headed towards the library, determined to find out what was going on.
