Everything feels different. I am back in the mayor's office, my office and things just don't feel right.

I haven't worn this grey dress in ages, and I don't really know what I was doing sitting here up until this moment.

I must be helping Snow again with her city planning again. How mundane.

But this all just feels like a waste of time right now. We have more important things to worry about.

We need to start another kind of planning. We must take action soon.

We don't even know where Emma is right now. What realm she's in. Is she here in Storybrooke? Has anyone seen her?

I have to figure out what to say to poor Henry. On second thought, why haven't I seen him yet?

He's grown so much through all of this and I just wish he was able to stay young and innocent a little longer.

The real world came crashing down on him at such a young age. It's my fault and I see that now, but how I wish he was still that little boy who looked up to me as though I was his hero.

Atleast he had some normalcy for that one year he spent with Emma in New York. He'd grown so much when I saw him again for the first time. That first day in the diner when he didn't recognize me.

Emma helped me hold it together then, and I will help her now.

But that doesn't explain what I'm doing here.

It felt like deja vu when I heard the start of a motor outside my window.

Quickly jumping out of my chair I look out the window to see none other than Ms. Swan. Emma was just about to hack off a branch of my beloved tree.

My mind racing a mile a minute I didn't even think about it as I made myself reappear in front of her.

I was torn between hugging her (something we had never really done) and screaming at her.

It was weird to feel so conflicted, almost as though I forgot what I was thinking.

As soon as I appeared she looked startled to see me and immediately dropped saw.

"Where the hell did you come from?"

"Emma! What are you doing? Is this some kind of joke?"

It was both said at the same time and neither knew what was happening at that moment.

"First off what the fuck just happened?"

Regina looks Emma up and down and around at the entire scene. "I am trying to figure that out as well, dear. If you could tell me what you are doing here it would be a good start. Are you okay? What happened after you disappeared from the middle of the street?" So many questions were running through my mind that I couldn't get them out fast enough.

"I came here to show you that I am not backing down. Two can play this game Regina, and I thought I'd start with this tree of yours. You have no idea what I'm capable of." Emma was breathing so heavy now that her chest was rising and falling with each breath. She hadn't looked at me with such disdain in such a long time that it made me take a step back.

Regina knew she had heard that last line before. It was way back when Emma had just some to town, and come to think of it. She remembers feeling the anger and fear come back to her as she stared out her window and saw Emma with that chainsaw. What was going on today? It was like she was stuck in the Twilight Zone. Had there been some sort of time warp overnight? She felt torn between how she had felt the first time it actually took place and now, her feelings wreaking havoc.

Emma just stood there glaring at her, and Regina had to admit that it was just good to see her again. She slightly smirked at just the memory of how this had happened the first time around. How she felt so invigorated to have someone push back. After all that time in Storybrooke where the days blended together, it wasn't until the savior showed up that things really became interesting.

Emma must have seen the slight smirk because she came at me then, close to my face and threatened, "I'm serious lady, you have no idea you are getting yourself into." She had a smirk of her own, but it was for entirely different reasons.

"I think we need to head inside before someone sees you, and figure out what is going on. This is not a time to reenact things that have already happened. I hardly think it funny or appropria…"

Emma held up her hand to stop Regina from finishing, "I'm not going anywhere with you, and I don't know what you are talking about 'reenacting' but I just came here to warn you."

"You really don't remember? Emma, we have been here before, done this before. Time is of the essence right now and we need to get you somewhere safe until we figure out what is happening. If not for me, then for Henry, please." Emma must have taken the pleading tone seriously because she followed Regina into her office.

Ten minutes later and neither of them had said a thing. Regina sitting calmly and Emma standing awkwardly near the window.

Emma finally threw her hand up in frustration and started to walk out when Regina spoke up. "It seems like we are stuck in another time. That's all that would make sense. I can tell by the way you are looking at me that you have no idea what has happened. And so much has changed."

"I just wanted to return your son to you. That's why I came here, and ever since the moment I met you all you have done is manipulate and lie." She looked Regina dead in the eye as she said these things, and it made Regina so uncomfortable she had to look away. She wasn't proud of the woman she used to be.

"It was you who made all of these things happen. I don't fully understand how but you are behind it all, I know you are and now I'm concerned for Henry's well-being." As Emma was saying these things it donned on Regina that she was right. What if she hadn't pushed so hard? It all had to happen as prophesied and played out how Rumple wanted it to, but what if it could have happened differently.

"You are right Emma, about all of it. I was scared you were going to take my son away. But that is all behind us now. I just don't understand what we are doing here again. It doesn't make sense. What does it all mean?" Her sincerity surprised Emma and made her a little sympathetic.

Sitting across Regina, Emma slowly looked up at her, and in her eyes she saw understanding and a curiosity that she never noticed before. Regina couldn't believe that that this Emma was actually listening to her.

As Regina mulled it over in her head Emma spoke up. "I can honestly say that I don't know what you are talking about, but I can see that you believe whatever it is you are telling me. I can always tell when people are telling the truth. I will help for Henry's sake, but you just have to continue to be straight with me."

And it finally felt like the beginning they were supposed to have, as Regina smiled and said, "I do believe we have a deal, Ms. Swan."