Storybrooke

-Somewhere in the forest-

Robin sat on a log and thought about it. The mysterious letter Henry got from Regina, nobody knew what was the content of it but the boy had talked to him, acted nicer around him. It made Robin wonder what could have that influence on a boy who blamed him for Regina's departure and it also made him think about her life. He'd always wonder what was she doing, was she looking at the same stars as he was, but it got bigger now he'd think about people in her life, did she have someone to stand up and protect her and the biggest question of all was she happy.

After a few moments of thinking about her, he suddenly got an idea, a perfect question to ask. He ran back into the town and went straight in the sheriff's station. There he found a blond with golden locks and her father playing darts. He cleared his throat in order to get their attention.

"Robin! What are you doing here?" Emma asked.

"How did he got the letter?" Robin asked without any explanation.

"What? I don't know, it just showed up, why does it matter?" Emma asked quickly.

"No, Emma, think about it. We know that there's no magic outside of Storybrooke. Therefore it couldn't have just appeared, which means-…" He started but David cut him off.

"Someone in this town knows where Regina is." Emma quickly latched onto their thoughts and added.

"And had visited her in the last few days. This also means that we're looking for the person that can cross the border line without losing their memories." She stopped for a moment and then added "Gold! I knew he was hiding something!" She exclaimed, grabbed her jacket and was preparing to leave but David stopped her.

"Whoa, calm down. You can't just go to him and demand answers, you know he won't say a thing."

"So, what do we do?" Robin asked.

"We rewind a little and think this through, if he knows that Belle knows too. I say we go to her, we've got a better chance with her than with Gold."

"And what if she doesn't say anything?" Emma asked.

"Then, we wait, Regina doesn't want to be found and if Gold is helping her that means that she has a reason big enough to convince him to keep her secret." David explained.

"So, what? You're saying that we just give up, that I give up on the first flicker of light and hope in this four months?" Robin asked angrily.

"I am not saying that, I am saying that if Regina wants to run and leave her son motherless it's got a be a pretty big reason to do so." David explained.

Belle was in the library reordering books, she loved it there, it was her special place, she'd come down there and loose herself in the books, visit the worlds that once were and that once will be, reading was her biggest passion. She was about to start another book when she heard someone enter.

"Oh, hi, Emma, David and… Robin." She said his name with venom in her voice, just because Regina didn't blame him, (or at least she said she didn't blame him), didn't mean that she wasn't going to blame him, he ruined her.

"We need your help." Emma started. "We think that you and Rumplestilstkin know where Regina is and we'd appreciate if you tell us.

"You'd appreciate it? May I remind you that you, both of you,", she glared at Robin, "destroyed her life, she was opening up, letting you into her heart, and what do you do? You break it, you tear it to pieces, you ruin the trust she had in people, and she can say that she doesn't blame but I blame you enough for the both of us! And you want me to help you? So that you can see her, I don't know kiss her maybe and then leave with your wife the first chance you get? I told her I don't blame you, but I do and God knows that she can't have any of that stress now considering what's going on in her life!" Never once in her life she'd think that she'd be that protective of Regina, the previous Evil Queen, who held her locked away for over 28 years.

"I'm sorry." Robin started. "I know I'm the one to blame, but I was so caught up in the moment that I didn't even notice her walk. I got her to open up, I'm her soul mate, she was my second chance and I let her go and I'm hating myself everyday for that."

"Oh, yeah? Then, why are you still with your wife?" He started saying something but she cut him off. "And don't say it's because of Roland because both you and I know that that's just an excuse."

"Okay, enough! Both of you, stop!" David yelled from behind Emma. "Belle, you are stressed out and you care for her and that's why you are being so… angry. But, don't tell us because of Robin, tell us for Henry, don't let him grow up without his real mother." Emma looked at him like she was about to kill him but then she knew he was right, she was Henry's biological mother that missed out ten years of his life, his first words, first steps… she doesn't know what he needs, doesn't know how to soothe him, how to comfort him when he had a nightmare, so she looked away from David and stared rather awkwardly at her hands.

"I can't, I made a promise and this is the one that I intend to keep, she trusted me and I can't betray her." Belle said, she was calmer then she was moments before. It's weird, isn't it? How the right words can calm down a person and how to wrong ones could make a peaceful librarian ready to chop of someone's head of. Emma, Charming and rather desperate looking Robin left the library.

So, the school is over (thank God) and my updates may get more frequent (I'm not saying that they will for sure, once a week is enough, wouldn't you say so?) And I can't believe how many people favorite(d) and followed this story... Leave a PM or a review to tell me what you think, and also about Zelena some of you said yes and some of you said no, but if I was to involve her she would be all sisterly and lovely, tell me more about what you want...