So because I got such a good response by so many wanting me to continue this story I thought well why not?! I would like to thank everyone so far for your favorites, follows and reviews. You all keep my writing spirit up! I always thought in the show, like a reviewer said, that Emma becoming the dark one was a predictable move especially with her fighting off her potential darkness etc although I am interested with where they are going to go with it I still found it a little predictable but we will see where they take us. In this we have some Henry trying to get to grips with what has happened and Emma trying to comforting him in the best way we can, we have our first look of Regina as the dark one and her struggle (I hope I have portrayed her in a way you think she would be if she had become the dark one) and then we have some Robin struggling with what has happened. So I hope you all enjoy it :-)

Everyone just stood for a moment and stared down at the dagger lying on the ground. No one knew what to say or do next. Henry couldn't take his eyes off the black writing on the dagger. His mom was the Dark One. His mom who had worked so hard to fight against the darkness inside of her had now become the Dark One. He knew she done it to save Emma but he couldn't help but think she hadn't done it. He let out a big sigh and leaned down and picked up the dagger holding it in his hands he continued to stare down at it.

Emma stepped forward and she placed a hand on Henry's shoulder and looked down at the dagger herself. "Should we call for her?" Henry whispered not taking his eyes off the dagger.

"I…I think it might be best to wait just now kid…" Emma replied slowly.

"But…" Henry started.

"Kid what has just happened…well your mom will probably need some space…" Emma replied.

"We don't even know where she has gone." Henry said quietly. "What if she needs help?"

Robin stepped forward and placed his hand on Henry's other shoulder making Henry look over at him. "Henry we will help your mother I promise you that but right now I think Emma might be right. We should give your mother a bit of space. We can call for her tomorrow, what about that?" Robin said hoping to comfort the boy.

Henry sighed but nodded his head all the same. He knew they were right but right at this moment all he wanted was his mother.

Regina appeared in a cloud of purple smoke in her vault, crashing to the floor. She took a minute and then pushed herself up off the floor and walked over to the mirror hanging on the wall of her vault. looking at her reflection. She looked darker. Her eyes seemed to look blacker, and she noted that she actually looked more tired and it had only been a few minutes. She was relieved that her skin had not changed to that horrible gold scaly skin that Rumplestiltskin had had in the Enchanted Forest but still she hated how she looked. Her reflection right now reminded her of who she used to be. It reminded her of the Evil Queen that she had tried so hard to distance herself from and with that a sob escaped her mouth.

Her hand covered her mouth and she fell to the floor and rested against the wall just letting the tears flow out. she pulled her legs to her chest and rested her head on her knees and she cried her heart out. Her now blackened heart was the first thing she thought which just made her cry even more. She had fought so hard to get out of the darkness. It had been a long hard road but she had fought through it and she had finally been feeling as if she was getting somewhere once she had defeated Zelena with light magic. Light magic that she had brought forth. She had thought she had gotten rid of the darkness within her. She could feel the darkness within her, working its way through her. The power she now felt was overwhelming and she could feel the start of a migraine working.

She had thought she held a lot of power beforehand but now she knew her power was in adequate compared to what Rumplestiltskin had had. She had felt powerful before but now she felt as if she would be invincible and that was a scary thing to feel. For someone who had let darkness take over them once it was incredibly scary to feel that way. She was trying hard to fight against this darkness in her now. She didn't want to let this Dark One take over her completely. She didn't want to be another Rumplestiltskin. To only care about power and to push away the ones she loved. She didn't want to lose Henry, or Robin and Roland. She couldn't bear to think of her life without them, especially Henry. She had only just really gained his full trust again. She had only really just started to truly bond with her son again and now this had happened. She had become the Dark One.

But she had done it to protect Emma. She had to. She couldn't have let this darkness consume Emma because that is exactly what it would have done, consume her, drown her. She had felt great darkness before. Emma, despite what she may think, hadn't felt true darkness before and Regina wasn't so sure if Emma would have been able to fight this. Emma had struggled to fight off her potential darkness over the past few months and Regina was sure this would have just pushed Emma over the edge and she couldn't have let that happen. But it doesn't mean she can't feel angry right? Or in some way regretful…

She shakes her head. No she shouldn't feel that way. She needs to push down any angry feelings she may have. She can't let anger run through her. The darkness would just feed off that and would take over her quicker. She had learnt that the first time round.

She could hear the darkness within her, whispering to her. A dark whispering voice in her head telling her things she didn't want to hear or believe.

They don't care about you.

They won't help you Regina.

Just let the darkness in Regina. You know you want to.

Remember how it felt to be powerful? Remember how it felt to be strong?

Regina shook her head and placed her hands over her ears although she wasn't sure why because she knew there was no one else but herself in this vault. She knew the voice was just in her head. But she just wanted to block it out. She just wanted it to go away. She didn't want these thoughts in her head. She wanted to trust in the people she loved. She wanted to believe they would save her.

But the voice repeated things over and over to her and Regina could only hope that she was strong enough this time to not listen to the darkness that was fighting within her.

Emma had brought Henry back to the loft with herself, Mary-Margaret an David. Mary-Margaret and David had collected Neal from Granny on the way back and were now getting him ready for bed while Emma and Henry sat in the living room, just staring at the TV that wasn't on. Robin had gone back to his camp, to go and see Roland and to try and rest before they started work on helping Regina in the morning but they all knew that none of them would sleep that night.

Henry let out a sigh and Emma glanced over at him. She could see that he wanted to cry but was stopping himself, wanting to seem strong and put together and she immediately thought of Regina. Emma noted that Henry really was a lot like Regina even if they weren't related by blood. She leaned over a little and placed a hand on Henry's knee and gave if a small squeezing trying to be comforting but knowing she probably wasn't doing the best of jobs. Regina was always better at the comforting. Regina always knew what to do or say in moments where Henry needed comforting.

"We will fix this Henry. I promise you." Emma said softly.

"How?" Henry asked quietly.

"I-I'm not sure but we will. I am not going to stop until we fix this. We aren't going to let darkness take over your mother again okay?" Emma said.

Henry nodded his head, continuing to stare at the TV. "I'm…" Henry started but stopped quickly.

"Go on. What were you going to say." Emma said.

"I'm scared mom isn't going to be able to stop this Dark One from taking over the light part she has fought for. She had tried so hard to fight against the darkness that was in her and I don't want it to take over her again." Henry replied.

Emma nodded her head in understanding. She had thought of that herself. "You know kid your mom is strong. She won't go down without a fight."

"You think?" Henry asked as he looked up at Emma.

"I don't think. I know. Your mom is going to fight this with everything she has and we are going to help her to do so. But for now I think we need to get to bed. We need all the rest we can get for tomorrow. Tomorrow is the start of helping your mom beat this." Emma said.

"Okay." Henry said and he pushed himself off of the sofa and started to walk towards the stairs. He then stopped and turned slightly. "It's weird you know. When you first came here all I wanted was to get away from my mom but now…well now all I want is for her to be here. I didn't realise I still…" He trailed off slightly.

"That you still needed her as much?" Emma asked.

Henry nodded her head. "Yea…I didn't realise I still needed her as much." He repeated. He then turned back round and made his way up the stairs.

Emma watched him until he got to the top of the stairs and then sighed. She had no idea if she had actually helped him or comforted him but she had tried her best she guessed. She rested her head back against the sofa and Mary-Margaret came into the living room and sat down beside her on the sofa, David soon joining them.

"How's Henry?" Mary-Margaret asked.

Emma shrugged her shoulders. "As okay as he could be at this moment in time I guess. the kid just witnessed his mom turning into the dark one and now has no idea where she is…"

"He still has you though Emma." David said placing his hand on her shoulder.

"As good as that is dad I am not the one who raised him for most of his life. I have been in his life for what…two years and yes we have a god relationship but I am not Regina. I am not the mother who comforted him when he was sick or had a nightmare. I'm not the one who kissed him better when he fell. I'm not the one who baked with him or played with him or helped him with his homework or taught him things. Regina is that person and right now Henry needs her." Emma said and let out a big sigh at the end.

"We will figure all this out. We won't let Regina fall into darkness again. We can't let her." Mary-Margaret said firmly. "I don't want to see her like that again."

"Something tells me that if she does let this darkness take over her that she will be ten times worse than she was as the Evil Queen." Emma replies. "Regina now holds a hell of a lot of power. She is technically the Evil Queen and the Dark One put together and that spells out lots of power to me. Regina told me a little of the Dark Ones power, it is a lot of power for anyone to hold." Emma explained.

"Do you have any idea of what we are going to do to help Regina?" David asked.

Emma shook her head. "I have no idea what to do. But I am going to figure it out." Emma then pushed herself off of the sofa. "Now I am going to try and rest. Tomorrow we call for Regina and see how she is and tomorrow we are going to work on some kind of plan to figure out what will help Regina."

Robin walked into the camp he shared with his merry men, looking not as happy as he had been earlier than evening. Little John walked over to him. "Are you okay Robin?" Little John asked.

"Fine. Where's Roland?" He asked quickly. He didn't feel like talking about anything. He didn't want to talk about what had happened tonight. He was sure everyone would know what had happened soon enough. Right now he just wanted to see his son.

"He is in your tent. He kept asking when you and Regina were coming. Where is Regina?" Little John said looking behind Robin to see if Regina was nearby but there was no sign.

"I don't want to talk about it just not Little John. I'm going to see Roland." Robin said and he gently pushed past Little John and walked towards his tent. He walked in and he couldn't help the small smile when he saw Roland sat on his small bed with some cars that Regina had given to him. She had said they had been Henry's and had asked Roland to look after them for her, something Roland had been more than happy to do. The boy would do anything for Regina it had seemed. Much like this father.

Roland looked up and gave Robin a heart stopping smile. He dropped the cars on his bed and jumped out, running over to Robin and jumping into his arms. "Papa!" Roland squealed and hugged Robin tightly. "Where Gina?" Roland asked looking over Robin's shoulder.

"Regina's..." Robin started but then trailed off. What did he tell Roland? He had promised Roland that he would see Regina later on that night but clearly now that wasn't going to happen. He didn't exactly want to tell his four year old son that Regina had turned into the Dark One. He wasn't so sure how much Roland would understand. He sighed and pulled away slightly so he was looking down into Roland's big brown sparkling eyes. "Regina wasn't feel very well my boy. She has gone home to rest."

Roland pouted slightly. "But Gina promise me she come see me."

"I know she did Roland but papa told Regina to go home. She needed to rest." Robin replied.

"Can I see Gina tomorrow?" Roland asked.

"I'm not sure Roland. Maybe." Robin said with a small sigh.

He couldn't believe that once again his and Regina's happiness had been shattered again. There was always something getting in the way of their happiness. But he wasn't going to let anything stop him this time. He was going to get his true love back. He was going to help her fight against the darkness growing inside of her. He would not let her fall back into darkness. He would not lose her again. He couldn't. He wouldn't. He won't.