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When Emma saw Regina she rushed into her arms and said "Henry is trying to take me away, make him stop."
Regina held Emma close and after a second looked over at a scarred Henry and said "what is going on with her."
Emma slowly hid behind Regina as she said "Henry said you aren't my Mommy and that we had to go see Mr. Gold, so I was no longer small."
Regina looked over to Henry and said "is this true, dear." Henry looked away as he nodded avoiding eye contact. Regina then knelt down next to Emma and said "how about you go and get comfortable in my big bed while I deal with Henry here."
Emma perked up instantly and said "I can sleep with you." She pointed to Regina who nodded before kissing Emma on the forehead and watched as the small girls blond curly hair bounced as she made her way up the stairs.
When she was gone Regina looked at Henry and said "how did you get her to be this way, dear. Better yet why were you trying to take her away. She is my daughter now."
Henry said "what are you going to do to me."
Regina looked hurt as she knelt down next to him So that they were eye level and said "I have never hurt you before, Henry and I don't have plan on it. Yes I am disappointed, but I would never hurt you."
Henry said "you need to fix Emma, she is not even Emma any more. What did you do to her to make the real Emma disappear?"
Regina looked at him confused as she said "I did not do that, dear. That was what I was going to ask you."
Henry said "you can fix this, I know you can. Mr. Gold could help us fix her, and everything will be back to normal. We can be happy again."
Regina said "You mean, everyone else will be happy. That life was miserable, seeing everyone happy but me."
Henry had a stern look on his face as he said "You don't deserve a happy ending, not after all you have done."
Regina stood back up and said "I think we all just need to get some sleep, we will talk about this in the morning." Henry ran back upstairs and slammed the door. Regina soon followed after him and went into her own room to find Emma sprawled across her bed. This was her happy ending and she was not going to let anyone take it from her.
The next day was full of awkward silence, the only one who spoke was Emma. She was the only one in the household who did not know the truth. Henry went to school, and Regina brought Emma to work. Emma had a little fit but Regina easily calmed her down by promising apple pie after dinner.
When they got home Regina had Emma help make dinner. When Henry came home he ran back upstairs to his room, avoiding both Emma and Regina. After dinner Regina took Emma and Henry to the park. Henry helped Emma on the swings. When he saw that Regina was on the phone he said "Emma, are you in there."
Emma looked at him like he was out of his mind and said "You are so funny, why would I not be in there, silly."
Henry said "I thought you might have still been the person you used to be, but that woman is gone."
Emma said "who did I used to be, Henry."
Henry said "You used to be the savior, you saved the town from the evil queen and broke the curse."
Emma was now very interested as she said "I'm a savior like a super hero."
Henry smiled warmly as he said "just like a superhero, but Emma we have to save the town again, it is under a very evil curse. One that only you can break."
Emma shook her head and said "I am just a little girl, how am I supposed to break a curse."
Henry said "same as you did before, we have to find you true love, I mean I think that's what we have to do."
Emma said "I wish I could help Henry but I don't have a true love, little girls don't have boyfriends."
Henry said "I know Emma, that's why we have to find who your true love was before, then you can save the town."
Emma said "I don't even see anything wrong with the town, what are we saving it from."
Henry said "we are saving it from an evil queen's curse." Henry decided against telling Emma that the evil queen was actually Regina, he learned from last time that this Emma trusted Regina and that she would never help if he said that's who the evil queen was.
Emma looked scarred as she said "An evil queen, Henry I could never defeat someone like that.
Henry said "yes you can, Emma. Are you willing to help me save the town? Are you willing to be the savior?"
Emma nodded happily as she said "oh yes, we can be saviors together."
Henry nodded and as he saw Regina walking over he whispered in Emma's year "don't tell Regina, she won't let you help if you do." Emma nodded just as Regina was becoming close.
When she saw how guilty the two looked she said "what are you two talking about over here." Emma said "we were talking about school mommy, Henry has agreed to help me find my way around when I start on Monday."
Regina took Emma's hand and said "how nice of him, how do you feel about going home and eating that apple pie." Emma looked up at her and nodded but then looked back at Henry with a smile knowing that she had saved them from getting caught.
When they got home Henry with Emma's surprise he did not run upstairs like earlier but instead ate pie with them and when it was time for bed Henry asked Regina if he could read Emma a bedtime story. Regina really did not have much room to say no because the little girl had been so jumpy with happiness about it.
When they were finally alone in Emma's bedroom Henry took out the book of fairytales, the one Snow White had given him and he said to Emma "this book will help us break the curse."
Emma said "you mean about the evil queens curse and how we are supposed to save the town." Henry nodded before he started reading.
"Once Upon a Timeā¦.."
