Hey everyone! After this chapter there is only one more. I will try get it up as soon as possible!

With the help of Leopold, Emma and Zelena, Regina called a town meeting asking for everyone in town to go to the town hall by one o'clock. The hall was soon filling up and Regina stood at the back of the stage with everyone glancing out to see the towns folk filing in. She sighed and then stepped away from the curtain covering them turning round to look at her family.

"Okay this shouldn't be too hard right? Public speaking isn't something I have done but it shouldn't be too hard…" Regina said more trying to convince herself than anyone else.

"You'll be fine Regina. We are all going to be here to help." Robin said walking over to her.

"I know." Regina smiled. "I'm just trying to figure out what to say to them…"

"The truth is the best thing." Leopold replied as he stepped towards his daughter. "It is the only thing we can tell them. There will be many who won't be happy but we will get through this."

"Yes." Regina nodded. "Okay. Is everyone here?" Regina asked and Zelena peeked out to the hall.

Zelena nodded her head. "Yep the hall doors are closed. Everyone is out there." Zelena then turned to Cora. "I think you should stay back here, you too Henry. You guys stay here with the twins and we will handle that lot out there."

"I want to help…" Cora said but was cut off by Leopold.

"And you will be by staying back here. if you come out there with us it won't help. The town will just become angry towards you. Let us explain to them what has happened."

Cora bit her lip a little and nodded her head. She didn't quite like being told what to do but she knew they were right. It would be of more help if she were to stay backstage. "Okay."

"Look after the twins." Regina said giving Cora a small smile before turning on her heel and walking to the front of the stage. Robin, Emma, Mary-Margaret, Zelena and Leopold all followed her and Cora watched them hoping this talk was going to go well. Regina stood at the microphone looking out at everyone. She cleared her throat and suddenly she felt all eyes on her. "H-hello…" Regina stuttered a little. She was trying to gather up all the courage she had in her but she wasn't sure if there was much. Regina glanced back to see her mother peeking through the curtain a little. Cora gave Regina a smile and looked into her eyes, as if telling her she could do it. So she turned back round, took a deep breath and…"Hello everyone. We have asked you all here today to fill you in on what we know about the curse and what will happen now." Regina started.

"Now that the curse is broken we have investigated whether there is any way to go back to the Enchanted Forest but unfortunately there is no way." Regina said. once Regina had finished everyone started muttering and Regina could tell many were not happy. "Now I know many of you want to go back home and we will continue to look in case there is something that has been missed."

"What about the witch?" someone shouted from the back.

"We have talked with my mother…and…we have returned her heart and we have released her." Regina said.

"Released her? Why release that witch?!" Someone shouted from the back of the room.

"She has her heart now…She will not harm anyone now." Regina said. She could feel her confidence leaving her as the towns folk started to get angrier and angrier.

"How can we trust her after everything she has done to us?" Another shouted from the crowd.

Regina had no idea how to answer the many angry questions that were being shouted at her and she was beginning to struggle to control the crowd of angry towns people. Leo could see his youngest daughter beginning to struggle to control the angry crowd so he stepped forward, placing his hand on his daughters back and holding his other hand up to try and quieten down the angry crowd. Regina looked up at him gratefully.

Leo waited until the crowd hushed before he removed his hand from Regina's back and stepped forward again to address the crowd. "I understand you all feel that you can't trust Cora. We all understand your reservations about her. We too have those feelings…or have had those feelings." Leo started. "But I agree with my daughter, everyone deserves a second chance, including Cora and that is what we are going to give her. Cora will be under close watch and if she slips up in any way and shows that she is going back to her evil ways then I will deal with her accordingly. However right now she has her heart back and will receive the second chance she deserves. You may agree or disagree but this is what is happening. Anyone tries to harm her in any way and they will be dealt with accordingly." Leo finished.

Muttering filled the hall and Regina bit her lip expecting another backlash from the crowd but the crowd remained calm and quiet. She looked to her father who gave her a brief smile which she soon returned. Leo then turned back to the crowd. "I believe that is all that needed to be discussed so you may go back to your day."

As people started to exit the hall they talked quietly. Regina sighed and turned round to face everyone on the stage. "I probably could have handled that better."

"Regina you were doing fine…" Leo replied.

"No I wasn't. if I was you wouldn't have needed to step in and help me. I should have just gotten you to address the towns people. You handled it a lot better than I did." Regina sighed.

"You're not exactly used to public speaking Regina." Zelena said. "You done well. It was inevitable that the towns people would react badly to the news of mother getting a second chance. They are going to see the bad side, of course they are but hopefully they will come round in the end."

"I am sure they will." Leo replied.

"So I am to be kept on watch?" Cora asked as she stepped out from behind the curtain, pushing the twins in the double buggy.

"I think that would be best yes. You may be getting this second chance but it does not mean that I trust you just yet Cora." Leo said. "You will be on close watch until I feel otherwise."

Cora nodded. "I understand."

"Thank you for looking after the twins mother." Regina said softly, trying to defuse some of the tension that had built up. She stepped towards the buggy and crouched down a little to look at her sleeping babies.

"It was no trouble really. They slept the whole time." Cora replied.

"Yes. I think we hit the jackpot really…they seem to do nothing but sleep." Robin said with a slight chuckle as he stepped beside Regina and placed a hand on her shoulder as he too looked down at his sleeping children.