Emma was lain on a soft bed surrounded by healers who murmured over her as Regina and Elsa watched on nervously. When the blonde princess let out a long strangled moan, and her body gave several jerky motions off the bed Regina tried to push her way through the doctors but was held back by Elsa.

"Get off of me! Let me go you bitch!" Regina tried in vain to break away from the Princess of Arendelle but it seemed like she had run all out of energy.

"Let them help her as best as they can Regina." Elsa replied softly watching the Dark Princess internal struggle.

"I-uh I" Regina couldn't speak before she was bursting out in tears as Elsa lead her into the smaller quarters right next door. Leading the exhausted brunette over towards the bed, she did something she thought she would never do. She comforted Regina, the Princess she had aptly taken to calling 'The Rigid Bitch'.

"She's going to be okay. We going to get whatever it is that she needs to get out of this. Then we can all go and get Leopold's head on a stick." Elsa said trying to lighten the mood. However she was just as worried about her best friend as the brunette was worried about her love.

"I'm so stupid. I've spent all this time pushing her away because I don't want to be hurt, that I hurt her instead. Over and over again." Regina spoke solemnly looking straight ahead.

"You're just stubborn but I think Emma likes that about you. I've listened to her more times that I can count cry, rant and rave about you. When she gets better, just be good to her." Elsa patted Regina's back just as an angry Zelena stormed in. The red haired Queen faltered, taking in the two princesses who had been at each others heads forever in such a intimate embrace.

"You two better not tell me you've found True Love!" Zelena stamped her foot, looking every bit like a child.

"No love, if I was going for a Mills you would definitely be my first and only choice." The dazzling smile that Elsa sent the Queen and the sincerity of her voice caught both Regina and Zelena off guard. Zelena for her part covered up her embarrassment with a cough, but that did next to nothing for the blush staining her cheeks.

"Yes well...I came to discuss Emma with you two and her condition." Zelena paused to let it sink in.

"How is she?" Regina tried to scramble out of the bed but Zelena gently set her back down with magic.

"She is well considering the circumstances. The wine she drank was laced with very old intricate magic. The original inventor of the potion is long gone and I have absolutely no idea how someone could have come to posses it. The spell is designed to kill the consumer, slowly and painfully. It has the basis for a sleeping curse, her body will be in a fairly fragile state and she will be forced to relive her darkest nightmare. Each night the poison will increase in her body, and she will fight harder if she wants to make it out of this. However at the same time she is reliving her darkest nightmare, she will be also granted her deepest want. If she gives into that want, she will parish." Zelena explained the confusing circumstances.

"Her darkest fear is being left in that tower to starve to death." Regina mumbled quietly, still trying to organize her thoughts. The blonde had told her one night shortly after Regina had gifted her with the mirror. She had woken Regina up with her screams.

FLASHBACK

She wasn't in a deep sleep but she was beyond comfortable in her very expensive bed, wrapping in her covers. The scream that pierced the air caught Regina off guard and she nearly jumped out of her skin. Landing in a heap on the floor, she looked around glaring, hoping to find the offender of her interrupted sleep. Hearing the sound come from the mirror she looked at Emma worried, glad that she had forgotten to sever the connection.

The blonde was tangled in her sheets, her body slick with sweat as Regina looked on helpless. The Princess withered about and moaned before she shot up sobbing. Not just regular old crying, but the kind that came from deep inside of your chest and shook your whole body from its force. Regina didn't think about her already exhausted state before she gathered up her magic and poofed over to Emma. Landing in a heap next to the still crying girl, Regina could only see black spots for a minute or two before her eyes landed on a worried Emma.

"Gina shit, your nose!" The blonde hissed quietly grabbing a small rag from her bedside bringing it to the other girls profusely bleeding nose.

"Emma are you okay? I woke up and you were distressed." Regina spoke taking the rag from the blonde.

"I just had a bad dream. You on the other hand overexerted yourself...Maybe I should send for a healer." Emma went to climb out of the bed, surprised when Regina yanked her back down.

"Or you could tell me what your dream was about. I'll be fine, I just need to rest for a moment" Regina's response was muffled do to the rag but Emma heard her clear. The blonde was just unsure if she wanted to burden the Dark Princess with her inner demons.

"Emma my love, I don't have all night." Regina teased because she knew she was going to be spending the night. She was in no shape to use her magic for at least 12 hours.

"I dreamed I was still trapped in that tower. I could see every bone in my body and I just knew I was going to die." That was all Emma was going to say, and both of them knew this. Emma gasped when she felt a soft warm hand brush across her breast.

"Hmm, I couldn't feel any bones there. Just some really warm pliable flesh." Regina whispered hotly into Emma's ear. Snaking her hand down Emma's chest and over her torso, she was pleased with the soft moan she was awarded.

"My love, you're here in your castle with me. You're safe now, and I will do everything and anything to protect you." Regina brushed her lip across the corner of Emma's mouth before they landed on her cheek.

End of flashback.

"Her deepest want? The throne, to be a powerful practitioner of magic, to properly ride a horse? The list goes on!" Elsa's loud exasperated tone brought Regina from out of her memories.

"No, her deepest want is...you" Zelena replied looking straight at Regina.

"Surely not?" Regina swallowed harshly.

"No she's right. Hell Emma even said once she would die happy if she could marry you. If that is projected into her dream, she might want to give in." Elsa pondered out loud.

"I need to see her." Regina's voice wavered and Zelena went to protest.

"Very well dear. I am in need to Princess Elsa and your sister at the moment." Cora spoke from the door way startling everyone.

"What's wrong mother?" Zelena asked the stoic woman.

"I believe we have found the man who has put our beloved princess in this horrible predicament." Cora said .

"Okay, so Elsa you need to confirm his identity and then my mother and I will question him and deliver his punishment" Zelena said slipping on her Queens mask. Once they had left, Regina slipped into Emma's room so be near the girl. Sliding into the bed beside her, she wrapped her arms around the blonde before whispering.

"You have to be okay. I don't want any of this without you. I wouldn't be able to breath if you didn't pull through this. I love you more than I love myself." Regina's tears were soaking into Emma's shirt as she clung to her