A/N: Hello Everyone! The story is complete so chapters will be posted every couple of days! Let me know what you think.

Regina buttoned up her shirt for the second time that morning. Her phone buzzed again. She glanced at the ID. Mary Margaret. She frowned as she noticed there were now two voicemails. Maybe she should answer this.

"What is it, Mary Margaret?" she snapped. Her irritation quickly melted into worry. "What do you mean? Is he okay?...Yes, yes. I'm on my way." She snapped the phone shut and stood quickly.

"Regina?" Robin questioned.

"Ms. Swan's magic is a bit out of control and she hit Henry. The eternal optimist assures me he's fine, but I need to go."

"Of course. After you m'lady," he said as he let his hand rest gently on the small of her back guiding her to the stairs.

"I love you, Regina."

The words played again and again in her head. Her resolve weakened. She wanted to lean into his hand on her back. Wanted to feel his hand on her face again. Touching her as though she was the most precious, fragile being he'd ever encountered. She paused.

"Regina?"

She turned back and the love and concern reflected in his eyes caused her breath to catch. She took a deep breath. That was why she was doing this. Because he was a good man. And he loved her. And she loved him. She had to do this or both of them would regret it.

She gave a light shake of her head and turned and continued up the stairs. They stepped out of the vault and into the sunlight. She turned to face him again.

"Thank you."

"For what?" Robin asked in confusion.

She took his face in her hands and met his eyes. "For loving me. For believing in me. For being you. And for the best sleep I've ever had."

Robin frowned. "Regina, you-"

She held up her hand. "It can't happen again. We already agreed. I need to go. But-" She waved her wrist and two to-go cups of coffee appeared in her hand. "…a parting

gift to help with the lack of rest last night. Black, that's how you prefer it, right?" she asked as she handed him the cup.

Robin nodded. "Thank you. Regina, I-"

She shook her head. "No more. I have to go." She leaned in and kissed him. A long, tender, lingering kiss. As she pulled away, Robin frowned slightly.

"It's not goodbye forever, Regina."

"Henry's waiting." And with that she turned and smoke engulfed her. Robin stared after her for a moment, but then turned and headed toward his camp.

Arriving at Mary Margaret's doorstep, Regina paused. She felt the tears still forming tracks down her face. She shut her eyes and tried to compose herself. She waved a hand over her face and the tear streaks were gone. She entered the apartment. This was the right thing to do.

Robin walked into camp.

"Papa!" Roland ran toward Robin and threw himself at his father. "We were worried the ice cream queen got you. We couldn't find you anywhere."

"Are you alright, Robin?" "Where were you?" "You didn't say you'd be out all night, we thought something happened." The questions came rapid fire. He sighed. Maybe he did need that coffee after all. He took a large drink.

Regina was holding Henry. How could her son not know how special he was? Maybe she really had failed as a mother. She flinched as she felt a sharp pain in her chest.

"Mom?" Henry had felt her jerk.

The pain was acute. She couldn't speak. She shut her eyes and focused on steadying her breathing. As she breathed the pain slowly dulled. That was better. She was okay.

"Mom?" Henry asked again, slightly panicked.

"I'm fine." She turned to face him straight on. "I'm fine. I promise. I forgot breakfast this morning. I think I'm just a bit hungry. Are you alright if I go down and see if Mary Margaret has anything other than baby food in this place?"

Henry nodded. "I'm just gonna play some video games."

The merry men gathered around Robin in concern.

"You don't remember where you were? Did you hit your head?" Little John asked.

"You aren't drinking again, are you?" Tuck inquired.

"No. No. I just don't remember where I was." Robin said.

The merry men exchanged concerned glances. "Well, we were just getting ready for breakfast, maybe it'll come back to you after you've had some food."

Rumple frowned. That felt like a memory potion. He thought he'd taken care of Ingrid. Trapped her. Who's memories could she be tampering with? He had Swan just where he wanted her. This was working out so perfectly and he didn't even have to orchestrate it. She'd come to him. But if Ingrid was messing with memories, she could mess up his plans. His brow furrowed. No time to look into it. He'd have to take his chances. If he lost Ms. Swan it wasn't like he didn't have other options. The town was filled with magical creatures. Swan just happened to have significantly more power than most of them. But he could bend anything to his advantage.

Emma couldn't believe the Snow Queen thought she'd trust her. The crazy woman had trapped the whole town in Storybrooke with an ice wall. She was building a curse to destroy the town and she wanted Emma to trust her. True, Gold had created the curse that had sent her here in the first place, but they had history. He was her son's grandfather for heaven's sake. He had to be a little more trustworthy than the unstable ice queen. Didn't he? She had found the house. Why was she hesitating? This was the best thing for everyone. If she didn't have magic she couldn't hurt anyone, right?

"We'll just have to find her without the spell. Where's Hook anyway? I thought she and the pirate were attached at the hip now."

"Thankfully you and Robin managed to drive a wedge in that." David said.

Regina turned in surprise. "What are you talking about?"

"Emma feels bad about bringing back Marian and ruining what you had with Robin. So she's been pushing Hook away. She feels guilty being happy when she took your happiness."

Regina narrowed her eyes. Was this true? Maybe Emma really did want to be her friend. But there was no time to dwell on that now. Robin and Marian would be reunited soon enough. Now the important thing was finding Emma before she let Gold take her powers.

"Whatever Gold is planning isn't going to be good for Emma. The little imp never does anything unless it benefits him. We need to find her before she does something she'll regret," Regina warned.

"Yeah, like give up our only means of protection against you." David said.

"David." Mary Margaret admonished.

"Enough. Let's go. Henry, scarf please."

Henry rolled his eyes and put on his scarf.

"You really think you can track her from where Henry found her?" Mary Margaret asked.

"I'm not a hunter, Mary Margaret, but if we're lucky she left a magical trail."

"We could ask Robin to help." David suggested.

"No." Regina answered immediately.

"Regina, this is serious. More serious than this little love triangle you have going on."

Regina's eyes widened dangerously.

"Mom," Henry gently touched her arm.

"Go wait in the car, Henry," she said not moving her eyes from David.

Henry only hesitated a second before opening the door.

"Take Neal and get him buckled in. We'll drop him off with Belle on the way." Snow said handing her son to Henry.

As Henry took Neal and started down the stairs, Regina stepped forward leaning into to David. "If you ever say something like that in front of my son again, I will take out your tongue. You would do well not to forget who you're speaking to," she hissed.

"Regina, you're right, but Robin is a wonderful tracker. We really could use his help." Snow said.

Regina finally broke eye contact with David and turned to face Mary Margaret. How did she always find herself tangled up with these two idiots? Why must they make everything so complicated? Noting the worry and pleading in Mary Margaret's eyes, Regina took pity on her.

"Fine. Ask the outlaw for his help," she turned and heading down the stairs after Henry.

Roland sat next to Robin eating his bowl of oatmeal near the fire. "Won't mamma be really hungry since she always sleeps through eating time?" he asked.

Robin just started at him. Marian. She was frozen. He finally had his love back and she was frozen. They had to defeat this Snow Queen. Maybe the Prince and Princess had come up with a plan.

"Papa?" Roland asked drawing Robin's attention back.

"We'll make sure she has a big meal waiting for her when she wakes up," Robin answered.

"Okay. Will you teach me more shooting today?" Roland asked.

"Maybe this afternoon. Now go with Tuck and help with the dishes."

Roland nodded and hurried off with Tuck. Will turned to Robin as soon as his son was out of sight.

"Was the Queen able to find a cure?"

"We're trying to defeat the Snow Queen why would I go to her for help? She did this."

"No, mate, not the Snow Queen. I thought Regina was helping you try to find a magical cure to wake Marian." "What are you on about, Will?"

"The Evil Queen. You said she was helping. You said she would find a way to wake Marian."

"Are you out of your mind? The Evil Queen killed Marian. My love wouldn't even be here if not for The Savior. I would never ask the Evil Queen for help. Why would you think such a thing?"

"Robin, are you feeling alright?"

Roland came running back. "Papa! I can't find my monkey."

"What monkey?" Robin asked.

"My monkey. That R'gina made me when she rescued me from the bad witch."

"Roland, I have no idea what you are talking about," Robin said irritated.

"Papa, 'member we were walking and the flying monkey wanted to take me away, but R'gina made me a toy instead."

"Roland, I don't have time for your stories right now. I have to figure out how to wake your mother."

Roland's lip turned up into a pout at Robin's harsh tone.

"Hey little knight, let's go on a quest to find your monkey," Little John suggested.

Roland nodded and took Little John's outstretched hand.

"Robin, something happened to you. Did-"

"Robin!" Snow came rushing into the camp cutting off Will.

"Your highness, how may I be of service?" Robin asked.

"Emma's missing and we need your help tracking her. Henry saw her this morning so we're going to try to track her from that location. Regina's hoping for a magical trail, but in case that doesn't work we were hoping you'd come along and help track her the traditional way." David explained as he caught up to his wife. "Henry and Regina are in the car."

Robin frowned. "Emma's missing?"

"Well, not exactly missing so much as we don't know where she is. She's asked Gold to take away her magic and we need to find her and stop her." Mary Margaret explained.

"Go on, Robin. We need Emma's powers if we're going to defeat that Snow Queen. We'll take care of Roland." Tuck said.

"And we'll finish our conversation later," Will said. "Hurry on then. No time to waste."

Robin looked around in confusion, but picked up his bow and followed David and Mary Margaret to the car.

Regina tensed as she saw Robin approaching the car. This was not good. She did not expect to have to deal with this so soon. She took a deep breath.

"It's okay, mom," Henry said softly from the backseat.

The car doors opened. Robin and Snow climbed in the back and David began driving again. A tense silence filled the car.

Robin was trying to figure out who the dark haired brooding woman in the front seat was. He couldn't recall seeing her before.

"What do you think Gold is planning, mom?" Henry asked breaking the silence.

"I thought we were going to find your mother, Henry," Robin said in confusion.

Regina jumped in, not giving anyone time to process Robin's question. "Whatever Gold is planning can't be good, but I don't know of any spells that would take away someone's magic. Emma was born with it. It's part of her very being. I don't have any idea how that could be removed without…" she trailed off. She couldn't very well finish the statement with Henry in the car. She had no idea how the magic could be removed without hurting Emma. "Maybe Emma misunderstood and Gold only offered to bind her magic, not remove it."

"What does that mean?" David asked.

"Well, binding it would be similar to the magic cuff Hook gave me. It would prevent her from using her magic, but not actually remove the magic," Regina explained. "Henry, are you paying attention? How much further into the woods?"

"Oh! Sorry. It's just around the curve," Henry answered. "Okay. Here, grandpa."

David stopped the car and got out. Robin climbed out of the backseat and before Regina could open the door, he'd opened it for her.

"I don't believe we've met, m'lady," he said offering her a hand.

Snow caught Robin's words and frowned. "Regina?"

Regina stepped out of the car, ignoring Robin's hand and walked straight past him. She caught a whiff of pine as she did. Oh, this was going to be so much harder than she thought. And Marian wasn't even awake yet.

"Silence. I'm trying to work." Regina shut her eyes and tried to focus on any magical traces left behind. "Where were you when her magic hit you, Henry?"

Henry walked over to the rock he'd hit when Emma's magic blew him back and pointed. Regina knelt down and tried to focus on the energy. The magic was wild. Emma was definitely out of control. This was not good, but it could make her easier to track.

She sensed his presence immediately. Sure enough when she opened her eyes, there was Robin right beside her inspecting the rock.

"Where was Emma when her magic hit you, Henry?" Robin asked.

"Farther back. Close to the street." He moved to show Robin.

David's walkie crackled. He stepped away from the group.

"This is pointless. The trail is going to take us to Gold's shop. We should have started there," Robin said.

Regina looked up. That was unexpected. Robin was not normally so impatient or rude. Those were her traits, not his. But, before she could respond, David returned to the group.

"Ruby found Emma's car. It's way on the outskirts of town near some large mansion," David said. "She gave me directions, so let's go."

"I thought Regina and Jefferson were the only two with mansions in this town," Snow said. "Who else did you give a mansion to?"

"This is your curse, princess," Regina answered. She slammed the car door shut. Stuck in a car with Charming, Snow, and her unhappy ending. That author was going to pay if she ever found him.