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Chapter 1

Emma was driving at full speed in her beetle to Regina's house with her parents in the backseat praying that they could get to the mayor before anything happened.

Today was Archie's funeral and although there was bad history between the former cricket and Rumplestilskin the former imp still showed up to pay his respect to the dead conscious. When Belle and Rumple had approached the casket containing the body though to pay their last respects to the man looked for one second before turning to the royal family and demanding to know who would play such a sick joke.

Everyone was shocked by the statement and demanded to know what he meant but Rumple just simply waved his hand and Archie's body disappeared in a puff of purple smoke replaced by another.

Cries of shock had run through the funeral home but Rumplestilskin stood there ignoring them looking at the royal family who were unable to speak. Henry eventually broke the silence asking if this was a trick that Regina did but Rumple shot that theory down saying that only himself and a few others knew this particular spell and he had never taught it to the Queen when she was his student.

Instead Rumplestilskin pinned Emma and Snow down with a serious look and demanded to know if there was ANY way that someone could still have crossed over from the Enchanted Forest. It took only a few seconds for the woman to realize that there was, Emma had left Captain Hook on top the Beanstalk with the Giant who kept a single dimensional bean with him, though it did not work.

After saying yes and explaining how Rumplestilskin grew angrier than anyone, even Belle, had ever seen and explained that the water of Lake Nostos the bean could have been revived and that now it was a good chance that Hook and more importantly Cora was now in Storybrooke and were responsible for the death of the psychiatrist and Regina's frame job.

Turning to leave with Belle Rumple had turned around and given the royal family one last look deciding to twist the dagger even further into their hearts by saying.

"Regina and I may hate each other but even I could see that she was really changing and now you might have ruined it by letting old grudges guide your thinking."

Ruby then volunteered to watch Henry and deal with the funeral guests knowing what the royals were about to do next. Although Henry demanded to go with them Emma said that if Regina was still dangerous that Henry presence could accidentally set her off, hearing this and oddly obeying Henry just gave Emma the key he kept around his neck and asked her to bring his mom back.

So the royals had piled into the yellow Volkswagen and set off towards the former mayor's house breaking as many speeding laws as they could along the way. When they finally reached the car they got out of the car and ran to the red door pounding on it but no one answered.

Emma suddenly feeling very afraid grabbed the door handle only to have a small cloud of purple surround it and shock her making the Saviour let go very quickly.

"Emma are you ok?" Snow said taking her daughter's hand and looking at it glad that there was no damage aside from a slight tremor.

"What was that?" James asked looking at the door picking up a rock from the ground and throwing it at the door and having the same purple energy come up and stop it.

"She's sealed herself in," Emma said looking up at the queen's bedroom that awful feeling from before still in her gut. "REGINA LET US IN WE KNOW YOU DIDN'T KILL ARCHIE."

"What about the back door?" Snow questioned if Regina knew that people would come after her when she set up this barrier she might not have shielded the back door as securely knowing that most people would try the front first and give up when they realized she might not be home.

"You two go check I'll see if Henry's key works." Emma said pulling out the key from her pocket.

Nodding the pair set off around the house well Emma silently sending a prayer that Regina didn't spell her house against her son. Sliding the key in and seeing no purple energy coming to shock her Emma turned the key slowly and opened the door stepping into the house.

Emma was taken aback by how cold the house was it wasn't like Regina to keep the house this cold, every time the Sheriff had entered the house previously she knew that it was always kept at a comfortable temperature.

James suddenly appeared behind his daughter slightly out of breath. "Emma the back door is warded also but her tree, Regina's apple tree it's …."

Hurrying to the back door Emma saw Snow standing in front of the once beautiful apple tree back turned to her just looking at it, it was horrible the tree was completely bare with rotting leaves and apples surrounding it. Opening the door Emma ran to her mother turning her away from the sight and noticing that Snow was mumbling something.

"- connected to her, she told me she is the tree and the tree is her when I was small." Snow mumbled looking back at the tree sadly.

"Snow listen to me Regina wouldn't kill herself she's not that type of woman." Emma said taking both sides of Snow's face and making her look at directly at Emma.

"But we took Henry away from her just like I did with Daniel," Snow said tears falling from her eyes as she remembered Regina's face when she told Snow about Daniel's death, to the Queen it was a wound that would never heal. "We took her hope away."

"Snow Emma," James called from an open window surprising both women. "Get up here now."

Taking one last look at the tree both Emma and Snow took off towards the house running up the stairs and seeing James standing in front of Regina's open bedroom door. Looking inside they saw Regina dressed in the same outfit she had on when they were last here sleeping comfortably on her bed completely oblivious to the world around her.

"No." Snow whispered looking at her step-mother fearfully.

Emma quickly walked forward and started shaking Regina's shoulder's trying to wake her up but the woman didn't so much as twitch. Seeing a note in Regina's folded hands Emma picked it up and saw the words 'Royal Family' written on it, quickly tearing it open Emma started reading it out loud.

"'I did not kill Archie no matter what any of you thinks but I saw Miss Swan tell Henry and no now that no matter what I do I will always be blamed in the end because I as you've said will never change'." Emma said feeling the slight prickle of tears come to her eyes as she read the words suddenly hating herself for even uttering them.

Regina had been there, she had seen that Henry did not even try to deny what his adoptive mother was accused of he just sought comfort in the arms of his birth mother believing it to be true.

"'I have decided that since everyone thinks that I am a murder I would be the one to decide my punishment myself rather than have another do so, I will put myself to sleep much I did with you Snow and become a prisoner in my own body'," Emma felt sick all of a sudden as she looked at her parents and saw that she wasn't the only one. "'I summoned the needle we used to put James to sleep and have decided to use it on myself, don't worry I will have just enough time before falling asleep to destroy it.'"

"'Before I go though I want to tell you all something to each of you, James this might not be how you wanted me to go but I hope you take solace knowing that I am dead in some way'," Emma looked at her father in shock wondering if he had ever tried to kill Regina in the past. "'Miss Swan I want you to take care of your son, being a parent is not easy a task and you'll make mistakes but thankfully you'll have people who you can go to for help'."

"'Finally to Snow, all those years ago you once tried to get me to change I find it ironic that the love I have for your grandson is what finally made me do so but know this, although I hate you and will until my dying breath I would never have tried to kill you again because of him'." Emma looked up at her mother and saw that she had moved out of James arms and was now crying into Regina's side like a little girl.

"Is there nothing for Henry?" James asked with a grim face looking at the sleeping woman.

"Yeah 'You must wonder why I have no words of love for Henry or protests of my innocence no doubt and it is simple he would not believe me or anything I could say to him so its best that I try not to'," Emma couldn't help but remember Regina's face when she said that she was going to break Henry's heart by telling him what the former mayor had done, before the smoke had transported her away, Regina had looked completely broken. "'Goodbye, Regina The Evil Queen'."

Putting the letter down Emma looked at her parents seriously feeling a few tears falling from her eyes because she knew that she and everyone else had played their parts perfectly in Cora's plan and broken Regina completely though nobody would have expected this.

"What do we do now?" Emma asked hoping that Snow and Charming would know the answer because Emma didn't.

*Author's Note*

I know what Regina did might seems a little OC but I think at the end of 'The Cricket Game' she reached her breaking point.

If anyone of my Avengers story 'Little God of Mischief' is wondering I'm not abandoning it I'm going to try and work on two stories at once so fingers crossed.

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