This story is a stroke of genius. I hadn't realized it until this chapter, but it's like a crossover with the Chinese legend of Niulang and Zhinu with Once Upon A Time. And the story fits together so well. Brilliant!

Good god Emma talks to damn much

WTF COOOOORRRRRAAAAA!

Wow, this was EPIC! Love the dialogue, the characterization of everyone and all the cool details and thoughts you have put into the story. Love how Regina is still an unapologetic bitch and how she evolves throughout the story.

I love this story so much I feel like I should be paying you for writing it!

Omg Emma and Regina and the bird is the best thing I've ever read. Ever. How!? How is this so goodddddd!? I'm so excited that there are 12 more chapters! epppppp!

Noooooooooo! It can't end there!? Fuck! No!

Must continue onward!

Regina's magic can't be anywhere as horrible as blood magic I bet. I hope we get to see where it comes from, I think it will be, perhaps, surprising. :)

Still awesome btw.

This story is stilk amazing. I live all the different references to other folklore and fairy tales. I'm slightly terrified of what Bluebeard will do, really hoping Regina and Emma combine their magic to defeat the bastard!

Oh my goodness, this is one of the best OUAT fics I've ever read! I'm absolutely loving your writing style! Regina's snark is fabulous and Emma's deadpan remarks are hilarious! I think you've done a brilliant job keeping everyone in character. I'm also delighted that you've not made Snow completely unlikeable either. :)

Seriously though, I think I must have passed over this fic a few times as the summary didn't particularly grab me...but I'm really glad I did decide to click on the link. This has got to be up in my top 5 SwanQueen favorite fics of all time. Really hoping it's just as amazing all the way through!

I wanted to mention a few things. First off, thank you for portraying Regina as the friggin' rad horse master that we all know she is. It's a rare, rare treat that we get to see that in action...with Daniel and everything, I can kind of understand, but really, I have always imagined Regina to be like the best horse-rider in all the Enchanted Forest because we see it being really huge for her growing up. But we never get a chance to see her ride, and you just wrote it just as I imagined she would be. So thank you again for that! You're also insanely good at writing those scenes so I have to wonder, do you ride yourself? Super ecstatic that you make Regina out to be giant nerd, because she totally is. Love that episode where she has all the glass tubes and beakers and is making a potion.

Regina and Emma's relations with one another are very amusing, I can't wait to see how everything progresses. She may want to kill her now, but soon she'll be angling to rip off the Savior's clothes I would inagine. Also, soooooo happy the Mayor was able to reach our Sheriff in good time, I think the summary had me worried that Regina wouldn't reach her untill fairly late on in the story.

Gonna read some more of this fantastic story!

Wow, just wow. This story is amazing! It has everything! I want to leave a longer review but I HAVE to go start part 2 RIGHT NOW!

For the record: Still awesome! Moving on to Part II. Be still my heart...

Just for the record - starting this series/trilogy for the...4th? 5th? time! Still awesome!

Some parts of this story I enjoyed and the others I just couldnt stand Emma.
I wish head Regina stayed around.I enjoyed her.
I got confused by some of the interactions but I think I got it
Bjt heck if someone did what the did to Regina and then the brought you back just to kill you over and over. I would have a little satisfaction of killing them to
one moment Emma is understanding and trusting the next she is straiht up bitch.
ill check out the next part tomorrow
Good story I just hope i dont start hating emma more than i do now

I came for the pre swanqueen of the latest part of this series, but I stayed for the amaxing plot. So much adventure! I seriously don't understand why this story has such few reviews. It was epic! I loved it! What I loved the most was the dialogue. The characterization was just perfect but the dialogue was so on point I could really imagine them saying those things. It was so great how you kept their personalities from the show but molded them to your needs for the story while allowing them to grow. Our badass girls stayed badass and our sleazy boys stayed sleazy even with the addition of romantic feelings and acquired friendships. There's so much I could keep adding to this but I guess what I'm trying to say is that you need to get published. Seriously, you are at level.