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A/N: Like I said before, this story is not beta readed, so all errors are mine!

Apparently I can't do fluff for too long. This chapter has its angst and action.

I'll probably end this story following the spoilers of the season finale of OUAT, so it won't be too long.

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Part 3

Regina smiled contently. She was listening to her son talk enthusiastically at her while they took a trip around the park.

"She was really nice." Henry said referring to Tinkerbelle. They had come from meeting her in the diner, and now her son kept talking about how interesting the people in the town were, especially Tink and Ruby, who probably found each other quite interesting as well. "Tink is a very strange name, isn't it? It's sounds like it comes from Tinkerbelle."

"It does." Regina says before she could stop herself. She smiled awkwardly when Henry's eyes looked at her in surprise. "Her parents were fans of the story. Tinkerbell is her middle name. She likes it because it is… particular." Regina lied. She hated to lie to Henry, but at least it was only a partial lie.

"She is very pretty as well." He said pensive, but then blushed and turned to look at her with embarrassment. "But you are prettier! You are like the fairest of them all!" Regina cringed internally at the reference, and Henry looked at her with confusion. "It's from Snow White. You know because of Tink's name… fairy tales"

"Yes dear, I understood that reference, it's just I don't like to be… compared with the Evil Queen of those stories. She is…" She is not the real me. I'm not the Evil Queen anymore. She hated the fairy tales from this world because they were even more double standard that the ones in her own world.

"I wasn't comparing you with the Evil Queen, I was thinking you were more like Snow White. You know? A strong, beautiful and kind person." Henry said with a huge beam and she could only give him a weak smile in return. This comparison was even worse than the first one.

"Hey! Regina, what's your favorite flower?" Henry asked in earnest.

"It depends, roses are very beautiful and elegant, but I think I really like gardenias or lilies the most. Why do you ask?"

"Maybe If I give you one, you'll consider joining me again for a walk in the docks." Regina at first was surprised, but rapidly she laughed at his words. In the morning Henry had been very shy, but now he seemed to have made up his mind. Henry was flirting with her quite relentlessly now, which was very strange, but she found it so endearing as well. It was just like when Henry was a young boy, and he did everything to make her smile.

"You don't have to give me anything Henry, I would love to join you." Regina said allowing one of her hands to ruffle his hair in a short caress. His smile couldn't grow wider.

"You are just going to pet me? I think I deserve at least a kiss." The young boy teased and Regina laughed again at loud. This little crush Henry was having on her was strange, but once he recovers his lost memories Regina will enjoy very much to tease him about this.

She leaned down and gave him a quick peck in the top of his head. For a small moment, Regina waited for a blast of magic that will break the curse and return his memories, but it didn't come. She smiled sadly at him and resumed her walk.

"Where did you learned to flirt like that?" Regina asked curiously, but she was almost certain of the answer.

"From mom, but when she does it she sounds pathetic and weird, when I do it I sound adorable and charming." Henry said with proud while raising his chin in the air.

"You sure are charming, dear." Regina said smirking at her own pun. "Though, dear, you do know I'm at least…" fifty "twenty years older than you."

"I know, but my mom is just about the right age." Henry smirked knowingly. Regina knew Henry was trying to figure out if she had feelings for Emma, and maybe Regina didn't want to lie to him anymore.

"I guess she is somehow…" She did was almost thirty years older than Emma.

"You like her don't you?" It wasn't a question, he was just asking for confirmation because he already knew the answer.

"…Yes… yes I like her." Regina said with a hint of fear in her voice. She didn't want to lie, but her admission might cost her too much. She didn't want to lose Henry or the new found friendship she had found in Emma. Will Emma understand her feelings? Will she return them? Or will Emma reject her and tell her she would never like someone like her? That she will never like the Evil Queen.

"Do you…" Regina stopped herself on time, but Henry noticed the fear and uncertainty written all over the woman's face.

"What?" He prompted knowing that something had upset Regina. He suddenly felt the need to hug the Mayor in reassurance, but he contained his impulse and decided to grab her hand instead. Regina was surprised by the action, and when she saw so much understanding and compassion in Henry's eyes, she smiled weakly at him and said:

"Do you think she likes me too?" Regina's voice was soft and innocent as the one of a child.

She wanted to trust Snow's words and believe that Emma had indeed feelings for her, but her own insecurities made her doubt. Could it be possible? Could she get a happy ending next to Emma?

"Yes, I'm sure of it… but she might not know it." Henry said with a shrug. "She is sometimes clueless, which is weird considering her profession." He said with a smirk and Regina smiled noticing how similar it was compared to her own smile.

"Yes, I know how she can get sometimes."

"May I ask you something Miss Mills?"

"You know you can Henry, and I already told you there is no need to address me so properly."

"Uhg… I wanted to ask you… Do you have a son or a daughter?" Regina was dumbstruck by the question, and she was sure Henry had already got his answer just by looking her reaction. Maybe Henry had remembered something. Maybe he was starting to recognize her.

"Yes, dear, I have a son." She spoke with difficulty. It was so painful to talk about this to Henry.

"Where is he?" Henry asked with curiosity noticing the watery eyes of Regina.

"He is… gone for now…" She said looking away from her son.

"Is he studying away or something?"

"No, he is about your age." Regina said looking right into his eyes. She wanted for Henry to figure it out. He already knew they had met before; he just needed to make the connection.

"Then why isn't he with you?"

"My son… he is sick… he is not with me because he doesn't remember he is my son. He left with his other… parent a time ago." She spoke with sincerity. Henry watched a torrent of emotions flow over Regina's features, from remorse, to love and concern.

"Oh… I'm so sorry."

"It's ok… I'm still waiting for him to remember me. I will never give up on him." Regina said looking deeply into Henry's eyes.

"Uh, Regina, are you -" Suddenly, a loud cry sounded from within the park. Regina frowned when a shiver ran over her spine in warning. She rapidly pushed Henry behind her, just in time to see a big group of flying monkeys emerging from the trees and heading towards them rapidly.

"What is that?" Regina heard Henry ask, but she didn't had time to think much about protecting his false memories when she was worried of protecting his life.

"Stay close to me Henry!" Regina commanded and quickly she lifted a magical barrier around them to protect them from the flying beasts.

She was trying to shoot fire balls to the monkeys when a second ball of fire hit hers in the air. She diverted her eyes of the flying monkeys and found Rumplestiltskin holding a fire ball in his hand.

This is not good. I can't defend Henry and fight all of them at the same time.

"Regina!" The witch turned around to see Hook running towards her. She threw a fire ball to a group of flying monkeys and allowed the magic barrier to fell for a second allowing Hook to enter her defenses.

"Hook, take Henry and bring him somewhere safe!" Regina commanded, and Hook placed a hand over Henry's shoulder pulling him towards him.

"No! What about you?" Henry was obviously confused, but he was also very scared. Regina couldn't afford to risk his life.

"I'll be ok, Henry. Hook, take him out of here!" Regina screamed in exasperation.

"I'm sorry, love."

Regina didn't register the pain until she felt a second wave of pain hit her left shoulder. She collapsed to her knees and stared in shock at the golden arrow that was impaling her skin. She took a deep breath, and she hissed in agony bringing her hand to her side. She could feel the blood oozing from her lower back and silently cursed herself for being so stupid.

Hook had stabbed her with his hook. She now could see that her magic field had collapsed and Robin Hood stood at the other side of the park with his bow in high. Rumple and the monkeys had stopped their attack immediately after she had hit the ground. She was no longer a treat.

"Hook, you bastard." Regina cursed the man, who looked apologetically at her while Henry watched her with absolute dread.

"I'm sorry, Regina"

"Oh, don't blame the pirate, sis. He couldn't do anything about it. I have his heart after all." Regina recognized the voice immediately. Did she just call her sis?

"You…"

"Yes, I understand you don't remember me. Let me introduce me once again." Suddenly, a green cloud of smoke appeared before her and revealed a mocking Zelena. "I'm your big sister, Regina."

"What?" Regina asked in confusion.

"Cora lied to you Regina. I'm your half sister."

"If you really are my sister, why are you doing this? What have I ever done to you?" Regina steadied herself. She could feel herself getting weaker with every passing moment due to the lost of blood, but she wasn't about to let Zelena see her weakness.

"You were born." Zelena said with hate dripping from her words. "You had everything in your life, and I'm about to claim it as mine."

"Now I know you are really crazy. Trust me dear, you don't want my life."

"Oh, but I shall have it anyway. You see, sis, I'm going to cast a little curse of my own, a curse that will make me turn back time. I'm going to change my past, and I will live the life I deserved: yours, but the difference is that I would not make the same mistakes you made.

"Not only you are mad, but you are also delusional. Time traveling spells are impossible." Regina said with a grimace.

"Before they might have been, but I have found the last ingredient that will allow me to do it. All I need is a heart, a brain, courage and a home. The heart of a man in love I got it from the pirate, the Charming's courage and Rumplestiltskin's brain. They were quite easy to obtain." Zelena said with an evil smirk in her lips. "And your son, dear, is the final ingredient for my recipe." She said stepping closer to the young boy who was still petrified by the things happening around him.

Killian had his hook digging menacingly to his shoulder blade and Henry couldn't take his eyes away from Regina.

"Don't you dare touch him!" Regina tried to stand up; however, a pair of strong arms stopped her from doing so. Robin Hood had moved to restrain her movements by wrapping his arms around Regina.

Zelena didn't think it too much. She pushed her hand inside Henry's chest in a swift movement, but she frowned at the moment she touch the heart.

"Oh… this is peculiar."

"You can't reap his heart. I protected it with a spell."

"I can reap his heart, but I don't need to anymore." Zelena said taking his hand out of Henry's chest. Henry fell to the ground in confusion and fear. He brought his hands to his chest and palmed it with anxiety.

"It's not his heart what I need. I thought that the false memories you gave him were the representation of a home, but I was mistaken." Zelena turned around and motioned for Hood to make Regina stand up. Hood obeyed and brought Regina to stand up with a hiss of pain from the woman.

Regina grimaced and watched in horror how Zelena reached for her heart in one quick motion. She felt the cold fingers wrap around the sensitive organ, and how they squished lightly sending a wave of pain through all her body.

"Your heart represents Henry's and Emma's home. When you gave them their happy endings, your heart became the totem of their happiness, of their home." Zelena said with a smirk watching Regina's face contort in pain.

However, Regina wasn't ready to give up. She moved her hands to grab Zelena's hand and kept it within her own body.

"You can take my heart if that's what you want, but you are really underestimating me if you think that their won't be any consequences for it. You might be stronger than me, but you are not smarter" Zelena's cry of pain startled everybody.

The red-haired woman backed down pulling Regina's heart with her. The dark witch collapsed once her body was left without a heart, and Zelena stood with a scowl in her face watching the beating organ in her hand.

"No!" She cried in anger. In a pit of rage she turned to attack Henry, but she was stopped by an invisible force. She hissed angrily once again and turned around walking away from the men.

"Are we going to kill her?" Hood asked glancing down at Regina's immobile body.

"No, I need her alive for now." Zelena said with venom.

"And the boy?"

"Leave him. Regina was indeed smarter than me this time, but not for long. Move!" She ordered and Robin and Hook followed behind, leaving Henry beside the unconscious Mayor.

Rumplestiltskin who had witnessed everything from afar, called Henry's attention by calling out his name.

"She needs medical attention. Please make sure she gets it." He said giving a last glance to the black-haired woman in the ground.

His words somehow made Henry woke up from his stupor. He had been so surprised and scared all the time that he didn't realized Regina's state until he saw a puddle of blood gathering beneath her.

He jumped into action immediately. He was confused and probably in shock, but he couldn't let Regina die. He searched Regina's pockets and found her cell phone. He decided to call first to the hospital and then he would call his mom.

"Please, Regina, don't die."

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She was scared. She couldn't remember ever felt so much dread in her life. Henry's phone call had been nerve-wracking. She wasn't sure what had scared her most, that Henry might have been in danger or that his son was crying over the woman who was hurt while defending him.

Regina was hurt. Badly hurt.

Unconsciously, her legs moved faster and faster with every second. No, she was not scared. She was petrified. Her breathing was frantic, her heart beating frenetic and she could taste the bile in the pit of her throat. Her hands were shaking, and she was surprised her legs hadn't given up on her yet.

When she entered the hospital, her eyes found Henry's shaking form sitting in a bench. She ran to him and quickly checked him for injuries.

"I'm ok." He said with a shaky voice. Emma's eyes travel down his body and she shivered at the implication, both in relief and in fear. Henry was safe, but that meant that the blood tainting his son's clothes belonged to Regina.

Henry must have noticed the distress in his mother's eyes because he moved to take her hand within his.

"She is in surgery." He said bringing back the will to breath again for the blonde. Regina is still alive.

"What happened?" David asked behind her. Snow and Charming had finally caught up with her. Emma thanked them inwardly, not trusting her dry throat to be able to voice her concerns right now.

"We were in the park when suddenly a group of… of flying monkeys attacked us." Henry said still doubting his own memories. He knew what he had seen, but he still couldn't believe it. "Regina, she protected us behind a barrier, but then a man appeared and started throwing fire balls to us."

"Rumplestiltskin …" Snow said confirming everybody's thoughts.

"Then Killian came and he… he stabbed Regina in the back and another guy shoot an arrow at her." Henry wanted to throw up. He had liked Killian. He couldn't understand why the man had done that to Regina.

Emma, on the other hand, was now fuming in rage.

"Then a woman appeared and she… she tried to take my heart, but she took Regina's instead."

"That bastard!" Emma shrieked in anger surprising her family. "I'm going to kill him!" Emma said turning around with an angry growl.

"Emma, wait! Where are you going?" Snow called her and ran behind her.

"I'm going to find Hook and use his hook as a carving knife to open his guts open like a fish, that's what I'm going to do!" Emma said in a flare. She had never been so angry before in her life. Hook had betrayed her trust. She would never forgive him for that. "And then I'm going rip that witch's heart and crush it with my own hands!"

"Emma, you need to calm down. You can't go after him and Zelena alone!" Snow tried to reason with her, but Emma was hectic. "You don't know if he is working with Zelena or if she is controlling him, just like she controls Rumple."

"I don't care. He deserves to die!"

"You can't say that, Emma."

"He stabbed Regina, mom! How am I supposed to let him go away with this? He almost killed the woman I-"

Silence.

Emma stopped in her tracks realizing what she was about to say. Oh God… this is not happening.

She didn't notice the tears falling freely from her greenish eyes. Snow smiled sympathetically at her and decided to help her daughter a little.

"The woman you love." There it was. Emma's eyes flew open at the realization. She was in love with Regina. When did this happen? When did she fell in love with Regina Mills? Her brain was screaming that it was impossible, but her heart was confirming it with every heart beat.

This fear, this acceleration, this pain, this happiness, this uncertainty, they all belonged to Regina. How did she never notice before? No. She had noticed, but she had decided to ignore the little voice in her head that told her that she was madly in love with a former Evil Queen. She knew she liked Regina, but she never knew how strong her affections for her were.

"Oh God… I'm in love with her." She said letting her words be the confirmation of her feelings. "Wait, you know? Why aren't you freaking out?" She asked her mother unbelievingly.

"It's not entirely new to me, but I guess I didn't 'freak out' because I can see how much you love her Emma, and I will always support you no matter what."

"Mom…" And with that Emma was a crying mess. Snow moved closer to hug her daughter, and give her some sort of comfort.

"What am I supposed to do now? What if she dies? What if I never get to tell her?" Emma cried in anguish. Now, she knew the reason why she was so preoccupied for Regina, and it made it ten times worse. She couldn't lose Regina. Please God, don't take her away from me.

"She is going to be ok, Emma. She is Regina after all."

"But that broccoli bitch has her heart. What if she crushes it? What if I… if she…"

"Emma, stop! She is going to be ok, you just have to believe." Snow reassured her with a smile, she stepped back allowing her daughter to clean her own tears with the back of her hand.

"Miss Swan…" Emma turned to find Doctor Whale looking at her with confusion.

"How is she? How's Regina?!" She moved immediately closer to him.

"Her injuries weren't serious. There wasn't any damage to her organs. She did lose a lot of blood, so we proceed to make a blood transfusion."

"So, she is ok?"

"That's the problem Miss Swan, she should have woken up a while ago. We had tried to wake her, but she is not responding. I believe her, lacking her heart, might be the reason for her current state."

"Are you saying she won't wake up?" Emma asked with hesitation.

"I'm saying that right now, we don't know when she is going to wake up." Whale said with his doctor voice. Emma felt the need to punch him in his face for his indifference, but she knew that Regina had done wrong to many people in Storybrooke and she should be thankful that Whale tended her injuries despite of their differences.

"I know only family members can enter, but can I go see her?" Emma requested, and Whale looked at her with puzzlement.

"Miss Swan, I thought you knew. The Mayor has your number as her emergency contact. Technically, only you and her son are allowed to enter, but since I know the circumstances you all can enter." Whale guide them all to Regina's room and left them standing outside the close door.

"Emma, are you ok, sweety?" Snow asked with concern. David had the same expression on his face. Was she the only one that was unaware of her feelings for Regina?

"I'm not sure…" She answered with honesty.

"Mom?" Henry's voice made her react once again, she hadn't noticed that her hand was wrapped around the door knob and she had been staring at the white wooden door for quite a long time.

"I think is better if you don't come inside Henry." Emma reasoned, but Henry's following words made her jump in surprise.

"Is Regina my mom?"

"Do you remember her?" Was her reply; however, when she noticed the frown in Henry's face she knew that the answer was a big 'no.'

"That woman, she said I was Regina's son, and that she has given me new memories. Is this why I can't remember her?" She moved closer to him and held his hands in between hers. Emma took a deep breath looking at his son's eyes.

"Regina is your adoptive mother." She said at once. She knew Henry deserved to know. No more lies. Henry will know the truth.

"This is why we are here in Storybrooke? Why can't I remember her?" He asked confused by his own memories.

"She had to give you up to save you Henry, and when she did it, she gave me and you the memories of a life together. In reality, I didn't raise you. I put you in adoption when you were a baby and Regina adopted you. You don't remember anything because of a curse."

"She was willing to die for me…" Henry said digesting what he meant to Regina. This was too much, but for some reason he wasn't mad or wanted to think too much about it. Now, he was determined to get back his memories in order to remember the woman that had sacrificed so much to keep him safe and happy.

"Please let me go and see her." Henry begged, and Emma couldn't help but nod at his pleading eyes. She didn't want to go back to New York anymore. She belonged there with Henry and Regina. She knew it now, and she was going to fight in order to get what she wanted.

They entered the room and saw Regina's still body lying in the bed. Emma's breath hitched when she saw the bandages in her shoulder. She was furious.

"We need to find her." She said at loud. David moved closer to her and placed a hand in her shoulder.

"We will, Emma. I promise."

"I can't stay here knowing that the crazy witch has her heart. I need to-"

"We know Emma, but running after Zelena without a plan would be very irresponsible. We have to-"

"What if she crushes it?" Emma asked in despair letting tears fall down her cheeks once again. "I can't lose her, dad." At that moment David, knew that what Snow had told him before was truth. Emma was in love with Regina and there was nothing they could do to stop her.

"She won't." Henry said moving closer to Regina and touching her hand lightly with his index finger. "She said she needed her alive." His words created silence in the room. The prospect of Zelena having Regina's heart and that she was going to use it was terrifying, and yet Emma found relieve in that notion.

"That means that we still have time." She said smiling weakly at the beautiful woman in the bed. She stepped closer to Henry and stared at the way Henry kept playing with Regina's fingers. "You are going to be ok. I promise." Emma moved her hand and allowed it to caress Regina's temple with devotion. She didn't expect two pair of chocolate eyes to open and stare at her directly in surprise.

"Emma?" Regina asked in confusion.

The witch moved to sit down and felt her shoulder sting with a sharp pain. Oh yes, I remember.

"That wicked rat. I'm going to kill her." She said in disdain remembering what had happened in the park. She looked around and noticed how Snow and David were looking at her with something close to relief, and how Henry was staring her as if he had seen a ghost. What she didn't expect was how two strong arms swung around her neck and brought her into a strong embrace.

Emma was hugging her and clinging at her as if her life depended on it. She was shaking and sobbing silently. Emma had been scared for her… she cares about me…

"You are ok! You are ok!" Emma kept repeating next to her ear. Regina smiled softly and brought her hands to rest over Emma's back. She allowed her body to relax against the warm Emma's body provided. It was amazing how safe she felt inside Emma's embrace.

"Yes, dear, I'm ok."

"How? I thought you were…"

"She did managed to take my heart, but I made sure she will not be able to use it." Emma pulled away and stared at Regina with anxiety, confusion and relief all at the same time.

"How?"

"I cursed her. She is now losing her magic with every second. Also, I was able to wake up because when you touched me, my magic was awakened by yours, Emma. Thank you." Emma locked her eyes with the deep ones of Regina and lifted her hand to collect a lost strand of her behind Regina's ear.

"You scared the hell out of me!" Emma whined with a low chuckle.

"I'm sorry, dear." Regina smiled softly at her realizing how close they were. She moved her eyes away from Emma and glance at her son, who still had that look of utter surprise in his face.

"Henry… I'm sorry if I scared you. Are you ok?" She asked with concern. She couldn't imagine what Henry was dealing right now.

"Yes… mom." Henry's answer brought tears to her eyes.

"Do you remember?" She looked at him with hope and desperation. Henry shook his head and stepped closer to her. He lean over and hugged her just like he used to do when he was younger.

"No, but it does not matter. You are still my mom." He smiled at her and she placed a soft kiss over the top of his head.

"Regina." Emma's voice was watery and when she looked at her she confirmed that the blonde was crying again. This time she was crying happy tears because the people she loved the most were still by her side.

"We need to stop her Emma. And we need to do it now." Regina said with a hint of regret in her voice. She wanted to indulge in the feeling of having Henry and Emma so close to her, but she couldn't. They needed to defeat Zelena or they would be in great trouble after.

Emma could see the determination in Regina's eyes and she nodded in understanding.

"We'll do it… together." She said offering her hand to the witch. Regina glanced at the offering hand and smiled softly before taking it and entraining her fingers with Emma's.

"Together."

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