Disclaimer: I do not own any Once Upon A Time characters; or any other previously established fairy tale characters. However, the plot is mine.

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VANISHED

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The events of the night passed by in a blur. The moment she witnessed Robin throwing himself into the arms of his previously dead wife, she had turned to Emma and ripped a new one into the savior. Savior… that was rich. The woman was just as incompetent as her foolish mother. Were they all destined to simply f*ck her over time and time again. Luckily for her, everyone's attention was wrapped around the loving family reunion that was occurring before them all. Everyone that is except for the Charmings. Where guilt shown clear on Emma's face; pity reared its ugly head on the face of David. Snow, well, her eyes appeared wet and filled with worry. Even young Henry continued to stare at his adoptive mother in concern. However, the older brunette had not noticed any of them; her eyes frozen on the back of Robin's head. Instead, she quickly, but quietly backed out of Granny's. She needed to create major distance between herself and Robin before she did something she'd regret later; something not befitting of heroes.

Once the crisp air of the cool night caressed her hot skin, Regina allowed her magic to flow around her and transport her away. In a matter of seconds, she stood in her dark mansion; alone. "That's how it's supposed to be." She growled to no one.

Regina was angry. No… she was livid. God… she was furious! She was just so… so very… tired… She was tired of it all. Allowing the fury to leave her face, she finally permitted the tears to fall as she sank down to her knees. Not able to hold it back any longer, she just cried. The sobs rang loud and true as she could not contain them all. She cried for her loss of Daniel, for her father Henry, for her mother Cora, even for the sister she never really knew, Zelena. Regina cried for it all. But most of all, she cried for her innocence lost. Never again will she ever return to that girl. It's time that she accepted that.

Riinngg… Riinngg… Riinngg…

Regina was startled out of her musings as she pulled her phone out of her jacket pocket. Emma… She immediately pressed ignore. She was in no mood for the blonde moron.

Riinngg… Riinngg…

Just as soon as she silenced the phone, it began its screeching a second time. This time… Henry… Regina wiped away the tears from her face. As much as she loved her son, she just could not bring herself to speak to him right. Especially since no doubt, Emma is right alongside him. She ignored his call as well; this time letting it go to voicemail.

With the cell in one hand, Regina slowly made her way up the stairs. No longer the confident steps of a Queen; she dragged her feet, shoulders slumped in defeat. Upon reaching her bedroom door, her phone blared to life once more. Unhurried, she looked down at the noisy device sitting in the palm of her hand. Her eyes widened as fear clutched its dreary hand around her newly returned heart. Robin…

Regina dropped her phone, all breath escaping her body. "Robin…" She moaned in despair. "Why is he…?" She shook her head reaching for the phone. Grabbing the luckily undamaged device off of the floor, she quickly answered it; but did not breath a word.

"Regina… Regina? … Are you there? … Hello…" His deep voice inquired. Regina clutched the phone to her ear while the back of her legs hit her bed. She felt a small smile growing on her face as she sank into the plushy goodness of her very expensive mattress. God she loved this man. But it hurt, hearing his voice, knowing that there was no future between them. Tears welled up in her eyes once more. "Regina…" He said softer this time, as if he knew she was there, he knew she was listening.

Then before she knew it, she could hear others in the background. "Did you get her?" Regina frowned at the voice of the savior. "No… I don't…" Came Robin's defeated voice. "Let's head ov-" Snow was saying before the line went dead.

Regina's eyes widened. "Over where?" She asked, already knowing the answer. She jumped off of the bed. "Here… they're coming here…" Not good. Forgetting the phone on her bed, she raced to her hallway closet; only to return in a matter of seconds with one large suit case. "I can't stay here… I just can't…" She mumbled to herself as she threw her closet door open.

Immediately she turned on her bedroom light, squinting only for a moment to adjust to the sudden brightness. She knew she had little time, so she had to be quick. Calling upon her magic, Regina quickly packed her suit case with a few essentials, clothing (business and casual), three pairs of pumps, one pair of sneakers that she forgot she owned, and two coats. She wished that she could shrink everything to fit in more, but she knew that she could not rely on that type of magic for what she had planned.

Once satisfied, she cut the light back off; and not a moment too soon, as she noticed headlights outside of her window. She peeked through her curtain, and watched as David and Snow hopped out of his truck. Right behind them she spied Emma's yellow contraption; Hook's face peering through the passenger side window. Henry was hopping out of it, along with his birth mother and… gasp… Robin…

Regina pulled away from window for fear of being seen. She needed to get out of here now. Running to her suitcase, she frowned; she was forgetting something. Her eyes widened at the thought of her son. Their family album, it was in the living room. She had been showing Robin pictures earlier and she forgot it down there. She needed to be quick about it.

Summoning her magic, Regina and her suitcase disappeared from her bedroom only to reappear in the living room, in front of the now cold fireplace. Quickly scanning the area, her eyes landed on the album sticking halfway from behind a decorative pillow. Grabbing it she could hear the others stepping up to the door.

She was just about to teleport when she hesitated. If she took the album, then Henry would have nothing to remember their time together. The sound of the doorbell pulled her out of her thoughts. Making a quick decision, she opened the album and flipped through the pages. There was a photo in particular that she knew she couldn't live without. The jingling of keys outside her door did nothing to calm the woman down.

There she thought as she spied the sole picture three-quarters of the way in the album. With a soft smile she removed the photograph from the others. The doorknob began to turn just as purple smoke swirled around Regina and her suitcase. She disappeared just as the front door swung open.

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Henry watched as his mother walked out of the diner. He turned to look at Emma in confusion. He saw the deep guilt written all over her face. He didn't know how to feel. His mom was finally happy, they were all finally happy; why did Emma have to do this? He didn't blame her, but… it just wasn't fair. He walked out of the diner to follow his adoptive mother. She needed him right now.

"Mom." He called out once he was outside. He looked around and did not see her anywhere. Stepping away from the entrance and into the side walk, he tried again. "Mom!" He shouted, but saw no one.

Hearing the door to the diner open and close, he turned to see Emma walking out with her phone to her ear. She was followed out by David and Snow, Baby Neal being left behind with Ruby. Emma let out a deep sigh. "She's not answering."

"I'll try." Henry piped up once he noticed that Emma was trying to call Regina. It rang for a while, a lot longer than it did for Emma before going to voicemail. "Mom? Mom please pick up, it's Henry. Call me back." He insisted before hanging up, shoulders slumped. He looked at Emma. "Wha… why does this keep happening?" He asked, clearly upset. Why couldn't his mom just get her happy ending too. She was a good guy now.

"Henry…" Emma started, but had nothing to say. Shaking her head, she looked to Hook. "This is all my fault. I should have listened to you." She told him as he pulled her into his arms; silently offering comfort.

"It's not your fault Emma. You were just trying to do the right thing." Snow reasoned; though part of her was just as disappointed as Henry. She was so close to getting the woman who taught her all about True Love back. So close. David said nothing as he too wrapped his arms around his love.

The family's reverie was disturbed as the bell of the diner's door dinged once more. They all turned towards the newcomer. "I apologize if I've intruded on a family matter, but have any of you seen Regina?" Asked Robin as he hesitantly stepped toward the group.

There was a slight awkward silence, before David decided to break the tension. "No… we haven't been able to get a hold of her." He finished, gesturing towards Henry's hand where he was still gripping his cell phone.

Robin tried to pretend that he hadn't noticed the awkward tension swimming in the air around them, nor the odd looks of unease that he was receiving from everyone; particularly Henry. He supposed it was only natural; after all, he was dating the lad's mother and was just reunited with his wife. "Perhaps I could give it a try." He suggested, pulling out his own phone. A funny contraption he was recently introduced to by his lovely evil queen. In a matter of seconds, he heard the call picked up on the other line. "Regina." He said full of relief that was soon to fade when he did not receive a response. He frowned, "Regina?" At this point everyone was looking at him questioningly. He tried to ignore them. "Are you there?" He asked, his face falling into sadness. "Hello…" Though there was no response, he knew that she was there… or at least, in his heart he felt that she were. And if she was not responding to him, he realized she was closing herself off to him… to the world… "Regina…" He said sadly, as though he wanted to plead with her not to withdraw back into that dark world.

The others looked at him in confusion. They thought perhaps he had reached her, but it didn't really sound like it. "Did you get her?" Emma asked, hopeful.

Robin shook his head, looking at the screen of his phone. Regina's beautiful face was smiling back up at him. "No… I don't…" He trailed off, moving his thumb over the end call button.

"Let's head over to her house. She's probably there." Snow suggested to Emma.

Emma nodded her head. "That's a good idea. Let's go Kid." She said, gripping her son's shoulders, while Hook followed behind.

"Snow and I'll take my truck." David informed, leading Snow towards his truck.

They all moved forward, when they realized that Robin was following. "Umm, not to sound indelicate or anything, but do you really think it's a good idea for you to be anywhere near Regina right now?" Emma asked.

Robin blinked his eyes in surprise. "What exactly are you implying? I mean Regina no ill will."

"That's not exactly what she meant mate. It's just…" Hook began, trying not to be too blunt; though subtly had never been his strong suit. "She probably hates your guts right now."

"Killian!" Emma reprimanded.

Hook shrugged his shoulders. "What? Look mate, the woman does not love easily. And you led her on."

"I did no such thing!" Robin argued. He would never do something so dishonorable. "I didn't… I never imagined that my wife would come back from the dead!"

"Robin what Hook means is, seeing you right now might not be the best thing for Regina." Snow told him trying to be diplomatic about the entire thing. "Maybe you should just go back to Marian."

"I…" Robin was at a loss for words. How did he explain to them that he needed to make sure that Regina was okay?

"Let him come." Everyone turned to Henry. "We're wasting time with this. My mom needs us. If Robin wants to come, let him; but we gotta go now." Henry pressed. And like that, everything was settled.

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Regina arrived at her vault a little half crazed. She realized that what she was doing was quite irrational. She was letting her wounded heart guide her rather than her logical mind; but she couldn't slow down to give it any further thought. The fact of the matter is that she has always either run away or fought; and she was so sick and tired of fighting. So instead she ran; and there was no Cora or Dark One to stop her this time.

She rapidly made her way inside the vault, knowing that the others will know to look for her here next, once they've realized that she means to leave. She shuffled through her potions, before pulling out specific vials. She let out a sigh of relief upon verifying that she had just enough of the ingredients left to make her potion. Though she did not have enough to make a memory potion that would allow one to remember what was lost; as she had told Emma when they were all first brought back. However, she did luckily have enough to make a memory potion that allowed one to forget a past life.

After mixing the potion and making sure it was done correctly, she moved to her cabinet of magic hearts. Reaching inside her chest, she made to pull out her heart only to hesitate a moment later. After recent events, the thought of parting with her heart left her increasingly unsettled. Slowly, she removed her hand from within her chest sans heart. She shrugged her shoulders. "After the potion, I won't remember anyway." She decided. After a thought, she did a spell over her heart the same as she did with Henry. Now no one could remove her heart with magic. It was always best to take precautions.

Grabbing the potion, she ran out of the vault. She took hold of her suit case once more and vanished in a cloud of amethyst smoke.

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Once the group pulled up to the mansion, Henry hopped out of the car. He ran up to the door as everyone else trailed behind. "You sure she's here? There's not a light on in the place." David acknowledged.

Snow shook her head. "If she's upset, she'd prefer that the lights were off." She explained as Henry rang the doorbell, and then knocked on the door. Since he first left Storybrooke and lost his memories, he no longer had a key to his childhood home.

"Okay, plan B anyone?" Hook asked.

Henry's face lit up. "Right!" He shouted, running to a bush and pulling out a rock.

"A rock? Are we breaking windows now?" Hook asked. "A bit vandalizing, but I like it." Emma elbowed him in the ribs.

"No," Henry shook his head and made his way back to the door. "A key." He said as he easily split the rock in two. It opened to reveal a spare key. Smiling the boy unlocked the door.

During the entire exchange, Robin remained silent. He didn't know what it was, but he felt anxious. As though they were losing time. He couldn't shake the feeling.

Click. The door was thrust opened and Henry ran into the mansion. "Mom!" He shouted. The only sound that greeted him was the falling of a photo album as it crashed to the hard wood floor below. "Mom?" He asked, walking further into the room; everyone else following in behind.

"Okay, let's search the place." Emma instructed, heading towards the kitchen.

Snow and David headed towards her library and study. Hook made quick work of the other rooms on the main level. Henry raced up the stairs after Snow and David, only he headed to Regina's room.

Robin was left alone in the living room. Staring at the once roaring fireplace. He was sitting there just this morning, with the woman who turned out to be his True Love. His heart was conflicted. Here he was, with the love of the woman he has sought out since day one in this new realm. And now his Marian was back… from the dead… How could he turn away from her now that their family was whole once again. But how could he turn away the woman that set his soul afire.

Robin stepped closer to the fireplace, but paused when his foot hit something. The photo album she showed him earlier. This was not here earlier. For some reason he could not help himself, he opened the album and began flipping through the pages.

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Henry ran straight to his mother's room. "Mom!" He shouted. Upon receiving no response, he turned the lights on. At once, he saw her phone on the bed. He frowned in concern as he picked up the phone. It was clear that she had been here, but where could she be now. He ran into her master bathroom. It was dark and empty. "Mom, where are you?" He asked defeated as he stepped back out. Entering the bedroom, her closet door caught his attention, as it was left ajar. He didn't know why, but he was drawn to it. Slowly he opened the right side of the closet. His eyes widened as he opened the left side, hoping against all that his eyes were playing tricks on him. A chunk of her clothes were missing. "She wouldn't…" He whispered to himself before running to the hallway closet. Opening it, he soon let out a cry, "No!" He shouted, running down the hall.

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Robin was flipping through the album when he noticed a picture missing. 'Wait a moment… Why hadn't I noticed this before?' He thought, as he flipped through the pages again; now noticing that this was the only one missing. "Why would-" He began, then a thought came to him. "She wouldn't…"

"Emma!" Henry shouted running down the stairs. David and Snow following after him. Hook came in from the dining room and Emma ran in from the garden. Robin just paused what he was doing as he looked at the distressed boy; already fearing what was about to come.

"What? What is it?" Emma rushed over to him. "Calm down."

But Henry was in no way calming down. "She's gone! She's… her clothes are missing." He explained. "The suitcase… it's…" He couldn't finish, tears welling in his eyes.

Snow shook her head. "No Henry, she wouldn't leave just like that." She tried to reason, pulling out her phone to call Regina.

Riinngg… Riinngg… Riinngg…

They all stopped and stared at Henry as he raised his hand to reveal the ringing cellphone. "She's gone." He told them again.

"She wouldn't, she can't…" Emma began, startled by this revelation.

"The vault!" David shouted. "Maybe she's just retreating for a while." He pointed out.

Robin shook his head. "Why take her clothes?" He asked. It didn't make sense.

"Well, we're running out of time. If she is running, she'd need her car; which I just saw still parked in the garage." Hook announced.

"Still, we shouldn't take any chances." Emma decided. She looked at David and Snow. "You guys head to her vault. We'll check out the town line. If she crosses, we're the only ones who can go over; since we were never part of the original curse."

"Sounds like a plan." David said, then looked his daughter straight in the eye. "Be careful." He told her as he ushered Snow out of the mansion.

Emma nodded at those words. "Story of my life."

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Regina emerged from a cloud of magic at the town line. She conjured her car from the safety of her garage to the place beside her on the road. Opening the trunk, she placed her luggage inside. Shutting it, she used her magic to push the vehicle passed the town line.

"Now for one last trick." She held her hands out in front of her, palms up, eyes closed, and concentrated. A ball of light formed and expanded; first shooting out into the distance and then widening and forming a briefcase. Regina opened the bag to reveal new identification, credit cards, bank information, a resume, and a detailed road map leading her to her new life.

Regina opened the vial of potion and stared at it. She knew that everything she was doing was impulsive. That she should slow down and think it all through. But that was the problem. All of her plans and agendas that she's thought through in the past have all failed. Maybe it was time that she did something impulsive. Maybe it was time that she took a leap of faith. With those last thoughts she drank the vial in one shot. Feeling the warmth of the magic gliding over her body, she speedily walked towards her car; needing to get passed the town limits before the spell took complete effect.

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"Hurry mom, please hurry!" Henry pleaded in the back of the car.

"I'm going as fast as I safely can." Emma assured as her phone began ringing. Noticing it was her mom, she gestured for Hook to answer it.

"Hello luv." Hook greeted with a wide smile, though Snow couldn't see it. However, the smile fell just as quickly as it came. "That doesn't sound good." He remarked. "Okay." He said, hanging up the phone.

This gained the attention of the rest of the passengers. "What? What doesn't sound good?" Robin asked worriedly.

Hook glanced back at Robin, then Henry, before turning his full attention to Emma. "She's not at the vault, but looks like she was there. Your mother thinks she's made a potion."

"A potion? What kind of potion?" Henry asked.

"Don't know lad. Snow's calling the crocodile as we speak with the ingredients she used. Hopefully, he'll be able to shed some light on the matter."

Emma was frowning. She opened her mouth to say something, before quickly slamming on her breaks. "Sorry." She mumbled to everyone.

However, before anyone could get angry, they saw why she stopped so suddenly. In the distance, was Regina… and she was already passed the town line.

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Once over the line, a fierce breeze blew over her. Regina blinked her eyes once, then twice before looking around at her surroundings. "What…?" She questioned, confused as to why she was standing in the middle of a road, in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night. She looked down and realized she was holding onto her briefcase.

"Okay, that's enough energy drinks for you." She mumbled to herself as she quickly walked over to the driver's door and opened it. She tossed her bag onto the passenger side. Just as she was about to get into her seat, she hesitated. The feeling of being watched coming over her. Regina stood up as straight as the hairs on the back of her neck. Closing her car door, she looked out into the darkness in the direction she just came from. "Hello…" She called out, glancing around her, before moving to stand beside her taillights. "Is anyone out there?" She called out once more, just as another intense breeze hit her.

She was answered with silence. Though it was strange; she felt as though she was missing something… forgetting something... She stared out into the darkness a moment longer, before shaking her head. Whatever it was, she wouldn't find it out here in the middle of nowhere. Not to mention, this wasn't exactly safe.

Regina made to turn away when something white caught her eye. It rested just behind her left black tire. Bending down she picked it up. It was a picture of what appeared to be a mother and son. The boy's face was beaming brightly up at the camera, while the woman's face was mostly hidden behind raven locks; her attention was clearly on her son. They both seemed familiar, but… she just couldn't place them.

Deciding it was too lovely of a photograph to leave in the middle of a road, she held onto the photo as she quickly hopped into her car. She started the engine and drove away with not a glance back.

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Henry jumped out of the car. "Mom!" He shouted, "Mom!" But she couldn't hear him. He ran faster; the others trailing behind him calling after Regina. But it was as though she were purposely ignoring them. Henry slowed to a stop, just before the drawn line. He was confused. "Mom?" He called out, taking a step forward only to be blocked by a solid… nothing? Confused, he began beating on the solid air before him. He turned to the others. "I don't understand."

Emma walked up and touched over the force field. "This is new."

"Hello… Is anyone out there?!" Regina called out from her side of the force field.

"I'm right here mom!" Henry shouted in earnest.

"What is this?" Robin asked. "Why can she not hear us?" He was alarmed.

Emma's phone rang before she answered it. "Hello… What?!... How is that possible?" She was shouting, gaining everyone's attention. "We can't. There's a force field or whatever. She's right there and we can't reach her." She explained to the person on the phone.

"What is it love?" Hook asked.

Emma looked at him, then worriedly at Henry. "It was a memory potion." She told him.

"To forget me?" Robin jumped in alarmed. He knew she was upset, but did she really want to forget everything they've been through.

Emma looked at him sorrowfully. "To forget everything." She returned her gaze to Henry. He just continued to watch Regina move about. "She's trading one life of memories for another."

"Exactly what life does she remember now luv?" Hook asked, curious.

"Whatever her memories would have been if she had been affected by her own curse. She never gained false memories as Mayor Mills the first time around." Emma explained. She watched as Regina neared them as though she could sense them. She nearly cried as she watched Henry place his hand against the force field, as though willing her to do the same. But she didn't. She simply turned away.

"What about the force field?" Hook asked.

Emma shrugged her shoulders. "She must have put it up to prevent us from following. Gold doesn't think it'll hold though."

Henry's shoulders slumped until he saw Regina picking something up. "What is that?" Henry wondered out loud.

Though Robin could see quite clearly of her shoulder what she was holding. "It's a photograph. It was in your family album that she showed me earlier. It's the only one missing from the album now." He explained.

Henry watched her curiously, he deflated once he noticed that she didn't even recognize him. "She doesn't… remember me…"

"You weren't apart of the first curse Henry." Emma reminded him sadly.

"She doesn't…" Henry turned wide eyed to Emma. "She's leaving. We've got to stop her!"

"We can't-" Emma began, but was interrupted by Henry banging his fists against the force field. "Stop Henry! Stop it!" She screamed, grabbing him and pulling him to her. "I'm sorry, but we can't."

Henry turned teary eyes to her. "But she's all alone now." He rubbed the tears away. "She not safe out there alone." He pointed out, thinking about how Emma was almost engaged to a flying monkey. He then pushed himself out of Emma's arms and turned to Robin. "You've got to do something!" He told him

Robin shook his head. His heart was breaking in two as he just witnessed the woman that he loved, drive away… run away… from him… again… "I would if I could, my boy. But it would seem that we are at a rather disadvantage." He commented motioning towards the invisible wall.

Only Henry was not giving up. He turned to the unusually quiet Hook. "You found Emma, didn't you." He then turned back to Robin, "Then you could find Regina. You can find my mom." He insisted.

"Henry," Emma started, but did not get to finish.

"Just like grandma and grandpa, just like you and Hook," He said glancing at Emma, before settling his gaze back on Robin. "You can find her. Just let True Love guide you."

Robin was shocked at the boy's words. Could he? Could he just abandon his ties, nay his wedded oath to Marian and go after Regina. If so, could he possibly find her? Yes, he was a first rate tracker; the best really. But this world was so different from their own. Shaking his head, "I…" He had no words.

"I know about the tattoo. The lion tattoo, my mom told me all about it. About how she ran away from it once. Don't let her get away a second time. She needs you." Henry pleaded. "Please, don't you love her?"

It was hard for Robin to ignore the widening emptiness in his chest. It were as though the farther Regina got away, the wider the abyss spread. He knew that now that he had found her, he could not let her go. He loved Marian dearly, but their time was over. He couldn't save her when the time came. And it has haunted him many a year. He failed Marian once; but he could not fail Regina. Path decided, he answered, "Yes, and I will find her."

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AN: OMG… words cannot express my feelings for what they did to my girl Regina… I was so upset I couldn't concentrate on my show Revenge that came afterwards, until I saw them kill my favorite character. I swear this is not my week for Season Finales… Nashville better not piss me off too. LOL

But seriously guys, can you believe this –ish. This came to me… Don't know if I was able to truly do justice what I had in mind for this because like I said, I am distraught over here okay. But I did my best. I know I didn't really express Robin's feelings as well as I could have, but I'm kinda angry at him too right now and can barely even write him. Ignoring Regina like that. Yeah, I know your wife back and all, but you know how Regina is!

Hope you enjoy the one-shot. I'm just…ugh! At least give her someone new to make Robin jealous too, ya know what I'm saying… She needs like a best friend. Maleficent and Jefferson were like her frenemies; but more often friends. Too bad they aren't still around. It's just, even bad guys get a posse.

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