I have taken a leave from university for personal reasons so I am hoping to be at home writing a lot more than I have been.

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Regina groaned, rubbing her head slowly as she came to, Henry shaking her shoulders.

"Mom you have to wake up. Please mom wake up." She pried open one eye, her son hovering over her with a relieved smile.

"You're awake!" He exclaimed, grabbing her hand, pulling her upright, the woman still rubbing her head.

"What happened? Emma? Where is Emma?" She suddenly remembered; the hug, the kiss, the apple! Throwing herself up, she felt herself go dizzy, feeling a pair of hands wrap around her torso.

"Slow down cowboy, I'm right here." With wide eyes, Regina turned to see Emma standing before her, that stupid grin she always sports covering her face. She looked just as confused as Regina felt but that didn't matter- she was alive. Without thinking, Regina wrapped herself around Emma, the blonde falling into her arms happily.

"You did it. I can feel it- Emma, you broke the curse!" Henry and Gold shared surprised looks, the two pulling apart, Emma frowning slightly.

"How do you know? What do you mean you can feel it?"

"The magic. Before, the magic was trapped. I could feel it, maybe it was because I cast the curse- but now, the magic is free. It's everywhere, roaming around to its own free will. The curse is most definitely broken." Henry ran to the two women, them wrapping him up in their arms happily, Gold watching from afar. He thought best that he slip out, allowing them to adjust on their own terms. As he went to open the front door, he was almost knocked over by Mary Margaret and David, the two panting heavily.

"Gold? What are you doing here? Where is Henry and Regina? Have you seen Emma?" Mary Margaret threw one hundred questions at him, the man pointing behind himself, the woman not hesitating as she pushed past him, David apologising as he followed.

"Emma? Henry?" She shouted, her hand flying to her mouth as she watched the blonde appear from the kitchen. David's eyes filled with tears as they stood adjacent to each other, neither of the three knowing what to do.

"So, I had this crazy dream where I was sharing a flat with my mom…" Emma started with a laugh, Mary Margaret letting out what sounded like a sob as she crashed into her daughters' arms, the two women crying as they held each other. David slowly approached them, Emma not hesitating as she opened up one of her arms for him to join. Henry and Regina watched with tear filled eyes as the family were finally reunited, though the moment was short lived as David's eyes finally landed on Regina, the hatred filling them slowly. As he released Emma, she immediately saw his intentions, grabbing his hand so he would look at her.

"I know what the Evil Queen did was wrong, but Regina has changed. While we were dating, she worked night and day to try and figure out how to break the curse. She wanted us to be together. Regina was lacking a certain type of love in her heart but she found it. She had as much to do with breaking the curse as I did." Regina stood shell-shocked by Emma's sudden outburst, Mary Margaret approaching her slowly.

"Is this true?" Trying to find her words, the brunette nodded, her mouth dry.

"I got to know Emma in the short time that we dated, and I could see how hurt she was every time she mentioned being abandoned by the side of a road. I hated seeing her that way, and I wanted to show her that the memories she had were false, that you did what you did to protect her- from me." The end faded out as she realised what she was saying, but Emma was quick to react, grabbing her hand, placing a tender kiss on it.

"I've read your story, and you were hurting by what happened to Daniel. You handled your grief in the worst possible way, but you have learnt from what you did. No lesson is ever taught late, but more when it is needed." Henry stood back and watched in awe as the family reconciled and made up over what had happened years before. He was so proud at how his mother had took on her role as the saviour and was slowly reconnecting a broken town.

"We are going to need to talk to the townspeople. They are going to need a little time to get their heads around this." David explained, Regina agreeing.

"We will talk to them together. If we each share our individual parts of the story, they will be able to see sense eventually. They respect and trust you both and knowing Emma broke the curse has earned her spot in their hearts- it's just my turn now to follow suit." Nodding in agreement, Mary Margaret went to head to the door, Emma in hand when she stopped suddenly, turning back to Emma who didn't move.

"Emma, sweetie?" The blonde had suddenly gone very pale, her eyes distant, Regina stepping forward, tilting her chin up with her hand.

"Emma? Look at me Emma." Though their eyes were meeting, Emma was not seeing anything. They were glazed over, her body swaying from side to side. Suddenly, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, the blonde falling into Regina's arms, the woman yelping in distress.

"David, help me get her on the sofa." She shouted, the man coming to Emma's aid, grabbing her legs while Regina hooked herself under Emma's arms. They slowly carried her to the sofa, laying her down.

"She is ice cold." Henry commented in a panic, feeling Emma's forehead that was drenched with cold droplets of sweat. Regina stood and threw the lampshade on the table across the room, screaming loudly.

"I knew it! I knew it was too good to be true. The fact she didn't have any side effects was uncanny, hard to believe. It must have kicked in slower than originally because of the land we are in." Mary Margaret and David shared a look of confusion, Henry shaking his head.

"No! She was fine. She woke before you did and she has been walking and talking- she was FINE!"

"What are you two talking about?" David yelled, snapping the two out of their state.

"Emma and Gold figured out that there must have been an item here in Storybrooke that held a little bit of magic in it to feed the curse. Gold admitted to Emma that I had brought the apple I cursed you with over because it was small enough to be discreate, but strong enough to feed the curse. When we started dating, I tried all I could to destroy it, but without magic myself there was nothing I could do. Emma took a bite out of the apple hoping to drain the magic out of it and shatter the curse, and it worked! She woke up and she was fine as you could see, but I think the effects have took longer to take hold of her body and now it's shutting down. The only problem is, magic is not fully restored so we are still in a regular town- the effects are going to be drastically different. You were put under a sleeping curse- but curses don't exist here. I have no idea what the poison is doing to her body." David and Mary Margaret tried their best to keep up with Regina as she rambled as quickly as she could, retelling the story in the most detailed fashion. Once they had everything wrapped around their heads, it slowly started to sink in that Regina was right- nobody could tell what the poison would do to her body and they were slowly running out of time.

"Well, there is only one thing we can do right now." David said suddenly jumping into action, lifting Emma up into a fireman's hold, running for the door. "We need to get her to a hospital- NOW!"

oh no... another cliffhanger... I promise I am not trying to kill you all!

drop me a review on what you think will happen to Emma!