"Regina, wake up!" Regina groaned as she felt someone tugging her shoulder. She opened one eye and saw the fairy standing over her. "Wait it's you! I'm not dead?! What happened?" Regina tried to sit up, but in the process she felt her head beginning to hurt. That did not make her stop from sitting up though, small pains felt good at the moment. It meant she was not dead. "I'm so glad to see you." She noticed they were alone in the open field.

Tinkerbell smiled at Regina. Her work had not been for nothing. She had put the heart back into the woman, and hoped for the best. Now she was finally awake, this was her chance. "Regina, I need to tell you something. The day at the pub, when I showed you your soul mate, I lied. He was not your soul mate." Regina looked at the fairy in confusion, still fuzzy from being unconscious. "But I thought fairy dust never lied?" "It doesn't. I just slightly altered the question. He would have made you happy. Just not love-happy. Your soul mate was there though. You just wouldn't have recognised her." This made Regina alert. Did she hear that right? "Her?" "Yes her." Tinkerbell cleared her voice, suddenly shy and insecure. "Regina, I love you." Tinkerbell could not look at Regina's reaction, so she stood up and turned away from the woman she had been in love with for all those years. Regina was dumbfounded. She had never expected this. But listening to her heart, she immediately knew what to do. She stood up wobbly, walked over to Tinkerbell. She turned her around and cupped her face. She looked into Tink's tear filled eyes, eyes that are red from all the crying and moist from all the tears yet to spill. "Tink, I think I love you too." Regina smacked her lips onto Tink's. This felt good. This felt like Regina was finally were she belonged. She felt like home. This feeling was better than what she had had with Daniel. Never had Regina felt so good. Her fingers grew wet from Tink's tears, but Regina hardly noticed that. She was too occupied and in the moment. The kiss was filled with passion, and seemed to last forever. Finally Regina took a breath and rested her forehead again Tinkerbell's. "I love you Tinkerbell." Tink started laughing and tried to wipe away her tears. "I never imagined I'd hear you say that." "Those are tears of happiness I hope?" "Haha yes yes. It's just all so sudden." Regina took Tink's hand and sat them down in the middle of the field.

"Tell me what happened." Tink started to tell Regina, but had trouble to speak coherently. The only think her mind could focus on was the Regina had not yet let go of her hand. Her thumb kept stroking her and it sent pleasant shivers through her body. Oh how long she had waited for this. "And that's when Tigerlily stole his fairy dust. After that the tribe came in and captured Peter. Speaking of Tigerlily, I kind of promised her that you would give her her voice back when she helped me." Regina rolled her eyes. "Fine." Out of the bushes the girl came sprinting, eager to get her voice back. She held the necklace out in front of her. Regina didn't even pick it up. She simple waved her hand and the purple smoke did the work for her. Tigerlily tried out her voice. "AAA...OO... HIIIII.. Thanks Ursula!" And away she was again. "Why does she keep calling me that?"

"Mhahaha you'll get that later, dearie." The voice came from the edge of the clearing where Rumple was lounging against a tree. "You! You left me here. How could you you beast?!" Rumple was amused as ever. "How else would you think you would complete your test? Which you passed with flying colours I might add." It took a while for Regina to react to that. It had all been part of the test? "I passed? But how, I didn't find any treasure?" "True love is the greatest treasure there is dearie." He stepped around Regina and walked towards Tinkerbell. "My lady, I have uphold my end of the deal. Here you can see that you have fulfilled yours." He held up a bottle that was glowing bright pink. True love's extract. Regina had seen it before. "And with that the deal is done. It is time for me and the Queen to go home."

"Wait no! I don't want to go home! I have finally found love, I don't want to lose it again." Regina looked at Tink, who had not moved yet nor said a word. "Tink?" Tink sniffed and avoided Regina's gaze. "It has to be like this. That was the deal. It is time for you to go home." Regina ran towards Tink and grabbed her with both hands. "No Tink. We finally found each other, I'm not ready to let go yet!"

Tinkerbell finally looked up into Regina's eyes. She gave her one last lingering kiss. One kiss to savour her soulmate. One kiss to remember forever, until they meet again. One kiss before she could let go. "It doesn't matter if you are ready. You never will be, my love. This fairy dust will bring you home. However, you will forget everything that has happened on this island. You won't remember seeing me again. It'll make it easier for you, I promise.." Regina shook her head in protest. "No Tink No. No no no no no..." But before Regina could muster a good argument, Tink had opened the bottle and poured the dust on her hand. She blew the dust in Regina's face. Her voice stopped immediately and it seemed like she had fallen asleep as the shadows took her away.

"Great work Tinkerbell. See you hopefully not anytime soon." With those harsh words Rumple left in a cloud of smoke as well. His laugh seemed to linger in the field, giving it an eerie feeling. Tink continued to stare at the place where she had just kissed Regina. Finally she sighed and whispered: "Goodbye Regina, until we meet again." Tears fell down her face as she walked away, leaving the memories behind.

So that was it for this week! I'm thinking about writing a sequel to this. Let me know if you'd read it! This was a very sad ending, but that one will definitely be a happy one :) Hope you enjoyed it! You can also read my friends version on MissyEvil, it's called: Do you Believe me now?

Get ready for next week's challenge!

X Lisa