Madness We Love [Jefferson Hatter || OUAT || Mad Red #4]

Chapter 31

Henry and Blaze led Emma to a stump where he found Regina, they walked inside and her packing, "Mom! I knew you'd still be here," Henry said.

"You again? Listen, I...I don't have time for stories, I need to hit the road before the Dark Queen and Evil Princess have my head, "Regina said.

"Wait, we brought someone this time, maybe you'll listen to her," Henry said.

Emma walked inside, "Regina," Emma said.

"Let me guess, you're his other mother," Regina said.

"Emma," Emma said.

"I have to give you credit, breaking her out of that tower couldn't have been easy," Regina said.

"Henry, Blaze, can you give us a minute?" Emma said.

"Sure," Henry said and walked out of the stump with Blaze following him.

"I haven't got long," She looked at Emma, "You know, your son can use some reining in. He's been running around the forest, getting into trouble, spouting nonsense," Regina said.

"Regina, everything they said about this reality... It's all true," Emma said.

"I doubt that. I don't know why I'm wasting my time with a madwoman who... Calls herself the Saviour," Regina said.

"Because I can help. Your happiness is still a possibility. Your first step is going after the man you love," Emma said.

"My happy ending isn't a man," Regina said.

"Of course not. But love is a part of all happiness, and you have to be open to that. Go to Robin Hood. All you have to do is tell him how you feel," Emma said.

"Oh, is that all? You forgot to mention that part where I'd have to crash his wedding," Regina said.

"What does your heart tell you?" Emma asked.

"I know what my heart says. But what if it goes wrong?" Regina asked.

"Isn't that a risk you're willing to take? I just watched the man I love die," Emma said.

"I'm... I'm sorry. That's horrible," Regina said.

"The worst part is that I never told him I loved him. Not once. I was too scared. Too scared that... Somehow, saying it would make it real... And change everything. But now I'll never have a chance to take that next step with him because he's gone. My only chance with him is if you don't make the same mistake I did," Regina sighed, "So, please... The only way to get the man I love back is for you to stop that wedding," Emma said.

"Okay... Let's go," Regina said and the three women walked out of the stump.

Henry and Blaze were hugging, Blaze sobbed into her and he rubbed her back, "He'll be back, your dad will be okay," Henry said as Emma and Regina walked up to them.

"Kids, you ready?" Emma saw Blaze, "Blaze... He'll be alive when we wake up I promise, but right now we need those senses of yours," Emma said.

Blaze looked up at her and sniffed as she nodded before standing up, wiping away tears and she shifted into her wolf form.