soulmates; o.q.

Part 16

"Emma!" Snow yells walking after her. "Emma!" She yells again when her daughter failed to acknowledge her. Emma turns around quickly.

"What Mother? What?" She snaps. "You heard what I said." Snow frowns and shook her head at her.

"Emma what are you talking about? You love Henry... I thought you enjoyed this life you have now. You have a family." She said putting her hands on her hips.

"I was better off before all this. By myself. I did the right thing giving Henry up. I'm not a mom." She shook her head.

"Emma that is just nonsense! We love you, Henry loves you. He will be crushed by this" she said. "Or do you even care?" She said as the thought popped into her head, her face sinking as she looks at her daughter. Emma just shook her head and walks off from her. Snow rubs her head and looks over at the hut Regina went into, questioning if she should go talk to her but saw Robin walk inside.

Regina looks up, having been holding her head in her hands when she heard his footsteps enter the hut. "I don't want company right now" she whispers quietly. Robin just shook his head.

"I'm sorry love, but that's not an option for you right now. I'm staying" he said and sat down beside her, taking her hand. "Something is eating at you I can tell." He said. "Talking about it will help. What happened to your past self yesterday? I know it's something bad..." he said. Regina shook her head and closed her eyes tightly to stop the tears from flowing. "Love..." he moved to rub her cheek but she pulls away from the touch.

"I said no Robin" she looks up at him with tear glazed eyes. "I'm not talking about it, none of you will know about that." She said. "That is going to stay in the past, in the past where it belongs." She said and shook her head, tilting her eyes up to look at the ceiling. "I have bigger things to worry about. We need to get that flower... and I have to deal with Emma." She said clenching her jaw tightly.

"Emma?" Robin frowns. "What's going on with Emma? I thought you two were okay?" He said.

"Nope, far from it." She said glaring at the door. "Supposedly this has all, all of this, has been a damn act. To get at me and to hurt me. She never cared about Henry for one damn second." She scoffs. "And I let her be in his life. He's going to be devastated when we go back" she said quietly as she gulps. "I don't even know how to talk to him about this, tell him his mom is leaving and never coming back." She sighs slumping back against the wall.

"Never coming back? What do you mean?" He said scooting to look at her. "She loves Henry she couldn't have meant that Regina." He said.

"Nope she meant every word" she said, flames dancing in her eyes. "Every. Single. Word." She spat. She took a deep breath and sat up. "The spell should be coming along. We should go out... we need to get on to the present and get this flower." She said and got up leaving the hut walking up to where Rumple sat. "Is it about ready?" She asked glancing at the cauldron that was starting to billow over with dark burgundy smoke. She hums nodding her head "we should be good to go" she smiles as she sat down, glancing behind her as she saw the others coming and turns quickly, not wanting to even look at Emma. It wasn't long before the smoke grew, engulfing the group in its smoke. It slowly disappeared to reveal the present day enchanted forest. The castle in the distance, ivy overtaking the once beautiful castle.

"It worked" Snow said as she glanced around and smiles. "You just need to get your flower" she turns to Regina. "Then we can be back home?" She asked. Regina just nods her head "yes... then home" she sighs. "Robin do you have the map?" She asked stepping towards him as he rummages in his pocket and brings the map out. She let her eyes graze the map and points to where the flowers were. "Near your old camp right? The rest can stay there while we go get the flower?" She said then turns to the group. "That's what we'll do" she said and points to the direction they needed to go. "We'll sleep tonight, tomorrow we'll get the flower." She said handing the map back to Robin with a small smile before walking behind the rest of the group.