Cursed Queen's Redemption

Young Henry's world is still just Storybrooke when Regina stumbles upon a shimmering portal to the Isle of the Lost. With a single, irreversible round-trip, she makes a desperate bargain: freedom for baby Evie, her counterpart unwilling to see her daughter trapped forever. Regina returns, a babe in her arms, not realizing this adopted daughter, a mirror image of the Evil Queen's own progeny, will be the key to her past's undoing and her future's redemption. Evie's innocent gaze will force Regina to confront the shadows of her own monstrous legacy and fight to protect a love she never knew she craved, all while the magical barrier between worlds threatens to unravel, unleashing chaos on both Storybrooke and its forgotten twin. Can a cursed queen truly embrace motherhood and break the cycle of darkness?