A person can only face so much pain before they turn around and walk away.

Regina Mills was so tired.

For the past few months, her routinely boring but love filled days turned into an unpredictable roller coaster of fairy tale craziness.

Yes fairy tale. The ones you read about? They're all REAL.

She herself is a fairytale character and one whom most children are afraid of: The Evil Queen.

But at the same time, she's so much more...

I think we have all heard of how children are the light to their parents life.

And she is no exception.

In the year 2000, when she was surrounded by nothing but darkness, came her beacon of light in the a baby boy, her little prince Henry.

She was on her path to being a better person, that is until the day that Snow White or Mary Margaret got Henry the stupid book that made him see the world in a crappy black and white scheme.

He pushed her away because of bias stpries written by an amateur.

Yeah, he wasn't even that good.

Anyways, Henry went to Boston to find his biological mom who turned out to be the saviour then everything else went downhill.

Her picture perfect nother and son relationship crumbled into nothing.

And then came the time when curse was broken and everyone was so angry at her including her own son.

But she loved him too much that she was willing to sacrifice everything, even lay down her life for him, to not try to be a better person.

After the "breaking" came the wraith incident which sent Snow White and her insufferable blonde of a daughter to an almost void and she did everything in her power to bring them back. And she did.

But instead of getting warm welcome hugs, all she got was being set aside because she's not the big thing, right? She didnt even receive a simple thank you. Still she continued to be passive.

That is until the "death" of Archie.

No matter what she does, it'll never be good enough.

She will always be the villain that made knees tremble in fear of her name. (Not without basis anyway)

But the point here is, she WAS trying. And no one would give her the benefit of the doubt.

The first time of trouble showed up and she's the culprit.

Archie was her therapist and he spilled something she conferred to him.

And she was pissed. But not enough to snap his neck or rip his heart.

Neverthess though, the guilty placard will always hanged in her head.

They all blamed her. They all accused her..and admit it or not, they hurt her...

Especially when it was Henry that did not believe in her.

And then came the revelation of a frame up job, the demise of her mom and the celebration of the town because of the apparent death, failing to empathize the pain of a child losing a mother.

But still, she kept her magic in a leash.

For a while came peace. But that peace was for everyone but her.

She watched him smile after months of chaos

She watched laugh from a distance

She watched him revel in being a kid as he should be that she almost took away.

But what hurt the most was watching him better off with the one he now consider as a family.

He loved him too much to hurt him.

He loved him too much... So she'll set him free, even if it would destroy herself in the process

In her reign as a queen, she has never failed to conquer.

Still, looking at how things are, she may have won thousands of battle but she has lost the only war that mattered.

With thqt in mind, she decided to do the next logical thing: cross the townline. And she did.

It was a gloomy wednesday morning ans she was seated in her black, vintage Mercedes-Benz.

Gripping the wheels tightly, she inhaled deeply and with all her willpower, crossed the ugly yellow townline that separated her from the rest of the other world.

She drove until dark, and stopped in a hotel for the night.

Wherever she will find herself in, she hopes it would be something close to normal. Of course she'd know later that THAT is impossible.

Come morning, she geared herself up with her blazer armour and powered her engine and continued to drive to complete an entire 26 hours of 1757.3 miles of travel.

She didnt know where she is going thats for sure. It's wherever the road may take us or nothing sort of thing. As she was approaching tbe boundary of another city though, her insticts spiked up but she disregarded it until the town line. Again.

Doesnt it make you wonder what's the thing about townlines?

But whatever it is, it is spooky with crazy sprinkles but anyways.

She disregarded her wierd feeling until she entered the city parameter.

And bam!

All her dormant magical cells were having frenzy from being woken up by an invisible barrier lifter.

And she knew it.

Magic was alive in here.

It was a different kind but still, the same element.

Her gut was screaming for her to get out of the peculiar city but her mind was saying the opposite.

Of course she's choose the more adventurous side of life. The dangerous one too.

She continued to drive until she reached the French Quarters

Well New Orleans definitely has a French side sbout it that makes it, seductive.

It was a lively city, a little too loud for her taste but it will have to do.

She parked in front of what seems to be a diner of some sorts? It definitely wasnt anything like Granny's but it wasnt really that fancy to be called a restaurant but maybe it was a restaurant.

So she came in, head held high and sat along one of the bar stools in the counter.

A blonde lady ( great, another blonde), approached her

"Hey, would you like something to drink?" She asked

"No, I dont day time drink" Regina answered

"But something light and edible would be very much appreaciated" she continued and the blonde took her orders and gave it to the waiter.

"So what's your story?" The lady asked

"Nothing that concerns you" Regina answered sharply

"Whoah, calm down. I'm Cami" she offered her hand to shake but Regina, as picky as she is just looked t her hand and found another insult rolling off her tongue.

"So CAMI, is this really what you do? Pouring people drinks and getting them drunk?"

"Nope. Im a psychologist and this makes a good practice"

"How so?" She asked, now curious.

"The drinking part of this bar is for troubled people. And when i see one, i know one. My red flags are striking through their ways. So what's your story?" She replied

"I'd tell you if i want a shrink but for now what I want is something to eat before I leave this loud, full of ruckus place of yours" she answered with a commanding tone

"Alright your majesty, no need to get all worked up" she said with a little chuckle and grabbed Regina's food. That is if you can call a salad a proper food.

She ate in silence until she heard a very striking voice and turned her head towards it.

The man with the powerfully masculine voice appeared to be approaching Cami and was about to call her but got distracted by the raven haired beauty beside him.

"My, my I havent seen you here before. Are you new here?" He asked while smirking with his dimples coming out

"Klaus" Cami tried to interven to whatever the man named Klaus was about to do

"I dont see that as any of your business" Regina snapped at him, quite irritated by the fact that he interrupted her eating.

"Ohh, quite fiesty arent we?" He said in an arrogant tone matching his devilishly striking dimpled-smirk

"I prefer cautios" she replied but he disregarded her irritation.

"Klaus. Niklaus Mikaelson" be introduced himself and Regina couldnt resist to shake his hand

"Regina. Regina Mills" and somehow trying to be some kind of a gentleman, he brought her hand up and kissed it.

It was supposed to be playful but the moment that his lips touched her skin, an electrifying surge of energy swept through the both of them.

"Klaus what are you really doing here?" Cami interrupted

"What? I can't pay my therapist a visit now? May i remind you I'm the king of my own time, i can buy yours anytime" he threw at her, obviously irritated by the interruption.

"Well then I'm sorry your Grace because I'm just a mere mortal and I need to make use of all the time I have"

Little did she know that the implication of her words ran deeper through the two people in front of her.

"You know what? Why dont you two stick together? Your highnesses" she said and turned away leaving the two in a small chuckle.

"So, Queen Mills, what's brought you in our small city?"

"I didn't get the memo that today is tell us your story day" Regina countered...

And she stared into his eyes.

He can see the intensity that he was staring back at hers.

Like he was going to devour her.

But of course, a little stare doesn't deter her.

"Are you just going to stare at me the whole day? We might as well have the lights turned on" she taunted

Niklaus on the other hand was flabbergasted

She didnt have vervain in her system. That he knows.

What he didnt understand was how she resisted the compulsion.

"So , what is it behind that pretty face?"

"Wouldn't you want to know?" She answered woth a smirk but inwardly cringing.

The truth was that behind the beauty, hidden was the tragedy.

A tragedy that had claimed her forever.

Klaus on the other hand, was intrigued.

"O I do, and I will" he answered.

Of course he will...

But what urged him to do so was the ferocity in her eyes...

And he was drowned in his thoughts...

"Well, it's for me to know and for you to find out" she said before strutting her way out of the Rousseau's leaving the man enthralls...

'Who are you really Regina Mills?"