Regina slowly came to, she was lying in a hospital bed with tubes attached to her arm. Her eyes eventually became accustomed to the bright light that was shining down on her and a unfamiliar man was stood by her bedside. W-wait where am I?" Dr Whale approached her, "Regina a spell has been cas-" she quickly cut him off "a spell? What on earth are you going on about? Your meant to be a doctor so do your job! What's wrong with me? Why can't I remember anything?" Regina let out a deep sigh and kept her eyes fixated on a intimidated doctor Wjale with questions being thrown at him in every direction.
"Well if you cared to let me finish then I would be able to tell you."
"Fine carry on if you must." Regina narrowed her eyes onto Dr Whale and remained straight faced. "You were determined to destroy the whole of Storybrooke, someone had to stop you so a spell was ordered from the Dark One in order for you to lose your memory in the hope of stopping you." Regina looked at him shocked by what he was telling her as far as she knew she had done nothing wrong.
"When I find the person that did this they will pay, pay a high price." Dr Whale picked up his clipboard and scanned through Regina's notes while checking her monitor to make sure everything was regulated. Regina tugged at the tubes trying to remove them from her arm until she was abruptly stopped by the Dr. "When can I leave? I don't want to be stuck in here for the rest of the week I need to try and remember things again and that won't happen if I'm in here."
"Well its going to be a couple of days before you can leave Regina. When something like this happens you can't just leave straight away and I'm sorry to tell you that memories won't came back at the click of a finger." He looked at her sympathetically as he couldn't offer her much advice on what action to take.
"So your telling me I won't remember anything and I'm going to remain like this; a pathetic woman laying in a hospital bed surrounded by idiots." She shook her head dismissing the idea completely. "I'm sorry Regina but I can let you out in a couple of days, that's the best I can do in the circumstances, I will give your mother a ring for you so she can come and visit." Regina quickly dismissed the doctor's comment and signalled for him to leave the room promptly.
The dark haired woman tried to delve deep into her memories and all she could seem to remember was being the mayor of storybrooke and her mother Cora, the use of magic never dawned on her and that aspect of her life was erased.
Dr Whale promptly made his way over to a small telephone that was attached to the wall just outside of Regina's room. He dialled Cora's number from the list of contacts in his booklet that he kept in his left pocket and patiently waited for her to answer. After a few minutes a loud crash echoed down the corridor and Dr whale dropped the phone back in the holder to see what was going on. In the distance he could see a older woman of short stature with a reddened face. As she rushed down the corridor the sound of her heels resonated in his ears and as she came closer the face was much more familiar to him.
"What the hell is going on? Why is my daughter in hospital I want answers and I want them now." the older woman paused for breath and waited for a response from the doctor. "Hello Cora, a memory spell was put onto your daughter we don't know who it was yet and she might still have some memory but most of what she used to know will be gone."
"When I find out who the culprit is I will rip out their heart without a shadow of doubt." Cora shoved Whale out of the way and stormed down the corridor scanning each room to find which one her daughter was in.
The older woman knelt down and placed her hand on the cold concrete floor which helped to reveal a path to her daughters whereabouts. As Cora approached the room she saw her daughter lying in the bed with the tubes attached to her body. Her face was more pasty looking than usual and her lips were a pale red rather than the blood red lipstick she would normally apply. Cora made her way over to the bed and placed her hand over Regina's giving her a reassuring smile.
"Hello Regina, I heard what happened to you is there anything you remember? Do you know who I am?" She gave her a concerned look.
"Yes I do your my mother but that's all I can remember and that I'm the mayor of Storybrooke, I wish I knew who the idiot was that done this."
"Don't worry Regina when I find the person that has done this I will rip out their heart, seeing as you don't know how to use magic I can teach you which will allow you to regain the power that you had. So you can reclaim your place as the Evil Queen and we will be more powerful than ever."
Regina looked at her mother puzzled by what she meant but agreed as she wanted to seek revenge on the person that had done this.
Cora glanced around the room to make sure no one else was around and began to gently remove the tubes from her daughter's body to free her from the restrictions of the hospital. Once she had finished she picked up Regina's hands and placed her in her own. The older woman told her to shut her eyes and as she waved her hand they were removed from the hospital and ended up outside back at Storybrooke. Cora soon disappeared and left her daughter to readjust herself to the changes that had been made.
Regina stared intently at her new surroundings and couldn't understand why everything looked different as much as she tried to familiarise herself with everything it wasn't possible. As she walked down the unusual streets the people that saw her dropped their eyes to the floor and hurried past her avoiding any contact with her. Regina smiled to herself at the thought of people feeling threatened by her even though she had lost her memory.
The dark haired woman made her way into the small diner that sat on the corner of the street and observed the people that were sat in the diner. Most people had the look of shock on their faces when they saw Regina enter which confused her.
"You shouldn't be here Regina your meant to have no memory we all heard that someone had ordered a spell from the Dark One to stop you from destroying the whole town, you have no power over us anymore." David shouted out in front of the rest of the diner and received a loud cheer from all of his supporters one of those being Mary-Margaret.
"I wouldn't celebrate just yet if I were you, I don't have recollection of everything that has happened to me but much to your disappointment I can retain some of my memories and one of them is me being Mayor of this town. Which means I still have control and you take orders from me, not from some coward of a man that thinks he can over throw me, I will regain all of my power soon enough then all of you will pay the price." Regina smiled devilishly and made her way out of the diner glaring at the people that looked in her direction. As she stepped outside the dark haired woman noticed that the sky looked much darker than usual and stood in front of her was Cora who appeared just outside the diner.
"Mother how do you do that, you seem to just disappear then reappear was I once able to do that?"
"Yes you were able to my dear but in time you will be able to do as much as I can, I need to show you where your office is so you know for future reference and it's your home." Cora took her daughter's hand once again and transported her to her home. Regina looked up at the house that stood in front of her her it was bigger than she expected.
As she entered the house she admired the fine interior and the lavish furniture that was in her house. The cleanliness and the pale colour of the room reminded her of the hospital that she had woken up in. As much as she wanted too she didn't recognise anything that was in her home. Mirrors adorned her walls and a few simple prints covered the walls giving the house a stylish and elegant feel. The darkness of her room made her reflect on how she felt towards the people in the diner and the person that had cast the spell on her.
"This house is quite spectacular it's almost hard to believe that it is actually mine." She smiled to herself as she looked around. "Yes you have always had the best possible taste my dear and your garden is something to be proud of as well."
Regina sauntered into the garden and admired the view. The grass was cut to perfection and a large apple tree stood pride of place in the front of her garden. Filled with the reddest apples imaginable. She stared at the tree for a few moments and felt that it was of some significance but she couldn't pin down what that was.