AN/ hey guys first Fic .l hope you love it. i wrote this because i have a love hate relationship with Cora... i believe she the root of all the evil in Regina of course which makes me hate her and love her at the same time because she created the evil Regina i love so much lol confusing i know but i know u will like it. Beta reader are my mom and Girlfriend... any mistakes are there fault.. i don't not own anything Disney related

-RL

Why do I find myself back in this annoying realm? He thought to himself while walking through the grassy maze. Every time he stepped through his looking glass he felt like he was entering into the playful mind of a three-year-old. A world of complete non sense. He would laugh sometimes when thoughts of Cora being stuck in this peculiar land crossed his mind. That's when he made the decision to check up on his former student. He started to do so on more than one occasion. At first he stay in the shadows or even use a cloaking spell when he wanted to get a better view of her while she ruled her weird kingdom. After a few months of checking in on her, he let himself be known to her. Now every time he visited her, happiness filled her throne room when she ran to hug him tightly. She was always elated to see her former master. She told him all the crazy things that happens in Wonderland: how she became The Queen of Hearts, about a young girl name Alice, and also of woman named Anastasia, who reminded her of her daughter. She also confided in Rumplestiltskin asking him how Regina was doing or were there any signs that Cora's daughter had forgiven her for killing the stable boy. Rumplestiltskin, while listening to Cora talk about her daughter, would often forget that this woman had no heart. Well at least not inside of her body. He would get lost in her stories and experiences that included taking hearts of her enemies, training the new Red Queen in magic, ruling her kingdom by fear instead of love. The stories would carry well into the night. Often he would become subdue by her blood-lust tales that they would end their night with love making before he return to the Dark Castle. Cora always asked before he left if she was ever able to visit the Enchanted Forest, her daughter again or even just to visit him at his home. Those questions were starting to be asked fewer and fewer due to the arguments her pesky questions cause.

Regina doesn't want anything to do with you, she doesn't want to end up like you, nor do I want her to. I don't need Regina to be the power-hungry tyrant that you became. Rumplestiltskin would argue. Well I am the way you made me. Have you forgotten you tutored me in the ways of magic? Why does it matter how I use it? Look at you Rumple; you're the damn Dark One. Dealing and trading in acts of darkness is what you do every day. Killing and harming people who break foolish deals with you. And you're the one to look down on me for my blood-lust? Cora argued back with a laugh. This only made Rumplestiltskin more upset when she felt like she had an upper- hand on him. Loudly he would say I only tutored your arse because your daughter will lay my-…. Rumple trailed off and in an instant corrected his statement to hide his secret of finding his son. He calmly replied … I tutored you to save your live from your husband's father. You can't come back. Regina is queen now do you even think she would let you stay in her kingdom. You would banish again, if not to a different realm, then to another kingdom where you would be a peasant, again. Cora knew he was right and she couldn't help but feel hurt over the fact her daughter didn't want anything to do with her. Rumplestiltskin saw the pain in her eyes. She may not have a heart but she did have a soul and her sadden brown eyes show all the remorse of what she did to Regina and even to him. Before Cora was to be married to Prince Henry, Rumplestiltskin thought they were in love, but power became Cora's true love. But that didn't stop them from still sleeping with each other behind the prince's back and now in Wonderland; it was the only way Rumplestiltskin could be with Cora without the use of magic. Well why I can't I stay at your castle for a bit. I'm always alone, here, and your companionship is always a welcoming occasion. Rumplestiltskin did not want Cora to find out about him teaching Regina magic to cast the Dark Curse and beside he had a beautiful caretaker in his home. He would worry for Belle's safety if he were ever to leave them alone together. No doubt she would command Belle to ridiculous things for a kick or amusement and Rumplestiltskin has become quite fond of Belle's company and would hate to hear her cries at night again. No Cora, you must stay here, be content with what you have. That was what your problem was in our realm; you would do anything to become Queen; to have power. Well guess what dearie, you are the Queen here. Enjoy your reign. Rumplestiltskin convinced her to stay in Wonderland. She never talked about leaving to him again.

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Completely upset Rumplestiltskin stormed his way through his looking glass. Belle looks upon him as he left with despair. Usually he would let her know he would be back in a couple of hours or so, but this time was different. She feared he had a bad agenda planned and he did. Rumplestiltskin discovered Zelena and was making his way to Wonderland to confront her foolish mother about not telling him the whole truth about her first born child. Of course he could of poof himself right in front of the Queen herself, or even taken her by surprise by appearing sitting on throne. But the walk, he needed. He often believed walking cleared his mind as much as spinning at his wheel. And since he did not have his wheel, walking would have to do. At this point he hated this woman he was completely done with her and killing her was considered but he cared about her at the same time. He knew Cora wasn't his true love. He often asked himself what woman could love him after Cora chose power over love. He felt all women would see in him was a way to get powerful or just be too scared to be around him. He opted to be an enemy of love and just forget about finding it.

He found himself standing in front of the Queen, her subjects, and her red knights. Cora was hiding behind her trademark Queen of Hearts red mask. From the looks of the people standing around Cora's throne, she was just finishing up some kind of royal meeting before he entered in to her home.

"What is your business in Wonderland?" The royal speaker asked.

"It's not like it's any of your concern, but I wish to speak with Cora."

"You are a visitor to Wonderland, you may not address the Queen of H—"the royal speaker was cutting off by being turned into snail by Rumplestiltskin. The Red Knights rush to seize him for harming a royal servant to the Queen. Their efforts were futile as they were thrown back with a flick of his wrist. They got up quickly to rush to him again this time they were immobilized. The ground begins to slowly suck them deeper into ground depths. "Enough of this Cora! Call off the damn Knights before I turn the whole palace to rubble." Rumblestiltskin shouted.

"Fine." Cora said lowering her mask beside her. "LEAVE US!" Cora ordered the knights as they magically were back above ground and able to run, now away from the sorcerer. "Calm down rumple I can see now you were already mad." Rumplestiltskin didn't say anything. He just walked closer to the throne were she sat. "Oh Gods, what has you so upset Rumple. Is it Regina, did something happen to her?"

"No." he finally spoke. "She is fine."

Sigh of relieve escape Cora lips as she stood up from her throne, she walked to stand in front of Rumplestiltskin. She attempted to kiss him to which he shifted his face away from her lip before she could kiss him. She looked at him in confusion. "I don't understand; why am I the person you're upset with?" He remained quite. Cora decided to change the subject. "I never got to properly thank you for looking after Regina after she banished me. I knew while I was no longer in her life she would surely leave the King and her life would be ruin. But thanks to you she remains Queen and one day she will do great things, just like I hoped for her."

Rumplestiltskin scoffed. "She still could have done great things without being queen. She has a destiny."

"You're kidding right? She wasn't destined to help the stable boy clean horse stalls for the rest of her life. I did not want that for her. You know who I was before I became a princess in our realm. The daughter of a drunken miller. She wasn't taking control of her potential so I had to intervene."

"At the price of you daughter happiness? You can sit in a different world and just be … happy that your daughter banished you... just so long as she remains Queen." Rumplestiltskin could not hold back the disappointment in his voice. "I always regretted changing our contract. I shouldn't have gotten myself wrapped up in a fantasy that you could ever love me. I never amended on a contract, why did I have to start with you? I could have had your first born child but I fell in love with your blood-lust and confused it with passion and let you trick me."

"Rumple I still don't understand I thought you were over this. I'm sorry I hurt you but 'love is weakness' and I couldn't let anything stop me from being just a miller's daughter."

"I will never fully and completely understand why you were in such need of power." He forced a fake grin." But on a lighter note, I have a new student."

"What? Why are you still teaching magic? Dealing dark magic to the penniless peasant has brought you to boredom. Who are you teaching? I know it's a woman? I bet it's that gullible caretaker you gotten yourself? Don't think I forgot you mentioning her on one of your visits here. She probably the reason you don't stay with me till morning. Too busy 'teaching' her."

As mad as he wanted to with Cora for disrespecting Belle, he was going to give Cora the satisfaction of being upset over a woman. Instead he chose to make her upset.

"Really dearie, jealous of my maid are we now? But no, that is not who I'm teaching."

"Then who?"

"Your daughter of course." Rumplstiltskin giggled.

"Regina?"

Taken back with a laugh, he half-lied telling her "No."

A few days ago Rumplestiltskin stumble across Regina's older sister Zelena. She was abandon by Cora. And was cast away via cyclone to OZ where she grow up with false parents and father that never loved her. It wasn't until she met the wizard she was able to go back to the Enchanted Forest to meet her sister and mother. but instead she found Rumplestiltskin. He told Zelena how her mother, Cora ,was banish to a different world, he chose not to tell where and also chose it best for her not to meet Regina yet. That they should train privately and alone. To which Zelena agreed.

"I have no other children."

"Is that a fact now dearie, I had the pleasure of meet a very lovely, stunning, and powerful woman name Zelena."

Zelena?

"Your first born. Her name is Zelena."

AN/ tell me what you think and thank you for reading... updates will soon

-RL