This is my contribution for OQPrincessWeek day 4 – Mischievous Magic.

I know this prompt is for tomorrow (Wed) but I'm way too excited so I'm posting it today. I hope you like it!


Regina could feel even when the little princess was still inside her womb that she had magic, just like her mother. Not just any magic, but light magic. Her magic started to backfire with Regina's, which caused sort of a trouble during pregnancy but with the help of her husband, family and friends Regina found ways to deal with that and she gave birth to a very healthy dark-haired girl. So neither mother nor father got surprised when their daughter started to show traces of magic after she was born, and the parents thought it was best for her to learn to control her magic since a very early age.

Now there they were, five years later, getting ready for breakfast. Robin was wearing an apron and making pancakes, Claire, their daughter, was practicing her magic with an apple as Regina went to wake up the girl sleepyhead's teenager brothers. The blonde man was keeping an eye on his girl, and he saw when she frowned, indicating her magic was not doing what she was asking. He remembered Regina telling him to when he sees their daughter having a hard time with magic, to give her space and not interfere that eventually she would get it right. And most of times he was able to do just that, but as he saw a tear rolling down his daughter's face he had to turn around to face her. He had to comfort her, he couldn't bear seeing her in pain or sad. However, before he could fully face her and touch her she ran out of the kitchen as fast as her little legs allowed her to, just as Regina was walking in.

"Her magic wasn't working." Robin explained when he saw the silent question on Regina's eyes, wanting to know what happened.

He didn't need to say anything else. Regina nodded and left, going to where their girl was. She knocked on the door of her daughter's bedroom and then she opened it. What she saw broke her heart into a million pieces. Claire was laid on her bed, all curled up in a fetus position, crying. Regina ran to her daughter and took her in her arms, tears falling the mother's eyes as well as she heard her precious daughter sobbing against her chest

"Sweetheart," Regina said after a while when her daughter's tears ceased a little. "Are you crying because your magic wasn't working?"

Regina went backwards, just enough for her to look into her Claire's eyes. Her eyes were as blue as the ocean and as bright as the stars, just like her father's eyes. It always calmed Regina's down by looking at them and little did she know her brown eyes had the power of calming her daughter as well.

"No.", she answered softly. "I'm crying because I know why my magic isn't working."

"And what's the reason?" the mother asked, running her hands up and down her daughter's arms.

"I'm scared, mommy", she confessed quietly. "I don't want to be a bad person."

"Why are you saying this, baby? You're not a bad person and you won't become a bad person."

"Henry has been reading to me stories where people use magic for things that are not good, and I don't want to become like them." she said looking down, her short curly black locks falling over her face. "I know I have been practicing with auntie Emma since I was little, but what if something happens and I use my magic to make people suffer?"

Regina understood what she was thinking. Claire was so afraid of using her magic that her magic was restraining itself. But she was damned if she was going to let her daughter fear herself, fear the magic that had always been a part of her. When Regina was young she had the same fears, and she could have used her magic for good but her mother and Rumple guided her to the other way. She wasn't going to let that happen to her girl.

The older brunette used her thumb to wipe the tears on her daughter's face and then she lifted her face, brown eyes facing blue ones.

"Honey, we make our own destiny. You have to trust in yourself and in the people around you. If we keep thinking in what ifs, we'll go crazy." she took Claire's little hands in hers and squeezed it. "I know you're too young to understand all of this, but you just need to know one thing: you'll always have me to guide you. I won't let you become someone you don't want to be."

The girl squeezed back her mother's hand and a shining smiled popped up on her face as she wrapped her small arms around her mother's waist and hugged her tightly. Oh, if Claire only knew how her mother would do just about everything to keep that smile on her face. Regina smiled and hugged her back, leaning down to kiss the top of her head and feeling the smell of pureness and innocence she still had. They cherished that moment for a few more seconds and then Regina got up and grabbed a candle that was upon the bedside table. She sat back on the bed crossing her legs and her daughter imitated her position.

"Do you remember what I told you the first time I started to teach you about magic? What did I told you about light magic and dark magic?"

"Light magic comes from good thoughts and it'll always be used for good things, and dark magic comes from bad thoughts and it'll always be used for bad things?" she half answered half asked, unsure if she was right.

"Exactly, that's right." she confirmed. "I want you to hold this candle," Regina said giving the candle to her daughter. "And close your eyes." When Regina saw her eyes were closed, she continued. "Keep the bad thoughts far away from your mind and think about something good, something that makes you happy, and let your magic flow."

In a matter of seconds a white light took over the room and the candle was lighted, making Regina smile proudly.

"Mommy, I did it!" Claire exclaimed happily when she opened her eyes. "I lighted the candle! My magic worked the way I wanted! My magic is back!"

"Yes, my love." Regina smiled contently, taking the candle out of her daughter's hands before she could hurt herself. "Now go wash your face so we can go eat breakfast with your father and your brothers."

"Alright." the girl got out of bed, and after she washed her face they went upstairs.

Robin was thankful beyond words to see a smile replacing the tears on Claire's face. Before starting eating, the younger girl sat between her brothers and she decided to hold an apple and try again the same spell she was trying to make previously. She closed her eyes, thought about her mother's words and concentrated. Right after, the red apple turned into green, then into blue and then back to red. The princess grinned and all her family clapped their hands, encouraging her. She made a few more spells and then the family started eating.

Later that day, Regina and Robin were snuggled up in the couch in the living room watching a movie with their fingers entwined while they heard their children talking in and playing in the other room.

"There's no other woman I would want to be the mother of my children. Do you know what an excellent and caring mother you're?" Robin whispered against Regina's ears.

"I have been told that a time or two." she answered playfully, but the face she made next showed that she didn't take what he said slighted.

She took his words to heart. His words always meant a great deal for her. She always admired the good father he is, and hearing him saying things like that to her always melted her heart. Especially since she was afraid of raising a daughter with magic after the mother she had. She was scared of failing.

"Thank you so much Robin." she leaned in, capturing his lips in a slow, gentle kiss.

He tenderly explored the depths of her elusive mouth with his tongue and in return she teased his lip with the tip of her tongue. She would never get tired of feeling his soft and warm lips against hers and neither would he. When the lack of air started to be a problem they linked their foreheads, a breathless silly grin on their faces.

"I was so worried about our princess today. I felt so… helpless." he mumbled. "I didn't know how to help her. But things with magic you're better dealing with, you have this bond with her."

"Well you also have a bond with her," Regina said looking straight to the mini set of bow and arrow in the corner of their living room. "Just don't go teaching her how to be a thief." she added playfully.

"I wouldn't dream of it." he smirked and pressed his lips against hers again, placing his hands in Regina's lower back to bring her closer as she settle her hands in his face. Before he had the chance to title his head and deepen the kiss, they heard a soft cough.

They distanced themselves from each other as they opened their eyes but he refused to let her go completely as he kept an arm around her. Their turned their faces and saw their three children looking at them.

"Don't look, Claire, they're making another you." Henry joked, covering her sister's eyes with his hands.

"What?" Claire said trying to get rid of his hands "I'll have another sibling? I would love that to be true!" she said just as she finally took Henry's hands in front of her eyes.

"No honey, your brother is just playing around." Regina said blushing, sending a dead glare on her oldest son's direction.

"Oh, ok." the girl said in a sad tone but quickly her excitement grew again. "Mommy, daddy, can I play hide and seek with my brothers and maybe Neal on our backyard? There are several trees there and good places to hide."

"Is Henry ok with that?" Regina asked.

Henry was soon to be eighteen and would be leaving for college shortly. Lately, he wasn't playing much with his sister, so it surprised Regina in a good way that he wanted to play with her. She guessed that maybe he saw how sad his sister was that morning and he wanted to cheer her up.

"Yes! And Roland is ok with that too." Claire answered cheerfully as she hugged Roland and he lifted his hands to ruffle her hair.

"Ok then. I don't see why not." the mother granted.

The little girl let a small "yay" and Robin warned them that they should stay only in the backyard then.

"I'll go to Snow very quickly to see if Neal wants to play with us too." Henry said and Regina nodded.

Five minutes later Henry was back with Neal. They all headed together to the backyard of the mansion, and Henry volunteered to be the one counting, claiming that it would be hard for him to find a place to hide anyway.

Henry turned his body in the tree's direction, closed his eyes and started to count till twenty as he heard the people around him starting to run to hide. Claire chose to stay behind a tree as she lifted her hands and used her magic to make herself invisible. Henry opened his eyes when he reached twenty, and it didn't take long to find Neal and Roland. He passed through Claire and didn't see her, and the girl celebrated in silence the fact that her magic was working.

After searching for her everywhere, he realized why he was not being able to find her and he came up with a solution.

"Hey, this is not fair; you're using a clocking spell!" Henry shouted.

The young girl giggled, not being able to contain herself and making it easier for Henry to find her. He kept making laugh till she felt two arms around her middle and her spell went down.

"Ahaa, found you!" he said lifting her up and tickling her tummy.

"Noooo" she protested between her laughs.

Regina saw them playing from the window in the arms of the man she loved, asking herself how lucky she was for getting the family she had always wanted.


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