Once Upon A Time does not belong to me…sadly…All I am doing is borrowing some characters just for entertainment. They only thing I own is the idea and Nathan Black.

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N. Swan-Mills

Bold italics- Dreams
Italics- Thoughts
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Enchanted Forest: Pre-Curse

Regina walked through the palace toward her bedchambers ignoring everyone and everything around her. At this moment she just wanted to be alone without interruption. Once again the "idiots," with the help of Rumplestilskin, had ruined her plans. Charming wasn't supposed to escape nor wake Snow from the sleeping curse. "Why the hell would Rumple help them? What could he possibly get out of this?" Regina wondered as she entered her room and began to pace. Why did they get a happy ending? Why did everyone get what they want but her?

"My dear, what's wrong?" Henry asked as he walked in with a glass of wine for her.

Regina stopped pacing and turned toward her father. Inside she wanted to kick him out so she could wallow in her self-pity, but on the outside she put her mask up cover her emotions. "Nothing father, what is it you want?" She snapped.

Henry offered her the wine, "I figured you could use a drink and maybe someone to talk to," He said with caution.

"The drink I will take, but as for talking I don't feel like it," She took the offered wine and swallowed a healthy gulp.

Henry sighed, "Regina, please talk to me."

Regina sat her drink down on the side table next to her lounge chair. She studied him for a minute, then took a seat. "What is there to say? Snow once again has ruined my plans. For once I would love to win. But I guess that will never happen."

Henry made a slow approach toward her, "Win? What is there to win? Why can't you let her be and move on? Make the life you want without this war?"

"Seriously, is he asking me to let Snow's sins go? Let her live a life she took from me?! Never! She doesn't deserve happiness or anything close to it. She betrayed me; she took Daniel away from me." Regina fumed, glaring at her father. "Get out, if you truly think that. Snow White," she spat the name out like venom, "took my life away! She had a hand in my true love's death, just so I would become her mother! She will pay for what she has done!" Her voice echoed off the stone walls from her yell.

Henry flinched at her tone and looked to his feet, "Darling, I wasn't saying what she did was right. I just think you should focus on you and not revenge."

Regina laughed darkly, "Revenge? No father it is justice! It's justice for her crimes against me. Do you honestly think that if I stopped and let her be that she would do the same for me? "

"I would hope she would," Henry answered as he looked up at her.

"She wouldn't! She would storm the castle in an attempt to kill me. Snow White wouldn't stop until I was dead and her 'Prince Charming' would be right beside her. There is no backing down." Regina ranted before she took another drink of her wine.

"Very well, I suppose you are right. Maybe we should leave and start somewhere new."

"Leave? Father your ideas keep getting more and more delusional. I will not run like a coward. Now, please get out. I'm tired and want to get some rest." The empty cup slammed down on the table as she stood.

Henry nodded and made his way out of the room, "I wish there was a way to end this."

The king size bed called her name as the brunette changed into her sleeping clothes. "I just want to sleep and forget this world for a few hours."

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The sky was a pure blue without a cloud in sight, the wind blew lightly and, all together it was a perfect autumn day. No one was around and the only sound came from the animals occupying the valley. With a deep sigh Regina sat against the tree she and Daniel use to meet. This was her escape, a place no one could hurt her. This tree was where she was free. Reality slipped into nothing. Her body visibly relaxed.

"I could have guessed this would be where your subconscious would bring you," A female voice echoed through the area.

Regina tensed up and looked around for the intruder, "Who is there?"

"I have many names my child." The voice was closer.

Regina stood, her head moved from left to right yet she saw no one. "Show yourself!" White mist circled around next to her. Once it disappeared, a beautiful tanned red-head stood next to her. The woman was about as tall as Regina. She wore a black goddess tunic that had a gold rope belt, the same rope was used as a headband. Upon her skin were different blue glowing tattoos. Regina recognized these tattoos were symbols of fate.

"Who are you?" Regina asked her voiced cracked some as she tried to mask her awe.

"As I said my child I have many different names. But you can call me Lachesis."

"Lachesis? You are a sister of fate?" This time Regina was unable to hide her awe, "W-Why are you here?"

Lachesis smiled sincerely at the brunette, "You have lost hope and faith in the world. A girl," Regina raised an eyebrow at the term, "a woman your age has gone through so much that she shouldn't have had to face. I am here to give you back some of what you have lost."

"Daniel? But I thought no one could bring back the dead, not even fate." Regina asked with a small amount of hope.

Lachesis frown, "No dear, even the fates can't bring back the dead. It was meant to happen, even if I could change that I wouldn't."

Regina took a step closer to her, "Then what could you possibly give me back?! He is all I want!"

Lachesis grinned, "Have you truly lost sight of what your heart deeply desires? Daniel is not what you want; it is what he gave you that you miss."

"What do you mean what he gave me? He is what my heart deeply desires!"

"You want love. You want happiness. You want to be the young woman you were before Snow White. The woman who fought the dark urges, who stood up for the good she believed in. Where do you think Snow got those traits from?"

The anger inside of Regina began to rise as the red-head continued to talk. Her magic began to surge through her veins and sparked between her fingertips, "And how do you plan to give me that, hm? Maybe reverse time so I don't save Snow from that damn horse? Because that I would truly love."

The red-head shock her head, "No Regina. I am not going to turn time back. I am going to give you a gift that will help you move forward."

"Will you give me Snow White's heart perhaps?"

Lachesis sighed deeply, "No! Please let me talk as we don't have much time left."

With a roll of her eyes Regina nodded.

"In a month's time, Snow White's army will search a village west of her in search of an infant…"

"Why would Snow be searching for an infant?" Regina interrupted in disbelief.

Ignoring the interruption she continued, "An infant that the Dark One will warned her of. He is the 'Child of Fate' and he is your son. He will give you everything you truly desire. This child will become the balance of good and evil. There is a war coming that is much larger than your rivalry. Snow will want to take him due to the lies Rumple will tell her. This infant with your guidance and love will be the fall of the Dark One. He knows this but he doesn't know how. You must get to him before Snow's army, before Rumple can harm him."

"He is my son?" Regina asked shaking slightly as she took a step back to lean against the tree.

"Yes, he will be created from your blood and Moira magic. He will be composed purely of you," Lachesis took a step forward talking Regina's right hand. "He will be your happy ending. This I promise you."

Regina calmed her thoughts, "How will I know which infant he is?"

A small smile graced the goddess' face, "By this mark," she turned Regina's hand over then placed her free hand over the brunette's wrist. A white glow shone and Regina hissed in light pain trying to remove her hand. Lachesis held tight and slowly the glow disappeared. "This," She removed her hands from the queen looking at the deep magenta mark that was slowly fading to black, "will also be on his right wrist. When you find him, both emblems with change to magenta again as it is your connection. It will bind you in ways that few have ever experienced. Do you understand?"

Regina couldn't tear her eyes off of the design on her wrist. She recognized it as the Omega and Alpha symbols intertwined with a crown placed above it. It was beautiful. "Yes, I understand."

The goddess took a step back, "Good. I am depending on you. For once the Moira cannot see what is to come past you getting the infant. Which, by the way, is the positive outcome that I would like to see happen."

The brunette looked away from her wrist, "And if Snow gets to the baby first?"

"Then the Dark One will kill him and take his magic. With that kind of power he will truly be able to do anything. If the 'Child of Fate' dies, you will feel his death and feel pain far worse than anything you have felt yet."

"Then I won't fail. The child will be mine," Regina said sincerely.

"Excellent. Well my child, our time is up. I must go and you must wake up," with that Lachesis vanished in a mist of white smoke. Regina sat back down against the tree, again looking at her wrist.

"A son…I will have a son who will truly be mine and he is a gift from the Fates. Maybe, there is hope. I won't let Snow take him as she has taken everything else from me. I will protect him." She leaned back and closed her eyes letting the pull take her back to reality.