If you are planning to read this fan fiction but haven't read my really lame "Midnight Affair" story, please find the story on my user profile page.

This is the first branch of my Midnight Affair story. The original ending in my mind was not like this, but I figured instead of going into an indefinite hiatus, I could just continue writing an AU and not screw up the original line.

I continued riding my bike around town, hoping to get enough Vitamin D before the sun was down again. Normally, I would sleep past these hours, but today, I just felt so energetic. I wouldn't call this the power of love, but was that the new power I got for having a crush in the Evil Queen? I rode past the library and saw Regina's car parked outside.

Wanting to say Hi and give her my painting, I entered the library. Doors were unlocked. It was empty and cold. I closed my eyes. She was here before, not too long ago, maybe yesterday, after she brought back my car. I could smell the ocean. Someone probably came here from the pier, around the same time Regina did.

I could also smell something else - fear. Yes, fear. It wasn't really a smell. It was more like a feeling. Instantly, I knew Regina was not hiding. She was taken, taken by someone stronger than her.

I quickly went to her car. I saw her jacket inside, so I unlocked the door and grabbed it. If only I had a dog or something and suddenly, I realized I didn't need one. My sense was stronger than any human alive. If I could focus on her scent, I could find her.

I hopped on my bike (I wasn't skillful enough to hotwire Regina's car) and followed her smell. I was near the cannery, when the smell of the ocean completely blocked out Regina's smell. The cannery was not even active, would they be hiding her there? Yes, it would make the best hiding place.

If I enter the place, will I startle the kidnapper and place Regina in a dangerous position? I asked myself. I smiled. No one would suspect a cat entering a salmon cannery factory.

I could not become a bat, but I could turn to a cat. I transformed myself as a black cat and wondered into the factory. I heard a scream and I quickly ran toward the sound. I knew it was Regina's voice. There, I saw two people - one man and one woman, standing next to a table with Regina lying on it. I looked at her, so weak, so powerless.

I felt the wrath coming upon me. How could they treat Regina like that? What could she have done? Well, casting a curse to bring all the fairytale characters to the Land Without Magic was pretty bad, but this?

"Where is my father?" He asked. Regina remained mute. He electroshocked her again. I wasn't sure the woman had something else to do or she couldn't bear to watch another woman suffer, she left the room. When she returned to the room, she told the man that someone else was in the building and they had to leave immediately. He refused, "Now I'm gonna give you one last chance. Tell me where my father is."

He waited two seconds, "Okay, time's up." I was looking at the right moment to strike. With my tiny cat body, I launched myself and scratched his face. I knew my cat attack wouldn't hurt him much, but that would hold him for a few minutes.

He threw me to the side of the room. Seriously, who would hurt a cute black cat? I knew, the person who hurt a powerless woman. I was really angry. There was only one way to settle the score, although I didn't know if I still had it in me.

With power like the Incredible Hulk, I transformed myself into a black panther. I jumped onto him and sank my fang deep into his neck. I drank his blood. I wasn't enjoying it. I drank it to take his strength. I crawled all over his body, leaving claw marks on his skin. I knew it was an unfair match.

I heard gunshot. "Don't move!" I heard SnowWhite's husband's voice. I quickly transformed back to an adult cat. The male kidnapper was lying on the floor, with blood coming out from his neck.

"Oh my god, what is happening?" SnowWhite and her husband entered the room, "Greg Mendell?"

"Is he the kidnapper?" SnowWhite asked.

"I never liked this guy since the moment he came to Storybrooke, but for now, we can only assume," He made a bad joke, "Looks like this big cat thought he smelled like fish and took care of him." I licked my cat lips.

"David! We can't leave her. She'll die if we don't get her help," SnowWhite said to her husband, David.

"We gotta get her to Mother Superior," He replied. Regina would be in good hands.

I had got other things to do. There was one other woman. I ran out of the room and heard the blond talking in the walkie talkie with David. I followed the sound. "We found Regina with Mendell. He was knocked unconscious. We are not sure if he was a victim or the kidnapper. Emma, you gotta block the exits."

"Already on it," She replied. She was just around the corner, I knew it. I heard another man's voice. Man, I really need to start learning people's name.

They were arguing, "So, I was right. It wasn't Tamara."

"Actually it was," The female kidnapper said to the two. I turned right and saw the group. She knocked out the blond with a crowbar and got her gun. The woman and the man confronted each other, "You never loved me." "No."

I wasn't sure if I should ruin the moment, but this woman needed to pay for what she had done. I transformed to a black panther again and quickly jumped at the woman. She shot the man and me. I still managed to grab her neck with my teeth. I would like to give her a fatal bite, but it wouldn't be a fair game. I took enough blood from her to keep her unconscious.

The blond regained consciousness and held the man in her arm; "We gotta get you to a hospital." "I love you," He said. "I love you too," She replied. Oh great, they confessed their love to each other and didn't care there was a panther next to them.

I turned back to a cat and "Meow" I looked at those two. At the same moment, I saw David and SnowWhite entering. They checked up on their savior daughter and shortly after they were carrying Regina out to their car. I sneaked onto SnowWhite's car backseat. I watched the blond helping the hurt man to get onto another car. On the way, they made a call to someone named Leroy and asked them to take the two kidnappers to the hospital. I would just leave them to die, but these "good people" just wanted to give them a second chance.

They didn't bring her to the hospital. They brought her to someone's home, I assumed, SnowWhite's. They laid her down on their bed.

"Why is that cat following us?" David asked. He grabbed be behind my neck, "It's hurt." Don't take me to the SPCA. I was bleeding from the gunshot wound. Apparently, self-healing only worked when I was in my original shape. I was okay. I drank so much blood today, that it wouldn't hurt losing some.

I fought to be released, when I curled up and rest next to Regina, the gap between her wrist and her waist. I saw her wearing a cuff. I didn't see her wearing that before. It didn't feel right. I scratched it, but it was hard as stone. A leather cuff shouldn't feel like that. David and SnowWhite tried to remove me, but I threatened them with my cat's claws and fangs.

Soon, a nun came over. The three felt that it was weird for me to scratch the cuff. They removed it, realized it was special made to block magic. The nun healed Regina and me with her magic, "Now that the cuff is off, she's gonna be okay, given time and rest. Her magic will return."

Yes, maybe I needed to rest too.

= End of Chapter 1 =

I wrote the story for myself, so if you hate my fan fiction, don't R&R.