"I thought we could take a ride to Firefly Hill. We can make it by sundown, have a picnic." Said Daniel
"I can't. I have to be back in an hour. Tea time. A lady never misses her tea time." Said Regina during their kiss
"This is absurd. Stealing kisses between lunch and tea? When are you gonna tell your parents about us?" Daniel told her they stop talking in between kisses
"It's not my parents. It's her." Regina told him
"I don't understand. So I work in the stables. She started out as the daughter of a miller. Wouldn't she, of all people, understand?" Daniel said knowing who 'her' was
"She does. But-but she thinks one's trajectory needs to keep moving up, and-"Regina was cut off
"And I'm down." Daniel was dissapointed
"She believes that. Daniel... I know better." Regina tried to reassure him
"Regina, tell her. She'll get over it. What can she do?" He asked
"Have you not seen her magic? It w-the real question is what can't she do?" Regina was scared about telling her
"Who cares about magic?" Daniel said whilst caressing Regina's face "True love is the most powerful magic of all. It can overcome anything."
-later on-
"No, this won't do." Cora said as she casts a spell, causing purple smoke to engulf Regina.
"What are you doing?" The smoke cleared, revealing Regina in a ball gown.
"We have a guest. He'll be here any moment."
"I can't: I have a riding lesson with Daniel."
"Well, that's been canceled. Now smile. We don't want to disappoint him."
"Disappoint who?"
"The King."
"The King? Why is the King coming?" Regina said whilst giggling
"Because you've finally done something right! That little girl you saved? Is the king's daughter." Regina gasped
The King along with two other men and Henry, Regina's father, came in to Regina and her familys home
"Is that her?" King Leopold asked
"Yes." Regina's father asked as Cora curtsied. "Regina, honey? This is Snow White's father." He said as Regina curtsied as well.
"No. It is I who should bow to you. You saved my daughter's life. There is no way to repay that debt. It is an honor, to meet you." king Leopold said as he bowed down to Regina
"Regina. Dear. The-King's honored to meet you; say something." Cora said
"Oh. The honor is mine." Regina told him
"You're quite lucky to have a mother who looks out for you. My dear Snow has many things, but a mother is not one of them. We lost her years ago." King Leopold said with sadness in his eyes
"I'm so sorry."
"Since then I have scoured the land, looking for a wife. I've yet to find a woman with an interest in my daughter, until now." Leopold walked over to his two men and takes a box from a pillow that one of his men gave him he kneels with ring. "Will you marry me, Regina?" Cora nods to Regina to tell her yes, but Regina didnt speak
"Yes. Yes." Cora said for her
"Daniel? Daniel!" Regina shouted
"What is it?" Daniel shouted back to her
Daniel runs up to Regina and kisses her, Regina got down on one knee "Marry me."
"Regina, what are you doing? What's happened? Did you tell your mother?"
"No. And now I can never tell her, she won't understand. That girl I saved-was the king's daughter. And now he's proposed, to me!"
"What?"
Regina was in tears "My mother accepted! The only way out is to run. For us to leave this place, for us to be married, for us to never come back.
"Regina. Do you understand what that would mean? Life with a stable boy is a far cry from a life as Queen."
"Being Queen means nothing. Daniel." Regina carressed his face "All I care about is you".
Daniel kisses Reginas thumb "And if I am to marry you, let's do this properly." Daniel Fetches a ring from a nearby saddle he slips it on Regina's finger. "Here." They kiss. the door opens. Snow White walked in on them
"Snow! Do you r-what are you doing?" Regina stuttered
"You said to get back on the horse, and-what are you doing with him?" Snow asked
Cora was talking to Snow "Careful, sweetheart. A flower's a delicate thing. Be gentle. You want it to grow, and not pluck it before its time." Cora looked at her own flower from Rumplestiltskin what she had preserved with her own magic
"I'm sorry." Snow said innocently
Cora chuckled "It's all right. You needn't fear me, I'm only trying to help. Perhaps you can be the flower girl at the wedding! I can already see how close you and Regina have become." Cora lead Snow White to a couch; they sit down. "She's going to make a fine mother for you."
"She is kind to me."
Cora cuckled "Indeed. It warms my heart how you two share everything. Already. Perhaps you could share something with me. Why has she pulled away from me?"
"What do you mean?"
"A mother knows her daughter, Regina's pulled away. I love her so much, but she's not letting me help her and I-I know she's unhappy. Has she said something? I'd do anything to make her happy."
"You'd do anything?"
"Ah, of course, dear. You know, I talked to the King about your mother, he told me how much she loved you. Losing her must have been so hard."
" It was."
"Hearing him I realized he might as well have been talking about me and Regina. I don't want us to lose each other. If only I could show her, how I feel. That no matter what, all I want is her happiness."
Snow White stood up "Then don't make her get married."
"I'm sorry?" Cora questioned her
"She doesn't love my father. She loves someone else. She made me promise not to tell. But she'll lose you. She can't lose her mother. No one should."
"Oh. Sweet Snow, it's all right. She won't lose me. You can tell me. You must tell me."
Cora appeared suddenly out of the gloom "You could've at least left a note." as Cora walked in she knocked the two back with a blue spell. She appeared inside the stable without appearing to walk there, and the doors close behind her.
"Mother, I-" Regina started
"Don't. You sneak out of my house in the dead of night and think I won't notice? How dare you."
"You're impossible to talk to. Stop with the magic and listen to me. I want to be with Daniel."
"Uh! You don't know what you want. But I do. I didn't make the sacrifices I did in life to get you to the cusp of greatness so that you could end up the wife of a stable boy."
"It's my life!"
Cora laughed "You foolish girl. It's mine. After what I had to do, the deals I had to make to get us out of poverty, to get us this life, and you just want to toss it away?"
"Stay strong, Regina." Daniel whispered to Regina
"Your magic can't keep us apart. I love him." Regina said
"And I love her." Daniel said to Cora
"And I love her too." Cora said
"If you loved me you wouldn't try to keep us apart!" Regina shot back
"And if you loved me you wouldn't try to run away." Cora told her
"I'm sorry, but this is my happiness. We're going."
"No." Cora lifted up her hand which was glowing with blue magic "You're not."
"So what's your plan? You're going to-keep us here, forever? Because that's what you'll have to do."
"So this is-your decision. This will make you, happy?"
"It already has."
"Then who am I to stop you."
"Thank you, mother." Regina said whilst hugging her mother
"Daniel." Cora started and then took him aside. "If you want to have a life together, a family, then there's one important lesson I can impart on you. It's what it means to be a parent. You always have to do what's best for your children."
"Thank you. I understand. Because that's what you're doing now." he said to Cora
"Yes. It is." Cora plunged her hand into Daniel's chest. As Daniel gasps
"Mother!" Regina shouted to Cora, Cora then pulled out her hand, clutching Daniels heart. He collapsed "Noooo!" Regina rushes over to his fallen body. "Noo!" Cora crushes his heart in her fist, and sand trickles out from between her fingers. "Mother, why have you done this?" Regina said inbetween sobs
"Because this is your happy ending." Cora walked out
"Wow. You really are the fairest of them all!" Snow told Regina
"Hmm. Thank you, dear." Regina replied
"I hope for my wedding day I'll be as beautiful."
"I'm sure you will be."
"I know you and Daniel will be so happy together."
Regina turned to look at Snow White. "What?"
"Well, I just knew your mother would let you marry him once she knew how happy it'd make you! Once she knew how much you love him. You have such a wonderful mother. She would do anything for your happiness."
"Snow? Did-did you-tell her? About me and Daniel?"
"Yes!"
"But I told you, very specifically, not to."
"I'm sorry. I just didn't want you to lose your mother. Like I've lost mine." Regina turned away, distraught. "Are you mad?" Snow asked
"No. I'm not mad at all. You were just trying to help me. However, I'm not marrying Daniel. This dress is for your father."
"But, I thought you were in love."
"So did I, but I was wrong. Daniel has run away. What I had with Daniel wasn't real; it was an infatuation. See, that's the thing about love. It can come in the most unexpected of places: your father and I had something even more special. Because it's not just about the two of us. It's about all of us. We're going to be a family."
"We are?"
"That's right. I'm going to be your stepmother, and I couldn't be happier."
"Me too." Both Regina and Snow laugh and hug. Cora walked in
"Snow. You need to go to your room, help with the packing. Your father wants you ready for the journey and we're heading to your castle first thing in the morning."
"You're both going to love it there."
"I know we will." Snow White went to her room "Well played, dear. You're learning."
"I should change. Don't want to ruin the dress before my big day." Regina said sarcastically
"I am so proud of you." Cora told her
"You knew the king was travelling through our land, didn't you. That steed with Snow didn't go wild on its own. Did it?" Regina asked
"I have no idea what you're saying." Cora said to Regina although it was very unconvincing
"I shoulda let her die on that horse." Regina said
