I don't own Once Upon a Time or its characters.

I'm sorry for all grammar and spelling mistakes. I'm not a native speaker.

„Good morning, darling"

Slowly Ursula opened her eyes just to close them again really quickly. Light. Too much light. Too much light after a very short night and lots of alcohol.

"You really have to get up now or Mal has eaten the whole breakfast on her own." Cruella laughed and pulled the warm covers from Ursula's body.

Ursula groaned loudly and buried her face in her pillow. Loud. Too loud. Too loud after a very short night and lots of alcohol.

"Could you please be a bit quieter?" Ursula mumbled and tried to pull the covers back over her head.

"Sorry darling. You've slept long enough." Cruella answered and threw the covers on the ground so Ursula could not reach them anymore.

"Long enough? I'm sure it was not longer than five minutes." Ursula slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"It's already way past ten. Mal and I are already up since eight o'clock." Cruella answered while opening the window to let some fresh air into the cabin.

"Where's Rumple?" Ursula stood up and picked up her towel from the ground. Ursula did not even try to remember how it ended up there.

"I think we effectively scared him away with our drinking games yesterday. Now go, have a quick shower then join us for breakfast." Cruella said and left the room to grant Ursula a little privacy. After only fifteen minutes Ursula sat down at the breakfast table next to Cruella.

"Good morning, Ursula. I heard you had a little trouble standing up." Maleficent smirked and took a bite from her toast.

"Please, you cannot tell me that you are not hungover today." Ursula said and took a toast herself.

Cruella laughed loudly. "Oh , darling, I'm fine but Maleficent has already swallowed at least a handful of aspirin."

This caused Mal to give her a friendly flap on the back of her head. "Anyway, you took it worst from all of us."

"Depends. Did you hear from Regina already? The two of you seemed very close last night. I was already worried that Cruella and I would witness something that would scar us forever-if you know what I mean." Ursula grinned and did not shy away from Maleficent's evil glare.

"Funny, I was going to say the exact same thing about you and Cruella." Maleficent replied with a cocky smile.

"Nah, you and our ex-evil-queen were definitely worse and by the way you should be used to Ursula and me being together by now." Cruella answered and passed Ursula the requested Nutella.

"Yes, I definitely should. We should hurry, Regina is going to be here any minute now." Mal proposed.

"You cannot possibly expect her to be on time after the amount of alcohol she drank last night. I think we can be happy if she doesn't sleep through the whole day." Ursula said raising one eyebrow.

"No, that's not the Regina I know." Maleficent answered.

"Well, as Ursula and I didn't not hesitate to point out: Regina is not the same anymore. She has gone soft and no amount of alcohol can conceal that." Cruella answered. For a short moment Maleficent remained silent then she nodded slowly.

"I know but neither are we and you cannot deny it. And maybe that's a good thing. Change, you know, sometimes it's good if things change." Maleficent said and watched the stunned faces of the other two closely.

"Who are you and what have you done to I-want-revenge-Maleficent?" Ursula asked watching Maleficent's facial expression closely.

"Still the same, don't worry but don't you agree that you are now better off with each other than before we were reunited and you were alone?"

Cruella and Ursula looked at each other but kept quiet, both of them not ready for open affection and admissions of love in a sober state. Maleficent presented them with one of her rare smiles knowing exactly what was going on in their heads. "See, change is not all bad."

"Are you doubting the plan?" Cruella asked, her voice quieter and more insecure than the two others had ever heard it be.

"I don't doubt the plan but I truly doubt Rumpelstiltskin. Don't you remember last time? You know how he always promises the world but never delivers. He deliberately left us there to be killed by the Chernabog, not that I blame him. I mean every one of us would have done the same back then but now things are different. We have more to lose. You know what I mean. I am simply saying that we have to be careful."

"I can't get something Regina said last night out of my head." Ursula whispered quietly.

"What did she say?" Cruella asked and looked at the other woman curiously.

"Well, Cruella, do you remember what you have told Rumpelstiltskin back in the enchanted forest when he took back the gauntlet? " Ursula asked.

"I told him that the game was rigged and that villains never got their happy endings." Cruella answered. "But I don't see your point."

"Well, Regina said last night that maybe looking for the author is the wrong approach to get what we desire. Maybe it's not about changing our environment. Maybe it is truly about changing ourselves or better said going back to where we started. I know Cruella that you don't like to hear that but you have to admit that we were good people back then." Ursula answered expecting a strong reaction from her two companions but nothing happened.

"Please pass me the coffee." Cruella said without looking Ursula in the eye.

"Don't you want to comment on what I just said?" Ursula asked looking expectantly at Cruella and Maleficent.

"Maybe she is right, don't you think Cruella?" Maleficent said.

"I don't know. I mean admitting Regina is right would mean that I cannot be happy because of the way I am…because of my character…well, this is quite sad, don't you think?" Cruella hesitated and then turned her head to look out of the window.

"Cruella, you know there is something else Regina has said several times last night. She said that evil isn't born, it's made. And you know that this applies to you too. Deep down you are not a bad person and you know that. So it's not because of your character that you don't get your happy ending but because you've made some pretty bad choices." Maleficent said unusually affectionate. Slowly Ursula took Cruella's hand into her own. Cruella blinked heavily and nodded quickly.

"Okay, I get it, but what now? Rumpel will not be amused if we decide to quit."

"We will find a solution." Ursula said and Maleficent nodded. In that moment someone knocked on the door. Regina.

"We will talk some more tonight." Maleficent said. They had a long day ahead of them.

I'm sorry if Ursula, Cruella and Maleficent seem a bit (or a lot) out of character, I guess I am just too cheesy

Please tell me what you think! I am considering to continue the story, what do you think?