'Why are you doing this?' a tear stained roundish face screamed at a dark towering figure, who grinned as if they'd just pulled of the most masterful stunt.

'Because,' the silk voice of the now visible woman started, 'this is my happy ending.' she laughed from the back of her throat as she watched her ingenious plan unveil.

She hadn't been lying, this was her happy ending. Something she'd been thinking about for the past eighteen years, every detail had been meticulously planned and thought out, she wasn't going to let dear Snow White get away this time, she was finally going to get her well deserved revenge.

Between the heartbreaking sobs and the cackling from the two women, neither of them noticed the thick black smoke pouring its way through the castle. Before either of them had a chance to take a final breath – darkness.

There was a fresh smell of autumn filling the air and beautiful rays of sunshine beamed through the gap in between the two pleasantly grey curtains. Amongst the stunningly white sheets lay Regina Mills, a dark haired women with a face like a painting, not a flaw in sight other than a thin scar above her top lip which only added to the woman's breathtaking appearance.

She woke with a start, as if from some dream that she appeared to have been enjoying. She sat up, admiring her surroundings and studying each item in her room. She moved to the edge of the bed readying herself to stand up before she caught sight of her reflection in a nearby mirror. Her hands immediately shot up to her head and she ran all ten of her fingers through her silky hair.

'It's shorter than I would have thought,' she said out loud, although no one else seemed to be in the room, 'good job me.' she grinned barely all of her purely white teeth.

She jumped up with a sudden rush of excitement and began rummaging through her belongings as if she'd never seen them before despite them belonging to her. She admired the large wardrobe full of countless expensive dresses and suits and enough shoes to last her three years without having to wear a pair twice. She smiled again.

The moisture from the muddy ground had seeped through the raven haired woman's dress that looked as though it may have one been white but was now an off grey.

She flinched awake, breathing heavily as though she'd just awoke from a nightmare she was glad to be out of. She looked around, she did not recognise her surroundings, nor did know what time of day it was. The tip of the sun's head was just making itself seen over the top of the trees in front of her. She clambered up, wiping the mud from her palms on her filthy dress. She stumbled forward in search of a way out.

She soon found a road which too was surrounded by trees on both sides. She followed the road for what felt like hours. Her feet were burning with blisters and her legs were aching. She stared up at the beaming sun, wiping a few new beads of sweat from her brow before continuing her journey.

'Excuse me, Miss?' called a familiar, male voice from behind Snow White.

She jumped, a wave of relief and excitement rushed over her. She spun around expecting to see the man she had nicknamed 'Charming', coming to save her. 'David! Where's Emma?' the last time she saw David he was carrying her new born child so a safe haven where she could escape the evil of their home.

'Hi, are you okay Miss?' Snow white did not understand why he insisted on addressing her as 'Miss' instead of her actual name.

She began her unbelievable story of waking up in the middle of what seemed to be a forest, though she did not recognise it, '… and I finally found this road and I've been following it for hours, oh David, thank goodness you found me, who knows what I would have done. Where is Emma?' she painfully through her arms around the man's neck and hugged him tightly. He didn't moved, nor did he answer her question about their daughter.

'Um, Miss, I think there has been some confusion,' he begun, peeling her bruised arms from around him, 'why don't I take you to a hospital? My cars just through here.' he gestured to a small side road that Snow White had otherwise missed, and followed him to a straightly shaped cage, though it did not have bars, but it did have big pieces of glass mysteriously saying in place without even a single piece of rope or soldering.

'What is that?' she gasped, she was very unsure of the whole situation and it was beginning to make her feel uneasy. 'David, I don't understand.' she had stopped about four feet away from the strange contraption and was slowly inching her way back to the open road.

'It's okay, it's okay' David soothed, he grabbed what could only be seen as a misshaped handle on the side of the thing he called a car. 'This is my car' he over emphasised the word car as if Snow White had simply misheard him the first time and the new found clarity of the correct pronunciation was somehow going to settle her nerves.

He pulled on the handle and a piece of the car fell off. She gasped again, jumping back another three feet.

'It's okay.' he soothed again, and this time it did ease Snow's nerves. She edges towards the freshly made hole David was gesturing to and she climbed unsteadily in. He returned the broken piece and it seemed to fit back okay with a good shove. David hurried round the front of the car to opposite where Snow was sitting, where he seemed to tear another chunk of the car off and replace it just the same as he had done for Snow.

He played with a ring of keys for a second before pushing it into a smaller box with a big wheel sticking out. The car vibrated into life, lights both inside and out of it beamed and it began to roll quickly picking up speed. This made Snow's stomach churn and she grabbed the edge of her seats for dear life.

David noticed her change in behaviour and spoke gently, 'I'm going to take you to a hospital, okay?' Snow nodded, the way the car was responding to David's different movements lead her to believe he had at least some control of the thing which settled her.

It wasn't long before the car stopped again. Snow was led into a big white building where she was attended to by many different men and women in white outfits. This strange place was very different from that of the enchanted forest she grew up in and now as an adult ruled.

The enchanted forest for the most part was a peaceful land, Snow had had her fair share of royalty but she'd also experienced a more common life. After her father died, the Evil Queen forced her out of her home and she became homeless and moneyless and wanted dead by the most powerful woman in the land, the Evil Queen, but Snow knew her as Regina.

She married Snow's father shortly after Snow's mother had died. Regina was once kind and very beautiful, but she was deeply unhappy and it turned her heart black. She loathed Snow White and a fire started in her heart, fuelled only by the hatred in her blood and the loneliness in her soul.

But everything was different here.