Hello readers! This story will be partly Outlaw Queen, but I might focus a bit on some action, too! Please review, so I know what you think about this story! Even if you hate it, do tell me :) Haha.
Regina stalked out of Granny's Diner. She was mad. No, not mad, enraged. The first time she finally had felt that she would get a happy ending since Daniel, and the stupid savior had to mess it up. Now Robin would go back to Marian, and Regina would be alone again. She brushed a stray tear off of her cheek and reminded herself that villains don't get happy endings. Henry had told her countless times that Regina wasn't a villain anymore, but she didn't quite believe him. At least, she sure felt like one. She wanted to punch that woman in the face. Or worse.
Regina, trying to muffle her sobs with her jacket, was about to go into her house when she heard a quiet voice.
"Mom?"
Henry was standing there, looking very confused.
"Mom, what happened? Did Robin hurt you?"
Regina hugged him, crying into his shoulder. She knew she would regret it later, but right now she just needed to be comforted. Regina realized numbly that Henry must have not been at the restaurant.
"Sort of, but it's not his fault. Emma brought his dead wife back from the past," she said in between sobs. Regina knew Henry must be a little confused, but she wasn't up for talking. Henry seemed to understand this, and just hugged her.
Finally, Henry pulled Regina inside her house and made her a cup of tea. How lucky I am to have such a loving son, she thought gratefully.
The next morning, Regina had woken up and gotten dressed for the day until she remembered last night's events. She wondered if Henry had stayed the night in his room, but he wasn't in there. She tried not to cry, but felt very lonely now that he was gone. She went into her bathroom, doing her makeup, when she heard a snore coming from her bed. She cautiously tip-toed over to her bed and lifted the covers. There had been a lump there, but Regina hadn't investigated. Surprisingly, though, Henry was curled up in a ball, sleeping hard. Regina smiled- he hadn't left her after all.
She was in a good mood as she went down to the kitchen to make her daily cup of coffee. Maybe she didn't need Robin. Maybe Henry was enough for her. But when she entered the kitchen, Regina realized she had some... unwelcome guests hanging out at her table. She stared at them for a while suspiciously.
"Come to gloat? See, this is exactly why I don't do men." She said, turning to Mary Margaret. David glared at her, but Mary nudged him slightly and he looked down. She knew exactly why Regina was mad- she had encouraged her to open up and show Robin how she felt.
"Of course not, Regina. We will figure this out. You just have to have faith, okay?" Mary Margaret said sweetly. How this woman could believe in happy endings, Regina didn't know.
However, Regina wasn't exactly in the mood to argue with her optimistic step-daughter, so she didn't. She just made her coffee the way she liked it, and sat down next to David.
"Regina, I know it may not seem like it to you, but we are here for you." David said after a seemingly-endless stretch of silence.
Regina blinked back unwelcome tears.
"Why?" she asked, "All I have done is trying to kill you for our whole entire lives, yet you all stand by me now." This time, Regina wasn't hostile, just wary.
"Because you aren't the same women anymore. None of us are. We have come too far for that." Mary Margaret said.
"Plus, we have bigger problems to worry about," Emma said, speaking up for the first time. Emma figured since Regina hadn't burned her to a crisp yet that she wasn't quite forgiven, but Regina wasn't exactly blaming her for this.
"What do you mean?" Regina questioned cautiously.
David sighed. "As much as we want to help you, the real reason we came here was because, well..." He trailed off. Regina raised an eyebrow.
"There's a newcomer in the town."
Regina spit out the coffee she had been drinking all over the table.
"And that's not all," Mary Margaret continued, "She has the ability to freeze things."
Regina's eyes bulged. "So let me get this right; we have a women, who no one has ever seen before, who can freeze things, here? In Storybrooke?"
Regina grabbed a rag out of one of the cupboards, and mopped up the mess on the table. She then set out some fruit, while her brain processed this new information.
"Has anyone met her?" Regina finally said.
Emma shook her head. "No one has meet her, but someone did report seeing her by the docks, freezing something. They aren't exactly sure what she froze, but it was definitely un-frozen before she got there.
Robin Hood completely forgotten, Regina jumped out of her chair.
"Well, what are you waiting for? This girl isn't just going to leave, by the sound of it." She said impatiently, glancing at her watch for good measure.
"Uh- one problem." David said cautiously.
Regina nodded for him to continue.
"She might freeze us if we tried to get near."
"Well, good thing I have magic!" Regina said sarcastically.
But still, no one moved out of their chair.
The queen sighed. "You can come or stay, but I'm going to see who this girl thinks she is."
This time, everyone got up. Regina rolled her eyes and marched out of the house.
Meanwhile, Robin was busy with his newly-reunited family- but things weren't exactly going perfectly. Marian was having trouble grasping all that had happened.
"So you cursed yourselves into this place? Are you sure it wasn't the evil queen, and she's trying to make it seem like she's innocent?" Marian asked for at least the fifth time. Robin sighed and shook his head. He usually had a lot of patience, but Marian was convinced the queen was still out to get them, even after he had explained over and over.
"Marian, to do the curse you need the heart of whatever you love most. So if Regina had cast the curse, Henry would be heartless."
Marian stared off into the distance for a little, appearing to be thinking deeply. Finally, she came to a conclusion. She glanced at Robin sorrowfully.
"What?" he asked, bewildered.
"Nothing," she muttered, "nothing at all. Just... tell me what happened after that."
Robin explained about the wicked witch of the west, making sure to draw attention to the fact the Regina was the one who saved them all. He also made sure to leave out the parts about their relationship. He wasn't ashamed of it; but Marian wouldn't exactly be thrilled that he was dating the very woman who she swore was evil. Little did he know, she had already wondered if they had became friends. She just didn't know how deep this friendship ran.
After she finished asking questions, Robin had a question of his own to ask.
"Marian, how are you still alive? I thought- I thought you were dead! For so much of my life!"
The fact that Robin's voice held so much emotion didn't escape Marian. She was very selfless, but it pleased her to know that Robin cared so much about her. She considered this before answering.
"When you and the merry men went to steal from that group of Black Knights, I saw a young girl who I immediately recognized as Snow White. She was hanging onto a branch for dear life, swinging wildly. She was about to fall right on top of the fight, and I knew she would be immediately killed if the Black Knights saw her, merry men or not. So I climbed the tree and pulled her to safety. Snow White climbed down and ran off after thanking me, and I was about to run off too and catch up with you as soon as the knights rode off.
"However, the black knights may have lost all of their gold, but they still had a few weapons that they had hidden, as well as their horses. One of the knights had seen me helping Snow, and went to chase after her. The others stayed behind to guard the horses. When he came back empty-handed, he saw me, still in the tree, for I couldn't escape with them right under me. The knights pulled me down out of the tree and captured me. Later on, the queen appeared, and I knew I had lost my chance of escape."
Marian paused, the wonder of still being alive showing on her face. Robin reached out to embrace her in a hug, and she continued her story.
"After that, the queen used me to show numerous villages what happened to those who aided Snow White. She knew all about me helping the girl. They kept a bag over my face for most of the trip. Finally, we reached the castle. I was lead inside and thrown in a jail cell. I thought all hope was gone. I was saying goodbye to all my memories of my friends and family. The queen tried to torture information about Snow White out of me, but I stayed silent. I knew you and Rowland would be killed otherwise."
Marian looked up. Robin was silently crying, tears streaming down his face. She brushed them off tenderly, and then told him of her escape.
"A woman, Princess Leia, was the reason of my escape. She used a pair of spoons to break the lock. I told her to go, but she wouldn't leave without me. She is a wonder, that girl. Anyways, we traveled hard and fast with a few others, including Snow, to escape. I wanted to go find my family, I really did. I didn't want to leave you and Rowland. But Emma and a man who went by Hook insisted that I came with them. They said something about time travel. The next thing I knew, I was here. In Storybrooke."
Robin's eyes widened, "So you were only gone for a few days?"
Marian nodded, "But I missed you and Rowland so much. I thought I was as good as dead!"
"I'm so happy to see you again!" Robin put his forehead against hers, and the tears spilling down both of their faces collided. They were silent for a few minutes, appreciating the moment.
"Wait, what was Snow doing in the tree?" Robin suddenly wondered suspiciously.
"Later on she said she had been trying to attack them, like us, but she had gotten stuck in the tree. She would have been able to escape, but the Black Knights would have seen her," Marian said, smiling.
"Oh Marian, you are such a hero!" Robin said, awe-filled. He hugged her, and she smiled again, but this time it was a triumphant smile. She vowed to make sure that Regina wouldn't win over Robin. That witch would not get the best of her.
While Robin and Marian talked, Regina lead the way down to the docks. Emma and David grumbled the whole time, saying that this was a bad idea. Regina, sure of her skills in magic, wanted to argue, but she realized that the Charmings weren't exactly easy to sway. So instead, Regina focused on formulating a plan. She knew that if the girl did indeed have the ability to freeze things, she would be a formidable enemy- unless, however, she came in peace- which Regina highly doubted. The queen decided to try ambushing her, and then asking if she came in peace when Regina had her where she couldn't hurt anyone. Regina was not a fool, but when she reached the docks, David immediately grabbed her.
"Regina, don't be rash. We are going to be peaceful first, or we might make a dangerous enemy," he warned her.
The dark-haired brunette realized that he wasn't going to give in to her plan, so she agreed reluctantly; "Fine, but if she freezes anything, ANYTHING, I will fry her to a crisp before you can say the word magic."
Regina brushed a stray hair out of her face before stalking off to the docks. She moved with an air of confidence, but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the girl. She was sitting with her side to Regina, but Regina could see even from that angle how beautiful the girl was. Long, flowing blonde hair, wrapped in a braid. Skinny, curvacious figure, delicate features, and a beautiful blue dress with a cape-like attachment hooked onto the back. Regina usually didn't care how a girl looked, but this one- well, there was something about her that made her seem chillingly beautiful, and Regina was glad she hadn't decided to ambush her as she had planned. She cautiously approached the girl.
"Hello there. I'm Regina Mills, the mayor of this-"
"I don't care who you are. Take me to Rumpelstiltskin so I can tear off his head."
Regina stepped back, glaring at the girl. She opened her mouth to speak but David spoke before she could say something.
"Woah, slow down there. First of all, in Storybrooke-"
The girl turned around, glaring at all of them in turn. "I don't care! Just take me to him!" she yelled.
Regina figured that Rumpelstiltskin had done something horrible to this girl, like most people mad at him, but she was still reluctant go give in. She glanced at the others, but they seemed as bewildered as she felt.
"Wait here," Regina simply said. Before the girl could insist on coming with them, Regina used her magic to take them immediately into Gold's Pawnshop. Emma accidentally tripped into an ancient-looking pot.
"Hey! That took over a hundred years to obtain!" Rumpelstiltskin said angrily.
"Well, it won't matter how long it took you to obtain it since you're about to get frozen by the newest idiot in town!" Regina snapped, and then muttered, "We already have enough."
David and Emma glared at her. "Who are you calling an id-" David began, but Mr. Gold interrupted.
"What do you mean, frozen? And there's a new resident? Here?"
"Yes," said Regina, exasperated, "And she has freezing powers."
The bell on the door jingled as someone new walked in. Mr. Gold's eyes widened as he took in the sight. The others turned around slowly.
The girl did a mock curtsy. "Remember me, Rumple?"
Wow, that took a long time to write. Thanks for reading it! A few things before you review. Firstly, I have never been a writer obsessed with details. Therefore, my chapters might be short at times, but try and bare with me :) Second of all, some of this might seem a little out of character for these people, but that is part of the story. This story will be partially about Regina/Robin, but I will also try and throw some action in too :)
And finally, I will start up one of my favorite traditions- Question of the Day. Basically, I will just ask you guys, well, a question, and you can answer it in your review. I'm doing this to get to know the readers better.
Today's Question is "Who is your favorite shipping?"
Ok, and to the people who have read my fanfiction for The Selection, I think I might cancel that, I'm not enjoying writing that one, and I was really excited to try writing a new one. I know I may not get that many reviews at first, but I want to do this. Thanks and sorry to disappoint.