CHAPTER ONE
Regina's POV
My head throbbed with a raging headache. I could hear a distant voice in the background, telling, begging me to wake up. It sounded angry, yet the anger was trying to mask a sadness and emptiness. Something I was all too familiar with.
Then I remembered. I remembered the wraith grabbing Charming's foot, him grabbing the closest thing to him as means of escape: me. But what happened after that? We were sucked into the portal.
My eyes snapped open and I sucked in a sharp breath, making myself choke in the process. My ears were ringing and I continued choking. Finally able to breathe, I heard the voice crystal clear.
And I would recognize the voice anywhere. It taunts me till I'm numb. The voice is a curse and sometimes very, very, very annoying. But there is no way for me to forget it.
I see a figure, the person the voice belongs to. His figured tower over me.
"Regina!" David shook my shoulder. "Regina, breathe!" he pleaded.
I blinked a couple times before my vision cleared. David hand was on my fore arm, helping me support myself.
Then I felt something I never thought I'd ever feel again. Power. Pure, rich, magic. The surge of magic filled my veins and I felt powerful again. I no longer felt weak. I quickly had enough energy to stand on my own, but instead I shot up from the ground and flew, laughing joyfully at the feeling if power, but the feeling of freedom at the same time. Something I thought I'd never experience. Like I was released from my shackles.
My celebration didn't last much longer as I heard a shriek from a woman and a female voice yell: Phillip!