Away out
"Love is weakness Regina...What I am doing is for your own good." Says Cora crushing Daniel Colter's heart. "No" Regina catches Daniel as he falls dead to the ground. "Why Mother?" She asks tears streaming down her face. "It was the only way to ensure that you would become queen."
Regina woke up and her pillow was wet from her tears. Daniel's last moments kept haunting her dreams. "Daniel." She whispered. Regina sat up slowly and looked around King Leopold was not there. He did not spend the night with Regina, only when he wanted to make love. Which was always on his terms.
Regina laid there angry as ever at her mother. *I hate you. * She thought. She got up from the bed and headed to the door. She got out of the room, and down the hall, and outside to the courtyard, and sat down beside the tree that stood in the yard of her old house. She spent a lot of time there thinking and contemplating her escape.
The night sky was clear, not a cloud or star was in view. She wondered what life might had been like if her mother had not murdered Daniel. Before she got too far into her thoughts, she heard a familiar voice, which brought her back to reality. "Regina." Regina turned to the person behind the voice. "Not now mother." Cora Snared. "Is that any way to speak to your mother? You need to take your fantasies of another life out of your head."
Regina got up and the expression on her face changed as she retorted to her mother's words. "They wouldn't have been fantasies if you did not kill Daniel." Cora raises her hand causing Regina to gasp for air. "Curve your tongue, you may not agree with my decisions and the things I do but you will respect me. I made you queen. You have everything a woman could ask for. You need for nothing." She loosens her grip. "What do I have mother, the kingdom does not care about me, the king could care less what I do as long as I care for his precious daughter when he is gone on trips that sometimes last for weeks. All I ever wanted was to be…."
Cora tightens her grip again, "don't say it Regina, did not I teach you anything. Love is weakness Regina and if you keep clinging to this silly notion of love you will never be strong. The people will not respect a weak queen. You must prove to them that you are the right choice for the job. Snow can't handle the kingdom." She loosens her grip again. "Now go back to bed, you need your rest darling. After all tomorrow is a big day." Cora walks off leaving Regina to come to her senses.
Regina sits down and starts to cry. Then out of nowhere a green glowing light next to her, "Cheer up, all is not lost. Your mother is wrong. Love is the greatest strength there is. Many people are lucky to have found their soulmate. Even few are lucky to have more the one." Regina looks up at what appears to be a fairy. "What are you talking about? who are you?" The green glow takes on full form. "I am Tinkerbell; however, most people just call me Tink. I am a fairy. I have come to tell you that your destiny does not end here. Love is still possible. You just have to believe in it and want it more than anything."
Regina lets out a small chuckle. "Wait are you my fairy Godmother? and if you are then why did not you come before my mother killed Daniel?" she asked curiously and mockingly. Tinkerbell awkwardly smiles, "Well technically no, I shouldn't even be here but I... well I don't agree with the other fairies. I think everyone should have a chance at love, a chance at happiness." Regina turns away, "what if I don't want it." Tinkerbell comes around Regina, so she can be in view again, "whatever do you mean?" Regina looks up at her. "All love does is cause pain and suffering in the end." "Why skip to the end, why it is only the beginning." Tinkerbell waves her wand causing green Fairy dust to disperse I the air and land on Regina.
"Take my hand…" Says Tinkerbell holding out her hand. Regina reluctantly takes it and away they went. "Where are you taking me?" she asks as they fly above the castle grounds. "To find your happy ending." They fly for a bit before landing outside of a tavern. "This is my happy ending." Tinkerbell Chuckles, "Not the Tavern…him." She says looking in the window of the tavern. "The man with a lion tattoo." Regina looks in the window and sees the man that Tinkerbell mentioned. "Well what do you think?" she asks
"He is kind of scruffy looking, nothing like Daniel." Tinkerbell lays her hand on Regina's shoulder. "He may not be Daniel, but he is a chance for happiness. You wanted a way out now take it. The choice is yours." With that Tinkerbell disappears leaving Regina to decide whether to enter the tavern or not.