This is my very first experience of writing. Sorry for my English. Critical comments and recommendations are always welcome.
So much time passed since she's been trying to learn some real stuff from Rumple. Some real magic that will help her to get the happy ending. She was still too weak or too young, or maybe too emotional and sensitive. Now this girl was too tired of all these toos. Reading was always the best way to escape. Regina was in the library looking through her mother's books when she found one with extremely beautiful cover written in lovely handwriting. She took the precious thing and put herself in the armchair near the fireplace. Young Queen was a quick reader but since the very first passages she just couldn't help rereading some of them again and again:
«… so being a powerful weapon magic should be treated with respect…»
«You should find your inner magic and transfer it to the world, don't search for magic around you -it's a dead end»
«… I suppose that every creature has the fire, the light, the spark inside and he or she should use one to lit up the most hidden dreams and desires…».
There were so many others, but the one that fascinated Regina most was at the very end of the book, written sharply in almost a different way, but the enchanting handwriting was still recognizable:
«Magic is very close to true love, but not this painful».
Hours later she took the book in her bedroom and put it under the pillow. Then Regina wearing nothing but a transparent nightgown was sitting on her king-size, in this case actually queen-size, bed practicing a new spell just for fun. She was trying so hard to transfer a red rose from the vase that stood a couple of meters far from her but it didn't work. Young queen felt nothing but a huge wave of anger when she memorized the quote from the book. «True love…» - Regina thought: «Rumple didn't teach me anything of this kind. It might be the problem…». She closed her eyes and imagined Daniel's face, she could almost hear his voice when suddenly she felt sharp spikes of the rose on her palm and sweet smell of its' petals so close in the air.
«That's just magic!» - said Regina in a voice that was full of joy. She tried it again with the whole vase without closing her eyes and it worked. This time something was very different from the magic Rumple taught her. Regina felt the light inside and saw this light when the vase appeared in her hands - it was white light not a usual purple smoke that always made her think about Cora.
Young sorceress practiced some more spells before going to her husband's room for 15 minutes. That was just enough for him to come and fall asleep. For Regina that was usually just enough for feeling the whole shame of the world, enormous misery and fear but not this time. This time she was thinking about magic and the book she was hiding under the pillow. As a so-called-sex was over Regina rushed into her room and returned to reading.
Apart from philosophy of magic and the respect the author, her name was Maleficent, paid to the subject Regina was highly excited with the fact that this woman could turn into the dragon. Young queen was thrilled as she read the description of the whole becoming-a-dragon process. Regina had so many questions like: «why the dragon?», «how long could you stay like this?», «is it female dragon?» - the last one she considered the most stupid. Anyway there was the main question: «Can I do like this later?». With all these thoughts and questions she fell asleep feeling nothing but happiness.