Warning: This may be disturbing to some people. There is a lot of violence. So please do not read if you are offended by such things.
"No...Daniel!" My eyes widened with sheer horror as I saw my own mother tear Daniels heart right from his chest, crushing it right in front of me. Daniel fell to the ground as I ran toward him holding onto him tightly, my entire life literally shattering before my eyes as his lifeless body lays limp in my arms. Tears formed in my eyes as I gazed toward my cold and heartless mother. "I loved him...I loved him" My mother had this sense of satisfaction, as if she was almost happy that she killed the only person that I had truly fallen in love with. As I held his body in my arms I couldn't believe what had just happened. My mother didn't love me, all she wanted was power and control. She didn't care about my feelings. She didn't understand. I did not want to become like her. I loved Daniel more than anything in the world and I wanted to spend my entire life with him. It didn't matter that he was a simple stable boy. I didn't care that he wasn't rich or powerful. I loved him and those feelings were real. "We were going to get married, have a family, live the rest of our lives together. But now this can never be. My dreams are shattered" I thought to myself as tears fell from my eyes. Pain coursed thorough my entire body, my heart felt as if it was being crush. I couldn't bear the thought of spending the rest of my life without him, without my true love.
"Love is weakness" my mother smirked. "You will soon be getting married to the king..." she continued on talking to me as if I could just get up and move on just as if nothing happened. How could she possibly expect me to be able to do that. It hurt! It hurt so much! She would never have understood how I felt that night. Any hope of happiness was gone in the blink of an eye. I hated her for it, yet I she was still my mother so I couldn't really hate her. I couldn't really blame her fully. So I had no choice but to blame the one person responsible for Daniels death even if she didn't actually mean to hurt me. SNOW WHITE! She told my secret. She opened her big mouth to my mother and told her about Daniel as if my mother would understand. Why couldn't she keep my secret? Why did she have to tell. I hated her for that. I hated her so much I just wanted to destroy her happiness if it was the last thing I did! In my mind snow was the villain. I was so angry and so upset that I swore to get my revenge on Snow. Although somewhere deep inside I knew that Cora, my mother was the real villain.
Suddenly everything around me went dark as I began to walk down what seemed to be a long dark hallway. I could hear screams coming from the end of the hall as I recognized the voice. "Henry?!" My heart sank deep into the pit of my stomach as I ran as fast as I could trying to reach my son Henry as his blood curdling screams literally sent chills down my spine. Someone was trying to hurt him. Some one was trying to kill him. This couldn't happen again. Not again. I can't lose someone I love again. Although Henry was not my son by blood I still loved him as if he were my real son. I finally reached the end of the hallway as I opened the door only to find my mother standing there with her hand plunged into Henry's chest. I literally screamed as loud as I could as I ran to try to stop my mother. "MOTHER NOOOOOOO! STOP!" But it was too late. Cora had ripped out Henry's heart and held it in her hand as she pointed her other hand out toward me releasing a blast of magic sending me flying against the wall. "MOTHER. Don't. Please" I pleaded as she began to slowly crush Henry's heart. Tears fell from my eyes as I could see Henry struggle in pain.
"Love is weakness Regina. Or did you forget that? Have you learned nothing" She smirked as she crushed Henry's heart turning it into dust. I screamed as a ran toward Henry grabbing him and holding him tightly.
"No this can't be. Why mother. I don't understand. Why? He's my son. I loved him...I loved him so much..."
Screaming I flew up out of my bed, sweat covering my face as I realized it had just been a nightmare. I ran out of my room toward Henry's bedroom only to find him fast asleep in his bed. I was relieved that he was okay. Emma Had let him spend the night with me since I had been really trying to change. Although I had been relieved I was still scared. Cora was in Storybrook and was planning something. Knowing just what she was capable of was afraid for Henry. I loved him and to my mother love was weakness.