AN: So I asked on Twitter if I should write down this new idea I had... well as by popular demand... :)
Thank you for liking it so much. Hope I'll get some feedback for this. I'd like to continue it.
Don't worry about my other stories I'll continue those as well and am planning on updating soon.
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Summary: The Evil Queen bring Robin back to life because to win she has to convice her other self that they are one... Hood Mills Family on the way. Can I resist some Evil Outlaw Queen? Ah dunno probably not, ya never know. How does Robin fit in there? And how will he react to his soulmate being two people now?
Evil Isn't Born. It's Made.
It felt different. Not as if she were someone else. But different. Similar to when he had kissed her while not having her heart. But not quite like it.
He has already noticed it the first time they kissed after she had brought him back alive to Storybrooke. Somehow he felt more connected to her than he already did before but he couldn't say why. And so far she hadn't answered him.
Yesterday he thought he'd give her some time. He was sure it was quite overwhelming for her that he was back.
He knew she was awake. Has been for a few minutes now. Her breathing gave her away although she kept her eyes closed.
"Gina", he said. He knew she never really liked that nick name. Well at least not after the missing year, he realised thinking about it.
"Hmmm?", she asked smiling.
"I want the truth", Robin said softly but demanding, "what's going on? How did you bring me back? Where are the kids and why is no one looking for you? Aren't they worried?"
She swallowed. Then a laugh left her lips. He wanted the truth? She couldn't help it. She hadn't intended to but she was actually falling for him and knew why Regina loved this man so much.
It was Robin who spoke up then, "you're her. I mean you're her. But you're not her. This is ... how?"
He was trying to put the pieces back together. This wasn't the Regina he knew but at the same time it was.
"You're right", she said. And he wanted the truth. Had asked for it.
She knew he would run away in a few seconds anyway. She would have to find him then and catch him.
"I am her. That precious heroine woman you fell in love with", the Queen said, "well she wanted to impress the two idiots and their hero friends and thought it was an amazing idea to get rid of her dark side."
Robin rubbed his hands over his face, "how often do I have to tell her to accept herself for who she is and was?"
"Oh don't ask me. Wasn't my idea", the Queen said. Wondering why Robin was still next to her and not running off. Maybe she had underestimated him.
"So your Majesty", Robin said but she interrupted him, "I prefer 'Gina'".
"Gina", he said, "how and why did you bring me back and what's going on here?"
His hand was still resting over her stomach as she answered him, "I guess they didn't consider it safe for your son to be around me. So well the Merry Man went back to the Enchanted Forest with him. Henry is mostly at Emma's nowadays and 'Robin' is with Zelena. I'm sorry."
He could hear that she actually was sorry for that. He didn't understand why though. He thought he was being with Regina's dark self now. But maybe even that part of her had a soft spot for children.
Robin sighed.
"I brought you back because I need your help. And also I want you back with 'us'", she said, "so I split my soul and the Dragon helped me with it as well."
"Thank you", Robin said. He was really glad to be back alive.
"I was planning on bringing Roland back. And I need to reunite with my other self so we could all get our happy ending. I need you for that. She won't listen to me."
Robin understood and simply put they all wanted to same thing. He just needed to convince Regina of it.
The woman beside him looked so much like her but at the same time wasn't her. Or just partially.
"I can hear you thinking", she said, "I have her memories. She has mine as well. There's a connection between us. Not too strong but it's there. She doesn't know what I'm doing right now nor do I know what she's exactly doing. But we can guess that easily. There's still parts in both of us that overlap.
Which is why we're in a tent in the Forest right now. Because I know that's the last place she will look for me. And not just because she doesn't expect me to be here but also because the forest reminds her of you and it hurts her to much.
She cared deeply for you. Does. Not just her. We do. There's also Henry and your son and daughter.
There's no change in those feelings towards these people."
"So how are you feeling towards Snow?", Robin asked her.
"I still want to have the heads of these two idiots on a spike if that's what you mean."
"It's been so long since she told your secret, Gina", Robin said.
The Queen interrupted him, "it isn't about that. She killed my mother, she took Mal's child away from her, her daughter brought your wife or my sister back to ruin our happy end. I just urgh."
Robin was hugging her my now, "I understand."
"How?"
"Nottingham", Robin said, "I've hated that man for forever. And if I'd see him again I can't say what I'd do to him."
"He's an imbecile", she laughed, "that one time he pretended to be you."
"He what?", Robin said not believing his ears.
She wasn't sure it was a good thing to tell him so much and so soon. But he would know if she would lie anyway. Also maybe talking to him could be useful. Maybe it would be easier for them to work together, „a long time ago. It was after Tinkerbell had let me to the tavern. Mother knew. She always knew most everything.
She said she had found the man I was supposed to be destined to be with. And she had arranged for him to meet me. She had put a fake tattoo on Nottingham's arm.
I knew it didn't feel right from the start. It didn't feel like, like this feels", she said running a finger carefully along Robin's cheek.
„So you were already -", Robin stopped. He didn't know how to put it into words. Not without risking the woman next to him to maybe react harsh.
„Evil?", she asked.
„Yeah", Robin said softly.
„There's something you should know about this", the Queen said, „evil isn't born it's made. And everyone has a bit of evil in them. Usually it's just more balanced. Most people don't get to the stage where good and evil actually grow into two different personas."
„So how did that happen?", Robin asked.
„Regina wasn't an angry child. But every now and then everyone gets angry. One day Cora wanted to get rid of Regina's favourite apple tree. That's where it started.
Normally emotion runs free. Or sometimes bottles up and then explodes. But Regina didn't know she had magic. She was going to be one of the most powerful sorcerers of all time. She had magic and Cora never allowed her to blow up. So her emotions bottled up but never found the release as they would with anybody else. They grew and grew and when Mother killed Daniel she exploded but there had already been too much energy. So much that it created a whole different side to her. Me. Like a whole different person. I know this sounds silly and weird."
„No, it doesn't", Robin said, „it sounds remarkable, to be honest. And also relatable to a degree."
"I've murdered people and I don't regret it. I would do it again", she said.
"So have I", Robin said which actually left her speechless for a moment, "a few soldiers", Robin continued, "and I've killed my stepfather. I was never allowed to go back to my family's grounds after that but it was worth it."
"So you're not poor?", the Queen asked him.
"My family is wealthy", he said, "but after I killed my stepfather I straight away left and never came back. Nottingham's been on my heels ever since."
"What does he have to do with that?"
"His family was friends with mine. And he's always suspected I killed Lord Locksley. But he could never prove it."
Robin sighed then, "so what do we do now?"
"Well Regina told me yesterday that she'd rip my heart out. She's already done that in New York and doesn't realise that it won't kill me. She needs to understand that we are one person. That we can't live separated from each other for a very long time.
So we need to convince her. But we're stubborn. Therefore that might take time. We also do need to get Roland back and we have to stop Hyde."
"Hyde?", Robin asked her.
"Have you by chance read this world's story about him?", the Queen asked.
"Oh Dr. Jekyll is real?", Robin asked.
"Very much so. A few days ago the heroes suggested we take Hyde's elixir to let Regina get rid of me. This is actually how this two whole different person thing happened."
"So how do we take him down and how do we get Roland back?", Robin asked her.
"Everyone has a weakness. Hyde's weakness happens to be a woman. So we go get her and well we can work on the details of the plan later on.
She happens to be in the Enchanted Forest."
"How do you know?"
"Well, I put her there", she said, "and we can get there with these", she was holding up a few magic beans by now.
"Where did you get them?", Robin asked. As far as he knew all magic beans had been destroyed.
"The Dragon had a couple of them left and I stole these when I recently visited him."
"Stole?", Robin asked.
"Well I'm sharing my soul with a thief", the Queen said genuinely smiling at Robin.
"That you do", he said before giving a gentle peck to her lips.