Just Like the Movies

by IronAngel240

Regina Mills is a disgraced, former A-List actress. Emma Swan is a rising director known to the public only as "Savior". When Regina is cast in Emma's Broadway play, the two women at first clash, but a tentative friendship forms. When tragedy strikes their friendship deepens into more. But demons from both women's pasts threatens to tear them apart. Can their love survive? AU.

1. The Evil Queen Returns!

THE EVIL QUEEN RETURNS!

January 12, 2012

Regina Mills started out winning beauty pageants at the tender age of five. With the infamous Cora Mills as her mother (and manager), many say that Mills was born with acting in her blood. Mills Senior refutes that quote saying, "Regina's talent comes through hard work and extraordinary effort."

In 1992, Mills was cast as Sara Crewe in the Disney classic, A Little Princess, and our hearts were immediately stolen by the dark haired, 8 year old beauty. Her outstanding performance won Mills an Oscar nomination and opened doors that many veteran actors tried for years to pry open with crowbars. Mills continued to rise with the stars and at 16 she won her first Oscar award. Later that same year, Regina Mills met Leopold White, a widowed, prestigious movie producer. There was a lot of speculation riding around Mills and White's relationship, but nothing was ever proven or confirmed. When asked about the nature of her relationship with White, Mills would say, "Leo is a great friend and a wonderful mentor. I learn a great deal from him and I hope our relationship will continue for many years."

Well, Mills got her wish, as two years later wedding bells were a'ringin and eighteen year old Mills married thirty seven year old White. The press expressed their incredulity at the match, but the "Happy Couple" refused to comment regarding it. After a 6 month honeymoon abroad with White's seven year old daughter, Snow, tagging along, the White family returned home. Over the course of the next few years, Mills was seen less and less on the silver screen; her roles became more and more obscure before Leo White announced his wife's "retirement" from the Hollywood scene. Mills was silent and gave no comment regarding her reasons for retirement. Whilst Mills' career was put on the back burner, Leo and Snow White's shot through the roof. White became well known as the King of all Producers and his daughter began making a name for herself as the sweet and charming little Princess she is. Mills continued to appear in public alongside her husband at social events, but it was quickly discovered that marriage had turned the warm, open and kind young girl into a cold, distant woman.

As White's interest in the corporate world of movie production waned and his interest in the various college aged young women increased, Mills stepped in as deputy CEO of Poisoned Apple Productions and it was here that her ruthless and cunning nature blossomed. Mills turned PA Productions around and the company flourished beneath her leadership. But as the company grew in success the Mills/White marriage started to go downhill at a startling rate.

News of White's various affairs were reported and the Royal couple's marriage was once again thrust into the spotlight. It came out that the fairytale marriage was anything but happy. Insiders reported that Mills was "Cold, distant and a royal F****** bitch." Whilst Mills once again gave no comment regarding the scandal surrounding her marriage, there were definite talks of divorce in the air. The talks were short lived, as eight months later Leo White was found dead in his office.

The Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide and cause of death as poisoning. Mills was questioned by police and named as their number 1 suspect, however, all evidence was circumstantial and the DA declined to prosecute. This was not the end for Mills' nightmare as shortly thereafter the board of Poisoned Apple Productions called a meeting and effectively voted Mills out of power. Whilst Mills still held majority shares in the company as well as a sizeable portion of her deceased husband's estate, she no longer had any voting powers in the company she spent ten years building up.

Mills quietly faded from the news and back into obscurity until last week when we received an exclusive tip that the Evil Queen has come out of hiding! Mills is ending her 10 year hiatus and auditioning for the roll of Velma Kelly in the Broadway rendition of CHICAGO. The production is directed by the famed, elusive and secretive director known only as Savior. No one knows who this brilliant director is who showed up out of nowhere and blew our minds with their rendition of The Phantom of the Opera last Fall. One thing is for certain though, The Savior and The Evil Queen working on one production? This will make for one interesting story. So watch this space folks!