Hello again!

I have had this idea for quite a while and just had to get it up. It is EvilCharming. I have it all written out so I will try not to leave it too long in between updating chapters.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this new story.

Henry Mills was a rich lord. He owned a big house with plenty of acres of land surrounding them. He had married a beautiful woman who had given him the most precious gift, a daughter. A daughter they had named Regina who had taken every bit of her mother's beauty. They had been a very happy family until a terrible illness had taken over Henry's wife and in a matter of weeks she had died leaving himself and Regina alone. His only happiness in the situation was that Regina was still too young to understand the loss of her mother.

So for years they lived just to the two of them (not including their house help of course) and they both seemed happy enough with that. That was until Regina was eight years old and Henry met another woman. The woman always seemed nice when she was with her father but Regina was never truly sure of her. The woman's name was Cora and she came with another child, a girl who was at least two years older than Regina. Cora had brunette hair that was always tied up on her head and she wore grand looking dresses that were always in dark colours and the girl who was called Zelena had long auburn wavy locks. She was tall with pale skin and in all honesty was not particularly nice to Regina but Regina didn't say a word.

Her father and Cora soon married and they moved into the grand home and Regina found she never got to spend much time with her father, alone, Cora and Zelena were always around and seemed to take over her father's time completely and Regina sometimes felt the odd one out in this new family and for many years this is how they all live.

However when Regina was sixteen years old once again a terrible illness took over and this time is was her father who was struck down by the illness. As the weeks flew by Regina had not strayed from her father's bedside. She spent her time talking to him and holding onto his hand begging him to get better.

"Please don't leave me father. You are all I have." Regina had cried as she held onto her father's hand, a few stray tears had fallen down her cheeks.

Henry leaned over a little and used his free hand to wipe the tears from Regina's cheeks. "I promise I will never leave you Regina. I will always be right here." Henry said now pointing down to Regina's heart. "You still have the necklace I gave you?"

Regina nodded and she pulled the necklace out from beneath her dress. The necklace was nothing spectacular. It was a simple silver necklace with a small heart locket. Her father had given it to her for her thirteenth birthday and she had not taken it off since. He always told her that he would always be with her as long as the locket was around her neck.

"Remember, as long as you have your locket I will always be with you." Henry said stroking Regina's cheek. Regina nodded and she leaned into his hand and closed her eyes.

A few days later and Henry had died. Regina had been devastated and had not left her room all that much. She just lay in her bed and she cried and cried until she thought it not possible to cry any more, yet she did. Maids had come in and out trying to coax her to eat but no one had been able to, not even Widow Lucas who had been with the family since Regina was just a baby and was extremely close to her.

Regina sat on the cushioned seat in the bay window of her room and stared out at the gardens and this was when her step mother came to visit her. Regina turned slightly as she heard her bedroom door open and looked at her step mother curiously. She never came to see her in her bedroom. In fact she barely paid her any attention.

"I think you have been in here long enough Regina." Her step mother said with a cold tone in her voice.

"What do you mean step mother?" Regina asked sitting up a little more. Zelena, her step sister then entered the room with a smirk on her face and looked around which caused Regina to frown.

"Oh mother this will do nicely." Zelena smiled towards her mother. Cora nodded her head and Regina frowned in confusion even more. "This is much nicer than my old room." Zelena looked towards Regina with a smirk on her face.

Regina stood up from the bay window and faced her step mother and step sister. "This is my room…" Regina started. "You can't have it."

"Oh she can Regina and she will. This will be Zelena's room from now on." Cora said.

"And where may I ask will I sleep?" Regina asked, she tried to sound confident but she could hear her voice wavering slightly. She could never sound confident in front of her step mother. She scared her and her step mother knew she did.

"Well Regina…why don't I show you." Cora said and she lunged forward and grabbed Regina's arm and pulled her roughly out of the bedroom.

"OW! Cora let me go, you're hurting me." Regina cried as she tried to struggle out of Cora's strong grip. She could hear Zelena behind them laughing or cackling in other words. "Cora please. Stop!"

"Oh shut up you little brat." Cora snapped and she tightened her already strong grip on Regina's arm as she dragged her up the stairs towards the attic where the house help stayed. They passed many maids on the way, including Widow Lucas who all looked on in confusion at the scene before them.

Regina continued to struggle and she stumbled up the steps as they reached the attic area. Cora marched her down the corridor towards a door at the end. She took her keys out and unlocked the door shoving Regina in making her fall to the floor. Regina pushed herself up slightly and looked over to the door, tears in her eyes.

"This is where you shall sleep from now on Regina. Good night." Cora said with a smug look on her face before she closed the door and locked it.

Regina jumped up as soon as she heard the door being locked and ran over, pulling on the handle trying to prise the door open. She then banged on the door. "Cora! Please let me out! Cora! Don't do this!" Regina cried as she hit the door. She then turned round, leaning on the door she looked at the small room before her. The room was bare apart from a single bed and a bedside table beside it. It was nothing like her room. She began to sob as she slid down the door, bringing her knees up to her chest she wrapped her arms around them and rested her head on her knees.

Her life was falling apart. She had lost everything. Her mother, her father, her room and her home. Her step mother had taken over, along with her step sister and she could do nothing about it. So she spent the next few hours sat their sobbing her heart out not knowing what else to do.

It was the next morning and Regina had not slept very much. The room had been cold, not warm and cosy like her old bedroom. The mattress lumpy, nothing like her big comfy one in her bedroom and she only has a thin blanket on the bed.

She jumped as she heard the door being unlocked. She stood up from the bed as the door opened to see her step mother. Cora smirked a little as she saw the young girl with red eyes and blotchy cheeks, dark circles under her eyes with no sleep. She threw a ragged dress into the room, it landing at Regina's feet. She leaned down, picking up the dress.

"Change into that. You won't need that dress you're in, not for what you're going to be doing anyway." Cora said.

"What will you have me do?" Regina asked as she stepped forward slightly.

"You will join the other maids and clean the house. You will also be the one to tend to Zelena, you are to tend to her every want and need." Cora replied stepping towards Regina so that she was stood in front of her, towering over her slightly.

"Cora please don't do this. I promise you I won't get in your way. I will just stay in my room. Please." Regina begged as she stepped forward to take one of the older woman's hands in her.

But before she could Cora's hand was brought up and she slapped Regina causing her to fall to the ground. Regina let out a sob as she brought her hand up to her flaming hot cheek. She turned slightly and looked up at Cora. "You are to tend to Zelena's every want and need. Is that understood?" Cora repeated.

Regina nodded her head. "Yes step mother."

"And there will be none of that. I wouldn't want any visitors knowing I am step mother to some servant girl would I?"

Regina just looked down at the floor. "What shall I call you then?" She asked quietly.

"You will call me what all the other maids call me, Lady Cora." Cora said and Regina nodded her head. Cora then turned on her heel and was just about to leave when she turned slightly to look back at Regina. "I expect to see you working in ten minutes. Zelena will need woken up." And with that Cora left the room.