*An idea came to me and I decided to write it.
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Chapter 1: SOPHIA
Regina slept peacefully that is until she felt like she was been watched. Slowly she opened one eye her gaze landing on a moving shadow. Intrigued she opened the other and everything became clearer, yet there was nothing unusual in the room, light shinned through her bedroom windows illuminating everything. She threw the covers of off her warm body and made to get up.
She stretched and rubbed at her eyes, then she heard it, faint laughing coming from downstairs. She adjusted her silk pajama top and made her way out of her room…wait, why was her bedroom door opened, she was pretty sure she closed it last night.
Slowly she crept down the stairs and the noises became clearer, the laughing was coming from the television, why was it on in the first place. Regina shook her head this morning was starting quite strange.
As she got closer to the living room she could see cartoons playing on screen, she didn't watch cartoons and the only person that did hadn't set foot in the mansion in quite a while. As she took another step closer the floor creek beneath her feet, and that's when it happened, a small head poke itself from the other side of the couch.
"Great you're up, I was starving but you looked really comfy sleeping so I didn't want to wake you up" said a sweet voice and Regina just stood there confused as to what was going on.
"Who are you?" the former queen asked walking closer to the couch to get a closer look at her intruder. Her gaze landed on a small girl. The skin not cover by the girls red pajamas is pale accentuated by tiny freckles on her nose and cheeks, hair light brown and wavy just barely past her shoulders, but it was the girls eyes that drew her in, bright clear green with sparks of gold in them.
"So I was thinking scramble eggs, what do you think" Regina's question going unanswered.
"I'll ask again. Who are you?" Regina questioned again a bit more sternly, but the girl didn't seem to notice.
"I don't know." The girl answered truthfully "so about those eggs"
"What do you mean, you don't know?" asks Regina running a hand through her hair.
"Are you not going to feed me?" the little girl whines her body sliding from the couch down to the floor. Once on the floor she raises her small feet and rests them on the couch, looking up at Regina intently.
"No, go back to your parents before they show up here with pitch forks" the last thing Regina needed was to deal with angry parents, this early in the morning.
"I don't have parents…you know it's rude not to feed a guest" even when she says it, Regina sees that the girls expression doesn't change.
"You're not my guest and what do you mean you don't have parents?" the little girl gets up from the floor and stands on the couch.
"But I woke up here, so that makes me your guest" she answers in a cheeky tone ignoring Regina's question like she's done with most of them.
"If you don't explain yourself, I will call someone to take you off my property" Regina filly says, trying to get the child to talk, but its futile.
"Can't fix it yourself?" Regina can feel frustration take over her body.
"That's not what I was trying to say" How dare this child insinuate that she can't handle taking care of this situation by herself.
"What where you trying to say?" the little girl asked pursing her lips waiting for the former queen to answer.
"Look dear, I'm already in every one's bad side I don't want to make it worst by hurting child" Regina tries to explain but the girl seems to be having none of it.
"You would hurt me?" Regina can tell the girl is not one bit scared.
"If I had to, yes" Regina tried again but again there is no fear I the girls eyes just calmness.
"Would it hurt?" can a child really be that innocent? Regina can't help but wonder "and does that mean I'm not getting any breakfast?"
"Who are you?" If she's going to keep arguing with a child she might as well their name.
"Someone who wants scrambled eggs…and maybe some juice or milk either ways is good" the little girl says nonchalantly.
"That's it!" Regina huffs frustration finally making her lose control.
"Well you can add some sausage if you want, I won't complain" the little girl continues not understanding what Regina actually meant.
"That's not what I meant" a loud grumbling is heard and Regina's gaze falls the girls stomach.
"I told you I'm hungry" the little girl whines under Regina's questioning gaze.
"If I make you breakfast will you answer my questions" the little girl seems to think it over before nodding. They make their way into the kitchen quietly, Regina watches as the little girl takes in her new surroundings before gathering everything she needs.
She helps the girl into a stool and serves her some milk, which the girl gladly drinks leaving her with a milk mustache.
"What's your name?" Regina asks as she starts to cook the eggs.
"I don't have one" The little girl answers back and the questions stop there because Regina knows there is going to be more to that story. Once the girl has her breakfast and Regina is nursing a cup of coffee the questions begin again.
"What do you mean you don't have a name" She watches as the girl chews her eggs and drinks some milk before answering.
"You're supposed to give me one" the little girl says blowing some of her hair out of her face.
"What do you mean?" This morning just keeps getting better and better
"Yeah the voice said so" the little girl says "You created me, you give me a name" Created?
"Explain" Perhaps she's still sleeping and this is a dream, she closes her eyes and then opens them up again but nothing has changed.
"I don't know okay, I just know that you're supposed to give me a name…ohh age too" perhaps this was one of Gold's plans she would have a talk with him later.
"Why?" might as well go with it for now.
"There was this voice, it told me my job was to make you less lonely and that you were going to give me a name" Regina sets her coffee down and eyed the girl pointedly.
"What voi-"
"Can you just give me a name…please" the little girl said cutting off what Regina was about to say. The brunette thought about it, what can go wrong? Right…?
"How about the name Sophia" Regina suggests and the little girl nods. The little girl starts to feel tickling on her right foot so she brings it up to look at it. There in her small foot the name Sophia is writing itself out. She motions for Regina to come have a look and shows her.
Yes, she'd definitely going to have to talk to Gold. She stares at the name a bit more, bold letters staring back at her.
"So what's my age?" Regina looks at the gi…Sophia then, she looks like she could be six or seven.
"Let's go with six" Sophia nods and gets down from the stool.
"Ima watch cartoons" with that she leaves the kitchen.
Regina stands there thinking over what just happened, what did Sophia mean when she said it was her job to make her less lonely. Before she even thinks about asking her phone can be heard ringing. She hurries out of the kitchen and up the stairs towards her room.
"Hello" she doesn't bother to check for caller ID
"You know it's usually you biting my ass off when I'm late for these boring meetings" Regina recognizes the voice immediately.
"Meeting?"
"Yes, you know the Council Meeting everyone is waiting for you to arrive to" Then she remembers there was a meeting today, she looks over at the clock and sees that she's already an hour late.
"I'll be there soon" She says into the phone hanging up right after, she hurries and changes into one of her best mayoral outfits she can find, does her make up quickly and heads to the door.
"Where are you going?" a voice calls out after her…almost forgot.
She finds one of Henry's jackets and puts it on Sophia along with some old sock, making a mental note to take the girl shopping. Even though it's spring time in Storybrooke it still gets cold, she carries the girl to her car and drives of to City Hall.
Once there she carries Sophia into the building and hurries to where the meeting is been held at. She can see the blonde pacing outside the door as she approaches. She sets Sophia down a few feet away from the blonde and takes her hand instead together they walk up to the blonde.
"You're late" Emma accuses, her gaze landing on the little girl in the pajamas with the big jacket and shoeless feet.
*what do you guys think should I continue?