Disclaimer: I don't own Once upon a time or its characters, if I did the queens of darkness would be redeemed and have their happy endings.
Basic summary: Cruella is distraught after Ursula goes back to the ocean feeling betrayed and thinking Ursula loved her. She begins to wonder if anything she does will ever make her happy and decides to back out of the plan for finding the author at the same time she begins to realize she's in love with Regina. EvilDarlings/DeVilQueen pairing.
The next morning Regina opened her eyes and for a moment didn't know where she was until she remembered that she let Cruella take her home to Rumple's cabin which is where Cruella was staying along with Maleficent.
"Good morning Dahling, sleep well?" Cruella whispered in her ear before she felt a light kiss on her shoulder and Regina smiled.
"Better than ever thanks to you. How did you sleep?" Regina asked with a small giggle making Cruella smile.
"Beautifully dahling, I kept dreaming about a certain incredibly sexy queen." Cruella said with a smirk and Regina raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? Well maybe I should go then." Regina said teasingly and pretended to get up but Cruella grabbed her around the waist and yanked her back.
"Oh I don't think so Dahling because that queen was you and you're not going anywhere." Cruella said catching on to Regina's joke though being completely serious.
Cruella kissed Regina gently on the lips though the kiss was cut short when Maleficent barged in to wake Cruella up seeing as normally Cruella wasn't a morning person.
Mal gasped at the sight before she snorted and burst out laughing,"Oh my god, I never in a million years would have expected this. Oh well at least someone had fun last night, maybe a little too much fun. Hm, Regina?"
Regina just smirked before she grabbed her pillow and tossed at Mal but Maleficent was ready and closed the door first.
"Nice try Gina but you missed me so now you gotta kiss me." Maleficent teased from the hallway and Cruella growled.
"You wish, dragon breath. Now go start a forest fire or something." Cruella sassed and Maleficent just laughed.
"C'mon love birds, get dressed. We shouldn't keep the imp waiting." Mal told them referring to Rumple.
"If you're in such a hurry then why don't you just go distract him for us Mal?" Regina teased with a snicker while Cruella burst out laughing.
"Oh that's it! Get your royal ass out here and say that to my face, then we'll see who's laughing." Maleficent roared.
"Cool your flames Mal, I was only joking. Go meet him and tell him we're on our way, if he gets difficult then I'll deal with when we get there. Where are we meeting him?" Regina asked.
"The Rabbit Hole. Now get up, get dressed and for god's sake don't be late. If you two aren't there in the next twenty minutes, I'm coming back and I'll drag you there naked if I have to." Maleficent snapped in annoyance before she left with a slam of the front door.
Twenty minutes later on the dot they arrived at the rabbit hole, picked because aside from maybe Emma and the dworfs the heros never came here.
"Well look who's here?" Cruella pointed out the blonde sitting at the bar to Regina.
"Emma. What's she doing here so early in the morning?" Regina mumbled to herself though Cruella heard her.
"You'll have to ask her later because we're being summoned by the imp." Cruella replied before grabbing Regina's hand and making her way toward Rumple and Maleficent.
Rumple was about to speak up when Regina put a finger to her lips and subtly motioned in the direction of the bar where Emma was sitting.
"I don't think we should do this here but I have an idea, follow me." Regina suggested and Cruella shot her a knowing look while Rumple and Mal simply nodded.
They followed Regina out into the back ally and Regina made sure nobody was around before she grabbed Mal's hand on one side and Cruella's on the other and Mal grabbed one of Rumple's hands even though she was disgusted with having to do so. Cruella did the same while cringing in disgust before Regina poofed them all to her house.
"Nice work dearie." Rumple said when they got there.
"Don't mention it, now how exactly do you plan on dealing with Ursula's betrayal when she's 20 leagues under the sea?" Regina asked her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Well its really quite simple, I'll use a summoning spell which will bring her back here against her will and without knowing its us until its too late and then we will deal with her." Rumple replied and Cruella knew the spell he spoke of which is why she spoke up.
"No, I want to deal with Ursula myself. I'm going to make her suffer for betraying not just me but all of us. You bring her back and I promise to make her suffer the likes of which she can't even imagine!" Cruella had to make them believe she would take care of Ursula herself because she knew if Maleficent and Rumple got hold of her, there would be nothing left of her former friend.
Cruella may be angry with Ursula for her betrayal but for some odd reason Cruella didn't want any harm to come to her even despite her rage towards the seawitch.
"Fair enough. She's all yours Cruella." Rumple told her and Cruella nodded,"Thank you dahling."
"Now then what to do about Emma and her parents?" Rumple asked and Maleficent spoke up next.
"I don't give a rats ass about the blonde brat but Snow and Charming are mine!" Mal hissed like the dragon she was and Rumple nodded.
"I'll deal with the savior, she took my son and for that she will pay!" Regina promised keeping her cover.
"Alright then all I have to do is get that summoning spell ready. I'll let you know when its finished, shouldn't take too long." Rumple told them and the three women nodded.
"Well I suppose I should be going now." Rumple told them before he disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.
"I thought that was you're trick dahlings?" Cruella asked Regina and Maleficent.
Regina and Mal looked at each other, snickered and turned back to Cruella,"Who do you think we learned it from dear." Maleficent told her while Regina just smiled.
"Oh. Well how in the bloody hell was I supposed to know that." Cruella hissed while pouting in a way that made Regina want to make her smile instead.
Maleficent just stared at them for a few moments wondering if there was more to this than just a one night stand. The way they were looking at each other told her there was and though she would never admit it, she was extremely jealous.
"Well you two have fun, I'm going home. Enjoy your new playmate Regina." Maleficent snapped.
"Mal, don't be like-" before Regina could finish her sentance however Maleficent was gone in a puff of smoke.
"That." Regina sighed finishing her sentance even though Mal wouldn't hear it.
"Don't worry about it dahling, Mal's just pissed off because she knows I'm not sharing you with her." Cruella sassed with a smirk and Regina gave a small smile in return.
"So, were you serious when you said you wanted to deal with Ursula yourself? What are you going to do to her?" Regina asked and Cruella scoffed.
"No, I most certainly was not serious and as soon as the imp summons her I'm setting her free. I may be angry about her betrayal and she may not love me but we were still close friends for a time therefor I will not harm her." Cruella snapped.
"Okay, don't bite my head off. I was merely curious." Regina snapped back and Cruella sighed.
"I'm sorry... I just don't know if I can do this anymore, all these years being a villian and its gotten me bloody nowhere except being hated and unloved by just about everyone." Cruella apologized as a single tear escaped and Regina kissed it away.
"I don't hate you Cruella and you are not unloved, not by a long shot. God knows you've been married enough times and I know you didn't love them but that dosen't mean to say that none of them loved you." Regina told her in an attempt to comfort her.
Cruella let her tears fall freely as Regina held her in her arms and stroked her hair soothingly.
They had been sitting on the couch in Regina's living room and Regina continued to hold Cruella and stroke her hair soothingly as Cruella cried herself to sleep in her arms.