So this ist he second chapter! Hope you like it. Please review and let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions for this story.
Enchanted Forest, Several years ago:
Johanna stood in her little cottage and rubbed her swollen belly lovingly while gazing out the window. Rumors had it that the new princess oft he kingdom had come tot he village but no one knew why. Suddenly she heard baging on the door and went to open it. She couldn´t believe her eyes as she gazed into the new princess´ face.
,,Your Highness." The slightly older woman bowed and let the regal woman into her small home. Cora took a seat on the only table in the house and looked around. ,,Would you like something to drink?" questioned Johanna. The young witch just shook her head.
,,I heard your husband died a month ago. You must be really sad. And just think about the poor baby. Never meeting ist father. It must be hard considering that you don´t have any money. How will you care fort he child?" the words were spoken sweetly but Johanna could sense the true meaning behind them. Cora mocked her. Cleary amused by her pain.
,,What do you want?" demanded the peasent sharply. Cora mock- flinched at the harsh tone.
,,I want to help you. Cleary you can´t afford for a child and I need a child. The deal is easy. You´ll give me the child after it is born and I´ll give you money, as much as you want." She explained and reached out a hand to stroke the other woman´s belly. Johanna could see the longing in the princess´ chocolate coloured eyes. Sighing she shook her head. She just lost her husband. She couldn´t lose her child too. Not for all money in the world would she give her baby to a spoiled royal but then again the other woman was once a peasent too. It wouldn´t be fair to the baby if she kept it. Cora was right she couldn´t take care of herself so how would she take care of a baby?! This was the baby´s best change she realized saddend.
,,Will it be well treated? Will it be loved?" she asked softly, still unsure of the other woman´ s intensions. Cora just nodded and stood up.
,,Do we have a deal?" she asked extending her hand for the other woman to shake.
,,Yes." Johanna said sighing and shook Cora´s hand.
,,Your decision will be rewarded for one day she will be a Queen." Cora explained.
,,She? It will be a girl? How do you know?" the poor woman asked suddenly unsure.
,,I just know. I can feel it."
And she was right for a few months later Johanna gave birth to little girl. A beautiful baby with shining brown eyes and a head full of brown curls. ´Just like her father´, Johanna thought painfully. She only had a few minutes to hold her baby because Cora came right after the birth to retrieve her price. With tears in her eyes the new mother handed the babe to the witch and looked at her for one final time. ,,Did you have a name in mind?" Cora asked although she didn´t really care. She already knew what she would name the girl. The future Queen!
,,Rapunzel" the other woman choked out while tears ran down her cheeks. ,,Her name is Rapunzel."
Cora just shook her head. This would not do at all. It was ridiculous.
,,No. This name is not fit for a future Queen. Her name shall be Regina." And with that being said the enchantress disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke. Leaving the sad woman to grieve alone.
Storybrooke, Present Day: The Woods
The cold had gotten the better of her. Leaving the young woman unconscious on the hard ground. Her whole body shaking from the cold. She lay there for hours while the her family was searching for the young woman.
Henry was leading the group to where he suspected his mother to be. She always went to that place when she wanted to be alone. So it was no wonder that the small group found her at the exact spot.
,,Mom?" the young boy asked insecure and carefully shook her shoulders. Emma quickly took him by the shoulders to get him away from the scene. Seeing his mother this way would surely scare him for life. David and Snow tried shaking her awake too, but sadly to no avail. After a while there decided to bring her to the hospital where she could be looked after. And where Johanna was. No one had heard about Cora after the clock tower incident and that was not really a good sign.
By arriving at the hospital Doctor Whale immediately examined Regina while the others waited in Johanna´s hospital room.
,,So, you are my Grandma?´´ Henry asked the old woman with a warm smile that reached his eyes. Johanna smiled back laughing amused.
,,I guess so, young man." she motioned for him to hug her and he gladly did so clearly enjoying the comfort. He didn´t want to admit it but he was rather scared for his Mom. They didn´t go on good terms and he was really sorry for that. He did love her even though she was evil. To him she would always be his mother. That would never change.
The young boy wondered what it was like for his mother to find out the truth after so many years. He himself found out he was adopted when he was 4 but Regina was 34 and was a big difference. ´It must be terrible for her.´, the brown eyed teen thought guilty. This was why she stayed in the cold for so long. She could not take that much information at once. Her whole life was a lie while he always knew the truth.
Snow looked on while Johanna didn´t want to let go. Having a child in her arms again made her feel good. She missed it all out with Regina and now she was gifted with a grandchild. It was all so overwhelming so she began to cry.
,,It will be ok, Johanna. She will be ok." the former princess tried to comfort the older woman but she herself was scared too. She felt so terrible for Regina. Growing up with Cora obviously damaged Regina but finding out that Cora wasn´t her real mother must have killed her. It was really not fair that Regina had to endure it all just because Cora acted very selfish and manipulated poor Johanna. It could have been all so different if not for the heartless woman.