~Charity begins at home~

Disclaimer: I don't claim any rights to the characters of this story. I don't own them (except Sebastian and Nicholas) All rights belong to ABC Studios and the creators of Once upon a Time (Kitsis /Horowitz Production)

Author's Note: I thought of turning my Regina one-shot into a little series. So this is Part 2 of The Stolen Brother. I like Regina in a way and I feel sorry for her. She was the first of OUaT who was broken and I think that she doesn't deserve her fate! I know she is evil and sometimes I feel like choking her ... but it isn't her fault at all, so I want her to make her mother pay for it. Since I saw episode 18 of season 1 I wonder what happened to her Mom, so here is my version.

Thanks to : Thanks to everyone who read my first story so far. And thanks to everyone who left a review! That is you Anna, the Guest ^^ And also thanks to everyone who decides to read this story ... I'm full of Happiness right now, so excuse this rambling.

Special thanks to: Nosferatu's Cigarette-Binge thank you for your review and your never ending support! You´re wonderful! This story is dedicated to you. I hope you will have fun.

In her right hand she was holding a quill, her left hand was resting on a massive pine table. Both were shaking ... she was nervous. Never before had she done something like this. Gracefully she placed the last few letters on the precious piece of paper. Then she laid the quill on the table and took the letter in both her hands.

Dearest Grandmother,

Father, Regina and I want to invite you to a very important ball this Sunday. It's to honor the fifth Anniversary of your daughter's marriage with my father. My heart will cry if you don't come. So I plead you, join us! You're like the grandma I never had. I await an early reply. With love, yours Snow White

She knew that it wasn't right to use the girl for her intents, but she didn't feel bad about it either. Five years had passed since her wedding with King Leopold . She hadn't seen her mother in months, but now she needed her to come. Twelve years she had waited for this day ... Twelve long insufferable years. She called for a messenger and soon her letter was on its way to fulfill its task.

Of course Cora came, there had been no doubt. All her wishes had come true, all she had fought for. Now her family was a proud member of Royalty, she herself being the beloved grandmother of Snow White. She couldn't knock back the little girl's pleas. After the letter arrived at her new home, near the forest, she didn't hesitate to write back and start on her way to her daughter's rightful place.

Now Regina was waiting for her mother, her heart jumping, fingers scratching over her delicate skin leaving scars on it.

The carriage arrived in the afternoon, two days after Regina had sent the letter to her mother. The King and Snow White were on a riding trip through their Realm, so the lonely Queen had enough time to speak with her alone.

Joyfully the old lady walked out the carriage right into the arms of her daughter.

"You're thin my dear, don´t you get enough food? It terrifies me to see you so skinny!" she said to her as she took a step back to observe Regina.

"Your greetings are always heart-warming mother. But it's nice that you speak of food. I prepared a meal for both of us and I was hoping that you would be hungry," her daughter answered with a forced smile on her lips.

"Then it is my pleasure to follow you," Cora answered, and both mother and daughter left the carriage behind and walked into the majestic palace.

"I'm proud of you." Her mother was holding a cup in one of her hands, with the other one she ordered the servant to pour some tea into it. She had placed herself at the end of the long dining table and an empty plate was lying in front of her.

"I know, you told me that more than once," Regina responded, sighing.

"Did I? I guess, I cannot emphasize strongly enough that you've done the right thing," she countered laughingly, with coldness behind it.

"Do you want some Apple pie?" Was the only way Regina could respond.

Her eyes glistened ... the cake was poisoned and it would kill her mother within seconds ... Only one little piece of it and all her suffering would end, to begin with. But her mother refused.

"Oh, no darling, you know that I was never for apples ... But this fudge looks lovely. Would you be so kind to hand me some of it, please?!" she asked sugarily.

Every word was unleashing hatred in Regina, but also fear. Was her mother aware of her plans to kill her? Did her eyes or her hands reveal everything about her purpose? The young Queen froze in her actions. She had to think of a Plan B, then she remembered the wine she had prepared and a smile formed on her lips.

"Of course, here it is Mother ...But I insist you to taste this Shiraz ... it's one of the Kings most expensive and precious wines and it's delicious," she whispered softly. The eyes of her mother located the wine in awe.

"If you really insist, I won't deny a little slug," Cora snickered delightedly.

Regina was relieved, she knew that her mother couldn't say no to a bottle of the most expensive wine of the Realm. Good that she had poured a narcotic into it.

Her mother took a sip and Regina observed her eagerly.

"You are right! It ... is delicious ...And I thought that.. you didn´t have a good taste my dear," Cora began to stammer .

The young Queen's smile came back quickly. Suddenly her mother's hand dropped and she sank into her seat. Fortunately the wine just numbed her actions, she didn't go unconscious, which meant that she could give her daughter all of her attention.

"What ... did ... you ...do ...to me?" She asked a bit groggy.

"Nothing so far! But I promise that you will soon get what you deserve!" Regina answered as she walked around the table ...Slowly shifting from one foot to the other until she reached her mother's seat. Gracefully, she leaned forward and her cold eyes stared into those of her mother's.

"You wouldn't kill your own mother, would you?" Cora asked trying to sound calm, but for the first time in her life Regina could feel that her mother was frozen in fear.

"You mean like you killed Sebastian? Why should I do something so cruel? Oh yes, now I remember, because there are things which you don't understand!" Regina yelled forcefully. Her voice had never been so frightening. With all her might, and despite all her disgust, she broke through the chest of her mother, grabbed her heart and ripped it off her chest.

Cora's eyes went wide, she screamed in pain, blood stroking down her white blouse, coloring it a deep red. Regina felt mighty; the pounding heart in her hand, the shocked, and trenched look of her mother, made her feel satisfied. But then suddenly Cora began laughing. Regina froze.

"Oh, I knew that you would learn how to use your powers! Maybe you think that you defeat me ... But I was never prouder of you than now!" she snickered.

The ripped out heart didn't seem to make a difference at all. Regina knew that she had to squeeze it to dust, but she wanted to see her mother suffer. Now the woman was laughing and Regina choked in disgust.

"I will never be like you MOTHER never!" she spat.

"But my dear, you used your powers and now you're going to kill me ... what distinguishes you from me?" her mother asked joyfully.

"I do...have ... a heart! And I will be happy! I will stay true to myself!" Regina answered. She knew that she had not done a good deed, but she also knew that she wasn't like her mother.

"Why don't you just die ...painfully like you deserve to?!" she then added.

Her mother's breathing slowed down, her chest barely moved, but her eyes remained full of life.

"I locked it away you know ...At a place where you won't find it," Cora whispered and Regina looked at her in confusion.

"What are you talking about? What did you lock away?" she asked her mother.

"His heart ... your brother's heart... You know when you rip them out and put them in a box, the owner of it can be reawakened! Oh sweetie, didn't you know that?" her mother asked devilishly. "And like I said before, you will never find it! I think you deserve to know that before I will die," she added and something in Regina exploded. She didn't care to listen to the rest of her mother's evil ambushes ... Passionately and crudely, she squeezed her heart and dust filled her milky hand.

"Goodbye Cora," she whispered and the tears in her eyes weren't dedicated to her, they streamed down her face because she knew that she had lost again, that her mother had fooled her for the second time.

When her mother closed her eyes and the last sign of life had left her body, Regina sunk to her knees and on the cold floor she let out all of her frustration.

Hours later King Leopold found her on the floor and in spite of all evidence that proved Regina had something to do with her mother's mysterious death, he believed that his wife was innocent.

At her mother's funeral she didn't cry. Snow White and the King cried a few fake tears, but she couldn't even act as if she was sad. Now it was her purpose to find a way to make the little girl pay for her betrayal. At the moment she was too young, first she needed to find love and she needed to lose someone important to her. Regina could wait .,.all she hoped for would come to her in time .

First she had to find something more important. Her brother's heart.

So that was the End of Part 2 .. What do you think ? Is it too short ? Her mother's death not cruel enough? Please write me if you think that I should change something, I'm really lousy at writing cruel stuff, but I tried.