Broken Promises Chapter 3
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Thanks for more reviews! This chapter takes place before Regina meets Snow. Mainly focuses on the relationship between Cora and Regina.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own OUAT.
I remember when my mother wasn't always like this. Abusive and evil. Power hungry and so possessive. She was once a loving mother, and our family used to be happy.
"Regina, dear? What's wrong?" Mother asked worriedly.
"I feel...sick." I said weakly.
"Oh, don't worry. Mama's gonna make it all better, alright? Just close your eyes."
Those were the days when mother seemed to actually care for me. But I already knew mother used magic. She used it in front of me, but she didn't hurt me at all.
"Regina, no matter what you think, I will always love you. I promise you, I will never ever hurt you."
But when I turned twelve, mother slowly became much more strict than before. She would not allow me to ride Rocinante anymore. She told me it was "unladylike".
But I paid no attention to her. The following day I ran out to the stables and rode Rocinante. Unfortunately mother caught me. She was beyond furious. And that was the first time my mother used her magic on me.
I remember with a flick of her wrist, I was pushed down to the ground with great force.
"Regina." Mother spoke with venom. "I told you not to ride that horse. It's unladylike, you should know that."
"Mother, I was just having fun-" I protested weakly.
WHAM. I fell face first on the ground hard. My face landed on rough, hard wood. I felt my lips bleeding. Blood trickled down my mouth.
"Ohh..." I groaned in pain. I touched my upper lip. I felt a scar forming on it, and it would never heal. It would be visible.
"Oh my- Regina! I'm sorry!" my mother rushed to me. "Oh my poor baby!" Mother healed my wounds, except for that scar on my upper lip. Even magic couldn't heal the scar.
She held me in her arms, whispering soothing words to me. She apologized to me over and over again, and promised me it would never happened again.
How wrong she was.
A few days later, I was out in our garden. I was tending to my apple tree, when I accidentally stepped on mud. My blue dress got dirty. Mother saw me, and fury overtook her features.
"What foolish thing have you done now, Regina?!" she yelled out at me. I cowered in fear. I was trembling.
My heart skipped a beat. "Sorry- I didn't mean to... Mother, I am so, so-"
Suddenly I was being levitated up in the air. Mother knew I had a fear of heights. I felt my stomach flip upside down at the sight of being up in the air.
"Mother! Please, put me down! I'll be good!" I pleaded as fat tears streamed down my pale cheeks.
"I disapprove of your actions, young lady," mother spoke coldly.
"Yes- I know, I won't do it again!"
Mother looked thoughtful for a moment. As quickly it had come, it disappeared.
"You had better not." she spoke in a sick sweet tone.
Then I fell down really fast. As soon as I hit the ground, I felt pain shooting from my head. I was slowly losing my consciousness. I mustered all of my strength just to raise my hand up and touch my head.
I looked at my hand. All I saw was red. Red dark liquid coming from my head. And it was a lot. I was losing a lot of blood.
This time, it wasn't Mother who approached me. It was Daddy.
"Daddy," I cried out helplessly. "Please... help me."
"Child, what did she do to you?" he asked worriedly, checking my head for more bruises.
I was slowly slipping away to unconsciousness. "Dress...dirty...mother...levitated me... fell down...hit head...bleeding..." Then I saw nothing but darkness.
It was a miracle that I survived the fall. After that day, mother showed no signs of affection towards me.
She only got stricter and used magic on me often.
It hurt me inside that I still remember the days when mother was very nice to me. It still burned in the back of my mid, and it hurt.
She broke the promise. She said she would never hurt me. She hurt me so bad, all I want to do is get away from her.
Then I believed myself that mother never loved me. It was all an act.
I never trusted her again.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks for reading! Next chapter will be up soon!
