Sorry this chapter will be a little short, I'll upload the next chapter in a few hours.
Lana rode in the direction of the Queen's castle. When she reached the gates of the castle, she was stopped by a few guards. "Hey! Stop!" They said, and drew their bows.
Lana was faster, and quickly shot them both. She then made the horse go into a fast gallop, and rode into the castle's courtyard. She quickly became surrounded with more guards, and before she could shoot one, they had seized her off her horse.
"I'm here to see the Queen," Lana demanded. "Very well," they said, grabbing her upper arms and leading her throughout the castle.
They came to a room in a high tower, where the Queen stood gazing at herself in the mirror. She had on a long and elegant dark blue dress, a beautiful crystal necklace and earrings, and her dark hair was in a long ponytail on top of her head.
"Queen, you have a visitor." The guards said. "Who is it?"" Regina asked, in a cool voice, not turning around.
"Some intruder, said she came to see you, she killed 2 guards on her way in," one of the guards said.
Queen Regina turned around, and looked at Lana. "It must be important then. Tell me, why have you come to see me?" Regina asked.
"I'm your daughter," Lana said. Regina laughed. "That's impossible. Guards, take her away. She will be charged with murder and lying to the Queen," she said.
As soon as the guards touched Lana, she quickly punched one in the face, knocking him unconscious, and drew her bow and shot the other in the heart with an arrow. "Impressive," the Queen said, seemingly unfazed with what Lana had just done.
"Now will you listen to me?" Lana asked, prying her arrow from the guards chest. "I suppose," she said, a little annoyed.
"17 years ago, you gave birth to a child, is that right? And you gave her a necklace before she was taken from you?" Lana said. The Queen suddenly got a confused look on her face.
"How...how did you..." She stuttered, speechless. Lana walked toward the Queen, reaching down her shirt and pulling out the necklace and showing it to her. "Does this look familiar to you?" Lana asked.
The Queen reached out and took the necklace in her hand from Lana's neck, with a puzzled and almost worried look on her face. "It can't be..." Regina whispered, still staring at the necklace.
She looked up at Lana's face. "Lana?" She asked on a soft voice. "Yes... Yes mother, it's me," Lana said smiling. Regina suddenly threw her arms around Lana in a tight hug.
"Lana, I can't believe it's you! I thought you were dead!" She said, a tear running down her cheek. "It's me," Lana said. "But how?" Regina asked, pulling away from the hug.
"Here, come sit," Regina said, taking Lana's hand and leading her to a nearby love seat couch by a fireplace, where they both sat down.
"Well, my whole life I never knew who I was, until today. I ran away from home, and I saved an old man from a bear attack. He recognized me and my necklace and told me I was your daughter. He said that he used to be a servant at your parents estate. He told me all about your mother Cora, and my father, Daniel... And how when you found out you were pregnant with me you had to keep it a secret. When I was born, he had strict orders from Cora to kill me, but he left me on somebody's doorstep instead," Lana said.
"I'm glad you're alive. And happy birthday," Regina said, smiling. "Thanks," Lana said.
Henry walked in the room, curious as to who Regina was talking to. "Regina, who is this?" He asked.
"Father, Lana is alive... shes come back. Lana, this is your grandfather," Regina said smiling. "It can't be... Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes, look at her necklace," Regina said. Henry came closer to inspect it. "So it is you... Wow, you're beautiful, you look just like your mother," Henry said, smiling.
"Thank you," Lana said. Henry looked over at the guards on the floor. "Impressive, do you like to hunt?" Henry asked. "Yes, I love hunting and riding horses," Lana said.
"Lana, would you like to stay here? With me?" Regina asked. "Yes, I would love to! Thank you," Lana said.
"Aren't you going to miss your parents?" Henry asked. "No. I ran away from my father today... my mother left when I was very young. All my father wants to do is marry me off to the richest man in our village, and I don't want to," Lana said.
"Well I can assure you, you won't have to worry about that here," Regina said. "Regina, why don't you give her the room in the north tower?" Henry said.
"Very well. Come, I will show you your room," Regina said. She led Lana throughout her castle, and up some stairs. She stopped at 2 double doors at the top. She opened them, and inside was the most beautiful and magnificent bedroom Lana had ever seen.
"Wow..." Lana said, looking around, speechless. "This is yours now," Regina said. She opened the large closet doors, and with a wave of her hand, a huge wardrobe appeared. It was now full of elegant dresses, riding uniforms, corsets, shoes, and all the jewelry Lana could imagine.
"I will also see to it that your horse will be taken care of in the stables, and you are welcome to join my guards hunting parties, if you wish," Regina said. "Oh, thank you," Lana said and hugged Regina.
"Oh, and one more thing," Lana said. "What is it?" Regina asked. "Well, coming to meet you wasn't the only reason I came here. I also came here for your help to meet my father," Lana said.
"But Daniel is-" Regina began to say. "I know. I can bring people back from the dead," Lana said.