Do to all the lovely reviews I decided another chapter wouldn't be too bad to put out right away. Seriously, the reviews make me ridiculously happy and oh so willing to write more often. Thank you! And if you can think of any ages or things you want to see, throw them out there.

Regan- Age 9

October had rolled around, and the spring air had slowly been getting colder and colder in the Maine autumn wind. People throughout Storybrooke were sweeping leaves off of their front porches, and raking them into piles in the yard. Children were making the piles over and over so they could jump into them and enjoy the carelessness that came with the multi-colored leaves. Halloween was a little over a week away and children already had their costumes picked out and were deciding what candy they would want to have most. Which houses would have the best candy, and which was the best route to take to get to said houses. Parents were planning Halloween parties, helping kids carve pumpkins, making holiday treats, and buying candy and costumes from the stores. In a house on Mifflin street though, one single parent was trying to decide what to do for her daughter's ninth birthday, a birthday that had been planned months ago, but she had decided wasn't good enough at the last minute. Mostly because her daughter had recently informed her that she doesn't like Disney princesses anymore, those are for babies. I like Batman. Because of course, her daughter had suddenly become a tomboy and god forbid she like something girly.

Luckily for Regina, Batman was something rather easy to find. Black and Yellow balloons were first on her list. Then she had to bake the cake, chocolate with vanilla frosting, food coloring dyed frosting to get the black and yellow. She also had to pick up plates and party supplies, luckily for her the invites had already been sent out to the few people that Regan had wanted to go: Ruby Lucas, Belle French, Ariel, Ashley, Aladdin, Hansel, Jack, and Jacob Grimm. She asked if she had wanted Gretel to go, but apparently they were no longer friends as she had turned into a no good, dirty, rotten, liar, and a thief. All the children had agreed to go and were going to be showing up around 2. It was now eleven, Regan was out with Graham, and Regina just had to pick up the cake, balloons, supplies, and one last thing, Regan's big present for her birthday.

It had taken A LOT of thought for Regina to come up with present she did, sure Regan had said she wanted one for the last couple years, but she still wasn't sure the girl was up to the type of care it would take, or the patience for that matter. Still she headed out to get all the things, hoping to have it all set up by the time the girl got there, half an hour after everyone else was to show up…

It was now 2:30, everyone was hidden behind various things in the house, and the lights were all turned off, her daughter's biggest present yet was waiting in the kitchen where it wouldn't be seen, and everything was perfect. When the front door opened she could hear her daughter's voice.

"Graham, why are all the lights off?"

"I dunno kid, maybe your mom was late on errands."

"Do you think she forgot my birthday? I mean it's okay if she did I just-"

"SURPRISE!" Everyone shouted, startling Regan enough to jump into Graham's arms, causing the man to laugh.

"Happy birthday, Regan!" Could be heard by various voices throughout the living room, and she couldn't help the giant smile that plastered itself across her face.

"Thank you, everyone! Mom, I thought we were celebrating tomorrow?"

"Well dear, I thought I would surprise you today." Regan couldn't help it as the smile got bigger, as she thanked everyone for coming one by one, giving out a few hugs and high fives as she went, ever the boisterous Mayor's daughter. When she made it to her mother she simply hugged her, tall enough now that her chin reached her mother's shoulder, her growth spurt had just occurred a little over a month ago, and had left her barely shorter than her mom. Regina couldn't help but hug her daughter tightly; far too soon this same girl would be taller than her, and old enough to take care of herself. Time was flying by way to quickly for Regina's liking.

"Now, would you like to start with cake or presents first?"

"Cake!"

So Regina went and got the cake, setting it gently on the dining room table where all the kids surrounded Regan as they sang happy birthday. Quickly, while she was getting ready to blow out the candles, Regina took a picture. Regan had her eyes closed in concentration as she blew out the candles on her cake, batman insignia and all. It was the perfect picture, with all her friends smiling at her in the background, even with the batman party hat on her head. Blonde curls hanging loosely, white shirt that would very soon be stained, but for the moment, was clean. The whole thing was perfect.

As everyone dug into the cake, Regina couldn't help but lean gently over her daughter and place a kiss on her cheek, giving the girl a happy smile. Her daughter turned with a smile that was soon replaced with a confused expression when she noticed the tears threatening to fall. Regan looked around to see if anyone was paying attention, but they were all too busy with cake. So in a quiet voice as to not let the others catch on, she asked her mother, "Are you okay?"

Regina sighed; her daughter was growing up and noticing things far too quickly for her liking. Her magic was growing stronger too, and it was far more powerful than even Regina's.

"You're just… growing up. You're not going to be my baby anymore." She said, her breathe coming out raggedly, with a few tears escaping.

"Mama" Regan said with conviction. Her eyes trained fully on her mother's face, never breaking eye contact. "No matter what happens, whether it's tomorrow, or thirty years from now, I will always be your baby."

Regina couldn't help but smile at her daughter's words, they sounded far too mature coming from the girl and it made her sad. At the same time though, they made her so happy, happy that her daughter understood. Soon though, she would have to teach her daughter about her magic, it wasn't like the girl didn't know it existed, she knew. Just like she knew a few other things involving the town, such as where it had come from, and who her mother truly was. Some of the… darker details had been left out for her own good, but she knew that she was her mother's light. And she planned to stay that way for as long as she could.

"Mom?"

"Yes dear?"

"Can we open presents now?" Regina laughed, back to being the nine year old she was thank goodness, all this adult talk had made her sad.

"Of course dear, I'll go get them, let your friends know."

"HEY EVERYONE, WE'RE DOING PRESENTS NOW!"

"Regan…" Regina said, giving her daughter the look. Regan at least had the decency to look embarrassed, half a grin on her face. Non the less, Regina went and got almost all the presents and placed them in front of her daughter.

This went on for a good half hour, with the ooohs and ahhhs. She had received many new things, such as books, vhs tapes, a few batman related toys, and of course a new hoodie that said Royal on the back in gold writing, the jacket itself being the dark purple she so thoroughly enjoyed.

"Thank you everyone! I loved the presents!" Regan said, a smile still on her face.

"Now hold on missy, you have one more present."

"I do?"

"Yes you do, I'll be right back." Regina said walking away. Regan turned to Ruby and whispered quietly. "Okay, Rubes you've got that good nose going for ya, can you tell what it is?"

Ruby took a whiff of the air, a smile growing on her face. "Yup."

"Well what is it?"

"I'm not telling."

"come on Ruby! Ya gotta tell me!"

"Nope, you'll see in a second."

"ughhhhh"

"Regan Mills, were you trying to con Ruby into telling you what it was?" her mother responded, coming around the corner with something behind her back.

"Uhhh.. no?"

"Ruby?"

"Yeah she was madame mayor"

"Thanks a lot, Rubes." Ruby sent Regan a sly smile.

"Well, I think you'll figure this out fairly quickly anyways."

From behind Regina's back, she pulled out none other than a puppy. A Very fluffy puppy that had white on its chest with tan on its back, grey and brown spots covered it much like you would see on an Australian Shepherd, though the dog itself had pointy ears and a fluffy tail that curled like you would see on a Siberian Husky. Blue eyes shown bright on the puppy, who was still rather small, the big blue ribbon on him made them stand out even more. Regan's whole face lit up as she gently grabbed the puppy, pulling him into her chest and hugging him tight.

"This is for me?!"

"Yes dear, you've been wanting one forever."

"Does he have a name yet?"

"No, no he doesn't."

"So I can keep him?"

"Yes dear, that's the point of a present"

Regina couldn't help but smile at the loud squeal that came out of her daughter's mouth as she snuggled the puppy impossibly closer.

"What kind of dog is he?"

"He's an Australian Shepherd/Siberian Husky mix. He's going to be pretty big too, so you need to train him to be well behaved, take him on walks, make sure to feed him…"

"Oh I will Mama! I will I swear! I'm gonna name him Charlie! He'll be the best and most well behaved dog ever mom! You'll see! You're the best ever ever ever!"

And with that, all the struggles to get this put together, all the hard times she had finding the perfect puppy, all the effort that had gone into this day… It was all worth it to see her daughter's face. Nothing could have made this day any better, nothing at all.

Author's note: If there is anything you do want to see, please tell me in the reviews otherwise it's just gonna be a whole lot of fluff. The ages don't necessarily have to go in order, it's just the way I've been going about it so far, so don't be afraid to throw another age out there. I'll take any requests and do what I can with them, so please feel free to do so.