A/N: Hey guys! I hope this wasn't too long of a wait for you! Here is chapter 4. I hope you enjoy it. I'm not sure when chapter five will be out cause I'm going a little dry for ideas but if you have any suggestions feel free to leave me a review with your suggestion for chapter 5 and I'll see what I can do. Thanks for reading!
After the meeting, Sophia went over to her parents. Her mother held her father's hand; she was stroking his thumb with her own and she looked up at her daughter. "Hey."
Sophia smiled at her mother, "hey mom." She sat down in the seat next to her, "I did okay, right?" She asked.
"Of course, baby, you were great. Like the wise and noble queen I remember you to be." She wrapped an arm around her daughter and squeezed gently. She indeed was very proud of her daughter.
Sophia smiled softly at her mother, "thanks, mom. Dad, what did you think?" She asked and looked past her mother and at her father.
"You did good, princess, or well queen." Her father laughed and threw his head back.
Sophia smiled and stood up, she leaned down and kissed her parents on the cheek and hugged her sister who sat next to them, "I have to take Henry to Regina's so I will see you at home."
"Be careful driving sweetheart." Her mother said.
"Alright." She went over to Henry and placed a hand on his arm and he stood. They went out to her car and he got in the passenger's seat and she got in the driver's. Henry's book sat in his lap as Sophia looked over at the quiet boy.
"Sophia?" Henry piped up about a minute into the drive to Regina's home on Miffin Street.
Sophia glanced over at the young boy, "yes Henry?" She asked.
"Why are you friends with my mom? I mean she's evil, she's been evil since you've known her." He was confused, if his mom was evil, then how could she have a friend who was good?
Sophia was silent for a moment before she formed her answer, "because, your mother, she wasn't completely evil yet. She was just in a very dark place when I met her. I saw the woman she was before she was even in that dark place. She let me see the person she truly is deep down. She wants me to help her redeem herself, for you. She really loves you. She wants to be better for you." Sophia explained and pulled onto Miffin St. "And now she wants to use her magic for good. To help stop Cora. Who is very bad news." She warned.
"But what about the other witches?"
"Didn't one die?" She asked. Sophia's mind immediately went to the 1939 MGM movie.
Henry gave her a look, "no, not according to my book. The books and movie have it wrong. The sisters' names are Theodora and Evanora." He started, opening his book, "Theodora was a very neutral person. She just wanted peace. Evanora was the royal advisor and always was jealous of Glinda, the Wizard of Oz's wife. Back before he came to Oz, the king was killed and Glinda was blamed and exiled to the Dark Forest," he pressed his finger onto the page and started skimming. "When the Wizard came there was this big battle and he faked his death so the witches would leave them alone for a while. It worked and then it said that Glinda and him were married in secret and they remained in a secret relationship, even after Dorathy came and went, till the curse of course."
"So he didn't float back to Kansas in a hot air balloon?" She was utterly confused, way to get it wrong movies.
Henry shook his head, "no he continued to serve the people of Oz as an omniscient spirit when he was really still alive all along."
"I guess now they know he wasn't really dead." She said as she pulled into Regina's driveway.
"Yeah." He shrugged and closed his book. She pulled the car to a stop and parked it. Sophia got out and let Henry out and went up to the door. She knocked and Regina eagerly answered.
Regina smiled as Henry went to her. She wrapped her arms around her son and kissed his head. She looked up at Sophia and mouthed 'thank you'. The girl nodded and walked inside behind them.
Sophia watched the pair go on the couch and sit down and Henry pulled out his homework. He then proceeded to ask Regina if she could help him on his homework. Sophia sat down on the other side of the couch; she felt a little bad about watching Regina. She was a grown woman and should be able to be trusted with the thing she cares about the most, her son.
Sophia excused herself to get a glass of water when her phone buzzed. She saw it was Ty calling and answered it, "hey babe." She said with a smile on her face.
"Hey." He replied. His voice always made Sophia go a little weak at the knees and she never grew tired of hearing it.
"What's up?" She asked and leaned against the counter.
Ty sat down on his wife's bed, "so I think I basically just got permission from your parents for us to sleep in the same bed."
Sophia nearly choked on her water, "I didn't realize it was that big of an issue. I mean we're married after all." She wiped her lips with her pinky and continued to hold her class close to her face and used the other hand to hold the phone.
"Yeah well your dad was still pretty on the fence about an official thing. I mean I had been staying with you guys a little bit before the curse but..."
"No I get it. Well I'll be home soon okay? I'm at Regina's right now."
"Have you told her about what happened at the town meeting?" He asked.
Sophia shook her head, "no but I'm sure Henry is." She rolled her eyes, "they're spending some good time together I'm just chilling in the kitchen since David requested that I uphold my "supervise visits" part of our deal. So, have you gotten anywhere with Glinda?" She asked.
"No, nothing. Maybe we could ask Oz if she may have any possessions of hers that she'd have on her and maybe we could peek inside Henry's book and see if we see her there. We get a good picture, we shouldn't have a problem with finding her." Ty explained as if it was as easy as pie.
"Oh!" She interjected, "her ring! I've always had my ring, I just never recognized it as my wedding ring until after the curse broke. Maybe if he remembers what it looks like, we could look for someone wearing it. And looking in Henry's book, I didn't think of that. Looks like you will be rewarded for your good thinking tonight." She smirked deviously through the phone. "Just wait up for me."
Ty's eyebrows rose at her words, "well alright, and I'll ask him tomorrow you just worry about getting home safe okay?"
"I will I love you. Bye." She said.
"Bye. Love you." With that Ty hung up.
Sophia walked back into the living room to see Henry sitting with Regina. He was tucked into her side as they hunched over the book. "What are you two looking at?"
"I was just telling mom about Glinda! How if we find her, she could help us against Cora and the other witches!" Henry smiled proudly and went back to looking at the book.
"Do you know her? I mean back in our world. Did you ever meet her?" Sophia asked.
"Lets just say, if I had traveled to Oz back then, I would have gotten on with the wicked witches far better than the bubbly Good Witch of the South." A smirk played on Regina's lips, "so no I've never met her." She shook her head.
Sophia nodded slowly, "alright." She rubbed her hands in her thighs, "how about I go get dinner at Granny's, bring it back here for us to eat, and you two can have some bonding time." She smiled.
Regina's heart leaped in her chest that Sophia would trust her to be left alone with Henry for any amount of time, "are you sure it's alright?" She asked, thinking of David and his reaction.
"Yes, you raised him for ten years and would never hurt him in a million. So yes, I trust you Regina its alright. If David has a problem with it then he can deal with me." She explained matter-of-factly. She stood and went towards the door. She slipped back on her shoes and turned to them, "What would you like?"
They gave her their orders and she was out the door.
After Sophia left, Henry looked up at his mom, "Would you really never hurt me?" He asked.
Regina's heart hurt that her beloved baby boy could think that she had the capability to hurt him. "No." She crouched down to meet his eye level, "I'm working to redeem myself, for you, first of all." She took his chin between her forefinger and thumb, "second of all, I never really was taught to love well and you were the first anything I ever learned to love fully, where anyone could see and wouldn't judge or oppose. You were and are my son whom I love with all my heart."
Henry was silent for a moment; he didn't know what to think of all this. "I guess I understand." He let out a large breath, "didn't you have a true love? Doesn't everyone have one?"
Her mind immediately thought of Daniel. Her eyes turned sad and her brown orbs darkened. "That's a story for another time, dear." She patted Henry's hand and ushered him back to the couch.
At Granny's
Sophia walked into Granny's. It was packed. Or at least somewhat; most of the tables were full and all but two seats were taken at the bar. Red was working at the bar and she walked up and placed her ToGo order. Sophia turned around to take a seat as her order was placed, and right as she did, she bumped right into someone coming up to get their order. Sophia apologized for the less than graceful turn and when she looked up she was met with the blonde pixie cut, brown eyed choir teacher that she had just seen yesterday.
"Miss Pastors! I'm sorry. I didn't see you. I apologize I have a lot on my mind lately." She said sincerely. "I..."
"No it's quite alright, I know just how you feel." The choir teacher said. She smiled sadly and thought about the man she had yet to find.
Sophia cocked her head to the side. She gazed precariously at her choir teacher; what was she hiding precisely? Was she hiding anything at all or was she simply just a private person? Either could be a possibility. "Miss Pastors, if you don't mind, could I have a moment of your time?" She motioned towards a nearby empty table. She saw the choir teacher nod and went towards the table.
As they sat, Annie cupped her to go cup of, from what Sophia couldn't actually smell(the lack of a strong coffee bean smell or chocolatey aroma), assumingly tea. She rubbed her thumbs back and forth across the sleeve that helped to make holding the hot beverage more pleasing. "What would you like to ask me about? Is it class?" She asked, "I can always help you if need be." Annie finished enthusiastically.
"No, no." She shook her head. "It's just that... we're looking for someone. We need to talk to her very desperately actually. It's imperative." She began, "at the town meeting today, someone informed us that the former Evil Queen's mother, Cora, may not be the only evil witch we have to deal with." Sophia let out a shaky breath, "apparently, in a land called Oz, there were two evil witches, ones made famous by popular culture, the Wicked Witch of the West, and her sister, may have their full abilities back, like me and like Regina." She closed her eyes in defeat, "and apparently there is a witch who could help us, someone who was a very good and powerful witch in the land of Oz. We're trying to look for her, her name is Glinda. If you can help just let me know." She patted Miss Pastor's wrist. Sophia heard her order being called and looked up at Ruby at the counter with a large white bag supposedly full of the food she ordered. "Well I have to go now, please let me know if you hear anything." She got up before Annie could say another word. She grabbed her order, paid and left.
Annie was about to speak, she held up a finger to get her attention but it was no use with Sophia's back being turned and the apparent rush the young girl had in her step on the way out of the diner. "But I..." She had begun. She sighed heavily, "But I am Glinda..." Annie hung her head down in defeat. She stared at her cup of tea for a moment before getting up and leaving.
The girl slowly walked up to the Queen's chambers. It was her first day as a lady in waiting to Queen Regina. She fiddled a bit with her necklace, a token from her mother from when she was very young, and knocked gently on the door. A yell to come in was heard and the guards standing in front of the doorframe of the Queen's door diligently opened on door without a word. She passed through the double doors of the bedchambers and nodded to the guard before he closed the door. Sophia noticed the regal Queen's back was to her and she saw her stiffen in posture as the door close. The Queen slowly turned from the window, long hair swishing with her, and tilted her head to the left. Sophia took in a deep breath and curtseyed to the Queen.
When she moved her head back to and stood straight her brown eyes met that of the Queen's and she knew this would be one of the most interesting experiences of her entire life.
Whether that be good or bad, she'd just have to play it out.
When Sophia returned with the food, Henry was the first to the door. He grabbed the food and nearly ran to the kitchen in excitement. Regina laughed when she saw what her son had done and went after him, grabbing the plates out of the cabinet in the kitchen, and setting them on the dining room table. Sophia helped Henry set out the food and they all sat down for their meal soon enough.
