Regina storms through the castle, frustratedly. After, having walked out of the dinning room and leaving the other woman to finsih her dinner alone.
What was I thinking, she thinks to herself and shakes her head in disbelief. Before then coming to stand outside the room, that the man from earlier, had told her was the kitchen.
She hesitates momentarily, before pushing the kitchen door open and walking inside.
"Hello.." she calls out and steps forward, towards the small table that has condaments upon it.
"Well hello child" then comes an older woman's voice and Regina snaps her head towards the woman. Who is mixing something within a bowl.
Regina then swallows thickly and stares at the woman, not knowing what exactly to say.
"You must be Regina yes?" The other woman then asks simply and Regina nods.
"Yes..and you must be Granny. The other man mentioned you to me earlier. He said I could come here and eat"
Granny smiles.
"Yes that is me and you must mean August" she replies easily and Regina blinks in realization, that she never had asked the man for his name.
"Are you hungry dear?" Granny then asks and turns to put the bowl upon the old oak unit.
"A little"
"Then you must have some of my stew that I have made fresh today, your find nothing better than a hearty stew"
Regina smiles and nods.
"Thank-you" she then says and goes to sit at the table. Before then seeing, that the ktichen door has opened and a pale, twenty-something year old woman, wearing a worn shirt green dress has walked in.
"OH" The woman says, upon seeing Regina sat at the table.
"This is Regina, Green" Granny tells her simply.
"Um..Hi.." Green then says unsurely and then looks to Granny and says "What has happened?" as she has been in her room all day.
Granny then looks to Regina, who is looking between the pair.
"I believe Regina here, stumbled upon the castle and her ladyship has made her a prisoner"
Green's eyebrows raise in surprise.
"But if shes a prisoner, then why is she not in the cells?" Green asks confused.
"I do not know her reasons, but she has let Regina stay in one of the guest rooms"
Green then shakes her head in disbelief, as she walks to the table, before saying "But shes rude, inconsiderate and a complete mess. She would never do that?"
"Its true though, I am staying within a guest room" Regina then answers and Green just stares at Regina, who is starting to feel uncomfortable under the womans gaze.
"Green, stop staring. Your scare the girl" Granny scoulds and Green blinks.
"Oh sorry..Its just..I haven't seen anyone other than the castles residents in many years"
Regina ponders for a moment.
"Then why do you not just leave?" Regina asks simply, whilst thinking, why would anyone willingly stay within this castle with that tempremental woman.
"We can't" Green then answers sadly and puts her elbows upon the table. "We're all cursed"
"What curse?" Regina then asks and watches as Green frowns.
"The one that keeps us forever like this.." she gestures to herself. "Forever the same age, forever stuck within this castle and can never go past the forest edge"
"You mean..."
"Yes..we've been like this for nearly twenty eight years"
Regina then stares in disbelief and thinks that this is crazy but then again she did witness some kind of magic being used earlier so maybe its not to far fetched.
A long moment later, Granny plonks a bowl of stew down in front of Regina and she takes a few bites.
"This is really nice" she says softly and before Granny can reply, Green says "Would you like to come exploring the castle with me after you have eaten?"
Regina blinks in surprise.
"Oh..Okay"
"I can show you all the best places" Green smiles at her.
"Okay" Regina nods and thinks, I have no other plans. I might has well go with her.
When Regina leaves the kitchen with Green, They walk down the halls. Passing grand portraits and statues.
"My Name is Tink by the way" Green says easily, breaking the silence that was becoming awkward and Regina looks sideways at her. "But everyone calls me Green because I love the colour green and wear green" Tink then explains.
"Oh.." Regina smiles slightly.
"So..where have you come from?" Green then asks out of curiousity.
"One of the villiages. Its about an hour away from here by horse"
Green nods.
"What is it like? Far more interesting than this place for sure"
Regina shakes her head.
"Well, It is just a villiage, nothing to write about but there is a libary. Which is my favourite place in the world"
Green looks momentarily surprised.
"You like to read?" she asks.
"Yes" Regina nods. "Very much"
They then smile at one another and continue forward, making small talk along the way. Until Green goes back to her room and Regina is lieft to head back to her own.
However, she ends up getting slightly lost and stumbles into the forbidden west wing. Where she see's a slightly open door.
She then unconciously finds herself stepping towards it and she pushes it open, out of curiousity.
"Hello.." she mutters lowly but doesnt get no reply.
She then, sees that there is a table on its side upon the floor and steps around it. Before then walking towards the open balcony doors.
However, she stops just short of the balcony when something catches her eye upon a round table against the wall.
It is the rusting dagger that she saw the tempremental woman with earlier and it is on display, in a long rectangular box with a silk cloth incased around the inside.
She then notices, that theres an insciption upon the blade and narrows her eyes to read it.
Emma Swan, it says in a deep black enscripton.
Regina then unconciously reaches out to touch it, only to be pushed away and across the room, lading upon the floor.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU COULD OF DONE!" Emma shouts and glares at Regina, Who now pulls herself up.
"YOUR CRAZY" Regina shouts back.
"THEN JUST GO" Emma hisses and without thinking says "LEAVE" while snapping the case shut.
It is then, that Regina notices, that Emma's hands are starting to glow white and it makes her eyes widen in fear.
She then, steps back and turns to run and before she knows it, shes out of the room, then down the halls, through the lobby and out the door.
Where she grabs Rocinante and rides off into the darkness...leaving a disapointed Emma behind.
A/N Sorry for the sorter chapter, but I thought that would be a good place to leave it and heres a next chapter spoiler for you all...Emma goes after Regina and saves her from the wolves. Thanks for reading.