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"Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning,
And I'll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done

And now all your love will be exorcised
And we will find your sayings to be paradox
And it's an even sum
It's a melody
It's a battle cry
It's a symphony"


Regina felt the dread enter her stomach as she looked on the wearer.

"Not you."

"Oh yes dearie. Allow me to properly re-introduce myself. You know, for old times sake." The man said with a cackle before dipping into a deep bow.

"Rumplestiltskin." He finished with a flourish.

"You were supposed to be sent to a non-magical realm." Regina said firmly, desperately trying to keep the waiver out of her voice.

"Oh well, that's the funny thing about magical hats dearie." Rumple said with a giggle, "They don't always work out how we want them to."

Regina's eyes narrowed.

"You see, your calculations were a little off." Rumple finished with a waggle of his finger.

"What do you want you twisted little imp?" Regina seethed out.

"Oh dearie. I think we both know."

"You're different." Regina said suddenly. She had been taking in his appearance for a while and things were slightly off. His eyes were yellower, more crazed, and his voice…

"Yes well, pat yourself on the back dearie because the world I was transported to wasn't all happy endings and butterflies." Rumple deadpanned.

"You've gone insane." Regina stated.

"You have no idea." He replied, offering up a toothy grin.

"You won't harm anyone I care for Rumple." Regina growled out, a fireball appearing in her hand as she eyed the man.

"Oh no dearie. You're right. I won't." Rumplestiltskin replied seriously.

Regina faltered, allowing the fireball to distinguish. An eerie smile crept up Rumple's face.

"But you will."

Regina's eyes widened, he had gotten so much faster. She barely had time to blink before he was in front of her and his hand was in her chest, clutching her heart.

"Agghhhh." Regina groaned out, her vision faltering as Rumple squeezed her heart.

"Now listen here dearie and listen carefully. It is going to be so much more satisfying to me… to have you destroy your own life." Rumple said, his grip on her heart tightening and making her whimper.

Her eyes widened at what he was implying.

"You're going to control me to kill Emma." Regina stated through gritted teeth.

Rumple let out a cruel laugh.

"Oh no dearie! Where's the fun in that?" He smiled, "You see I found this little spell in the world you banished me to. You see what it does is, the person this… curse is thrown on, completely obliterates their memory. Well, whatever the caster wants them to forget anyways. So as far as you will know when I am done with you, is that you cast your curse, but after Emma broke it, you were all sent back here."

"You forget Rumple, I was in love with Emma before that." Regina groaned out.

Rumple laughed, tossing his head back before he looked back to her, pulling her closer.

"I can also curse your feelings dearie, and yes, even True Love. So as far as you will know, you will remember what I just told you, but you'll have all the feelings of hatred you had for her when she first arrived." Rumple explained.

Regina's eyes widened and Rumple cackled at the fearful expression on her face.

"Did I mention that you won't remember Henry as well?"

"No, Rumple please."

"Quiet!" He yelled, squeezing her heart tighter and making her shudder. "I think you're missing the point dearie. I want you to suffer. You will go without your True Love, without your son, you will be the Evil Queen once more. I will leave you stewing in your hatred of Snow White and Prince Charming after what they did to your life. You will remember nothing of love or importance. And I will use that to my advantage."

"It's a fate worse than death." Regina breathed out, her eyes shutting tight.

"Oh yes dearie, it most certainly is." Rumple smiled, loosening his grip on her heart a little, "Now, let me work my magic."


"I have to find her!" Emma growled at her mother.

The majority of the Ogre's forces were defeated but the battle still waged on. Emma quickly ducked in and out and around soldiers and Ogre's, not even knowing where she was going; she just had to find Regina.

"Emma there is a war happening! Regina is powerful, she can take care of herself!" Snow called as she chased after her daughter, Ursula following close behind.

"Snow I don't think you realize how serious this is." Ursula stated in disbelief as they kept up with Emma.

"Emma please!" Snow begged, causing the blonde to whip around.

"My fiancée was taken in the middle of a war!" Emma cried out in frustration, "I have to-." Her voice cut off and she fell to the ground, her hand hovering over her heart.

"Emma!" Snow and Ursula called in unison, quickly falling to their knees in front of the blonde.

"Regina." Emma whimpered out, pressing her hand against her heart.

"What's wrong, what do you feel?" Ursula urged.

"Heart. My heart, it feels like someone is squeezing it." Emma panted out.

"Someone is squeezing Regina's heart."

"We gotta… gotta find her." Emma groaned out, attempting to stand on wobbly legs.

Emma looked around the battlefield before her eyes landed on a nearby ridge, her body instinctually urging her to walk that way.

She stumbled a little as she walked, Ursula coming up on her side to help guide her while her mother took the other.

"Up there, I think she's up there." Emma panted as they continued to walk, slowly making their way up the ridge and into the forest.

"Regina!" Emma called out, her heart still aching.

"Emma don't strain yourself." Snow warned as she guided her daughter.

"Gotta find her." Emma mumbled, as the pain started to lessen slightly.

"Let her go Snow." Ursula urged, keeping a steady hand on the blonde's back.

Emma stopped suddenly.

"What is it?" Snow asked.

"Cold. I feel cold and hollow and oh god something is happening." Emma breathed out, stumbling on her feet slightly as a wave of dizziness hit her.

"Emma?" Ursula asked, her voice laced with worry.

"Regina I need- I need to get to her." Emma said firmly before taking off running on shaky feet ahead. She tried to run as fast as she could, she could her the two women running behind her.

She broke through a set of trees and watched as the red-cloaked figure vanished in a puff of red smoke, Regina going along with it.

"NO!" Emma screamed as loud as she could. A heavy emptiness settled in her chest, her heart feeling like it had plummeted straight from her body.

"Regina!" Emma screamed out as she collapsed to her knees. She couldn't feel her anymore but she knew she wasn't dead, she just knew. But she also couldn't feel the familiar pull she had grown so accustomed to.

"Emma." Ursula said gently. She had watched the figure disappear with Regina and felt helpless to stop it, her friends' unconscious body going along for the ride.

Emma just sat on the forest floor, knees pulled up to her chest, dry sobs beginning to escape her lips as she tried to suck in air.

"Emma." Snow said softly, kneeling down and embracing her daughter from behind, "We'll find her." She finished; looking up to Ursula who had a distraught yet determined expression on her face.

Their eyes met and Ursula gave a firm nod.

"We'll do everything we can."


"Ugh. My head." Regina complained, sitting up from her bed and looking around her room with some confusion.

It certainly wasn't the way that she had left if prior to the curse. Then again the curse did ravage the land.

"Ah, glad to see that you're awake Your Majesty." Rumple said, his voice startling her from her thoughts. Her eyes flickered to his and she offered a small scowl.

"How long have I been out for?" Regina asked, standing up from the bed. She glanced down at her attire and was pleased to see that she was covered in a sleeping gown.

"A few months."

"Excuse me?" Regina asked, baffled at how she could have been asleep for so long.

"Well after the curse broke we all got sent back here dearie. Since you cast the curse the effects hit you pretty hard." Rumple replied. "So what do you remember?"

Regina eyed him suspiciously; something in her gut telling her that something was off.

"I remember Miss Swan… the savior." Regina began, venom lacing her voice as she said the name, "breaking the curse I worked so hard to enact, that I gave up everything for, and those insufferable Charmings. That whole family seems destined to ruin me."

"Oh tell me how you really feel dearie." Rumple teased with a laugh, earning that old Evil Queen glare he hadn't seen in ages.

"Tell me Rumple, I imagine that Miss Swan is with her parents in their kingdom right now?" Regina asked as she waved her hands, engulfing herself in purple smoke before it dissipated, leaving her fully clothed.

"Actually she is in the lower valley with her parents, fighting against the Ogre's." Rumple explained, earning an arched eyebrow from the Queen.

"The Ogre's have returned?"

"Indeed they have, your troops as well as Trident's are there as well, all fighting along side by side."

Regina's eyes narrowed in on the imp and her mouth turned into a snarl.

"You mean to tell me that my troops are fighting along side Snow White's?" She hissed out through gritted teeth.

"It was the only way dearie. I did what I had to do." Rumple said simply.

Regina gave a roll of the eyes before she looked back to him.

"This war… can you not just end it as you did the first time?"

"I could. If that's what her majesty wishes for?" Rumple asked, his eyes glinting with mischief.

"It is. End this nonsense and get my troops back to me. I have to come up with some other way to punish Snow and that insufferable blonde daughter of hers."

"You know you could just kill 'em." Rumple replied with a flick of his wrist.

Regina met his stare and a cruel grin graced her face.

"Now where is the fun in that?"


"Emma just rest." Snow urged her daughter, pushing her down on a nearby tree stump that overlooked the battlefield.

Fires were burning in sections of the valley, blood stained the ground and there were large black spots everywhere, showing off the vast amount of dead bodies.

"After this war I need to go back to the Dark Kingdom." Emma stated, her voice hollow.

"No you won't." Snow said firmly, drawing Emma's attention, "Henry is at the White Kingdom and until we find Regina he is going to need you Emma. We can help but it's better if we stick together."

"I have to agree Emma." Ursula replied, earning a disapproving glare from the blonde, "We need to work together to find Regina and Henry will need you. It's better this way."

Emma didn't speak; she just merely nodded her head in defeat.

"Snow." Ursula stated, drawing the brunette's attention. She looked to the sea witches' face, her eyebrows knitting in confusion when she saw a peculiar expression on Ursula's face.

Snow and Emma's vision turned to where Ursula was looking, their eyes widening as they took in the magical shimmer that was quickly approaching the battleground. Soon the wave hit, smacking into the remaining Ogre's and completely obliterating them, their bodies catching with green fire and their pained howls echoing through the valley.

The magic hit the trio, passing through them and leaving nothing but a tingle as they watched the Ogre's burn.

"Oh gods." Ursula muttered as the magic passed through her. A frown graced her face as she contemplated the caster of the spell. Her mind only drawing upon one name, and that's when she saw him.

He stood on the outskirts of the valley, across from the trio, the blood red cloak catching in the light.

She could make out a toothy grin directed at them and felt her stomach drop as she locked eyes with the yellow pair.

"Ursula what just happened?" Snow asked in confusion.

Ursula's head whipped to Snow and then back to the figure, who had now disappeared.

"The war just ended." Ursula replied, her voice low and hollow.

"That's a good thing." Snow reminded, confused by the witches' actions.

"Trust me my dear… I believe another one is on the way." Ursula stated. "Emma you had better go and address your troops."

Emma met the witches gaze and nodded before she stood, her body felt heavy as she walked down to the battle ground in a daze.

She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the purple wave of magic approaching them next. Her eyes widened and she whipped around, looking to Snow and Ursula.

"What is that!?" Emma yelled over the approaching roaring wind.

"It's magic!" Ursula yelled back. Before they knew it they were surrounded with the purple haze and after a minute is dissipated.

Emma looked around in confusion; all of her soldiers had disappeared into thin air.

"Oh dear." Ursula muttered.


"The Ogre's are taken care of and your troops have returned Your Majesty." Rumple said with a smile as he walked into her throne room.

Regina stood in front of her throne, glaring at the one that sat next to her with the engraving of a swan on it.

"What is this?" Regina asked, her voice steeled as she pointed to the chair next to her own.

"A throne."

"I am in no mood Rumple." Regina reminded the imp, a growl accompanying her words. "What is this?"

"That belongs to Princess Emma." Rumple replied, coming to stand next to Regina.

"And why on earth is her throne next to mine?" Regina asked with a hiss.

"Snow and Charming wanted Emma to take over your kingdom whilst you slept. If it wasn't for me they would have killed you straight away." Rumple explained.

It seemed he had forgotten to remove everything of Emma's. He had managed to transport her clothing and items to Snow's kingdom, but somehow had forgotten the throne.

He was losing his touch.

For a moment he thought Regina would catch his lie, but was pleasantly surprised when her eyes swirled with purple and she flung her hand out, obliterating the chair.

The loud explosion caused the guards to rush into the room.

"Your Majesty is everything alright?!" One yelled, causing Regina to slowly turn.

"Everything is fine." She replied, her voice calm as she fully turned to face her guards. The looks they were giving her made suspicion arise in her mind but she pushed it back down, "Was their something else you needed? Or do you plan to just stand there and stare at me all day?"

"No Your Majesty I-."

"Silence!" The Queen called out with a wave of her hand, "Go and make sure the wounded are being taken care of. They will have to be ready for another battle soon."

"Another battle Your Majesty?" The guard asked in confusion.

Regina's gaze grew dark and she addressed the man with a sneer.

"Did I stutter?" She asked, her voice laced with venom.

"No Your Majesty, right away Your Majesty." The guard said before he gave a low bow, quickly turning on his heels and scampering away.

"Peasants." Regina muttered in disgust before she walked down the stairs from the throne, heading towards the doors.

"So what is your plan for the White Kingdom?" Rumplestiltskin asked as he appeared by her side.

The Queen paused, turning her body to face him, her dark eyes tinted with specks of purple.

"I'm going to burn their kingdom to the ground." She began, her lips curling into an evil grin, "Along with anyone inside."


"How the hell does an entire army vanish into thin air?!" Emma screamed in frustration.

"Emma calm down, yelling won't solve this."

"No! Yelling is helping me sort out this fucked up mess!" Emma yelled, "My fiancée gets taken in the middle of a war, the Ogre's are magically burned to dust, and then my entire army vanishes into thin air!"

"We need to take care of the wounded and head back to the White Kingdom, we can think of explanations on the way there." Snow tried to soothe but it only seemed to agitate Emma further.

"Your mother is right Emma. I know you want to find Regina but we don't know what we are getting into just yet." Ursula reasoned.

"She could be dead!" The blonde cried out, making Ursula give her a sympathetic smile.

"Do you believe she is?"

"No." Emma answered truthfully.

"Neither do I. If this person wanted Regina dead he could have easily killed her on the battlefield where it would be seen for all." Ursula explained.

"He?" Emma asked.

"Yes. I believe he's responsible for the Ogre's destruction as well." Ursula began, "I saw the same blood red cloak at the end of the valley standing in the tree line, it looked to be a man to me."

Emma nodded before she let out a sigh.

"Then whoever it is must be using Regina for something."

"What, we don't know." Snow added, receiving nods from the other two.

Emma took a deep breath, "Okay you're right. We can't rush into this. The last thing I want to do is put anyone else in danger or put Regina at risk. We will go to the White Kingdom, regroup and then proceed from there."

"Spoken like a true royal." Ursula said with a smile, making Emma give a sad one in return.

"Snow!" James' voice flitted across the grounds. The three women turned and watched as he trotted towards them.

"Charming!" Snow called happily.

The man stopped in front of the women, a confused smile on his face.

"What just happened?"

The three women shared a look before recounting everything that had taken place. By the end James had a frown etched on his face, filled with worry as he looked to his bloody and heartbroken daughter.

"We will find her Emma." James said firmly, receiving a tentative nod from the blonde.

"We should start gathering the troops." Snow suggested.

"I will go and speak with Trident and make sure everything is organized, I will come with you if that is alright?" Ursula asked Snow and James. They both nodded in agreement and were about to speak when they heard Emma's name being called.

The group turned, revealing a frazzled Cora heading towards them.

"I have been looking everywhere for you all!" Cora scolded, "The same goes for Regina! Someone magicks the Ogre's to dust and my daughter is nowhere in sight to answer for how she managed to do that! The nerve of that girl sometimes!" Cora huffed out, a proud smile twitching to escape.

Her smile fell though when she saw Emma.

"Emma what is wrong?" Cora asked, her worry increased when the blonde didn't answer, but tears appeared in her eyes instead.

"Emma where is Regina?" Cora demanded, her voice filled with strength despite the waiver that accompanied it.

Emma gasped before speaking, "She's been taken. We don't know by who or why but she was taken in the middle of the battle and-." Emma cut off, her tears spilling out onto her cheeks as she spoke to the older woman.

Cora's face fell and tears prickled the corners of her eyes and she scoffed at her own display of weakness, desperately trying to hide the tears of worry for her daughter. She looked back at Emma and strode forward, embracing the blonde tightly.

"We will find her if it is the last thing we do."


"How goes their progress?" Regina asked, her lips hovering above her glass of cider as she looked down on her kingdom from her tower.

"Snow and Charming's forces have just reached the White Kingdom." Alek replied.

He was confused as to why the Queen had suddenly reverted back to her old ways, not to mention why Emma was no where to be found, but after she had silenced his questions with a wave of her hand he tried to refrain from asking anymore.

"Excellent. I think it will soon be time to pay them a visit." The Queen said, a smile gracing her features as she turned around to face the man.

"Your Majesty, if I may ask?" Alek started cautiously.

A perfectly arched eyebrow rose.

"You may."

"Where is Princess Emma?" Alek asked, confusion evident in his voice. It was quickly replaced with alarm when the Queen's face turned into that of pure fury.

"Ah I see. We preferred the savior to sit on the throne instead of the Evil Queen?" Regina seethed out, her eyes flashing dangerously.

"Your Majesty I just meant that she is normally by your side and-."

"Enough!" Regina commanded, her hand waving out dismissively, "I do not know what you mean by her always being by my side, but I assure you Captain there is no such thing. That savior has been nothing but a thorn in my side, or did you forget that she broke the curse I gave up everything for?" She growled out, advancing on the Captain.

"No Your Majesty. I just was confused because of the engagement."

This stopped Regina in her tracks, her mouth dropping in shock.

"Engagement?" She asked confused.

Alek eyed her curiously.

"Yes, your engagement to Princess Emma I thought-."

"OUT!" She screamed, flinging open the doors with her hands before she threw Alek through the air and out of the doors, shutting them once he passed through.

She felt something stir in the back of her mind at the mention of that. She could feel a memory back there but it was just out of her grasp as she tried to reach for it.

"Engagement?" She asked herself quietly and looked down at her hands. No ring sat on her finger and her eyebrows creased in confusion before her lips turned up into a snarl.

"Like I would want to marry that insufferable Charming." She muttered to herself in disgust, ignoring the pang of hurt that she felt within her chest.

Yes she would need to pay a visit to the White Kingdom much sooner now.

The sooner she visited, the sooner she could have her revenge.


A week had passed since the war with the Ogre's ended. Emma currently sat with Henry in the throne room with Snow and Charming, they were preparing on addressing their subjects and friends with the news of what transpired at the battle.

Emma was demanding answers and she was demanding them now. Henry had taken the news of Regina's kidnapping pretty hard; he had shut himself off from everyone save for Emma, Cora, and Ursula and spent the majority of his time in the library, researching anything and everything about the land to try and figure out who might have taken his mom.

It made Emma proud to see the kid so invested in finding his other mom. A sad smile graced her face as she looked to Henry; his face was blank as he stared ahead, listening to his grandparents ramble about future plans.

Cora and Ursula were currently in the lower valley, something about assessing the type of magic that was used and seeing if it was familiar to either of them, as to give a clue of who had taken Regina.

Emma had been questioning Snow and Charmings soldiers, seeing if any of them had gotten a good view of the person responsible for taking Regina.

"Your Majesties I bring news!" A messenger called suddenly, snapping Emma out of her thoughts and causing her to look at the man that ran up the aisle.

He stopped just short of Snow and handed her the piece of paper before running off again.

Snow hastily broke the seal and began reading, her eyebrows knitting in confusion.

"What's it say?" Emma asked her mother, making Snow look at her.

"Apparently all of your troops were transported back to the Dark Kingdom." Snow said slowly, making Emma's eyebrows knit in confusion as well.

"That makes no sense."

Snow continued to read, her lips parting in disbelief as she read the last section.

"Mom what is it?" Emma asked urgently.

"It's Regina… apparently she's been back at the Dark Kingdom this entire time." Snow informed, making Emma's eyes widen and then narrow, attempting to process the information.

A loud bang echoed through the room, drawing everyone's attention back to the large oak doors.

A figure in a deep red dress stood in the entranceway, her hair done in an elegant up do and her makeup dark and sultry. Her blood red lips parted and moved into an evil grin as she strutted up the aisle.

"Sorry I'm late." Regina's voice echoed throughout the room.

"Regina!" Emma called out, tears beginning to form in the corners of her eyes as the woman approached.

The loving and relieved tone in her voice gave Regina pause and she stopped, her eyes narrowing in on the blonde.

"Savior." Regina addressed with a sneer, causing the blonde to look at her in utter confusion.

"Regina baby-?" Emma began but found herself flung back into her chair, a shocked expression on her face.

"Ma, she doesn't seem the same." Henry whispered in fear to the blonde, his eyes trained on his brunette mother as she continued to advance like a panther.

"What a lovely reunion this is Snow." Regina started, venom dripping from her words as she spoke.

Snow eyed the woman wearily, picking up on Henry's observation. She chose to play along with the brunette.

"Yes." Snow said simply, her eyes boring into Regina's.

"Well it seems no matter what I have done to try and make your life as insufferable as mine has been… You always seem to ruin my plans." Regina replied with a sneer before her gaze shifted to a confused and heartbroken blonde, "A trait that your daughter seems to have acquired from you."

"Regina-." Emma tried again but Regina cut her off.

"Enough." Regina demanded of the blonde, teeth flashing as hatred danced in her eyes.

"What happened to you Regina?" Snow asked in confusion, her voice pleading.

"Your insufferable daughter broke my curse, that is what happened." Regina replied, her voice bitter.

"That's not what I meant Regina." Snow said softly, making the older brunette eye her suspiciously.

Regina let out an evil laugh before her eyes met Snow's once more.

"Oh dear, you have no idea." Regina replied. Snow watched the woman, every bit as evil as she was before she enacted the curse.

"What do you want? My crown? My kingdom? Our gold?" Snow asked, still trying to see if she could gather information of why Regina had suddenly reverted back to the way she was before, and why she didn't seem to give a care about Emma.

"Oh my dear Snow. I have some new information for you," Regina began as her eyes flitted across the large room, "For all of you actually."

Regina's brown orbs looked to the Charming family, her eyes lingering on Emma and then the small boy next to her. Something about him seemed so familiar but she quickly shrugged the feeling off.

"A thousand armies couldn't keep me out Snow. I don't want your money, and I don't want your crown." She began, "You see my dear dear Snow White, I've come to burn your kingdom down." Regina said, extending her arms out in a wide gesture, "And no rivers, and no lakes can keep the fire out. I am going to raise the stakes, I'm going to smoke you out." She finished with a snarl.

"Regina-." Snow began but Regina cut her off.

"Do not speak." Regina said firmly, "I shall take these walls, and I shall slave your hearts, and I shall take your souls. You see my dear Snow white I have been too kind, far too kind to you in the past. Thinking that a mere life of separation from your True Love would cause you enough misery for me. How wrong I was." Regina continued, her eyes landing on Emma.

"I am going to kill you Snow White; you, your Prince Charming, and your savior of a daughter." She finished with an evil smile as she looked to Snow, "I'm done playing nice dears."

Regina turned on her heels and began to walk back down the aisle, pausing half way and turning back around.

"You wanted to see your Queen? Well my dears, here she is, and she is back with a vengeance." She finished, a dark laugh escaping her lips before she was engulfed in purple smoke and vanished from the room, her eyes catching the utter heartbroken look on Emma's face.


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