Here's a chapter for you all. How are we all enjoying the new season of Once? I am enjoying it so much. Dark Swan is awesome!
The three men returned, wand in hand. Henry told them about what he had come up with, for Zelena being the one to get them to Camelot. He asked them if they had any ideas on how to get Zelena to help them but neither of them had a clue how they could convince Zelena.
"There is no way she will help me so we may as well just give up now." Regina sighed and leaned back on the chair she was sitting on.
"No Regina we can't give up." Mary-Margaret said.
"I dare you to give me a hope speech…I really do dare you…" Regina hissed out and glared at Mary-Margaret.
"Regina, come on. Everyone is just trying to help you. Mary-Margaret is right. We can't give up. There must be something we can give Zelena for her to help us." Robin said.
"Well it has appeared that all she has wanted is to ruin my life. I haven't heard her ask for anything else." Regina said.
"Well what about what I suggested before? Giving her freedom but sending her back to Oz? I am sure she would go for that." Emma said.
"Yes and what is to stop her from coming back and ruining our lives all over again? And what about Robin? She is after all carrying his child." Regina said.
They all looked over to Robin. And Robin ran his fingers through his hair. He was not one to give up on his child. His own flesh and blood but maybe he could figure out a way to somehow find his child again. He knew he needed to help Regina. "I think Zelena would go for it. We just have to make sure there is no way she can return here. I…well I can find a way one day to find my child."
"Robin I can't ask you to do this for me…" Regina said standing up and walking over to him. "I cannot ask you to give up a life with your child to help me. There has to be another way around this."
"There isn't Regina." Robin said cupping her cheek in his hand. "This is how it has to be."
They made their way down to the ward Zelena was being held in. Regina was still debating with herself on whether they should do this. Could they trust Zelena? She didn't have to ask herself that. She already knew the answer to that. They couldn't trust Zelena. There was no way she could take the cuff off of Zelena and trust her to use her magic for good. As they reached the bottom of the stairs Regina stopped. Robin glanced back not hearing the familiar click-clacking of Regina's heels behind him.
"Regina what's wrong?" Robin asked walking back towards her.
"We can't do this." Regina said simply.
"Regina…" Robin sighed. He took her hands in his holding onto them tightly. "I thought we discussed this. This is the only way we can get to Camelot and find a way to help you. We have to do this."
"I know but I can't trust her. I can't trust my sister to use magic for good. Even if we do promise her freedom, as soon as we take that cuff off of her arm she has full use of her magic again and she can attack us and escape all she wants." Regina said. "This could all go wrong…no this will go all wrong. I just know it will."
"What else do you suggest we do Regina?" Robin asked. "Zelena is the one who can work the wand to send us to Camelot. There is no one else we can go to."
"I just…I don't think this is a good idea." Regina said.
"It will all be fine. You will see." Robin said leaning forward and placing a soft kiss to her lips. Regina sighed but she let Robin guide her away towards the cell where Zelena was being held.
"Hello sis, how's fighting the darkness? Only last time I saw you, you didn't seem to be doing awfully well with it…but be your weak nature." Zelena said with a smirk and a shrug of her shoulders. She knew it was probably dangerous winding Regina up but what else was she meant to do.
"I'll show you weak nature…" Regina snarled about to step towards her older sister but Robin place a hand on her arm stopping her from moving.
"Don't let her goad you Regina." He whispered into her ear.
"You see their little sis you were going to give into the darkness weren't you?" Zelena said with a smug smile.
"Oh believe me it's not just giving into the darkness when I want to give you a slap." Regina muttered.
Zelena rolled her eyes and then stood up from the bed. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit anyway?"
"We need your help." Robin said simply.
Zelena let out a cackle and threw her head back. Her eyes shone with mischief. "Oh the irony. You need my help do you? With what?"
"We need to get to Camelot and Henry thinks you are the one who can use this wand to take us there." Emma said holding up the wand.
"Oh I see…" Zelena smirked.
"Help us Zelena. We can get rid of the darkness that is around us once and for all." Henry said stepping up beside Regina and taking her hand in his. "We need to help mom."
"Well I suppose I could help…" Zelena said slowly.
"You'll help?" Regina asked raising an eyebrow at her older sister.
"I could…but I need to see that wand first." Zelena said. Emma was about to step forward and hand the wand to Zelena but Regina placed her arm out stopping Emma in her steps. Zelena rolled her eyes but smirked at her sisters untrusting eyes. "Don't worry dear. This bracelet here neutralizes my magic. I cannot do a thing with it on now can I?"
Regina just stared at Zelena. She still didn't trust the witch even if that bracelet did stop her magic. "Regina it will be fine." Emma said placing a hand on her shoulder. "We are all here if she tries something." Regina sighed and nodded her head, moving her arm back down to her side. Emma stepped forward and handed the wand to Zelena.
Zelena held the wand in her hands examining it. "Ah yes so simple. You simply need an object to lead you to your destination." Zelena explained as she continued to look over the wand. "Or perhaps a thought."
"Fine." Regina said sharply and stepped forward grabbing the wand from Zelena's hands. "That we can do." she said as she went to walk out of the cell. She could feel all her dark feelings rising up every second she spent in the cell with Zelena. She knew if she spent much longer in there the darkness would take over and she wouldn't be accountable for what she would do when that happened. The darkness would take advantage of how she felt about Zelena.
"Not without me sis." Zelena smirked. Regina stopped and turned to look at Zelena, a death glare she had perfected from her mother. "Your magic isn't powerful enough." Zelena shrugged.
"Can you use the wand to take us?" Henry asked.
"Well of course I could, if we took this off." Zelena said holding up her arm to show off the black bracelet containing her magic.
"That is not coming off you." Regina snarled.
"Well you are going nowhere then." Zelena threw back.
"Regina this is our only way." Emma said. "We need Zelena to get us to Camelot."
"I don't trust her." Regina said quietly.
"We have to try my love. If we don't go to Camelot we won't be able to remove the darkness from you." Robin said cupping her cheek with his hand. "We have to remove that bracelet from Zelena's arm. We need to get to Camelot to save you."
Regina sighed and rested her forehead against Robin's. She knew they were right. It was what they needed to do but it didn't make it any easier. She looked over towards her older sister, glare on her face. Pulling away from Robin she walked over to Zelena, slowly and menacingly. "I will take that off your arm, you will open the portal to get us to Camelot and then it will go back on your arm. You will come with us and will be on watch until we find what we are looking for and the will return back here. Do we have a clear understanding of how things are going to work?" Regina said slowly. "If we don't I can always let you see my dark side again…"
"We have an understanding." Zelena said quickly. She had enjoyed winding Regina up but right now with Regina being the dark one she knew when to back down.
"Good. Let's go." Regina said whirling round and walking out of the cell quickly. She felt weak and dizzy trying as hard as she could to fight off the darkness that wanted to break into her. She walked down the corridor a little, Robin, Henry and Mary-Margaret following behind while Emma and David got Zelena. Regina could everything spinning but tried hard to ignore it and calm herself down. She reached out to the wall leaning against it to stop herself from falling.
"Regina are you okay?" Robin asked as he rushed over to her.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just a little dizzy." Regina said leaning into Robin as he wrapped his arms around her. "I think I just need to sit down for a moment." Robin nodded and he helped hr over to the steps and sat her down.
"Are you sure your okay mom?" Henry asked as he walked over to where she was sitting. He sat down beside her and wrapped an arm around her.
Regina nodded her head and gave Henry a small smile. "Of course. Just a little dizzy is all. I'm sure it's nothing Henry."
"Is it the darkness?" Henry asked.
Regina sighed but nodded her head. She knew it was useless trying to hide anything from Henry. He was too smart for that. "I think so…but I'll be okay. We just need to get to Camelot."
Henry smiled at Regina and pushed himself up from the step. "That's the next thing we do." He said determinedly.
