This chapter is going to be mainly about Regina, sorry if you guys don't like that aha.
Lilly missed her mother terribly. They were the best of friends.
Everyone morning Regina would come into her daughter's room and wake her up. Together they would coordinate their outfits so they matched perfectly. Lilly wouldn't have it any other way; it was her idea of course.
Now that Caroline was here it was harder. Not that Lilly minded Caroline being here, they were fast friends. Regina had doubled Lilly's wardrobe for Caroline.
The clothes weren't like Lilly's though; they were straight from the baby store in the mall.
"Alright princess, what do you want to wear today?" Robin came striding into the room. Caroline was already downstairs with Elsa and Ingrid.
"Daddy I don't know. Mommy usually helps me" Lilly whined in a way that was only adorable because she was a kid, or maybe because she looked like a mini Regina. Robin couldn't tell. "I aways match her but I don't know what she is wearing!" The young girl sounded exasperated. It was hilarious.
Robin put on a stage frown and moved to the end of her bed "I don't know what she's wearing either. She'll be home today and then you two can match again! But for right now can daddy pick you out a dress? It can be like a big girl game."
At the mention of the words "big girl" Lilly's eyes widened. She nodded ferociously and Robin chuckled.
Picking out a dress for his daughter seemed easy. That was until he layed eyes on how many options she actually had. Regina usually covered the clothes and hair department. With Roland it was always easy, with little girls….not so much.
Finally after what felt like forever Robin selected a royal blue dress with a black tie at the back. It mimicked one of his favorite dresses that Regina wore. Of course it didn't have the staggering zipper on the back that Regina's has.
"Here you go darling" Robin pulled out the dress and Lilly shook her head.
"Daddy I wore woyal blue yesterday, I can't wear the same color today!" Her tone of voice made it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Lilly still sat on her bed under the covers. Her back was against the lavender colored pillows. Her bed spread was white with stitches of Lilly's on them. Her dark hair cascading down her back in waves. One eye was brown, the other green.
"I'm new at this honey maybe you could give me a few tips? What color do you want to wear today?"
"I fink I want to wear purple!"
Robin pulled out a purple dress "this one?"
Lilly examined the dress for a second "no I change my mind not purple."
A sigh halfway between a laugh and a sound of annoyance slipped out of Robins mouth. "Darling help me out a little bit, I'm not your mommy I know but we can get you dressed now can't we?"
As he talked he crossed away from his closet and sat down on Lilly's bed.
The young girl closed her eyes and concentrated. Within seconds her princess pajamas were traded for a light pink dress with lace.
"I fink I want to wear this one." Lilly jumped out of bed and ran to her mirror. "Yes, I like this one." Regina hadn't worn this dress in years; she saved it for important dinners.
Robin let out a chuckle and walked to his daughter. She was already gorgeous, her mother's daughter. "Your mom will love that dress when she gets home this afternoon. You look quite gorgeous in it."
It was true, she was breathtaking.
A giggle escaped her lips and both eyes shifted to bright green.
In a quick motion Robin lifted her in the air and started spinning her. Lilly started to giggle madly as he threw her into the air and caught her immediately.
Ingrid watched from the doorway with a smile on her face. Regina had finally found a home.
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Belle and Jefferson walked into the hospital timidly. It was Regina's last day.
They had meant to go days sooner but Belle had been dragging her feet. She knew she would cry, and she didn't want to bring Regina down.
Isabella however ran full on force into the room and leapt onto her bed.
"Regina I missed you!" Just like Lilly was a smaller version of Regina, Isabella was a carbon copy of Belle.
A hearty laugh left the queens lips. Immediately Isabella burrowed into her godmothers side.
"Isabella Rose is that you? I swear you've grown 100 feet since I saw you last, Isa!"
Now it was Isabella's turn to laugh. "Mommy and Daddy came into my room and they said it was time to visit you and I got so happy! They won't tell me why you're in here though." A frown appeared on the young girls lips.
Regina eyed Belle and Jefferson with interest. "Oh I just fell down the stairs! You know how clumsy I can be!"
Before Isabella could respond Belle took her off of Regina and handed her to Jefferson. "Jeff can you take Isa to go get some ice cream in the cafeteria? Regina and I need some time alone."
Jefferson nodded and kissed Belle on the cheek before turning out of the room with his daughter on his shoulders. Isabella giggled madly as he kept her balanced.
Silence took hold of the room when they were gone.
Belle moved to sit beside Regina. She hated seeing her best friend like this. Regina looked much thinner, dark circles were under her eyes. A halo of sadness settled in her pupils.
"Regina I'm sorry I didn't come and visit you sooner…." Belle trailed off and looked at her feet. "I just knew that I would start crying when I saw you because of what happened to you and I didn't want to make you cry or bring down the atmosphere of the room and…"
"B I know. I'm not mad at you for not coming to see me. I love you, you know that." Regina had tears in her eyes and Belle wiped them for her.
"It's not fair what happened to you. It's just not fair."
Now Belle was crying and Regina scooted to the other side of the bed and Belle took her place. Regina let Belle cry on her shoulder for a while. "They don't even know what happened to me. It could have been nothing B. Maybe I just decided to take a nap on the ground or something."
Tears were flowing freely now. Both girls were sobbing within minutes. In the moment neither girl knew who was supporting the other.
Silently Ruby and Tink entered the room. They were supposed to be taking Regina home; they had fought Robin on that.
"Regina, are you ready to go home?"
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As soon as they crossed the threshold music erupted from the speakers. People flowed freely through the room, stopping when they saw Regina walking in.
"MOMMY." Lilly screamed from the kitchen and ran to her mother. The little girl launched herself into her mother's waiting arms.
Regina had crouched down in anticipation. Once her daughter was in her arms she spun and kissed her daughter on top of her head. "Lilly girl I missed you so much darling."
The room observed the scene with smiles on all of their faces.
Everyone was there. Tink, Ruby, Belle, Jefferson, Isabella, Grace, Robin, Roland, Caroline, Ingrid, Elsa, and Will stood in the foyer.
Regina had changed out of her pajamas at the hospital. Now she wore a black pants suit. Slipping back into her mayoral clothes made her feel stronger. No one was going to see her weak.
"Welcome back darling" Robin walked to his wife and kissed her swiftly and then their daughter. He didn't miss the sadness in her eyes, she was wearing a mask. It pained Robin to see her like that.
The rest of the evening was wonderful. Robin ordered pizza, everyone stayed past 11. The children were put to bed early. Everyone planned to stay the night.
Wine and other alcoholic beverages were given to all of the adults. If anyone noticed Regina drinking a little more than normal nobody commented.
Regina was in the kitchen pouring herself more wine when Elsa walked in.
"I haven't seen you all night Elsa, what are you avoiding me?" A playful tone met Elsa's ears. The mayor was trying to have a light conversation.
Elsa walked closer to where Regina was standing. "In all honesty I have been avoiding you. The entire time you were gone I thought of ways to have this conversation. A million options ran through my head. In the end I decided I should just get straight to the point."
One of Regina's perfectly shaped eyebrows rose in question. Whatever was about to happen wasn't going to be good.
Wordlessly Elsa pulled out Anna's necklace and set it on the counter space between them.
Upon seeing the necklace Regina's eyes widened to the extreme. "Holy shit, Anna's necklace! Where did you find this Elsa?" In disbelief Regina shot out her hand to touch it, it was real.
"I found it in your dresser" the words were as sharp as a knife. The accusatory tone made Regina's temper start to flare.
A scoff let her throat "The last time I saw this necklace Anna was wearing it. So what are you accusing me of kidnapping Anna now?"
Regina leaned forward as if in challenge, her words were met with silence and Elsa's harsh stare.
"You've got to be kidding me. Dear, why in the hell would I take Anna?"
"You tell me Regina. Maybe you wanted Rumple to do it, to eliminate the things you cared about so you could fully become the evil queen. Without us nothing held you back from turning into a stone cold bitch." Elsa leaned in to meet Regina; she was never one to back down from a challenge.
Pain flashed across the mayor's face. Not just any pain, betrayal. Voices began to rise.
"Now you listen to me ice princess. I loved Anna just as much as you. You were my family, don't forget that. If you're done accusing me of this then maybe we can try and figure out who put it in my dresser. Otherwise go ahead with your little bitch fit. I haven't fought someone in much too long. It looks like you've just flipped my bitch switch. Now leave before I say something I regret you brat."
Poison laced her words.
Elsa leaned even closer, their faces were almost touching. "I don't know who you think you are. Just a little dethroned queen. If anyone's the brat it's you. I'm starting to think you deserved everything that has happened to you. Maybe darling Cora was right, you don't deserve happiness. You are a waste of space. A waste of potential. I hope you remember what happened to you, relive the pain."
Now she had gone too far. Regina's whole body shook, anger did that to her.
Before Elsa could process the movement Regina had punched her in the face.
Elsa recoiled backwards and touched her nose. Blood came back on her fingers.
A scream left her lips as she charged for Regina. How their conversation had escalated to this was beyond them.
Elsa grabbed onto Regina's suit and shoved her against the closest overhead cabinet. Glass broke and shattered onto the girl's heads. The mayors back hit the counter top while her head hit the cabinet.
Both girls were screaming at each other. Robin and Will came running in from the other room.
Regina gave Elsa a swift kick to the stomach. The ice princess immediately backed away, giving Regina enough time to land 2 more punches to Elsa's face before Robins strong arms pulled her away.
"DON'T YOU EVER, EVER ACCUSE ME OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN OR YOU'LL BE IN THE GROUND FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY PLATNUM BLONDE HAIR EXTENSIONS."
Will grabbed hold of Elsa and dragged her into the dining room; she didn't put up much of a fight.
By now everyone had gathered around the kitchen.
Regina was thrashing against Robins arms. He had her in a strong grip. His arms were around her midsection.
"Regina stop it, calm down" even his words couldn't pierce the veil of anger surrounding her.
A scream tore out of her throat as she ripped away from his grip and ran towards the dining room. Will stepped in front of Elsa and pushed Regina backwards.
Once again Robin picked up Regina and dragged her backwards. She didn't relent, still continued to lash against his arms and scream.
Three people had to hold her still.
Ruby, Tink, and Robin pulled her from the kitchen and dragged her outside.
"LET GO OF ME" Regina screamed.
Once they were outside they let her go.
"Regina what the hell?" Ruby spat out questioningly in between breaths. It had taken a lot of strength to get the queen out and hold her still.
Regina began to pace. Anything to work off the adrenaline coursing through her veins. "Don't talk to me like that, like this was my fault. Of course it's my fault. It always is. You know what not this time, just fucking leave me alone."
Without another word she took off running.
Robin moved to follow her but Tink and Ruby stopped him.
"Let her cool down" Tink drawled out "if you talk to her like this she'll just hurt your feelings. In 30 minutes if she isn't back we'll go find her."
Everything inside him disagreed with the fairy. "Fine."
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Regina walked around the deserted town. Snow was falling fast, Elsa must be upset. Poor little baby.
It probably wasn't smart for her to walk around late at night alone. It might have been her anger, or maybe the alcohol but she didn't give a fuck about what happened to her.
After 10 minutes her anger had dissipated into sadness. What if Elsa was right? Did she deserve everything that had happened? Charming had said that same thing to her.
Subconsciously Regina touched her lip scar when she started to think of Cora. Cora was the one who had given it to her.
Regina can almost see her mother's cruel smile, can almost smell the blood and feel the pain.
At the young age of ten Cora instilled a lesson on her daughter that she would never forget.
It was a December day, the first snowfall of the winter. Regina had spent all day running through the snow in her new dress. She had missed all of her duties that day, her dress was ruined.
When she finally returned home Cora had taken a knife to her face.
"I don't want to do this Regina, but I must. Otherwise how are you going to learn discipline? Every time you look in the mirror you will remember to be a good girl." Cora's voice echoed in her head as if it had been yesterday.
Well she wasn't a good girl.
The sidewalk started to sway under her feet. With a flick of her wrist pineapple rum was in her hand. It helped to block out the pain.
After a few shots she threw the bottle to the ground. The sound of glass breaking brought a smile to her face. She loved that sound.
Regina decided to walk in the street rather than the sidewalk. Nobody was around and it was easier to not trip on the smooth road.
The back of her head ached from where it had hit the cabinet. A small smile graced her lips; she had kicked the little brat's ass.
"Oh I could totally pass a straight line test" Regina said out loud as she lined up her feet and tried, bringing her arms out to her sides. It didn't work out too well.
A strong gust of wind came from nowhere as she lifted one of her feet off of the ground. Before she could land on her ass a pair of hands caught her.
"Regina what are you doing out her alone" Snows voice rang out from behind her "do you have any idea how dangerous and stupid that is?"
Instead of listening to her step daughter, Regina grabbed her hand and started walking the opposite way. "Come on lets go have a drink. I'm really in the mood for vodka."
Snow dropped Regina's hand and stood in front of her. "Are you drunk?" Surprise laced her voice as well as concern. "For Christ's sake you were just attacked 5 days ago do you really want a round 2?"
The words came out sharper than Snow had meant them to. In an instant Regina had whirled around and pushed Snow away from her.
"I've already kicked 1 ass tonight do you want to make it 2 princess? I have a mean left hook."
To demonstrate her powerful punch Regina punched the air in front of her. The sudden motion sent her off balance and swaying again.
"Regina we need to get you home" Mary Margaret started leading Regina back to the mansion.
The Queen slumped her shoulders in defeat for a few seconds. After that time was up she twisted and started sprinting towards the bar. "Catch me if you can Snow kite."
Mary Margaret started chasing her through the streets. She had to admit the snow kite part was funny.
How was it possible that Regina was so fast when drunk? She made it in the bar doors and to a chair before Snow entered the building.
"One drink, come on Snow kite take a walk on the wild side" Regina winked dramatically and chuckled.
The bar tender had already poured the girls shots of vodka. It amused him to see the drunken mayor. It wasn't the first time she had come in here hammered. It was however the first time she wasn't a sad drunk.
Snow sat down and took the shot, what was the worst that could happen?
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Emma and David were watching TV.
It was one of those rare nights where they felt normal. They weren't chasing down villains or running from monsters, they were just father and daughter.
"Would you rather watch another Bones or maybe Law and Order SVU?" David was in love with crime shows. He could sit for hours and watch them. "I used to go over to Regina's house and have Bones marathons all the time. Especially when she was pregnant. She was totally addicted when she had a bun in the oven."
Emma smiled sympathetically at her father. "Let's watch another Bones. We can watch the one where Bones and Hodgins get buried alive, oh or the one where they own a night club because Booth is in a coma." The blonde was rattling off episodes faster than David could use the remote.
"What about the one where Bones thinks the murder victim is just like her?"
David rejoiced in seeing his daughters eyes light up. He had missed her first 28 years, it just wasn't fair.
Wordlessly David maneuvered closer to his daughter.
Sometimes it still felt weird that they were the same age. When they went out it occasionally felt like they were on a date.
Overtime of course it had gotten better.
"I love you, dad" Emma said sweetly "I wish that I wasn't gone for 28 years. But now, now I feel like we can just relax and be a family."
The words left her mouth at the exact moment a giant crash came from outside. Both father and daughter's instincts kicked in. Within seconds guns were in their hands and they were running down the stairs.
The streets were empty. No one else seemed to hear the noise. A path of ice led from the mayors' house.
A giant snow monster loomed above their heads.
"Shit"
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I hope you guys liked this chapter, review if you want to.
