"Charming!" Snow yelled as she saw him and Regina ride into the camp. The camp was under an attack, there were ashes from monkeys, blood from humans and cries of helpless children. Regina and Charming didn't have time to think, they both reacted on instinct and in a matter of moments they were both with weapons, David with a sword and Regina with a fireball in her hand.

Regina went to what seemed the most critical and the least protected spot in the camp, there were only three men fighting with ten or more monkeys.

"What happened?!" She yelled as she killed a monkey with her magic.

"They attacked, we didn't see it coming." Robin said from behind her.

"What do they want?" Regina asked as she focused on her magic once again.

"Me... They wanted me." Robin said and Regina froze and as she did, a monkey used the opportunity and got closer to her, one hit and it could easily kill her, Regina didn't notice but Robin did, he pulled her by her waist and took her place and as he did, he released his arrow. The arrow hit the monkey, but it wasn't enough to kill it, it only scratched one of it's claws, the beast swung it's arm again and grabbed Robin and before anyone could react they were in the air.

Regina watched in horror as the monkey with Robin left her vision.

"ENOUGH!" Regina yelled and all of the monkeys froze and then they burst to flames. They were all turned to ash in a heartbeat. Regina started to look around, wanting to see who had caused it, she couldn't notice anyone that stood out or even had magic, she finally looked down at her hands.

"Did I do that?" She wondered at loud. "No, don't be ridiculous, Regina. You couldn't have done that." Regina whispered and shook her head to clear her thoughts, she had more important things to worry about.

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"What do we do now?" Snow asked as she sat down for the table.

"We need Belle." Regina said before they started, she looked around there were: Granny, the two Charmings, Archie, Ruby, Grumpy and Little John who represented The Merry Man.

"Why Belle?" David asked.

"If anyone knows what this witch is capable, it's her." Belle loved books and Regina knew that, Belle could of have read something about The Wicked Witch that they were clueless to.

"Fine." Snow said and got up, she exited the room and went to find the beauty.

"It's nice seeing you again, Little John." Regina said as they waited for Snow's return. "It's been a while."

"Yeah, a long while. Come 'ere." The bear of a man said and opened his arms for the queen, Regina got up and allowed him to hug her, she hugged him back after a while and then she started to cry in his shoulder.

"He's gone... Again." Regina said weakly and hid her face away.

"Hey, hey, we'll get him back." Little John said and pulled away so that he could see her face. "I'm sure of it."

Regina smiled and wiped her tears away "You wouldn't happen to be related to Snow, would you?" She asked jokingly. She had to admit, John's words did make her feel a bit better.

"You never saw any of that." Regina said to the rest of the people around the table as the doors started to open.

"Okay, Belle's here, let's get down to business." Snow announced completely oblivious of the queen's little break down.

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"I have to admit, my sister has a pretty good taste in men." Zelena said as she watch Robin struggling to get out. Zelena waved her hand and froze him on the spot, she waved her hand once again and the thief was in a metal cage.

"Now, now, what's so special about you?" Zelena asked as she eyed him, she could admit that he was easy on the eyes but at the first glance that seemed about it. Oh, she had no idea just how wrong she was.

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"What do we need to kill her?" Regina asked once Belle finished telling the tale of Oz and it's witches.

"There's nothing really special about it, she can be killed like any normal person." Belle answered.

"So heart-crushing could work?" Regina asked to check.

Belle nodded but Snow interfered "You can't just kill her!"

"Oh? Who's going to stop me? She took Robin, she left a little boy without a father, I am going to save him and once I do, I will kill her." Regina exclaimed.

"You can't just kill her!" Snow repeated herself.

"Yes, I can, I'll simply rip out her heart and crush it and she'll be dead." Regina said with such easiness in her voice as if she was discussing lunch.

"Regina, why kill her? What's the point?"

"The point?" Regina let out a laugh. "The point is we will all be safe! Robin will be here where he's supposed to be in the first place, he shouldn't be her victim."

"This is not your fault, you know that, right?" Snow asked, feeling as that was the real problem.

"But it is." Regina said and stayed quiet, she didn't want to discuss her feelings or open up, she could see that Snow wanted to say something else, but Belle cut her off. Regina has never been more grateful to be in the beauty's presence.

"There is one more thing you should know." Belle paused after that, thinking of how to say it. "There are some... theories... about The Witch's family." Belle took a deep breath in order to calm down.

"Just get on with it." Regina said when she saw Belle debating with herself over something.

"Some of those theories suggest that she was The Queen of Hearts's daughter, her oldest daughter." It didn't take much time for all of the others to realise what that meant, it meant that she was

"My sister." It can't be, she couldn't possibly be, Cora would have told Regina, but then again it was Cora. Hundreds of thoughts went through Regina's mind in milliseconds, flying by before she could process them, so she gave up after a while, she let her brain wander off and think about all of those times with her mother, looking for any kind of sign that Belle's statement could be right.

"Okay, I think we're done here." Regina said and stood up, she went out and slammed the door on her way out. She found her way to the library, she looked for history books about the royal family before her time. She figured that Cora probably tried to infiltrate her way to the throne before, possibly using her other, oldest child.

After few hours of searching, she was ready to give up but then a painting in one of the books caught her attention. There were two people on it and they both seemed familiar and then she saw the golden letters under the painting King to be Leopold with his pregnant fiancee Cora. Reginaread the text that was next to it, it said how Cora and Leopold were supposed to get married but then Leopold found out that Cora wasn't carrying his child and he married princess Eva instead.

Regina let the book fall from her hands and she ran, she ran as fast as she could, she didn't know where she was going but she couldn't bring herself to care. She heard someone calling her name but she ignored it and continued running. She finally stopped when she was outside the castle and inside the woods, she was trying to breathe properly, not because of the running but of the what she found out, her mother, her heartless mother married her to a man she was previously engaged with, she married her to a man she had history with, she married her to a man she shared a bed with. Regina started sobbing and crying, she sat down on the ground and leaned her back into a tree. She moved her knees to her chest and under her chin, she wrapped her arms around her legs and cried more.

"Regina..." David said softly, he sat down next to her and put her arm around her. "It will be okay." He whispered over and over again, he had no idea why she was so upset but he won't let that stop him from comforting her, he had a feeling that it wasn't because of Robin and he couldn't help but wonder what was it about, but he wasn't going to ask, he respected to Regina and he was quite fond of the friendship they had. She would tell him when she was be ready or she won't tell him at all.

Regina appreciated having David by her side, she was actually grateful to have him as a friend, not that she would ever admit that. She started to try to breath properly so that she could calm down, it appeared to it was working because after some moments she stopped crying and her breathing was somewhat normal.

"Thank you." Regina whispered, she slowly got up and started to brush off the dirt from her dress.

"You're welcome." David said and stood next to her.

"I... I want to show you something." Regina said and headed back to the castle, the library to be exact.

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It appears that I love writing Regina and David's friendship (oops) but it's because I can see it happening, you know? Snow is way too cheerful and optimistic for Regina. Anyway, back on the subject, I apologise for all the mistakes in the writing, I didn't check this chapter I wanted it up before tonight's episode. You'll get more Robin in the next chapter, I promise. Leave a review and tell me what you think. (I do read all of them)