Years pass by. Regina and Robin keep seeing each other and their love keeps growing and growing. Regina couldn't be happier. Snow White is turning into a beautiful young lady. The Kingdom loves her and Regina as well. Regina has done more good deeds than any King or Queen before her. But the time comes when Snow White is almost 18 years old... Old enough to take over Regina's Crown; the Crown that is actually for Snow White. Regina knows that but she likes to be Queen. She never thought that would happen but she really likes being Queen. Being loved by the people of her Kingdom. But she also knows there are still a lot of people who hate her for what she has done in the past. People who can't forgive Regina, no matter how hard they try. Snow White is the rightful heir. But Regina isn't planning on giving up her Crown.

In the years before she turns eighteen, Snow White still often goes to the village. She has visited many villages by now, almost every village in the kingdom. Knowing that she will be queen she tries to get a good relationship with her people. Regina still goes our with Robin. Snow White doesn't really like him, because it's feels like Regina loves him more than she loves her. She never tells her mother of course.

Robin comes to the palace very often and sometimes Regina comes to his place. They have a lovely time together and after all those years Robin forgave Regina for what she did to him. He loves her to much to not do that, but on his lonely days and in his lonely nights he still thinks of Marian and his son. How happy they were.

"Mom!" Snow White yells from her room.

Regina quickly walks towards Snow's bedroom. "Yes, dear?" she asks her. "What's going on?" Regina softly smiles at her daughter.

"The dresser just brought me the sketches of my birthday dresses," Snow says, "and that means my birthday comes really close now..." She looks in the mirror, making a braid in her hear. "I'm afraid..." she whispers.

"Why are you afraid, dear? Nothing will change, now, will it?" Regina smiles confidently at her daughter.

"Being the queen is not the same as being the daughter of a queen, mom..." Snow sighs, while she flips through the pages of the sketchbook.

"I will stay Queen, Snow, didn't anyone tell you? You don't have to worry about being Queen." Regina's smile doesn't leave her face.

"No..." Snow White says stunned and she turns away from the mirror, looking at her mom, "everyone talks about it... Every villager I see wishes me luck and when dad was still alive, he reminded me of this every day." Snow White doesn't understand what her mother is doing.
"He said I would be a wonderful queen."

"You will be, dear, when I'm no longer here." Regina smiles at Snow White. "So you don't have to worry about a thing. Alright?"

"That's not true..." Snow says, "all teachers and book told me I would be queen when I was eighteen, you even talked about this with dad, don't you remember?"

"I remember, but that was when your father was still alive and he was the King. He wanted to make you Queen when you would be 18 years old. But now I am the Queen and I decide something else." Regina feels she's getting angry. "And that's the last thing I want to hear about it. Do you understand me?" Regina asks with a strict voice.

"No I don't understand!" Snow shouts, "it's not fair!"

"Snow White!" Regina snaps back. "You're a Princess. You should know by now what that includes. You have to contain yourself. Such outbursts aren't tolerated by the Kingdom and you know that. Now, don't make me say that again." Regina looks at her daughter with anger in her eyes. She's not taking the Crown away from her.

Snow White gets really angry now, she wants to scream but her mothers words make that she doesn't. She walks to her mother, "you can't say that to me," Snow snaps, "you killed and tortured people when you were queen, you made parents kill their own children! THOSE outbursts were tolerated...!"

"No, Snow, they weren't. And the Kingdom has forgiven me for what I did in the past. Since then I have only done good things and you know that. It's not fair of you to bring that up again." Regina turns around and walks away, leaving Snow White behind to think about her words. Before she leaves the room, Regina turns around to Snow White. "I will stay Queen until I'm done with it." She then leaves Snow's room and walks over to her bedroom, where Robin is still sleeping.

Snow starts to cry when her mother leaves the room. How could she!

Robin wakes up when Regina opens the door. "Good morning," he whispers, "where have you been." He smiles and sits up.

"Good morning." Regina smiles. She gives Robin a kiss. After years being together Regina is finally able to sleep with Robin in her own bedroom. "Can you believe that girl? She thinks that, just because she turns 18, she will become Queen. I won't let her. She's too young."

Robin looks at Regina. "But she is the rightful heir, Regina," Robin says surprised, "she has the right to sit on the throne..."

"I couldn't care less, Robin. I had to marry the King even if I didn't want it. He's gone and I'm enjoying being Queen. I don't want to give up my Crown. I like being Queen, I like being able to do good things for the Kingdom and all of the villagers." Regina looks up at Robin. "She doesn't deserve the throne. She hasn't earned it. You have no idea what I had to do to earn it."

"Well, I'm sorry, but that sounds as something your mother would say..." Robin says. He doesn't like this, "you can't hold the throne away from her, Regina, she will be a good queen, just like you."

"No, she won't. She doesn't know a thing about ruling a Kingdom. She has to earn it. My mother gave me no other choice than to marry the King. I hated him. I hated him!" Regina starts screaming. She can't stand the idea that Snow White will sit on HER throne, wear HER crown, just like that. Without earning it.

"You can't take it away from her, Regina!" Robin says. He walks to her. "Teaches have prepared her for this for so many years. I know you hated him, but you're doing the same now! You're holding your daughter away from something she wants AND deserves!"

"She doesn't deserve it!" Regina shouts. She now starts to cry. She hasn't worked so hard the last couple of years to lose it all now. "If someone deserves to be Queen, it's ME!" Regina sinks down to the ground and cries like she hasn't done in years. "He hurted me so bad. I can't forget it. I keep thinking about it. I keep seeing it in front of my eyes."

"I'm sorry Regina. You do deserve to be queen, you really do, but she deserves it as well. The people expect Snow White to be queen, that's how it's supposed to be." Robin sighs and takes Regina's hands. He lifts her up and lets her cry on his shoulder. "You'll be all right without the crown, you still can make decisions. Snow White trust you." He strokes her back and kisses her tears away.

"I'm not giving up my Crown. I won't. I deserve to be Queen. She's just a child. She won't be able to make the hard decisions." Regina looks up at Robin. "I'll stay Queen. She can't be Queen unless I step down from the throne or die. And neither one is going to happen. She can be Queen when she's ready for it. Her teachers may have taught her, but they don't know the first thing of being Queen. I'll teach her." Regina looks up at Robin again. "How does that sound to you?" she asks him.

"You can't," Robin says, "the people expect her to be queen, how will you explain this to them? You just came to the part that they have forgiven you, if you make a bad move now, they will lose their fate in you..."

"We will see about that. I am the Queen and I will stay the Queen." Regina looks at Robin. "And you can't change my mind about that." She softly smiles at him. "It's almost time for breakfast. Are you coming?"

"Do what you want, but you know there will be consequences... you will lose people, Regina..." he says, "and yeah I'm coming,"

Regina nodds. "Alright. I'll see you there then." She gives him a kiss on his lips and walks downstairs to the main hall for breakfast. A lot of people are there, like every single day. Everyone bows for the Queen. Regina smiles and takes a seat at her table. Snow White is already there.

Snow White doesn't look at her mother. She is not planning to say a word to her, so she just looks in front of her with anger in her eyes.

"Snow, you know you need to behave in front of our guests." Regina softly smiles at her daughter. "If you want to be Queen one day, you will need to learn to control yourself."

Snow White doesn't react. She tries to act like normal, but then just ignoring her mother. When Robin walks in she looks away and becomes even more angry.

"Snow. Remember what I just told you." Regina warns her. How lovely it would be to trigger her so much to make her explode in front of the guests. Regina can't help but feel very tempted. "In a few years you will be Queen. You have to learn how to behave in public and how not to be influenced by your emotions." Regina softly smiles at Snow White.

"I'm not feeling well, I'm so sorry," she says softly, but so the guest can hear her. They all bow for her when she stands up. She holds her hand on her stomach and nods, "thank you all,"
The quest all smile at her and wish her the best. Snow leaves and doesn't look at her mother.

Regina can't help but feel something she hasn't felt in 8 years: hatred. She can clearly see the King in Snow White. In her eyes, in her face, in her behaviour. Regina starts to hate this girl. She was adorable and fun when she was 10 years old but now... No matter how hard Regina has tried to raise her as her own... She now sees Snow will always be her father's child. When breakfast is done, Regina greets her guests and storms inside Snow's bedroom. "What the hell were you thinking?" she snaps at the girl.

Snow White doesn't say a thing she just lies on her bed with her face to the ceiling. He breathes calmly with her hands folded on her belly. She ignores her mother and closes her eyes.

"Will you stop ignoring me?!" Regina now shouts at her daughter. No. Not her daughter. His daughter. Without really wanting it Regina uses her magic on Snow White. She lifts the girl up with just a wave of her hand and starts to choke her a little bit. "What part of my explanation at the table didn't you understand?" Regina snaps at Snow. "You need to learn how to BEHAVE!"

Snow White gasps for air, "mom?" she says with a rough and soft voice, "what... what are you doing?" She moves her hands to her throat, "please stop!"

Regina startles when she hears Snow's voice. She quickly lets her go. "Snow... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't know what got into me." Regina runs over to her daughter and takes her into her arms. "I'm so sorry. Can you forgive me? I won't ever do that again. I'm not turning into my mother."

Snow White hugs her mom and she starts to cry, her mother scared her so much. She lets her head rest on her mothers shoulder, "of course I can," she says with tears streaming over her cheeks, "you'll never be like her."

"I really am sorry, dear." A tear runs down Regina's face. "I don't want to become like my mother, Snow. I'm so sorry." Regina doesn't let Snow go.

"You won't," Snow says, but her tears don't stop, "you really scared me..." she whispers.

"I know, I'm sorry. I scared myself pretty hard too." Regina smiles softly at her daughter. "I promise I will never do that again to you."

Snow White smiles. She just wants to stand like this forever, forgetting all the queen-things and be happy. "I'm sorry I was so rude at breakfast," she whispers, "I was very angry..."

"It's alright, dear. It's alright." Regina smiles. She looks up at her daughter. "Let's think about something else. You need to get ready for you last lessons with your teacher and I have some work to do for the Kingdom. I'll see you at dinner, alright?"

Snow White wants to say no, she really wants ot, but she takes a deep breath and answers with a simple 'yes'. She smiles and walks together with her mother out of the room.

"Thank you, dear." Regina smiles at her daughter. She says goodbye for now and enters her own bedroom. "Hi there." she smiles when she notices Robin waiting for her.

"Hi," Robin says, "you look different," he says when he looks at her. "How is Snow?"

"Better. She's off to her final lesson with the teacher. I have some work to do for the Kingdom." Regina walks over to Robin with a soft smile on her face. "Maybe you can help me with that?" She turns around and puts her long hair over one shoulder, that way revealing the zipper of her dress.

"Help you with what," he grins, "undressing you?"

"If we consider that 'working for the Kingdom', then... Yes." Regina softly giggles. She takes a step closer towards him with her back, now standing very close before him. She looks at him, over her shoulder, with her big brown eyes.

Robin looks into her eyes and smiles, "Well then," he says with a grin, her brown eyes starting at make him feel warm inside. He puts down her zipper and lays his hands on her back.

Regina likes feeling his warm hands on her skin. She turns towards him. Her dress falls down her body onto the ground. She looks up at Robin. "Go on." she whispers.

Robin laughs and carries her to the bed. He carefully touches Regina's body, while he lets her undress him too.

Regina lays closely against Robin when they are both undressed. She looks him deep in his eyes while pulling him above her. She knows there are still some scars visible from what the King did to her all those years ago.

Robin smiles and follows her scars all over her body. He softly lets his fingers touch her uneven skin and thinks of everything she has been through. "You still can't let him go, do you?" he whispers.

Regina's face turns pale. Was it that obvious she was thinking about that time? She starts to breath a bit faster. She can't talk about that right now, not when Robin lays above her body, keeping her down onto the bed. She knows he won't hurt her, but thinking about the King and experiencing this feeling of not being able to move.. Freezes her.

Robin mentions Regina freezes and he knows he was right, the king is still in her mind and maybe even in her heart. He lays down beside her and softly touches her cheek, "it's okay," he whispers.

Regina doesn't notice Robin any longer. Just like that she has slipped into one of her old surviving techniques: separating her mind from her body, from the unescapable situation her body is in. At least that's what she thinks. She can't see Robin any longer and she doesn't realise she isn't in any dangerous situation.

Regina's eyes become more empty than before. Robin moves her shoulder and tries to make her look at him, but she doesn't seem to notice him, "Regina!" he whispers and starts to get worried, "Regina come back to me."

"S. ..." Regina softly tries to whisper. "S.c.a.r..ss..."

"What do you mean? I won't touch them again I promise," Robin whispers, now really frightened, "please come back."

Very slowly Regina looks up at Robin. Her eyes are still empty but a tiny spark shines through it. " ." she whispers. "S. ..."

"I will," Robin whispers back. He sees a sparkle in Regina's eyes, but he doubts it's real. He just want her to come back so badly. He holds her hands and makes sure she keeps looking him in his eyes.

Very, very slowly Regina's body relaxes. Her eyes soften again. She very softly moans. "I'm tired." she whispers. It's a lie. She's not tired. She's exhausted. Her face looks pale and she breaths superficially. She curls up into Robin's arms. "Sorry. I'm sorry." she then softly whispers. "I hate him. I hate him." Regina keeps repeating those three words, very softly.

"I know," Robin says, "but he's gone now, you're safe..." He lets his hands go through Regina's hair and he holds her close. He keeps holding her when she falls asleep and even after that.
His body wants to sleep, but his mind keeps him awake.

Regina sleeps for a long time. She sleeps through diner and wakes up in the middle of the night. Confused she looks around her. A small night light is burning in one of the corners of the room. She notices Robin is looking at her. She looks up into his beautiful eyes. "I'm sorry." Regina softly whispers. "I didn't mean to slip away like that." She closes her eyes for a short time. "It keeps haunting me. He keeps haunting me. What he did. What he let them do to me." Regina looks up at Robin again. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." she whispers.

"It's okay, don't worry," Robin whispers, and he softly touches her cheek, "maybe you can talk about it, instead of keeping it in all the time." He keeps looking into her eyes. Her eyes hurt him, they show so much pain. "Maybe it can help you to let him go..."

Regina looks at Robin. She slowly nodds. "I... I don't know where to start." she whispers. "I never asked to be Queen. But my mother... She didn't listen. She wanted to give me the life she always wanted but never got." Regina looks away from Robin now. "The King... He... He didn't take no for an answer." She closes her eyes for a second. "He always hurt me. Especially in bed. I never wanted to... But every night he did. It hurt so bad."

"I'm so sorry," Robin whispers, "we need to find a way so you can let him go, to realize that you're free now and that you can be happy." Robin smiles and takes her hands, "you can get through this, Regina, and I'll help you..."

Regina closes her eyes again. She keeps on talking. She leads Robin's hands towards her hips and the scars on it. "He liked to keep them bleeding." Regina softly whispers. "He didn't let the wounds heal."

Robin keeps silent and lets Regina move his hands to her hips. He feels the scars and closes his eyes too. He gets frightened when he imagines what the king had to do to keep the wounds bleeding. He opens his eyes again and listens to Regina's words.

Regina keeps her eyes closed. She sees things that happened in the past. She softly moans of fear. She starts to breath faster and her heart beats in her chest. She lays closer against Robin to get away from the other hands on her body, the hands of the assistant. "I can feel them. Now. It hurts so bad." Regina softly whispers.

"It's me, try to focus on me." Robin whispers. He holds her closes and moves his hands slowly, carefully touching her. He feels her heart beating fast.

Regina moans of pain when she feels hands touching her, although those are Robin's hands. She looks at him in fear. "I don't want to be scared of you again. I've worked so hard to not be afraid any more." she whispers. In the corner of her eye she notices a movement in the room. "Did you see that?" she whispers to Robin.

"I didn't see a thing," Robin says and he lets Regina go. He doesn't want to hurt her this way. She is still scared and he is pretty sure the movement was just an illusion, "try to relax, Regina..."

Regina can't get out of reliving that moment when the King's assistant cut her while the King himself held her arms at her back and kissed her in her neck. Regina doesn't let Robin go. "Stay. Please, don't leave me alone with them. They are back to kill me. Please, Robin, please, stay." Regina begs.

"I'll stay, I promise," Robin says, "focus on me again okay? They are not real, they won't come back." He speaks calmly and tries to keep calm for her.

Regina calms down when she hears Robin's calm voice. Her body relaxes once again until she notices the same movement. "There! Did you see that?"

Robin looks in the same direction as Regina, but doesn't see a thing, "I'm sorry, I don't," he whispers, "calm down, maybe it's only an illusion, Regina." He takes a deep breath and says Regina to do the same.

Regina follows Robin's example. She feels her heartbeat slowing down a bit. She starts to see more clear again. She looks up at Robin. "They're gone." She sighs with relief and lays down in his arms. "Thank you. Thank you." She now softly cries. She's exhausted from fighting off her old demons. She leads Robin's hands towards her hips again. "I want to feel you. Not them. Please." She softly kisses him.

Robin moves his hands to Regina's hips and holds them their. "That's good," Robin whispers and he feels very relieved. Then he moves his hands to Regina's stomach. He pulls her towards him and lets her cry in his arms.

When Regina is done crying she feels relieved. "Thank you." she softly whispers. "Thank you for staying and for not being afraid."

"For you I would do everything" he says with a smile, "I'll always stay." He kisses her on her cheek.

Regina softly kisses him on his lips. She lets her tongue slip into his mouth. She pulls him above her again. "Go on." she smiles now.

Robin kisses her back doesn't go on... He doesn't want Regina to slip away again. "Are you really sure about this," he whispers, "maybe you should rest, you look exhausted." He kisses her again, softer this time.

"No, I'm sure." Regina whispers back to him. "Go on." She looks Robin deep into his eyes. "I'm sure." she softly repeats.

Robin goes on, but he moves slowly and carefully and keeps his eyes focused on Regina. He smiles when he sees Regina's beautiful brown eyes again, now full of life...

Regina moans of pleasure. But she's tired, exhausted, and it takes a lot of her not to slip away.

After a while Robin lies down next to Regina again and lets his hand go through her hand. "You should try to sleep again," he whispers and he softly kisses her on her forehead.

"Yes. Yes, I do." Regina whispers back. She lays closely to Robin when she falls asleep again. When she wakes up the next morning she feels very sick.

Robin is already awake. Before Regina woke up he took a shower and dressed himself. He had been thinking about what happened last night, Regina had never been like this before. He knew she couldn't let the king go, but as extreme as last night never happened before... The staying-Queen-thing must have triggered something.

Regina coughs and notices some blood on her hand. She feels afraid because Robin isn't anywhere in the room with her. Again she sees movement in one of the corners. "Who's there?" she softly asks.

Robin walks into the room again from the bathroom when Regina asks who's there. "It's just me," he says and he walks to her, she looks frightened...

"No. I mean, yes, it's you, but someone else is here. I just saw it." Regina points to the corner where she saw the movement but there is no one to be seen.

"Is it... Just like last night?" Robin asks as he walks to her, "what do you see?"

"I don't know. I don't know what I saw." Regina stares at the corner again. "I'm sure I saw something, someone, moving over there."

Robin sits down on the side of the bed and stares at the corner, "tell me when you see something," he whispers.

It stays silent for a couple of minutes. Then Regina sees another fast movement in the corner. "There! Did you see it?" She looks up at Robin with eyes full of hope.

Robin sighs and looks to the ground, "no, Regina," he whispers and he looks back up. He grabs her hand and squeezes it a little, "I'm sorry."

Regina just stares at him. "You're lieing. Someone IS there." she whispers.

"I didn't see someone, Regina," Robin says, "I'm not lying..."

Regina doesn't answer him. She sits straight up in bed with her back against the head of the bed. She makes herself small by pulling up her knees against her chest. She keeps staring at the corner in the bedroom.

While Regina moves to the back of the bed, Robin stands up. He walks to the corner, "there really is nothing Regina, can you try to explain what you saw..." He walks on.

"I saw someone. Vincent." Regina whispers. She looks up at Robin. "My scars. He made them. He's here. I know he is. Please, come back, he will hurt you." Regina sounds terrified.

Then someone steps into the light. It really is Vincent, but Regina is the only one who can see and hear him. "Made a deal with the dark one," Vincent grins, "and he picks up his knife." Robin walks on to the corner, closer and closer to Vincent.

"Robin! Don't you see him? He really is here! He's standing right in front of you!" Regina shouts out. "He's got a knife! Please, come back to me!" Regina looks up at Vincent. "Don't hurt him. Please."

"Regina there is no one!" Robin says. He walks on, ignoring Regina's commands. He wants to show her it isn't real...

"oTo late," Vincent says and he brings his knife down into Robins chest. Robin collapses. His body now lays motionless on the ground and he breathes heavily, "Regina.." he brings out with a soft voice.

"NO!" Regina runs over to Robin and starts to heal him. "Stay with me." she softly whispers. "Please, just stay with me." It takes her a couple of minutes to heal him. He doesn't wake up, not yet. His body has to recover from this injury. Regina looks up at Vincent, who's standing next to her with a smile on his face. "Why? Why are you here and why do you want to hurt Robin?"

"I don't want to hurt Robin," Vincent says and he pushes Regina to the wall, "I want to hurt YOU!" he grins, "I remember we had a lot of fun together." His smile grows bigger, "you remember that too?"

"The King is dead. Why are you here? You were banished from this Kingdom!" Regina snaps at him.

"That's exactly why I'm here," he says, "you ruined my life and killed the king," he winks and pushes her harder to the wall, enjoying the stunned look in Regina's eyes, "and you still haven't paid for that. Now is the time to have some fun again. I spend years to prepare every part of my revenge." He laughs.

"I... I didn't kill the King. He was poisoned by one of his servants." Regina softly whispers.

"Of course he was," Vincent snaps, "everyone believes that lie, don't they," he places his hand on Regina's cheek and moves his head close to hers. "But I know better..." he whispers in her ear.

" .." Regina whispers. "What do you want from me?" She notices her heart beats faster and she doesn't have her breathing under control. "Please." she whispers.

"All I want is to break you," he snaps, slamming her head against the wall, "you're going to tell your sweet Snow White and everyone in the land the truth about the death of the king, because if you don't, I'll kill everyone you love!"

Regina moans of pain. She has to hold Vincent in order to not fall down on the ground. "Please." she whispers. "I didn't kill him!"

"Don't lie to me!" he shouts and he grabs Regina's arm and pulls her to the bed. He lies down on top of her legs and grabs her hands, so she can't escape, she can't move and she can't protest.

Regina looks at him with fear in her eyes. "I didn't kill him." she whispers again.

"I say it one more time, my queen," Vincent says, "tell me the truth, or your Snow White will be killed. I can be there before you can even stand up!"

"She's the daughter of your King. You won't kill her." Regina looks him deep into his eyes. "But yes. I have killed him. I hated him."

"You're right," Vincent grins, "I won't, don't you think the daughter of the king should know the truth? But I think it's time for that!"

"I'm not telling her. And she won't believe you. She can't even see you. Now get off of me, you're hurting me?"

"O am I! I don't want to hurt you, really if there's something I don't want... It's hurting you!" He now kisses her. He lets his tongue slip inside her, while he holds Regina's arms above her head, tied up in his hands.

Regina bites him in his tongue. She doesn't want this!

Vincent is shocked for a moment. He pulls his face back and tastes his own blood in his mouth, but this only made him more angry. He kisses her again, more violently... To let her taste his blood.

"Nooo." Regina mumbles in between two kisses. "Please. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Too late," he snaps and he goes on. After a long time he pulls back and he lets go of Regina's hands. He now grabs her hips and pushes his nails in her skin. "So will you tell your daughter now, or do I need to go on with this!"

"I'm not telling anyone anything!" Regina snaps at him.

Now he pushes his nails in her skin so hard that her scars start bleeding, "I'll make sure you'll tell it, that boy right there," he points at Robin, "I can still kill him!"

Regina moans of pain. "Nooo... Please, please!" she now begs. A tear falls down her cheek.

"I give you a choice," Vincent says, "but don't think this is the end, I've planned so much more! But if you tell Snow White about the king now, I'll leave you alone for one week.' He grins.

"NO!" Regina now screams at him. She feels she's losing blood and it makes her feel weak.

"YES!" He shouts back, just to make her feel desperate.

"No!" Regina shouts again. "Hurt me all you want but you will never get me to do that!"

"You're not the only one I can hurt," he says, "I can ruin your daughter's life in just one single day, and I'm going to do that, or you'll do it yourself... You can choose."

"Leave her alone!" Regina now gets really angry and wants to throw him off of her by using her magic but it's like Vincent is protected from her magic. "No..." Regina softly whispers. "Why would Rumple do this to me?" she wants to know.

"I'm not telling you," he says, "it doesn't matter, but what does matter is what I want. So make a choice and I'll be gone! Your ruin her or I ruin her even harder..." He lets his nails go up and now also picks up his knife again, "what do you say?"

Regina looks at his knife. "You leave her alone! She doesn't deserve this! She needs to remember her father as a kind and loving man. Why would you want to ruin her? She never did anything wrong!" Regina looks at Vincent again. "Do to me whatever you want. But leave her alone. She doesn't deserve this. The King wouldn't want you to do that and you know it."

"That's where you're wrong, this is not about the king, this is about you! He can stay the kind and loving man, but you will be the evil one, the one who killed the king because she wanted to claim the throne." he says with a grin and makes a small cut on her hip, "and do you know what she deserves? She deserves this. She deserves to know the truth about YOU!"

Regina moans of pain. Him cutting her on her hip really hurts. "Please..." she whispers. "I have worked so hard."

"I know, dear," Vincent says, "but that doesn't change a thing."

"Regina?" Robin mumbles when he wakes up, "what's happening?" He tries to sit up.

"Please. Please." Regina now begs. She feels his hands beneath her sleeping clothes now. She looks up at him in fear. She doesn't hear Robin's voice.

"Regina, what's going on?" Robin says louder now. He doesn't see a thing only Regina who seems broken. Vincent moves his hands over Regina's body, letting his knife slip in his pocket again.

Regina moans of pleasure. Vincent still knows exactly where he needs to touch her to make her more willingly. She starts to undress him.

Robin stands up and walks to Regina. He grabs her shouders, "Regina look at me," he says, and he makes her look at him. Vincent goes on even heavier and grins.

After Vincent is completely undressed, he starts to undress Regina as well. Regina moans of pleasure. She looks him straight in his eyes. She doesn't seem to notice Robin any longer. She pulls Vincent above her when they are both completely undressed.

Robin can't reach Regina, and he starts to het desperate. There is nothing he can do... "Regina!" he shouts now and he shakes her shoulders, "come back!" Vincent kisses her and lets his hand go all over her body. His movements become faster.

Regina's face turns pale when she realises what is going to happen. Again. She moans of fear. "Please." she whispers. She startles when Robin shakes her shoulders. " .. ..." she begs.

"What can I do?" Robin says and he now gets her up. She seems heavier than before and her eyes are empty.

"He's... He's here. Vincent. He's really here." Regina whispers. Her voice sounds terrified. She shows Robin the cut on her hip, which is still bleeding. She looks at Vincent but he's gone. For now. Regina holds Robin tightly. "Please, don't let him come back." She now starts to cry. She's exhausted.

Robin takes Regina in his arms. He doesn't say a thing and moves his hands softly over her back. After a while he looks up, Regina's eyes are still full of tears, "you're safe now," he whispers. He lies down and lets Regina's head rest on his chest.

"No. He's going to come back. He doesn't stop until he has ruined everything I've worked so hard for." Regina doesn't stop crying. "It hurts so much." Regina leads Robin's hand to her hip. To the cut which keeps on bleeding.

"I'm here to protect you, Regina, I won't let him hurt you again," Robin whispers. He knows he can't be sure about that, but he'll do whatever it takes to protect Regina. He lets a servant come and tells him to get a towel and some bandage.

"It doesn't stop bleeding." Regina sounds terrified. "It doesn't stop!"

"Regina, please keep calm," Robin says and he carefully cleans the wound. Blood keeps flowing out of the wound... He looks at Regina, "you will be all right," he says with a sigh and he starts to bandage the wound.

"That knife was enchanted." Regina keeps being panicked and terrified. "The Dark One gave that to him! I need to talk to Rumplestiltskin, Robin! I need to talk to Rumplestilts..." But Regina can't finish her sentence.

Robin only looks at Regina. "What's happening?" he says calmly, he doesn't dare to move.

Rumplestiltskin has appeared in the bedroom after hearing his name being said out loud.

"Hello dearie," Rumple says. Robin quickly turns around, placing his body in front of Regina, so he can't hurt her. "You called me, your majesty..."

"Why did you help Vincent with this?" Regina wants to know.

"I'm not saying that, dearie," rumple says, "that ruins all the fun and besides that, it won't work if you know." He grins.

"Tell me!" Regina snaps at him. "Why would you help him destroying me?"

"I'm not helping him to destroy you... I would never do that," he says with a high laugh, "he helps me to... kind of... break you agian." Robin lays his hand on Regina's arm, "calm down," he whispers.

"Why would you have to break me?" Regina wants to know.

"Well you've grown a bit weak after all those years..."

"I'm not weak!" Regina snaps at him.

Rumple rolls with his eyes, "do you need me for something else?" he says, ignoring her statement.

"Why do you want me to break? Is it because of that Dark Curse you once told me about?" Regina wants to know.

"That's my business," Rumple says calmly, "so I guess you don't need me anymore, call me if you do...". He poofs away with a smile on his face.

Regina looks up at Robin. "I'm so tired." she whispers.

"That's okay," Robin says, "I'll stay with you, while you try to sleep."

"Really? Do you mean that?" Regina sighs with relief and lays very closely against him.

Robin smiles, "of course," he whispers and he lays her arms around her.

"Thank you." Regina softly smiles before falling asleep. When she wakes up it is past midday but she wants to get out of bed. She looks up at Robin who is looking at her. Regina smiles at him. "Vincent isn't here." she sighs with relief.

"No he isn't... How did you sleep?" Robin says and he smiles at her, "let me take a look at your wound." he whispers then.

"Yes, please." Regina softly smiles at him. "I'm not tired any more. I would like to see some villages today. To see what the people have to say about the future Queen. If they all want Snow White to be Queen, I won't stand in her way." Regina looks up at Robin. "I don't want to be like my mother." she whispers.

"You'll never be like her Regina," Robin says, while he looks at her. He removes the bandage from Regina's wound so he can bandage it again, but when he sees the wound he is shocked, "Regina, you're not going anywhere today...".

"What's going on?" Regina doesn't dare to look at the wound. "Robin, what is it?"

"It completely turned black... And..." Robin doesn't dare to touch the wound, but he takes a closer look and squeezes Regina's hand a bit when he sees it. "It... It glows..."

"Rumple!" Regina screams out loud.

"Hello again, dearie," Rumple says, "you called me?"

"How do you explain this?" Regina asks him while pointing at the wound on her hip.

"O that's not my work, dearie," Rumple says, "Vincent did that himself..."

"You're lieing! This is your work!" Regina snaps at him. "I can smell your magic all over the place!"

Rumple grins, "I gave him the ingredients yes, but he created that himself." He enjoys letting her in the dark.

"What is it?" Regina wants to know. "How do I fix it?"

"It will take away your magic, slowly and painful," Rumple says with a grin. He walks to Regina and Robin.

"How do I fix it, Rumple?"

"You can't fix it..." Rumple says, "you can only transfer it to another person," he smiles., "you'll die if you don't... It's the only way to get rid of it."

"Then give it to me, Robin whispers.

"No. I won't." Regina mumbles. "How do I transfer it?"

"You see that shine?" Rumple says, "let someone touch it... As simple as that."

"I need Vincent to touch it." Regina whispers to Robin.

"He created it..." Robin whispers back, "I don't think that will be easy... And do you really want to kill him?"

"Yes. If it's either him or me? Yes. I want him dead." Regina whispers. "Is that bad?"

"Maybe..." he says, "you're doing the same to him as he did to you...".

"What should I do then? Die?" Regina whispers.

"No transfer it to me," Robin says, "you're the queen, the people need you and one more victim and you will lose their fate in you, you can't let that happen... No one will notice I'm gone."

"I said NO!" Regina snaps at Robin. "I'm not losing you. You're a good man. Vincent isn't!"

Robin turns his head away and looks angry to the ground. "You can't even walk, Regina," Robin says, "do you think Vincent will come here willingly... Just to touch that? Of course not!"

"I'm not letting you die!" Regina snaps again. She looks up at Rumple. "You. You can help me. I can see in your eyes you know some other way. What will it take for you to help me?"

Rumple grins, "Evil is all I want dearie," he says and comes closer.

Robin looks up at the man, Rumplestilskin. He won't let him hurt her, so he just lays his hand on Regina's cut, "I'm sorry he whispers while the wound on Regina's hip disappears and his fingers begin to turn black. He walks away and rumple makes that Regina can't leave.

"ROBIN!" Regina screams. "Why did you do that?!" Regina screams at him and at Rumplestiltskin. "Let me go! Rumple, please, help him! I'll do anything for you!"

"I can't let you die, Regina!" Robin says and he stays where he is. "What will you give me for the medicine?" Rumple asks.

"Anything! I'll do anything, Rumple, please!"

"Will you kill an entire village for me? By ripping the people's hearts out one by one?"

"Why do you want me to do that?" Regina whispers.

"I want you to embrace your darkness," Rumple says, "you seem to have lost it."

"Don't do it Regina!" Robin shouts, "don't give in..."

Regina poofs Rumplestiltskin and herself away to one of the farrest small villages. She kills everyone of them, one by one. "Now give me that potion to safe Robin!" she snaps at Rumple.

"Good," rumple says, "was it fun?" He grins and poofs the potion into his hand, but he holds it.

"No, it wasn't!" Regina snaps again. "Give me that potion!"

Rumple raises his eyebrows and waits with giving the potion to her until a few people from other villages arrive and see what she has done.

"Give me that potion!" Regina screams at him. Tears run down her face now. "Give it to me! I don't want Robin to die!"

Rumple hands over the potion and smiles, "good luck," he whispers and he disappears.

Regina poofs back to the Royal Castle and lets Robin drink the potion. "I'm so sorry." she whispers.

"Why?" Robin whispers, "and what did you do to get it?"

"That doesn't matter. What matters now is that we are safe." Regina softly smiles at Robin.

"What did you do?" Robin only whispers.

"I saved you, that's what I did. Robin, please, don't be mad at me."

"How can I decide I'm mad if you don't know what you did," Robin says louder now, "I know you saved me, but for what price?"

"That doesn't matter, Robin." Regina whispers.

"Fine," Robin snaps, "if you don't trust me I'll just go," he stands up and walks to the door. He walks limp, but he doesn't care.

"He made me kill all those people." Regina doesn't dare to look up at Robin. "I couldn't lose you." she whispers.

"You killed those people for me?" Robin says as he turns around, "Regina, what were you thinking! I'm just one person, how could you do that!"

"I couldn't let you die!" Regina now starts to cry.

"I know, I know, but now you killed all those innocent people, Regina! You let them die, they also have a family, they also have people who care about them..." he says and he takes a deep breath.

"I'm so sorry." Regina softly cries. "I'm so sorry."

Robin turns his head away. "I thought..." He starts but he doesn't finish, "never mind...". He walks to the door with pain everywhere. "What did you think?" Regina wants to know.

"Something terrible," Robin says, "something that's not true...".

"Tell me. Please. I would like to know." Regina whispers now. She looks up at Robin.

"I thought you changed..." Robin says, "but after all you're still the same person as you were when the king was alive, that's what I wanted to say." He sighs and closes the door behind him.

Regina screams very loudly out of pure frustration. She knows she did a really, really bad thing after years of being good. She hates herself for it. "Rumplestiltskin." she mumbles.

"Yes dearie," he says when he appears in front of her.

"How can I fix this?" Regina whispers without looking up at him.

"What?" Rumple says, "you did this yourself dearie and you need to fix it. Feelings are hard to change with magic...".

"I know, I KNOW!" Regina snaps at Rumplestiltskin. "What was that Dark Curse you were once talking about? What will it do exactly?"

"I know, I KNOW!" Regina snaps at Rumplestiltskin. "What was that Dark Curse you were once talking about? What will it do exactly?"

Rumple looks surprised, "it will send everyone to a land without magic, a land where no one will remember who they were... Just a whole new start, they won't even recognise you." Rumple grins. Someone knocks on the door.

"How do I enact it?" Regina wants to know.

"You need a lot of ingredients, but the most important of all, the heart of the thing you love most..."

"Mom?" Snow White shouts from the other side of the door.

"I'm busy, Snow, I'm working. Can you please wait a second?"

"Yeah..." Snow says annoyed, and she sits down with her back against the door and waits.
"So..." Rumple says, "any other questions?"

"Can you get me the ingredients? I'll get you that heart."

"You will?" Rumple says and he raises his eyebrows, "I'll give you that ingredients yes, but think about it very well, it's not like any other spell you used."

"And remember, magic always comes with a price!"

"I don't care." Regina whispers. "I want to get away. Everyone will hate me again, Robin doesn't understand I couldn't let him die. I have to fix this. Now go. I'll get that heart." Regina knows she will have to kill her father. That's the person she loves most of all.

"You think you love your father more than you do Robin or Snow White, don't you," Rumple says, "stop lying to yourself Regina, you know what this means."

"What does this mean?" Regina softly whispers.

"We both know your father's heart won't work!" Rumple snaps.

"You don't know me. You don't know me at all!" Regina snaps back. "Now go!"

"You know I'm right," rumple whispers with a grin and he poofs away.

"Yes, Snow White? You can come in now." Regina says loudly through the door.

Snow opens the door, "what were you doing?" she asks when she walks inside.

"Something private." Regina softly smiles. "You wanted to see me?"

"Yeah..." Snow says, "it's May's birthday today and I really want to surprise her. I know we didn't plan to go to the village today, but I thought maybe... we can go, I would really love that and I'll make a present." She talks so fast that she doesn't even know what she is saying. She takes a deep breath, "can we go please?"

"You can go if you want to. I'll let the coach ride you to the village and back when you're done. Is that alright with you?" Regina suggests.

"Will you come too?" Snow asks, "I don't want to go alone and I thought maybe you can do something beautiful with your magic..." Snow's eyes are full of hope as she looks at her mother.

"Alright then." Regina smiles at her daughter. "Let's go!"

"Really?" Snow says with a laugh and she runs to the coach without waiting for an answer. They drive to May's village.

Regina looks outside before stepping out of the coach. She sees a lot of villagers talking, looking at one another in disbelief. She knows what they are talking about.

As the queen steps out of the coach they walk away. They just walk inside their houses and after a while the street is completely empty. In all those years that Snow White came here, this never happened. She looks at her mother with a questioning look.

"It's alright, dear. You go ahead. I'll wait here." Regina softly smiles at Snow White.

"Why would they walk away? Let's go and sit there," Snow says, but she walks to the bench in front of the school and waits for May to come home from work.

Regina wanders through town and keeps an eye on Snow White.

A man looks at Snow White and walks to her. He puts his hand over her mouth and together with another man he ties her up. A third person, a woman, points a knife at her. "Your mother just ruined your life, sweetheart," one of the men snaps.

"HEY!" Regina screams at them. She runs towards them. "If you want to punish someone for what I did, punish me! Snow has nothing to do with this! She will be a far better Queen than I am, so LET HER GO!"

"You didn't care about who you killed, so why would we!" one of the men shouts. "Yeah, the best way to hurt you is to hurt her," the woman says with a grin.

Regina waves with her hand and poofs Snow away, safely to the Royal Castle. She looks at the people who are now surrounding her.

The woman looks at Regina with a very angry look, "you won't get away with this," she snaps and the man throws his knife at Regina.

Regina poofs away and re-appears somewhere else, that way avoiding the knife.

"We know you're more powerful," the woman says, "but we will find a way to hurt you! You're the most terrible person I ever met. Snow White deserves so much better."

"Yes, she does." Regina doesn't argue with the villagers because she knows they are right. "She will be Queen when she turns 18. I do hope you will give her a fair chance?"

"With a mother like you?" she says, "you said you changed, you were kind and we forgave you, but behind that kindness, you were the most evil person that ever existed. Who says she isn't the same?"

"She isn't. She came a lot here while growing up. You know her. Deep in your heart you know she isn't like me."

"Of course, but we can't be sure!" she says, "and as long as it hurts you, I don't care about what happens to her."

"If you want to hurt me so badly, go ahead. I'm right here. Just leave Snow alone. She doesn't deserve being hurt."

"So you'll let us hurt you?" one of the men says with a grin, and they walk towards her with big steps, their eyes full of anger.

"I know I was wrong killing all those people in that village. But I'm not sorry about it. You know why? Because that was the only way to save the man I love. I needed a potion I couldn't make myself and that was the only way to get it. Now tell me... Won't you do the same for the person you love?"

"GO AWAY!" the woman shouts, all her anger comes out at once and she starts to cry, "you're terrible..." she whispers, "but you're also right, it's only hard to not kill someone who killed the love of my life to safe her own!"

Regina just keeps standing where she is. She looks around her, at the angry villagers.

"Go away, all of you!" the woman says and all the villagers start to leave. When Regina and the woman are left alone, she whispers, "you promised you wouldn't hurt us ever again, but you did..." she snaps.

"I know." Regina whispers back. "But I couldn't lose the man I love. I had to decide too quickly. I'm sorry."

"I know that and that makes me even more angry you know," the woman says, now more calmly, "I would have done the same for the man I love... The man you killed...". Tears show up in her eyes, "why didn't you try to find another way?"

"There was no time. Robin was dieing. There was just... no time..." Regina softly whispers. She looks up at the woman. A tear rolls down her own face. "I'm so sorry."

"No you aren't," the woman says, "you got what you wanted, you're not sorry at all!" The woman get very angry and hits Regina in her face. She grabs her hand. It's still shaking and she takes a step back, stunned by what she just did.

Regina doesn't fight back. She knows she deserves whatever is coming next. She hears footsteps coming towards her and the woman. Heavy footsteps.

Before the woman can protest, a big man pushes the woman away. He hits Regina against her head and makes Regina fall down. He carries her to an empty place, while Regina lays unconscious in his arms and ties her up on a hard bed.

After a while Regina slowly wakes up. She moans softly of pain. She notices a bit of blood drips out of her mouth. She looks around her.

The man looks around, "the queen finally woke up," he says with a grin, "are you hurt?" He laughs, "can't you heal yourself with magic now, your majesty," he says and he ties up Regina's arms and hands a bit tighter.

Regina softly moans of pain again. "What do you want?" she whispers.

"I already have what I want," the man says, "you..." He walks to her and grabs her chin, "why? Just why!" he snaps.

"I couldn't lose the man I love." Regina softly answers. She looks at him.

"O but we could," the man says, "you couldn't, but our loved ones don't matter?!"

"That's not what I said." Regina whispers now. "Just do what you want and then let me go!"

"But that IS what you did!" the man shouts, he hits Regina in her face again.

Regina turns her head away when he hits her but looks up at him again afterwards.

He hits her again and again with no reason, just anger.

Regina starts bleeding out of her nose and also more out of her mouth. She coughs up blood. She can't break herself free from the ropes.

"Now look at me!" he says and he grabs her chin an makes her look at him, "bring them back! Bring my family back!"

"I.. I can't. I really can't. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Regina whispers.

"Why not?" the man snaps, "you have magic!"

"Not that kind of magic!" Regina snaps at him.

"Are there different kinds of magic then?" the man says and he comes close to Regina again. "I've seen magic doing incredible things, but giving me my family back is not possible! I don't believe you."

"I'm really sorry but I really can't do that kind of magic!" Regina snaps again.

"Then find another way to bring them back!" the man shouts, "I can't live without them..."

"You'll have to! I'm telling you I can't bring them back. Now what do you want or can I go?"

"I'm not done with you," the man shouts and he starts to cry. He hits her again and now takes a knife. He pushes it to her throat, "tell me how to move on without killing you..."

"If that's what it takes for you to be able to move on... Go ahead." Regina whispers.

"No, I would just do the same as you did, I want to give you a chance," the man says, "tell me how!" He makes a cut in her arm. It feels incredibly good as he sees blood dripping on the bed and he goes on.

"I don't know!" Regina snaps again. She moans of pain.

The man stabs Regina in her stomach, "you don't?" he snaps and he makes a very deep cut this time. He loves to see her in pain.

Regina moans louder of pain. She closes her eyes for the next cuts and hits. She feels this man is very, very angry at her.

The man wishes he could afford salt, so he could put it in her wounds now. Instead he cuts her again and opens the wounds that stopped bleeding. "I'm not the first one who had this genius plan, am I?" he says as he sees the scars on Regina's hips and stomach.

"No, you're not." Regina whispers. "The King let his servant do the exact same thing to me."

"Why?"'the man says, "why would he do that? What did you do to him?"

"Most of the time I wasn't obedient enough." Regina whispers. "Other times he was bored."

"I don't know how he could love someone as evil as you," he says and he stabs her again, "the king did a good thing by torturing you like that..."

Regina softly moans again. "He didn't love me." she whispers with tears in her eyes.

"Why did he marry you?" the man says, "just to use you as his toy?" he grins.

"It was an arranged marriage. We both didn't really have a say in the matter." Regina keeps whispering and keeps answering his questions.

The man makes a final deep cut in her stomach, deep enough to let her die if nobody makes it stop bleeding, he only releases her hands. "I hope you still have people who care about you, your majesty, and otherwise... This will be your end!" He walks away and slams the door behind him, leaving Regina alone in a locked room.

Regina feels she's getting weaker and weaker by the second. She can't use her magic now because she's already to weak. She just keeps laying on the bed.

Then someone opens the door. Snow White steps inside, she sinks to the ground when she sees her mother. "Mom..." She whispers with tears in her eyes, "what... What happened."

" someone." Regina softly whispers. " ..Rumple... You have to find... ..." Then Regina loses conscienceness.

"Rumple..., stils" Snow White whispers and she tries to remember that name. "Rumllestilsk... in?" She whispers. Rumple appears and sees Regina. He grins and wakes her up, not healing her wounds yet.

Regina very slowly wakes up. " .. Please.. Please..." she begs.

"All magic comes with a price, dearie," rumple says, knowing she will not die so he can go as far as he wants. "Please," Snow says looking at her mother.

"What... What do you want?" Regina whispers. She doesn't see clearly and feels very, very weak.

"Put Snow White under a sleeping curse..." Rumple says, "that's everything." He smiles as he sees the frightened look on Snow's face. Snow looks at her mother.

" .. Why... Why would you want that?" Regina mumbles.

"I'll tell you when you've done it!" He says and he laughs, "do it."

"Don't do it, mom," Snow White whispers, but as she looks at her mother she changes, "no... You should do it, you'll die if you don't..."

"I won't do it." Regina whispers. She looks up at Rumplestiltskin. "Please. Anything. Just don't let me hurt my daughter." she whispers.

"Don't worry, dearie," Rumple says, "she won't feel a thing. You won't hurt her..."

"Noo..." Regina mumbles. She looks pale and is losing a lot of blood. She looks up at Snow White. "I won't do it. You are to be Queen." she whispers.

"But it won't be forever, will it...?" Snow whispers, "you can't die mom, I can't loose you, I can't be queen without you," she looks at her mother who looks like she can fade away at any moment. Rumple just grins and doesn't say a thing.

"I won't do it, Snow." Regina whispers. "Get Robin. He can help stop this bleeding." Regina coughs up blood. She looks at Rumple. "Why are you doing this?" she wants to know.

When Show runs out of the house to Robin's cabin to check if he's there or in the palace. Rumple walks to Regina. "I need to get rid of that daughter of yours," he whispers in Regina's ear, "since you've decided to give her the crown...".

"Don't hurt her." Regina whispers. "Why do I have to be Queen?" she wants to know.

"Because then you will have all the power and I want to show you power is all you need to get everything you want," Rumple says, "you can stop me from hurt your daughter, dearie, by putting her under that curse."

"How?" Regina mumbles. She's getting weaker and weaker now. She looks up when Snow and Robin run into the room.

"Regina what happened!" Robin says as he sees her lying pale and bleeding on the bed. He sits down beside her, ignoring Rumplestilskin and wipes her hair from her face. Snow stands next to them, her hands are shaking and she is very frightened. "Trust your intuition," Rumple says, "you know how to get me." He grins and poofs away.

" ..." Regina whispers softly. "I'm so tired. I'm so tired." she whispers. She looks up at Snow White. "I'm not doing it. I won't hurt you."

"But you'll die," Snow White says and tears show up in her eyes.

"That's... That's alright." Regina whispers. "You'll be Queen and I know you'll do a great job." Regina softly smiles at her daughter. "It's alright. I deserve this." she whispers.

"No no no," Snow says and she starts to cry "don't leave me!"

Regina notices a spinning wheel in a corner of the room. She recognises the dark potion on the spinning wheel pin. She knows Snow has to touch that to fall asleep.

Snow follows her mother's eyes and so does Robin. "Is that...?" Snow starts and she looks at her mother again.

"Don't do it, Snow." Regina whispers softly.

"I won't let you die" Snow White says calmly, and she walks to the spinning wheel, "you'll find a way to wake me...".

"Nooo... . Stop, ... Stop her." Regina mumbles.

Robin immediately stands up as if Regina just woke him and runs to snow white, but it's already too late. Snow touches the needle and falls down...

" .tiltskin..." Regina whispers.

Rumple appears and laughs when he sees Snow White lying on the ground. When Robin sees that Rumple starts healing Regina, he runs to Snow White and kneels down beside her. "What did you do?" he says to Regina.

After Rumplestiltskin healed her completely, Regina gets out of the bed and looks at Robin. "I didn't do anything! He made her do that!" Regina snaps at him. "That was the deal he wanted to make: Snow White in a sleeping curse before he would heal me. I told her not to do it, but she did it anyway. This is not my fault!" Regina shouts out now.

"You can't blame her, Regina," Robin says. He tries to keep calm, but it's hard. "You killed those villagers, because you wanted me to live and now you got your own daughter in danger because of that and of couse she chooses YOU. She lost her father... She is just eighteen, Regina, she needs a mother!"

Regina just stares at Robin. "I didn't want any of this!" she snaps at him. "Why do you need me to have all this power?" Regina wants to know from Rumplestiltskin now. "I want some answers and you're going to give them to me!"

"This is what I need," Rumple says. He sees Regina's anger growing and he loves it. "And beside that... This IS your fault." He grins and poofs away, leaving Robin and Regina alone.

Regina doesn't dare to look up at Robin. "I don't know what to do." she softly whispers.

"I don't know what to do either..." Robin says with a sigh. "What did this needle do to her?"

"It has put her in a sleeping curse." Regina whispers. "She's in between life and death. She won't die but she can only wake up with a kiss of true love. We... We have to go before the villagers find out about this. They will kill me."

"What do we do?" Robin says, "we can't just run to the coach, they will definitely see us...".

"I can poof us away to the Royal Castle." Regina suggests. She waves with her hand and poofs the three of them to Snow's bedroom in the Castle. Regina lets Snow White re-appear in her bed. "I have to get her out of this curse." Regina mumbles.

Robin hates magic, he really hates it. "I wish you luck," Robin says and he sits down on a chair, "is there anything I can do?"

"Just don't... Don't get in my way." Regina looks at him and smiles a little. "I'll let every boy her age come to the Palace to kiss her. There must be one man to be her true love, right?"

Robin nods. He doesn't agree with it, but he doesn't want to fight with Regina now. She probably knows best of it comes to magic. "I'll go then, I'll see you soon," Robin says, "you know where you can find me."

Regina lets one of her servants deliver the message that every 18 year old boy in the whole Enchanted Forest needs to come to the Royal Palace to kiss Snow White awake. She then turns to Robin. "Can't you stay? With me? Please?" she softly asks him.

"I can't..." Robin says, "I have a meeting... With an old friend. You don't need me now anyway." He lies, but he really wants to be alone right now. He smiles and walks away, "see you later."

Regina looks at him while he walks away. A tear rolls down her face. "Rumplestiltskin." she whispers very softly when she's alone with Snow in Snow's bedroom.

"Yes, dearie."

"I need some answers. Why did you do this? Is it so important for me to cast that Dark Curse?" Regina wants to know.

"That's my business," Rumple says clearly.

"You need to tell me! You're screwing everything up and I know you. You won't do that if you hadn't got your reasons. So tell me!" With hatred in her eyes Regina looks at Rumplestiltskin.

"Of course I have my reasons, but I'm not going to tell you those reasons are, dearie," he snaps at her.

"Alright. Then just tell me what I need to do to wake Snow up. Who her true love is. I know you can see the future so you must know who that is. Please, Rumple. I'll do anything if you just help me with this."

"You always say that you know... Anything," Rumple grins, "but when I say kill Robin Hood, it's clearly not anything anymore."

"Anything but hurt the people I care about!" Regina snaps. "And you are well aware of what I mean when I say 'anything'. Now help me. Please."

"And put you out of your misery, your majesty," Rumple says, "letting her become queen, your majesty! I don't think so."

"Why not? What's the harm in letting Snow become Queen?" Regina wants to know.

"Power and weakness," Rumple says, "you will be powerless, and being powerless means being weak...".

"Why do you need me to be this powerful? What do I need to do for you that requires my power as Queen?"

"One more time, dearie," Rumple says, "MY business."

"Can't you just tell me so I can get it over with?" Regina now asks him. "Just tell me what I need to do for you!"

"I'll think about it," rumple says, "meet me tomorrow at my castle." He poofs away.

Regina sighs when Rumple poofs away. At least tomorrow she will know more. For now she sits down next to Snow White and waits.

"Regina?" Lady Tremaine says from behind the door, "Regina are you there?"

Regina softly answers. "Yes, Lady Tremaine, you can come in."

Lady Tremaine walks in and sees Regina sitting next to Snow White, "hey," she whispers, not wanting to wake Snow up, "I thought you two went to the village?"

"You can talk with a normal voice, Lady Tremaine. Snow White has put herself into a sleeping curse." Regina looks up at her nanny and explains everything that has happened to her. "I don't know what to do now."

"But..." Lady Tremaine says, "but you...". She can't find the good words. "Are all those men really coming to the palace?"

"Yes. I don't know what else to do, Lady Tremaine. I need to find her true love, don't I?"

"Yeah that's right," she says, "I'll make sure everything will be all right, I'll guide them and stuff so you can take some rest... It has been a long time since I saw you not being tired...".

"Thank you. Is it alright if I go to sleep for a while?" Regina softly smiles at Lady Tremaine and then walks over to her own bedroom. In there she starts to undress, but she stops in the middle of her movements when she hears a noise behind her.

"I felt lonely and I see your Robin left you too..." Vincent grins, "isn't this excellent?"

"Leave me alone." Regina softly whispers.

"No no no," Vincent laughs, "I want this," he says and he walks towards Regina.

Regina just looks up at him. "What do you want?" she whispers.

"You ask me that every time again," Vincent sighs, "but you know very well what I want." He gently touches her cheek and smiles at her.

Regina looks him deep into his eyes. "Will you leave me alone then? Afterwards?" she whispers softly.

"Maybe... For a few days," he says and he lies down beside her taking her head in his hands.

Regina softly nodds. She's tired. She looks him in the eyes again. She softly kisses him.

He kisses her back. Her softness annoys him, so he kisses her back more heavily.

Regina softly moans. Her body likes this. She lets her tongue slip into his mouth. "Please." she whispers after that.

"Please what?" he grins, "please go on?" He kisses her again and puts out his shirt.

Regina strokes him over his chest. She lets him undress himself. He then starts to undress her. Regina starts to breath faster and her heart pounds in her chest.

Vincent lays his hands on her hips and holds her close to his body. He looks her in her eyes and kisses her again. "You like this, don't you," he whispers in her ear and he smiles.

Regina softly moans when his warm breath touches her ear. She's only wearing her panties right now. She looks up at Vincent. "Please." she whispers again.

"Do you want me to go on?" he whispers and he moves his hands down and starts to undress her completely.

" ..." Regina whispers. But her body tells a different story. She willingly lifts up her body so Vincent can take off her panties. She looks him in his eyes again.

"Is this what a no means?" Vincent says and he now takes of her panties and he pulls her towards her.

Regina moans again. She feels their naked bodies touch and she likes it. She kisses him again, more violently this time. She pulls him above her and looks up at him again. "Go on." she whispers softly. She notices he takes his knife in his hands. Fear appears in her eyes.

"I will," he whispers and he follows her movements. She can't satisfy him... It's never enough. He takes his knife and lets it go over her skin without making cuts.

Regina softly moans out of fear and at the same time out of pleasure. She is confused. " .." she whispers softly.

"No," he clearly says and he goes on, more heavily this time and he makes scratches on her back with his knife.

Regina now has to follow his movements. She moans of pleasure. But when he scratches her back with his knife she moans of pain. "It.. It hurts..." she whispers.

Vincent pushes the knife deeper in her skin and brings his lips go her's, "that's what I want," he whispers and he kisses her again.

Regina can't do anything but kiss him back. She lets her tongue slip into his mouth again. She pushes her own body closer against his to get away from the knife on her back.

He kisses her back and moves his hands from her back to her cheeks. He keeps the knife in his fist and looks at her. "You're bleeding," he says with a laugh, "do you like the tast of blood?"
He lets the knife go over her lips.

" ..." Regina mumbles. "Please... Please..." she now begs. She can still feel him inside of her body. She keeps moving in his rhythm, his speed, but it seems he can't be satisfied. She looks him deep into his eyes.

He looks her back into her eyes and takes a deep breath. He slowly makes a cut just above her lip. A satisfying cut, ruining her perfect face.

A tear runs down Regina's face. "Please." she whispers one more time.

He lets is knife go a bit further down and now cuts through her lip. "You're welcome," he whispers with a grin.

Regina softly moans of pain again. She knows that's a cut that won't heal completely. She tries to push him off of her but he doesn't go away. "What more do you want?" she now whispers.

He doesn't say a thing and makes the cut even a bet deeper. He kisses her. Tasting her blood makes him feel satisfied.

Regina feels like she has to throw up but he doesn't let her move an inch. She kisses him back. With all the power she still has in her exhausted body she turns him on his back and now moves on top of him. She follows his movements and puts her hands on his chest to push herself up and down. She looks him deep into his eyes.

Vincent grins and follows her. He enjoys it, he enjoys all of it. Her nails make scratches on his chest and he grabs her wrists. He looks back at her into her brown eyes full of darkness.

Regina keeps on moving with him inside of her. She feels they'll both reach their climax soon. She sees Vincent taking his knife in his hands again.

Vincent keeps looking at her while he moves he knife to her wrists. "Why don't you cry?" He ask sarcasticly and he suddenly makes a deep cut in her arm.

Regina's head falls in her neck and she moans of pain. "Please..." she whispers again. "Why do you have to hurt me like this?"

"Because I love to see pain," he says, "I love to see that I can make people scream or cry or fall down, that all the power is on my side." He says and he kisses her again, lying his hand on her wound and squeezing it, "you can't escape me," he whispers.

Regina softly screams of pain now. The cut in her wrist really hurts and is pretty deep. "How much longer?" she wants to know. She's exhausted.

"Until you break," he says and he pushes her body down again. He grabs her arms with one hand so she can't move them and the weight of his body makes that she can't move at all.

Regina just looks up at him now, not saying a word. She waits on what he's going to do next.

He makes little cuts on her arms so her arms are covered with blood. Then he grabs her chin, "see you in three days," he snaps and sits up straight making a final cut on her stomach.

Regina softly screams of pain again. She doesn't want anyone to hear her. She watches him putting on his clothes and leaving her bedroom without giving her any attention. Regina lays herself under the blanket on her bed. She's too tired to clean her wounds. She falls asleep but just for a short while. She startles when someone strokes her hair. She looks up into the eyes of Robin. "R.. Robin?" she whispers.

"Hey," he whispers he kisses her forehead. "Let me clean those wounds," he softly adds and he smiles. "Can you tell me what happened?" It feels weird and awful when he cleans the wounds. Like he is already used to find Regina like this and that he also knows he can't do anything about it...

Regina backs away from him. "No." she whispers. "I don't want you to touch me." She doesn't look up at him. Just like that Vincent broke her and made her scared again. Her hands shake. Her whole body shakes. "Please. Don't hurt me." Regina now whispers very softly.

"You know I won't do that," Robin says, "I'm here now and your safe, look at me and take a deep breath, like you did before." He goes on cleaning the wounds.

Regina's body freezes. When Robin wants to clean the wound on her lip she just looks him in the eye, her own eyes completely empty. A spark of suspiciousness lights up in her brown eyes.

Regina's eyes change and Robin knows it's not a good sigh. He doesn't dare to tofu the wound on her lip now. "Focus on me, I need to clean your face now, okay?"

Regina moves a bit away from Robin again. She doesn't say a word. She just keeps looking at him to make sure it's really him. She nodds, very, very, very softly. Almost not noticeable for the naked eye.

Robin slowly cleans her wound and the rest of her face, which is covered with blood. Suddenly the door slams open and a sword comes Robins way. He looks around, but it's already to late. Robin falls on the ground and Daniel runs at Regina and takes her in his arms, happy he killed the king who certainly wanted to kill her. After all those years he finally sees her again and he can't be happier, "you're safe now," he says with a deep breath, "let's go somewhere safe." he says and he grabs her arm...

"NO!" Regina screams. She did really startle when the door slammed open. She pushes Daniel away and runs over to Robin. "Robin!" she shouts. She quickly heals him with her magic. When she's done, Robin doesn't wake up just yet, but Regina doesn't worry. She knows his body has to recover from what just happened. She then turns around and looks at Daniel. "Daniel?" she whispers. "Is it really you?" When she notices him walking towards her, Regina takes a step back. "Don't touch me." she whispers softly.

"Of course it's me," he says gently, but he doesn't understand what just happened. "Why not, I just killed the king, why did you heal him? We have to go!" He whispers and he walks closer to her. Regina looks frightened and for a moment he wonders if he just killed the king or someone else, "who is that?" he whispers.

"The King has died 8 years ago, Daniel. You almost killed Robin. Robin is my... my... I love him." Regina whispers. She looks up at Daniel.

"He did?" Daniel whispers and he looks at the body, "and that's your love? You love each other...?"

"Yes, the King was poisoned 8 years ago when Snow was 10 years old. And yes... I love Robin, the man you just tried to kill." Regina whispers those last words.

"You live him, like you loved me?" Daniel says. He cant believe it... It cant be! He walks to Regina. He wants to good her, to kiss her. I fought so many years for this, to see her again and to have a life together. She promised to wait for him...

Regina takes another step away from him. "No. Don't touch me. I don't like that." Regina softly whispers. "I have waited Daniel. I've waited many years. I still love you, but... I've moved on." She doesn't dare to look up at Daniel.

Daniel looks away, "you promised..." he whispers very softly, "all those many years I fought to come here and to move on with you...". He wants to continue but he doesn't. He doesn't know what he feels... Maybe just nothing.

"I did want to move on with you, but now... I love Robin." Regina whispers. "You can't blame me. I have waited, for many years, but you never came." A tear rolls down Regina's face. She looks up at Daniel. "I'm sorry." she whispers.

"So this is it?" Daniel whispers, "all those years I spend to find a way back to you... I could have had a happy life woth Zelena, but I choose you... Because we made a promise." He looks up at her.

Anger glares up in Regina's eyes. "This isn't my fault! Like I said a thousand times by now, I have waited for you! Every day for several years I went to the gardens to wait for you! But you never came!" Regina starts to cry. Her wounds hurt and she doesn't want to be put in this position.

"I tried every day, every minute of my life to find a way back to you! I have mad so many deals, but I couldn't get here faster!" Daniel says.

Regina nodds. "I know. I know." she whispers. She looks up at Daniel. "But I've moved on, Daniel." She looks over at Robin who is slowly waking up.

Robin opens his eyes and sees Regina talking to someone and he just lays on the ground.

"You're unbelievable..." Daniel says. He feels tears coming up, "so this is the end?" he shouts, "it was all a lie!"

"No, it wasn't!" Regina shouts back. "I just moved on! With Robin! Why can't you understand that?" Regina now starts to cry. She sinks down to the ground. Her wounds started bleeding again and she feels exhausted.

"Regina..." Robin says with a rough voice, "what's going on?"

"No you need to understand me! I spend more than ten years to get here for YOU and you just push me away like I'm nothing, like you don't even care about me..." He sighs.

"But I do care about you, Daniel! I've never stopped loving you." Regina sighs and looks up at Robin. "But I'm with Robin now. I love him. I've moved on with him." She softly smiles at Robin. "I'm not giving that up, Daniel. You have to understand."

"I don't," Daniel says louter now, "I never will... But that's me..." He turns around, and walks away, "so this is the end then?"

"I hope not. I really want us to be friends. If... If that's even possible?" Regina softly answers him.

"Friends..." he says, "I can't be just friends Regina..." Daniel whispers and he takes a deep breath.

Robin walks to Regina. "What's going on he whispers, "are you okay?" He notices her wounds are still bleeding.

Regina looks up at Robin. "No." she whispers. "No. I'm not okay." Tears run down her face when Daniel walks away.

Robin takes Regina softly in her arms, trying not to touch her wounds too much. "What happened?" he whispers.

Daniel turns to Regina before he leaves, but seeing them stand there, hugging each other makes him furious. He can't move and just looks.

"Daniel. Daniel came to save me from the King." Regina whispers. "But he didn't know the King is already dead for 8 years now. Daniel... Daniel promised me to come and get me away from my life with the King, a life I never wanted. He was my first love. We would run away together. But he... He never came. I've waited so long for him to come." Regina now softly cries. "But he never came. He couldn't come, I know. I know he wanted to but he just couldn't. But now he's here..." Regina looks up at Robin. "I told him I've moved on, with you, that I love you. He doesn't understand." she whispers.

"You never told me about him," Robin whispers, "all this time you still waited for him? You promised to wait for him?" Robin isn't angry, he just wants to know what's happening.

"I've stopped waiting for him when I met you." Regina whispers while looking Robin deep into his eyes. "I've loved Daniel with all my heart and he will always have a special place in my heart, but I love you now. I'm with you and I want to spend my life with you."

"I understand he's angry," Robin whispers, "and that he can't understand. You should go and talk about this with him. He can't just go away now, not after everything he did for you."

"No. No, I want to stay with you. I want you to stay with me. It hurts so much." Regina softly whispers now. She tastes blood in her mouth. The wound on her lip has started bleeding again. In panic she looks up at Robin.

"Promise me you'll talk to him soon," he says while he carries Regina to the bed. He cleans the wound on her lips and then he wipes away all the blood that covers her face.

Regina softly nodds. "I will." she whispers. "Can you please stay now? Stay close to me? I'm so cold." Regina whispers.

"Yeah," Robin whispers. He has a weird feeling in his while body, like he is doing something really bad... Shouldn't he let them be together...?

Regina looks up at him and sees the doubt in his eyes. "I love YOU, Robin." she whispers to him. "I don't want to be with anyone but you. Please... Please, believe me." Regina looks in his eyes with hope in her own.

"I know, I know," Robin whispers, "and I love you too, I'm just confused and I don't know what's best... He was your true love right then, Regina..."

"He was. But now you are. Like I said I've moved on. With you. Isn't that alright?" She looks up at him with doubt in her eyes. Is he going to leave her?

"Of course it is," he says, "it just feels so incrediblely wrong, Regina, I don't know why..."

"Wasn't it good to move on?" Regina can only whisper. She feels really hurt now. How can he think this, they together, is wrong? She loves him, with all her heart. Why doesn't he see that?

"Yes, but I also think it would have been good if you had told me about him... Now it feels like I'm keeping you for myself, while he deserves you more...". Robin sighs, "I love you, Regina..."

Regina has started crying. She just wants to be happy with Robin. Is that too much to ask for? "I love you too." she softly answers him. "I want to be with you. Please, is that alright?"

"Yeah... It is," Robin says and he kisses Regina on her forehead, "just stop hiding the truth for me okay, please tell me about secret lovers and all that kind of things. This was not the first time...". He thinks back of Regina erasing his memories of him killing his son and he closes his eyes.

Regina nodds. "I promise. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." She lays closely against Robin. "I really love you." she whispers to him. "How is my face? It's horrible, isn't it?" She looks away from him.

"It isn't," Robin whispers, "it will be a scar, but that's won't change that you're still the fairest of the land. It won't change anything." He holds her hand and squeezes it a little.

Regina softly smiles at him while looking up. "That's sweet of you." She softly kisses him on his lips. "Thank you, Robin." Regina almost can't keep her eyes open. She's exhausted. But she doesn't want to sleep. She's scared Vincent will come back. She desperately tries to keep her eyes open.

"Regina, please go to sleep," Robin says and he kisses her back, "I'll stay... Nothing will happen to you...".

"No. No, Robin, I have to be awake when he comes back. I can't let him get to me again. He hurts me so bad. He told me he'll be back in three days but I don't believe him. He lies, he always lies. He will be back sooner and he will be back when I'm at my weakest. Which is now. I can't go to sleep." Regina's eyes close but she quickly opens them again. "I can't go to sleep." she softly repeats.

"And what if he comes back?" Robin says, "you'll wake up... I know this sounds cruel, but in the time before he comes you can take rest and I'll protect you. You will be all right!"

Regina looks up at Robin. "You're really staying with me? You won't leave me alone?" she whispers.

"Of course not..." Robin says, "I can do that, but I will miss you so much... I will hurt myself so much."

That pain is Daniel feeling right now, he wants to add, but he doesn't. He keeps quiet for her... Because he loves her.

"Thank you. Thank you." Regina whispers. She finally falls asleep in Robin's arms. When she wakes up in the middle of the night she notices Robin is still with her, laying next to her, in the same position as when she fell asleep. He's still awake. "Hello." Regina softly whispers to him.

"Hey..." he whispers, "how are you feeling." He kisses her on her forehead and looks at her lip.

"I don't know." Regina whispers.

"Let me look at your wounds," Robin says with a smile. He first looks at her lip, it doesn't seem to be healed completely.

"It's not gone, is it?" Regina softly whispers.

"No, it isn't," Robin says and when Regina moves talks it starts bleeding again, "I don't think this will heal very fast..." he says and he wipes the blood away with his finger.

Regina looks up at Robin. "I'm so sorry." she whispers.

"I know and it's okay... For me," Robin says. He looks at Regina's other wounds which look quite good.

Regina softly smiles at him. She lays against him now. "He hurt me again. Like that." Regina whispers.

"I already thought that..." Robin says, "I'm so sorry...". He wraps his arms around her, breathing very calmly.

"Why do you have to say sorry? I have to say sorry, not you." Regina whispers. She likes his arms around her. She softly kisses his hand.

"Because I left you," he whispers. Regina's body makes him warm and her kiss makes him smile.

"It's alright." Regina whispers. "Just... Just don't leave me now. Please?"

Robin takes a deep breath, "Okay," he whispers and he starts to stroke her hair. "Now that I know about Daniel, can you tell me more about him... About when you were together?"

"Why do you want to know?" Regina softly whispers.

"Because it's a part of you," he says, "and it made you who you are..."

"You won't like it." Regina softly whispers. "It's not some kind of fairy tale. She made me do things with Daniel..."

"Who did that?" Robin whispers, while still holding Regina's hand, "your mother?"

Regina shakes her head. "My nanny. Lady Tremaine." she whispers. "I liked Daniel. And she took advantage of that."

"Lady Tremaine?" Robin says surprised, "I didn't expect that, to be honest... She looks like a kind and loving woman." He sighs, "but you still loved each other after that, didn't you?"

"She is. Now." Regina softly smiles at Robin. "I loved him very much." she then whispers. "We would see each other whenever we could."

Robin smiles, "and he loved you too, I could still see that in his eyes. What happened to you two? Why were you separated?"

"I'm not really sure." Regina whispers. "He was with Zelena. My... My sister. Half sister, actually. I don't know. I don't know her. I only know she can be cruel." Regina closes her eyes when she thinks about Zelena. "I don't know what happened." she then whispers.

"You have a sister? Why don't I know this things..." Robin says with a sigh, "but she took Daniel? Captured him?"

"I don't know. I don't know exactly." Regina whispers. "I'm sorry."

"But you knew he was gone and you promised him to wait for him, so you knew he was leaving, didn't you?" Robin says.

"Yes. I guess." Regina whispers. "I'm tired." She looks up at Robin. She doesn't like talking about that part of her past... About any part of her past actually.

"I know you're tired, but I want to know more... I want to understand things, because all of a sudden there is a secret lover who almost killed me...!"

Regina startles when she hears Robin's voice speaking louder. She doesn't dare to look up at him.

"I'm sorry, but I just want answers, Regina," Robin sighs.

Regina softly moans out of fear. "Don't get angry with me... Please..." she very softly whispers.

"I'm not angry at all," Robin whispers, "just confused... And I want to know what's going on."
He squeezes her hand a little without noticing it and holds her tightly.

"Daniel just had to leave. With Zelena. He promised to come back for me but he never came. He never could, I guess. I've waited for a very, very long time but then I met you." Regina softly whispers.

Robin nods, "and then you killed my wife to get me," Robin says. He is frightened by his words immediately, did he really say that?! "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean that, really," he looks at Regina, "I'm so sorry, I just couldn't hold it in, it doesn't mean a thing...".

Regina's body freezes when Robin talks to her like that. Her face turns pale and her heart beats faster out of fear.

Robin sits up straight. It has been a long time since he thought about his family, about Marian and his son and about Regina making him kill him... His hands start to shake, the whole Daniel situation triggered something. "I'm so sorry," Robin says, "it's nothing, really...".

Regina doesn't answer. She doesn't move. Her body and her mind are exhausted. She very softly moans out of fear.

Robin lays down again and lies his arms around Regina, but everything feels wrong right now, wrong and empty...

Regina doesn't dare to look up at him. She knows he's right. And she hates herself for what she did in the past. But she has changed. Didn't he see that? Didn't he believe that?

Robin pulls his arms back and just lies next to Regina and closes his eyes.

Regina doesn't dare to close her eyes. She needs to stay awake, she needs to know what happens around her, around her body. She notices Robin falls asleep but she stays awake for the rest of the night. When Robin wakes up next to her the next morning, she hasn't slept any more.

"Good morning," Robin whispers and he looks at Regina, "haven't sleept anymore did you?" He says and he feels really sorry for what he did, "I'm so sorry about tonight, Regina, I really am".

"It's alright." Regina softly answers with a raw and tired voice. "It's the truth. I deserved it." She looks away from him. "I just hope you know how sorry I am for what I did back then." she whispers.

"Of course I do," Robin says, "but you changed, I have to remember that."

Regina softly nodds. "Thank you." she whispers. She looks up at him with tired eyes. "When Snow White turns 18, she can be Queen. I don't want it any more. I want to be with you, live with you in the Forest. Is that alright?"

"Yes it is, of course it is," Robin says. He knows that will be complicated and that Snow White will be eighteen soon and she isn't awake... But he doesn't want to say something that will upset Regina, not now.

"We have to find her true love. Lady Tremaine would take care of that." Regina softly smiles. "Vincent said he will be back the day after tomorrow." she then whispers.

"Stop fearing him, Regina, you can handle him" he says, "I'll stay with you and maybe we can help Lady Tremaine to keep your mind of his coming...".

"I don't want him to come back." Regina whispers softly. "I freeze when he comes to me. My magic can't help me then."

"But you can handle him without your magic," Robin says, "you're more powerful than you think, I'll help you...".

"How will you help me? He will come when I'm alone and he will hurt you if you're with me."

"He doesn't have magic, so if we get guards we can overpower him and lock him up..." Robin says, "I won't let him hurt you again."

Regina nodds. "That's good. Will you warn the guards then?"

"I will," Robin says and he kisses her on her cheek, not wanting to touch the wound on her lip.

"Thank you." Regina softly smiles at him. "Will you do that know? Please? I'm so scared."

"I won't leave you alone here again," Robin says, "shall I get someone for you? Or will you join me, which doesn't seem a very good idea to me...".

"I will come with you." Regina smiles. She puts on a soft dress and walks beside Robin to the head quarters of the guards.

They arrive and Robin walks to their leader. "We need a group of your guards, it's a command from the queen," he nods to Regina and looks at her with a smile. "Of course," the leader says and he makes a bow, "how many do you want, my queen?"

"5? Is that too much?" Regina softly whispers.

"Of course not, my queen," the leader says, "we do everything to serve you my queen," he bows again and takes five of his strongest guards and leads them to Regina and Robin.

"Thank you, sir." Regina smiles at their leader. "Thank you very much. I'm not feeling safe these days."

"Thank you, my queen, for trusting us and let us do this for you," the leader says and the guards nod. "Thank you," Robin says and he walks with Regina and the guards to the bedroom.

"Are you coming into the bedroom too?" Regina whispers.

"Yeah, if you want that," Robin says and he sits down on the bed.

Regina smiles. "You have no choice, you have to come with me." Regina giggles. "I mean the guards."

"O you don't want me," Robin laughs, "okay then I'll go," he smiles and kisses Regina on the good side of her lips, it must look very funny... The guards step inside, but two of them wait outside so no one can come in.

Regina looks up at Robin. "I'm scared." she whispers. "I don't like other people in our bedroom." She stands closely next to Robin. She may be the Queen but being in her bedroom with other men than only Robin makes her freeze.

"Remember they are here to help you, not to hurt you," Robin says softly. The guards are standing around the bed, looking around, prepared to fight. He lies his arm around Regina and looks at her with a smile.

Regina looks at Robin with focusness in her eyes. Fear glares through.

"There's no reason to be afraid, Regina," Robin whispers and he now picks up her hands and looks into her eyes, "don't worry, nothing will happen to you, okay?"

"You'll protect me, right?" Regina whispers.

"Always," Robin whispers and he squeezes her hands a little. He keeps looking her in her eyes, hoping to see the fear fade.

Regina slowly calms down. "Alright." she whispers while laying closely against Robin. She looks at the guards.

The guards pay no attention to them, or at least try not to. They stand in their position, not movin at all.

Robin lets Regina lean against him and he starts stroking her back.

"Robin..." Regina whispers. She softly kisses him.

He kisses her back, trying not to touch her wound but it's almost impossible. He holds her close and lies his hands on her back.

"I'm tired." Regina whispers. "But I'm scared to sleep with all those men around me."

"Don't be, I'm here," Robin says, he really doesn't know if she is, but he wants her to take some rest and stop worrying, "just take some rest okay?"

Regina softly nodds. "Alright. You'll... You'll stay here too, right?" she whispers.

"Yes yes, of course," Robin says, "don't worry." When Regina lies down he puts a blanket around her and kisses her, "sleep well," he whispers with a wink.

Regina holds the blanket tightly to her body. That makes her feel a bit safer. She lays her head against Robin's chest and falls asleep. In the middle of the night she wakes up after hearing strange sounds.

"Thinking you can beat me, my queen?" Vincent says and he takes of his helmet. Robin already lies on the ground, after Vincent gave him a kick on his head. "Well it takes a bit more than some stupid guards to overpower me..." He laughs very hard and the guards around laugh with him.

"W...What?" Regina mumbles. "But you were protecting me!" she snaps at the guards.

"They work for me," Vincent laughs, "nobody noticed us... Your palace really is a safe place as you can see." Vincent walks to her with a grin on his face. "The good thing is, with the guards outside,.. No one will come in!"

Regina completely freezes. She knows she won't be able to protect herself now. She's completely stunned.

Vincent sits down on the side of the bed and moves his hands over her lips. He makes the wound bleed again and grins.

Regina doesn't move. She only looks at him with fear in her eyes. "Please." she whispers softly. "I'll be a good girl."

"I don't like good girls anymore," Vincent says, "they never fight..." He kisses her making her taste the blood.

Regina kisses him back. She doesn't know what else to do. It's like she can't think clearly any longer. Her eyes look up at the guards who are coming closer towards the bed.

Soon Regina is surrounded by the guards, they push her arms, legs and stomach to the bed, so she isn't able to move and inch.

Regina moans of fear. "Please..." she begs again. "Please, Vincent, I'll do anything." she whispers.

"Tell me something you will do, and I'll decide if I agree," Vincent laughs and he kisses her again, his hand moving over her body.

Regina's body reacts immediately on this kind of touch. Her body likes it, which makes it even harder to think clearly. Regina softly moans of pleasure. "I'll let you live." she mumbles.

"Your previous plans to kill me all failed," Vincent says, "so no..." He grins.

"What... What do you want?" Regina softly asks him. She feels his hands undressing her and there is nothing she can do about it.

"I don't need a thing," he whispers, "you're enough for me."

Regina just looks up at him. "Please." she tries to beg one more time.

"Nope, if you won't come up with something," Vincent whispers and he moves his hands down.

Regina's body likes that touch. Her heart starts to beat faster. She softly moans of pleasure. She notices the guards looking at her with lust in their eyes.

"Do you mind if they join me?" Vincent whispers and he moves slowly into the bed, kissing her.

Regina doesn't answer that question. She does mind but whatever she will say won't be heard. She kisses him back like she's supposed to do.

"I see that as a yes," Vincent whispers as he pulls back. He undresses her completely and pulls out his own shirt. The guards still hold Regina so she can't move and so Vincent can do everything he wants. He lays her hands on her hips and pushes his nails in her skin.

Regina looks at the guards in fear. They are wearing heavy protection and she's scared of them. That's why she hired them in the first place. To make them fear the villagers. But she's actually also very afraid of them.

Vincent lies his body on top on Regina's and touches her cheeks, making figures with the blood from her lip. "Come on," he whispers to Regina and he lets the guards release her.

Regina still doesn't move even though the guards have released her. She kisses Vincent back when he kisses her but doesn't do anything else than that.

"Show me what you can do, Regina," Vincent whispers and he leads her hands down and lets her undress him. "I know you can do so mush more than this," he laughs and winks to the guards.

Regina slowly undresses Vincent. She feels their naked bodies touch. She softly moans when he touches her on places her body likes. She moves her hands to his back and stroke him softly. Her head falls in her neck of pleasure and she lets his lips close to her neck.

Vincent kisses her from her neck up to her lips, "well I have stuff to do, but I've my men, who gladly want to finish this job," he says, letting his hands down for the last time.

Regina moans of pleasure. "Please..." she whispers. "Please, stop." She looks up at the guards who now come closer to her, still wearing their heavy armoury.

"I'll stop don't worry, but they can have fun now," Vincent says and he stands up. He dresses himself and walks away.

The guards now look at Regina. "So, my queen, I didn't know you were this weak," one of the man says and he sits down on the side of the bed. "Vincent told us you really like this," he picks up a knife from his pocket.

" ..." Regina mumbles. "I.. I don't... Please. Please..." she can only beg. Robin is still unconscience.

"He also told us you're a liar," says one of the other guards. They al start to laugh and the guard, who now lies on top of her with his heavy armory, brings the knife close to her face.

Regina moans of pain. His armour weighs a lot on her tiny body. "It... It hurts." she whispers. Tears run down her face.

"Indeed it does," the guard says, "do you like it better of I take it off?" She whispers, moving the knife to her throat.

"Yes.." Regina whispers. It can't be any worse than this.

"Very well," the guard say and he takes of his armory, but not only his armory... He undresses himself completely and lies down on Regina's body again. His big body touching hers.

Regina looks up at him, looks in his big green eyes. She feels his naked body on hers and hates herself. "What do you want?" she whispers softly.

"Isn't that obvious?" the man says, "down in the head quarters, we aren't allowed to spend time with women, so this is perfect," he grins and kisses her heavily.

Regina kisses him back. She keeps an eye on the other two guards in her bedroom.

The other guys just grin, when she looks at them. One even winks.

The guard woth th king makes a big cut in her stomach. "It has been a long time since I have hurt someone, when the war was over, I didn't have much chances to do it and I almost forgot how good it feels."

Regina moans of pain. "Please!" she shouts.

"When your husband send us into war we also couldn't show mercy," the guard snaps, "so why would I do that now?" He makes another cut and the two perfect linea cross, blood dripping on the bed.

Regina now screams of pain. "Please! I beg you!"

"We can make a deal," the guard says, "just offer us something great," he grins to his colleagues and they look satisfied.

"I... I don't know... " Regina mumbles. She can't think straight when this guard touches her body on places she likes.

The guard goes on, "then you have to think," he whispers in her ear and he moves his hands to her hips and holds on very tightly.

"I.. I .c..can..'t..." Regina gasps for air. Her head falls in her neck from pleasure.

"Then that's too bad..." the guard grins and he goes on. "Tell me your majesty, do you like this." He moves his hands down again and looks Regina in her eyes.

Regina doesn't answer. She can't. She's getting too excited. Her heart beats faster. She looks him in the eyes too.

"You do, I can see it," the guard says and he pulls back a little "who is that boy the ground?" he whispers, still looking at her.

"I love him." Regina whispers. "Please... Please, don't hurt him. Hurt me. I beg you." she whispers.

"Your new lover," the guard says, "did you tell the kingdom already?" The two other guards pick Robin up and try wake him up.

"Leave him alone, I beg you!" Regina now shouts out. "Please! I'll... I'll do anything!"

"Really?" the guard says, "then think of something you can give us!" He touches her again, while Robin starts to wake up. The guards hold his hands.

"I can let you go. Let you go back to your families. Please! Please don't hurt him!" Regina moans of pleasure when he touches her body. She's confused. She hates this but at the same time loves this kind of touches. "Please..." she begs.

Robin looks at Regina, he looks her into her eyes, not able to say a thing. The guard with the knife blocks Regina's sight, so she can only hear Robin's moans of pain as his colleagues kick him. "That's not enough!" the guard snaps.

"PLEASE!" Regina screams. "What do you want then? Anything, I'll give you anything! Just let him go, PLEASE!" Regina now cries very much.

"Give us riches and a big house, give us everything, a house, food for our families and one more thing..." The two guards don't stop kicking Robin and he falls on the ground.

"I'll give you that! I promise! What more do you want?"

"Let Snow White marry my son," he says clearly.

"I... I can't do that... I just.. I just can't. I can't force her into a wedding she doesn't want. I can only promise you to let them meet one another but after that is up to your son. Please... Please, is that enough?" Regina whispers.

"It isn't."

" .." Regina whispers one more time. "I... I beg you..." She looks up in his eyes again, her own eyes broken as can be.

"Good," the guard says and he moves away from Regina, but if they don't fall in love, I'll be back!" The other guards give Robin one final kick and he lies unconscious on the ground with blood bruises everywhere. The guards make some final moves and then leave, thanking Regina for the pleasant time.

Regina quickly runs over to Robin and heals him completely. She tries to heal her lip but that doesn't work. She doesn't care; she's glad she was able to heal Robin. When he slowly wakes up, Regina quickly hides herself in one of her closets. She's scared he will be very angry with her, angry because she let it happen again.

Robin completely wakes up. He lies on the cold floor and tries to get up. He sits for a while and looks around. "Regina?" he says softly, his voice is rough. After a while he is able to speak louder, "Regina?"

Regina softly cries in her closet.

"Regina, please," Robin says, "I know you healed me, you must be somewhere close. I'm so sorry, I know this is my fault... But please can you come here?"

"It is not your fault." Regina softly says from out of the closet she's hiding in.

Robin walks to the closet and opens it, "Regina, please," he whispers. He gets her up and takes her in his arms, "I'm so sorry this happened to you," he whispers.

Regina holds Robin tightly against her. "Don't let me go." she whispers. "I... I have to find a way to stop this." she then suddenly decides.

"I won't," Robin says and he keeps holding her, "yeah, but I don't know how..."

"I do. I'm sorry." Regina whispers softly.

"What is it?" Robin says a bit worried.

Regina looks up at him. Very softly she whispers "The Dark Curse".

"No Regina," Robin says, "we can't trust Rumplestilskin and I'm sure this was his idea! We should look if lady Tremaine already found Snow White's true love..." He hopes his plan will distract Regina from doing dark things...

Regina sighs. "Alright. You're probably right." She looks up at Robin. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." she whispers. "I'll have to fire those guards first. But I'm scared to do that. Will you come with me to their head quarters? Please?"

"Yes that's all right," Robin says and they walk to the head quarters. Robin doesn't let Regina's hand go and looks around all the time, not feeling safe anymore.

Together they walk into the head quarters. "I'll have to fire the five of you." Regina clearly states while pointing at the five guards who were supposed to protect her.

"You do, my queen?" one of the guards says and they all bow. They all know this will be terrible for their families, because they won't have any money..."

"Yes. You can go now. You can leave all your armour and weapons here and leave immediately."

"But, my queen..." another guard says, but they do what she says. "You know what this means, don't you," Robin whispers.

"What does this mean then?" Regina asks Robin.

"That they won't have money to feed their families... I know everything about it..." Robin says with a sigh and he thinks back... that disappointed look from Marian when he got home with nothing...

"They let him rape me!" Regina snaps at Robin. "They deserve to die!"

"They did?" Robin says, "that weren't this guards, were it." He talks calmly, squeezing Regina's hand a bit.

"The five guards I hired yesterday to protect me failed. They can go." Regina turns her back to the guards and walks away.

"Fine," Robin sighs and he walks away with her. "Do you have other things to do?"

Regina talks to a servant to get Lady Tremaine for her. Regina then turns around to Robin. "We have to talk to Lady Tremaine to see how many boys have tried to wake up Snow White."

Lady Tremaine arrives after a while, she looks at the ground, "I've tried every single man, Regina..."

"And?" Regina wants to know. "Who is the lucky one?"

"No one..." Lady Tremaine whispers. She looks up to Regina, "I'm so sorry..."

"That can't be!" Regina storms towards the bedroom of Snow White and looks at the girl. "That just can't be..." she whispers. A tear runs down Regina's face. "You have to wake up, Snow. You just have to wake up." Regina gives the girl a kiss on her forehead. "Please, wake up." she whispers.

Robin wraps his arms around Regina, "maybe it's good like this," he whispers, but than Snow White takes a deep breath and opens her eyes. A weird sort of energy is flowing through her body.

"S... Snow?" Regina mumbles while looking at Snow White awakening.

"Mom?" Snow White whispers, "mom, you did it," she smiles and her eyes almost shine, "I know you could do it!" Her voice is still nothing more than a whisper...

"But I... " Then Regina smiles. "There's nothing stronger than the love of a mother for her child, isn't there?" she softly smiles to Snow White.

"I love you mom," Snow White whispers and she wraps her arms around her mother. "Nothing is stronger." She smiles.

"I love you too, dear. I love you too." Regina softly smiles. She looks up at Robin. "It worked. It actually worked!" She giggles.

"It did," he says with a smile, "welcome back Snow White." He walks to them and kisses Regina on her cheek, "shall I leave you alone for a moment?" he whispers with a wink.

"I think Snow needs some time to get back on her feet. Take a shower, put on some nice clothes for dinner. What do you say?" Regina smiles at Snow White. When the girl nodds and smiles Regina and Robin leave her bedroom and walk through the Castle. Regina is suspicious and looks often over her shoulder.

"Mom!" Snow White screams from her room, with the loudest voice she can make. Someone grabbed her from behind.

Regina doesn't hesitate and quickly runs back to Snow White's room. She enters without knocking. "What's going on?!" she shouts.

Vincent holds Snow White in his arms, a knife touches her throath. "Your majesty... What an honor," he smiles.

"Let her go! She has nothing to do with this!" Regina snaps at him.

"She has everything to do with this," Vincent says, "she will be queen!"

"Yes, she will. And she will be a far better Queen than I am! Now let her go!" Regina waves with her hand and the knife falls down on the ground. Vincent is treathening her daughter now and Regina won't accept that. It makes her magic stronger than ever. She waves with her hand again and slams him to the wall.

Vincent falls on the ground and coughs. He gasps for air. The bang made him lose his breath for a while. Robin runs to snow and pulls her away from Regina.

Regina looks at Vincent. "You have two choices. Or you'll stay here in this Castle to try to make our lives as miserable as possible and you'll die. Or you'll leave immediately and never show your face here again." Regina softly smiles. "I suggest you choose wisely if you know what's good for you."

"I choose the last one," Vincent says with a grin. He will make another deal with the dark one to become even stronger... He will come back sometime, but he will make her think he doesn't.

"Then GO!" Regina now screams at him. "And take those five guards with you. They are heading out of the Castle as we speak."

"Fine..." Vincent says and he stands up. Before he leaves he walks to Regina and lays his hands on her hips, "I know you liked me," he whispers.

Regina looks up at him, deep into his eyes. "Try to touch me once again and you'll end up with having no hands to touch another woman ever again." Regina softly warns him. She uses very dark magic to start slice his wrists.

"I like it when you're confident," Vincent grins and he leaves the room, "good luck with your sweet new love!" He says and he closes the door.

Regina finishes what she started and cuts off one of his hands with very dark magic. She smiles when she hears him scream.

Vincent screams really loud. Robin leads Snow out of the room and waits with her outside. Snow is breathing heavily out of fear...

Vincent looks angry, bit frightened, "you..."

"You're done playing with me. I'm done. I suggest you go before I cut off your other hand too."

Vincent puts his chin up and walks away, not looking back. His arm is bleeding and it hurts a lot!

Regina smiles, pretty satisfied with herself. She turns around and looks into Robin's eyes. "What?" she asks him when she notices he's looking at her.

"What was that?" He says shaking his head. He almost grins, bit he knows this is not supposed to be funny... Snow White looks at ghe blood on her mothers hands and doesn't know what to say...

"He needed to be punished. He needed to learn a lesson. I just taught him what he needed to learn." Regina giggles when she notices Robin's grin on his face.

Robin hides his grin and shakes his head with a sigh. Snow White isn't that amused by what Regina did, "what if he dies?" she says and for the first time in her life she grabs Robins hand, just to know if it's still there.

"If he dies than that's what he deserves. He should be happy I didn't kill him off immediately. Because that's what he really deserves." Regina smiles at Snow White as if nothing happened.

"That's not true," Snow White says she wants to run to her mother, but Robin holds her back. She is very angry.

"You don't know what he did to me, Snow." Regina softly whispers. "He doesn't deserve to live."

"If he deserves to die then you deserve to die too!" Snow White snaps, "after all those days in the village, I know exactly what you've done!

Regina looks at Snow White. She doesn't say a word now. "I had to do that in order to save Robin. He was about to die. I couldn't let that happen." Regina whispers. "And Vincent... Vincent has cut me open with his knife and raped me. Then he let the guards to the same. He deserves to die!" Tears run down Regina's face while turning around and walking away to the Royal Gardens. She wants to be alone now. But in the Gardens she bumps into Daniel. "Daniel." Regina whispers.

"Regina," he whispers and he almost wants to embrace her, but he looks away. "How are you doing, my queen?" he says, knowing she hates it when calls her that...

"I hate it when you say that to me." Regina softly whispers. "I'm not your Queen."

"Of course not, my queen Regina Mills," Daniel says, and he looks at her. Not the kind and gentle look like he had before, no, a more empty look with a spark of anger.

Regina looks back at him. "Why are you so angry with me?" she softly asks him. She looks down, afraid for his answer.

"Because of all my wasted time..." Daniel snaps, "I could have had a good life with Zelena you know... I still like her as a friend, but I chose you..."

"I'm sorry, Daniel." Regina softly whispers. "I fell in love with Robin and I can't just leave him for someone else. Even... Even if that someone else is you." Regina looks up at him. "I love Robin."

"I know," Daniel says, "but that doesn't change that I choose you! I could have chosen Zelena, I could fall in log with her again of I wanted to, have a happy life... But I choose you and you didn't choose me..., and that hurts."

"I understand." Regina whispers. She turns back around and starts walking through the Royal Gardens now. She feels all alone.

Daniel walks to Regina and pulls her towards him. He kisses her... Squeezing her body against him and then he walks away, without saying a thing.

Regina hides in a corner of the Royal Gardens, beneath one of her favorite apple trees. She makes herself small by pulling up her legs and placing her head upon her knees. She softly cries.

One of the gardeners sees some movement in a corner when he gets back to his cabin. "Who is there?" he says and he wonders if it was just an illusion...

Regina tries to remain as silent as possible but she just can't stop crying.

"Hello?" he says not very loud and he walks a bit closer. He sees a figure sitting in the corner and he is almost sure it was some thief that came in while the guards were leaving, "get out!" he shouts, "these are the queen's gardens you are not allowed to be here, GET OUT!"

Regina looks up at the gardeners. He then sees who she is. "It's me." Regina softly says.

"My queen..." gardener says, "I'm so sorry, please forgive me," he bows his head and falls on his knees, "if I had known it was you, I..., I... I'm so sorry."

"It's alright." Regina softly whispers. "You don't have to apologize. Thank you for defending these gardens the way you just did." Regina softly smiles at him but keeps sitting on the ground.

"No, my queen, I should have looked better," the man says, still bowing, "I should have seen it was you, what can I do to make it up to you."

"It really is alright." Regina softly smiles now. "You can stop bowing to me now. I've never liked that." Regina looks down again and lays her head back onto her knees. She feels all alone.

"Thank you so much, my queen," the gardener says, "is there anything I can do for you now? I would love to make up for my mistakes," he bows again.

"You can stop bowing to me." Regina smiles again. "Really, that's not necessary." She then looks away again. "Thank you, that's very kind of you, but I would like to be alone, I think." Regina whispers those last two words.

"Of... Of course, my queen," the gardener says, "shall I get you someone?" He steps back.

"No. No one wants to be with me, so no. Thank you." Regina whispers softly.

"Okay, my queen," the gardener whispers and he nods, "I'm right there if you need me," he points at a little house and walks away.

Regina just keeps sitting on the ground beneath one of her most favorite apple trees. She startles when someone sits down next to her.

"It has been a long time..." Cora says and she looks at her daughter, "I heard you woke up Snow White," she smiles.

"What are you doing here, mother?" Regina just wants to know, without looking up.

"Just because I wanted to have a little talk," Cora says, "nothing special."

"What do you want to talk about then?" Regina asks now.

"Snow White," Cora says, "I wonder why you woke he up..."

"I didn't know if that would work. It was a spur of the moment thing. Why do you care?"

"But you kissed her... Why?" Cora reacts, not answering her daughters question.

"I gave her a kiss on the forehead, mother. It seems like a mother's love for her daughter is some kind of true love. Not that you would know anything about that." Regina snaps.

"She is not your daughter Regina," Cora says, "and o I know a lot about that kind of love, it's easy to use against people, you know..."

"What's that supposed to mean, mother?" Regina asks her.

"It means you shouldn't love her," Cora says, "she will take your crown and you can't let that happen." Her voice is clear and strict and she looks het daugther in her eyes.

"I never wanted to be Queen, mother. I want Snow White to take her claim on the throne."

"You can't just throw your crown away now, after everything we had to do to get it," Cora says, "and if you don't do something about it, I will!"

"You're not doing a thing, mother. This is MY decision and it's been already made." Regina clearly states.

"I'm absolutely going to do something about this," Cora says calmly, "decisions made out of love are always wrong decisions... Love is weakness, Regina."

"No, it's not. Love isn't weakness, mother. And like I said you're not going to do a thing."

"You can't stop me..." Cora says and she smiles.

Regina doesn't answer. "What are you going to do?" she wants to know.

"I'll let someone kill her, or... If I'm in a good mood, just send her away to another realm..." Cora says with a sigh, "and she can take that Robin with her, he doesn't look like a good king to me."

"Don't you dare touch them!" Regina now snaps again. She lifts up her hand and starts to choke Cora. "Promise me you won't do anything to hurt them or to take them away from me!"

"I'm not afraid of you Regina," Cora says with a grin, "you really can't stop me from doing this!"

Regina chokes her mother harder now. "You're not afraid? What about now?" She throws her mother against a wall and keeps choking her harder and harder.

"I'll never be afraid of you," Cora whispers and she realizes Regina has outgrown her... Her magic is far stronger than hers. She almost can't breathe anymore, but she doesn't say a thing.

"Is that really, mother? Then why do your eyes tell me a different story? Then why do you look so scared?" Regina smiles with an evil grin on her face. "You do know I can just kill you right here and now, right?"

"I know you can," Cora whispers with the last breath she has, "and I know you want it, so why don't you... Just... Do it, become the person you never wanted to be, me." She smiles, but she feels her last breath isn't far away.

Regina lets her mother go just in time. "You're not worth it to be one of my kills." Regina only says. "But if you ever try to hurt Snow or Robin or try to take them away from me, I won't show you mercy." Regina turns around and walks back into the Castle. She looks for Snow and Robin and finds them still in Snow's bedroom.

Cora poofs to Regina and brings her head to her ear, "you see, love is weakness," she whispers and she poofs away again.

"Regina, hi," Robin says.

"Are you alright, the both of you?" Regina just wants to know.

Robin hesitates, "yeah I think so," he says, but when he says it Snow White stands up and walks away. She walks past Regina without looking at her.

Regina looks up at Robin with hurt in her eyes. "I.. I'll let you be alone. I understand if you don't want me around." she softly whispers. She then turns around.

"It's okay," Robin whispers, "come here." He looks at her and softly smiles.

Regina turns back around and faces him. She just looks at him, deep into his eyes.

"Come," he whispers again and he stretches out his arms for her. He just stands still and looks at Regina, with the same deep look as she has.

Regina slowly walks towards him into his open arms. She now notices the wound on her stomach, made by one of the guards, hasn't healed yet but stopped bleeding. Her shirt is full of blood.

Robin takes Regina into his arms and holds her close for a while, "let's clean you up a bit," he whispers.

"Yes, please." Regina softly whispers. "Will you help me with that?" She looks up at him with hope in her eyes.

"Yeah," Robin says and he takes her to the bathroom, "can you show it to me?" he says. He doesn't dare to touch her without asking.

Regina lifts up her shirt and shows the wound on her stomach. It's a pretty big wound. She takes off her shirt so Robin can easily get to her stomach.

"You should have told me earlier about this," Robin whispers and he takes some stuff to clean the infected wound, "this will hurt," he says, while he picks up some medicine to drip into the wound.

"I'm sorry." Regina whispers softly. She looks at him while he starts to clean the wound.

Robin carefully drips the medicine into the wound. It starts bleeding a bit, but Robin hopes this will make it better. He looks into Regina's eyes while he drips and takes a deep breath.

Regina doesn't say a thing. It hurts but she doesn't complain. She just looks at Robin.

"I hope this will be enough," Robin says and he starts to bandage the wound. He has done this so many times now that he is finished very quickly.

"Thank you." Regina softly whispers. She slowly starts to kiss Robin. She feels she has to do this in order to thank him for helping her.

Robin kisses her back but then turns away, "you don't have to do that to please me..." He says, "I can feel your not comfortable with it...".

"Yes, I am." Regina whispers. She looks up at Robin. "I want to be close to you. I want to feel safe again. Can we do that? Please?"

"We can, I'm sure," Robin says, "Vincent is gone now, so that's a start."

"I do hope he stays gone." Regina softly whispers. She kisses Robin again, softly and slowly. She feels his body close against her and she likes that.

"I hope so too," he says, "but we shouldn't worry about that now." He kisses her back holding her into his arms. It feels like ages since he did that and it feels incredibly good.

Regina smiles when she feels Robin is enjoying this too. "Snow White is really angry with me, isn't she?" Regina whispers. She kisses Robin again.

"She is," Robin says. He knows Snow White is really really angry with Regina.

"Why?" Regina just wants to know. "Why is she so mad at me? I... I only did what I had to do to save you and to save myself." Regina looks up at Robin now with desperation in her eyes.

"You said he deserved to die... That made her really angry," Robin says, "she didn't believe what you did was right..."

"Wasn't it, Robin? Please... I... I need to know. Wasn't it right? Didn't he deserved to be punished?" The desperation doesn't disappear out of Regina's eyes. She really doesn't know if what she did was right or wrong.

"I think it was the right thing to do and she thought he deserved to be punished too, but with that cutting and dying thing you stepped over the line for her..."

"He deserved that. He won't touch another woman ever again." Regina's eyes glare up with anger and hatred. "He deserved it, Robin. He deserved it!" Regina shouts out those last words but then starts to cry very hard. She keeps screaming that he deserved it.

Robin takes her in his arm, letting her head rest on his shoulder. He strokes her hair and kisses her forehead, "calm down, Regina," he whispers, "it's okay, it's okay," he takes a deep breath, while he still holds her tightly.

Regina calms down when she hears Robin's heart softly beating. It makes her feel safe. "He deserved it." she whispers one more time before suddenly losing her conscience.

Robin is shocked but he can lift her up so she doesn't fall. He carries her to the bedroom and lays her down, waiting for her to wake up... He really hopes she does.

After what seems like a really long time Regina wakes up again. She looks up in the eyes of her mother.

"I've got Robin and Snow White," she grins.

Regina wants to get out of bed but she can't. It's like her mother has cast a spell to make her daughter unable to get up. "What did you do?" Regina asks her.

"I've send them away," Cora says, "to a place I don't remember..." She smiles and makes her spell a bit stronger.

Regina softly moans of pain. Her mother is hurting her. "Mommy... Please..." she whispers. "They are my life. Please... I beg you, bring them back."

"Like I said," Cora says, "I don't remember where I've send them...". She loves it to have control over her daughter. She needs a new way of controlling her: being the fastest instead of the strongest.

"Then figure it out!" Regina snaps. She tries once more to get out of bed but her mother doesn't let her. "Let me go!"

"No," Cora says, "I won't, if you don't do what I say, you need to feel the consequences, dear."

"You wouldn't hurt your daughter!" Regina snaps at her.

"You're right I wouldn't, but sometimes I just have to," Cora says, "because you need to obey, not fight..."

"I have been obedient enough! It's time I finally get the life I want not the one you lay out for me, mother!" Regina uses her magic to dissolve the spell cursed by her mother. She waves with her hand and starts to choke her mother. "How much time has passed since I fell unconscience?"

"About two weeks I think..." Cora says, "I kept you asleep when I was figuring out what to do with that Robin and Snow White." She was the one that put Regina asleep in the first place, but she doesn't tell that.

"Two weeks?!" Regina snaps. "You get them back! NOW!" Regina slams her mother against the wall and keeps choking her. "NOW!"

"N... Never," she snaps and she moves her hand to her throat. She can't breathe and she can't talk...

"NOW!" Regina screams even louder. "GET THEM BACK!" Regina keeps choking her mother until she loses conscience. Regina poofs her mother away to the prisons and puts a protection spell around her prison cell. She looks around in her room and feels all alone. "Rumplestiltskin!" she shouts out.

"What's it this time, dearie?" Rumple says when he arrives, although he already knows it.

"Don't pretend you don't know what my mother did! You have to help me get Snow and Robin back. Where are they? Do you know?"

"I don't, but I can find out where they are," Rumplestilskin says, "but not without a price,"

"You want to make a deal? Fine!" Regina snaps. "Tell me what you want."

"Let's say you owe me something..." Rumple says and he puts a potion in his hand, "the dark curse can help you in the end..."

Regina softly nodds. "And I won't have to kill Snow or Robin to cast that curse?" she softly asks him.

"You should," rumple says, "but since they are in another place, another realm, you can't. They are not part of this world anymore, they don't even remember you... Cora came to me for a portal," he grins.

"A portal to where?" Regina wants to know. "Where did that portal take Robin and my daughter?"

"Part of the deal was not to tell you," Rumple grins.

"So all I have to do now is kill the person I love most to cast this Dark Curse? And I can create a realm whatever I want it to be?"

"No you can't, you can create it wherever I want it to be," Rumple says.

"And where would that be exactly? Can you assure me Snow and Robin will be there too?"

"You can take whoever you want to take with you..." Rumple says, "but we are going to Storybrook, Maine, in a land without magic."

"A land without magic? That actually sounds wonderful." Regina looks at Rumplestiltskin. "So no one will remember this land? No one will remember me or what I have done? Only I will remember everything? Not even you?"

"Right, right, right, right and wrong," rumple says, "why would I let you go somewhere and I don't remember who I am... That would be... Weird..."

"So only you and I will remember everything from ... here?" Regina softly smiles. "Alright. Let's get to work then."