To answer your question EvilRegal: Daniel is Mandy's father
Chapter 10: Training Isn't Fun but a Party Is
Mandy made the boys a nice early dinner before she packed her things and said her goodbyes. Peter offered to walk her to Regina's to spend more time together. They ran into Tiger Lily and Henry on their way back. He was walking her back to her tribe after their little date. Peter mentioned sword fighting lessons to Henry when he got back. Henry accepted with delight. The two couples parted ways. Peter intertwined his fingers in hers, swinging their hands back and forth as they walked. Peter told her about the high school party that was being thrown in the woods by the lake later that night. He really wanted to go but he wasn't going to attend unless she went as well. She wasn't sure if it was a good idea but after a little coercing from Peter, she finally caved in and agreed to go. They walked up to the front walk of the mansion and talked for a little before he cupped her face and pulled her into a hard kiss. She wrapped her hands around his neck kissing him back. Cora was watching from her bedroom window. They finally broke apart and Peter left. Mandy walked inside the house and headed straight to the guest room she was staying in.
"Look who finally came back." Cora said, stopping Mandy at the top of the stairs.
"I had to make the boys dinner and pack." She said, forcing a smile. "But I'm ready to start my training."
"Then we should begin right away. Put your things in your room and meet us in the back yard. I will get Regina." Mandy nodded and headed towards her room. "And no more distractions, especially from that boy." Cora shouted up the stairs.
Mandy ignored Cora, she wasn't going to stop seeing Peter just because she said so. She changed into more suitable clothes that she wouldn't mind if something happened to them. She put on a plain dark blue long sleeve shirt with black yoga pants and her gray boots. She put her hair in a long braid down her back so it wouldn't be in her way while she was practicing. She looked in the mirror for a moment. "This is it." She thought to herself. It would be the first time since the curse began that she would be using magic under the guidance of someone. The first being Rumplestiltskin and she didn't like the person she became and hoped this would go better.
Peter met up with Henry to teach him how to sword fight. He took Henry to an area in the woods, away from everything and everyone. He needed Henry to focus because sword fighting was dangerous, especially for an inexperienced fighter. Peter only showed him a few moves so Henry would get the hang of them before moving on to more complicated combinations. Henry was doing pretty well considering he only learned the moves and hour before. Henry had to get home for dinner so Peter decided to walk him home, he didn't have anything else to do. Henry invited him inside to meet Snow and David. Snow was setting the table when she noticed Henry brought a friend home.
"Who's this Henry?" Snow asked as David came down the stairs.
"This is Peter, Mandy's boyfriend." He replied.
"Nice to meet you." Said David, shaking Peter's hand.
"You too, sir."
"What have you two been up too?" She asked noticing their dirty clothes.
"He was teaching me how to sword fight." Henry said enthusiastically.
"I thought I was going to teach you?" David asked with a hurt look on his face. He was looking forward to spending time with his grandson, just the two of them.
"You were busy with work and all the town stuff…and Peter offered." Henry replied.
"He's getting really good, sir. I only taught him a few moves so if you want to continue his training, that's fine." Peter said.
"If you don't mind, I would like to." Said David. Snow noticed the anger rise in David's tone so she decided to change the topic.
"Would you like to stay for dinner, Peter?" She asked.
"No thanks, I already ate. I should get back anyway. Those boys can get into trouble pretty quickly." Peter said.
"I'll probably see you tomorrow when I visit Tiger Lily." Henry said. Snow and David exchanged smiles when Henry mentioned 'Tiger Lily'. They knew he liked her.
"Alright. It was nice meeting the two of you. I'll see you later Henry. Keep practicing." He said walking into the hall.
"I will." He said before shutting the door. When he turned around, Snow and David were staring at him with crossed arms.
"What?" Henry asked.
Snow arched her eyebrows, "How was your 'meeting' with Tiger Lily?"
"A lot of…fun." He said with a devious smile.
"What's that supposed to mean?" David asked.
"Oh nothing…" He said before running upstairs.
"Don't think you can avoid this subject forever! We are talking about this over dinner!" Snow shouted up to him.
Mandy walked into the back yard as she was adjusting her shirt. Cora and Regina were talking on the far side of the yard.
"What are we doing first?" Mandy shouted, placing her hands on her hips waiting for one of them to reply.
"She looks and acts just like you when you were her age." Cora whispered to Regina. Regina couldn't stop staring at her daughter across the yard. It was like looking in a mirror and seeing her younger self. It started to freak Regina out a little.
"Thank goodness she got your looks at not that stable boy's." Cora muttered. Regina quickly turned her head but before she could say anything Cora raised a fireball in her hand and threw it towards Mandy. All eyes were on Mandy to see what she would do. She dove out of the way at the last second. She wasn't expecting a fireball to come flying at her head.
"Mother! You could've really hurt her!" Regina said running over to Mandy who was still on the ground. "Are you okay?" she asked extending her hand to help Mandy up and rubbing the dirt off of her.
Mandy grabbed her hand and stood up. "What the hell was that for?" she shouted to Cora who hadn't moved from her spot across the yard.
"You have to be ready for anything and be on your guard. You never know what might come your way or who you'll be facing." Cora shouted back.
"Is she always like this?" Mandy whispered to Regina.
"You have no idea." She whispered back.
"Enough chatter! Let's see how powerful you really are little girl. Step away Regina." Cora yelled. Regina didn't move until she knew Mandy was okay with this. Cora threw another fireball in Mandy's direction. She deflected it, sending the fireball right back at Cora.
"Not bad for a little girl." Cora screamed.
"Stop calling me a little girl!" Mandy shouted back, sending an electric charge, almost like lightning, at Cora which she easily blocked.
"Is that all you can do, dear?" Cora asked laughing at her pathetic attempt at magic.
Regina recognized the anger that was building within Mandy. She felt it all the time when she was younger. Her mother was always berating her.
"Don't let her get to you. That is how your enemies will break your focus and your magic won't be as powerful." Regina said, coaching from the sidelines. Mandy nodded. Cora disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke. She was gone for a few seconds when she popped up behind Mandy, causing her to spin around. She tried to get a spell out but Cora was too quick and sent her spiraling through the air, landing on her back. Regina put her face in her hands; she didn't want to watch this anymore. Mandy slowly picked herself up and faced Cora. Her eyes were glowing blue and rage filled her entire body.
"I thought Rumple would have taught you better than this." She said flatly, still instigating Mandy.
Mandy unleashed a blue looking type of magic that neither Regina nor Cora has ever seen before. Cora's purple magic was clashing with Mandy's blue magic, causing a big light show in Regina's back yard. Cora's magic was no match for Mandy's. She easily overpowered the older woman, causing Cora to fall to her knees in exhaustion. Regina ran over to her mother to see if she was okay. Mandy's eyes went back to normal. When she saw Cora was on the ground, she realized she might have hurt her. She ran over to them as Regina was helping Cora up.
"I'm sorry if I hurt you Cora, I didn't mean too. I don't know what came over me." She said grabbing Cora's other arm to help her up.
"You are very powerful when you get angry. Nice job by the way. My approval is not something I give away freely, but you've earned it." Cora said.
"Really?" Mandy asked.
"I don't think I ever received her approval or a compliment from her my entire life, so what does that tell you." Regina said flatly. Cora noted what her daughter had said but decided to bring it up another time.
"You don't seem to show how much power you have until your eyes turn blue. Your magic wasn't blue before and it was weak. That's definitely the Falling Star coming out." Cora said.
"I felt like I didn't have control when that happened. I don't like that feeling." Mandy said timidly.
"Well now that we know what you are capable of, we can focus on controlling your magic better. That will be next time." Cora said.
"Oh cool, we're done?" Mandy asked.
"For now." Cora said.
"I have to take a shower now before I go out, since I was rolling on the ground." She said sassily towards Cora before turning to head back in the house.
Regina grabbed her arm, causing Mandy to spin around. "You're going out tonight?"
"Yea, I'm going to some party. I shouldn't be back late though." Mandy said.
"Who will be attending this party?" Cora asked. "Any men of status?"
"No Cora, it's a high school party. Not a ball." Mandy replied.
"I'd rather you stay here." Regina said.
"No offense Regina but I don't need permission. I've been taking care of myself my entire life and I think I've done a pretty good job considering the circumstances life decided to deal me. So I'll see you later tonight if you are still awake when I come back." She said very diplomatically before walking into the house.
"You're just going to let her talk to you like that?" Cora hissed.
"I don't really have a say in the matter." Regina mumbled.
"Of course you do! You're her mother." Cora yelled.
"No, you took that away from me! I can't have her push me away before I even explain the situation to her. I'm letting her go to the party." She yelled back before storming into the house.
Mandy got a quick shower, threw on a pair of jeans, a nice shirt and her brown boots and headed towards the woods where the party was being held. She spotted Peter talking to some guys by the lake and waved at him. She paid for a cup a beer before heading over. Peter kissed her and then introduced her to his friends. They went through three kegs considering there were a little over fifty kids who showed up. It wasn't too crazy at first but after everyone had a few drinks, it got a little wild. Kids began jumping in the lake and running around.
"Wanna jump in?" Peter asked, nudging Mandy's elbow.
Mandy shook her head. "I don't want to ruin my outfit." She said taking a sip.
"Alright, have it your way." He picked her up and began running into the lake with Mandy yelling the entire way. He threw her in the water ignoring her screams. She swam up behind and started dunking him under the water until he managed to get free. It was 11pm when one of the guys blew up a beach ball and threw it into the large group that was in the water. They played for a while until some of the kids still on land warned them that they heard people coming and that they think it was the cops. Everyone was scrambling to get out of the water and grab their things. Most of them got away but 12 of them were caught by the police and brought back to the station, all of them soaking wet. They locked the kids, including Mandy and Peter, in the two cells. Four guys in one cell and eight girls in the other. David came through the door wondering why he got called in so late. The situation was explained to him.
"The kids are minors. We didn't know whether to keep them here over night because it's already 1am or call their parents now." Officer Prazo said.
"Call them now so they aren't worried all night." David replied.
"I'll get right on that, sir." Said Officer Prazo.
"Where are all the other officers?" David questioned.
"Their shifts were over. I'm the only on the night shift tonight." David nodded and looked over the kids in the cells. He first spotted Peter and then Mandy. He walked over to the middle of the two cells and called the two over.
"What were you thinking?" He asked.
"We were just having a good time David; don't go all parental on us!" Mandy hissed.
"You are all underage. You can't be doing this." David replied.
"We are technically legal in our own world." Peter pointed out.
"Well we aren't in our world are we?" David said rhetorically.
"All of their parents have been called except for these two." Officer Prazo said pointing to Mandy and Peter.
"That's because we don't have parents. We take care of ourselves." Peter yelled.
"We can't release you without a guardian's signature." Officer Prazo replied forcefully.
"Well that's never going to happen!" Peter sighed, throwing his hands in the air. David tapped the officer on the shoulder and they made their way to the other side of the room.
"Let me call Snow real quick." David said. He called home and Henry picked up.
"Henry? What are you doing up this late? You have school tomorrow." David said.
"I got hungry." He said simply.
"Where's Snow?" David asked. Henry put Snow on the phone.
"What's wrong David?" Snow asked concerned.
"A few teens were locked up for underage drinking, two of them being Peter and Mandy."
"Really? I wouldn't expect that from them." Snow replied shocked.
"Me neither, but we have a problem…" David said, his voice trailing off.
"What?" Snow asked.
"We can't release them because they are under age and they don't have parents or guardians. They live by themselves."
"So you want to take Mandy and Peter home with you?" She said more of a statement rather than a question.
"Why don't you call Regina?" Henry suggested.
"Henry? How…you're on the other phone aren't you?" Snow questioned.
"Why would we call Regina?" David hissed.
"Mandy is staying with her and Cora so she can learn how to control her magic." Henry replied.
"Mandy has magic?!" Snow and David asked in unison.
"Ohh…I wasn't supposed to mention that….I'm just gonna go now." He said quickly, realizing his mistake and hung up the phone.
"I don't like this Daivd." Snow said worried.
"Neither do I." David admitted.
"They are going to bring her to the dark side, we need to stop this." Snow sighed.
"How are we going to do that?" David asked.
"I don't know at the moment, but I'll think about it. When Mandy was over, did you notice how eerily similar Mandy resembled Regina?"
"No, was there a resemblance?" David asked.
"You are so oblivious!" Snow said.
"Do you think she is starting to act like Regina because she is spending too much time with her?" David questioned.
"Henry, has Mandy stayed with Regina long?" Snow asked.
"Like a day." He replied.
"That's not why David. I think she looks like Regina when she was younger and sounds like her at certain times." Snow said.
"What are you saying? That Mandy is Regina's daughter?" David exclaimed but lowered his voice so no one would hear him.
"I'm not positive but she did have a daughter that supposedly died in the beginning of her marriage." Snow confessed.
"This is getting too weird for me. What should I do then?" He asked.
"Call Regina and tell her Mandy is there and needs to be released to a guardian and that Henry suggested her." Snow said.
"Okay. I guess I'll bring Peter back with me. He's not going to be too happy about it though." David said.
"Well it's either stay in jail or come with you, he decides." She replied.
"I'll see what he wants to do. I'll be home soon." He said.
"David! Don't mention anything about Regina being her mother or anything like that!" Snow said before they hung up the phone.
He called Regina and she was there in minutes. Mandy was shocked to see Regina walk through the door. She signed a few papers and the officer let Mandy out. David told Peter to pick either jail or home with him. Mandy told him to go home with David, so he listened to her but was not pleased. Other parents started to arrive to pick up their kids. Mandy followed Regina out to her car and got in the front seat. Regina hadn't said a word to her yet. Mandy didn't know what Regina was thinking and she was a little nervous for when Regina did talk.
"Regina, I had no idea he called you. You didn't have to come down here and get me." Mandy whispered, her voice shaking.
"I know I didn't, but you wouldn't have been released otherwise." She replied.
"Thank you." She whispered, keeping her head down staring at her hands that were resting in her lap.
"What were you thinking? You're so young and you all could've been hurt or…"
"I know" Mandy interrupted. "I'm sorry. Can we talk quietly? I have a headache."
Regina stared at her. "How much did you have to drink?"
"Like three, four cups total...I think" She admitted. Regina sighed.
"The last thing I wanted to do was disappoint you. I'm also sorry for the way I acted early. I shouldn't have said that to you." Mandy said quietly but sincerely.
"It's okay." Regina replied.
"No it's not. You've been really nice to me and I've just caused trouble for you. If you don't want me staying with you anymore, I completely understand. I'm not worth the trouble." She said putting her head back down.
"Don't be silly. You're coming home with me whether you want to or not. You don't feel well and we have to finish your training. I am your legal guardian after signing those papers" Regina said, forcing a smile.
"I will make it up to you, I promise." Mandy whispered.
"Just don't tell my mother about this." Regina warned.
"I won't be bringing this up, don't worry!" Mandy said before resting her head on the window as they began to drive back to the house.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'm sorry it took me long to write it. I'm in the middle of finals. Let me know what you think, reviews are appreciated and welcomed!