Hey guys like always thanks for the reviews and suggestions all your feedback makes me want to write more for you. This chapter will kind of explain how Zelena got into Marian's body and how it was that Regina ended up being Roland's protection.
Also sorry this is a long note but I just want to help, so when I use a single quotation (') it means they are talking to themselves like within their head. When they speak out loud is a double quotation ("). Sorry now here it is…
Chapter 10 ~ Nothing Much There
Two days ago...
When Mr. Gold killed Zelena the part of her soul that resided within the pendant got lose and opened the time portal. In that moment Zelena became somewhat like a ghost, the part of herself that was left kept her alive but it wasn't enough to grant her a body of her own. She tried to manipulate the time portal to no avail, however, thanks to Emma and Hook the portal opened in the Enchanted Forest during the time when the Evil Queen haunted Snow White.
Zelena's soul remained with Emma and Hook until they witnessed the Evil Queen's show of no mercy towards a peasant, who was supposedly keeping the location of Snow a secret. Zelena was sure the woman knew nothing about Snow's location she could see it in her eyes, however it seemed as though Regina was too blinded by the thirst of vengeance to actually see anything. The peasant who no one knew nothing about was to be executed the next day at the Queen's castle, but Zelena had other plans with her.
Zelena knew Regina had guarded the surroundings of the castle and its walls with spells against any use of magic, she had to be cautious with whatever she did. There were simple ways of actually possessing a body without the use of magic, which was to her advantage, though without magic it would take time and much energy. Zelena knew Regina would be close enough to her since the peasant was to be executed the next day, something which the Queen never missed. She would be close enough to do the only thing she could do, kill her little sister.
The woman was taken to the dungeons under the castle and Zelena followed. The place was dark, humid, and though full of people, quiet. Everyone knew they were to die the next and though most of them really didn't know about Snow's whereabouts it didn't actually matter, the were to die. Many of them did keep one secret though, who they were, in order to protect their families, they hadn't said their names so that the Queen's men couldn't find anyone related to them. Every now and then guards came in with more people, some of them pleaded for their lives, supplicated to be set free, still all that it earned them were the laughs of the guards.
Zelena guessed it was close to dinner time because after a few of the guards mentioned they were hungry they got up from their chairs and went up the stairs. Once everything was quiet and no guards were to be seen Zelena slowly entered the body. The woman was sitting in the farthest corner of the cell and once Zelena started to enter her body she began to shake uncontrollably, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and suddenly she fainted.
There within the peasant's head a battle sprung into life. The woman didn't know how but there was someone else there with her. Fear struck her and she fought and fought to keep her head clear but memories of another life filled her mind.
'Why did she leave me?' sadness 'Who's that?' 'I have a sister' surprise 'You don't deserve this' envy 'I decided to stop hiding my true colors' 'I'm your sister…' delight 'Pay attention sis, this is how you take away a happy ending' arrogance 'Doll…' angry 'I'll take everything you ever had' rage 'Come for another beating sis?' 'Is your destiny to be this way and it will also be your undoing' 'What are you doing?' blast and fear 'What are waiting for? Just do it' surprise and disbelief 'So now you're a hero?' 'Why Regina, why not just kill me and put me out of my misery?' 'You had it all' 'What if I don't want it' fear 'I can't hurt anyone. Why?' so much pain.
Images and feelings that didn't belong to her rushed in all at once and she knew that she was about to lose herself. She felt as if she were falling down and endless dark void.
'No I won't let you. You are worst than the Queen' she could hear a wicked laugh.
'Yes I'm worse than she is and now that she's changed I'm even worse' she could hear Zelena's mocking words. She kept fighting to go back up, to not keep on falling, but it did her no good. She couldn't fight Zelena, she just couldn't.
'Oh wow this is perfect' fear struck the woman as Zelena spoke 'What?' she asked alarmed.
'Just that as I'm sure you've noticed already, your husband and little brat are the ones that Regina calls family now. I think she found love with that... thief' Zelena spoke amusingly.
'You leave them alone, you... witch!' Marian said defensively. Zelena laughed at her words 'There's nothing you can do Marian, nothing at all. Your body is now mine'
Water splashed on the woman's face and she woke up. However when she woke up as Zelena had already taken so much of Marian's that it was she who surfaced, though Marian was still there, screaming and still fighting.
"Your last meal peasant" chuckled the guard who left a tray with a piece of molded bread and a cup with dirty water.
"This isn't food, it's all bad" she said bitterly. "Who do you think you are to insult the guard of the Queen" the guard came in and slapped her.
She knew she couldn't use magic so she calmed herself down and went back to sit in the corner of the cell. There in the corner, eyes closed, she continued to fight with Marian for her body.
'You are strong but not strong enough' she mocked Marian.
Marian said nothing and continued to fight to keep herself. She couldn't let this mad woman keep her body and harm anyone. After seeing the future where her child was happy and her husband was happy, where the Evil Queen was no more and now fought side by side with the prince and Snow, she just couldn't let Zelena win.
The battle continued and slowly Marian was drifting away. Though she tried her hardest she just couldn't overcome Zelena, but she was not giving up so easily.
The guards brought in someone else to the dungeons, someone Zelena knew perfectly, Emma.
Zelena had no idea how she could maintain the conversation with Emma since the screams coming from within her head had all of the sudden become so loud. Marian was somewhat strong willed, after all, and when it came time to leave the dungeon with Emma she had fought even harder.
'If I were you doll, I'd stop the fight you'll never be able to get me out' Zelena said to Marian. 'I won't let you go back to the future!' she scream.
The thought of Zelena going back to where her son was gave Marian somewhat of a boost to surface over Zelena her at the same time Emma was telling her that she needed to go with them to the future. However the strike Emma gave her as she had finally regained herself only made her revert.
'Oh poor you' Zelena chuckled 'There's really nothing you can do. That idiot is going to take me with her.'
This time Marian was falling faster and faster into the endless void. There was truly nothing she could do but hope for her child to be OK.
As she continued to fall into nothingness, into her death, she remembered the legends of old magicians who protected their loved ones from harm even after their deaths. It was such a long shot but she knew the legends well. When she was growing up her best friend's mother told her about them, about how the magic protected her daughter thanks to her father and how the bravest warrior of the village was the one to protect her.
So with all that she had left in her she wished and wished and wished for the spell to happen, for the spell to protect her son. However she needed to entrust little Roland to someone, someone strong enough to overcome anything and everything. But who, Robin? She knew he would give his life for his son, she knew he never missed a target but Zelena had magic, she would kill him instantly. Then someone else came to mind, someone who had changed, who instead of dark used light magic, someone who was now a hero, someone who would always be close enough to both Robin and Roland. Regina.
As darkness covered her she wished for Regina to be the one who'd be forever linked to Roland, the one to protect her most precious treasure. After wishing with all her might and believing that it would come to pass Marian finally let go.
'You won't win witch. Evil never wins, wickedness never wins. Only good does' Marian said and with that she ceased to exist.
'Finally on my own' Zelena chuckled inwardly 'Now there's nothing much of that simple peasant' she laughed.
Present day…
Zelena sat in the room for awhile just thinking of what to do and how to get back at Regina and everyone in the godforsaken town.
She wondered where her idiot husband, or rather Marian's husband, had gone. 'Maybe he went to visit his soul mate' she chuckled darkly at the word. Soul mate who would be so stupid to fall for that. Love is weakness, that was the only thing she had gotten from her mother and even Regina.
Zelena had never really felt love in that way, not even with Rumple, though she thought it was. What she felt for Rumple was mixed feelings of admiration, want, and belonging. Many mixed feelings but never love.
She was growing weary of just sitting around with her thoughts and decided to give magic a go. She stood up and again tried to conjure a ball of fire but as it had happened the first time only smoke came from her fingertips.
'Here we go again.' frustration filled her insides ' Why, why doesn't it just come?'
She tried again and again and again but nothing happened, just smoke. Magic comes from emotion, magic is a gift and to be able to use it she had to focus her energy which somehow wasn't happening.
'OK Zelena, stop. Breathe in, breathe out and let go' she calmed herself and focused. Once more she summoned all her energy to conjure the fireball and finally it did come.
Her eyes widened and a wild grin spread across her face. "Wicked always wins. I'm coming for you sis" she whispered to herself.
After conjuring the fire ball a couple of more times, puffing from one side of the room to the other and immobilizing the little birds outside her window, she decided to take a nap. Using all that magic at once in a body that clearly resisted it had drained her energy and so she fell into a deep sleep.
Roland had played happily for a long while and was now tired, though he would not say it out loud. Regina just watched him as he rubbed his eyes violently. That had always been the tell of Henry, it meant if in five minutes he was in bed he would go into the dream realm.
"Roland, sweetie, why don't we go get something to eat and then you can head home with your Papa?" Regina smiled warmly. "you look a bit tired my little knight" she added.
Roland climbed on her lap "But I don't want to go to her" he shook his head and begun to tear up.
"Your Papa will be with you. There's no need to worry." Regina tried to comfort him.
"Yeah bud, I'll be right with you. Besides your momma wants to see you." Robin said. He didn't like to see his son like this. Why did he not want to even see his mother?
"Papa please, don't make me. I don't want to. Can... can I stay with mommy tonight?" Roland asked with tears rolling down his face.
It broke Robin's heart to see his son like that. Roland had his whinny moments whenever he wanted to get his way but this the crying and the fear, that had never been part of it.
"Roland, you can come over tomorrow morning again and we can spend the day together." Regina had seen the worry wash over Robin's face so she interceded.
"Please don't make me mommy. You promised." the boy said burying his face in the crook of her neck.
"Alright bud" Robin said holding his sons hand "You can stay with Regina, but tomorrow you have to come see Marian. OK?"
Roland glanced at Robin nodded a bit and turned to Regina's neck again. Regina wrapped her arms tightly around Roland and stood up.
"Are you sure about this?" she asked. She didn't want to cause him anymore trouble.
"Yes milady... It will be fine Regina." he said in a loving tone.
She smiled and nodded "Well then, I'll see you soon..." she mimicked the word thief, which made him chuckle a bit.
Robin stepped closer to give Roland a kiss, the boy turned and with one hand hugged him. "I love you Papa" he gave Robin a small smile "I love you too my boy. See you tomorrow"
Robin placed a hand behind Regina's head and gently pulled it down and towards him to kiss her forehead. Regina smiled and welcomed his warmth. After he let go she took a couple steps back.
"Roland how about we puff to the house and get pizza for dinner?" she asked the boy. "Yes let's do that" he said excitingly.
"Alright say goodbye to Papa" she said happily "Goodbye Papa" Roland said with a bigger smile, which made his dimples sink in his cheeks.
"Goodbye bud" Robin said. After that light purple and white smoke engulfed Regina and Roland and then they were gone.
'Hello there witch' Marian's voice came out of no where and it seemed to startle Zelena.
'I thought you were gone peasant' Zelena said surprised but kept her composure.
Marian laughed darkly 'Oh but I am gone witch' Zelena got struck by a hint of fear.
'Of course you are gone there's nothing left of you in me. Nothing much at all peasant' the slight fear became anger.
'Nothing much, just my body and memories, but nothing much' Marian's voice died out.
Unaware of the presence of someone else in the room and still within the nightmare Zelena screamed "Off with you peasant!" She was startled awake by her own voice and when she did Robin was at her side, furrow brow.
"Marian are you alright?" he said with concern and confusion.
"I am, it was just a bad dream. I'm glad you're back, to watch over me." she said with small smile, which Robin returned.
"Are you sure you're alright? That seemed like more than just a bad dream." Robin looked into her eyes. "Yes... It was just a bad dream, nothing to be worried about doll."
Robin was a bit surprised at the way she referred to him and he could have sworn he had heard someone else say that, but he couldn't remember who. Marian sensed the his surprise and decided to get up from the bed and give him, what she supposed was a decent hug, from a wife to a husband. Robin felt uncomfortable in the embrace but said nothing and just hugged back.
After releasing him Marian looked around him searching for someone she didn't find "Where's Roland?" she asked.
"He had a pretty bad night and wanted to stay with someone more... familiar" Robin said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Someone more familiar, who?" she already knew the answer to the question but playing dumb and seeing his foolish and miserable face was worth it.
Robin didn't know if she would like the answer but he was an honest man so he told her "He's with Regina" he saw her frown and quickly added "Just for tonight"
"He is spending too much time with that… that lady" Marian said turning away from him.
"Please don't be mad. We talked about this. You were gone and Roland sought a mother with…" He was cut off by her.
"The Evil Queen. The one who was going to kill me. Better yet killed me." She spitted out in false anger.
"Marian please, that's in the past now. People make mistakes and they get second chances to fix them. Regina has changed and fixed her mistakes with good deeds" Robin pleaded. "You should give her a chance. You were the one who taught me to believe in second chances. Why is it then that you cannot give her one?" he asked.
"Robin, I need to think. Maybe for tonight its enough talk about her. Can we just have dinner in peace and go to bed?" Marian implored.
"Alright, let's do that." Robin smiled weakly.
"You know the last couple of days I've missed sleeping in your arms. I'm so happy I finally get to do it." she smiled and lunged forward for a kiss.
Robin had no chance to react when Marian was already kissing him. His lips didn't move at all, he just stood frozen. When Marian pulled back she looked into his eyes deeply and smiled.
"I'm sorry, I thought you missed my kisses." her smile faded as she pushed herself away.
"No Marian, I'm sorry. I…" he couldn't find the right words to express what he wasn't feeling with her at all.
He cleared his throat "It's just you've been dead and I never thought I would ever… well you know, have you with me again."
"It's OK, I understand, we can take it slow. Shall we get dinner now?" She asked.
"Yes of course, let's head downstairs." He gave her a weak smile. How would he tell her he had moved on and was not going to stop moving on with Regina.
'Oh that was awful' Zelena thought. The kiss and even being close to him disgusted her. 'I'll just have to live with it until I can destroy them'
A wild grin appeared in Marian's face, which didn't go unnoticed by Robin, who was puzzled by it. She was acting strange but he just kept assuming it was just do to what had happened to her. Little did he know that that wasn't his Marian, not even a bit, now there was nothing much of her left.
Well hope you guys liked it, though it had to do a lot with Zelena and there wasn't much of our Outlaw Queen.
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