The days turned into a week and everyone seemed to relax after Regina's little magic show in Granny's. Sure, she was still getting weird looks but as far as Emma could tell no one seemed to be plotting something outlandish and stupid against the toddler. So she focused on getting used to being a full time mom to Henry, sheriff of the town and the daughter of Prince Charming and Snow White. Throw in an ex that seems to want to try and start over and Emma was just a bit stressed out. But thankfully she had her parents to help her through all of this. They were all going through this parenting thing together for the first time and it was strange but they were all doing the best they could.

Just like the adults in her life Regina was also adjusting to everything. She was still being watched by either Granny and Red or Tink whenever her parents were working, since the daycare in town wasn't interested in caring for the former evil queen (even though she didn't know that), and when she was with Tink she would practice her magic. She had only used it a few times during their sessions and it was very tiring so Tink never pushed her too hard to do something. Which the little girl was grateful for. She didn't like using her magic too much. It was scary and she always remembered just how scared and angry everyone looked in the diner that day. She didn't understand why they looked like that but she just did as her mommy told her and kept pushing forward and think happy thoughts.

It was late into the afternoon and for the first time in days the whole family was home. Henry was out of school. Charming had talked Red into covering things at the station and then managed to convince the rest of the family that a trip to the park would be needed. Regina was all for the idea of going to the park and her enthusiasm was what brought the rest of the family together and soon they were all packing up a picnic so they could have a normal family outing.

Hopefully.

Regina was holding onto her mother's hand as they walked into the park. She could see other children playing and she wanted to run over and play with them too but she knew she wasn't suppose to let go of her mother's hand until she was told that she was allowed to. So she waited as patiently as she could.

Snow could tell that Regina was getting figdety so she moved Charming and Neal along, wanting them to hurry up and pick a spot they could settle, and once the spot had been found she let go of Regina's hand. She leaned down so she was level with the girl and she said. "Regina. You can go play but you have to stay on the playground and in our line of sight. If you can look back and not see us you are too far, okay?"

Regina was bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet as she listened to her mother. "Okay mommy! I won't go far I promise." she gave her a sweet smile before she was running as fast as her little feet could carry her. She went straight to the jungle gym and she started to climb.

Emma watched Regina go before she looked to Henry. "Watch out for her?"

"Can I finish this chapter first?" Henry asked as he gestured to his copy of Harry Potter. He had no problem playing with Regina but he was nearly done with the book and this chapter was getting good.

"Sure thing, kid." Emma grins as she ruffled her son's hair. She watched as he sat down on the blanket that Mary Margaret had spread out. Once he was situated she turned her attention to Neal and her father. "What are you guys doing?"

"We're going to toss this around." David said with a grin as he held up the football. He liked having Neal around. Sure he didn't like the fact the guy had knocked up his daughter and left her for jail but he understood why he did it. Didn't like it but he understood. He could tell that Neal was trying to do right by Emma and Henry now so he wouldn't hold his past against him.

Emma rolled her eyes at the two of them and she sat down beside her mother. "Just the two of us, yeah?"'

"Seems like it." The raven haired bandit replied with a laugh as she wrapped her arm around her daughter's shoulder and rubbed it gently. Her eyes scanning the playground to see where Regina was and how she was doing. She spotted the girl climbing up the stairs to the slide and she knew she should go over and join her youngest. But right now she would spend a little bit of time with her oldest girl.

Regina didn't mind being alone. She was having fun climbing up the stairs and going down the slide. There was a bumpy slide and a straight slide and then a curvy one. She tried each of them and decided that the bumpy one wasn't fun at all but the curvy one was super fun! So she stuck with that one. She had just went down it when she noticed other kids, perhaps a few years older than her, she didn't have any friends and she wanted some. She decided that she would go over and talk to them. She straightened her dress and walked over to them with a shy grin on her face. "Hi."

The older kids, two girls and a boy, turned when Regina came over to them and they merely looked to her. Before grinning. The oldest girl replied. "Hey."

"I like you dress." Regina said as she pointed to the girl's dark green dress.

"Thanks I like yours too. You wanna play with us?" The girl asked with a bright smile.

"Okay!" Regina said with cheek splitting grin on her face. They wanted to play with her! She learned they were playing tag and that the boy was it. Once he started to count she turned on her heels and started to run away giggling with glee. She ran to behind the play structure and peeked around to make sure that the boy wasn't coming out towards her. She noticed he was going after one of the girls, and getting closer to where she was, so she ran in the other direction giggling happily.

They played this game for what seemed like hours, though it was only a good five minutes, before Regina got it. Her purple ribbon was slightly ascew and she had grass stains on her tights but she was happy she had these kids to play with. She didn't even mind that she was it. She had just counted to three and was turning to chase after the girl, whose name she learned as Molly, when one of the children's parent came over to where they were playing. Regina paused when she realized that the woman seemed upset. "Molly what's wrong with your mommy?"

"I don't know…" The young blonde said as she went to stand next to Regina. "Mommy?" She questioned as the woman got closer.

The two other children had come over to them when they realized that Regina wasn't running after them. Molly's little brother Asher went and stood next to his sister.

"Molly, Goldi, Asher it's time to go home now." The woman declared as she took up her daughter's hand and threw a glance to Regina.

"But mommy you said we could stay until lunch time! Goldi's mommy said we could stay."

"Molly. We are leaving now."

"Can Gina come to our house and play?"' Asher asked as he tugged on his mother's dress.

"That girl is not coming over to our house." The woman hissed as she took up the children's hands. She straightened up and threw a glance towards the Charmings, who were now watching what was happening, before she was looking back to her children. "And you will not be playing with her again. Do you understand me? Now let's go." she threw Regina another cold looking before she was dragging her children away.

Regina watched with a trembling bottom lip as she watched her new friends go away. "I'm sorry..?" she wasn't sure why she was saying sorry but she felt like she should. That maybe their mommy wouldn't be made at her if she said so. But she went ignored and only watched as the kids looked over their shoulders and tried to wave goodbye to her.

"Oh Regina." Snow sighed as she moved from where she had been standing and she went to gather the girl in her arms. "I'm sorry, hunny." she breathed against her head. She felt Regina wrap her arms tightly around her and she held her closer in response.

Emma was ready to go and tell that woman off for acting like that in front of Regina and the kids but Neal was grabbing her arm and shaking her head. She couldn't go around telling off everyone that acted that way to Regina. Even though she wanted to badly.

Snow brought over a silent Regina and she sat down with the girl in her lap. She cupped the little girl's face and she pressed a sweet kiss to her forehead. "Regina?"

"Why can't I be friends with them? Why was their momma so mean?" She asked as she looked towards her mother with tears in her eyes.

Snow ran her fingers through Regina's shorter locks and she looked to her husband for some sort of help before she was glancing back to Regina. "Some people just don't act nicely Regina. I'm sure she'll come around eventually and you can all be friends."

Not liking that answer Regina pouts and rested her head against her mother's shoulder. She rested there and ignored any kind of comfort that her father or even Henry tried to give her. She just didn't understand why other people acted like this. She spent the rest of the picnic in her mother's lap and didn't move out of it until she noticed those lost boys..Merry Men from the diner. They were here with Sister Astrid and seemed to be coming right over to them.

Robin stopped a few feet away from the Charming family and offered them a dimpled grin and wave. "Hello."

"Hello, Robin." Mary Margaret said kindly before she greeted the rest of the little boys and finally the nun that was in charge of them. The two of them struck up a conversation and a lot of the boys went to play but a few stayed with her.

Regina noticed this and she turned around so she was looking at them. "What?"

"You wanna play with us?" Robin asked with a grin.

"You wanna play with me?" She replied with slightly wide eyes.

'Mmm hmm. We're gonna play bandits and climb trees and do merry men stuff."' Robin declared with a bright smile on his little face.

"Can I do merry men stuff?" The little girl asked eagerly as she moved out of her mother's arms.

"Course you can. Can't she mates?" He looked to his friends and once he got their approval he looked back to Regina. "You can be a merry man. We'll be a team and then we can do all kinds of stuff together."

Regina's eyes lit up at that and she nods her head eagerly. "Okay. I wanna be a merry man." She turned on her heels and she tugged on her father's jacket.

David looked away from Neal and he grins down at his daughter. "Yes, little princess?"

"I'm gonna go play with Robin. I'm a merry man now daddy. I gotta do merry men stuff. Like climb trees." She declared with a firm nod of her head.

"And save people!" Robin added with a firm nod of his head.

David eyed the little boy with amusement in his eyes before looking back to Regina. "Well alright. Stay close with your merry men stuff. We are going to leave soon."

"Okay daddy!" With that Regina was running off with the other boys. They were heading to the jungle gym and she gladly followed them.

Henry had watched all of that with a smile on his face. He was happy that his mother seemed to have some friends now and amused that they were Robin Hood and the Merry Men.

Sorry for the lack of updates. Hope you all liked the chapter. If so leave a review if not leave a review and give me some pointers. I promise things will pick up in the next chapter. Just wanted a few that gave us little Gina and how everyone is reacting to what's happened so far.

I don't own OUAT. Just borrowing the characters for some fun