This chapter is kind of wierd. I made up a little back ground on Rum and the Queen that might have spurned her hatred. I'm not saying it happened or anything in the series I just thought this could be an AU of my twisted version, hope you enjoy. It's only made up so don't freak out or anything. It might offend but I liked it. I know it might have disturbed some readers about what Jefferson was made to do to the Queen so this will send you into outer space, sorry. :( My version of the Queen is a little insane, but her mother was too and the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
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The sound of keys turning the lock woke Belle up. The icy tint of air made her breath visible even in the night as she huddled under the blankets. A stark race of fear shivered down her spine like a serpent as she shook with fear at the sound of the door slowly opening.
Belle feared that it might be the huntsman, his cold stare as he wordlessly watched her made the hairs of her neck stand at attention. His quiet stealth as he had kidnapped her that night in the snow had her wary of him and the way he never took his eyes off of her when they were together made her frightened for her safety, there was no way of knowing what he was capable of, especially at the Queen's disposal.
Belle wondered if his mind-set was of his own or that of being a captive of the Queen like Jefferson.
The door creaked open but no light shone behind it, Belle couldn't make out who was there as she called out quietly, "Jefferson, is it you?"
A torch in the corridor at the top of the tower blazed to life as if by magic and Belle gasped as she received her answer, "No my dear, I'm afraid it's not your Jefferson come to collect you just yet." A blood chilling laugh echoed through the room as Belle clutched at the thin blankets as if they could somehow protect her against the Queen's menacing presence.
Backing up against the wall tightly, trying to make herself as small as possible, Belle cowered down as the torches surrounding the room one by one lite up to give the Queen light to view her little frightened captive lying helplessly on her bed.
"So my little Princess, Do you find your accommodations comfortable and cozy?" I hope so, you may be here a while."
Belle's rage at the evil witch standing over here surged like a tsunami within her, even though she hunkered in fear clutching her small blanket against her defenselessly. "Rumpelstiltskin will come for me, for us all, but especially for you, I don't know what he did to you to make you hate him so, but his revenge will be swift and even if I don't live to see it I have faith that you will not prevail against one so great as him." Belle's retort of defiance made the Queen's eyes blaze in anger.
"You treacherous little slut, you think he can defeat me? You will be the pawn in my game, don't you see? Once he has killed your mad, eccentric little sniveling hatter, he will think he has won, but he can't win, I will see to that." The Queen's icy grip hauled Belle to her feet roughly, "I will show you what he did to me that makes me hate him so"
Belle gasped as the sheer strength of Regina brought her to unsteady feet before she snaked her cold hand around Belle's head, bringing their heads together, sending an image straight to Belle's consciousness.
A forest scene with lush tall trees stood around Belle, she knew that it was only forged in her mind that she was not truly there, only a spectator as she heard a horse stomping on the woodland floor in the distance. She looked around but found herself quite alone. She could hear the sounds all around her as she walked towards the glen that gave way to chirping birds and the rush of a nearby stream, then she heard voices, she came into the clearing as she spied two people around the animal she had heard, two people conversing lightly.
One was her Rumpel and the other a woman, a beautiful young woman no older than herself Belle noticed. Her long dark hair held back by tight braids at each temple. her dress was simple yet elegant and she was laughing fondly at the sorcerer at her left, her hand upon his shoulder as he whispered something into her ear before a hearty laugh erupted from him as well. They seemed quite happy she noticed.
Belle stood silent and watched it play out before her, this scene. The two seemed at ease with each other as he led the nervous animal toward the young maid. She put her hand out trusting Rumpel to keep the animal tamed while she stroked it, talking to it quietly as if to calm it's nerves.
Belle walked closer as she figured they could not see her as this was a replay of past events the Queen obviously wanted her to witness.
She was startled as a gush of magic rent through the air toward the beast, immobilizing it before the young girl, she seemed quite startled but unafraid as Rumpelstiltskin pointed at the beast before explaining something he wished her to do as he clutched his hand into a loose fist, gesturing the girl to perform some magic which she gladly obeyed.
Belle gasped and took a step back as the girl plunged her hand into the animals chest and pulled her had back to revel a heart, red and pulsing in her hand. She could hear Rumpel's approving laugh as he was clearly delighted with his apprentice, then it dawned on Belle, this was Regina, she was the girl, his apprentice as Jefferson had said. This was what the Queen was showing her. Belle watched as the horse faltered before collapsing to the ground, dying before their eyes as Regina squeezed the life essence out of its beating organ.
Belle felt sick, how could they do that to this poor, defenseless animal as it lay dying before them, obvious in agony as it gave its last breath. Belle watched as Rumpel picked up his recruit, swinging her around before sitting her on her feet, placing a not so chaste kiss on her willing lips.
The image stung Belle even though she knew it was from long ago. She looked all around her, expecting Regina to appear and gloat or pull her from the nightmare, but she stood there alone as the two lovers intertwined in each other's arms before Rumpel lowered the young Queen to the ground, his lips trailing down her throat, lovingly.
Belle had no choice but to stand there, witnessing the act of the two lovers before her as they quickly shed their garments in haste before coming together, consummating their love before her. They paid Belle no mind as she was not really there as the younger version of Regina locked her legs around her master as he heartily thrust inside her in rapture, their grunts and moans of pleasure filling the air and Belle's ears. The only true witness was the body of the dead equine that lay not far from them, but they paid it no heed as they continued to their finish.
Belle had seen quite enough as she cried out, "Please, I don't want to see this, take me back, I want out." No answer came but yet another scene appeared before her, this time she found herself in Dark Castle.
She looked around, everything was as it was when she had been there. Her heart thumped in her chest, longing for this image to be real, longing for this torture to be over, but alas it was not meant to be as the doors to the great hall opened for her, beckoning her to enter. She heard voices, voices raised in anger, she went into to view the scene that played out before her.
Belle watched silently as the couple now fought, Regina crying in anger as she stomped around the room in a fury, her hands at her temple's as she tried in vain to dislodge Rumpel's words out of her mind. Belle was surprised to see another woman there. She was older than Regina but Belle felt that she was important in some way, but how?
Rumpelstiltskin was enraged at this stranger, screaming and beating his chest as he tried to make Regina understand something. Belle came closer so she could hear what it was. Belle cocked her head to the right as she watched it all unfold out before her, obviously Regina was upset at both of them, tears falling off her chin as she pleaded with the other woman before turning an accusing finger back to her lover.
Belle almost felt pity for her as she watched them. Then it dawned on her, this was Cora, Regina's mother and Rumpel had been her lover as well, although it had been long ago. Belle watched in kind of a fascination as they quarreled.
She was taken back as Regina slapped Rumpelstiltskin across the face hard before being hauled away by her mother who was shouting threats as well at Rumpel who stood there with his hand to his face, looking berated as his lover cried into her mother's arms. Belle was surprised to see Cora give Rumple a victorious grin before coddling her crying daughter, leading her away from the Castle, crushed by what was said. The words had been somewhat muffled but the intent had been clear, he had wronged her in some way and Regina's mother had somehow played a major part.
Belle stood there, watching the man she now loved stomp around the room, screaming at the woman as they left before throwing items at them, shattering trinkets in every direction as he howled out his frustration and grief. Belle longed to rush to him, to comfort him, but she knew he wasn't really there. She wanted out.
"ENOUGH, LET ME OUT!" Belle screamed, hoping Regina had showed her everything, she didn't know how much more she could take. She staggered back as she opened her eyes to see Regina staring at her knowingly, her hands falling back to her sides, letting Belle sit back on the bed trying to process the disturbing information she had just witnessed.
"For a brief while I wondered if he was my true father, after I found out he had also been with my mother before I was born." Belle looked up at Regina who stood there with a peculiar look on her face as if willing Belle to feel her pain.
"Your Father?" Belle breathed out the words in disbelief as she tried to sort out how she felt about what she had just learned.
Regina's lips formed a tight line on her face,She took a deep breath, "He never disclosed the information about him and my mother, of course I had known she had been his apprentice and he was the one who had taught her dark magic after I found a book among her possessions but they both kept the secret from me untill..." She broke off as if she were just remembering something.
"Untill what? what happened to end it...The argument, what was it that spawned that?" Belle honestly wanted to know, she had to know. There was something Regina wasn't telling her.
Regina stared down at the girl, "your young and naive, as I once was when he found me. My lover had been killed, I didn't know if those feelings would ever live in me again...untill him." Belle listened, feeling the emotion in the Queen's voice for the first time since their meeting that was something more than pure hate.
"When I learned that I had conceived a child from him...I thought he would be as happy as I was...but he wasn't, then he reveled a secret...he had bedded me knowing I could have been his...and my mother's." Belle swallowed hard as she came to the realization.
"He committed insest...with you?" The Queen gave a sneering laugh.
"No...I was the child of Prince Henry. But My mother had not been so sure.. He set me straight but only after I was pregnant...I wasn't aware of their liaison untill after I became pregnant."
Belle's eyes held pity for Regina. "And the babe?"
"It died...I miscarried soon after the fight with him." Regina turned from the confused girl on the bed. For the first time it was the Queen who wanted to escape, old feelings coming back...hurt ones that burned in her heart.
"But why hate him? Your mother was as much to blame, she never said anything even after you had became intimate with him, why not hate her as well?"
Regina smiled, "Oh I hate her as well, make no mistake about that. You see it was she that had killed my true love Daniel. The one I was intended for and she was the one who had ruined what love I had felt for your sorcerer. I blame her as much as him for the death of my baby."
"The baby was an accident I'm sure." Belle tried to reason with her. The Queen looked suddenly enraged.
"NO, it was no accident the baby died in the carriage wreck on the way home to my mother's castle, NO ACCIDENT, it was planned Princess, to get rid of an unwanted fetus. They did it, both of them, a planned accident to rid me of the one thing that could have consoled me, the one thing that I could have loved, that would have loved me back, unconditionally, forever."
Belle saw the bare, raw pain in Regina's eyes and for the first time, saw the woman inside the monster before her. She reached out her hand in comfort but the Queen slapped it away. "Get off of me. You think I tell you this because I want you pity? Do you think I need it? Just because I was spurned by my Mother and My Lover? Well your wrong and I will have my revenge. I have already taken it on my mother and that bastard is next."
"Regina, listen to me. Rumpel wouldn't have done something so gruesome to a child of his own. I have seen the way he longs for his son. He couldn't have been involved in the death of one of his own, I know it. This was an accident or at worse the doings of your mother but..."
"My mother? You don't even know her, what she is capable of, what she has done. Both of them are responsible and both will pay." With that the Queen left leaving Belle alone with her thoughts.
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Please excuse any grammar mistakes. I'm writing this one-handed with a baby on my lap.