She smiled at me saying "I'm a firm believer in proper greetings... My name is Cora and it is my daughter who is the true monster." "Why would a monster run from you? Everyone says you are truly the monster of the Enchanted Forrest... The darkest." I said quivering. She began circling me like birds circled the animal, "They give me too much credit, child. There is one darker than I... Perhaps you've heard the name Rumpelstiltskin?
I hadn't been given a chance to speak before she decided the conversation wasn't over yet. "I know who you are... You're the illegitimate child of my daughter and her former lover, which also makes me your grandmother..." she said. "I almost regretted sending you to the forest all alone, but I've waited years for this day and I couldn't let a child interfere with my plans."
Even though I didn't know her or even loved her, it felt like a knife through my heart to know she didn't even regret what she had done. "My name is Jo'Hana! You threw me out, so my Mother would become the Queen?! She ran for her life... Does she even want to be the queen?" Cora looked at me bluntly, "I am her mother, Jo'Hana... And as my dear friend Gothel used to say... Mother knows best."
I almost lost it right then and there... "You have no heart! How do you even live with yourself knowing you've ruined your daughters life?" Cora reached her arm forward and I tried to move, but alas, I wasn't fast enough... Her arm went straight into my chest, clutching my heart. She chuckled saying "I think you have better things to worry than if I have a heart... The question is, will you still have a heart by the time our conversation is over?"
I could feel her constricting grasp around my heart and the pain felt almost unbearable, but I looked her dead in the eyes. Cora grip had weakened, as she gazed into my soul "I would kill you, but I need to retrieve your mother... After all, she's got a wedding to attend!" In a wave of her hand, she dissipated into purple smoke... I stumbled aimlessly down the halls, hating myself for being fooled by her."
