So I wrote this at three in the morning after waking up with a brilliant idea… and stayed away until six in the morning… writing a whole chapter.

Hopefully you won't hate me a lot for not posting up in ages… but I have a damned good reason! I'm looking into universities! Hunter is growing up… so she kinda needs to get out… get a job… save up… and actually… ya' know… become a real person.

Anyway; I own nothing except for Adeen, her parents and the plot.

Oh… In case there's a mix up, most of the time when Adeen enters a memory/dream… it's in italics.

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Chapter fourteen

Adeen glared at the wooden door that kept the former evil queen from getting to her. Maybe if she glared hard enough she could burn holes in both the door and in Regina's skull.

She shook her head to clear the violent thoughts, she breathed deeply. Think rationally... Calm down.

Adeen went to the desk in her room and sat on the seat, rocking back and forth in a way to take her mind off violent psychotic thoughts.

Then she looked up at the window, she knew it was locked, Regina didn't trust her after she'd ran away. She could do two things; one, smash said window and climb out, or two, stay where she was.

She stood up and looked at the window, it was tempting. She sighed and punched the nearest thing to her which happened to be a wall, sending the plaster surrounding her fist on the brick wall into nothing but crumbling dust.

"Adeen, come outside."

Adeen glared at the door and grabbed a book, throwing it at the door. The woman was proving to be an earache. She wanted to go home, curl up on her rough wool bed that gave her rashes that also had glass shards in, that was a nightmare trying to get out.

She pushed herself against the wall and slowly fell. She glared at the desk, looking at the folded filled with plastic paper wallets and paper. All this for an essay.

She groaned and grabbed her head with her hands and ran them through her hair.

She had done the essay, and to the best of her ability. She pulled at her hair, and whimpered as the world shattered like mirrors.

She felt burning all against her skin and the wooden town with wooden houses began to build their selves with the shattered glass, but the same house began to build around her with the people that were in there.

The girl from before, she was in the house. Being hit repeatedly by a man, the man looked like the girl but an awful lot like Adeen's father. The assumed mother was standing with them yelling out insults and curses at the girl.

A puff of red swirled behind them, and a man that was dressed in expensive leathers and silks, with crocodile skin and beady yellow eyes. The man looked at the pair of adults. "And just what are you doing, dearies?"

"Dark one!" The man looking extremely like her father exclaimed and pulled back, dropping the belt he was holding.

The dark one... Rumpelstiltskin. The moved fluidly to the girl and pulled her up, studying her under is piercing gaze. He saw the ribs of the girl on her exposed skin, he saw the welts and scars, and through the lies she told everyone. "Hmmm... Little fire? Quite so!" He moved his arm up and flicked his wrist binding the girl's mother and father with thick strong rope.

The girl whimpered when the man flicked his wrist upwards, thinking she was going to hit another time.

"Now my dear... Magic comes with a price does it not?" His bright eyes twinkled with mischief.

The girl could only nod.

"But I'm willing to pay the price for this one... As long as you owe me one favour."

"W-what for...? What do you want...?"

"Getting rid," He flicked his wrist again and a mirror appeared in red smoke behind the two tied and gaged. "Of rubbish, dearie!" He kicked them both into the mirror and watched it shatter, before the shards transformed into glitter over them.

"You..."

"Yes."

"But... I... Why...?"

"Simple, you would be a threat to me in the future if I hadn't. Now dearie, are your questions answered?"

"I have no family... I have no one..."

"I can see that dearie..." He licked his finger and pushed it in the air. "The queen is coming!" He spoke in a mock frantic way before smirking and disappearing in a whirl of red smoke.

And that was all the encouragement she needed, taking off as fast as she could, no longer worried who saw her. She ran tripping over from the pain and having to stop because her insides burnt but she kept running.

A woman in the finest leather skin tight trousers and trench coat with red silk shirt stood almost sulkily on her own in a mass of white.

"Queenie!" The girl called out catching the woman's attention as she slowed down, wobbling as a threat to fall down and never wake up.

The woman had run in her childhood and as a young woman, but Regina the evil queen hadn't. But the evil queen ran as fast as she could until she reached the girl, catching her before she fell. They both sunk to the ground and the girl had buried her nose in the crook of the evil queen's neck. "Who did this to you?" The woman asked harshly, which would have caused everyone to flinch... But the girl didn't. The woman stroked the girl's hair as the girl sort comfort in the embrace.

The girl looked up and sniffled slightly, tears stinging her eyes and the queen pulled her back into a tight embrace seeing the tears prickling the girl's eyes.

Minutes past... And then hours, until the soft sobbing slowly came to a gradual halt.

"My name... Is Adeen..."

Adeen shot up as the words were whispered and went to the door, ripping it open seeing a distressed Regina.

"Adeen! How-"

"It was me... And then you... And..." She held her head in her hands. "I thought they were dreams! But... Memories... Old ones..."

Regina stood dumbly as Adeen struggled to put a sentence together.

"Rumple... He... So that means I owe..."

Regina took the girls hands and held them tightly. "Stop. Think and then speak."

After what felt like eternity Adeen spoke and was quite panicked. "My dreams... They were memories... But I don't... Why are they only just appearing?" She withdrew her hands and rubbed her head. "Rumple... Took away my parents... And I owe him a favour... And then... I went to find you... 'Queenie'... And I told you my name." She looked up confused. "Did you... Know?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't..."

"Because it would have caused you to break down and lapse into your mind where you wouldn't be able to tell reality from fantasy."

"But..."

"It was less traumatic than if you were to break down."

"... Can I know my tale...?"

"After we've dealt with your punishment."

"But-"

"You swore at me, Adeen. You're in no position to argue what action will occur next."

Adeen nodded glumly.

"But you need to deal with the trauma first. So have a nap, and I will check on you later on."

Adeen nodded, speaking again. "You saved me didn't you?"

Regina took her hand and led her into the room and to the bed allowing her to curl up in her bed after climbing in. "I might've done."

"Thank you."

Regina pulled up the covers around the girl and with a murmuring of words and a flick of her wrist purple glitter floated and landed on the girl. No more nightmares today.

She sighed to herself and watched over the girl.

Where had the evil queen gone? Why could she never keep up her facade around the girl?