Violet held her hand over her mouth in an attempt to shield the sound of her crying, she slowly stood back up and cautiously peered over the window sil to see if Cora had remained where she was. To Violet's relief, she had left and her hands fell to her sides. Then Violet turned around.
"So... you remember me?" Cora asked quietly, after slapping her hand over Violet's mouth to ensure no scream found it's way out. "That's rather unexpected I'll admit, but not a problem of course. I'll just have to take extra precautions."
Violet didn't want to struggle, because as of two minutes ago, she remembered what would happen if she did. Violet just clung onto Cora's clothing in fear of falling backwards as Cora loomed over her.
"You don't have to be afraid of me Violet, I will not hurt you." Cora stated, and trusted that her own reputation would assist in this moment as she slowly removed her hand from over Violet's mouth. As predicted, Violet remained silent.
"Will you answer me a single question?" Cora asked.
"Only if you do the same for me." Violet replied bravely, causing a smirk to appear on Cora's face. Then Cora nodded, her eyes briefly wandering Violet's bedroom.
"What do you remember?" Cora asked.
"Everything." Violet replied, standing up properly before she rubbed her temple slightly, her head still felt awful. She looked back up at Cora, who looked briefly infuriated before she relaxed her features indicating that she was awaiting Violet's question.
"Who is my mother?" Violet asked, saddened before she looked across at her bedroom door, knowing that Regina was only down the hall.
"She is your birth mother dear." Cora said cautiously, glancing in the same direction until she heard Violet's breath hitch and turned back, observing Violet's reaction as though surprised.
"Why does it mean so much to you?" Cora asked, genuinely curious at the relief glowing around Violet presently. Then it occurred to Cora that Violet had no idea of the person her birth mother had become. There was no way that Violet could know that Regina was 'The Evil Queen', and Cora could use this to her advantage.
"You wouldn't understand." Violet replied plainly, giving Cora an artless glance.
It angered Cora, as Violet's attitude in that moment briefly reminded her of Regina and she immediately stepped closer to Violet.
"...I will not hurt you, unless you give me a reason to." Cora said, as though that was the ending of a previous statement.
She gently placed her hand around the side of Violet's neck, making her shiver.
"I'll see you soon dear, and I would keep this little encounter between us if I were you." Cora advised Violet before disappearing in a puff of dark blue smoke.
Violet's tears were silent, they had been influenced that way by the encounter that couldn't of ended too soon. Violet took a deep breath, she now knew everything, remembered everything...
Feeling incapable of doing much else tonight, Violet slowly and quietly wandered into her mother's bedroom and found her mother and Emma sound asleep. Violet bit her lip, remaining silent as she made her way to her mother's side. Conveniently, Regina had left enough room for another body beside her which Violet was so grateful for and she lay beside her mother, watching her as she slept.
As Violet lay, she felt guilty that she wasn't capable of remembering how she felt towards the woman who had brought her up, It must be something that Cora had done. Josette, that was her name. Violet wondered whether Regina would know who Josette was. Why did Cora give Violet false memories? There were so many things that needed to be said, but at least Violet now knew who she was. She could now stop searching for so many answers and start giving some.
Violet found it almost impossible to sleep, she just lay and gazed at her mother. Violet felt conflicted about the conversation she would share with her mother in a few hours time, she'd have to tell her everything. It would solve a lot of problems wouldn't it? Apart from the fact that Emma and Henry weren't aware of the world Regina and Violet originated from. The book that Henry showed Violet on the first night she spent at this house, didn't occur to her.
What did Cora want? That's what scared Violet more than anything. Also, why was everyone here? In this land, what happened to The Enchanted Forest? Then, Violet was startled by Emma who coughed, disrupting the silence in the room before changing the position that she was sleeping in.
"Just go to sleep." Violet kept telling herself as she shut her eyes gently.
A few moments later, Regina must of woken up to find Violet next to her as Violet felt her mother move closer to her, bringing the duvet with her to cover Violet. Violet kept her eyes closed but couldn't help but smile gently as she felt her mother wrap her arms around her, cuddling her. It didn't take long for Violet to fall asleep after that.
Meanwhile, incapable of finding any reason to care about the time of night. Cora greeted Mr Gold after her unannounced arrival.
"She remembers everything! How is that possible?" Cora demanded an explanation.
Mr Gold turned around a slight too casually for Cora's liking and replied. "I have no idea dearie, she's your Granddaughter."
"There's no way that she could corrupt my magic-"
"-Unless..."
"Unless what?!"
"Unless, she's more similar to your daughter's lover than-"
"Excuse me?!"
"Now dearie, if you're not going to let me finish?"
Cora kept her cool and gestured her hand for him to carry on.
"Right then. My little theory is that, your Granddaughter has been blessed with the same gift, ironically, that this town's Saviour has."
"And what's that?"
"Well, I do believe that they're in-fact both the product of true love."
Cora took a moment to waver the fact that her own Granddaughter maybe more powerful than she was before she asked naively.
"How's that ironic?"
"Well if you don't know already.." Mr Gold chuckled with sass.
He could see Cora's anger growing before he continued.
"Will this affect your plans?"
"Not really, I just have to approach it differently."
"Care to share?"
"It's obvious isn't it?!"
"Just trying to make conversation seeing as you disturbed me in the early hour of this morning to talk about this."
"Well, now we'll have to force her to help us."
"Oh, no, no, hold on dearie. She's your Granddaughter-"
"That is irrelevant! If you want her power at the end of all this then a little more effort is needed on your part, considering the circumstances."
Mr Gold pondered that briefly, before giving a stiff nod. Then Cora left.
