Why hello, doll... I'm back with another wickedly good(?) chapter and as always, I am super excited for you to read this chapter! I do hope you enjoy and share this story with others! Allons-y!
I knocked hesitantly, keeping in mind that Zelena would be aware of my younger self, but at the moment I didn't care... The door opened.
"Jo'Hana?" the two said in unison and they looked at each other awkwardly, "You know who Jo'hana is?" my regal Mother asked.
"Of course! We happen to know each other quite well..." Zelena said, eying my appearance as she responded.
"Yes..." I said nervously, "She happens to be... My Aunt! Aunt Zelena." I fibbed as Zelena nodded her head in agreement.
My Mother took a few moments to think it through, because we all knew it seemed a bit far fetched, but maybe she wouldn't question it.
"I see... So if this is your Aunt then might I ask, who is your Mother?" the Queen asked, challenging our answer.
"She's... Well, we don't like to really talk about it..." I said almost stuttering, but Zelena chimed in "She's dead."
Regina looked past me as she began to process this information... I hoped that maybe she would remember and then we could be a family, but she didn't.
"I see. So...-" Mother was cut off by Zelena's magic as she passed out onto her bedding.
"I just hate it when people ask so many questions... It truly does annoy me." she said, observing the shape of her nails.
"A servant, really? A bit lowly, even for you... Why are you here, Zelena?" I asked, obviously annoyed, but Zelena wasn't letting me off that easy... "I could ask you the same, Jo'Hana." she said nonchalantly.
I slammed the still-opened door with all the magic I could muster and the castle vibrated from it's force while I changed back into my regular appearance.
"Looks like someone's got quite the temper... Sorry to ruin your fun, doll." she said combating her blue eyes with my brown ones.
"Save your 'doll' for Rumpelstiltskin..." I said, making Zelena's cheeks flush at his name and me want to vomit... but I wasn't finished.
"What could you possibly have against the Queen that would even inspire the audacity to come here?" I said teeth clinched and shoulders squared.
Zelena recovered, "A big word for a small child. This Queen you look up to... That was supposed to be me! I was supposed to marry the King and I was the one who should have been chosen by Rumpelstiltskin!"
Zelena paused, catching her breath... "I have never been loved and I have always been cast to the side! You know that feeling, don't you? Nobody has ever wanted us... Nor will they ever."
"Except I've learned to get over it and you haven't..." I said, trying to brush off her previous statement.
"You're naïve, Zelena. Ruining the Queen's life isn't going to change the past or the fact you were abandoned... What's done is done!"
Zelena smiled wickedly at me, "Then perhaps I can change the past... So I can have my Happy Ending."
I was shocked that she might even consider such a notion, as far as I knew... Time travel was impossible, "Not even Rumpelstiltskin could do that... Even if he wanted to."
"But he can help... And you could have too, doll. This is the last time I will ever stoop as low as a servant. Rumpelstiltskin will choose me, I don't care if I have to kill the Queen... Or anyone." she said as she blasted green magic from her hands and into my side.
Okay, so I probably had WAY too much fun writing this chapter... Jo'Hana thinking she lied to Regina about Zelena being her Aunt when she actually is (Ah, the irony)... The fact that Zelena has a major crush on Rumple and Jo'Hana is disgusted by it (it's okay, Jo'hana; he has that affect on women...) I know that I had a review that said that seeing Zelena stoop as low as a servant seemed almost unnatural for her character... However, I wanted to exercise her past, in which she basically did everything for her father... Much like a maid/servant. Showing her progress into the Wicked Zelena we have all come to love meant turning a page on her character development. Anyways, I have a special treat for you Oncers that have been there for OUaT since episode one... A special guest from season one! Don't forget to Favorite/Follow/Review this story and I'll see YOU tomorrow for another chapter of Who I Am: The Chronicles of Stable Child
Script Tease: My body felt cold, the blood-loss had taken it toll and I couldn't find the strength to get back up again, and my mind was beginning to hallucinate.