You spell Evil REGINA

by Vampress2802

This is a one-shot Depending on reviews and who wants to read more. After Emma brings back Marian from he past, reuniting Robin with his wife and Regina loosing hope of ever being truly happy again; she reverts to her old ways and this time not even Henry is safe from the new and improved Evil Queen. Theme is Angst but there is always light where there is darkness SPOILER FOR 3X22

9. Chapter 9

I am soooo behind on WTF it's not even funny, the sad part I started that story first and now this one is taking the lead. I promise (Cam if your reading this) I will update it. Full Sail life is no joke. I thought they were just speaking figuratively when they said that it was fast paced and that the phrase "Free Time or Down Time" will be a distant dream. But they were dead ass serious, which sucks balls because every time the weekends hit, I'm like… my readers on Fanfiction are going to kill me if I don't update.

I'm sooooo happy that there are still some readers that are just finding this story and are following.

This season is crazy right and Outlaw-Queen is giving me such life, that kiss scene and then the make out scene and now with tonight's big fight episode… I think Adam and Eddie along with the other awesome writers of OUAT are seriously trying to kill me!

Anyway I was thinking of ending this kind of soon like rushing some stuff but keeping it tasteful because I hate that you guys are waiting… if you don't mind waiting I will keep going but just know… it's not me slacking, it really is school… but if you would just rather rip the Band-Aid off and rub the missing hairs now, let me know.

Barry White

BTW these are some awesome ass stories you need to check out the ships are the () and the author's name is in the []

Fester *Mind-blowingly Awesome* (Outlaw Queen) [Whas'up]

Heart and Half *Mind-blowingly Awesome*(Evil Wolf But it is soooooo good just read the first chapter and your hooked) [Sinisterscribe moved to AO3]

The Evil Is Silent *Mind-blowingly Awesome* (Stable-Queen with a twist you never saw coming) [Sinisterscribe who is now at archive of our own]

Long Way To Happy *Freaking Amazing* (Outlaw Queen)

Capture and Release *Heavy Smut* (Evil-Charming) [Taylor King]

Sunsets and Dawns *Finished* (Outlaw Queen with a brilliant Atlantis crossover) [AnadoraBlack]

Storm Surge *Finished* (Outlaw Queen this story rocked the house and the wit is to die for) [Tripp3235]

Whispers in the trees

Trading Places… is sort of like WTF but with Regina and Snow.

Okay enough of that long author's note sorry… here is what you came for… oh and feel free to discuss all episodes what you think and what you didn't like.

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Disclaimer: I own only what is mine… which isn't much… Damn

Rumplestilskin stood in the middle of the diner with Elsa by his side, glaring at whoever was in his eyesight. Patrons began to stand or scoot their chairs away from the man. Rumple watched as they scattered like rats, but he didn't care he wanted to know where Belle was and he wanted to know now.

"Where is my wife?" he bit out as his face took on a twisted look.

"What" Snow asked looking between Elsa and Rumple?

"WHERE IS MY WIFE?" He yelled as everyone near him jumped

"What are you talking about?" Regina said as anger began to boil within her "The bookworm is probably in the library"

Rumple threw his hand out toward Regina, strangling her; he lifted her from the ground as his face contorted in rage.

"REGINA!" Snow yelled as she saw Regina grab hold of Gold's magic as she started to gasp for air.

"Grandpa, STOP!" Henry yelled

Rumple's rage faltered enough for Regina to blast Gold in his arm with her magic, so she was now falling to the ground. Elsa just stood their immobilized, Regina glared at Rumple as he puffed out an angry breath.

"What are you doing?" Henry demanded, "Why are you hurting my mom? I thought we were past this! You're supposed to be a good guy now!"

Rumple frowned as he looked at Henry still not backing down from his anger "Belle" he said emphasizing her name "Is missing"

"What?" Snow said again "But I just spoke to her…"

"When?" Rumple asked more harshly then he intended

"I… um… this morning, she called to check on Anna and to see if to see if Regina would stop by the library, because she needed her to see an… area for computers or something."

"I checked the library… and she wasn't in there, I haven't seen her for the past 24 hours." He sneered leaning hard on his cane.

"So what makes you think we have her?" Regina said as she stood and Henry came over to stand at her side along with Snow and Charming but before he could respond a purple spark appeared by Rumple's cane and it snapped in half, causing the man to go crashing toward the floor.

"Mom" Henry scolded quietly as she pushed him back from her and into David as Emma stood beside Regina.

"And if you ever do that again…" Regina warned, "I'll aim for your leg"

Rumple quickly stood to his feet picking up the broken top half of the cane and coming toward Regina with it. Regina readied a fireball and Henry pushed past his grandfather to stand between his other grandfather and his mother.

"STOP!" Henry yelled "Both of you just stop! I have been with my mom all day and we haven't seen Belle. Mary Margret said she spoke to her on the phone, maybe when you looked she wasn't there but is there now"

"I just left the library Henry, she's not there" Rumple gritted out.

"Did you try calling her?"

Rumple uncharacteristically rolled his eyes "Yes, I did that was the second thing I did"

"Well let me try, maybe she's just still mad at you" Henry said pulling out his phone and dialing Belle. "It's ringing," he said putting the phone on speaker.

After the first 3 rings Belle's voice came through

"Henry?"

"Belle, are you okay, my…"

"Henry put your mother on the phone…" a males voice rang out.

Rumplestilskin moved closer to the boy, as did everyone else

"Sidney?" Regina questioned as she took the phone from Henry.

"Awe you're Majesty, it sounds so good hearing your beautiful voice" the former Genie said as Rumple snatched the phone from Regina.

"Where is my wife you…"

"Ah ah ah… I wouldn't insult me if I were you Dark One" he said as a whimper and a yelp escaped from Belle.

"He's got Ann…" Belle tried to yell when a slap was heard loudly on the other end of the phone and Belle cried out.

"Shut up book worm!" he shouted "If you tell them I have the red head, then there will be nothing left to the imagination" Sidney said crazy-mad in a sing along voice.

"Oops" Sidney chuckled "Looks like I gave it away" he sang again. "Well that's what happens when you're left in a dungeon for 3 years with no one to talk to… you start saying things and giving things away and then you start seeing things and hearing voices…" he rambled on.

"I swear to you genie, when I find you I am going to torture you very… very slowly, then when you are at the brink of death, I will heal you and start over again and again until pain is the only thing you know" Rumple growled into the phone.

"Well then it's a good thing you don't know where I am" Sidney said with a chuckle.

"Oh I'll find you"

"Oh, I'm counting on it and as for you your Majesty, I look forward to seeing you too, because I won't give up Belle without a proper trade… and guess what I want… you" he said and then the line went dead.

Everyone looked at Regina who was nearly vibrating with anger and then at Rumple, who waved his hand over Elsa, releasing the woman and walking toward the door.

"Gold, wait where are you going?" Snow asked but he didn't respond he just walked out of the diner and toward his shop. The others rushed out to follow him.

The Forest

As Robin walked through the forest with little john by his side, their camp came into sight, and Roland ran toward him.

"Papa Papa where did you go?" Roland asked jumping into his father's arms.

"I went to go find little John, I needed to discuss something with him." Robin said throwing his son up into the air. Roland let out a scream of both fear and delight as his father caught him. The toddler wiggled to get down and ran into the field calling his father to join him, in front of a patch of grass. Robin waved Little John off and walked over to his son frowning. Sitting in front of his son was his monkey Mangyi, a pile of pebble-sized rocks and an empty glass jar.

"What is this?" he asked as the toddler picked up as many rocks as he could and passing them to his father.

"A new game, we have to throw the rocks into the jar and whoever has most wins," Roland said smiling before walking over toward the pile of small rocks and grabbing some for him-self. When he gathered enough he began to throw them at the jar. He missed of course but the sound of the rocks hitting the jar was almost familiar. He frowned slightly as he began to throw the stones at the jar, making it his first try.

"Papa you did it! You made it" Roland shouted proudly as Robin smiled throwing another rock into the jar while Roland started to throw two at a time just to see if he could make it. Robin listened to the sound of rock meeting glass and found himself drifting back into a memory he didn't even know was there.

Enchanted Forest Past

Robin sat staring at the jar on the table in front of Snow and Charming. "I'm sorry what is this again?" he asked

Regina huffed out and irritated breath "It's a jar or do they not have this kind of advance technology in the forest" she stated sarcastically.

"I know what a jar is I am simply…"

"Simply being annoying, why are you even at this table? You smell like…"

"Forest I know that, thank you" Robin said deadpanned "And I was invited to this table by Princess Snow and her husband David if you must know."

"Actually I was going to say you smell like shit! Which you do, but then again bathing isn't really your strong suit," she said with a role of her eyes and a curl of her lip.

Ruby, Snow, Charming and Granny who began to laugh all sat with their mouths open at Regina's language.

Robin glared at the woman as she smiled triumphantly at getting a reaction from him.

"Her majesty might just be smelling her own breath, since you're keen in smelling you own —"

"Okay! Okay!" Snow said breaking up the argument "We are sick and tired of all the arguing, you guys are worse then children" Snow scolded as Robin and Regina rolled their eyes.

"Yeah and I thought Her and Leroy were bad" Charming mumbled loudly with a tired sigh.

"So… " Snow said with a smile "I have created a game… no system, if you say something mean you have to drop a stone into the jar. You both will have two colored stones, Robin yours are green and white, Regina yours are black and pink. The black and green stones are called bad stones because they are for the mean comments you say to one another and for every bad stone you drop into the jar, you have to add 3 good ones which are the pink and white stones" Snow said as Tinkerbell used her wand to create bags of stones, 2 for Regina and 2 for Robin.

Regina rolled her eyes "This is stupid I'm not doing this?" she said as she folded her arms across her chest. "I am not a child."

"Well you sure act like it" Snow said harshly.

Regina rolled her eyes and scuffed.

Robin sighed irritated as well; although he felt the same as the Queen he could understand where the Princess was coming from. With a roll of his eyes he grabbed his bags and opened them. He placed a green stone into the jar, the sound ringing loudly in the dining hall. Everyone at the table looked at him as he sighed irritably and then dropped three white stones into the jar before looking at Regina who refused to meet his eyes.

He cleared his throat and then spoke softly "I am sorry for my… earlier comments" he said looking at Snow to make sure he was doing it right.

Snow smiled at him as he ran his hand through his hair, he felt like a child getting scolded and he felt like more of a fool because Regina was not acknowledging that she was even listening.

He sat there as everyone waited for him to finish his last two compliments and just watched as Regina looked forward, not even glancing his way. She just sat with her eyebrows frowned and her lips in a thin line. He looked at her hair, which was flowing gently down her back, and her arms tightly crossed, her cleavage more exposed then ever. His gaze went down the tight sides of her dress all the way down to her legs, which were tightly crossed under the table.

He smirked softly when his gaze went back to her face and he saw her beautiful brown eye glance at him from the corner of her eye.

He took a deep breath and smiled brightly "I also think that you look lovely, very lovely, you always do" he said softly before he could catch himself but that seemed to have gotten her attention.

The corners of her mouth rose softly but then she suppressed it before anyone could see and she turned her face further from his view. This made him smile and so now he thought with his final compliment, he would try and get her to smile even bigger, "And I bet your majesty has a very beautiful smile… if only she would show me, then I'd know for sure" he said with a smile as he looked at her.

Leroy rolled his eyes, as did Charming but Snow, Granny and Ruby were all smiling ear to ear.

Regina rolled her eyes and waved her hand over the bag of pink stones, turning them red and causing three to fly into the jar before turning to face him. She gave him a smile but it wasn't the one he was hoping for this one was full of mischief and chaos.

She held up one finger as she spoke "I like your stones" she said as her grin grew, and Grumpy sputtered on his water. She added another finger "Mine are bigger than yours, although you pull off green very well."

She added as she threw up one last finger before sliding her chair back and standing "Here is a word of advice thief…" she said getting very close to him as she leaned down causing her cleavage to become eye level, "Flattery will get you nowhere and although that forest stench is disgustingly alarming…" she said as Snow opened her mouth to object "Roland is a very lovely boy and you have done well by him" she said as she smiled.

"Thank you" he said with a small frown, as he looked deep into her eyes and saw sincerity before the flash of the chaos he saw earlier reappeared, and she reached out a roughly grabbed his face with one hand.

"For a poor and homeless thief" she hissed as she let go and walked toward the door.

"Regina!" Snow scolded as the queen waved her hand and magically threw another black stone into the jar before turning the corner.

"It's okay, it's fine" Robin said smiling

"But…"

"No Milady, she gave me the greatest compliment there is, my son," he said with a smile.

"Baby steps Snow," Ruby, said, "She did participate, so maybe it will all work out"

"God I hope so," Charming stated.

But in the days that passed Regina and Robin went head to head with insults and compliments, Robin complimenting Regina's very revealing outfits or her hair and Regina returning them by mentioning his son or the mention of his forest stench.

…

"Robin" a voice called out breaking him from his thoughts. He looked behind him to see Marian staring at him along with Roland.

"Sweet heart, didn't you hear me calling you?" his wife asked.

Robin looked around him and then down at the pebbles still in his palm, with a laugh he dropped the stones and looked back at Marian. "I guess I was caught up it the games" he said wiping the dirt and sweat on his palm.

"What were you thinking about?" she asked giving him a soft kiss.

"I'm… not sure, just memories of the Enchanted Forest… I think"

Marian frowned as he wrapped his right arm around her waist and walked toward the house.

"Of the Evil Queen?" she asked not taking her eyes off of him.

"What? Why would you ask me that? Have you been talking to Little John?" Robin asked as he stopped walking and dropping his arm.

Marian stopped, frowning at his question "No, should I?"

Robin sighed rubbing his hand over his face "No, I don't know," he mumbled.

"Robin what's wrong?" Marian asked placing her hands on Robin's waist.

"I'm not sure, I think I am remembering things from the Enchanted Forest but I don't remember them happening" he said with another sigh before looking down at his wife and smiling "I maybe just a little tired. Come on." He said grabbing her hand and walking toward the cabin.

The cabin smelled of stew and something sweet cooking as Robin walked into the kitchen.

"What are you making?" he asked lifting up one of the silver lids to peer inside.

"Stew and sweet roles, enough for all of your men and cookies for dessert" Marian said with a smile as she opened the oven to make sure her rolls were browning.

"Cookies huh?" Robin said grabbing Marian from behind as she stood up leaning into him. "Now, I thought we had enough cookies and peach turnovers to last us for three nights." Robin said with a cheeky grin.

"Ha ha ha" Marian said as she turned to face him, still in is embrace. "Well as it so happens we do, and those will be given out to the men and you and Roland can eat mine."

Robin chuckled deeply before rubbing his nose against his wife's "I think someone is jealous"

Marian tried to glare at her husband but her mouth couldn't stop the growing smile spreading rapidly on her lips. "Why would I be jealous when I have you?" she said as she leaned in wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing him passionately.

Robin slowly backed her into the wall as he deepened the kiss. Marian let out a soft moan as he kissed a trail of kisses down her neck, before attacking her mouth again. His hands snaking up underneath her shirt as Marian's hands did the same but grabbing his waist to bring him closer to her.

"Papa!" Roland yelled from the living room.

Robin sighed against Marian's mouth as she bit her bottom lip letting her head fall back against the wall with a thud. "Sorry" he whispered with a chuckle before standing up straight.

"Our son has perfect timing" Marian joked as she straightened her shirt.

"Papa! Come here!" Roland yelled again.

"I'll be right back," he said with a grin.

"Don't," seeing the frown on her husband's face made her continue "I need to make sure the rolls don't burn besides, I would hate for Roland to have to learn about the birds and the bees at this age because his parents couldn't control their selves." She said giving her husband a quick kiss on the lips before pushing him out of the kitchen. Checking to make sure the rolls weren't burning Marian left out the back door to go talk to little John because if Robin were remembering anything he would definitely know.

Walking into the living room he saw his son sitting on the couch holding his beloved monkey and watching T.V. "What's wrong my boy?" he asked sitting next to his son.

"Nothing," he said sadly.

Robin looked at his son and frowned, "Roland, tell me." He said grabbing the toddler and placing him on his lap.

"I was trying to show you something on the T.V. but you took too long and now Bad Gina will be sad."

"Bad Gina?" Robin said lifting his son's face.

"You don't remember her and sometimes I don't either but she visits me in my dreams and saves me from the sad lady. She tells me to do stuff so when I wake up I can help you and me remember."

"Roland I don't understand, the lady from your dream is telling you to do stuff? Like what?" he asked worried that this could be more than a nightmare his son was having.

"Like the game we played outside, she told me to get you to throw the rocks in it and you would remember her."

"What, Roland, what does Bad Gina look like?" Robin asked as he looked at his son sternly.

"I can't tell you because you'll tell mama and Bad Gina says I can't tell anyone."

"Roland…"

"I saw you thinking, you remembered something right papa?" Roland asked his little forehead creasing into a frown.

"Roland, are you remembering things too?" he whispered.

Roland just smiled and climbed down from his father's lap "Can I have a cookie?" he said grabbing Mangyi.

Robin looked at his son and then shook his head sighing exhaustedly, "I don't care," he said running his hand down his face. His mind was spinning, Marian was acting strange, Little John was definitely hiding something from him, he's getting visions of the Queen and now his son is telling him that the woman in his dream is real and tells him to play games. Running his hand over his face again he grabs the remotes and begins flipping channels. As he flipped a melody to a song had him stopping, quickly flipping back he stopped. There was a large man singing a love Ballard to a woman who was whispering something in his ear. Robin had heard these same words whispered to him at some point and soon images came rushing through his mind.

Enchanted Forest Past

"I hope everyone slept well, pleasant dreams?" Snow said trying to make conversation as everyone came into the room. She stared at her stepmother's dress, although Regina was sort of acting better well a least when it came to everyone except Robin, she had taken to wearing her old clothing, the ones she wore to strike fear and or lust in her opponents. Today she had chosen the purple and black dress with the overly large collar. The dress that she wore when she had given Snow the poisonous apple.

"Snow I am not in the mood for this, why are we having this meeting?" Regina said shaking the Princess from her dark thoughts.

Robin snickered at Regina's comment, "You're majesty didn't sleep well I take it, tossing and turning all night" he said with a cocky smirk. Regina rolled her eyes and sighed irritated but still said nothing so he continued; honestly he didn't know why he wanted to ruffle her feathers this morning but he did. "Not enough pillows, were the sheets not ironed to perfection, or maybe it was the pea that was under your mattress"

Ruby sat mouth agape at Robin's comments before it spread into a wide grin. Regina exhaled sharply as she gave the thief a deadly glare and turned to face him.

"I'm sure it was the stench coming from the grand hall where you and your nasty group of man apes sleep," she said with a curl of her lip. She then crossed her arms and smiled wickedly at him. "Seems to me that you're the one with the bad night, since you seem the need to share your revolting attitude with the rest of us. What happened? You dream about hot water and soap, clean linins and the terrors of a comb and brush?"

"Okay guys" Snow said trying to defuse the situation before it got out of hand

Regina smiled as Robin's smirk fell and was replaced with an ugly frown.

Robin looked at her and he wracked his brain for an insult, so he could wipe that smug look off her face. He was tired of her talking about his stench, one that he couldn't seem to get rid of; he even had others discreetly sniff him to see if he really did smell. Thinking quickly he smiled and turned to face the Queen "Actually I had a very good dream, wonderful in fact"

"Oh" Regina said with mock interest.

"Actually yes it was about you," he said as his eyebrow jerked up and he broke out into a wide grin when she glanced in his direction. "Would you like to hear about it?"

"I'd rather not"

"I wanna hear it" Ruby said laughing earning a glare from Snow

"I agree with Regina, let's not," Snow quickly added but Robin refused to remain silent

"You were lying beneath me…" Robin started out, Snow began to speak when Ruby grabbed her friend's mouth with her hand and David sighed irritated.

"Both your arms were secured tightly above your head… your legs… bound as well" Regina turned to glare at him.

"You were panting… and begging" he said dropping his voice down an octave as Ruby's and everyone else eyes widen at his insinuation. Snow trying desperately to get Ruby's hand off her mouth as she hit David who was too interested in what Robin was going to say next to help his wife; the thief leaned closer to Regina as he spoke.

"You were staring up at me with pleading eyes… practically screaming for me to bring you to the abyss you so desperately wanted. So I did… I lifted my eyes from yours and signaled the executioner to continue killing you… and you die right there on the rack…" he said smiling and sitting back into his seat, "Stretched into two pieces"

Ruby laughed taking her hand off Snow's mouth.

"Robin!" Snow scolded but was cut off by Regina throwing her hand up to silence the princess.

"How ironic that our dreams were similar…" Regina said with a sneer and a cocky grin as she turned to face the thief.

"Oh my god" Snow mumbled as she sighed heavily knowing that the meeting was never going to get started now.

"I… was above you and you… of course… beneath me"

"Naturally," Robin grunted earning a smirk from everyone at the table.

Regina smirked deviously as her eyes glowed a hue of purple and Robin stared into them, as his body seemed to relax. "You were begging me as well… but unlike your dream we were the only ones in the room," she said her smirk turning into a smile. "You grabbed my hips, looking up at me with pleading eyes," Robin's smile faded as he swallowed thickly, his imagination running wild with images of the Queen straddling him and gasping. Regina scooted her chair back and stood stepping closer to Robin. As the outlaw's eyes followed her movement he sat back and Regina took in the little space between him and the table and with a quick pulse of magic, moved his chair out a little further before straddling him. Robin gasp at what the Queen was doing and right here in front of everyone, he wanted to look at the others but he could not take his eyes off of her. The heavy material of her gown was gathered between them at the waist but what had his pants tightening was the warmth of her bare thighs on top of his pants. He could feel heat radiating from her core and he tried desperately not to pull her toward him and take her right there at the table.

Regina looked at him and smiled enjoying what she was doing to him.

"I ran my hand up your bare chest and stopped above your beating heart" she said dragging her hand up his buttoned shirt and stopped above his heart.

Her voice was so soft and seductive he forgot what they had been arguing about and just inhaled her intoxicating perfume. She smiled and leaned in to him, her lips brushing his as she took her other hand and placed it behind his neck running her fingers through the hair at the base of his head before scooting further up his lap, causing him to groan in pleasure as his hands quickly grabbed her waist to stop her.

"Would you like to know what happens next?" she whispered as her lips continued to ghost his.

"What?" Robin said in a breathy whisper

Regina smiled and plunged her hand into his chest, causing gasp in pain as he shot up from the table and grabbed his chest.

"Robin, what's wrong?" Snow asked as she and everyone else looked at the man.

Robin frowned and saw that Regina was still sitting in her chair facing him with a grin on her face and then at everyone at the table who looked at him with concern.

"She… you didn't…" he looked at the Queen and then glared "You used magic on me and tried to take my heart!" he shouted and everyone looked at Regina.

"I simply beat you at your own game" she said standing and getting into his face "If you can't handle it then why don't you go hang with your smelly men"

"And give you the pleasure of thinking you've won," Robin scuffed still rubbing the spot where his heart was.

Regina scuffed "The last thing you could ever give me is pleasure" she said with a roll of her eyes.

"ALRIGHT ENOUGH BOTH OF YOU!" Snow yelled standing to her feet causing everyone to look at her, "YOU TWO ARE WORKING ON MY LAST NERVE! STOP WITH THE FIGHTING! WE HAVE ENOUGH OF IT WITH THE WICKED WITCH AND HER MONKEYS" she yelled. "Now I have tried everything from stones in jars to stopping meetings and you too still argue with each other. This is getting ridiculous and I along with everyone…" she said gesturing to the people around her "Are tired of it and—"

"Your right…" Regina said cutting Snow off.

"What?" everyone including Robin said looking at the Queen.

"You're right… I have been acting like a child" she said looking between Snow and Charming.

"I have been too," Robin said looking at Snow and then Regina "I apologize Maladies". Robin said nodding toward Regina and Snow along with everyone "Especially you, you're Majesty, I have been very rude and -"

"Well I didn't make it easy, I was too," Regina said softly.

Snow smiled at herself for making Robin and Regina play nice, even if it is just for a while. Granny narrowed her eyes at Regina, Robin may be sincere but Regina smelt like she was up to something.

"Well that is very big of the both of you," Snow praised

"I know I am impressed," Charming added.

"You're not the only one," Ruby muttered.

"And as a sign of good faith I would like to… offer a true apology and give you a gift."

Robin frowns as does everyone else at the table "You're Majesty, that is unnecessary… I can assure you I will-"

"Are you truly going to deny a Queen the chance to right a wrong thief?" she asked.

Robin shook his head "Of course not" he said with a smile.

"My gift is one that has not been offered to anyone, so don't make lightly your decision on whether to accept it." She said turning to face him with a small smile.

"But you just said he had to take it!" Leroy butted in.

"I said he had to let me right a wrong not that he had to accept my gift." Regina said not taking her eyes off the outlaw who was desperately trying to read her eyes.

"I'm sure whatever her Majesty decides to offer me I will doubtingly accept."

Regina's small smile grew at that and Robin realized he stepped into a trap "Good."

"Thief… I mean Robin, I would like to offer you a night with the Queen." She said as Robin's mouth dropped. Gasps could be heard all over the room and Regina's smile only widened. "An exclusive all night with me," she said as she bit her bottom lip.

Robin opened his mouth to speak and so did Snow but Regina raised her hand at the latter stopping her and continued to look at Robin, her eyes shining purple again as she glances at him and lean toward him, he turns his head so she can have access to his ear "So what do you want to do?" As she places her left hand on his knee, her magic creates music only he can hear and she says in a sing song voice "I here baby, I'm ready baby, I'm waiting on you, believe me I am patiently waiting on you,".

Robin looks at her but says nothing as Regina looks down at his lips and then back into his deep beautiful blue eyes.

"Wha-" Robin began when Regina place her finger on his lips silencing him.

"I'm saying this because it's a fact that once you've been with me you'll never go back, there is a lesson I'm gonna teach-" she whispered softly but loud enough for the others to hear. Regina moved her hand a little up his knee and Robin jumps up breaking the magical connection and glaring at Regina before leaving.

"REGINA!" Robin hears Snow scold as Regina burst into a fit of laughter. "That was not funny!"

"ROBIN!" Marian yelled "Robin, wake up!"

Robin felt a hard shove to his chest and his eyes went shooting open.

"Ma… Marian? What is it?" Robin asked squinting his eyes trying to adjust his vision.

"Your son is what is it!" She yelled pointing to Roland who was standing dressed in only his underwear and covered in mud.

"Roland? Why are you covered in mud?" he asked finally sitting up and looking at his son.

"No, not mud Robin," Marian said her tight grip on Roland's shoulder loosened as she shoved him toward his father.

"A!" Robin flinched backward at the sight and jousted his leg up to keep his son at bay.

"Papa, I'm tasty!" The toddler yelled as he grinned wildly grabbing at his father's legs. Robin lowered it and then leaned forward smelling the familiar smell of chocolate. Hesitantly he reached his hand out and wiped his finger across his son's cheek and brought it to his nose.

"Chocolate?" he whispered Looking at his wife who was frowning and then back at his son "Roland, how… why are you covered in chocolate?"

"Umm…" the toddler said taking a peak at his mother.

"No, what you should be asking is how he got into it when he was left in the care of his father" Marian said grabbing Roland's shoulder again and pulling back away from Robin as the man moved to stand.

"I thought you still in the kitchen, he went in to get a cookie from the basket that the Queen brought over… where did you go?" the former outlaw asked finally on his feet.

"Oh, I uh went… to go uh… make sure uh… the men were joining us for dinner, dinner that is now going to be late since I have to bathe our chocolate covered bunny" Marian said as Roland giggled and licked his arm.

"Stop that," Robin told his son who only smiled wider causing him to look at Marian and smile. Chuckling softly he adds "Marian I'm sorry, I don't know what to say to make it right but what I can do is take our chocolate covered bunny into the bathroom and wash him myself" he says placing a kiss to his wife's lips as she glares at him playfully, and he slips his coco covered son's shoulder from her.

"I hope you realize now that tomorrow you will going to the store to get more icing" she says as he gives her a smile and an assuring nod while ushering his son into the bathroom.

Once inside and the tub if filled with bubbles and warm water Robin looks at his son expecting an explanation.

Roland, who was animatedly pretending to be a fish and covering himself in white bubbles. Robin watched his son who was blowing bubbles in the water and laughing as they made bigger bubbles.

"Roland, do you remember when you said the lady in your dreams comes to you and tells you to do stuff?"

Roland sat up on his bottom and looked at his father who began wiping bubbles from his face, with his washcloth.

"Yes"

"Is it the lady with the sad eyes?"

Roland shook his head splashing water everywhere. "No papa, she's mean. It was…" the toddler stopped leaning closer to his father he whispered, "It was bad Gina."

"Bad Gina?" Robin repeated trying to figure out why that name sounded so familiar.

Flashes of a woman dressed from head to toe in black leather, launching Marian through the glass door at Granny's came flooding through his mind. Seconds later a kaleidoscope of memories crashed through as well. This time it was the echo's of laughter followed by a dirty Roland and an even dirtier Regina who was also covered in flowers. Next it flashes to the bathroom in her bedchamber where at least 20 children and their parents are scrubbing dirt off of them while Regina splashes them. The whole thing turns into one big bath party before Snow interrupts to ask for both Regina and Robin to meet her in the meeting room. The memory fades and he sees Roland staring at him quietly.

Smiling softly he clears his throat and bathes his son, after making sure he was clean he dressed him in his superman PJs and they meet Marian and the merry men outside for dinner.

Normally they would eat inside but Roland said that he misses eating under the moonlight. It wasn't that dark out but he understood what his son meant. Grabbing a bowl of food for he and Roland the group sat and talked about the past and how happy they were to be in this world. Although it was strange and confusing they had a lot of things they like especially the indoor plumbing.

As the men talked on and on, Robin, found himself thinking about Regina. Even though Marian had apologized about the meeting, he still couldn't get the image of her face contorting in so much sadness and then rage, out of his head. The look in her eyes when she was caught with his jacket didn't help things either since it gave Marian more reasons to hate the Queen.

As he watched the other's laugh and smile his gaze dropped to the fire. For some reason something felt off about this situation like it wasn't real or he was forgetting to do something. As he thought about it that raven black hair came shimmering back to the front of his memory and he found himself thinking of her once again.

Enchanted forest Past

Robin could tell from the way she looked, that she was upset, not that she wasn't always upset but today it seemed to be weighing hard on her. She sat at the table for royals, well mostly royals since Belle, Balefire, Granny, Ruby and sometimes Roland if Regina wanted to be bothered, which seemed to be everyday apparently, were sitting at the table. Robin was fortunately able to sit at the table once or twice with the constant begging of Roland.

Regina had seemed unnaturally quiet, even when Robin spoke to her and stood extra close just to get a reaction out her… since it seems to make her day, when she's yelling at him about his smell… but today, nothing.

Regina was sitting at the table in the dining hall staring at the grapes, oranges and apple slices on her plate. Her face was emotionless but her eyes screamed she was upset. She used her magic to spin the oranges and apple slices on her plate as the grapes floated above it. Roland, who was sitting across from Regina, smiled at the Queen's use of her magic and tried to make her smile by throwing in more grapes and even a piece of melon onto her plate to see if she could catch it with her magic.

Noticing the new fruit floating and spinning in midair Regina looked up at Roland and gave him a small smile, that did not quite reach her eyes, which he greeted hers with a giant deep dimpled one.

Roland reminded her so much of Henry and it wasn't just that that caused such sadness in her today, she sighed heavily as more thoughts of Henry flooded her mind and abruptly stood causing the chair to scrape roughly against the wood floor.

"Gina?" Roland said as he looked up

"Regina?" Snow said as she watched her stepmother rise "Where are you…" she began but Regina was already walking away from the table and through the double doors.

"What's her problem?" Grumpy asked as he glared in the direction Regina walked.

"I don't know" Charming said as he released an irritated breath into his cup as he drank from it.

"Papa, where did Gina go?" Roland asked as his face formed a frown.

"I'm not sure," Robin said looking toward the door.

"I'm going to find her," the toddler said getting ready to jump down from his chair when his father stopped him.

"Hold on, Roland, give the Queen an minute, first finish your breakfast and after you are done, then we will go see if she wants to play with you today, okay?"

Roland nodded slowly but still pouted as he picked up his fork and played with his eggs.

Robin knew something was wrong with the Queen and the fact that she had said nothing to him or Roland before leaving the table worried him, but he was pulled out of his thoughts by the young wolf.

"Well today is supposed to be festive, granny had 3 orders put in for cake," Ruby said with a smile.

"Cake? For what?" Leroy asked.

"Birthday parties" Ruby said as if it was the most obvious this in the world.

"Ooh a party" Roland exclaimed as he smiled at his father. "Can I go?"

"Only if you eat all of you food" Robin said absent mindedly as he tried to listen to what the others were talking about.

"I'm going to ask Gina if she wants to go too" Roland said practically sliding the contents of his plate into his mouth as he rushed to finish.

"Oh no," Snow said softly looking toward the double doors.

"What?" Charming asked with a frown.

"Today is Henry's birthday" Snow said looking at everyone as the entire table became quiet

"Her son?" Robin asked

"Yeah, how do you know about Henry, let alone his name?" Ruby almost growled out protectively.

"When the Queen rescued Roland, the way she comforted him, I knew then she had a child, but Roland, was the only child walking with us toward camp. When she and I, first came here to lower the witches shield I asked her about him, she said that her son was lost to her and she…" Robin didn't continue his thought. Instantly shut his mouth before he said too much and he reached over picking up Roland's fork and began cutting his pancakes. The boy frowned as he was interrupted from shoving the entire thing in his mouth so he could quickly go see the Queen.

"And she… what?" Ruby asked impatiently as the man seemed more into cutting his son's pancakes, than the thought he left unfinished.

"Nothing… just… an absent stray thought is all, I don't even recall what I was going to say," Robin lied hoping they would just drop it. He didn't want to betray the Queen by telling the others about the sleeping curse mishap, although she never specified that it was a secret. He just knew she wouldn't want them to know she had a weak moment.

"Come on, outlaw, out with it," Granny scolded followed by the agreeing party of both Charming and Snow.

Robin sighed heavily putting the fork down and looking at the group "I don't think it's my place to tell the Queen's business, I mean she was very upset and arguably still is… when we first came to the castle."

"What are you talking about" Snow asked at the man who seemed to talk in circles "What happened?"

"She… she wanted to do something that would help her… deal with the loss of her son but she decided not to go through with it so it doesn't matter… I don't know why I even said anything" Robin rambled as he went to pick up Roland's fork, who was to busy looking at the door Regina had left through then the tiny bite size pieces that his sausage and pancakes were now in.

"She wanted to do something?" Ruby reiterated as a question

"Wait, I think that's what the note meant… the one she left in my saddle bag" Snow said to Charming.

"What note?" Belle asked

"Um… she was thanking me for trying to save her life but I thought she was referring to when I stopped her from burring her heart in the woods but I realized she meant it as a whole."

"Wait, she tried to bury her heart in the woods?" Robin and Balefire both asked.

Realizing that Robin was implying Regina tried to harm herself the princess shook her head determined to go talk to her stepmother.

"I need to go talk to her" Snow said as she began to stand.

"Yeah, I think that's a good idea," Belle said as she too began to stand.

"No" Granny boomed loudly causing all that were moving to look at her.

"What?" Snow asked with a frown.

"When has the presence of you or Belle been a comfort to Regina?" Granny asked, "She is fine"

"But she has tried to…"

"Tried but not succeeded" Granny stated, "She obviously has found a reason to not do it," she said glancing at Roland and everyone followed her line of site to the boy who was now tilting his plate to roll the last 4 grapes into his mouth. "If she feels the need to talk she will come to whomever she chooses to talk to, going to her now will only irritate her… just give her a moment to collect herself" Granny said a she picked up her spoon and began eating her oatmeal.

Everyone sat back down and quietly agreed with the older woman's wisdom and sat the rest of the meal in silence.

After breakfast Roland and Robin had both gone to the Queen's chambers to speak with her but she never answered, even after Roland knocked and shouted for her to come to the door, so Robin took and now crying toddler outside to try and distract him.

The Queen was absent during lunch and no one felt the loss of her presence more then Roland who fussed and whined about going to go visit the Queen in her chambers and wondering when she was coming out to play with him. Robin tried his best to sooth the toddler but finally relented and made him take an early nap.

…

3 hours before dinner was to be placed on the tables Granny noticed her staff at a stand still and looking toward the door. She sighed and turned around "Were going to be late with dinner if you people don't move your…" she started but stopped at the sight of Regina.

She was wearing another one of her revealing dresses. The dress itself was black but the accented lines, inside and the bodice was red or red lace. The bodice itself was embroidered with gemstones and rubies along with the sleeves. Her hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail, the ends falling in curls; her make up was surprisingly soft compared to her regal attire.

"Your Majesty" a few servers said with a bow, while the others avoided the Queen's eyes.

Regina remained silent as she stared at Granny, who seemed to catch the drift.

"Alright, people all of those who are not cooking or tasting or doing anything productive can go set up in the grand hall" she stated as all but 6 people left the kitchen.

"Its all yours" Granny said as she turned back to the stove.

Regina walked over to the sink and washed her hands, after making sure they were dry she walked over to the table and ran her hands over the ingredients. There were spices of all kinds and then there were dirty dishes from what was being prepared for dinner. With a quick wave of her hand everything on the table was clean and put back in its place. Hearing the familiar sound of magic everyone stopped what he or she was doing to look at the Queen. She didn't pay them any attention as she continued what she was doing. After using her magic to place a bag of flour, eggs, milk, sugar, a bowl of butter, and a few other ingredients onto the table she began grabbing and conjuring other bowls.

Granny cleared her throat loudly, which caused everyone to go back to work. Regina worked with precision as she mixed, sprinkled and cracked all her ingredients in a huge bowl. She was so lost in what she was doing that she hadn't realized she was smiling and humming while she worked. Hours had passed and what she was working on filled the kitchen with a delicious and sweet smell.

Regina bent down and slowly removed at least 10 square shaped cakes and placed them on the counter to cool. As she waited for them to cool down, she walked around cleaning and sweeping up whatever messed she made and even a few of the staffs mess too. When there was nothing else to clean Regina sat in chair by the wall, her leg propped up on the other, waiting for the cakes to cool down before she could add anything else.

"Come here girl, taste this" Granny called to Regina who was now staring into space, as the others walked pass her.

Regina looked up and over at Granny who held out a wooden spoon and from the pot she was stirring.

Quickly standing and still unsure if it was she who was summoned she walked over to the older woman.

"Were you talking to me?"

"You're a girl aren't you?" Granny said as she placed her hand on her hip

Regina crossed her arms over her chest "I'm a Queen"

"Well Queen taste this… or are you too busy staring off into space over there" Granny bit back as Regina rolled her eyes and took the spoon bringing it to her mouth and tasting it's contents. She let the liquid sit on her tongue tasting and evaluating each spice with her pallet, after a beat she looked back at Granny.

"I like it although it could use a little bit more pepper and oregano… do we have fresh oregano?" Regina asked as Granny walked over to the sink and began to wash the spoon off.

"Out in the garden," she gesturing out the window toward a tall patch of over grown weeds and flowers. "You did good by having a fresh garden of herbs and spices," Granny praised, "Although with the lack there of, of a gardener the herbs have grown wildly and some are even dead… if you need oregano, then you have to go get it." She said walking back to the pot to stir it.

Regina rolled her eyes and walked over to the door pushing it open and stepping out into the garden. Eugenia was right the garden looked like dense forest. There were rotten fruits; anthills, over grown and misshapen vegetables and the herbs had grown so tall it smelt mostly of chives and rosemary.

Regina raised her hand to used magic to clean everything up when she decided against it. Roland and the other children always look for stuff to do in the afternoon this could be their project.

Regina thought back on where she planted the oregano and walked to the far right side of the garden. There in a giant pile was a bush of spade shaped leaves that spelled like Italian take out. With a flick of her wrist a handful of the herb was placed in her hand and she made her way back into the kitchen.

Granny had taken the time to flip each of the cakes onto their separate plate to indicate that they were ready to be complete. The other cooks in the kitchen looked at her fearfully, waiting for her to scold the older woman but Regina just smiled softly.

She was feeling in a very playful mood so she walked over to the wall where Granny hung the knives and picked up one, turning toward the older woman who was now plating the last cake. She smiled wider as she heard gasps ring from around the kitchen, for added effect she raised it, positioning it perfecting above Granny's neck.

"Granny!" a young girl shouted out as Regina reached her.

"Jenny, honey calm down if the Queen were going to kill me she wouldn't need to walk up behind me to do it," the older woman said not turning around. "If you are finished scaring my staff, your cakes are ready," she said turning to face a smiling Regina, who quickly hid the knife behind her back. The older woman stuck her hand out and Regina reluctantly dropped the knife into it.

"You spoil sport," Regina said with mock anger earning a glare from the older woman who pointed to the table where the cakes sat.

Using magic, a bowl of peaches, strawberries, apples, blueberries and every other fruit she could think of was sitting on the table. Regina walked to the sink and grabbed another knife before sitting down to cut the apples.

"This does taste a bit better," Granny states as she stirs in more of the Oregano.

"I told you" Regina says with a smirk as she moves on to the next apple. Granny grabs the bowl that was sitting on the counter with a piece of cloth covering it.

"Here" she said placing the bowl in front of the Queen. Regina frowned and looked up at the older woman. "Your going to need icing to put on these cakes. So when I first figured you were making them I had Rose, mix up a batch of this icing."

Regina smiled at the woman but couldn't help her smart comment "You do know, I can make icing on my own? Right?" Granny just rolled her eyes and walked away leaving a grinning Regina to finish cutting fruit.

2 hours later the staff was taking food out to everyone and Regina was putting the finishing touches on the 5 cakes sitting before her. One with slices of peaches and strawberries, apples, banana's and grape slices, pineapples and blueberries, kiwi and slices of cherries and raspberries and one with all the fruits. Each designed to say happy birthday and beautiful patterns.

"They look beautiful" Granny said as Regina walked over to the sink washing her hands.

"Thank you" she said as she dried her hands.

"So which one is for Henry" Granny asked making Regina look at her with a sadness. She pushes it down and clears the lump in throat. "He preferred real cakes but he enjoyed apples, banana's and blueberries. But after the whole curse thing he stopped eating apples and any other dessert I made" she added as an after thought.

"Here…" Granny said reaching into her apron and pulling out a small candle and placing it in the center of the cake with the apples, banana's and grape slices on it and sliding it in front of Regina "Make a wish for your boy"

Regina stared at the candle and touched the wick with her finger making a flame appear. She bent down closed her eyes and wished with ever fiber of her heart to see her son again and with a deep breath she blew the flame out. When she opened her eyes granny was placing candles in all the cakes and telling the servers to take them upstairs. She quickly wiped the tear that slowly slid own her cheek and turned to leave.

"I expect you at dinner, you're Majesty," Granny yelled out as Regina started up the stairs, with a short nod she ascended them disappearing.

15 minutes later Granny and the kitchen staff where bringing refreshments and food to the table, Granny taking a seat while the other passed out the plates.

"Have you seen Regina?" Snow asked Granny as sat down at the table. Roland who had been pouting looked up at the sound of the Queen's name.

"Yes, she will be here soon" Granny said taking a sip of water.

Roland smiled and turned in his chair looking toward the door.

"When did you see her?" Ruby asked

"Down in the kitchen where you were supposed to be" Granny scolded "She made the birthday cakes for all the children. You know her, being the health fanatic she is, they're all topped with different kinds of fruit"

"I like fruit, and I like cake" Roland said proudly still facing the doors. Snow grinned at that and looked back at Granny who was smiling at the toddler as well.

"I don't think that information is going to go well with the parents," Charming stated sipping his water.

"Well they're going to have to get over it, Dinner was hectic and I welcomed whatever helped was offered to me" Granny defended.

"GINA!" Roland yelled as the Queen appeared in the doorway. The staff that was standing bowed at her as she walked passed them and sat at the table.

"Gina, I missed you!" Roland squealed climbing onto Regina's lap and wrapping his tiny arms around her neck. "I wanted to show you how I ate my vegetables and how good I was being."

Snow smiled at her stepmother who gave her a small smile and a nod while she hugged Roland. The toddler pulled back placing his hands on each sides of her face and smiling as if trying to memorize it.

"I remember somebody throwing a tantrum and having to go down for an early nap," Robin said looking at Roland who looked down.

"Roland where you being bad?" Regina asked.

Roland looked down and then looked at his chair where his stuffed monkey sat, "Mangyi, was acting up so me and papa had to make him take a early nap,"

"Oh" Regina said looking at Roland before scooting her chair away from the table a bit.

"Well if it were Mangyi, who missed me enough to throw a tantrum he needs a hug more than you do," she said as Roland's face fell.

"No, I missed you" Roland said wrapping his arms around her neck again tightening his grip. "That's why I was sad when I didn't see you" he said in her hair.

"Roland," she said softly as she pulled him away from her so she could look at his face.

"I'm sorry that I left without saying anything and that I missed naptime, but that doesn't mean you get to act up. If your papa tells you to do something, you have to do it. No more tantrums, do you understand?" she asked.

Roland nodded giving her a sincere smile and hugged her again before climbing down to sit back in his seat.

"Roland," Regina said making the toddler, look at her. "I think you have something to say to your papa," she said giving him a stern look.

Roland bit his bottom lip before looking down and then too his papa, "I'm sorry papa" he said quietly. Robin leaned down and kissed his son on the cheek before smiling at the Queen as a thank you.

The servants placed plates of food in front of them, the center platters filled with game meat, soup, fruits and breads. Charming made a plate for Snow and Robin helped Roland with his food while Regina settled with a small salad and a small arrangement of fruit.

"Your Majesty, is just having fruit, you must not be that hungry," Robin said as he began to make his own plate.

Regina couldn't help herself as a smart remark came out of her mouth. "Actually thief, I had a late lunch and besides I wouldn't dare take food from you and your band of unfortunate men. Who knows when you will have this kind of meal again," she says placing a forkful of salad in her mouth. Robin wanted to make a remark but just shook his head and drank from his cup.

"This gravy is good Granny," Leroy said as he dipped his chicken in it.

"Don't thank me, the Queen made it" Granny said as Leroy choked on his food, grabbing a napkin to wipe his mouth.

"What" he demanded

"Yes, dwarf I made that pot just for you" Regina added as she grabbed her fork and began eating her fruit.

Leroy opened his mouth to comment when Roland spoke first. "I like this gravy," he said his mouth full of chicken. Causing everyone to smile and Leroy to frown sniffing his food.

After dinner was served the server brought out slices of the cakes Regina made and placed the biggest pieces in front of the birthday children.

"Thank you, Granny this looks amazing" one of the mothers said as everyone else nodded.

Granny looked at Regina who gave her a small grin and stood "Well thank you but it is the Queen you should thank, she is the one who took the time out to make them."

Everyone looked at the Queen who turned in her chair to look at them and then at cake with new eyes as they stared at it confused on whether to eat it or throw it out. The children didn't care as they raised their forks to eat it but their mothers pulled the plates back.

"No offense you're majesty but Eugenia, we asked you to make them." One of the mothers said who stood with her child's plate in her hands.

"Well I was busy and since it is the Queen's son's birthday, I let her make it. Do you have a problem with that?"

The mother sighed looking between Regina and Granny and then focused her attention on the Queen. "I'm sorry but there was a reason I… we asked Granny to make the cake, no offense but my child will not be eating this." She said handing the plate to one of the servers.

Regina looked at the mother and then the other parents who were picking their children's plates up and handing them to the closest server. Robin watched as Regina frowned lightly but then straightened and looked at the people before standing. Putting on her best politician smile she looked at the parents and spoke.

"No offense taken," she said with a smile that did not reach her eyes. "If you do not wish to eat the cake then, you don't have to. It was just a gift one that does not have to be accepted." She said with another fake smile. She turned to Snow "If you'll excuse me," she said as she began to walk toward the door. When she felt a small tug at her hand, she looked down to see Roland moving to jump down from his chair. Regina smiled sadly at him but stopped him from jumping down.

"Roland, stay here okay,"

"But,"

"I'll come see you before you go to bed okay, stay here with your papa," she said as she pried his finger from around hers and walked to the door.

"You're majesty," Robin said but Regina was already out of the door.

"Gina," Roland whispered toward the door when Ruby looked at the young boy.

"Hey Roland, why don't you eat the cake the Queen made, I bet it would make her really happy when you tell her." Roland thought about it and sadly turned toward his plate picking up his fork unenthusiastically.

…

Regina walked briskly down the hallway toward her room she needed to be alone before she said or did anything she would regret. What that mother said kept replaying in her mind over and over again. Did that simple woman think that she would have poisoned everyone including the children? She never killed children, it's why she waited so long to try and kill, Snow, she just couldn't bring herself to do that. Her anger was taking over and she could feel her magic rise with vengeance within her.

Mirrors and windows began to crack as she walked passed them, Regina, wanted to scream. She wanted to throw things. She wanted to destroy, to show them all her pain, anger, and frustration. She wanted to weep, and have someone understand her gut wrenching fear of losing the son, she loved more than life itself.

As soon a she approached her room a purple barrier was put up so nothing she did would effect the caste and nothing could be heard either. She needed to get rid of this anger and she needed to do so without people thinking that she was planning on killing them.

Once inside her room, and making sure the barriers were all up she slammed her door with such force it should have come clean off the hinges.

Granny glared at the group of parents who were muttering things about spells, magic and poison.

"ENOUGH" Granny yelled causing everyone to become silent. "The Queen has risked her life to save ours time after time, she has changed from hunting down her stepdaughter and killing people to embracing Snow White and letting you all stay in her castle, and you repay her by insulting her!"

"The woman is a murderer!" a man yelled out

"We wouldn't have to sleep here in her castle if she hadn't destroyed our homes!" a woman yelled out.

"Or our villages!" another voice rang out.

"Well she did!" Snow said now standing "She destroyed everything and instead of making you sleep outside and fend for yourselves against the wicked witch, she offered her home to you, and her food. A magical barrier that stems from her magic protects this place. Yes, she took things from us and yes, she is the reason why we are in this predicament now, no one understands your fears and reservations more than I do, but look at what she has sacrificed for us. She absorbed a death curse just to bring myself and Emma back to StoryBrooke, she sacrificed her life to save us when the home office activated a diamond that would have destroyed and killed all of us."

"A diamond she created!" a voice yelled out.

"Yeah" more people shouted.

"She sacrificed her son!" Snow yelled over them and the crowd became quiet. "The most important person in her life, her child" she added softly. "Her child who she may never see again, she sacrificed him to save all of us. I was never able to raise Emma and although it still hurt… deeply, Regina raised Henry. She has never been separated from him the way David and I have been with Emma and she is trying to deal with it the best way she knows how. Today was her son's birthday, and because she couldn't be with him she took the time to personally bake cakes for everyone and you throw it back in her face." Snow said frowning at them. "You trusted her to give up her son at the town line, you trust her enough to sleep in this castle every night and to keep the magical shield up so Zelena and her flying monkeys can't attack us, but you can't eat a cake."

The room remained silent.

"How can you scold us when you know her history with poison," the mother who started all of this stated. "How do we know it wasn't poison?"

"Granny and her staff watched Regina like a hawk, I don't even have to ask I know because they're the ones that have to eat as well. The Queen also helped make the gravy everyone loved so much but since her name wasn't attached to it no one had a problem with eating it," Snow added more harshly then she anticipated.

Sighing she looked back at the crowd "If you don't want the cake do not eat it, I will not force or punish any who doesn't. It was a gift from the Queen and if you do not wish to accept it then you don't have too. I have arranged for some of the older children to play music for the younger one's birthday and their will also be gifts given later, presented by the royal families."

The people and children murmured and began to talk amongst their selves some even grabbing back plates they had given to the servants.

Snow began to walk away when Charming stopped her "Where are you going?"

"To talk to Regina," she said as she walked toward the door. David, Belle, and practically everyone at the table including Robin and Roland followed the Princess. They walked down a long corridor until the reached Regina's bedchamber, which had all five doors glowing purple. Regina's actual bedchamber and the two other rooms that separated it from the others.

Snow yelled for Regina, afraid to touch the door but after a few times, she hesitantly reached her hand forward but Blue stopped her.

"I don't think you should touch that your majesty" she warned.

'"Well I want to make sure that she is alright"

Blue thought for a moment before speaking "Belle is there a mirror in your bedchamber?"

"Yes" Belle answered before they all walked down into the librarian's room. But no one noticed, Roland stay behind and sneak off in the other direction.

There was a grand mirror mounted on a wall in her room that she had covered up with a blanket she nailed just above it.

"Why is it covered?" Tink asked

"I used to watch Rumple… spy on others through the mirror, and it always unsettled me, so I took to covering them up, especially now that were back here." Belle said as Blue waved her wand over the blanket causing it to fall to the floor. She then pointed her wand toward the mirror and the image changed from their reflection into a giant window view of the Queen's bedchamber. They all backed up at the sight of Regina, who was staring at them.

"Oh my god, Regina—" Snow began when Blue placed a hand on her shoulder stopping the princess.

"She can't hear or see you princess," the fairy explained as they all looked back at Regina.

…

Frowning slightly she glared at herself in the mirror, her chest rising and falling rapidly as if she was on the verge of screaming. She hated them for being afraid of her hadn't she suffered enough, with the lost of her son. She cast a curse to bring an end to people's happy ending's and she managed to bring about her own in the process. Although she hated them for fearing she understood why, she had been a monster. A cold-hearted killer, with only one goal in mind, to bring death to her stepdaughter and anyone who helped her. Her eyes began to water as her pain and anger rose within her.

Robin could see the turmoil in her eyes as they shown with anger and sadness. She glanced down at her vanity and lying on her table was a bottle of what looked like perfume.

She picked up the bottle, stepping back from her vanity she stared at the bottle, until her face turned into a deeper frown. She thinks about the woman who made this perfume for her, the old woman was terrified of her. Even after Regina assured her she had nothing to fear, the woman still jumped, and flinched every time she was around.

When the woman was finished Regina told one of her guards to pay but the old woman had the audacity to decline. Telling her that accepting money from a monster like her would be like condoning her bloody reign and she would not have that held on her conscious. Hearing the insult she had lost her temper and ordered the woman to be placed in the dungeons.

After a few days she released the woman and put out an order preventing anyone from buying from her, so that she would have no choice but to accept her money if she wanted to live.

So every other day Regina would have her guards take her to the woman's village to get more perfume and after buying her entire supply, the woman still refused to accept her money. Regina would in turn chuckle and tell the woman she will die soon if she kept this behavior up, but the woman was relentless.

After a day had passed she traveled to the woman's village again knowing that the woman would be on the verge of starvation since she had stationed a few of her guardsmen to make sure no one gave the woman anything to eat or drink.

Walking into the woman's shabby looking cabin, on the table sat 6 large bottles of perfume, all of them different scents; she picked up the note that was attached to the first bottle and read it.

'This should be enough to last you quite some time'.

With a frown she walked further into the cabin and slammed open the only other door in there and gasped. Walking slowly toward the bed she stared down at the pale corpse.

The woman had died in the night but not before making Regina a year's supply of perfume. The woman was thin and frail when she first saw her and now staring at her lifeless body she looked like she could just blow away.

With a growl she throws it with great force at her reflection. The mirror she was looking at shattered but it did nothing to the image the others were currently staring, even though they still jumped back in fear.

A scream erupts from her mouth as she swiped her vanity clean of any and everything that was lying on top of it. She walks over to the pictures that hang on her wall and tore them down, she briskly walked toward her closet and pulls out dress after dress, throwing them on the floor until she held up a black one. She stared at the dress for a moment her eyes darkening as more memories of her dark reign flooded her mind. With a scream she ripped it to shreds.

As she moved to destroy another worthless trophy she collected from her many victims, and tripped slightly. Her long elegant and heavy dress was snagged onto her bed frame, her breathing quickened as her chest fought against the tight bodice, with a frustrated growl; she pulled it free ripping it. As soon as she was free she began her destroying assault on her outfit. She pulled the pins from her hair and ripped at her dress, trying to free herself from its tight grip. With a mixture of a scream and what sounded like a sob she rips off the sleeves and then bends down tearing at the bottom of her dress with magic so it was lighter to move in, kicking off her shoes in the process.

Once she could freely move, she walked to her bed and pulled the sheets from it and used her magic to set them ablaze. She was so angry and she was running out of things to destroy, feeling her magic boil out of control inside of her she unleashed another scream again this time throwing her arms out tossing furniture, clothes, pictures, perfumes, anything her magic could touch all over the room and shattering, with great force.

She moved to her vanity and grabbed it by the side, her face contorted in anger; she threw it to the other side of the room and did the same to the half a couch sitting by the fireplace. She ripped at the pillows and used her magic to singe the fabric. Her mind filled with the voices of the mothers and fathers telling her why they wouldn't let their children eat her food, they replayed over and over in her mind like a broken record. She stood, grabbing her head and placing her palms over her ears as if trying to drown out their booming voices.

"Ugh, I don't care!" she yelled at her door as tears shown in her eyes, her body took on a hue of purple as her body became alive with her unstable magic again.

"I don't care! I hate all of you!" she shouted her breath hitching as she ran toward the wall and threw her fists against it, causing her room and the wall to shake, but Robin and the others felt nothing. She threw her fists against it again and again.

Snow watched her step mother break down as she wiped her own tears away, she knew Regina was hurting but she didn't know how to fix it or make her feel better.

Robin and the others watched silently as the Queen's magic rolled off of her in waves leaving everything in the room in smithereens as she pounded on the wall. The glass windows in the balcony door was now lying broken on the floor along with her candle holder and perfume bottles, not to mention every mirror in her room.

"I want my son!" she cried as she threw her fists at it again this time with less force. "I want my… son," she gasped as she turned putting her back against the wall for support as she slid down it. "I want Henry," she gasped bringing her knees to her chest she covered her face with her hands. "I just want Henry," she whispered as she cried softly, her body humming a low purple, it reminded Snow of a bulb getting ready to go out. Her stepmother just seemed to flicker, as her magic calmed down.

No one said anything as they watched the Queen break down. Robin felt sick that he even witnessed it. He knew this was supposed to be a private moment and also knew that if the Queen were to ever find out she would kill the lot of them. Something shifted in the other room at the far end of the room, bringing him from his thoughts.

The others looked also but the Queen didn't seem to hear it since she still had her face buried in her knees. A small door on the wall connecting to her bathroom opened and a pair of tiny hands and head crawled out.

"Roland" Robin gasped as he watched his toddler stand clenching his beloved monkey as looked at the destruction around him.

"Gina?" he said softly causing the Queen to gasp and look up at him.

"Ro… Roland? What are you doing in here?" she asked wiping the tears from her face.

"Gina, what's wrong?" Roland asked ignoring Regina's question. "Why are you crying?"

Regina shook her head "Roland, honey, I'm okay, who is supposed to be watching you?" she asked in a shuttering voice, still wiping the tears from her cheeks.

"Papa and Snow went into a room but I came here to see you," he said honestly. "Are you in time out?" he asked as he started to walk toward her.

"What?" Regina asked as she watched the boy slowly approach.

"Sometimes when papa puts me in timeout, I yell and throw stuff too. But then I get in trouble, do you want me to help you clean up so you don't get into trouble?" Roland asked as he stepped on a broken vile. The crunching sound of the glass made Regina; realize just how dangerous it was for the toddler to try and walk around it to get to her. Using what was left of her magic she raised her hand, gently stopping Roland from walking and with a flick of the other she cleared a path from him to walk on.

Once she was finished she dropped her hand and crossed her, as Roland just stayed still staring at her.

"Come here, honey," she said softly and the toddler came running full force toward her until he was in her arms. She held him tightly as he rested his head on her shoulder.

She only loosened her grip when she felt him pull back from her.

"Gina, you ripped your dress. Won't Snow be mad?" he asked worry covering his little face.

Regina smiled softly and sniffing as she shook her head no.

"Why are you crying?" he asked as he wiped a fallen tear from her cheek.

"I…" Regina tried to think of a lie but reframed from it. "I lost someone," she whispered.

"Is that why you're crying?"

Regina nodded her head slowly as another tear fell.

"Who? Maybe papa can help you find them." The toddler said wiping her tear away.

"No, he's lost to me… my son," she whispered sniffing and looking past him.

"Oh" was all Roland could think of to say. "Do you know where you lost him, maybe papa can go back there and see if anyone else has seen him." He suggested.

Regina smiled at him but it didn't reach her eyes.

"I didn't lose him here, I lost him in another world, and I can't go back to get him, nobody can. I lost him forever, I don't think I can get him back." Regina answered as more tears fell. "I miss him so much" she whispered.

Roland didn't know what else to say so he leaned in and hugged the Queen again which Regina quickly accepted.

"Gina," Roland said as he pulled back again "Do you know what I do when I miss my papa, when he leaves?"

Regina looked at the boy awaiting his answer.

"I put my hand over my heart and I say papa three times" he said as he placed his hand on his little chest. "And then I say I miss you, that way when I fall asleep, I dream about him and then I don't miss him because when I wake up, papa comes back." He explained.

Regina smiled sadly but nodded.

"I know your son won't comeback but Tuck says that even if I wake up and papa isn't there he will know I miss him because he will feel it in his heart," Regina smiles again at the boy and sighs.

"Thank you," Regina says as she gently rests her forehead against his. "Thank you for trying to make me feel better."

"I know what will make you feel even better," Roland says as he leans back smiling widely.

"What?"

"We can play tricks on papa!" he exclaims a he pulls from her embrace and stands tugging on her hand. "We can play hide and seek or you can say he stinks," he said as his dimples deepened.

Regina chuckles and begins to stand when a wave of dizziness washes over her and she groans and sits back down.

"Gina what's wrong?" Roland says as he moves closer to her.

"I think I used to much magic, to fast and now my body is angry with me."

"Oh, you mean like when Little John, eats too much spicy stuff and his stomach growls at him and then he has to do number 2?" the toddler asks looking down at the Queen's stomach.

Regina burst into a fit of giggles as the picture of the fat man grabbing his stomach and rushing to the nearest bathroom.

The sound of the Queen's laughter had Robin smiling proudly at his son and fondly at the Queen who seemed to be in better spirits.

"No not like that," Regina said with a chuckle. "But it means that I have to sleep."

Roland frowned at that but then he took in the Queen's appearance. "Want me to stay with you until you feel better?"

Regina smiled at him "Not if you don't want to, I know you don't like taking naps or going down for bedtime… so if you want to go and play with the others until it is time for you to go to bed then I promise I won't be mad."

Roland thought about it for a second and then smiled "No, I want to stay with you" he said as he looked around the room. "Where are you going to lay down?"

Regina looked around the room at all the destruction, she wouldn't have the strength and power to cleanup until she got some rest and even still she would need to eat something as well.

"There is another room we can go in," she says as she tries once again to stand. Using the wall to brace her self on she ignored the throbbing beginning to make itself present in her mind and reached down to pick up Roland.

The toddler grabbed his monkey and held his arms up. Roland was not at all heavy but because she was exhausted it felt like she was caring a horse on her hip. She slowly made her way to her bedroom door and then looked down at her appearance; walking out into the hall with torn clothes on and swollen eyes will make anyone who saw her think she had been attacked. So with as much strength as she could muster she turned and walked to the wall conjoining the room. After a quick breath she waved her hand over the wall and a door appeared.

The wave of magic that left her made her let go of Roland and the boy slid down her frame and she along with him.

"Gina!" Roland called as the Queen chuckled

"I'm sorry," she gasped with a tired smile "That was stupid," she said with another breathy laugh.

"Yeah" Roland agreed.

Regina smiled at him and stood again this time grabbing Roland's had and leading him into the next room. This room wasn't as big as Regina's and it didn't have a balcony but it was still fully furnished and was accented with gold, purple and white drapes.

Blue waved her wand over the image and it moved to the room Regina was now in with Roland.

"This room is pretty" Roland said as he felt Regina let go of his hand and walk toward the bed. Regina wanted to take off the torn up dress but her mind and heart were racing to fast for to think of anything other then lying down.

Roland walked around the room, looking and touching things before turning his attention back to Regina who looked to be sleeping. He walked over to the bed and threw Mangyi up on it and then used the sheets to pull himself up. Once up on the bed he settled against one of the many pillows and then looked down at Regina who had a fresh tear running down her cheek.

"Gina, what is your son's name?"

Regina sniffed and opened her eyes wiping away her tear.

"Henry," she whispered.

Roland wiggled close to Regina so her arms were around him and he was looking up at her.

"Here, close your eyes" he said as he put his hands over her eyes. Regina smiled but did as she was told. "Now," he said reaching behind him and grabbing her hand and placing it over her heart. "Say Henry, Henry, Henry… I miss you."

Regina was going to protest but her body screamed for her to play along just so the boy could let her rest.

"Henry" Regina said a she felt tears burn her eyelids "Henry" her heart began to break with every mutter of his name and the tears began to fall. "Henry" she sobbed as her body shook. "I miss you," she said as she felt Roland hands cup her cheeks.

"Don't cry Gina, Don't cry," he said as she just tightened her embrace and after a few minutes her body relaxed and Roland fell asleep as well.

…

The silence around him made him look up from the fire to see all of his men including his wife and son staring at him.

"Robin are you okay?" Marina asked as she began to walk toward him.

He looked at her and then his men before clearing his throat, "No of course, I am fine. Just thinking," he said smiling at his wife.

"Thinking about what?" Tuck answered. The men looking at him expectantly, some had looks ok worry on their faces and the other seemed to be holding their breath.

"Nothing important. I'm just a little tired I didn't get much sleep and my thoughts are a little sketchy." He said as the men looked at one another. "Anyway it is time Roland to go to bed. He has school in the morning. Come on my boy kiss your mother goodnight and tell the men you love them." Robin said as Roland yarned and ran into his mother's legs.

"Night Mama," he said as Marian lifted and kissed him goodnight. The toddler ran over to the men and did the same before allowing his father to lead him into the cabin.

After letting his father tuck him and reading a goodnight story Roland quickly rushed off to sleep, hoping to see bad Gina again. As darkness washed over him and he awoke in his dream, Bad Gina was waiting for him.

"Gina?" Roland called out. As he walked around what appeared to be a playground.

"Hello baby peasant" The ravened haired woman said as she sat on one of the swings.

"I did what you said, I got Papa to remember," the boy said with a smile as he walked over to the other swing and took a seat. "What do we do now?" he asked as he kicked his legs to get the swing to move.

Bad Gina saw this and smiled flicking her wrist making the swing slowly go back and forth.

"We don't do anything, you did really good so now all we have to do is wait. We wait and we just swing." She said closing her eyes and leaning her hair to her right, resting it on the chain.

The two sat like that for a while before something in the bushes had them both looking to their left. A purple bird with orange and blue wings jumped from it and looked at the two before taking off for the sky.

"You got some imagination kid, because I have never seen a bird that looked like that before." Bad Gina said kicking her feet off the ground to make the swing go higher.

"What's a imgagin… imagi… what's that?" Roland asked a slight frown on his brow.

"It's when you think of things that no one has ever seen before, and when you sleep you can think of something and it becomes real," the brunette said her eyes still closed.

"I can think about anything?" Roland said more than asked quietly.

It was quiet for a while until she heard Roland sigh. She peaked one eye open as she watched the boy. His head was down and he wore a sad expression.

"What's wrong baby peasant?"

Roland huffed a small breath, "I tried to fly but it didn't work."

"Hmm," the woman said closing her eyes again "That's strange because it worked the first time you tried. You didn't even have to wait long, as soon as you imagined it you took off."

Roland gasped stopping the swing and jumping down, "Gina, I flew?" he asked as the woman stopped swinging and looked at him.

Bad Gina smiled and stood from the swing before kneeling in front of the toddler.

"Yeah, you did. With the help of a certain fairy," she said with a smile.

"A fairy?" Roland exclaimed.

"Yeah, but here you don't need a fairy you just have to imagine your flying, really believe you can and then you just start to fly," she said standing. "Watch," she said as she began to levitate off the ground.

Roland jumped and gasped with excitement.

"Now you try," Bad Gina said as she touched the ground again.

Roland closed his eyes and thought real hard.

"Just believe you can and then you will," he heard Gina whisper to him and as soon as she did the toddler was floating toward the clouds.

"LOOK GINA! LOOK! I can fly!" he said with a huge grin.

Bad Gina levitated toward him and lay down on her back, while he flipped trying to do the same. Without warning she felt something small slam into her, she looked down to see Roland embracing her.

"What's this?" she asked as she placed a hand on his wild curly hair.

"I don't know," Roland murmured against her stomach. "I just want to hold you."

Bad Gina smiled down at him as her eyes filled with tears, forcing them away she lifted the boy's chin with her finger and smiled at him.

"Want to see another memory?" she asked quietly as he shook his head.

She placed her hands on his head and soon the memory flooded back to the surface.

Enchanted Forest Past

Hours later the light from the sun peaking through the curtains, Regina moved to sit up when she felt a little arm tighten around her waist. She looked down smiling at him as she ran her hands through his soft curly hair.

"He really cares about you, you know," a voice said causing her to jump. She looks toward the door to see a pair of shimmering wings fold away and Tinkerbell walking toward the bed.

"How did you get in here?" Regina asked curiously "My shield should have still been up"

"It came down when you fell asleep," Tink said sitting on the bed looking down at the toddler. "He's adorable isn't he?"

"What do you want?" Regina asked sitting up and moving Roland's head to her lap as the boy tightened his grip around her waist.

"Why are always so mean to me, If anyone should be angry it should be me, I'm the one that was isolated for years while you got to live here"

"It's not all it's cracked to be believe me"

"Well it was a lot better than where I was" Tink said with a challenging glare. Regina relented and nodded her head.

"I just want us to be friends."

"I don't see that happening."

"Well we used to be."

"I don't think one lunch constitutes us being friends."

"Well it did for me and besides it was more than what others were offering you"

Regina sighed "Okay fairy, what do you purpose we do?"

Tinkerbell shook her shoulder with excitement making Regina shake her head a smile.

"First things first, we need to clean up you're room and then we need to get you and dimples here in a bath so we can make it to breakfast."

"I'm not hungry" Regina quickly stated

"Well I'm sure someone else is and he will have a royal fit if you don't accompany him" Tinkerbell says hopping off the bed.

"Well he's a child, he'll understand that the Queen is very busy," Regina said with an assertive nod.

"Please come to breakfast with me Gina," a little voice said against her stomach.

"Roland, How long have you been awake?"

"Since the moment you sat up and he thought you were leaving" Tink said as she waved he wand over Regina, changing her tattered dress into a simple blue gown that was light and moveable.

"Tinkerbell" Regina scolded looking down.

"Ooh do me! Do me!" Roland yelled as he jumped up on the bed.

Tink smiled pointing her wand at the toddler changing his clothes to little black pants, and a blue shirt to match Regina's dress.

"Perfect" Tink said with a smile

Regina smiled and flicked her wrist at him giving him a blue bandanna "Now you look perfect"

"Whatever, come on!" Tink exclaimed as Regina and Roland climbed down from the bed and headed back into Regina's bedchamber. As soon as they stepped foot into the room Regina could see the extent of the damaged she caused. The wall had fist prints in it, the couch and vanity were thrown and torn in places, her dresses where sprawled all over the floor and glass was everywhere.

"Wow, you must have been really angry." Tink said glancing at Regina who waved her off.

"I was just looking for something," she said walking over to one of the unbroken vials of red liquid picking it up.

"Clearly" Tink said gesturing to the wall.

"Gina, do magic! Do magic!" Roland squealed.

Turning to face the boy, she waved her hand over the floor and the glass shards disappeared and went back into the balcony door and mirrors.

"Yay! Do more!"

Regina smiled at the boy "If I do anymore magic, there won't be anything for us to clean silly" she said tapping his nose.

"Just one more, please" the toddler pleaded.

"How about you do magic yourself," Regina suggested

"But I don't have magic" Roland said looking down.

"Well you know, Tink is a fairy and what do fairies have?"

"Um… magic?"

"Yes but they also have fairy dust and if they sprinkle it on you, and you think happy thoughts you can fly."

Roland's eyes got as big as golf balls "I can fly?"

"Happy thoughts?" Tink asked frowning at the woman.

"Shh" Regina said glancing at Tink before turning her attention back to Roland.

"Any happy thought?"

"Mmhmm" Regina nodded with a smile.

Roland looked over at Tink who gave him a big smile.

Roland smiled widely looking at the fairy "Can I have some dust please?"

"Okay, close your eyes" Tink said walking over to the boy, she waved her wand over the boy. Green sparkles surrounded the toddler like fireflies in the night, the faint sounds of bells and the intense beat of his little heart made the experience all the more magical. Just as fast as it appeared, it was gone and Roland stood grinning, his deep dimples looking like giant craters in his cheeks.

"Okay, open your eyes and then all you have to do is… think happy thoughts." Tink said laughing taking a quick glance at Regina.

Fairy dust only needed you to believe in it, as long as you believed you could fly.

Needless to say it didn't take Roland very long to think of anything because as soon as he opened his eyes be began to rise.

"Look Gina! Look! I can fly!" He exclaimed as he started to rise faster until he was touching the ceiling.

"I see"

"How do I go places," he asked looking down at the two women.

"Just think of which way you want to go and the magic will guide you there." Tink said as she made her own wings appear and she flew toward him. Giving the toddler a quick course in flying he was doing flips and twirls in the sky in no time.

"Okay Roland," Regina said as the boy floated toward her " You can fly around but only in the room, don't go outside and remember you have to help clean too."

"Okay," he said with a serious look.

"Okay, the first thing we're going to do is hang the drapes back up and make the bed, can you help me do that?"

Roland nodded vigorously grabbing hold of the heavy dark grey drapes. With a flick of Regina's wrist the heavy material was light as a feather and easy for the toddler to manipulate. As Tink waved her wand over the floor the rings that held up the material appeared on the wall and the drapes connected perfectly.

30 minutes later the room was almost back to it's pristine form, the only thing left was the fully restored, mass of dresses that were now floating near a hovering Roland while he placed them in the closet.

"Can I ask you something?" Tink said as she and Regina sat on the couch watching Roland.

Regina looked at the fairy and then turned back to the toddler. "No, but I'm sure you'll ask me anyway"

"Regina"

"What"

Tink sighed rolling her eyes before looking back at the Queen. She could see the sadness in her eyes when she looked at Roland she could even see the longing she had to be with her own son when she smiles at the boy. She wanted to just shake the woman and tell her that she didn't have to be miserable here. That she could be happy if only she let herself. She still had hope that the broken Queen could find her true love and even her soul mate if she just stopped being so closed off and hiding from everyone.

Taking a deep breath the fairy placed her hand over Regina's causing the woman to look at her "If I could grant you one wish, what would it be?" she asked softly.

Regina pulled her hands from the woman and stood, walking over and onto the balcony. "I don't want to play this game with you moth," Regina snapped.

Tink quickly followed and turned the brunette to face her "I'm not trying to upset you and I am sorry if I did," Tink said as she watched Regina fold her arms across her chest as if keeping herself from feeling anything.

"You already know what I would wish for and you know it's impossible for you to grant it, so why ask?" she said turning to face the railing.

Tink sighed grabbing Regina's hands and forcing her to face her. Seeing tears in her friend's eyes she quickly added softly. "I know you want your son and I know I may not be able to get him physically here-"

Regina tried to turn from the fairy but Tink stopped her "But I can help you find away to get to him"

"That's impossible you know that," Regina said as tears finally spilled from her eyes.

Tink reached up and wiped them away "They said it was impossible for the Evil Queen to change, for her to love, even for the Dark One too but you have changed. You sacrificed your son and your life for the very people you set out to destroy. You saved your sworn enemy countless times including recently and the Dark One has a woman that truly loves him so much in fact she is willing to go to the ends of the earth to try and bring him back from the dead. I know I won't be able to grant your wish today and maybe not or a long time but I can help you find him, even if I have to steal more fairy dust to do it." She said with a smile causing Regina to chuckle be fore she sobered back up again.

"How" she whispered looking down at her hands, which were still in the fairy's grasp.

"I don't know, but what I do know is that I won't stop until I find away. I promised you a happy ending and I'm going to help you get one, no matter how long it takes."

Regina smiled softly "Okay" she said turning to leave when Tink stopped her.

"Regina, I'm serious, in order for fairy dust and fairies period, to work is for people to believe in them. I know you think I let you down in the past but I am asking you now. Do you believe that I will help you, that I can help you?"

Regina looked back down at her hands but remained silent, "I can't"

"You won't"

"I'm scared," she whispered "I'm afraid that if I get my hopes up, and you let me down, I will fade to a place I can never return from and even if I don't have Henry I know he would never forgive me if I turned back to being the Evil Queen."

"I won't let that happen and I don't think you will either"

"How can you be so sure?" Regina asked looking back up at the fairy.

"Because of him," Tink said turning her to face the toddler who was now jumping up and down in mid air over and under the dresses that were now sprawled out all over the room. "No matter how sad you get or how angry, you always look to see if Roland is around and if he is you always calm down or hold him. The same way you acted when you were with Henry."

Regina watched Roland letting Tink's words sink in before looking back at the fairy.

"You didn't let me down the first time… I did. You told me to believe in you before and I was scared." She said looking down after a beat she spoke again. "I'm not scared anymore, I want my son and I want to be happy… and I believe you can help me," she whispered as a tear ran down her cheek.

Tink smiled at her confession her wings jumping out and fluttering brightly.

"Wish received and I'll get started on it today," she said with a smile.

Regina gave her a watery smile,"Thank you."

"Now," Tink said clapping her hands "I'm thirsty anyone else?"

"Ooh I am!" Roland said flying toward them arms first.

Tink waved her wand over one of the side tables in the room while Regina grabbed ahold of Roland and walked back into the room, sitting down. Three cups of red juice appeared on a silver platter. "Raspberry lemonade" Tink proclaimed grabbing cup.

Regina raised an skeptically "What do you know about raspberry lemonade?"

Tink made a face of mock insult "Ruby did show me a thing of two about your world," she said with a smile.

"Mmm" Roland said as he practically spilled the beverage down his shirt "This is really good!"

Regina tasted the beverage and gave an approving nod to the fairy that beamed at the praise.

"I'm glad we're almost finished Gina, now we can go have breakfast with papa and the Princess at the big table." The toddler exclaimed and immediately Regina's face fell and she sat her glass back on the table.

Tink knew after yesterday she would love nothing more than to hide out here in her room and even if she didn't now that they all had witnessed her break down, she was still embarrassed.

Regina leaned over creating a hanker chief and using it to wipe the juice From Roland's chin. The toddler watched the fairy stare at Regina until a mischievous smile came across her lips. With a quick flick of her wand Regina's drink glowed a quick hue of green and then it went back to its normal color.

Roland gasped and Tink gave the boy a quick glance.

"Roland, what is it?" The Queen asked

Tink shook her head

Roland must have got the message because he just said that he couldn't wait till breakfast was ready. With a small grin Regina sat back on the couch.

"Don't tell me you don't like my lemonade Regina" Tink said looking down at her still full glass.

"No, it's fine I'm just not that thirsty" the Queen responded.

"At least drink a little more, I want to make sure I did it right. I can't really take Roland's word for it since anything with sure taste good to him." Tink said hoping that would get Regina to at least sip a little more.

Sighing softly Regina picked up the glass and began to drink it. She hadn't even realized how thirsty she was until more than half of it was gone. As she drank it her entire body glowed a faint green and then it was gone.

"So…" Tink said as Regina placed the cup down. "How was it?"

"It was delicious" Regina said with a small smile.

"O...K…" Tink said staring at her, "How do you feel?"

"I feel fine" Regina said with a frown.

"Fine as in happy or fine as in I'm dying on the inside?"

"Tinkerbell" Regina warned.

"I'm sorry I just wanted to know it the spell worked or not"

"What spell?" Regina exclaimed looking at the fairy and then at the cup.

"Um…" Tink said standing.

"Tinkerbell! What did you do?" Regina yelled as she too stood, anger contorting on her face. Thinking quickly she threw her hand back at Roland without breaking eye contact and placed a shield on him to not only keep him on the floor but to make sure he couldn't hear anything.

"Well Clearly it didn't work since one of the emotions you aren't allowed to feel is anger." Tink said backing away from the fuming Queen.

"WHAT!" Regina yelled as Roland looked between the two women. "What do you mean one of the emotions?"

Tink rolled the wand in her hand nervously as her wings began to flutter.

Regina grabbed her roughly by her wrist and demanded an answer when her eyes flashed green and her entire body tensed for a second and then relaxed. Regina stepped away from the fairy grabbing her head and rubbing her eyes.

Once she seemed to get her bearings she looked back up at Tink.

"Tink? What happened?" Regina asked.

"What?" Tink said looking at the Queen, "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Drinking the lemonade," she said absentmindedly looking back to where her cup sat and Roland inside a barrier. "When did I get up? And why is he in a barrier?" she asked looking at Tink.

The fairy gave her a sheepish look before whispering, "Holy fairy dust, Blue is going to kill me"

…

After tucking Roland in and making sure he was asleep, Robin wen to go check on Marian. Walking outside to where she and the Merry Men sat talking, Tuck interrupted the group.

"Roland, down for the night" the bald man asked.

"Yeah" Robin said smiling "He fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow."

"I bet, Marian told us how you fell asleep and he covered himself in chocolate like some kind of candy bar" Little John joked as the entire group laughed.

"Yeah well you should have heard his reasoning for it" Robin added

"What he wanted to be a strawberry?" Adam yelled out

"No a bunny!" Amod yelled

"Actually it was some woman in his dream that told him to do it," he said with a laugh. All the men one by one stopped laughing and looked at Marian.

"What woman?" Marian asked as Robin stopped laughing and looked around at the fear and what looked like in some, hope on their faces. He hadn't meant to say the last part. He remembered what his son told him, and from the look on his men's face and his wife's, the toddler had good reason for saying so.

"What woman Robin?" Marina asked again.

Glancing at his men he shook his head and cleared his throat "I don't… um… know he wouldn't tell me much. But he could be talking about the woman he's been having the nightmares about, the one that takes his toy from him and hides it" he said hoping Marian would buy the lie. Marian looked at the men then back at Robin before nodding.

"Okay" she said with a smile. She knew he was lying but now wasn't the right time to bring this up. As the tension grew Robin shifted from foot to foot before a yarn forced Marian to speak again.

"Why don't you go lay down, I'll get the men to help me clean up. Like you said you didn't get much sleep last night." Marian said as Robin nodded.

Bending down to give his wife a kiss he bid goodnight to the men and walked back into the cabin. As he kicked off his shoes and shrugged off his jacket and jeans he laid down on the bed his mind racing with thought. He wanted to know who tis mysterious woman was in his son's dream, why was he dreaming of the Queen, when he barely remembers spending anytime with her and why was it that everyone seemed to get on edge when he mentioned the woman in Roland's dream.

It was like everyone knew what was going on but him. He feels this emotional pull toward the Queen every time he sees' her but he doesn't understand why. The night she tried to kiss him and he touched her leg, he wanted nothing more than to kiss her tears away and take her right there on the ground. He was remembering small things that couldn't be true like the smell of the Queen's perfume, the softness of her skin, the smooth feel of her dark long hair and even the taste of her lips; but all of this was impossible. He was never that close to the Queen, he was sure she wouldn't let him but the dreams or visions he was having felt more like memories than anything else and the crazy part was that he wasn't the only one in them. The Princess and her husband, sometimes the Dark one's girlfriend, his men but mostly Little John and the Queen. Before his mind could think anymore he felt the heavy pull of sleep dragging him under and with one last sigh a pair of brown eyes and soft olive skin flooded his dreams.

Enchanted Forest Past

Robin quickly made his way to the breakfast table hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen this morning. After she had fallen asleep with his son in her arms, the barrier had come down but he didn't have the heart to separate the two, so he allowed them to sleep. He knew Roland would insist on the Queen eating with him so he was sure to see his son. He walked passed an angry blue fairy scolding the green one. He didn't care to stop and listen, he could careless what the young fairy had done now. He just wanted to see that olive skin and those chocolate brown eyes look at him followed by some horrible remark about the stench he couldn't seem to get rid of. As he walked in he saw her, well the back of her just sitting at the table and soon, the two fairies that were arguing, passed him and sat down greeting the Princess and the Queen.

Regina sat at the table smiling like the cat that swallowed the canary. Everyone watched her as they began to sit down.

"Good morning" Snow said a little hesitantly as she glanced over at Tinkerbell who looked just as nervous. The whole situation was making Robin feel uneasy, although the Queen was smiling and it seemed to reach her eyes, it seemed out of place since just last night they saw her destroy her room with all the anger she had bottled up inside of her.

"What's wrong with her?" Snow whispered as Regina nodded a good morning to everyone who sat down.

"Um… I may have done something"

"What?" Snow said frowning

"Well it seems that Green used some of her pixie dust to give Regina a sedative."

"My name is Tinkerbell, and I was trying to help…" Tink said frowning at Blue.

"What did you do to her?" Charming asked as he watched Regina waved to the other people sitting down at the table.

"Nothing" Tinkerbell quickly defended.

"Good Morning Leroy, or would you prefer me to call you Grumpy?" Regina asked as Leroy sat at the table beside Ruby, who shook her head for him not to respond.

Everyone looked at Tinkerbell and she sighed heavily.

"Okay, she was really upset… we all saw it… and I was trying to make her feel better so last night I… made her some tea" she said with a slight cringe.

"With Pixie dust" Blue added in

"Yes but it was only a little bit and she was seemed calm… after"

"Yes, but what Tink forgot to factor in is that The Queen has powerful Dark magic and not all magic reacts well to any kind of fairy dust… or pixie dust for that matter, especially when digested," Blue said in a scolding voice to Tinkerbell who rolled her eyes.

"Well I didn't see any of you trying to make her feel better, at least I tried" Tinkerbell yelled.

"But you made it worse!" Blue yelled at the young pixie

"Okay" Snow said loudly interrupting the two fairies "What happened or better yet what's wrong with her?" Snow asked looking at Regina who was smiling and whispering to Roland

"Nothing" Tinkerbell blurted out

"The pixie dust… Tinkerbell… gave to Regina has suppressed her feelings"

"Her what?" Snow repeated with shock.

"No" Tinkerbell blurted "It… it… okay, yes she can not express some emotions but…"

"What kind of emotions?" Charming asked staring at Regina.

"Anger, envy… sorrow" Tink mumbled

"And she is also forced to tell the truth, which wouldn't be too bad but because she is a Queen and a very angry one at that… I'm sure she is…"

"Wait, she can't express any other emotion then happiness?" Ruby asked cutting off the Blue Fairy, "Does it hurt?"

"Well" Blue started

"No, it doesn't" Tinkerbell quickly stated cutting the older fairy off "If she starts to feel sad, her brain just restarts itself and she is back to being happy again"

"Tinkerbell that sounds like it hurts" Snow said worry suddenly deepening on her face.

"No… No watch" Tinkerbell said as she turned to Regina who was listening to Roland tell a very animated story of his adventures with the other children around the castle.

"Regina" Tink called causing the brunette to look at her

"Do you enjoy talking to Roland?"

Regina smiled brightly as Roland beamed at her awaiting her answer

"Yes" she said proudly tapping the toddler's nose

"What about Henry? You must miss him… Do you miss Henry?

"Tink," Snow scolded when Regina's face fell

"Hen… Henry," Regina gasped as if she was realizing she had a son "Henry… my son… Henry," she whispered as her eyes fell toward the table and they suddenly glazed over.

"Regina," Snow whispered as she saw her step mothers tears threaten to fall but before she could say anything Regina's eyes flashed a quick neon green, Regina blinked and the unshed tears were gone. She looked around the table slightly confused and then she looked down at Roland and smiled.

"Roland would you like to help me in the garden? Granny says that the vegetables are ready to be picked, and I need a helper. You could pick all kinds of stuff." She said as she turned to Roland who grinned madly at the Queen.

"Oh yes, papa can I?" the toddler asked turning to face his father

Robin along with everyone else could do nothing but nod, as the Queen seemed to just literally restart.

"See. She's fine" Tink assured.

"No she is not, what Tink forgot to mention was that the Queen is also compelled to tell the truth, no matter what. I'm sure I don't have to tell anyone at his table how dangerous that is especially since that witch has been trying to find weaknesses within these walls for the past-"

"Hold up," Ruby said completely ignoring Blue's uneasiness "You're telling me that Regina can only tell the truth? She isn't allowed to lie?" she asked with a cunning smile

"Yes… but," Blue began when Snow recognized the look on her friends face.

"Red…" Snow began when Ruby held up her hand and quickly turned to Regina.

"Regina, did you ever sleep with Sidney… like ever? That guy is too obsessed with for you to be just "his Queen," " Ruby said with a sly smile and using her hands to make quotations.

"Red" Snow scolded.

"God no, he was obsessed because I insinuated that I might… if he did everything I wanted him to do" she said smiling at the young wolf quirking an eyebrow.

"But he always did, how did you pull off not sleeping with him?"

"Ruby!" Snow and Blue both said.

"I always found some way to make him seem as though he screwed up… he was easy to manipulate," she said with a chuckle.

"Red, that's enough, stop asking her questions," Snow warned with a frown.

"Forget that, we have a way to find out what Regina… the most powerful woman in our realm... since the death of the Dark One… thinks of us, but not only that pick her brain on anything without boundaries… I'm sorry Snow I love you and all but I'm taking full advantage," Ruby said as she looked back at Regina who was back to talking to Roland Regina, "What do you really think of me and Granny?"

Granny glared at Ruby for asking such a stupid question "We already know what that horrible woman thinks of us, why do you need her to say it out loud."

"Because I think… no I know for fact she likes us," Ruby said smiling at her granny before turning back to Regina "Right Regina?"

Regina frowned slightly looking at both women in deep thought then she sighed and smiled "I truly enjoy being around Eugenia…"

"See what I… What?" Granny said looking at the Queen.

Everyone looked at Regina as she continued "You look at Ruby with so much love and you protect her with every fiber of your being. I have always wanted that, you hold her close but you don't squeeze her and even when she fights with you and lashes out… you…. Don't hurt her, you just accept her," she said with a smile as Granny smiled softly back. "Whenever Henry would be bad or lash out I just think of you and how you would handle it… stern but loving…. Set boundaries but don't trap… it helped me a lot."

"Why have you not said any of this to me?" Granny asked softly.

"Because I was a feared mayor and to be honest I never really paid attention to you until the day I brought Henry to the diner, after I adopted him. I didn't know what I was doing and I was silently asking for help. So when you told me to tell him a story, I listened and later that day it actually worked" Regina said with a huge smile "And from that day forward I just watched you interact with Ruby and I just copied with Henry"

Granny didn't know what came over her but she reached over Snow and Grabbed Regina's hand "Girl, that is the nicest thing you have ever said to me, and no matter what your going through or how bad you think the situation is… you can always come and talk to me… do you understand?" Granny asked as her eyes shined with tears.

Regina smiled softly and nodded "Yes" she said barely above a whisper.

Granny inhaled a deep breath and pulled her hand away wiping her eyes as everyone stared between her and the Queen.

"Well what about me?" Ruby said sounding more like a child then an adult.

Regina smiled and looked at the young wolf "I kind of like you too Ruby, although your outfits and your choice of men give me pause. Your tolerance of the two idiots is staggering but your protectiveness of your family and friends is to be admired."

Ruby frowned a bit and let Regina's words mall over, "Kind of like me..." Ruby said as if in deep thought then she shrugged her shoulders "I'll take it!" she said with a smile as Leroy grunted.

"Ooh what about Leroy?" Ruby added

"Ruby that's enough, I'm sure all this-"

"He is a loud and annoying-"

"Hey you ain't no peach either sister" Leroy said with a grunt.

"Leroy enough!" Snow said loudly and the dwarf glared between Ruby and Regina. The latter having tucked her chin to her chest and began giggling causing Leroy to uncharacteristically growl at her.

"Regina," Snow scolded.

"What" Regina said with a smile that was so breath taking Snow couldn't even remember why she was scolding her in the first place.

"St… stop… teasing Leroy" she said in awe with her stepmothers smile.

"Yes Snow," Regina said playfully with a grin as she looked down at Roland.

"This is creepy as hell," Leroy said as he stared at Regina.

"It's like the episode of the pod people" Charming whispered to his wife who just slowly smiled back at him.

"I think its beautiful… she's smiling" Snow said as Blue rolled her eyes. "Is she going to stay like this? Child-like?"

"She's not child-like, she's just playful," Tink said frowning "Like she would be if she couldn't express any other emotion… I like to think it as her true self," Tink announced proudly.

"Princess, this is going to end very badly if-" Blue began.

"I know, I just-" Snow interrupted.

"No princess, this is bad… even if the Queen can not express any other emotion than happiness, she will-"

"Oh loosen up Blue, she's happy" Ruby exclaimed.

"Tell me about it, it's freaking me out" Leroy said as he looked at Regina who looked back at him smiling "What the hell are you smiling at."

Regina smiled harder while Snow scolded the dwarf for his language "I like this."

"What" Robin asked?

"Eating with… people… I never… it's… I like it" she said with another smile as she looked up and down the table.

"What do you mean? You used to eat with my father and I all the time" Snow said

"No, never with… I was a guest sitting in on a family dinner. Well the few times that the two of you were home, Leopold would fawn over whatever you were talking about and after, the two of you would leave and I'll still be sitting at the table waiting to speak," she said softly as she looked down at the table.

Her eyes grew unfocused, as she seems to go back to the lonely memories but before Snow could respond Regina's eyes glowed neon green.

"Regina…" Snow began when the doors opened and the maids came in with plates.

Regina gasped as the kitchen staff came into the Grand Ballroom and placed the giant trays on everyone's table. Another young girl came and placed a small plate in front of her that was full of fruit and salad.

"Thank you!" she exclaimed as she picked up her fork excitedly

Everyone stared at her, mouths agape while Ruby choked on her water.

"Did she just say thank you?" Ruby gasped out as she sat her cup down "You said she had to be happy all the time you never mentioned manners" she said wiping her mouth.

Everyone looked at Regina as she reached over and grabbed a sausage link, a healthy scoop of eggs, oatmeal and potatoes.

"Jesus, sister hungry much?" Leroy said as Regina picked up her fork and cut the sausage.

"Starving," was the only word that came out of the Queen's mouth before she shoved a forkful of grapes and sausage in her mouth. A load moan escaped the queen as she closed her eyes and sighed heavily. "This is so good Granny!" she mumbled out as she grabbed an apple and bit into it.

"Jesus Regina, you act like you haven't eaten in years," Ruby said grimacing as Regina swallowed the contents in her mouth before grabbing her goblet and drinks huge gulps before stopping to breathe.

"I didn't eat much yesterday and I was way too tired to walk all the way to the kitchen late last night, to get something to eat" she said as she loaded her spoon with oat meal and eggs.

"Well if you're so hungry during the day, why do you eat like a bird," Ruby said as she bit into her sausage and potatoes. "You always eat like a piece of lettuce and a strawberry then you leave."

"Mm… Because…" Regina said swallowing and wiping her mouth with the back of her hand "Mother found it repugnant that a woman should indulge in that which would in the end, harm the body which they had to present to those who owned them, namely her husband to be" she said robotically as she grabbed a biscuit and took a huge bite.

"Who owned them? You make it seem as if my father bought you" Snow said with a frown.

Regina gulped another swig from her cup before grabbing a spoonful eggs and smiling at Snow "Didn't he?"

"No he did not, he loved you… or at least tried too" Snow defended as Regina stopped moving the spoon into her mouth and just stared at Snow as if she wanted to say something to refute that.

"Snow," David said as he looked at Regina who seemed to be getting upset.

"Your Majesty you seem to enjoy spending time with Roland," Robin said as Regina looked at him and then to the boy.

"I do," she said as she brought the spoon to her mouth and after placing it down she began running the hand that was closets to the toddler through his hair. Roland looked up at her and smiled.

"I like spending time with you too Gina, especially when we play games," he said with a grin as Regina wiped the eggs from around his mouth.

"Yeah you would think you would hate him since you seem so hell bent on shooting insults at his father," Leroy said.

"And don't forget that pungent odor she seems to be the only one to smell" Ruby said as she scooped up more of her food.

"Yes Regina, what exactly is it that bothers you about Robin's smell?" Granny asked with a sneaky grin.

Everyone sat in silence as they waited to hear the Queen's response. Regina lowered her cup from her mouth and sighed "Nothing…. I love his smell," she said with a grin as she brought the cup up to her mouth again.

"What?" everyone including Robin asked.

Regina placed her cup down and smiled wider "What? I do, I'm embarrassed to say but I actually wait for you to come into the meeting room, just so I could be around it. It… makes my day and then when I see Roland, he smells like you too and I just hold him close," she said ducking down and wrapping her arms playfully around Roland, who was more than anxious to return the favor.

Everyone stared at the Queen as she actually blushed a bright red when she looked back at everyone.

"Wait a minute, if you like it so much then why do you say it bothers you?" Robin asked with a frown.

"Because sometimes it does," Regina said facing him as he frowned in confusion "It reminds me of things that I don't want to be reminded of. It also makes things very clear about my life as a child and then my life as Queen." She said, as everyone still seemed lost with her answer.

Regina sighed lightly and tried to explain, "You smell like grass, trees, fresh morning air and hay... you smell like Daniel" She said with a bright smile and a longing look. She shook her head gently to rid herself of the memories and spoke to Robin again, "You smell like the one thing I have always wanted but could never have."

"What?" Robin asked with slight shake of his head

"Freedom" she whispered and everyone remained silent at that, after a beat Robin spoke up first.

"You're a Queen you can go where ever you want"

"Yeah Regina, my father never kept you prisoner here" Snow said

"He might not have but I was"

"What do you mean?" Snow asked as Robin jumped in with a question of his own.

"How can you be prisoner here, when you have acres upon acres of land and this huge palace?" Robin said.

"Just because you put curtains up in a cell doesn't make it less a prison," she said looking down but then she turned and looked at Robin; but before he could ask her go on, Regina's eyes flashed green and she turned back to her plate.

Everyone at the table wanted her to elaborate since the Queen was so guarded on her past, they knew this would be the only time they would be able to get it out of her. The problem was no one wanted to be the person to do it, so they looked around the table expectantly.

Charming was the only one who knew and even seen Daniel aside from Snow but the princess refused to talk about him.

"You said that Robin smelled like Daniel?" Charming questioned as his wife looked at him.

"Daniel…" Regina said as she closed her eyes and smiled, recalling one of her fondest memories. "He smelled of trees, dirt, hay, hard work and even manure," Regina said with a smile as she opened her eyes before her smile dropped slightly, "I enjoyed his smell too, whenever we would finish riding, I would hug him extra tight so I could get it on me, because I knew once I was home I wouldn't be able to go outside again until my next lesson."

"So is that why you say I smell because of this Daniel person? Who was he?" Robin asked softly.

"Robin," Snow warned but Regina was already answering the question that she was given.

"He was my fiancé"

"But you were married to the King? How did you pull that off?" Ruby said before Snow could stop her.

"Daniel was my first love, he worked as a stable-hand and since he was an excellent rider my mother gave him the duty of teaching me. He and I had been in love ever since our first lesson together, we would sneak off to firefly hill and share kisses," She said as her face glowed with a bright smile. Causing everyone else to join in as well. "I shared all my secrets with him, when my father found out about our secret love affair he was so supportive and un-judging but… I knew mother would never approve. She had always talked about me marring someone of power or of a great title," Regina said with a frown but then her face lit up again. "But I didn't care about that I had Daniel and that is all I wanted."

"So how did you end up with the King?" Leroy asked

"Mother was in one of her many meetings so I snuck off to go see Daniel, when a little girl on a run away steed interrupted us," Regina said with a smile to Snow, "The day I rescued her, her father proposed and my mother excepted"

"But I thought you said Daniel was your fiancé, surly the king would not take another man's betrothed"

"No he would not" Regina said sadly "The night of the King's proposal, I snuck out to see Daniel to tell him of what my mother had done. I begged him to marry me and told him we would run off and never have to worry about my mother or her magic or anything ever again."

Regina said the last part with a smile as a single tear fell slowly down her cheek as she reminisced on the memory. Regina wiped her tear and looked down at Roland who was busy working on his plate to be bothered with the discussion. She ran her finger through his hair and he smiled back at her. Then she looked back up at the group but did not continue.

"What…" Ruby started when Snow shook her head 'no' and everyone remained quiet until Regina spoke again. Everyone was burning with question but out of respect for Snow they all remained silent until Robin just couldn't anymore, he had to know more about this captivating yet so damaged Queen.

"You said you were a prisoner here how?" Robin asked glancing at Snow who just ignored his eyes and gave up trying to stop them as she began to eat.

"After I was given to the King by my power hungry mother, I tried to run the next morning…"

Snow looked at her with surprise, as did everyone else "I didn't know that," she said.

"I didn't even sleep that night, I had to wait until mother was asleep and most of the staff before I could sneak away. We finally made it off the property, Rocinante and I, I thought that I was finally free… but my mother had put up a magical barrier that prevented me from leaving the grounds. Four trees snatched me right off of Rocinante and held me in the air until my mother appeared. When she released me from my magical bonds she informed me that I was free to leave… as long as my husband was with me," Regina said as she picked up a grape and plopped it in her mouth.

"That's terrible" Robin said as Regina shrugged her shoulders like a child and bit into a strawberry.

"Yeah but I got her back, or at least I thought I did," she said with a sneaky smile.

"How" Tink spoke.

"The day of my wedding Rumplestilskin gave me a giant mirror and told me it was a portal and all I had to do was push her in and I would be rid of her forever. I loved my mother and I would never want her hurt, but I just knew that if she stayed I would never be free so… I pushed her. It was the first time I had ever used magic and it… felt amazing… that was what was so scary about it. I tried to leave right after but Rumplestilskin told me that if I stay he would show me how to use my magic, that I wouldn't be like my mother… cruel"

"Yeah well so much for…"

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Ruby clasped her hand over Leroy's mouth before he could insult Regina.

"Well if you were so miserable why didn't you leave?" Snow asked with a frown.

"Leaving is not as easy as you think once you become Queen, believe me I tried" Regina said plopping another grape into her mouth.

"When?" Snow asked.

"It was still early in my training with Rumple and…" Regina stopped to think and then she looked at her stepdaughter, after taking another bite of the sausage on her plate "Do you remember the ride through the forest Snow? Your father wanted to talk with the people, you wanted to give your old toys to the village children?"

Snow nodded "It was the only time I remember you ever going out with us. You said there was a shop by the docks, you wanted to get something."

"Well I actually had no interest in buying anything, there was a boat at the docks waiting to take off for… whatever place; and my plan was to sneak on it and never look back" she said with a smile that brightened her entire face but then it slowly fell and she grabbed her cup to take another sip. "But it would seem my mothers magic is still quite powerful even when she wasn't in this world. When I approached the docks to leave, roots from the ground beneath me reached up and held on to my legs. I used whatever magic I did know to try and break free but it didn't work… and I was forced to watch the ship take off without me." Regina said as she shook her head slowly with a tied sigh as she pulled her napkin from her lap to wipe her fingers on it. Everyone remained silent but it was Regina's breathing and the shaking of her head that had them all looking at her. They all watched as she almost tore a hole in the napkin she hand in her hand from her constantly rubbing it. Her eyes were distant and glazed over as if she was reliving the moment at the docks where she realized she would never be free that she would always be…

"I was stuck… again," she said as anger crept into her voice and she looked at Snow.

"Stuck in a life I never wanted… the mother of a child adored by her father and a bed warmer for a King."

"My father loved you" Snow defended

"HE CONTROLLED ME!" Regina yelled slamming her hands down on the table startling Roland. He looked up at the Queen, as did the others in the hall. "He was no different from my mother! He would punish me like a child when I tried to do things on my own and ignored my wishes when it came to you; I was the constant reminder of what he lost in his precious Ava! Which he had no problem comparing me to whenever he had the chance!" She yelled as she was practically standing so she could stare at Snow right in the eyes. "I was miserable here and everyone was oblivious to it except Sidney! I was a child stuck being a mother to an eight year old heiress and lover to a man 3 times my age!" Regina yelled chest heaving when her eyes flashed green for a moment and her then body suddenly relaxed and her breathing evened out.

Regina rubbed her eyes and then looked at the people around her who were staring at her with looks between shock and anger and then down at Roland who looked fearful at her. The latter was the only one she was worried about and turned to him. "Roland, what's wrong?"

"You were angry, and you started yelling" he said as his eyes began to fill with tears.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you," she said in a soft voice. Then she smiled "Do you want to see a trick?"

Roland wiped his eyes and nodded.

"Okay look at this," Regina said as she picked up 4 grapes and showed it to him, then without warning she threw them in the air "How many do you think I can catch with my mouth?" she asked smiling big.

Roland looked up and smiled big too "3"

Regina gasped "Only 3? You have such little faith in me" Regina said with a coy smile.

"I want to catch the last one" Roland said as he began to stand in his chair

"Okay you ready? Their coming back down" she teased as she flicked her finger in the air and had 3 the of grapes move in one line toward her mouth and the last grape hurling toward Roland.

When the grapes were in sight Regina threw her head back and caught all 3. Earning a gasp and awe from Roland.

Roland opened his mouth for the grape as he stood in his chair. Regina used her magic again to slow down the grape so it landed softly in toddler's mouth as he chomped down.

Eating the grape quickly Roland smiled "I did it! I caught it!" he exclaimed "Let's do another one!" he said looking at Regina expectantly.

Regina laughed and grabbed an orange slice "I have a better trick watch this," she said as she turned from him and bit into the orange. She turned back to him closed mouth and then smiled, showing off a big orange grin. Roland laughed happily and reached for an orange slice.

Snow and the others sat there silent as they watched Regina play with Roland completely oblivious to the rant that she had just unloaded on all of them.

"Princess," Blue stated again "Princess, listen this is going to come back and bite us, although she can't remember what is going on now, when the spell ends she will and she will—"

"Feel relaxed and calm and happy for once, yes there is a chance that she will remember but she already knows I feel terrible about it-" Tinkerbell said.

"Yeah, but what about all you asking her all those personal questions?" Leroy asked glancing at Roland who was trying to get his father to par take in the fun.

"Well I didn't ask her anything personal" Tink said looking around the table.

Blue sighed irritated at the fairy "This is why, I said it was a bad idea. The Queen's past is…" Blue began when an angry Snow raised her hand to hush the fairy.

"Why did you kill my father?" Snow asked as Regina's now empty mouth and smile faded. "Did you ever love him or me?" she asked as her eyes filled with tears.

"I never loved your father," Regina said as Snow's gaze fell from hers "But I tried… being compared to your mother didn't help and I gave up," she said honestly.

"What about me? I never compared you to her, I loved you… very much" Snow said as a tear escaped her eye. "So I want to know, did you ever love me?"

"Yes" Regina answered looking Snow in the eye, "I loved you very much and I think I still do."

"Even when you tried to get Graham to kill her?" Charming asked, "I doubt that"

"Well I did… not in that moment but somewhere deep down I did."

"But you still tried to kill me!" Snow yelled causing Roland to jump.

Regina quickly smiled at the boy telling him she will do another magic trick if he ate all of his food, he quickly nodded and she waved her hand over him creating a soundproof barrier, before turning back to glare at her stepdaughter.

"Why did you kill my father?" Snow demanded, "I want to know right now, no more denying it, no more getting around it I want to know why!"

"Because I wanted out!" Regina exclaimed hitting her fists on the table, "Your father didn't love me…"

"But he would have let you go if you just asked him too!"

"No he would not! I was Queen and by right his property!" Regina exclaimed, "I would have been black listed if I were to ask for an annulment. No man would ever touch me, in the fear of your father's wrath or his guards! I would have been alone-"

"Well at least you would have had your freedom you so desperately craved," Snow bit out and the table fell silent.

Regina let out a breathy chuckle before picking up her cup and taking a sip. Her eyes remained on Snow but she remained quiet. Although Snow meant what she said the silence from Regina was deafening and the whole table could feel it; but before she could say anything Regina's eyes flashed green and she was back stuffing food in her mouth.

"How the hell did she do that? I thought you said she had to feel anger or sadness," Ruby asked as they watched Regina grab a biscuit from the center of the table and bite into a banana.

"No I said it would do that only if she expressed any emotion other than happiness" Tink said still looking at Regina.

"But she show anger or sadness when Snow said what she said"

"Just because she didn't express her pain doesn't mean she didn't feel it" Granny said as she eyed Snow and then Regina who was grabbing a banana for Roland.

"What am I supposed to feel sorry now?" Snow asked looking at Blue and then Granny the latter answered first.

"No, but if you know your not going to like the answer given to your question don't ask it. Better yet don't scold someone who is forced to answer honestly."

"So you're taking up for her now, I guess one compliment classifies as a belly rub to you and now you're her new BFF," Snow said as Ruby let out a low growl.

"Snow" Charming scolded as Ruby silenced her growl.

"No it's fine" Granny said as she turned to look at Snow, "Your hormones are out of control right now because of the young one growing within you and your learning things you really don't want to know. But you want to take advantage of the moment while it's here. And you're starting to feel like I'm switching sides; so I'll let that belly rub comment slide. But Princess if you ever refer to me that way again the next time you find yourself in some trouble me and mine will be nowhere in sight. Do you understand?" Granny asked so calmly it made even Ruby gulp.

Snow nodded her head slowly "Yes, I apologize, Granny."

Granny waved her hand in dismissal and turned back to her breakfast.

After a beat two girls approached the table and timidly cleared their throat.

"You're Majesty" the younger girl with short red hair said as both girls bowed and then stood.

Regina, Snow and Charming nodded at the girls accepting their curtsy.

"We beg your pardon, your Majesties but I… um… we… well all of the other um… teens… um" the red head stuttered as she fidgeted with her short red locks.

"We were wondering if we could throw a small party tonight" the other girl who is an African American girl with long curly hair. Her friend looked at her sideways and she clears her throat. "I'm sorry my name is Victoria and this is Agnes" Victoria said pulling her shy friend closer. "The other teens were just wandering that if it were alright with…" the girl looked down at Regina and then back at Snow and Charming

"You… if we could throw a small party"

"I don't think a party is a good idea right now girls, there are too many things going on that we need everyone to be as alert as possible." Snow said gently.

The girl's faces fell and then Regina spoke up. "Well I don't see why you couldn't have a party," she said as the girls looked at her with excitement.

"Really" they both asked their mouth formed a silent scream and their eyebrows almost disappeared in their hairlines.

"Regina" Snow countered but the girls were already giving their thanks and running to go tell the others.

"Regina, why did you say yes?" Snow asked her mouth agape.

"Because I'm bored and besides we've only had 5 attacks in the last 4 months alone, that should tell you something. Come on Snow, it's a small party, the children need the distraction and so do a few of the adults."

"But if they're in the mist of a party and something goes wrong, how will we help them?" Charming asked as Regina groaned and rolled her eyes standing, causing Roland to look up at her.

"I am Queen of this land and I say the girls can have their party, if you're so worried then you and Snow are free to chaperone." She said before looking down at the toddler, "Come on Roland, lets see if we can recruit more children to help us fix the garden"

Regina said sticking her hand out to the young boy. Roland beamed with delight as he grabbed his monkey and jumped down from his chair. He grabbed Regina's hand and the two quickly walked away.

…

Robin woke with a start. He rubbed his hand over his face to clear his mind of the dream. It was daytime outside now looking to his right the bed was still empty. He felt the space and found it ice cold, as if Marian had been up for a while. He stood going into the bathroom and taking a shower. When he finished he quickly pulled on his shoes and walked toward his son's bedroom. Catching a glimpse at the clock he saw it was almost eight. He peeked in his son's room and the toddler was still fast asleep his monkey tucked securely in his arms as he snored lightly. Making sure not to wake him Robin closed his door and made his way to the kitchen.

Grabbing a glass of water he stopped at the sound of voices. He looked out the window to see his men and Marian in a heated discussion.

Frowning slightly he walked over to the back door and cracked it open so he could hear the voices better.

"This is wrong and you know it!" Tuck yelled.

"Keep your voice down before you wake him," Marian hissed glancing back to the house as Robin ducked behind the door.

"No, this is wrong!" the Friar stated again "You and the Queen along with us all promised that we wouldn't intervene."

"She intervened first and you know it."

"Yes but she hasn't made another move in weeks. Not only that but it had been days since she'd seen him, if it had been you in her shoes you would have done the same thing."

"Don't compare me to that monster!" Marian growled.

"Look the fact of the matter is, is that Robin is remembering and I'm sure Roland is too."

"No he isn't!" Marian bit out.

"We all heard him call the Queen Gina," Little Jon said.

"Not to mention the boy told Robin that a woman from his dream made him cover himself in chocolate, you know what that reminds you of doesn't it?" Adam said as the group groaned shaking their heads.

"Of what?" Marian questioned angrily that there was so much she didn't know about her son and husband's time with the Queen.

"One day the Queen was spelled by a fairy or drank too much, me personally I think she had a few," Michael said indicating with his hand "But anyway she had rounded up all the children to go garden or something and when the children came back, each one had been covered from head to toe in mud. Now the parents had all feared that she had tried to bury the children alive but upon further inspection we all learned that she was actually teaching them. They asked her how did plants grow or something…" the man said his voice fading as he tried to recall the memory, "Roland said that she had turned them all into seeds and the grew like plants. Of course we didn't believe it until the Queen came strolling into the castle looking like some kind of forest nymph, covered in mud and decked out head to toe in flowers and vines."

"Seeing her laugh and be soft is the moment he fell in love with her I think," Tuck said. But before Little John could tell him he was wrong, that their leader had fallen for the woman much earlier another merry man spoke up.

"Look, forget all of that, Marian is his wife and I say we tell him that the dreams are just that, dreams." Seth, the youngest of the merry men chimed in earning a few 'Yeahs' from three other men.

"And what about honor?" Little John belted, "We all swore on our honor that if Robin began to remember his love for the Queen then we would help him remember."

"Well I say we forget that deal, she is the reason why Marian died in the first place she killed her and now she gets to walk off with him and Roland into the sunset with us behind her, No!" Seth yelled.

Everyone could understand his frustration, he was the baby of the group and Marian had been like a mother or even a big sister to him, as she was for all of them but more so him.

Robin's mouth fell open as he replayed the words he heard back in his mind. He had loved the Queen, he had had a relationship with Regina and not only that but she was kind and loving toward Roland. He grabbed his head as his mind swarmed with thoughts. The dreams and visions he was seeing were actually memories, which meant that he really did get close to Regina, and it was also why every time he saw her he had the overwhelming feeling to just hold her in his arms and kiss her till both their lips were raw.

He moved to burst through the door to demand what the hell they were talking about and why he couldn't remember anything but flashes, when he heard Tuck continue.

"Marian, you know this isn't right, Robin loves the Queen and she loves him too. I have told you this and you've seen it for yourself. He didn't want to erase his memories but he did it because the Queen agreed. He knew that the guilt she felt from taking you from Robin and Roland would way heavy on their relationship. He knew that if she didn't give him the opportunity to see if he would choose her even after all of this, that she would never know if their love was real."

"It wasn't real!" Marian yelled, "If it wasn't for her Robin would have never ventured into her arms! My son would not ask for her, both of them would still be mine!"

Robin couldn't hear anymore, his head was pounding now and he needed to get out of there. He needed to ask the one person he hadn't talked to about this, he needed to talk to the Queen, and he needed to talk to Regina.

Slipping out of the house undetected was easy since all of his men and his wife were all gathered around the other side of the cabin. With one person in mind he took off toward the town. His chest burned as he ran the rest of the way out of the forest until he saw the black tar road.

Since it was now probably 9 o'clock he figured the Queen was either in the diner of at her office. Seeing as though the office was much further away he made a B line to the diner.

…

It was still fairly early when Regina awoke the next morning; the sounds of someone walking around down stairs had yesterday replaying in her mind. Sighing lightly she stood from the bed. After taking a shower and dressing in a black and white dress fashioned dress with a grey hue, she snagged a pair of burgundy heels to go with it. She made sure her hair was in place; her make up light and proceeded down stairs.

Maleficent was standing in the middle of her kitchen touching and looking at things on the counter and cabinets before turning her attention to the refrigerator. The blonde sorceress looked up when she heard footsteps at the door. Glaring at the brunette and saying nothing she looked back into the refrigerator.

"I see someone is still sulking," Regina said as Maleficent continued to ignore her. "You know I could just make you something to eat," she added but still she was met with silence. "Oh come off it Mal, you would have done the same to me."

The sorceress slammed the door shut and turned to face the brunette, "You think that is why I am angry with you? What you did to me is a walk in the park compared to what I would have done to you. I am angry with you because at least I would have contacted you, or taunted you, but in this land I know nothing, I have no idea how anything works and what's worse is I don't know you. You say were best friends when the woman I was a friend with was still trying to kill he stepdaughter. Not showing up for rescue missions with the Dark one and the same stepdaughter who caused her to turn bad in the first place. In this land…" Maleficent said as her face fell and anger left her eyes, "Even with my magic… I am helpless," she said as Regina took a step toward her.

"Mal… I"

"Regina don't, I am still cross with you and since I don't know my way around this town, I will retire to my bedchamber." Maleficent said walking passed Regina.

After a beat Regina cooked breakfast for the sorceress and wrote her a letter of instructions on how to use the phone and work the T.V. before placing both by her door and leaving to go meet Snow at Granny's with Emma and the rest of the group.

Everyone was already there when she arrived. They needed to beat the early rush of people so they could talk freely and Granny could work.

"So how is your house guest?" Snow asked as Regina sat down.

"Angry, which is too be expected but she'll come around."

After discussing what to do with Sidney, the group sat talking quietly amongst each other as the patrons started to come in.

Moving between customer and the table Ruby and Granny were done in no time and had a moment to sit and talk to Regina and the charming's before having to check on a customer.

"So I'm curious what other stuff happened in the Enchanted Forest? I mean I know you guys fought Zelena but are there any other interesting things that happened?" Emma asked.

"Like what?" Snow asked frowning slightly at her daughter's question.

"Anything really, like were there royal balls or ogres led by unicorns to storm the castle only to be put ablaze by Regina's powerful magic." Emma asked as Regina rolled her eyes.

"No, nothing it was a complete dull" Regina said deadpanned.

"Yeah the only thing being put ablaze was her and Robin" Ruby teased.

"Oh gods don't bring that up!" Snow said making a face.

"Why what happened?" Emma asked smiling at her parent's discomfort.

"Nothing, I did nothing and anything said from any of them is just exaggeration" she quickly defended.

"Nothing my ass," Granny said "Those too took playing grab-ass to a whole other level."

"What do you mean Regina and Robin played grab-ass? What exactly did they do?" Emma asked as she saw Regina's eyes widen and Granny and Ruby turn to face her.

"Please, which time" Granny scuffed "Those two were worse then animals during mating season."

"We were not!"

"Yes you were, Oh my god…" Ruby gasped, "What about when we were all in the meeting room to discuss the flying monkey attack that happened three days before, when Regina and Robin were talking about their erotic killer dreams," she said with a short laugh.

"Please don't bring that up, I was uncomfortable listening to it the first time they talked about it" Snow whined.

"You and me both" David chimed in.

Emma looked at Regina who rolled her eyes "It was not that bad besides he started it."

"He always starts it when it comes to the two of you, you were just as bad as he was. If you would have stopped insulting the man, he wouldn't have reasons to antagonize you," Granny scolded.

"Whatever" Regina said rolling her eyes. But before Ruby and or Granny could go further into the story the diner door swings open and a frowning and gasping Robin appears in the doorway. She stands instantly at the sight of him and their eyes meet. He walks closer to her the door closing behind him. He is sweating and panting as if he ran all the way here. The first thing that comes to her mind is that something is wrong, that Roland or his men are in danger, but before she can ask he reaches the table and only one word escapes his lips.

"Regina"

Okay guys I need reviews like I need air, tell me if you hated it or loved it or if you just didn't get it. Now before anyone asks I jumped the ending because next chapter will be all about Maleficent, Sidney, Anna, Elsa and the whole Frozen ark.

I'm trying to get rid of it and I can't do that with the whole Robin ting still unresolved. So the ending will be confusing but if you noticed it was all in Robin's POV so to speak and then I switched it over to Regina's. Next chapter will be full of action and depending on how long it gets I will try and add more Outlaw-Queen at the end of it.

Who am I kidding Outlaw-Queen will definitely be in the next chapter. I love them too much. I need to know what you guys think of my writing? Not just the storyline but if it has changed because being in writing classes I'm learning new things and I don't know if I'm getting better or worse. This is my first time updating on a Mac so I hope the format is okay.

WTF is taking longer than expected to update and it's really upsetting me because I hate that you guys are waiting. It's why I post other stories for you to read because I know your waiting on me.

I'm sorry again by the way, but I can't help my schedule although I will say this, I go home on the 20th and I don't have class until the 5th so I'll have plenty of time to write.

College life has so much for me too write about when it comes to the craziness of teens. As far a WTF, I need to know what stuff you guys want to see Henry try to get into and what you guys want to see with Emma and Mal, those two are the only things I'm missing and it is going to be long just like this one.

Sorry again for the long wait I love you guy's soooooo much for sticking with it and I can't wait to see what you guys think.