DO NOT OWN ONCE UPON A TIME OR MARVEL! I AM JUST PLAYING WITH THE PLOTLINE AND THE CHARACTERS. NONE OF THE CHARACTERS ARE MINE EXCEPT HALEY. Sorry for the long update. I was trying to finish my one story. Now that it is done I am going to finish this one. I also just started school, so that takes up a lot of time. I also had a lot of writer's block. So I posted a new store and it really helped with my writer's block. Sometimes you have to step away from something for a little while and then ideas come to you. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
Regina's POV:
The enchanted forest looked almost the same way as it did 30 years ago. There were more trees and it was overgrown but all in all, it was the same.
"If I was not here I would not believe what I am seeing." I heard Bruce say behind me.
"We need to be careful. I am not sure where we have landed. It looks like this is a part of the forest that has not been lived in for a while." I told everybody.
"Do you know what could be out there?" I heard Natasha say to me.
"I am not sure anymore. I thought that I brought everyone to our world but I have a feeling I did not." I told them.
"So why would that be dangerous?"Steve asked me.
"I have done some very bad things in my past. Things that I am not proud of." I told him looking away from him. "Oh, I also forgot to tell you. We had the ogre population under control but the way that the forest is looking means that they have taken over again."
"Oh that would have been great to leave out," Tony said sarcastically.
I turned around a glared at him. Tony immediately put his hands up and said he was sorry.
"So do we just start wandering around the forest to see if we can figure out where we are?" Thor asked.
"At this point, I think we should just make camp for the night. The forest gets dangerous at night." I told him.
"I think we should at least get to a part of the woods that has more coverage. We are in the open." Steve said.
"I don't do this often but I agree with Cap," Tony said.
I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes. Sometimes Tony has the attitude of a five-year-old.
"Are there any caves or anything that we can hide in for the night?" Natasha asked rolling her eyes at Tony.
"There might be. I am not sure." I told him.
"Well how about we start looking around before it gets too dark," Natasha said.
"Sounds like a plan," Tony said.
"It might be faster if we split up," Steve said.
"Just be careful of all the creatures in the woods," I told them as we split up.
Steve and Natasha went one way, Thor and Bruce the other way and then Tony and I went another way.
We walked a little while in silence. I did not know what I was going to say to him. I allowed our daughter to get taken by someone from our pasts. I had always known that Gold was going to hurt me in some way. He has always been a slimy snake. A manipulator.
"Are you okay?" I heard Tony ask.
"I am okay. I just really miss Haley." I told him stopping and staring at him.
He stopped and walked up to me. He brought me into a hug. "Don't worry, we will get our daughter back. I promise you." He whispered to me.
I closed my eyes and set my head on his chest. I was not going to cry. I would not let myself. I was going to get my daughter back. I was going to say something when I heard a low grumble behind me. It was a sound that I never thought I was going to hear again. A sudden movement or sound would send them to a frenzy.
"Don't make a noise or a sudden move," I whispered to him.
"What are they?" Tony whispered back.
"Ogre's," I said taking his hand in mine and walking slowly away from them.
We got about a few steps away from the ogre's when Tony stepped on a branch. We heard a loud roar before feeling the ground shake and big green things running towards us. There were only two ogres. I knew that I would be able to stop one but I would not be able to stop two at the same time.
"Nice going Tony," I yelled as we starting running away from them.
"Are you really going to yell as we are being chased down by ogres?" He yelled back at me.
"Well if we are going to die, then yes I feel the need to yell at you now," I said stopping at turning around. I formed a fireball in my hand and threw it at one of the ogres. The fireball hit the creature in the face. It let out a horrific scream.
All of a sudden a strick of lightning came down and fried both of them. We turned around to see Thor, Steve, and Natasha.
"You guys fight like an old married couple," Natasha said walking up to us.
"It is quite entertaining," Thor said shaking his head at us. He walked up to the ogres. "What are these?" He asked kicking one of them in the leg.
"Ogres and if we don't get out of here soon we are going to have to fight off more then just two of them," I said.
"We did not find anywhere to set up camp. I think we should continue walking to get a safe distance between us and these... What did you call them?" Steve asked.
I rolled my eyes. "Ogre's."
"Right ogres." He said walking towards Natasha.
Once we were situated we continued walking. We walked for what seemed forever until we came up to Abandon village. You could tell that nobody had been there in a while. The houses were falling apart and it looked really dirty. While I was ruling the kingdom I remember coming to this village. This village was only a day or two walk away from Snow White Castle. This was a good sign for us.
"Well, this is a cute little village." I heard Tony say sarcastically.
"This village is not far from Snow White's castle. We can stay there while we figure a plan to get to Gold's castle. It will be a lot safer than staying in the open." I told them.
"I will go and gather some wood. We can start a fire to keep us warm later when it gets dark." Steve said.
"I will go see if I can find something to eat in this place. If you continue walking a little bit farther in that direction you will come up to a river. There we can get some water." I said pointing into the direction of the river.
I was about to walk away when I felt someone staring at me. I turned around to look in that direction. The next thing I know I am getting an arrow shot at me. I grabbed it out of thin air.
"Is that an arrow?" I heard Natasha say from behind me.
I nodded my head and walked closer to were the arrow came from.
"Regina why can't you make up your mind and pick a place that we are going to live. Instead, you place another curse on us and send us back to the enchanted forest." I heard as Snow comes at me.
"Snow, I have not seen Storybrook in about 11 years. Why would I interrupt your pitful life to send you back to the enchanted forest." I said putting my hands on my hips. "There are other people in Storybrook that have powers. I have a life now. I would not ruin it too ruin your guy's life."
"Really because the last time I saw you, you were hell-bent on ruining our lives." Snow said aiming her bow at me.
"I am happy with my new life. The only reason why I am here is to get my daughter and then go home." I told her.
"You have a daughter?" She asked me.
"I do. Now get out of my way so I can go kill an imp and get my daughter back." I said walking past her.
"There you are. I was waiting for the Evil Queen to show back up and want to kill everyone." She said slyly.
I turned around and glared at her. I was about to say something when Tony walked up to me and took my hand in his.
"How about we don't kill anyone and we just go and try to get our daughter back." He said looking me in the eyes.
I nodded my head. "It was nice to see you, Snow."
Snow slowly turned around and left and we went back to what we were doing. I had hunted us a deer to eat, Natasha and Steve went to get water for everyone. It was good that we packed some essentials for water. While we were doing that Tony, Bruce, and Thor gathered up some wood for a fire. Once I got back to camp, Natasha helped me skin the deer. After our bellies were filled we went to bed. We all picked a house to sleep in.
The next morning when we woke up we ate some of the deer that we still had leftover from last night's hunt. We were just about to leave when Snow and Charming showed up again.
"Regina I know that this will not make up for what I did but I wanted to bring you guys some horses. It will make the journey a lot quicker." She said.
"Thank you, Snow." I gave her a small smile.
After we were all situated with our horses we continued on our journey to Rumples Castle. It was a long journey to rumples. If we had walked it would have taken about 2 days to get there but with horses, it would only take about 1. On the way there we stopped once to water the horses and give ourselves a break.
"This land is beautiful," Thor said.
"There are parts that are not but for the most part, everything is," I said smiling.
"Is the reason you not like Snow White because she is prettier than you?" Bruce asked.
"No, it was not her beauty that made me hate her. She told a secret that was not hers to tell and it got someone that I loved very much killed. That is why I do not like her." I said looking down.
Everyone was quiet for a minute. "We better get going. We don't have much longer to go." I said getting up.
The rest of the journey was a little lighter. We took turns telling stories about our childhood. It was a little strange that we all had tragic things happen to us in the past. The things that happened shaped us into what we are today. They just decided to be good instead of evil like me.
"Is that it?" Thor said pointing to the castle.
"That is Rumple's Castle. That is where Haley should be." I said dismounting my horse. "We are going to want to walk from here. We do not want to get noticed by him."
"Are you sure that is going to work?" Steve asked me.
"He will expect that Tony and I have come for my daughter but he will not expect that all of to be with us also. While Tony and I are distracting him I want you guys to sneak in and try to find her." I said laying out the plan.
"Where do you think she will be?" Natasha asked me.
"She will probably be down in the dungeon. There are cells down there. All I need you guys to do is get down there and get her back here." I said to them.
Once they all understood the plan we split up and walked to the castle. The rest of them stayed in their place until Tony and I had gotten into the castle. It was quite easy to open the door. I would have thought that it would have been harder. Rumple must know that we are here.
"Hello, Derie." I hear as I look Rumple right in the face.