Chapter 36

The Unlikely Collaboration

(Daniella's POV)

I looked towards the ground and I murmured, "My father was a stableboy. I was named after him but he died before I was born. As for mother, she's..."

Mother raised her hand to my chin and lift it up whilst whispering, "Daniella?"

I threw my arms around my mother's waist. The hug felt exactly the same, save for a small spark of tension that coursed through her body when I touched her. I was aware that more than a dozen guards were looking at us with confused expressions on their faces and hands on the hilt of their swords. However, I didn't care. I only reluctantly let go when mother seemed to be struggling to return the hug. I looked down, wondering if this past version of her, who had just murdered a village, would accept an embrace from a girl dressed as a peasant. But, I soon felt hands lift up my chin.

I saw that under mother's dark makeup, her eyes had reddened. Her voice broke a little, "Is it true? How are you...alive? Even after...?"

I gave her a small smile and replied, "We were supposed to find each other later in the scheme of things."

This time, mother drew me into an embrace herself. She whispered, "You have to tell me everything, little firefly."

I smiled through tears and softly said, "That's what you would call me, mama."

Despite the turn of events, Henry and I managed to fulfil what we had planned to do; get to the palace. Once we arrived, I felt the familiarity of the palace grounds envelope me. I beamed with a quick fleeting feeling of happiness. Home. I pulled on the reins of my horse and fell back to Henry who looked as if he was clinging on for his life. As I rode beside him, I waited for him to speak. However, he remained silent. "Henry-"

"Don't her her who I am, please."

I frowned and whispered back, "Why?"

Henry didn't reply. In fact, he refused to speak to me even when we were lead inside the palace. After mother left with the promise that she'll be back, Henry and I were taken to our rooms. After I had changed into a dress similar to the ones I used to wear in the Enchanted Forest, I visited Henry's room. I knocked on the door and waited for my brother's response. There was a quiet patter of footsteps. Then, the door opened and Henry's curious face peered out. When he saw me he opened the door wider to let me in. I sat down on the bed and was the first to speak. "Why didn't you want to tell mom who you were?"

Henry shrugged. I inhaled and nudged him. "She's not who you think she is."

There was a short pause. Then, "But how about the village that she slaughtered?"

I sighed. "I know...but you knew of the massacre. You've already read about it in your storybook. It shouldn't come as a surprise to you-"

"But seeing it up so close..."

"Yeah, it's a bit hard to understand...I get that. You do realise, I had met her after the world around me have practically drilled into my brain that she's evil."

"But you're different. You're her flesh and blood."

"And you're still my brother, her son. She loves you."

Henry looked away and quietly whispered, "I want to go back." I let out a breath that I had been holding. "Me too actually."

"Really? Didn't you say that you didn't want to-"

I shoved the cuff on my wrist under Henry's nose and said simply, "I need to deal with this."

"Dani, I-"

I scoffed, "You wouldn't kill us will you? You didn't know, right?"

Henry stood up and put his hands to his head. "I didn't. I'm sorry, I didn't know that they were, well..." Then, he let out a groan. "Why does everything have to be so complicated?!"

I came up to Henry and put my arms around him, saying, "It's alright lil' bro. We'll get back to Storybrooke."

At that moment, I saw a puff of blue smoke appear on the surface of the single mirror that hung in the room. The genie's face slowly came into view. He spoke, "Your highness, I've been looking for you. The Queen has requested your presence in her chambers. I gather that you know how to get there?"

I nodded. "Thanks, tell her I'll be there soon."

After the genie's face disappeared, Henry commented, "That's Sidney!"

I chuckled. "Yeah. Umm, I'll tell you what happens when I come back ok?"

Henry nodded and slumped back onto his bed. I gave him a small smile before walking out of the room and towards my mother's chambers. It felt as if I was only walking in these corridors yesterday.

The guards outside my mother's chambers bowed and let me in when I came up to them. I found mother on the chaise by the fireside. She held the ring given to her by my father in her hands. When I stepped into the room, she looked up and smiled. "Daniella."

I sat down beside her and put my arms around her waist. She chuckled and softly said, "I don't think I would have believed you."

"So why did you believe me?"

There was a pause. Then, mother replied as she stroked my hair, "You remind me of Daniel."

"I get that a lot."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Well, people say that I look like you too...a mini version of you."

When I unwrapped my arms from my mother, she took my hand into hers and said, "You must tell me all the details about your past but we need to deal with these cuffs first. You said that the blue fairy..."

"Put it on mine and yours." I looked down when I said this. I tried to blink away the tears that formed once more at the corner of my eyes.

"So this future version of me...she's-"

"Things have gotten really messy lately."

"How so?"

I sighed. "Before I say how, you've got to promise me that you'll drink a memory potion if I ever go back to my time alright? I'm going to, and probably already have, messed up the timeline."

That earned a chuckle from mother. "Yes dear, I'm quite aware of the dangers of time travel. Even though it hasn't been accomplished before. But tell me, how did you manage to get restrained by that barbaric cuff?"

I took a breath and began quietly, "The dark curse broke and Snow..." I paused at the mention of the Princess's name. Looking nervously at my mother, I continued, "She decided that it wasn't fitting for me to be under your care."

"Excuse me?!" mother seethed, with fire in her eyes. I nodded and continued, "They bound me with the cuffs before I woke up from...well, I was kinda unconscious after the curse broke so..."

"You weren't able to do anything about it."

"Yeah."

Mother got up with her hands on her hips. Then, she bit out, "Tell me one good reason to not kill her right now."

With my heart pounding, I replied, "But isn't that your goal right now anyway?"

"I want that brat to suffer. But hearing of the future, I think it'll be best that I kill her instead."

I walked over and said softly, "If you change the past, bad things might happen."

Mother whipped around and took my hand into hers. She tried once more to take the cuff off my wrists. Naturally, it didn't budge. "Daniella, dear, who did you say could take the cuff off?"

My voice wavered as I replied, "Only the blue fairy. But she'd never. This was her plan all along...she wanted to kill us slowly without the town knowing."

Mother nodded slowly even though she was frowning. Then, she walked over to her mirror and stood in front of it. I knew that stance. It meant that she was thinking. "Daniella, I will get that cuff off your wrist somehow. After that, we'll work to return you to the future. I'm afraid I can't do much about my future self."

I smiled slightly, "Thanks, Mama."

My mother widened her eyes a little. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something. However, she calmly turned away without saying a word.

"What is it?"

With her back turned towards me, she replied, "Nothing it's just that... I thought you were gone forever."

When I came up to my mother, I realised that she was crying. As I embraced her, she whispered through tears, "But from what you've described of my future, they still win in the end."

"Mama-"

"Will I never get my happy ending?"

"That's not true! You'll get it eventually. Daddy's always with us, remember?"

Mother sniffled and sat down at her vanity, glaring at her reflection. Then, she asked, "What are you talking about dear?"

Oh right, the future hasn't happened yet. "You get to see my father for a short time in the future."

"I do?" Mother's eyes suddenly shone with hope.

I breathed quietly, "Yeah...he helped us when we didn't have each other."

Mother looked down and fidgeted with the ring in her fingers. A small smile crept onto her face.

"See? Things will get better. You just have to wait."

Mother opened her arms and I fell into them, snuggling against the scent of apples and perfume.

(Regina's POV, Storybrooke)

Sleep didn't come to me easily but tonight, I had drifted off into slumber out of weariness. The worry I had for my daughter, sat uncomfortably in my stomach throughout the day. When the lights of the Sheriff's station automatically clicked off however, I curled up on the prison bed with only an empty void accompanying me. The numbness must have put me to sleep.

"Daniel?"

I looked around. I was dressed in one of my most comfortable nightgowns from the Enchanted Forest. Beneath my feet was the bearskin rug that lay beside my bed in my private chambers. Daniel came towards me with a smile on his face. He reached up and caressed my cheek before giving me a peck on the cheek. "Daniel, I-"

"Shh." His breath uttered into the nape of my neck.

Daniel's gentle touch gave me a shiver. I turned to look into his gorgeous eyes for the first time. Then, I whispered back, "But you're not real. You're gone."

Daniel pushed me slowly onto my bed. "When am I ever gone?" Then, he pulled at the satin sash around my waist, undoing the gown.

I smiled at his gentle breath and sunk my head onto the pillow beneath me. "Daniel..." His name sounded foreign to my ears. I have uttered it in such innocence that I almost didn't recognise the voice. It must have been years, well, decades since I've used the same tone. "Daniel, it's not fair..."

My fiance's youthful face smiled and as he tore away my clothes, replied, "What do you mean?"

I eyed his hands as they reached to unbutton his own clothing. "It's not fair that we only got to do this properly once."

Daniel bent over me, giving my eyes a feast of muscle and beautifully toned skin. "Regina..." he whispered. Then, he gave me soft butterfly kisses starting from my neck, down. I clamped my hands on his back and bit back tears. "Regina darling, what is it?"

I gasped at the touch of Daniel's fingers on my breasts. Then, I answered quietly, "This isn't real."

"Then what could I do to make it real?"

I turned my head to the side but spied Daniel's eyes disappear past my breasts as he replied "But our love is real, isn't it?"

I sighed and a shiver coursed through my body when Daniel reached my legs. "Daniel...what's the point of this dream when I will wake to find myself away from you again?"

"Regina do you love me?"

I frowned, "Of course, my love. I will forever love you. Time cannot change that..." My voice drifted off.

"If you truly love me, don't think about anything else, darling." Daniel came up and his lips explored my own. I wrapped my legs around him and savoured the moment. Just when I did so, there was a pounding feeling on my head. I fell back from my true love's lips and frowned. "Regina?"

"I-Daniel my head, it hurts." I looked around and Daniel's face started to blur. "Daniel? Daniel! My love!"

I watched helplessly as his face faded from my eyes until it was replaced by a brick wall. Groaning, I blinked several times before realising that tears were streaming down my face. I shifted uncomfortably on the prison bed and raised my hand to touch all of the areas of my body that Daniel had caressed in gentle butterfly kisses only moments ago. Was it real? Was it just a dream?

Something tore my thoughts away from Daniel however. The pounding in my head increased and I realised that it wasn't a headache. There were loud footsteps pacing down the hallway. I sat up just in time to see Snow, David and Emma burst into the room. I hadn't expected to see them, especially after my dream. After Daniel.

How I wished to my back in his arms. To be lovers, swallowing each other's pleasures. To be soulmates, delighting in each other's fantasies. No, it wasn't possible because...

"Regina, you look terrible!"

Snow's voice penetrated into me like a dagger. As if the wound of seeing Daniel, just to lose him again, haven't already pierced deep enough into my body. I glared at Snow and felt myself shaking, trying to control all the words I wanted to hurl at the brat.

Emma added, "Regina? Are you alright? I-"

After the saviour spoke, I was too distracted and could no longer feel Daniel's touch on my skin. It has simply disappeared as if it had never existed. The corner of my eye twitched. Then, with all the pain I could muster, I roared at the three heroes before me, "GET OUT!"

Snow was the first to recover. "Regina-"

I stood up and screamed, "GET OUT! LEAVE! AND DON'T-" I paused to pant. "DON'T COME TO SEE ME EVER AGAIN WITH YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR HUSBAND!"

I snarled at Emma and David, suddenly feeling the tingling sensation of my magic back in my body. However, I knew that the cuff was still too powerful to let my emotions channel my powers.

Snow edged towards her husband and tried to speak again but I cut her off, "TAKE YOUR FAMILY. GO. LEAVE ME!" My voice broke. It must be the state of unrest that I was in. Of being woken up by the brat from my intimate moment with Daniel. My voice broke as I cried, "What more can you want from me? What more can you take away from Daniel and I?"

The next words from Snow surprised me. "You've dreamt of him again."

For a moment, David and Emma disappeared from my mind. Snow and I were the only people in the room. When I looked at her, I could still see the same naive young princess who came into my chambers occasionally whenever I failed to join her at the breakfast table. I've learnt to control my sobs with greater ease as Snow matured but initially, the ten, twelve year old girl caught glimpses of my weakest self. I never thought that Snow remembered. Perhaps she did. It still kicked my guts everyday. The fact the Snow had seen me in my weakest moments.

"Regina..." Snow paused as if to wait for my reaction. I gave none. Only plastered a stoic look on my face as the final stray teardrops fell onto the ground.

"Stepmother, why are you crying? Its the winter solstice today. We have guests arriving soon for the celebrations, remember? I don't want to frown in front of them. When you're unhappy, I'm unhappy too."

"It's nothing, little bird. I'm fine."

"Are you sure? If you're ok, I'll tell your ladies in waiting to help you prepare."

"Snow-"

"Regina." I looked up at Snow to see her nervously twist her hands together. The girl wanted to say something but was too afraid to do so. Even after all these years, I always knew what Snow was feeling. I had raised her, afterall.

"Out with it, child. We don't have all day!"

Snow gulped. Then, with eyes locked onto mine fearfully, she uttered quietly, "When you're unhappy, I'm unhappy too."

My breath hitched as I felt emotions clog my throat. Then, I shook my head and scoffed. "You've never been interested in my happiness."

(Emma's POV)

I glanced at David to confirm the sight before my eyes. Regina in hysterics; something I have never expected to see. She's always been composed...well, always queenly. The distraught women screaming in front of me was not the Madame Mayor I knew. What shocked me most was the dramatic change in her voice when she talked to Mary Margaret. It started with roaring anger to something so gentle that a mother could have used to her own child. Then, it hit me. Regina had raised Mary Margaret hasn't she? I shuddered at that thought but then again, Henry ended up fine didn't he? Henry...we were here because of him.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when Regina growled at Mary Margaret, "You've never been interested in my happiness."

The tone that Regina used made me flinch, as if she had directed the accusation towards me as well. However, I took the following silence as an opportunity to tell her what we were here for. "Regina, we have to tell you something."

I watched intently as the mayor slowly step towards us until she was just a few inches away from the prison bars. Then, I took a breath and began, "Henry and Daniella have been missing for a full day. We-"

"What?!" Something in Regina's eyes shifted. Worry quickly replaced the pain that was previously evident in her face. Seeming to ignore all that happened previously, she answered frantically, "Well? What happened?"

David started, "I was teaching Henry to use the sword-" I saw a glimmer at the corner of Regina's mouth. What was it? Pride? David continued, "-When he noticed that Daniella was missing. She was supposed to be watching from the side but when we turned around, she wasn't there. Henry and I looked for her but since we couldn't find her, we decided to split up and meet back at the town hall in half an hours time. When I got there, Henry wasn't there so I waited but an hour had passed and he still hadn't turned up. That's when I notified Snow and Emma. I got them to search and-"

"You've lost my two children." Regina spat.

I stepped forth and replied, "Now's not the time to argue. We need you to tell us where they might be. We've looked everywhere...is there someplace they might be?"

Regina frowned and answered, "Take these cuffs off. I'll look for them." She caught the expression on David and Mary Margaret's faces and huffed. "Do you want my help or not?"

I cut in, "We could get your help without your magic. We've got Gold for that factor-"

"Then why haven't you already gone to him? Why did you come to me?"

Mary Margaret quietly answered, "Because you're their mother."

Regina's glance left mine to stare at Snow. She opened her mouth to speak, only to clamp it closed again. Then, she muttered, "It's about time you realised."

I put my hands on my hips. "Well? Will you help us?"

Regina gave me a glare for a moment. Then, she bit out, "They're my children. Of course I will. But I'm not doing it for you. I hope that if I find them, you'll reconsider who I am."

(Regina's POV)

As annoying as it was, the Charmings followed me around town as I looked for my children. After a while, it became clear. I needed to look in my vault. I turned around to face the idiots and said, "It's nearly morning. Go get some rest, I will continue the search."

Emma shook her head, "No, my son is missing right now. I will not rest!"

I scoffed, "Now you know what it felt like for me the night you came to Storybrooke." No one responded so I stated, "It's decided then."

Whilst walking away, I couldn't help but feel that the Charmings were still watching my back. I shook away the feeling as I snarled at the thought. At least I was free for now. Using the early hours of the morning to my advantage, I quickly made my way to the cemetery on foot.

When I arrived inside my vault, the first thing I noticed was that the casket has been pushed to one side. I felt my chest tighten as I shouted, "Daniella? Henry? Are you down there?!"

I paused for a response but heard none. Immediately, I descended the steps and called out again, "Daniella? Henry?"

I advanced into the room that held all my magical possessions. Everything looked untouched except...

I rushed over to Jefferson's hat which lay on the ground in the middle of the room. I crouched down and examined it. There is no way that I could tell if Daniella or Henry had fallen into a portal created by the hat but it was the only possible explanation. I had mentioned to Daniella about the portal...but also specifically told her to not tamper with it until I was by her side!

The only person who knows of the hat other than Daniella is Jefferson, but I doubt that he would simply leave it here and jump back to the Enchanted Forest.

My heart pounded. There were so many realms that the hat linked with. I couldn't possibly be sure which one contained my children. Besides, I don't have any magic to activate the portal.

I was about to pick up the hat when pattering footsteps startled me. I jumped and stood up to face the shocked faces of Snow and Emma.

Trying to hide my own surprised face, I snarled at the two and stated, "You have no business following me! I thought you left."

To my annoyance, Emma replied, "We weren't going to let you run loose in town. Who knows what will happen?"

I stepped up to her and asked, "You think I was going to kill someone? Please, my children are in danger. I don't have time for that unless it means killing the people who harmed them."

Snow scowled and replied, "Where are we, anyway? What is this place?" Then, she rudely strutted past me into the room. I held my breath as she examined the mirror that hung from my wall. I clenched my fists and seethed, "Get out. This place isn't yours."

Snow turned around and answered, to my annoyance, "But I should know about this place. Especially if it contains anything dangerous."

"The only dangerous thing it contains right now is me and you've already removed my magic."

Snow raised her eyebrows and said simply, "Well? Have you found a lead on Henry and Daniella?"

I opened my mouth to say that I have not, but before I could do so, Emma pointed to the floor behind me and exclaimed, "The hat! Jefferson's hat!"

She swiped it into her hands and glanced at me questionably. She continued, "They were here weren't they?! They fell into a portal! They're missing because of you!"

I glared at Emma and seethed, "How dare you! I had no idea that they were here because I was in prison!"

Snow stood by her daughter's side and accused, "Why did you expose them to this place? It's obvious that they had knowledge of here. You put them in danger!"

I lost my patience and yelled, "You said that you would keep them safe!"

"They would be safe if they hadn't come here!" Emma glanced at the hat in her hands and continued, "The hat could only be activated by magic-"

Snow added, "It was Daniella!"

I stepped closer to the idiot and bit out, "And now you blame my daughter?!"

Snow crossed her arms, "It's the only explanation. She wanted to do use the hat. Henry, being naturally curious, followed her. Now they're both missing!"

"Before you put the blame onto Daniella, think about why she did what she did. Perhaps it's because you put her in a position to do so."

The princess looked at me incredulously. "What?"

"You took away her magic, took her away from me. It's no doubt that she wanted to get away from you!"

"I was kind to her!"

My fingers curled up in anger. I roared, "AND I WASN'T?! I'M HER MOTHER! DO YOU NOT THINK THAT I LOVE HER?"

Snow muttered something inaudible so I spat, "Stop mumbling! You've always had that habit! What did you say?"

She raised her voice slightly and stated, "You cannot love. You're incapable of it. You have no compassion. You didn't love Henry. You simply wanted him to be yours since he is Emma's son."

Snow's accusation cut through my skin like a dagger. I glared at her and spat, "Trust me, I had no idea that Henry was Emma's son when I adopted him. And when I found out, I decided to keep him. Why? Because contrarily to what you believe, he's my son!"

Emma cut in and argued, "You tortured him. He didn't want to be with you, he wanted to be with me but you-"

"I RAISED HIM. I'M HIS MOTHER. YOU ABANDONED HIM WHEN HE WAS BORN. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT IT'S YOUR RIGHT TO TAKE HIM TO BE YOURS AGAIN?!"

Emma threw the hat to one side and stated firmly, "Because he's happier with me! He's happier with his real mother! A mother who doesn't lie to him! A mother who hasn't cast a stupid curse just because a girl is prettier than her."

At the last sentence, Snow and I looked at each other. Then, she stuttered to her daughter, "Emma, that isn't true-"

I rolled my eyes and seethed at Snowflake, "You can explain what you did to destroy my life another day." Then I turned to them both and roared, "You don't think I can love?" I waved my hands around the vault and continued, "Everything I do, everything I did, was out of love! I WANTED YOUR LIFE SNOW, TO AVENGE DANIEL. TO AVENGE WHAT YOUR FATHER DID TO DANIELLA! I CAST THE CURSE TO SAVE MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE! I LET IT BREAK, KNOWING THAT HENRY WOULD LIVE. DO YOU STILL THINK I'M HEARTLESS?"

The pair looked a little flabbergasted at my confession. Once again, I roared, "WELL? DO YOU?!"

Emma was the first to speak. "You cast the curse to save Daniella's life?"

I turned away to fetch the hat. As I did so, I answered, "I was happy to be ridiculed by the kingdom, witness your mother and father be crowned, lose my power. All that, because of my daughter. But your father nearly took away her life. Perhaps I was able to let it go for the first time...and the second time. But not the third."

When I grabbed the hat, I placed it in the centre of the room. Then, I glared at the pair and commanded, "Don't move. I'll be back."

I passed their fallen expressions and made my way to the secret room which held Daniella's belongings from the Enchanted Forest. I crossed the room and opened my daughter's wardrobe. Then, I retrieved a dress. When I walked back to Snow and Emma, they regarded me with a confused expression. I quickly explained, "I'll activate and portal. Then, I will cast a locator spell. This dress belonged to Daniella. It'll take us to her and Henry."

I looked up at Snow and Emma and sighed at their idiotic expressions. I coughed to remind them of the thing that I was lacking.

After a moment of agonising silence, Snow replied, "I'll talk to Charming about returning your magic."

*Later

Emma stayed with me in the vault whilst Snow went to get the Prince and the Blue Fairy. The thick air that floated above our heads gave me nothing but contempt at the woman standing in front of me. However, she was the one who broke the quiet eerieness of the vault. "Why do you hate Mary Margaret so much?"

I whipped my head around and stopped pacing. "What?"

Emma repeated equally as quickly as before. "Why do you hate Snow White so much?"

I sat down on one of the large trunks in the room and shook my head.

"Regina?"

I glared at Swan. "What?"

"Why are you refusing to tell me? Who, who was Daniel?"

I sprung up and bit, "Don't mention his name in front of me."

"So Mary Margaret did something to Daniel?"

I turned towards my mirror and stood there with my hands on my hips. Behind me, Emma's voice continued, "He was...Daniella's father?"

My voice replied in a hoarse whisper. "Yes, he was."

"And he-"

"Died because your mother couldn't keep a secret."

Emma chose her reply carefully. "So he was your lover?"

Luckily, I didn't have to respond since approaching footsteps took Emma and I out of the conversation. I watched David and Snow come into the vault through the mirror's reflection.

"So? What has the shepherd prince decided, Snowflake?"

David spoke up. "Blue enchanted my hands so that I can take that cuff off, and return your magic to you. We're only doing this because of Henry's life."

My heart stopped beating. I glared at them, knowing that they chose deliberately not to mention my daughter's name. Finally, I turned away from the mirror and held out the cuff towards David. He came up to me and yanked it free. As soon as he did so, I felt a vibrant rush of energy come back into my body. My fingertips tingled so it came as no surprise when the first thing I did was create one of my signature fireballs. As it crackled in my palm, Snow shouted, "Regina!"

I curled my hand into a fist and rolled my eyes. Then, I picked up Jefferson's hat and walked to the middle of the vault. I crouched down and flicked the hat. To my relief, it began to spin and purple smoke poured out. I eyed the others to keep out of the way as I retrieved Daniella's dress. I waved my hands over it but for whatever reason, it failed to move. I tried again and again but the dress wouldn't follow the portal.

"Regina...?"

I looked at the portal which would close soon. I bit my lip and tried once again to enchant the dress. Finally, it worked and the dress flew into the portal. Before I could register what was happening, there was a scream and Emma's unmistakable blond her disappeared into the purple clouds. I watched in dismay to see Snow immediately jump into the portal after her.

David's voice demanded behind me, "What happened?"

I glanced back at him unwillingly and replied, "They fell into the portal too early."

"What?!"

"The locator spell didn't have enough time to change the destination of the portal..."

"What do you mean? What happened to them?" David's eyes shone with anger as he said these words.

I grunted and stepped forward to go into the portal after the two idiot but David stopped me. "No, you stay right here. You need to fix this. Where did they go?"

I gave a glance at the portal which had started to close. I quickly replied, "I don't know! I wasn't there in the portal to guide them-" I watched in horror as the clouds subsided. Then, I glared at David and roared, "Idiot!"

There was a slap onto my cheek. As my head turned to one side, my magic itched to teach the shepherd prince a lesson. I threw David against the wall and shouted, "How dare you! I didn't intend for this to happen!"

As David choked under my magic, he managed to utter, "Regina...stop! We need to...save..."

I let the prince go and he fell onto the floor whilst clutching his throat. Before I teleported him out of the vault, I seethed, "Just stay out of my way. I'll save Daniella and Henry myself. As for your wife and daughter; it seems like you've landed yourself with a heroic mission to retrieve them."