Regina and Facilier appeared in the middle of Regina's living room from their trip to her vault. He instantly wrapped his arms around her and she just gives in willingly.
"So Maleficent was right", Zelena's voice made them broke apart from each other. "Your boyfriend is back from the dead", she finished.
"Zelena, what are you doing here?" Regina asked her still caught in surprise.
"I live her too if my memory serves me right. What is he doing here?" Zelena answered then asked her back.
Regina couldn't think of anything to tell to her sister. She knows she doesn't have any way out of the situation.
"I am just leaving", Facilier answered saving Regina from thinking an alibi.
She looked at him and she understood. Facilier nodded at her and then poofed himself out leaving the sisters to talk.
"I can explain", Regina started.
"Oh, believe me I would love to hear it right now. Maybe you should start by why you did not tell me about him", Zelena said.
Regina can sense that she is really pissed off right now. Her sister doesn't like being kept in the dark.
"…because I don't want you to react the way you're reacting now. I know you never liked him for me but I do love him. You know that. You said you will never judge me", Regina said.
Zelena did remember saying that but things are different now. That was back in the day when she thought of him just being the voodoo doctor. Now he is trying to pull back her sister to the darkness which she spent years trying to get out of.
"I know. I don't judge you. I am telling you he is a bad idea because that is the truth. All these started because of him", Zelena explained.
"What are you talking about?" Regina asked.
"Your magic went haywire when he arrived here in Storybrooke. I don't think that's just a coincidence. Maleficent told us what happened back in the Enchanted Forest when the two of you were together. She told us why Rumplestiltskin had to banish him to another realm to keep him away from you", Zelena answered.
She went silent. That was a part of her life that she's not very proud of. She doesn't regret all the things she did in the past but that she does regret.
"That was a different time. I was a different person back then and Rumple only did that because I was going off track from his plans for me to cast his curse", Regina muttered.
"Yeah? It looks like you're heading that direction once again. When are you going to tell me your light magic is gone?" Zelena asked.
That surprised Regina. There are only two persons in the world she told about that: Facilier and Snow. She doubt it's Facilier who told her sister about that.
"Snow just couldn't keep a secret, could she?" Regina muttered as her blood boils. Zelena sensed it too.
"Don't blame her. We practically squeezed it out of here. Plus, the threat of Maleficent turning into a dragon inside the Sheriff's office is enough to make her talk", Zelena said in defense of Snow.
Regina rolled her eyes around.
"That spell is just like the one you used from our mother's book to jumpstart your magic but it works differently. It is pure dark magic. It jumped start your magic…your dark magic. With your dark magic being boosted, it literally kicked your light magic out of you. That's why you don't have it anymore. What were you thinking messing with that spell? Even the Dark One was smart enough not to let any of us play with it", Zelena exclaimed.
Regina thinks for a second. She can't remember having touch that book let alone performing a spell from it but after hearing that from Zelena, she's not so sure anymore.
"What is it?" Zelena asked noticing her sister's silence.
"I got to go", Regina answered heading for the door.
"Where are you going?" Zelena asked.
"…to get some answers", Regina answered and then closed the door behind her.
Facilier is now residing inside Gold's shop mainly because no one dares to occupy the property. Gideon is exploring the world or rather the realms for his research. He is doing some night time reading when Regina comes in. Smile appeared on his face upon seeing his love.
"Isn't this a pleasant surprise? What can I do for you?" he asked.
Regina's face, however, is dead serious.
"How about tell me the truth? What did you do to me?" Regina asked him back.
Facilier's smile disappeared. He can sense she means business.
"I don't follow", he said.
"Zelena was able to find out the spell I 'accidentally' used from Rumple's book. That spell removed my light magic. You know I wouldn't touch that book and somehow I can remember glimpses in my head that I did. What did you do to me?" Regina clarified.
Facilier sighed and stepped aside letting Regina at the back of the shop. Regina frowned at first but then walked towards the back.
She saw a ritual circle and other magical relics of Facilier. She studied them carefully until she saw a picture of her.
"Oh you didn't…" she muttered. "You're doing that spell on me with your voodoo dolls. You're making me your puppet so I can perform the spell because you know I will not do it", she realized.
Tears are building up in her eyes. She doesn't know how she would feel about it. She defended him from literally everyone especially her sister and Maleficent and they turned out to be right.
"I admit. I did that but it's for your own good. Before the Dark One banished me away, you made me promise that if he tried to change you in any other way that I will do my best to get you back to the person you truly are. I am fulfilling that promise", he explained.
Regina turned to him.
"…by turning me evil again? Do you really think that's who I am?" she asked.
"Who you are is someone who is free, powerful, and strong. You are the queen who doesn't care what other people says and what other people wants. You only care about your happiness. Now, look at what happened to you. You live and breathe for them. You do what will make everyone happy sacrificing your own happiness in return. I know you think it's heroic but it doesn't make you feel like a hero. It is making you feel empty. They all have their happy endings and perfect lives, even your sister but you don't. You became their queen and yet you feel alone and isolated. Is this really who you are now?" he answered then asked her back.
She knows he has a point. Actually, he's right about it all. She does feel alone and isolated before he came back. Even with the young Henry with her, she felt incomplete.
"I don't want to be that person again. I am not that person anymore. Being evil never made me feel happy", she muttered.
"No, but you were free. Freedom is what you wanted back then, isn't it? To be free from your mother, the king, the Dark One, from the people who judged you, from Snow White and those hopeful speeches?" Facilier asked.
"Those are behind me. I have a new life now, a new path. I worked so hard to be good. I finally earned my son, my family, my friends", Regina reasoned.
Facilier only laughed.
"Henry is in Hyperion Heights with his family. Young Henry is living with Emma and Hook and his younger sister. Snow and Charming are living happily with their son. Your sister is living happily too with her daughter and her business. Tell me, where are you in those pictures? It looked to me that they are all happy without you in it", he said.
Tears fell from her eyes. That hurts especially coming from him. Like Rumple, he doesn't hold back when telling her things.
"Stop", she muttered trying to make the pain stop too.
"I am only trying to help you. I want you to be the best version of yourself again just like what you've always wanted", he explained.
Regina looked at him carefully.
"That is not the only spell you forced me to do. What else?" she asked.
Facilier held back his words. She is always good at reading him when she has to.
"I only wanted what's best for you, Regina", he said.
"Don't make me ask again", she warned.
"I didn't instruct you to do any more spells. You just did them on your own", he answered.
Regina looked again at the shrine of ingredients around her and tried to piece it all together.
"I created those ogres. That's why they were so hard to kill. You made me play with Rumple's book", Regina muttered then turned to him. "Everyone is telling me that I should stop seeing you, that you are bad for me. I didn't listen. I defended you. I told them this time is different. All people change, isn't that what you told me? I was wrong and they were right", she said.
"It doesn't change the fact that I love you. That's why I am doing this", he said.
"All of these started when you came back. I knew that but I looked the other way because I was so blinded…because I love you. How can I be so stupid for the second time?" she exclaimed and then turned her back on him.
Regina headed for the exit when he tried to call her attention.
"Regina", he said but she ignored him. He then tried to grab her arm to stop her.
"Don't touch me", she said and her magic came off of her and Facilier flew backwards and hit the wall.
She was startled that that happened but she let it fly. He is staring wide-eyed at her surprise that she attacked him even unintentionally.
"Stay away from me in the meantime. I don't want to see you or talk to you for now", she said and then left.
Zelena came in running to the Charmings' house. Luckily, the whole family is in there having their dinner. Her entrance startled them all interrupting the family supper.
"Zelena? What's wrong?" Snow asked.
"Have you seen my sister?" she asked them back.
Emma got up sensing something is about to go wrong. David followed, Hook, and Snow too.
"What happened?" Emma asked.
"We were just talking. I confronted her about Facilier and her light magic being gone. At first, she was mad then I told her what kind of spell she got caught up in and then she stormed off", she answered.
"Where did she go?" David asked.
"She didn't say. She said she's going to get some answers", Zelena answered.
David and Snow looked at each other.
"She's going to confront Facilier", Snow guessed.
Suddenly, they felt the ground shakes.
"I believe Her Majesty just got her answers alright", Hook muttered.