Hey guys!
So A LOT of you actually asked for part 2 of this little one shot. Apparently you guys were very curious to see where I would take the whole situation of the Evil Queen (just the queen to me anyway) loosing her memories and becoming this innocent girl again.
So yeah, here it is. I hope you guys like it!
"Bottoms up"
Regina looked at the queen as the woman drank the potion in front of her. She couldn't help but hold her breath as she watched the liquor disappearing from the bottle. It felt like hours passed before the bottle was thrown onto the floor.
"Regina?"
The queen looked around the dressing room, confused. She noticed the woman standing in front of her, and eyed her with wide eyes.
"You look like me!", she exclaimed and Regina was about to answer when the queen took off and walked out of the room.
"Wait! Regina wait!"
The queen heard the woman who looked like her yelling and turned around.
"Will you please stop yelling?"
Regina frowned and took a step back. "I'm sorry. But...", she trailed off, not knowing what to say.
"Who are you? And why, may I ask, do you look like me?", the now new queen said and Regina found it hard to find her words. What was she going to say? The truth? Come up with a story? How much does she truly remember? For all she knew the queen could have fooled her and never drank any potion at all.
"My name is Regina", she said and the queen furrowed her eyebrows.
"My name is Regina as well. And we look like each other. Are we twins?"
"I think that's an explanation for another time", Regina answered and the queen frowned at her.
"Why? Is something wrong?"
"No no, it's just rather long", she explained and the queen nodded.
"Are you okay? You look... off", Gina said with worry in her eyes and Regina could see the truth in that.
"Off?"
"Yes... off"
"What do you mean off?", she asked and the queen shrugged.
"You look like you've seen a ghost", she said and Regina might just consider that a possibility.
"I'm fine dear. Now I—"
"What is this dress? If mother ever saw me in a dress like this, she would kill me!", the woman said and Regina looked down the queen's dress before nodding in agreement.
"You're probably right", she said before flicking her wrist, giving her a more simple dress. The woman smiled as she looked down at her new dress.
"It's beautiful", she said with a smile and Regina smiled back at her.
"Indeed it is. Now why don't we go home? My son is waiting for me", she said and the queen frowned as she followed the other woman towards the exit.
"You have a son?"
"I do yes", she said as they walked out of the vault and the queen looked around the cemetery in awe.
"We're at a cemetery", she said as a matter of fact and Regina nodded.
"Indeed we are"
The queen turned and noticed the grave and the name.
"Henry Mills? Has father passed away?", she asked in pure horror and Regina stiffened. What could she say?
"Like I said. It's a long story"
The queen nodded and followed the woman towards a big machine with wheels.
"What is that?!", she asked in horror and Regina frowned before remembering.
"It's called a car. It's like a horse carriage, but without the horse", she tried to explain and the queen nodded slowly as she eyed the wired looking carriage.
"I don't like it", she decided and Regina sighed and took a deep breath, mentally telling herself to calm down.
"Well you have to like it for around five minutes and we are home, can you do that?", she asked gently and the queen eyed the new carriage once more before sighing and nodding.
"Good. Now get in"
The older brunette got inside but it was clear that the younger version of herself wasn't so brave. Regina sighed and closed her eyes knowing what she had to do.
"I'll bake you a cake if you get inside"
The younger Regina instantly smiled and walked closer, inspecting the door with a frown.
"How do I open it?"
"You take the handle", Regina explained pointing at the door but of course the younger girl didn't understand.
"Take the han— god dammit!", she hissed and leaned over, opening the door from inside. The younger woman smiled as nodded in gratitude as she got inside.
"Thank you Regina. That was very kind of you", she said and Regina nodded before starting the car making the younger woman jump in her seat. "What was that?!"
Regina rolled her eyes and turned to the woman, leaning over making said woman frown. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm putting your seat belt on for you! Now sit still!"
The younger woman frowned before she heard a click and looked down to see and feel something around her. "What's a seat belt?"
Regina closed her eyes, already feeling herself becoming tired. What the hell was the queen thinking?! "It's a protection for you when you drive in the car. You always have to wear it"
The younger woman nodded and they moved slowly towards the mansion. It took them almost ten minutes to go home became of the younger woman and her startled moments with the car.
"That thing is outrageous", she said once they were at the mansion and got out of the car.
"You'll get used to it", Regina said before walking towards the house. "Come on"
The former queen followed the woman as she looked at the big mansion in awe. "Is this a house? It's so big", she said and Regina chuckled.
"It's quite big yes"
"It's not as big as my castle back at home, but it's definitely not small either"
Regina smiled at her before opening the front door. "Henry? Are you here?", she called out her son as the other Regina looked around the house in awe once again. That was until she heard the name.
"Henry? Is daddy here?", she asked walking over to the woman and Regina was about to explain, when they both heard a voice.
"Mom, you're back. How did it go with the ev—", he stopped short and they both turned to the boy standing locked on the stair.
"That's you son?", the youngest asked and Regina nodded. The other Regina smiled in awe and walked closer to him.
"Mom?"
"Just let her, Henry"
The boy nodded and looked at the new woman in front of him as she walked up the stairs carefully standing right in front of him. A true smile appeared on her face and she gently brought her hands to his face, caressing him gently.
"He's so beautiful", she whispered and Regina couldn't help but smile in agreement. Her son was indeed beautiful. "He has our jaw", the young woman said and both Regina and Henry furrowed their eyebrows at her, but she didn't notice it. "And our eyes. They are completely ours"
Regina thought it may not be a time to tell her that her son wasn't their's by blood, so she kept her mouth shut and just smiled at her.
An hour later Emma knocked on the door and Regina opened greeting her. "Hey"
"Hey", Emma smiled at her stepping closer. Regina felt herself blush as the blonde came closer to her.
"She's here", she said stopping the blonde and said blonde frowned.
"She? The queen?"
"Now, former queen. She doesn't remember anything. Not even Daniel", she said and Emma nodded carefully. Now the at least knew that the former queen was speaking the truth. If they had even mentioned Daniel, she would have reacted. And apparently she didn't. The two women walked in and Regina showed them to the living room where Henry and new woman sat in the couch, watching tv. Or Henry trying to explain the woman what a tv was. "Gina?"
The girl turned and Emma couldn't help but smile at the name they had given her. "Who's this?", she asked standing from the couch and Emma smiled at her.
"I'm Emma. Emma Swan"
"Hi", Gina said with blushed cheeks and Emma smiled and held out her hand, Gina eyeing it with a frown. An awkward silence began and Emma cleared her throat.
"You uhm... you have to shake it"
Gina looked at Regina who nodded before taking Emma's hand carefully in her own. Emma smiled and squeezed it gently, making Gina blush hard. Regina turned to Henry who gave her a knowing look and she couldn't help but feel a little threatened. Emma certainly wouldn't choose Gina over her, would she?
"Hey kid", Emma said once she and Gina had departed, walking over to her son in the couch, while Gina looked at Regina with a huge blush on her neck and face.
"Hey mom"
Gina frowned and looked at Regina who nodded. "You told me you shared a son with her. You didn't say you created him together"
Before Regina or Emma could comment on it, they all heard a loud growl and Gina blushed hard looking down. Regina instantly recognized the woman's form. "It's okay. You don't have to feel bad about it sweetie", she quickly assured her and Gina looked down in shame. Regina sighed and brought her arms around the woman.
"It's okay. I can start on some dinner. It's getting late"
Gina nodded, fighting the tears back. Regina smiled and hesitantly kissed the woman's cheek before walking out of the room, getting started on dinner.
"Mom wait", Henry called her out and Regina walked back into the room.
"Why don't we just order pizza? Like you said, it's late and you shouldn't be doing dinner at this time"
"What... what is a pizza?"
Emma and Henry shared a smile. "You'll love it", Emma said standing from the couch and Gina smiled at, another blush creeping on her face. Henry smiled again and Regina saw it, knowing what he was thinking. Thirty minutes later they were sitting by the dining table and eating the pizza, Gina a little hesitant, but she ate and that was good enough for Regina.
"This is delicious", the younger woman said and Henry couldn't help but grin at the woman's enthusiasm of the pizza. "It's the best thing in the world", he said making all three women smile.
"What do we tell my parent? Do think they'll take her in?", Emma asked and Regina turned to look at the woman who sat and ate her pizza with small bites before smiling at it. Regina couldn't help but smile at the woman. She was so pure and innocent now.
"If they could take me, then they should take her as well"
Emma nodded accepting the answer and they all looked at the woman in awe. A few hours later Regina followed Gina to her new room, and Gina smiled at the small room. "It's smaller than I'm used to", she couldn't help but say and Regina smiled at her.
"Indeed it is. But you'll learn to live with it"
Gina smiled and walked over to the woman and hugged her tight, bringing her arms under the woman's own arms, her hands landing on her back shoulders.
"Thank you Regina. Thank you so much", she whispered into the woman's ear and Regina froze for a moment before relaxing into the hug, hugging her back.
"Of course"
"She's different. In a good way... but different", Emma said once Regina walked in and sat down in the couch next to her.
"Definitely yes. But yeah. In a good way", she answered and Emma smiled nodding.
"It's like having a sister again. I know I have Zelena and everything, but I just... it's nice. Having her here... like this. It's nice"
Emma smiled and brought her hand to the brunette's squeezing it gently.
"I'm sorry. How did it go with Hook?", Regina asked and Emma sighed looking away.
"It went better than I expected"
"So he accepted it?", Regina asked surprised and Emma chuckled, taking a sip of her apple cider.
"Oh god no, he yelled. A lot. Claimed that I never loved him. That I was just together with him because you were with Robin"
Regina rolled her eyes and sighed leaning back in the seat. "Of course he did"
Emma sighed shaking her head. "Yeah. But it just showed how little he was worth it"
Regina sighed nodding looking at the blonde. She could see the sadness in her, but at the same time, relief. Like a bag full of bricks being pulled off her back. "I'm sorry", she whispered, but Emma shook her head.
"No, don't be. Like I said. He wasn't worth it"
Regina smiled and squeezed her hand, making Emma turn to her and smile. She put down her glass before turning to the brunette fully, looking into her eyes. "You're beautiful", she whispered and Regina couldn't stop the blush from appearing and the smile from forming.
"So are you"
Emma smiled and bit her lip before leaning in, bringing her lips to the woman's, only to feel a hand on her chest, gently pushing her back.
"Emma. Now is not the time. You've just broken up with hook. I want to give you some time. And you may say you don't need it, but everyone does. Even you", she said and Emma sighed and nodded in understanding.
"I don't want time. I want you"
Regina smiled and kissed her cheek.
"I want you too. But I also want you when you're fully ready for another relationship. And you aren't. I would rather wait and be the one you want to be with when you're ready, then the one you're with while you are becoming ready. Those relationships never lasts", she explained and Emma sighed and leaned their foreheads together and nodded gently.
"Alright. I'll wait and become ready"
Regina smiled and nodded before leaning in, kissing her softly.
"Good. That was your price", she said and Emma chuckled.