[A/N: Sorry it's been so long! I wrote some chapters but I decided that they were pretty bad, and I wanted to get to the OutlawQueen part a bit quicker. I generally went too far in depth of the backstory of the some of the characters, and I think that if anyone is still reading this they probably just want to get right on to the good stuff.

So here we are! Enjoy this chapter. Also, hopefully there aren't any plotholes in my fanfic now that I've skipped some stuff out lol]

|FIVE YEARS AGO, SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA|

Three knocks. There were three knocks on the door and from there, the fate of Robin had completely changed.

It was a man, in around his twenties, who seemed to have a message for Zelena. Something that he was simply asked to state when he went back in time, without knowing the true reason for it.

"Hello, are you Zelena?", he asked once the former witch opened the door.

"Yes..I'm sorry, who are you?", Zelena asked.

"I've been sent back in time, using a spell that you apparently made once, to tell your daughter that she is needed to break a curse.", he said.

At first, Zelena thought that this man must've been insane. There was no way that Robin needed to go into the future to save anyone, not anyone she could think of anyway.

But that's when she remembered. She remembered that strange woman she'd saw the day she went back in time, and she'd remembered her warning.

And it came apparent, that there was no way she could avoid this.

|PRESENT DAY, HYPERION HEIGHTS|

After a few weeks, they had finally gotten round to Lucy's birthday party. Despite the fact that Robin wasn't supplying much, she was still eager to help out considering the fact that she'd become very fond of her and was generally happy to see this happen. Henry and Jacinda were also excited, seeing as this was the first proper party Lucy had ever had, and working on it together made Lucy even more elated that her family was finally forming again.

However, there was one person who wasn't exactly happy that day, and that was Roni. The past few weeks had been so confusing – she kept having all of these weird memories and dreams about her past and about this person who she didn't even recall meeting beforehand. Something about it made her constantly stressed and angry with herself.

Sure, maybe helping out on that day would help her forget for a short while. But it still haunted her so much.

After helping with the decorations of this tiny hall that they'd booked, Robin entered the room. She was so happy to be able to get involved with all of this. Something about seeing Lucy happy made her feel warm inside.

"Oh, so you actually came? To be honest I didn't expect you to turn up.", Roni stated.

"Hello to you too, and why wouldn't I turn up?", Robin replied.

"Well, it did seem a little odd that you were so upfront about helping Lucy, I thought you were just joking or something.", Roni responded. She wasn't to blame for feeling confused – ever since this girl turned up everything had been confusing.

"Of course I wasn't joking! I genuinely care about that girl.", she replied.

"I'm sorry, but what exactly is your relationship with her? Up until a few weeks ago you didn't even seem to exist on this earth and yet you seem to know a hell of a lot about this town.", Roni responded in a slightly irritated tone. She hated how everything had gotten so conflicting recently. She hated how as soon as this girl showed up, everything seemed to become a blur. She hated it, and yet part of her still wanted to know more.

"Whoa, okay calm down. Let's just get on with this party right now, alright?", Robin responded anxiously, knowing she'd obviously ticked her off.

|FIVE YEARS AGO, SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA|

"You're saying.. my daughter can use magic?", Zelena asked in denial.

"Well she is the daughter of the Wicked Witch of the West, so it isn't unexpected.", the man responded.

Zelena layed back, in shock. There was no way this could all start happening now, and not just when her daughter was about to go to university. She'd never suspected anything of her daughter and magic before, and frankly she didn't want to have to. Dealing with going back in time was enough, but explaining to her own daughter that she was in fact a witch from some musical was going to get extremely complicated.

"So, out of all of the people who can use magic, you've chosen to come back in time to bring my daughter along to help?", she said. She was so upset and angry and the same time, it didn't make any sense to her.

"It's not just that. Your daughter has a gift, something that can supposedly bring back something that's lost to someone you care about. I used a spell that you once made to come back and bring her because it seemed to be the only choice, or at least I was told that by doing this I saved everyone.". The man in front of her almost put on a smile when mentioning that. It was as if he knew the ending to this story. But Zelena didn't have any time to ask those kinds of questions.

"Tell me more. I need to know what's going on here before I make any decisions."

|PRESENT DAY, HYPERION HEIGHTS|

Lucy was astounded that her mother and father had organised the party. As soon as her friends got her to enter the room, she begun to scream with excitement. It was wonderful, and everyone smiled.

Despite the initial joy however, the rest of that day wasn't exactly the most pleasant.

At some point, Roni decided to exit the room and Robin, out of curiousity, decided to see where she was going. She watched as her heels echoed down the halls and as she looked downwards to the floor. She was angry with herself, confused and most of all upset.

Nothing seemed to make sense anymore. Despite knowing the history with her entire family, and despite knowing how it all turned out, part of Roni felt like it was all a huge lie. Watching everyone laugh and smile made her long for something, for someone who she seemed to have wanted to see for her entire life and yet she had absolutely no idea who it was. It all just seemed like some massive fairy tale.

That's when Robin stopped her. "Where are you going?"

Roni initially considered not responding and attempting to run off, but she knew there was no way that would work in this situation, no matter how much these emotions were taking over her. She had to come up with some excuse.

"I'm just getting some fresh air, it's a bit stuffy inside don't you think?", she quickly tried to avoid her.

"Wait-" Robin stopped mid sentence, immediately knowing this was some sort of excuse from the look on her face. Whilst she knew this wasn't the time and place to discuss what she had wanted to say, she knew that she couldn't wait any longer. She couldn't stand the pain of Regina not knowing who she really was, and she couldn't stand the fact that she had no idea about any of those stories in the book that her son had written about her and her father. It just wasn't right.

Even if she couldn't properly break the curse now, she had to say this. She had to let it all out.

"I know that you're trying to tell yourself something, something important. Something that makes you miserable when you saw everyone happy but you can't just keep running away from it!", Robin loudly spoke up.

Roni looked at her, anxiously. How could she know so much about her?

"What are you talking about? You have no idea what's going on, and you never have. You're just some random girl passing by who seems to have gotten involved with us far too quickly. You don't have any say in what I feel right now.", she shouted back.

"No, but that's where you're wrong! I know far more about you than you think, ironically more than you do yourself, but that isn't because I've stalked you or because Lucy's told me – It's because you knew me!", she shouted back.

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

She couldn't stand it anymore. She had to let it slip out. "For God's Sake, Regina I know that you're remembering my father and I know that you loved him despite all that you two went through, despite all of the issues that I caused, and this is the only way we can defeat this bloody curse! You have to at least try to listen to yourself for one second!", she shouted.

Roni was simply godsmacked. It took her a while to process what she'd just said to her, and she only just realised that this girl wasn't some delusional child from the neighbourhood. Who was she? Who was this father of hers and if so, was she the man she loved? And how did she know all of this?

"I'm sorry to interrupt.."

They both turned around, to hear a familiar voice.

"..but what on earth is going on here?"

It was Victoria Belfrey

[A/N: And that's all for this chapter!

Please be aware that I have now decided to up the pace with this fanfic a little bit, rather than going into heavy detail of the plotline which is what I was planning on doing beforehand. I've mainly decided to do this because I think people are going to enjoy the fanfiction more for the ship and less for the backstory, if you know what I mean ?.

Even so, I still wanted to add quite a few chapters going through the main outline of what was happening so that this would stay more true to canon and that it would give a reasonable possibility for Robin Hood to come back.

Anyway, I'm going to be writing the next chapter soon and trust me, a heck of a lot's going to go down! stay tuned :D ]