Chapter six
Robin walked down the stairs with Imogen wrapped up in his arms, as after Regina had left him in bed the youngest member of the Mills-Locksley household had climbed into bed beside him. Imogen had woken him up when the sun had broken through in early hours by yelling out..
"Time for breakfast and finding my Ella and my Mummy ..." Robin had sighed, pulled on his dressing gown and taken her down the stairs where laying at opposite ends of the sofa were Regina and Ella, with the end of the notebook on the screen. He smiled at the two, who seemed to need the rest after the day before. He placed Imogen on the floor as she ran for the kitchen to find a barstool to watch him start breakfast.
"So Imogen, what should we do today?" Robin asked as he passed her a bowl of her favourite cereal with a cup of milk.
"Can I go with mummy and Ella today.." She asked as Robin headed towards the coffee machine to make three strong cups of coffee.
"I don't think you can ... But you can come with me if you want ..." Jack appeared behind her as he nodded at Robin.
"That you can do, Mummy and Ella are going to do what they have to do sweetheart." Robin replied as he passed Jack the cup of coffee that was ready for drinking.
"you alright though Robin? Bet your happy to finally meet Henry senior, he's a lovely bloke just a shame we don't know how long for. "Jack asked as he looked to see his girlfriend start to shift on the sofa.
"I am very good mate, I'm worried about the girls but I'm sure they will be fine. They've seen worse. Henry is just the one good thing that's come from this ." Robin pulled some eggs out of the fridge as Ella appeared in the hallway.
"Morning, so I've had the worst night's sleep ever. How are we all doing? No transporting since last night Imogen?" Ella asked playfully as she gently kissed her on the cheek and slid in between the others.
"No... but maybe later. But Jack said I could go with him today ... do grown up stuff that you can't do..." Ella laughed as Robin passed her a fresh cup of coffee.
"So cuddling up to your mom didn't help your sleep. How much of the film did you actually see.?" Robin asked as he cracked five eggs in the frying pan.
"not enough, last bit I can remember was Noah going to war. Mum is really worried about what's next and all I can think about us needing some time to get to grips with the fact that the dead are rising up again. I think Dad could be next speaking of which there was no earth shaking last night?" Ella jumped down from the chair as she took the last gulp of her coffee.
"No not that I felt" Robin and Jack both shook their head as he replied for them both.
"Which means sweetheart, your mother, you and that blonde lady that was with you last night have all day to figure out where this has come from..." Henry senior appeared behind them closely followed by Henry and Roland, who seemed to look very confused to the newest addition to the manor.
"Morning boys and Henry, this is your Grandfather , the one Ella always talks about." Robin tells them both as Imogen jumped down from the chair, to run into the older man's arms. Ella laughed as she placed a kiss on her grandfather's cheek.
"Welcome to the family. I'm going to jump in the shower and get ready for the day ahead. Enjoy your breakfast!" Ella walked away from the group, finding this really difficult. The man who four years ago she had lost, who had always been just her grandpa, she was going to have to share. Henry was going to start making memories with his three newest grandchildren, as his eldest made steps to in the direction of sending him back from where he had been once before.
Regina stirred as Ella walked passed her, she could hear the rest of the family in the kitchen. She could also hear her father's voice in the kitchen, but she too was very aware that this time for now was precious, time that they wouldn't have for long, time that she should cherish.
"Morning. ..."
Ella pulled the boots over her leg as the bathroom door swung open to reveal a very much naked Jack.
"Well let's just say that seeing you all bruised up last night, drove me mad. I want to go out find your mother's husband and beat him to a pulp. But I realise now that you were protecting her and that was something that you had to do... I also realised that man was technically dead, but just knowing he touched you has driven me crazy all night. .." Jack smiled as he walked closer to her, kissing her gently as she stood up.
"So you would like to get your frustration out in some form, and you wondered whether I would be a suitable victim..." Ella smiled as she took her boyfriend's hand as they kissed harder, and he scooped her up into his arms and threw her down on the bed.
"Whatever you ask for my princess. ..."
Meanwhile Imogen was helping her Mom pick out her outfit for the day. Regina had chosen to keep it causal herself jeans, plain top Ella's black leather jacket..
"Can I wear my red jacket like auntie Emma today? because Jack is going to take me to go and help him build his and Ella's castle" Regina smiled at the girls as she found the jacket in the cupboard.
"I don't think it's going to be a castle Imi. Speaking of your big sister did she seem okay when you saw her ?" Regina knew that Imogen was more likely to tell her exactly how her sister was.
"she was good, just tired she said. Look I can show you.." Imogen grabbed Regina's hand and used her magic to transform them both it to the room.
Where Ella's clothes lay abounded on the bedroom floor and Jack seemed to be enjoying taking all of the girlfriend in.
"Imogen. .." Regina yelled at her youngest as returned them to Imogen's own room.
"I told you she was okay. .. Was Jack hurting her? " Regina was still in shock as Robin appeared in the hallway.
"No sweetheart. They were just dancing.. Imogen go and find Henry, tell him that you need to listen to his story…" he told her as he took Regina's hand and squeezed it, fully aware that so far Imogen had never done this to them.
"I cannot believe it… she actually did that to me…" Regina winced as Robin gently laughed.
"Now do you see why she wants to move out… with you bursting in with her baby sister.." Robin laughed….
"Are you actually kidding me right now? I told you she could just appear whenever she fancied, I told you to put a magical shield on all the rooms." Ella appeared outside the door flustered but re-dressed.
"Your mom told you to lock the door..." Robin told her. As a redressed Jack appeared beside her.
"She didn't come through the door, Robin…" Jack told the other man as he smirked.
"And this is exactly why we are moving out… because she could just pop in whenever she wants and I can't not deal with that.."
"Ella that's not fair…. Whether we move out or not she seems to pop in whenever or wherever she wants..." Jack replied to his girlfriend, causing both Robin and himself to burst into laughter.
"This isn't funny… I cannot live like this anymore. She can't keep doing this… She does it to you because you're her Mother, but me why me…Why do I have to be the one at the wrong time.." Ella yelled as she pushed Robin to one side to face her mother who had been silent.
"Ella what are you suggesting, blocking her magic just because you and Jack don't know the time and the place. " Regina yelled at Ella in return.
"You're trying to blame me, for having sex with my boyfriend in the morning. Are you telling me that you and Robin haven't had sex since she started her new trick, mom." Ella returned her anger, furious that her mother was even trying to tell her she was wrong.
"Yes I am blaming you because you know that your sister just appears when she ever wants too…. You should know better than that…" Regina yelled back at her.
"I should know better, I didn't ask for any of this… I didn't ask to be a part of this family… I didn't ask to have a sister who could just magic herself wherever she wanted…. But let's be honest she is not my sister, she is actually my cousin if we are being honest. Because remember you can't have children because you took a potion to make that stop…" Ella felt herself tremble and then stop as Jack pulled her back.
"Enough now… You do not speak to your mother like that… I don't care how dark your soul is Ella, you do not do that." Robin told the girl as he held onto Regina's hand as the tears brewed in the older women's eyes.
"Ella if you don't want to be part of this family anymore there's the door.." Regina shouted across the men. As Ella flicked her hands vanishing into purple smoke.
"I am so sorry Regina, I don't know what's gotten into to her.." Jack told the woman as he stepped back.
"She doesn't get to talk to you like that Regina.," Robin told her as he pulled her into his chest.
"Robin, Just leave me for a bit…"
"But Regina, …"
"Robin take the kids and just get out of here… Tell Jack to take Imogen… just leave me."
Ella waved her hands over the blood locked vault door, tears streaming from her face. The fight with her mother, she knew that she had been wrong to take that far, but she also knew that the darkness in her would make her cruel, it would make her evil and say everything that the darkest bleakest part of her soul wanted her to repeat. Of course she loved her family, but sometimes it was too much, trying to being understanding of every situation. Imogen was her sister she knew that, but she knew that the one thing that would hurt Regina was reminding her of the one thing that she could never have, another child something that they both shared in common.
"There you are…" Ella turned to see a woman she thought was gone for good. "Zelena, what are you doing here?"
"As if you don't know sweetheart… I am here for my daughter… and you.."
"Me why would you want me…"
"Because she wants you…"
"Cora wants me… you an errand girl now Zelena?" Ella asked as she turned to look at her face in the mirror, noticing the bruise was back beneath her eye.
" No, but you can help me and I can help her. Why have you been crying?" Zelena told the girl as she turned back to face her.
"Help her do what? What does she want to help you with? She abandoned you." Ella told the older woman, who smiled back at her.
" But we both have one thing in common. We want to take our little girls with us… Ella what is that on your eye?" Zelena asked as Ella waved a hand across her face.
" My face is not your concern… Take me and Imogen where exactly?" Ella asked
"Ella did Regina do that to you?" Zelena asked trying to deviate the girls attention.
"NO… Where are you taking us?" Ella asked again.
"To the underworld… where it can be just us. No interferences. No one to mess up relationships. No one to hurt us. What happened?"
"By that you mean Regina," Ella asked as she walked towards her aunt ignoring her question.
"Mainly Regina and that So called family of yours. What happened to your face Emily Mills?" Zelena yelled at her in a tone she had heard many of time before.
"Grandma has your heart. I can see that.. Get out or I will throw this fireball at your face.." Ella pulled a fireball from her chest aiming it at Aunt's face.
"I will be back…."