Regina Mills: All this has reminded me of something oh so very important: how grateful I am to have Henry. Because not having someone... well... that's the worst curse imaginable.

Chapter Five

Regina arrived at Belle's father's flower shoppe. Moe French was stocking the shelves when the mayor came striding in with an angry glare upon her face. "How dare you tell him where to find her!" she bellowed.

Moe looked at Regina, the fear aglow in his eyes. For years the mayor had forced him to keep his little girl locked away within a tiny cell. He had been a coward and he knew it, but now he would stand up to the wicked woman who took away his daughter and destroyed his family. "You took away the only thing I ever loved," he said as he hardened his heart. His fear disappeared when he thought of Belle and all that she had suffered.

"I lost my wife, my sweet Colette. All I had left was my Belle, but you took her, too. I was afraid of you. I cowered in my fear, but now I will not. You can do what you want to me, but I won't let you hurt Belle. Never again," said Moe with determination.

"You better rethink that... and quickly!" Regina exclaimed. "You better get your little harlot of a daughter away from Rumpelstiltskin immediately or you'll be SORRY!"

Moe laughed in her face. "I am not afraid of you anymore," he said. "We aren't in the Enchanted Forest, Evil Queen. This is Storybrooke!"

"Ohhh but I have my magic back," she stateed with a wicked smile. With a swift wave of her hand, all the flowers within their vases suddenly wilted. Every single living plant within the flower shoppe had shrunken and died.

Even seeing his livelihood wither right before his eyes was not enough to make Moe cower in fear. "Better you kill every plant in the flower shoppe ... or better that you kill me. You will NOT touch my daughter. She's safe now. She's safe because she's with her true love."

His words made Regina livid. TRUE LOVE?! How those words made her so angry. She let out a vicious, bloodcurdling scream as she ran out of the Flower Shoppe. She was thinking of all the ways she would make Moe French suffer; him and that horrid Rumpelstiltskin. When she thought of his precious Belle, she was sickened. How dare they be so happy?! Not when Regina was alone and hurting so much! She could not bear to see anyone happy and sharing true love - not when she had lost EVERYTHING, even Henry. Snow, Emma, and Charming had taken her little Henry away - now she had NOTHING!

Upon nearing her car, a little boy approached her. "Can you help me find my daddy?" the boy asked Regina.

The child was sniffling. He had been lost for at least fifteen minutes, looking for his father. Tears were shining in his dark eyelashes.

Regina smiled, seeing the beautiful little boy. He had big brown eyes and ebony hair. He reminded her of Henry when he was little tyke. She felt pangs of sadness, because she had lost her darling Henry. Snow, Charming and Emma had taken her son from her. It wasn't fair!

"What's your name, little boy?" Regina asked, bending down to the child's level.

"My name is Roland," the child answered. "I am looking for my daddy. Have you seen him?"

"Who's your daddy?"

"His name is Robin Hood."

Regina's smile grew wider. She only knew Robin Hood in passing. He was a single father, trying to raise a young boy on his own after the tragic death of his wife. The little boy was usually with his babysitter, but at this time, neither the sitter or the boy's father were anywhere in sight.

"Sure, I will help you find him," Regina said sweetly as she took the child's hand.

As she stepped out of Granny's, Belle saw Regina taking off with Robin Hood's son. She was thinking the worst as she ran back into Granny's, asking urgently to use Tinker Bell's phone. "Belle, what's wrong?" Tinker Bell asked in concern.

"The Evil Queen ~ Regina - she just got into her car ... and she had a little boy with her!" Belle exclaimed.

After describing the child, Tinker Bell and Granny determined that the boy must belong to Robin Hood. Roland's babysitter had been looking for him. He had wandered out of the yard when she had went inside to use the bathroom. The young sitter had been frantic when the boy went missing. Granny had just gotten the call from the sitter to be on the look-out for the tyke.

"Who knows what Regina will do that precious boy!" Granny gasped.

"I need to call Rumpel," Belle said. "Can I please use your phone?"

Tinker Bell helped Belle get in touch with Mr. Gold by use of her cell phone. A moment later, Belle was speaking to him on Tinker Belle's phone. "Ohhh Rumpel," she said sadly. "Something awful just happened. The Evil Queen has taken off with Robin Hood's son!"