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Henry spent the weekend with his mom, Regina and they did all kinds of things together just the two of them like old times except now Emma was in the picture and everyone knew who they were.
Regina and Henry just finished watching Snow White and the seven dwarfs and Henry was getting ready for bed so he'd be up for school in the morning.
"Disney's version of Grandma's story is funny. Was Leroy really like that as Grumpy back in the enchanted forest?" Henry asked his mother and Regina chuckled.
"I honestly don't know Henry, I didn't exactly run into Grumpy that much back then and when I did it was just so I could use him to get to Snow. I didn't pay attention to those things, I was the evil queen after all but that's in the past. Now go to sleep, I love you Henry. Goodnight." Regina said and kissed his forehead.
"Night Mom, I love you too." Henry replied just before he fell asleep. Regina smiled and quietly closed his door but little did she know that she was about to get quite a surprize.
Later that night around two in the morning.
Regina was sleeping peacefully when she heard a voice that woke her up,"Hello Dahling, bet you never thought you'd see me again, did you?"
Regina tried to come up with a sassy come-back but all she could manage was,"Cruella? No, you're dead. This isn't happening."
"I was dead yes and it is happening. As we speak, Charming has found my empty grave along with the cricket and his spotted friend and your prescious... what was his name again? Oh yes, Henry." Cruella whispered and Regina gasped.
"Why are you back and what do you want Cruella? And why are you blonde?" Regina questioned and Cruella snickered.
"Oh this is my natural color, didn't Isaac tell you?" Cruella asked and Regina was confused.
"Isaac? What does he have to do with this? I mean you know you can't kill him right? Or anyone else for that matter." Regina questioned and Cruella laughed.
"What's so funny?" Regina asked and Cruella smirked,"Well that's just it Dahling, to think that when your prescious savior threw me off that cliff that she'd be doing me a favor. You see when I 'Died' it undid what Isaac wrote and erased the magic ink from my hair and all that. I still have the ability to control any animal I choose to but beyond that I'm back to my old self."
Regina was shocked, if she hadn't known better she would have said Cruella looked almost innocent.
"I never realised how beautiful you are." Regina said without thinking and Cruella shot her a wicked smile,"Yes well you can blame Isaac for that but I appreciate the compliment Dahling."
"Well if you're after Emma because of what happened then I'm not going to let you kill her, just so you know." Regina replied after coming back to her senses.
"Dahling of course I know that but it just so happens I'm not after Emma." Cruella told her with a devious smirk.
"You're not? Well then what are you here for?" Regina asked wearily and Cruella grimmaced,"I'm here for that pathetic fool Isaac, so where is he?"
Regina was hesitant to awnser her question for fear of what she might do to him and Cruella sensed this.
"Don't worry so much Dahling, you'll get wrinkles and besides I'm not going to kill him. I just want to warn him that if he ever tries to take away my free will again then I'll kill him." Cruella explained and Regina was surprised.
"Your free will? I thought you were a serial killer who hates dogs and children?" Regina asked and Cruella sighed.
"Well I do hate dogs and I'm not fond of children but I'm no serial killer, I swear on all the fur, diamonds and gin in the world I've never killed anyone except my mother and her two bloody dalmatians." Cruella explained and Regina quirked an eyebrow.
"What? She locked me in an attic from the time I was eight until I was twenty-two without music or books save the ones already up there, I wasn't allowed to go out ever or have visitors and when I snuck out she'd have those bloody dogs after me like I was a doggy treat or something and if I didn't go home with her she'd actually make them attack me. Now you tell me, what kind of mother does that?" Cruella explained and Regina was shocked.
"Wow and I thought my mother was a bitch, I mean she was but not like that. Why did she lock you up there in the first place though?" Regina questioned.
"She poisoned my father with poisonus trumpet flowers and then blamed me for it, she got married again and a few months later she found him in bed with some other woman so she poisoned him too. When husband number three came along, well she'd long since snapped and just killed him for no reason then she had three portraits painted of all three of them and hung them on the walls and ripped the poisonus flowers out of the garden all so she could make it look like she was innocent and then she locked me up in that bloody attic for the rest of my life or atleast that's how it felt. She blamed it all on me and when anyone asked about the paintings she told them that they'd all died of heart attacks or strokes and as far as they knew she didn't have a daughter named Cruella because she told them she didn't have any children." Cruella explained and Regina gasped.
"That's horrible. Cruella, I'm so sorry. No wonder you killed the bitch." Regina told her.
"Yes, wasn't my mother a chip off the old block hm? So I'm really not as bad as you might have thought but I should go before someone realizes I'm here but first, Where's Isaac?" Cruella asked and Regina sighed.
"He's in the asylum but you won't be able to get in there without being seen, let me go get him for you and I'll meet you at my vault. You still remember where that is don't you?" Regina asked.
"Dahling, I'm back from the dead not stupid. Yes I remember where your vault is. Very well I shall meet you there but you had better bring Isaac and no games Regina, I don't appreciate being betrayed." Cruella told her.
"Fair enough but you have to promise that you're only going to warn him and nothing more, just a warning no killing?" Regina queried.
"Yes yes, alright. I promise not to kill Isaac Heller but merely warn him not to mess with me. Happy now?" Cruella muttered and Regina smiled.
"Very happy." Regina said and Cruella nodded and then she left.
The next morning Regina made sure Henry got on the bus for school before she got in her car drove to Snow and David's loft and barged in unannounced.
"David! When were you going to tell me Cruella De Vil is back from the dead and by the way, she's no longer unable to kill people because apparently when she 'died' her death undid what Isaac wrote about her no longer being able to take the life of another. So not only is she back from the dead but she's back from the dead and extremely dangerous." Regina shouted and Snow looked confused before she turned to look at David.
"Cruella's back and you didn't tell me?! David what the hell?" Snow shreiked.
"Yeah well he didn't just not tell us but imagine my surprise at 2am this morning when I woke up to very alive, very blonde and very able to kill Cruella De Vil sitting on the edge of my bed." Regina ranted.
"Okay Snow, I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry but you're right I should have told you sooner. Regina I didn't tell you because I knew you'd freak out this way even if I had told you and we're not even sure what Cruella wants yet so I mean..." David trailed off not knowing what else to say.
"Well she's after Isaac, not to kill him but she wants to warn him. I think if he stays out of her way then she'll stay out of his, I mean the whole reason she wanted to kill him in the first place is because he took away her free will but now that she can kill people again what reason would she have to kill him. I'm not saying she will kill anyone but I mean if someone tries to attack her because of all the stuff with Gold and what not then at least she can defend herself. Besides which, she swears on all things fur, diamond and alcohol related that the only person she's ever killed was her mother and with good reason if you ask me. I mean the woman was worse than my mother and Snow I think you and I both know how bad my mother was, the bitch killed Cruella's father and two more husbands before she plastered pictures of them on the walls and ripped out the poisonus flowers she used to kill them to make herself look innocent plus she told Cruella it was all her fault, locked her in the attic and left her there from the age of eight until she was twenty-two. She told everyone else that all three of her husbands died of heart attacks or strokes and that she'd never had children so that not only did they see her as an innocent widow but also so Cruella couldn't tell anyone what she did to her father and step-fathers. Cruella had no one to turn to and she was locked in an attic for most of her life and she had a phsycotic mother who would sick the killer dalmatians on her when she snuck out or didn't listen." Regina explained feeling the need to stick up for Cruella.
"And you think we should just trust her right off the bat? How do you know she's telling the truth about her story, how do we know she didn't kill her father and step-fathers?" Snow asked and Regina glared at her.
"How do you know I didn't come here to kill you, Snow?" Regina snapped as she lost her patience.
Snow looked a little scared for a minute.
"Relax Snow, all I'm saying is that we should give her a chance. I mean you gave me far more chances than I deserved and look how its helped me to find hope that maybe there is a happy ending for me, for everyone. So what harm could come from giving her a chance." Regina explained and Snow visably relaxed.
"There's a lot of harm that could come from it but I suppose giving Cruella a chance might not be a horrible idea. So long as she dosen't kill anyone, if she does she'll be across the town line so fast her head will spin." Snow explained and Regina nodded.
"Fair enough. Now, I'm going to get Isaac and then I'm going to meet Cruella and no, you can't come or follow me because one I'll be there to make sure nothing happens and two she'll know and then she'll run or worse. How is she supposed to trust us if we don't give her the benefit of the doubt? I can handle myself but if I need back-up I'll call you but until then stay put." Regina told them and they nodded.
"Got it." David said and Snow nodded,"Okay but just promise me you'll call or text us if things go bad."
"I promise." Regina assured her irritating new allies before she turned and left.
Author's Note: I re-uploaded this chapter because I needed to fix some spelling and grammar mistakes but I hope you enjoyed chapter two and please let me know what you think because reviews inspire me and keep me going. Chapter three may be up either tonight or tomorrow providing my writer's block stays dormant. Thanks dudes and dudettes for all your support and your patience.
