A/N: Hello everybody! Posting this at 12:23 because I couldn't sleep.
A super special shout-out to Maria...my girlfriend. I guess you call her that. I don't really know what to call us yet. Anyway, love you my Greek Goddess! You are perfection.
Please enjoy the chapter everyone.
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CHAPTER 15
Regina smoothed down her tight red dress, buttoning the thin black jacket before sitting in the chair. She cleared her throat, folding her hands in front of her. "Welcome everyone to the monthly Storybrooke Council Meeting."
There was a half-hearted greeting from the other occupants of the Town Hall.
Regina, however, seemed almost indifferent. She looked down at the several papers on her desk, "Alright. Now, the first order of business...the detainment of Rumpelstiltskin." Her eyes briefly swept over the paper, and she glanced up again. "David?"
He stood from his seat beside his wife. "Rumplestiltskin is still in his cell. He hasn't moved."
Regina nodded, "Wonderful."
"Let me guess," came Granny's angry voice, "The next order of business is a new sex dungeon for you and the Saviour?"
David, who had returned to his seat, went to stand again. "Granny, that's not appropriate…"
Regina held up a hand, "I can handle this myself, thank you." She turned her attention to the old woman, her expression blank and her voice surprisingly calm. "But he's correct," there was clear warning in her tone, "You shouldn't discuss things you have no idea about."
Granny sneered in response. "Well ít's about time you two faced the facts. What you do is disgusting."
Emma glowered darkly across from where she sat, towards the old woman, "Fuck off."
"But I agree with her!" one voice yelled out, "You guys are sick!"
"Yeah. It's messed up!" said another. "You two have some serious mental problems!"
Leroy piled on. "We can't have a sadistic freak running this town!"
Henry's yelling cut through it all. "Hey!" The teenage boy stood from his seat beside his birth mother and walked into the centre of the hall. "Stop picking on my Mums, assholes!"
Regina gasped, "Henry Daniel Mills," she chastised, "Language!"
The boy looked at her sheepishly, "Sorry Mum."
Leroy suddenly stood, "Don't listen to the kid! He's just biased. Regina attacked me!"
Henry's eyes widened, "What?"
The dwarf continued, "She attacked me for telling the truth!"
Regina narrowed her eyes, her rage beginning to rise. But she managed to keep her calm exterior. "I only got angry at you because you became a danger to Emma's safety."
He glowered at her, "Whatever. The point is you two sickos shouldn't be representing this town. Hell, you probably use those handcuffs on Emma more than she uses 'em to actually do her job!"
Emma tackled him to the floor from behind in a fit of anger, pinning him to the ground. "What was that, jackass?"
"EVERYBODY STOP!"
Everyone in the room froze, staring at the woman standing in the centre of the room. Snow stood there, her eyes blazing with anger and frustration. However, her voice was barely above a whisper, showing her fatigue. "Listen. No matter what your feelings on...particular subjects, we are going to spend the rest of this town meeting in goddam peace, understand?"
Everyone silently returned to their seats.
Regina continued shuffling through papers in the dead silence as if nothing had happened. A smile twitched at her lips as she saw the next topic. "Leroy...something needs to be done about your drunkenness and general disruptive behaviour."
OOO
An hour had passed, and Emma was only just starting to relax when Leroy's voice echoed through the room.
"Oh yeah, that's rich considering what you and your girlfriend get up to!"
Regina sighed in exasperation, glowering darkly at him. "Really, dwarf? This again?"
Leroy refused to back down. "Confess, Regina! You and your girlfriend belong in a mental asylum!"
Tense silence fell over the room.
Regina had her eyes closed as she sat at her desk, back straight. Her voice was deadly soft. "That's. It."
The sky outside rapidly darkened, and thunder suddenly rumbled. Snow glanced out the window and froze. The sky was covered in thick swirling magic smoke, the colour a royal dark purple. Lightning flashed from inside the smoke.
Wind blew inside the City Hall, despite the fact that no windows were open. Through it all Regina sat at her desk, her eyes closed and a sinister smile on her lips.
Her eyes snapped open. They gleamed with hate. Purple smoke surrounded her, and when it cleared she was dressed in a regal gown...one worn only by The Evil Queen.
She stood, poised like the royalty she was. Her enraged voice boomed through the Town Hall. "ANYTHING TO SAY TO YOUR QUEEN NOW, STORYBROOKE?"