Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A time or anything from it. This is simply for the fans entertainment and the antidote for my bordom.
Basic Summary: Following the last episode of Once upon a time with a few twists but goes mainly by canon. No SwanQueen or DragonQueen. Canon pairings. Maleficent is back and out for vengance against Snow white, Charming and anyone who stands in her way. Snow never told Regina that Maleficent lost her child because of them or that Mal was back at all. Regina runs into Maleficent on her way home from work and Mal is surprisingly only slightly angry that Regina held her captive for twenty-eight years. Regina invites Mal over to her place and Mal reluntantly accepts, not sure whether or not to trust Regina despite that they were friends back in the enchanted forest. Mal tells Regina that she's going after Snow and her family and why, Regina attempts to talk some sense into her but Mal is insistant.
The next day Regina invited Maleficent and Emma over to her place for lunch and told Henry that she was sorry she couldn't spend time with him like she wanted to but that something came up which Henry being the understanding kid he was told her it was okay.
Regina went to Granny's and picked up a grilled cheese knowing it was Emma's favorite before she went to get something a little less kid-like for her and Maleficent.
It was about 12 o'clock when the doorbell rang and Regina let them in,"Right on time. I got you a grilled cheese from Granny's, I know how much you like them." she told Emma before turning to Maleficent and giving her a hug.
"I assume you've met my dear friend Maleficent." Regina asked though it sounded more like a statement and Emma nodded,"Yeah, so what's this about Regina? you're not gonna tell me I'm related to her too, are you?" Emma asked and turned to Maleficent,"No offense."
"None taken." Mal said and smiled sweetly.
"No but we need to tell you something and it may seem hard to believe but promise me you'll hear us out." Regina told Emma and the savior nodded.
"Okay."
So Maleficent told Emma what happened and Regina backed her up all the way. Needless to say, Emma wasn't exactly confident they were telling her the truth and Regina noticed so she challenged Emma.
"If you don't believe us then why don't you try using your so called super power and you'll see that we're being truthful." Regina told her and Emma nodded.
She could tell they weren't lying but why would her parents do such a thing? Why did they have to be so determined that she'd be a hero one way or another?
Emma tried seeing it from Maleficent's point of view and she suddenly found herself to be very sympathetic of Maleficent and very angry with her parents.
"I believe you and I am so sorry, if it'd been me I'd probably want to kill them too. The fact that they were so determined for me to be a so called hero makes me wonder if its because they're hiding something, something bigger than all of this although I'm not sure what could be a bigger secret than this." Emma told them.
"I don't know but whatever it is dosen't really matter to me, what does is how the hell do I start with this whole from villian to hero thing?" Maleficent asked and Emma looked at Regina in confusion.
"When I ran into her last night on my way home she insisted that she was going to kill everyone your parents cared about everyone that is except Henry and when she was done she was going to kill your mother out of revenge over the loss of her child but I convinced her that if I could change then so could she and she agreed to try, didn't you Mal?" Regina said and Maleficent nodded.
"Yes, I'd like to try but I have no damn idea where to even begin." she replied and Emma smirked,"I do. She's gotta meet Henry, I mean if he helped me believe I could be a hero or savior or whatever and he helped you believe that even supposed villians get happy endings then he could help Maleficent too."
Regina smiled,"Yeah, he could. Thanks Emma, if this works as well as it did for me then I owe you one because I'm really grateful to you for this."
"Hey, no problem. Why don't you take Henry tonight? That way he can spend some time with you and maybe get to know Maleficent. Unless you think it's too much too soon?" Emma questioned gently and Regina looked at her friend in a silent question.
Maleficent simply nodded in approval of the idea and Regina smiled,"Great."
"I'll drop him off after school or do you want to pick him up?" Emma asked,"I think I'd like to pick him up and surprize him." Regina replied with a smile and Emma nodded.
"Okay. Well I'd love to stay and chat but I have some parents to grill. It was nice meeting you Maleficent." she said and Maleficent nodded.
"You too." she replied.
"Okay, bye."
Emma said her good-bye's and made her way home while Regina and Maleficent continued to chat.