Part 2

Regina made herself comfortable in the white leather seat that was positioned behind her desk. The light shone through the curtains illuminating the darkened room. Before she could carry on with any paperwork her mother appeared in her normal fashion. She was wearing a black and purple dress that trailed across the floor and her hair was encased in a tight bun. There was something different about her she had an uneasy grin on her face which gave her daughter the impression that she was planning something.

Regina glared at her mother waiting for a reason as to why she was standing in her office. "Hello my dear, we have to pay a visit to someone, he might have the reason to why you lost your memory."

The younger woman arched one of her perfectly shaped eyebrows in confusion by her mother's proposal. "Mother what are you talking about? Who would possibly be able to help me?"

"His name is Mr Gold he is the dark one and he possesses knowledge which I need to manipulate from him, he owns a shop that has a collection of dark magic and we are going there. There is a book of spells which he took from me and I want them back." Cora smiled to herself deviously.

The older woman moved in closer to her daughter and took her hand in her own. A swirl of purple smoke consumed them and within seconds they appeared outside Mr Gold's shop. Regina looked in amazement by how she was transported to a completely different area with minimal effort.

Cora glanced around to make sure none of the towns people were watching her and she peered into the shop window scanning the area in order to spot Mr Gold's location. She assured herself that he wasn't in there and she proceeded to make her entrance.

Regina watched her mother as she gripped onto the small golden handle that was attached to the shabby looking wooden door. A small flash of light reflected from the handle and the door swung open allowing them access.

The younger woman paid particular attention to the vast collection of items that Mr Gold had, none of which she could remember seeing. Towards the front of the shop was an intriguing looking brown book that was adorned with a red stone in the middle and was surrounded by the glass cabinet. Both women moved closer towards the book and Cora reached out to the cabinet slowly opening the door and carefully pulling it from the stand that it rested on.

Regina stared at the book intently trying to figure out what it was and what it could contain.

"This is the key to your power Regina; you can learn the spells from here that will make you feared by everyone again." A small smirk spread across the dark haired woman's face.

Rumple suddenly woke from the sleep he was in. There were distorted sounds of voices in the background but it was too difficult to pin down exactly who's voices they were. He ran his fingers through his slightly tangled hair and grabbed a dagger that was hidden in a small cupboard round the back of the shop.

He slowly manoeuvred towards the front of the shop being cautious not to make too much noise as he wanted to see who the intruders were. As he gained closer access to where the other people were located a familiar scent filled the atmosphere and he knew straight away it was the perfume that Cora always wore.

"Hello dearie, can I help you with something? How rude of me I forgot to ask how if your memory Regina? "He grinned to himself and watched Cora's expression change instantly.

"How do you know about that? Was it you that gave it to someone to give to Regina?" Cora hissed and narrowed her darkened eyes onto him.

"Well of course dearie who else would it be? Snow white came in here and asked for something to stop Regina with her reign of terror but as she knows all magic comes with a price."

" You stupid little imp out of all people why did you sell black magic to snow white, I hope you know what you've started." A glow of purple flashed through Cora's eyes as Regina watched in horror of what she might do next.

The older woman grinned deviously and raised her towards Rumple before he could say anything he was forced into the wall at full speed. He plummeted into the wooden cabinet that was filled with different spells and slid down the wall onto the hardened floor.

Rumple grabbed his stick that was in close proximity and slowly pulled himself back up. He flicked a loose hair away from his face and straightened out his jacket while leaning onto his stick.

"That's no way to treat someone that has the answers for you is it dearie, I'm just trying to run a business."

"At least this way means I can rip out snow white's heart myself and add it to my collection."Cora smiled pleasingly and took her daughters hand and transported them both out of Mr Gold's shop.