A/N: Hello there! As you can see, I have a different username. It was black. is. soo. poetic before but now it's LaughBeforeCrying. I just found this latest username absolutely adorable and just had to use it.

So here's the third chapter.

Prompt: Robin is missing and Regina finds him.

Hope you like it!

Where the hell is he?

Regina was getting worried.

Roland had come to her a few hours ago, telling her that his 'Papa' was gone.

"Gina! Gina!" Regina heard a Robin's little voice from outside her room. She frowned. It's almost midnight. Why would Roland be in her chambers at this hour? She waved her hand and instantly changed into more appropriate dress than her nightgown.

She had opened the door and she frowned even further when she saw the little boy's cheeks stained with tears.

"Roland? Why are you crying? Where's your father?" She knelt in front of him and she wiped his tears with her thumb.

"Papa's gone, 'Gina." Roland sniffled.

"What do you mean, 'gone'?"

"Well, was with Uncle John and Uncle Will at the dinner table. Tuck was with me when Uncle John arrived. He told us that Papa went out in the forest. Tuck asked why he went out. Uncle John told us Papa was out to pick a fight. They don't know what happened to him." Roland barely finished before he put his arms around Regina's neck and buried his face into her neck.

Regina stood and carried Roland outside. "Hey, sweetheart."

Roland looked up. "Yes, 'Gina?"

"I will find your father, and you will stay here in the castle, with Tuck and John, okay?" Regina smiled softly.

"You will?" The little boy's face lit up. "Okay!"

They turned the corner and Regina stood in front of Little John's door. She knocked.

The door opened instantly and there, stood John.

"Your Majesty! Roland!" His eyes widened. "Roland! We were worried when you ran off. I thought you went after your father."

Regina put Roland down and he ran inside. She turned to the man in frint of him. "John, I'll see to it that the thief will be back... for Roland." She added for less suspicion.John nodded, with a bit of uneasiness.

Regina had been looking for Robin in the entire castle and the village nearby. She had found nothing but trees, cottages and bonfires.

She looked more and as she reached the boundary of the village, she heard a grunt. She approached the sound and she saw a clearing ahead.

Before she could see where the sound came from, she could smell the metallic pang of blood.

She approached a nearby tree and hid behind it. She could see the thief held by two men and another man punching his gut repeatedly. There were four more men behind him, holding knives and laughing at his pain.

Regina felt grimace and anger as she watched the man punch him. She couldn't bear it. She had to look away. She loved him too much to see him hurt.

There, she finally admitted it.

She loves him.

She had for quite a while now. She doesn't quite know when she had fallen for the thief. Nor does she know how. But maybe it was because of his kindness, gentleness he had shown even though she was terrible to him. And the way he loved and cared for his son. And the way she doesn't back down from her. Or maybe it was his blue eyes that stare right at her soul. And his stubble that she adores.

Regina took a deep breath and steps out from her hiding place. "Get away from him, you peasants." She said in her most regal voice.

The seven unidentified men and her thief looked up. Robin had blood all over his face. His mouth was overflowing with it. It took all of her power not to flinch.

"Ah, your majesty." The man who had been punching Robin spoke. He had dark blue eyes, unlike Robin's which were ocean blue. He wore a permanent-looking scowl and he had dark hair that reached his ears. He looked like a murderer. "Locksley here thought he could go against us. I think he deserved it. Wanna give him a punch as well?" The man smirked as he walked to her.

"Why don't you go hide somewhere and go fuck yourself?" She spat.

He chuckled darkly. "Her majesty's got fire, huh?" he looked over his shoulder to his mates, who were chuckling too. "Let's see how brave you are when you don't have your magic."

Regina frowned. She didn't get to register his words until he threw some liquid at her. She chuckled, unimpressed and opened her palm. She tried to form a fireball but it didn't work. She frowned, confused. She tried again but it didn't work.

"What the hell?" She looked up at the man. In her confusion, the man had ordered two of his men to grab her and carry by her limbs just like Robin, then place her on his left, facing him.

"M'lady..." he said weakly. He managed a smile but Regina couldn't help but let out a sob. He looked terrible, sounded terrible.

"Now, your majesty, you get to watch." The man said coldly.

The man laughed and approached Robin. He tilted his chin up(not so gently) and punched him right in the face. Robin's face flew and he spat out blood.

"No!" She pulled her arms from the two men and tried to reach Robin but their grip was too strong. Tears prickled her eyes as he took another hit on his face.

She was scared. What if he died? She wouldn't be able to bare that. And what of Roland? What would happen to him?

He's already lost his mother. It would hurt for him to lose his father too. Robin's voice echoed in her head.

The man let go of his chin and punched him again in his gut. Regina struggled again and again from the grip holding her arms but she can't move away.

"Stop! Let go of him or I'll make sure you pay." She unleashed her inner Evil Queen and tried to find her magic somewhere inside her. She focused her anger on the men that tortured her soulmate.

"Oh, really? How would you do that without magic, hmm?" The man spoke, walking to her and grabbing her chin forcefully. She glared at him as he did the same.

She pulled her face from his grip and banged her head on his.

The man grunted and pulled away. "You're going to regret that." He then punched her. She began to taste blood on her lips where his fist hit.

He seems to like punching people, she thought.

He laughed and went back to punching her thief.

"No! Stop!" She tried to remove the hold of the two men once more but she doesn't have the strength. Once more, Robin had spat a huge amount of blood. And she couldn't take it anymore.

All she saw was red.

Anger bubbled up inside her and she could feel magic run through her veins. She smirked.

"I don't regret anything exept making you regret ever hurting me or Robin?" Regina's eyes seemed bloodshot as the men holding her was thrown away by her magic. The man punching Robin looked at her with fear and worry in his eyes.

Regina put on an innocent face and released a flicker of fire on her fingertips. She started to play with it. "What way do you think the five of you should die?" She looked at them in question, her voice cold and regal.

The men ran away and left Robin in a heap. Regina's rage was immediately snuffed out and fear replaced it.

She ran to him and she healed all the wounds on his face. His face was pale and his eyes were closed. He was barely breathing and her heart was writhing in pain just by looking at him. She hates to see him barely alive. She checked his pulse and let out a sigh of relief. His heart was still beating under her fingertips, even though it was fading quickly.

Regina tried everything she could but his pulse doesn't get any better. She turns desperate and hugged him. Her stored tears started to fall one after another.

She whispers at his ear, "Please don't leave me."

Regina kisses his lips and by miracle, she felt his lips respond. She pulled out and saw his beautiful ocean blue eyes staring right back at her chocolate brown ones.

"Regina..." He said, a bright dimpled smile on his face. Then he frowned. He pulled his hand up to her face and caressed the side of her mouth, where the mysterious man hit her.

"He's going to pay for this."

"Robin..." she sighed. "No more fighting. I can't see you get hurt anymore."

"But he hurt you."

"This is nothing." Regina smiled. "Just focus on me, okay?"

He nodded. "Why?"

She frowned. "Why what?"

"Why did you save me? You practically hate me."

"I feel the opposite, actually." She smiled at him. "After a very thorough reflection, and a lot of drinks, I've finally realized, I love you, Robin Hood."

Robin beamed. "I love you too, Your Majesty."

With that, Robin kissed her passionately, and when she felt fire ignited inside of her, the love bloom within them and her soul connecting with his, it finally dawned on her.

This is what a soul mate feels like.

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