Hello everyone! Here is the next chapter for you all. I am looking for some opinions. I am about to finish one of my other stories and I am thinking about starting another story. I have three ideas that I cannot decide from and was wondering if you would help me decide. My ideas are...I have an Evil Charming story idea in the form of Cinderella, An Outlaw Queen AU where Regina and Robin know one another from college, go their separate ways and come together years later only to find Regina is engaged to be married and Robin wants her back or I have a AU story that has been whizzing around my head for so so sooo long of a Regina raising Emma sort of story line going along the lines of the curse still but taking things in a different direction. I swear that idea has gone through my head since at least the second season of OUAT and I have yet to write the story haha! SO...yes please let me know what idea you would like to see next! :-)
Anyway enjoy this chapter.
It had been a week since Regina had used magic and since then there had been no sign of magic from Regina. Regina had seemed to go into herself, putting up walls and being extremely quiet which David and Mary-Margaret didn't like. So in order to cheer Regina up they had decided to let Regina go to the 'big' party that was happening at one of the teenagers houses, although Mary-Margaret had had to really convince David to let Regina go.
So that was where she was off to now with Robin and Tink even though she wasn't particularly up for it. She sighed as they walked down the street and Robin brought her hand up to his lips and placed a soft kiss to it. Regina looked over at him and gave him a small smile. "Are you okay Regina?" Robin asked.
"Fine." Regina shrugged.
"You don't look fine." Tink added in. "We don't have to go to the party if you don't want to? We could hang out elsewhere."
"No no. Honestly I am fine. Let's just get to the party." Regina said.
Robin and Tink gave each other a look but shrugged their shoulders. They all got to the party which was in full swing and Robin went to go and get them some drinks while Tink and Regina found themselves some seats. "So honestly how are you really feeling? Are you still down about the whole magic thing?" Tink asked quietly so that no one else would hear them.
Regina sighed. "I guess…It's just all so confusing Tink and I just feel so weird all the time."
"What do you mean weird?" Tink asked.
"I don't know. It's hard to explain. It's like a funny feeling in my stomach and my head hurts most of the time. Like a constant headache that won't go away no matter how many painkillers you take." Regina tried to explain. "My mum and dad were going to go and talk to Mr Gold about it but we haven't yet since I haven't done anymore magic so they thought maybe we could wait until I do magic again."
"Do you think Mr Gold could help you?" Tink asked.
Regina shrugged her shoulders. "I really don't know. I have no idea about any of this. I had no idea I even had magic. I don't want it."
"It might be kind of cool. If you learn how to use it and control it. It could come in handy." Tink said.
"Maybe…I guess."
Robin came back to them and handed them their drinks. He sat down beside Regina and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "So what we talking about?"
"Regina's magic." Tink told him.
"Ah right. So where are we on that?" Robin asked.
"Regina doesn't want her magic but I said it might be alright and might come in handy sometime. You never know. I mean Emma has magic right…" Tink said.
"Yes she does but doesn't mean I should have it." Regina replied.
"True but Tink is right Regina it might be good to have magic. I know right now it might not seem like it but once you maybe learn to control it and everything it could be cool. Think of all the stuff you could do." Robin said.
"You guys have no idea what all this feels like. You have no idea how that guy looked at me when I used magic. How he acted around me. He was…it was like he was angry at me for using magic…" Regina said.
"Angry at you? Why would he be angry at you? You saved your dog that he knocked down. If anyone should have been angry it should have been you." Robin said not liking the fact that someone had treated his girlfriend that way.
"I don't know why he was angry. He said some weird things. Asked me how long I had been hiding my magic and been hiding behind the Charmings and I don't know he was acting weird and when my dad showed up he I don't know…Certain things he said were just weird. It was as if he thought I was someone else. Maybe there was some witch years ago that I look like." Regina said.
"You think he was angry because you might look like a witch from the past?" Tink asked.
"Maybe…I mean It could be something like that." Regina replied.
"Well I don't care if that is the reason he shouldn't have been like that with you. If I had been there…" Robin said.
"I wasn't hurt so there's no need to worry." Regina stopped him and leaned over brushing her lips against his. "Right can you please hold onto this. I need to go to the toilet." Regina said handing over her cup to Robin and pushing herself up off of her seat. "Be back in a moment." She said before walking away from them and making her way through the crowds of people in the house. She shuffled through and over to the bathroom that was downstairs to see that there was a pretty long line for it. She looked around and saw the stairs and decided to head upstairs to see if the bathroom up their was busy.
So she squeezed through the crowds of people again and headed towards the stairs. As she got to the upper landing she looked around her seeing it empty. She walked over to one of the doors and opened it peering in to see a bedroom. She closed it and made her way up the hallway checking behind doors to find the bathroom. She finally found it and quickly went in. Once she was finished she quickly washed her hands and opened the door. She jumped as stood right outside was William Nottingham. Regina placed her hand over her chest. "William. You scared me."
"I'm sorry Regina. I thought I'd try my luck up here for the bath room as down stairs is pretty busy." William said.
"Yes…well up here isn't." Regina replied back giving him a small smile. She went to go past him but he shifted to the side blocking her way and making her stop.
"You know Regina I was thinking…" William started. Oh god please just let me go back down stairs Regina thought. She really couldn't be bothered with him flirting with her and her having to reject him once again. "How about you and I get together some time?" William asked as he leaned against the doorframe.
"I am sure that would have been lovely William but I'm afraid you are too late. You see I am with Robin Locksley now so…" Regina said as she went to go past him at the other side but he was too fast for her and he now leaned on the other side of the door frame trapping her once again.
"Now Regina come on…you could do so much better than Robin Locksley. What do you even see in him? I would be so much better for you." He said as he stepped forward making Regina step backwards going back into the bathroom.
"I'm…I'm sorry William but I am with Robin and that is how things are. Robin is great to me, lovely even." Regina replied. All she wanted was to get out of this bathroom and go back downstairs to Robin and Tink. To be wrapped up in Robin's arms again.
"I would be so much better for you Regina." William repeated. He stepped towards Regina again and Regina backed away, the back of her legs hitting the bathroom sink. She was now trapped between William Nottingham and the bathroom sink. This was not good. "Why don't you let me show you?" William said as he leaned forward about to kiss Regina.
Regina gasped and quickly pressed her hands to his chest and pushed him away from her. "What the hell do you think you are doing? I told you I am with Robin and that is that. I do not want you to show me that you would be better because I am happy with Robin."
"Oh Regina you have no idea what you are talking about." William said as he wrapped his hands round her wrists and held her arms down as he leaned over and placed his lips on hers.
"No!" Regina said into the kiss as she struggled in his grip. "Get your hands off me." Regina said pulling her wrists away from him. She then felt it again. That extremely tense feeling. Oh no! It rose up from her stomach and all of a sudden a bright white light shone out from her hands hitting William Nottingham clean in the chest sending him flying back out of the room and across the hall landing. Regina gasped and looked from William Nottingham and down at her hands. "Oh god what have I done?!" Regina whispered to herself.
"You little witch! The rumours are true!" William shouted drawing everyone's attention from downstairs.
"William I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…I just…I said no…" Regina said panic rising up in her.
"You will regret what you have just done!" William snarled as he pushed himself up.
Regina looked around her and could see they now had an audience. Everyone now knew she had magic. Everyone was now giving her the same looks the man and William were giving her. The looks of not understanding her, the looks of fear and of anger. "I…I…didn't mean it…I…" Regina stuttered. She really was beginning to panic now. What was she to do?
Suddenly Robin appeared pushing his way through the crowd who had now gathered on the stairs, Tink not far behind him. "Come on Regina let's go." Robin said taking her hand in his and pulling on her gently.
"Oh that's right go and protect that little witch. You won't be able to protect her forever Locksley. She will pay for what she has just done to me!" William snapped.
"Whatever William." Robin replied before pulling on Regina again guiding her through the crowds and quickly out of the house with Tink following them. They walked down the street for a bit before Robin stopped and turned round to face Regina cupping hr face in his hands. Regina had gone very pale, tears were not streaming down her face and she was beginning to hyperventilate slightly the panic really getting to her. "Regina calm down. Your alright now okay? No one is going to hurt you." Robin said.
"I…I…didn't…mean to…" Regina stuttered in-between her quick breaths.
"Regina… Regina…" Robin said pulling her face up gently so that she was looking into his eyes. He then lifted up one of her hands and placed it on his chest. "Listen to me… feel my breathing…" Robin said as he slowly breathed in and out taking big breaths. "I want you to follow my breathing Regina. Come on." He said.
Regina nodded her head and tried to concentrate on Robin's breathing and following it. She started taking deep breaths in and out, in and out and eventually her breathing began to even out and her panic began to subside a little. Robin gave her a smile and leaned over and kissed her. "That's better."
"Regina can you tell us what happened back there?" Tink asked.
"Well…when I was coming out of the toilet I opened the door to William Nottingham. I tried to go past him but he blocked me and asked if I wanted to get together with him at some point. I rejected him and told him I was with Robin…" Regina started to explain slowly.
"Why the hell would he ask you to get together with him? Everyone knows you and Robin are together." Tink said.
Regina shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know…I don't think he cares…anyway he kept saying Robin wasn't good enough for me…he was better for me…I told him no again and tried to go past him on the other side but he blocked me again and said he could show me he was better. He backed me into the toilet and trapped me and tried to kiss me but I pushed him away and told him no but then he grabbed my wrists and he kissed me but I told him no again and told him to get off me and then I started getting that funny feeling again but way more intense and then this white light shone out of my hands and he flew back and…well you know the rest."
"That little bas…" Robin started.
"Robin…" Regina stopped him.
"I'm sorry Regina but how dare he do that to you and then react the way he did. Of course you were going to defend yourself in some way." Robin said angrily.
"That may be so but he would never have expected me to defend myself in that way and now practically everyone in school knows about my magic." Regina said in a panicking tone. "God did you see how they were all looking at me? I cannot go back to school!"
"Regina it will be fine. They just don't understand but we can make them." Tink said.
"No we can't. I don't think they will ever understand."
"Regina we will sort all this out. I promise." Robin said. "But now I think we should get you home and you should tell your mom and dad what has happened."
"I think your right." Regina sighed.
So they all started to head towards Regina's house, Tink leaving them half way on the way to head back to hers. Robin insisted on walking Regina home all the way even though they passed his house on the way. He refused to leave her just in case anything happened to her. Once they reached Regina's front door they stood facing each other for a moment.
"You going to be alright?" Robin asked.
"I'm sure I'll be alright." Regina replied quietly.
"Well I will be checking up on you tomorrow." Robin said making Regina smile.
"What would I do without you." Regina replied and she leaned forward and brushed her lips against his. "Thank you for helping me out tonight and calming me down from my panic attack."
"I would do anything for you Regina." Robin replied lovingly.
"And I you."
They shared one more kiss before Robin had to leave. Regina watched as Robin walked down the street a little before she walked into the house. She kicked off her shoes, shuffled out of her coat and hung it up. She then made her way up the couple of steps and turned heading towards the living room to see her mother and father still awake and watching the TV. Both looked up as they saw Regina enter the room, surprised at her early return from the party.
"What are you doing home so early princess? We weren't expecting you for a little while yet." David said.
"I used magic." Regina blurted out as she fell back into the chair and closed her eyes. "It is official. My whole school basically now know I have magic and they all hate me and I now cannot go back to school."
"You used magic? Regina what happened?" Mary-Margaret asked as she sat up and turned to TV off so that their full attention was on Regina.
"It's a long story." Regina sighed.
"Well we have all night to hear it Regina. Come on. Tell us what has happened." Mary-Margaret said.
"I went to the toilet and when I went to come out of the toilet I opened the door and William Nottingham was stood outside. He was basically being a creep and kept going on about wanting to get together with me and that Robin was no good for me blah blah blah." Regina started to explain.
"I have always really disliked that William Nottingham." David said beginning to feel the anger rise in him.
"Yes well so have I…but he seems to think we should be together. I kept telling him no and tried to move past him but he kept blocking me. Then he started backing me into the toilet and trapped me and tried to kiss me. I pushed him away but he grabbed my wrists…"
"Did he hurt you?" David asked the anger really showing in his voice now.
"No dad I'm not hurt…but he kissed me and I tried to push him away again and I told him no and to get off me but he wouldn't. I managed to pull my wrists away and then I felt that really intense feeling and then this white light shone out of my hands and he was sent flying backwards and well he was not impressed and started shouting at me. I started to panic and Robin kind of saved me and got me out of the house with Tink and managed to calm me down. But now that William Nottingham and practically the whole school know I have magic that is it. Everyone in town will know now, well that is if that guy hasn't told everyone already." Regina finished explaining and put her head in her hands.
"Oh Regina sweetheart." Mary-Margaret said as she got up from the sofa and walked over to Regina. She sat on the arm of the chair and pulled Regina over to her and wrapped her arms around her.
"I didn't mean to hurt him or anything. I don't even know if I did hurt him. I just wanted him to stop and leave me alone. To listen to what I was saying but he just wouldn't." Regina said crying a little.
David stood up and walked over to Regina he crouched down in front of her and placed his hands on her knees. "Don't worry Regina we are going to sort all this out. We will go and see Mr Gold in the morning and see what he says. It will all be okay."
The next morning Regina, David, Mary-Margaret and Emma all went to go and pay Mr Gold a visit to see if he could help out with controlling Regina's magic. All the way to Gold shops whenever they passed anyone Regina received glares and different looks making her feel very uncomfortable. Emma placed her hand on the small of Regina's back and whispered to her that it would be okay making Regina feel a little better.
They got to Mr Gold's shop and all entered to see him stood at the counter looking over some books. He glanced up at the sound of the shop bell ringing. "My my a Charming family outing. What can I do for you all?"
"I am sure you know what you could do for us Gold." Emma said sternly. "I am sure you have heard about Regina's magic."
"There have been rumours going around town. So your magic has finally arrived." Gold said looking towards Regina at the end. Regina just bit her lip a little and nodded her head.
"We need your help Gold. We need some help in getting Regina to gain more control over her magic." David said
"Control…well that is something she will need to be taught…" Gold told them.
"You are not teaching her!" David said firmly making Regina look at him in confusion as to why he would be so against the man teaching her.
"Well Miss Swan is welcome to try but she still seems to struggle with her magic." Gold smirked.
Emma just rolled her eyes and chose to ignore the comment. "My father is right you are not teaching Regina any magic. Is there something else we could do?"
"The only other thing you could do…no I don't think you will want to do that…" Gold started and shook his head.
"What? What is the other thing?" Mary-Margaret asked.
"Well the other thing is putting a blocker on Regina's magic…" Gold said. He walked over to one of the shelves in the shop and picked up a black leather cuff and brought it over to the counter. He placed it down and they all looked at it. "This would effectively block Regina's magic meaning she would not be able to use it."
"That wouldn't help her gain control though…it would just take away her magic." Emma said.
"Yes but I expect that is what you want isn't it? After all the rumours I have heard people are not happy about Regina having her magic…especially after what happened last night." Gold said glancing over at Regina.
"What happened last night is already out?" Regina piped up. She couldn't believe people knew about it already.
"It is dearie." Gold replied. "Many are afraid you may hurt others in town…"
"I wouldn't hurt anyone…I didn't mean for what happened last night to happen…Honestly I didn't." Regina said looking from each person in the room hoping they believed her.
"We know that Regina and so will everyone else in town. Don't worry." Emma said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"So this cuff would stop Regina from using magic?" Mary-Margaret asked.
"It would yes. The only thing is there could be some slight side effects." Gold said.
"Side effects? What are those?" David asked.
"It would make Regina feel a little…ill. It affects people in different ways but this will be blocking Regina's magic and Regina's magic will try to fight its way through. Until her body is used to it she may feel a little ill. But nothing to worry about I am sure." Gold explained.
"It would make me feel ill? I'm not sure I like the sound of that thing." Regina said looking down at the cuff.
"Is there nothing else that could help her control her magic?" Emma asked.
"I'm afraid not." Gold replied.
"Maybe we should try the cuff then." Mary-Margaret said turning to look at Regina.
"But…he said it could make me feel ill. I don't want to feel ill just to maybe control my magic." Regina said.
"Regina this is the only way we could sort things out. It wouldn't be forever. Just for a little while until we think of something else." Mary-Margaret said.
"I don't want to wear that thing." Regina said shaking her head.
Mary-Margaret looked over to Emma asking her for some help. "Don't look at me I am with Regina on this one. We will come up with another way."
"Gold has already said there isn't another way and we have already said he won't be teaching her so…" David said.
"You think she should wear this cuff too?" Emma asked in disbelief. "You want her to go through being ill just to control some magic?"
"Of course I don't want Regina to feel ill but what else are we to do? The town is scared she will hurt them. We need to do something and this is our only option." David said.
"So you care more about this town than you do about me?" Regina asked tears forming in her eyes.
"No Regina of course we don't." Mary-Margaret said.
"Well it sure sounds that way to me." Regina mumbled and crossed her arms across her chest looking to the side.
"This is the option we have to go with." Mary-Margaret sighed. "It's the best for everyone at the moment."
"Well I don't agree with this." Emma said holding her hands up and walking over to the window of the shop.
Mary-Margaret turned round and looked to Gold who now had the black leather cuff in his hand. "So are we going with the cuff then?" Gold asked and Mary-Margaret nodded her head. "Alright then." He said and he walked around the counter and over towards Regina who still stood with her arms crossed over her chest and looking down at the floor. "May I have one of your arms please Regina? Whatever one."
Regina looked up at Gold and then looked over at her mother and father. She could not believe they were doing this. They would let her go through whatever this cuff could make her feel just to protect the precious town, but what about her? She was the one who could feel ill and terrible while her magic fought against the blocker. "I don't want this…" Regina said quietly.
"Please Regina. " Mary-Margaret said.
Regina huffed and she pulled her arms apart and held out her right arm and pulled up her sleeve a little. "Thank you Regina." Gold said and he wrapped the cuff around Regina's slim wrist. They all watched as a light glowed around the cuff for a minute and then disappeared. "Now I wouldn't try wasting your time trying to take that off because you will not be able to remove it." Gold said.
"Who can remove it then?" Emma asked as she walked back over to them and looked down at the cuff now on Regina's arm.
"I can remove it and you can. People with magic." Gold replied. "These are designed to that the wearer cannot take them off."
"How long until any side effects may kick in?" Regina asked.
"It could be a few hours or it could be a few days. It is different for different people." Gold replied.
Regina nodded. "Well that's great." She replied sarcastically. "Well I am just going to go home and wait for that then." Regina snapped. She turned on her heel and headed towards the door.
"Regina…wait!" Mary-Margaret called.
"No!" Regina shouted back and threw the door open and stormed out of the shop.
Mary-Margaret was about to follow her when Emma quickly stopped her knowing it would not be a good idea. "I don't think you should follow her mom. It's not a good idea."
"But someone needs to go after her…" Mary-Margaret said.
"Yes but she is extremely angry at you…at both of you." Emma said looking from Mary-Margaret and then to David.
"She's right Mary-Margaret we should give her some cooling time." David said.
Emma nodded her head. "I will go after her and talk to her alright…"
"Thank you." Mary-Margaret said.
"Yea…" Emma said as she quickly left the shop. She looked down the street, left and right and tried to think where Regina would go to. She knew Regina probably didn't go home. She tried to think where Regina would go when she was upset and then it hit her. She quickly turned in the direction she needed to go and soon found Regina sat on a bench and looking out to the sea. She quickly walked over and sat down beside Regina. "Hey …"
"I'm not saying sorry." Regina blurted out not taking her eyes off the water in front of her.
"I wasn't going to tell you to say sorry." Emma replied.
"Well good because I won't. I'm not going to apologise for snapping at them when it's quite clear they don't really care about me that much." Regina said.
"Ah now Regina I think you and I both know that is not true." Emma said.
"Oh really? Then why would they make me where this…" Regina said holding up her arm and showing Emma the cuff. "When they heard what the side effects could be. Oh yes because the precious people in this special town are afraid of me and my magic and everyone thinks I am going to hurt them." Regina stood up and Emma could sense her getting angrier and angrier, everything building up inside the teenager and Emma could tell Regina needed to get this off her chest. She needed to rant to someone. So she let her continue. "I mean what is so wrong with me having magic? I don't understand it. I am the one who should be messed up about all this. I am the one going through it and feel the way I am but everyone is concerned about the apparent bad things about magic. But they don't see you as a threat. Why am I threat? I just don't understand I won't hurt anyone. I didn't mean for what happened to William to happen but I panicked and he wouldn't stop and leave me alone. He kept pushing me and pushing me and I didn't want him anywhere near me but I am the bad guy in it all. No one thinks about what he was trying to do to me. NO! It's what I done to him and it's not fair!" Regina shouted and then suddenly she gasped and grabbed her arm stumbling a little and wincing.
"Regina?" Emma shot up from the bench and over to Regina wrapping an arm around Regina. "Are you okay?"
"My arm…there was like this shooting pain…" Regina said and Emma guided her back over to the bench and sat her down. "It was like I felt I was going to use magic and then a horrible pain shot up my arm."
"It must be the cuff blocking the magic. It must be a side effect. Your magic fighting to break through the block." Emma said.
Regina winced again and then nodded her head. "Must be." Regina sighed.
They sat in silence for a moment and Emma rested back on the bench. "Do you feel better?" Emma asked.
"Well the pains gone." Regina replied.
"Not what I meant…your rant…do you feel better?" Emma asked.
Regina rested back on the bench beside Emma and nodded her head. "A little…I guess I have needed to get all that off my chest since all this has happened."
"It's not good to keep things bottled up Regina. Especially with what has been going on with you. So if you need to get things off your chest I want you to come to me alright. You can rant all you want to me." Emma said.
"Thanks." Regina said giving Emma a little smile and rubbing her arm a little. "Do you think the pain in my arm will be the only side effect?"
"I don't know Regina. I hope this thing doesn't make you feel really bad I really do. But…even though I didn't agree with it I do understand why your mother and father feel it is the only way." Emma replied.
"Why do you all not want Mr Gold to teach me magic? Perhaps he could help me control it and I wouldn't need to wear this cuff." Regina said.
"No Regina that is not an option." Emma said shaking her head. She would not let Gold near Regina. She couldn't trust Gold, even if he had seemed to change.
"But why? I don't understand. Mr Gold helps people doesn't he?" Regina asked.
"No he makes deals with people Regina. That is different. Everything comes with a price with Gold and I wouldn't feel comfortable with him teaching you magic." Emma sighed. She then looked over at Regina. "I will figure out another way. You will not be wearing that cuff forever Regina. I will figure out a way to control your magic."
"Yea sure…" Regina sighed.
"I will. You just wait and see. Everything will work out." Emma said.
"Don't you start with the hope speeches. I get enough of them off of mom. I don't need them off of you too." Regina sassed and Emma laughed.
"Worth a try." Emma shrugged. Emma then stood up and turned slightly to look at Regina. "Come on let's get you home." She said holding out her hand to Regina. Regina took it and let Emma pull her up and they made their way back to the mansion.