English is not my first language so I would be grateful if you tell me when you notice any mistakes. Hope you will like it.

These days the weather was beautiful what was unusual in these areas at this time of the year because winter in the Enchanted Forest always was frosty and cold, especially here in the Forbidden Mountain, not sunny and green.

But something happened and in this year there was no snow and the sun shone strongly. Not that people complained. The truth is that poor residents of the Enchanted Forest were happy because of that. They did not have to waste firewood in order to heat their houses and they did not have to buy warmer clothes.

However the rulers knew better. They knew that the lack of winter could significantly affect the economy of their kingdoms so they needed help. But not normal help but rather magical. And for this task they needed really powerful wizards.

"Do you really have to go?"

Soft voice like an echo reverberated around the hall. Its owner, young girl unable to be more than thirteen, looked at her father with her brown puppy eyes.

The man sighed when he heard his daughter and knelt down in front of her. Then he grabbed her hands in his.

"You know that I must, dearie. People asked for help, so I have to help them." He said but the girl just snorted.

"And I ask you to stay!" She escaped from his embrace and rest her hands on her chest. "I don't want you to go!"

"I know, dearie. I don't want to go too, but I have no choice."

"You always say that!" She looked at him once again. Tears were visible in her eyes. "Please, daddy, stay with me..."

"Honey." The man wiped her tears away. "I know that you're sad and it breaks my heart but if I stay a lot of people will suffer. And that will make them angry, and this can cause that they will want to hurt you."

"Hurt me, daddy?"

"Yes, dearie, hurt you. Because they know that mommy and I love you the most in the world. And I don't know what I would do if something bad happened to you." He said and she sniffled. "You're more important than anything, my dear."

She threw her arms around his neck and hid her face in the crook of his neck.

"I love you, daddy." She muttered. "I just want you to be safe."

"I love you, too, Regina." Her father said and kissed her forehead. "I will be back in a week."

"Pinky swear?" The girl said as she show him her little finger. He smiled and entwined his little finger with hers and then shook it gently.

"Pinky swear." She beamed and he smirked. "And now go to your aunts and behave. I don't want to hear any complaints when I come back. Do you understand me, young lady? Especially that your mother isn't home, too." He said a little more severely, because it almost always worked with her.

"Yes, daddy. I'll listen to them."

"Good girl." Her father gave her another kiss and then disappeared.

She sighed and wiped her fresh tears and then ran to the living room where she knew her aunts were waiting.

She tried to be a good girl as she promised to her father. She really did. She listened to her aunts and obeyed all their rules (and some really suck if someone ask her. Bedtime at seven thirty. Really. Is she a child or something?) and for six days there was no indication that something will happen but her gene of misbehave sometimes was stronger than her.

"May I go outside?" She asked as she entered the library. As an answer she heard a loud sigh.

"I already told you, darling, that you can't go outside." Said her aunt, Cruella.

"But why not?" Twelve-year-old crossed her arms. She really wanted to leave these walls.

"Because your parents said that before they left us in charge of you." The woman looked at her with an raised eyebrow and she just snorted.

"But that's not the reason! I want to go!"

"I know, darling, but please, don't argue with me. It's your parents rule so you stay here."

"But auntie!" She jumped at her laps and looked at her with her big brown puppy eyes. "Just an hour, please?"

"No."

"Pleeeeease. Pretty please?"

"All the time asking for permission to leave?" Asked the voice before de Vil was able to answer.

Beautiful black woman with a big smirk on her face stood leaning against a door frame. When Cruella saw her, she only rolled her eyes.

"Stop asking rhetorical questions, Ursula!"

Ursula smirked even more and then one of her tentacle wrapped around her niece and a moment later she held the girl in her arms.

"I would say you sound like an broken record."

"Because I want to go outside!"

"And she still says no?"

"Yes!"

"Well, if Cruella says 'no' then she has a very good reason." Regina looked at her like she was a traitor. How dare she!

"She doesn't want to let me go only because mommy and daddy said so!"

"As I said before: Cruella has a very good reason to keep you here. And don't look at me like that, little girl. I'm telling the truth."

"Traitor!" The woman just laughed and put her on the ground. "But can I go now?"

"No!" Said two voices.

"Ugh!" She stamped her foot. "You two are such annoying! I just want to go play outside for a while. It's not a big deal, I'm not a child!"

"Well, you definitely behave like one now." Said Ursula but she ignored her.

"It is since your parents forbidden you."

"It's not like I care. They aren't even here." She said and crossed her arms once again. "I want to go outside!"

"Can you please drop this attitude, darling?" Cruella slowly got up from the couch. "You'll stay here and this is my last word."

"I don't have attitude! It is you who have problems."

"Do NOT raise your voice, young lady!" The woman walked toward her, being observed by Ursula. "And the only place where you can go is your room. Am I clear?"

The child clenched fists.

"Screw you!" Regina yelled and ran away from the library.

Cruella was about to leave the room but at the very last moment was stopped by her girlfriend.

"Calm down, dear, you need to calm down."

"Did not you hear what she said?" Cruella was furious. "She's even worse than her parents put together!"

"She's just testing the boundaries." Ursula kissed her girlfriend's cheek. "It's normal. But don't worry. I will take care of her."

"Good luck with that. She's little devil under the skin of the child. What?" Asked Cruella because Ursula chuckled. "It's not funny, darling! She's little devil. Lovely devil but still devil."

"Said Cruella de Vil."

The sea goddess smirked and left the room without a word. But she never reached her niece's bedroom because she fell asleep. Just like Cruella who went after her as soon as she heard a noise near the library.

It was not a wise decision and she knew it now. But a few hours ago it sounded smart and funny and completely safe. But right now... Heavens. She should never do it.

She was so mad at her aunts that they did not allow her go to play outside, that she decided to put them under one of her mother's sleeping spells. Yes. It was wrong and she should never do it but she was not thinking about that then. She just wanted to go outside.

Because the day was beautiful. That's right.

It was.

Because now a blizzard broke up and she could not see anything. She had no idea where she is or where she should go.

Some time later she finally found a small cave and hid there. She was cold and she could not keep from shaking. Heavens. Why she was so stupid and could not listen to her aunts? Everything points to the fact that her parents were right when they forbided her to leave the castle. Or at least her father, since he was the one who could see the future and left after her mother. But hay. Is that her fault that she really wanted to play outside?

"Regina?" She heard familiar voice so she raised her head. But no one was here. "Regina! Regina, can you hear me? Regina!"

"I'm here!" The girl yelled – or at least tried to yell – and a moment later a blonde haired woman appeared in the cave. She sighed with relief when she saw the child. "Mommy!"

"Thanks goodness you're alive!" The woman said as she hugged her.

"I'm sorry, mommy. I'm sorry!" Regina hid her face in the crook of her mother's neck. A moment later she felt a kiss on her head.

"Don't say anything, sweetheart." Said the woman and threw her coat over her daughter's shoulders. Then she picked her up. "We will talk about this later. Now it's time to go home."

And a few second later the cave was empty once again.

"Is she okay?" She heard her aunt Ursula's voice as soon as they appeared in the castle, although she was not able to see her, since she still had her face hid in the crook of her mother's neck.

"Maybe not right now but she will be soon." Her mom said and hugged her closer. "I'm taking her to the bathroom. Can you tell Cruella that we're back?" Hearing the name of her other aunt, Regina strengthened the grip. She was dead. "Thank you."

A few moments later they found themselves in her bathroom. Her mother put her on the floor and then let water in to the bathtub. Regina watched her carefully as if she tried to read her mom's mind (and she didn't want to know about what she's thinking now) and bit her bottom lip. She was such irresponsible and stupid!

"Don't bite your lips, Regina. You know that you shouldn't do it." The woman said and pointed at the bathtub. "Water is ready, your pyjamas is on the chair so you may jump in, little one."

"Yes, mother." She muttered softly, eyes on the floor.

"Take your time, sweetheart. I will be waiting in the kitchen." The blonde woman smiled slightly and put the kiss on her daughter's head. Then she left the room.

Regina sighed but did as she was told and some time later she found herself in a bathtub full of hot water. She sighed once again because it was what she needed. And she wish to stay here forever because she knew very well that she was in trouble.

Regina slowly marched across corridors of the Forbidden Fortress, heading in the direction of the kitchen. Her heart was beating so fast that she thought it was going to snatch from her chest in any moment. She was so nervous and she wish she could run away. But... she knew it was not a wise idea.

She took a deep breath and entered the kitchen. Her mother and aunts were already here and talked about something quietly, but she was not able to hear about what they were talking about. Maybe that was better.

"Welcome back, honey." Said her mother as soon as she saw her. "Come, sit."

She slowly moved to her usual place and sat down, staring at the table. She was not brave enough to look at women.

"Here you go, little one." Her mother said once again and put a plate of her favorite soup in front of her. She could not help and bit her lips. A blonde woman sighed and gently patted her chin. "I told you already, don't do it."

"Sorry." She muttered but did not start to eat. She could not.

Because she was too busy staring at the table, she missed that her mother and aunts exchanged glances.

"Regina." Hearing her aunt Cruella's voice she shuddered and wanted to sink into the ground, when de Vil knelt down next to her. "There's no need to be afraid, darling."

"You hate me now."

"No one hates you, darling. Why you even thought about something like that?" Cruella frowned because she had no idea what her niece was talking about.

"I killed you. And aunt Ursula."

Three women had a problem not to start laughing at her words. Sometimes Regina was such naive and innocent.

"You didn't kill anyone, darling. Neither I nor aunt Ursula are dead."

"But I put you under a sleeping spell." She muttered, unable to look Cruella into her eyes.

"That's right, dear, you put us under a spell." This time it was a sea goddess who spoke. "And we may be disappointed but we don't hate you."

"Really?"

"Really. And don't even doubt that."

Twelve year old smiled slightly and finally looked at women.

"I'm really sorry for that."

"We know. But now eat your soup before it becomes cold."

She nodded and started her meal. She knew that she still is in trouble but now she felt much better because she knew that her aunts don't hate her.

Cruella ruffled her hair and Maleficent smiled. Just like Ursula.

"Well, little one, it's time for bed." Maleficent said when she finished to comb her daughter's hair and put a hairbrush on the nightstand. Regina nodded and did as she was told.

"Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?" She asked quietly when her mother covered her.

"Of course, little one." The blonde woman lay next to her and kissed her forehead. "I will stay with you as long as you want."

"Thank you." She said and smiled. A few seconds later she bit her lips once again but undid it as soon as she she saw her mom's hand. "Sorry."

"I know, sweetheart."

There was a silence. Only after a few moments, the girl spoke again.

"Mommy?"

"Yes, little one?"

"I really messed today, didn't I?"

Maleficent chuckled.

"Indeed, young lady. I never expected anything like this." She embraced her. "I thought I will have a heart attack when I found unconscious Cruella and Ursula and when I found out you're not here anymore."

"I should never do it."

"That's right. You shouldn't. But you did."

"Are you mad at me?"

"I could never be mad at you, my dear. No matter what you do." Maleficent looked at her and smiled slightly. "Because you're my daughter and I love you even when you misbehave."

"You're the best mommy in the world." Regina said with a big smile but a moment later sighed and lay her head on her mom's chest. "How many trouble am I in?"

"Do you really want to know, young lady?"

"Ugh, no." Maleficent laughed, seeing her daughter's facial expression. "In fact I hoped that maybe you forgot."

"Nice try, little one but I will not forget."

"Even if I smile nicely?" Regina asked with a big grin. The blonde woman gently snapped her nose

"Even then."

"Well, it was worth to try."

Her mother laughed once again and kissed her cheek.

"You're worse than your father. But now go to sleep. We will talk about your behavior and your punishment tomorrow."

TBC?

Thank you for reading,

White Little Devil