"I'm afraid we need to discuss Zelena's predicament..."

"Predicament? Dr. Hopper, I'd hardly call it a predicament... For the love of magic, she tried to jump off a bridge! She needs to go back."

Quickly, Zelena pressed her body against the door. She would never go back. There she was confined and rarely visited... Her already pale skin hadn't even glittered at the small rays of sunlight in that God-forsaken room. Many days she wondered what might become of her. Thoughts that one day, Regina would come back and erase her from history. Those weren't her only demons either, she often woke up screaming from nightmares of what she'd done. Dreams that the baby inside of her might grow up to be a monster. Now she looked out the glass, longingly at her little Merida, who was the farthest from such things. She shouldn't be snooping on the Cricket and the DocTor, but it was hard not to eavesdrop on their conversation when they were only standing outside the room.

"Miss Mills, quite the nosy patient. I don't blame you, I'd be just as concerned, if not more if I posed a threat to my own life."

"Well, doctor that is where you are wrong. Locking me in a cage, yet again? To do so might not be the smartest move."

"Oh don't be so dramatic Miss Mills... or should I call you Zelena? Since there's already a Mills... No need for two."

Livid thoughts began to burst through Zelena's mind and she almost lunged towards the doctor, until that all too familiar hand grabbed her shoulder. Archie slowly pulled her back, but Zelena stared the doctor down. In two seconds she could've burnt him to a crisp, she could feel the magic seething in her hands. It burned Zelena's palms and she clenched her teeth at the pain. Through the years, she had learned many things and one was that she would never be able to hide her pain. No matter what realm she was trapped in... Her pain would always show itself. She looked down at her hands, as did Archie, but only one gasped. Massive burns covered hers hands, the pain was terrible,but nothing compared to what Zelena felt on the inside.

"Zelena, your hands... Are you alright?"

"Oh cricket, alright be quite the understatement... I've been through hell and back, this is hardly a scalding."

Zelena laughed wickedly as the cricket stared off into space, perhaps wondering if she had indeed, been to hell before. It was that type of sarcasm, that made Zelena unpredictable. No one ever knew of her past and habits were before now, but even she had to admit how vague her memory of the past was. Perhaps it was for the best... She hadn't many fond memories after her adopted mother had died. Her mother had been the only light in Zelena's childhood, but sadly that light had been snuffed out too soon. Then she hadn't known about Cora... This was before Rumpelstiltskin, who had basically manipulated her into becoming his own little monster. Of course, now she scoffed remembering when Rumpelstiltskin had agreed to teach her magic. Unforseeably, he had lost control over her... Regina could be tamed, but Zelena took after Cora in many ways, including her desire to be the most powerful. For many years, Zelena dwelled on thoughts of what it would have been like to be raised by Cora. It was the entire reason she had wanted to change the past. Even now the thought crossed her mind. The hypnotic trance of the past was interrupted by the two men bickering. She was glad Archie was standing up for her, but she was still emotional about their conversation from the other day... He did indeed have feelings for her and that scared her. Suddenly the doctor's voice became stern and Zelena took a small step back.

"Doctor Hopper, you're letting this patient get to you... You're just too soft to do your job and if need be, I will pull her from your care."

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"So we aren't able to be in the same room as Zelena? What bloody sense does that make?"

"Well, Robin... It's just the way the system works. She's an adult and she isn't pregnant with Merida anymore, you have no rights to go in that doctor's office without special invitation and if I know my sister, three is already a crowd."

though Robin didn't understand, he was easily distracted by the feisty baby in his care... Merida cooed happily at him and Regina. How easy it would be to raise her together, just the two of them... but Robin knew that Zelena would always want to be apart of her daughter's life. Keeping the two apart could result in dangerous consequences. So if this this was what it took to keep Zelena on the straight and narrow, so be it. On cue, Robin and Regina scrunched their noses, making silly faces at little Merida who screamed in delight. Though she wasn't even a month old, she had already gained a personality of her own. The littlest things had humored this baby and it gave Robin hope that things would get better.

"Merida Rowan Mills... Robin, how did you ever come across such a name like Rowan?"

"Rowan originally means son of the red one, but in the right context it can be used as daughter of the red one. I found it quite fitting!"

The two laughed at the connections and how fitting the name was... Almost too fitting. Regina thought. The Mills happened to be particularly fond of each name having a particular meaning. Cora had meant heart, Zelena meant green and Regina had meant queen. It seemed only fitting to pass on symbolic names. Zelena had already picked out a meaningful name", but Robin also wanted to have input and unlike other realms, people here had a first, middle, and last names... Which made the process much easier.

"What do you think the doctors are going to do?"

"I'm not sure, Robin... One is a mad scientist and the other got his degree from a curse. They're not exactly as predictable as you would imagine."

Robin grabbed Regina's hand. These days everything was complicated and unpredictable. He squeezed her hand tightly. Things shouldn't be this complicated, but he wasn't going to let all this ruin the time he spent with Regina. He looked as deep into her eyes as his will would let him.

"We're completely unpredictable being but we've always been honest with each other... There hasn't been any holding back and look how far we've come. We're already a family and I think we could grow as a family.

"Robin... We need to talk about something. I've been trying to avoid this forever, but I realize that keeping this a secret from you could hurt both of us."