Freedom Does Not Come Easy
Later that night Regina and Robin had gone their separate ways for the night. Regina was in her room at the castle. *How to dispose of my mother? * she pondered. "Perhaps, I can help with that dearie?" Regina spins around to look at the person behind the mysterious voice. "Who are you? How did you get in here?" she asked timidly. "The name is Rumpelstiltskin." Says Rumple taking a bow. He straightens back to a standing position. "To answer your second question… magic." Regina eyes him for a moment. "How can you help me?" asked Regina curiously. Rumple giggles, "I can show you how to finally be free of your mother." Rumple awaits Regina's response.
"I won't do magic," says Regina sternly. Rumple giggles once more. "You won't have to dearie, this one is on me." He waves his hand and produces a magic mirror. "This is a one-way portal from this land to another land in which your mother can never leave." Regina looks at the mirror wrapped in wrapping paper and a bow. "All she has to do is look in the mirror and have a small push from you and you will never see her again. The question is can you do it? Remember dearie, magic always comes at a price." He claps his hands and poofs out in a puff of Red smoke. Regina walks over to her bed and lays down and considers whether to go through with Rumple's suggestion or not.
She falls to asleep and dreams the dream she had the night before of Robin and her mother ripping his heart out. She wakes up and sits up in bed. *I will not let another innocent man I love die at your hands mother, * she thought. She hears a knock at the door. "Who is it?" as if she had to ask. Moments later her mother materializes in the room. Regina gets off her bed and walks towards her mother eyeing the mirror. "You smell of forest." Cora waves her hand and freshens Regina up and puts new clothes on her. Regina continues to eye the mirror in the corner of the room. Cora looks over and realizes what has caught Regina's attention. "Someone brought you a gift." She walks over and uncovers the mirror. "Honestly, Regina the people must hate you. What kind of gift is this?" Regina walks up behind her mother and gives her a swift push. "The perfect one." Before Cora could stop it, the mirror had sucked her in. *I love you mother. * She thought, before a smile appears on her face.
Rumple appears behind Regina as she looks in the mirror. "Don't worry dearie, your mother is powerless and will not be hurting anyone ever again. She is in the land of the mirrors." Regina turns around, "what have I done?" Rumple giggles, "You took back your life dearie. You better go catch your forest man before it is to late. But before you leave, I need something from you for assisting you." Regina looks at him confused. "You can have all the gold you want." Rumple giggles. "Gold will not get me what I desire. But this will." He poofs in behind Regina and plucks out a piece of her hair. "Ow! What was that for?" Regina asks as she turns around. "Nothing to concern yourself with dearie. Just know that your deal with me is complete." He then dematerializes and leaves Regina alone in the room.
*How do I get free of the king? *