Hey guys! Happy Monday! So last night winter finale, Wow! That's all I can say. Also, that this chapter will be a little more bases on 6x09 and I believe after that this story will diverge to a different path and be a little less cannon. Don't get me wrong I like how the show is going, but I have an idea where I want to take mine. With that, I hope you like this chapter. It's a little shorter than I planned, but a lot is going on.

Regina closed her front door and placed her keys in her purse. It was a long, hard day. She went straight to her office and opened a bottle of apple cider. She filled the glass to the top and drank half of it in one gulp. Normally Regina wasn't a heavy drinker, but tonight she would make an exception. She looked at the clock, half past eleven. She knew Henry was asleep, but decided to check on him in a little while. She ran her hand over her face in frustration. She should had been done with the cure for Snow and David if she was working with Maleficent. Regina hasn't seen her since earlier that morning, nor did she want to.

Twenty and a half hours earlier

Regina had a long day. She and Maleficent had a break through with the cure for the curse. It was all thanks to the shop owner of the Black Cauldron. If she didn't suggest vampire teeth, then she and Mal would still be stuck trying to find a cure. But Regina didn't want to think about that. All she wanted to do was sleep. She was so tired; she didn't understand how she could had worked this long without falling asleep in her vault.

Using her magic, Regina changed her clothes into her night clothes, crawled into bed and fell asleep. Although sleep did not last that long. "Regina. Regina," Regina felt something shaking her. Moaning in frustration, she opened her tired eyes, and was met with Mal. Regina knew something was wrong, Maleficent looked worried and scared. The first thing was Lily. Was their daughter all right?

"Mal what's wrong?" Fear filled her voice. "Is Lily okay?"

"What? No. She's fine," Regina let out a sigh of relief. At least she was okay.

"Okay. What's wrong?"

"Regina I have to tell you something important. I've tried to tell you before but we keep getting interrupted and," Maleficent stopped, fear was the only thing Regina could see in her eyes. Fear of what she wasn't sure. Did the Evil Queen threaten Lily again? Was Maleficent sick? Every worse scenario ran through Regina's mind. What could make this fearless dragon petrified. "You have a daughter," Maleficent finally managed to say.

"I know Maleficent. You already told me that," Regina didn't understand what was happening. Maleficent told her that Lily was hers over a week ago, she knew this.

"No," Maleficent stood up and shook her head. "You have another daughter," Coldness ran through Regina. This couldn't have been happening.

"You had twins?" Regina couldn't believe it. She had another daughter out there. Why wouldn't Maleficent tell her till now?

"What? No that's not it."

"Then what are you telling me?"

Maleficent took a deep breath, Regina had never seen her this scared before. She tried to take Maleficent's hand but before she could, Maleficent spoke. "You had a daughter and her name was Evie. She was yours and Daniel's" Maleficent finally looked at her. Tears filled her eyes at her confession.

"Maleficent that's not funny," Regina got up from her bed. How could Maleficent say something like that. It was one thing to say that Lily was her because of true love, but to say she had a child from her former lover that she forgot about, that was cruel. Even for her.

"It's true Regina," Maleficent continued. "You loved her. We both did," Regina couldn't look at Mal. Why would she say this? Regina looked out of her bedroom window. It was the only safe place she could be with Maleficent there. "She was my apprentice. I taught her everything she knew."

"Stop it," Regina slowly shook her head, denying what Maleficent was saying.

"She loved you Regina. All she wanted was for you to be happy."

"Stop it," Regina placed her hands to her ears, trying to block out Maleficent.

"Even when you hurt her she still wanted you to be happy."

"I said stop it," Regina yelled and turned to face Mal. Tears were streaming both of their faces. "I don't have a daughter with Daniel. We had sex once and nothing happened. I never got pregnant, I've never bore a child," she whispered the last part. Regina wanted to be true. Yes, she moved on from Daniel, but when she was younger she wanted to start a family with him. She would do anything to go back in time and have that dream to be a reality. Regina loved kids, she used to dream that one day she would find true love and they would have a family. If only she could tell her younger self to not drink that potion that made her infertile. Regina would do almost anything to be able to bear a child. "Why are you doing this?"

"You did," Maleficent walked to Regina. "You had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Evie. She was your little bird. She was eighteen. She loved to ride her horse Torin and to read books about faraway places with adventure and romance. She used to procrastinate with everything, but was loyal to the end. She loved you so much," she placed a hand on Regina's cheek. Regina wanted to lean into Maleficent's touch, but she couldn't.

"It's not real," she walked back from Maleficent. "This isn't real. If I did have a daughter. Then what? What happened to her?"

"Regina," Maleficent tried to walk to her but Regina stepped back.

"No! if I had a daughter, then what happened to her? Why don't I remember her?" Regina voice grew harsh. "Answer me," she yelled when Maleficent didn't say anything.

"She's dead," Regina's heart froze. "You killed her."

"Get out," Regina's voice was dark. "Get out now. If this is your way of telling me that you don't want me in your life and you don't want me in Lily's life. Well Maleficent that's pretty low. Lily is my daughter and I won't give her up," Maleficent vanished out of the room, knowing that nothing she said could help Regina. Regina collapsed on her bed, crying that Maleficent could do this to her. She couldn't understand why she would want to hurt her.

Present time

"Well isn't this a sight to see?" Regina turned around to see the Evil Queen leaning against her door frame. Regina summoned one of her fire balls, ready to throw it at her evil self. "I'm not here to hurt you, our little dragon friend did that for me," she grinned wickedly.

"What do you want?" Regina looked at her hand in shocked as her fire went out.

"I'm concerned for you Regina," Regina rolled her eyes. "No I'm serious. You don't want to accept the truth."

"What truth?" She spat back.

"Evie," Regina scoffed. Now she was a part of this too. This has gone too far. "Now Regina why would I lie to you about our daughter? I'm not Maleficent. She knew about her since she was brought back from the dead and maybe even before. I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't lie to myself," seeing that Regina didn't believe her the Evil Queen walked towards Regina. "You don't believe me fine," the Evil Queen grabbed Regina's head, her hands were Regina's temples were at. "Let me show you," the Evil Queen closed her eyes and Regina shut her as memories flooded towards her.

All of her daughter. The moment she found out she was pregnant, lying to the king and telling him that she was her. Carrying her daughter and naming her Evelyn after Regina's grandmother. Evie's first steps, her smile, her laughs, everything was coming at once. Her blue eyes, dark curly hair, Daniel's smile, her olive colored skin. Her daughter was happy. They were happy. She, Evie, and Maleficent were happy. They were her family. Regina was in awe by her daughter's magic, even when she shattered all the glass in Maleficent palace. Regina remember what she put her daughter through, she couldn't believe how much she was like Cora. Even when she was at her worst, Evie tried to help her. She even offered her to leave with her to have their own happy ending. And what does Regina do? She stabs her own daughter, leaving her to die alone.

Regina gasped as she was pulled out of her trance. It was true, everything that Maleficent said was true. She had a daughter. Her name was Evie and she killed her. Her daughter was gone and it was her fault. Regina couldn't breathe, tears rolled freely down her cheeks. She can't believe Evie was gone and Regina just forgot about her. What kind of mother was she?

"I won't make the same mistakes you did," Regina couldn't even look at herself. She could hear the Evil Queen leave her home. Regina couldn't care less. All she could think about was Evie. Her precious baby girl was gone. She was a monster. She didn't even say goodbye.

"Mom," Regina looked up to see her son standing at the top of the stairs.

"Henry," she tried to wipe her tears away. Henry came down the stairs, carrying his book. Regina couldn't tell Henry the truth, it would hurt him. Make him run away from her. She couldn't lose two of her children in one day.

"She loved you," Regina was shocked. How much did Henry hear? How much did he know? "I heard you and the Evil Queen talking about Evie. She loved you and you loved her." How could he know about Evie? Regina saw his book before, there was nothing in there about Evie.

"How do you know about her?" Henry opened his book and Regina's heart stopped. There she was. There was Evie. She was in the story. She was in Maleficent's castle, practicing her magic while she and Mal watched her in awe. But how?

"Her story it just appeared," he handed her the book. Regina couldn't stop staring at her daughter. She was real and happy. They were happy.

"She's so beautiful," her fingers traced the image of her daughter. Regina didn't question how or why was her daughter was finally in the book. She was glad to see her one more time.

Enchanted Forest

"Anything Belle?" Evie closed her book and looked up to one of her mother's many prisoners. This one was different, she was a princess of a small village and was forced to work for the Dark One. Apparently he let her go, but Evie's mother captured her, for what she nor Belle knew. Evie had visit Belle for the past few months when Evie and Sophia were trying to find out what Evie's mother plan was for Snow. Instead, they found Belle, alone. Evie knew what it was like to be locked up in solitude for a long time and wished it on no one. She would sneak out to see Belle whenever she could. The two would exchange their stories and talk about books. Belle told her about her favorite, Her Handsome Hero. Evie snuck a copy of the book they had in the castle to Belle and kept it hidden under her pillow.

One day, Belle told Evie that the Dark One was not so bad, that there was something different about him since she worked for him. He had changed somehow. Although Evie didn't believe the Dark One could change after all the horrible things he had done, she told Belle her mother's story and how she changed. She confided to Belle that she wished for her mother to be the person she once was and asked Belle if she could help her. Belle was skeptical of this idea, but agreed to help Evie to find a way to bring her mother back to her.

Evie would ask Sophia to bring books about magic to her room and she would sneak them up to Belle's tower. It would had been too risky for Sophia to bring them to Belle's room. The queen had eyes everywhere so they had to be very careful.

"I think so," Belle replied. she gave Evie the book she was looking at. It was one of Maleficent's spell books, she recognized it anywhere. Evie read the page to see it was a spell about a sleeping curse. The same curse that Maleficent put Briar Rose and her daughter Aurora under. The page was bent on the top corner. Sophia just got this book out of her mother's room. Why would her mother want a sleeping curse? Evie was glad that her mother was out and Sophia didn't get caught.

Evie copied the spell. They would have to wait to see what would happened.

Storybrooke

Belle looked blankly down at her hands. She just given up her only child to give him his best chance. Unfortunately, his best chance was without her. without his father. Belle didn't hate Rumple; she could never hate him. She was upset and disappointed in him. He chose power over family. Belle honestly thought he changed. Yes, he was a dark man who wanted power, but Belle truly thought that when it came to his children he would chose them over his power. Belle knew how much Rumple regretted losing Baelfire not once, but twice. She thought that because he lost his son that he would change for this son so he wouldn't lose him. She was wrong. He would never change.

Belle could hear the sounds of boots coming towards her. She thought it was Emma or Killian. They offered to bring her home, Belle didn't know where home was. Was it the house that Rumple had gotten for her? Was it the boat she had been staying in since she returned from the Underworld? Belle wasn't sure. She wasn't sure of anything. She hoped that her father would let her stay with him until she could figure all this out.

"Belle," she looked up to see who was talking to her. It wasn't the savior or her true love, it was a girl. "Do you know who I am?" She asked.

"Sophia?" Belle remembered her. She remembered the girl that would bring her books to the tower she was held captive. Belle couldn't believe that she was there. The last time she had seen the girl was back in the Enchanted Forest, months before the dark curse was enacted. "How are here?" She asked. This was impossible

"I heard what happened to you," Sophia looked at a spot near Belle, silently asking her if she could sit down. Belle moved over to give the girl some room. Sophia sat down and continued. "I'm sorry that you lost your baby. No mother should ever lose her child."

"Thank you," Belle stared at the girl, she knew this wasn't real. But it was. Belle slightly flinched when Sophia tried to take her hand. Belle could see that the younger girl was hurt by this and moved her hands back.

"I know you have a lot to deal with, but I have a shop in town," Sophia started to get up. "You should visit sometime. So we can catch up."

"We should."

"Great. It's called the Black Cauldron. Whenever you are ready, I'm there," she gave a smile before she turned around. Belle wished Emma was there. Something was very wrong. "Oh and Belle," she looked up to see that Sophia was looking at her again. "I meant what I said. I am so sorry about your son. I may have not like the Dark One, but you were a dear friend. I never wanted you to get hurt." She said before she left the room. As she left, Emma entered the room. She was confused to see Sophia, more likely had never seen her before.

"Belle, you ready?" Emma asked. Belle stayed quite a few moments longer, hoping that Sophia was gone. "Belle you okay?" Emma asked, knowing something was wrong.

"She's not Sophia," Belle finally managed to say.

"What?" Emma was confused. She didn't know what Belle was talking about.

"That girl. The one was here. She is not Sophia. Sophia died back in the Enchanted Forest," Belle was scared. Whoever this girl was knew that Sophia was her friend once upon a time. But Sophia died in front of Belle. This girl was not her friend. "I don't know who she is, but that is not Sophia."

Dun! Dun! Dun! If that's not Sophia then who is she or is that the real Sophia? You have to read and find out. Thank you guys for taking the time to read this chapter. If you have any ideas, comments, please tell me in the box below. Also, if you haven't favorite or follow this story, you should so you can know when I update. Also, I want to hear what you guys think. Earlier in this chapter I wrote that Lily did not have a twin in respect for Dragon Heart, my other story. However, I want to know if I should put Daegan in the story. Granted it will be different since the story is very different than this one and Dragon Heart is a companion to another story. But should Lily have an older sister named Daegan? Or should Daegan even be incorporated into the story? I really want to know what you guys think of this idea. It could be fun.