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Enchanted Forest

It was an apple. The queen placed a sleeping curse on an apple and made Snow eat it. That was her plan all the long. Evie let the events play over in her head again and again. Her mother took Snow's beloved and made her go to the palace. Evie knew that she should had used her magic to take her to the stables where Snow and her mother was meeting at, but she couldn't. All Evie could do was watch from her mother's mirror and see the two walking towards Daniel's grave.

She should had used her magic to stop Snow from eating that apple, but Evie just watched as her mother made Snow chose between her life or the life of the one who was called Charming. Being Snow, she chose love over her own wellbeing and bit into the apple. Evie collapsed to the ground the same time Snow did. She tried to silent her sobs as her sister fell into the sleeping curse.

Her mother won. Snow was gone. Evie was all alone. Her father was dead. Snow was trapped in a cursed devised by her own mother. Her grandfather was lost in Wonderland. And this woman claiming to be her mother was nothing but a shell of the person she once was.

She knew what she had to do. Evie learned about her mother's plans too late to stop it, but that didn't mean she couldn't fix it.

"Your majesty," Evie turned around to see Sophia standing at her mother's door. She could see sincerity in the handmaid's eyes. Evie didn't like how many times she cried in front of this girl and hoped it would be the last. "It's ready."

Evie took a deep breath, knowing what she must do. "You have the apple?" Evie got up and started to walk towards the girl.

"Yes ma'am," Sophia pulled out a red, shiny apple from the queen's apple tree. It looked like the one that Snow bite into only moments ago. Almost. Evie took the apple and bite into it. Now it looked identical to the poison apple. Waving her hand, Evie placed a spell on the apple from browning.

"Come," Evie said. She started to walk away from her mother's chambers.

"Are you sure you want to do this your majesty?" Evie stopped at Sophia's question.

"It doesn't matter what I want," Evie looked back to the girl. "It's what has to be done," she looked back and walked to one of the many abandon rooms in the castle. Her mother would never look in there; she would never know what Evie's true intentions were.

Once Evie and Sophia reached the room, Sophia locked the door behind them while Evie began her work. The room was barren except a small pot, a variety of vials that contained a multitude of ingredients that was extremely hard to come by in her current state, and Maleficent's spell book. Evie looked at the page that was bent and followed the recipe.

Evie could tell that Sophia was not for this plan. And Evie had to agree, this was dangerous. If she were to miss up this recipe or if things did not go according to plan it could be catastrophic. But there was no other way. She had to do this, not for herself, but for Snow and her mother. When the potion started to turn green, Evie knew it was time. Grabbing the bitten apple, she dipped it into the pot and pulled the apple out. The green liquid fell from the apple. She wanted to wipe the excess liquid from the apple, but decide against it. She didn't want to wipe off the poison.

Once the apple was dry, Evie conjured a small velvet bag and placed the apple in it. Looking up, Evie saw the only unopened vial on the ground. She reached for the vial and looked up to Sophia. The handmaid walked towards the princess and offered her hand. Evie took it and got up from the ground. She placed the unopened vial in Sophia's hands.

"I trust you," Evie closed Sophia's hand. Evie knew she would do what she had to do to make things right and hoped Sophia would do the same.

Zelena's House

Zelena sat outside of her house, thinking about the events from the past few days. The Evil Queen tried to kill her. Figures, the real Regina wasn't a big fan of Zelena's. Never had and never will be. She had to face it. She would never be good enough for Regina. She tried, granted not for her, but for her daughter. Never the less Zelena did try to be a better person. What did it get her? Being kicked out of her sister's house, still being seen as a villain, and let's not forget she almost died. This hero business wasn't working out for her. it would never work out for her.

Zelena thought about a time when she felt accepted, when she was genuinely happy. She thought about Hades. Even though he was the lord of the Underworld, he was her world, well besides her daughter. He was the only person in her life that didn't abandoned her, that believed in her. Zelena missed him so much. They could had been a family if only he let go of vengeance. If he let her be enough.

But that was her story, she was never enough. She was enough for Hades. For Regina. Not even for her own mother. There was something out there that was worth more than her.

Zelena vowed she would never let her daughter feel that way. She was enough for her. Zelena started to change for her daughter. She wanted to be a better person for her. Was she still a little wicked, of course that's part of her name. But she wanted to do right by her daughter. She wanted to do the one thing Cora or Regina could never do, chose family over power.

Yes, Regina eventually chose to do right because of her son, but not when it came to her father. She sacrificed him so she could have enacted the curse. Rumple was right, Zelena didn't have what it took to enact the dark curse. She was glad of that; she would never want to hurt her daughter.

Her daughter's cries broke Zelena from her thoughts. Robin was up from her nap and it was lunch time. It may have had not been the most glamorous life, but it was hers. Zelena wouldn't trade it for the world. Perhaps she and Robin should leave Storybrooke. There was nothing for her here and Regina wanted nothing to do with her. Besides, Regina had no say on what Zelena did with her daughter. Robin's father wasn't alive anymore so she didn't have to worry about sharing custody. Anywhere but Oz though. She wanted a fresh start with her daughter where no one knew her.

Zelena entered her daughter's room and froze at the sight waited for her. Her daughter's cried ceased. The Evil Queen carried Zelena's child as if it was her.

"Let. Her. Go," Zelena growled.

"Sshh. You'll wake her up," the Evil Queen placed her niece in her bed. Once her daughter was safe, Zelena used her magic to transport herself and the Evil Queen.

"What the hell were you doing to my daughter?" Zelena was furious. How dare she come back after she tried to kill her.

"I just need a little of something from her," the Evil Queen replied nonchalantly.

"What was it?" Zelena was scared. She knew that there were many spell that required baby parts ranging from a drop of blood to the whole child. Whatever the Evil Queen was planning, her daughter was in danger.

The Evil Queen laughed at Zelena as if she told the most hilarious joke. "What is it?" Zelena asked again, angered filled her voice as the Evil Queen refused to answer her. Zelena was furious and attacked the Evil Queen with her magic. The force of magic pushed the Evil Queen to the ground. A scowl crossed the Evil Queen's face as she got up.

"What did you do to my daughter?" Zelena attacked again, not giving the Evil Queen a chance to speak. But this time the Evil Queen was ready and used her magic against the wicked witch. Green and purple lights fighting each other, neither of the witches could see the other. All Zelena could think about was her daughter. How she needed her mother. Zelena didn't want her daughter to grow up without her mother, not the same way she did. With the thought of her daughter, Zelena was able to conjure a bit of magic, just enough to overthrow the Evil Queen.

When the smoke cleared, Zelena was all alone. There were no signs that the Evil Queen. Zelena breathed heavily, all that magic took a lot out of her.

Before she could take a step to see her daughter was all right, Zelena crumpled to the ground. She let out a cry of agony as pain ran through her right shoulder. She gasped as she felt something pull out of her left shoulder. Instinctively, Zelena brought her left arm to her shoulder. She felt a warm liquid run through her fingers.

Blood.

Her blood.

She looked over her shoulder to see a pair of leather boots circling her. "Thanks sis," Zelena looked up to see the Evil Queen holding a bloody knife. Using her magic, the Evil Queen conjured a small vial, tapped the edge of the knife and let the blood fall into the bottle. Zelena couldn't believe the Evil Queen would stab her in the back, literally. "You're always there when I need you," with a wicked smile, the Evil Queen disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Enchanted forest

Evie's mother summoned her to the dungeons later that day. She didn't know what was going on nor did she wanted to go alone. But the guard that met Evie at the dungeon entrance would not allow Sophia to entered. With a heavy heart, Evie told Sophia to go. She had to face her mother alone.

Once Sophia left, the guard escort her down the hall, to her mother. She tightened the cloak around her as she felt a cold breeze run past her. Evie could see her mother grinning from ear to ear like the Cheshire cat. Evie knew why and was sad that the only way for her mother to be happy was the fall of Snow.

"Evie," the queen hugged her only child. She looked down at the cuff on her daughter's arm and examine it. "Are you not happy that soon this would be removed," Evie saw nothing but genuine and kindness in her mother's eyes. Just like when Evie was a child. Did Snow's pain really caused her mother this much happiness?

Evie never replied back to her mother, but Regina never noticed. "Come, I have something for you," the queen motioned Evie to follow her. She was confused. What would her mother have for her here? Did she find out about her plan? No. She couldn't have. She and Sophia did not breath a word about it to anyone and Sophia would not betray her. Would she?

Evie followed her mother to the end of the dungeon. There, Evie saw a man. He was charming no doubt, but he looked heart broken. What did her mother do to him? "This my dear is Prince James."

"King George's son?" Evie had heard about the prince before. He was ruthless and promiscuous among the ladies. That is until he defied his father and ran away. Evie never talked to the man before, she had never really talked to anyone who was royal before besides her own family.

"Yes. King George's only son."

"Why is he here?" Evie went closer to the bars, the man unmoved from his spot. All he could do was sit there on the floor, staring down. Evie felt sorry for him. It looked like his heart was broken into a million pieces.

"He was a prisoner."

"Was?" Evie looked back to her mother with curiosity.

"Yes," the queen strode towards her daughter. "This is where you come in," She placed a hand on Evie's should as both of them looked at the fallen prince. "Either he stays here and remains a prisoner or you marry him."

"What?" Evie quickly moved away from her mother's touch and the bars as if it was burning her skin. "Mother what are saying?"

"I'm saying my dear it is time for you to take what is rightfully yours," the queen closed the distance between her and her daughter and placed a hand on each shoulder. "You are next in line for the throne and when that time comes I want you to be ready. I can train you as a queen as much as I can, but you would need a husband. This charming prince is just that," the queen pointed to Prince James. The queen reached into the bars. "All you have to do is take his heart," she pulled her arm back as if she took the prince's heart, "and he will be yours."

"No," Evie started to shake her head. "No mama this is wrong," she once again walked away from her mother's touch. "I don't want this. I don't want power. I want to be free. I want to leave here."

"Freedom is power my dear. Trust me, I was like you I didn't understand it, but in time you will. My sweet little bird, this is what it means to be a parent, you put your child first and do what's best for them. You will be queen."

"I don't want this life. I don't want to be like you. Can't you accept me for me," if Evie had to be honest with herself, that is what she wanted. She wanted to be enough for her mother. She didn't want her mother to thirst for vengeance. She wanted a life with her mother, grandfather, and yes even Maleficent, away from all this. A place where they can start over, where they could be a family. "At least let me marry for love," Evie continued seeing that her mother was deep in thought. "I want to know that my husband loves me and I him. That we are a partners and one does not have complete control over the other," Evie thought about her mother and Maleficent. When they were together, one did not hold power over the over even though Maleficent was centuries older than her mother. They were equals. That is what Evie wanted in life. An equal. Not someone who controls her or someone she controls like her mother was suggesting. That was not love.

"Love is weakness my dear," her mother's voice went cold and dark. "It feels real, at the start it always does, but it's an illusion. It fades until you are left with nothing. But power, true power, last," this woman in front of her did not sound like her mother. Evie wanted her mom back, not a shell of the person she loved. Her mom would never say anything like this. "You have to trust me Evie, I know what's best for you."

"Do you really believe in that mother? Am I your weakness? Is that why you locked me in my room for over a year, because I am your weakness? Or do I even matter? Am I just one of your pawns in this game?" Evie didn't want to believe this; she couldn't believe this. Knowing what she must do to save her mother, Evie removed the bag that was hidden in her cloak.

"What is that?" Evie's mother asked, noticing the bag.

"A way out," Evie removed the apple from the bag. "For the both of us," she looked up to her mother. "We will no longer be each other's weakness," the queen's face began to pale as Evie raised the apple to her lips. She could see that her mother knew what this apple could do. "I love you mother," without a second thought, Evie took a bite of the apple and swallow it before her mother could do anything to stop her. Within seconds, Evie felt weak. She could not hold herself up as she fell to the ground.

"Evie No! EVIE!" The young princess could hear her mother's screams as she fell to the cold, stone ground. Everything was consumed by darkness. Evie could hear her mother running towards her. She could feel her mother carrying her in her arms. Kissing her on her forehead in hopes of true love kiss would work. It wouldn't, Evie made sure of it.

Then, Evie was in a void of darkness, all by herself.

Regina's Vault

Pain sheered through Regina. Something must had happened to the Evil Queen. As much as she wanted the Evil Queen to be gone, she couldn't be. If the Evil Queen were to die, then she would as well. Regina concentrated on the Evil Queen. She tried to focus on her whereabouts. Once she found the Evil Queen's location, Regina used her magic to transport to the Evil Queen.

Once she got there, Regina realized she was too late as the Evil Queen vanished. Regina was brought back to reality when she heard Zelena cry in agony. Regina ran to her sister's side and used her magic to heal her. Cries became whimpers as the wound closed and healed.

The two sisters stayed quiet as Regina tried to reel in what just happened. The Evil Queen almost killed her sister. Regina may have had not been Zelena's biggest fan, but she didn't want her dead. She couldn't die, for Robin's sake.

Zelena started to get up and walk away from Regina. "What the hell did you do now?" She yelled out. The Evil Queen was not working with the Dark One anymore so there should be no reason she would want to kill her unless Zelena did something stupid.

"What did I do? Why do you assume I did something?" Zelena turned around in anger at Regina's assumption.

"Because I know you," Zelena scoffed.

"No you don't, you think that you do," Zelena turned back and started to walk back into the house.

"Where are you going?" Regina yelled, clearly not done with this conversation.

"I need to see my daughter," Zelena walked up the steps and slammed the door. Regina debated if she should follow her. Then her phone started to ring. It was Emma. Regina silenced the phone, knowing that whatever going Emma could handle it. Shoving the phone back into her pocket, Regina headed towards the house.

Regina entered the house and looked around. Zelena and Robin were nowhere to be found. She Stop for a moment, feeling the same pain she felt earlier that day. Regina knew that she should go investigate, but something told her to check on Zelena. Regina walked into the living room to see Zelena carrying her daughter, trying to wake her up. "She won't wake up."

Regina walked closer the mother daughter couple and waved her hand over the child. "She's just asleep," both Regina and Zelena let out a sigh of relief. At least the Evil Queen didn't do anything to her niece. "Zelena she's going to be okay," Zelena kissed her daughter's forehead, glad that her daughter was going to be all right. "What happened?"

"Why should I tell you? You don't care."

"That's not true. I care for Robin," Zelena rolled her eyes, not believing Regina. It was true, she did care for Robin and not because of who her father was, but because she was her niece.

"She came in an attacked me and Robin. I don't know why," Regina couldn't believe that, the Evil Queen was smart and wouldn't attack without a reason. Zelena must had done something to her. "I'm serious Regina," Zelena said, sensing Regina's disbelief.

Once again, Regina's phone went off. Digging in her pocket, Regina saw it was Emma calling again. Regina answered the phone and put it next to her ear. "Emma this isn't a good time," Regina hoped it was something that was important.

"Regina you need to get here now! The Evil Queen attacked Maleficent's daughter," Regina's heart grew cold. That was why the Evil Queen attacked Zelena. To distract her and attack her daughter.

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