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Maleficent couldn't believe this, but the proof was there. Maleficent was indeed pregnant. For months she tried to deny it, saying that she was sick. But deep down Maleficent knew the truth. She rarely got sick and if she did it was for a few days, not months. However, the truth was there. Maleficent placed her hand on her small baby bump. Regina hadn't been by in months, so she had not told her. As for Evie, Maleficent wasn't not showing until now, so it was easy to hid it. She knew she would have to tell both women soon. Sooner or later it will be hard to hid it from Evie. As for Regina, she had the right to know that she was going to be a mother.
Maleficent couldn't believe it. She and Regina were going to have a baby. Maleficent hadn't had any other partners in years and Regina was the last person she had sex with. The timing seemed right. But the timing isn't what bother Maleficent, it was how she was pregnant. There were a few ways she could be pregnant. For one, she would have to had sex with another dragon. Regina wasn't one so that was out. Another through a fertility potion. Maleficent didn't want to believe that Regina would be capable of something like that. And finally, Regina would have to be Maleficent's true love. Maleficent scoffed at that idea for who could ever love a beast like her.
"Mal," Maleficent turn to the source of the voice and tried to hold in her gasped. "How do I look?" A shy Evie asked. Her royal blue off shoulder satin short sleeved dress matched her eyes. Silver integrate designs covered the right side of her chest. Her curls were pulled to the left side of her face. The outfit was tied together with her blue necklace that she never took off. Maleficent could say that the child was beautiful.
"Perfect," Maleficent replied.
"Really? Thank you," a smile beamed on Evie's face. "Are you sure you can't come? I can talk to Snow," Maleficent could see Evie wanted her to come with her to Snow White and Prince James's wedding.
"No dear, I'll be fine," she declined. Maleficent knew she was not invited and didn't want to cause a scene for Evie's sake. "Enjoy the party."
"Do you think she's done?" Maleficent raised an eyebrow, confused on what Evie meant. "My mother. Do you think she's done with her blood thirst for revenge?"
"I don't know. I would think so. Why? You thinking about going back."
"Not exactly," Evie shook her head. "I think I found a way to get what I want without using the Dark Curse."
"Evie," Maleficent said in a warning tone. She may have loved the girl to death, but she was hard headed like her mother.
"Please hear me out. I know it's rare, but what about a magic bean," Maleficent crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow again, wanting Evie to continue. "We can use it to go to another world."
"Even if we get this bean, how are you going to convince your mother to go with you?"
"A forgetting spell. If everyone forgot the Evil Queen, including my mother, then no one will be looking for us. She wouldn't want to come back and hurt Snow."
"You're telling me that you want your mother to forget who she is so she could leave with you?"
"Not just me, but you and grandfather," Maleficent couldn't deny it, the idea was tempting. She had seen the woman Regina was slowly becoming and she didn't like it. It remaindered her too much of herself when she lost Morgan. Maleficent would never want Regina to go through what she went through, but was this the right choice? Making Regina forget who she was so she could have a chance to be happy. "I know I have to leave Snow, but as long as she is safe and mother has a second chance, then I'll pay price. I want my mom to be happy, I want her to be at peace. I want you to come with us," Evie begged.
"How do expect to do this? A spell like this would make us forget."
"I found a counter potion that would make us immune," Maleficent was impressed, Evie was thinking ahead for once. "Mal, I want to know are you going to help me? Can you take that step towards your happy ending?" Maleficent wanted to say yes. Yes, she would help. Yes, that she would leave with them. But she couldn't. She had to think about their child. Would she go with Evie and Regina and raise her child as Regina will never know that it was her child as well? Or would she tell Regina and hope that this child could change her and stop this violence.
"You have to go. You're going to be late."
"Mal."
"Just give me time to think about it," Evie nodded, understanding that the older woman needed time to think about her decision.
Storybrooke
Maleficent laid there, watching Regina in wonder. She couldn't believe that Regina stayed the night. A part of Maleficent was afraid that when she awoke she would be alone once more. But no, Regina was there. Her arms wrapped around Maleficent's waist, protectively. No words were exchanged, but at that moment Maleficent knew that Regina was not going to leave her again. This time she would stay and fight for their family, for them.
She watched the sleeping queen. Maleficent knew Regina would wake up at any moment so she waited. The longer she waited the more her mind wondered to their daughter. Maleficent wanted to ask Regina if she could visit Morgan and talk to Lily. There was so much she had to tell their daughter, so much to explain. Lily had the right to be angry at both of them and hoped that she would listen to their side of the story. She didn't want to lose her again, not after she had found her. Maleficent didn't want to lose someone else who was special.
Evie. The young girl flashed through Maleficent's thoughts. She had been thinking about her former apprentice lately. She thought about her since she was brought back to life. A part of her hoped that she didn't die back in the Enchanted Forest, but was cursed here. For twenty-eight years, other than her daughter, Maleficent thought about Evie. What kind of person she was in this new world? Did she have friends? Did she live with Regina or was she with a different family? Was she happy? But all hope was crushed when Maleficent came back to life. She asked Rumple if there were any signs of the girl, but he knew nothing about her. Maleficent searched the town the night Regina tried to prove that she was a bad girl while everyone was passed out from their night out. There was no sign of her. Maleficent didn't want to give up, but the signs were there. Evie was gone. And unlike Maleficent, she could not come back. However, that didn't mean she had to be forgotten.
After she told Regina about Evie, Maleficent was hurt. She couldn't believe Regina could reject her. She wanted Regina to remember. Since then, she had been working on a memory potion to reverse the spell that Evie cast so everyone would remember her. Evie deserved to be remembered and not forgotten. The potion was almost complete she needed one more thing. The potion called for something that belonged to the person like a strained of hair. Maleficent was not in luck of such thing, but she did have the girl's necklace. If she were to use it, it may work, but it would destroy the necklace in the process. Maleficent knew she had to talk to both Regina and Lily before she continued.
Maleficent was brought out of her thoughts as Regina began to stir. Old habits were hard to break as a wicked plan quickly formed in Maleficent's head. She leaned in closer to Regina and lightly kissed her. And she did it again. And again. And again. Each time longer and held more passion. Soon, Regina returned these kisses, never breaking their connection. Maleficent grew bolder and rolled on top Regina, straddling her sided. For a moment, they were no longer in Maleficent's bedroom in Storybrooke, but in her chambers back in her castle, where there were no dark curses. No loss of their children, no heartbreak from one another. Maleficent could keep going on, but knew Regina needed air. She rested her forehead against Regina's. "Well that's one way to wake up each morning," Regina smirked. Maleficent couldn't agree more.
Before they could continue, a loud, frantic banging came from Maleficent's front door. "Were you expecting anyone?" Regina asked. Maleficent shook her head and got off of Regina. Whoever it was, was either very brave or very stupid. Either way, Maleficent was glad that she and Regina still had their clothes on from the night before.
"Mother! Please open the door," the banging continued. Maleficent quicken her pace as she heard her son. Call it mother intuition, Maleficent knew something was wrong, she could feel it in her bones.
"Morgan! What is it?" She opened the door to see that her son was frantic. She stepped aside to let him inside.
"Is Regina here? It involves her too," Maleficent closed the door. She didn't have to turn around to know that Regina was downstairs as well.
"What is it?" Regina asked.
"It's about Lily. And Evie."
"What about them?" Maleficent could see that her son looked torn, but of what. Evie was gone, she could never come back. Morgan didn't have to worry about her, he had never met her before.
"Evie is alive," he finally said. The room went silent and they try to process what he just said.
"What?" Regina asked. Maleficent didn't think that she heard her son right. Evie was alive, but that wasn't possible.
"Morgan what are you taking about? Evie is dead. I saw the blood and Regina remembers stabbing her," she remembered that night vividly. Maleficent should had swallowed her pride and went with Evie to her cabin. She shouldn't had let her go alone. But when she finally had the strength to go it was too late. Evie was gone. There was blood everywhere. So much blood. No one could survive with that much blood loss.
"Did you ever find a body? Did you ever see that she was dead?" Morgan asked. He was right, there was no body. But that was so much blood, Evie couldn't had survived. "She's been with me in the Land of Untold Stories," Maleficent could believe what she was hearing. Evie was alive. She was alive this whole time. Maleficent didn't know if she wanted to hug the girl or kill her for making her mourn her.
"Why didn't you tell us? She's my daughter," Maleficent understood why Regina was upset. Evie didn't contact her or Regina since she had gotten to town and made them go through this whole ordeal while she was doing god knows what.
"She asked me not to. She's afraid of you. Well not you per se but- "
"The Evil Queen," Regina finished.
"Yes. She told me that she wanted to tell you, but when she saw the Evil Queen was here, she couldn't. She's afraid of her."
"Where is she?" Hope filled Regina's voice.
"I don't know, she didn't tell me," Disappointment was evident on Regina's face. "The Evil Queen knows the truth too. It scared her and she kept saying that she had to leave to protect us."
"What does this have to do with Lily?" As much as Maleficent wanted to see Evie again, she needed to know what did she have to do with Lily and was her daughter all right.
"We didn't know that she was there when we were talking about it. Lily knows the truth and she's pissed," Morgan explained. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Lily should be here with them. She shouldn't be out there alone. Maleficent could only imagine how hurt her daughter felt. "I tried to follow her but I lost her."
"Regina, you go get Emma and look for Evie. Me and Morgan will go look for Lily," Maleficent may have not been a big fan of the Savior, but she did find Lily when no one else could. She could find Evie.
"Regina," Morgan stopped Regina from leaving the house. "There's one more thing I should tell you. Evie doesn't look like Evie. She has a glamor spell on her."
"What does she look like?" Regina asked, annoyed and desperate at the same time. Maleficent knew this feeling all too well.
"She's the owner of the Black Cauldron."
"Sophia?" Maleficent asked in shock. It made sense now. Maleficent had only met her once, but she felt like she knew the girl before, that she was familiar. And she was. She was Evie. Maleficent understood why she made that deal with Lily, because she was protecting her little sister. And that was why she was afraid of the Evil Queen and did not want her or Regina to go into her shop.
Morgan only nodded in response. "Okay Morgan you go with Regina and Regina tell Emma to meet me at the dinner," Maleficent was determined to find her daughter and Evie. She had to make things right.
Enchanted Forest
It wasn't until later that night Maleficent saw Evie again. The moment Evie stepped foot in her castle Maleficent knew something was wrong. For one, Maleficent didn't plan to see the young witch till the next day. The other reason was that she could hear her running down the hall calling for her. "Mal! Mal!"
"Evie what is it?" Maleficent bust through the doors and into her meeting room.
"She's lost it," Evie slowed her running, but still looked frightened.
"Who?" She asked, confused on what Evie was talking about.
"My mother," Evie stopped as few feet to Maleficent, trying to calm herself down. "She came to Snow's wedding and vowed to destroy everyone's happy ending if it was the last thing she would do. She's desperate. She didn't say what she was going to do, but I have an idea what she wants to do."
"No your mother is not that stupid," Maleficent shook her head. Regina was dramatic, there was no doubt about it, but not stupid. Regina knew what the curse would does and promised her not to enact it. Coming for it now would be suicide because Maleficent would not give it to her. She would have to pry it open from her dead hands before she would get it.
"But she's that desperate," Evie cried. "I- I couldn't even recognize her when she came in. She's not my mom. She's just a shell of her," Maleficent wanted to hug the child and tell her that her mother wasn't gone, but lost. But how could she tell her that when she felt the same way? "What if I'm too late? What if my mom is really gone?" Tears threaten to fall, but never came. The sounds of horses coming near the castle broke their trance. Both women looked at each other before going towards the window. Evie let out a gasp as she recognized her mother's carriage. "Oh God. She's here," Evie began to panic. Maleficent knew things were going to get worse if Regina knew Evie was there. Especially since she still had her men looking for the girl.
"Evie do you remember our last session?" Maleficent recalled last week session where they were practicing transformation.
"About turning into animals?"
"Yes," Maleficent was glad she remembered. "I need you to turn into a mouse or a crow."
"I couldn't do it last time remember," Maleficent remember all too well. Instead of turning into a crow, Evie was stuck in mid transformation with her upper half as a crow. "I'm not ready."
"Well you have to be because she's coming right now," Maleficent rolled her eyes as Evie seemed conflicted. "Now Evie," she yelled. Evie was hesitant. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and let the blue smoke cover her. When the smoke cleared, Maleficent was shocked at what she saw, it wasn't a mouse nor crow but instead, "A unicorn Evie," and a pathetic one at best. It looked like a sad excuse for a miniature horse with a cone on its head. The girl only could whine in response. "Never mind. Just stay by me and let me do all the talking," at least she wasn't half bird half human.
Evie didn't have time to complain as the doors blew open leaving Regina to stand in its place. Evie was right, Regina was different. It wasn't because of what she was wearing, but the air surrounding her. it was powerful, dark, unsteady. Maleficent suppressed her fears, not just for herself but for Evie. "Regina what a surprise," she grabbed two glasses the both of them. "How are you dear?"
"I'm doing fine."
"Are you?" Maleficent filled the glasses with wine. "If it were me, I'd be simply tortured watching that flake of snow so happy. Weren't you about the same age when you were to be married?" She asked, handing one glass to Regina as she sat down. "Yes, you were," Maleficent took a sip from her glass.
"Yes, it was about the same age you were when that sleeping beauty got the best of you my dear Maleficent."
"I solider on as you will too," she placed the glass on a nearby table. "Hopefully."
"Enough games," Regina said in an annoyed tone, "you know why I'm here. I need my curse back."
"It's not yours anymore. A deals a deal. I traded you my sleeping cure."
"Which failed. Undone by a simple kiss. Now please return what's mine."
"The dark curse? Really? You must know that it's unholy power can bring back your loved one from the dead," Maleficent knew she struck a chord as she mentioned Daniel. "Have you considered a pet?" Maleficent turned and petted Evie. "They can be quite comforting."
"The only comfort for me is Snow White suffering," Maleficent could hear in Regina's voice that she was going impatient of her game.
"Well it's her wedding night I doubt she's suffering right now."
"I need that curse. I know you keep it hidden in the orb above your staff."
"Hidden for the good of all old friend. Whoever created that monstrosity makes us look moral… Who did give it to you?" Maleficent toyed with Regina, knowing full well that the last person who had it was the Dark One. Whatever he was planning was not good if it involved that curse
"Where I go it is none of your concern," Regina rose from her seat and walked towards the fireplace. Maleficent knew this was going to get ugly. She didn't want to fight, but if it came down to it, she would. "Hand it back," Regina demanded as she turn to the dragon queen.
"Must we do this?" Maleficent asked as the air began to pick up, giving Regina a chance to back down.
"Alas we must," Regina replied sarcastically. Maleficent quickly got out of her chair and ran as her fire in her fireplace began to rise. Thunder outside the castle clashed. Regina summoned a fireball and threw it at Maleficent. But Maleficent was quicker and blocked it.
Regina used her magic to gather all weapons Maleficent had in the room and aimed it towards her. Evie's cries caused Regina to change her mind and aimed it towards her.
"No," Maleficent screamed and jumped in the way, protecting both her and the young girl. If Regina knew it was Evie as a unicorn, she would never forgive her or herself. Taking Maleficent's love as weakness, Regina used the chandelier to bind Maleficent. Maleficent drops her staff and was pulled back to the wall.
"Love is weakness Maleficent," Regina picked up the staff. "I thought you knew that?"
"If you're going to kill me. Kill me," it wasn't supposed to be like this. Regina wasn't supposed to be like this.
"Why would I do that?" Regina looked at her former lover. Then was when she saw it. All traces of the Regina she knew and loved were gone. "You're my only friend."
"Don't do this," Maleficent pleaded. This was desperate times as Maleficent never begs. "This curse. There are lines that we shouldn't even cross," ignoring Maleficent, Regina smashed the top of the staff, breaking it. "All power comes with a price," Maleficent warned as Regina picked up the curse and began to read it. "Enacting it will take a terrible toll. It will leave an emptiness inside you. A void that you will never able to fill," Maleficent gave her last warning. Hoping that Regina knew that she would not only lose her, but her children.
"So be it," with that, Regina left Maleficent and her daughter. She couldn't believe it. Her little queen was gone. Replaced by this shell who only feeds on power. Regina chose her power over her. Over her own children. She almost killed Evie. The young witch was right. The Regina that they knew and loved was gone.
"Maleficent. Maleficent are you all right?" Maleficent was snapped back into the real world as Evie tried to get her attention. She was too shocked at what Regina had become to be impressed that Evie turned back human on her own. Without a second thought, Evie used her magic to unrestrained Maleficent.
"I'm find dear," was all she could say. But she wasn't and by the look on Evie's face, Maleficent didn't have to ask if she was all right. She was not and there was nothing that Maleficent could say or do to justify Regina's actions.
"There's no other way Mal," Evie said. "There's no other way to save her. I have to go on with my plan with or without you. I have to stop her."
"We," Evie was taken back in shock. "We have to stop her," Maleficent would not Evie handle Regina alone. She was too unpredictable. Maleficent had to save Regina from herself. Not for her sake, but for Regina's children's.
Storybrooke
Sophia trudged through the forest. She didn't know where she was going, only that she had to be far away as possible. She may have had not known what the Evil Queen was planning, but whatever it was, it was bad. She had taken Lily's blood, so whatever it was dealt with blood magic. If her blood wasn't mixed in to whatever it was, then there was a chance she could stop it. She just has to go away and hid for a little while.
Not to say that she didn't miss her brown riding pants she wore, but she had gotten used to wearing skirts and tights for the past three decades. She wore a brown cloak over her white long sleeve shirt and brown corset top. Her hair was out of her way in a side braid. It may have not been a traditional attire for this world, except for her combat boots, but it was her style.
Sophia took a deep breath as she stepped on a fallen log to cross over a babbling brook. Her mind kept going back to this morning. Lily knew the truth. She didn't want her to find out, not that way. She wanted to tell her on her own terms, without the Evil Queen threating her. In fact, she wanted to tell Regina the moment she came to this world. All she wanted to do was run up to her mother and Maleficent and say 'hey I'm here. I'm alive.' But Morgan was right, there was something more. She was afraid.
She was afraid of what happened in the last thirty years. She didn't know if Maleficent found her child. She didn't know if she had a brother or sister or if her mother knew. She didn't know if her mother and Mal were together or did they both move on. Would Mal remember her? What would her mother say if she came up to her and told her that she was her daughter and she place a spell that made her forget about her? Would she accept her or reject her? She couldn't bear if her mother rejected her. Regina had done that once; she couldn't handle it again. It would destroy her if Mal would reject her as well or worse if she or her mother were dead.
So instead of going straight to her mother and Mal, she waited and observed. She hid in the crowds and listen to people she once knew in the Enchanted Forest talk about Regina. She listened when they talked about Mal. She listened when they talked about Snow. From what she heard, her mother had changed. No longer was she an evil queen, but a hero. She had help Snow, David and Emma defeat so many villains. She was proud of her. Her mother had even moved on. She dated this guy named Robin Hood and from she heard, her mother was really happy with him. She also heard how much it hurt her when she lost him. The young witch had also heard about her mother's adopted son that she shared with Emma, Henry. Although she had many questions for her mother, a part of her was hurt, but happy for her. Hurt that she wasn't enough for her, but happy that she was able to move on.
So has Mal. She found her child. A girl. She had a sister. She couldn't wait to meet her. This caused her to think about her older sister. She missed Snow, but she couldn't go back to her. They made their choice that night and so did she. However, she was glad that she had her happy ending.
After hearing how her family and friend's lives had been, she made a choice to tell Regina the truth. And she was, that is until the night she saw Lily and the Evil Queen talking near the dinner. She knew something wasn't right, there was something dark and malicious about her mother. So she waited to tell and glad that she did. Come to find out that her mother split herself into two. So all she could do was wait and see when the time was right. Too bad that she waited too long, now she might had lost Lily forever.
The sound of a branch breaking made her stop in the middle of the fallen log and turn her head around. She stiffened up "Lily," she whispered. The young dragon began to slowly walk backwards. "Please don't go," she raised her hands and turned around. "Hear me out," she begged.
"Why? So you can lie to me," she cringed as Lily spat at her.
"Lily."
"I see you get your twisted mind from Regina," Lily sneered. "Tell me," Lily crossed her arms, "how long were you going to keep lying to me?"
"Lily it wasn't like that," she walked back.
"Really, because it looks like that."
"I was going to tell you," she jumped off the log. "I was going to tell you after the Evil Queen was gone."
"Yeah right," Lily said, clearly not believing her. Lily rolled her eyes and began to walk away from her.
"You don't know what it was like living with her," she quickly walked behind Lily and yelled. "Do you know that she made me wear a cuff that blocked my magic for a year and it almost killed me?" This caused Lily to stop, but the young witch still walked towards her." I wasn't lying to you when I told you that I knew of the Evil Queen's wrath. I've never lied to you," she stopped in front of Lily.
"You've never told me the truth either."
"Yes I did, I just didn't tell you somethings, but I was –"
"No see, you're lying now," Lily stopped her. "You've never told me your real name. Why is that? Did you wanted to mess with me?"
"No," she shook her head. "At first I was scared because I failed you, but then I saw you there with the Evil Queen and I had to choose then if I were to reveal myself or protect you."
"What do you mean protect me?"
"When Maleficent told me that she was pregnant and that there was a good chance it was with my mom, I vowed that I would protect you. I would see that you would come to no pain or suffering," she remembered that day as if it were yesterday. She vowed that whatever her sibling was, they were going to have a better life then what she had. She would have protected them and make sure that they knew that they were loved. "And I failed. You were taken and it was my fault," and she remembered that day too. The day Snow took her sister and used her for her personal gain. The day she wasn't there. "I'm so sorry."
"Yeah you did a shitty job at it," Lily remarked.
"Will it make you feel better that I disowned Snow after I found out what she did," Lily was defiantly Maleficent's as she raised her eyebrow for her to continue. "I know why she did it. It didn't make it right though. I choose you over her. I found what world you were in. I was so close in going."
"Why didn't you?"
"Fates had something else in mind," she tried to leave the Land of Untold Stories so many times and failed. "Lily please don't go," she begged. "Come with me. I don't know what the Evil Queen is planning, but it's bad if your blood is involved."
"Why? Cause I'm hardwire for bad choices," she gulped as she realized she said the wrong thing.
"No. Because I think there's a chance that it deals with blood magic and she hasn't gotten mine yet. Please let me protect you," she offered her hand to Lily. She didn't want to leave her again.
"How can I trust you? I don't even know what you look like," she let her hand fall.
"If I show you what I look like, will you come with me," she offered. Lily made no movement. She took this as a good sign. She grabbed her necklace from behind and pulled it over her head. "This was your egg," she offered the necklace to Lily. Lily's eyed widen in shock as she remembered the day she asked her about it. She said it was her sibling's egg. It was part of Lily's egg shell. "I always had a piece of you with me," once she handed the necklace over to Lily, Sophia was gone. Pale skin was olive. Dark hair replace brown. Her brown eyes were now blue. No longer was she Sophia, but Evie.
Confusion crossed Evie's mind as she saw a tinge of guilt in Lily's eyes. Before she could question it, two branches on both sides of Evie reached out and grabbed her. Evie struggled against the branches. She was able to use her magic to blast one of the branches off, but as quickly it was gone it came back. This time wrapping around her hand, preventing her to use her magic. Evie was about to use her magic with her other hand, but the tree was quicker and cover her other hand. She was so concerned about getting free that she didn't notice that someone else was there.
"My darling Evelyn," she froze. No, it could be. Lily. Why did you work with her? Why her? Why would you do this?
"Mother," for the first time in over thirty years, the queen looked at her daughter in awe. Evie tried to move back as much as she could as the Evil Queen walked towards her. Shallow breaths escaped Evie in fear as the Evil Queen lightly placed a hand on her daughter's cheek. If Evie didn't know any better, she would thing the Evil Queen cared. But she did no better. It came to no shock that the Evil Queen put that cursed cuff on Evie once more, like she did back in the Enchanted Forest.
"Welcome home," the Evil Queen said, giving a sinister smile.
So guys, what do you think? Sophia is gone and Evie is here? Please tell me what you think I want to know. And if you haven't yet, favorite and follow this story and I will see you next time.