Hey guys happy Monday/Memorial day! So we are nearing the end of the story. I know right, crazy. So max there should be about five chapters left. I want to apologize for my erratic updates, its been crazy on my side, but I will finish this.

Maleficent's Castle

Maleficent sat there on her throne. She should had felt sad, upset, and she was. But there was a stronger feeling that out bet the other two. Numb. it wasn't just because she had taken her own concoction of the sleeping curse, toadstool, and sea water; although that did help. No, the loss of her second child was the reason why she went to her old habits. She did it when she failed to avenge her son and was doing it again when she had failed her other child.

Maleficent looked out into the empty room, thinking that perhaps she didn't deserve to be a mother. That this was the universe way in punishing her for all the wrong she had committed in her lifetime. Maleficent would only be allowed to taste happiness for a split second before it was taken from her all over again.

She played with the vial Evie had left aimlessly in her right hand. She had heard the girl's cries and pleas for Maleficent to let her in. It wasn't that Maleficent was upset with the girl, she could never be, she just wanted to be left alone. Especially with the girl's empty promises to find her child and saying that she knew where the child was.

Evie was powerful, and she would be an even more powerful witch later in life, this Maleficent knew. But she wasn't that powerful. Not yet.

Evie hadn't found her child and Maleficent knew the truth. She didn't want to break the news to Evie or worse, believe her and for her dreams to be crushed once again. It would destroy her.

Thoughts went back to Regina as Maleficent wished she had told the mother of her child the truth. Maybe her child would be safe in her arms. Maybe Regina would had chosen her and stopped her thirst for vengeance for their child. Maybe Regina would finally be hers. Maybe Regina would be with her right now, holding her as the two mourn the loss of their child.

Her eyes slowly glazed over the vial in hand. A tear slowly fell as she knew that the Regina she wanted, wished for, needed, would soon be gone. Once the spell was cast, all memories of Regina would be gone. And maybe this pain would be gone too. Would that be so bad? Not taking the potion to forget the pain. The pain of losing a child. The pain of someone you loved choosing you over power.

Love.

Maleficent's heart stopped. She loved Regina. Never did those words crossed her mind, let alone her lips during their time together. Maleficent would not deny it that the queen was attractive. No, beautiful. And really good in bed. But it was more than physical, it was the person Regina was behind the Evil Queen facade.

Regina reminded Maleficent of herself when she had lost everything when they first met. Hurt, passionate, misunderstood. And since then, slowly and unnoticed, Maleficent began to fall for her queen. She loved the way she felt safe in her arms. The way she was concerned for her daughter, although Maleficent may had not agreed with all of Regina's methods. The way she would listen to Maleficent's every word, whether it be advice or her story about her past. She loved the way that Regina didn't judge her for it either. For her acceptance.

That is until that night she took the Dark Curse from her. Maleficent had started to noticed that her queen started to fade away. She should had done something sooner to save her. But it was too late. When Regina choose power over love, Maleficent knew that she had lost the thing she loved most.

Maybe that was why she wanted to help Evie so much. She wanted her queen back. But it didn't matter anymore. She had lost their child. Regina would never forgive her if she were to find out. Even if the spell was cast and Regina did forget everything, Maleficent couldn't forgive herself.

Not now.

She needed time.

She needed to heal.

If she would find her child and be the person she wanted to be, especially for Regina, then she needed time to heal. She needed to do this alone. Once she had found their child and become the person Regina needed her to be, then, maybe, she could return. Maybe, they could have another chance.

Maleficent uncorked the vial and drank it in one sip. And not a moment too soon. She felt a rush of magic run past her as she placed the bottle down. Maleficent closed her eyes as she could still picture her queen and Evie.

It worked, she still remember her queen. Maleficent looked out of one of her windows and saw a full moon shining bright in the sky.

Storybrooke

Everything happened so quickly, but slow at the same time. The library doors busted opened and Regina's eyes locked to the three who stand in the doorway. One was a frantic Mary Margaret. Morgan was standing behind her. And the third one was her. God she looked the same even after all these years later. Same dark brown hair that went past her shoulders in her side braid. Her olive skin. Daniel's blue eyes locked onto hers. Memories of her daughter flashed before her eyes as her Evie stood there with Mary Margaret and Morgan. God she was so beautiful.

But Regina couldn't relish her daughter's return as Lily collapsed on the ground screaming. Evie was the first to react as she ran towards Lily. Before she could get close, the Evil Queen raised her hand and Evie was pushed back to the nearest tree. Quickly, the tree's limbs wrapped around her arms, legs and torso.

Morgan ran towards Evie to help set her free as Mary Margaret ran to Emma. Maleficent and Regina took this chance to summon their magic to attack the Evil Queen.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," the Evil Queen knelt down next to Lily as a dark purple engulf the young dragon. The Evil Queen waved her hand over the fallen girl and the purple light disappeared. Lily's screams came to a whimper as the Evil Queen smugly got up from her spot.

"You wouldn't want to hurt them," the Evil Queen waved her hand to Evie. And like her sister, she cried in pain as the tree limbs tighten against her. "Even you flameboy," the Evil Queen looked at Morgan. "Use any magic and I will hurt them," she threaten.

"Why would you do that?" Everyone turned to Mary Margaret holding Emma in her arms. "They're your daughters."

"So you do remember," the Evil Queen slithers to the two. "Then you know why this is your fault," she hissed.

"Regina, what is she talking about?" Mary Margaret looked over to Regina. She could see that Mary Margaret didn't remember who Evie was. The Evil Queen scoffed at this.

Only when Regina heard Lily moaned mom did she break her stare. There was Lily, halfway on Maleficent's laps as she tried to wake her. "What did you do to her?" Maleficent froze for a moment as Lily continued to moan in pain. "What did you do to her?" Her inner dragon started to come out as she yelled at the Evil Queen.

"I took back what is mine," the queen said in a matter of fact tone. Regina knelt down next to their daughter and felt it too. It was the same feeling she felt when she touched Robin earlier that day. Emptiness. Her daughter's powers were missing.

"You monster," Regina rose to her feet with a fireball in her hand. She would do anything to get Lily's and Robin's magic back.

The Evil Queen laughed and waved her hand, extinguishing the fire. "All you are going to do Regina is hurt yourself. You know that," Regina was shocked that the Evil Queen was able to put out her fire. She was strong, possibly stronger than herself.

"What do you want? I know you, you want something," the Evil Queen smirked at this and started circling Regina, Maleficent, and Lily as if they were her prey.

"Well who else knows myself better than me? Think Regina, what is it that you want?" the Evil Queen stopped in front of Regina. Regina knew that the Evil Queen wanted revenge on Snow. Regina didn't want that, so not so likely. Then it was her children. Regina had been so focused on being in Lily's life and finding Evie. She knew that Henry will always love her, and would never leave her. But the Evil Queen just hurt Lily and her daughter was not big on forgiveness, a trait she had gotten from herself. The Evil Queen might had know that this would had ruin her chances with Lily, and by the looks of it, Evie as well.

Then there was Mal. Yes, Regina did love Robin and will always will. But her time with Mal brought back old feelings that she didn't want to acknowledge back in the Enchanted Forest. Something that if she wasn't too bent on revenge back then, would had taken. She wouldn't let Mal go, and possibly the Evil Queen felt the same. However, if she had felt the same, then she wouldn't had hurt Lily. For Maleficent would hurt anyone who would hurt her children.

Regina was out of ideas of what could her evil self would want that she hadn't messed up already. She wished that she was gone and out of their lives. Then it hit her. She wanted the Evil Queen gone. Regina looked at the Evil Queen and could see that they shared the same feeling. They wanted the other person gone.

"Regina," Regina could hear that Maleficent was concerned, and possibly scared. She didn't turn back to confirm her beliefs, but kept staring at her other half. The Evil Queen started to smirk once she knew what Regina was thinking.

"How? We can't get rid of each other. The other will die if we tried to kill one another and I know you don't want to," that would be insane if the Evil Queen did all this work just to kill herself.

"True, but with this," the Evil Queen reached into her pocket and pulled out a red vial, "one of us will get what we want," she handed the vial to Regina.

"What is it?" Regina knew it would be worthless if she tried to examine the vial. It could be anything.

"A potion to undo Jekyll's work. Take this and one of us will be gone for good."

"Why should I trust you?"

"You can't even trust yourself Regina," her other self mocked her.

"She isn't you," both Regina and the Evil Queen quickly turned their heads towards Evie. "You may look like her, but you are Cora through and through. You will never be our mother, but only a shadow of her," her voice boomed throughout the street, defiant eyes never leaving the Evil Queen's. Regina couldn't believe what she had heard. Never in her life was she ever compared to her mother, but looking at the damage that her other self had caused, she couldn't help agree with her. Perhaps her Evil self was even worse. Regina knew once this was over, she would do anything to make it up to her eldest child.

"Silence," the Evil Queen angrily yelled. Everyone screamed out Evie's name as she screamed in pain from the tree limbs squeezing her tighter. At that moment, Regina knew she couldn't run from herself anymore and had to fight. Not for herself, but for her children, for Mal.

"Now you have one of two options, you take this potion and we see who is the better witch. Or I will take my daughters and make them see that I was always the better person for them. Which is it going to be?" Regina knew her answer before the Evil Queen had asked her. She hoped that she was strong enough to stop her.

Enchanted Forest

Wind ran past Maleficent as she fly high in the sky towards Evie's cabin. It would had been faster if she would had appeared in the girl's home, but Maleficent needed some more time to think about what she was going to say. She wanted to go with them to this new world, but she needed time to heal and to find her child. Maleficent had no doubt that Evie would be a powerful witch one day, but she wasn't that powerful to find her child in another realm. Not yet at least. Besides, Maleficent wasn't sure that they would still be there. She felt that rush of magic hours ago. For all she knew, Evie, Regina, and Regina's father are long gone. So she search for them.

A glimmer of hope burst through Maleficent's chest as she sees light coming from Evie's cabin. It wasn't bright as it normally would be, but this wasn't a normal situation. Maleficent circles the cabin to make sure that they were alone. One she was certain, she lands in front of the cabin as a cloud of black smoke engulfs the dragon, leaving the woman who was known as the mistress of all evil to many.

Something didn't felt right. The front door was halfway open. Evie was many things, but not that careless. Not when it dealt with this. Maleficent summoned her staff, ready to attack those who were a threat. But Maleficent wasn't prepared for what she saw as she pushed the staff to open the door.

Blood.

Everywhere was blood. All over the ground. On the window where the moon was shining through. So much of it, Maleficent doubt anyone could survive it. Then panic filled Maleficent as she looked around the dimly lighted room . Regina. Evie.

They were nowhere in sight. Maleficent's heart tighten. No, she couldn't lose them. She ran out of the cabin to see if there were any clues left behind. But there was none.

She ran back and threw a fireball at the dying fire and looked. But like outside, there was no clues inside. She called out their names, but was met with silence. Something was wrong. Maleficent quickly transformed into her dragon form and headed straight to Regina's castle. She may had not known what happened to Evie, or even if that was the girl's blood, but Maleficent had to make sure Regina and her father were all right before she would look for Evie.

Storybrooke

As much as Regina wanted to take one last look at her family before she downed the vial, she couldn't. She knew that if she did then there was a chance that she wouldn't go through with this. She had to save them. She hoped that Mal or one of her daughters would end her if she didn't succeed.

She could hear Mal's voice telling her to stop as she raised the glass bottle to her lips. As the liquid ran down her throat, Regina's heart stopped as she heard Evie yelling "Mama don't do it." it had been years since she had been called that. Decades since her child had said those words. Regina blinked away the tear threatening to fall.

But Regina knew she couldn't undo her actions as red light enveloped herself and the Evil Queen. She could feel her other half being put back together to herself. She could feel her other self fighting for control. But Regina swore she would not go down without a fight as she fell into a state of unconsciousness.

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