Hello my fellow EvilRegals, or if you're here from any other fandommy, Hello! Longest chapter yet you guys! So happy with. Few notes: Yes, I despise Blue, don't judge. If you have any trouble figuring out which part of Rae's mind we're in, please ask! Read, review and enjoy!
"Charming?" Snow rushes into her apartment, frantically looking around in search of her husband. Regina and I follow, and Emma stops at the door, immediately realising there's no one here. Regina sits down on the couch, still trying to capture the fact that this all really happened. I would have followed her, but right now I am a bit more worried about her son. We've checked Granny's, the school and now Snow's apartment. But we haven't seen either Henry or Charming. It's the middle of night, but that doesn't mean they couldn't be there.
"Where are they?" Snow asks, not really expecting an answer.
"Isn't that the question of the day", I reply dryly, getting a look from Emma.
"Not funny. Why don't we check with the fairies? Maybe they're there?" Emma suggests. I admit this would be a good idea, but the idea of facing any of those sugary fairies doesn't sound appealing to me.
"Yes! Emma you're a genius!" Snow kisses Emma on her cheek and runs down the stairs again. Emma looks at Regina, who doesn't look like she's going to follow.
"Why don't you go with Snow, I'll talk with her", Emma whispers to me, and I nod. I don't like it, but Emma might be better at this, since she just a love as well. Great. Now I'll have to talk to Blue and her minions.
"How about that?" I look up at Regina's face, seeing her smiling with great joy, and I feel a bit proud of myself. I've been the only one for years who could make the Evil Queen feel like this. And it appears I've still got it.
"Thank God he invented those hands of you. Such pleasure needs to be used", she pants, and I get up from the floor. We're both naked in the woods, and it's pitch black, except for the faint glow Regina and I both emit, to make it possible to see what we're doing. Regina stands up straight, and wipes the sweat of her forehead.
"Why don't we go someplace a bit more comfortable?" she asks, and transports us to the mansion. The fire is crackling in the fireplace, but it a bit soft, so I enlarge it a bit with a fireball. I then notice I'm wearing a simple, comfortable indigo dress, made of soft satin. It has no corset, and it feels nice to finally be able to breathe again. My hair is down in a lose braid, but Regina isn't anywhere near to ask if she'll braid it again for me. I go look for, and find her in the kitchen. She has two steaming cups on a plate, and a bowl with chocolate cookies.
"Bribing me with food huh? Smooth move, but you'll have to return the favour sometime", I say playfully, snatching a cookie. She chuckles and hits my hand away.
"I know dear. But that doesn't mean I can't thank you for today's treat", she purrs. She's wearing a blood red dress, the same pattern as mine. Her hair is loose though, and falls in loose curls over her shoulders. I take a bite of the cookie, which is delicious, but then she mentions something I don't really want to think about.
"Will you pay a visit to our guest? If I go he'll start begging, and I am not in the mood", she grunts, remembering the day we captured him, when he started talking about how we still had good inside of us and that sort of boring stuff. I groan, but still transport myself to the attic, where a figure hangs from the ceiling.
"Good evening thief!" He looks up, and I turn on the lights to look at his face.
"Raena", he replies, and I nod. I walk towards him, and take a look at his wrists. He hurt himself pretty badly from struggling in the cuffs, so I let him down. He comes down with a thump, and I quickly heal the wounds around his wrists.
"Where's Regina?" he asks, standing up while groaning heavily. I roll with my eyes.
"No idea. The Queen however is downstairs", I reply sarcastically.
"That's who I meant. Why are you doing this? Where is Roland? Where's Regina?" SO MANY QUESTIONS! UGHH.
"Pff. Fine. We're doing this cos' it's fun. Roland, ehh, he's with Little John I believe. And Regina, I guess they're at Snow's?" I'm not sure where Regina is, but my weak side is heading towards the fairies. I don't know how I know, I just feel it.
"What do you plan to do with me?" I giggle softly. I let my hand trace his scruffy beard, making him shiver. I wonder what age I seem to him? I think rather young, by the way he looks so confused.
"Let's just get this clear. You won't see your son, your daughter or the light of sun ever again", I state firmly. He looks shocked, and I start to laugh softly. I then proceed by hanging him again, and when I return to the living room, I can still hear his faint screams.
"Oh dear. What did you do now?" Regina has one raised eyebrow, and she's leaning on the door towards the living room.
"Nothing but stating the facts", I reply, trying to hide a smile, but failing horribly. She shakes her lightly, and chuckles. I follow her to the couch, and we drink our tea.
"So, what's the plan for tomorrow?" I ask.
"Simple really. First things first. We're going to pay a visit to a certain sister of mine, and our little niece. Then we'll go to Gold's, and persuade him to help us."
"How will we persuade him to do anything?" Regina reaches to the coffee table in front of us, and picks up a little scroll of paper. When I open it, I see a small text written on it.
Your Majesty, Milady,
I just realised you might have slight troubles with getting answers from Rumplestiltskin. I think I can help with that. Let him know that you know where his endearing wife is. I have her in my possession, but I don't intend to give her back in one piece, if he doesn't cooperate.
I hope this is of service to you.
Persephone, Goddess of Spring
"Wow. That's so cool."
"That's one way to say it yes. So that is how." I nod slowly, and hand back the letter. Regina lights a fireball in her left hand, and drops the letter into it. It crumbles to earth, and then disappears.
"Well then, that sounds like a plan", I say, and she nods.
"I have some other plans for the rest of the night. Would you like to know?" The Queen looks at me with a twinkle in her eyes. Soft lips on top of mine is all I feel for the next few moments.
When we arrive at the fairy orphanage, just kidding, it's totally closed up. But some lights hint that there are still some people awake, and Snow knocks on the front door. There is a moment of silence, and then we hear foots walking quickly towards the door. A lock opens up with a loud click, and when the door opens it reveals Blue, but she doesn't look like she just got out of bed. Her hair is neatly done and she is wearing regular clothes.
"Snow? What is going on?" She seems rather disorientated by our presence.
"Are Henry and David here?" Snow asks with her voice full of hope. Blue quickly looks outside to see if we're alone, and then she motions for us to come inside. Snow quickly walks in, and I follow her hesitantly, making sure to keep my face covered not to startle Blue by being here. Blue then quickly closes the door, and we follow through the hall towards her office.
"Yes, they are here", Blue finally answers, while closing her office door. Snow lets go of the breath she was holding, and I too am relieved.
"Where are they?" Snow asks impatiently.
"They're asleep. I'll tell someone to wake David." Snow nods, and Blue sits down at her desk to write a little note, that then disappears with a blue flash. I detect transportation magic. Pretty smart, to send messages to each other like that. Didn't know fairies had the brains to think something clever like that up.
"Snow, who is your friend?" Blue looks suspiciously at me, probably because she noticed I was keeping my face in the shadows.
"Oh right, you two haven't met yet. Blue this is Raena. Raena, I think you know Blue." Unfortunately, yes. Good idea. Just tell her I'm here. Great. Blue widens her eyes in shock, and turns up the light to reveal my face.
"The bird of death. How in the world did you end up here?" Blue looks at me with a mix of fear and disgust, and I surprisingly don't like it. I used to be overjoyed when people feared me, but instead I feel ashamed. I guess my other halve took that too.
"Hades. Underworld. Long story, don't bother to pretend like you're interested." Blue huffs, and turns to Snow.
"I can't let her be in here without restrainment. She has dark magic, and even if she won't use it, it could still react on our fairy magic. I'm not particularly interested in an explosion", Blue states. I immediately take a step back. No way Snow would agree to this.
"Blue, I understand, but Raena has split into two seperate persons. The one standing in front of you is nothing but good." Ehh. Yeah. Of course I am. It sure sounds convincing when she says it.
"I heard from David. But that doesn't mean she has no dark magic. I can feel it dripping of her like tar from a wall. It's disgusting really."
"Watch your tongue, moth. Just because hatred has been taken from me doesn't mean I take any liking to the fairies, and especially you in particular", I sneer at her.
"Like I said. She still has some darkness inside her", Blue replies, and I realise I played right into her hand by sneering at her, but it's too late now.
"Fine, but nothing that hurts", Snow concedes. Traitor. Damn it. Blue nods, and takes her wand out. With a light sweep of it and some sparkling blue fairy dust I feel my magic, that is a constant flow through my body, being stopped, and all contained in one single place underneath my lungs and heart, the epicentre of my magical power. It doesn't hurt, but it is terribly uncomfortable, and I feel the firm confidence I always have wither, for I heavily rely on my magic. Sure, I do have great combat skills, but I don't know how to work a bow and arrow, and my swordfighting is a little rusty as well. I start to breather heavily, and and have to grab hold of a chair to keep standing.
"Are you allright?" Snow asks with worry in her voice, and I nod slowly. I stand back up.
"I'm fine", I grunt, and try to stop resisting the barrier inside my body. It works a little bit, and I'm a bit more comfortable now. When I look at Blue, and I notice little beads of sweat on her forehead, and I feel pleased with myself, by making her work hard to confine my strong flow of magic.
"So what do we do now?" Snow asks, slowly looking back at Blue.
"I'm not sure. The first thing is to figure out what they will do next", Blue replies.
"They went to the woods, but after a few hours, my counterpart left, and she's currently at the mansion. The Queen however is invisible to me", I put in.
"How do you know?" Blue asks.
"Not sure. I feel her? It's like I constantly check up on her, and she responds to me."
"Hmm. I think that even though you are separated , you still keep track of each others movement. Curious. Regina must feel the same way I presume?"
Of course she figured it all out. Duh.
"I don't know, we haven't discussed it yet, and she's currently dealing with some other problems. Her soulmate, for example", I answer, making the last words blame them for not thinking about Robin.
"Of course, we understand", Snow assures me, but Blue doesn't seem to share the need to be concerned about Regina.
"What would be the logical move?" Blue asks, not sure if she asks us or if she's talking to herself.
"Making pacts. Getting people on their side. They're vulnerable on their own, and outnumbered", I suggest.
"Indeed." Blue seems irritated to agree with me.
"Gold. He has a lot of power, he's desperate to find Belle." Snow's right. We heard Belle was missing from Granny. It appears that while we were gone Gold came into the dinner, wreaking havoc in search of his life.
"Absolutely, but we have another villain in town who might be interested in an alliance. A certain witch, to be precise."
"They wouldn't dare, would they?" Snow asks, looking at me, hoping I'd assure they wouldn't.
"Actually, I think it'd be more likely that Regina'd go to her then to Rumplestiltskin", I reply, knowing in my heart that if someone would help them, it would be her.
"How do you know about the Wicked Witch of the West at all?" Blue asks me, and to be fair she has the right to.
"It's a long story, but I know she's here because her disgusting, poisonous, selftaught magic is sensable from even here. Gross. And how I know her is a whole different story. But if she's just as wicked as she was back then, she might actully help the Queen."
"Oh believe me, she will. She and Regina somewhat tolerate each other's presence, but if she'd have any chance at getting out of that cell, she would take it for sure", Blue agrees with me. I nod in understandment. I am quite surprised however that they aren't on the verge of killing each other every second of the day.
"Snow? Raena?" David comes walking in, fully dressed, which suggest that he wasn't asleep. Henry follows with a bed head, so he was sleeping.
"David!" Snow embraces him, and they walk out the office for a moment so she can explain him everything. Blue nods at me, and I nod back, after which she departs as well. I am left with Henry.
"Hey kid. You awake yet?" I ask, and he grins.
"Yeah, I'm good. What happened?"
"Well, long story." I explain what happened, and with every word I add he looks more upset.
"Your mom is with Emma, your other mom I guess." He nods.
"Oh my god, that's horrible. How are you?" I shrug.
"Okay I guess", I try to say with a steady voice, but the fact he asked, which means he cares, moved me in a way I don't want it to. I bite my lip to keep the tears away, but it is of no use. The tears are streaming of my face by now, and Henry looks super awkward.
"Ehh, why are you crying?" He comes towards me, and awkwardly embraces me with one hand. I shake my head and try to reply, but I can't get a word out of my mouth. The knowledge that he sees me like a girl of his age makes it even more uncomfortable. I move away from him, and turn my back towards him.
"I'm all right, it's just been a rough night", I sob. This has to stop now. I straighten my back, and poof into clothes that make it impossible to cry. A tight fitted black corset, black leather pants with boots, and a dark blue hood. I hear Henry gasp. How did that work? Blue suppressed my magic. But when I search for the enchantment in my body, it is gone indeed.
"What?" I ask him, while turning around, revealing the embroidered front of my corset. To make my outfit teenage boy friendly I added a white blouse underneath the corset, buttoned up to my neck.
"Nothing, that just surprised me. Why did you change?"
"I feel better this way. More at home I guess?"
"Huh, weird. Well, if you want to wear that it's fine. I doesn't look very comfortable though."
"It isn't, that's the point", I sneer, and wipe the tears off my face with rough movements.
"Kid, you go wait for those oldies to finish cuddling, and I go check on your moms. See you later", I tell him, and without letting him reply, I poof myself away.
The door opens with a creaking sound, to reveal a tastelessly designed room. On the bed in the corner a figure is seated in the dark, but she jumps up the moment we walk in.
"Well well. Long time no see, sis."
"We spoke before we left to the Underworld, that's not that long ago", Regina replies.
"Yes, but that wasn't you, now was it? It was the version of you that suppressed this version in front of me right now." Of the course the witch understands. She is one of us.
"Clever, Zelena. If only you'd use that mind of yours to get out of here", the Queen taunts her. The witch giggles with a high voice, which makes me groan in irritation.
"I am about to, little sis. Because the Evil Queen and her right hand assassin wouldn't come here to have a cup of tea now would they?"
"Never."
Long live evil!