Sorry I wasn't able to update yesterday, but I was sick. So, here is a new chapter, I hope you'll enjoy it ! Tell me what you think !
Enchanted Forest – The day after Regina discovered she was Elphaba's sister
Elphaba sneaked into Regina's stables to talk to her about what she told her the day before. She had to say she was very sad when she saw Regina so upset about the news. She thought she would be thrilled to know she was her sister.
"Jeez, you freaked me out !" Regina said breathless when she saw Elphaba. "You shouldn't be here, if my mother knows you're here, she'll get really mad !"
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to know if you were alright. You seemed rather upset when I told you that we were sister. I'm sorry about that, I really thought …"
"There's no need to apologize, I'm happy that you're my sister !" Regina said in a soft voice with a little smile on her face.
"Really ? You don't mind if you're father is mine too ?" Elphaba said, relief in her voice
"Not at all, I always wanted to have a sister". When she heard those words, Elphaba was so happy, she couldn't help herself and hugged Regina who was now far more than a friend to her. "Well, half-sister technically" she said with a sassy tone.
"Sister, half-sister, that's the same !" Regina said, hugging Elphaba back and laughing. She was happy to have a sister. Maybe now she wouldn't feel so alone. She knew she'll always be able to count on Elphaba, she'll never let her be alone. The two girls were hysterical. They laughed and teased each other when something came to Regina's mind "Is your sister my sister too ?"
"Well, not really, I mean she has another father" Elphaba replied. She knew her sister's father, he even took care of her for when he was with her mother, before he died.
"Oh ok… but I still like her though"
"I bet you do !"
They laughed even harder.
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Enchanted Forest - 9 years later
Cora was furious, Henry was driving her crazy. He was going away from her, she could feel it. She was convinced that he was beginning to see his past love again. She should have seen that coming. But she was not going to be humiliated by him. She was going to do whatever it takes to show him that he belonged to her and no one else.
She waited for Henry to come back from the village. As soon as he went home, she poofed herself inside Melena's house. She was going to get rid of Melena's family once and for all.
When Cora got to Melena's house, she saw her cleaning the house. Melena didn't even see Cora come in, she just felt her heart being pulled out of her chest and she heard screams. Seconds later, she was dead, her heart had been crushed into dust.
When Cora pulled Melena's heart out of her chest, Elphaba and her sister, Nessa were coming home. As soon as Elphaba saw Cora with her mother's heart in her hand, she started to scream. Cora looked at her right in her eyes and crushed her mother's heart into dust. Then, she came closer to her and her sister. Elphaba took the necklace she was wearing and opened it. It was filled with green water which was supposed to protect her, at least that was what a wizard told her mother. She drank it and pulled Nessa close to her. As soon as she drank the potion, Elphaba's skin began to turn green and a shield appeared, protecting the two girls. It didn't matter how hard Cora was trying to harm them, she was powerless against the shield.
Cora was becoming more and more furious, she wasn't going to let two girls win ! Then she thought about something, maybe she couldn't kill them for now, but she could still banish them. She conjured a pair of ruby slippers and put them on. Then, she made a portal and threw the two girls in it, banishing them into another realm. They'll never be able to come back to this realm, at least, not as long as she's alive. A satisfied grin appeared in Cora's face. She got what she wanted. Now, her husband will have no other choice than to stay with her, and so will Regina. It was a beautiful day after all ! Before leaving the house, she started a fire so everybody will believe their death is just a tragic accident.
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Hours later, Regina went to the village to see Elphaba, she needed to see her, she had a lot of things to say to her. It involved a certain stable boy named Daniel. When she reached her sister's house, she was shocked by what she saw. Elphaba's house was totally burned.
Regina didn't know what to do, there was no sign of Elphaba anywhere. She started to ask the villagers if they knew where she was while she was trying to enter the house. A villager went to try to stop her. She wasn't listening a word of what he was saying to her, so the man shook her harder and yelled "No one escaped the house, they're dead ! DEAD, you understand ?". As soon as Regina realized the words he was saying, she collapsed to the ground and began to cry. Her sister was dead, what was she gonna do without her ?
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Enchanted Forest – present
"So, know that I found you, let's talk !"
Regina didn't answer, she still didn't know why Elphaba wanted to see her. Was it just because she missed her or was there something more ?
"I need your help" Elphaba said
"For what ?" Regina said with suspicion. She didn't really recognized her sister in that moment. Right now, everything Regina could think of when she was looking at her sister was the Evil Queen. Elphaba looked like herself when she was the Evil Queen and that thought scared her. What happened to her for her to become like this ?
"I need to find someone. And I think you can help me with that !"
"Why ? What do you want to do to this … person ?"
"That's my business !"
"Well, I won't help you unless you tell me your motivation" Regina didn't like the turn the conversation was having.
"You already know what that is ! Revenge !"
"Revenge ? Against who ? My mother is already dead !"
"I know that ! Now I'm looking for the person who killed my sister !" Elphaba said, anger building in her voice.
"Nessa ? Who did this ?"
"Tinkerbell !"
"That's … not possible, she would never kill anyone !" Regina said, not believing what her sister was telling her. Tink would never kill someone intentionally. She didn't kill her, and quite frankly, she had every reason to do so ! No, that couldn't be true !
"Well she did, and I need her to pay for what she's done ! Now, the real question is : will you help me ?"
Regina didn't answer, she didn't know what to do. She just found her long lost sister, but she couldn't help her in killing Tink. First of all, Tink was her only friend and, second of all, she wasn't that person anymore. She changed, for Henry, she couldn't revert to the Evil Queen. She needed to stay strong for her little boy !
After some time, Regina answered "No, I won't !"
"What ? … So, this is true, you've becoming … soft !" Elphaba said, disdain in her voice. "I have to say, I'm disappointed by you … I really thought you would understand. I guess I'll have to do it myself."
"Elphaba, please don't ! Revenge is not everything, believe me, I've already tried …"
"And you failed, I know that !" Elphaba cut her off. "Poor Regina, not even strong enough to kill a pathetic little girl ! So you gave up your revenge for what, tell me !"
"For my son !"
"And where is he, your precious son ?"
Regina's eyes were beginning to fill with tears
"That's what I thought ! You've lost everything, Regina. But it's not too late for you ! You can still have your revenge. Come with me and we can both get what we want !" Elphaba said, hope in her voice. She needed Regina to become the Evil Queen again so she could help her to get her revenge.
"No !" Regina shouted, determination in her voice
Elphaba sneered "You can pretend all you want, I know you still want revenge. Hate doesn't go away that easily … No matter how hard you try to fool yourself, I know you'll revert to the person you were before, I'll make sure of it !" With that Elphaba vanished into a cloud of green smoke.
Regina was deep in her thoughts after everything her sister said to her when she heard a voice coming from behind her.
"Wow, you're sister's pretty intense !" The hooded man said.
"What … You were spying on me ?" Regina said anger in her voice while turning to face that annoying man who had obviously followed her.
"Well, a reunion between the most powerful villains, I couldn't miss that ! But I have to say, I was quite surprised about how the things ended up"
"You wanted pop corn while you were watching ?" Regina said, trying to control the anger that was building inside her.
"Wanted what ?"
Regina sneered, she didn't know why but that man was really getting on her nerves.
"Well, I hope what you said was right, cause that'll be harder to be up against too villains at the same time, not that we can't manage it" The hooded man said, matter-of-factly.
Regina rolled her eyes "Save it !"
"But now that I know that you don't want to help her, maybe we can put our forces together to defeat her. I don't want her to harm the population anymore. They've suffered enough."
"You mean they've already suffered enough during the years I was terrorizing them ?"
"No, I meant that I didn't want her to destroy anymore villages, like she did before."
Regina didn't know how to respond to that, she stared at the hooded man before he started to speak again "But, were are my manners, I haven't introduced myself ! My name's Robin, and those guys over there are my Merry Men" he said, showing to her the men that stood behind him. "So, you wanna come with us ?"
"You're not afraid of what I could do to you ?"
"Well, after what I've heard, I don't think you're so much of a threat. Besides, I think we really need help to defeat this Wicked Witch"
"I thought you said you could manage it ?" Regina said, lifting a brow.
Robin laughed and told her "Right, but we always could use some extra help. So, you're coming with us ?"
"Where are you going ?"
"Rumpelstilskin's castle. That's where the rest of my Merry Men are. That's not far from here, we can sleep there tonight"
"Ok for tonight, but tomorrow, I'll have to return to Snow and Charming's castle. I need to warn them … and Tink … about Elphaba."
"All right, let's go then !"
