Chapter nine

Half an hour earlier
With her magic returned, Zelena began to plan her next move.
Cloaking herself as one of the townspeople, she ventured into the diner and with a coffee, sat at the counter trying to catch any gossip that may assist her.
It didn't take long for the wolf to begin discussing the latest crisis with the book worm, who was sitting a couple sits down from her. They seemed to be deep in conversation, neither even registering the eavesdropper.
"Have you found anything to help Regina?" Ruby asked.
Belle shook her head solemnly, "I have double checked every source, and they all seem to agree that there is only one way to stop the darkness."
Zelena's eyebrows went up in surprise, if she understood them correctly then her little sister may just be more powerful then she thought, but also much more easily controlled.
"At least Snow still has the dagger, I honestly thought she would have lost it by now," Ruby chuckled darkly.
"I'm sure she can handle it," Belle replied with a small laugh, "besides, I don't think Emma would ever forgive her if she did lose it."
Ruby's face became serious as she nodded in agreement.
Zelena smirked slightly and placed some money on the counter.
Ruby looked up with a furrowed brow, "hey didn't you just get here?"
Zelena was about to just ignore her and carry on, before she seemed to get a text.
The wolf sighed and said to Belle, "Zelena got out and guess who they want to find her."
The disguised Zelena rolled her eyes, another thing I have to deal with she thought with an internal sigh.
It was surprisingly easy to steal into the Charming's apartment. The only occupants were Snow and the baby, the latter of which was screaming uncontrollably. His mother was desperately trying to calm him down, whispering something along the lines of, "come on sweetheart, I really need to get to the station." Within a few minutes, an invisible Zelena found two daggers, each placed on the kitchen counter. For a moment she revelled in the image of 'Regina Mills' engraved upon the dark metal, before she waved her hand over the one next to it. Instantly, the engraving changed from 'Rumplestiltskin' to match the real dagger. Holding Neal, Snow quickly came to the counter, grabbing the first dagger she saw, she made out of the door. Zelena couldn't help but feel slightly sorry for Regina, who had to deal with these idiots on a daily basis, before she grabbed the real dagger.
The Wicked Witch, stood behind a tree, hoping desperately that the wolf would fall for her trick. Once she had the dagger, she had one more issue to deal with before she could start her plan.

Choosing one of the random townspeople, she had cast a silencing spell, and a glamour spell.

Now her unconscious look alike lay on the forest floor, waiting to be found by the one wolf search party.

Sure enough, Ruby ran up into the clearing.

She approached the witch cautiously, before determining that she was in fact out for the count, and then pulled out her phone.

"Dad," the blonde called out.

Zelena materialised in the corner, neither the deputy nor the mayor noticing the slight bellowing of green smoke.

She took pleasure in the sight of the former Evil Queen locked up as she had been, but she now had the power to cause her much more pain, and there was no way that she was going to pass up the opportunity. The first thing she needed was for the Dark One to be free of the holding cell.

She whispered inaudibly, "I command you to find a peaceful way out of the cell."

"Are you okay?"

"I feel perfect."

"Did you do something?"

"I've just been sitting here."

"I guess you're stronger than you think."

It's working, Zelena thought gleefully, though she felt somewhat resentful of the saviour's unconditional love.

As father and daughter began to argue about the woman's sudden change, Zelena quietly sighed, and whispered, "suggest they use the dagger."

Sure enough her plan worked, within half an hour the newest Dark One was free of her imprisonment.

Zelena disappeared which caused a slight break in the invisibility charm, but none of the Charming's seemed to notice.

Zelena waited languidly in her farm house for hours just waiting for the right moment. As the clock struck one in the morning, she decided that now was as good a time as any.

"Dark One I summon thee," she said as she raised from her chair.

Instantly dark smoke bellowed, a second after revealing her little sister.

Regina seemed to have been woken up by the command, her grogginess making her look truly surprised.

"Zelena?" she asked with a confused expression.

"Surprised?" the witch laughed.

Regina rubbed her eyes, as if she was trying to wake herself up, but when she drew her hands away, she still saw Zelena standing before her holding her one weakness.

"What do you want from me?" she eventually asked with a sigh, after all this time she had actually thought that she would have gotten her happy ending. She had sincerely hoped, no matter how illogical she knew the notion to be, that she had internally defeated the darkness. She now recognised that she was being controlled, but she couldn't help but wonder why that would quiet the voice. At this thought, she got her answer, your dear sister wishes for you to kill your family.

Regina swallowed hard, apparently the darkness inside of her was aware of the dagger bearers deepest wish before they even voiced it, she was sure this helped many a Dark One manipulate, but she also knew that it wouldn't be very helpful in this moment.

It was for this reason that she said in a resigned voice, "please Zelena, you don't have to do this."

"I know I don't have to; the fact is that I want to," she sneered, as she raised the dagger menacingly, "you have no choice but to do as I say."

Regina clenched her jaw, longing to return to Emma's arms that had been holding her tightly after three weeks of sleeping alone, "and what is it you would have me do?"

"For now act as you normally would, I simply wanted to ensure that you were under no illusions of happiness," she laughed manically.

With a sigh Regina nodded, she now realised that she was not strong enough to fight the darkness and that she probably never would be.

A.N Sorry it took so long to update, I couldn't think of where to go next haha also sorry if the formatting is off, I'm not sure why but when I pasted it in it got all messed up :( haha

Anyway I hope you guys liked it and reviews would be much appreciated XD