Hey, here is chapter 13! I have to say, last night episode was OMG! I can't! I fear for Snow's life. I can't kill her truly, but I can do this in here.

I'm so sad, sometimes I just wish the authors kill Regina off and then, she'll stop suffering and I'll stop with this show and I MAYBE can continue with my life.

Sorry, but I needed to vent.

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CHAPTER 13 – TRYING TO CHANGE

The next day.

"Emma, you're late!" Regina said as she was getting up from the bench that she was sitting on in the stables.

"You know how it is, Regina, don't you? When your son gets reluctant to go to school because he's wondering how things will be when his sisters are born and what he will be able to do with them… things like that" Emma said seriously to Regina.

"I knew he wouldn't keep it a secret!" Regina said, shaking her head and laughing.

"Absolutely not, he's told it to everyone he's seen and it probably will be the subject of his class." Emma said laughing. "And, wouldn't you tell me anyway?" she said staring at Regina.

"No!" she answered quickly.

"Of course you would, you wouldn't be able to stand to see me every morning without telling me that... what are you thinking?" Emma smiled.

"As always, Miss Swan, you're convinced!" Regina said trying to look seriously.

"Still, I'm sure, I can almost say that you love giving me lessons in the morning" Emma said trying to make Regina get irritated.

"I just do it because I need you!" she defended herself.

"Okay" Emma decided to leave the joke aside. "What will I learn today?" she asked excitedly.

"I was thinking, I'll teach you to do the same spell that Mr. Gold used at the hospital. It's a barrier spell, it works like a bubble. Once released, no one can pass through it. At least while the spell lasts and yours will be very powerful."

"Cool!" Emma shouted "So, what do I have to do?"

After spending the whole morning teaching Emma, Regina and Perdita went to City Hall and spent the whole day there. They dined with Archie and then, Regina went home to rest.

Regina was lying under a tree. It was a sunny day. Henry was running with one of his sisters, who was two years old now. Her other daughter was sleeping beside her. Archie came and sat beside her daughter and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"They are so similar to you" he said looking at his daughter.

Regina kissed him passionately.

"I'm such a lucky guy, I'm married to the most beautiful woman in the world and I have three wonderful children" Archie said looking lovingly into her eyes.

Regina loved when Archie was referring to Henry as his son. "You're the best thing that has happened to me!" she said.

"Archie!" "Daddy!" they shouted from afar. "Come play with us!" Henry shouted.

Archie kissed Regina quickly and ran to play with his children. Regina watched Archie and her children playing for a few minutes and then she proceeded to watch her daughter sleeping. She looked at the girl with love, but suddenly she felt like she had no control over herself. Feelings from the past were surfacing. She felt a tingling in her veins and she knew what this feeling was. Dark magic. She lost control of her actions and then grabbed the neck of the girl who was sleeping beside her.

Archie heard the girl's screams and looked in horror at the scene. Regina was suffocating her own daughter. He ran toward Regina and started yelling at the woman to stop, but before he could get closer, Regina tossed him meters away from the two.

"Regina! Stop, what are you doing?" Archie cried.

"Don't worry, Archie, it's me!" Regina said.

"Mom! You're hurting her, stop, mom, please!" Henry said crying, but Regina didn't heed. She felt no remorse, instead, she felt happy to see her daughter's suffering.

A purple smoke emerged near Regina and Cora appeared.

"Stop it, Regina. You're hurting your own daughter!" Cora said angrily.

"And what does it matter? You did the same thing to me!" she shouted back.

With a wave of her hands, Cora lifted Regina in the air, causing the little girl to fall unconscious to the ground. Archie ran to the girl and took her in his arms, moving away from Regina.

"What are you doing? Let me finish!" Regina yelled again at her mother.

"Regina, I'm saving your daughter's life and yours too!" Cora looked sadly at her daughter. "You need to get back to normal, Regina. You are no longer the Evil Queen. You've a family, you need to protect them and not try killing them" Cora yelled at the woman that still hung in the air.

Regina suddenly felt lost. It was as if she had just awakened from a trance and didn't know where she was.

"Mother?" Regina looked scared. "Mother, what's going on?"

Cora, realizing that her daughter was lost, looked at her lovingly while returning her to the ground gently.

"Regina" the mother called softly.

Regina looked into her eyes, but couldn't understand what was happening. Then, she heard people crying behind her and turned her face and found Archie and Henry crying next to one of their daughters who was lying on the floor and the other was looking scared for her.

"Oh my God, what happened? What's happening?" Regina said running towards her family.

"Don't come near, Regina. You're a monster, I hate you! You're a monster" Archie said angrily.

Regina didn't understand anything, but Archie's words hurt much more than she could imagine.

"Archie? What's happening? Let me see my daughter" she asked while crying, but was prevented by Archie again.

"You're a witch, I hate you. You have always been and will never stop being the Evil Queen, I should never have trusted you! I hate you! You killed my daughter, Regina, you have no heart!" he yelled at her.

Regina was looking at him with wide eyes and full of tears. Her daughter, her precious daughter was dead? Why was he saying she killed her? She would never kill her own daughter, she loves her. Regina turned to her mother angry.

"What did you do, mother?" she screamed.

"Regina, listen to me, you're-"

"No! I did nothing, are you crazy? What did you do? Why did you hurt my daughter? I believed in you, I thought you had changed. I hate you!" she cried.

"No, my love. Try to remember. I tried to stop you, but you were gone, I swear I tried, sorry, my love, I arrived too late" Cora said crying.

Then, Regina remembered what happened. She remembered when she was suffocating her daughter, with her own hands.

"Oh my God!" Regina screamed realizing what she had done and everything went black.

Regina opened her eyes desperately. She sat on her bed and was hyperventilating. She was sweaty and was crying and shaking. She ran her hands over her belly and let out a relieved breath when she felt the bulge. These nightmares were getting worse and more frequent. Each new dream, she woke up even more frightened.

She thought it was something in her head or the fear speaking louder, the fear of becoming the Evil Queen again, but now she was afraid that these dreams could be a warning. She doesn't want to become the Evil Queen again. She didn't want to hurt anyone else, especially those that she loves most. She was scared and wanted to tell someone about her dreams. Maybe Archie? No. He would go crazy and she can't talk about it to anyone.

She got up, went to the bathroom and washed her face. Perdita was lying on the rug beside the bed and Regina cannot help but smile at the dog that was sleeping peacefully. She looked at the clock and saw that it was still 1:28 am. She needed to go back to sleep, but sleep didn't come. She went to the kitchen and made a snack, then decided to try to read a book, but she still felt not sleepy. After numerous attempts, she looked at the clock and it was marking 2:01 am. She was fighting the sudden urge to go visit her mother. But she lost. She got dressed, grabbed the car keys and drove to the mine.

After a few minutes trying to convince Leroy to let her go and talk to her mother, Regina finally approached her cell.

"Mother?" Regina called and like the first time, it was necessary for Regina to call at least two more times for Cora to hear.

"Regina?" Cora asked sleepily.

"Yes, mother" Regina said, glancing at Cora who seemed to awaken from her somnolence state.

"I missed you, Regina" Cora said approaching the railings and looking at Regina with a sad smile. "I'm glad that you're back."

Regina just nodded. Then Cora saw Regina's belly. It was much bigger than the last time she visited her. She couldn't remember ever seeing Regina so beautiful, her face was bright and Cora could feel the joy that came from Regina, but her eyes were full of fear.

"Regina, are you okay?" Cora asked and Regina could hear a note of concern that came in her voice.

"I'm fine" she whispered. "you?" Regina asked looking at her mother.

"I'm fine" she said smiling "I'm locked up here, but I'm fine" Cora completed and a silence filled the air. It took a few minutes for Cora to finally break the silence "You look beautiful, but I know you, I'm your mother and you seem... your eyes are full of fear" she said staring into Regina's eyes "What happened?"

Regina knew that Cora knew everything about her, after all she still was her mother and because that Cora might note that Regina had a real reason to come visit her. Regina was afraid and, although she has done all that she has, she still expected that Cora could comfort her and calm her, even though she didn't want to admit it.

"Nothing" Regina said avoiding eye contact with her mother.

"I know you, Regina, I'm your mother. What happened? Is something wrong with the baby?" She asked worriedly.

"No!" Regina answered quickly. "Babie- THE baby is fine." Regina said, smiling, trying to avoid the brief panic that she felt of almost revealing to her mother about the twins.

The two women were silent again. Regina sat down and leaned back on the bars of the cell, Cora did the same thing, resting her back against the bars. The two were seated, backs against each other in silence.

"What are you afraid of?" Cora asked quietly.

With tears in her eyes, Regina replied "I don't know if I can trust you."

"Regina, I know I have done many things wrong, but I want to change for you. Once, you told me you were trying to change for Henry and be worthy of him and that I owed you the same. I realize that it's true. I want to change, for you, because I love you. I know you don't believe me, but I'll fight for you until the death if need be, I will strive to be a better person." Cora said looking out at Regina with the corner of her eyes.

Every new word that Regina listened to, she felt like crying. She still loved her mother. Damn! After all she did, she still loved her and wanted to believe her. She was vulnerable in front of her mother.

"I love you" Cora said passing her hand over Regina's hand, which was lying on the ground.

"I love you too, Mom" Regina said crying as she shook her mother's hands. She wanted to hug her, she wanted to share with her all the news of her life, but she was still afraid.

They sat that way for several minutes. Only one resting on the other, in the comfort that the other's presence can offer. Their relationship was evolving and Regina felt that Cora was really trying to improve.

Regina came home around 4 o'clock in the morning. She was exhausted, but somehow, seeing her mother helped reassure her. She was greeted at the door by Perdita and then she went to the bedroom. Once she lay in bed, she slept.

The next morning, Regina was awakened by Archie's call. She had lost time. Emma was going to spend the whole morning throwing it in her face. The Mayor was delayed. But Regina couldn't avoid it.

"Good morning, Miss Swan" Regina said as she walked hurriedly into the stables.

"Good Afternoon!" Emma joked. "What happened, Regina? You never lose the time and you're looking like crap!" She said looking Regina from head to toe.

"Thanks for the compliment" Regina smiled wryly to Emma.

"You're welcome!" Emma would enjoy every single moment this morning. "You didn't sleep well?" She asked noticing the tired expression on Regina's face.

Regina shivered. She asked Leroy to not say anything about her visits. What if Leroy had told Emma about the visits? How could she trust that he would be loyal to her? She was the Evil Queen.

"I... I…" Regina began to stammer "I couldn't sleep well" she said avoiding Emma's eyes.

"Ok! If you're too tired, we can do this tomorrow, I don't see any problem with that" Emma tried to be flexible, but was cut short by Regina.

"No! I'm fine, I'm just starving" she said smiling at Emma.

"Well, I guess you're in luck, because I took Henry to have breakfast at Granny's and I brought some food, do you want some?" Emma said, noting Regina's face turning into pure joy only with the mention of food.

"I do!" She said excitedly.

"Okay, I'll get it for you!"

They spent the morning practicing, as they always did. Indeed, Regina spent the morning teaching Emma how to use her magic. Something was going on with Regina's magic this morning, but she didn't notice. Maybe it was the lack of rest or pregnancy, but Regina didn't feel her magic flowing as easily as ever.

So, I promisse the next will be a little sweet. A LITTLE.

Hey, what you think? Regina could/should trust in Cora?

The babies' names are close, probably in chapter 15 :)

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See you, guys!

Bárbara