𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓤𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓐 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮

04x14 - Enter the Dragon

[ Storybrooke ]

(Regina joins The Queens of Darkness at Granny's Diner.)

Regina: So, the rumors are true. You're back from the ashes.

Maleficent: What are you doing here, Regina?

Regina: Making it easier for you. If you want to try to kill me, I'm right here.

Maleficent: So that's why you think I'm back... To kill you.

Regina: I trapped you underground for 30 years, and you're not big on forgiveness.

Maleficent: That's true. But what you did is nothing in the grand scheme. There are far worse crimes that must be answered for.

Cruella: Careful, darling. She's thick as thieves with those heroes.

Regina: Not by choice. You know how much I wanted my revenge. But in this town, I had to play nice to survive. Alone... Watching them enjoy, the happiness I was denied. If you're planning on destroying some of that happiness, I want in.

Ursula: You can't expect us to believe that.

Maleficent: Of course, she doesn't. That's why she's here. She wants us to see she's still one of us.

Regina: I am.

Maleficent: Then let's find out. Are you still a bad girl, Regina?

Regina: The worst.

[ Enchanted Forest - Past ]

(Snow White and Rafael are riding. Regina watches them. She is angry.)

Snow White: Hyah! Come on, Roman.

Rafael: That's it, Snow. Come on, Stell. Hyah!

Regina: Well, hurrah for Snow White.

(Regina rips Snow White's trophies from the walls.)

Rumpelstiltskin: Ooh! I love a touch of irony! The day you met Snow White and her eldest brother, she nearly died on a horse. And yet today, she's the best rider in all the land.

Regina: It's her precious horse that's won those medals, not her.

Rumpelstiltskin: Still, good fortune does tend to, uh, fall in her lap, does it not?

Regina: And you promised to teach me magic so I can end her charmed life!

Rumpelstiltskin: Well, I'm teaching you, dearie. Though you sound a bit impatient. Sneaking out here to read... What is it? Maleficent's spell book?

Regina: I found it in my mother's things. She can turn into...

Rumpelstiltskin: A fire-breathing dragon. Yes, yes, yes. A bit showy if you ask me.

Regina: I'm just tired of watching snow grow up. I am tired of her getting everything, and I... I want to finally have my revenge.

Rumpelstiltskin: You don't even know what revenge looks like, dearie.

Regina: You're right. All I know is what your lessons look like, and they're taking me nowhere.

Rumpelstiltskin: Before you start throwing stones, you might want to look in the mirror. And I'm not speaking metaphorically.

(A landscape appears on the mirror.)

Regina: What is this place?

Rumpelstiltskin: It's a wasteland. But years ago, it was a lush forest till Maleficent burned it down. Her dragon flame burned so hot that there's one tree still on fire half a lifetime later.