The Third Sister

9 - Being Betrayed

Taylor was driving through the streets, her heart was beating fast at the thought of being back in her home town. Just like every time, she was excited to see her sister, and the rest of her family, her friends. As she was arriving at her sister's home, she parked her car and turned it off. Then she took her phone and started to write a message. "I'm in town" she wrote, and sent it to Lily. She didn't wait a long time to have an answer. "Cool. See you tomorrow". Taylor smiled at the message. It was really strange. It was the first time in her whole life she get attached to someone so fast. After their first meeting, actually. They didn't talk a lot, just introduced themselves to each other, but Taylor though, at this moment, she would really like this woman. And she was right. As she put her phone in her pocket, she opened the door and climbed off of her car. She closed the door, and opened the back door to take her luggage, and her cats, and closed the door. She locked the car and started to walk towards the front door, her smile was still on her lips when she knocked.
"Taylor!" Regina exclaimed as she opened the door. "You're here ! Come in" she said as she was stepping away to let her sister enter.
Taylor put her stuffs on the floor and then hugged her sister.
"How are you ?" Regina asked.
"I'm fine. It's good to be back"
Regina chuckled and pulled away.
"You were here only a month ago."
"Right." Taylor said with a smile. "Is Henry here ?"
Regina shook her head no.
"He's at his grandparents'. Do you want to drink something ?"
Taylor nodded, and Regina started to walk to the kitchen, but stopped when she saw her sister releasing her cats.
"Um. How's Miss Nasty Temper ?" She said as she was looking at Meredith.
The cat took some steps forward, and stopped to seat down on the floor.
"Good I think" Taylor said as she was standing up, the other cat was in her arms.
She put Olivia on the floor, and followed her sister in the kitchen. Regina opened the fridge and took a bottle of Diet Coke to give it to Taylor. Then they both sat at the bar in the middle of the kitchen. 
"So" Taylor started. "Did something happen when I wasn't here ?"
Regina shook her head no.
"Nop. Nothing new."
"And for the Dark One?"
Regina took a deep breath.
"Well, since we haven't find a portal or an other way to travel between worlds, I guess we're struck. And even if we can find a way, we don't know in what world it is or how to defeat it so... Right now there is nothing we can do. But we're still working on it."
Taylor slowly nodded, and took a sip of her drink.
"And what about... Zelena?" She asked carefully.
Regina frowned, a bit lost.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, what will happen, when she'll have her child? She can't stay locked with him. Or her."
Regina slowly nodded. She didn't think about this.
"Well, I guess we'll find a solution. But we can't let her out. She too dangerous."
"You know, with the bracelet she can't use her magic."
"That doesn't mean she can't find a way to harm us."
Regina took a deep breath and sighed, while Taylor was taking an other sip of her drink.
"I really trusted her, you know" Regina said in a low and sad voice. "I really thought she was Marian. And I really thought she was in danger. I just wanted to do the right thing, for once. But right now, I just feel ..."
"Betrayed ?" Taylor slowly asked.
Regina slowly nodded, staring at her hands which were resting on the bar. Taylor knew exactly how she felt. She has been betrayed a lot of time, but the worst was when the person who was responsible was one of the people she loved the most. Alright, Regina didn't betrayed Taylor the same way Zelena did. But still. She has betrayed her by hiding things, by pretending to be someone else. And the day when Taylor found out the truth was one of the worst of her life.

Taylor was walking through the forest, she didn't know where to go. A few days ago, the man she was working for died because of illness, and Taylor was alone. Again. She was trying to find Regina, she was the only person she had left. But the fact is, she hasn't seen her for days, and she didn't know where she lived. Actually, she knew nothing about her. Her age, where she lives, her parents' names, if she had sisters or brothers, she knew nothing. So Taylor was walking, until she reached a little village. Maybe there, someone will know her. But when she arrived, she saw that some people were talking. They wasn't excited, but they seemed at least glad, and relief.
"What's going on?" She asked a man.
The man looked down at the ten years old girl.
"The Evil Queen has been captured by Snow White" he said with a smile. "She will be executed today at the castle."
Taylor was wide eyed. She couldn't believe it. The Evil Queen? Captured? She has never met the Evil Queen, fortunately, but she knew how she was. A monster. A heartless woman who wanted to kill Snow White, and who killed whoever was on her way. Actually, you just had to look at her in the wrong way to be locked in her dungeon and executed the next day. And Taylor knew that. Actually, the idea of crossing her path terrified her. But this day, she was just curious. She just wanted to see how she looked like. To see who was this woman who did those horrible things. Without any hesitation, she started to run to the castle.