Secrets

Moments

Regina walked through the hallways of the castle. They had arrived a few hours ago and even if she already had checked, she would make just one more search in her propriety to be sure.

Snow insisted on preparing the meal and the others offered to help.

It was still unsettling the fact that they looked very domestic in Enchanted Forest. The queen still finds it ridiculous how they could move on so easily with their lives. Even if Regina knew she was being silly, that now Henry was with her and she had Robin at her side, she still felt sick just by being in this castle again.

Not that she would admit, but she hated being a queen.

She loved the power, the adrenaline. She loved always being the one with the last word - they all knew that. But this place was filled with memories she rather forget.

While walking alone in those corridors, Regina realized she was taking too long and the others were probably finishing the dinner's preparation. Taking a last look at the place, the queen turned around and took the opposite direction from where she had come.

She passed next to a big room. Its big doors were all open and something caught her attention - a small glow in one of the old walls of the room. Regina stopped walking and slightly tilted her head, trying to take a better look of the dark chamber.

She was hearing something, a murmur.

The queen couldn't understand what it was saying but she found herself being drowned into it, suddenly very curious. Regina stepped in the room, narrowing eyes to see better, letting it adjust to the darkness that surrounded her. Her gaze was fixed on the glowing object and she immediately created a fireball to illuminate the area. As she stepped closer, the object gained form.

One of the hundreds small mirrors of the castle reflected the moonlight. Regina let out a disappointed sigh as realized it was nothing more than an old broken piece of glass. She was no longer hearing the mysterious whispers and began to wonder if she was imagining things.

Distrustful, she took a good look around searching for any possible threats. Reluctantly, the queen turned around and left, quickly extinguishing the fireball in her hands when stepping out of the room. Using only the moonlight to illuminate her way back to the others, Regina tried to shove away her pessimist thoughts - it was probably nothing, anyway.

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For Henry's sake, Elsa used her magic to make chocolate ice cream. They were all laughing and having a great time while the Charmings cooked and the Snow Queen stood there, amazed by how great they were. Snow had a long conversation with her, assuring that they would do everything in their powers to find Anna - apparently finding people was a family thing.

Now, Elsa was sitting on a table with Henry at her side, telling him about how disastrous it was when she tried to make ice cream for the first time.

An hour ago, Regina told them she would look around a little bit and was surprised when Robin decided to stay with them. The outlaw seemed fine with being around those people and she later found out he and Snow White had a good relationship despite the misunderstandings between the woman he loved and the princess.

"The food is ready, we should eat before it gets cold." Snow said as placed the big serving dish on the table.

"Shouldn't we wait for the queen?" Hook questioned, resting his back on the closest wall.

"You're right, where is she?" Emma muttered, placing the dishes and everything else on the table as well.

"She said she would be back soon." David pointed out.