Once Upon The Underworld (Once Upon A Time)

Chapter 16: "I Agree."

Zelena brushed past me, a gallant smirk painted over her lips. "What are you doing here?" I demanded, placing my hands on my hips. "And why are you such a mess?" Zelena looked down at her tattered clothing. "Oh, this," she chuckled with a wave of her hand. Her expression quickly turned into a grim stare. "Being sucked up by a cyclone twice in one week does wonders for a person." I rolled my eyes. "And how exactly did you get here?" She grinned. "Same way everyone got here in the first place." She swiveled on her feet and held up a small scroll of paper. "You cursed Oz?" I demanded. Zelena smiled. "Had to get back to my little girl." She paced around the foyer. "Speaking of which, where is my little green bean?" It was at that moment that I heard footsteps at the top of the stairs. Robin emerged, his and Zelena's child in his arms. "Regina, I heard voices. Who are you talking-" He stopped when he saw her. "She's back?" he asked in a whisper. Zelena's mouth dropped open as she moved closer to Robin. "My, how you've grown," she whispered. Robin held the baby away from her. Zelena frowned, and with a wave of her hand, had the child in her arms. Robin and I both dashed at her, but another wave of her hand and we were motionless in a green cloud. "No need to waste your energy, sis," she mused, looking down at her child. "I have what I came for." She pushed open the door and turned around, giving me one final smirk. "Ta-ta!" The door slammed, and we were freed. "We have to get her back!" Robin declared. I dashed to the door and yanked it back, only to find Zelena gone and Mother standing on my porch. "Regina, dear, we need to talk," she said blatantly. "Mother, I really don't have time, I have to-" "Darling, please, I must tell you." I moved past her, mumbling, "I have to go, Mother." "Regina its your father!" she called after me. I stopped, motionless at her words. "What about Daddy, Mother?" I asked without turning around. Cora sighed loudly. "He's not who you think he is." I turned around. Her expression was solemn and apologetic. "Mother, I've places to be. Can this wait?" Mother shook her head and moved closer to me. "I've waited long enough." She sighed and diverted her eyes all around. "Regina, I am so sorry that I didn't tell you this sooner. I just thought it would ruin everything. But it's time you know now. I only wanted your happiness and I only wanted you to have a family." A single tear rolled down her cheek. I was getting anxious. "Mother..." Footsteps approached behind us, and I turned to see Rumplestiltskin. He spoke not a word, but just stood silently, giving a nod in Mother's direction. She pointed at him. "Regina...meet your father."

I took a step back, ready to run back inside and never come out. "Meet my father?" I repeated. They both nodded. "What?" Mother took my hand. "It's true, Regina," Rumplestiltskin said. I shook Mother's hand off abruptly and squeezed my eyes shut. "You mean to tell me that the man I named my son after isn't my father?" Cora shook her head. "I'm afraid not, dear. Although he did a phenomenal job at keeping the secret." She turned to Mr. Gold. "As did you, Rumple, good work." I shook my head, dumbfounded. "Why are you giving him a kudos for this?" I demanded angrily. My heart was pounding so hard, it felt like it would explode. I walked over to Gold, who was apparently my father. "And you. You are just as guilty as she is. All those times you were willing to betray or kill or do whatever it took to get what you want. But you didn't even bother to introduce yourself to your own daughter?" "Regina," Mother began. "No!" I whipped around and yelled at her. "I'm not done!" Turning back towards Rumple, I said, "You were so dead set on finding your son that you had plans to cross realms to do it." I paced back and forth in front of him, not even bothering to not cry anymore. "When I was right there the entire time. You used me to cast your curse and then saw me as worthless. How could you?" I stormed past both of them and into my house, letting the door slam at a wave of my hand. Robin still stood at the base of the stairs, as if he didn't know what to do with them when they weren't cradling a baby. "Regina?" he asked cautiously. "Are you alright?" I shook my head and collapsed into him. "No," I wailed. "Everything I ever knew was just ripped away from me!" He pulled away. "Do you want to talk about it?"