She's Back

Helping the Family

Regina

I frantically woke up and saw Snow silently dozing off next to me with her bow and arrow in her hand, trying her hardest to make me feel safe, everything hurt, and I felt mortified and humiliated, my friends had seen me like that, they had truly seen me at my worst, and now they saw me as a whore.

"What are you overthinking now?" Snow asked tiredly, I looked over at her and the nervous feeling returned, making me tremble all over again as I answered her question.

"Getting raped is nothing like the movies, well at least what I went through, he pushed me into his trunk, then slammed me on the hard tile and beat me until I was dizzy, and every time I tried to scream, I got a blow hard enough that I saw God. He got me weak enough so when he pulled his pants off and ripped mine to my ankles, I could barely move my own body let alone his, but you try, because you know no amount of beatings is going to compare to what happens if he does this. And when he does the sinister smile on his face just makes you want to die because he won, he was stronger, and you just weren't. And you saw that, you saw me after I lost, when I was weak." I cried, staring her straight in the eyes, not noticing the tears running down my face until she wiped them away with a tissue.

"What happened to you was not your fault, you are not a whore, and you are definitely not weak. I saw your office, you fought with every ounce of strength, and that means that you may be one hundred and thirty pounds, but you're one hundred and thirty pounds of pure strength, and if we hadn't shown up you would have died Regina. You could be dead right now, Henry would have lost his other parent, and we all would have lost a member of our family." She said carefully, only making me weep more.

"You're not broken Regina, I know you think that you are, but you're not, you're traumatized and terrified beyond belief, but you're not broken, I still see the same woman, just with ten times more strength, and just like I said before, you always have us." She said standing up, I nodded and allowed her to hug me, my weeping growing into a steady sob, her arms however making me feel somewhat relieved and safe, knowing she wouldn't bring this up ever again.

Snow White

There was a soft knock on the door and I saw my husband poking his head in, giving me an urgent nod, telling me that he needed to speak with me.

I gently rubbed her hair back and released Regina from my hug, quietly excusing myself, reassuring her that I would just be outside of the door.

"What's wrong now?" I asked tiredly, he gave me a nervous look and gripped his gun that was in the holster securely.

"Henry was kidnapped, Emma is off keeping Roland and Robyn safe and we need to go and get him." He said urgently, my eyes grew and I looked at the door where my stepmother was, my instincts telling me to stay.

"Zelena is parking her car right now and will stay with Regina." He said trying to convince me and get me out of the door, but this all seemed like a bad idea.

"David I shouldn't leave her, she trusts me." I said warily, he bit his lip and gave me an urgent look, taking my hands.

"But she trusts her sister too, but we need to save her son, so go and tell her what is going on, she will understand." He said as Zelena rushed in with a panicked face.

"WHY THE HELL DIDN'T ANYBODY CALL TO TELL ME THAT MY SISTER WAS RAPED!" She yelled at the two of us, concern filling her voice, I gripped her arm and pulled her towards the door, calming her down.

"We didn't have time, I'm sorry, but we need you to stay with her while we find Henry, now I'm just about to go in and tell her." I said cautiously, opening the door to find my friend sitting quietly with a sad look on her face, immediately hardening it when she heard the door open, relaxing when she saw me.