My Little Swan

The castle

"So predictable my little swan." Regina teased as she climbed up onto the roof of the 'castle' by the water. Emma looked over at her and sighed "only predictable to you Mills." She said quietly and Regina shook her head with a small laugh.

The young blonde though, didn't laugh, her gaze cast back out over the water, watching the wave hit the shore line. Both girls stayed completely silent as Regina tried to figure out what exactly to say. When Emma got into it with her parents there was nothing you could say.

"Do you have your knife?" Regina asked quietly and Emma reached into her pocket pulling out the pocket knife Regina's father had give Emma and she smiled reaching over and taking it. She popped the blade open and moved over a bit and she ran the tip of the knife gently over the roof of the castle until the shape of a heart appeared and she kept doing it making it deeper.

Emma turned her gaze away from the water to watch what Regina was doing. Her eyes held curiosity and Regina glanced up at her. "I think this is one place i won't say no to defacing public property.." she said and Emma cracked a smile. After Regina was finished with the heart she carved their initials into it and she looked up into the blonde green eyes.

"No matter what you go through with your parents, remember I love you." Regina said quietly and Emma's face turned a nice cherry red.

"I love you too Gina."
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Regina was disgusted by the things she'd read in Emma's file. The blonde had gone through all of this.. and yet she still was this kind, compassionate, living woman.

She felt the need to empty her stomach contents as she read the words sexual assault over and over. Emma has been in 14 different homes between the ages 11-18. How on earth...
The pictures that went along with Emma's file made tears fall down her face. She'd been so hurt, so many times, by so many people... how could anyone do this to a child. How could anyone do this to her Emma.

It had been around an hour since Emma left and Regina knew the blonde needed space, after all these years she still remembered how Emma was with her parents.

After she had left she called her mother and it didn't take long to have Emma's filed found and faxed to the local police station.
So there Regina was, sitting at the kitchen table at their family home staring at these pages. She couldn't understand how Snow could do this to Emma, how the kind woman she used to babysit for was actually cruel and hateful. She felt so guilty for inviting the woman for breakfast, though she didn't know, she should have asked Emma.

Before Regina was registering what she was doing she was up out of her seat and she groaned her keys to drive to the once place she knew Emma would be.
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Emma sat up on top of the castle near the water's edge as tears fell down her cheeks, her mind kept replaying the scene over and over again. It was one thing to get a letter and read those words, it was a whole new thing to have her mother say them to her. To hear the ice in her tone and see the hatred in her eyes.

Emma's eyes closed tightly as she tried to make herself calm down. She was glad no one came after her because no one needed to see her breakdown this way, especially Regina. She would have so much to explain to the brunette...she just couldn't do right now.

About an hour passed and Emma's tears finally subsided, her expression was blank as she set her gaze upon the seemingly unchanging water. The sound of the tide hitting the shore always calmed her and she laid back and closed her eyes.

Now even ten minutes later Regina pulled up and parked her car. Her gaze traveled up to the top of the tower and she shook her head softly with a small smile on her face. The blonde had always been very predictable to Regina and apparently that hadn't changed.