To the Hearts Content

A Return to the Living

To the Hearts Content

A Return to the Living

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Fire was beautiful, so very beautiful, a bit like a flower, a wild flower that was beautiful and dangerous but one that stood out from the others. Regina always liked to think that she was like fire, she was beautiful – many people have told her so – and dangerous, with had imperfections; everything she touched burned and crumbled around her, people feared her and didn't wish to get close. A tear leaked out of her eye, she was fire, fire was put out to save others; she deserved to be put out.

The tightness in her chest got a little more constricting, maybe she should take the corset off, but then it would be awkward for when the owner of the castle found her.

Regina shut her eyes, she wondered what Henry was doing, was he starting a new school? Was he moving into a new room? Was he happy? He probably was happy. For the past two years he had done nothing but reminded Regina that she was not his mother and that he wished for nothing more than for a life with the woman who gave birth to him. He had that now, he was happy with his Evil Queen in the Enchanted Forest breaking under the weight that was pressing down on her shoulders.

"You look tense," the voice was smooth but at the same time a little croaky as if the person spent years smoking... Regina chuckled at the irony.

The Queen took a swig of the wine bottle she had curled into, "No, not tense, broken," she answered before taking another deep gulp.

Maleficent sighed, "What happened now?" she asked mockingly, "Did the Charmings say something that upset you?" she mocked further.

Regina realised that perhaps she shouldn't have come to the castle, especially when she knew Mal held a lot of resentment towards her (rightfully so). She did, after all, keep the only true friend she had hidden in dragon form under a library and then let a stupid blonde go after said friend so that they could cut her stomach open and save a child that didn't love her. "Daniel is alive," she deadpanned.

Mal took a step back in shock, "Your Daniel?" she asked in a whisper.

"No, not mine anymore... he moved on," the pain in Regina's voice made Maleficent hurt.

"What do you mean?" Mal sat beside her on the other chair, Regina was curled up on the one she had always sat in when talking to Mal; she already had the blanket around her legs and the wine in her hand, occasionally taking a long swig. They've done this multiple times already, it comforted both women to know that they could still find a sense of normalcy in each other's company, even after all that had happened between them.

Regina chuckled darkly, she used her magic to pull the chair Mal was in closer to her and again used magic to make a little table appear, on it was a bottle of whiskey and two glasses, Regina frowned and made another bottle appear, this one of Tequila; she rather liked the alcohol of the other land, it may not have the same kick but it certainly tasted better.

"We're going to need this," she poured herself a shot of tequila and downed it before she started talking, "So after I reversed my dark curse that Peter Pan had cast to save Henry, my son, we appeared at a clearing in the Enchanted Forest..."

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Hours earlier

Regina only opened her eyes after all the smoke left her lungs, she wasn't a believed of any higher power such as Gods but she prayed, begged anyone who would listen that when she did open her eyes she would see Henry standing before her, or maybe she would end up in her mansion with Henry just down the hall, but none of that happened.