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SPOOKYOQ DAY THREE - BATS

Robin

I watched as the dark one dagger clattered against the wet asphalt, the black wind of evil repelling Emma back into her parents, sucking the love of my life into it, only leaving that dagger.

Regina Mills

The script looked almost unholy spelling out her name, causing panic to set in. "Where did she go?!" I demanded, carefully lifting it into my hands, fully aware that I was now holding all of her power.

"I-I don't know, but we have to find a way to stop the darkness from getting to the town!" Emma cried, making me grumble and stomp towards the blonde.

"It's all gone! The darkness is inside Regina, nobody else is getting hurt, all you need to do is put in some effort and find her!" I cried, making the group back up to give me some air.

"Robin, it's going to be okay. We just need to work together to find her. She's probably confused and scared somewhere." Henry mediated, stepping between me and his blonde mother, who seemed just as shaken up.

"I'll go look near her mausoleum, Robin, you and Snow take the forest, and Emma, Hook, and David will take the beach." Henry delegated, all of us nodding in agreement before racing off to our respective locations.

Snow dashed off into the thicket and left me to myself in the forest, the crunching of the leaves comforting my worried mind.

"Regina! Regina just come out here! I won't hurt you, I promise." I yelled, a cold gust of wind blowing against my skin, goosebumps prickling my neck.

"Robin." The wind whispered, making me drop my bow and arrow and fall to my knees, my head reeling.

"Regina!!" I cried again, a bat flapping around violently, multiplying rapidly as they began to surround me.

Suddenly black smoke began to fill the air, revealing my soulmate. Her dark hair which was once cut to her shoulder blades now flowed down her back, in dark curls that spiraled in voluminous layers. Her brown eyes were encircled with dark black makeup, contrasting with her pale, porcelain skin. Her simple outfit was now traded out with a heavy, black, snakeskin gown.

"Robin." Her breath coming out as a haunting whisper, her strides turning into glides as she moved towards me.

"You can't be here. Nobody can be here." She frowned, holding her hand out which now held her dagger, something she had swiped without my knowledge.

"Regina, come home. We can fix this." I begged, scooting forward but she deflected, swiftly flying forward to tackle me to the ground, her icy hands wrapping around my jugular.

"No. I said leave." She threatened, but I gently reached my hands up her shoulders, rubbing them softly.

"Just relax, just let this pass." I urged, watching the conflicting darkness flicker back and forth in her dark eyes. "I'm dangerous." She shuddered, petrified tears streaming down her face as she raised her hand to dissipate into a cloud of darkness, but I carefully cupped her hand and held it in my own.

"No, but we can get this darkness out of you." I assured her, watching her eyes drop with terror  as she thought back about the darkness that she had battled with for so long. 

"Maybe this is just who I am meant to be. I fought it for so long, and now this happened. That darkness wanted me for a reason, maybe I'm just meant to be like this. Villains don't get happy endings." She whispered, staring off into the distance, her heart physically breaking before my very eyes.

"Regina, you are still the same woman that I fell in love with. The Queen was the woman that enticed me because I saw that she had so much love to give, but sometimes she just gets confused about how to show it, and it can be perceived as darkness. You are no different than the woman I fell in love with." I explained, watching as she tried to blink away any evidence of tears.

"I'm unpredictable. I hurt Henry when I was evil, I made him think he was crazy and I drove him away! Robin, I was so blinded by my own darkness, I almost killed my own son!" She exclaimed, her tears running down her cheeks, keeping her makeup perfectly intact.

"What are you talking about?" I asked carefully, watching her drop her gaze as she shook her head at me in shame.

"Emma wouldn't leave. I tried everything, and I thought my only option was to kill her. I got the Apple that I used to poison Snow, and I made a turnover. Henry wanted to prove a point to her about magic and somehow got his hands on it- Magic was different and his heart stopped. He was dead and it was my fault! What if I let myself do that again!" She sobbed, shame filling her tone as she shot an angry fireball at the forest.

"You won't. You have your family here to make sure that this darkness is destroyed, and that you don't do anything that you regret. But I already know you, Regina. You've grown, and you aren't the person who made a poisoned dessert for the savior, and that changed person is still inside you, fighting the darkness. We've seen how hard you've worked, and we won't let your efforts be in vain." I vowed, scooting closer to my weeping girlfriend.

"Plus, you have me. I will never give up on you, and I will fight for you until the day I die. You never have to worry about being alone in this, because I'll fight for you, I will always be there to support you. I know it's still the same you that I fell in love with." I whispered, taking her smoothie hand into mine, rubbing my thumb across the top of it.

"I still love you. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to after this, but you still got it, thief." She smirked, running her fingers through my hair, her other hand dropping to my lap.

I gasped and ran my hand under the thick and heavy snakeskin fabric, rubbing it against her smooth leg, our lips dancing under the full moon.

"We will destroy the darkness, but I have to say, I can get used to this."