A Curse that can't be Broken

Second Chance Angel

The next morning Regina awoke to such a familiar smell. Her old room in her old castle. But things were much different now. It all wasn't just hers anymore. She sat up and looked around to find Uther sleeping on the couch across the room. He did not look comfortable, but it served him right. Trying to kill her son. She wouldn't stand for it.

As she went to get out of bed she quickly noticed what she was wearing. She didn't really want him to see her in her sleep wear, she had only just met the guy. With a wave of her hand and puff of purple smoke, her clothing changed. Feeling better about how she was dressed she slipped off the side of the bed and made her way to her vanity.

She sat down and looked over her things. Perfumes and jewelry clustered in an orderly fashion. She reached out for one of the bottles and popped the top off. The smell touched her nose bringing back memories from when she use to rule the kingdom.

She paused when she noticed something mixed in with her bracelets. She reached for it and picked up the bracelet in hand. It looked like a child had made it. The beads were cheap and it was put together in a messy fashion. As she played with the beads a bit, she noticed letters on them. 'I 3 Mommy' were carved into the beads.

She smiled as she held the bracelet. She couldn't say why, but it touched her heart so deeply that she didn't even noticed Uther waking up.

Uther rolled over and was quick to spot Regina at her vanity, looking at something. He slowly got up and made his way over to her. Looking over her shoulder he spotted the bracelet. "Which one made that?" he asked.

Regina jumped as she was startled by him. "I'm not sure." She hissed. "But it's none of your business as you don't seem to like either of them." She stated as she quickly placed the bracelet on her wrist.

She got up and went to move away from him only for him to be standing in her way. He went to move out of her way just as she went to move around him. The two were stuck in the little pattered for a moment until Regina got feed up. "Don't." she pointed at him. "move." she added as she side stepped around him.

Once past him she started to make her way to the door.

"I didn't say I hated both of them." Uther called out to her.

Regina turned around.

"The girl seems alright..." He admitted.

Regina narrowed her eyes at this.

She was about to say something when the doors to her room busted open and a little Edith covered in mud rushed into the room. "I did it! I did it!" She called out as she ran past Regina and straight for Uther.

"Speak of the devil." Uther gave a mocking look to Regina. He knelled down as Edith came to a startling halt in front of him. "And what did you do?" He asked looking her over. "I'm sure this involves mud." He sounded very amused as he placed a fist under his chin. Edith laughed as she twisted her fingers together.

The pure smile on her face made him smile as he waited her answer. But he was quick to notice this and changed the look on his face to a serious one.

"I woke up Coal." Edith giggled.

Uther looked to Regina and then back to Edith. "With mud?" he asked. This time he couldn't hide his amusement. "Please tell me with mud." Uther encouraged.

Edith snickered as she tried to hold back her laugh.

"She woke him up with mud." Uther turned to Regina with bright eyes as he stood up and picked up Edith into his arms. He walked over to Regina and stopped about a foot away from her. "I'll play along for now." he glanced to the muddy Edith before turning back to Regina. He leaned in "this might be more fun than just killing him." He whispered into her ear. He then gave her a peck on the check before heading for the door. "I love you darling!" He called back.