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The Help Makes For Powerful Lovers	By : ImagineLayla131 Category: M through R > Once Upon A Time Views: 4254 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Author's Note: The third and final chapter! Sorry if Henry seems a bit OOC (Out Of Character), I was just trying to capture his innocence and how he really is the only thing that makes Regina a good person. I hope you all enjoyed the story! I know I thoroughly enjoyed writing it! Please Read and Review :)
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATIONS WITH ONCE UPON A TIME, ALL PROPERTIES OWNED BY ABC AND KITSIS/HOROWITZ PRODUCTIONS. I ONLY OWN MY ORIGINAL STORY IDEAS, WHICH HAVE BEEN COPYRIGHTED!
Chapter Three: The Hopeful Future
Regina smiled sadly as she reverted back to the present day, only for her mind to slip into a more recent memory, the last time she would ever see Daniel.
It was a couple months ago, when Dr. Whale had sneaken into her family mausoleum, stealing Daniel's body and one of the hearts from her vast collection. The demented doctor had succeeded in bringing him back to life, but it wasn't Daniel, it was a horrific science project. Thank goodness her and David had arrived at the stables in the nick of time to save Henry from Daniel's death grip, who had mistaken the boy for her mother. David would have nearly shot Daniel when he tried to escape from the stable they had him sealed in if Regina hadn't pleaded to speak with him, convincing David to look after Henry instead. Once he left, Regina opened the doors, only to be met with raging eyes of fury as Daniel charged forward, unable to recognize her.
"Daniel!" she shouted, but couldn't get another word out, for Daniel had clamped his hands around her neck, lifting her off the ground. "It's me, Regina." she coughed out to no avail, nothing was getting through to him. Hands that once lovingly caressed her body were now vengefully trying to choke the life out of her. She decided to declare her love with what was to be her last breath. "I love you." she choked and closed her eyes, waiting for him to finish her off, when the choking stopped. Daniel's eyes softened, and he released her from his grip.
"Regina?" He gasped.
"Yes!" She exclaimed with a nod. They quickly embraced as Regina was about to cry tears of joy, only for Daniel to let out a strident scream. "Daniel! What's wrong?!" She was worried that she was going to lose him again.
"The pain, it's unbearable and I can't take it! Please, please make it go away, Regina!" He shouted, continuing to wince in agony.
"NO!" Regina shouted. "I can't lose you again, Daniel! I can't continue to go on. Without you, my life is dark and desolate, exactly what I told you that night in the field. I love you more than you could begin to fathom." She desperately begged, hoping that he declaration of love would spark hope in him to stay alive. Thinking back on this heartache brought tears to Regina's eyes. She had cried so much, been in so much pain.
"Then love again."
His final words before she had put him out of his misery echoed as if they had been emitted from a steel triangle. She had finally had it, the thing that she wanted more than anything in the past 40 years- her Daniel. He had been there in the flesh, for a brief moment Except , it wasn't entirely him. Even if he had recovered from the damage of Dr. Whale's botched up revival, it wasn't HER Daniel. Not the Daniel that she knew all those years ago, back when her only troubles were from her mother. Perhaps if she had simply abandoned tea time to go on the picnic at Firefly Hill, she never would have heard Snow White's cries for help upon her horse. By chance the whole event wouldn't have happened at all. Her and Daniel could have made a clean getaway, and live the life they desired with one another. The curse never would have even been thought of. Aside from what she wanted, it hadn't been how things came to light. Cora had always managed to get on Regina's nerves, but she had assumed that that's how all mothers were, and only did that out of love for their children. She had been so convincing in the blessing she gave to her and Daniel, Regina finally felt at peace. A peace that had become short lived in a matter of seconds. Her love, future, and happiness, all had been literally crushed by her mother in an act of greedy selfishness. Having to watch the horrifying act of Cora ripping Daniel's heart out and crumbling it to dust had forever traumatized Regina. When her mother appeared in Storybrooke, after all that time, she still had failed to show even a shred of remorse for her heinous crime. For in her mind, Cora was saving her daughter from a lower class life with the stable boy when she deserved to be a high class queen in a palace, just like Cora almost had for herself.
"Mom? Mom? Are you home?"
Regina was interrupted from her thoughts by the sound of a familiar voice. It was Henry, but what was he doing here?
"Henry? Yes, I'm here!" She got up, attempting to smile as she wiped the couple of tears that had managed to escape from her eyes, making her way down to the foyer to greet him. "What are you doing home? Aren't you supposed to be at Mary Margaret's with David and Emma?" she questioned.
"I am, I'm merely back to get some pajamas and light sabers." Henry said, as he climbed up the stairs. Regina wished that he had been staying, the house had grown quite lonely without his presence.
"How has your day been?" She asked, attempting to find out how things were going.
"Awesome!" Henry shouted from his room. "We're having an indoor camp out! Emma and Mary Margaret made a HUGE tent throughout the entire loft with all the blankets, sheets, and pillows. There was a marathon of the black and white episodes of The Walking Dead on AMC." Henry started making his way down the stairs as he continued. "David and Emma were arguing about who was a better leader, Rick Grimes or Daryl Dixion. Gramps says Rick because of his prior cop experience and protective intuition, Emma says Daryl because of his natural bad assery and bold demeanor, but Grams said that Heisenberg would out-beat both of them. They looked kind of shocked that Mary Margaret was a secret Breaking Bad fan." He chuckled.
How she had missed his smile, his laugh. "I suppose she is tougher than she looks." Regina replied with a short laugh.
"I'll say." he said. "Anyways, Ruby came by to drop off her Star Wars DVD Box Set, and we decided we wanted some pizza from Granny's and s'mores. I remembered that I had left some things here, so I asked if it was ok to go with Ruby to get the pizza and s'mores ingredients and stop by here on the way. Besides, I think Gramps is scared that I'll own him in a light saber match." He had spoken so fast that he was out of breathe, which Regina couldn't help but smile over how he had managed to still keep a part of his cute innocence in tact.
"That all sounds like a lot of fun. Sweetheart, I know you don't fully regard me as your mother anymore, but please be careful when you watch those sorts of programs. They could give you terrible nightmares! Don't be frightened by the zombies, it's all an stunningly grotesque makeup application and no animals are really harmed. I also don't think you should be watching a show about drugs either." She stated, a part of her still acting like his parent even though she had been practically deprived of the privilege.
Henry found this quite amusing and funny. "Mom, after reading the entire story book, The Walkers are like something out of an old school Nickelodeon cartoon. We weren't watching Breaking Bad though. Plus, don't sell yourself short. I'll always regard you as my mother, you're just not my only mother. I have two now, so I consider myself a pretty lucky kid." Regina was shocked and touched over his words. He still loves me. I'm not alone after all. She thought to herself, only for the heartfelt moment to be cut short by the honking of Ruby's car. She was a wolf, after all, they didn't have the best patience. "I should probably go, Ruby's waiting. I'll see you around though?" Henry asked. "Maybe we could do dinner sometime?" Her heart began to flutter with happiness that she almost couldn't respond.
"Um, sure. I'd love that very much." Regina replied. Henry beamed as he ran towards her mom and gave her a huge hug. Further shocked, Regina returned the embrace, holding on as long as she could. It seemed like the last time they had shared a moment as loving as this one was ages ago. Henry released from the hug and looked up at his mom. "Bye, Mom. I love you. Have a nice night!" He bolted out the door with that.
"Bye, Henry! I love you, too. Stay dry!" She shouted as she watched him getting into Ruby's car. He waved at her and she waved back before Ruby started the car and drove out of sight.
Henry's visit certainly had brightened Regina's mood on this dark day. Despite being with his newly reunited family and every single horrible act she had committed to keep them all apart, she still had the love of her son. Her little boy that she had raised on her own for the past 11 1/2 years. Of course, Regina had failed miserably in keeping him with her. Nevertheless, she would take whatever opportunity, big or small, that presented itself in spending time with Henry, with hopes that visits would become more frequent.
She had no idea what the hell the future held, what magical manipulation Rumplestiltskin or Hook would concoct to take Fairytale Land for their own. She didn't even know if she'd find another man, in this life or another, but she did know that her heart had already begun to heal on it's own..
Daniel was and would always be her first love. A first love is always the most memorable and the one that shapes every love after it. Nothing was going to change that. Even though he was long gone, she still held him near, and he would want her to be happy. "Maybe, just maybe, one day…" Regina thought to herself.
"I will love again."
THE END
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