Notes

People thought it was simply because Regina had lost someone so dear to her, because a child could not hold her mouth shut, that caused her to change into a darker person. Evil was never that simple. Regina was still a sensitive person even after Daniel's death, and even through appearing to Rumplestiltskin. She would never harm anything, until she met Jefferson who told her about a man who used science to revive the dead. Frankenstein, as he was called had failed the task to resuscitate Daniel, which caused her to lose her fate, and tipped her over the edge enough to be manipulated by Rumplestiltskin. That was the true story and reason she became the woman who many feared today. Regina faced herself each passing hour, knowing herself as the cause for sorrow and fright in the people of the land. If anyone were to question who fitted as the conformable queen, that would be Regina, the one who took after the former Queen's throne. The queen well-suited for the people's well being, would have to be Snow White. Regina claimed herself as an unfit person to concern herself with anyone else's wishes and needs.

Regina, on her morning rounds to find herself another shot at this Snow White, travelled the lands in her black carriage. Coming to a brief pause, she rolled her eyes as the ride stopped. "What is it now?" Her tongue tainted with derision, as she finally sighed and rose from her corner, opening the door. Upon stepping to the ground then watching the young woman to question her so foolishly, a light snicker vibrated off her lips. Her eyes paced themselves along the way, "What I want dear, is something far worse then your faint heart can accomplish." Regina disclosed in relation to the truth she had known. An arm waved bended at the elbow in an upward position as the other clung to her waist. Regina only willed for one purpose, that contained Snow's head and a platter. "First, I would like to know why you are following me." Her teeth clenched and her feet fell into place a couple inches from the girl. "So, dear?" Regina briefly set a smile across her lips, which disappeared in spite of her next hand grabbing her waist. She waited for an answer, eager to hear that Snow was the person behind the pathetic espionage.

"Well, well my dear. Telling tall tales to free yourself from my dark Knights? Possibly clever in the face of a peasant, not so smart in the company of someone such as myself." Regina replies casually toward the woman's claim to be Daniel's child more than her not knowing about Snow's location. "Now, I will ask one more time... where is Snow White?" Her tone now bitter as her voice came forth in a husked vibration. Regina denied anyone the right to stall with her, let alone deceive her when she questioned them. She knew that this young girl knew the whereabouts of her stepdaughter. She gritted her teeth, making it apparent of her irritancy with the situation. Regina glared on her for a moment, considering to have them release her when she suddenly caught sight of the men being thrown across the forest. She gulped down and took a step back once the flame rose, then calmed herself and sighed when the girl was seized and the fire disappeared. "Where did you get that magic?" Her glowing charcoal gaze rising with curiosity while she rubbed a tooth against her lower lip to control her anger.