Over the Rainbow

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A Saviour’s Answers | Zelena & Emma

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Things had been slow. Which was objectively good, but in practice was super boring. Not that she was complaining. Boring was an excuse for donut runs. And if you asked Emma, any excuse to tackle a box of donuts wasn’t all bad. Even if her reading material was old cases she couldn’t quite remember filing. 

Maybe Storybrooke wasn’t as boring as everyone liked to claim? Or maybe Emma needed to catch a few more zzz’s every now and then. 

Whatever. 

She had a mouthful of bear claw when she heard the approaching footsteps and the voice which followed shortly after. Well, this was embarrassing. Storybrooke’s finest – mouth too full of sweet pastry to respond, tax payer’s money hard at work. 

“Umph,” came the first sound, and after some quick chewing she called out a muffled, “in here,” from her office. She dropped the half eaten donut back in the box, closing the lid to hide the evidence as she chewed and swallowed her bite. 

Relieved that Emma was in the room, Zelena decided to press confidently onward and walk into the Sheriff's office.

She made eye contact with Emma, hoping perhaps she’d remember, but it wasn’t looking promising. With all the pastries scattered about the desk, Zelena got the vibe things were rather slow here in the cursed land of Storybrooke. But she wouldn’t give up so soon.

“You’re...Sheriff Swan? I’m Zelena, I think we’ve met before, haven’t we?”

“Please remember me, please SOMEONE know who I am...” Zelena thought to herself. In her mind she was trying to prepare for any answer possible, hoping only if Emma had fake memories of Zelena, they were either null and void or at least some type of neutral.

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Familiar Faces | Robin & Zelena

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He looked at the redhead and nodded his head again. “Aye, yeah. I’ve already seen Regina and our daughter.” He had run into them the day before at the grocery store while getting things for Roland’s lunches. 

He didn’t know what exactly she remembered, but he knew she had been working with the Evil Queen last he knew. He looked at the woman. “Oh, you misunderstood me, Zelena. I am her Robin. Don’t ask how, I don’t have a bloody clue.”

He wrung his hands together, sliding them into his pockets a moment later. He wondered who had cast the curse or why they had taken Robin away from her mother. Granted, if he was honest with himself, he’d always wished Regina was her mum. “That’s my plan. I asked her out last night when I ran into her and Robin at the grocery store….still a bit odd to say my own name.” The last part was more to himself than to her. 

“But true loves kiss would only work if she was in love with me too. So I plan to woo her and make her fall in love with me again. To answer your question, no I don’t know who did this.” He sighed again. “Perhaps we should work together to try and solve it.” That was something he’d never imagined himself saying.

“You mean, you’re you? The Robin who died?” Zelena said irritantly, almost as if part of her wasn’t surprised. “Well, this curse just got a lot more interesting.” 

There was a split second in Zelena’s head where she was reminded of the last time she saw Robin-- the moment he was shattered by Hades with the olympian crystal. The moment passed quickly and she chose not to think about it any longer. With him being alive now, there were more pressing things. 

“You haven’t met anyone else who isn’t cursed, have you? Maybe someone who remembers how exactly this happened, because I haven’t got a clue.” 

Zelena thought hard trying to remember the last thing she remembered before becoming cursed, but it wasn’t coming to her. Luckily so far she hadn’t encountered anyone out of the norm, which meant the perpetrator hadn’t shown themselves. Zelena wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not. 

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A Saviour’s Answers | Zelena & Emma

Zelena’s quest for discovery within the town brought her, logically, to the only place, and the only person left, thatcould offer any sort of insight into what was happening in this cursed town. The Saviour. 

If anyone was familiar with breaking curses, it was Emma Swan. She’d accomplished many, even aiding in the one that Zelena dipped her toe into many years ago. But now that was in the past, and though Zelena’s relationship with Emma swan was rocky, at least it was awful. That is, if The Saviour even remembered who Zelena was. 

Zelena went into the sheriff's office, the one place she figured she could at least get a clue as to where Emma was. And even if Emma wasn’t the sheriff after all, it was worth knowing who was calling the shots around town. 

When she first walked into the office, she walked slowly and began speaking softly. “Hello...? Em--...um...sheriff? Is there anybody here...?

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The Nightmare

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regalxmills:

Once again this morning, Regina’s impatient nature was put to test as she waited to hear what could possibly be Zelena’s explanation this time.

But here was something she did not expect.

Her secretary had a daughter. She’d known the woman for so long and only now did Regina realize she knew nothing about her. Not that she ever cared enough to bother, but hearing Zelena had a daughter once, whom she last saw when she was as young as Robin… 

Regina took the moment of silence to look at the woman–really looking at and examining her like a hawk as Zelena looked down at Robin. There was genuine concern that left no doubt in Regina’s heart: Zelena really was a mother, she wasn’t trying to get herself out of troubles with a bluff. And within split seconds, Regina’s entire facade dropped.

“I’m–Zelena, I’m sorry, I had no idea…”

Regina’s gazed dropped to her daughter in her arms and out of an instinct, she tightened her grip on her. She was ever so thankful to have her child, to love and have her love in return– it was impossible to imagine the loss Zelena had to go through. She couldn’t bear the thought of a life without her Robin.

“But I do want to hear.” The words came out of her mouth before she even knew it, but in that moment, Regina realized she truly meant them. “If–if you want someone to talk to.”

In a spark of relief, Zelena felt a light touch in her heart from the Regina that she knew was somewhere deep down there. An act of humility that the Evil Queen would never had done, but Regina would. Her sister was there somewhere. 

Still, Zelena wasn’t sure how to respond. If she answered with the truth, she’d look like a fool, but if she continued the lie, it wouldn’t feel right. So she decided to dodge the question. 

“It’s alright. In all honestly, when I’m around Robin, I...don’t even think about it, really. She’s a lot like her. So I guess that’s why I...offered to help.” 

Zelena took one more look down at Robin. She decided to let her hold her finger once more, since Regina was no longer protective of it. Looking into her eyes, Zelena felt that her daughter herself had not been cursed, and still in her heart was with her mother. Even if she could say it, she didn’t need to, because she felt it in every part of her being. 

“She’s a beautiful girl. You’re quite lucky to have her.” 

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Familiar Faces | Robin & Zelena

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Robin had a few more hours before his son got out of school. He had to secure the cabin that he’d informed Malef…Mallory he could go to now that she was taking his home away. However, he hoped that the blonde would get rid of his debt knowing that it was part of the curse. Once the curse broke that it, if it ever broke. He had just put the boxes in his truck, the forestry truck, when he’d decided he should probably grab himself some lunch. 

He was walking past town hall, heading for Grannys. His mind was on his children. Both Robin and Roland. His son, he knew, was safe at school for at least three more hours. His daughter, however, he wished he could see more. Perhaps it was selfish of him to try and woo Regina for the sole purpose of breaking this curse.  Well, not the sole purpose. He wanted to be with her as well. He loved her. 

He wasn’t paying attention to where he was walking. He accidentally bumped into someone and turned to say sorry. “Bloody hell, I’m sor….” She looked startled to see him, so that gave him pause. “Zelena?”

He looked at Zelena. “For the love of God, please tell me you’re not cursed.” If she was, well, she’d probably have him committed. He’d probably have to pretend to be drunk and delusional. If she was awake, however, maybe he would find an ally in her. 

Zelena paused for a good cushioning silence to process what Robin had said to him. She’d finally heard the word “curse” spoken outloud. She was overjoyed, but at the same time, confused beyond belief. 

“Oh thank god, finally someone who’s normal.”

Though she had a thousand questions, Zelena wasn’t going to start bombarding Robin with inquiries just yet. First she had to figure what it was that Robin remembered, because with all the strange shenanigans that had been going on with duplicates and doppelgangers, she didn’t want to trust him just yet. 

“I’m not cursed. But Regina is.” 

By Zelena’s last recollection of Robin, he wasn’t the man she’d previously had a child with. That Robin died on a day that Zelena would work the rest of her life to try and forget. But meanwhile, a different Robin from another realm had found his way into Storybrooke and made everyone confused out of their minds. Zelena included. Though her strife with the forest dweller began and ended when he told her he had no interest in trying to claim a right to her daughter. 

“Do you have any idea why the town is like this? Or who did this? It’s a shame you aren’t the Robin I used to know because if you were you could just kiss Regina and get us all out of this mess.” 

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Familiar Faces | Robin & Zelena

The door to the mayor’s office closed. Zelena walked away, pained by the fact she was leaving her infant daughter behind. Though it comforted her knowing she was in safe hands, it didn’t make it any easier having someone else be her mother. She knew how Regina had acted in her time as Storybrooke’s mayor in her own dark curse, but this Regina seemed different, or at the very least far less evil. And with Robin being a mere baby, she didn’t need to worry about her developing any horrific mental scars from a young age. 

The only goal now, was to figure out what was going on. 

Zelena had left the office with a mundane job at hand, but she had little interest in doing that first. Right now she wanted to investigate this strange cursed town that had been created over night, and at least find some clues as to whom actually casted it. Or even better, find at least one other person who remembers the truth about who they are. Zelena couldn’t be the only one. She just couldn’t. 

As Zelena was walking, she was suddenly jerked backwards as her shoulder collided with another pedestrian and made them both lose their focus. She’d been so zoned out she hadn’t even noticed someone had been walking past her. 

“Oh come on, watch where you’re--” 

And then she looked at the man she’d bumped into. And suddenly, her mind turned to ice, as if she’d just seen a ghost. 

“...Robin?” 

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The Nightmare

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regalxmills:

There was a long beat before anyone spoke again; a pause Regina would usually fill with more scolding at her useless secretary any other day. But something was different today.

The mayor, still caught up in her previous thoughts, nearly missed Zelena’s apology. It wasn’t something she’d hear often from her, at least not one that sounded almost sincere. It almost–but just almost–made Regina feel bad about the way she was treating the woman.

She rolled her eyes. If her secretary, the only person who was supposed to make her work easier, was about to start a new trend and show up late at the office, drunk and hangovered, and just expected her boss to brush it off–she was dead wrong.

“Let me tell you what I don’t need.” Regina’s voice was finally strong enough not to quiver. “For starters, I don’t need your apologies, Miss Green. And second, I don’t need you to take care of my child.” She paused, looking straight into Zelena’s eyes without even blinking, making sure her message was clear enough.

Her gut was telling her there was more to what Zelena was saying, though. She’d never imagined, not even in her wildest dreams, that her secretary would be asking for anything like that. Both women kept their private lives private for as long as she could remember. Getting involved with her boss’s personal affairs was never on Zelena’s agenda.

“What is the sudden interest in my daughter, Zelena? First, you’re storming into my office so concerned about her well being, and now you offer to babysit?”

Zelena’s mind raced a million miles a minute trying to figure out what to say next. She once again had to come up with something fast, or else she’d look like a bold face liar. It was the cruel paradox of the curse, making Zelena a liar for both telling the truth and by hiding it. 

She quickly came up with a reason that would make sense for her. From that point forward, she would have to devise her own cursed-self. If the curse wasn’t going to give her one, she needed her own, or else things would go sour quickly. So she crunched her fists and spoke as confidently as her feelings could muster. 

“Maybe I never told you this, but I used to have a daughter myself. The last time I saw her she was Robin’s age. Then I wasn’t able to see her again. But I’m sure you don’t want to hear about that.” 

Zelena looked down at Robin once more. She couldn’t give her a proper goodbye, but she hoped at least that a touch of her finger would let her know that mummy would be there. It pained her to not be able to hold her anymore, but even though Regina was cursed, Zelena knew she would take care of her. 

“Right, well...I suppose I’ll just get back to work. Unless there’s anything else you need.” 

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The Nightmare

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regalxmills: 

Regina cradled Robin in her arms, rocking her back to sleep as Zelena kept babbling. She always had a short temper for the woman, but it seemed as if it was extremely short today.

Zelena started to sound like a crazy woman now, once again asking her to remember–remember what? Her yesterday was no different than any other day in town: dull as always at work, and ended with a quality time with her daughter at home. Why would Zelena ask about yesterday, of all days?

Regina had no idea why she was even wasting her time on trying to make sense of the situation. But maybe, just maybe, if she played along, Zelena would be able to sit back, do her job and forget this conversation ever happened. She could only hope it would be as simple as that.

She took a deep breath and rolled her eyes. The mayor was almost tempted to fire the woman on the spot and put the biggest distance between her and her family.

“Yesterday was just a normal day at the office, Miss Green. You showed up to do your job, which clearly, you are not doing right now,” she remarked. “We ended our day going over the town’s funds and then I went home with my daughter.”

Something tingled inside her as she spoke though, and Regina stilled her movements, gaping at nothing in particular with her daughter fast asleep in her arms now.

It didn’t sound right. Even though Regina was certain this was exactly what she did the other day–what she did nearly every day.

“If you’ve blacked out at The Rabbit Hole later, or… wherever… it is hardly my concern,” she added, voice quivering as she attempted to cover for her confusion with her sass.

Regina was hesitating, and Zelena could tell. It was just the nature of the curse. She’d been a manipulator in her own dark curse far back, and knew that love and strong powerful memories could be so easily erased by any magic. She knew Regina would remember her deep down, but it wasn’t going to come out. Not without some kind of magical push, which wasn’t happening if the town had lost its magic once again. 

Getting back to the facts, Zelena put two and two together and learned that she was working for Regina as her secretary. At first Zelena didn’t understand why this would be her punishment, until she looked once again into the eyes of her child. Then it all made sense to her. The reason she had her memories--the reason she still had love for her baby--was to isolate her. Not only did Zelena just lose one chance at love, but now she was faced with the toughest challenge of all--being so close to her daughter, but unable to do anything about it. The curse was going to try and break her. 

After a moment of pause, Zelena realized she hadn’t said anything to Regina and was continuing to make a bad impression. So she answered shortly, “Right...the..Rabbit Hole. That’s where I was. Guess I’ve had too much to drink. Sorry, madam mayor.” 

Saying those words hurt. Zelena hated backing down to the curse, unable to do anything about it.  But it was the only thing she could do. Unless she wanted to spend more time locked up in the hospital, she would have to pay her cards right. Luckily, she’d done it before in Storybrooke, and she could do it again. 

“If there’s anything you need me to do, just ask. Sorting out files, making calls, or...whatever. Maybe I could even...look after Robin?”

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The Nightmare

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regalxmills:

Regina looked up from her desk, flinching as her eyes met the rather anxious red-headed, who just barged into her office unannounced.

She’d never seen her this hasty, at least not that the mayor remembered, and she was certainly never that chatty before. The woman’s vomit of words made absolutely no sense, and Regina could do nothing but frown, trying to find some sense in the middle of this nonsense.

When she paused, Regina followed the woman’s gaze that fell upon her daughter’s cradle, and not even a second later she was up on her feet next to the baby.

“What the hell are you talking about? Of course I remember,” she said, carefully picking Robin up before the other woman had the chance to reach for her. Regina held her daughter close, soothing her as she started to squirm from being woken up abruptly.

“It seems as if you’re the one who forgot, Miss Green.”

There was a long beat in which Regina simply looked at the woman, as she slowly took a few steps back behind her desk to keep the distance between the two.

For no apparent reason, she never liked the woman. And as if Regina needed any validation for her despise, Zelena just gave her one. Not only was she late, but now she was talking nonsense about her child too? As if Regina would ever be that irresponsible to let anything happen to her daughter, of course she had her. She’d brought her along to work on a daily basis. But why would Zelena Green even care?

“You’d better have a damn good excuse for barging into my office at this hour. You were supposed to be here hours ago but instead, I’m the one doing all this paperwork!” She shot, taking hold of the pile of papers in front of her and handing it to Zelena.

“And the next time you try to imply anything about my parenting skills, Greenie,” Regina hissed through her teeth, warning her, “You wouldn’t be so lucky to still keep this job.”

Zelena had a quick moment of relief when Regina first responded to her. She was so happy to not be in too deep within the curse by herself. But all of that faded the moment her once friendly sister uttered the words “Miss Green”

Zelena froze. As soon as Regina looked into her eyes, she knew all she needed to know. It was the same look she gave her when she appeared in the underworld. It wasn’t happy. It had no sister-ly love. And it stung, hard.

And then Regina swiped Robin away, an act that only a defending parent would do. Heck, Zelena would probably do it herself if even Regina tried to grab her that quickly. But just the fact she was doing it in the first place planted a knife so deep into her gut it felt like she had internal bleeding.  

Quickly, Zelena attempted to wrap her head around the facts Regina had just let out for her. Apparently Zelena worked for her, and she had paperwork to do. She tried to decipher if it was all some kind of code, as if Regina wasn’t free to speak, and needed Zelena to catch on that she really did have her memories. But at this point, she was likely just grasping at straws. 

Still, that didn’t stop her from trying. 

“R-Regina, please...you have to remember. Something--anything--” but Zelena stopped herself from pressing further. If Regina did lose her memories, she would only make it worse by sounding like a lunatic in front of her. So she tried to play around it. “What...exactly do you remember about, um...yesterday! Right, yesterday. What happened yesterday? Can you tell me?” 

It was an odd question, but if things went as planned, Regina could reveal some insight to what her cursed brain had infected her with. And, hopefully, Zelena could get some kind of sense on the word she was being trapped in...and why Robin no longer belonged to her. 

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The Nightmare

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regalxmills:

Being a new mother wasn’t easy. Being a new single-mother with such a demanding job certainly was no picnic. Regina thought she could handle the pressure and chaos that naturally came as a mayor– that, in addition to an infant child in the picture. It’s been several months and she was still trying to find the balance between her personal and professional lives. And yet she never looked back and regretted the decision to adopt. Not for a second.

She couldn’t remember her life before little Robin arrived. For the first time in a very long time, her heart was full. Full of love, joy. Happiness. She felt complete.

Regina never though there was something missing in her life. Not even when she was consumed with work, which inevitably caused her to have very little time to socialize (unless, of course, it was work-related). Her life was pretty good, normal and fulfilling if you asked her. She never needed anything or anyone to be happy, but the decision to adopt came very naturally to her. The mayor always wanted a child and as she grew older (and was still very much single these days), that thought crossed her mind more than once–always with the same conclusion: if she could help an orphan child and become the mother they deserved, she’d be more than happy to do so.

Despite the hardships and sleepless nights, every moment was a blessing.

Something was different today, though. As she woke up, Regina realized it was morning. And it was quiet. Robin had finally slept through the whole night. But something about the silent peaceful environment made Regina’s stomach turn. Something was missing, and it had nothing to do with the lack of Robin’s squirms.

Suddenly, nothing felt right. But how? She was blessed with the most beautiful little girl, with whom she was head over heels in love with, she had a big house and a roof over their heads, and Regina was privileged enough to work as the leader of a town she loved. Every aspect in her life was more than perfect, what else could she possibly wish for?

Her thoughts cut short when Robin woke up, forcing Regina to put them all to rest and start another day as a working mother. 

A few hours later, she was already sitting in her office with a pile of paperwork when the door burst open.

As Zelena stomped through town, the air of Storybrooke was clouded something completely different. It felt dark, hopeless, hollow. As she past by town walkers, she was greeted with confused faces and weary arches of the eyebrow, as if they’d never even seen her before. Or worse, they had, and there was something she didn’t know about. That, fortunately, was a feeling Zelena was used to. 

But, there was one hope. It was clearly a dark curse that had encompassed the town once more, but even yet, Zelena had her memories. All of them. At least, she hoped. She remembered where she came from, she remembered her time and Oz and her times as a wicked witch of the realm. But, most importantly, she remembered a specific detail of her childhood that was once lost to her-- her sisterhood with Regina. And hopefully, if Zelena remembered that, Regina would as well. 

Zelena barged into the Mayor’s office with no qualms. She hoped and prayed that she’d be able to greet her sister with a hug and a long conversation about what the hell had happened. But for now, she just let out a vomit of words that she didn’t even see coming. 

“REGINA! What’s going on?! Please tell me you remember who I am because if I’m somehow the cause of all this and I have no recollection of it I swear to god I’m going to go back and time and question my former self as to why the hell I would ever commit myself to--” 

And then, she stopped. To the right of Regina’s desk was a little cradle. It was identical to Robin’s, right down to the little pink bow she had knitted her for Christmas. She’d been reunited with her family. 

Overcome with relief, Zelena raced towards Robin and attempted to take hold of her. “ROBIN! Oh thank god you have her. I was so worried she would be here, or worse. Oh god, please tell me this means you remember everything. Where did you find her?” 

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The Nightmare

The color of the sky was fading. In many different hues, it felt as though the sky was falling just as chicken little had once cried. She did the same, trying to warn people, yelling, screaming, but nobody would listen. She was just wicked, and nobody would take her word. And then, in the darkness, she saw HIM, his silhouette standing before her. She tried to reach for his hand, but right before they touched, he crackled into a million faces and faded away. The smoke consumed them. She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t move. She couldn’t--

“HADES!”

Zelena woke. The nightmare had startled her into consciousness. But, looking around at her environment, she wondered whether or not it was a nightmare to begin with. 

She wasn’t at her home on the outskirts of home. She was in an apartment, much like the one Emma had once lived in. But why she had spent the night in this small studio room made no sense. Where did she go last night? 

But then, Zelena listened closer, and then it hit her. The quiet. There wasn’t a single sound to wake her. She had slept through the entire night, and hadn’t been woken once to rock her young Robin back to sleep. Looking around the room, her heart skipped a thousand beats when it finally hit her. 

Robin was gone. 

Panicking, Zelena frantically touched everything around her that she could, hoping by some grace of fate that Robin was tucked somewhere on her bed in this strange house. Quickly though, she soon realized, all of the belongings from her previous house now resided in this little apartment. Even stranger, were the photos on the wall of her self as a teenager in clothing she didn’t recognize, and the various items scattered around the room with labels that read “Regina”. It could only mean one thing. 

Someone casted a curse, and her nightmare wasn’t just a dream. 

Zelena stood up as fast she could, and flicked her wrist to instantly dress herself with her magic. Only to realize...it didn’t work. She couldn’t use her magic. She tested herself from head to toe to see if anybody had suppressed her magic when she wasn’t looking with an enchanted object, but there was none. It even felt as though all the magic in the town had completely vanished. Something was not right, and she wasn’t going to stand around and try guessing. 

Quickly putting on a morning suit, she busted out the door of the strange apartment she didn’t recognize and back into town with only one objective--find Regina, and find Robin. 

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Damn it Bex