A Glamour of Truth by sea-ess-eye

Author:sea-ess-eye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Emma S., Humor, Completed, Once Upon a Time, Drama, Emma S./The Evil Queen/Regina M., The Evil Queen/Regina M., FanFiction
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Published: 2013-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

12. Chapter 12

Glamour of Truth 12

"Nice to see you finally dressing like a proper lady, Regina. Instead of those drab riding clothes you used to favour."

Regina must've been well-used to comments like that but Emma couldn't believe it and her face twisted in an expression that said 'is this bitch crazy?' Never had she seen the mayor appearing any less than prim and proper, the very picture of put-togetherness.

"I no longer ride, Mother," said Regina stiffly. She felt absurdly conscious of Emma and Henry at her side as well as the others strung up in the air hearing every word. At least Mary Margaret and the peanut gallery couldn't speak with the vines wrapped around them.

Cora gave a pitying sigh. "Tell me you are not still pining for that worthless stable boy."

All the breath left Regina's lungs in a rush. Her mother still had the power to take it away. Just with words.

"He... he was w-worth everything to me. I loved him," said Regina, shaking with breathless anger.

"Did you really? Or did you merely love the idea of him, of true love and happy endings? You thought he was your ticket out of home, away from me."

"N-no. I-" Regina's voice cracked.

"I did you a favour. If it weren't for me," Cora sent a nod towards Mary Margaret, "and my young accomplice over there you'd have been living in a stablemaster's hovel with a passel of squalling brats. Instead I got you a kingdom with influence and wealth. Power."

"I never wanted that life," cried Regina thickly.

Cora's eyes flashed dangerously and her voice dropped low. "You ungrateful child. I gave you everything. I made it so you wouldn't have to grow up in wretched poverty - like I did. You have no idea what it's like to have nothing. To be powerless."

Regina's face fell. "I do know. It's how I've felt all my life."

"And yet as soon as you escaped me you went running straight to another master didn't you?"

"Rumpelstiltzskin?" said Emma. She'd been silent but was keeping a careful eye on Regina. She knew Cora was doing her best to break her daughter.

"He used you, Regina," said Cora in a patronising tone. "Did you really think the curse was about you? He needed to get to this land and he needed the curse to be broken."

"That's why he created a clause for the saviour in the curse," Regina realised to herself. Her whole life had been a lie. It had been set up long ago. He'd created her. Everything she'd done had grown from the thoughts that twisted little imp had planted in her head. He'd caused so much suffering, misery, and death, using her as his weapon. His monster.

"You hardly knew what you were casting did you."

"I didn't care," said Regina angrily.

"You did what you had to. You see, Sweetheart, we're not so different," said Cora warmly.

"What did Gold want to come here for?" asked Emma suspiciously. This whole thing had been masterminded by him and now he was desperately trying to find a way to leave Storybrooke.

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