Ch.54: It’s Not Easy Being Green
Robin was having a drink, while Regina stood not far away at Granny’s.
When Tink walked in and saw his tattoo, she went over to Regina.
“It’s the lion tattoo. It’s what was prophesized. He’s your soul mate.”
“I know. I saw it yesterday.”
“And you didn’t tell me?”
“Well, right now I have better things to do than to gossip about boys.”
Robin went over to where they were and Tinkerbell stepped away to stand next to her.
“Care for a drink?” Robin asked, a few shot glasses with a drink in them in hand.
Tink took one.
“I do hope I didn’t upset you yesterday,” Robin told Regina.
She didn’t know what to say, so she instead introduced them. “Uh, Robin Hood. Tinker Bell. Tinker Bell, Robin Hood.”
They set their drinks down and shook hands.
“I’ve been wanting to meet you for a very long time,” Tink told him.
“And no, you didn’t upset me,” Regina assured him. “I just found a clue trail that needed to be followed, one that didn’t lead anywhere. I don’t day drink.”
“Ah, well, um, perhaps some evening then.”
Robin walked away and Tink went to stand in front of her.
“What was that all about? Didn’t you learn anything from the last time you screwed this up? If you had been open to the possibility of love when you first saw him, maybe your life wouldn’t have turned out so…”
“So” what?” Regina questioned. “How did my life turn out?”
“Why am I even bothering?”
Tink walked off.
A moment later, Zelena entered.
Katherine was going to go after her, but Snow told her not to, so she didn’t.
Zelena began to step towards them.
“Don’t come any closer,” Charming threatened.
“Don’t worry. I’m not here for your baby. Not today, anyway.”
She began to walk in the other direction.
“Then why are you here?” Regina asked.
Zelena turned to her.
“Now that my cover’s blown, I can finally pay a visit to my little sister.”
“Who the hell are you talking about?” Regina asked.
“Why, you, of course, Regina.”
“I’m an only child.”
“Cora lied to you, Regina. I’m your sister. Half, if you want to get technical.”
“Why should I believe anything you say?”
“Well, you shouldn’t. It’s a lot to swallow. Which is why I’ve brought a gift to help.”
Regina chuckled.
“I don’t want a gift from you.”
“Oh, but you shall have it. My gift to you is this happy, happy day. Use it to dig into our past, Regina. You need to learn the truth and you must believe it. And then meet me on Main Street tonight. Say, sundown.”
“And then what?”
“Then I’ll destroy you.”
“This isn’t the Wild West.”
“No, dear, it’s the Wicked West.” She turned and addressed everyone at Granny’s. “And I want everyone to be there to see the Evil Queen lose.”
“I don’t lose,” Regina replied.
Zelena chuckled.
“Neither do I. One of us is about to make history. See you tonight, sis.”
Everyone watched Zelena leave.
Robin looked at Regina.
Granny poured Regina a shot glass of alcohol, where Regina sat on a bar stool.
Charming paced by Regina.
“And you’re sure Cora never said anything about her?”
“I think I would remember if my mother told me she had a love child with a scarecrow.”
“It doesn’t matter if Zelena is your sister or not. She wants you dead. Any idea why?” Katherine inquired of her.
“I never even met her before today.”
“Doesn’t mean you didn’t do something to peeve her off.”
“You did manage to step on a lot of toes back in our world,” Tink said.
“Well, none of them were green,” Regina replied.
Regina got up and grabbed her jacket, heading for the door.
“Where are you going?” Katherine asked.
“To find out exactly what this witch thinks I did to her.”
After taking a look around in her vault, Charming and Snow and Katherine with her, Regina found a letter that told that Zelena was indeed her sister.
Regina disappeared to go into the woods to be alone.
She was sitting on a log, reading the letter, when she sensed someone watching her, so she turned around and saw Robin behind a tree that had a hole in it.
“We have to stop meeting like this,” he greeted.
“Did the Charmings send you to give me a pep talk? Because I don’t do well with pep talks,” she said, putting the letting in the pocket of her jacket.
“No, nothing of the sort. After Zelena’s threat, I decided to patrol the woods, in case she decided to build the ranks of her simian army,” he replied, walking over to her. He sat on the log beside her. “How are you holding up?”
“I’m not a flying monkey, if that’s what you mean.”
“So, are you going to tell me what’s in that letter you’ve been staring at?”
“What letter?”
“This one,” he said, holding the folded letter up. “I’m a pickpocket by trade. I spent many years learning how to rob from magicians.”
“You’re lucky I’m saving my strength for that witch.”
“I think, deep down, you actually want to talk about what’s in here.”
“What makes you think you know me so well?”
“Well, for one thing, I’d be charred to a crisp by now if you didn’t.”
“True.”
“So, can I read it?”
“I’m not stopping you,” she answered him.
After reading it, he commented, saying, “Rather complimentary, I’d say. What is this troubling you?”
“I’ve seen that letter a hundred times before. In my darkest moments, I’d go to it for comfort. For solace. For a boost when I needed it. Because I…Because I always thought it was about me.”
“It’s about Zelena,” he realized.
“Rumpelstiltskin thinks she’s more powerful than I am.”
“Why care what that imp thinks?”
“Because if the man who taught me everything I know about magic thinks she is stronger than I am…Then there’s no way I can win this fight.”
Soon enough, it was sundown and Zelena arrived, but didn’t see Regina amongst the audience she’d asked for.
“Well this isn’t good for any of you,” Zelena commented.
Katherine stepped towards her.
“If you want to fight someone, fight me.” She wasn’t going to let anything happen to anyone in this town.
Zelena used magic to throw her a bit and she landed on the ground, but was okay.
A moment later, Regina arrived behind Zelena a distance.
“Didn’t anyone tell you black is my color?”
Zelena turned around to face her.
“But it looks so much better on me. I was beginning to think you weren’t going to show up.”
“I couldn’t let my sister off that easily,” Regina replied, standing just inches in front of her.
“So, you’ve finally accepted me into the family?”
“I’ve accepted that we shared a mother, yes. But I still have one question. What the hell did I ever do to you?”
“Isn’t it obvious? You were born.”
Regina gave her a slap across the face.
“I’ve been waiting to do that all day.”
“He should have chosen me,” Zelena said.
“Who?”
“Rumpelstiltskin.”
“Is that what this is about? You’re jealous of me?”
“You still don’t realize what you had. You never did. You got everything I ever wanted. And you didn’t even deserve it! But I’m going to take it all from you.”
Zelena through Regina whom landed on a blue car.
Regina got up and as she walked towards her, she made a fireball appear. She was about to throw it at Zelena, but Zelena used magic to make it disappear, and then began to magically choke Regina.
“You can’t beat me, little sis. Everything Rumpelstiltskin taught you, he taught me, too. But I was the better student.”
Zelena magically through her again, but this time through the clock tower clock. She then appeared in the clock tower where Regina was.
“Well, what are you waiting for? Kill me,” Regina challenged.
“I never said I wanted to kill you. I said I wanted to destroy you. And to do that, I need your heart.”
Zelena plunged her hand through Regina’s chest, but couldn’t feel her heart, so she pulled her hand out and looked at her, shocked.
“Where is it?” Zelena demanded.
“Our mother taught me one thing. Never bring your heart to a witch fight. Something you’d know if she hadn’t abandoned you.”
Zelena stood up from where she’d been knelt where Regina still was on her knees.
“You haven’t won, Regina. I will get your heart. I will get everything you ever had!”
“Not today,” Regina replied.
Zelena made a broom appear and road on the broom, away.
Katherine, Snow, and Charming entered the clock tower.
“You alright?” Katherine asked, going up the stairs first.
“I’m still alive, aren’t I?” Regina asked, her back against the railing.
When Charming said that they thought she might’ve defeated her, Regina said, “Hardly.”
Regina saw Snow’s look, so she said, “Well, don’t act so surprised,” as Charming helped Regina up. “As it turns out, Zelena wanted my heart. It’s a good thing I wasn’t stupid enough to bring it with me.”
“Any idea why she wants it?” Charming asked.
“Well, she got your courage. And wants my heart. Those are ingredients.”
“For what? A curse?” Katherine questioned.
“We’re already in Storybrooke,” Snow said. “What else can she do to us?”
Regina raced through the woods to where she and Robin had promised to meet after the fight.
“Did the plan work?” Robin asked.
“That depends. Is it still here?”
“Right where you left it.”
“Well, then it worked. I just needed to find the one thing I had that Zelena didn’t.”
“And what exactly was that?” Robin asked, as he unhid her heart from the base of a tree.
“My heartless mother. My sister was right about something. She said I don’t always realize what I have right in front of me.”
She took her heart from him.
He stood up and looked at her.
“What’s that?”
“Just that I didn’t always appreciate things.” She gave her heart back to him. “Would you mind holding onto this for a bit longer?”
“You’re really going to entrust something so valuable to a common thief like me?”
“You can’t steal something that’s been given to you.”
She turned around to leave, when he said, “You still owe me that drink.”
“Yes, I suppose I do,” she replied with a smile.
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