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“Well isn’t this a…surprise. I can’t say it’s a particularly pleasant one. To what do I owe the PLEASURE of an audience with our reigning monarch. Or is that…not so reigning anymore? Tell me Regina how IS that little curse working out for you?”
“When are you ever going to learn some manners, Alexandra? What if I just wanted to say hello to my baby sister?”
Alex snorted and rolled her eyes. “Sorry. I didn’t receive the full Princess Charm School treatment like you did. I’m just a humble peasant in the presence of royalty. My apologies if I seem so mundane,” she ground out sarcastically. “And you never just want to say hello. I’m not stupid sister dear. Have you finally given up on Rumple and decided to come crawling to me for help? If you ask nicely I might do it.”
Regina scowled slightly and rolled her eyes back Alex. “Don’t start with me, Alex. I am more than a queen to you. I am still your sister,” she seethed, crossing her arms over her chest. “However, I thought you might be interested in helping me take ‘care’ of mother now that she is in town…Are you?”
Alex arched her eyebrows and let out a sharp laugh before pouting at her sister. “Aw what happened dear? Did the two of you have a falling out? I heard the two of you were so chummy when she first got here! Though I have to say I was surprised. I hardly thought you or mother would lower yourself to having to spend time with a pirate. What exactly did you have in mind Regina?”
“Oh hush, Alex. When will you ever learn to keep that big mouth of yours shut? You’re just jealous that I was mother’s favorite. And, the pirate was just a chess piece,” she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest. “Now, I need your help because mother wants to take out the imp and I’d like to let her, but after that, I want her gone. And, I thought, what better way than to have her killed at with hands of her own daughters who she cruelly manipulated? What do you think? Off with her head and out with her heart?”

“Regina the reason I know nothing is because Mother came into my room one day, told me to pack my things, and then left...
“You know nothing,” she spat, talking over Alex. “Mother was cruel to me. Do you think I wanted any of this? Do you...