@DarkGold_1 "Will I be able to do that? When my training is done?" She stopped to stand beside him, her eyes still look around in awe.
"Or is it only limited to the Dark One's magic?"
She glanced at him, her royal brow arched, and her dark eyes studying him.
@DarkGold_1 Regina followed close behind. His warning putting her to caution. She followed right behind close at his heels, her eyes never still as she looked around, her curiosity at being in the Dark Ones castle overwhelming her sense of survival.
"How long have you lived here?"
@DarkGold_1 Regina nodded her head. She had never minded nicknames. It was her mother who was against any form of informality. Njt he didn't need to know that, "Well...I guess if you can compromise, so can I." She pointed to him with a finger, "Teacher," and then to herself, "Gina."
@DarkGold_1 Regina could only smirk within herself. She had stood toe to toe with the Dark One and had remained breathing. Her mother would have been proud. Tossing her dark hair over her shoulder, Regina stood still as Rumplestiltskin stayed behind her, his lilting, almost childish titter>
@DarkGold_1 "Don't be so hopeful, /Dark One/," Regina met him eye-to-eye. Toe to toe, "That was a /one/ time thing. Don't expect that to come past my lips /ever/ again." She straightened, her gaze meeting his unhaltingly, "I am a /queen/. And I bow and scrape for /no one/. Not even you.">
@DarkGold_1 Regina jumped at his threat, her eyes widening briefly, before narrowing. Her shoulders straightened and she met his gaze, "Whatever you say.../Master/..."
@DarkGold_1 "Crystal," she met his gaze bravely, "What do I call you, now? Dark One? Rumplestiltskin? DarkStiltskin?" She grinned challengingly, her mother's personality shining through whether she knew it or not. "It would be odd to call you Master. And quite frankly I will /refuse/."
@DarkGold_1 Regina bristles at that, her dark eyes sparking in defiance at his quip. "Not that I had much choice. But if you must know...yes. Mother was always.../insistent/...that I do as I was told. There was never a chance to say 'no'." Regina looked around, clenching her hand on her >
@DarkGold_1 >good morning, "It is never too soon to begin afresh, Mother always said. I don't see how this is any different," Then, because her upbringing demanded it, "Good Morning"
@DarkGold_1 >and to run far away. But she did not. Sje was smart. Strong. Sje was made of far more sterner stuff than this. A castle would not be her undoing to getting what she had bargained for, from the Dark One.
Raising her hand, she clenched her fist and knocked hard against the door>
@DarkGold_1 @HooksAndRum
Regina worked in the garden of the Dark Castle. Picking out a few sprigs of sage and lavender, she added it to her basket, before standing and leaving that patch of ground to walk to another section, plucking a few more herbs from that part of the >
@DarkGold_1 @HooksAndRum Regina had begun to head back to the castle when she heard the silk voice of a stranger. Whirling around, her hand up defensively, her eyes wide, she faced the man all in black, her brow furrowed, "Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you even know where /this/ is? You must>