[HP] The Power of Love

Voldemort watched coldly as Abraxas walked in with Regina.That little girl is pretty cute, but——she's too young!

Abrax's taste is getting stronger.Voldemort frowned.

He was somewhat surprised by Regina's courage.Look, although she was trembling with fright, she still walked towards him firmly.Well, for the sake of her courage, later on, even if she pissed me off, I might as well give her a dead body—huh?

Voldemort frowned suspiciously.What he just saw in her mind...

It turned out that it was not trembling with fear, but excited?She was excited to see him?

Well... Lord Voldemort was kind to those who would give their allegiance to him.That being the case, let her live!

Voldemort's mood rose slightly.Compared with the guys who went to Dumbledore who just angered him, Regina was obviously much more pleasing to the eye.

If Regina's actions so far had merely earned Voldemort a little bit of credit, her next thoughts—thoughts that Voldemort's insanity could see through—moved him. up.

--What?She thinks I'm handsome?What aesthetics... well, in fact, what she was thinking about, such as eyes, lips, etc. - also made sense.

When Voldemort discovered that making Horcruxes had side effects of disfigurement, it was too late to recover.While he has never regretted it, he occasionally can't help but wonder if it would be easier to attract popular support if he still had the good looks he once had.

It's not that he doesn't have admirers, on the contrary he has many - both before and after his disfigurement.It's just that the people he's met over the years have all been enamored of his power or power.This is the first time in 20 years that the little guy has genuinely complimented his looks like this and got so excited about it.

Oh yes, Voldemort saw the sincerity in Regina's brain - she was genuinely obsessed with him!

This feeling made Voldemort feel both familiar and fresh, and the pride and memory of his youth were awakened.He watched with satisfaction as Regina stopped and knelt at his feet in total surrender.Although she was too young to attract any "sexual" interest in him, he decided to keep her by his side - Voldemort glanced at Regina's flat figure with distaste - hoping that when she grew up a little Watching.

He had planned everything, if she hadn't called him suddenly: "Uncle!"

"uncle"? !

For the first time in his life, the most powerful Dark Lord suspected that he had a hearing problem.

Regina actually didn't want to either!

She was just, just too nervous - according to her plan, she must address Voldemort as "My Lord", "Your Excellency" or "Your Highness" - these are the proper titles for the Dark Lord!

But ever since Lucius mentioned Parseltongue to her, Regina couldn't help thinking about that rumor over and over again—it seemed to say that the lord was also a descendant of Slytherin?

Then they are relatives!Regina's vanity was greatly inflated by this, although she couldn't figure out the entangled seniority between them.In short, it is either "uncle" or "uncle" (both uncles in English)!

But she really didn't intend to marry the Dark Lord when they met for the first time. Who knows if the Dark Lord would like to have a group of relatives whom he has never met?

It's a pity that she thought very well, and when she actually saw someone, she forgot everything when she got nervous.

Regina thinks she's doing terrible.

There was an eerie silence in the great hall of the Malfoy house.

Bellatrix Black was the first to break the silence.

"Shut up! What are you! How dare you marry the Dark Lord!" She watched Regina enviously as she held Voldemort's hand at the corner of his robe.She wants to chop them off!She wanted to grab the daring little girl by the hair and drag her out, to torture her with Cruciatus--if Bellatrix hadn't dared to be presumptuous in Voldemort's presence.

Startled by her scream, Regina turned her head to see Bellatrix's vicious eyes.She moved toward Voldemort subconsciously, like a small animal in danger trying to hide under a parent's wing for protection.

This unintentional move softened Voldemort's extremely wonderful face.In just a few seconds just now, he had already searched through Regina's memory with Dementor.

——So, he did have an extra cousin?Oh, not only that, but also the big family of my cousin and niece.

Voldemort, who hadn't tasted family affection for more than half a century, had mixed feelings.

It seemed as if something warm had invaded him—warm, but it made his mutilated soul feel a sting of corrosion.

Voldemort frowned uncomfortably, and subconsciously wanted to push the soft and warm little body against his lap far away!However, his hand was already on Regina's shoulder, but he didn't exert any force in the end.

"Regina," after a little thought, Voldemort ignored Bellatrix's shocked expression and gave a wry smile to the disbelieving eyes of the Death Eaters, "what a surprise, my— Cousin niece."

His slender and pale fingers lifted Regina's chin, and the little girl's eyes, which were filled with surprise and a thousand times more intense than before, were completely exposed to him.This somewhat made him feel better.He endured it calmly, waiting for the unbearable sting in the depths of his soul to gradually dissipate.

Then he let go of Regina, stood up, and looked down at her.

"To celebrate our recognition, Lord Voldemort decided to give you a gift." He smiled meaningfully.

Regina couldn't believe it was true until she got home:

She actually saw a real and powerful dark wizard with her own eyes, and even met his uncle and nephew!

The Dark Lord uncle spoke to her kindly, and not only taught her a new spell, but also gave her some pointers on how to use it more precisely!He also told her that after returning to school, she could go to the Room of Response on the 8th floor of the castle and take a magic diary he left there that year as a meeting gift from him.

Well, the diary...it really looks like a standard gift that the elders would give to the younger generation.

Although Regina never had the habit of keeping a diary, she couldn't help being excited when she thought that it was given to her by the Dark Lord himself!

oh!Even if it's just a roll of toilet paper!She will cherish it very much! !

Too bad the Dark Lord wouldn't let her tell anyone about seeing him, especially her family (which Regina couldn't understand), otherwise she would have shown it off to Severus, Lily and Petunia.

When she got home, Regina found that even though she hadn't seen her for a year, her friends were still the same—Petunia and Severus were still at odds, and even Lily was often in trouble.Even without Regina as a buffer in the middle, their relationship is even worse.As soon as Regina came back, she was forced to be a sandwich biscuit for a long time. Unfortunately, she had been away for too long, and the three of them had a deep grudge, and it seemed that there was no hope of redemption.

Finally the holidays were over, and when they were all standing on platform nine and three quarters, Penny was still arguing with Lily, calling her a "freak" before she got on the train, Then he slapped her and ran away.

Lily was so sad that she was still crying when she got on the train.

"Why are you peeking at Petunia's letter?" Regina sat down beside her helplessly.She could understand why Petunia was so angry - she was the only one of the four friends who didn't know magic, and it was fine to write a letter begging Dumbledore to let her into Hogwarts and be rejected, but someone else found out.

"I-I didn't mean it!" Lily sobbed, "Sev, Severus saw the envelope, he doesn't believe that Muggles can write letters to Hogwarts, we, we are just curious, want to see Is it this way."

Regina blinked.Although she felt that no matter what the reason was, peeking at other people's letters was a very bad behavior, but seeing Lily crying so badly, she felt embarrassed to continue talking about her.

"Then when you get to school, write to Petunia to apologize. You are sisters, she will forgive you."

"But she called me a freak!" protested Lily, "she should apologize too!"

"...Then it's up to you." Regina admitted in frustration that she really didn't have the talent to be a peacemaker.

At that moment the carriage door opened and Severus walked in.Regina noticed that he had changed into Hogwarts school robes, and her eyes lit up: it was the first time she had seen him dressed so "normally".

Severus closed the carriage door and sat down opposite the two of them.Lily looked up at him too, but quickly turned her head away to ignore him, still seeming angry that Severus had encouraged her to open Petunia's letter privately, causing Petunia to argue with her.

Severus didn't seem to notice this.In fact, he had no idea what Lily and Petunia were arguing about, because he was standing on the other side of the platform talking to his mother.Even if he saw something unpleasant between Petunia and Lily from a long distance, Severus didn't take it seriously, after all Petunia was just a Muggle he always looked down on.

"Don't cry, Lily," he thought Lily was just sad because she left home for the first time, "we're going!" he said excitedly, "That's it, we're going to Hogwarts!"

Regina quickly agreed, "Yeah, be happy, Lily. You'll be learning magic soon!"

Lily looked at the two of them, thought for a while, finally wiped her eyes and nodded, forced a smile.

Seeing that Lily was in a better mood, Regina finally felt relieved.

"You'd better go into Slytherin house!" Severus cheered up too.

——That's why sometimes you really can't do anything with boys——he's ready to forget about you before he even understands why you're angry.

"Slytherin House?" A black-haired freshman sitting on the other side of the aisle, who hadn't noticed them, looked away after hearing the word.With a pampered look on his face, he said arrogantly: "The academy that produces all the dark wizards? I think I'd better get out of here. Aren't you going, Sirius?" He smiled and asked Another dark-haired boy on the opposite side.

But the boy named Sirius didn't laugh.

"We're all Slytherins, James," he said.

James let out an "oops", but before he could continue speaking, Regina said unhappily, "Did Slytherin scare you? If you are afraid, run away."

"Afraid?" James jumped up, with an expression on his face as if he had been insulted, "Am I afraid? I'm going to Gryffindor, a house full of warriors! Just like my father!"

Severus made a small snort of contempt.James turned to look at him.

"Do you think there is anything wrong?"

"No," said Severus, though his little sneer clearly meant otherwise, "as long as you're willing to be a big-bodied, simple-minded guy..."

"Then which college do you want to enter? It seems that you have not developed limbs and a simple mind." Sirius interrupted suddenly.

James laughed, and Lily, flushed, stood up angrily, glaring at them in disgust.

Regina drew out her wand immediately.

"Grind and hooray!"

James and Sirius laughed even harder-in fact, they laughed so hard that they were in tears, rubbing their bellies, and rolling on the floor.

Both Lily and Severus looked at them in surprise.

"That spell... makes people laugh?" Severus was the first to react.He and Lily thought Regina's spell had failed.

Regina lowered the wand head.

"Who dares to laugh at you," she said matter-of-factly, "I'll let them laugh as much as they want!"

Severus was taken aback.There was no need to say thank you between him and her, so he just looked at her and smiled slightly.His clean face glistened in the sun.After getting rid of those ridiculous old clothes, Regina found that he looked more energetic than ever in his crisp white shirt and ironed black school robe.

Regina's heart suddenly "thumped".

"But, doesn't this violate the school rules?" Lily interjected.Although she felt relieved at first, she soon frowned worriedly.

"It's okay... right?" Regina said hesitantly when she came back to her senses, "We are on the train, the school rules only say that magic is not allowed at home, in the corridors of the school, and in the dormitory." But she still waved her hand guiltily. With a wave of his wand, the spell was broken.As for the strange moment of absence just now, she had already forgotten it.

Finally, James and Sirius didn't have to laugh any more, and they lay on the ground together in a state of distress, panting.But how could they be willing to be knocked down by a girl?Gritting their teeth and looking at each other, they quietly touched their pockets in unison.

"trip……"

"Hurry up..."

"The wands are flying!" Regina proudly grabbed their wands.Two freshmen who have not yet entered school, even if they have learned a little basic magic at home, how can they beat her senior with all O's? "Okay," she said maliciously, "How dare you sneak attack me ? Say goodbye to your wands!"

"You!" James and Sirius stared at her with fire in their eyes.If it weren't for the fact that the other party was a girl, they would have rushed to snatch their wands by brute force.

"What are you doing?" Just as they were hostile to each other like fighting cocks, the door of the carriage was suddenly pulled open.Sharon Gale, a senior Ravenclaw girl, walked in. "No magic on the train!" She puffed out her chest, and the prefect badge pinned to her school robe was shining brightly.

"They provoked it first!"

"She did it first!"

People on both sides said in unison.

Sharon frowned.She is also a member of the "Slug Club", so she naturally prefers the Regina she knows.So she turned to James and Sirius, and blamed them.

"Why do you dare to break the school rules before you officially enter school..." She suddenly paused, her eyes fixed on Sirius' face - she can't blame her, although Sirius is still young, he has exquisite facial features, unruly manner Temperament and aristocratic arrogance already have a certain degree of attraction to the opposite sex.

So in the end, Xue Lun was not willing to say anything about him, but persuaded Regina, "They are still young, don't be as knowledgeable as them!"

The other party is a prefect who has the right to deduct points and add points, and her relationship with her was not bad before. Although Regina wanted to say that she was only one year older than them, she still gave Sharon this face in the end.

So, under Sharon's reconciliation, James and Sirius reluctantly said "I'm sorry" to Severus, and Regina returned their wands.

Now James and Sirius were even more reluctant to stay in this compartment.After Sharon left, they also groaned heavily and slammed the door away.

The incident on the train did not spoil the enjoyment of the whole journey.When night fell, Regina and Lily had just changed into their school uniforms in the bathroom on the train when they arrived at the station.

According to tradition, freshmen coming to Hogwarts for the first time will take the boat with Hagrid after getting off the train, while old students will go to school in a carriage.So at this time they are facing a brief separation.

Lily and Severus were both showing varying degrees of nervousness, and Regina took the time to comfort them before climbing into the carriage.

"Don't worry," Regina said, "Sorting doesn't require exams, the hat will put you in the house that suits you best." She thinks it would be best if the hat would sort them all into Slytherin so they could be together up.But thinking of Lily's background, Regina hesitated again, "I think the four academies are all good." She said cautiously.

Lily nodded, feeling slightly relieved.Since she was a child, she felt that Regina knew everything, and since she said so, she must be right.

Severus pursed his lips and said nothing.He cast an admiring glance at the Slytherin arms on Regina's school robes.He doesn't want to go anywhere but Slytherin!

They separated briefly, and the moment they saw each other again was at the sorting ceremony.

Lily went up ahead of Severus, and the Sorting Hat yelled, "Gryffindor!" less than a second after touching Lily's crimson hair.

Regina and Severus sighed in unison.Lily took off her hat and handed it back to Professor McGonagall, then hurried to the cheering Gryffindor students, but at the same time she looked back at her two friends with a small wry smile on her face.Regina saw the Sirius they met on the train stand up gracefully to give up Lily's seat - Regina was surprised when she heard his full name was Sirius Black - —The Black family, isn't the whole family Slytherin!But he helped others to speak ill of Slytherin while on the train, and ended up being sorted into Gryffindor, which is too surprising.

Lily looked at Sirius, and probably recognized him too, so she folded her arms and turned her face resolutely, only turning her back to him.

Then, Regina saw that James Potter had also been assigned to Gryffindor.It was Severus' turn towards the end, and luckily he got his wish and was sorted into Slytherin.

Regina cheered happily, stood up and clapped vigorously.Her classmates also gave the newcomer a warm welcome, and Lucius, wearing the prefect badge, patted Severus on the back when he ran over to sit between him and Regina. .

In the second half of the opening ceremony, Severus and Regina frequently looked at Lily, who was sitting far away on the other side of the hall, across the long tables of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.They looked at each other helplessly.

During this period, Regina noticed in surprise that that James Potter actually took the initiative to talk to Lily several times, even though Lily ignored him at all.

"He's not up to something bad, is he?" Regina whispered suspiciously to Severus, "We've just embarrassed them, and he turned his head and courted Lily? That's not normal. gone."

Severus frowned too.

"Remind Lily to be vigilant!"

Regina nodded in agreement.

After school officially started, they all got busy.The relationship between the students of Gryffindor and Slytherin has always been not good, but this has not affected their friendship.As long as the two colleges were arranged to have classes together, Lily would definitely run to sit next to Severus, and the three of them even did their homework together in the library almost every day after school.

The students at Hogwarts were used to seeing the lion and the little snake at odds, and they were surprised to find that the atmosphere between the three of them was extremely harmonious.

The Slytherins talked a lot about it, but that was all.There are too many of them whose whole families have turned to the Dark Lord. Although the situation of Voldemort's meeting with Regina has not been leaked, it is already well known among the Death Eaters.Whether it's Regina's Slytherin blood or her kinship recognized by the Dark Lord, they are enough to make them sternly warn their children to respect Regina in school.As for Severus, Regina showed a look of "I'm covering him" early on, and the Slytherins naturally wouldn't try to embarrass him on purpose.

What's more, Severus himself quickly showed his extraordinary talents in magic and potions. At least Lucius felt that he was also a worthy target, and often deliberately used his prefect authority to give Severus Les provides convenience.

On the contrary, the rumors in Gryffindor College lasted for a long time-they racked their brains and couldn't figure out what could make a righteous lion cub willingly degenerate and mix with evil snakes.Unless it is - love.

Their most revered headmaster Dumbledore once said, "Love is the most powerful force in the world".If this is the case, Lily's behavior can be forgiven.Their uncanny eyes fell on the only male in the trio, Severus with his sallow complexion and greasy hair.

——Oh, Lily's vision is really terrible.

James and Sirius have tried every means to find trouble with Severus ever since they made trouble with them—even though Regina was the one who really humiliated them, but the two Gryffindors call themselves gentlemen and disdain Get rough on a lady.

"Actually, it's because you guys can't beat Regina at all!" Lily said contemptuously.

James and Sirius pretended not to hear.

Every time James sees Severus, it's as if he's got his blood pumped - Regina has no idea what's wrong with him - people who don't know think Severus has something to do with him As for the hatred, especially when Lily helped Severus scold him, he would get more and more violent.

In the beginning, Regina often waited at the door of Severus and Lily's classroom, and once she found out that James and Sirius had provocative intentions, she would take them down.Although the two little lions are quite talented, they will never be able to please under the magic wand of Regina, who is a year above them and has read almost all the magic books in the open area of ​​the school library.

"You useless snot!" When they were brought down by Regina again, James angrily yelled at Severus, "Will only hide behind your girlfriend!" He opened his eyes and observed Severus carefully. Forrest's expression made his heart "thump".

"You want to hide behind your boyfriend." Severus sneered and glanced at Sirius who fell beside James, and retorted, "It's a pity that he is too weak."

Sirius and James were taken aback, and then their faces turned green together.

"What nonsense are you talking about!!!!!!"

—What girlfriend, boyfriend?Regina was a bit sluggish at first.

Severus was the first to remember, and with a twitch in his heart, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Regina, meeting her clear eyes.They quickly looked away from each other, blushing.

From then on, Severus never asked Regina to wait for him.

"Since they are willing to provide me with the opportunity to practice for free," he said with the corners of his lips curled up, "I don't think I should live up to this kindness."

In fact, since they came to Hogwarts, they would set aside two hours every day after finishing their homework to practice spells together in the Room of Response on the 8th floor of the castle.The way to enter the Room of Requirement was naturally taught to Regina by Voldemort during the summer vacation.

Regina taught Lily and Severus everything she knew, including what Voldemort taught her, without telling them who these skills came from because of her promise to her uncle.

Frequent training allowed them to acquire outstanding reflexes and good fighting habits.Severus felt that even on his own, he would have no problem dealing with James and Sirius.It's just that Regina moved too fast, and ended the fight quickly every time before he had a chance to make a move.

"Alright then." Regina nodded obediently.In fact, she felt that Severus was progressing so fast that even James and Sirius combined did not pose much of a threat to him.

Not long after, Remus Lupine and Peter Petitlou joined the Marauders, which meant that Severus would now have to fight four against one.However, after observing for a period of time, Regina found that Lupine didn't really dare to make trouble, and Petitlou was so clumsy that he couldn't help at all.So she continued to let Severus go to "practice" alone with confidence.

However, even though Severus won every time in the beginning, James and Sirius worked hard to learn magic under such stimulation, and made great progress.And after all, they have the advantage in numbers, and both of them are extremely intelligent and talented, so gradually, the battle between the two sides began to win and lose each other.Severus' injuries inevitably increased.Of course, the Gryffindor foursome (except for Lupin, who has been keeping his hands off) are usually worse off than him.

Although it was an unfair confrontation, Severus' pride made him never show weakness no matter how hard he fought.It's best if you can win, and if you lose, go back and continue practicing, and win back next time.In fact, if he wanted to, he could join forces with Regina, then James and Sirius would have no room to fight back.But as they learned more and more magic, it became more difficult and more powerful, and the injuries they would suffer when fighting them became more and more serious.Severus didn't want Regina to get hurt at all, so he insisted every time that even though his injury looked serious, he actually beat those bastards in Gryffindor more than he did. Miserable, there is no need for Regina to participate in "things between them men".

Lily is a madman. Although Regina and Severus didn't deliberately hide it from her, they both agreed that it would be useless even if they told her—Lily couldn't help two Slytherins deal with her classmates in her house. , otherwise she would have had a hard time in Gryffindor.Coupled with the fact that James always consciously picked on Severus when Lily was not there, so that Lily later thought that after so long, James and Sirius finally stopped hating the train. something happened.

Due to scruples bound by school rules, the battle between them is not considered public.But Regina was always keen to spot something wrong with Severus after that: sometimes it was a wound, sometimes it was an abnormal state caused by a curse.She can help with those minor injuries and simple negative effects. If it is more serious, she will insist on sending him to the medical wing to find Madam Pomfrey.

Speaking of which, James and Sirius didn't know much about dark arts, and Severus had never been seriously injured.He felt that the few healing spells that Regina knew could fully meet his needs, and there was no need to bother Madam Pomfrey, and even risk being punished by school rules.But at the same time, Severus secretly liked seeing Regina frowning for him, sitting on the bedside of the hospital wing and caring for him - not even his mother had ever cared for him like this. But—so he pretended to begrudgingly accepted her offer.

I don't know since when, Severus and Regina spend more and more time alone.They love to go for walks together by the lake in the castle, or sit in the sunny garden and bask in the sun on weekends.Usually they also called Lily, but if Lily couldn't make the appointment because of Gryffindor or something, they didn't feel any regrets at all.

James had caught them alone several times, and he didn't seem to hate Severus that much after that.However, after such a long period of time, James, Sirius, and Severus have all formed the conditioned reflex of "attacking each other as soon as they see each other", and it is estimated that they will not be able to change it in a short period of time.However, the number of times the two Gryffindors used vicious words to humiliate Severus was greatly reduced.

As for Severus, of course he hates these lingering guys, but with one against three (although Petyrou is useless, Severus still counts him in) he still wins more and loses less The pride brought to him by the battle is far greater than his impatience with these bugs, so in fact, he can't say how much he hates them.

It's just that Severus gradually saw that James had plans for Lily, so he told Regina about it.

"No way!" Regina said in surprise, "Then he dares to offend you!" They are Lily's best friends, if Potter wants to chase Lily, shouldn't it be to please them?

"Guessing the idea of ​​a troll with a brain the size of a walnut stuffed with achnatherum splendens and muscles," Severus said sarcastically, "you're really embarrassing me, Regina."

Although Regina found it incredible, she still decided to trust Severus' judgment.The two of them asked Lily out together, and gave her a good warning, telling her not to be fooled by James, an egomaniac.

Lily didn't have a good impression of the pushy James, but after being reminded, she became even more honest with him.

A school year passed quickly, and Severus, Lily, James and Sirius all became new members of the "Slug Club".It's just that the boys never pay attention to each other at the party.

As far as the level of potion is concerned, although Lily and Regina are also good, Severus is amazing enough in terms of control and creativity.Slughorn admired him greatly and gave him a lot of extra tutoring.

However, Professor Slughorn still prefers Lily, because she is cheerful, lively, caring and sweet-mouthed, and unlike the smart Ravenclaw and the shrewd Slytherin, she can more or less see Slughorn The purpose of enlisting them is not simple.

Lily sincerely respects and likes this old wizard who is kind and kind to her.The old Slytherin headmaster, who had rich experience in manipulating people's hearts, naturally recognized the difference immediately.

By the end of the term, Professor Slughorn had treated her like a granddaughter, and began to refer to her affectionately as "my little sweetheart".

Their happiness continued during the summer vacation.Regina's dad bought her a new broom - not the latest model, just a regular Comet 125, but one of the best rated quality and great performance.Practical and understated has always been the tradition of the Orange family.

Regina was delighted.She invited Lily and Severus to visit Orange Manor in Dover, which was so enchanted that no matter what they did in the garden, they were not afraid of being seen by Muggles.Moreover, it is very close to the sea.Regina's grandparents are very kind old people. They lent Lily and Severus their two old broomsticks so that they could go to sea with Regina and fly to their heart's content.

Regina still likes the feeling of flying, but she doesn't like Quidditch very much.She is not interested in any ball games.When the school held Quidditch competitions, she only cared about the final result. As for the process of the competition, she didn't want to know at all.

As they spent each day together, gradually Severus noticed that Regina had a quaint and ornate box.She cherishes it very much, puts it next to her pillow, and hugs and kisses it every day when she wakes up and before going to sleep.

"What's in there?" Severus couldn't help asking one day.

"My treasure," Regina said.She smiled happily, lifted it up intoxicated, and pressed it to her cheek.

"Show us, okay?" Lily's eyes lit up, and she shook Regina's hand.She felt that her experience at Orange Manor these days was like a dream—so many novel and interesting magical items were never even thought of by her, who was born in a Muggle family, and she felt that her eyes It's not enough anymore!

And the things in this box, even Regina, who has never been surprised by magic items since she was a child, cherish it so much, which means that it must be more special than all the things she has seen combined.

Lily looked longingly at the box in Regina's hand.Severus didn't speak, but raised his eyebrows curiously.

"Hmm..." Regina hesitated for a moment, "Well, that's fine," they are her best friends... Besides, just take a look, there shouldn't be any problem.

She pulled a necklace from her neckline and picked up a handful of