Hello.!This idea wasn't mine. Anny Rodrigues asked me to write a prompt about this . But Zoe (Mysterious-song ) FORCED ME, to write a WHOLE new fic. So here it is. As always she helped me with her beta skills.

. Enjoy and tell me what you think.

Three years. It had been three years since she had left Storybrooke, leaving behind her past, her life, her everything. She couldn't bear the loss of her love and happiness, and so she had taken her things and left.

Nobody had heard from her since then. Not even Henry. She had taken something she needed from Rumple, so she could keep her memories, and she left for New York.

It was nice there; new people, new experiences. Life was good.

But after nine months, she was no longer alone; she had a beautiful little girl in her arms. Her daughter. She was born with blue eyes like his. She always reminded her of him, when she looked up at her. Her hair was long and raven like hers. Their daughter was a perfect mix; a small Regina with the eyes of Robin Hood.

Now, little Anny was three years old, and every day that passed, she was usually asking about her father. The kids at her kindergarten had been talking about their families and Anny had wondered why all her friends had mommies and daddies, and she only had a mommy. Whenever she had asked her mom she always changed the subject.

Regina had wanted to wait for the right time to go back. And one day, she woke up and decided; this was it. She packed their stuff and made way to Storybrooke. She was going to see them again. Robin, Henry, Roland, she had missed even the two idiots – not that she would ever tell them. She didn't know what she was going to say to him, but one thing was for sure; Robin was going to meet his daughter.

The moment she got there, she took her daughter and went to Granny's, the long journey taking its toll on both of them. Anny was complaining; she was hungry and she wanted a hot cocoa, and Regina needed a strong coffee before she started to search for Robin.

The town was the same; nothing had really changed, with the exception of a little extra damage to the roads or pavements here and there that Regina would have to take up with whoever was Mayor now.

As she passed people she used to rule over, she heard shocked whispers; "Is she really Regina?", "Is the evil Queen back?" and "who is this? Is that her daughter?''

It was quite obvious it was her daughter; Anny was just like her. She just had Robin's eyes, and when she was smiled, she'd get beautiful dimples in her cheeks that she inherited from her father. Robin's dimples had always been her weakness – where it was the man himself exploiting that or his son – and so, because of her bad luck, Anny had obviously taken that too.

When she opened the door everybody gasped at their sight. Regina ignored them completely and made her way to the bar. Granny was shocked; she was looking at Regina and Anny like she had seen a ghost.

''Is it really you?'' Granny asked, her voice barely leaving her throat.

''Stop looking at me like you've seen a ghost'' Regina snapped but she couldn't hide her smirk on the corner of her mouth. She had missed her home. And this town was her home.

''Is this your daughter?'' Granny asked again looking at Anny , with the same tone in her voice.

''Yes,'' Regina answered, caressing her daughter's long raven hair.

''Mommy, I'm hungry,'' Anny complained.

''Oh baby, I'm sorry ,'' Regina smiled at her daughter. She took her in her lap and pulled her to sit on the table beside her. ''Now this old lady,'' Regina said pointed at Granny. ''You will get you whatever you want to eat, sweetie,'' Regina kissed her daughter's cheek.

Granny murmured a shut up when she heard ''Old lady'', but she immediately pulled a sandwich onto a plate, and made a hot cocoa the moment the girl asked. By the time they were ready Regina had already sat at a table next to her daughter. The little girl was talking about her new favourite movie that she had watched with the other kids, Robin Hood, talking about how she wanted to learn how to shoot an arrow like him, and Regina wanted to cry. Her daughter didn't knew anything about her father, and yet from the first time Anny she had seen this movie, she had stuck with it.

Blood is strong thing.

When her breakfast was ready, Granny placed it on the table and caught the tail end of the small girl's conversation; "I want to see Robin Hood while I am eating my breakfast mommy. Do you think Robin Hood would like to come see me?"

The old woman stayed still, and she instantly turned her head to look at Regina. The former Queen gave Granny a look which told her that Anny didn't know anything about her father and for the time being it would stay that way. Then told her daughter that she will see Robin Hood later.

How ironical.

''You are a beautiful, young girl you know that?'' Granny smiled and tweaked Anny's dimples.

''Thank you old lady,'' Anny said innocently while she grabbed her sandwich and started to eat.

''God, it's scary how your daughter is like you in everything,'' Granny pointed out. ''Anything for you?'' she asked Regina.

''A cappuccino thank you'' Regina said politely before she took a deep breath and opened her mouth again. ''Actually, I want to ask you something,'' she said, looking Granny in the eyes.

Granny looked at Regina and she understood everything.

''He is probably at the cemetery'' Granny said, like it was the most natural thing in word.

Regina's eyes widened, ''Wait, what? Why?'' she asked, her voice louder than before.

''You mean you don't know anything?'' the old woman asked before going to sit next to Regina.

''Know what? Tell me what happened.'' Regina demanded.

Granny saw on Regina's face that she didn't know anything. How could she? She'd been out of town for three years.

''Okay Regina , I want you to stay calm'' Granny said pointed at Anny who was drinking her cocoa now and playing with her doll.

Regina nodded and Granny started speaking.

''When you left from here, Robin wanted to leave in order to find you. He explained to Marian that he couldn't let you go, because he only loved you.''

Regina's eyes widened, her words caught in her throat.

Granny took a deep breath and continued; "Marian then she said she won't let him to see his boy again one night, took Roland and left. But Marian didn't know how to drive properly and before she could leave this town she had a car accident. She died.'' Granny stopped again and looked at Regina.

She was shocked and she didn't know what to think, but she had to ask... So she took a deep breath, afraid of the answer and yet she asked with trembling voice ''And Roland?''

''We don't know'' Granny breathed shaking her head. ''They never found his body, all the town was searching him but we couldn't find him. Even the dark one did everything he could. So Robin was sure that his boy was dead, and after six months of searching, he decided to give his son a funeral with empty grave.'' Granny finished in a sad tone, her voice like a whisper.

''No,'' Regina breathed while tears running from her lashes, ''and Robin, how is he?'' she asked instantly.

''Not good Regina. He walks around like a lost cause. Nobody's talking to him because they're afraid of him. He is not the Robin you knew; he is cold person now, he drinks a lot, he lives alone in the woods and at night he walks the city alone, looking around him, whispering Roland and your name." Granny stopped before looking back at Regina, her voice low and very quiet. "He's tried to kill himself twice, Whale saved him the last minute.''

Regina didn't notice that she had lost the fight against her tears until her daughter had climbed in her lap and asked; ''Mommy why are you crying?'' with her sweet little voice full of innocence.

Regina wiped her tears instantly and hugged her daughter tight.

''Don't worry sweetie; mommy is okay'' she said, trying to hide her tears.

Taking a deep breath Regina got up and asked Granny if she could take care Anny for a while.

''I need to find him please,'' she begged the old woman.

''Of course Regina '' Granny said in a soft tone. ''Don't worry we will be fine. Right Anny?'' she smiled at the girl.

''I want cookies'' Anny said looking at the candies in front of her.

''Oh I have a lot more inside, do you want to see?'' Granny said playfully, "Your mom has to leave for a while, will you stay with me and make some mischief?''

''I want to see the cookies, old lady.'' Anny jumped and grabbed Granny's hand.

Granny laughed and Regina smiled weakly. After all the things she had heard she couldn't even move properly.

''Anny you will be good girl, okay honey?'' Regina gently asked her daughter.

''Yes mommy but you said we got here for my daddy, I want to see him.'' Anny said loudly and everybody inside Granny's looked at Regina with eyes wide open.

Granny cleared her throat and snapped everyone to mind their own business, then she turned her head to the former Queen and her daughter.

Regina took Anny in her lap before she spoke'' Honey , your daddy is sad right now, I have to go and find him, alone and then we will come back here together okay?''

''He doesn't love me?'' Anny asked and started crying. ''But I'm good girl."

Regina hugged her daughter tightly ''Sweetie, of course you're a good girl, and your daddy loves you very much. I just need to go and find him so you can make him smile okay?'' she said in soft tone. She didn't know how Robin will react about Anny but she had to tell to her daughter something good. And Robin would surely love his daughter, Regina found it hard to wonder how anyone couldn't.

''Okay,'' Anny said while Regina gave her to Granny.

Kissing her daughter one last time and giving Granny a grateful look, Regina left as quickly as she could.

To the cemetery.