Believe it or not, The Evil Queen wasn’t always evil. She was raised as Regina, the daughter of a noble house by her father Henry and her mother Cora, who had gained magical powers and wasn’t afraid to use them to control her carefree daughter. Regina loved horseback riding and had found true love with the family’s stable boy, Daniel—a relationship her mother would never approve of. Then, one day, Regina saved a young girl on a runaway horse. The girl was Snow White, and she was so taken with Regina that she told her father, King Leopold, all about her. The King insisted on meeting the young woman who saved his beloved daughter and knew instantly that he wanted to marry her. Regina and Daniel planned to run away together, but Snow White overheard. Regina made her promise not to say anything, but Cora manipulated young Snow into revealing her daughter’s secret. Cora responded by murdering Daniel before Regina’s eyes and insisting she marry the King. With her true love dead, Regina had no choice, and her hatred for Snow White began.