Zelena

## Zelena Mills

"*Love. You've faced certain danger, armed only with that. And it is love that makes you so daring, so brave, so utterly fearless.*"
—Hook to Zelena

'*Zelena' Mills*, formerly known as the **Wicked Witch of the West,** is the main antagonist of the third season. She is the daughter of Jonathan and Cora, mother of Robin Hood (named after her father), the half-sister of Regina Mills and the adopted aunt of Henry Mills. A woman with a soft spot for monkeys, Zelena won't stop until she destroys her sister's life. However, since the birth of her daughter, Robin, Zelena tries to redeem herself for the sake of Regina, Robyn and their entire family.

After the fifth curse is cast, she becomes known as **Kelly West**.

## History

### Before the First Curse

Zelena was abandoned in the woods by her mother, Cora, a woman who lusted for power. She was later sent through the portal of a twister to Oz, landing in the magical land. Zelena later is adopted by a woodcutter and his wife. The wife is blind and does not believe that the baby is magical while the father (thinking his new daughter cute at first) realizes she is nothing but a witch.
Many years later, after her mother died, Zelena was verbally and physically abused by her father. Around twelve years old in 1947, Zelena came across Cora, unaware the woman was her biological mother. She later befriended her half-sister Regina when they were young, and learned they were related. However, Cora separated them and sent Zelena back to Oz, giving her a potion that made her forget all about Regina. After having enough of her father, Zelena left to look for her biological family, but she was soon spoiled and hated her mother for abandoning her and later became determined to ruin her half-sister's happiness, but also her existence.

Rumplestiltskin learned of her existence, her half-sister was not her Firstborn, but Zelena was. He later taught her magic, but Zelena literally grew Green with jealousy, causing him to reject her. Zeleana later becomes determined to erase her sister with the time travel spell.

At one point, she has a brief relationship with Hades, who fell in love with her after disintegrating a Munchkin. However, she immediately rejected him.

## Appearance

When she was younger, Zelena did not have green but fair skin. She also had red curly hair and blue eyes. After growing jealous of her sister, Regina, Zelena later had green skin and then it went away, only for her to turn green again for her jealousy of Dorothy. She also wears black dresses and other dark wardrobes.

## Personality

Zelena is (formerly) heartless, evil, cruel and manipulitive. Other than these negative sides, she shows wanting to be a mother, to be there for her daughter when she is born. Zelena has redeemed herself and shows that she actually loves her sister and will also do anything for her family. She even gave up her magic in order for their family to win the Final Batle.

## Relationships

### Family

* Cora † - Mother and Former Enemy
* Robin - Daughter
* Prince Henry †- Step-Father
* Jonathan - Father
* Adoptive Mother †
* Adoptive Father
* Regina Mills - Maternal Younger Half-Sister, Former Rival, and Attempted Victim
* Snow White - Step-Niece
* Henry Mills - Adopted Nephew and Great-Grandnephew and Former Enemy and Attempted Victim
* Lucy Mills - Adoptive Great-Niece and Great-Great-Grandniece
* Emma Swan - Step-Great-Niece
* Hope Swan-Jones - Step-Great-Great-Niece
* The Miller † - Grandfather
* Chad - Fiancé
* Xavier † - Step-Grandfather

### Allies

* Misthaven
	+ Enchanted Forest Royal Family
		- Regina Mills
		- Henry Mills
		- Emma Swan
		- Killian Jones
		- Snow White
		- Prince Charming
	+ Robin Hood
	+ Rumplestiltskin - Former Thrall and Abductor, Enemy turned Reluctant Ally
	+ Seven Dwarves
		- Grumpy/Leroy
		- Doc
		- Happy
		- Bashful
		- Dopey
		- Sleepy
		- Sneezy
* Oz - Former Enemies turned Allies
	+ Munchkins
* Belle - Former Enemy turned Ally and Friend
* Merry Men
	+ Roland
	+ Friar Tuck
	+ Little John
* Camelot
	+ Guinevere
	+ King Arthur
* Dr. Jekyll †
* Flying Monkeys - Former Victims

### Enemies

* Neal Cassidy † - Indirect Victim
* Peter Pan † - Abductor
* Isaac Heller
* Dorothy Gale
* Ruby
* Mulan
* Merida
* Hades † - True Love and Former Boyfriend turned Reluctant Victim
* Mr. Hyde †
* Black Fairy † - Attempted Killer and Attempted Victim
* Gideon - Formerly
* Coven of the Eight
	+ Mother Gothel
	+ Seraphina
	+ Andrea Sage
	+ Drizella
	+ Madame Leota
* Hansel/Nick Branson † - Attempted Killer
* Munchkins
	+ Boq - Victim
* Dorothy Gale
* Toto
* Cowardly Lion
* Stanum - Former Child hood Friend
* Ivo
* Gretel
* Ingrid

## Trivia

* The basket-bike that Emma and Killian see in one of the episodes is a reference to Mrs. Gulch, the Wicket Witch of the West's counterpart, who significantly rode a bicycle in the original 1939 Wizard of Oz film.
* Like the book, Zelena and the Witch of the East are not related. Instead The Witch of the east being Zelena's sister is taken from Regina.
* She is also two years older than her sister, Regina due to her casting call as a young girl was to play twelve years old and Regina is ten years old.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ It's Not Easy Being Green
2. ↑ The casting calls for Regina and Zelena's younger Darkness were ten and twelve respectively.