"EMMA!" Cried Regina as she saw the blonde fall through another portal once again. She wasn't about to leave her alone in the realm so she jumped in after her, and like that the time portal closed leaving everyone in Storybooke without a mayor nor savior.
When Emma landed on the other side of the giant yellow vortex she landed on her stomach in the middle of a forest. She thought she was alone so when she saw Regina fall out of the sky and land a few feet in front of her on her ass it was a bit of a shock.
"Regina?" Asked Emma not believing someone would actually come save her/follow her to wherever they were.
"Emma, you seriously need to stop falling through these things" Regina said in an unamused tone. Still not believing herself that she jumped through one of these voluntarily.
"Yeah well, they seem to continue appearing in Storybrooke and I've managed to fall into every single one so far, so that has to account for something right?" Emma asked a smile coming on her lips forming because she wasn't alone, she didn't know how these realms worked, it was foreign to her so she was glad someone was here to guide her along the way.
"That's not something to be proud of Miss Swan" Regina said in her usual bitchy dry tone but a smile forming on her lips too. The blonde was a wonderful idiot that she happened to love but no one knew.
"So where are we exactly" Emma asked looking around. They were in the middle of a forest, nothing but trees so it was quite hard to figure out where they were. Obviously it wasn't too hard for Regina as she answered right away.
"Enchanted Forest" She said looking around as well. Noticing a figure up in the trees she knew exactly when and where they were. 'Shit' Regina thought to herself.
"Emma we gotta go! Do not make a sound, do you understand me?!" Regina said standing up, grabbing Emma's arm and moving into the bushes alongside the path in the middle of the mysterious forest.
"Ok?" Emma answered as she was being pulled by the glorious brunette. "Wait where are we and why can't I talk?" Emma asked this time looking at Regina with curiosity written all over her face.
"Enchanted Forest and by the looks of it, you're parents are about to meet!" Regina said pointing up to the hooded figure up in the tree. Emma's eyes went wide with realization and she shut up real quick. When Regina felt it safe she nudged Emma to follow her as they escaped to go somewhere less important at that time, but Regina's plan backfired completely when Emma stepped on a twig and Snow turns, losing her focus and falling from the tree. She looks pissed but doesn't do anything and just runs off because she knows that she's wanted and whether or not these people knew who she was she wasn't going to risk it over some silly jewels from the Prince.
"Fuck Emma" Regina gritted through her teeth. "Great we've been here for under 5 minutes and you've already managed to fuck up our future, this is great" Regina sighed.
"Wait what?" Emma said, disbelief evident in her tone.
"This is where your parents met, Snow was supposed to rob your father and then he was supposed to chase her and it goes on but the point is Charming's carriage is gonna go by any minute and Snow won't be here to steal from him which means your parents never met which means you don't nor will ever exist!" Regina states angrily.
"Fuck… What do we do?" Emma sighs.
"We have to get them to meet again, and I know of only one person who can help us…"
"Rumplestiltskin" The two women say at the same time.
Regina grabs Emma's hand and they disappear in a cloud of purple smoke when their vision comes back they are in front of a huge castle that belonged to the beloved deal maker. The blonde and brunette make their way inside, Regina seemed to know what she was doing because she was walking through all these hallways as if it were her own home.
"How do you know where the hell you're going?" Emma asked.
"Emma, I practically lived in this castle, Rumple taught me magic remember?" Regina answered simply.
"Right…" Emma said uncomfortably.
They continued walking for about 2 minutes until they reached two huge wooden doors that looked impossible to get through but Regina opened them with no problem with her magic.
Do what do I owe the pleasure your Majes-, You're not the Queen!" Rumple said a little confused. Emma chuckled while Regina smirked.
"Ofcourse I'm the Queen, I'm just her from the future, Don't you see the resemblance" Regina said sarcastically. She walked closer to the Dark One and made herself at home by making herself some tea. "Rumple I need your help, we are from the future and this idiot blonde over there has managed to change the future already by disrupting her parents meeting" Regina stated as if it were the most normal conversation in the world.
"Well dearies that's certainly a lot to take in, in such a short time. I thought time travel was impossible" Rumple said.
"Yeah well I guess not, now I need answers! How do we fix this and how do we get home?" Regina asked starting to get annoyed with the impish man.
"Well you're going to need to get them to meet, lucky for you there's a ball tonight and you will both attend. I assume your father is the Prince and your mother… Let me guess Snow White?" Rumple asked with a growing smirk.
"How do you know?" Emma asked astonished that he knew that.
"Well you have their features dear and being the Dark One has its perks." He replied simply. "Now as I was saying Snow needs to attend that ball with you, she won't be able to go in but you need to gather to take the object she was looking for before in the woods, she will run off and the Prince will want it back so they will eventually meet again and all should return to normal. And when you're finished come back here and I will send you back to wherever it is that you came from." Rumple recited and did his signature creepy laugh at the end of his speech.
"What's your price?" Emma steps in. Knowing by now that everything comes with a price with him.
"I wish to know about my son, do I find him in this new world?" Rumple asked with hope filling his eyes.
"You do, but he dies, he was an amazing man! He dies a hero and he dies wishing you happiness" Emma says as a tear rolls down her cheek. Regina looks up and her eyes water because she can't bare to see the blonde in pain like this.
"Alright.." Rumple says in a sad tone. He magic's an invitation to the ball which lands in his right hand and he hands it over to Regina.
"Great let's go Emma" Regina says hurriedly before the impish man needs something else of them.
"Wait!" Rumple says. "You can't go dressed like that…" He flicks his wrist and both women are dressed head to toe in fancy clothing and jewels and have been given glamours so they are completely unrecognizable to anyone but themselves. Regina was wearing a long sleeve pink and silver gown that goes off the shoulder with her hair in a fancy up do leaving her side bangs visible, while Emma was wearing a long sleeve red gown with her hair in an up do as well. After Regina gave an eye roll to the imp, the blonde and the brunette were off.
They made it to Charming's castle along with Snow who was waiting with a horse along the trees so she was out of sight from all guards. They made their way inside, when they made their way down the stairs to the gigantic and glamorous ball room a man came and greeted them and asked of their names. Emma was drawing a blank, she figured she couldn't use her real name so she was quickly trying to figure something out but ofcourse Regina seemed to have it all under control.
"Princess Rosalinda and this is Princess Emilia" Regina said quickly stepping in for the awkward silence that took over the trio. After he announced their names they quickly made their way over to the dance floor where almost everyone in the room was dancing.
"Care to dance Princess Emilia?" Regina asked with a huge smile on her face, a smile Emma couldn't say no to even though she doesn't really know how to dance.
"Ofcourse mi'lady" Emma replied. They were already standing in the middle of the floor so they just needed to catch up to everyone else. Regina lead, while Emma had no idea what she was doing whatsoever.
"Regina, I have no idea what I'm doing. You're gonna make me look like an idiot out here" Emma pleaded.
"Oh hush, there's no way I could make you look like a bigger idiot than you already are" Regina answered chuckling lightly at the smile that graced Emma's lips when she said that. Regina just placed Emma's hands on her hips and she placed her on Emma's shoulder and they danced. Emma got the hang of it pretty quickly before they knew it the time flew by and they had been dancing for hours. When someone came bursting through the doors Emma and Regina stopped dead in their tracks. When they saw who it was they looked at each other and panicked. Regina told Emma to follow quietly, and this time she did. Both women escaped the room without a soul noticing.
**Meanwhile Snow had snuck into the castle and was in Charming's room looking for that satchel with the jewels she had wanted earlier. She found it and she made it to the window in time to see the prince walking in and noticing her. They met and she got away with the ring and he swore he would find her.**
Emma and Regina watched the scene play out from the balcony of the castle as Snow rode off into the distance, suddenly there were two guards aiming to shoot at Snow. Both the brunette and the blonde pretended to trip and fall on each of the two guards. When both guards regained their composure they were being dragged into the ballroom to speak to the queen.
"They were helping Snow White escape your majesty" One guard said.
"And who might you two be?" The queen asked in a snarky tone.
"Regina I-"
"So informal, who do you think you are, speaking to the Queen of this land like that? Very disrespectful!" She walked around the two women, she could smell the magic used on them but she wouldn't make a scene here, she would wait 'this is going to be fun' she thought to herself.
"Bring them to my castle" The Queen said to the two guards holding the brunette and blonde captive. They started walking out the door with the two women and closely behind, the Queen followed.
They made it to the Queen's castle quickly since she transported herself and her two guards with her magic so she did the same on the way back. The Queen was sitting upon her throne while Regina and Emma kneeled before her on the ground.
"So are you going to tell me who you really are?" The Queen asked unimpressed.
"Princess Rosalinda" Regina said with her head bowed.
"And you?" The Queen nodded her head in the direction of the blonde.
"Princess Emilia" Emma said looking down not daring to move her eyes up to face the queen.
"Let me see your faces properly!" The Queen demanded as she stood up and made her way to the two women kneeling on the floor. They both looked up and the queen laughed. The brunette and blonde were confused but the queen seemed to catch on to their confusion and she explained.
"I don't like when people lie to me, now what are your real names!" The queen asked more angered than she was when she found out about them helping Snow escape.
"Emma" The blonde said just above a whisper so the queen could hear her. When the Queen heard this she was thrilled.
"What a pretty name too bad it doesn't match your face." The queen waved her hand and Emma's glamour was gone she was completely vulnerable to the queen.
"Much better!" The Queen said thrilled. "And as for you my dear" She flicked her wrist and Regina's glamour was gone, but when the Queen saw who was on the other side of the magic she gasped.
"What?" Is all the Queen was able to get out.
"I can explain!" Regina pleaded. She didn't really know where to start but she figured anything was better than being executed by her evil, younger self.
"Well get to it dear, I'm quite curious." The Queen replied re-taking her seat on her throne waiting attentively for an explanation of why her older self was kneeling on the floor in front of her.
"Were from the future, this one over here" She nudged her head towards Emma, "decided it was a good idea to fall through a time portal and well we ended up here, we mean no harm, we just need to get home." Regina finished with a pleading look in her eyes.
"I'm not going to kill either of you so don't worry about that!" The Queen started but quickly stopped when she noticed the look of relief flush the two women's faces. "But I can't just let you get away with what you did either, some sort of punishment must be given." The Queen finished with a knowing smirk growing on her lips.
Regina knowing exactly what was in store for them because she used to be this person, she wasn't 100% against the idea but she still didn't think she could handle this at the moment. So she pleaded that the Queen doesn't go through with whatever she wanted.
"Oh dear, have I grown soft in this new land? If you truly are from the future and you were once in my position, I think you know exactly what I'm going to do and you are both going to do it without complaints" The Queen walked closer to her two guest grabbing each one by one arm and making her way to the Queens chambers.