Hey guys, a new SQ story for you all! I'm still gonna be working on Saviour's but this one is due to a prompt AU gif from tumblr. ( post/63953946282/au-emma-and-regina-are-best-friends-and-regina) this is the one people! :D

Hope y'all enjoy it!

8 Years Later...4 Years Previous

'8 Years ago a great misfortune fell across the land of Storybrooke. Although the curse of a broken woman had been broken by the Saviour, danger lurked near.

Two outsiders and a traitorous pirate stole a failsafe that would destroy the land and everything in it. When all was lost, the Queen who had sentenced her enemies to this world stood forward to sacrifice herself as the town escaped.

But the Saviour and the Queen's son refused to leave her.

As the failsafe became stronger and the Queen weaker, the family of three stood together and waited for the end to come.

"I-I'm sorry I'm not strong enough..." The Queen gasped, the pain becoming more unbearable by the minute.

But then a sudden thought struck the Saviour's head.

"You may not be strong enough..." The Saviour whispered "But maybe we are."

As the Saviour stepped towards the glowing diamond of a trigger, she raised her hands and placed them close to the shaking Queen's before her. At first nothing happened. But then a sudden burst of blue life crackled to life from her fingers and into the trigger.

The two women shook with the power of their magic fighting against the danger before them. And then in a sudden burst of light they were flown back off their feet as the trigger fell and its destructive power ceased.

The Queen gasped, the oxygen rushing through her body quickly, making her cough from the sudden air. "You did it." She whispered, as a young brunette boy helped her to her feet.

The Saviour before her smiled with tears in her eyes.

"No, we did."

...

"Then what?!" The children cried, there high pitched voices echoing the excitement in their bright eyes.

A deep voice chuckled, a hand brushing through short brown hair as he did so. "Hold on munchkins, we have a special guest in seems." He said with a smile, nodding towards the Saviour woman at the far corner of the room.

"Emma!" The children squealed, their small voices getting higher and higher with the buzz of excitement of the Saviour sheriff being near them.

Emma laughed and walked into the class.

"Hey kids, sorry to interrupt story time. Although it is my story after all," She said, winking at the children "So I can't really get in trouble for the interruption."

The children laughed while the man at the front just rolled his eyes and told the kids to go and play for a while.

As the children rushed off to go and play Emma walked over to the brunette man who sat in a dark leather chair at the front of the room, looking very similar to someone they both knew.

She smiled and ruffled his hair. "Hey Kid, you going to Regina's tonight? Gotta let her know, you know how Regina is with preparations."

Mother and son rolled their eyes and smiled.

"Yeah I'll be there, I'm bringing Paige too, so Ma make sure Mom doesn't try and recruit her again for the MA, alright?" Henry laughed, smiling widely at his other mother.

Emma shook her head and lightly shoved his shoulder. "Kid, your 18 now, you got to fight your own battles with her, I can't do everything. I am only one Saviour. Besides your know Regina's insane, I can't help you even if I wanted to."

"Oh shut up Ma," He huffed, although a small smile tugged at the edge of his lips. "I'll just see you both at dinner OK?"

Nodded her head, she ruffled his hair and left the room, waving goodbye to the children as she did. It was the moment the door closed behind her did the children suddenly rush forward back to their seats on the carpet floor in front of Henry, expectation on their faces.

"What happened next Mr Mills?" One red headed girl ask, her blue eyes sparkling with excitement.

"What happened between the Saviour and the Evil Queen?" Another child asked, a small blonde haired boy this time.

Henry chuckled as he pulled the book he had hidden from his mother from behind his back, the brown leather brushing against his fingertips as he opened it up to the newer pages in the story. He smiled at old memories before looking up to the children before him.

"To continue our story we must flash forward from now to a year ago, 4 years after the saving of the town. Where a 4 year long relationship that still balanced on the line between civil and friendship finally fell in the right direction...with a little help of course..."


4 years previous...

"REGINA!" A blonde haired woman screamed as she stormed into the brunette's home, slamming the door behind herself, revelling in the fact that the slam made the vase on the far right table shake. "Where the hell are you?!"

The familiar clipping of Gucci shoes echoing in the direction of the study. It didn't take long for the door to open up and show the radiant brunette, her ever growing hair resting gently at her shoulders, framing her face.

Chocolate eyes connected with turquoise ones, rolling instantly at the presence of their owner. "Yes, Miss Swan? How can I help you on this oh so wonderful day?" She drawled sarcastically, placing her hands on her hips as she walked closer to the blonde in her hallway.

Emma rolled her eyes, placing a hand of her own on her hip, "Henry called me." Regina's figure straightened instantly, panic in her eyes. Emma softened slightly "He's fine, I promise." Regina relaxed. "But he told me that there was an emergency and to come here as soon as I could. He didn't really specify why."

"Because you and Mom need to be friends!" A breaking voice said from behind them, surprising both women who'd been completely oblivious to the front door opening.

"Henry." Both women gasped, surprised to see their 15 year old son stood in the doorway, a frown on his matured face.

"You are both being completely ridiculous! You've been attempting to avoid each other for months now and when you can't avoid it you both go out of your way to tease and infuriate the other! It is obvious to everyone that you are trying to stop yourselves from being friends." Henry said, wincing every now and again when his voice would break.

"So," He continued, look to both of his mothers. "I'm going to lock you inside this house and you are going to work out your differences and become the friends you want to be or so help me God I will knock some sense into the both of you."

Both women started their objections but Henry silenced them again.

"And if either of you use magic to get out I won't speak to either you for a month. Understood?"

They all fell silent as the two reluctant women nodded their heads and accepted their son's orders. And so with the agreement of the two women Henry took the key's and locked them in from the outside.

"He gets this conniving attitude from you ya know?" The blonde huffed as she lounged across the study room's couch, a glass of apple cider rested against her forehead.

Regina scoffed "If anything he got it from you! You were the one jailed!"

"Cursed a world."

"Delinquency from the age of 8."

"Tried to kill me."

"Stole my son and went to New York."

"Faked Graham's death!"

Regina went to fight back, but instead huffed and sulked back into her chair. "I had my reasons Miss Swan, Henry knows that."

"I know, I know. He told me why." Emma sighed before taking a sip of her drink. "It was a pretty petty reason for it though." Regina glared at her. "Well it is! Just because you were jealous and upset did not give you the right to fake a man's death. I mean come on! What did you expect to do? Keep him in that mental hospital room until everyone forgot about him and then bring him back?"

The woman huffed again.

Emma gasped "Oh my God! You actually thought you were gonna be able to do that?!"

"Well of course I realized it would be difficult but I was going to change his appearance and wipe his memory and give him a new identity-"

Emma laughed "You really had it all planned out didn't you?" Scraping her fingers through her hair "You are unbelievable. In a good way though, cause honestly I never would have thought of that – and don't say it's because of my Charming idiocy heritage cause it's not."

Regina rolled her eyes although a small smile twitched at her lips.

"I have to give you credit for all that you achieved though, you may have been an Evil Queen but it's pretty impressive." Emma raised her glass towards her "Even if it did orphan me for years, but hey you weren't the one to put me in the magic tree so you aren't entirely to blame."

That got the Queen's attention.

"You don't blame me?" She asked in surprise.

Emma chuckled lightly "I said you aren't ENTIRELY to blame, I still hate you a little."

"I still hate you a little too." Regina laughed as she finished the last of her cider. "For you know, taking Henry away, and calling me a murderer."

"Technically you are-" Emma started, a small smile playing at her lips.

Regina laughed fully then "Don't even try Miss Swan, we could take this debate on for years and you will never be right."

"OK, OK, OK, calm down your majesty" Emma joked, winking at the brunette before finishing of her glass too. "I promise never to bring up the debate if you promise never to bring up my Charming heritage again."

An elegant brow was raised at her as if to say can you really disagree on facts, dear?

So she recanted her words. "Fiiiiiiiinnneee, you can't bring it up for a month!" Regina nodded in understanding. "Shake on it."

Regina rolled her eyes but smiled as she stood up from her chair and walked over to the couch, knocking the blonde's legs off so she could sit down where her feet had been.

"Deal." She said, raising her hand to the blonde who glared at the hand. "Something wrong dear? Do you not know what a handshake is?"

Emma smacked the hand in front of her. "I know how to hand shake bitchy mgee, I was just thinking it should be a more powerful agreement." Regina frowned. "Not Rumplestiltskin deal like, I mean proper 'friendly' like agreements."

Regina's eyes widened and she jumped back from the blonde.

"Emma!" She squeaked, glaring and blushing at the same time. "We will NOT be having sexual relationships over some ridiculous deal!"

The blonde before her chocked "Oh my God! No, no no no! I didn't mean sex! God no, I mean you're hot and stuff but no! I meant pinkie swear you idiot Queen! Jesus what sort of people do you know who ask for sex for a deal?"

"Men are pigs Emma dear, you should know this." Regina droned, trying to rid herself of the blush that was still ever present on her cheeks. "But anyway, isn't a pinkie swear a little juvenile? Not that I'm surprised seeing as it is you dear."

Emma rolled her eyes.

"It's something that I suppose friends would do."

Regina looked at her warily. "And you want to be friends?"

"Only if you want to be ya know. I mean, it wouldn't be so bad. I do seem to have this way of saving your life over and over again. And you mine sometimes. It's only kind of reasonable that we become sort of friends. And it seems everyone thinks we should be. I can't tell you how many times Ruby has told me to ask you out to girls night, but I you know, never thought you'd say yes and didn't want to be an idiot-"

"Miss Swan, do shut up." Regina chuckled as she held out her pinkie.

Emma smiled and clasped Regina's pinkie and shook it.

"To no murder talk, a month of no idiocy, and the start of a friendship!" Emma cried, coughing lightly after when Regina raised an eyebrow at her. "I mean, you know...for Henry."


Present...

"And that kids, is how the dear friendship of a Queen and a Knight first begun." Henry said, smiling at the awe struck children before him. "And tomorrow, the story shall continue. But for now it is home time for you all."

The children groaned and sighed as they walked slowly towards the coat rack. Henry only chuckled as he closed his book. Listening to the children discuss with one another the story so far. If only they knew he thought just how important that friendship would be.