First ever OUAT !
Sweat clung to her body as her night shirt held tight to every curve like a second skin. She was in between the point of being in deep slumber and fully awake yet she couldn't control the way her body thrashed around in the bed. Slowly she slipped into a conscious state before clambering out of the bed to look at the night sky. New York was a completely different atmosphere than Storybrooke, but that was the point. Here in the city nobody wanted her to be their Savior, nobody expected her to act like the perfect White Princess that her parents expected her to be. Her heart clenched uncomfortably at the thought of her parents and her son who she willingly left behind for the second time in his life. A creek in the floor boards startled her as she turned to face a sleepy tot.
"Leia baby...what are you doing up?" She scooped up the child who immediately clung to her.
"I hadda dream..."She yawned
"Do you want to tell me what its about?" Emma began to rub circles on the child's back.
"We were in the woods. I was a princess!" Leia yelped excitedly her sleepy state forgotten. Emma had to swallow back the lump in her throat at the irony in that statement.
"You are always a princess, my love." Emma sighed walking toward the bed before sliding both of them under the covers
"Yeah but I was a real princess! I had a pretty green dress and a crown! You were there too! You were fighting with a mean lady and I had a brother!" Leia rambled in between yawns. Emma tensed up again before glancing at their packed bags in the corner. They were going back to Storybrooke for Leia. Emma just hoped she was making the right decision after what caused her to leave.
FlashBack:
"Regina...I swear it isn't what it looks like!" Emma couldn't stop the tears that were flooding her face as she looked at her lover's disgusted expression.
"Save it Miss. Swan! I should have known." Regina stalked away angrily. Emma turned towards Henry with pleading eyes
"Kid..." Emma sighed as Henry's eyes shot between her and Hook, both in a state of undress but not naked
"I can't believe you! You were supposed to be her happy ending! I hate you, your not my mom!" Henry shouted, his face a beet red. At Emma's shocked expression he continued.
"Your a dirty whore! I should have never brought you to Storybrooke!" He pushed her before leaving.
End of Flashback
Emma had to swallow back her own disgust at the memory. She was labeled as the town Harlot, nobody even bothered to try to hear her side of the story. She quickly turned from Savior to Hester Prynne with her own Scarlet letter. Everyone turned on her, while she nearly drowned in her own demons except Ruby. Which is why Leia was her God-daughter. Bile rose in her throat at the memory of Hook and all he took from her with shear brute force. She wanted nothing more than for Regina to help put her back together again but was denied that.
Emma eyes raked over her two year old's features. Blond hair and pale skin much like her own were the only similarities besides there blueish green eyes. However little Leia was all Charming with a slight mean streak that could have only come from Regina Mills. With that thought alone on her brain she drifted off to sleep.
THREE DAYS LATER
Emma had pulled up to Granny's almost twenty minutes ago. People fluttered around her but due to tinted windows in her newly acquired Jeep, they didn't stop to spew the evil comments she was subjected to before. Glancing in the mirror she eyed the sleeping toddler before gathering the courage to go around back to meet Ruby. Skillfully she grabbed her daughter and a blanket to cover her before closing the door and hurrying to the back entrance.
"Is this her?! Oh my goodness she is sooo cute. Pictures don't do her justice Em! She looks like your mini me!" Ruby gushed before sniffing the child to remember her scent.
"This is her, Leia Rubina Swan." Emma said shifting her daughter to her other hip.
"Come on in, I bet your both starving and she could probably use some real food." Ruby teased.
"Actually I learned how to cook during my pregnancy. It kept my mind off everything." Emma shrugged
"Well if you want we can drop her off in your room upstairs. Granny will be happy to see you. She has been itching to see her "grand baby" . Ruby joked
"Yeah, she could probably sleep another hour or two." Emma said walking up the stairs with Ruby. Setting her baby on the bed, she put pillows around her so she wouldn't fall off.
"You are a natural" Ruby praised the woman who she had seen have a very awkward and childish relationship with her son, to being a pro.
"Yeah well I had to learn everything on my own. For a while I wasn't sure if I could do it but I wouldn't make the same mistake that I did with Henry." Emma spoke lonesomely pushing several curls out of the child's face.
"How about I go make us some cocoa and we can catch up?" Ruby asked cheerily trying to brighten up the blond.
They had spent over a couple of hours catching up and telling jokes when a flash of blond came up and slapped Emma hard across the face catching the attention of everyone in the diner. Emma turned and was faced with a very angry Tink before the slightly smaller blond struck her again.
"What the hell do you think you are doing here?" Tink seethed and Emma tensed up.
"I was talking to Ruby before you assaulted me." Emma spat back causing the other woman to try and lunge at her.
"DONT HIT MY MOMMY!" Came an angry voice from behind. Tink winced when she was doused in a piping hot cup of cocoa before she turned angrily on the child.
"You little shit!" Tink screeched and took a step towards the child before she became immobilize. Emma stepped out with her hand pointed towards the other woman letting everyone in the restaurant know she now had control of Tinker Bell. Ruby was growling behind Tink prepared to help Emma but she just shook her head.
"Leia get over her." Emma commanded to the child who was shivering with anger.
"I want you to apologize to this lady and then go upstairs with Ruby." Emma didn't leave any room for discussion but the tiny tot just ran to her God Mom who took her upstairs without the apology.
"You were going to hit her." Emma stated with a deadly gleam in her eyes before clenching her fist into a ball cutting off Tink's air supply.
"What the hell is going on here?" Regina glided in the room after seeing her girlfriend suspended in the air.
"Ms. Swan." Regina said coldly when her eyes landed on her ex who was choking her current girlfriend magically.
"Madame Mayor, I'm kind of busy." Emma spat back. Regina tried to throw Emma away with a flick of her wrist but Emma didn't even stumble. Her hair was the only thing that moved.
"You will drop my girlfriend this instantly!" Regina seethed marching over to them. Emma seemed to ponder this before a cynical smirk in cased her face that made even the Evil Queen in her shudder.
"As you wish your Majesty" She dropped Tink to the floor and stepped over the blond who was sputtering for air.
"Graham what are you just standing there for? Arrest her for assault!" Regina barked
"Regina...Tink hit her first." Graham informed her
"Twice in fact, in front of a kid who she was going to hit to!" Ruby spat standing beside her husband.
"Very well. Listen very clear Ms. Swan , if you ever try anything like that again you wont like the consequences." Regina fumed helping her girlfriend up.
"Regina...I'm not the same girl anymore. You remember that. If I have to I wont hesitate ripping you both apart limb by limb. You might have years of knowledge on your side but I have taken several crash courses that make you look like a clown pulling a bunny from a hat. Don t fuck with me or mine!" Emma said coldly directing the last statement towards Tink who at least had the decency to look terrified
When she was sure she made her point she went to console her daughter upstairs .
This idea just hit me and I decided to just go with it. Let me know what you think. Also I picture Leia as a three year old Elle Fanning with long curly hair.