An: Part 3 of the gender bending Swan Queen series. M!Regina or Rey, but Gina might come back after a while.
For those who read The Real Swan...please don't get violent, if I die there won't be an update and I'm working on it I swear.
"Please...help me."
The fairy glared at the pleading girl. This was the spawn of darkness, and she would only bring more darkness to the realm. "Your family is blacklisted, their fairy was stripped of power. Return to your wicked mother, there are no wishes to be granted to anyone of your blood...you're wasting your time. "
"Please...I'm not like her, I don't want to be like her! If I'm away then whatever darkness you see in me won't hurt anyone! If not for me, then help others by sending me away." The dark haired girl begged, desperate.
"She needs me for her plans, if I'm gone then she can't get what she wants."
The fairy stopped for a second, she knew of the Dark One's interest in this girl, that her mother would bring more chaos and threaten light... Perhaps this was her chance, make sure the Dark One's plan was not successful, the fairies would be safe, she would not lose her power.
"Very well."
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Everyone stared in silence, unsure of what was going on.
They had done what hey were supposed to, they all had revealed on of their deepest secrets, yet even with the bridge fully formed, the cage refused to open. They had thought that the blonde's secret would be enough, but Emma's revelation that she wished Neal dead had not been enough to free him.
When Neal decided he should reveal his own secret. That he wouldn't give up on Emma, nothing happened.
"Fuck." Emma cursed. If that didn't work then what were they supposed to do then? Sure the cage didn't look all that strong, but if they tried to force it open the whole thing would probably collapse and send them to their deaths. "What are we supposed to do now?"
This was just too much, she should have just kept looking for Henry and forget about trying to find Neal. Then she wouldn't have to hear her mother say how she just wasn't enough. Not what she wanted, that she wanted a new baby... She couldn't deal with this, her son needed her. Even if her parents didn't.
"I thought you said the secrets were supposed to free him." David glared at the pirate suspiciously. Sure he had come to sort of like the man after the way he helped him...but he was still a pirate.
"Aye, that's what I thought as well, mate." The one handed man confirmed. Unsure of why it hadn't worked. Just when they began to worry that Pan had tricked them, the boy himself had appeared, flying above them.
"It would have worked too...but then that last secret was really pathetic wasn't it?" He smiled mockingly at Neal. "Not even a real secret. Even if it was, it's nowhere near your darkest secret, is it Baelfire? There are so many things you're hiding...especially from the Savior."
Emma glared at the flying boy and then at Neal, who avoided her eyes confirming Pan's words.
The blonde chuckled bitterly. Of course he'd have more secrets. She thought angrily, not just secrets but something he kept from her especially. Something that would affect her deeply, or Pan wouldn't have bothered to bring it up.
"See, Baelfire... she's not even surprised." The blond teenager laughed. "But then, why would she? You have a history of hurting her terribly. And what she knows is not even the worst thing you've done to her..."
"You fucking bastard!" The caged man growled, furious at the smug teen. How dare he do this?
"What's he talking about Neal?" Emma glared at him. What else had he done? "What the fuck did you do? Wasn't it enough with using me and letting me pay for your crime?" She growled.
"Emma..." He looked away guiltily.
"What did you fucking do?!"
Pan's laughter echoed all over the cave. "Do start talking, Bae...or you'll be in there forever and poor Henry will pay for it."
Neal's shoulders sagged and he gave up fighting, he knew he had to tell her. Knew he had to reveal what he'd done. Looking at her pleadingly, he said. "It was an accident... I didn't know it would activate. I didn't know, there wasn't supposed to be any magic in that world...the portal wasn't supposed to open. I didn't mean to push him through..."
"Neal, what the hell are you talking about...?"
"But how could I tell you? You'd think I was insane...so I lied." He continued as if he hadn't heard her. He didn't look at her, didn't want to see the look on her face.
A feeling of dread began to spread through Emma's body. In the back of her mind connections were being made, terrible scenarios began to form and her body shook with fear of whatever would come out of Neal's mouth next. "Tell me what...?"
A pained Neal finally met her eyes as he destroyed what little had been left intact after his first betrayal. "He didn't leave...I-I...he fell through a portal..."
"...Rey?" She asked with a shaky voice, neither her parents nor Hook had ever heard from the usually strong woman.
Neal nodded, confirming Emma had guessed correctly.
Her eyes widened, her breath violently left her body and she collapsed on her knees, just as the door of the cage opened. The Dark One's son immediately got out, his eyes fixed on the blonde. He took a step towards her, attempting to approach her.
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"He left... he's not coming back."
"W-What? No...he wouldn't leave me."
"I'm sorry, Emma."
"He wants to marry me! He said I'd never be alone again!"
"You're not alone, I'm here for you."
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Emma's parents and Hook had watched in silence as the former lovers spoke, the man revealing something that seemed to shock Emma to the core, hurt her terribly. Break her even...
Snow and David were just about to ask what was going on, when Neal, now free of the cage, approached Emma. David was about to protest and tell him to get away from his daughter when Emma snapped.
And there was no other word for it. She snapped and brought her fist to the man's face, the sound of something breaking not enough to stop her as she began punching and kicking the man. "You fucking bastard! You son of a bitch! HOW COULD YOU!?" She grabbed him by his hair and slammed his bleeding face against the cage he had just escaped, ignoring the screams from her parents and Hook as the stone bridge started to shake.
"You told me he left! You said he was gone! You made me think he didn't love me!" She was going to kill him, she was going to fucking kill him! "You lied! You took him from me, you took him from me so you could get me into bed...oh god..."
She had fallen for it. She had cursed his name and let Neal comfort her and make new promises and tell her he loved her, she had fallen into bed with him while the man she loved was trapped somewhere in another realm, probably hurt...or...
NO!
"Where is he!? Where did you send him? What did you do to him!?" She growled forcing the broken man to look at her, shaking him roughly. Arms wrapped around her suddenly, dragging her back away from Neal.
"No! Let me go! Let me go, I'm gonna fucking kill him! Let me go David! He took Rey from me! He loved me! He loved me and Neal took him from me!" She fought against her father's hold to no avail, she fought for what seemed like hours until her legs gave out and she collapsed sobbing in David's arms. "He loved me...
...he was going to marry me..."
Snow and even Hook watched helpless as the strong woman they knew broke down completely in her father's arms, her spirit breaking before their eyes.
