This story is a Femslash between Emma S./Regina Mills-Evil Queen/Ruby Lucas-Red. It's rated M for violence, swearing and of course, sexual content.

I'm not exactly sure where I'm going with this story or whether I'll even keep up with it, but just in case, I'll put in a trigger warning for abuse and self-harm.

If I am going to keep up with this story, I'll try to write long chapters, so even then, there will probably a long update time, especially since I tend to write at 1am.

To figure where this story is going, updates, or anything else important, pleas read the A/N's that will be put at the start and/or end of a chapter.

Hope you enjoy

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Ruby's POV

I sighed while I leaned against the counter. Table one, Snow and Charming. Table two Rumple and Belle. Table three, Regina and Emma.. After the curse broke, everyone started finding their true love. Everyone except me that is. Even Henry has been having feelings for Ava recently. I, on the other hand, have been even more excluded because of my wolf. I sighed again before grabbing a plate of burgers and fries and a bowl of salad before bringing it over to Regina and Emma, who were leaning over the table to each other and sharing light kisses, whispering and giggling in between. Jealousy shot through me, but I quickly placed the food in front of them and walked away, not even acknowledging the, "Thanks, Rubes." That Emma sent my way. I stormed into the kitchen, ignoring Snow as she tried to get my attention, and made a beeline for the back door that led straight to the woods.

Unfortunately, before I had the chance to escape and run for a few minutes, Granny stepped in my path. "Come. We're going to have a talk." I groaned and followed behind her as she walked out the door. We stood by the tree line and I waited to hear what she wanted to say.

"Your wolf is ready. I can see it tearing you apart." I tilted my head in confusion and waited for her to elaborate.

"Your wolf. She's ready for a mate, she's getting lonely." I felt my inner wolf whine in agreement and I frowned while looking to the ground.

"How do I find a mate? How do I know I've got the right guy?" Granny took a quick look around before stepping closer to me and speaking in a low voice.

"Tonight, enter the clearing at the top of the hill, and stand under the full moon as your wolf. Close your eyes and let your wolf take full control, you won't hurt anyone, but you won't remember your night either. When you first wake up you will have a clear view of who your mate is. It will be hard, but before you run to find whoever your mate is, you need to come home and see me, okay?" I repeated her words mentally before nodding. She smiled, happy that I understood before nodding her head in the direction of the woods, allowing me to finally go for my run.

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I jumped over a log and ducked under some branches, laughing as the wind rushed through my hair. I've been running for a good 30 minutes straight and it definitely calmed me like I hoped it would. Finally pausing for a moment. I realized I had 5 text from Emma.

'Hey Rubes,

Granny said you were out for a run, but she wants you back in 10 minutes.

-Em'

5 minutes after the text, I got another one.

Hi again Rubes,

Do you mind covering for me at the station tonight? Dad can't do it and I was hopping to have some... Alone time ;) with Gina, Granny said she'll watch Henry.'

Another 5 minutes.

'Rubes? Kinda need to know soon :3...'

Another 5 minutes.

'Granny's worried, said you're not back yet.'

And finally, a few minutes ago.

'Ruby, if you don't answer me right now, we're sending a search party out.'

I sighed and rolled my eyes. After reading the text about covering for her at the station tonight, I got a bit ticked off. I want my own person to cuddle up to. My own person to have 'alone time' with. Putting my phone back in my pocket, I turned and started sprinting back to the diner.

When I broke through the line of trees behind the diner, I wasn't shocked to see Granny, Emma and Regina standing there. "Hey guys." I smiled, as if I didn't just give them all a scare. "Sorry, needed to clear my head." Granny gave me a knowing look but both Emma and Regina frowned. Before anyone could say anything else, I turned to Emma. "Sorry, can't cover for you tonight Em, got a wolf thing." You could see the disappointment rush through her and Regina's features but she nodded. Without a second word, I turned and walked back into the diner.

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I've been waiting for the moment all day. Granny and I were just finishing up closing the diner and I was practically jumping with excitement to see the out come of tonight. Granny glanced at me and chuckled, shaking her head. "You're like a little pup again." She continued to chuckle while I mockingly stuck my tongue out at her.

I wiped down the last table and Granny put away the last of the food before nodding her head to the back door. I squealed happily and ran to give her a kiss on the cheek before running out the door. I took my time shifting into my wolf, enjoying the feel of my bones and muscles stretching out, feeling my already heightened senses grown stronger. I shook out my fur and closed my eyes, the fresh smell of trees surrounding me. Finally, I took off running, heading straight towards the only hill in Storybrooke that broke threw the cover of the trees and was exposed to the moon. When I entered the clearing, my wolf seemed to understand what was going and tried to forcefully take control. I growled as a warning and sighed as she calmed. It's time.

I let all my muscles go limp, only keeping my leg muscles tense enough to keep me standing. A rush of heat flew over my body and it felt like my mind was getting sucked back. I knew resistance only brought pain so I continued to shut down my own mind until finally, everything went black.

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I awoke slowly. I could feel cool grass against my bare body, birds were chirping somewhere above me, but other then that, all was silent. I was about to open my eyes, fearing the view of myself covered in blood, but, before my eyelids could even twitch, pain shot straight threw my brain. I groaned and brought my hands to my head, willing the pain to disappear. Pictures started flashing through my mind, all very colourful, vibrant, vivid, but none were in focus. It was all just a colourful blob. After what felt like hours, days, of pictures and pain, my mind finally froze on one picture. Mate. My Mate.

She's beautiful, breath taking. Silky dark brown hair, brown eyes that I can get lost in. She's... She's...The Evil Queen. The Mayor.. Regina Mills... Emma's... True love.

I got to my feet only to double over in pain. Taken. My mate. My love. She's taken. I started to take off back to the diner to see Granny, as I promised, but after taking a few steps... The pain returned. At first I thought I was going to be forced to see my already taken mate again, but this time it was different. It was all still vivid colourful blobs, except, I got a different feel from them. With Regina, I felt calm, control, lust, warmth, yet with these ones, I feel, adventure, humour, lust and warmth. Those two aspects changed... I waited patiently for the final picture to hit and my breath was taken from me when a clear picture of Emma came to view. Beautiful blond hair fell over her shoulders. Green eyes filled with childish joy and laughter. My Mate. I froze at my thoughts, two mates? Or do I have to choose? But I mean, they're both taken.. by each other.. and they're true love.. So it must make them both my mate...Right?

I took of in the direction of the diner, not caring to cover up my nudity, not even when I ran in the back door. Granny froze when I slammed the door open, almost dropping pancake batter. She glanced at me. Looked at my body, then burst into laughter. "Aren't you forgetting something Ruby?" This was the only moment I noticed my unclothed state. I ran back outside to where I left my clothes yesterday and quickly threw them back on before returning to Granny.

"You're lucky I'm the only one here or the chef would have received quite the surprise." I shook off her joking tone.

"Granny. I. I mean... It just doesn't make sense! She... Her... They!" Granny waved her hand at me, silencing me. She took my hand and dragged me out of the kitchen to sit us down at a table.

"Okay, start from the beginning." I took my time, giving full detail of what happened from the moment I woke this morning. Granny went through many stages of emotion while I spoke. Happy, concern, confusion, happy, confusion, concern, amusement, and finally happy.

"My dear Ruby. It's alright. It's not unheard of, having two mates, especially if your two mates are already bonded by true love." I nodded taking this in.

"So... What do I do? I can't exactly walk up to them and be like, 'Hey there! You guys are my mates and I'm already completely in love with the both of you! Let's have sex!'" Granny smacked my arm.

"Ruby!" I blushed, just realizing the last few words I said.

"Sorry..." She chuckled, shaking her head.

"That's the bond kicking in. You see. Now that your wolf knows who it's mates are, she'll want to finish the mating bond, which included sexual intercourse with both mates. I know approaching them and speaking with them about this will be difficult, I suggest speaking with Regina alone first, she has a past in The Enchanted Forest and will probably understand more. Let her speak with Emma about this first. Then you both will speak with her together."

I listened to the advice, seeing the logic in it and planning to speak with Regina soon, not sure how long I'll be able to hold off without having my mates in my arms.

"Ruby, one last thing. You cannot force them to be your mate. You cannot force them to love you. Wolves mate for life, and it's true that... I'm sorry, but if it's true that if they reject you, reject the bond, that you will not find a new mate. Let them take their time, get used to the idea and work this out... If they do not want a romantic bond, be their friend, at least you'll be near them often."

Pain rushed through me at her words but I understood exactly what she meant. As Granny left me to my thoughts, opening the diner 10 minutes later than usual, I started putting together plan on what I'll tell Regina.

It was almost the end of lunch and the diner was getting empty, like it usually does after rush hour. I was fearing – and also very excited – to see my two beautiful mates but they didn't show at lunch like usual. When the diner cleared out and was completely empty, I was leaning over a table, cleaning it up when a 'ding' went off, alerting me that someone walked into the little restaurant. Almost immediately, the most amazing smell washed over me. It was a mixture of lavender and jasmine. My nostrils flared to take in as much of the smell as possible. My wolf jumped forward, trying to take over. I could tell my eyes were a light yellow and my body was shaking with the force of trying to hold my wolf back.

"Hey Rubes!"

"Hello, Ruby."

I whipped around at their beautiful voices. Mark them. Take them, here, now. I groaned as a rush of heat ran from my lower abdomen to my core between my legs. I moaned quietly.

"Uhh... Rubes? Are... you okay?" Regina was watching me closely.

I went to take a step towards them, ready to tear off their clothes and take them where they stood, before I could make it halfway there, Granny stood in my way.

"Ruby! Back, now! Go stand in the kitchen! Calm down!" I tried to struggle, make my way past her to my mates, but she stood still, didn't even budge. After a minute of silence, I managed to pull my wolf back a bit and ran straight out the back door. I ran until I was far out into the forest, almost to the town line, and finally I stopped. My wolf was trying to get me to run back, the heat in my core increasing. I fell to the ground, back against a tree and was panting. When the heat only increased, I slid my hand – that was previously destroying a spot of grass on the ground – underneath my tight jeans, straight to my dripping core. I moaned loudly as my fingers came in contact with my stiff little nub, I got to work instantly, rubbing my fingers in quick circles. I needed more. I tugged my jeans off me, my panties quickly following. I spread my legs wide, my fingers furiously flying over my little bundle of nerves. I was moaning loudly, my climax quickly approaching, but it still wasn't enough.

My other hand flew up to start pinching my nipples, rolling them between my index finger and thumb. Gathering some wetness on two fingers that were still working below, I plunged them deep inside of me, letting my thumb continue the motion on my clit. I thrust my fingers deep inside of me repeatedly, my hips rolling up to meet my hand until finally, my muscles clenches, tightening, then finally, I exploded, crying out into the forest.

When I walked back into the diner after my little.. episode.. it was passed 8 and the diner was already closed. I headed towards the back room where I knew Granny was waiting and froze when the smell of lavender hit my nose. I managed to calm myself before I went into another frenzy and tried to shake the smell from my system as I walked into Granny's room... Where she was talking to Regina..

Regina's POV

I noticed that something was wrong with Miss Lucas the moment she placed our food before us roughly and stormed off, followed by Eugenia. A frown formed on my face and I began to worry.. then I froze. Since when have I cared whether Miss Lucas was alright or not? It's only ever been Henry and now Emma that have caused me to feel an emotion other than hate, annoyance or frustration. I shook my head of these worries and put my focus back on Emma as she excitedly told me of some new film she wanted to see with Henry. The worrying thoughts left my mind as the view of Emma's childish joy filled me with happiness and love.

"Regina? Madame Mayor? GINA!" I jumped and looked up towards the beautiful blond seated across from me. Taking a quick look around, I realized my dinner was only half eaten, and both Emma and Henry were looking at me curiously.

"What?" The two glanced at each other before chuckling.

"Enjoying your little fantasy there?" I frowned, "Miss Swan!" I scolded, she only laughed. "I hope they were about me, you're not thinking about another girl are you?" I ignored Henry's, "Ew! Stop!" and focused on a sudden spot of dust I found on my shirt. When I didn't answer, the room fell silent. The awkwardness that filled the air was almost palpable. Henry, the smart young man that he is, quickly finished his milk, excused himself from the table, rinsed his plate, placed it in the dishwasher and ran for the safety of his room.

"You're thinking about other woman?" Emma's voice sounded completely broken. In all honesty, I was. Throughout the day, my mind kept drifting back to the sad look on Miss Lucas' face. What was wrong? What was worrying her? Could it be helped? Could I help? While most of these thoughts were quite innocent, a few... explicit ones.. managed to slip through, confusing and frustrating me to no end.

"It's not what you think." Emma crossed her arms, waiting. "Today at the diner, when Miss Lucas set down our food, I couldn't help but notice that she seemed very upset. It's.. it's been bothering me all day and I don't know why." Emma thought about my answer, but her frowned only seemed to grow.

"Ruby? You're sitting with your family and thinking about Ruby? Does she really have a 'Wolf thing' tonight? Or is there something.. something I don't know about." I sighed, Emma was always sensitive and afraid to trust. Her passed making her cautious about who she allows in her life.

"No! Emma, of course not! I love you, only you. Nothing will ever change that, honestly, the only reason I'm still thinking about this is because I'm worried I'm beginning to... 'care' for people. It would ruin my Evil Queen reputation." Emma examined me before she started laughing.

"Well, your majesty. No matter how much I'd like to.. bow down to you and show you just how much control you still have, I have to get to work." I groaned as her words caused heat to flow through me but before I could react she was already up and clearing the table.

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It was a very nice day today, both weather wise and feeling wise. Even if Emma had returned home really late, we managed to add in a little.. activity before we both slept for the night. Being a bit more tired than usual in the morning was definitely worth it.

Right now, I stood outside the dinner as I waited for my blond princess to arrive so we could both have lunch, like usual. All was going alright when she arrived, nothing was out of the ordinary.. that is, until we stepped in the door. I felt pure magic in the air. Pure magic felt different than organic magic.

Pure magic, or ancient magic, is the oldest form of magic. Cannot be recreated, cannot be used. It's fate. Organic magic is like what Emma and I use. Magic that we create within ourselves.

When the familiar 'ding' went off, announcing our arrival, it seemed as if time slowed down. As we walked in, the room was particularly empty, seeing as Emma was a bit late do to paper work so we missed the lunch rush. Miss Lucas had been leaning over a table, cleaning it, but as soon as we stepped through the door, her body tensed. She whipped around to look in our direction. Her eyes shone yellow and her red lips parted. Emma, innocently missing the odd behaviour and luckily believing that there was nothing going on between Miss Lucas and I, greeted her happily.

"Hey Rubes!" I kept on alert but feigned not knowing that there was something wrong.

"Hello, Ruby." A barely audible moan escaped her mouth and she seemed to lean forward. Finally, Emma noticed the difference.

"Uhh... Rubes? Are... You okay?" I watched her closely and she leaned forward a bit more, seemingly wanting to approach us. Eugenia appeared from the kitchen, her nose slightly raised and rushed in front of Miss Lucas.

"Ruby! Back, now! Go stand in the kitchen! Calm down!" For a good minute or two. Emma and I watched carefully as Ruby struggled, trying to pass her grandmother. Finally, Ruby seemed to pause, breath, and with amazing speed, ran out of the room.

Silence followed. Emma, Eugenia and I sharing glances.

"So.. Uhh.. What's going on?" Granny waved her hand dismissively before muttering something about 'getting our usual' and disappeared into the kitchen. Emma turned to me, the unanswered question on her mind.

"I'll talk to Granny after work tonight, get to the bottom of this. Let's just enjoy our lunch, we have to return to work soon." Emma grimaced at the word 'work' but thankfully let it go.

After work

I locked up the town hall and pulled my sweater close to me. It wasn't that cold outside but with the breathe, goosebumps rose on my arms. I turned my head towards where home is. Emma is probably spoiling Henry with extra cheesy pizzas and scary movies... but even knowing that I'm still eager to return to the dinner to get to the bottom of Ruby's behaviour. The walk to the diner was very uneventful, surprisingly, no one mingled on the street, no couples were out for a walk, not even Grumpy laying half passed out drunk of the sidewalk.

I listened to the familiar jingle of the bell as I walked into the diner. Granny was the only one left inside, wiping off the counter, a small frown on her face. At the sound of the bell, she spoke without looking up.

"We're closing an hour early today." I frowned, never in the 29 years that we've been here has she closed early.

"Eugenia." Her hands froze and she slowly turned around. She gave me a squinted eye look before sighing.

"I was wondering when you we're going to start asking questions." I frowned.

"What's been going on with Ruby? If even Emma has noticed a change in her, then there really must be something up." Granny stayed quiet while she finished wiping the counter, rinsed out the rag, then dried her hands. She waved me over to her back room where she began to make tea and ushered me to sit down. It was only when we were both sitting comfortably with tea in our hands did she speak.

"No need for a riddle, no need to hide it. Ruby wouldn't have been able to tell you without losing control for another good few weeks.. That would kill her. So no harm in getting to the point. You happen to be my little pup's mate." I sate in shock at her words.

I was aware with the term. Every wolf was assigned one mate from the day they were born, and only one mate. Whether he or she were to die, or reject the wolf, then that would be it for the poor child.

"But... Emma and I.. We..." Granny took a quick sip of her tea, shushed me with one hand while she swallowed then spoke again.

"It's not uncommon for a wolf to have two mates, especially if her mates are already tied together by true love." I quieted down and thought.

That makes sense. And it would explain the smell of pure magic from earlier. As I thought more and more about it, I realized that a big part of why I enjoyed eating lunch every day with Emma was getting to see Ruby's bright smile. I bit my lip as a mental image a her flashed through my mind. Wow. Legs for days. The sound of laughing brought me out of my fantasies.

"I see you've accepted the bond." I froze.

"What?" I didn't understand, how could I've?

"Well, when a person is informed of the bond, one of three things can happen, either, they reject it almost immediately, they think before giving a response, or in your case, get lost in thought of their beautiful or handsome mate and get... excited.. prepared for the final stage of the bonding." A blush rose to my cheeks when I realized that Eugenia could most likely smell my arousal from where she sat. Suddenly, my eyes widened.

"What about Emma?" Granny smiled.

"Yes, she's Ruby's mate as well, although, I thought it would be smarter to bring this up to you first, having more of an understanding with things in our world." I nodded while looking at the half empty cup of tea held delicately in my hands. Granny's right. I do accept the bond. Trust me when I say I'm extremely happy with Emma, but, the thought of bringing Ruby into our family is exhilarating. Unfortunately, I also know that Emma is a very jealous person and I'm not sure how she'll take the news, with a small frown and nod, I decided we would wait a bit before all of us – Ruby, Granny, and I – to sit down with Emma and explain things.. I may even speak with Henry about it first. Another thought crossed my mind.

"What happened at lunch? It looked like she wanted to attack us." Granny almost spat tea across the table as she started laughing.

"You see, for the next few weeks after the wolf discovers who their mate is, whenever they are in their mates presence, they want to complete the bond, their wolf attempts to take control to.. satisfy their partner and to mark them." As Eugenia spoke, a blush crept up my face.

"You mean..?" She started laughing.

"Yes, yes.. Since she ran out of the diner, the poor girl has been trying to... relieve herself for the past few hours." My eyes grew like saucers. Hours? Eugenia nodded at my unasked question. "The wolf doesn't want to accept anyone's touch but their mates, so without them it's very difficult to.. how do you kids put it now a days? 'Get off'?"

I frowned with a sigh, placing my empty mug on the table. I feel bad for Ruby. The need to go find her and help her 'get off' was growing inside me, but I quickly pushed it away.

Before we could speak more, the sound of a door opening and closing sounded down the hall. Footsteps lead from the back entrance, paused outside Granny's door before finally walking in.

There stood an exhausted looking Ruby. The blush across her face that lead down her neck and over her chest lead me to believe that she managed to.. relieve herself. She bit her lip and looked between Granny and I. The expression on her face seemed like she wanted to run. To avoid that happening, I spoke.

"I accept."

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As you can probably tell, I'm not a patient person, so the story will probably move quickly with many time jumps, more so in the beginning. Let me know what you think.