Hey followers. So i know these chapters at the moment are just dirty little teases but i'm hoping for them to get progressively longer so bare with me please.

Reviews encouraged as your opinions, mostly just the good ones lets be fair, are what fuels the fires.


When Emma came through on the other side she found herself picking herself up off of the dirty ground instead of the cement she had been expecting. Looking around she realized quickly enough that she wasn't in Storybrook anymore. In fact the 'beware ogres' sign and the fact everyone was wearing really out dated clothes was a good tip off as well. Her observations landed her in Fairy-tale Land and her guess, based off the happiness she could see around her, it was likely either untouched by the Evil Queen or it was before the Evil Queen. She didn't get the chance to stop and ask before she was alerted to a threat.

"Dragon!" A man screamed as he ran into the town square. The villagers fled, not into their homes but into the woods surrounding.

Emma on the other hand stood dumb founded and impressed as she looked to the sky to see a very familiar looking Leviathan there. The scales were a little more lustrous, likely because of the sun and not being trapped in a cave for nearly three decades. There was no doubting it though, the ever approaching beast was indeed Maleficent in her natural habitat. Hindsight Emma probably should have run but she was admiring the view too much.

Maleficent on the other hand was watching the curious little creature with its odd clothes on and realized rather quickly that the woman recognized her. That alone was cause for pause but that was difficult while in the air so instead the dragon decided further study was needed. Emma didn't see it coming when sharp talons wrapped around her gently and scooped her up into the sky, whisking her away from the village and screaming masses in a matter of moments. The blonde sheriff watched the world move on by as they soared above it, it was exhilarating.

Not long later how ever Emma was yet again picking herself up off of the floor of the cave she was now in she managed to look up in time to see the dragon turn, smooth as silk, from beast to woman. Yep, definitely Maleficent. The blonde woman regarded the sheriff for a moment, before gesturing back towards the back of the cave, Emma didnt hesitate to follow. Marveling at the illusion of a cave wall as the pair passed through it and Emma found herself close to a silver encrusted nest. It was small and incomplete.

"You know me." Maleficent finally speaks.

"Yes. From a different time. The future." Emma explained before sharp blue eyes stared harshly at her.

"Speak little more of it. I do not want to change a thing." Maleficent warned almost cruelly. Emma could understand it though.

"You bet but um... you wouldn't know how i might get back?" Emma queried hopefully.

"You're a sorceress, can you not figure it out yourself?" Maleficent scowled.

"'Fraid not, i'm not very good at this magic stuff." Emma admitted with a slightly bashful shrug.

"I don't understand how you got here then." Maleficent raised a superior brow.

"Well long story short, my magic has always been tied to my emotions and i walked in after a long night of work to find my fiance fucking a fairy." Emma scowled just thinking about it.

"That would do it. Immediately full of regret no doubt." Maleficent pondered for a moment. Emma nodded looking hopeful.

"Well it's bad news. The thing is i have no intention of changing my future or yours so i don't want to know anything about it and if you do spill the beans without my consent i wont mind adding your bones to my nest. That being said i can only help you by teaching you how to better control your magic and its good news for you because if you can accidentally open a temporal rift then you should be able to learn to open another on purpose without having to enact any curses." Maleficent explained seriously and the threat had Emma swallowing hard.

"Ok, deal. No spoilers." Emma promised even going so far as to making a gesture of crossing her heart which unsurprisingly went over Maleficent's head.


Maleficent was sitting on a rock in a clear meadow watching Swan, the name they had decided on so that Maleficent wasn't told too much. Swan for her part was doing an awful job of her magical control techniques and was getting frustrated. Maleficent was a bit of a passive teacher so far though and was willing to simply let the woman work it out herself for now. Once Swan was mad enough about it she would feel it better and make it easier to tap. Swan on the other hand was a combination of pissed and frustrated both at her own inability and Maleficent's unwillingness to actually offer some pointers.

"This is shit! I can't do it this way." Emma scowled throwing her hands up.

"It's only been a week. Lets talk more about you." Maleficent nimbly hopped off the rock and walked over to Emma.

"You said your fiance was cheating on you yeah? I can see why that would piss you off. What else though? What else happened in your life that pissed you off so much?" Maleficent asks curiously. Goading.

"How about everything? My first love set me up and had me thrown in prison where i had a son i had to give up. I was raised by numerous different families most of which were not nice people. My sons mother hated, i got her to like me only to fuck that up again and again and now i don't even know where i stand with her, i haven't seen her in weeks. My parents had another baby because they missed out on raising me because they put me in the wardrobe. My fiance fucked the fairy... i'm just apparently not enough for anyone." Emma was shaking by the time she finished her rant.

Maleficent suddenly felt bad, which was not something she often felt in regards to others, for pushing the blonde so hard in the first place. Yet at the same time she felt like she had made a break through and broke her system at the same time. This wasn't going to work this way, that much was clear, Mal was going to have to find a better way to tap into Swans magic.

"Its not anger that gets your magic going. Its insecurity. You lack self worth but you do a damn good job of hiding it. We have to find a better way to tap your magic." Maleficent explained her tone gentle.

"How do i tap into magic if that's my trigger?" Emma asked frowning at her mentor.

"You don't. You have to... meditate. Explore. This is a land with magic, go into the village and find a way to tap into your magic. Clear your head." Maleficent pulled a large silver coin from a small purse at her hip and handed it to Swan.

Emma frowned taking the coin in her hand and looking at it for a long moment. Emma didn't know why but she felt like she was going to be there for a long while to come, she only hoped that the time went quickly. She wanted to go home, was ready to face the man who claimed to love her, she wanted to see her parents and the mother of her son. With a sigh, Swan turned and headed for the nearest village, a place she new to be not far from the meadow they were in. She would find her way back to Maleficent's cave from there.