Title: Never Going Back Again
Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A Time or its characters.
Summary: AU-ish. Two kingdoms are going to be joined as one as Princess Emma and Princess Regina are to be wed but the night before the wedding, Emma has second thoughts and goes through the wardrobe sending everyone into an alternate universe and doing so Emma unknowingly leaves behind a pregnant fiancée. What happens when Emma Swan accidently drives into Storybrooke 4 years Baby fic.
Thank you for everyone who commented and are reading my fic, many have commented on Neal and I all I have to say is that Neal is nothing to Henry in my fic, If you're gonna read the fic you kinda have to forget the fact that Neal is Henry's father in the actual Once Upon A Time. All he is in my fic is Emma's boyfriend for the time being and some people have commented about how they feel bad for what Emma is going to do to him but Emma and Regina are soul mates, someone always gets hurt.
Oh and I'm really sorry for the wait! I'll try not to wait this long to upload again.
Emma's POV
"Emma? Care to explain what's going on?" Neal said with a shocked look on his face. "Who are these people?"
Crap, I forgot about Neal. What am I supposed to do now, I can't let Regina go again. I need to fix this.
"Neal we really need to talk later and I'll explain everything but right now I really need to go."
With that I bolted out the door, I could hear Neal calling after me but I ignored him as I only had one thing in mind, finding Regina.
I ran down the street in the direction of where I had seen town hall, once I got there I saw a plaque with Regina's name on it and smiled. Even in another universe Regina was meant to be a leader.
I ran up the steps and made my way towards a giant oak door with the words Regina Mills, Mayor on it. I took a deep breath and raised my hand to knock on the door. I heard some shuffling on the other side before someone called out a muffled Come in.
I pushed the door open and saw Regina sitting at her desk with her head in her hands.
"I always knew you were meant to be a leader."
As soon as Regina heard that voice her head snapped up and she found herself staring at the one person she never wanted to see again, the one person that broke her and turned her world upside down, the one person that made her heart beat faster. Her Emma.
"What are you doing here Emma?"
"I came to talk to you."
Regina sighed exasperated. "No I didn't mean here in my office, I meant here in Storybrooke. You're the one who gave it all up so why are you here."
"It was an accident. I'm on a road trip and ran out of gas and this was the next town we were passing through."
"We?" Regina asked while raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow.
Emma looked down before looking back at Regina. "Me and Neal, my boyfriend."
Regina felt her heart breaking just as it did that day when Emma left her but quickly put up a mask just like she has every day since.
"Why did you come here to my office then Emma? What could you possibly have to say?"
"I need to explain what happened that day." Emma said taking a step towards Regina but stopped when the other woman quickly took a step back.
"What explanation could you possibly have to excuse what you did?!" Regina exclaimed before taking a deep breath.
"Look I know nothing I say could excuse what I did but I need to explain. I was scared Regina, I was so young and I felt like my life was flashing before my eyes, I felt suffocated. I just needed to get out of there!" Emma said all in one breathe.
"You were scared? You were scared?! Are you serious?!" Regina exclaimed raising her voice at the crestfallen blonde. "You being scared is not an excuse, you should have talked to me!"
"I know that now and I am so sorry Regina."
"Yeah well it's a little too late for sorry isn't it."
Emma felt tears in the corners of her eyes as she looked down and nodded her head. "I understand, I fucked up."
At that moment Emma remembers that little boy she saw back at the diner and the strange pull she had towards him.
"Regina… Back at the diner there was a little boy with my dad, Is he my son?"
Regina 's eyes widened slightly as she looked back at the blonde before she quickly composed herself and sighed.
"Yes Emma, Henry is your son."
Emma's heart dropped as she was hit with a bunch of emotions at once and felt her legs turning to jello. "I need to sit down."
Emma then looked around the room when her eyes landed on a photo on Regina's desk, It was of Regina, Cora and Her mother in the park with Regina holding Henry and Cora holding another baby with black hair and hazel eyes.
Emma's eyes widened and with a panicked look she looked back at Regina. "Henry is our only child right?"
Regina couldn't help herself and let a grin sneak on her face as she snorted behind her hand. Emma seeing Regina's smile in almost 4 years couldn't help but smile herself.
"Yeah, Henry is our only child."
Emma breathed a sigh of relief before turning her attention back to the picture. "Then who's the baby Cora's holding in the picture?"
Regina smirked. "That is Amelia, your sister."
Emma's eyes widened once again before looking closer at the picture. "My mom had another baby?"
"Yes, she did."
"Funny, she doesn't look anything like my dad…or me for the matter. She kinda looks like Aunt Cora." Emma mused confusedly.
"There is a reason for that Emma." Regina said still smirking as she waited for the blonde to piece it all together so she could see her reaction.
Hearing the amused tone to Regina's voice, Emma turned to look at her to see her smirking then she remembers seeing how close her mother and Cora seemed to be at the diner.
Emma's eyes widened and her jaw dropped as her eyes returned to the picture. "Oh no way!"
"Oh yes, that little girl is our sister. Amelia Blanchard Mills."
"But…but how!? Your mom and my mom?! How did this happen?" Emma asked gob smacked.
"It is a long long story that will have to be told at another time." Regina said as she took the picture from Emma's hands and returned it to her desk as the blonde just nodded.
A silence settles over both woman and they try to think of what to say next.
"So what happens now?" Emma asks breaking the silence.
"To what are you referring to Emma?"
"You know, Henry. I mean I know I have no right to ask this but I would really like to be a part of his life and maybe yours too. I really messed up Regina, going through that wardrobe was the biggest mistake I've ever made and I would really like to make it up to you. I really want us to be a family." Emma said looking into Regina's eyes trying to convey everything she was feeling.
Regina took a deep breath and shook her head. "Emma it's a little too late for you and I, it all ended the moment you went through that wardrobe but you are Henry's mother regardless of what you did and I won't very well deny you a place in his life now that you know about him. Are you planning on staying in Storybrooke?"
Emma's mind flashed to Neal as she remembered they were on a road trip but she couldn't very well leave now that she knows that her family was in this universe, her son, Regina. "Yes I will, I really want to get to know Henry."
Regina nodded but suddenly became tense. "But let's be very clear here Emma, Henry is a child, our child and you can't do to him what you did to me. You can't run away when things get hard. You're in this for the long run. You decide this now, it's all or nothing."
"Regina I promise you I'm not going to run. I'm in it for the long haul. I wouldn't abandon you and our son."
"You've already done it once before so excuse me if I'm not so sure." Regina snapped back at the blonde but felt guilty as she saw the hurt look on her face. "I'm sorry."
Emma shook her head. "It's okay, I deserved it."
"I don't think I'll be able to concentrate on work today so I'm going to go pick up Henry from your mother's house. Would you like to join me?"
"You mean meet him?" Emma said as her heart accelerated.
Regina chuckled. "Well Emma if you want to have a relationship with him you have to at least meet him."
Emma glared playfully at Regina. "Okay, sure. Let's do it."
With that Regina picked up her bag from under the desk and made her way to the door with Emma following closely behind and the blonde had only one thing in mind, meeting her son.
