Lily's Swan

Chapter 3

Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or its characters, just my imagination.

Killian was clearly upset. He'd missed the entire spectacle that took place at the diner when Maleficent first told Emma about Lily. He had not been there to see what Emma had done to the diner, nor did he hear what Rumplestiltskin had revealed to them about Emma's parentage. He'd still believed Mary Margaret's lies about everything that happened. Right now, he was angry with Lily and Maleficent. He was also upset that Regina was glad that Emma had pushed him away. Since he came back, it was as if Emma had changed overnight. Something had to have happened to her. He drank his rum that he kept stashed on his ship. Maybe the dragon bitches had Emma under a spell. That had to be it. He needed to find a way to get Emma alone and remind her why he was a better choice for her. After all, he was a real man. He drained his liquor in a huge gulp before he opened another bottle.

Belle ran into the diner, upset about Rumplestiltskin. "Help! Help please! It's Rumple. I don't know what to do…"

Emma shared a look with Lily and smiled as she got up. It was time to do something about that imp. She wasn't going to be helping him the way Belle thought. No, she was going to make that little bastard pay for what he did to her and to her family. They followed Belle back to the pawnshop where Rumple was laying on his back on the floor. They noticed that the Apprentice was also there. The old man seemed surprised to see Lily there, having recognized her. After the darkness had been removed from Rumple and escaped outside, Emma grabbed the dagger and ran outside. She noticed the darkness had them surrounded and suddenly made a beeline to Regina. Emma ran over to her best friend and refused to let the darkness take her. She thrust the dagger into the heart of the darkness and began absorbing its power. She took it out of Regina and into herself. As soon as it was over, Emma disappeared for a few minutes before reappearing next to the prone form of Rumplestiltskin. She raised her dagger and prepared to thrust the blade into Rumple's heart.

Belle ran inside and screamed. "NO PLEASE! DON'T KILL HIM!"

Regina ran over to Belle and pulled her back, holding her in place as Lily and Maleficent joined Emma.

Emma smirked darkly. "He won't feel anything." She then thrust the blade into his heart, twisting the dagger until the heart was completely destroyed. She then stuck her hand into the cavity where his heart was shredded now and allowed her hand to be covered with his blood before she brought it to her mouth and licked it off. She repeated this until she'd taken every last drop.

"What the hell are you doing Emma?" Belle felt sickened by what she was seeing.

"She's taking his essence, making his memories her own so she can find her mother and set her free. She was being held hostage by your dear Rumple." Maleficent smiled darkly. She understood this ritual very well.

After Emma absorbed the last drop, she took the dagger and made it a part of herself, turning it into a tattoo on her body, making sure no one would be able to get their hands on the dagger. Once she was done, she took a look at herself and decided it was time to change her clothes. She waved her hand and soon, was wearing black leather pants, black stiletto boots, black satin and suede vest that hugged her in all the right places.

Lily gave a low whistle when she saw her wife's new apparel. "Ow baby, you are sizzling hot!" Her eyes grew dark as she moved over to her and touched her.

Emma smirked darkly as she pulled Lily closer. "Like what you see sugar?" Her voice was husky.

Lily pressed herself against Emma and huskily replied, "I love what I see and love it that you're mine!" She kissed her passionately, not caring that there were others in the same room getting an eyeful of what they were doing. Emma and Lily were a perfect match, Lily with Emma's darkness inside her and Emma being who she was. They clearly fit perfectly together, two souls as one.

"Get a room you two! Have you forgotten what we came here to do?" Regina smirked knowingly. She knew exactly how it felt to be intoxicated by the lure of darkness.

Maleficent chuckled as she winked at Regina, sharing in a private moment with her. "Speaking of which, I still remember the promise you made to Emma, do you have the potion ready yet?"

That was enough to get Emma's attention as she turned to look at her best friend. "You're actually doing it?" She grinned happily. She was looking forward to Regina being made as one with the Evil Queen once again. Her best friend deserved to be made whole again.

Regina chuckled as she took out the potion she created to merge with the Evil Queen once and for all. "Yes dear, I am. You were there with me when I pushed her out. I think it's only fitting to be in the presence of the dark goddess and the queen of darkness as well as her dark daughter when I do this." She opened the vial.

"I don't want to be here when you do this." Belle shook her head and tried to back away. She did not like what these women were doing.

Emma disappeared and reappeared behind Belle, stopping her. "Calm down Belle. The Evil Queen is not going to hurt you. Not unless you want to get on her bad side. Rumplestiltskin is no longer a thorn in her side. In any of our sides. Have a seat and enjoy the ride." She drawled before continuing. "Because as soon as she's back, we are going to get things rolling." Emma smirked as Maleficent pushed Belle down in a chair and held her in place.

Lily moved into Emma's arms as they turned to look at Regina. She was curious to see what all the hype regarding the Evil Queen was about.

Regina chuckled darkly as she lifted the vial and grinned at them. "Bottoms up." She drank every last drop and waited a few seconds before she began to convulse as the Evil Queen made her presence known. "You've finally come to your senses." She grinned evilly as they merged and laughed victoriously when they were finally as one again. She then looked at Emma. "Oh I love your new look dear. It's so nice to see who you really are. Everything you were meant to be. I'm so glad you're not a Charming after all." She smirked when she saw the way Lily was looking at her. "Your bride… She is every bit the daughter of our dear Maleficent. You both deserve a wedding. If Maleficent agrees to be my date, I could get you both married in no time." She winked. "We even have a witness right here." She smirked wickedly at Belle.

Emma chuckled. "First things first. We need to get my mother and then I have some news for you, your majesty. News that Rumple kept from even you."

Regina frowned. "What? What do you know?"

"Let's get her mother back first." Lily replied, getting her back on track to what was more important.

Emma then orbed them out of there to a place she found behind a secret panel that led them to another magical room. Once she arrived, she gasped when she saw that Ingrid was chained up and in shackles. She bristled at this and remembered Rumple was dead now. The others could see what she was looking at.

Ingrid looked up at them. "Who are you? Where is that awful little man? Why can't I remember anything?"

They could see clearly the resemblance between Ingrid and Emma. It tore at Emma to see her mother like this. She snapped at Belle. "Look at my mother! See what your precious Rumple did to her?! He stole me from her, made her forget who she is, forget me and for what?! Tell me I didn't do the right thing in killing that bastard!" She growled.

Lily didn't blame her wife for being angry with what happened to her own mother. Now that she'd seen Ingrid, she could see how much Emma looked like her.

Belle whimpered as tears fell down her face. She didn't know what Rumple was doing on the side, but seeing Ingrid like this was making her realize maybe she had never really known who Rumple really was. "I..I'm sorry! I didn't know…"

Emma moved to her mother and took her hands into her own, pulling her up. "I'm so glad I found you. I'm your daughter. I will help you remember." She took the chains off Ingrid and pulled her into her arms, she rested their foreheads together. "Please let me in, trust me. That terrible man will never hurt you ever again I promise. He's gone."

Ingrid looked at Emma for a few minutes before she relaxed in her embrace and nodded. She had a feeling she could trust her.

Emma smiled and put her hands on both sides of her head and kissed her forehead before she started. Her hands glowed a brilliant blue as she restored her memories back to Ingrid. She included her own memories of the times she spent with Ingrid when she was Sarah Fisher. She also included everything she found out about herself and about Ingrid. She was making sure not to leave anything out. She allowed her magic to revitalize Ingrid as well.

Several minutes passed before recognition appeared in Ingrid's eyes as she finally realized what was going on. "Emma? Is that really you?" She whispered. "Are you really m...my daughter?"

Emma smiled and nodded. "Yes. I didn't know you were my mother until recently. When I found out, I had to find you." She hugged her tightly. She was so glad to see the light back in her mother's eyes.

Ingrid pulled back slightly so she could get a better look at her daughter. "You look different. You killed that disgusting little imp." She smiled, pride in her eyes. "You're so beautiful my Emma." She looked her up and down and a light shone in her eyes as she grinned as she realized something else was also going on with her daughter. "You're pregnant!" She beamed as she placed her hand on her abdomen, sensing life growing within her daughter. She reached up with her other free hand and caressed her cheek. "I'm seeing dragons. They're so beautiful." She murmured lovingly.

Emma chuckled, she could feel so much love and pride coming from her mother. She turned to look at Lily and pulled her closer. "Remember when I told you about Lily and you said if our connection was real, we would find our way back to each other and things would make more sense and work out in the end? Well, you were right. It did. This is my beautiful wife, my mate, my true love, Lily." She kissed her wife. "Meet my mother, Ingrid." She chuckled before she continued. "And this is Lily's beautiful mother, Maleficent. And of course you remember my best friend, Regina." She winked.

Lily grinned, already loving Ingrid, as she hugged Emma's mother. "It's nice to meet you. I love your daughter with everything in me." She loved it that Emma's mother accepted who she was, dragon and all.

Ingrid chuckled. "I can see that sweetheart. I also sense my daughter's darkness inside you. No, it's a good thing." She smiled. "It ties you together and will protect the both of you. Despite what happened and how it happened, it was a dark magic that also led to a marriage between your souls. They may have pushed her darkness inside you, but you were already destined to be together before you were born. There is a prophecy about you two and the bond you formed. Not just with each other, but with every single one of us in this room. There is another prophecy that will come to pass soon. I believe Emma was about to share some news with you too Regina."

Emma was still digesting what her mother was sharing with them. But she knew she needed to tell Regina what she discovered from devouring Rumple's essence. She looked at Regina. "Your mother kept a secret from you. She didn't want you to know that she stole your memory of loving your sister, from you. You knew each other as kids and loved each other. You discovered that she was your sister and you declared your love for each other. It made your mother mad because she didn't want you to remember that love. She believed love is a weakness. She stole your memories from you two and separated you from each other and sent Zelena away even though Zelena saved your life. Zelena didn't have royal blood in her and that alone would have prevented Cora from becoming a Queen. That title went to you instead when she orchestrated events in your life to make it happen that way. That's why Zelena blames you for what happened to her. She's putting the blame on the wrong person. She doesn't know the whole story because Rumplestiltskin kept the truth from her when he trained her." Emma put her hands on Regina's head. "May I show you?" When Regina nodded, Emma gave her the memories that had been stolen from them. As this was happening, Zelena who was with Robin, still masquerading as Marian was also getting hit with a flood of memories she had no idea she'd shared with Regina.

Zelena's eyes widened in pure shock. "What the hell?!" Suddenly she was flooded with memories she didn't know she had, and it pissed her off to no end! "What kind of magic is this?!" It left her feeling very confused and bewildered.

"What's going on?" Robin was surprised by the way His wife was behaving.

Zelena then dropped to her knees when the memories proved to be too much for her to handle. She yelled out her sister's name. "REGINA!"

While this was happening, Regina was feeling the exact same turmoil of emotions flooding through her as she received the memories that had been stolen from her. She gasped in surprise as she realized the measures her own mother had taken to keep her away from Zelena. She felt angry, betrayed, and hurt as she realized what happened. It all came flooding out. She dropped to her knees and shouted out her sister's name. "ZELENA!"

Ingrid chose that very moment to use her powers to bring the sisters together. With a wave of her hand, Zelena was suddenly there, kneeling across Regina, panting, eyes moving wildly around the room, as she was still in shock. She saw that she was no longer with Robin and there were other people standing there. She wondered how the hell she got there and saw that Emma was no longer the same Emma she had met. She noticed another two or three women she didn't recognize and saw a shaken Belle there along with Regina. They both were panting in shock. "What the hell Regina? What did you do to me?!" She sensed something different about her too.

Regina looked at her sister. "I didn't… Zelena… Our mother lied to us. I didn't know… Why would she go to all the trouble of keeping us apart?"

"I hated you! I... I wanted to hurt you and make you suffer. I didn't know… I hated it that our mother chose you over me when I was the first born. Not you." Zelena shook her head.

Emma looked at the redhead. "It's because you were not of royal blood. If the king knew about you, he would not have married your mother. That's exactly what happened. Snow White's mother found out about Cora's infidelity. The fact she was pregnant with you. Cora made the choice to give you up and swayed the King with Rumplestiltskin's magic. She got pregnant a second time by the Prince and found a way to be a part of the Royal family by making sure Regina saved the King's daughter. Cora poisoned Snow White's mother and ensured that the King would marry Regina. Your sister never had a choice because Cora took that from her."

Regina looked at her sister. "I hated it, being married to a man who was old enough to be my father. He repulsed me. He raped me and I did everything I could to make sure I wouldn't give him a heir. That's why I'm barren and why I adopted Henry. Our mother would never have loved you. She certainly didn't love me. She removed her own heart to ensure it. She always said love was weakness and that's something I believed too for a long time until Henry came into my life."

Zelena felt guilt wash over her when she heard what Regina had to endure all because of Cora. "I'm sorry…" She sighed, looking down at herself. "I really screwed up." She swallowed the lump in her throat. "I hated you so much that I didn't see I was making the wrong person pay for what had been done to me. And now I'm afraid you'll hate me even more."

Regina got up and moved over to Zelena, pulling her up. "What did you do?"

"Robin. Literally." She grimaced.

"What?" Regina whispered. "What do you mean Zelena?"

The redhead sighed. "Marian is dead. I killed her and pretended to be her. I took over her life when Emma "rescued" Marian and brought me here. I've been playing the part of Robin's wife all along, wanting to make you jealous."

Regina scoffed. "You did this to hurt me? What about Robin? You didn't stop to think about what you were doing to him?"

"I'm sorry Regina. What can I do? And now I'm pregnant." Zelena had remorse on her face. "I didn't sign up for that! I don't know how to be a mother."

Regina bit her lip as she looked at her sister. "Well what did you expect? That's what happens when you shack up with someone." She smirked.

Zelena frowned as she looked at Regina. "Why aren't you upset with me?"

Regina scoffed and continued smirking. "Believe me, I'm upset. I'm mad that we wasted our time hating each other. We should have teamed up and done everything together as sisters, Not enemies."

"But what about Robin? I do have his baby growing inside me. Isn't that going to get in the way of our sisterhood? I did take him from you." Zelena asked.

Regina chuckled. "I don't really care for him to be honest. He's not my type. I know a certain fairy told me he was supposed to be my happy ending. If that were true, he wouldn't have chosen his wife in the first place. I'm the Evil Queen why would I want to settle for someone who likes living in the woods and is a dirty scruffian?" She had a look of disgust on her face.

Zelena grinned. "I know what you mean. When we were in New York, I forced him to clean up everyday. He smelled bad, like…"

"Forest and dirt." Regina smirked and nodded. "I know."

Zelena then looked around at everyone. "So… What's going on here? Are you going to tell me what happened? One minute I was living in complete boredom and suddenly I started remembering things that I had no idea were taken from me and then I find myself here. How did THAT happen?"

Regina smiled. "Indeed, a lot has changed dear sister." She looked at the others.

Zelena nodded. "The first thing I noticed out of place was Emma. Why is she… Last I remembered, she was the savior and…"

Regina smiled and nodded. "Do you remember Ingrid?" She nodded to the other blonde there, before she continued. "She brought you here while Emma gave us our lost memories."

Zelena nodded. "She's powerful. She froze me. That's the last thing I remember before we left Storybrooke. I would have died had we not left." She looked at Ingrid. "What are you? I've never seen magic like that before."

Ingrid smiled. "I am many things. I have many names. I'm a Goddess, a deity if you want to call me that. I'm not mortal. I did what I did to you because I knew Marian was actually dead and I wanted to see if you would give your true self away. But to my surprise, you stuck with it."

"How did you know about Marian?" Zelena was surprised.

Ingrid chuckled. "Because I am also known as the goddess of death and rebirth. I would know when someone steals the body of someone she has killed in order to pretend to be her."

"But the Snow Queen? Why would you use that guise if you're a goddess capable of doing so much more?" Zelena was curious.

"Because I was waiting to be reunited with Emma." Ingrid explained. "I'd also had my memories stolen, but enough of them remained for me to find Emma. Rumplestiltskin led me to her and hinted to me that my fate was tied with her. That she needed me. That I was to find her and help her and when I did… It was to be her foster mother. I knew she was real special. She had magic and her powers were still growing. I almost adopted her. But then when Rumplestiltskin came to get her after she'd run away, he fought me and I protected her. I had to find her again and I was led to Storybrooke where I waited for Emma again. My nieces Elsa and Anna also came here as you remember. I wanted to be a family with them and Emma. Rumplestiltskin helped me but he kept secrets from me about who Emma really was, and he made me forget about who I really was and what I was capable of doing. I thought I could destroy myself with the curse I created. I didn't remember that I couldn't kill myself. After I "destroyed" myself, Rumple kidnapped me and kept me away from Emma. He erased every memory I ever had. That is until Emma killed Rumple and freed me."

Zelena was impressed with what she was hearing. "And how were you able to do that, Emma? You're the dark one now? Is that a part of the whole Savior bit? Why would you go to the trouble of helping Ingrid? Is it because she was your foster mom?" Zelena was definitely full of questions.

Emma laughed softly as she moved to stand next to Ingrid. "Can't you tell yet? She's my mother. Rumple stole me from her when I was an embryo and put me in Snow White so she could give birth to me. I was able to destroy Rumple because I'm not a mortal either."

Zelena's eyes widened in surprise. "You're a Goddess too? I thought Mary Margaret… Snow White or whatever she's called… But you're the Savior…"

"I really really hate that bitch." Emma replied in regards to Snow. And no… I'm not the Savior. Not anymore." She smiled darkly.

Regina could see that her sister had more questions, but she stepped in. "We'll tell you more another time. This is Maleficent and her daughter, Lilith, or Lily." Regina smiled.

"Oh I've heard of Maleficent. You're a powerful sorceress. A dragon." Zelena nodded.

Maleficent smiled. "Yes, and more than that darling."

Emma smiled darkly as she joined Lily. "She's the Queen of Darkness, herself. She's not human either and neither is Lily. She's a beautiful dragon like her mother." She kissed her wife.

Zelena was surprised to see Emma with Lily like that. "I thought you were with the Pirate."

Regina laughed.

Lily chuckled throatily as she pulled Emma even closer. "No, he was never hers. She was always mine."

Emma grinned as she looked at Zelena. "Lily and I were always fated to be together. The pirate has absolutely nothing on her. She's all I want."

"You have me, Emma." Lily moaned as she kissed her, feeling extremely possessive of her mate.

Regina laughed at the look on her sister's face. "They're mated. That means Lily and Emma are married. They mated in dragon form. You're not the only pregnant woman in this room. Emma's pregnant too."

Zelena's mouth opened as she pointed at them, preparing to ask the question on her mind.

Maleficent answered with a knowing chuckle. "They're shapeshifters. My daughter got Emma pregnant." She grinned.

Regina smiled. "Shall we get out of here? I'm sure Ingrid is tired of this place." Everyone was more than ready to get back.

Soon, they'd arrived back to town. This time, with Ingrid and Zelena there with them. They entered Granny's diner, seeing that they were getting ready for dinner hour.

Henry was thrilled to see his parents back when he realized things had changed since he last saw them. He'd run up to them only to stop fast in his tracks. "What's going on?" He looked at the group of women who were there.

Regina smiled at her son. "So much has happened dear. I know you have questions. That seems to be in huge supply today." She smirked at Zelena.

Emma chuckled. "It's alright Kid. I want you to meet someone special." She brought him over to Ingrid. "Time to officially be introduced to your Grandmother." She smiled at Ingrid.

Ingrid opened her arms and hugged Henry. "Another grandchild. You are a very handsome young man, Henry."

Henry was surprised. "Wait… Another grandchild?" What did she mean by that? He wondered.

Lily chuckled as she moved to Henry. "Yes, your mother and I are having more children."

Emma kissed Lily and ruffled her son's head. "Yeah Kid, how do you feel about this?" She smiled when she felt Lily put her hand on her abdomen.

Henry was surprised. "Wow… I think it's going to be awesome." He hugged them. "But Ma, what happened to you? To mom? And why is Zelena here?"

"Let's all go have a seat." Emma smiled as they found two tables and moved them together as they sat down and Ruby came to take their orders and served them their drinks. "I found out some things about myself and our family. You're special too. I know you're finding things out about yourself and there's a reason why I'm able to do certain things that are not normal in this world. My mother and I are not mortals. Rumple kidnapped my mother and stole her memories. He did very bad things and had planned to keep doing more bad things. I had to kill him in order to find my mother. At the same time, your mom and Aunt Zelena had their memories stolen too and I helped return the memories to all of them. Your grandma finally remembered what happened and your mom and aunt realized they did love each other and they are working things out. Your mom accepted who she was and is. And I realized what I needed to do to stop Rumple."

"Does that mean you're the dark one now?" He asked.

"I'm me. It doesn't matter what happens. That will never change. I love you Kid, and I love our extended family. Your siblings too." Emma chuckled.

Ruby smiled at them as she brought their food out to them. "Congratulations." She smiled. "I see we have two new mothers here." She winked at Zelena and then at Emma. She then stopped in her tracks and looked back at them with confusion before shaking her head and then moving away.

Ruby's actions were not lost on Emma as she had caught on to the fact something had clearly gotten Ruby's attention. She looked at Lily, wondering something as well when she noticed that her wife had something on her mind. "What are you thinking about love?"

Lily sighed. "Just something I noticed since we rescued your mom and then when Zelena came into the room. I noticed something wasn't right. You know how I can smell certain things right?"

Emma nodded. "Yes. What did you find out?" She realized that Ruby must have sensed something too.

Lily frowned. "I know how my mom and I smell alike. You and your mom smell alike too." She confirmed. "But…"

"But what?" Emma asked. And then she looked at Zelena and was starting to get images in her mind. Much like when she got information from Rumplestiltskin's memories. She'd gotten his memories of when he'd trained Zelena and what he knew about Cora. He'd seen who Zelena's father was. Emma felt as if her instincts were telling her to take a better look at Zelena's father.

"Emma?" Lily whispered, seeing the look on her wife's face. "You know now too don't you?"

Emma's eyes grew wide as she saw the dashing young man who was with Cora. She sensed there was something different about this man. She'd taken a deep breath and noticed he was a shapeshifter too, like she herself was. She froze the image of the couple there and moved closer to the man, reaching out to touch his cheek. Suddenly, his face changed to that of Ingrid's. Emma gasped loudly at the realization of what Rumple's knowledge showed her.

"Emma, are you alright dear?" Ingrid asked as everyone saw the look of shock on Emma's face.

Emma blinked her eyes a few times, still in shock before she looked at Zelena and then back at Ingrid. "Um… Yeah." She looked at Zelena again.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Zelena asked.

Emma took a long drink of water before she answered. "Do you know who your father is? I know Cora was your mother. But did you ever find out who your father was?"

Zelena shook her head. "Not really. I did ask Rumple to show me. I know Cora slept around. He did show me a few of her suitors and told me it was one of them. I did catch a glimpse of his eyes. I have his eyes. I couldn't see his face clearly though. Why?"

Emma turned to look at her mother and saw her eyes. She realized they were the same as Zelena's. "Did you ever take human lovers, mother?" She asked her point blank.

Ingrid's jaw dropped at the question her daughter asked. "You shouldn't ask me that. But in answer to your question, yes I have. What does that have to do with…"

Emma smirked. "So you liked to play for both teams didn't you?"

Lily snickered at the question, knowing exactly what Emma was implying. She couldn't help but to find the situation funny.

"What's going on here Emma?" Zelena asked, feeling confused about where this conversation was leading them.

Regina's eyes widened in shock as she realized what this meant for her sister.

Emma chuckled. "Do I have to spell it out for you?" She smirked. She looked back at her mother. "How many sisters and brothers do I have running around out there?" She asked.

Ingrid had a look of surprise on her face. "Hey, I didn't do that. If I got anyone pregnant, they didn't tell me. I knew Cora had another lover or two when we met but…"

Zelena gasped. "You knew my mother?"

Emma laughed. "My mother is a shapeshifter, Zelena. She knew your mother more personally than that."

Ingrid blushed. "I have a weakness for redheads." She admitted. "Are you saying…"

Emma smirked. "Yes mother. I have all of good old Rumple's memories. He revealed to me who one of Cora's lovers were. And he knew exactly who Zelena's other parent was. When I touched the image of this certain shapeshifter's face… And I knew right away he was a shapeshifter. It was your face, my dear mother, that I saw. Surprise!"

Zelena was floored by this revelation. "Wait… You're my… What do I call you? And…" She looked at Emma. "We're sisters?"

Ingrid had not expected this to happen. She was just as surprised as Zelena was. "Wow… That was not something I expected. I had no idea. But then again, your mother was seeing two other guys on the side. Maybe she didn't know either. I'm sorry. If I had known… Things would have been done differently. But I am glad to know now. I Have two very beautiful and pregnant daughters." She chuckled as she got up and moved to Zelena's side and took her into her arms, pouring her love into her before she pulled Emma into their group hug and did the same to her.