Saving the Wicked
Chapter 7
Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my colorful imagination. So now we have it, Emma and Zelena shared a True Love's kiss and are now mated. How will Regina react to this bit of news? We know Ruby will be there for her. Will the Charmings be smart and stay away? What about Robin? What of Killian? Storybrooke will be getting some visitors from another realm. How will Rumple react knowing that Zelena has free reign now? He's still very upset with her, and he has something planned. More drama to come…
A/N: Don't fret, I do plan to write a similar SQ version of this story. Lol but I still think WickedSwan deserves their chance too. :p oh and yes some RedQueen too ;) I'm more partial to SQ myself but I also love me some Zelena too. All my stories will have Maleficent in them. She's my kind of Villain. I love her. I plan to write more like that too just some more wicked naughty fun. Lol
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When morning came, Emma was awake, watching her wife sleeping, a smile of contentment on her face. She was completely heads over heels in love with this redheaded beauty in her arms. Her hand was on her abdomen, tracing symbols on it as she loved on their daughter growing inside her. She began to hum softly. She couldn't help herself. She was just so happy right now. She knew if anyone ever dared to go after her wife, she would kill them. That was how protective of Zelena she was, her dragon was.
Zelena began stirring awake when she heard Emma humming beautifully, and feeling what she was doing to her abdomen, brought a smile to her face as she woke up in Emma Swan's arms. She loved waking up like this. Memories of last night came rushing back to her right then and there. "That really happened didn't it?"
Emma chuckled. "Good morning Mrs. Swan-Mills. It really did." She kissed her wife deeply.
The moment Zelena moved, she realized she was still feeling the effects of having taken turns making love with Emma all night long. "Oh yes, I feel it right now." She chuckled. "What about you? And I absolutely love being Mrs. Swan-Mills." She grinned.
Emma chuckled knowingly. "Oh I feel it too baby. More than you realize." She was still basking in the after effects of their lovemaking. "Shall we make our joining official?" She asked as she used magic to produce their wedding bands.
Zelena beamed as she looked from Emma to the rings and back to Emma. "I would love to, Mrs. Swan-Mills." She loved the way it sounded on her tongue. She took one of the rings while Emma took the other and they made vows to each other in bed before placing the rings on each other's fingers.
The moment they did, the rings glowed in completion, signaling that their union was blessed by the gods. They gasped with joy and kissed passionately when that happened. Just then, they realized they were both very hungry.
Emma laughed knowingly. "Let's take a shower together and get dressed. We're supposed to meet your sister at Granny's remember?"
Zelena smiled. "We don't want to stand my sister up then." She chuckled as they moved to shower and get ready.
By the time, they came downstairs, Maleficent, Lily and Roland were ready and waiting for them. Both Maleficent and Lily were smirking at them knowingly.
"It's a good thing I was still awake last night after you put Roland to bed. I had to soundproof the room for you so Roland wouldn't be up all night long listening to you two." Maleficent replied.
Emma and Zelena blushed when they realized they would need to do that from now on. "Thanks Mom. Sorry about that. I hope we didn't keep you two up."
"Thank you for thinking of Roland." Zelena smiled in appreciation as she moved into Emma's arms.
"Mommy! Ma!" Roland had adopted the name Henry called his blond mother and decided to call Emma that, as he ran and hugged them.
"Think nothing of it." Maleficent smiled at them as she chuckled softly. She knew exactly what had happened between her daughter and Zelena. Not just by hearing them go at it all night long, but by the marks she could see on their neck/shoulders. "Congratulations on your mating." She moved to hug them. The moment she did, she inhaled deeply, wanting to check something out. Oh yes something definitely happened with them in more ways than one. "Welcome to our family Zelena. I'm happy for you darlings." She loved it that they were giving her more grandchildren, but didn't elaborate on it just yet. She and Lily looked at their rings, loving it that they'd finally done more than just mate in the way of the dragon.
Lily grinned as she hugged her sister first, doing the same thing their mother did. She inhaled deeply and then chuckled knowingly before she turned to hug Zelena. "Yeah, welcome to the fam, sis-in-law." She winked before she looked at Roland and ruffled his curly head. "So can we go to Granny's? I'm starving!"
Emma was touched by what Roland called her and so was Zelena. They shared knowing smiles as they hugged their son and kissed his head lovingly. "Yes, let's get going." She was more than ready to get some food as she knew Zelena was as well. The two of them reached out and took a hold of Roland as they left in green smoke.
Maleficent shared a knowing smile with Lily as the two of them left in grey smoke and they all arrived at Granny's as a family.
The moment they'd arrived, little Roland ran over to Regina, happy to see her. "Gina! Gina!"
Regina lit up when she saw Roland and gave him a huge hug as she noticed how happy he was now. "My little moppet." She grinned, kissing his cheek.
Henry grinned when he saw his Ma there. He beckoned for them to come sit next to him. "Ma! Aunt Zee."
They moved to sit with them, seeing that Ruby was also seated with them having been given the day off.
"Hey Rubes!" Emma grinned, surprised to see she was off duty.
Maleficent and Lily joined them, liking the fact the tables were already pushed together and ready for them. "Good morning darlings." The older dragon was clearly in a good mood.
Regina noticed, but before she could ask to see what was going on, Granny had come to their table and started taking their orders before she had her other waitress bring the orders to the other cook she'd had working with her.
Granny was in the mood to talk with this group after what she'd heard from Ruby the other night about what happened. She was also very curious about what Maleficent was offering her granddaughter. She pulled up a chair to talk with them, sitting near Emma and Lily. She took a deep breath, prepared to say something when she was struck by something else. Certain scents coming from Emma and Zelena.
Ruby frowned at first, wondering what was going on with Granny when it too hit her hard. She gasped in surprise and smiled at the newly mated couple. There were several things going on with them. "You're mated!" She was beyond thrilled for Emma and Zelena.
Granny beamed happily when she looked at the pair. "Well this calls for a celebration!" She noticed the rings they were wearing and fawned over them. "Congratulations! Oh breakfast needs to be my treat!" What she had planned to talk with them earlier had been temporarily forgotten for the moment.
Henry was surprised when he saw something had changed with his blond mother and his Aunt Zee. Upon seeing the rings, he asked. "Does this mean what I think it means? You got married?"
Emma nodded while grinning happily. "Yeah kid. Are you okay with this?" She bit her lip nervously.
Henry could see how his Grandma and Aunt Lily were happy. He saw how Ruby and Granny were both beaming. He still had yet to understand the way of the dragon. "I guess if she makes you happy. But why would you get married without having a wedding? Or inviting us?" He was trying to understand what happened. And he couldn't help but to be hurt that they would get married without him or his mom there to celebrate with them.
Emma was at a loss for words for once as she was caught by surprise. She turned to look at Regina and could see she was upset too. "It's not what you think. We didn't exactly have a wedding planned and…"
Regina scoffed as she stood up and glared at Emma and Zelena. Her appetite lost. "Yeah what the hell was that all about? You both getting married and didn't bother to tell me or Henry?! What was all that talk about forgiveness if it meant excluding us? I thought we were family! And Emma… You… Damn it! You're supposed to be my… My best friend!" She stormed out.
Zelena stood up, planning to go after her sister.
"Let me. I need to explain this to Regina." Emma got up and ran after Regina.
"Henry. Please sit down. We need to explain to you what happened." Maleficent had her hand on her grandson's shoulder. "Let your parents talk. Your mother and your Aunt Zelena did not set out to hurt either one of you. They did not have a traditional wedding. There was NO wedding. They Mated. In the way of the dragon, that's how they married. In bed. Not in front of a crowd of people. I'm sure if they still wanted to have a traditional wedding, they still could invite everyone and get married again in front of everyone."
Henry blushed hard when he heard what his grandmother was saying. "Mated? You mean like… Oh." His ears got even redder. "I get it now. I'm sorry. Well then does that mean you're my step mom?" He asked, looking at his redheaded aunt.
Zelena smiled, "You are welcome to call me whatever you like. Whatever makes you comfortable. I never meant to hurt you or your mom. But I love your mama so very much. I look forward to getting to know you. Besides… This baby will be your sister too." She smiled.
Henry smiled. "I hope that doesn't mean Robin will be a part of our lives too. I can't even stand him."
Maleficent smiled, "No Henry. Not at all. When your mama claimed Zelena as her mate, her bride, she also made it to where this baby will be every bit her daughter. She is your sister. Robin has no hold over her now. Come here, take a look at Zelena. Tell me if you can see anything," she was curious to see since Henry was Emma's son, if he could see the mark on Zelena's neck/shoulder. Shapeshifters would be able to see the marks. Even those who would develop shapeshifting skills later.
Henry looked, frowning at first, wondering what he was supposed to be looking at. He looked, his eyes sweeping over Zelena. And then he gasped as he looked at her neck. "I see what looks like a huge bite mark on your neck. What happened?"
Maleficent smiled proudly. "When your mama comes back, you will notice the same thing on her neck. That's how they claimed each other. That's how dragons claim their mates."
"Did it hurt?" Henry asked, Zelena.
His Aunt smiled. "No young man, not at all. Maybe at first, but then the pain was gone and it was just fine. I'm glad she claimed me as her wife and that I claimed her as mine. We got these rings with magic and it glowed, proving we have the blessing of the Gods. It was so perfect. But if you want us to have a real wedding too, I am sure we can do that."
Ruby grinned at Henry. "You know Granny and I are wolves too. Well that's what happens when we claim our mate when we find our true loves." She explained. "We usually don't have the traditional weddings humans do. But it's been done."
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Emma chased Regina to the docks. "Regina! Please! We need to talk about this! I promise you there was no wedding! If there was, you would be the first I would invite. If anything, I would want you to be my maid of honor! You're my best friend!"
Regina scoffed as she stopped and turned to look at Emma. "That's not the point! I… No you don't get to… Why my sister?! Why would you choose her when you could have…" She let it hang, realizing she said too much. She bit her lip and looked away, afraid to face the blonde now.
Emma's jaw dropped in surprise as her eyes widened when she realized what Regina was about to say. "You?" Emma replied softly as she realized what Regina's problem was. "Regina. Please look at me." She saw the brunette shaking her head. Emma sighed as she moved to stand in front of her best friend. "Regina?" She put her hand on her shoulder.
Regina wiped her eyes, feeling embarrassed and angry with herself. She was so sure she'd ruined their friendship for good now. "Just go back to my sister. She's the one you want to be with. Just forget what I said."
Emma knew all of Regina's tactics and wasn't about to let her push her away and put a wall up between them like she'd done several times in the past. "Regina don't do this please. I'm sorry I didn't know. You're my best friend and I love having you as my best friend. Maybe in another life, we'd be together. But you and I, we share a wonderful son. I love you for taking him in and raising him when I couldn't at the time. I love it that we can raise him together. I love it even more that we became friends in spite of everything. But even then, you're still family to me. You know what that means to me more than anything! We're sisters now." She chuckled.
Regina looked at Emma and sighed deeply. "I get what you're saying. I do. But no one has ever understood me the way you do. I thought… I always wondered what it would have been like had we hooked up a long time ago. I always thought about you… But maybe it's my fault because I didn't know how to approach you and let you know how I really felt. I guess I waited too long."
Emma gave Regina an apologetic smile. "Maybe you just need to find your true love. I know if we tried, it wouldn't have been fair to you or to me. Because I finally found my True love… With your sister. My dragon just knew before it happened. I knew from the moment we rescued her from Robin, that she was meant to be mine. You'll find that too. I know you will. Maybe you have and you don't know it yet." Emma chuckled softly.
"How would you know? I mean…" Regina gasped then. "The blast last night? That was you and my sister wasn't it?" She asked with a whisper.
Emma nodded. "Yes it was. We were caught by surprise. I'm just sorry that it made you upset. That was never my intention to upset you. I never want to hurt you. I would hurt anyone who ever dared try to hurt you. If anyone tried that with your sister…"
Regina scoffed and then smirked, remembering exactly what Emma did when she found out Robin had been beating Zelena. "I know you would." She chuckled. "I would destroy anyone who tried to hurt you or my sister." She smiled, finally accepting that Emma was with her sister now. "I guess I'm glad it's you because it looks like you get each other. I know you're good enough for my sister. I just hope she realizes how lucky she is."
Emma smiled as she pulled Regina into a hug. "You're good enough to be my best friend, my sister in law, even my soul sister. We have a bond shared. That will never change." She reminded her. "Let's get back to Granny's?"
Regina nodded and smiled as they went back together. She realized she was so grateful to still have Emma in her life. Even if it meant she was with her sister now. Maybe there could be some good things to come out of this. Maybe she would be able to find her True Love now that Robin was no longer distracting her from her true path.
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The moment they arrived back at the diner, Regina was relieved to see that Henry was no longer upset and was having a good time with his family there. Regina smiled as she joined them. "I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding we had about what happened. Emma explained everything to me. Congratulations Sis, Emma." She smiled at the blonde. "Welcome to the family." She chuckled, knowing very well, that they were already a family.
Zelena grinned, glad to see that her sister was okay now. She moved and hugged her sister tightly. "I'm so glad you're okay with this. I cannot wait to share some things with you…"
Ruby lit up when she saw Regina was alright, she pulled out a chair for her to sit in, smiling when Regina moved to her offered seat and allowed Ruby to seat her. She smiled at the taller brunette, appreciating that Ruby was there. "Thank you dear." She murmured.
Ruby grinned, "You're welcome milady." She winked at her as she sat down next to her.
Emma noticed what was going on and grinned knowingly at them. She shared a look with her wife as they all began conversing. They picked up where they left off.
Henry grinned at his blonde mother. "Congrats Ma! Grandma explained everything. I'm happy for you two."
Granny beamed, bringing them more food, the dragons ate steak and eggs as did Ruby and herself. She made sure Emma and Zelena both had an extra helping, much to the amusement of Maleficent.
Regina's eyebrows rose in surprise when she saw that.
Emma knew Granny was happy for them being mated and all. "At least let me pay for that second…" She paused as she began to realize what was going on.
Maleficent and Lily were both smirking big time as they looked at her. "Hmm hm." The older dragon nodded. Granny simply winked at Emma as Ruby gave her a wolfy grin.
Emma's jaw dropped as she put two and two together. But before she could react, someone came into the diner and disrupted what she was planning to say.
"Emma?" Zelena was beginning to realize something was happening. Just then, her eyes grew dark when she noticed someone she had not wanted to see again.
Killian sauntered into the diner with this stupid smirk on his face. "Hey Emma… Where have you been? I've been looking for you and the Charmings said you would probably come here… Why the hell would you wanna stay with that wicked witch at her house? You should let them take her and…"
Emma growled loudly as she looked at that stupid pirate. "It's none of your damned business what I decide to do with MY life." She bristled, hating it that he had the nerve to interrupt her meal.
"Emma, you're my girl and I'm just looking out for y…" Killian started.
"We are not together. We never were. Just because you tried kissing me in Neverland… That doesn't mean we're dating. I mean eww! Let me make one thing very clear. I don't go for the male sex. Not that way. You're barking up the wrong tree." She moved her arm around Zelena's shoulders. "As for this wicked witch, I'm in love with her. I love Zelena Swan-Mills." She made sure everyone heard her loud and clear. "That's right, you heard it here." She showed Killian her wedding band and smirked at him.
Killian stumbled with himself in shock. "You can't be with her? Clearly she has you under a spell!" He wasn't willing to accept that Emma was with that bitch. Or that she liked women or that she'd actually married that damned witch! He then began laughing. "She can't even give you what I can! She doesn't have what it takes!" He yelled.
"Wanna bet?" Emma smirked.
Zelena turned to look at Emma before looking at that pirate. "You sure about that stumpy? You're looking at Shapeshifters. Wanna trade stories? I doubt you ever had the chance to compare notes if you've never been with my dragon."
Killian frowned with confusion. Dragon? The only dragon he recognized was Maleficent. "You and her?!" He pointed at the older dragon.
Lily laughed. "Try again doofus. She's not talking about my mother or me. She's talking about my twin sister Emma. Oh, didn't you know? Oops." She shrugged.
Emma smiled as she winked at Lily and then looked back at Killian. "Yes me. Maleficent is my mother. Now I do believe we were talking about whether or not my beautiful redhead here, has what it takes to give to me what you think only YOU could give to me." She could see the way even Zelena was looking at her. She turned to look at her wife and took a hold of her hand, kissing it.
"Well yeah! She's a woman… She can't…" Killian started.
Emma smirked at him. "Actually she can, and she has." She dug into her food with relish.
Zelena gasped when she heard what Emma said. "Emma!" How could she know so soon?
Maleficent smiled at Zelena. "It's a dragon thing. We tend to know those kinds of things right away." She winked at her daughter in law. "Congratulations darling."
Regina was surprised with the news. But this time, she was happy for them. "That's wonderful news." She smiled and then looked at Killian. "Well there you have it. She's taken. You're better off chasing after other hussies more suited for your needs." She smirked.
"But…" Killian was grasping at straws.
Zelena had enough of him, she formed a wicked looking ball of green flames in her hand. "You heard my wife. Now unless you want me to roast you…" She smirked when Killian scampered away with a bruised ego. She then turned to look at Emma, a big smile on her face. "Another baby to love… I love you so much!" She kissed her deeply, feeling over the moon right now. She knew there was no way she would let anyone hurt them.
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In the pawnshop, Mr. Gold had a smirk on his face. "Good. You're here now. I know you have questions. I'd help you, but I know someone else who could also help you find the answers you seek. Right now, I have other matters to take care of. Welcome back, Cleo Fox. Right down the street, you'll find an old friend… Or is that… Flame?" He chuckled. "Emma Swan is at Granny's Diner, eating breakfast."
Cleo stared at this man, wondering what the hell she was doing there. She was supposed to be dead wasn't she? Wherever this place was… She didn't know what to make of it. But then he mentioned Emma. Suddenly she was glad she knew someone there. Finally a familiar person to talk with. She turned and walked out of the shop and headed toward the diner.
She wasn't the only visitor in Storybrooke. A portal opened as three women arrived. A curly red haired woman, a princess and a female dark haired warrior wearing chain mail. Merida, Aurora and Mulan had also arrived.
