Epilogue
Mulan and Aurora placed their daughter in her cradle.
She was born only a week ago, and she was so small.
The two women held hands as they smiled at the child they were going to raise together.
Both mothers had decided to throw a ball in honor of Rose, their child.
And everyone had been invited, even those who did not live in the enchanted forest.
All the inhabitants of Storybrooke were here, even Mr Gold and Belle, who was expecting their first child.
"Congratulations to both of you." Emma Swan said, as her wife, the ex-evil queen joined her.
"Thank you." Aurora replied.
Emma and Regina had come from Storybrooke when Mulan and Aurora had invited the whole community to the ball.
Then, it was Henry Mills' turn to join his mothers, followed closely by a two year old little girl.
"This is our daughter," Regina said proudly, as she took her daughter in her arms.
"Her name is Odette, and yes, pun intended." Emma said, smiling.
Both Mulan and Aurora, however, did not seem to grasp the pun.
"Hi," Mulan said to the child, "Nice to meet you. I am Mulan."
"Muuu.." Odette tried to say.
"Mulan." Emma tried to help her.
"Muuu… shuuuu…" Odette attempted.
"Well, close enough." Regina said, kissing her daughter on the forehead.
Suddenly, the three fairy godmothers magically appeared in the hall, in a white, sparkling magic cloud.
"Aunt Flora, Fauna and Merryweather!" Aurora beamed.
She rushed to them and greeted them.
Regina rolled her eyes.
"Those three boring old fairies, they always want to get all the attention..." She mumbled.
"Regina, honey." Emma said, as she playfully hit her wife with her elbow.
"I am just saying…" Regina said.
"Aurora, we are so happy to see you." All three of them spoke at the same time.
"So am I." Aurora replied.
"We have a very special gift for you, but you must come alone." Merryweather said.
"Why? Now?" Aurora asked.
"Yes." Flora said.
"Mulan, I'll be back soon." Aurora told her girlfriend as she kissed the later on her lips.
Aunt Flora, Fauna and Merryweather brought Aurora to her bedroom, and magically closed all the doors and windows.
Then, using magic, they made Philip appear.
"Philip." Aurora hardly managed to say, "Is that really you?"
"Yes." He replied back.
Aurora tried to touch his hand but he seemed to be made of thin air.
"You are not really here, are you?" she asked.
"No. I am someplace else, someplace beautiful. I like it. By preventing me from turning into a wraith, you saved my soul." He explained.
"But I killed you." Aurora said.
"Yes, and you did well. You were right, I would not have been able to live with myself if had had to mark Mulan in order to live." He told Aurora.
"And knowing that you two love each other makes me happy, because you will never be alone. And you will raise Rose together." He added, smiling.
"Yes, I love her." Aurora said.
"Goodbye Aurora." Philip said, before disappearing.
"Goodbye, Prince Philip." Aurora said.
Then, the princess turned to her three fairy godmothers.
"Thank you." She whispered to them.
That night, Aurora was holding her child in her arms.
She had just breastfed Rose.
"Everyone is waiting for us to open the dance, my princess." Mulan said, as she took Aurora's right hand into hers.
"But what about Rose?" she…" started, but Ruby was quick enough volunteer to take care of the baby.
Aurora followed her warrior and they started to dance, cheek to cheek.
Regina and Emma were the second couple to start dancing.
Belle and Rumple were the third one to join them.
Mulan and Aurora could not help but to smile each time they were hearing Regina giving Emma dancing lessons.
"No, Mrs. Swan-Mills, not that way." The former queen kept saying to her wife.
"Sorry babe, I am just not used to such… classical dancing." Emma would reply back.
"Aunt Flora, Fauna and Merryweather made me seen Philip today." Aurora said to Mulan.
"Really, but I thought his soul had been consumed by the wraith." Mulan answered back.
"No, by stopping the transition, we saved his soul. And he is happy to see us together, as a family."
"Our prince has found peace, my princess." Mulan said, as she kissed her princess on her lips.
Suddenly, Odette and Henry came into the hall carrying the dragon egg Aurora had given to Mulan.
All three couples stopped dancing.
"Henry, Odette! What is that thing?" Emma asked, perplexed.
"This is a dragon egg." Regina said, "One that comes from Maleficent's castle. They were her pets."
"Well of course, Maleficent and dragons." Emma said, "That is so common to have pet dragons."
"It's hatching." Mulan realized, as she pointed at the egg which was now covered with small cracks all over it.
A small red dragon pieced the shell with its tiny head, and slowly came out of it.
"Dragon… More like a lizard." Regina thought sarcastically.
However, Both Henry and Odette were thrilled.
"That's a real dragon!" Henry exclaimed, "That is so cool!"
"But we need to name it now." He added.
"Name it, I can't even tell if that is a she or a he." Regina said.
"Me neither." Mulan admitted.
However, Odette had already an idea.
"Mushhuuu…" she said, as she picked up the baby dragon and gave it to Mulan.
"Well, Mushu it is." Mulan said as she took the baby dragon carefully from Odette.
At that exact moment, anything seemed perfect.
The past was behind all of them.
Rumple was no longer the dark one, and was starting a new family with Belle.
His son Neal AKA Baelfire had forgiven him his past deeds.
Regina had found her own happy ending, and had her family.
And most important, Mulan and Aurora had found each other and they knew that they were going to be great mothers.
What they did not know was that prince Philip was watching form another place, happy for all of them, especially for Aurora because he knew that she would never be alone. She had found her strength in true love.
That was the final chapter of my story.
I hope you liked it.
And yes, I ship Swan Queen so much that I had to find a way to put them in the story.
I will be waiting for your reviews.
I know that the part with Prince Philip is really cheesy, but I thought that he deserved a decent ending.
Thanks to all of you who took the time and patience to read this fanfic, it really means a lot to me. :)