Sorry it's late, but here it is the final prompt in the series, I really hope you enjoyed reading, thank you! Please let me know if you liked it, your opinions mean the world to me. :) xoxox
Regina checks in
The Queen paced back and forth, her hands on her lower back as she tried to control her breathing, she didn't know where the hell Robin was but knew he better get there soon otherwise she was going to rip his head off. She looked through the door to see Tia playing with her toys, having a little tea party with them and she didn't want to do anything which might scare her or cause her to worry. The thing was though she didn't know how much longer she could keep calm.
She was nine months pregnant, in fact she was past her due date and was certain that contractions had started around an hour ago, she had been sat playing with Tia when she had felt this terrible clenching pain, it had dissipated and she had managed not to alarm her daughter, but had quickly excused herself saying she had to go lie down, what a lie that had been.
Of all the days Robin could chose to be home late, he chose today, he knew she wanted him to stay nearby by with the baby so close, but apparently, he wasn't going with that, otherwise he would have been back by now. Instead she was all alone, in the middle of the god darn forest with only a six year old as company, what the hell was she supposed to do? Get Tia to deliver her baby? She hardly thought so and there was no way she could do it alone.
There was a sudden pain again and she held onto the chair, gritting her teeth together as she closed her eyes and whimpered softly, apparently Tia had overheard and looked up, "mommy? What is it?"
"Nothing baby, why don't you go in your room and play with your toys hmm?"
"No, mommy, are you okay? Is it the baby? Is it time?" Tia asked standing and running towards her, her little brown eyes going wide as she looked up at her in wonder.
"Yes sweetheart, I think so."
"But daddy isn't here, he needs to be here!" Her daughter shook her head, a worried expression coming on to her face, "mommy what do we do?"
"I don't know," she breathed rubbing her bump, "I don't know."
"Come on, I think you should lie down," Tia stated taking her hand and pulling her gently towards her bedroom.
She looked at her sceptically, before she felt a sudden wetness between her thighs and there was trickling noise as water dropped to the hard floor, "I think that might be a good idea," she nodded in agreement, as much as she didn't want to face it, this was happening, she was going to have her baby now.
Regina was bored, Henry was off somewhere on some holiday with Hook and Emma, they had taken him to spend time in California for three weeks and seemingly that was the same time Zelena had chosen to take off to Disney land, meaning that Regina was alone in the house with nothing to do and no one to spend time with, she certainly wasn't going to be calling Snow and inviting her around for a movie night, because although they had become good friends and worked on building bridges, she wasn't really in the mood.
She sat in her living room sipping her glass of wine, her feet were up on the foot stool as she scrolled through the choices on Netflix, contemplating whether she should start on the latest series of Orange is the New Black without her sister, even though they had said they would watch it when she returned from her holidays. Deciding she was just going to go for it she clicked on the first episode, but just as she had she felt a strange feeling bubbled up inside her, some need to check something.
Furrowing her eyebrows she stood from her chair and used her magic to transport her to her vault, she observed her mirror before waving a hand over it, forming a picture of her other half fully pregnant with a little girl helping her. She hadn't checked in on the Evil Queen for a good few months and apparently in that time things had changed, a lot.
"Daddy will be home soon sweetie."
"But mommy you need help now, the baby is coming you said so."
"I can try and delay it," she breathed through her nose and shook her head, laying down on her bed and taking a deep breath, "this isn't how it's supposed to happen," she whispered.
"Mommy I'll help you, I promise."
She was pregnant and in labour alone with a small child would could only be six or seven years old? That didn't seem like a very good combination somehow. She needed help, the girl was right and clearly Robin wasn't there, he was probably out stealing something. So if she didn't have Robin, who did she have? Regina sighed and shook her head, she knew what she had to do and it wasn't going to be fun.
She looked within her vault for something which could help her get to the Enchanted forest but she couldn't find anything, there were no magic beans, she didn't know where the apprentice's wand had got to, Jefferson's hat was broken, that left one solution and it meant going to someone very annoying to get it.
She used her magic and appeared in Snow and Charming's loft, "Snow? I need your help now."
"Regina what is it?" she asked squealing a little as she scrambled for a blanket, clearly Snow and Charming had the same idea as she had as Netflix was playing on the television, only they were wearing less clothes, a lot less clothes. "Next time warn us before teleporting yourself in here."
"Well I'm sorry, I need something and I need it now and you were the last one to have this item, it is important, someone needs my help."
"Who?" Snow questioned, standing up and finding her shirt as she pulled it over her head.
"The Evil Queen, or not so Evil Queen, whatever, she's gone in to labour and she's alone with what looks like a young girl, I need to help her, there's no way Queenie can give birth alone, what i something goes wrong?"
"Wait the Queen is pregnant?" David asked standing up.
Regina's hands immediately came to cover her eyes, "please, put some pants on, I don't need to see you cock and balls thank you very much."
"How are we supposed to help you with this?"
"Well, as far as I am aware, you have the ruby slippers do you not? They can travel realms and I need to go to the Enchanted Forest so…"
"Oh the slippers!" Snow nodded, moving into her bedroom and opening the closet, pulling out boxes upon boxes before handing one to Regina, "think they are in there."
"Thanks," Regina cast her a tight smile before dropping the box on the bed and pushing the lid off, her eyes going wide as she saw the contents of the box, "Snow! This is not shoes," she shook her head looking at the vibrators and other sex toys that obviously belonged to her not so innocent step daughter.
"Oh god! Regina, I am so sorry!" she quickly put the lid on the box before stashing it back in the cupboard, "I forgot that was in there, it was from during the first curse." She pulled a different one out and sighed, "see, same box."
"Sure it was. Please check that one and make sure it is, I don't want to be scarred any more than I already have been in the past ten minutes."
Snow looked into the box and nodded before taking the shoes out and passing them to her step mother, "here."
"Thank you," she slipped her feet into the slippers and glanced at Snow and Charming, "I'll see you soon."
"I can't believe you're going there to help her, what has she ever done to help you?" David scoffed shaking his head.
Regina glared at him and rolled her eyes, "she needs help, she's all alone and in labour!" She growled, "I'll see you later," she tapped her feet together and thought of where she wanted to go.
"Oh god!" The Queen screamed her hands fisting in the duvet below her as her legs shook, this was the worst pain she had ever felt in her life, her dislocated shoulder felt like a simple scratch in comparison, this was sheer torture and she had been tortured, but this, this was way, way worse. "Ow, ow," she whimpered closing her eyes as she felt a little hand press to her cheek.
"Mommy! What do I do?!" Tia cried finding her mom's hand and holding it tight, "Mommy let me help you!"
"Baby, go to your room okay, I don't… oh god!" she squealed her back arching off the bed as a sharp pain shot through her whole body.
"Mommy," Tia ran a hand over her mom's face and Gina tried to control her breathing as she looked at her daughter, she saw that she was crying and shook her head.
"Sweetheart, don't cry," she breathed, rubbing her arm, "please don't cry, it's going to be okay, I'll be fine…" a sudden tightening started and she gritted her teeth together, trying her best not to scream and scare Tia, but she couldn't help the little whimpers that left her throat, she was in complete agony, a scream slipped out before she could stop it and that was when she heard familiar yelling.
"Queenie?!" The door burst open and she turned her head to see her other self running across the room to her, "where's Robin?"
"I don't know!" she cried shaking her head as she looked at her daughter who was staring at Regina in complete shock.
"Mommy?"
"Tia, this is my… twin sister, Trina."
Regina furrowed her eyebrows and the Queen cast her a don't fight me on this look, she didn't want her daughter knowing the full truth yet, she wouldn't understand it would be easier is she thought they were just identical twins. "Her clothes are funny," Tia laughed as Gina nodded and took a deep breath. "Aunty Trina, you need to help my mommy! She's having my baby sister now!"
"Tia, do you know where your daddy is?" Regina asked, propping some pillow up behind the Queen's back and taking hold of her hand and squeezing it tightly.
"He's being a scout," the little girl stated, "with the merry men."
"Okay thank you. Queenie, how long have you been feeling like this?"
"My waters broke," she breathed, holding onto Regina's hand, "oh god, what do we do?"
"Calming down would probably be a good place to start," Regina whispered, brushing her hand through the Queen's long locks, feeling rather glad that she had chopped all hers off, mainly because she looked extremely hot at that moment.
"If you haven't noticed, I am in labour, calm isn't an option," the Queen snapped squeezing Regina's hand.
Regina wondered what it was that made pregnant women do that, it was as if because they were in so much pain, they found the need to inflict it on those around them and let them know just how much they're suffering.
"Tia," she breathed, panting through the pain a she looked at her daughter, "sweetheart can you do something with my hair for me please?"
"Yes, of course I can," she nodded eagerly as she moved behind her and scooped it all up tying it so that it was out of the way, making her feel quite a bit cooler than she had previously been, "mommy do you need a glass of water?"
"That would be wonderful baby."
"Miss Trina?"
It had taken Regina a while to register that the cute little one had been talking to her before she turned to look at her, "I think I am fine for the moment thank you."
"Okay, you will be alright in here while I get the water won't you mommy?"
"Yes darling I'll be fine," she smiled at her daughter as Tia pressed a little kiss to her cheek before hopping off the bed and running off in the direction of the kitchen.
"She's beautiful," Regina grinned, feeling slightly envious, but then again, she had Henry and the Queen had been made to give him up, she had to have someone. It seemed however she was getting everything Regina ever dreamed of, everything she hoped that she would receive herself and she felt slightly frustrated, but also happy that the Queen obviously had a good life, apart from right now where she was quite sure she was going through hell.
"She's the light of my lifeeeeee, fuck! Fuck! Oh god!" she screamed another contraction coming upon her as she squeezed Regina's hand tightly.
"Ouch, Queenie you are crushing me."
She came down from it and breathed in and out, taking it slowly as she closed her eyes and seethed, "I am having to push something the size of a watermelon out of my body so give me a break already."
"Okay, what do we do?" Regina asked. She didn't have a clue, she had never given birth, never seen anyone give birth, the best she had done was read a couple of books, but every time she had got to that section, she had freaked out and stopped reading. God how she wished she'd carried on reading now.
"I don't know! They don't have books on pushing other humans out of your vagina in the Enchanted Forest, so unfortunately, I have no clue what I am doing! And you are not helping one-bit Regina!"
"Well sorry I don't have a medical degree! God I haven't missed having you around."
"Feeling is bloody well mutual."
"I see you picked up some lovely language whilst you've been away."
"Learnt from the best," she breathed.
"I hope you don't talk like that in front of your little girl, it's hardly a good example to set."
"Who made you mother of the year?" she spat before sighing and shaking her head, "of course I don't talk like that in front of her, but I am in some pain right now so would you maybe come down off your high horse and help me?"
"You didn't think I put on these hideous glitterball shoes just to be in a realm with no proper health care for no reason, did you?"
"How the hell did you know I needed you?" She asked, furrowing her eyebrows, now she thought about it, it was rather weird that Regina had just appeared exactly at the moment she had needed her help, well not necessarily her help, but help in general.
"I just, sensed it," she shrugged.
The Queen narrowed her eyes at her before she realised what was going on and her mouth dropped open, "Regina Maria Mills, have you been spying on me through our mirror?" At the look on Regina's face she shook her head, "you little creep, I can't believe you spy on me! Have you watched me and Robin fuck?"
"No!"
"Did you like it?" she grinned wriggling a little to get comfier, "I bet you got off to it didn't you."
"Shut up, you are so filthy," Regina glared at her, "that is actually disgusting."
"Why sex is a natural process," she chuckled before her face fell and she shook her head, "take it back… never have sex…" she cried, letting out a scream as she squeezed Regina's hand tightly.
"Breathe, Queenie you're doing great, just breathe okay," the end of the contraction came and she dropped back again shaking her head.
"I don't think I can do this."
"Are you joking, of course you can, you can do anything."
"Apart from kill Snow White, I'll just leave that to you, because apparently you manage that in the wish realm without thinking to tell me."
"Oh yeah, sorry about that, I was trying to get through to Emma and well, that happened so, you know…"
"Where's Tia?" the Queen asked, suddenly feeling very alarmed by her daughter's absence, she had gone to get her a drink she shouldn't be taking so long. "Tia!" she shouted, waiting for a response and getting none, "please," she pushed Regina to the door, "can you please go check on my daughter?" she whispered.
"Sure, you sure you'll be okay in here alone?"
"You're going to the kitchen Regina not on an expedition to another realm, I'll be fine," she rolled her eyes, grabbing Robin's pillow and moving it behind her so that her back had more support.
"Queenie!"
"What?!"
"She's gone."
"What?! What do you mean she's gone? She cant be gone? She wouldn't just walk out of here she know that she is not to go out alone!"
"There's a note," Regina stated, coming back in with a glass of water in her hand which she handed to her alter ego. Gina took it but also snatched the note from her.
"Gone to find daddy," she read, closing her eyes she let out a sob and shook her head, "I need my family here," she cried, "I can't do this without them."
"I'm here."
"Oh lucky me."
"Stop it, I know you better than anyone Queenie and right now you are scared, you are terrified, but I'm here okay and I am not going to leave you."
Gina sighed and shook her head, "I'm sorry," she whispered, "you're right, I'm terrified of what's going to happen," she cried, tears rolling down her face as she buried her head in her hands.
"But you are also the strongest person I know and if anyone can do this, it's you."
She nodded, smiling at Regina as they held each other's hands, but that moment was interrupted by more screaming and the queen squeezing as hard as she could, making Regina scream along with her. Once it was over she looked to Regina and reluctantly stated, "I need you to see how dilated I am."
"Really?" she winced. "You want me, to look, down there?"
"Just look! Regina…"
"Okay…" she moved down and helped the Queen push up her nightdress, she hadn't even got it up enough to see anything yet and was already totally freaking out; she'd never done anything like this before, how was she supposed to know what it should look like. Shaking her head, she nodded, she could do this, it wasn't as though she had never seen what was down there before, they were the same right? "Right," she lifted the nightdress the rest of the way up and pulled a horrified face, she thought she might actually pass out. "What's it supposed to look like?"
"I think you know what it looks like! We have the same vagina!"
"I think yours might be looking a little different to mine right now."
"Why?"
"Well, something tells me you're dilated."
"Oh," she breathed, "this hurts like hell."
"I bet."
Another contraction came and she screamed blue murder, she wasn't even going to attempt to stop herself from screaming anymore, she didn't have the effort to keep the noise in.
"Gina!"
Her head shot to the door as she saw Robin run through with Tia coming in behind him, "I found him mommy! I used my magic and I found him."
"Thank you, baby," she whispered, "where the hell have you been?" she muttered through gritted teeth as Robin came to her side and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pressing a kiss to her temple.
"You know I was scouting a job," he muttered, "the baby's coming then?"
"No I thought I'd lay here with my legs spread and scream for no reason, yes the baby is coming," she snapped, looking down to Regina who was seemingly avoiding looking at them, she felt bad for her really, she knew what she had was everything Regina had ever dreamed of having and it must be hard for her to have to see it right in front of her knowing that it wasn't hers.
"I think you're close," Regina stated, drawing Robin's attention to her as though he had been so busy concentrating on his woman that he hadn't even noticed the other woman's presence. It was strange for Regina seeing them together, but it was cute at the same time, witnessing him in a family situation rather than knowing him as Robin of Locksley the man she had no spark with but apparently the Evil Queen had a lot more than a spark with him.
"Regina?"
"No daddy that's Trina, mommy's sister," Tia told him climbing up onto the bed and sitting beside her mother, "mommy you aren't mad at me because I went to find daddy, are you?"
"No," she shook her head, she really didn't have time to be mad right now, "but don't ever go off like that without telling me again," she breathed, "Robin, can you take Tia to her room?"
"No I want to stay here!" she shouted, "I want to see my sister."
She wasn't in the right frame of mind to argue at that precise moment and grabbed Robin's hand as another contraction took over and she screamed again, "Robin I can't do this!"
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
"Oh god!"
"It hurts," she sobbed, shaking her head, "I don't think I can, I don't think I can!"
"Gina, come on," Robin rubbed her shoulders soothingly, "you can do this."
"I can't," she shook her head violently, "I can't do it, ow, ow, ow."
"Sweetheart, you can do this," he kissed her damp temple gently, "I know you can, you're a fighter."
"I can't, Robin, I…" she stopped, knowing that it was building again, tears streamed down her cheeks, this was the most pain she had ever been in during her entire life. She was in agony, complete and utter agony and Robin really wasn't making her feel any better, sure he was trying, but it didn't help, she kind of just wanted to strangle him at that moment, make him suffer for being the cause of this, for causing her to go through this sheer torture. "I can't do this Robin," she whimpered, her stomach felt tight and with each push it hurt more.
"Gina, look at me, look at me, you can do this."
Her body wracked with sobs as she shook her head violently, "I can't!"
"Yes you can, now pull yourself together," Regina snapped, showing her head from in between her legs.
"I can't…"
"You have no choice, you're nearly there, you've nearly done it. Robin, support her back."
"Okay," he nodded, finding her another pillow, "Regina?"
"Don't talk to me!" She spat, letting out another blood curdling scream. "Get out! Don't touch me!"
"I wasn't even talking to you!" he shouted back, "when have I ever called you Regina?!"
"Shut up!"
Robin shook his head and turned to Regina who was still looking as unsure as ever, they had been at this for the past four hours and the Queen had already been in labour for about another six before Robin had even showed up. She was exhausted. "How much longer now?" he asked, running a hand through his hair. "Surely it shouldn't take this long."
"It does," Regina nodded, "I can see the head though so we're nearly there."
Gina felt practically delirious, "I think I would rather be murdered right now!" She squealed, her legs trembling, she was sick of the constant pain, why couldn't the baby just come out? She was shattered, had been having contractions for longer than she could even remember.
"Queenie, on the next contraction I think you need to push okay."
"What do you think I have been doing!" she yelled, "fucking trying to keep the baby inside me!"
"Mommy said a bad word," Tia stated, she had moved into a chair beside the bed because Gina had been thrashing somewhat because of the pain.
"Mommy didn't mean to say a bad word," Robin stated.
"No what mommy meant to do was ring daddy's neck for him doing this to her!"
"Quit it Queenie," Regina rolled her eyes, seeing that the banter between them was clearly still there. Suddenly she was arching off the bed as she was hit by another contraction, "can you push? Queenie, push!"
"Arghhhhhh!" Her scream tailored off into sobbing.
"That was good, really good," she nodded, running her thumbs over the Queen's knees, hoping that it would help somewhat, although she knew there was no way it would.
"It's hurts," she whimpered.
"If it didn't, you wouldn't be doing it right," Regina shrugged a smug smirk coming upon her face.
"Regina, now is not the time for your sarcasmmmarghhhhhh… It doesn't suit youuuuuuuuuuuu."
"Push Queenie, you can do it, your baby is nearly here." More screaming followed and Regina felt slightly queasy when she finally managed to help Gina deliver the baby. "You did it, you did," she smiled, looking at the baby. She chuckled as she ran her fingers over the baby's little cheek, "she's beautiful." She bit her bottom lip, looking up at the exhausted woman lying in the bed before her.
She tried to control her breathing as she looked down to Regina trying to get a glimpse of her baby, "Robin, is she okay? Regina? Regina why isn't she crying? Robin?"
"Regina?" he moved to her.
"I don't know," Regina shook her head, suddenly panicking as she wrapped the baby in a blanket and rubbed it's little chest.
"Robin!" Gina cried.
Tia jumped up of her chair and rushed towards them, "let me hold her."
"No, Tia wait," Robin shook his head, "Regina is she breathing?"
Regina looked up at them, tears in her eyes, "I don't…"
"Daddy!" Tia shouted squeezing past him and managing to take the baby from Regina.
"Tia!"
Tia closed her eyes as she held her little sister close to her, a sudden rush of magic burst forth surrounding the baby, then there was a sudden loud wail as the baby began to cry in her arms.
The queen burst into tears, she couldn't help it, especially when Tia turned to look at Robin and gave him a wide smile, "I knew she would be okay."
Regina watched in wonder, she had never seen anything like it in her life.
Tia carefully passed the little girl to Robin who stood and walked over to the shattered mother, "look, Gina she's beautiful," he smiled sitting down on the bed and carefully laying her against her chest.
She let out a little sob as she held her daughter for the first time, watching as she waved her little arms and legs around. She had a full head of dark spiky hair, a cute button nose, she was so tiny and Regina was mesmerised by her, she and Robin had made this perfect little person and she couldn't help but cry. Looking at the tiny eyelashes and fingernails and her small ears, her little toes and feet. She ran a finger over her small cheek and held her closer, "hello my baby, I'm your mommy, yes I am," she cooed.
"Well I suppose I should be getting home," Regina stated, rinsing her hands in the wash bowl and smiling at them, "I really am happy for you Queenie."
"Wait, don't you want to hold her?"
"Maybe for a second then," Regina smiled moving closer and looking to the little baby as the Queen passed her to her carefully.
"A second is all you are getting, I'm not willing to part with her for longer than that," Gina whispered, closing her eyes, she felt as though she could sleep for weeks.
Regina rocked the little girl steadily and a stab of longing shot through her, she wished she could have this, have this life, a beautiful new-born baby to look after. "She really is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."
"She is," Gina nodded, quite eager to have her little on back, "thank you so much, for everything," she smiled as Regina place her babe back in her arms.
"You're welcome and congratulations, the both of you, anyway I best be getting back before the Charmings come after me."
"Of yes, I do not want to see them thank you very much," Gina laughed along with her, holding her daughter close as Tia scooted onto the bed at the other side of her and Regina used her magic to clear away all the bloodied rags and anything that might have been messed.
"And Tia…"
"Yes?" She smiled leaning against her mother.
"You are welcome to come visit any time, all of you are."
"Thanks Aunty!"
"Thank you," Robin nodded, "I don't know how we would have managed without you here."
"No problem, shall I send your love to the Charmings?" she smirked at her other self.
"Why not," she shrugged, "bye," she waved.
"Bye," Regina nodded and with a tap of the ruby slippers she was gone, vanishing into thin air leaving Gina, Robin, Tia and the baby alone in the room.
"My sister is really pretty," Tia smiled snuggling against her mom, Regina shuffled the baby over onto her other arm so that Robin could support her somewhat and she could put her own arm around Tia.
"You are the most amazing little girl," she whispered kissing the top of her head, "you saved your sister's life and I love you so much."
"Can I name the baby?" she asked, beaming up at her.
Regina glanced sceptically at Robin before shrugging, "I don't know, what did you have in mind?" she questioned, pressing a kiss to her little baby's face as she played with her foot which was sticking out of the blanket, she had now stopped crying and was simply making little gurgling noises against her.
"What about Hope?" she whispered.
"I like that," Robin nodded, stroking the baby's head gently.
The Queen felt a smile tug at her features as she looked to the baby in her arms and brushed her finger through older daughter's hair, "I think Hope is perfect."
