The Mayor's Emma Dilemma
Chapter 9
Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my imagination. So now Emma and Regina are on their way to see Judge Kathryn and have Emma's marriage annulled. It's high time our blonde got that out of the way lol. I think by the next chapter or so, things will start picking up. This is a swanqueen story. Zelena wants to get our favorite ladies to get together as badly as we do! :) Yes there is talk of rape ahead, don't like it, you can skip that part.
Dedicated to my life partner, swanqueen7 xoxo
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As soon as Regina and Emma got the papers and Zelena took her nephew to school before taking Robyn to the park near the school so she could also keep tabs on Henry. David went to the station and obtained the tapes for Emma to look at with him. Mary Margaret had wanted to stay and be there for her daughter, but she had a job to do, being a teacher. Everyone was on high alert, knowing that Pirate could be anywhere.
Gold met his client at the courthouse. He smiled when they arrived. But the moment he saw Emma, he frowned. While she was healing up from her injuries from Hook, he could see that she'd been hit. "Trouble in paradise dearie? He hurt you?" He didn't like it that the bastard hurt his grandson's mother.
Emma sighed. "He's not who I thought he was."
Regina looked at the imp. "Let's get this over with. The sooner, the better. I don't know if you are aware of this, but Hook escaped from jail."
Gold nodded. "Yes, let's do this dearies." They went up to Kathryn's office.
The moment Kathryn saw Regina, she smiled and stood up, moving around her desk to hug the brunette. They'd been friends for a very long time. "So you said you had something important to discuss with me. An annulment you needed done?"
Regina smiled and nodded before she became serious, "For Emma, yes." She turned her attention on the sheriff. She took Emma's hand into her own. Kathryn noticed.
"Please have a seat." Kathryn motioned to Emma before looking at Gold. "You're acting as her attorney am I correct?"
Gold nodded. "Yes, as you see, we've brought the annulment papers. Miss Swan has filled them out." He placed the papers on Kathryn's desk.
Kathryn sat down and put her reading glasses on, looking over the papers. Before she did anything else, she looked at Emma. "So, your husband has not been treating you well from what I see on your face. His handiwork? Is there anything else you want me to know before I sign these papers?" She asked. "Whatever you need to tell me will not leave this room."
Emma felt Regina rub her back, letting her know she was there and would not be going anywhere. The touch alone was giving her the strength yet again to share her story of what happened during her honeymoon. Emma nodded and then proceeded to share with them exactly what happened from the time they got married, to when things started going downhill the day after their wedding. How Hook had verbally abused her, emotionally abused her, mentally abused her, physically as well as sexually abusing her, how he forced himself on her every time she wanted to call home and to touch base with her family. She told them about how she'd had enough and fought back when he tried to rape her yet again. She spoke about what happened when they got back to Storybrooke and how he hit her for standing up to him, refusing to take his crap again. She told about how her father arrested Hook, and yet he managed to escape. "I just want to be free from that farce of a marriage. I never signed up to be his punching bag to do with whatever he wants at any time. He tried to control my life and refused to let me keep in touch with my family. I have a son and I had promised to keep in touch with him. Hook also threatened to take my son from me and to put him where we would never be able to find him again. That was the last straw. That was what gave me the strength to fight back and I knew I wanted to get away from him and no longer want to stay married to him. He played me from the very start. I know that now. He was threatened by my bond with my son and his other mother." She whispered. "He forbade me from talking with either one of them. He said I had no need for them and that he was all I needed. He would make sure of it too." She sighed. "The night before we came back, I went behind his back and called Regina after he broke my phone and told her I missed them. He was passed out drunk in our room. After I hung up and started packing up for our trip home, and got him up… I knew that was it. I was done with him."
Regina had not known the part where Hook was threatened by her and Henry's presence in Emma's life. She knew they would need to talk more about that when the time was right. She had questions but they would need to wait. But to forbid Emma from seeing her son? That was crossing a line. Had anyone tried to suggest such a thing like that to Regina, she would have ripped their heart out. Why was that pirate so threatened by the fact Emma was friends with her? She'd married him. He had her. But now he had to go and hurt Emma. He had resorted to domestic violence and to rape. He'd threatened to separate a mother from her son. He was the monster. Regina was glad that Emma would no longer be associated with that filthy pirate ever again. She thought again about what Tink said to her, knowing that whatever happened next, this time she would make sure Emma would get her happy ending. The Sheriff had fought so hard to try helping everyone get their happy endings that she had not gotten her own in the process. Well that was going to change very soon. Regina would make sure of it.
Gold was surprised to hear that the pirate had threatened his grandson. Well he wasn't going to let that slide. He was going to have to do something about that meddlesome rum guzzling fool. Henry was the only tie he had left of his late son Baelfire. Now that he was a father again, he'd swore that he wouldn't make another mistake like he had with Bae. He was not going to let anyone hurt Henry, and that also meant his mothers. It had taken him a long time to let bygones be bygones with Regina. But they'd agreed to set aside their differences for Henry's sake.
Kathryn got up and hugged Emma. "I'm sorry that happened to you. I will not let you have to suffer with being his wife any longer. He doesn't deserve you. I will pull some strings with my colleagues and should he ever be caught again, I will make sure he is put away for good. That is unless something else happens as a result of foul play…" She smirked, looking at Regina and Gold. She knew what they were capable of and was telling them she wasn't adverse to them taking the law in their own hands. She then signed the papers, faxed and filed them, making sure Emma would have her annulment as quickly as possible.
Emma then paid the costs and smiled when it was all done properly. She felt as if a huge weight was taken off her shoulders. "Thank you so much for seeing me today and helping me with my annulment. I appreciate it." She smiled when Kathryn hugged her again. She also thanked Gold for his help as well.
"Well as you said, we are family. I will not let the Pirate's threat against Henry go, nor will I let him get away with what he put you through. Bae wouldn't have either." Gold smiled. "I'll call you once your annulment goes through." He then left.
Regina smiled when they left the office together after saying goodbye to her friend. She looked at Emma. "Let's go to Granny's for lunch. My treat." She wanted to be able to talk with Emma about some of her questions which had been nagging her.
Emma nodded. "Yeah, I'm hungry." She had not had her appetite until she left Kathryn's office having filed for an annulment. And now it was back. She could see that Regina wanted to talk.
Soon, they arrived and got into a booth. Ruby came and took their orders, the waitress noticed that Emma seemed to be in a better mood. She was glad to see that. She also noticed other things too, but kept it to herself.
Emma took a sip of her drink and smiled at the mayor. "So… What did you want to talk to me about?"
Regina sighed. "I don't want you to be uncomfortable and I'm afraid my questions might make you uneasy. But I want to know… When you talked to Kathryn about what happened… How that… Pirate felt threatened by our son and by me… I get it the Pirate and I never saw eye to eye, and I was never a fan of his. But… Did he say why?"
Emma sat back and looked at her hands. "He never liked you. We would always fight about you and I hated it that he would always call you the evil queen. He would never call you by your name. Not even when I asked him to. He didn't understand the bond we share. He felt I spent too much time with you and Henry. He said Henry took up too much of my time and that's when he said I didn't need you two in my life. Before Neverland, when we thought Neal was gone, he talked about how much he cared for Neal. But then when it came to Henry, he said he didn't like it that I was his mother. He wanted Henry to be his. I don't know what I ever saw in him. Honestly, I never pictured a future with him. But then Mary Margaret kept pushing me to give him a chance." The food arrived and they began eating as Emma continued. "When it turned out Neal was alive, I was a mess. Hook had kissed me and I was vulnerable. And then Neal was there. I knew with my track record with Neal that it wouldn't work out. He was the reason why I went to prison after all. Hook never gave me time to mourn Neal the first time. But when he died saving his father's life, Hook was all over me again. I didn't know what to do or how I felt about it. You had Robin and Mary Margaret was again pushing me. And then you lost him to Marian and that was my fault. Then I lost control of my powers. There was that whole Ice Queen, Snow Queen thing. The only person that noticed I was in trouble was Elsa and she helped me when everyone else was afraid of me."
Regina bowed her head, feeling guilty. "I'm sorry Emma. I was distracted by Robin. THAT was my fault. I was an idiot."
Emma shook her head. "He's your true love. And then I sacrificed myself for you because I wanted you to have your happy ending. Even if it was with Robin. I may not be a fan of his, but you deserve to be happy Regina. You really do." She continued. "Hook said that I'm always saving you or Henry. He didn't like it."
Regina shook her head, her heart broke when she remembered what happened when Emma became the dark one for her. "But you went to Hell for The Pirate. He died twice and you saved him both times! What the hell more did he want from you?! He didn't deserve you then and he doesn't now. I was an idiot around Robin. And you were an idiot around that pirate!"
Emma nodded. "I was. But it was time for me to wise up. I've had enough of men like Hook cutting me down to size. Never again! I wish I let him stay dead. Tell me, why did you always hate him?"
"Because he would have let Greg and Tamara kill me. He left me for dead, knowing where I was and what was happening to me. He was in on it with them, teaming up with them. And that's not the first time he left me for dead. He's a real bastard. I wish I had not let him sweep you off your feet."
"What are you saying?" Emma asked. Before she could get her answer, her phone buzzed. "Damn… I Have to get this…" She stood up and moved outside to answer her phone.
Regina sighed as she watched Emma take her call. She had almost told the sheriff that she had wished it had been her who had swept her off her feet. Not the pirate. She decided to call Tink. "Listen, I need to talk with you. We need to finish our conversation. Nononono. You will make time." She left a text message for Emma before she paid for their lunch and then left in a purple smoke.
Zelena had made sure Robyn was fed and changed before she went into the school during lunch time and took her nephew out so they could have lunch together and make plans to get his parents together romantically.
Tinkerbell was feeling cranky after Regina called her and was about to leave when Regina appeared. She grumbled. "Look, I'm not in the mood to chat with you. Not after you…"
"Well that's too bad. Because we need to finish this conversation and then I will leave you alone. Who is Blue working with? And who is my true love? Why doesn't Blue want me to have my happy ending?"
Tink rolled her eyes, not wanting to go through this again. But then before she could refuse, she felt Regina's hand move into her chest.
"Am I going to have to do this again?!" Regina snapped.
"FINE!" Tink huffed as she began talking. "She hasn't said why she hates you. Just that you don't deserve your happy ending. She's been making sure you and your true love don't end up together because there's a prophecy that once you and your true love get together, she will lose her powers. She will lose her wings and then she will lose control of everything she's worked hard to protect. She isn't who she says she is. That's why she made sure I stole the pixie dust because it would keep you away from the path you were meant to be on. She doesn't care who she hurts in the process as long as it gets the job done. The Pirate has been working with her all along. He hates you. He doesn't want you anywhere close to…"
Regina gasped loudly as she clutched her throat. Emma's name was on her lips as she realized she couldn't speak. She turned around and saw Blue standing there, her wand in her hand, glaring at them.
"That's enough Green. You may go now." She turned to smirk at Regina. "I've taken your voice. You will not harass Tink again and you will not talk about this again. I'll let you go. But if you try pursuing this further, I will make sure you fail." She sneered before she left.
Regina had a scowl on her face as her eyes flashed dangerously. Oh she was not going to let Blue get away with what happened. She was going to make her pay! She vanished in a purple cloud of smoke in search for Emma.
