September 23rd, 2016 2:39 AM, September 30th, 2016 10:40 PM

Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon a Time

It was New Years Eve and the Mills/Swan family were going on strong. They wouldn't be having a big gathering this time because a lot of them had this or that form of work to be done. It was ok though. It was the start of a new year and in a little less than four months now so they were all excited. They had each decided to just stay in and enjoy a large movie marathon day. It started from breakfast and would end at 12 midnight. The each got to choose a movie that they wanted to watch and hope that they were able to finish within the allotted time.

Henry was sitting next to Emma when he felt her flinch.

"Ma are you ok?" he asked as he looked to Emma in worry.

"Of course I am Henry w-" And then Emma gasped at the feeling. Sure she'd felt the baby fluttering around in there quite a bit but this was the first real full on kick.

"Everything ok Emma?" Regina asked as she and Zelena looked at her in worry.

"I'm ok. The baby kicked so I was a bit surprised" Emma explained with a smile that had both sisters squealing and rushing to feel in excitement.

"Was this the first time you've felt the baby kick?" Zelena asked as she felt the baby through Emma.

"It is." Emma agreed as the baby kicked at Zelena's hand.

"This is amazing." Regina whispered in awe as she felt her baby.

"Regina?" Emma asked as tears began to form in Regina's eyes.

"It's ok. I'm just, I'm so happy right now. This is the first time I've experienced something like this before" she said and Emma nodded deciding to give Regina a moment to gather her thoughts.

"Can I feel too?" Henry asked. Whatever his younger sibling was doing, it was enough to bring his dark haired mother to tears. She didn't cry easily so it had to be something extraordinary.

"Come here" Regina gestured as she beckoned him over. Rushing forwards he put his hand beneath his mothers on the swell of his ma's stomach. He waited. Waited. Waited. And then there was a firm kick to their hands followed by another as if to prove that the first wasn't a trick.

"Wow" Was all he could think.

After everyone had gotten their fill of feeling the baby kick they settled back in. Regina had excused herself to get hot chocolate and snacks with Henry volunteering to help.

"Mom are you ok?"

"Of course I am Henry. Why?" She asked as she paused her movements to look at him.

"It's just... you never got to experience this with me you know? The kicking I mean, it's new a-a first for you. I just wanted to know if you were ok" Henry mumbled our with a frown.

"Henry look at me please" Regina said softly as she knelt down to look closer at her son. "I know that I didn't experience this with you. But that doesn't change the fact that I went through a good number of firsts while raising you. This baby will be a lot of firsts not only for me and your mother but for you and Aunt Zelena as well." Regina explained.

"I... I guess that I just started to think that now this baby is really real you know? Before it was just a thought but he/she moved and will be here soon. I don't want to mess this up" Henry explained and Regina pulled him into her arms.

"Just be yourself my little prince and everything will be perfect."

Henry smiled giving her a nod.

"Let's finish these snacks and get back to the movies then" Regina said as she stood and together the two finished preparing their snacks. Later on that night they all stared at the clock as they watched it count down. As they got to the last ten seconds they began to count aloud.

"10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 2... 2...?"

"Mom?" Henry asked worriedly as he stared at their clock.

"M-maybe the clock died" Emma suggested as she glanced at Regina.

"My watch isn't working" Regina mumbled to herself as she looked at everyone else.

"Regina you should take a look at this" Zelena whispered from the window. The blinds were open and as Regina stepped towards her she got a bad feeling in her gut.

Glancing out the window Regina was hit with a sense of deja vu, though not the good kind. The large clock in the town was frozen two seconds before midnight.

"Regina what's happening?" Emma asked as she came towards her placing a hand on Regina's shoulder.

"I don't know. I'm not doing this" Regina whispered as she placed a hand on top of Emma's.

"You're not. But I am" A very familiar voice said behind them. Turning back Regina was met with the sight of her once thought to be dead mother.

"Mother?" Regina whispered.

"Hello darling. You didn't think that you could get rid of me that easily now did you?" Cora asked with a laugh.