Regina pulled away just enough to look at Jane, the surprise clear on her face. "The townspeople could very well want my head, but if things work out, I will marry you, Fallon."
Fallon smiled brightly and kissed he lightly. "When all this is over," she kissed Regina once more, "I will make you the happiest woman alive. I promise."
"You already have." Regina said as she looked into Fallon's eyes, her own honey orbs soon falling to Jane's lips before she leaned in to kiss her softly.
Their walk into town was a solemn one, and it didn't take long for residents to notice their Evil Queen. One whispered to another and soon there was a large gathering of townspeople. "You wanted your Evil Queen. Well here I am."
Jane's hand was connected with Regina's to show everyone that the queen wasn't alone in this.
Whale smirked. "Tell me, Queen, do you have magic?"
"No. I've come peacefully, to face judgement for my crimes." Regina said without any inflection. She squeezed Jane's hand lightly, wondering if not saying goodbye to Henry this morning was really for the best. She was worried her resolve to turn herself in would break if she had.
Fallon stepped up slightly. "I'm here to tell you that the queen has changed for the better. She's no longer evil..."
"But she must pay for her crimes!" One of the townspeople shouted.
"Hmm... exile or burned at the stake?" Whale asked turning to the villagers.
"She's already been banished! And all she did was come back with the curse! Burn her!" One shouted, others following in his steed. Whale turned to the couple and grinned. "Well, the people have spoken, your majesty."
Former soldiers surrounded the pair, grabbing hold of both Fallon and Regina pulling them apart. "Don't you harm her!" Regina yelled. "She's done nothing in the past but follow orders."
"Regina!" She yelled and fought against the men, only to have one of them kick her in her faux leg sending her to the ground.
"That is right. She took orders to kill the people of the enchanted forest. She's no better than this bitch. Burn them both!"
"Noo!" Regina screamed. She looked right at Whale, fire in her eyes. "Let her go. I turned myself in. I could've just stayed hidden where you never would've gotten your justice. If you're going to punish her, there are hundreds of others who did my bidding."
He smirked. "But the others aren't here are they? And who's better to burn with you than your right hand soldier?"
Fallon stood up and fought off the soldiers the best she could and finally broke free and ran straight for Whale, knocking him down. "She will not die!" She practically growled her words.
There were more men who quickly grabbed ahold of Fallon, restraining her tightly. Whale stood and got in her face. "Snow White has given Regina multiple chances and she's failed each one. She must be stopped. And if you want to fight us, you can join her in eternal slumber."
"I'm not living my life without her, so you're gonna have to kill me too." She then headbutted the doctor.
Whale groaned and held his forehead as one of the soldiers hit Fallon over the head with a blunt object. "Someone start preparing the stakes. And throw them in jail for the time being." Frankenstein ordered.
It was then a cloud of purple dust could be seen in the horizon, the citizens of Storybrooke screaming and pointing. Regina looked back at it and grinned darkly. She wouldn't let them kill Fallon.
Jane had gone limp in the men's grasps. She was unaware that she was being dragged to the sheriff's office. Unaware that magic was coming.
The cloud hit the group and Regina inhaled deeply, her eyes flashing purple when she opened them again. She looked back at Whale with a hateful sneer and shoved the men restraining her back with a wave of energy. "You've brought this upon yourself." She said darkly before a fireball appeared in her hand.
"Regina, wait!" It was the blonde savior. And right behind her was Henry.
The look on Regina's face softened considerably as she let the fire dissipate. "Just let Fallon go and no more harm will befall anyone." She said to Whale.
The men dropped Fallon to the ground and backed off.
Emma walked to stand beside Regina. "She's not dying." She told Whale. "I'm the sheriff and I say what we should do with her."
"You serve justice the way you were taught, which is much different from the Enchanted Forest. She should be executed." Whale growled.
Regina quickly made her way over to Fallon, squatting beside her and pulling her into her arms. "You're safe now, love."
Henry was soon beside Regina, looking down at Jane. "Is she okay?"
The former queen nodded. "She will be."
Emma moved in front of Victor. "Well guess what, we're not in the Enchanted forest. We're in the real world and we can't just execute someone when we feel like it."
"Fine, Sheriff, have it your way." Whale backed away and motioned for others to follow. He stopped next to Regina and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "You won't always be surrounded by your only allies, your majesty. Until then."
Regina looked up at him with a deep scowl. "We shall see."
After a few minutes, Jane's eyes opened slowly. "Regina?" She questioned then looked around to see Henry and Emma. "Hey." Sitting up, carefully she rubbed her head. "Ow."
"The plan's changed. I am not handing myself over to those imbeciles." Regina said cooly, helping Fallon stand.
"Good." Jane smirked.
Emma shifted from one foot the other and glanced around. "I suggest we go someplace a little more private."
The four went to Emma's apartment and sat down. Henry was munching on a pop-tart at the kitchen island. Fallon sat beside Regina. "These people wont give up easily. They want her head and I'll die before they take it."
"I'll help make sure that doesn't happen." Emma said as she took a seat herself. "Besides the earlier display of fireballs, I've noticed a change in our mayor. I'm not gonna just hand the queen over to the angry mob."
Regina sat quietly, staring at a spot on the counter in front of her. Henry soon moved beside her and took her hand. "It'll be okay, Mom. You're not evil anymore, and the good guys win in the end."
Fallon smiled down at Henry then up at Regina. "He's right you know. It's time to create our own ending in the book."
"Perhaps it is." Regina smiled, looking down at her son and giving the top of his head a kiss. "So what should we do about the angry townsfolk?"
"Wait until they cool down is all we can do. But if we don't find some way to punish you, I'm sure we'll have a revolt on our hands." Emma mentioned.
"I won't be locked up. I have a family now, and I'm not the same person I was when I cast that curse. No one's bothered Rumplestiltskin, have they? He was just as bad as I." Regina said calmly.
"We'll just have to prove to them that she is no longer a threat to their lives and happiness."
"How do we do that?" Emma asked Fallon. "She was about to torch a few dozen townsfolk to protect you less than an hour ago. I don't think that painted a picture of nonthreatening."
"Wait.. what?" Fallon asked and looked toward Regina with furrowed brows. "You have magic?"
"I do now." She shrugged. "Somehow, magic is back in Storybrooke. And just in time to deal with them."
She nodded her head. "Just as long as you don't do anything that you can't come back from."
Henry looked at Regina a little concerned, too. He knew magic had played a hand in corrupting her.
"I'll be fine. I won't go back to being that again." She said.
"Okay... I trust you." She smiled and put her arm around Regina then looked back up at Emma. "Where is Rumplestilskin?"
"I don't know." Emma shrugged. "I saw him once with Belle - I still can't believe he's her beast - and that's it. Do you think he brought magic back?"
"I wouldn't be surprised." Regina responded.
"I wouldn't be surprised either." Fallon said. "But now that its back... I can only imagine what he'll do with it."
"The people should fear him more than I." Regina said, sitting back and thinking about all the little imp could do now with that magic.
"Maybe we can use him. If you protect the people with your magic from the dark one, maybe they'll finally begin to trust you." Jane said and Henry nodded in agreement.
"Or I could just let him do as he pleases to them all instead." She grinned, not completely over her darker tendencies. Change wasn't a piece of cake, afterall.
"You could but is that really what needs to happen? I don't think so. I've got making up to do as well. I wasn't exactly good back then."
"You've always been good. You just did bad things." Regina added. "Things I made you do."
"I didn't have to do those things, you didn't hold a fireball to my head." She smiled. "But I still did them and I still ordered my to do those things because I didn't want to loose you. No one mattered to me but you."
"I know." Regina said softly, looking into Jane's eyes. "You were my best soldier, my loyal knight."
Emma could see how mushy the two were getting and decided to move away. "Alright, how about we go for a walk, Henry, and give these two some time to talk plans."
Henry hopped down and nodded. "Okay. They're starting to get lubbydubby anyway." He chuckled with a shake of his head then left the apartment with Emma.
Once gone, Fallon leaned in and kissed Regina soundly. "I'm still your loyal knight."
"You'll always be MY knight." Regina said before leaning in and kissing Fallon again. She tugged her closer by the lapel of her jacket, deepening the kiss.
Jane moaned softly against her lips. The queen was always her weakness as well as her strength. Her hand rested on her thigh as her other arm moved around the small of her back, slowly laying the queen down on the couch.
It didn't go any further than an impromptu makeout session, the pair unsure of when Emma and Henry would return. When they finally did, the queen and her knight where making dinner. "We figured you two could use some sustenance when you got home." Regina said.
Emma smiled and Henry grinned as he hopped on the stool. "Cool! I'm starving. Wuddaya making, mom?"
"Well, since Miss Swan doesn't have much in her cabinets..." Regina began, grinning at the blonde to show she wasn't being too serious. "Just some spaghetti."
"That's okay. I like spaghetti." He smiled.
Jane was just finishing the salad and smirked. Setting the bowl down on the island she spoke. "It's good too. I snuck a sample." She kissed Regina's cheek playfully.
Regina smiled at her fiance and then her son. "I work wonders with what I have." She finished up the pasta and gave the crew the go ahead to eat, sitting down with the others.
Everyone praised Regina for the great meal and ate ice cream after. Once Emma and Henry went to bed, Fallon took Regina to their bed and held her close.
"Perhaps we should tell them we're engaged." Regina said softly, looking up at Fallon. "Henry would be thrilled."
Jane smiled, "We'll tell them tomorrow. There so much going on today." She leaned in and kissed her softly. "For now I want to enjoy my first night along with my fiancee."
"Well, then, we better make the most of it." Regina grinned as she moved to straddle Jane, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "Let me pleasure you tonight, my knight."
Fallon smiled up at her lover, hands moving up her smooth thighs. "Mm, I'll allow it." She chuckled before kissing Regina.
Regina grinned and kissed Jane back before taking her time undressing the fire chief, tormenting her in the most delightful ways before pleasing her unlike any other. She loved Fallon with every fiber of her being, and it showed in the way she made love to her.
The queen pleasured Fallon to the fullest extent, making her climax four times by the end of it. Holding her close, Jane's head resting on Regina's chest she smiled. "I love you."
"I love you, too." Regina kissed the top of Fallon's head and held her close. "I'm just glad I could give you what you've wanted for so long."
"I'm glad I could give you what you wanted too. You're happiness." She leaned up and kissed Regina soundly. "I can't wait to marry you."
"Maybe we should just elope." Regina said against Jane's lips quietly. "The only person who'd be interested in seeing any ceremony would be Henry."
"We can do that but wouldn't you rather have something fancier? You are the queen afterall." she asked
"The queen of what, Fallon? I have no kingdom left. People want me dead. There is no reason to have a large ceremony."
"No matter what you're my queen. Always have been always will be."
"And you'll always be my knight. Sword or no sword. All I need anymore is you and Henry, Jane."
"Well you got us. Nothing will take us away from you." Jane cuddled close to Regina and sighed happily.
Nothing but a mob of vengeful townspeople, Regina thought. One that could again take matters into their own hands or be destroyed by Regina's. Either way, things could turn out poorly for the queen. She wasn't an optimist by any means.
Jane awoke the next morning to the smell of pancakes. Getting up and dressed she discovered Henry making them all breakfast. "Look at you." She smiled and sat down in the stool. "Good morning."
"Good morning." Henry smiled. "Mom taught me how to make them."
"And now he makes them better than I." Regina said as she stopped next to her son, leaning over to kiss the top of his head.
"Well they smell fantastic." She smirked and looked up at Regina with a grin. "Morning, my Queen."
"Good morning." Regina smiled, moving to take a seat next to Jane.
"So are you two gonna stay with us awhile? It'd be a safe place for you."
Fallon smiled brightly. "Yeah I think we will, as long as it's okay with Emma."
"It's fine by me." Emma noted as she stepped into the kitchen, stealing a chocolate chip from Henry and popping it into her mouth.
"Hey!" He scolded then laughed.
"Well now that you both are awake... Uh, Regina and I actually have some news." She smiled at her fiancee. "I'll let you tell 'em."
Regina smiled and looked to Emma and Henry. "Jane and I are engaged."
Emma's jaw dropped and Henry grinned. "Awesome." He ran around and hugged Regina tightly.
"That's great you two." Emma smiled brightly. "Congrats. I better be invited to the wedding."
Regina's smile grew brighter as she hugged her son tightly. She spoke as she looked up at the blonde. "I guess you can come."
Jane nudged Regina's shoulder. "Of course she can come. Wonder if Maura would want to come too.."
"I was just joking." Regina said as she looked at Jane. "Of course you can come, Emma. You've done a lot to keep our son safe and to help Jane and I." She glanced over at Jane again. "I'm sure Maura would come for you."
"I know you were." Fallon smirked. She nodded then and looked down at her pancakes once Henry served them. "I hope so." She said and took a bite. "Mm these are goods. Great job, chef."
"Thanks, Jane." Henry smiled and took a seat, digging into his own pancakes.
Regina reached over and took Fallon's hand. "I know Maura nor her family are my biggest fan right now, but she loves you. I know she'll come."
Jane smiled sweetly. "She's like a sister to me. If I have to beg her to come I will." She chuckled.
Breakfast went quickly and Fallon started cleaning up. "So what's the game plan for today?"
"Well, we really need to come up with a plan." Emma said as she helped Jane. "We have to find a way to appease the citizens of Storybrooke while keeping your fiance alive for you to marry."
Jane nodded. "Regina.. if given the chance do you think you could take Gold down?"
"If I had his dagger. Otherwise, it's just us in a deadlock for hours before he overpowers me. Gold is immortal and practically invincible. I, on the other hand, am not."
"We need to find that dagger then and hold onto it without you killing him. We'll just control him when we want." Emma suggested.
Regina laughed. "You make it sound as if finding that dagger will be a piece of cake. I can ensure you, it won't be."
"Well, you have powers again, Mom. Can't you just do a spell and find the dagger?"
"I wish it were that simple. I'd need something that belonged to Rumplestiltskin to cast a locator spell."
"Well lets go get something. We can't just sit around here." He said and hopped off the stool and went for his scarf and jacket.
"Kid, it's not that simple." Emma said, stopping Henry.
"Emma's right, Henry. Gold isn't just going to let us walk into his shop and take what we want. Plus, it may not even work. Locator spells are good at finding people. It'd be difficult to tune in on the dagger specifically." Regina said softly.
"Maybe we can call a town meeting tomorrow and you give a formal apology." Jane suggested. "That may be our best option."
"Yes, because me being peaceful and handing myself over went so well." Regina deadpanned. "We need to come up with something else. I just..." She sighed and shook her head. "I just don't know what yet."
"You won't be handing yourself over." She sighed. "Maybe you and I should leave down for a little bit."
"We could all just leave town." Regina said stepping closer to Jane. "You, me, Henry, Emma if she'd like." The former queen added as she looked over at the blonde and her son. "We could all get away from Storybrooke for awhile."
"Lets do it." Fallon pulled Regina close and held her. Looking at Emma she spoke again. "What do you think?"
"I-I don't know." Emma responded. "My parents are here. I just met them. Well, met them as my mother and father. I've been looking for them for years."
"Then stay, we're not going to make you leave." She looked down at Henry. "What about you?"
"I'm not leaving without Henry." Regina cut in, looking from her son to Emma. "If you stay, you could come out and visit wherever we end up. Or you could wait until things cool off and we come back."
"So... Do you want to leave with us, or do you want to stay here, Henry?" Jane asked him. "What we do is up to you, buddy."
Henry looked from Regina to Emma and back before answering. "I'll go. Just as long as we come back."
"And I'll let him go without any arguing if you promise the same." Emma added.
"We'll be back. After some time has passed." Regina said.
Fallon smiled. "I'll make sure we come back." She smiled. "It may be a while though." Looking back at her fiancee she smiled softly. "When would you like to leave?"
"The sooner the better." Regina said, stepping up to Henry who was facing Jane and setting a hand on his shoulder.
"Okay. Em would you like to escort us to Regina's so she and Henry can get thier things?"
"Sure." Emma grabbed her red leather jacket and the four headed out to her bug. The trip to Regina's was quick, mother and son moving swiftly to gather their things.
Fallon had walked down the road to her apartment and grabbed her things and her car and drove back to the mansion. "You two ready?" she asked as she walked inside.
Regina nodded as Henry spoke. "Yep!"
"We should go now before someone sees." She added, grabbing her and Henry's bag as she headed for Jane's car.
The young boy turned and hugged his birth mother tightly and Jane gave her a smile. "We'll keep in touch." Getting in, once she put their bags in the trunk, Fallon got in the driver's seat and drove off towards the town line.
Henry reached out to gently grab Regina's upper arm. "Mom, bad things always happen when someone from the Enchanted Forest tries to cross the town line."
Regina looked from Jane to Henry and took hold of his hand. "It'll be alright. The curse has been broken. There's nothing holding us back anymore."
"Okay... I hope you're right." He said and leaned forward as the car headed straight for it.
Jane white knuckled the steering wheel, getting ready for anything. Slowing down to about fifteen miles per hour they crossed without anything bad happening to them. "Woo!" She exclaimed.
Regina smiled. "I told you both nothing bad would happen. We're going to be fine. All three of us."
Fallon reached over and took Regina's hand in her own, brought it up to her lips then kissed it before lacing their fingers. "You were right. So where to?"
Regina smirked and gave Jane's hand a light squeeze. She turned her head to Henry and spoke. "You choose. Wherever you want to go."
"Well... I vote Boston." He said with a smile. "That's where Emma's from and just in case we get into trouble, she can find us easily."
"Always thinking ahead, that kid." The fire chief noted.
Regina smiled. "Yes. He's a bright one. Boston actually sounds like a decent place to visit, as well."
"Boston it is, then."
It took the three a few hours to get to their destination and once in the hotel room, Jane laid back on the bed closet to the door, dropping her bag. "Finally."
Henry ran over to the other bed and threw himself on it, Regina shaking her head as she watched. "This should be an interesting trip." She sat next to Jane and then laid back next to her.
"It's the perfect opportunity for bonding time since Jane is gonna be my third mom soon." Henry grinned as he looked over at the couple.
Jane tilted her head enough to see an upside down image of Henry. "You're right, buddy. How do you feel about that? Having three moms." She asked curiously before rolling to her stomach and resting her chin on folded arms. Her body right against Regina's.
"I'm cool with it." Henry shrugged as though it were no big deal. "I mean, while you two were on the run I watched Ruby and Belle get really close. I think they should date instead of Belle and Mr. Gold. Other people agreed. I think you're good for my mom and I just want her to be happy."
"Ruby and Belle?" Fallon asked with a raise of her brow. She smiled then and looked over at Regina, "I think I can make her happier than she's ever been."
Regina returned her warm smile. "I know you can. You already have."
Henry smiled as he watched them. "See. And yeah, Ruby and Belle definitely had something going on between them."
"Good." She said looking back at Henry. "Maybe she too can find her happiness." There was a bit of hidden sadness in her voice. She couldn't deny that she missed her friend.
Regina knew Fallon well enough to pick up on the hint of sadness, the former queen mistaking it for a different sort of affection for the wolf and becoming slightly jealous. "Yes, well, the wolf is the beast Belle should be dating. She is better than Gold." She scowled.
She could hear the jealousy and anger in her voice, sitting up she took Regina's hand. "I just miss my friend, that's all. Don't worry, I can live without her, I can't live without you."
Regina knew she'd been caught and swallowed her pride. "I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions."
Henry looked confused by the interaction but didn't question it, figuring it to be grown up stuff. He climbed off his bed and turned on the TV, finding a cartoon to watch.
Fallon moved to sit against the headboard and patted the spot right next to her. Once Regina joined Jane, the knight wrapped her arm around the queen's shoulders. Kissing her temple, Jane whispered. "You're the only one for me, my love."
"I know... old, nasty habits die hard." Regina whispered back, leaning into Fallon as she watched her son.
The next morning, Jane got up early and kissed Regina's lips after she got ready. "Babe, I'm going to go into town and get some groceries. I'll be back." She smiled and kissed her head. Another thought in mind for her outing.
Regina mumbled an 'okay' and slept for another half hour or so before getting out of bed herself and heading to the bathroom to get ready. Once she was dressed, she headed back out into their room and sat at the foot of her and Jane's bed, grabbing the remote to turn on the news as Henry continued to sleep.
Jane was gone for a few hours and returned with some bags in hand and set them on the dresser. "Can you unpack those bags, please?" She asked with a kiss to Regina's lips then laid on the bed. "Thanks."
"Physical labor? For the queen?" Regina teased with a smirk before standing and walking over to the bags, beginning to unpack them until she came upon a champagne bottle with a ring attached to it. "Jane?" She lifted the bottle out of the bag.
"A queen deserves a beautiful ring, dontcha think?" Fallon stood next to Regina and smiled brightly before getting on one knee. "I know I've already asked ya but I thought I would do it right this time." Pulling the ring from the bottle he smiled and held it towards her. "Regina Mills, the love of my life and the woman of my dreams, will you marry me?"
Regina was quiet for a moment, Henry - who watched from his bed - nudging her on. "Come on, Mom. You gotta say yes."
The former mayor laughed and then smiled as she looked down at her fiancé. "My answer is still yes, love, but you didn't have to buy me a ring."
Jane slid the ring on her finger and smiled. "Yes I did. Things have barely gone right in our lives, this is the one thing that should." pulling Regina close Fallon kissed her deeply with an 'Ew gross!' coming from Henry.
He turned away from his mom and Jane to watch his morning cartoons. Regina deepened the kiss for a moment before slowly pulling away, departing with multiple shorter kisses. "I love you, Fallon. I believe we'll get our happy ending together."
"We will. I'll make sure of it."
A bit of a fluffy chapter. Hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned for more.