A/N: This is the final chapter and I want to thank each and every one of you for the support.

Sunday OUAT is back for the second half of probably the last season (at least as we have always known the show) and I only hope they take the right (read: SwanQueen = endgame) direction. I'm still hopeful they will btw...

I hope you like the 'ending' I wrote for you. Enjoy!

Both women didn't have to go far, they had barely moved at all when they saw people running up to them. Hook, David and Henry were all pleased to see both women standing in the middle of the street. Emma and Regina immediately walked up to their son and pulled him into a fierce hug.

"You have no idea how glad we are to see you!" they told him. Breathing had become a little difficult but the boy wasn't complaining. For a moment he thought he had lost his parents.

"I'm happy you are back!" He pulled back a little before firing off a couple of questions, "Where were you, how did you get back, are you hurt, have you..."

"Henry," Regina placed a gentle hand on his shoulder to stop the boy's rampant questioning, "if you want answers, one question at the time please." She smiled at him and so did his blonde mother, who pulled him briefly into a hug again. She smiled at him before letting go and started to explain where they had been.

"You know how I wished I never became the savior? Well, the Evil Queen granted my wish sending me to a realm in which my parents had succeeded and the Evil Queen had never cast her curse. I had grown up in their castle and I was a princess." Emma briefly looked away when she felt her cheeks coloring, remembering in what state Regina had first seen her.

Regina sensed the blonde's uneasiness and continued, "It was a really peaceful realm and I had a hard time convincing your mother that she was the savior and everything around her was a lie." She deliberately left out the parts about her sacrifice or the fact Henry had also been there, she hoped he would think he might never have been born since Emma and Neal never met in the Enchanted Forest in this realm.

Emma understood Regina better than anyone else and realized she might not be willing to talk about the things she had been through. She continued their story before Henry got the chance to question them, "Well, she managed to "wake me up" and fake Rumple handed us a bean to open a portal." She should have stopped there, then everyone would have just assumed they came through a portal but she didn't, "Of course leave it to your mother to let the portal close before we could get through." She looked to Regina with a shit eating grin on her face and Regina's cheeks colored as well.

It was meant as a private, innocent jest between both women. However the moment Henry asked his question they both realized it was a mistake, "Then how did you get back and why did you let the portal close, mom?"

Emma suppressed the urge to smack herself in the head trying to come up with a plausible explanation without giving too much away. But Regina was quicker and she answered solemnly, "Well, Robin showed up... he threatened to rob us, imagine my surprise to see him again."

Henry looked at her apologetically and hugged her once more. "I'm sorry, mom, I can only imagine how shocked you might have been to see him again." He looked to be contemplating something before asking his blonde mother, "Was Neal there as well?"

At the mention of Neal's name, Hook visibly reacted and Emma for the first time acknowledged his presence. She felt immensely guilty for not noticing him earlier and for all the things she had been doing behind his back. She quickly looked away, afraid he might be able to read her, which he never could but still... "No, Neal wasn't there. He'd died a hero a long time ago, he would have liked that."

Hook released the breath he had been holding and Emma's heart cringed some more, he was probably relieved about that little tidbit but he was in for a lot more. She didn't dare to look at him because her guilt was so heavy she was convinced even a blind person would be able to see it in her eyes. Regina and Emma were still standing close to each other, the brunette felt the shift in Emma and had to control herself not to reach out and physically comfort her.

Her reaction might have been minimal but Hook wasn't dumb or blind, he had noticed a difference between the women although they had barely been there for more than a couple of minutes, something was ... off, he sensed it. He chose not to comment on it yet. Neither women seemed to be willing to explain all that had happened to them over there though, they fell silent.

Henry however wasn't satisfied yet, he really wanted to know how they got back. Regina and Emma looked questioningly at each other, neither of them knew how to broach the topic without revealing everything already. Regina really wanted to give Emma the chance to speak to Hook first. Emma also wanted to be able to explain things to Hook first. She didn't want to hurt him any more than she was already going to do.

David had been silent the entire time, listening with great interest at them and their adventure. He sensed there was a lot they weren't ready to discuss yet. He knew his daughter well and he saw the discomfort clearly visible on her features. Even Regina looked uneasy, a look seldom shown on the brunette. Whatever it was they were hiding, he judged it wasn't pleasant.

"True love's kiss." It was a statement uttered by none other than Hook. Finally he had put the pieces together, he knew why both women looked happy and guilty at the same time.

Both Emma and Regina stared at him wide-eyed, for a brief moment Emma had wanted to deny it. Wanted to tell him, explain him ... but she was unsure what she really could say that would make this less painful. She had been using him all this time. He, like many others, had been the safe option. He was a man obviously, but women were expected to be with men and he was that. Her relationship with him felt normal. He was also there when Regina wasn't available and Emma had never expected Regina to be available to her until she showed up in the Wish Realm.

Her mouth opened and closed but no sound came out, Hook didn't give her the chance to speak anyway, "Don't, Emma, just ... don't. We both know it's true, she is your true love, she has always been your true love and will always be. I was just a distraction, remember when I was a Dark One I told you I saw the real you?"

He didn't continue so Emma briefly nodded, tears welling in her eyes. "You were so afraid even then to accept who you really are. I told you you were nothing but a pretty blonde distraction but we both know I was the distraction. If I had been your true love you would have let me die when I begged you, not turn me into a Dark One. The fact you came to the underworld to save me made me think I had been wrong but deep down I've always known but I was too selfish to let you go because no matter what you think, Swan, I have always loved you more than life itself. I would die a thousand deaths for you and I don't regret to have been with you..."

"Killian," Emma pleaded but she still didn't know what to say, tears were running freely over her cheeks, "I love you."

"I know you do, but you've never been in love with me. You have been lying to yourself and I let you and a better person wouldn't have done that but you made me happy and I wasn't strong enough to push you away. I'm sorry." Hook was also crying.

Regina, David and Henry were watching Hook and Emma's confessions and felt a bit uncomfortable but didn't dare to move afraid they might interrupt them. Henry was confused and had even more questions, it hurt him to see his mother crying like that but he understood it, not everything of course. David looked at Regina deep in thought she judged from the look on his face. He was probably trying to figure out how she could be his daughter's true love. And he was, he couldn't understand how he could not have seen this when it was so obvious, he couldn't believe he had never even considered Emma might be into women.

"Don't you dare apologizing, Killian!" Emma moved closer to him and hugged him, he hugged her back and for a moment the only two people that existed were them. Emma was the first to pull back, "What you did wasn't even half as bad as what I did to you. I'm sorry I should have been honest, I should have at least given you the courtesy to choose if you wanted to be my distraction but I had to push and push to prove you were indeed my true love. I was so afraid to lose everything I couldn't even let you go when you begged me to. I was selfish."

"We both were, Emma." Hook put his forehead gently against Emma's, "We both settled for less because I might have known before but chose not to see it, until I became a Dark One then there was no denying and still I chose to be with you against better judgment. We both used each other for our own egoistic reasons." He smiled and Emma's face matched his, they both chuckled at the absurdity of the situation. He placed a warm kiss on her forehead and said, "Don't be afraid, Swan, your fear has always pushed everyone away maybe it's time to fully accept who you really are."

Hook again smiled at her and winked before adding, "And you know where to find me if you somehow manage to mess this up." He gestured from her to Regina and Emma punched his arm with her fist teasingly. He really was a changed man and he would always be a good friend too she realized. She remembered they weren't alone during this exchange and she blushed when she turned back to look at Regina shyly.

Regina gave her a reassuring smile to show her she had done great and the brunette meant it, she hadn't expected the conversation to go this well. She had been afraid a lot more verbal abuse would have been part of it and she couldn't be happier that it hadn't, for both of them. Emma smiled back at her and moved closer to Regina, who automatically held out her hand when the blonde was close enough to grab it. The brunette playfully pulled her closer and Emma feeling rather emotional couldn't help but kiss her cheek adoringly.

Hook rolled his eyes still a little unsure how it had taken all of them this long to see what had been there from the start. He noticed David was still stuck somewhere deep within his own mind and clasped a hand on his shoulder hoping to bring him back to the present, "Well, mate, what do you think of this fairytale? The Evil Queen and the Savior, true love." Hook couldn't help but laugh earning him a glare from everyone except Henry, he was watching his moms with interest.

He had always known there was more to them, he never suspected them to be each other's true loves but he also never believed Hood and Hook were their true loves either. Since he gained his author skills he was even more convinced of this because he had now a lot more knowledge and he knew the curse was still not completely broken, that meant that neither of his moms had found what they were looking for yet. He wondered what exactly would happen when they broke the curse completely but that wasn't the most urgent thing.

"So, you two finally found your happy ending?" Henry smiled at his moms.

"Well, kid, I wouldn't call it an ending yet..." his blonde mom answered honestly. "But I do love your mom, I always have or almost always anyway."

Regina couldn't help but roll her eyes, Emma was absolutely adorable when she was trying to be a smartass. "I love her too, Henry, and I think for me it was love at first sight but I wasn't capable of love and I was too afraid of the consequences so I pushed her away or at least tried to..." She gave Emma a knowing look because the harder she had pushed the more convinced the blonde had been to chase her and challenge her and try to befriend her.

Henry hugged both his moms expressing how happy he was they were finally a whole family. He just realized this was how it was always meant to be because he had never been happier. He would never have to choose between his moms anymore and his moms would finally have the family they had been searching for their entire life. Both women were happy their son had accepted them so easily but neither one had been really afraid he wouldn't. Even Wish Henry had been understanding of their love and he was a lot less open-minded than their real son.

Regina watched her son and her girlfriend and her heart skipped a beat, she was so happy she was afraid she would somehow mess it up and simultaneously she knew everything would be alright. She also realized she and her evil half hadn't really split because she was both. The love she felt for Emma would forever keep the darkness at bay but the darkness would always be a part of her. She might have given it a real form but she had felt it inside of her in the Wish Realm and she knew full well her heart was still partly black. But she was capable of love and she had always been capable of it, only she had chosen her love for revenge above the real deal. All because she was afraid and she knew that if she hadn't she would never have met Emma in the way they were meant to be.

If she had chosen to forgive Snow, Emma would have been raised in the Enchanted Forest and they would never have been together because they would have been family in an entirely different way. The fact she hadn't listened to reason and Rumple's words about not being able to escape faith came back to her. This was always meant to be and no matter how dark her past had been, she had forgiven herself a long time ago. She had showed everyone that she was capable of doing the right thing, that she was capable of love and forgiveness. She just needed the Evil Queen to realize this as well and merge back together with her and be whole again.

Emma watched Regina and their son and her heart swelled, never had she believed this was possible. She was going to have everything she ever wanted, a real home and a family. She wasn't sure when and how they would move forward but they would and that was all that mattered. She realized something else, her hand wasn't twitching when she thought about the future. She wasn't afraid of the premonition anymore, that was new. She smiled widely and pulled Regina flush against her, looking deeply into her eyes, she wetted her lips and watched Regina's pupils dilate. She closed the distance between them, kissing her deeply but still PG enough with their son standing there.

"Moms, please! That's embarrassing..." Henry whined and a smiling Regina and Emma pulled back.

"Get used to it, kid, because we have six years to make up for." Emma said while ruffling his hair. Henry rolled his eyes in a very Regina like manner before walking away from them, his cheeks still a deep shade of red.

He muttered, "I'm going to live with grandma and grandpa for a month or two I think."

His mothers had heard him loud and clear and smiled at each other, they liked to tease their son and a little embarrassment never hurt anybody. They followed their son still holding hands. There were a lot of things that needed be done before they could have a real future together but neither women was afraid of that anymore. One thing was abundantly clear, they would get it ... together.

I chose an open ending because I want to be able to write a sequel at some point. I don't have any concrete ideas about one but I just like to have the chance... The more the real show messes it up, the likelier the chance of me writing one ;-).