Chapter 10 is now up
A/N: For everyone who, and by everyone I mean the one guest that commented on the past chapter, everything I have written was written for a reason, I will be addressing the issues in this chapter BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I PLANNED IT OUT. Okay? :)
So without further adieu here is the story
Reviews welcome
Regina: 1 day ago.
Regina had drove off in her car, heading back towards her mansion before parking the car and exiting, heading into the house hurriedly.
She ran into her bedroom, her eyes tearing up at the sight.
The bed was still unmade, articles of Emma's clothes lay scattered where they had been discarded the night before.
Regina could hardly believe that it had just been last night that Emma had held her as she mourned Archie's death. Just last night that Emma had promised she would always be there for her and that she loved her.
Regina contemplated ripping her own heart out and crushing it herself, just so she could spare herself another 28 years of heartache.
Regina felt the tears well up in her eyes again and she let them fall as she picked up Emma's clothing, setting it on their bed.
Her heart cracked at the use of 'their'. She moved to her closet and conjured up a wardrobe that appeared next to it. Opening it she gave a small smile as she took in all of her outfits from the enchanted forest.
Regina didn't know what to do... she didn't know whether to seek her mother out right away or wait a day or so.
She swallowed the lump in her throat and turned, heading into her bathroom for a shower.
Regina undressed quickly, stepping into the hot stream and releasing a sigh.
She began to wash and started thinking about what she should do exactly to protect Emma and Henry.
She would seek her mother out, join up with her, and convince her that they should leave Storybrooke behind and go off to another world.
It wasn't award winning, but it was better than nothing. And Henry and Emma would be safe. She had nothing left to lose so what would be the problem.
Regina turned the water off after rinsing the conditioner from her hair, grabbing a fluffy towel, she dried herself off and wrapped the towel around her body. She dressed in a pair of yoga pants and a loose tshirt.
She still had preparations to do. She had managed to convince James to give her a pouch of fairydust prior to Archie's murder, just in case Cora showed up out of the blue. She had managed to regain all of her powers after her magical high a few weeks back...
That isn't enough now... especially since I no longer have Emma. Regina thought to herself before heading downstairs. She entered her study and pulled a key from her drawer in her desk.
Looking down on it she debated with herself internally.
If she inhaled more spells she would go on a magical high, the last time had been bad and Emma had been there to stop her. This time though she had no one.
Regina made up her mind though, walking to the decorative cabinet in her study, she placed the key in the lock and turned, releasing the lock and causing the door to swing open.
She took the book from the cabinet and flipped to the pages she had never inhaled before.
She eyed them wearily, these spells were particularly powerful and dangerous, her mother wielded them; which gave the woman a high advantage over her daughter.
The only chance I have of stopping her is if I can match her. Regina thought to herself.
She blew on the pages before she lost her nerve, watching the smoke float off of the page and up into her nostrils.
Her head swam with the new magic flowing through her veins. She looked down at the book and flipped to another page, quickly inhaling a few more pages after that.
"Oh." Regina said softly, her head swimming on a magical high. She felt the power flowing through her veins and had the sudden urge to wreak havoc. She steeled herself though.
Her thoughts focused to Emma and Henry as she inhaled a few more pages. Soon she felt the familiar bolts of energy around her body.
She forced herself to focus on their faces, reminding herself she was doing this all for them.
By the end of the night Regina was curled up on her couch in her study, purple bolts of energy swimming around her body as she rocked herself back and forth, willing her mind to stay in control of the power she now possessed.
Emma: 1 day ago.
Emma sat on the couch in her mother's apartment, staring blankly at the TV in front of her. Her mind and heart continuously urged her to think about Regina. But she continuously ignored the thought. She kept feeling she had made a mistake and didn't want to bother with it at the moment.
"Emma come eat something." Snow said softly, trying to get her daughter out of her thoughts.
"I'm not hungry." Emma replied, her voice hollow.
"Emma... I know you're upset about Regina-" Snow stopped, witnessing the severe wince that graced Emma's face.
"I don't want to talk about it." Emma replied, her voice sounding hurt.
"Okay... that's fair enough." Snow replied softly before leaving the blonde alone on the couch once more.
She could see her daughter was broken up about Regina, and Snow knew that Regina displayed pure emotional hurt at Emma's words. She had to fix things somehow.
Snow entered the kitchen and began making some hot chocolate for herself and Emma. Henry and James were currently spending some grandfather grandson time together, James felt it best to keep Henry's mind off of his mothers.
Snow pondered at her options, as well as the facts that were presented to them about Regina. Something just seemed off about the whole thing.
"Here you go." Snow said as she sat Emma's hot chocolate, whipped cream and cinnamon, in front of her on the coffee table.
She watched Emma tear up at the sight of the hot chocolate.
"Regina actually liked hot chocolate that way." Emma said softly.
Snow's heart dropped at the sight.
"I'm sorry sweetie." Snow replied, her voice breaking as she sat next to her daughter, pulling her in for an embrace. She allowed the girl to cry in her arms.
She figured Emma had cried for close to a half hour before drifting off to sleep, her hot chocolate untouched. Snow carefully extracted herself from her daughter's embrace, picking up the cocoa and emptying it in the sink.
She thought Emma would be fine by herself for a little bit, so she grabbed her keys and exited the apartment, heading towards the sheriff station.
She pulled her cell phone from her pocket and sent a text to James, telling him where she went and where she left Emma.
Snow arrived at the station fairly quickly, entering the building and heading straight for Emma's office. She rummaged through the desk, finally coming to a halt at what she was looking for. She pulled out the security footage from City Hall and popped the tapes into the VHS player. Pressing play she began watching.
She watched Regina appear on screen, just at the time she had said, she watched as she checked her messages, and as she exited the room and then eventually the building.
Snow watched as Regina turned and headed in the direction of the mansion.
"That can't be right." Snow muttered to herself. "Dr. Hopper's office is the other way, unless she would've looped around." Snow hit rewind and watched the tape over again.
A sudden realization hit her.
She looked at Regina's outfit in the footage. The outfit she had on in the tape and what she saw her wearing from Pongo's memory were two different outfits.
There was no way Regina would've changed in such a short amount of time.
"Well magic." Snow thought. But it still didn't make sense, why would she change outfits just to murder someone, someone she had considered a friend no less.
"Regina couldn't have done it." Snow muttered before stopping the tape and ejecting it. She put the tapes back where they belonged and got up to exit the station.
She had to talk to Emma.
Emma: Later that evening
"Emma, wake up, Emma." Snow said, shaking her daughter awake. Snow had spent the last two hours at the station analyzing everything over and over before coming home. She allowed her daughter to sleep for an additional four hours while she cleaned and prepared dinner, nothing waking the blonde from her slumber.
Finally Snow had enough and woke her.
"What?" Emma growled out, she wanted to go back to sleep, the one place she still had Regina.
"Regina didn't do it." Snow blurted.
"What're you talking about Regina didn't do it?" Emma asked, confused and hurt.
"I watched the tapes from City Hall, Emma, Regina didn't even head in the direction towards Archie's office."
"She could've circled around."
"That's what I thought but why on earth would Regina do that... not to mention the outfit from City Hall and the one in Pongo's memory aren't even the same outfits."
"What?" Emma asked, suddenly realizing she had forgotten that little detail.
"They aren't the same outfits. The time stamps don't really match up and neither do her clothes. Emma something doesn't add up." Snow said happily.
"Not like it matters." Emma said sadly, "I already broke her heart, she won't forgive me."
"Emma if you went to Regina right now and told her you believed her and groveled that woman would take you back in a heartbeat." Snow answered honestly.
"Just because her outfits don't match doesn't mean that she didn't change." Emma said.
"Which is why I came up with an idea." Snow said happily.
"What's that?" Emma asked, her voice becoming hollow again.
"We ask Pongo." Snow answered simply.
"Pongo... we are going to ask... Pongo." Emma stated, not believing her ears.
"We go to Gold, talk to him and get him to make Pongo be able to speak, and Pongo can tell us what really happened."
"We already saw what happened." Emma said.
"Yes we saw... we didn't hear anything or know what Pongo was feeling."
"Pongo loves Regina." Emma said sadly
"Well if he loves her then there should be some reaction to seeing her. We just have to ask." Snow stated firmly.
Emma rolled her eyes at her mother, "I can't believe I'm agreeing to this."
"It'll clear your woman Emma." Snow reassured.
"This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of." Emma said with a sigh, thinking it all too good to be true in her heart, she looked at the clock. 8:50.
"We gotta get moving, Gold will be closing up shop soon." Emma said before grabbing Snow's hand and pulling her out of the door.
They practically ran to the shop, Snow calling Ruby on the way and telling her to meet them at Gold's shop with Pongo.
Emma burst through the door, Snow on her heels, causing Gold to look up.
"I have no idea why I even invested in a closed sign." Gold mumbled to himself as he eyed the two women, "Ah, the Charmings, congratulations on scaring Regina off."
"We need your help." Emma said, ignoring the comment.
"And what could I help you with?" He asked, his eyes flickering to the door as Ruby entered with Pongo.
"Make him talk." Emma said.
Gold's eyebrows raised.
"I'm sorry, what?" Gold asked amused.
"You heard me. Make. Pongo. Talk." Emma said firmly, staring Gold down.
He gave her a smile before coming around the counter.
"Since you scared Regina off and all, this is for free." Gold said as he placed his hand on Pongo's head. He muttered some words, gibberish to Emma's ears, and suddenly Pongo was glowing a light blue before it faded.
"Pongo?" Emma asked tentatively.
"Emma!" Pongo barked out, his tail wagging happily.
"Woah." Emma said.
"Hi emma hi hi hi." Pongo barked out, tail moving at a rapid pace.
"Pongo heel." Ruby said firmly with a smile. The dog turned and looked at her before calming.
"Pongo can you understand us?" Emma asked, still eyeing the dog curiously.
"Yeah." Pongo panted out.
"We need to talk to you about something." Emma stated, the dog rushing to her and sniffing her pant legs, then her hands, then her waist.
"You smell like my Regina." Pongo happily barked out.
"Your Regina?" Snow asked in amusement, still getting used to the dog speaking in human tongue.
"My Regina. My Regina always brings me a treat and pets me and sometimes she even will give me leftovers." Pongo said happily, tail wagging and all.
"Pongo, the other night Archie got hurt." Emma started.
"Archie didn't get hurt." Pongo said, cocking his head in confusion.
"Regina hurt Archie in front of you Pongo." Snow chimed in.
"Not Regina. Intruder. Someone that looked like Regina, but not Regina. Lady smelled like sea water." Pongo barked in affirmation.
"Not Regina?" Snow asked in confusion.
"My Regina smells like apples, not sea water, lady was not nice to Archie. Lady picked Archie up and then made him disappear. Someone looked like Archie and was laying on the floor."
"Pongo said what?" Emma asked, confused as all hell.
"Not Archie, someone else." Pongo said.
"So it wasn't Regina that killed Archie... and it isn't even Archie that is dead." Snow said in disbelief.
"Yeah." Pongo barked, "Where's Regina?"
"She's gone for awhile Pongo." Emma said sadly.
Pongo whimpered in response.
"No Regina?" Pongo asked sadly.
"No Regina." Emma confirmed. Pongo laid down in the middle of the room, head on his paws and visibly upset by the news.
Gold knelt down and waved his hand over Pongo, releasing the enchantment.
"Well that was interesting." Gold commented, eyeing the still upset dog.
"If Regina didn't kill anyone... then who impersonated her and who did the impostor kill?" Snow asked still in shock.
"Someone with magic." Emma muttered, realization hitting her in the gut.
"Cora." She said finally.
"She's here?" Snow asked, fear in her eyes.
"Who else would've done all this to Regina? It wouldn't be the first time Cora impersonated someone. She impersonated Lancelot in the enchanted forest!" Emma's eyes were widening, "I didn't believe her about her mother possibly being here and I should have. This is all my fault!"
"Emma it's okay, we'll go and try to find Regina and explain everything."
"What if Cora already got to her?" Emma asked frantically.
"Then we'll find her." Snow soothed.
Emma nodded before heading towards the door, she had to find Regina and fast. Emma had started sprinting the second she exited Gold's shop, barreling down the street towards her former home. Snow, Ruby, and even Pongo on her heels.
Emma ran as fast as she could, relief spreading through her body when she saw the mansion come into view. She barreled up to the door and tried the doorknob, finding it unlocked she entered the house.
"REGINA!" Emma yelled out, running to the kitchen and looking around frantically. She heard Snow head towards the backyard and Ruby upstairs.
Pongo was sniffing the ground, following a trail directly to the study, Emma followed behind and entered the room.
She felt sick all of a sudden and had to sit down. The amount of dark magic in the room made her head spin. She looked over to her right and saw Regina's book sitting on the desk.
"Fuck." Emma whimpered out, realizing that Regina must have inhaled even more of the book to get the dark magic energy in the room.
"She isn't upstairs." Ruby said sadly, entering the study.
"Or in the back." Snow commented, coming in behind Ruby. "Emma?" Snow asked in a concerned voice as she saw her daughter holding her head.
"She was in here... The place wreaks of dark magic." Emma mumbled, standing on shaking legs and exiting the room.
"She used dark magic?" Snow asked.
"The book in there. She used it a few days ago, she wanted to make sure she had enough power to fight off Cora. She went on this magical high and I had to snap her out of it." Emma said as she sat down in the living room, the dizziness leaving slowly.
"Where could she be?" Snow asked.
Emma just shook her head.
"I have no idea..."
"I could track her." Ruby suggested.
Emma looked up and nodded, gesturing for Ruby to find something of Regina's to use.
She came back shortly with one of her blouses, she took a sniff before gesturing them to follow her outside.
Ruby led them through the back yard, towards the woods that encased the town. Ruby stopped at the tree line and gave another sniff.
"She's in there somewhere." Ruby commented, about to step into the dark forest.
"Rubes don't, I'll go alone. It's too risky." Emma said.
"Emma I'm going with you." Ruby said firmly, "it's wolfs time. I'll change and I can help protect you." She added gesturing to the full moon in the sky.
"It's too dangerous." Emma said again.
"I'll stay back, but you need me to help track her."
"She is really useful Emma." Snow spoke up.
"You aren't going." Emma said to her mother. Snow nodded in agreement.
"I'm going to go and get James and round some people up, we need to prepare for Cora. Who I'm sure will be making an appearance, especially if Regina is with her."
Emma nodded before looking to Ruby.
Ruby smiled and removed the red cloak, her eyes glowing brightly as she transformed into the biggest wolf Emma had ever seen.
"Damn." Emma said in awe, eye to eye with the black wolf and it's yellow eyes.
Ruby walked ahead of her, into the forest.
Emma nodded to her mother before following behind. Letting Ruby lead her into the woods.
Her and Ruby had walked pretty deep into the forest, luckily Ruby decided to stay close because even with the moon she still had a hard time seeing her in the dark, not to mention she was silent as ever.
They had been walking for close to a half hour by Emma's guess.
Ruby stopped suddenly, gesturing her big head forward, indicating for Emma to keep going.
She watched the wolf go to the right to circle around, losing sight of her in minutes.
Emma swallowed and continued moving forward.
I'm such an idiot, I don't blame her if she doesn't want me back. Emma thought sadly to herself as she walked, keeping her eyes open.
Suddenly she heard a voice up ahead and quickly ducked behind a large tree, peeking around it to get a better view.
"Have you seen her at all?" The male voice asked. Emma made out the distinct voice in a second.
Hook! Emma held her breath.
"Not a sign of her anywhere. I've been keeping an eye out though. I'm surprised she hasn't bothered to seek me out." Cora's voice oozed with fake hurt.
Shit, it really was her. Emma felt her stomach lurch with guilt at not having enough faith in Regina.
Regina was innocent all along and you just couldn't go with your gut, you just had to go with your dumb brain. Look what that got you, a broken heart. God, Regina I am so sorry.
"Mother." Emma's head peeked from behind the tree again, her breath catching all over again when she took in the sight of her former lover.
Regina was in one of her Evil Queen outfits. A red dress that hugged every inch of her body, shoulder pads that only she could pull off, and part of her hair in an elegant up do while the rest hung long behind her back.
"I was wondering when I would find you here." Regina's cold voice flitted through the forest.
"I had expected to see you sooner." Cora replied, looking her daughter up and down, "You look stunning."
The comment took Regina back and she felt her gaze soften.
"Thank you." Regina mumbled out, "So you've been looking for me?" Regina asked.
"I have dear, seems you could use your mother at a time like this." Cora said sweetly.
Regina's face fell.
"Such a shame that your lover didn't see fit to stand by you." Cora said softly, drawing Regina's gaze.
Regina felt the familiar stab of pain in her gut.
"It doesn't matter anymore." Regina said firmly, her voice cold and even, "People are... expendable."
Regina offered her mother a cold smile.
"Very true dear." Cora answered. "Now... I got what I came for."
"And what is that mother?" Regina questioned, her eyes flitting around the forest. She sensed something, unsure of what it was.
"You darling." Cora answered, a smile on her face. Regina looked at the smile and confusion swam through her body.
It seemed... genuine.
"Come now mother, you couldn't possibly want me with you. I did send Hook to kill you after all." Regina answered dryly. She sensed the presence again and her eyes narrowed in on a tree to her right.
Cora didn't notice that her daughters gaze had shifted.
"Yes, well darling be that as it is... You still took a step to ensure you would have no weaknesses left in order to enact the curse." Cora answered, the smile still on her lips, "And that made me so proud."
Regina's gaze shifted back to her mother quickly.
"You... You're proud of me?" Regina asked, her voice suddenly small.
Hook stared sympathetically at the former Queen.
"I was." Cora deadpanned.
Regina's face grew hard once again, her eyes returning to the tree.
"What changed?" Regina asked, appearing indifferent.
"Well you started sleeping with that... princess." Cora spat out, making Regina wince at the former term of endearment for Emma.
"You fell in love with her and even had a son." Cora commented.
"The boy is hers." Regina stated plainly, wanting Cora to believe that Regina had only been involved in his life a short time instead of eleven years.
"Be that as it may... you still fell in love and well... we know how that worked out for you." Cora said.
"Yes... my mother came to town and framed me for a murder I didn't commit." Regina seethed.
"Now dear, come now. I did it for your own good. You were completely innocent and your lover still didn't stand by you." Cora commented.
Regina winced. Her mother was right. She was framed and Emma didn't believe her. The one person she trusted besides Henry, and she left.
"You're right mother." Regina admitted, her gaze returning to her mother's, "Love is weakness, only power endures."
"There's my girl." Cora said with a smile and pulled Regina in for a hug.
Regina almost cried. She had desperately craved this sort of affection from her mother for so long, and of course she would receive it after she had once again lost everything.
"No crying." Cora scolded, pulling back from the hug. Regina nodded in response.
"Now... Hook and I have some business to attend to of our own, but meet us at the docks whenever you're ready to join us."
"Mother, what other purpose do you have here besides me? Excluding Hook of course." Regina asked, flashing a cold smile.
"I thought we could get everyone back to the Enchanted Forest, take care of your Snow White problem, and then rule the Enchanted Forest, as mother and daughter." Cora answered simply.
"Ah. I see you came prepared." Regina commented.
"I always do." Cora replied cooly, "We'll see you later, I have to allow Hook to go and have his fun." She finished with a laugh before disappearing with Hook in a wisp of purple smoke.
Regina's eyes flitted back to the tree.
"Come out now or I'll burn the thing down." Regina commanded, summoning a fireball to her hand.
What stepped from behind the tree made Regina's hand drop instantly.
Emma!
"Regina." Emma said, her voice filled with desperation as she quickly walked towards her.
Regina's eyes softened but grew hard again quickly.
"What're you doing here?" Regina asked coldly.
"I'm sorry." Emma blurted out, making Regina's eyebrow quirk. "I didn't believe you and I should have. I should have listened to you about your mother, I should've realized earlier. Your mother impersonated Lancelot and I just... I wasn't listening to my heart or my gut and I am so sorry."
Regina eyed her coldly.
"I trusted you Emma." Regina said evenly.
"I know and I shit all over that." Emma admitted, her language causing Regina to scoff in disgust, "I am really sorry Regina. I love you so much and I didn't mean to hurt you so badly. I got caught up in what I saw through Pongo's memory and I didn't bother checking all of the other facts. I let James cloud my judgement and I am so so sorry. I'm sorry I told you that you couldn't change or feel, that was awful of me." Emma panted out.
Regina eyed her wearily, her gaze softening.
"Do you really still love me?" Regina asked, her voice small.
"With all of my heart." Emma admitted, stepping up to Regina and taking her hand, placing it over her heart, "It only beats for you. Please, take me back."
Regina took a step forward, about to embrace the blonde, but stopped short. She couldn't ignore the pang of anguish that still coursed through her.
"Emma..." Regina started, "I love you."
"I love you too." Emma said hastily, about to embrace the brunette but Regina held up a hand.
"But I trusted you Emma." Regina said, her voice breaking, "You of all people should know how hard it is for me to trust... and you didn't believe me when I told you I was innocent."
"I did!" Emma defended.
"At first yes... but with the insistence of your father and then seeing Pongo's memory, you ignored your gut instinct, ignored everything I told you, told me I couldn't feel and that I couldn't change." Regina's voice grew angry.
"Perhaps you were right Miss Swan." Regina seethed out, "Perhaps I can't change."
"Regina that isn't true." Emma said, watching Regina's eyes flash purple.
Regina eyed her for a minute, still conflicted with her emotions. On one hand she wanted to take Emma back with open arms, but she couldn't fight the sting of betrayal.
"Let me prove to you how sorry I am." Emma suggested, her voice borderline begging.
"We don't have time for that Emma." Regina said, her voice sounding tired.
"Regina please." Emma finally broke, tears running down her face, "I'm so sorry."
Regina felt her heart breaking at the sight in front of her. She couldn't risk pushing Emma away and losing her, but she couldn't have her close either, her mother would destroy her.
"I don't know what to do Emma." Regina said softly, pain evident in her voice.
"Tell me." Emma stated, sensing Regina's internal battle.
"If I push you away I'll lose you forever." She started softly, almost smiling at the look Emma gave her.
You wont.
"On the other hand if I keep you close, mother will kill you to get me."
Emma finally had enough of the space and stepped up, taking Regina in her arms and kissing her fully on the mouth.
Regina melted at the kiss, her arms wrapping around Emma and smiling.
"I love you. I'm sorry I doubted you and I promise you I will never make that mistake again. Not having you for a day and breaking your heart was the worst pain I have ever experienced. I never want to make you feel like that again, and I won't." She said firmly, looking into Regina's brown pools.
"I'm not going anywhere, and you and I can take on your mother together. She couldn't ripped my heart out before and I'll be damned if I let her get close enough to either of us to try." Emma finished, watching Regina's facial expressions.
Finally Regina slowly nodded before tucking her head in the crook of Emma's neck.
"Did you miss your spot?" Emma asked with a chuckle, tears in her eyes and she rubbed Regina's back.
"Yes." Regina whispered softly, allowing her own tears to fall as she clung to the blonde in her arms.
"I saved it for you." Emma teased, squeezing the woman in her arms tighter.
"Thank you, that was very thoughtful." Regina teased back, finally leaving the safety of Emma's neck and looking her in the eyes.
"Your mom was right." Emma started, receiving a quirked eyebrow from Regina, "You look stunning."
Regina blushed at the compliment.
"Thank you. This is one of my favorite dresses." Regina said with a smile.
"Mine too." Emma added, causing a soft giggle to escape her.
Regina's posture became rigid as she felt a tingle of magic nearby, relaxing when she realized what.
"Ruby you can come out." Regina called. Smiling when the black wolf came bounding out of the forest.
"There you are." Emma scolded, "Where've you been?"
Ruby just looked at her, big head cocked to the side as if the answer was obvious.
"I guess she wanted us to have some privacy." Regina stated, smiling at the wolf.
She hesitantly reached out and gave Ruby a pat on the head, laughing when she pressed her head against Regina's palm more, requesting her to continue.
"Really Rubes?" Emma asked, her arms wrapping back around Regina.
Ruby merely nodded her head before nudging Regina again. Regina looked confused for a moment before placing her hand firmly on her head, a soft blue glow emitting around them.
"Ruby said she tracked down Cora and Hook, apparently they went to pay a visit to Gold but he was gone, Hook didn't seem thrilled. They went back to the docks." Regina said before lifting her hand from Ruby's head.
"So what do we do?" Emma asked.
"You and Ruby go back to Snow and help them prepare. I need to go to my mother and figure out what her plan of attack is." Regina informed them both.
"You be careful." Emma stated firmly, her hands tightening their grip on Regina's waist.
"I promise I will be." Regina said softly before giving Emma another kiss. "Now go on you two."
Regina stepped away from them and looked at Ruby.
"You protect her." Regina told the wolf firmly, smiling when Ruby nodded in agreement. "I love you, make sure you tell our son I love him too." She said looking at Emma.
"I love you too and I will, your majesty." Emma replied, a smile on her face.
"Princess." Regina stated before flinging her hands up and disappearing in a black puff of smoke.
Emma looked back at Ruby, raising an eyebrow when Ruby crouched down, insisting that Emma hop on.
"Seriously?"
Ruby merely nodded her head again. Emma hopped on her back and grabbed a few tuffs of fur.
"Let's go kick some old bitch ass." Emma muttered with a smile. Laughing as Ruby took off into the woods, releasing a howl on the way.
A/N: I hope all of you enjoyed the chapter, I will try and get Chapter 11 up as soon as possible.
Reviews are welcome everyone, thank you all for reading this story.