Ok, so this is quite a long chapter for me, but a lot of things are going to happen. I intended to post this two days ago, but a medical emergency arose. So, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter!
***Warning: Explicit Sexual Content***
A Savior Too Late
Chapter 10
"My castle is empty and so cold, for her leaving brought me heartaches that I have never known. And there's sadness in the treasures I now hold. If you ever lost a loved one, then you'll know just what I mean. For what good are treasures and the kingdom if you're a king without a queen?"
-Merle Haggard, King Without a Queen
Blobs of snow fell randomly from the trees all around as the sun shown from above, its rays thawing some of the white substance. The crew trekked through the forest on a path less travelled so as to not cross paths with the King's soldiers. Emma and Regina stayed side by side with Henry following closely behind. Avalon took the lead of course. Everyone had updated Emma on the new development that the time traveling woman was actually the product of The Savior and Regina. The blonde was anything, but shocked. She had informed the rest that she had pretty much figured that part out already. However, when Regina had pulled her to the side to inform her about their son's future, she became rather upset. Everyone, except Emma, agreed it would be better for Henry not to know for his own good. The blonde remembered her promise to the boy about not lying to him and made a mental note to talk to him about it later, in private.
"So," Emma broke the silence, as well as everyone's concentrated thoughts of the passing events, "Where am I in this timeline? Trying to stop this Evil King, right?"
Ava came to a complete stop and spun around on a heel. "Stop this," she answered before she began glaring at each and every one of them, "Stop asking me questions about your futures. Nothing is set in stone, especially after this escapade is done. I will not discuss anything further than what you need to know." The woman had certainly inherited some of Regina's tongue. Her gaze came to target on Emma's. "As for you…you will unfortunately discover your fate soon enough." With that, Ava turned to continue leading them.
Just off in the distance was a clearing in the forest with a cottage in the center. Avalon had made it out to them that it was small, but it was in fact a bit large to be a cottage. A man, who was chopping wood for a fire, halted his movements when he heard the many feet crunching the snow beneath them. He let the axe hang near his leg as he turned to look at the visitors.
"Grandpa!" Avalon called out to the man.
David cocked his head back and looked from Ava to the man she called to. It was himself, except maybe ten years older. The confused the younger Charming since Ava was clearly about thirty. Had time somehow stopped in this period due to this new curse or did he just age really well?
"Ava!" the older man yelled before he dropped his axe and ran with a limp to his granddaughter engulfing her in a bear hug. He had yet to realize those that followed Avalon because he was so thankful that she was alright. The man pulled back and rested a hand on Ava's shoulder. "Where is your uncle and friends?" he asked just as his eyes traveled to the group behind her. Some were faces he had not seen in years. One was a face he saw every day in the mirror. Shocked eyes locked back onto the grandchild directly before him. "Avalon Swan," he chided, "What did you do?"
Avalon sighed and looked down with guilt. "The only thing I could think to do at the time," she answered, "She cornered us. The next thing I knew, everyone was vanishing. I gave her the false impression that I would come to her just to make her leave. They were all captured. I tried to go back in time to kill Robin Hood, but…" She turned to look at the party behind her. "They wouldn't let me. So I brought them here to do one of three things. One, they could help us to stop the King's rampage here. Two, they find out everything, go back to the past, and change our fate. Three, they just let me kill Robin."
The older David shook his head and gripped Ava's shoulders before saying, "The third is not an option. You know killing is not our way unless absolutely necessary."
"At least someone is on my side," Robin mumbled.
"You know changing points in time could have terrible consequences," Ava's grandfather said.
"Yeah, well I was thinking anything could be better than this," she replied, "Besides, isn't time travel the reason I'm even here? I mean, if Mother hadn't gone back in time herself and saved Marian, those two would never had admitted what they felt for each other."
Regina nudged Emma's side and they locked eyes. "Is that the real reason you saved her?" the brunette whispered.
"I honestly had no idea," Emma whispered back.
"Well, if we are going to make this work, we are going to need a plan," the older man said to the group, the leader in him coming out, "Everyone, let's get inside where it's warmer and we can share ideas."
Avalon led them up the stairs and into the warmth. Candles and lanterns were lit everywhere to give the area light. A fire was going in the fireplace to keep the place heated. There was no electricity in the place which made Regina feel like she was living back in the Enchanted Forest. Then she remembered that this was the Enchanted Forest and our world combined. Not to mention, they were under another evil ruler, so Snow and Charming may have decided to live off the grid. What did those idiots do to piss off a King? Regina thought.
"Where's grandma?" Avalon asked.
"When you hadn't shown up in a few days, she went into town to try to gather info," her grandfather answered, "She should be back by morning."
"She went into Storybrooke?" Ava asked again, sounding bit frantic, "That's dangerous! The King's men are everywhere there!"
"Relax. She didn't go alone. Ruby and Leroy went with her. Besides, she knows how to look after herself."
After hours of discussing plan upon plan and no one coming to an agreement, everyone decided they were tired of arguing. Storming the castle had been attempted and Avalon ruled that out of the question. Robin suggested a stealthy approach, but Hook laughed in his face. Plus, how would they get around the barriers. Regina suggested that all magic wielders try to take it down, but Avalon informed her that the barrier was still too powerful. Gold thought maybe they should lure the King out. However, the King did not come out for just anyone.
"We should rest and return to this in the morning," David finally said with a yawn.
"I agree," his older self added.
Ava nodded before looking to Emma and Regina. "There's a guest room upstairs you two can share," she informed them and looked to the others, "Henry, you can take my room. I'll stand watch tonight. The rest of you, find somewhere comfortable."
"I'll go find some blankets and pillows," the older David said before walking off.
"You go on, Regina," Emma said to the brunette, "I need to talk to Henry."
"Emma," Regina whispered as she placed a hand on her knee. The Queen knew what this was about and even though everyone had agreed that Henry shouldn't know his fate, Regina knew that Emma could not lie to the boy.
The blonde looked into brown eyes as she gave Regina a reassuring nod. "It's ok," she said, "I've got this." The older woman gave a small nod before rising to her feet so that Avalon could lead her to the guest room.
Once Emma and Henry were in Avalon's room alone, the blonde sighed as her son took a seat on the bed. "What's up, Mom?" he asked.
"This may be a case where lying to you would be for your own good," Emma started, "but I promised I wouldn't lie to you."
Henry blinked once and looked at Emma with confusion. "What do you mean?"
"That man you shot," she began, but was interrupted by the teenager.
"But, Mom, I had to," he began defending his actions, "He was going to hurt everyone."
The Savior held up a hand and sat next to her son. "It's ok. You did the right thing. That's not what I'm talking about. It's about who he was…is," she corrected herself.
"He's the new Dark One, right?"
"He is also you," Emma confessed. Henry became silent at the admission. The blonde studied her son for a moment to see that a million things were running through his mind. "But look, that's why we are here. We're here to stop all of these things from happening. I won't let that happen to you."
"But," Henry said, "That means I would have to kill Mr. Gold with his dagger."
"No one is going to let that happen, Henry," Emma said as she put a comforting arm around his shoulders, "Especially your mother and I. Plus, I'm sure Mr. Gold is going to be a bit more wary. It's gonna be ok, kid. I just needed to tell you."
"Thanks, Mom," he said with a nod.
"Ok, now get some sleep," Emma said before she got up and left the room.
The blonde opened the door and entered the guest bedroom. When she looked up, she saw nothing but Regina's bare back. The brunette turned her head back to see Emma out of the corner of her eye. A flush of red instantly hit the blonde's cheeks as she began stumbling backwards. "S-sorry," she stuttered as she began closing the door.
"Emma," Regina called out softly, "Don't go."
Emma halted her hasty retreat, but focused her eyes on the wooden floor between them. "Are you sure? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to walk-" Her words were cut short by the other woman's lips suddenly on her own. She heard the door shut behind her. Emma gasped because she had not noticed Regina crossing the room to close the space between them. The shock wore off in due time, though, as her eyes slid shut and she leaned into the warm, wet kiss. Every time their lips met, Emma felt like she was in paradise and that it couldn't last long enough.
After breaking the kiss, Regina slid her hands around Emma's neck and played gently with a few blonde locks. She stared into those bluish-green eyes with a daring and seductive look that she knew would set The Savior on fire. "What's there to be sorry about?" she teased, "Don't like what you see?" The blonde went to answer the last question, but she could not formulate the words. Regina gave an evil smirk. The Queen loved making her subjects squirm and this one was completely dumbfounded.
"Hmm, perhaps you would be able to use your tongue to answer your Queen if you were a bit more comfortable?" Regina remarked in a dark tone as she pulled the blonde towards the bed before gently pushing her onto it. She didn't think Emma's face could get any redder, but it did.
Emma was trying to focus, but her heart beating all the way into her ears was making that hard. She had made the mistake of walking in on her Queen in the middle of changing so Regina now stood before her in only a pair of lacy royal purple panties. The blonde could not keep her eyes away from the brunette's chest. She felt like she was caught under a spell since she couldn't move as Regina made her way on top of the blonde. Emma gulped slightly as those dark eyes tore a hole into her.
Regina pressed their lips together again and finally Emma opened her mouth as if inviting her in. Their tongues clashed and dueled while the blonde put a hand on Regina's ribs. The brunette pulled back only to press her lips to Emma's neck. The gasp and moan that followed caused the Queen's adrenaline to rise. Regina scraped her teeth gently against the flesh as one hand found itself gently grasping one of Emma's breasts beneath her shirt.
"Regina," Emma gasped. Finally, her mouth was working, but there were no other words she could force out. Her expression transformed from pleasure to shock when Regina sat up and suddenly pulled Emma up as well.
The Queen began pushing off Emma's jacket and the blonde was all too happy to help with that process before flinging it off to the side of the bed. The rest of Emma's clothing followed in succession as quickly as the two could remove them. Regina stared at the sight before her in awe. The Savior was absolutely gorgeous, but the Queen was not about to give her the benefit of the doubt. "Oh my," Regina said, "I do believe our dear Savior has found herself in quite the predicament."
Emma melted at the tone Regina used. The older woman always knew what buttons to push to set the blonde ablaze. When Regina latched her lips onto Emma's neck again, the blonde felt a chill shoot through her spine. Goosebumps rose on her arms as her nipples became painfully hard. Her nails dug into the older woman's back when she felt teeth gently bite down into neck. Emma involuntarily bucked her hips up into Regina's groin, and her Queen was obliged to grind back into her with a muffled moan escaping her throat.
Regina forced Emma's back to collide with the mattress yet again before planting kisses across her collar bone. The Queen made her way down to give one of Emma's nipples a flick of her tongue. This made the younger woman arch her back allowing Regina to take the entire nipple into her mouth. She gently sucked on it while her hand massaged the opposite breast before rolling the other nipple in between her thumb and index finger.
Almost every move made by Regina produced a gasp from the blonde. Emma felt a familiar ache between her legs, but this time, it was not like her other experiences. The way Regina made her feel was unexplainable and she was quickly losing herself to the pleasure being brought on her at the moment. The brunette moved carefully and methodically on her body. She felt the older woman's nails drag gently down her abdomen. When it crossed the threshold of her hip and thigh, Emma jerked a bit because that area was ticklish. However, she let out a primal moan when those nails grazed the inside of her thigh.
Regina didn't have to touch Emma's mound to tell that she was already wet with excitement. The blonde's body was on fire beneath her and that was enough for her to know. The Queen let her hand stop short of Emma's groin while she continued her assault on her nipple. She knew it was only a matter of time before, "Regina, please," would escape The Savior's lips.
The older woman released the nipple to stare into her partner's eyes. "My, my," Regina quipped in that seductive tone again, "Are we begging now?" She teased Emma by placing her index and middle finger on either side of the blonde's outer lips before massaging up and down. When Emma begged her again, she did not oblige. She only stroked the slit, just barely grazing the tip of Emma's clit. This caused the woman beneath her to push her hips into the touch. "What has gotten you so wet?" Regina inquired with a devilish smirk.
"Please, Regina," Emma gasped as a finger pressed against her clit. She gazed into dark eyes with a begging look.
"You will have to be a bit more formal than that," Regina replied as the tip of her middle finger just barely entered Emma before making it retreat to rub the blonde's clit.
"Please, Your Majesty," the blonde whispered through a moan.
"Please what?"
"Please," Emma gasped again, "Fuck me."
The vein on the older woman's forehead became visible as a wicked grin crossed her lips. She moaned when nails dug into her back again as she pushed two fingers into the woman beneath her. After a long intake of air, it seemed like Emma would never exhale. Regina curved her fingers as she thrust them deep into the blonde while massaging the clit with her thumb. She made sure that with each thrust, she was hitting that rough patch of flesh inside the blonde that made her moan louder and louder. In order to keep the rest of the household from hearing them, Regina crashed their lips together to muffle the cries of pleasure. With each thrust, Emma's walls clamped down on Regina's fingers, tighter and tighter. The brunette knew her Savior was getting close so she began pushing in harder. When the blonde arched her body into Regina, she gave one final thrust and pressed hard into her g-spot. The walls clenched down painfully onto her fingers.
Emma's hips bucked and jerked as the waves of her climax slammed into her like brick walls. Her heart was racing a million miles per hour. Finally, her back fell to the sheets and their lips parted. The blonde panted as if she had just run a marathon. Honestly, she had never experienced an orgasm so intense. It was like the proverbial fireworks going off, but better. Sure Emma had kissed and made out with other women before, but she never had sex with one. "Regina," she panted, "That was…I don't even know…I can't even think straight."
From watching the other woman writhe in pleasure under her touch, Regina grew even hungrier. She slowly slid her fingers from between Emma's legs and held them up to her lips. She let her tongue lap up Emma's juices and thoroughly clean her fingers all the while staring down at her prey with daring eyes. It was enough to set the blonde off.
Emma suddenly grabbed Regina and threw her onto the bed, now being on top, in between the older woman's legs. She kissed her feverishly and held the brunette's arms down. There was no doubt in her mind that Regina liked it rough and this was reassured with a moan the moment Emma's hands had gripped Regina's wrists. Suddenly, she broke the kiss to bite down onto the brunette's shoulder rather hard. The older woman hissed in pain, but did not stop the blonde even when she began sucking. Emma didn't know what caused her to do what she did, but she thought it was her instinct telling her to mark her territory. Regina dragged her nails painfully down Emma's back until the sucking stopped. The pain had caused another rush of wetness to coat her already soaked groin.
"You're in dangerous territory, Savior," Regina remarked with a glare at the blonde.
"I'm only finishing what you started, my Queen," Emma snipped back with her own seductive look. This caused the Queen to bite her own bottom lip.
Regina was completely caught off guard when The Savior suddenly pulled her panties down and off her legs with one tug. Suddenly, Emma had pulled her legs apart again and had brazenly moved far down the bed. A surprised gasp escaped her lips when she felt Emma's fingers spread her lips. She threw her palms onto the headboard when The Savior flicked her tongue against the tip of her clit. The Queen was fighting not to let out her own moans of pleasure, especially when she felt Emma's tongue push into her entrance. It drove her crazy and she suddenly had a fistful of blonde hair in her grasp.
Emma wrapped her arms around both of Regina's thighs and buried her face into the wetness. She began flicking her tongue rapidly against the woman's swollen clit. The blonde hadn't minded that Regina was pulling on her hair. She pulled one arm out from under Regina's thigh and then pushed two fingers into the woman's inviting hole.
Regina could not stop the sound of ecstasy that escaped her lips due to the action. She quickly used her free hand to cover her mouth as Emma began ramming her fingers into her hard all the while licking her clit. The Queen was still in shock because she was under the impression that Emma had never done this before. She had already been extremely horny when Emma had entered the room, but The Savior's sudden brazenness turned her on even more, which is the reason she was already so close to her climax. "I'm so close," she let out as quietly as possible. The indication caused Emma to thrust her fingers at a quicker pace. Regina shut her eyes tightly as her body began to shudder violently while her hips bucked uncontrollably. Her walls clamped down on the blonde's intruding fingers. "Emma," she gasped as the orgasm ravaged her body, "I love you." Everything fell silent as her climax finally settled down.
The Queen quickly realized her confession when she felt the blonde move. A sudden pang of fear and hurt ran through her when Emma said nothing. Regina felt hot tears welling up in her eyes. What did I do? She thought fearfully. She forced the tears back when Emma came to her line of sight, hovering just above her body.
The blonde gave a gentle smile to her Queen before leaning down to quickly kiss her cheek. She whispered into her ear, "I love you, too, Regina."
Relief washed through Regina's body and she smiled back to her lover, who decided to lie next to her. Emma wrestled the blanket from beneath them and pulled it over their bodies before Regina rested her head on The Savior's shoulder. The blonde placed a protective arm around her Queen before they quickly fell asleep.
The next morning had everyone jumping to their feet due to the sound of someone banging their fist into the door of the cottage. Emma and Regina were the last to come down since they had to put all their clothes back on.
The older David swung the door open, sword in hand in case it was someone not welcome. However, it was just a frantic Grumpy standing there. "Leroy, what's wrong?" he asked.
"The King is coming!" he shouted with the answer.
"What? How?" the older Charming inquired frantically, "Where's Snow and Ruby?!"
"She said she sensed Ava's energy here! Mary Margaret and Ruby said they would try to hold her off while I came to warn you!" Leroy yelled in a panic. Then he noticed the others standing behind Charming and became completely baffled. "What's going on?" As soon as the question left his mouth, four white horses pulling a carriage of the same shade galloped up before coming to a stop. Two other horses carrying armored knights followed behind the carriage.
"Shit," Ava cursed from behind her grandfather. She pushed past him and Leroy, walking towards the carriage.
"Ava, wait!" the older man shouted before running after her. This allowed the rest of the group to file out, each one of them interested in the sudden commotion. The older David suddenly collapsed mid-sprint with one arm outstretched. He winced, grabbing his right leg, cursing it.
Emma rushed to the fallen man and helped him up. "You ok?" He gave a curt nod and looked to the opening door of the carriage with anger. The blonde looked toward it as well to see a body of silver armor stepping out.
"Did you think you would get away with this, Avalon?" a female voice came from beneath the helmet of armor.
After hearing the voice, Regina began to tremble. She had heard the voice many times. It was the voice she was in love with.
"Absolutely," Ava replied before glowing purple and white. She suddenly sent a blast of white energy at the King.
The King was blown back into her carriage, which spooked the horses connected to it. She then hit the ground, which caused her helmet to fall off and roll away, revealing a bundle of blonde locks beneath it. A black patch with a band wrapped around her head covered her left eye. The other eye was glowing red, but beneath were the remnants of bluish-green. A long scar went down the left side of her face, intersecting with the eye patch. She gave a dark smirk as she lifted herself from the snowy ground. "You have all the power in the world to destroy me, kid," she remarked, "Yet you still hold back."
Henry had a shocked look when he saw the woman's face, but he was even more surprised to see the wavy dagger on her waist line with his name engraved on it.
"Emma," Regina gasped before turning to look at the woman beside her with shocked and worried eyes. She never thought Emma would be capable of the same evil that once invaded her senses, but the proof was there.
"No," Emma barely whispered. Tears formed in her eyes as she realized what the implications meant. If Regina died, she would simply go mad.
"Maybe because I still have faith that you might change one day!" Ava shouted at her mother.
"That kind of thinking will get you killed," the King growled before glowing red.
"This is the Evil King?" Hook inquired, "I was expecting a man, not Emma."
The King aimed her glare at her former best friend. "You think just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I can be King?" she scoffed, "No, I refuse to call myself Queen. There can only be one Evil Queen." She looked past the group toward Robin. "And you killed her!" she shouted before lifting up a fireball to throw. Suddenly, an arrow found its way in between two plates of armor and into her shoulder. Her magic faded away and she cried out in pain. Her glare turned towards the tree tops to see a hooded figure with a bow and arrow.
"I suggest you leave now!" Snow's voice rang out, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it!"
The King snarled at her own mother before taking the arrow lodged into her shoulder and ripping it out. She would have to heal it later since the poison laced in the arrow prevented her from using her magic. "Squid ink," she quipped, "How convenient. We'll see how baby brother likes it when I take my vengeance out on him." She smirked and walked back towards her carriage.
The older David lunged forward with a, "No! Don't you dare!" The two horses carrying knights leapt towards the group as they began rushing forward, halting their charge.
Emma watched as the horses and carriage retreated back into the forest. She mumbled to herself, "This is bad. This is really bad."