Rags to Royals

Hello everyone; sorry for such a late update, with the holidays being around the corner, things are getting busy for me. Anyway, I have some down time now and would really love to hear from you all! I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!

Chapter 12

Revenge, sweet slow beautiful revenge was all Regina could think about. While she wanted to have fun with her new slave, she knew she had to focus on Emma.

Carefully, the young princess squeezes the heart. Not enough to kill, but enough to cause Sidney pain. He gasps and cries out, clutching his hand to his chest, where his heart should be.

"Tell me the antidote before I squeeze out your pathetic life" Her tone was cold and empty, there was no warmth or emotion, it was if all the previous evil queens were temporarily inside her.

"Alright! Alright! You need a dragon's tooth and the victim's blood" He says in between heavy gasps of breath.

Regina slowly loosens her tight grip. Sidney greedily sucks in every ounce of air he can, his aching chest finally dulling into a numbness he could not describe. It was a strange feeling to have one's heart no longer beating against one's chest.

"Explain" She demands.

"You need a dragon's tooth and just a pinch of the victim's blood. Once you have the tooth, you need to crush it and mixed it with the victim's blood, along with some clean water. The dragon's tooth has strong healing ability, but alone it is worthless"

"Well, you're lucky that my mother and I just so happened to be good friends with a dragon. If Emma does not survive, you will die next. Realms of Mirrors take this man, keep him trapped till I command" Once the spell is cast, purple smoke flows around Sidney. A sickening cry of despair fills the room as he feels his bones crushing into nothingness. He soon finds himself trapped in a mirror! He is nothing but a face!

"What did you do to me witch?!" He yells.

Narrowed cold dark eyes gaze into his frighten soul. She tightens her grip on his heart just enough to cause him to cry out in agony. He could do nothing to sooth his burning pain.

"You do well to watch your tongue. Be grateful I have not killed you, for now, I think I might enjoy you trapped in a mirror like this" She grins.

Coughs of pain causes her to loosen her grip on the heart and turn her attention back to Emma. Regina rushes over to her ill fiancé. "Hold on Emma, I know how to cure you now. You're going to be fine" Just like that, the warm and caring Regina is back. It's as if Emma is the only one who can keep Regina grounded. Should something happened to her, a serious darkness would most likely cloud over the Enchanted Forest for years to come.

Thinking quickly, Regina uses her magic to bring Emma back to her room. Emma is still in a coughing rage as Regina helps the frail ill young woman into bed. "I'll be back"

Regina hates leaving Emma alone, even for a moment, especially as she watches the girl coughing up blood! Her own blood is boiling, knowing that Daniel and Sidney did this to her friend. Once she knew Emma's life was out of danger, she would hunt Daniel down and make him wish he had never born.

Once again, using her magic, Regina poofs back to where she left her mother. Thankfully, no longer cuffed herself, Regina is quickly able to free the queen. She then explains everything to her mother, what happened, and Emma's dire health drop.

"We need to contact Maleficent. One dragon tooth will be no great lost, it will quickly grow back in less than a day's time" With a quick hand movement and the familiar purple smoke circling around them, they are both back in Emma's room in seconds.

Thankfully, Emma is no longer coughing, but she looks extremely weak. Regina is instantly at her side, sitting on the bed. She moves a strain of hair out of the young girl's face. The princess gasps, her skin is so hot to the touch. "Mother, we have to hurry" Regina practically pleads.

Cora nods and swirls her hand in a circular motion. Soon a handheld silver mirror appears into her right hand. "Mirror, allow me to see Maleficent"

Within seconds the Mirror shows Maleficent working on some potions in her own castle. Maleficent hears Cora from her mirror, calling to her, she smiles as she sees her old friend. She leaves her work table to walk over to her giant oval shaped wooden mirror. "Hello Cora" She frowns as she can see fear in eyes that have seen much in her days, fear was a rarity to be seen in the old woman. "What is wrong?"

"My daughter's fiancé, the one I've been writing to you about. She has been poisoned by two traitors within our castle. One has been taken care of, the other will be dealt with when we find him. For now, though, Regina managed to force Sidney into telling us the antidote for the poison. It's a dragon's tooth crushed with a pinch of the victim's blood, mixed into clean water"

"Say no more darling, I shall be there as fast as I can fly"

"Hurry, the girl doesn't have much time left"

Maleficent nods and quickly runs to a window and jumps into the sky as she transforms into a large majestic dragon.

Regina is using a clean cloth to wipe the sweat off the young girl. Henry is now in the room, sitting at chair to the left bedside of Emma. Cora gets a small needle ready to prick Emma's finger. She walks over to Emma's right side, where Regina sits on the bed next to Emma. The queen lifts Emma's hand and quickly but carefully pricks her finger. Emma flinches but doesn't make a sound. Cora uses a small bottle to gather the small precious blood and then uses some bandages to cover the finger perfectly. Emma is breathing heavily, her eyes are heavy but halfway open, her chest feels so hot. She wants to sleep, but Regina and Henry beg her to stay awake, she is so tired though.

Once Cora had clean water mixed with Emma's blood, the only thing she could do now was wait and hope her friend made it in time.

Minutes pass and it's becoming harder for Emma to breath. She now had her head resting in Regina's lap, as Regina felt she needed to even closer to the ill girl. If only she could just blow someone up to make Emma better, or tear out and crush someone's heart to keep the young girl alive and healthy. Watching the usually lively young girl look so fragile and weak was hard on Regina. She didn't think she would ever get so close to this girl, at first, she hated the thought of marrying her, but now, she hates the thought of her not being in her life. "Don't you dare die Swan, I won't forgive" Regina threatens as she desperately keeps unwanted tears away.

Emma looks up and offers her a weak grin. "How can I? I still owe you a birthday date"

Regina sobs a laugh and shakes her head. Before she can say anything, a dragon's roar could be heard just outside the castle.

"I'll meet Maleficent outside" Cora uses her magic to leave. She shortly returns, with a now human Maleficent who already has a tooth ready to be crushed. The dragon lady hands her tooth over to Cora who uses magic to crush and mix it into the small bottle to complete the antidote.

"So….tired" Emma whimpers, her eyes slowly close.

"NO!" Regina yells.

"Regina" Henry says softly, unsure how to comfort his daughter.

"Give her the antidote Regina" Cora quickly runs over to her daughter and hands the bottle to her. Regina wastes no times and brings the bottle to Emma's mouth. But Emma isn't drinking it.

Thinking quickly, Regina takes some of the antidote into her mouth, but she doesn't swallow it. She doesn't care that everyone is watching her, she only cares about Emma living! She places her lips onto Emma's warm ones and forces the liquid into Emma's mouth. It works. The liquid goes down Emma's throat, as Regina pulls away Emma starts to cough from the sudden force of liquid into her. But once she stops Regina uses the bottle to pour the rest of the antidote down Emma's throat, now that she is awake enough to drink on her own. It's a slow process, but soon enough, every bit of the antidote is gone.

"How do you feel?" Regina questions Emma.

Emma looks up at the princess with a weak smile. "Better, my body already feels like it's starting to cool down"

Everyone sighs in relief. "You gave us quite the scare, dear"

Regina lifts Emma's head off her lap so she can sit Emma up, to have a better view of everyone. She still sits at the bed beside her though. Relief fills throughout Regina's soul. "Sorry, that hadn't been my intention"

"The point is, you'll be getting better now" Henry smiles warmly.

"Hmm, you're quite interesting after all" Maleficent grins as she leans in closely to Emma, studying her carefully. "I can see why you peeked Regina's interest.

"Umm, thanks? Who are you?" Emma tilts her head in confusion.

"Emma, this is Maleficent. She's a dragon, and a close friend of ours. We needed a dragon's tooth as part of the antidote, but don't worry. Her tooth will grow back. Maleficent, this is Emma, my fiancé"

Emma's eyes go wide. "You're, really a dragon?"

Maleficent chuckles as she leans back a bit from the young girl. "One of the strongest anyone could possibly hope to fine" She praises herself. "Of course, my daughter can be quite fearsome as well"

"How is Lilly doing?" Henry questions kindly.

Maleficent smiles back. "She's growing into a wonderful woman, and a proud dragon"

"Well, now that Emma's life is out of danger. I think we should give the girls some time alone to talk, this was a stressful event for them, I'm sure" Cora suggested.

Maleficent nods. She then leans in close to Emma's ear to say something. "Take care of our princess" She says it loud enough for Regina to hear. Emma's face instantly becomes red as the dragon lady pulls away, she is grinning proudly to herself.

"Maleficent!" Regina wants to throw a fireball at the dragon.

"We'll talk and catch up later princess, you best look after your fiancé as well" She chuckles and follows out with the King and Queen. Cora just shakes her head, but can't help but wear a similar mischievous smirk as her old friend.

Regina looks away, desperately wishing for her blush to fade, damn Maleficent!

"Umm Regina, I vaguely remember you kissing me. Was that a dream. My head is still a bit foggy with everything" Emma places the tip of her fingers from her right hand to her lips. She remembers her lips feeling cool and soft with another.

"I had no choice! You weren't drinking the position on your own at first, plus, I don't count that as a kiss" The princess folds her arms, refusing to look at her fiancé. This is ridiculous, why should she feel so embarrassed for kissing her fiancé, even if it wasn't a real kiss? Emma was technically hers, she shouldn't feel embarrassed at all. What happened to the dark evil princess who was threatening Sidney not long ago? She felt more comfortable lashing out at her enemies, than letting her heart be open to someone, especially after Daniel. But, Emma isn't Daniel, she would never betray her, would she?

"So, that's what a kiss feels like?"

This for some reason gets Regina's attention as she turns to face the young peasant. "You've never been kissed?"

Now Emma was the shy one, look down at her bed cover. She shakes her head. "I mean, I did it, but only once. It wasn't very pleasant though. I didn't know what I was doing, and he was kind of rough. I thought I liked him, maybe even loved him at one time, or maybe I just confused it with a silly crush. But he didn't have any real feelings for me. He just, I just, I wanted to know what it was like. So, we did it. But he wouldn't kiss me on the lips, I don't remember why, we were both kind of drunk. I haven't touch alcohol ever since that night. He said something about not kissing those he played with, I don't know. But as I said, he was rough, so I was scared to ever do it again with anyone since then"

Regina frowns. She feels bad Emma had such a hard childhood, and then her first experience with sex was enough to keep her away from it for so long. She doesn't want Emma to experience anymore pain, the girl has had enough of it throughout her life, and now because of her, she nearly died! While Regina still isn't sure she can fully trust the girl as her lover, she wants to get there. Swallowing her pride, she suddenly cups Emma's cheeks, gently making her look up at her. Green curious and cautious eyes watch her carefully. Regina leans into to the girl's right ear. "I would never be rough with you" This causes Emma to shiver. Regina pulls away and drops her hand. "But, I'm not ready to be at that level with you either. Not yet, maybe, maybe this marriage doesn't have to be completely loveless?"

Emma's eyes go completely wide. "You, you want to be together. For real, with me?"

"Slowly, not right away" Regina speaks softly, unsure of her own words. It isn't like her to feel so shy and nervous like this, she'd rather deal with fighting Sidney again then be so open and vulnerable. Regina knows it'll be hard for her to truly trust someone like she did with Daniel. She still feels so violated. But, she wants to try with Emma.

"I don't mind. I'll wait for you Regina! Someone like you is worth waiting for"

Regina's heart nearly forgets how to beat at the sweet promise. She wants Emma to know she won't have to wait forever, maybe not even for long. "I don't mind if we umm, kiss" Now Regina is looking down at the bed cover, she wishes she could just hide under them in disappear. Well, technically, with her magic she could just poof away, but she doesn't. "I want to get to know you more too"

Regina is surprised when she feels warm hands against her cheeks. She looks-into Emma's hungry eyes, which causes a burning desire within the princess. Emma brings Regina closer, and closer, until she can finally feel the softness of Regina's lips against her own. At first, the kiss is innocent and sweet. But Regina wants more. She sticks her tongue into Emma's mouth, causing the younger girl to gasp and shiver. Regina's tongue licks inside every inch of Emma's mouth, exploring it, memorizing it. She never wants to forget the sweet taste that is Emma. Emma moans as Regina's tongue dominates Emma's.

Soon though, both girls need to breath and Regina pulls away slightly, they are both breathing heavily.

"That, was amazing" Emma's cheeks are burning.

Regina smirks. "That is just a taste of what I can do my dear" Regina whispers into Emma's ear. She starts to nibble at the ear for a bit. Emma whimpers with desire. Regina eventually pulls away and decides to rest her head against Emma's breast. She was tired, all the worry of losing Emma, everything that's happened had drained her, physically and emotionally.

Emma wraps a protective arm around Regina's waist, bringing the princess closer to her. "I'm still a bit confused with everything that's happened, like where this magic I suddenly have, came from. But I'm too tired to figure it all out now" Emma sighs.

Regina is playing with a long strain of blonde hair. "Rest dear, we will figure it out together"

Emma smiles to herself. "Waiting for you, will definitely be worth the wait"

Regina grins as she looks up at her fiancé and leans in for one final kiss. Emma can't stop the moan as the wet tongue first licks her lips before darting inside her mouth. Regina licks and explore one of her new favorite places for as long as she can. When she pulls out, so the girls can breathe, Regina licks her own lips clean. "I promise, you won't have to wait too terribly long"

Emma smiles and nods before finally closing her eyes. After nearly dying, she was drained completely. She needed sleep, even if her mind wanted nothing more than to kiss her princess again and again, her body screamed for sleep. Regina rest her head once again on Emma's chest and closes her eyes as well, while slowly falling asleep to the sound of Emma's heart beating against her ear.

To Be Continued!