Author's Note: So yeah I know I've been slowing down with this story and not producing longer chapters, but I'm still here. I like to think that at the moment they are rather focused chapters. Anyway i've come to a place where I think this part of the piece needs to end. I need to kind of refresh myself in a way because I don't feel like I'm at the end of the story yet, and there's still so much to be said. So this part where henceforth be known as Fallen Swan Part one. Fallen Swan Part two will continue after an interlude that is meant to heal our growing family before they dive into the events of Fallen Swan Part two. So please enjoy the last chapter of this installment.


Chapter Twelve

Regina and Emma's Dream House

"You gave her the powers of the Dark One," Regina whispered as a hand went to her belly. By now she could see her two daughters looking frantically between them. They had not been privy to Regina's memories, she was actively blocking them so LQ still had no idea what her real name was.

"Did you name me?" She asked between them.

"What happened to us?" Viveka asked them. "Did Mama hurt us?"

"Go to sleep this is between me and your mother," Regina told them sternly as she sent them love, "All will be okay, mommy will make sure of that." Once they had faded and she didn't allow them to be privy to what was going on as much as possible. At the very least they could feel her own emotions, but not much more.

"Do you hate me now? Emma whispered. Regina took a deep breath as she rubbed her stomach, maybe if she left the town it would dilute whatever was in her little queen. It wouldn't be completely gone, she had established that magic could work out there. But would it still change her personality could she still raise her to be good or would it all be futile. Had she already lost her daughter.

"Regina please talk to me," Emma whispered.

"I specifically told you to let them go, I didn't want her dark, I didn't want her to suffer. And now she will never know who she could have been without that darkness. How can she ever know if you made a good decision because we taught her right or because the darkness just wants to trick us and anyone else. How can she be safe from those seeking the Dark One's power? How can we trust that the Darkness won't send her to kill you even as a child so that, that power is all hers? Trust that it won't make her kill her sister now or later or me even with that dagger?" Regina asked. "And how can we trust that dagger won't end up in the hands of Rumple again, he misses his power, he will want it. Or worse yet, in the hands of Blue don't let her fairy status fool you, she will use you and your magic."

"I didn't think," Emma whispered. "I only wanted to save her, I wanted her to take Merlin's magic like Viveka did, but the darkness must have still been inside of her. We were wrong, she wasn't as free as we thought, or I fucked up more than I realize."

"You need to put Excalibur back into the stone, Emma, it's bad enough about the dagger, but at least then the sword cannot be used against Viveka and I to control us. You cannot block Hook for much longer. He will come for that sword because his name is on it, and I will be at his mercy."

"No, I can forge the dagger and sword together and I will free us all from it's bindings. We will be in control, and we will turn this darkness back into light magic. She will be Good. I know it, I won't let her be corrupted."

"Emma she's already been corrupted, this darkness was born long ago, it was corrupted from the start, this magic never had a chance at being good," Regina cried as she paced. How the hell was she going to protect herself, protect her family? How could she bring herself to prioritize one child over another, and she knew she could never not love her little Queen for if she did that she was only making the situation worse. And honestly she didn't know if she had it in her to ever not love her children no matter how evil they could become.

"You're right but she and I we have something that no one else ever let get close to them," Emma whispered even as her shoulders curled in herself and her eyes fell to the floor.

"What's that?" Regina asked her. "What makes this so different in your mind?"

"We have you," Emma whispered raising her eyes slightly to see Regina's face even as tears spilled down her cheeks. "We have your true love, you said it yourself true love is the most powerful magic of all and I just know that, this darkness won't be dark at all. Our children Regina are always going to swing between darkness and light, it's just who we are, who we have always been. Before those extremes we used to hold separately me with my true love magic and you with your dark past. But now inside of us both is the capacity for both good and evil, we hold the balance in a way that no one else ever could, and it's in our children. You don't have to worry that little Queen will suffer like you did, because you love her, and I love her, Henry loves, and Vivi will love her. And I hope that you still love me enough too to keep me balanced…."

Regina let out a long breath as she held her stomach, sending love to her babies, She had so much love to give them it would never end that she knew, and she would love them until the day she died and whatever truly lay beyond that with all her heart. She looked at Emma who was looking down again. She reached out and pulled her chin up so that Emma was looking her directly in the eyes.

"I believe you, believe in you, and I know that you always have good intentions even if your methods are somewhat changed. Even though I am so incredibly angry with you, I still love you more than I have words sometimes. And yes you are all out of chances, but trying to save your daughter's life isn't a deal breaker. I always knew that maybe even with her switching to me, that the power she used was dark magic, that it let her to trick us. I don't know that you gave her dark magic, it was probably already there. It's not easily removed that darkness, but you have to swear to fight like hell for yourself and her to stay balanced."

"I will I swear it on my own life," Emma told her.

"No matter what Emma even if I died, stay balanced for her sake." Emma nodded. "You two are connected whether she likes it or not and if you cannot stay balance it will trickle down to her." Emma nodded her head vigorously. "And lastly Hook cannot be a dark one, he two will affect Vivi, her, and I. And when he has all three of us, he will get you." Emma made a face, she knew what that would entail with Hook in control of them all through the sword once she connected the pieces. She had to untether Regina and Viveka if not herself and LQ.

"I can do it, I can defeat us like Merlin wanted turn this around, we won't be controlled by Excalibur or the dagger. I swear it."

"You can't untether me without untethering Hook, and he can't be untethered. Don't let him fool you, he plays a role to try to win you over, but he is a villain Emma and he didn't make a personal change for himself. It might be best to just put the sword back into the stone and make sure Henry never pulls it out again." Emma frowned.

"I can't allow that he will some day find someone else to pull it from the stone," Emma told her. "He will always know how to find it as much as you. I have to find a way to get the darkness out of him completely and into me."

"All right then until that time comes the sword must be protected and the dagger," Regina told her.

"MY QUEEN!" A shout came from outside and soon Cox came rushing in with Henry. King soon followed leading one of Maleficent's guards, he had been cut in the side. Lily was held closely in Maleficent's arms and Ruby was in wolf form. Regina managed to conjure up her red cloak for which she was grateful.

"What happened?" Emma asked as they cleared a spot for the poor man.

"Your parents and that Blue gnat, they've taken over city hall, welcome to the villain's club Emma, your parents no longer trust you," Maleficent told her. "They tried to kill me if not imprison me I'm not sure."

"The entire town is in turmoil," Ruby told them. "Your guards are fighting Arthur's guards. I saw the attack, I was on my way to get help as some people were breaking out Arthur from jail. It's all out war, Granny's protecting the orphans at the bed and breakfast, but no one seems interested except for food thankfully." Regina let out a long breath as she paced.

"Wait where's Neal, maybe if we give him back that will placate your parents get them off of Blue's side."

"His name isn't Neal, and I've decided he's to be now called Stuart," Emma told her.

"Stuart really, you don't have to hate the kid, he's your brother after all," Regina told her. Emma glared at her.

"Stuart is a good strong name," Emma grumbled as she crossed her arms. Regina held her hands up as if to tell her not to be offended, but she did think it was a terrible name. "Anyway, he's upstairs and no way in hell they can have him back now. I don't want him being raised by that Blue gnat. We all know whose really in control there."

"Well I recommend you get the hell out of storybrooke to have your babies," Maleficent told them.

"No, I'm not leaving my people to fend for themselves, they will be targeted if only to get to me," Regina pointed out.

"Regina, you're vulnerable right now, in more ways than one," Maleficent replied as she indicated Excalibur which was laying on the table now. Regina didn't want anymore secrets to those trusted among them. "You need to think about your children, and Henry. Blue will either kill them or control them. Well I'm thinking she'll kill one of them and control the other as she will be a beacon of light magic to control the masses and related to her current puppet King and Queen far more useful than Neal…"

"Stuart," Emma corrected. Maleficent rolled her eyes.

"…or Emma and Henry for that matter."

"What would you have me do run like a coward with my tail between my legs?" Regina asked.

"No, I would have you retreat and come back at full strength," Maleficent replied. "Hear me out, leave storybrooke with the sword and dagger. This will keep it out of their hands, maybe Hook will try to follow you, but I'm sure you can make it harder for an idiot pirate to find you. His magic won't be as useful to him out there as yours is to you."

"And my people?" Regina asked. "I've been named Queen I can't walk away."

"My Queen, your Queendom has been without a proper monarchy for far too long and even worse without many beloved princesses. You carry the next line of the monarchy, and it is our honor to protect ourselves, so you can protect them. You are not a King, you are a Queen that means extra things to ensure an heir to the throne. You are the most important thing to the people," King told her. "The people will understand, and we can survive five months without you against those fools from Camelot and the White Kingdom. Ogres are much worse."

"And they won't be alone, they have a dragon living on their side of town. We will create a magical line of three, that will keep them from crossing and keep that part of town safe. And we can set up border patrols. If they can't get in this should preserve loss of life from even your knights."

"I would want weekly updates," Regina told them. "Well daily, but something tells me you'd refuse."

"Damn right, you need to relax for these babies, that's the whole point of sending you away," Ruby reminded. Regina frowned.

"What about Robin and Zelena, I mean I don't think they are stupid enough to let Zelena out, but if they're after me and they want the cuff on me, they might. I mean I assume that no one outside of this room realizes that I received Merlin's power right. Last they saw of me, I was dying in Emma's arms yes?" Emma and King nodded in confirmation.

"I can lock Zelena up downstairs, she can have your cell to keep her happy, Robin can enter and exit through a cave interest, that Merida can show him. She'll be a good jailer, but I dunno that she needs to be talking to Rumple. He might use her too so hesitate to let him go."

"Magical pneumonia maybe?" Ruby asked with a shrug.

"Too easy Belle would mix him the antidote before he even told her," Maleficent told her.

"Sleeping curse then, Belle could wake him up easily," Emma said.

"He'd never take it willingly, he was the dark one for centuries, there's no way he'd not notice it," Maleficent said.

"I have just the thing to keep the old dark one from squeming too much while I'm gone." She waved her hand and a bag appeared. She pulled out a vile of clear liquid with a slight green tinge.

"This will cause heart problems, acute enough to worry a person send them to a healer. And these pills if you will, will keep causing problems, something that will make him feel better but just tired. He will be focused on preserving his life. He's got a weak heart as it is. He will need to keep taking these even if he tries to stop. I have something else that will free him, he'll need to wait until I'm back to either steal it or ask me for it."

"Perfect, I'll see he gets that now it's time for dinner." Emma disappeared and managed to slip it into his soup. He ate hungrily before he passed out. He had already missed yesterday's meal, so she knew he would be eager.

"Now what?" Merida asked.

"Take him to this address and you may let Belle know she can stay there with him." Merida nodded. When Emma returned Regina was giving King instruction on training eligible males and females around the age of twenty.

"No younger, they don't see battle it's just to help patrol," Regina told her. King nodded. "See to it that every backyard is prepared to garden. We can't be sure about your food supply, but an abundance of vegetables and whatever the merry men can hunt will be fine."

"Yes ma'am."

"They've broken into our house on Mifflin," Emma murmured. Regina frowned as she felt the barrier go down.

"That took a lot of fairy dust, Blue won't make the same mistake on our side of town. We would have the barrier back up before she could have enough dust to attack us. She will need time mine more dust for such a massive attack," Regina informed them. "Cox, grab a team and get Zelena, I want her moved. Her magic would allow Blue to move forward on our side of town early." Cox saluted her and gave her Henry. He happily sat in her lap now or rather what was left of it.

"We go home Mommy?" Henry asked.

"Um…no sweetheart, Mama is going to take us on a family vacation," Regina told him. Emma's head snapped up.

"You mean you're going to allow me to go with you?" Emma asked surprised.

"I told you Emma we belong together, and I want you there for the birth of our daughters. We were supposed to run away to Cuba remember?" Emma gave her the biggest smile.

"Yes, I remember," Emma told her. "But I'm just a fallen swan." Regina shrugged.

"And I was a fallen Queen, you're still mine Emma Swan and I want you by my side, we're stronger together remember that." Emma was so happy she was wearing normal clothes for once as her magic ran over her.

"See what love does," Ruby beamed. "Now let's put up that barrier and get you to safety."


City Hall

"I thought you said you could find them," Blue growled at Hook. He had come back empty handed. He could feel them, but just couldn't get to them.

"I did find them I'm telling you, just as I told you it was a waste of time to break into the Mifflin home. Had you used your magic where I said, we would have them already," Hook growled.

"Don't you growl at me pirate, you wouldn't be this close without me, and your power cannot be trusted yet. You don't yet have the full power, and you likely won't until you possess the dagger and control of Regina's spawn. You are sure the baby is tethered as well?"

"Yes, more than sure, I know it as sure as that I know Swan is also tethered, she'll be looking to untether the baby. If she untethers me before I've got full control, I may never get it and be stuck like this." Hook was furious with Zelena, but unfortunately, she had disappeared from her cell somehow before he could get his revenge on the way back to get Blue to use her fairy dust on the second house belonging to Regina. He needed that dagger and with it he and Emma would rule storybrook and destroy the Evil Queen. Emma was meant to be his wife not hers.

But now he knew he would have to make his own plans now independent of Blue, she was a means to an end, but their goals weren't the same. She thought she would possess the dagger at some point that he was stupid, but he was done being underestimated. He would show them just how smart Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones really was.

"Listen to me you buffoon!" Blue yelled. Hook snapped back to attention. "Finally, as I was saying we need to draw them out. Gather the people, we attack the Black Kingdom tonight and take a few hostages. I'm sure we can find some of import among them to ransom for the dagger. I bet Regina's left Henry there while she's been indisposed because she trusts those lowlifes." Before Hook could respond she waved him away with a few flicks of her hand as she sat in the mayor's chair moving it from side to side. Blue could just hear Regina now telling her not to get too comfortable, but it would be in vain, Blue was already very, very comfortable and intended to stay that way.

"Don't worry Regina the only way you'll ever sit on this throne again is when I have left it very, very cold," Blue muttered to the air.


Author's Note: Although this is not the end, please don't forget to keep an eye out for the next Interlude and then of course Fallen Swan Part two. Please leave a review and let me know what you think of the story.