Following Rumple's funeral, Storybrooke became rather quiet. However, things got busy for Regina and Emma as they became a lot more involved in the running of each Realm. The leaders of each Realm came to the mansion to greet the Queens and inform them of their Realms. They told them recent events that had happened and how the Realm was ran. They also told them of what could be traded and the population size.

The first visitors were Jasmine and Aladdin who told stories of the economic boom and stability in Agrabah. Then came Elsa and Mulan who told similar stories of Arendelle. Ruby and Dorothy had stepped down as the leaders in Oz, choosing to remain in Storybrooke with Granny and their friends instead of returning to the Emerald City. Now the leader was a charming Munchkin called Boq. He was very timid and nervous but spoke of the triumph of Oz now that the Wicked Witch had gone. Emma had to hold Regina's hand tightly during that so she didn't blast the Munchkin out of the window. He wasn't aware that he was sitting in the presence of said witch's sister. Many more leaders from the different Realms all came and by the end of the week, Emma felt like her head was going to explode.

"If I hear the words economic boom or financial stability one more time," she sighed one evening as she flopped backwards onto their bed, "I think I'm going to go insane!"

Regina chuckled as she followed her wife into the room. It was almost eleven pm and they'd seen three different leaders just that afternoon. Regina was thriving with the feeling of being Queen again, but it was all new for Emma and it was a lot to take in.

"It's only for now," Regina said as she sat beside her and slowly laid back. "Once we know everything, we can lead how we want."

Emma turned over and leant on her elbow. She reached over and placed her hand on her wife's thigh underneath her skirt. Her thumb started softly stroking her skin teasingly. "It's just a lot to take in and I still have no idea why I was even chosen to be Queen in the first place, apart from to fulfil the prophecy."

"Honey, you are the best choice for Queen," Regina said softly and she leant forward to kiss her. "You're passionate and loyal. More importantly, you're their Saviour and they wanted that in their Queen. I'm just surprised they chose me!"

"How?" Emma asked her as she slipped her hand higher, playing with the seam of her wife's underwear at the top of her thigh. "You were born to be Queen, like even your name means Queen." She chuckled. "Your mother actually called you Queen. Your name is legit Queen Queen."

The brunette couldn't help but chuckle again. "It seems my mother knew what she was doing, but I don't want to talk about her." She shuffled her hips, inviting Emma's hand to go slightly to the left. It did.

"What do you want to talk about?" Emma asked with a raised eyebrow, a mischievous glint in her eyes. She could feel the heat radiating between her wife's legs as she ran her fingers softly over her underwear clad core, turning her on immensely.

"Maybe I don't want to talk at all," Regina husked as she pulled her wife in for a blazing kiss as Emma's hand finally reached underneath her underwear and her fingers slipped firmly home.

oOoOo

A couple of days later, Emma was sitting in the living room with her feet up her reading a book. The TV was on for background noise, but she wasn't paying attention to it and Hope was happily sleeping on her mother's chest. Regina was out shopping, getting some food to keep them going until they went on their honeymoon in a few days' time.

Regina stepped into the mansion and placed the heavy bags on the kitchen side. She waved her hands and watched as the food flew to their rightful homes. She enjoyed the mundane task of shopping but putting things away was never particularly fun. However, there was one item that she made sure not to put away, well for one, it didn't have a home. Content everything was in the right place, she picked up the additional item, hiding it behind her back, and headed into the living room where she knew her wife would be.

Upon entering, she couldn't help but smile at the sight. Hope was fast asleep and Emma was so into her book that she hadn't even realised her wife had come home. Carefully as to not spook her and then wake up the baby, Regina crossed the room and sat on the other end of the sofa.

"Hey," she said quietly and Emma looked up from her book.

"Hey, when did you get in?" She replied. She quickly folded the corner of her page and shifted carefully as to not wake up Hope. She didn't. Regina held out her arm, keeping the item she brought with her behind her back, inviting Emma in and she quickly took up the offer, laying her head on her shoulder.

"Just now," Regina replied as she leant down and kissed her wife as Emma leant up. "I bought something while I was out."

"Funny that, you went shopping," Emma teased as she sat up properly. She stopped laughing when she saw the serious look on Regina's face. "What was it?"

Slowly, Regina brought the box out from behind her back. "It's been over two weeks since I took the potion and I read that might be enough time to see if I was pregnant," she said slowly.

"Do you want to take it now?" Emma asked.

At first, Regina didn't answer. She hadn't really thought about that yet. She'd just seen it in the store and thought it best to buy it just in case. The thought of actually taking it and finding out both excited her and scared her shitless. "I do but," she looked up at her wife's eyes with worry, "what if it's negative?" She all but whispered.

"Then we'll find the ingredients for the potion Ruby took and we'll try again," Emma said. She shifted Hope in her arms and reached out to cup her wife's cheek. "We will have a baby, my love, don't worry. Now let's go see if you are and we can worry about the rest later." She kissed Regina's cheek. "I'll go put Hope in her room and meet you in our bathroom?"

Regina nodded slowly as Emma stood up. The two headed up the stairs in comfortable silence before separating. Emma placed Hope gently in her crib and paused for a second to see if she was going to wake up, but she didn't, before crossing the hall and entering hers and Regina's bedroom.

When she entered the bathroom, she saw Regina perching on the bathtub staring at the stick that she'd taken out of the box.

"You need to actually pee on it for it to work," Emma said softly trying to make her wife smile. It seemed to work when the corner of Regina's mouth twitched.

Regina nodded and took a deep breath. "I can do this," she said, more to herself than to Emma. "Stay with me?" She asked looking at her wife.

"I was never going to leave," Emma said honestly.

Again, Regina nodded as she settled herself on the toilet and Emma passed her the stick. It seemed to be over in a blur and Emma was setting a timer on her phone for how long they had to wait. As soon as Regina placed the test on the counter, she turned away from both it and the timer.

The seconds seemed to pass slowly as the two women waited, neither saying a word. Then all too soon, the familiar tune of the timer tone echoed around the room.

"Ready?" Emma asked.

Regina still didn't turn around. "You look, please?"

"Okay." Emma crossed the room and took a deep breath before picking up the test. She gasped. "Ginny, turn around!"

The brunette span quickly and looked at Emma's face for a reaction. She had tears streaming down her face as she looked at the test and immediately Regina's heart sunk.

"What does it say?" She asked.

Emma shoved the stick in her wife's hand. "It's positive! Ginny, it worked! You're pregnant!" She cried happily. "You're actually pregnant!"

"I'm pregnant?" Regina echoed, not believing it.

"You're pregnant!" Emma repeated and suddenly it all clicked. Regina placed the test on the side before running at her wife and jumping on her. Emma caught her with ease, her hands slipping under her thighs to keep her up as Regina's arms went around her neck. "We're having a baby!"

Regina cupped her wife's face, thumbing her tears away. "This is one of the best gifts you've given me," Regina whispered. "Henry, Hope and now this little one."

"I love you," Emma said as she leant forward and kissed her wife.

"I love you too, my love."

oOoOo

Emma produced a couple more tests, just in case it was a false positive, something Regina voiced later. Regina took them at different intervals during the day and they said the same thing. She truly was pregnant.

They decided to keep their news to themselves as they prepared for their honeymoon. Even though it was now late spring, they were going to Europe so didn't know what weather to prepare for meaning their packing was a lot more difficult to plan. Things weren't helped when Hope started to develop a fever one night which made Emma rather hesitant to keep packing. Fortunately, Snow was able to whip up an old Enchanted Forest remedy that she swore by and Hope started to get better after a night of crying.

Before they knew it, Emma and Regina were stood outside their house bright and early with their suitcases waiting for Snow and David to arrive. David was going to be driving them to the airport so they didn't have to leave their car. Henry and his family and Zelena and hers had already arrived to say their goodbyes.

"I can't wait to hear all about it!" Zelena said as she hugged her sister close. "All the saucy details." She winked in Emma's direction.

"I don't kiss and tell," the blonde sassed.

"You may not but Gina does," the redhead replied and Emma turned to her wife with her eyebrows raised.

"I do not," Regina said indignantly.

"I, for one, don't want to hear anything of the sort," Henry said, breaking up the brewing fight. He stepped up to his blonde mother and hugged her tight before going to hug his brunette mother who stroked his cheek fondly.

"We will let you all know when we arrive and if anything happens–"

"We will sort it out best we can before you come back," Robin said cutting off her aunt. "This is a time for you just you two. Whatever happens while you're gone is not your responsibility. Unless we all die then yeah, please come help."

"You're not helping there, babe," Alice chided nudging her girlfriend softly.

"Aye, we've got it covered," Nook added.

Lucy then ran over to her grandmothers and pulled them both in for a hug. "I can't wait to hear about everything when you're back. I'm going to miss you both so much!"

"We're going to miss you too," Emma said as she kissed her forehead.

"Though we won't be going at all if the idiots don't turn up," Regina muttered. However, just as she finished, she saw the Charmings' truck pull up.

Snow and Neal jumped out of the car and ran over to them, with Charming following them. "Sorry, someone wouldn't wake up," Snow said raising her eyebrow at her son who looked guilty. She then hugged Regina and then Emma. "I hope you have a fantastic time and let me know when you arrive, and I'll video chat you whenever you need."

Neal then hugged Regina before quickly hugging his sister. "I want a present."

"Oh, do you?" Emma said with a raised eyebrow. "I don't know about that."

"What?" He cried in complete disbelief. "I even gave you a hug! Mom said you'd totally get me a present if I gave you a hug!"

Everyone laughed.

"Of course, we'll get you a present," Regina said, preventing the incoming argument. "But we really have to get off so we don't miss our flight." She then turned to Snow who had picked Hope up out of her pram. She kissed her daughter on her forehead which was repeated by Emma. "Tell her we love her."

"I will."

With a final round of hugs, Emma lifted her and Regina's suitcases into the boot of her dad's car before they got in. They waved their family off, Snow waving Hope's hand and they headed towards the airport.

The drive wasn't too long and with a playlist that Emma made specifically for their trip, they reached the airport in no time. Charming got their suitcases out the car as Regina got their documents out of her bag.

Once everything was ready, Charming opened his arms out for his daughter, who willingly hugged her dad.

"Have an amazing time!" He said as he held her close. He kissed her forehead as they pulled back. He then turned to hug Regina. "And stay safe! Let us know if anything happens."

"We will," Emma promised. "I love you, Dad." She said quietly so the others wouldn't hear her refer to the man who was the same physical age as her as dad.

"I love you too, honey. Now go or you'll miss your flight."

"Thank you for the lift, David," Regina said. "Have a safe drive back."

Charming nodded and kissed both their temples one last time before getting back in his car and driving off.

Emma took her wife's hand and grabbed her suitcase with the other and they headed to the check in desks.

An hour later, the two were all checked in and had been through duty free before sitting in the lounge enjoying complimentary drinks. Emma was scrolling through Facebook as Regina was going over their itinerary for Berlin, the first place they were headed.

"It's a bit late to change anything now," Emma said as she looked over to her wife. "We can always play things by ear."

Regina scoffed at the idea. "I want us to make the most out of the time we're there. Neither of us have ever been."

"And if we miss somewhere, we can always come back," Emma shrugged. "This trip is about the two of us spending time together and doing all the things newlyweds too." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively and Regina blushed and slapped her wife on the thigh. "You know it's true."

"I've told you this before, I'm a Queen, I'm a little more refined," Regina sassed and Emma threw her head back and laughed.

"Oh please," she scoffed, still chuckling. "If there's one thing you love more than our kids," Emma leant forward and brought her lips to her wife's ear, "it's my tongue on your body. More particularly, in between your legs," she whispered and nipped her lobe before soothing it over with her tongue. Regina had to bite her lip so she didn't moan in front of room of strangers.

"Touché, my dear," she said breathlessly.

Just as Emma went to reply, the speakers made an announcement. "Can the passengers for flight 15038 to New York please make your way to Gate 17 in preparation for boarding."

Emma then stood and stretched her arms above her head letting her wife get a full view of her abdomen, as her top rode up, before reaching out her hand.

"Ready to go, Mrs Swan-Mills?" Emma asked.

Regina took her wife's outstretched arm. "Most definitely!"

The two picked up their handbags and left the lounge. Hand in hand, they made their way to the Gate. They joined the queue and slowly made their way onto the plane. Emma was ridiculously excited. Never before had she sat in first class, but Regina had wanted to go all out. They sat beside each other and Regina kept her in Emma's for the entire flight as it was her first time flying. She tightened her grip twice, once during take off and the other during landing.

Their first flight was only an hour and a half and they were soon landing. They got off the plane and headed for their connection. They had an hour to wait before take off so they grabbed some food and found some seats. Before long, their flight was announced and they were boarding the next flight. This journey was going to be around eight hours long. The shorter flight had prepared Regina, so she wasn't quite as nervous.

They spent most of the second flight watching films and talking quietly to each other. Emma also gave Regina reassuring kisses every now and then, which the brunette was grateful of. They spent about an hour napping too to pass time and before they knew it, they were landing and the captain announced, "Herzlich Willkommen in Berlin!"

Emma and Regina turned to each other, both grinning brightly; their honeymoon was about to begin.