A/N: this chapter is mainly fluff and family orientated!
Letting out a gasp followed by a squeal, Lily pushes herself up onto her feet from her position on the floor then holds her hands out to Charlie. "Wait! No moving!" Backing up to the door, the small blonde runs as fast as her little legs can take her then pushes the door to her parents room open, finding Maleficent coming out of the bathroom door. Seeing her daughter, the dragon woman frowns while also looking around for her son. The girl grabs her hand quickly and pulls to the door. "Come!"
Eyes widening in fear as everything bad that she could possibly think of is running through her head, the blonde follows quickly and walks into Lily's bedroom finding Charlie standing at the foot of the girl's bed with a huge grin, holding onto the wooden poster.
Pouting, Lily glances up at their mommy. "He was walking!"
Dropping her mouth open in shock, Maleficent kneels on the floor at a distance. "Lily get my phone please"
Nodding, the small blonde runs out of the room to get her phone then stands beside her, looking in the direction of her baby brother. "Chaarliee come to me!"
Bouncing, Charlie looks between his mother and sister before gradually letting go of the bed. Shifting his feet round, the boy purses his lip in concentration as he attempts to make a step, making Maleficent laugh at how much he is currently looking like her wife. Managing to get a good three steps going, Charlie then falls forward in an outburst of giggles on top of his open armed sister causing Lily to fall backward onto the carpet also giggling. Patting his back, the small blonde sits them back up. "Good Charlie boy"
Smiling in awe at the pair, the blonde ends her video and sends it to Regina, hoping it would make her day at the office better as the woman hated to leave her family behind of a morning, however now she only works part time in the office while still being full time mayor.
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Ending a very irritating phone call, Regina slams the phone down and leans forward onto her desk while rubbing her temples. Hearing her phone buzz, the brunette checks the message then sits back spotting the video, immediately making the woman smile. Pressing play, the mayor watches as her son walks towards his sister then the collapse of laughter, also hearing her wife chuckle in the background. Biting her lip towards the end, Regina hears a knock at the office door and looks up teary as Snow walks in. Seeing the brunette's state, the short haired woman looks concerned and approaches the desk. "Regina? What's wrong?"
Quickly smiling to show that she is okay, Regina wipes her eyes. "I..just got a video..Charlie took his first steps and..I'm here..I should be there.."
"Then go home, I'm sure the town can survive..besides if it's the paperwork that is the problem, I can help you out? I've done it before remember?"
The mayor nods getting teary again. "You're right. What are you doing here anyway?"
Snow smiles at the question. "Henry's birthday.."
Regina screws her face up. "Please do not remind me because the thought of my little prince being sixteen is just ridiculous.."
Laughing at her reaction, the fellow brunette shakes her head. "Tell me about it..at least he is your son..he's my grandson and that makes me pretty ancient, curse included."
Smirking with a raised eyebrow, the mayor nods while packing up her desk. "Yeah..I suppose I win that one..what was it about Henry's birthday? Did you or Emma have a plan?"
"Yes..you know how much he loves it when everyone gets along? Well Emma was thinking maybe a party of some sort..and as much as we all love Granny's, we was wondering if we could maybe..."
"Have it at the mansion? Of course, it's his home too" standing, Regina grabs her coat and bag then nods towards the door for Snow to follow.
Following, the short haired woman goes out to the brunette's car "Great so..Saturday say two? Gives him the chance to do what he wants to do in the morning and us time to prepare"
"Perfect. However, awkward question, where exactly is he going to be spending his birthday?"
Pausing by the Benz, Snow hugs her arms. "Well Henry already said he wanted to be at yours because of Lily and Charlie so how about we take him Saturday night?"
Biting her lip thinking it over, Regina agrees. "Yes because Lily and Charlie will be tired and..it makes more sense for him to go with you, okay well I guess I will see you Saturday morning then" watching the woman walk off, the brunette quickly drives home to see her newly walking son.
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Walking through the front door, Regina smiles to herself as she removes her coat hearing the on go of laughter upstairs followed by voices. Heading upstairs, the brunette stops in her daughter's bedroom doorway and quickly covers her mouth with a snigger at what she sees. Hearing the woman try her best to hold in a laugh, Maleficent tilts her head, glancing over from her spot, being on all fours with Charlie perched on her back. "Say...nothing"
Letting out a laugh, Regina hugs Lily as she runs over. "What are you doing?!"
"She being a dragon for Charlie mama" Lily states as if it's obvious. "They were chasing me"
Dropping her head down, Maleficent sighs. "Lily get Charlie"
Walking back over, the small blonde lifts the boy with a mini struggle then sits down with him as Regina walks over and holds a hand out to the blonde. Accepting her wife's hand, the dragon woman stands then smiles when she receives a kiss. "What are you doing home anyway?"
The mayor pouts as she wraps her arms around the blonde's waist. "I got your video and I wanted to see for myself..."
"Oh..and here I thought you wanted to see me?" Maleficent rubs her arms then kisses her again.
"Eeew mommy!"
Looking over to their children, both women stare in disbelief at their daughter as she covers Charlie's eyes despite his attempt of pushing her off with another babble.
Kissing the blonde's cheek, Regina smirks as she whispers in her ear. "We will get back to this later.." Pulling back but still within her wife's embrace, the brunette looks over to their children again. "Lily bean? I have a job for you and you can help your brother"
"Oh? What mama?" Lily looks up intrigued as does Maleficent.
"We are going to be having a party here on Saturday for Henry's birthday..do you think you could maybe make some decorations with your amazing artistic skills?"
Grinning, the small blonde nods. "Yes mama..for Henry!"
"Party huh?" The blonde questions curiously.
Regina looks to her wife and smiles. "If that is okay with you? It's just a big step..he's going to be sixteen.."
"Of course it is okay with me. Besides he lives here too. What do you need help with?"
Biting her lip, the brunette quickly gets an idea and grins. "You can be in charge of drink..remember that punch you tried to make when you ran out of wine at the castle? Do that without...drink. Everyone will love it"
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As Saturday arrived, the first to be up as usual was Lily. Darting out of her room, she quickly gets Charlie from his crib as the boy stands holding the rails excitedly. Once down, the small blonde takes his brothers hand and helps him to walk to Henry's room. Charlie now could walk with the added support and Lily had been very determined since his first steps to help him. Quietly walking into the teen's room, the girl magic's her brother to the bed then goes up to the side and pats Henry's shoulder. "Wake up Henry, it's your birthday!"
Charlie claps at how happy his sister is acting then flops down on top of Henry. Breaking out into a smile, the teen opens his eyes and looks between the pair before leaning over and grabbing Lily up to sit beside him. "Thanks little sis.."
Lily grins then reveals a birthday card before passing it over. "We made for you"
Charlie crawls up to the top then also gets lifted by Henry who sits him between his legs to prevent him falling from the bed. Opening the card, the teen smiles at the hand prints of the pair in order of size then sees the opposite page blank.
Pointing, the small blonde quickly explains. "That's for your hand..so you have all three"
"Oh okay I will do that later, thanks Lily and Charlie!"
The smaller boy babbles and grabs at his hand with a smile. "..ry ry.."
Laughing, Henry lifts Charlie up so they can all get up. "You trying to say my name little dude?"
Lily looks shocked. "He not spoke yet!"
Henry's eyes widen. "Oh boy..am I gona be in trouble.."
Watching his door open again seeing his mom and Maleficent standing there, Henry smiles nervously. Regina smiles and goes over hugging him with Charlie. "Happy birthday my big prince.."
"Oh so now I have lost my title? Thanks Charlie boy"
Tapping his arm playfully, the brunette rolls her eyes. "You always complain when I call you little prince so now it's changed.."
Stepping forward to prevent an argument, the blonde also hugs him. "Happy birthday Henry"
Charlie claps at everyone being there and happy before talking again. " nry nry!"
Henry gulps at Charlie's even better attempt at saying his name and looks to Lily who mirrors his 'uh oh' look then the siblings turn to see Regina and Maleficent looking shocked.
A/N2: next up party with a revelation? Also opinion...what if I round it off to 50 so two more chapters and an epilogue? then if you like my DragonQueen style, I can create a new story with a variety of one shots and prompts given? so I can use your wonderful ideas :) I can also use the children if you like.
