My New Beginning

Chapter 6 The Prophecy

Along with the rest of the people at the ball, I was dumbstruck at the news this green woman just dropped.

I shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't have a sister."

"Yes, you do, your Grace."

Everyone turned to look at the Blue Fairy.

Blue inhaled then began, "Your mother was ashamed of what she had done with King Leopold's gardener. After Zelena was born, she brought the child into the forest, conjured a tornado just like the one we just witnessed, and sent the baby away."

I grabbed Emma's arm for support, then Zelena continued, "Couldn't have told it better myself."

"Why are you here?" Emma questioned, then Zelena quickly replied, "Oh, my business isn't with you, Princess, my business is with my sister."

"Regina is my business, so what do you want?"

"Temper, temper! I'm intrigued! Honestly, sis, keep your soul mate on a leash."

Emma and I quickly exclaimed, "What?"

"Oh please, I watched the entire lovers spat unfold this evening. But enough of that, the reason why I am here, Princess Emma, is because I want everything that rightly belongs to me since I am the firstborn."

I retaliated, "You were born a commoner. You are not of royal descent."

"Shut it!" Zelena screamed then continued, "You will suffer, Regina! I will make you pay for what mother did! I will prove to everyone that I am the stronger sister that I am better than you!"

Emma furrowed her eyebrows, "So, how is it Regina's fault that Cora gave you up?"

Zelena was fuming. She gracefully walked up to Emma to where they were standing face to face, "Not only will Regina suffer, but so will you!"

She got on her broom and flew out of the ballroom cackling.

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I turned to Clara and said, "Could you see that Henry gets to bed? I don't know how long we will be."

Clara nodded and escorted Henry to his room. After the guests were leaving, Snow walked up to us.

"Sorry to interrupt," she placed a hand on Emma's shoulder then continued after we both looked at her. "Blue needs to speak to us immediately. Meet us in the council chamber."

We nodded, and Snow walked away to join David and Blue. Emma took my hand in hers. I turned to look at Emma with tear-filled eyes.

"Hey," Emma began, "It will be alright…"

"How do you know for sure that it will be alright? Emma, I just found out that my mother kept the fact that I had a sister from me who is also magical and now…now she is threatening to destroy everything that I worked so hard to get…"

Tears began to fall, and Emma took me into an embrace. She let me cry for a bit, and then she broke the embrace. We looked at each other and took each other's' hands.

I smiled weakly. "How can you be so calm at a time like this?"

Emma smiled. "Someone has to be. Come on; they are waiting on us."

We let go of each other's hands and walked toward the council chamber.

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Emma and I walked in to see Blue, David, Snow, and Tinker Bell in deep conversation. Tinker Bell noticed when we were walking in and nudged Blue.

"Oh good, you both made it. Please, sit." Blue motioned for the Royals to sit.

Everyone sat except the two fairies. Blue began, "I feared this would happen one day. So, I will say what I mean. There was a prophecy made long ago before you were even born, Emma. The seer had foreseen that the Queen, meaning you Regina, and the Savior would be soul mates. The Queen would conceive and bear a child. When the child is born on the third day of the third month before the sun dies, the Wicked Witch will fall by the hands of the Savior and the Queen."

Wait a minute. She only told part of the prophecy. Why? I don't want her to think that I already know the prophecy, so I decided to play dumb. "How can I conceive a child when I prevented that years ago?"

"And neither of us have the male equipment for it to happen. How is all that possible?" Emma was trying to piece everything together.

Blue replied, "Emma, with magic, everything is possible. Even though Regina drank a potion not to have any children, she can still conceive and have a child through magic. Yes, Regina, it is possible."

Tinker Bell decided to add more to the bombshell, "Regina, remember when I told you that your soul mate had a lion tattoo. I thought your soul mate was Robin, but I was wrong," she turned to Emma, "The scar on your right shoulder…what is it from?"

Emma closed her eyes, "I got a tattoo on my right shoulder when I was eighteen. It got infected, and I went to the emergency room. It had to be removed, and I had three rounds of antibiotics to get rid of the infection."

"What was the tattoo?" I questioned then Emma turned her gaze toward her and replied, "a roaring lion's head."

I felt sick. It was too much. First, my sister was out for revenge on her. Second, there's the prophecy that I will conceive and have a baby that I know would never happen. Third, the baby would be mine and the Savior's baby, Emma's baby. Last but not least, Emma was my soul mate the entire time, and Tinker Bell led me to a bar to see a man who wasn't her soul mate. I looked at Emma, and she didn't look any better than I did.

"I…I need some fresh air," Emma got up and walked out of the room.

I placed my hand on my stomach, "I feel sick," and followed Emma.

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After violently emptying my stomach's contents, I walked out on the balcony after cleaning my mouth and charmed away the vomit breath. I closed my eyes, inhaled, and then exhaled deeply. Emma arrived after emptying her stomach contents and charmed away the vomit breath. She leaned forward on the ledge, closed her eyes, and hung her head.

Emma was the first to say something. "Soul mates…"

I opened my eyes and gazed out into the forestry. "Soul mates…"

"And a baby!"

I straightened up my posture. "Nothing is impossible with magic, Emma."

We were silent for a while, thinking of what to do next.

Emma turned to look at me. "I have a question."

I turned to look at her, and she continued, "How is it supposed to feel when you kiss your true love?"

"Well," I took a deep breath then exhaled. "So I've heard, for magical persons like ourselves, it feels like electricity flowing through you and warmth soon follows."

Emma straightened up and turned to her, "Just like when you helped me up after I had fallen off of Princess."

The realization hit me. "Yes, just like that."

Silence yet again, I broke the silence this time. "What is going on with us, Emma?"

"I don't know," Emma showed her concern as we made eye contact.

We gazed into each other's eyes, getting lost in our unique beauty. Our hearts raced; we leaned closer to each other.

"How are you two doing?" Snow interrupted, and Emma hung her head.

I laughed at Emma's reaction to Snow's interruption then I replied, "Well, we are not that great at the moment. We are trying to discuss what we are going to do since this has to do with us. Right now, you and Tinker Bell are not on my good list because you were trying to keep Emma and I away from each other just because we were getting close. According to this prophecy, I am her soul mate, and she is mine; therefore, no one will separate us."

"I know," Snow hung her head in defeat, "I am sincerely sorry forever trying to separate you two. I didn't know about the prophecy until this evening. I promise you that."

Emma took my hand in hers, and the electric connection immediately followed by warmth flowed throughout our bodies. We smiled at each other.

"Good night, you two love birds." Emma and I turned toward Snow with a 'what the hell' expression on our faces, then Snow smiled. "Sweet dreams."

She wrinkled her nose then left us alone.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, exhaled, and began, "That felt good to…"

I didn't have time to finish my thought. Emma pulled me close to her, and our lips met to share a tender kiss. Just like I described, electricity flowed through us, followed by the warmth that spread like wildfire. When we parted lips, Emma placed her forehead against mine.

"Emma," I began, "I…"

"Please, we need to know what our next step is. It is obvious that we are soul mates, and that is the reason why our magic bonded. We even read about it in your book! So, all I know is that I won't be able to sleep until we figure out what we are going to do."

Emma turned and walked into her bedroom. I traced my lips with my fingertips remembering what just happened. I glanced up at the night sky, smiled at the brightest evening star, and then walked into Emma's room. I noticed the blonde sitting on the bed, and I walked over to join her.

I was the first to speak, "Before you let me have a chance to say anything, I would suggest what our next step should be."

Emma nodded. "Okay," and then I continued, "I believe we should…"

A bright light came into Emma's room, and Blue materialized, but not as graceful as she always was.

I turned to Emma, who was annoyed by how they kept getting interrupted, and I chuckled, "I'm going to let you handle this one."

"Gladly," Emma began her rant toward Blue, "So now what, was there a big shakeup in the magical universe? Are the heavens going to open up and trumpets blast?"

Blue made an annoyed expression then began explaining, "The fairies and I kept an eye on Zelena when, yes Emma, there was a huge disturbance in the magical universe. It knocked us back enough to knock the wind out of us. Our magic stayed intact to see the same thing happen to Zelena. This prophecy is already set in motion, whether you two can see it or not. I don't know what happened between you two, but it was powerful enough to knock down the strongest magical beings in the Enchanted Forest. What did you two do about five minutes ago?"

Emma and I linked our hands, and Emma replied, "We shared our first kiss."

Blue began to think. "The first kiss of true love is powerful, but the first kiss of true love between two magical people where the magic had already bonded…that explains the powerful force that knocked us back."

Emma and I turned to face each other.

Emma was the first to say something, "Decision made?"

I nodded. "Decision made."