"I, Emma White, Daughter of Snow White and David Charming. Hereby swear that I shall be forever faithful to Regina Mills, the queen of the Dark Kingdom. Your wish is my desire, your command is my pleasure. What is mine is now yours. I swear to love you, cherish your darkness, and protect your happiness. This is what I swear to you as your future consort." I swore to Regina. This is the best option since Snow has committed treason to the throne. Regina has every right to punish her for what she did. But by me becoming Regina's 'husband', then Regina technically is the future king of the white. Since I am the crown princess, even though Snow is technically the crown princess.

"I, Regina Mills, Queen of the Dark Kingdom. Hereby accept you, Emma White, Daughter of Snow White and David Charming. As the future King of the Dark Kingdom, my darkness is now our darkness." Regina swore. All of a sudden I felt the bond with Regina become even stronger.

"NO!what have you done Emma?!" Mom yelled, furiously. I have just started giving Regina what she deserved.

"On the night that I ran away you said 'We worked hard to guarantee that you grew up in a peaceful kingdom. You will do what is necessary, to ensure that peace remains.'. I have decided that this is the best way to ensure that peace remains." I remarked, bitterly.

"Queen Regina is dangerous! How dare you betray your family by swearing an oath of engagement to her of all people. Special since you are set to marry Baefire tonight at your coronation!" Dad yelled, furiously.

"Betraying family seems to be a family trait of the White kingdom royal family." I say, coldly.

"Emma, we made the deal with the dark one. Because we thought it was the best option for you." Mom remarked. Now I can understand why Regina hates my mom so much.

"That's a lie, as I recall you and dad both agreed to the deal for different reasons." I remarked, annoyed.

Flashback of the night I ran away

"Emma, please let me explain why I accept Rumple's deal." Mom pleaded. I should at least let her explain, I may understand everything better. I walked over to the door and unlocked it. "Emma, I accepted Rumple's deal because it guaranteed the future of the kingdom. The evil queen is dangerous, Rumple knows what the queen is capable of. He will teach you how to defeat her once and for all. You marrying Baefire will make the dark one family and an ally of the White Kingdom."

"If I marry I want it to be for love, not power." I answered, annoyed. I understand her reasons but I'm still not happy with it.

" Emma you have to do what is best for the kingdom. You're going to be queen of the white kingdom in 4 days. That means marrying the dark one's son, for the sake of the kingdom." Dad explained.

Flashback end

"Emma, stop acting so selfish!" Baefire yelled, furiously. "It seems you will need a reminder of your place. I am your future husband, the future king of this kingdom. You are my future wife, that shall bear a child. Who shall continue the white and dark one line."

"Enough!" Regina yells, coldly. "Emma is no longer yours, she never was yours."

"This is all your fault Regina!" Dad yelled as he grabbed one of the guards swords, and lunged at Regina. I stepped in front of Regina, and felt the sword cut through my body. A tense silence filled the throne room.

"There is darkness in the White Kingdom, but are you strong enough to fight it?" I say, as I start to feel dizzy. Regina rushed to my side, I could see tears in her eyes.

"David, what have you done?!" Mom yelled. Rumple told my parents 'Your daughter will embrace her destiny as the savior, but at the cost of the throne.'. Could this be the first price they must pay, for their thirst for power?. I started to feel my body healing on its own. Regina's eyes were glowing purple. It's the bond, my magic is using Regina's magic to heal me.

"Regina, can you take us back?" I whisper. She nods slightly.

"When you see Emma again it will be at the duel of champions. Because you lost the right to come to the wedding." Regina says, bitterly. Then poofs us back to the dark kingdom. When the smoke clears we are both back in her chambers.

"We are going to need to meet with your council immediately." I comment.

"Don't you mean our council?" She asks, as she used magic to make my armor disappear. So she could check my wound, lifted up the right side of my shirt so she could check. "How is this possible?"

"The bond between it allowed me to use your magic to heal me." I answer. Regina looked at me shocked, she knows something about the type bond we share.

"It seems that you completely healed, however I would like you to rest for 3 days before you start training with the huntsman." Regina commented.

"Okay."

"Why did you step in front of him?" Regina asked, concerned.

"Because I care for you, and I am going to be a knight of the Dark Kingdom. It is expected of me to protect you, regardless of what it may cost me." I say, passionately.

"Emma, I am not an easy person to care about." She remarks, sadly.

"Remember the night that I ran away, I said 'I hope to learn the true story, Since evil Isn't born it's made.'. Well this is my chance to learn the true story of my future wife." I comment, sincerely. Regina looks at me amazed, I can tell she is still hesitant to let me and tell me more about her past.

"You know that with you being my future 'husband' there are going to be so many ceremonies that you will have to go through." Regina remarks.

"How many ceremonies will I have to go through?" I ask, curiously.

"You will have to go through the ceremony of strength. Which involves you getting what I desire most. Then the cleansing ceremony, followed by the darkness ceremony, the champion ceremony, the knighthood ceremony. Then the council must test you to see if you are worthy of being my husband. After that we have to go through five other ceremonies. Then the wedding, followed by a magic wedding." Regina answered.

"What does the cleansing ceremony and the Darkness ceremony entail?" I ask.

"The cleansing ceremony removes any curses or blessings that might affect your loyalty to the Dark kingdom. It symbolizes that you are no longer going to let anyone control you. The Darkness ceremony is unique, it is a ceremony that releases your inner darkness. Which tests you to see if you are worthy of bearing the mark of the Dark Kingdom. However since you are going to become king of the Dark Kingdom. The test is going to be different, it will test you to see how far are you willing to give it the darkness to protect me or please me." Regina explains.

"What are the other ceremonies that we will have to go through together?" I ask, intrigued.

"One of the ceremonies test us to see, if we are a good match for each other. Another is test to see if we will abuse our power as rulers to get revenge. The only other one I know of is, one where one of us is temporarily cursed. The other is tested to see if you will be able to trust them. Even if you know them a certain way." Regina explained.

"I presume the test about Revenge is because of your early thrust for revenge?" I ask, while smirking.

"Yes, however I have that under control now. Since as a ruler you must put the Kingdom before your own needs. However you are a unique case, since you benefit me and my Kingdom. Your claim to the throne actually prevents Snow from declaring war on the Dark kingdom. However since her charming prince attacked you, we can actually force them to do whatever we want to prevent another war from happening." Regina explained, joyfully.

"Regina there's something I need to tell you. Remember how I mentioned I knew a way to make Snow into your personal pawn?" I ask, carefully. Regina looked at me with one eyebrow arched.

"Yes."

"Well Snow didn't follow the rules of royalty." I reveal.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, confused.

"You should technically be queen Regina of the White kingdom. Because Snow stole the crown from you. Snow would have become queen after she was married, however there are two problems. One you never approved the marriage and two you never gave either of them your blessing. You know what that means Regina?" I ask, sinisterly.

"What?" She asked, intrigued.

"Since the transition of power never happened between you and Snow. I am technically not the heir to the throne. Which means by marrying me, you will be actually strengthening your hold to the White kingdom throne. Since I am the granddaughter of king Leopold, our marriage wouldn't require their blessing because I am not the heir to the throne." I explained. "However I will ask Snow to give her blessing so that everything seems official. Then when she refuses to give her blessing, I tell her what I just told you."

"Snow would be forced to do whatever we ask, since if she doesn't. I can reclaim the throne through marriage, since your father isn't royalty he is adopted." Regina remarked, joyfully.

"Snow is power hungry, I think we should teach her a lesson. That everything comes with a price, but how much are you willing to pay?" I remarked.

"What happened to the good Emma White?" She asked, shocked.

"I am the future king of the Dark Kingdom, after all I am going to be marrying you. Everyone sees you as the Evil Queen, but to me you're Regina. Which means I have to become slowly corrupted by you. After all you want revenge on Snow White and as I recall from my oath. I said 'Your wish is my desire, your command is my pleasure.'. You wish to get your revenge on Snow White, well now that is my desire." I answer.

"You are in for a treat come our wedding night." Regina promised.