I know I know I am a little late and by a little I mean by 5 days… yeah life… pretty much
I was so happy for the week off from writing it was good for my brain and my week turned out to be better because of it, my twin sister and I are moving to Florida soon… within a month hopefully into our new place is close to our school Full Sail University, so we can finally take a look at the school we have been dreaming about since 2009 for me 2008 for her. EEEEEEPPPPPP! I'm so happy I can just burst into a gazillion of bubbles and float away
WTF will be updated tomorrow or Wednesday I have to add more to it
Disclaimer: I own nothing but what is mine… Oh this chapter has a few shocking "NO!" moments so you have been warned.
Secondly guys its some sexy stuff in this chapter not to graphic but enough for you to want to shield your phone if you have people that like to read over shoulder ^_^
As soon as the smoke cleared Marian spoke again as the other stood frozen in place
"Robin? What the hell is going on that is the second time this woman has tried to kill me! What choice is she talking about?" Marian said walking over to him anger and confusion etched on her face
When he didn't respond and still stood staring at the spot Regina had disappeared from she grabbed his arm and turned him to face her
"Robin"
Robin looked at his wife and sighed hard shaking his head. He knew he had to tell his wife about him and Regina, there was no other way around it, but what he didn't want was to hurt his wife, his Marian. Who at one point was his whole world his pride and joy, his heart but after years and years of morning her, the fire which was his love slowly snuffed out; or so he thought, because when he saw her just days ago it seemed like the god had answered his long forgotten prayer to reunite him with his wife. To bring back Roland's mother and the one woman that the merry men seemed to accept immediately
"Regina…" he began looking at his wife "The Queen and I have been seeing each other"
Marian let go of his arms and took a step back but before she could say anything he spoke again.
"It has only been a few of weeks but… I have grown fond of her… very fond actually"
"Do you love her" Marian asked quietly afraid of the answer
"Marian, I love you" Robin said taking a step forward and grabbing her hands to which Marian shook them off
"Do you love her" she demanded with tears in her eyes
Robin shook his head "I don't know"
"You don't know?" she asked disgusted "How can you even bare to touch that monster!"
"She's not a monster!"
"She killed and tortured thousands of innocent people! We used to wish someone would teach her a lesson and now you're courting her!"
"She isn't like that anymore" he yelled stepping away from her and turning to take a deep breath as he rubbed his hand over his face, anger boiling up within him.
"Isn't like that? She tried to kill me, Robin or do I not matter?!" Marian said pointing to her self
Robin tuned to yell at her when she stopped him and spoke again "How could you bring our son around her"
"Regina would never hurt him…"
"You like she would never hurt her own son!" Marian growled, she sucked her teeth and sighed hard as tears formed in her eyes. How could he love this woman, this woman who hurt and killed so many but not only that but they witnessed her destruction and heard stories of her monstrous reign
When she opened her mouth to speak again it was barely above a whisper "Robin I am your wife, you made a vow to be with me to love me, to always have me… so how could you…"
"Marian…" he said walking to her and grabbing her hands as tears fell from her eyes "I do love you and I took serious my vows, and it is that very vow now that hurts my heart so much I would gladly be rid of it. I mourned you…" he said as tears fell from his eyes. He reached up and cupped his wife's face using his thumbs to wipe the stray tears that still lingered on her cheeks "I mourned you so long that the look of a happy couple angered me. How could they be so happy when I was hurting, how could they, kiss and touch and laugh when I had no one to do the same. I prayed to the gods that they would bring you back to me, so I wouldn't be so alone, so I wouldn't have to stare our son and tell him his mother was dead, but the gods are cruel you see, because here you are standing before me as if you have never left my side…" he said as his hands fell and he looked at her with such sadness and pain "When I finally accept that that prayer would never be answered and that you would never return to me, they bring you back"
"And you no longer love me" she said sadly more then she asked
Robin grabbed her hands again "No that is what hurts me, years I've told myself that I was over you, that I could finally let you go and when I saw you that day in the diner I knew then that it was a lie. I never got over you my heart still stopped when I saw you; your kiss still left me breathless…"
"Then why…" Marian said shaking her head looking at him
"Because I feel the same with Regina, I never thought that in a million years I would ever feel for a woman the way I felt with you but I did… with her"
"So you do love her" she said
"There are moments where I catch myself smiling when I think of her and moments when I longed to be with her so if that is love… then yes"
Marian sniffed and scuffed "You love the monster that captured and planned to kill me"
"What"
"Yes, your precious Regina had planned my execution the next morning, when Emma helped me escape. So maybe if I had stayed there instead of being brought here you 'decision' would be a lot easier" she said with anger
"Don't say that, you know that is not how I feel nor what I would want!"
"It doesn't matter, because if you want that murderous bitch then you can have her, court her, bed her, I don't care" she said stepping away from him "But what you will not do is put my son in danger, if you want her then you don't want our son"
"Marian" Robin said fear and shock in his face and voice
"Marian, wait" Snow, Granny and Charming who were all silent up until that point spoke up
Marian ignored them all continuing to walk backwards toward the door staring at Robin "Find another room, you're not welcome in ours anymore" she said as she turned and ascended the stairs
Robin ran and called after her but when he heard the door slam her stayed standing by the doorframe separating the B&B from the diner. He growled hitting the doorframe.
"Robin" a female voice said as a hand touched his shoulder.
He turned to see Emma with guilt etched on every feature of her face "Robin… I"
He brushed passed her "Excuse me" he sighed "I need some air"
"This is all my fault" Emma whispers as she sees Robin leave the diner
"Yeah, well were not going to get anywhere pointing out the obvious, let's just try and fix this and move on" Granny said with a grunt putting the broom down
"I still can't believe Robin and Regina were dating they did an excellent job of hiding it" Ruby said looking at the group "Do you think they were dating the whole time, even in the enchanted forest?"
"No I doubt it, those two were insufferable around us, no one can fake a hate like that" Charming said
"I'm worried about my mom" Henry said out loud
"I am too" Snow said rocking Prince Neal "But it looks like she's trying to fight… The Evil Queen"
"How can you tell" Emma asked
"You saw when she cleaned the diner The Queen got upset"
"I still don't believe this whole second personality BS everyone is spinning" Granny said
"Why not it's the same when Ruby couldn't control her wolf" Snow said
"Don't compare my grandchild to that monster" Granny growled
"That's not my intention" Snow said taking a deep breath "What I'm saying is when the curse broke Ruby didn't even know how to control or change into her wolf until the full moon and that mess with King George. So I think Regina's is the same she's worked so hard to be good and work on her anger that she hasn't used… like really use the Evil Queen so long that when she really got angry this time she just… couldn't control it, she didn't know how to respond to this… it was like Daniel all over again"
"So how do we fix it?" Henry asked
"I don't know, but what I do know is that right now nothing can be done, and Evil or not your mom would want you in the bed, its way passed yours and Neal's bed time"
"I'll have you know I'm 13 now I'm a teenager" Henry said with a coy smile
"Yes but those glazed eyes tell me your tired so come on, let's go home"
"Granny is there anything else you need me to do?" Charming asked as everyone stood and headed for the door
"No, the mess has been dealt with, looks like we can open on time tomorrow" Granny said as she and ruby but the brooms back after cleaning up the broken tea cup from earlier.
"Alright goodnight" the charming's said as they walked out of the diner. The wind had picked up a bit and looked as if it would Snow soon.
"That's strange it shouldn't be this cold right?" Emma asked
"Well I'm not sure and I'm too tired to worry about the sky when the only thing I want to see is the back of my eye lids" Snow said as she buried Prince Neal closer to her chest to keep his face out of the cold wind.
Snow's Loft
After feeding Prince Neal again everyone went down as soon as they reached the loft, Charming and Snow switching rooms with Emma and sleeping down stairs because the room was bigger and it was closer to the stove if David needed to heat up a bottle. Henry ended up sleeping on the sofa because he claimed he was too old to sleep in the same room as his mom. But Emma had made the sofa a pull out so he had an actual bed to sleep on.
It was dark in the apartment and even darker in Emma's room, she slept in her white tank top and red underwear since Snow and David felt the need to turn the heat on higher than normal since the loft, often times mimic the temperature outside and to avoid the baby waking up because it was too cold they opted to turn the heat on higher.
Emma slept on her stomach, over top her cover and blanket, her arms cradling the pillow as her slightly wet disheveled hair was sprawled about her and her left leg was straight down while her right thigh was parallel with her right arm and her knee bent so her foot pointed to the bottom of the bed.
Emma stirred a little when she felt the right side of the bed dip down and felt a body slide in next to her
"Mmm… Henry I thought you were too old to sleep in here" Emma mumbled in her sleep
She suddenly left a soft hand brush her hair back out of her face and she slowly blinked her eyes open, it was so dark that she couldn't make out the figure looking back at her, so she lifted her head and let out a soft yelp as she slid further back from the big black eyes staring back at her.
"Do you know you snore" The Evil Queen said with a victorious smile for scaring Emma
"Regina, what the fuck are, you doing in here!" Emma whispered harshly as she sat on far left side of the bed, her heart pounded in her chest
"Watch your tone savior and I came here to kill you" she said standing and facing the bed and looking at Emma as if her reason for standing in her room at 3am in the morning was obvious "I just wanted to wake you first. Leopold died in his sleep, lucky bastard. I wasn't there, he had me locked in my room but you would think that if you tell someone to kill someone, they would at least want that person awake to see it… but some people don't have the stomach for it; fortunately for you I do" she said putting her hands on her hips and smiling
Emma eyes got as big as gulf balls "You're going to kill me… why?"
The Queen rolled her eyes "I asked you earlier if you would help me kill Marian and you said you wouldn't have you changed your mind?"
"N… No" Emma stuttered leaning further away from the Queen
"Okay then" Regina said shaking her head and looking at Emma "You die first"
"Regina, wait" Emma said now standing when she felt something tight clench her neck and cut off her air
"My name is your Majesty, and No I will not wait, see that's the problem with Regina she lets you talk you way out of it, or find some kind of loop hole, not me. I woke you so I can see your eyes glaze over and turn grey… it's my favorite part"
The Queen raised Emma far off the ground and held her away for the wall so her kicking wouldn't hit it and wake the others
"Regina… Pl… please" Emma said as she grabbed ahold of whatever had her neck, her eyes beginning to water and her face becoming bright red
"You're Majesty" The Queen Growled out tightening her magical grip
Emma face began to turn purple as she spewed spit from her mouth trying to gasp for air. Her eyes started to bulge and tears ran down her face
"Pl… Please… Hen… Henry"
"Don't worry I did him first" she said with a sly smile as Emma's eyes started to close and her face turned a dark shade of purple
Snow held tighter to David as her dream took a dark turn.
She was rocking chair in Emma's old room in the Enchanted Forest, rocking and humming a now sleeping Neal, when she heard a scream come from the corridor. She glanced at the door and then back at Neal who was still fast asleep.
Placing the baby down in Emma's crib she walked toward the door. As she opened the door the usually lit up and welcoming corridor was now dark and cold. The torches were all out and the doors to different rooms were all open.
"David?" she called as she walked pass the first door, a gust a wind blew passed her making her long hair whip back from around her shoulders and her white night gown did the same. The stone was cold against her bare feet as she patted further down the corridor.
"David?" she called out again getting and uneasy feeling
"Mom" a faint voice called from the around the corner
"Emma"
"Mom" the voice sounded followed by a cry
Snow turned the corner and ran toward the cry, her heart pounding. She was scared this corridor was just as dark but since the rooms with doors open had giant windows, the moon light lit her way. It was just as cold as the last and as she ran and the ground seemed to get colder.
"Mom… Please… Help me" the voce called again followed by another painful cry
"Emma! I'm coming honey, please… where are you?!" she shouted turning her head into every room to see if she saw her daughter but every room was empty
"David!" she yelled "David where are you?!"
Snow stopped when she heard an evil chuckle sound from behind she turned and no one was there
"David?" she asked quietly when she saw the silhouette of The Evil Queen through the light from one of the rooms heading toward the nursery. She turned toward it and began to run when she heard Emma's voice again
"Mom… please" this time the voice was but a whisper and it seemed to have gotten weaker
"Emma!" Snow yelled and without a second thought she ran toward her daughter's voice "Emma, baby where are you!" she yelled frantically
The air was still quiet around her as she ran and she feared she was too late "Emma, honey please answer me!" she yelled when she came to a room with the door shut. She pushed against it but it wouldn't budge she tried again this time with all the strength she could muster and with a growl she forced the door open.
The room looked like Regina's old room it was huge with a vanity, an English Regency Meridienne, an arm chair and other expensive vintage furniture. What caught her attention was that everything was covered in white sheets, as if the rooms were being packed away. In the room was giant canopy bed which was usually pink but for some reason it was white and lying in the middle was a still figure underneath a silk white sheet.
Snow slowly approached the bed and as she went to lift the fabric she heard Neal cry from the nursery, when she turned back to face the bed she hesitantly lifted reached to lift the sheet when the figure lunged up, ripping the sheet form its face
Snow stepped back with a yelp and before she could get too far the figure grabbed her
"Regina?" Snow questioned looking at the woman who was sitting in modern day, StoryBrooke clothes on, with a frantic look on her face pulling her closure to the bed
"Help her now!" she implored
"Wh… Who… Emma?"
Before Regina could say another word Neal screamed from down the hall way as Snow turned to it. She felt Regina jerk her arm, her grip tightening to the point where Snow cries out as she turns back toward her. Regina eyes as big as golf balls and the black almost unseen
"NOW!" Regina yelled
"Snow!" David yelled as he shook his wife a wake "Snow! Look at me, wake up! You're having a bad dream" she heard him yell as she opened her eyes hearing Prince Neal yell from his crib
"Snow" David yelled giving her one last jolt to make sure she was a wake
Snow eyes snapped open "David"
"It's okay it was only a bad dream, Neal is awake he's probably hungry" he said with a sigh as he pulled away from his wife and stood to get his wailing son. Quickly flicking on a light to see, David walked over to the crib and picked up his son speaking softly to him to get him to quiet down
Snow sighed heavily shaking her head "David I had the weirdest dream" she said softly as she lifted her hand to rub the sleep from her eyes
"Yeah, you were calling out for me" David said shushing the baby and turning to face his wife "But it was just a dream"
"Bu tit felt so real…" she said bring her hand down when she caught sight of something on her wrist. She brought it closer to her face and she could see a full blown bruise of a hand print on her wrist and then her dream came rushing back to her "Mom… Help Me… Please" she heard Emma voice call out "Help her NOW!" Regina yelled at her and in an instant she shot out of bed
"Snow? What's wrong?" David yelled after her as she ran up the stairs two at a time flipping on any and all light switches
"EMMA!" She yelled "EMMA!"
She slammed open the door as she heard David run up the stairs. Emma was lying face up on the bed, the room was so dark but she could make out her daughter's eyes looking straight at the ceiling
"Emma" she whispered as a dreadful feeling washed over her, she quickly flicked on the bed side lamp and looked down to see her daughters pale green lifeless eyes staring at the ceiling and her skin just a pale
"NO!" Snow screamed as she sat on the side of the bed grabbing Emma's limp body and rocking it against her chest "No, Emma, please!" she wails as David storms in the room
"Snow" David asks not believing his eyes
"Emma, please, baby wake up" Snow continues to cry shaking her daughter who head falls lifeless to one side and then the other every time she shakes her
David is the first to act "Move!" he demands setting the sill crying baby on the bed and pulling Emma away from Snow and onto the floor
"David" Snow cries as she sees her husband place their daughter flat on her back and began pushing her chest in counting out "1, 2, 3… Come on Emma…5, 6, 7, 8…" all the way to 30 and then he tilts her head back, holding her nose he breathes 2 deep breaths into her lungs and Snow watched as her daughters chest rises and falls and David repeats the action again and again
"Come on Emma, wake up" he keeps pleading between compressions and breaths before he can give her the fourth set Emma coughs and gasps for air she turns to the side and reaches for David who lifts her up and hug her tight
"Emma!" Snow cries as she, with Prince Neal in her hand, join in on the group hug
"H… Hen… Henry" Emma gasps out as she pushes against David's chest
"Take it easy" he warns as he leans back
Emma shakes her head frantically and she moves to stand. David tries to stop her when she pushed him hard
"No, Henry… I have to get Henry… he…" she said as he let her stand and she ran toward the hallway, David and Snow following close behind
Emma stumbles and falls down the last four stairs coughing as gasping trying to reach her son
"Emma, easy" David says as he helps her to her feet and she pushes him away and runs to where her son's body is lying
"Henry!" she yells her eyes blurring from unshed tears pulling back the cover
He groans and turns over facing his mother "Mom… what's wrong" he asks his eyes still heavy
A sound between a sob and laugh escapes her mouth as she pulls he son into a huge hug
"Mom" Henry says fully awake "What's wrong?"
Emma pulls back looking at her son her cheeks and his night shirt wet with her tears "Nothing, everything and everyone is okay" she sobbed smiling when the door burst open revealing an angry looking Granny with her crossbow aimed in front of her and a giant black and grey wolf growling at her side
"Granny?" David questioned as he flicked on the light
"Is everyone okay?" she asks as Ruby jumped into the apartment running all over the apartment sniffing out any and all threats. She walked over to Henry and sniffed him and with a small whine and a quick slobbery kiss to the cheek she left him and walked over to Snow who was holding Prince Neal. She barked indicating to Snow to lower the baby toward her and when she did with a quick sniff she walked away
"Yes everyone is fine" Snow said as Ruby came back from upstairs shifting into her human form
"I didn't smell anyone, in the apartment" she said looking over at Emma when she saw the deep bruise on her neck "What the hell happened to your neck"
"Regina… well the Queen… tried to kill me… she did actually, David brought me back" Emma said glancing at her father.
"Hey, Regina visited me in a dream" Ruby said looking at the group "She said… Snow was taking too long and Emma was in danger" she said trying to remember everything in the dream
"She came to me too" Snow said
"What about you Granny?" Charming asked
"Nothing I heard Ruby moving round and when I felt her shift a followed until we ended up here" she said sitting at the table and placing her crossbow o it
"So Regina's was trying to warn us?" Ruby asked
"Well she didn't bother me" David said looking around
"I think she was too busy helping me" Henry said as everyone looked at him "She was fighting the Evil Queen when she tried to suffocate me with my pillow" he explained "The Queen kept yelling that I was her weakness and that I needed to die… that we all did and my mom fought her off until she disappeared"
"Where did she go?" Ruby asked sitting on the bed
"I don't know but my mom whispered something in my ear and she told me it was okay to go back to sleep that this was just a bad a dream and she kissed me and disappeared" he said frowning his face
"What's wrong?" Emma asked as she rubbed her aching throat
"If The Queen wanted us dead, I don't think she would give up so easily, if she was jumping from dream to dream first with me and then Emma and next Grandma without killing any of us… she must have been stalling for something"
As the room fell silent everyone in deep thought Snow's gasp rang loudly "ROBIN!"
Granny's B&B
A soft knock rang on the Marian's room door; Roland was still sleep on the spare cot in the fairly large room as she raised out of bed to go answer it. She had lain in bed for hours replaying that argument over and over and the more she replayed it the sadder she became. What she said to Robin was purely out of anger she would never keep their son from him and she knew he would never put him in harm's way on purpose. She was just so scared of losing him all over again, and although it felt like yesterday when she last saw him, she knew from the moment he embraced her that it was more like a lifetime for him. She just wish she knew where he was and prayed that he didn't go running into that witches arms because of that stupid argument
She opened the door and as soon as her eyes fell on his face she lunged at him, pulling him into a tight embrace
"Oh Robin I'm so sorry, please forgive me" she cried against his chest
"No it is I who am sorry" he whispered in her hair
"I was just so angry and…" she said lifting her head from his chest and shaking it "I didn't mean what I said I would never keep you from Roland, you are a wonderful father and I know you would never put him in harm's way on purpose, you have done an excellent job raising him" she said looking into his eyes
Robin's eyes filled with tears as she pulled her toward him and kissed her deeply and passionately "Thank you so much, and I'm sorry for not telling you sooner about me and…"
"Shhh… I'm just glad you came back" she said putting her finger to his lips and cupping his face "Just lay with me" she said pulling him toward the bed slowly pulling off his shirt and lying beside him on the bed. She laid her head on his bare chest listening to him breath in and out as his strong hands wrapped around her frame, holding her in securely in place.
"I love you so much, Robin" Marian said as she drifted off to sleep
"And I love you" she sighed looking up at the ceiling
And the truth was that he really did love her, but he loved Regina too whole heartedly and couldn't imagine a world without her. Marian was his true love, the mother of his child and when she died a piece of him did too and it took him years to get over that pain and now that she's back it was like all of his prayers had been answered but the too see the backlash of such a gift affect his newly found soul mate hurt him to his core. The look in her eyes when he held her outside of Granny's and the feel of her lips on his made his heart race and his breath catch; he wanted nothing more than to hold her all night and reassure her that he would always love her and never leave her but Marian was his wife and he vowed to stay with her through any and everything till death. And that's what frustrated Robin, death did part them and he had mourned her for years, cursed the gods for taking away his love and finally when the pain of losing her is coming to an end the same gods he prayed and cursed brings her back to him when he finds his soul mate, a beautifully tortured woman who's only wish in life was to find someone who would love her, all of her, cracks, scars, all the dark and light parts of her.
Robin sighed again as his eye lids felt heavy he just prayed that the gods would do him this one favor and bless him with a dreamless sleep he couldn't bear to see those sad brown eyes staring at him tonight or any other night but especially when they had that huge fight and he grabbed her throat… he shook his head shoving the images away as darkness took over…
'Please don't let me dream of her' he thought as he drifted deeper into his slumber
Marian woke to the sound of shuffling in the room; she quickly sat up, rubbing her eyes trying to remove the fog of sleep and adjust her eyes. As she rubbed her face she heard the noise again this time it was followed by a grunt
"Robin" she whispered moving to shake him, but when she felt beside her all she felt was ice cold sheet, as if he had never lain there.
"Looking for husband" a voice said as all the lights in the room cut on. Standing 10 feet from her bed was the Evil Queen cradling a sleeping Roland as if she were holding an infant
"ROLAND!" Marian exclaimed standing
"Ah, ah, ah" The Queen said with a shake of her head "You'll wake him"
"Please, don't hurt my son" she begged
The Queen paid no attention to the woman before her she was too busy mesmerized by Roland's beauty as she stroked his cheek and then his hair "Would you give your life up for his?" she asked in a whisper not looking at Marian
"Yes" she answered without hesitation
"Why"
"Because he is my son and I love him!" Marian replied angry as tears spilled from her eyes
"I came here to kill you" she replied still watching Roland sleep in her arms
"Then kill me and leave my son out of this!"
"I will, I just haven't decided how first"
"Please" Marian said lowering herself onto her knees "I will do anything you want if you leave my son unharmed" she said as more tears spilled from her eyes. The Queen finally looked up at the woman… well down and watched her curiously
"You love him so much that you would die for him?"
"A million times" Marian hiccupped as she wiped her nose on her arm
The Queen watched her and then adjusted Roland in her arm "I'm going to share something with you that my mother taught me" she said looking back down at the boy
"Love is weakness" she said rubbing the boy's hair again as he turned toward her hand "It makes people do stupid things, like date below their status, jump in front of a flying arrow, trade their life for the one they love" she said looking at Marian
"Please I'll do whatever you want"
"Standup" she said with a curl of her lip "And come get your son" The Queen said as she watched Marian quickly stand
Marian never took her eyes off the Queen even when Roland was securely in her arms. She only looked down when she noticed Roland stirring in her arms
"Mama?" Roland asked as he slowly opened his eyes, now somewhat a wake from being moved from place to place
"Oh baby, everything is okay" Marian said barring her face into his soft wild hair
"Not quite" The Queen said throwing her hand up toward Roland. A loud sickening crack rang out throughout the room as Roland head snapped sharply to the right as fell limp in his mother's arms
"NO! ROLAND!" She screamed as her knees gave out and she hit the floor hard, cradling her son's lifeless body in her arms as he starred back at her, unblinking and slowly becoming cold
"WHY?" She cried as she leaned her forehead on his with her mouth still ajar, her tears, snot and saliva fell onto her son's cheek, neck and night shirt
"Because…" The Queen said as she slowly walked over to the woman "Killing you would have been too easy. This is a far better punishment, then taking your pathetic worthless life" she said with a curl of her lip as she turned her back to walk away
Marian placed gently on the floor and closed his eyes before she quickly glanced at the woman who had her back to her walking toward the door
"YOU BITCH!" she yelled running at her in full speed
The Queen turned smiling and before Marian could even think of what to do next; she felt Regina's magic around her neck and with a sick smile The Queen snapped her neck
Marian woke with a quiet gasp as she lifted her head off of Robin's chest, her heart beating a million miles an hour and chest heaving; the room was fairly dark except for the light from the window. She glanced up at her sleeping husband before quickly but quietly getting out of bed. She sat on the edge for a second, trying to calm herself, when her eyes caught sight of their son, she briskly walked over to his cot and sat on the side of the bed.
Afraid of startling him she just patiently sat and watched as his chest began to rise, indicating him taking in air. A sigh of relief escaped her mouth and she bent down and kissed his head, leaning he forehead on his as her eyes filled with tears. Her dream had felt so real, she thought she had lost her only son and even with his warm breath on her chin and his warm not cold skin on her forehead, heart was still racing.
Being sure not to wake him she lifted off the bed adjusted his cover and walked into the bathroom. She closed the door and finally broke down, she quietly mourned the son she lost in her dreams and cried tears of joy because it was only a dream.
After a few more minutes of calm breathing and subsided hiccups, she stood facing the sink and glancing in the mirror that was mounted on the wall. Her eyes weren't as red as she would have thought they were; turning on the cold water, she grabbed her face rag and placed it in the water. After wiping her face and cooling off her neck and forehead with the rag she rung it out and placed it back on the rack, where Robin's and Roland's sat.
Turning off the light she walked back to the bed where Robin had not moved. She watched him lovingly as his chest rose and fell, his face so soft and smooth as he slept. She loved this man so much it hurt to think that he had started to fall in love with another woman, but not just any woman the woman who would have been responsible for her death, for making him and widow and Roland motherless.
She thought back at how he told her that he had mourned her for years, the words being so foreign to her because she was only just been with him a week ago in the Enchanted Forest. His love for her may have faded or lessened but not for her she still looked at him like he was her everything while he looked at her like he had seen a ghost and he doesn't know whether to stay or run a way.
She climbed back into bed and as soon as she did Robin wrapped his strong arms around her small frame again. She looked up at him and smiled she didn't care what was going on in this time period, he was her husband and even if she had to relive all of their dates and recreate all of their happiest memories she would, she would get him to fall back in love with her.
She smiled at the thought and she trailed a finger across his chest, she did this absentmindedly for a while until she became bored with it, she stopped her movement and glanced at his face, in the far corners of his mouth was a faint smile… she wanted him to smile bigger than that so she hummed turning is she was on her stomach instead of her side and began trailing kisses along his stomach
Hours of complete darkness and a restless sleep Robin felt something warm and wet touch his stomach followed by a sucking sound, thinking he was just hallucinating he shifted a little and throwing his left hand above his head and tightening his hold on Marian. Then he felt and heard the sound again and opened his eyes looking down he was greeted with deep dark lust filled brown eyes and a cunning smile.
"Shhh or you'll wake your wife" Regina whispered as she continued her column of wet kissed all the way up to his chin. When she moved to straddle him was when he noticed what she was wearing blood red lace Victoria's Secret underwear and a blood red bra that made her breast look amazing.
With a flick of her wrist Marian rolled over on the other side of the bed and Regina moved to straddle him completely, slowly moving her hips back and forth against his dark blue jeans and pressing down hard on his chest as she kept full eye contact with him smiling
"Regina" Robin hissed as he grabbed her hips to stop the movement when she rubbed harder against his crotch
He knew this was wrong not only was his son just 15 feet away from him across the room but his wife was lying right next to him. He couldn't understand the control Regina had over his body but the look in her eyes and the way that sheer fabric hugged her incredible body, just made him want to take her right then and there even with Marian just 5 inches away
"If you thought my kisses were amazing wait until you try all of me" she said grabbing his hands and sliding up her body to stop atop her breast "I know you want me, I ca feel it" she said as she threw her head back, sharply inhaling a breath as his left hand clenched tightly to her firm breast and the right slid back down to her waist, pushing her harder against him as he rocked his hip in the same rhythm as hers
"God" he hissed out as he moved both hands down to her waist, pushing her further onto his jeans, she left out a sharp gasp as he sat up abruptly and grabbing hold of her and flipping her, not carrying if he woke Marian of if the sound of her shriek even woke Roland all he knew was that he wanted her and he wanted her now
Pinning her arms above her head he captured her lips into a searing kiss, she moaned against his mouth as she wrapped her legs tightly around his waist
"I love you" she whispered against his hot breath as they kissed again "I've missed you so much" she whispered again as he captured her mouth again
"I missed you too" he said as let go of her hands and moved his mouth to her neck and chest, sucking and biting wherever he could
Regina ran her fingers through his hair tightening her grip only when he bit down hard enough to make her gasp.
"Robin" she gasped arching her back toward his mouth when he made his way down to her breast pulling down her bra and taking her hard nipple into his mouth.
After a moment he moved to torture the next one pulling and nipping to the point where Regina's hair pulling was almost becoming painful. She pulled his head back up toward her to capture his mouth in a passionate kiss, she moan and groan into his mouth as their tongues danced and fought for dominance, every time she turned her head to breathe he would capture her mouth again, not stopping or caring if they both needed to breathe, he has wanted her for so long, that being this close and in this situation with her felt like a dream, but this couldn't have been a dream it felt to real, and even if it was he refused to wake. If he couldn't be with her while he was awake then he will take her, love her and be with her in his dreams.
Robin adjusted himself between Regina's legs using his waist and hips to push her legs farther apart and unhooked them around his waist. Robin snaked his hand down between them until her reached her blood red lace panties and felt her hot and ready for him, he grabbed hold of her, rubbing slowly. A sharp gasp escaped her mouth as she threw her head back, he chuckled as he kissed her opened mouth capturing her bottom lip and chin as her eyes clenched tight. She looked so beautiful to him this way, so full of lust that all she could do was remain breathless under him.
When he stopped his hand, she gasped loudly quickly snaking her hand between them and grabbing his hand "Please don't stop" she said as he smiled kissing her deeply again as she entwined their fingers and moved his hand against her
"Love you so much Robin" she said against his mouth
"And I love you Regina" he whispered leaning down to kiss her as she smiled wickedly back at him, then as he closed his eyes to capture her mouth again
"Robin!" he heard her voice say but it was different it sounded hurt
He opened his eyes and looked down and instead of lust filled brown eyes looking back at him, they were replaced with sad brown eyes that were filling up quickly with tears
"Get off me" she said turning her head as the tears fell
Robin sat up abruptly looking at her and shaking his head as the woman he looked at scurried to the side of other side of the bed pulling on her jeans and one of his overly large shirts, he watched her with confusion and when she turned to face him he gasped
"Marian?"
"Yes, Robin, Marian not Regina" she said as she furiously wiped away her tears, her mouth and face angry
"Marian… I… I…" he stuttered his breathing still shallow; his head was spinning with lust and confusion "Marian, I thought…"
"I was Regina" she spat out as more tears fell
"No…" he said scurrying off the bed toward her "Yes… but I… the dream… it felt so…" he began trying to explain, but her eyes would not meet his.
Before he could speak again a frantic knock sounded on the door followed by his name and Marian's, Quickly pulling on a shirt and answering the door before they woke Roland he was met by the Charming's all in night clothes, and a crossbow aimed at his face
"What the hell" he said as they all rushed in along with a very large wolf that was sniffing about
"Sorry" Granny said lowering her bow "Ruby, was she here?"
Ruby stopped by Roland's cot and sniffed him before shifting back to her human form
"Will someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" Marian exclaimed as she tightened Robin's shirt around her "And did she just turn into a wolf? Are you a werewolf?" she asked looking at Ruby before directing her attention fully to the young wolf
"Yeah, it's… complicated but your all safe… sorry if we interrupted something" Ruby said taking the woman's appearance in fully, with the disheveled hair, red face, wrinkled jeans and Robin's shirt.
"No you didn't it was over way before the 7 of you burst in" she said looking at Robin before walking past him to go sit on Roland's cot who was now sitting up looking at everyone
"Mama, are we having a sleepover?" he asked rubbing his eyes
"No baby, go back to sleep" she said kissing his head and trying to lay the boy down
"But Henry is here and he is in his pajamas, everybody is…" he said glancing at everyone before lying back down
"I know baby, just try and close your eyes"
"Why are you guys here anyway?" Robin asked looking at the group before him
"Regina tried to kill me" Emma blurted out
"Are you sure?" he asked surprised
"Well not necessarily her, the Queen is the one that tried to kill me… well she did kill me… my dad brought me back" Emma said quickly glancing at her father
"That woman needs to be killed" Marian said rubbing her son's hair
"No" Roland said sitting up "I like Gina, she takes me and daddy to get ice cream" he said looking at his mother
"Shhh, baby go back to sleep"
"I don't want you to kill Gina, she saved me" he said pushing his mother's hand away and sitting all the way up, crossing his legs in the process
"What are you talking about?" Marian asked confused
"I think he's referring to the monkey from the Enchanted Forest… When we first met Regina, she saved our son's life from a flying monkey" Robin said sighing and rubbing his hand over his face
"No, she saved me in my dream"
All eyes were on Roland at that very moment
"What do you mean?" Henry asked
"Gina, she came to me in my dream, I was getting ice cream with mama and papa, we were walking through the park and then mama and papa disappeared and bad Gina came… " Roland said scrunching up his face
"Bad Gina?" Ruby questioned
Roland nodded vigorously "The one that broke the 'dinner'"
"Diner, honey" Marian corrected
"No mama, it's dinner… when I visited Gina one day she showed me how to write 'family dinner' on a piece of paper and above the door where we go for pancakes, is the same word" he said looking around the room daring anyone to challenge him
"Okay honey" Marian said with a smile
"So what happened in the dream?" Snow asked walking closer to the boy as she rocked her sleeping Prince
"Bad Gina walked over to me and made me drop my ice cream, than she pulled my hair…" Roland said animatedly grabbing his hair and making a painful face "But Gina came…" he said excitedly "She used her magic and pushed her back, she went flying into a large tree, Gina told bad Gina to leave me alone or she would hurt her real bad but then bad Gina called her a bad name and said that I was making her weak, me and papa" he said glancing at his father than to his mother who was watching intently.
"Then bad Gina said that she couldn't save us all and she made smoke and was gone, I asked Gina if she could stay with me until I found mama and papa and she said okay. She bought me another ice cream, three scoops this time…" he said holding three little fingers "Then she told me to close my eyes and she whispered something in my ear and told me that bad Gina would never hurt me again, then she kissed my cheek but when I opened my eyes, to kiss her back she was gone and mama and papa were waiting for me on the playground. So I just went over to them and played with them" he said with a sigh
"He's telling the truth…" Ruby said
"You thought he was lying?" Marian asked looking at the wolf
"No, when I came in to the room, I smelt magic on Roland. Regina must have cast a protection spell on him. I smelt the same magic on Henry and baby Neal" Ruby said looking back at Snow and Charming
"So Regina can control the Evil Queen?" Granny asked
"No but I think that's she desperately trying to fight her, that's' how she saved Henry and Roland but even with the mishap at the diner, when Regina fixed it, I could tell they were struggling for dominance"
"Well I don't get it… why not just take over the personality completely, I mean she created it" Marian said shaking her head with a hint of anger in her voice
"Because her heart is breaking and she's angry" Snow said "Regina is a creature of habit, yes she spent the last 3 years being good but she also hadn't expected to fall in love and then… get her heart broken" she said looking between Robin and Marian
"So your saying this is my fault, me being here is putting all of you in danger"
"No…"Charming slowly said as he looked to Snow for support
"Yes" Granny said bluntly
"What?!" Marian exclaimed
"Before you arrived Regina was more…. calm" Ruby said as Henry sat on the bed next to Roland yawning
"So because some guy she was dating is now unavailable because his WIFE…" Marian started angrily when Granny cut her off
"According to them…" Granny said pointing to Snow, Charming and Emma "Robin is Regina's soul mate, they have been dating for the past few weeks and from what's been going on, I think it's safe to say that she is in love with him and you being here complicates that. So because Robin is too much of a gentlemen to break is already broken vows to you and Regina's too much of a coward to come out and claim what she wants, instead of sulking and being angry... we're all going to suffer" Granny said shaking her head
"Well I don't think fair!" Marian said standing "She's the reason for my supposed death, why Roland has grown up for the past 4 years without me, why my husband mourned my death and found his way into this monster's arms!" she said storming past everyone to pace the room "I know I don't belong here, I know that my husband has eyes for another…" she said stopping and looking at the group before turning to her husband "I keep hearing It's been 30 years since my death when for me it hasn't happened yet, I still love you, look at you and want you as if we had never parted. For me Roland was just a few days old and you were kissing me goodbye to for another secret mission so you could bring back food for our village and now it's like I blinked and Roland is 4 and you… are in love with the woman who broke up our marriage" she said as tears ran freely down her face "I don't know if this is me being selfish but I want you to want me and not her, when I kiss you I want you to see me, even when you close your eyes not her, I… I… I want you to fight for us… because I am" she said touching her heart
"Marian" Robin said walking over to his wife
"Don't" she said stepping back "Don't say or touch me if you don't mean it" she said in a broken voice "All of you may be on her side but I'm not! I MEAN THIS WITCH LOCKED MY IN HER DUNGEON LAST WEEK, WHERE SHE SENTINCED ME TO DIE! And now she trying to kill me again" Marian scuffed "And the ironic thing about all of this is the person I thought of when I knew I was going to die, the person whom I prayed to the gods would be able to raise our son and not be so angry with the world is in love with my tormentor" she laughed shaking her head as tears ran down her cheeks
Robin tried to grab hold of her again when she became serious and frowned taking a step back shaking her head 'no'.
He stopped and turned around when Charming awkwardly cleared his throat and Marian sat on their bed.
"So what do we do about Regina… the Evil Queen?" Emma asked "Because if they are about to keep this up were going to be some tired asses in the morning"
"Emma" Snow scolded nodding toward Roland who was soaking in the entire conversation
"I'm sorry Roland but I'm tired and when I'm tired my sensor doesn't work" She said fighting a yawn
"I don't know but the dream she gave me was creepy" Snow said making a face
"Yeah well trying being in the middle of a very erotic and hot…" Ruby said smiling when she glanced over at Henry and Roland. Dropping her smile awkwardly cleared her throat "Room… and she shows up hovering above the bed yelling 'go save Emma because that idiot is taking too long'"
Snow rolled her eyes at the name "Maybe she's done for tonight, it might be alright to go back to sleep"
"'Maybe" and "might be" are not phrases I'm comfortable with" Emma said frowning
"I agree" Charming said stifling a yarn
"Yeah, well I'm gonna take my chances… I have to open the diner in about 3hrs and I would like to not fall asleep while cooking the orders" Granny said with a tired sigh gesturing for Ruby to follow her out of the room
Everyone reluctantly agreed and went their different ways
Snow's Loft the Next Morning
"Well I feel like crap" Charming announced as everyone finished getting dressed and grabbing their jackets
"I'm worried about mom" Henry stated sadly
"Is that your way of saying me too" Emma said with a small smile but when Henry didn't do the same she grabbed his shoulder "Me too kid"
"Well, why don't we just eat a Granny's maybe eating something good and being around other people will make us feel better"
"That's only if Granny had a good night sleep" Charming mumbled walking out of the loft
Granny's
Stepping outside of the loft and getting into the truck and bug was more difficult than normal since it seemed that during the night a blizzard stormed through and it was at least 2 inches of snow on the ground
Slowly but surely they made their way through the snow
"This is crazy it wasn't this bad last night when we went to B&B it was only a few flurries, now it's like a lot and the snow is getting heavier" Emma said as they all walked toward the diner from the parking lot
"I know" Snow said pulling Prince Neal closer to her chest to keep the cold wind and snow from his face
As soon as they walked in the door Leroy stood up and announced at the top of his lungs getting the attention of everyone
"Oh no, I'm sorry sister but you guys are not allowed in here now"
"What?" Emma said
"Every time your family or now Robin's family steps foot in here Regina shows up and all hell breaks loose. I'm sorry but I would like to eat my eggs and bacon without the added ingredient of glass this morning"
"Screw you Leroy, I'm eating here" Emma said moving past everyone and sitting at a booth
"I agree" Charming said guiding Snow and Neal into the diner "Besides we have had a bad enough night for you to tell where we can and cannot eat"
"Besides its too damn cold to take that baby back into that weather" Granny said coming out of the back with Leroy's and someone else's plate
Leroy scuffed and sat down facing his plate when Robin, Roland and Marian walked into the diner from the back
"Oh great!" he groaned as the trio looked his way
"Can it Leroy or I make you eat in the bathroom" Granny groaned
Roland walked over to the Charming's and sat at their table without even asking, crawling under the table and squeezing between Henry and Emma leaning his head on the table as his little arms encircled it
"What's the matter Roland?" Henry asked as Robin and Marian approached the table
Roland just hunched his shoulders and shook his head
"Sorry" Robin said to the group "Roland let the Charming's eat in peace" he said extending his hand as if the boy could see it
Roland just shook his head no and a loud sniff could be heard
"What happened after we left" Snow asked concerned
Marian looked at Robin and Robin at her then shook his head "We thought he was asleep but he wasn't and he heard us arguing" he said with a heavy sigh "He doesn't understand a lot of thing one being why Regina doesn't want to go get ice cream with us anymore. I'm not sure how to explain what is going on to a toddler"
"Well, why don't you guys just sit with us, there's plenty of space" Snow said
Robin looked to Marian who nodded "Thank you so is it safe to say that none of us got much sleep after last night" he said sliding in beside Charming and Marian next to Emma
"Yeah I think it's that's pretty accur…" Emma started when a burst of purple smoke filled the middle of the diner
The Evil Queen stood with a huge smile on her face "Sorry am I late for breakfast" she said looking at the Charming's and Hood's
She stood wearing a red and black jacket with built in cape, a sheer lace under shirt that sleeves extended past the triangle sleeve of the jacket, her hair fashioned into a messy bun with side bang, on her neck a black choker with a diamond broach, she wore tight black leather pants and knee high wedge black boots, with black gloves
"Regina, no" Robin said standing and walking in front of Marian "I will not let you hurt my wife" he said with a growl
Regina made a pout "Awe… protecting you widdle wife" she said with a chuckle "That's not going to work unlike Regina I don't care for you anymore and as for your wife well don't feel bad you all will be joining her"
"What" Snow said shocked
"Oh yes especially you Snow… I have waited a long time to kill you and I will" she said with an assertive nod "But I'm going to kill you baby first so you can watch" she said with a smile
Onlookers gasped and shook their heads at the Queen, who turned toward them "Oh no need to feel mournful you all are joining them as well"
"Look sister we didn't…" Leroy began when Regina raised her hand at the man and he turned into toad but before she could stomp her heal into his now green and warty flesh, Happy jumped off his stool and scooped him up quickly and ran behind the bar
The Queen snickered and looked at the patrons "My name is your Majesty either you call me that or your death will come a lot quicker"
"BAD GINA! STOP IT!" Roland yelled in his tiny voice as everyone noticed the child standing in front of the Queen
The Queen smiled at the angry boy who had his little fist balled up and his face wet and eyes red from crying
"Little one, are you not afraid to die?" she asked with a smile
"No" he growled out
"ROLAND!" Marian yelled as she moved Robin out of the way to get to her son
Marian was held in the air, her arms clenched to her sides and her legs by Regina's magic as she threw the woman a look "Stay out of this peasant" she yelled and Robin stopped in his tracks
"Let my mama go" he demanded
"And if I don't" She asked smiling at the boys courage
"I'll get Gina, to hurt you like she did last night" he said proudly
"Little one, Gina can't beat me and since she used our magic to pardon you, that damn baby and Henry I'll have to come up with a more creative way to kill you" she said with a sigh
"Regin… You're Majesty" Robin corrected walking toward her
The Queen looked at him and smiled "Yes?"
"Please will you just let me make right my wrong, allow me to talk to you and you leave my family out of this… please" he begged with his hands raised to show he was not a threat
But before she could answer a strong gust of freezing cold wind and snow blew through the diner doors wide open
Standing in the mist of the cold as the door and walls became iced over with frost and the floor turned to a thin sheet of ice… was a skinny pale skinned curvy woman with even paler hair, it was almost as white as the snow that surrounded her, her blue and silver dress along with her braided ponytail blowing freely in the wind
"Who the hell are you?" The Queen asked as all eyes fell on the woman whose soft pink lips and brown eyes brows pulled down into a frown
The only thing that came out of the woman's mouth was one question "Where is the Dark One?"