AN: Hey guys sorry its been so long since i last uploaded. Lifes been super busy andIve been writting this chapter on and off for some time now. Sorry it isnt much but i hope you enjoy it. If anyone would like to help with the writing process of this fanfic i would be grateful. I have a few ideas of where its heading but a different perspective always helps XD. I hope i can upload more but I'm making no promises

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Regina sat shocked for a second, she never in her life though someone would propose to her out of love. Sure she had been marrried before but it was not her decision or her intention to marry the king, in fact for a long time it had poured a darkness over the subject in her mind.

She couldn't pin down the point where the cloud had lifted and the stigma attached to the subject had disappeared. She did however know she wanted Emma Swan to be by her side forever and so marrage was finally something that excited her rather than make her recluse back into her old self. She couldn't help but beam at Emma whose eyes sparkled beautifully in the moon light. Regina took a calming breath and placed her hands on either side of the blonds face, gently curessed her cheeks with her thumbs.

"I could say yes a hundred times and still not get across how entirely sure I am that I want to be your wife. Nothing in this world means as much to me as out tight knit family and this would only make that bond more impenetrable. Of course I want to marry you my Darling. It would be the greatest honor to spend the rest of my life as your wife." Regina said fighting back the happy tears that had already began to cascade down her red cheeks. Emma brought her own hands up to the brunettes cheeks and wiped them away.

"Then its settled, we are going to spend the rest of our lifes together. Happily ever after" Emma said tears excaping her own eyes. They sat looking into each others eyes trying to memorise the moment of pure bliss. After a few minutes Emma pressed her lips sweetly to Regina's, pouring every ounce of love she felt for the woman into the kiss as Regina happily accepted and clung to for dear life as she melted into the blonde's embrace.

Aldara had noticed that Emma was also stood outside with her mother. She watched them curious to see why the blonde had suddenly appeared. She couldn't hear the words spoken but she could tell what had happened between the two women, she could see how they stared into each others eyes and it made Aldara long for her lost love. She felt a soft happyness fall on her as the two women stared into each others eyes, siloetted by the moonlight that lit the forest around them. She sighed unsure what she felt in that moment. She was happy for her mother and Emma she could see the love between them like it was written on there chests. Seeing them had also made her feel lost, because the man she was in love with was in a completely different relm and to get to him was going to be a hell of a journey. She had been doing her best to search for a way to the world but knew that it was going to be difficult. Regina and Emma seemed confident that they could get there but Aldara knew that was just the start.

She was going to have to re-learn how the magic worked in her home world before she could even begin to think about finding her family. She hadn't used it since she was 15 and what she learnt wasn't going to help her much when she returned home.

She made herself a cup of hot choco and sat in her cozy livingroom using her magic to light the small fireplace. The orange flames flickered brightly softly lighting the room around her. She relaxed into her chair letting out a sigh as she melted into her armchair. She closed her eyes and took a few calming breaths. She hadn't taken much time to let what had happened recently sink in. She thought about the head space she was in before she arrvied at storybrooke and it seemed miles away from where she was now. She had no way expected to meet her mother, the Evil Queen, and find that she had fallen in love with the saviour and shared a son with her also. She had to admit she liked having a younger brother too. Henry was switched on for his age, he had a brilliant imagination and was, braver than any kid she had ever met.

Henry had talked to Aldara about what it was like before and just after Emma arrived. He had told her about how Regina had adopted him, and how Mary Margaret had given him the storybook. He told her how he hadn't trusted his mother after he had worked out she was the Evil Queen and how he had gone to find Emma. He then went on to tell her all about how his mother and her mother had met and how Emma had took a chainsaw to his moms beloved apple tree after Regina had tried her hardest to get Swan out of Storybrooke. Then he continued to tell her how a friendship blossomed between then and that he always had an incling that they liked each other a little more than friends but both were to stubborn to admit their feelings.

Aldara could have listened to Henry talk about his mothers all day because the young boy was so invested in their story. Aldara couldn't believe after watching Regina and Emma that they had been together less than a year.

She stuggled to picture them apart, just spending the last few days with them was enough proof for her to believe what they had was true love. The way Regina always snuck looks at Emma and how Emma always snuck looks at Regina both trying to pretend that they weren't dying to be in each others arms in those moments.

Having met Snow and Charming she could see where Emma got her stubbornnesss from but also where she got her patience to wait for Regina to learn that she didn't have to be the villain.

She was really just trying to see if she would want to bring her family over to this relm. She was unsure if Khamari would be able to get to Storybrooke. His curse might not be removed by lake nostos and she would have to choose between the life she was building in Storybrooke and the life she had in the Enchanted forest. She knew deep down that the magical water would work but there was still a niggling voice in her head that told her it might not be strog enough.

She took a deep breath and a large sip of her hot chocolate. Scolding her tongue a little but ignoring the pain as she was lost in thought.

She must of been in her head quite sometime and dozed off into dream land because she was awoken by Regina who had a goofy smile on her face. Something that Aldara never expected to see on her mothers face until recently.

Regina had come through the door not realising her daughter was asleep but saw the brunnette wake up suddenly. Aldara a little dazed from the intruption jumped a little in shock.

"Hey, sorry I would have been quiter if I had known you were sleeping, I didn't realise how late it had gotten." Regina said as she smiled at Aldara as she took a seat on the sofa Emma and her had sat on previously. She yawned as to prove her own point and slumped further into the chair. "That Swan sure knows how to keep me up at night"

"Mom I would rather not hear about what you and Emma get up to thank you. Oh Hades how is it four in the morning already. Are you two really fully grown adults?" Aldara teased her mother who gave her a stern but playful look.

"Actually I preposed to her... And then she preposed to me. So we celebrated underneath the stars... When did I become such a sap, I was never known for my sappy side, infact quite the opposite." Regina said genuinely trying to continplate when the change occured. " I blame Henry and Emma they are the reason I've gone so soft but to be honest I'm glad that Henry and that goof found me. I wouldn't want it any other way." Regina said with a gooey lovey dovey look on her face. Aldara laughed and shook her head.

"So..." Aldara asked thinking that Regina would get what she wanted to hear. Regina stared at her blankly for a few minutes the woke up from her haze of love.

"Oh of course I said yes to her... I mean she said yes to me... No wait... Either way we are getting married" Regina said a little confused but extremely happy never the less.

"Good because I would not want to live through the mess if either of you had said no" joked Aldara knowing that the woman were always going to marry each other. Regina smirked at her.

"Alright I think I'm going to go to bed. I'm nackered and that after party with the three witches has done a turn on me. I can feel the hangover approching anyway. Who's idea was it to get the gin out... Never mind I already know the anwser to that, that bloody dog wisperer" Regina said before she made her way to her bed which she had magicked up in Aldara's tiny spare room.

Emma woke up a little later than usual the next day to find Henry already dressed and ready for school. He was sat with his grandparents at the breakfast bar. Him and David talking about when there next sword fight should be.

"I think you boys need to start taking the training outside from now on you broke a lamp, a picture frame and my favourite mug last time." Snow dropped into there conversation not wanting any more of her belongings damaged by her clumsy husband. Sure he knew how to weild a sword but his spacial awareness wasn't up to par. David looked at her with blushing face.

"Sorry Snow, I was just getting carried away. Henry is getting really good with his training." He said and heard a small chuckle come from Henry.

"What he's trying to say grandma is that he getting scared I'm going to beat him. Even though he knows I'm going to beat him" Henry said with a proud grin on his face. David patted Henrys shoulder lightly.

"In your dreams kid"David said with a chuckle. Emma came down the stairs from her room.

" Sorry me and Henry had to sleep over last night. I went to go check on Regina after her dealings with the three witches and got back here late." Emma said her head still full of sleep.

"Your always welcome darling, So how did it go?" Snow asked curious to know if there was any news on them. Emma smiled timidly.

"She didn't really tell me what happened, we got talking about some other stuff instead." Trying to hide her excitement about their engagement until Regina was there with her.

"Other stuff...?" Snow asked, Emma just smiled shyly at her.

"Nothing you need to worry about Mom. Just things that needed discussing is all" Emma said she felt like she was glowing inside and was worried it wpuld give her away. Snow just eyed her suspiciously and left it there. "Alright I need to go to the office, don't forget you are doing the rounds today dad. You need to make sure our town is still safe after last nights witch rebellion." Emma said knowing that something had happened but Regina hadn't told her what. She needed to make sure David found the problem. Her dad nodded at her with a bagel hanging out his mouth.

"Charming! I'll catch up with you guys later. Have a good day kid and no getting into trouble... Who am I kidding just don't go looking for trouble" Emma said before leaving the loft to go to work.

Regina had been trying her best to keep away from the town. She knew she needed to keep her cover and strolling through the streets of storybrooke would blow it. She did have to make an apperence for the charming so they knew there daughters girlfriend hadn't slipped of the rails but other than that it was a quite day in hiding.

She had felt nervous knowing that she and Aldara would probably have to spend most of there time together. She didn't want to give her daughter any reason to turn her back on her. Aldara seemed calm enough she had been playing guitar and doing research for their trip to the Enchanted forest.

Regina could tell that she wasn't entirely settled though. To try and calm her nerves Regina decided to find a spell strong enough to undo the memory potion she had clearly cast on herself. One thing that played on her mind was the fact that there was no mention of her having a daughter in the Storybook. She knew if there was Henry would have said something about it. She, herself had read the magical book and she never came across that part of her story. She may not need to ask the author for her happy ending but she was sure as hell going to get the anwser to that question.

The Daughter and Mother were sat in complete silence for quite some time. Regina was getting fidgety, she hadn't seen Emma in a while and she was beginning to regret the mess her and Aldara had created the night before.

"So you and Emma... How did that happen..." Aldara asked Regina out of the blue. She had been keeping a eye on the woman and could see her slowly getting more frustrated. Aldara knew her mother was stuggling being away from Emma. Regina looked up from her book in surprise, she wasn't expecting Aldara to say much to her.

They had been together all day but they hadn't really talked, there was still a tension between them and both were too nevous to address it.

Regina looked at the woman opposite her. Aldara gave her a small smile hoping that it would encourage her mother to open up a little. Regina gave her a small smile back, she closed her book and placed it on the small coffee table.

"Where would you want me to start. When I first met Emma we clashed heads, it was at my own fault but Emma did her part to make sure she gave as good as she got. I got her locked up after framing her and so she took a chainsaw to my favourite tree. It made me so angry I had no idea why this woman had the nerve to treat me, the major of Storybrook, the adoptive mother of her child, like that. I decided to get my own back but ever advance I made a move to get her out of the picture, it just pulled her and Henry in tighter. I should have seen it then, that she was the most incredible person I had ever met. The fact that she fought for my... Our son and never once cared about putting herself in danger. I was too blinded by hate and revenge to see it at the start." The younger woman stared intently at her mother. She wasn't surprised by the story having already heard most of it from Henry but the way Regina told it she could see how much the older brunette loved her son and his mother. She could see her fighting off the memory's to keep her head clear to continue. Aldara could see the pain and guilt that ripped through her words.

" It took me a long time to see that fighting against it was just going to completely ruin my relationship with Henry. Emma coming into town was my worst nightmare. As soon as the curse was broken I made it my goal to make sure I got Henry back. Obviously I went completely the wrong way around it and almost messed up any chance to have my son's trust back. It wasn't until Henry was kidnapped by Pan that I began to realise that it would be better to give into the good side and fight beside them to get my son back. It wasn't a sudden transformation but slowly I got there. I'm so glad that I did because I wouldn't have either of them if I didn't. Me an Emma happened by surprise. Neither of us could really admit what was happing between us for so long." She continued her voice becoming lighter as she moved through the story. Her brain filled with good memory's that floated around her mind and put a small smile on her features. Aldara couldn't stop herself from smiling a little herself at the mayor's love stricken expression.

"Obviously after a while it got harder and harder to ignore. By the time you showed up we both knew that something incredible was happing between us. Both of us a little too stubborn to completely fall into it. But if it wasn't for Emma being there for me when you arrived I don't think I would be sat here with you now. She made me see that you might just need help seeing who I had become and the reason I was the person I was in the enchanted forest. I'm an no longer the Evil Queen, she was the first person to recognise that and I think it happened way before we fell for each other. To think it all started because I had the flu…" Regina said going off in a little daydream. Aldara smiles softly to herself as her mother's mind wandered off. She sighed relaxed once more. She felt more comfortable around her mother now that she knew they could talk to each other and things didn't have to be awkward between them. She got up from her seat, shaking the former Queen from her daydream. Regina looked at her with questioning eyes.

"I'm just going to get us a fresh drink before I begin my story. I haven't told you much about me at all. I want you to know I trust my story with you as much as you trust me with yours." The younger woman said making the smile on Regina's face widen with surprise which she tried to hide but found herself unable too. She was glad for the chance to hear her daughter story and to know she had gained her trust.