Author's Note:
This is directed to those who read my previous chapter before I made any changes. In my previous chapter I made a reference, I believe twice, that Emma and Regina had kissed. It should have said they almost kissed and referred to their heated moment in Regina's kitchen. Sorry about the confusion, I will try to not make a mistake like that again, thank you to the Guest who pointed it out :).
Enjoy.
Emma's POV:
Today is the day I've been dreading since I found out I was a Hybrid. The day I finally have to tell Henry the truth about what's going on, about me being a Werewolf/ Vampire. Something I've been trying avoid ever since I left that hospital bed a few days ago. How does one even tell their son that they're immortal and their survival is based on drinking their mother's blood, yeah that will go down well.
It wasn't long before it was time to go and get Henry from my parents' house, to be honest it was really Regina who went to go and get him as I just waited in her car. Still not ready to face my parents, I know what they think of me, how they lost the precious daughter. The saviour. God why do they have to be so self-righteous.
Once Henry entered the car he immediately began to bombard me with question of what happened. Why I was in the hospital? Why he couldn't see me? Why he had to stay at my parents' house rather than at home with Regina? Thankfully Regina got him to hold off his questions until we got home allowing me to actually have time to think of a response to his questions. Wow, I've only been at Regina's house for two days and I'm already calling it home.
As soon as we entered the house Henry started throwing out his questions again, I love his curious nature but sometimes it can be really annoying especially now. I'm not ready to tell our son how I sink my teeth into his mother's neck and drain her of her of her life source, how I crave her blood with such an inhumane hunger that I can't think straight. I don't think I'll ever be ready to tell him. Which is why we were sited in the kitchen and I haven't answered any of his questions, remaining silent hoping he will let everything go and just be happy I'm OK.
"So are you actually going to answer any of my questions? I mean you both refused to answer my questions until we got home and here we are"
I knew his curiosity would get the best of him, of course he wouldn't be able to let everything go without getting any answers.
Looking to Regina I give her a pleadingly look, begging her for help with my eyes. Not wanting to tell Henry how I now willingly hurt his mother on a daily basis.
"Henry your mother will be staying with us for a while"
I Give Regina a look of gratitude.
"What? Why? I mean not that I'm not happy to hear this, but I don't understand. First I find out my mum was in hospital and I couldn't see her, that I couldn't come home only to find out now she is staying here"
"Henry I know you want to know what's going on but you have to trust that me and Emma are telling you all you need to know"
"But neither of you have actually told me anything"
Sighing, I know I have to just come out and tell him that I'm a Hybrid. I can clearly tell the thirteen-year-old is getting frustrated with his other mother and I refuse to be the reason to tear a wage between the two, no matter how small the wage maybe. I know how much he hates when people lie and keep things from him, hell I hate it when people lie and keep things from me.
"Henry the reason I was in the hospital is because I took a potion from Gold, the potion made me passed out for a bit" giving him the PG version of what actually happened, who wants to hear that their mother had to be revived. That their mothers heart stopped beating for more than 10 minutes.
"That potion changed me, it made me into something different" Before I could continue Regina's hand found my own, she fingered our fingers together and I give her a grateful look.
"Henry I'm a Hybrid"
"A what?"
"A Hybrid; It's someone who is a Werewolf and a Vampire"
"Wait? So your saying you're a Werewolf like Ruby?"
"Yes"
"And you're a Vampire like Twilight or something?"
"Well not exactly Twilight, but yeah"
"Wow"
"Yeah kid"
"And Golds potion turned you into this… Hybrid?"
"Unfortunately yes"
"Oh. But why would he do that?"
"I don't know Henry, but that's why you had to stay with Snow and David while me and you mum sorted some things out"
"OK, so why are you actually staying here?"
"Your mum is helping me with stuff"
"What kind of stuff?"
"My transition"
"Do you have to drink blood?"
"Unfortunately yes" I can't help but sigh out wanting this whole conversation to be over.
"Are you going to go around drinking everyone's blood in Storybooke?"
"Henry I think that's enough questions for now" Regina cuts in clearly realising I wouldn't be able to answer that question, at least not now, not today. I know I won't be able to lie to him.
"OK… But last question, if you staying here Emma how are either of you going to know which one of you I'm calling when I say mum?"
Regina breaths in deeply. "We'll figure that out later. Go and get cleaned up for dinner, it won't be too long"
Henry just nods before turning around to leave the room, we both stay silent until we hear his bedroom door close.
"Thanks, I wasn't ready to tell him that I drink from you"
"You will tell him when you're ready. Whether that is today or tomorrow"
"So what are you actually making for dinner?"
"I don't know. I just said what I said to get him to stop asking anymore questions, your welcome"
"You know I'm thankful Regina"
"I know" She sighs out.
"You know you don't have to cook we can order takeout"
Regina gives a disgusted look.
"Or maybe not"
I watched as she began to elegantly flowed around the room, taking out the necessary things she needed from the fridge. Clearly in her element, she chopped several things before putting them into a saucepan. What she was cooking I don't know, I mean the only thing I know how to cook is cereal. I may have learnt a few other things while me and Henry where in New York but I'm not even sure if it even counts. I know those dishes I cooked where from Regina's memories, I haven't actually tried to cook anything since Killian brought us back to Storybooke.
"You know I was thinking maybe we could go to the woods tomorrow"
"And why would I accompany you to the woods? Do I look like I just wonder around in the woods?"
I roll my eyes in response. Gosh she can be infuriating, but if she wasn't infuriating then she wouldn't be Regina.
"I just thought we could test out the things I can do, me being a Hybrid and all. I want to be ready if I need to use any of my heightened senses to my advantage you know. Not just know what I can do from what I read from one of your books. So will you come? Please"
"Well since you asked so nicely" She smirks.
Emma's POV:
"Is there a reason why you wanted to come at such an unholy time?"
"Were you not the one who said you wanted so see what you could do as a Hybrid, do you want people to seeing you?"
"Regina we're in the woods, who the hell will be lingering in the woods?!"
"Whatever, you should be happy I even decided to come" She sasses smoothing out the none existent creases on her black trousers.
"Well maybe if I came by myself I wouldn't be in the woods at 5 in the morning, I don't even wake up this early to go to work"
"Stop complaining, God your worse than Henry. Plus, you practically begged me to come"
"You wish"
I smirk as she tries to hide the blush on her face.
"Can we just do something"
She clears her throat. "You're the one complaining about how early it is, plus you're the Hybrid not me. You decide what you want to do first"
"Sleep" I smirk and she rolls her eyes in response.
I run my hands through my hair.
"Well I already know that I'm fast"
"OK"
"And I know my hearing is heightened. Like now I can hear you, your heartbeat" I stalk towards her, not stopping until I was standing directly in front of her only leaving an inch between us.
"I can hear every breath you take; every intake of air you take into your lungs"
"How your heart races with every step I take towards you" I whisper into her ear, smiling at how her body reacts to me being this close. How she shivers involuntarily.
Regina takes a step back putting distance between us. "OK. Well let's see how good your hearing is Miss Swan, since you can hear all those things. Let's see how good you are trying to find me based on your hearing alone"
Before I could respond she disappeared in a purple cloud.
"Regina? Regina?!"
This woman actually wants me to find her.
Closing my eyes, I focus on the sounds around me; the wind brushing past my ears; the leaves dancing with the wind; the birds chirping. Everything sounding different more clear, things I would have been able to ignore I can't now. It's as if I'm seeing the world in a different way, experiencing it in a whole new way.
I block out all the sounds I was hearing and focus on the one thing that has provided me comfort for the past few days. That's kept me sane, and that's when I heard it, the beating rhythm of her heart. Taking a deep breath, I focus on nothing else but the sound of her heart beating and when I opened my eyes I was standing right in front of her.
"Impressive Miss Swan"
We continue playing this game of 'hide and seek', her poofing out to another part of the woods then I would find her in seconds.
Deciding to change our little game of cat and mouse, surprising her, before she could appear to another unknown part of the woods I located her before her purple cloud cleared out.
"You know I think I got this hearing thing down"
"Shit" She held onto her chest, and immediately I heard the change in her heart beat. How it began to race in shock.
"Really Emma?" She breathed out breathlessly and I had to laugh at her response, I mean I just got the most regal person I know to curse.
"You know you're supposed to wait for me to actually get to the place before you come looking for me, not just appear before I reach there. That's kind of how this game works"
I completely ignore her response.
"Did you just curse?"
"I did no such thing" She said with her head held high.
"You know that poofing thing you do is quite loud, never really noticed that until now"
"Have I told you being a Hybrid is really annoying, I'm almost sure I've said it more than once"
"Liar. You secretly love me being a Hybrid, you secretly love me Regina and you know it"
Regina gives a nervous laugh. "In your dreams Swan"
Shrugging my shoulders in response I pull her body impossibly closer to my own.
"We should take a break" She insists, looking at me with her honey brown eyes she pulls away from my hold.
"I think we should take a break" She repeats
"Why? I'm just getting started"
Closing the distance she created I bring my hands to the side of her body. Tracing my fingers over her shoulders, letting my fingers slowly wonder down her back along her black blazer. Only stopping at the lower part of her back, we look at each other intensely as she waits to see what I'm going to do next.
She breaths in sharply as my hands graze over the curve of her ass, not giving her a chance to comment on my actions I wrap my arms just under the curve of her ass and lift her into the air. So that she was a few feet off the ground and she lets out a girlish squeal as I do so. She felt like nothing in my arms.
"Miss Swan! Emma! Put me down! Now!"
"You know you feel as light as a feather"
"Emma!" She begins to fidget in my arms
"I thought I would just see how strong I am, I picked you up in the hospital and you barely weighed anything. I just wanted to confirm if it was because I was a Hybrid or just because of the situation, a spur of moment thing"
"Put me down this instant"
"Fine"
I release my arms from her body and she out lets out another girlish squeal, closing her eyes expecting to harshly connect with the ground. It's only when she slowly opened her eyes did she realise I had stopped her fall midway, slowly bringing her body to the ground so that she was lain on the ground with me hovering above her in between her legs with my hand providing her head protection.
"I think I'm starting to like being a Hybrid, having heightened senses and all" I smile down at her, moving a dark lock from her face.
"Next time find something else to carry, better yet find someone else to use as your lab rat" She hisses out.
"Why when you're such a better option?" I Whispering into her neck giving a low chuckle.
Tracing my finger along the base of her neck. The thought alone of sinking my teeth into her neck while have her in this position fills me with a hunger so strong that I am willing to do anything to satisfy it. Gently placing a kiss on her neck without a second thought, I feel her melt into my touch. I lift my head up asking for permission with my eyes and she gives me a nod of approval.
Slowly turning her head to the side she gives me room to sink my teeth into her neck.
As soon as my teeth sink into her neck she moans out and arches into my touch and I suck harder on her neck, letting the sweet liquid trickle down my throat. God I don't think I'll ever get tired of the taste of her, the feeling of her body pressed against my own.
Regina's POV:
As annoying as she is as soon as her lips grazed my neck and she looked at me with those pleading eyes I forgot everything I was irritated at her for.
As her teeth sink into my neck my hands make their way to her back, bunching up her signature red leather jacket into my hands. I'm sure if any on looker were see such a scene It would look very sexual; especially as an uncontrollable moan escapes my mouth. Damn this escalated real quick, how I even let it get this far with her on top of me in between my legs while her hand rested on my thigh I don't know. Why I always let it get this far and let her touch me the way she does I don't know. The only time she has drank from me and it was in no way sexual was when she first in the hospital.
It was her suddenly pulling away from me crying out in pain which brought me out of my thoughts. And I look at her in shock and fear not understanding what was wrong.
"Get off her" The familiar voice called out.
Before I could try process or understand what happened, she had stopped an arrow from penetrating her body, just above her heart. She was holding the arrow in her hand, looking in the direction of the shooter.
"I said get off her"
Emma slowly raised to her feet, and it's only then do I see the cause of her painful cry. How there was an arrow sticking out of the side of her body, fighting back a gag as she forcefully pull out the arrow without a second thought.
"Will what the hell is wrong with you?!" I hiss at the outlaw.
"Your Majesty, as much as I don't like you I did promise Robin I would protect you if you were ever in trouble. I'm trying to protect you from this beast, I saw her attack you" He states pointing his bow and arrow at Emma and I watch as her hold demeanor changed, her playful manor gone.
"Do I look like the damsel in distress type?"
I rise to my feet as Emma begins to slowly stalk her way towards the outlaw.
"Don't come any closer or I'll shoot"
"I'll like to see you try"
"Well, my first arrow didn't miss its intended target" He gives a smug smirked, and I knew she wouldn't be able to control her anger after that. Before he could even pull his arrow back to take the shot she had him by the neck.
"Emma don't!" I run towards the two.
"Let him go" Once close enough I place my hands around the hand she was using to hold Will up by his neck. He looked pathetic holding onto Emma's arm while he legs dangled below him.
"What are you?" He barely manages out.
"Emma" I try to get her to look into my eyes, ever since she became a Hybrid I've been able to calm her down just by looking into her emerald green eyes. However, her gaze remained on the theft.
She pulled his body closer to her own looking into his eyes ordering him to forget everything he had seen and to go back to his campsite before forcefully throwing him to the floor. Without a second thought he followed her orders robotic like. Watching as he began to walk further away from us, it's only until he could no longer be seen did I immediately turn to face her. Frantically inspecting the sides of her body with my eyes and hands only to see any evidence that the arrow had penetrated her had gone. Only the stains of her blood left behind as evidence of the once wound.
"I'm OK Regina, I promise"
"What do you mean you're OK? I should have incinerated him where he stood"
"Weren't you the one who told me to let him go?" She gives a small smile
"Look Regina I'm fine" She lifted her top to show me that nothing was there, not even a single graze was left on her skin.
"I'm a Hybrid remember, I self-heal"
I only nod in response.
"I think I'm done with seeing what I can do as a Hybrid let's just go somewhere else, somewhere we know no one will be around"
Not responding I use my magic to transport us to another part of the forest.
"Really Regina, out of all places you bring me to the place where you tried to kill me"
"Miss Swan If I wanted you dead you would already be seven feet in the ground. Your still here are you not?"
"Yeah well that's real comforting"
"Plus I didn't try to kill you, I was trying to get you to see the potential of your magic"
"By making me stand on a bridge 60 plus feet from the ground to then destroy the bridge, letting me fall to my death"
"Stop being so melodramatic. You used your magic to save yourself that's all that matters"
"That wasn't your words when I did"
I roll my eyes in response.
"You know I think you were scared and slightly upset when you thought you have let me fall to my death"
"Please, I wasn't scared or upset"
"So if I was to walk to the edge of this cliff and jump off you would feel nothing. Nothing at all?"
"Nope, nothing"
She stands closer to the edge, and I move forward to pull her away from the edge for Henry sake of course. He shouldn't have to loss another parent because of Emma's stupidity. As I move forward I watch in slow motion as her foot slips and she falls backwards and I feel my heart stop.
"No!" I run to the edge looking for the blonde and I see nothing.
"Emma!" I feel a lump build up in my throat.
"You do know I'm immortal right?"
I swivel around to find the blonde standing directly behind me looking smug.
"Even if I did fall I can't die because of the curse"
I push her out of the way walking passed her. Trying to ignore how much pain it would cause me if she did actually fall down the cliff, the pain I feel now for believing she did fall down the cliff.
Why do I have to share my son with a child.
"Regina, wait. I'm sorry bad joke. Regina"
She takes hold of my arm to stop me from walking any further, apologising again she guides me near the edge of the cliff before sitting down on the floor and signalling me to do the same.
Sighing I slowly lower myself to the floor, sitting beside her.
"Don't do that again Emma, it wasn't funny"
"Sorry"
We sit in silence just letting the sound of the wind fill up the silence between us.
However it wasn't long before she broke the silence. "You know it kind of scares me that I might not be able to break this curse. That I will stay immortal forever and have to watch my parents die, my friends, Henry… You"
"Emma I promise you we're going to break this curse"
"I wish you wouldn't make such a promise"
"I intend to keep this promise Emma"
She nods in response and once again we remain silent.
"… Regina"
"Yes Emma"
"Do you think when the time comes for me to turn into a wolf it will hurt?" She brings her knees to her chest, clearly scared.
"The only way it will hurt Emma is if you don't accept what you are now"
Emma sighs.
"Do you have a middle name?"
"What? Why?" Looking at her confused at the sudden change in topic.
"I know I wanted to come out here to see what I can do as a Hybrid, but now I just want to focus on anything else other than me being a Hybrid"
She looks at me pleading eyes, waiting for me to answer the question.
"Vivian. Regina Vivian Mills"
"It's nice"
"Thanks"
Her excitement of her being a Hybrid clearly gone, clearly realising the down falls. It's been like this for the past few days, where she will either forget what's happened or realise the perks then only a few hours later will she realise the down fails. It's clearly hitting her harder than before, how if we don't break the curse she will outlive us all. But we will so she won't have to worry about that.
"Do you have a middle name?" I ask trying to distract her thoughts.
"Elizabeth. Emma Elizabeth swan. I got my middle and last name from my first foster parents, they died in a car crash by the time I was three. I don't really remember them I just know they were kind to me. I don't even know why I'm telling you this, but focusing on anything apart from the fact that I might out live everyone in storybook is better"
Once again I feel a sense of guilt knowing I was partly the reason she had to grow up alone without her real parents, I know she not trying to make me feel guilty but I can't help feel this way.
"Regina why do you let me drink from you, I can't drink from you forever"
"You won't need to Emma we're going to break this curse. Plus, you have saved me so many times and it's now time for me to do the same for you"
Author's Note:
Once again thank for the reviews, I hope there are no major mistakes, I am still looking for a new Beta Reader.
