Emma's Lost Girl Dilemma

Chapter 9

Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my colorful imagination. Whoo! Cruella is going to see I she can find Ursula and surprise her. In the meantime, Emma and Regina have discovered who was responsible for the kidnapping of their daughter, Jessica. Maleficent knows some people who could help them out… Who is she talking about? The mystery deepens. More new people to come. More introductions to make. *cackling* Don't mind me. I get a bit nutty when Halloween is right around the corner. *winks* And for the record, I know about Nyx and Lilith, but I just wanted to add some twists. I know they are not real sisters at all, but this is just a story. It's meant to be fun. :)

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Maleficent chuckled as she stood up and moved to see about contacting her grandmother and great aunt. Ever since Odin mentioned her mother being Tiamat and how she was reborn through her somehow, she wanted to speak with her grandmother and her sister. It was high time they also met her family too. With Ingrid's mother, Skadi there, she knew this would turn into a family affair and rightfully so. Especially since finding out Malcolm and Felix were involved. She had no doubt the black fairy also had her hand in it too. She was going to pull out the big guns. Nobody messed with her family. If Fiona thought she was powerful, she had no idea just how wrong she was. There was someone bigger and badder than that black fairy. She had an evil smile on her face as she prepared to speak through her own special mirror she had reserved just for her grandmother. She moved into her room and called her. "Grandmother?"

Regina wrapped her arms around Emma's shoulders as they digested everything they had discovered regarding Malcolm and Felix. She kissed her wife. "Don't worry, Em-ma. We will destroy them together. I for one am curious to find out what your mother has planned."

Emma had a dark look in her eyes as she turned around and buried her head into Regina's chest while pulling her closer, wrapping her arms around her waist. She inhaled deeply, smelling the babies growing inside her wife. She moved and kissed her abdomen tenderly, promising herself and the babies she would never let anything bad happen to her family. She printed the information and saved it to a flash drive before she turned it off and then stood up. "Yeah, I cannot wait to see what she can do next. I cannot wait to hurt them all." She kissed her wife. "Let's check on our children." She smiled, glad that Henry and Jessica had left earlier. She didn't want them to worry about anything that was happening. Even though they were now old enough to understand what was happening, she felt inclined to protecting them.

Regina smiled knowingly as they went to look in on their children. When they entered the nursery, she gasped, seeing both Aliana and Amelia climbing out of their cribs while Alexander reached out for Emma and suddenly he was in her arms.

Emma gasped as did Regina as their son used magic for the first time. "Well! Alexander, my little Drago. Mama has you now young man." She grinned proudly as she played with their son.

Aliana climbed out of her crib first and almost took her first steps before she fell on her bottom. She grabbed Regina's pant leg and pulled herself up before saying her first word. "Mama!"

Amelia pouted, hating it that her sister was the first out of her crib. Her eyes glowed as a determined look came on her face as she finally made it out of her crib and then she took her very first steps!

Both Emma and Regina gasped wearing proud smiles on their faces as they took the girls in their arms, so happy to have witnessed their first important milestones together.

Regina felt so happy to have been there to experience this with Emma, knowing this was a very emotionally rewarding moment in her life. It was especially rewarding for her too. Holding Aliana in her arms. She kissed her cheeks and praised her daughter, glad to have heard her say the first word. She felt her daughter snuggle into her bosom.

Emma was so proud of all their babies. Aliana's first spoken word, Alexander's first use of magically appearing into her arms and seeing Amelia's first steps. She felt like celebrating. She looked at Regina, seeing the look of confusion on her face. She gasped as she realized something. "She's hungry." She noticed that her wife's bosom seemed fuller now. "She probably smells milk. I don't know if you're ready to nurse yet. Since this will not be a normal pregnancy for you… I started pretty early with the triplets when they were growing inside me… But since you've become immortal and you're pregnant now, you will be experiencing changes very soon. Not as soon as I did though. I guess we need to find out more…" She was distracted when Alexander and Amelia started tugging at her shirt. "Mmmama!" Amelia finally spoke.

Alexander looked at his sister and grinned before looking at Emma. "Mamamamamama!"

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Cruella went to the docks and used a shell to call Ursula. She used the shell that Ursula gave her a long time ago. It carried a certain sound to it that signaled it came from Cruella herself. She knew the sound alone would surprise her oldest friend. She smirked as she sat and waited for her response.

She didn't have to wait very long as she saw the ripples emerging on the surface of the water. Cruella smiled as she stood up and moved closer to the edge of the deck.

Ursula came out of the water, her eyes widening when she saw Cruella standing there. She waited a moment or two, taking in the sight of her friend before she spoke. "I thought you were dead. I wasn't sure if this was a trick to get me to show up. What… How are you here?"

Cruella smiled as she lifted her arms. "I've been given another chance. Certainly not for good behavior." She winked as she smirked. "Ahh, when's the last time you saw our good friend Mal?"

Ursula finally came out of the water and moved closer to Cruella. "Probably around the time I made peace with my father. Didn't mean to ditch you guys. But I needed my daddy… Or rather he missed me so much… How's the old dragon these days?" She asked as she hugged Cruella.

Cruella sighed happily when Ursula hugged her like that. She didn't realize how much she'd missed her until that hug. "Old? Don't let her hear you say that." She chuckled. "She's thriving. Did you know she found out she has another daughter? You'll never guess. And that dragon… Well she's no longer alone. Her kids have kids…" She chuckled.

"Wait a minute… Back up. Another daughter? She's a grandmother now? Who… I heard you were killed by none other than Emma Swan and then she married my nemesis Captain Hook. How is the happy couple?" She asked sarcastically.

Cruella laughed. "Yeah well, I've buried the hatchet with Emma. That couple is no more. Captain Hook is swimming with the fish now. Emma has someone else in her life. She got married again after she found her true love. Believe it or not…" She smirked again noticing that Ursula has more questions.

"You forgave that blonde sheriff for killing you? You're going to have to explain that to me." Ursula was trying to make sense out of that. "Who finally killed that pirate?"

Cruella then took Ursula for a walk and tried her best to explain as much as she could, what happened from the last time they saw each other up to Cruella being brought back and making her peace with Emma Swan-Mills. She didn't leave anything out.

By the time Cruella explained everything to her, she was speechless at first. She had to digest the fact that Emma was the daughter of Maleficent and that with Rumple's help, Emma and Regina had killed the pirate. Ursula laughed when she heard how that had happened. "I'd give one of my tentacles just to have seen that happen. Serves that egotistical bastard right. Wow… Regina and Emma? They've got kids now? Henry has a twin?" She was surprised to learn everything that had happened in their absence. "This I have got to see." She smiled. "Count me in." She winked as they headed to the Mansion after their walk.

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Henry and Jessica had returned to the mansion after they finished shopping and getting some things to surprise Lily and Zelena with some gifts for their new cousins, they had also stopped and chatted with August who enjoyed meeting Jessica. He gave them something of a housewarming gift for the triplets' nursery that he had just finished making. They'd brought the items home and put them in gift bags when Cruella appeared with Ursula.

Henry grinned when he let them in. "Good, you're here. Maybe you can help me with somethi…" Before he had the chance to finish, Maleficent came downstairs.

Ursula knew she had a lot to get used to. Seeing Henry on friendly terms with Cruella made her realize that things had indeed changed. She looked at Maleficent, noticing she seemed happy about something. "Hello dragon."

Maleficent smirked as she looked at Cruella. "Glad to see you found fish sticks." She winked. "I hope the reunion went well because I have a few surprise visitors coming…" her eyes trailed to the stairs as she heard Emma and Regina coming downstairs with the triplets. She smiled happily, seeing the babies. She moved to take her grandson, Alexander before joining the others.

Emma smiled happily when she saw Cruella there with Ursula. She went on to speak proudly about how the triplets were doing. How they said their instead words.

Regina continued. "Ali said mama. And this little man poofed into. Mana's arms and then…"

"Amelia took her first steps!" Emma finished excitedly. "Hey Ursula."

Henry grinned. "That's great Moms! We have some things here for the triplets and…"

"Henry introduced me to August and he wanted us to give you this…" Jessica handed over something wooden.

Amelia climbed down and walked to Jessica who in turn picked her up. "Wow! You're walking! Good job Ames!"

Emma melted when she heard Jessica's new nickname for her sister. She shared a look with Regina before she looked at what appeared to be a wooden sign for the wall. "Your Adventures Start Here." Emma smiled. "This is perfect. We will have to thank him."

Regina nodded. "I like it. And it's true. That's where it will all start for them and for any other children we have." She smiled as she kissed Emma, sighing happily when she felt Emma rub her abdomen.

Suddenly, they felt a magical zing in the air as Maleficent beamed. "Perfect timing." She murmured as she checked the other room.

"Mom? What are you…" Emma started as she moved to follow her mother, but not before Amelia moved from Jessica's arms to hers with magic.

Everyone followed the older dragon to the other room. Regina was concerned at first since the magic she felt was different from what she was used to. It felt older, very ancient and extremely powerful. "Mal?"

Maleficent smiled when it was revealed that two women had arrived. "Emma, this is my grandmother, Nyx. Your great grandmother. And this is her twin sister, Lilith. My great aunt." She introduced them to her daughter. "Soon, you two will meet Emma's twin sister, Lily." She smiled when Lilith gasped at the name. "Had I raised Emma from the very start, I would have named her Selene."

Nyx beamed when she met Emma for the first time. She saw that Emma had the mark of the crescent moon. "The moon is my sacred symbol. Your sister carries the mark of the star yes?"

Emma nodded, feeling a strange draw to her great grandmother. "She does. You're the goddess of night. The Queen of the Night."

Lilith smiled as she stepped forward showing that she also bore the mark of the star. "And I am Lilith the first." She watched to see how her niece would react to that. "Call me Auntie." She winked.

Emma gasped and smiled as she looked from her mother back to the women. "That makes so much sense. It explains everything. Why we are the way we are." She could feel the darkness inside them. She realized it was where it all originated from.

Lilith smiled and nodded as she looked at her niece before looking at Maleficent proudly. "I love her already. We will be more than happy to help."

Maleficent smiled knowingly. She looked at Emma. "I lost my mother when I was very small. They were the ones who raised me. I told them what happened with our Jessica." She smiled, wrapping her arms around her granddaughter's shoulders.

Henry and Jessica both gaped in surprise at the women there. They still had yet to grasp how surreal it was to be standing there in the same room as them.

Lilith smiled. "I smell their dragons getting stronger inside these young ones. They smell faintly of mortals. It seems to be dissipating rather quickly. Have they had their first taste of flesh yet?"

Emma shook her head. "No they haven't." She was confused about why she would ask something like that.

Nyx smiled at the look on her face. "Once they do, their dragons will be born." She explained as she reached out and caressed their faces lovingly.

"W-what do y-you mean reborn?" Jessica asked.

Henry's eyes widened in surprise. "I know once we turn a certain age, we will become full blooded dragons. No longer mortal. You're saying if I hurt the men who attacked my sister… If I had bitten them…"

Lilith nodded and smiled. "You would have been able to let your dragon out sooner rather than later. It's nothing to worry about. Either way, it will happen."

"It's in your blood." Nyx finished. "Our blood. Men fear what they cannot understand. It is a part of who we are, who we always have been. Those people who hurt you. The very people who hurt our family. They chose the wrong family to attack."

Regina looked at her wife and at their children before she looked at Maleficent and then back at her friend's grandmother and great aunt. "I want them to pay for what they did to my wife, to her sister, to Jessica and to Mal. Every last one of them." She had a fire in her eyes as she said this.

Lilith smiled. "You're expecting." She moved and touched her abdomen. "You love Emma with everything in you. She gave you the gift of immortality just so you never have to be apart again. I can smell it in you. You're family now." She and Nyx looked at Maleficent. "And Lily? You said she gave birth recently?"

"We would like to see her now." Nyx smiled. "We would love to meet her mate as well." She murmured. "And then we will talk as a family."

Cruella shared a look with Ursula.