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"In sleep he sang to me/In dreams he came/That voice which calls to me/And speaks my name/And do I dream again/For now I find/The Phantom of the opera is there/Inside my mind."
It had been days since the battle of the ogres. The queen had won victoriously. When she saw the love of her life shed the blood of her enemy she was both gleeful yet mortified. She couldn't believe she had actually killed her own mother…only to be slayed by her father. Regina was too buys aiming fireballs at the monsters that she didn't even see Charming coming for her. She had only felt the force of Emma fall at her feet. When she saw her true love's blood seeping from her armor, she screamed as loud as humanly possible before she strangled Charming to death, then set his body aflame. Charming had managed to strike to sword into the crevice opening from the pauldron. Emma wasn't wearing her gorget or helmet, so this was relatively easy to access the blow.
Regina fell to her knees, cradling the blonde's head in her lap sobbing. "NO!" She cried. She placed a wet kiss on the blondes lips, but she did not stir. Panic set in, but she did not give up. She repetitively kissed the woman until she was consumed with sobs. Caressing her golden hair out of her face, tracing every inch of her fair skin. She whispered as she dropped her head, "No…Emma…don't leave me…you can't…please…I need you." She sat there as the war continued around her. The war was finally won but at what cost? The cost of her love? Victory wasn't so sweet anymore. Four guards came rushing to her side once every beast had been slaughtered. They slowly lifted the queen to her feet then carried the woman, her head falling back lifelessly.
Emma was placed in her old bedchamber for the time being. When Regina's magic couldn't heal her, a physician took a look at her. The good news was, Emma was going to be fine…the bad news was she had to wake up on her own, which could take days or weeks. The doctor said she was very lucky to still be alive. The wound was deep it almost punctured her lung if the sword blow was any deeper.
If there was one thing the queen wasn't good at, it was waiting. However, through the passing days, she stayed by the blonde's side. She would clean Emma's wound as best she could, trying to heal her with her own magic. She realized during this time that the reason she didn't wake when she had kissed her was because she wasn't dead. She was in a minor coma. Regina sat by her bed, holding her hand and talking to her until she fell asleep at her side. The queen was barley getting any sleep or eating. Everyone in the castle was worried about the woman, they urged her to eat or get some rest, but Regina would end up telling them to let her be and when she was ready to eat or sleep she would.
Five days had passed when Regina lost control of her emotions. She sat in the chair next to Emma's bed. She grabbed the slender hand, giving it a tight squeeze when she began her confession. "Emma…I need you to wake up. I need you. I love you so much. You have helped me become a better person." Tears started falling from amber eyes as she continued. "I wish I wouldn't have treated you so unfairly the past months we have been together. I should have listened to my heart. All I have ever wanted was to be happy. I was only in love once as you know. I would have never thought I would fall in love again. The moment I met you I knew you were different. As cliché as that sounds, it's true. Everything about you had my attention…the way you carried yourself with confidence and strength. Your breathtaking eyes, your smile. Emma, if you can hear me…please know that if I could take everything back and start over again, I would have treated you differently. I would have treated you like you deserved. You found parts of me I didn't know existed and in you I found a love I no longer believed was real. If you awake, I promise I will make up for all the lost time I was supposed to be loving you." Regina choked on her tears once more before wiping them away. She took a deep breath. "I need you…you make me laugh more than I have in years and I am my best self when I am with you…and if you're gone, nothing will feel right." She lay her head on Emma's hand and began sobbing uncontrollably, placing a small kiss on the back of her hand.
At that moment, she felt a twitch of a squeeze. Regina gasped, shooting straight up, staring at her hand then back at the blonde…her heart racing. All of a sudden, the blonde slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the pale queen, eyes bloodshot. Emma squinted her eyes in pain, she gave a weak smile to the queen then whispered, "Anywhere you go, let me go too." Regina smiled brightly then leaned forward quickly, placing a hard yet gentle kiss upon her lips. Her fingers caressing her face. Emma brought up her uninjured arm to pull her closer before she breathed, "I missed you."
Regina let out a breathy laugh. "I missed you too."
"Did we win?"
The queen shook her head with a grin, "Yes, dear." The blonde grinned proudly. "But it nearly cost you your life…I can't risk that again."
"Don't worry, I'll protect you. No matter what."
"Have you always been this stubborn?" she snickered.
Emma smiled, but winced a bit from the pain. "Of course." Emma tried to prop herself up, however, Regina stood up quickly to help her. "How long was I out?"
"A week. I don't think I've ever been so scared in all my life."
"Damn!"
"The physician said if you pierced any deeper, it would have punctured your lung." Regina paused for a moment. "I was so scared I had lost you." she paused once more. "You saved my life."
Emma scoffed as she shook her head, taking Regina's hand into her, interlacing their fingers. "You won't lose me that easily Regina."
The brunette gave a tight squeeze. "My savior."
They smiled brightly at one another before they pressed their lips against one another for a moment, relishing in the feeling, letting out a sigh of relief and pleasure. Emma broke the kiss, caressing the queen's olive toned face. "You know…I'm really quite hungry."
"I guess so. What would you like darling?"
"Anything is fine, but I am having a craving for a nice grilled cheese sandwich. I would ate them whenever I was sick."
Regina shook her head with a smirk. "You are such a child!"
"You love me!"
"That I do, dear. That I do."
The queen had given the blonde her lunch before Emma requested to be moved from her room to Regina's. Emma didn't understand why she was in her old room in the first place, but the brunette said she thought she would have wanted to be where she had been for half a year. Emma shook her in disbelief then explained she wanted to be near her queen. After Emma had eaten, Regina placed a hand on the deep wound trying to heal the wound. It worked that time. It was indeed strange that her magic wasn't working before, but maybe it was because her heart wasn't as black as night like before. Ever since she met Emma, it had been becoming more and more difficult to stay dark or do evil things to people without feeling a twinge of sadness deep down inside.
Regina had ordered the cooks to whip up something special for dinner. Everyone in the kingdom walked with a bit more pep in their step knowing that Emma was awake and the queen happier than usual. The servants began referring to Emma as the White Knight.
The brunette and the blonde lay in bed the entire afternoon chatting about the war, how everyone was acting when she was asleep, and how she was so grateful that she was alive. Emma brought her arm up, wincing slightly, and placed it around the queen. The magic worked, nevertheless, she was still sore. "You know, while I was in my coma, I was dreaming about you."
Regina quirked an eyebrow as she rested her head on her bosom. "What about?"
"Well, for a while I wasn't dreaming anything at all, but I did at one point. Maybe right before I woke up, but I kept hearing you cry out my name over and over again. I was running around in an underground tunnel in a white lose dress. When I finally found you, white candles were lit everywhere and you were in a maroon and black lace dress that hugged your curves. I think you have that dress actually…your hair was half up, half down. You were hidden in the corner of the tunnel singing something quietly. You sang my name, how you longed for me to wake. Something about having a strange duet together and having power over me. You sang so beautifully, but I sang with you. Singing back that we were combined and that I was there with you in your spirit. When you came out of the corner, you sparkled a bit, your eyes so beautifully sad, then whispered that this was all in my mind. You touched my hand and I jolted awake."
Regina stared at Emma for a long moment, rendered speechless. Regina may not have sang to her, but she most certainly said her name over and over again; also finding it interesting that in her dream she felt her touch her…the same way she touched her woke her up. "That seems intense." she managed. "I did a lot of talking before you woke up."
"I know. I had just woken up, but wasn't ready to open my eyes." Regina stared at her in shock. "Have I really helped you become better? I feel like I haven't done anything."
"Oh Emma, you've done so much…but the most important one is you loving me."
"I wouldn't take back what happened…it helped us get to where we are now."
"But-"
"No, let me finish. Was it hard and painful? Yes. But we managed to get through it. It was difficult…but if it's one thing I've learned from my life, is that nothing comes easy…you have to fight for the things you want in life…and Regina, you're all that I ever wanted love to be. You loved me before you actually realized it. I knew it from the way you looked at me…from the way you touched me. Even when I was being punished, I knew you were fighting your demons. You may be able to hide your emotions from everyone else, but with you?" Emma scoffed. "I always know what you're feeling." She gripped the brunettes chin then brushed her lips with her thumb, glancing at her lips then to her swollen eyes. She had started crying. "You love hard because you know how it feels to be loved so little…but I swear to God…I couldn't love you more than I do right now and yet…I know I will tomorrow." The blonde smiled before Regina had lunged herself at the blonde, kissing her with such unyielding passion to took them both aback. Both women gasping for air into this kiss, but not letting one another go.
Emma grabbed the queen, pulling her on into her lap. She intertwined one hand into that long hair, the other holding onto her back and round bottom, giving it a firm squeeze. She pulled her as close as possible, not getting enough. She began pulling at the older woman's clothing, ripping it from her body with a groan of slight pain. Regina gasped, but contained her thoughts. She didn't want this moment to end. Her hard nipples now exposed, Emma latched her mouth onto the regal queen, suckling it as if she needed it to survive. Regina tilted her head back in ecstasy, fisting a hair of golden locks. Emma, slid her hand down to the queen's core, finding it extremely damp. It really didn't take much for Regina to get aroused, Emma could look at her and she felt heat waves shoot to her core. Emma slipping two needy digits into her, feeling the brunette quake in pleasure. "Oh, Emma!" she breathed. The blonde slowly and passionately began making love to her. The queen rolling her hips in the blondes lap was making her core drenched, she loved this woman with ever fiber in her being, and she was going to show her just how much. She continued making love to her until Regina's orgasm came crashing down. When she came hard, the queen bent down, wrapping her arms around the blonde's neck moaning into her mouth, rolling harder and hard until she couldn't take anymore pleasure.
Both women breathing heavily, Emma turned wrapping her around the regal queens waist, pulling her into a tight embrace. "I love you Regina."
"Oh, Emma…I love you too…" she responded with so much love in her voice, it made Emma tremble with bliss. They shared one more kiss before a knock interrupted them, announcing that dinner was served.