Red Apple, Green Apple

Chapter 6

Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my colorful imagination. So Zelena is no longer in jail. How will the people react? What will those Charmings do once they realize Zelena has her mojo back? Most of all, how will our Mayor react? And to top it off, how will anyone react to the fact our redhead is under the protection of the Queens of Darkness. The icing on the cake? Zelena has a werewolf protecting her too. Our very own Ruby! How will Emma woo our Mayor? How will Regina take the fact that Maleficent is back? And that there is more to Emma than she realizes? Will Regina let her sister make amends? Once Killian sobers up… Will he remember threatening the Mills sisters? So many things going on!

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Granny looked up when she smelled magic in the air. She knew Ruby was there as well, but had not expected to see the company she was with. It had surprised her. "Ruby?" She sniffed the air, noticing several things at once.

Ruby smiled at Emma and Maleficent. "It's okay, I'm going to go talk with Granny and explain a few things." She pulled Granny with her to the kitchen. She then proceeded to explain to her about what happened and what she found out.

Maleficent smiled when she saw who she was looking for. "There they are." She murmured, leading them over to the table in the back.

Cruella and Ursula smiled at them as they sat down with them. "Hello darlings." Cruella smiled.

Emma helped Zelena into the booth and moved to sit next to her, protectively when she saw the way every eye in the diner was on them. She was not going to let anyone touch Zelena. She knew Zelena was capable of protecting herself, but Zelena was pregnant with their child.

"So what's going on here?" Ursula asked. She looked at Emma and the redhead next to her.

Maleficent smiled at her friends. Zelena, meet Cruella and Ursula. Ladies, Zelena here is pregnant with my grandchild. She will be staying with us." She murmured in a voice so low that no one else would be able to hear what she said. "She's under our protection. Is that understood?"

Cruella smiled at them. "Of course darling. Anything to piss off the heroes right?" She chuckled. "Congratulations!"

Zelena had a truly smug smile on her face, already liking where this was going. Even though she had remorse for her own actions, she couldn't help but to be wicked. She loved how protective Emma was being of her. Even though she knew Emma had eyes for someone else. "Why thank you dear." She turned and winked at Emma. It didn't bother her that everyone was staring at her. She liked it, knowing she was the reason they were staring. Well, mostly. She knew the people had trouble accepting that Emma was now the dark one. No doubt, they blamed her for it too. "We make quite the pair don't we? The Dark One and the Wicked Witch of the West." She had a wicked smile on her face. She didn't care that she was adding fuel to the gossip mill right now.

Emma looked at the redhead. If she were not the dark one, she would have taken offense at what Zelena was doing. Emma chuckled darkly, finding humor at their situation. She put her arm around her shoulders and moved closer so she could put her hand on her abdomen. She heard Zelena's breath catch at what she was doing. Before she knew it, the redhead moved and kissed her. She could smell her arousal. She moved back and looked at her. "Zelena?"

"I'm sorry… Hormones." Zelena blushed. Damn her body! She had not meant to kiss Emma. Her body betrayed her.

Emma heard the clacking of heels moving away and looked up in time to see Regina leaving the diner. "Regina! Wait!" She got up and ran after the Mayor just as Ruby took her seat, moving to protect Zelena.

Maleficent watched as Emma ran after Regina and smiled when Ruby sat with them. "So you talked with Granny?"

Ruby nodded and asked. "Is everything okay with Ems?"

Zelena sighed. "My sister saw how cozy we were getting and… She didn't take it well. It's my hormones. I'm afraid she saw me kissing her Sheriff." She bit her lip.

Ruby sniffed the air and could see what Zelena meant. "That's tough. Yeah, I told Granny what happened. She's madder at Snow and Charming now. She will not give you a hard time now that she knows Mal is her mother."

Maleficent smiled. "Good. Because if anyone has a problem with that… We'll have a lovely barbeque." She winked.

Ruby couldn't help but to smirk at what the dragon said. Suddenly, she heard an unwanted voice as it drew closer to their table.

"What are you doing sitting with those Villains, Ruby?" Mary Margaret asked as she came closer. She narrowed her eyes at Zelena. "And what are you doing out of jail? David?"

David took out his handcuffs. "You're coming with me. You shouldn't be here…" He looked at Ruby, expecting her to move out of the way.

Ruby growled, her eyes glowing. "She's not going anywhere with you. She stays!"

"Ruby! How dare you?! You know what she's capable of! Why are you protecting her?" Mary Margaret screeched.

David glared at Ruby. "You're not the authority here. I am! I say she goes back to jail! She deserves to be punished."

Maleficent stood up as did Cruella and Ursula as they surrounded the Charmings. Mal spoke up. "My daughter is the Sheriff. Not you… Charming." She replied sarcastically. "You're not touching Zelena. She's pregnant with my grandchild."

Zelena had a smug smile on her face as she showed them her wrists. When they gasped, seeing that the magical blocking bracelets were gone, she laughed. "Emma set me free. She's forgiven me for my sins. You're welcome to try and take me. But I have Emma's permission to defend myself magically should you try to remove me."

Ruby stood up toe to toe with Mary Margaret as she towered over her former best friend. "You think I will let you do to Zelena what you did to Maleficent and her daughters? You thought wrong. Emma is my goddaughter, my friend. She's family to me. That makes Zelena family. If you try going after her, I will hunt you down and rip you apart. You know what I am capable of. Or have you forgotten what I did to Peter?"

Mary Margaret grew pale when she saw that Ruby wasn't budging. "You're choosing them over me?"

Ruby scoffed and smiled darkly. "I'm doing what I should have done a long time ago. I choose Emma, and her family over you." She then looked at David, seeing how close he was getting into her space. She shoved him back hard. "Emma is your boss. You're not the proper authorities here. I'm doing what she asked me to do. Emma trusts me. Not you."

"She's the dark one! She's not the Sheriff anymore. I am!" David had appointed himself as judge and jury.

Granny pointed her crossbow at the Charmings. "This is MY diner! My granddaughter, and you're treading on very thin ice right now. You're no sheriff. Get the hell out of here! Or I will let Ruby and her new friends have you for dinner."

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Emma found Regina as she tried to get away as far as possible. She grabbed her and turned her around. "Regina please! We need to talk. I love YOU. Not Zelena."

Regina lost it then. "You love me? Then what the hell was she doing with her tongue down your damned throat?! She's having your baby! You belong with her not me!" She tried to turn away, but Emma wouldn't let her.

"No Regina! Stop lying to yourself. You saw what happened on that tape! I know it! You should know by now that I'm in love with you, not your sister! Yes she hurt you on purpose. She hurt me too! We shouldn't be…"

Regina didn't let Emma finish talking. "It should have been me! Not HER! You should have been mine!" She left in a purple cloud of smoke.

Emma stood there for a moment in stunned silence. She grinned darkly, knowing that Regina had just confessed her true feelings. She had not said she loved her yet, but she essentially did in another way. Emma left in dark smoke. She wasn't done with Regina. Not by a long shot. She wasn't about to let the Mayor slip through her fingers.

Not now that she knew Regina's true feelings for her.

Emma found Regina in her vault. She was crying. Emma moved to take Regina in her arms, wanting to comfort her.

"No!" Regina shoved Emma away as her face grew distorted with sadness and anger as well as betrayal. "Go away! Leave me alone!"

Emma sighed, feeling her pain washing over her. "Regina, I'm not going anywhere. Not until we talk about this. I told you, I'm in love with you. I don't love Zelena and I sure as hell don't love that pathetic Captain Guyliner you hate so much. Let him rot in his cell for all I care. I heard you Regina. I heard what you said to me outside of Granny's. Don't give up on me so soon after you said what you did. You love me just as much as I love you, Madam Mayor." She smirked. "What happened with the forest boy? Does he know you're in love with someone else?"

Regina looked at the blonde, wanting to forget what she saw back at the Diner. She was still digesting everything. "I broke up with him. He knows… He suspects I'm seeing someone on the side." She said this quietly. "I've never been in love with him. I tried, I mean you had that filthy pirate. But… He's in jail?" She then remembered something else. "What the hell were you doing with the Queens of Darkness?"

Emma smiled and nodded. "Yeah. He was drunk and disorderly and threatening to go after you and Zelena. I couldn't let him go after either one of you. The Queens of Darkness? If only you knew." Emma smirked. She wanted to tell her about how Maleficent was her mother. That she was not a Charming. "Look… Your sister, she's sorry for everything. You need to talk with her and maybe…"

"I don't want to talk about her." Regina interrupted her. She wanted to do something else with Emma. She finally made the first move as she pushed her back until she was met with the back wall. Regina pressed herself against the dark one, signaling what she wanted to do.

Emma's eyes grew dark with desire. She turned her around and used magic to remove their clothes as Regina made a bed appear. They fell together each wanting something from the other. "Take me. Make me yours."

Regina's eyes grew dark as she moaned. She wanted to make Emma hers in all the ways that counted. She wanted to erase everything her sister ever did to Emma. "You're mine. Em-ma. Mine!" She felt Emma's wetness and wished she could do so much more. She thrust into her with passion, wanting to take possession of her, to take her away from Zelena.

Emma moaned loudly, her head fell back as she arched her back. She wanted to tell Regina that Zelena never had her. Not in the way she thought. But she didn't want to break the magic happening between them. "I'm YOURS!" She growled, loving what Regina was doing to her. She came hard all over her, feeling like she could go at it over and over again. She flipped her around and allowed her sex to change, much to the surprise of Regina who was just toi far gone. She thrust into her, wanting to pleasure her and to make her come hard. She began nibbling at her, feeling her teeth grow sharper as her dragon wanted to come out and claim her on the spot. But she held back, wanting to wait until the time was right. And right now, they needed this more. She panted heavily as her thrusting quickened.

Regina arched her back, moaning loudly as she felt her climaxes coming faster. "EMMAAAA!"

"REGINAAAA!" Emma screamed as she thrust once more and pressed into Her as deep as possible, she came hard inside of her over and over again. "I love you!" She panted as she pulled her closer, not wanting to let go of her anytime soon.

Regina had almost shouted that she loved her too, but held back, she couldn't forget what Zelena did to them. Not just yet. She wasn't ready. Her feelings were still raw and chaotic. She was still feeling angry with her sister for taking what she should have taken a long time ago. A part of Regina was angry with herself for allowing Robin to get in the way of what she wanted more than anything else. Emma. As a result, somehow Zelena had found out the sheriff really had her heart and Zelena had taken advantage of it. Otherwise, had circumstances been different, Zelena would have been carrying Robin's baby instead of Emma's. That infuriated Regina to no end. She still had unfinished business with her big sister. A part of her wished she had not cursed herself to be barren. And now Zelena being pregnant with Emma's baby just about killed her. She hated it when Zelena rubbed it in her face like that. She was glad she finally had her way with Emma, yes. But she didn't feel the satisfaction she was looking for. Not quite yet. She wished she could move forward from what happened between Emma and Zelena, but she wouldn't be able to until she made Zelena see that Emma was hers. HERS. Period. She wanted her sister to know she had no hold over Emma anymore. And until she could do that, she wasn't ready to be with Emma again. She flicked her wrist and was clothed. A look of determination was on her face. She needed to see Zelena again.

"Regina?" Emma's eyes narrowed as she saw the thoughts the brunette was having. "Don't do this. You already have m…" Before she could get a word in, Regina left in purple smoke. "Me." Emma sighed and shook her head as she used magic to get her clothes back on.

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Maleficent chuckled darkly as she eyed Mary Margaret. "You know, that sounds like a good idea. Maybe a feast is what we need. Don't you agree?" She shared a look with the young wolf.

Ruby smirked, her teeth becoming slightly sharper as she gave a wolfy grin. "That would be…" She froze, unable to finish what she was about to say. The only thing she was able to move were her eyes. In fact, everyone could see something clearly was happening.

Granny growled, able to make a sound, enough to do just that. Her crossbow was still aimed at the Charmings as she prepared to get them out ut of her diner. Unfortunately, everyone was stuck in place. Everyone except Zelena. The redhead knew something was wrong as she turned to look at the entrance. Purple smoke faded as a woman stepped forward. Zelena's eyes grew wide. "Regina."

Her sister had a sneer on her face. "Oh good. Now we can talk." She pulled Zelena up and then slapped her.

"You would hit a pregnant woman?" Zelena rubbed her cheek.

"No, just my sister. You should never have come to Storybrooke. This is MY town and I want you to go back to Oz. Stay away from Emma. She isn't yours!" Regina snarled.

Zelena scoffed. "You think Emma would let you push us out of her life? You think she would abandon her baby?"

Regina had a dark look on her face. "Maybe not. But she doesn't love you. She never will. She loves ME!"

Zelena chuckled softly. "Of course she does…"

"She doesn't!" Regina interrupted as she felt uneasy with everyone looking at them. She dragged Zelena into the kitchen just as Ruby and even Maleficent growled in protest, wanting to protect Zelena from Regina's wrath.

Zelena rolled her eyes, seeing that Regina didn't hear what she was saying. "Stop! I know that sheriff loves you!" She pulled her arm free.

"You bet she does! And the sooner you get that through your head… The sooner I can get rid of…"

Zelena huffed. Seeing that Regina was being so bullheaded, she looked around for something and saw a bowl of eggs. She grabbed several and threw them at her sister. She needed her to shut up for a minute so she could explain herself better to her sister.

"What the hell?!" Regina saw red and grabbed some flour, throwing it at Zelena.

The redhead dunked, not wanting to be hit by a bag of flour. She wrapped her arms around her front, protecting her baby. "Regina stop! Damnit! I'm trying to tell you…"

Regina wasn't stopping yet. She grabbed some mustard and ketchup and squeezed, hitting Zelena square in the face. She smirked, feeling a bit of satisfaction, but still wanting to vent. "You went after MY Emma! Why?! Just because of something Mom did? Puhleeze! She had no heart! What did you expect?!" She scoffed. "You accused me of having a better life than you and…"

"SHUT UP!" Zelena lurched forward, grabbing some chocolate syrup. She gave several good squeezes getting the sticky substance on her little sister who squealed indignantly.

Regina then reached for Zelena, grabbing at her and in the process slipped and slid forward, colliding with Zelena who tried to remain upright and failed miserably. They both fell to the floor screaming.

Zelena finally slapped Regina. "WOULD YOU SHUT THE HELL UP?! DAMN!" When she saw the look in her eyes, she saw the bag of flour and ripped it open and threw some on her.

Regina sputtered angrily as she did the same, throwing the flour on Zelena as they panted and huffed and glared at each other.

Zelena shook her head and rubbed her abdomen. "I wanted to say I'm sorry! I know what I did was rotten! I was jealous of you. Jealous of the life I thought you led. I thought you had it all made and I wanted everything I thought you had, because I was denied the life I was meant to have."

Regina scoffed and prepared to interrupt her sister. "But yo…"

"Please let me finish." Zelena rolled her eyes. "I know I should pay for all the wicked deeds I've done to you, to Emma, to her fake family. But then Emma showed me…"

Regina frowned with confusion. "Wait a minute… Fake family? What the hell are you talking about?"

Zelena sighed. "Emma didn't tell you? Wow… What were you doing? Avoiding your savior?" She scoffed.

"I… Well we… Um." Regina didn't even know what to say. "We haven't really had a chance to talk… Why the hell am I telling you this?"

Zelena smirked. "You're my sister. It's one of the requirements. Anyways… I'm sure she will tell you as soon as you stop having a hissy fit. Uh sorry. Emma showed me the truth of what happened. And it sucked. I realized I was terrorizing the wrong people. It was Cora's fault. The whole thing was her fault. Not yours."

"Say what? Can you repeat that?" Regina wasn't sure if she heard her right.

Zelena had a very serious look on her face. "I can show you. I promise no tricks. Please? I don't want to fight you anymore. This little green bean is all I have. And well hmm… Emma offered her friendship when she would have hated me forever for what I did. You're my sister and I feel damned lousy for what I did. The least I can do is show you what Emma showed me." She reached out her hand for Regina to take.

Regina eyed the hand her sister offered warily. But she decided to make an effort. She nodded. "Okay."

Zelena smiled and closed her eyes, projecting everything she'd seen when Emma took her on a trip to their past. She showed her everything Cora did, how they knew each other, how Zelena saved her life once. How they played together much to Cora's dismay. The lengths Cora went to in order to keep them apart. She showed her everything.

When she was done, Regina had a lost look on her face, tears brimming in her eyes as she looked at Zelena through different eyes. The redhead also shared the same look on her face as she swallowed the lump that formed in her throat.

"Now you see why I regret everything I did. Everything except this baby. It's not her fault how she came to be. It's mine. And I have to live with that for the rest of my life. I'm sorry this happened." Zelena had tears falling down her face which made the mess even worse.

Regina sniffled, the tears made her face and nose itch. She scratched at the areas that itched. "If Cora had never… What?"

Zelena snickered. Soon she began giggling as she pointed at her sister. "Y...your.." She gulped. "Your face!" She began laughing. She slapped the floor which caused the flour to move up and make her sneeze.

Regina laughed then, seeing the look on the redhead's face. Once they started laughing, they couldn't stop. Soon they were crying and laughing at the same time. They pulled each other close and sobbed themselves silly.

Emma finally arrived at the diner. She saw that everyone was frozen in place and she saw that Zelena was missing. She looked closer at the people there. She saw Maleficent and Ruby keep rolling their eyes towards the kitchen, indicating that was where Emma needed to go. She nodded and waved her hand, unfreezing everyone as she headed to the kitchen. She looked around, seeing the huge mess that was all over everything. Her eyes fell to the two women on the floor, wrapped up in an embrace. "What the hell happened here?"

Regina gasped when she heard Emma. Zelena gave a start and they both looked at the blonde before they started laughing again. Regina almost fell again as she got up and tried to help her sister up. "Em-ma… I'm... We..."

Zelena smirked as she saw the way Regina was looking at Emma. "Well? What are you waiting for? Go kiss your woman!" She grinned and winked at the blonde, forgetting for a moment, the both of them were a huge mess right now.