To the guest reviewer Emily – your review was literally the best thing ever haha, brightened my day. I'm so glad you're all enjoying so far. If anyone has any suggestions or anything they'd like to see happen I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Previously –
"Mom are you serious? Look at her, aside from hair color she is basically a miniature Regina, I can't believe I didn't see it earlier"
"She's cute who… hey does Roland know you have his monkey?"
Ignoring the monkey comment Emma and Mary Margaret lead Henry over to the kitchen. He hops up onto the stool and looks at them expectantly.
"We think, well we're pretty sure that she's... well... your sister" Emma sighs eyeing her son carefully
"What?" Henry gapes
"Where's Regina today?" Mary Margaret asks warming her hands with her own mug of hot chocolate
"At her office, I went there before I came here, she's practically buried under paperwork" Henry sighs
"Maybe we should call her" Mary Margaret shrugs looking over to the sleeping girl with a smile on her face
"And say what? Hey we have your daughter from the future asleep on our couch?"
"Maiz do you have magic?" he asks watching her nod enthusiastically
"Maisie we think that you have somehow time travelled back to the past, do you know what that means?" Mary Margaret asks
Maisie's eyes widen in surprise "I gone back in time? I haven't been born yet?"
"How old is Neal?" Emma asks trying to decipher a time line
"4, his birthday party was yesterday and we had chocolate cake" she grins causing them to laugh
"What's your full name?" Mary Margaret asks smiling
"Like mine is Henry Daniel Mills" Henry smiles noticing the confused look on her face
"Maisie Margaret Locksley"
Chapter 3
"Margaret" Mary Margaret whispers, a smile gracing her lips as she looks over at the beautiful young girl. The daughter of her former enemy but no more, finally united as, what she'd always hoped for, a family. And now this adorable three-year-old who inherited her mother's kind and soulful eyes looks up at her with all the love in the world. A clearly passionate, wonderful child who she can't wait to get to know, a child who has been given her name… well cursed name but it counts all the same. This thought brings a bigger smile to her face as she realizes her and Regina will grow closer and not further apart.
"Can we ask you a couple questions Maiz?" Emma asks snapping Mary Margaret out of her daze
"Wait I thought us knowing too much about the future is a bad thing?" Henry interrupts
"It is but not so much about us, just about her. So we can get a better understanding of all of this" Emma smiles as Henry relaxes
Emma reaches over to pull Maisie on to her lap, tickling her slightly causing her to erupt in a fit of giggles. "Okay so I think we know all this anyway but, what's your mommy's name?"
"Regina" Maisie smiles tapping her hands on the table in front of her
"And daddy's?" Emma smiles as she sees Maisie's face light up
"Robin"
"How many brothers do you have" Emma looks over to Henry to see him watching the little girl
"Two, Henry and Roland" Maisie smiles brightly pointing at Henry causing him to grin back at her
"And who are we to you? Me and Mary Margaret?"
"You're Auntie Em and Aunt Snow, I haves your name b'cus mommy didn't want you to be left out"
Mary Margaret looks at her confused "Left out? What do you mean?"
"Emma has a special job, she's Auntie Em aaaaaand my godmother" Maisie tilts her head back happily to look at the blonde
"Your mom made me your godmother? Why?" Emma asks as Maisie reaches down to hold her hand
"Mama said she knew you'd always keep me safe" Maisie smiles up at Emma, playing with her fingers
After taking many pictures and videos of little Maisie, a cute picture in particular of Henry sat reading to Maisie as she looks up at him like her big brother is her biggest hero. They've decided that Emma and Henry will take Maisie to the park and Mary Margaret will go down to Regina's office as bringing Maisie straight to Regina may cause the older brunette to panic, especially considering she's not supposed to be able to have children, a fact that only Mary Margaret knows out of the three.
"Hey kid" Emma calls to Henry pulling him aside leaving Mary Margaret sat on the couch with Maisie looking through a children's book
"Yeah?" Henry smiles glancing back at his sister before focusing on Emma
"Have you noticed anything different about your mom?"
"Uh not really? A little tired maybe but she was trying to save us all from Zelena" Henry smiles thinking of how much his mom has changed "She's happier"
"Remind me to thank Robin for that" Mary Margaret smiles coming to stand next to them, Maisie still busy with her books
"Why what's up?" Henry asks noticing his blonde mother in deep thought, her eyebrows scrunched up in concentration
"You heard Maisie, Neal is four and Maisie told me earlier at the diner that she's three years old" Emma explains watching realization wash over Mary Margaret's features
"You think Regina's pregnant?" she smiles as Henry looks between the two of them
"Either that or she will be soon"
Mary Margaret walks into the Mayor's office, pushing open the door whilst manoeuvring Neal's pushchair through it, trying not to bang into anything. She lets out a small sigh of relief as she notices the door to Regina's office is open, not wanting to repeat the struggle she just went through. Knocking on the open door she smiles softly as Regina looks up at her in surprise, but with a smile on her face.
"I'm really busy Snow" Regina sighs tiredly as she looks down at the pile of papers on her desk, although now significantly smaller than the pile earlier
Mary Margaret comes in anyway, walking over to the chairs in front of Regina's desk. Neal starts to fuss so she takes him out of his pushchair, cooing to him softly. "I know but I really need to talk to you"
Regina puts down her pen and turns her focus to Mary Margaret "What is it?"
Mary Margaret shuffles nervously before walking over to Regina, who looks at her curiously "Do you mind?" she asks holding Neal out in front of her for Regina to take
"Oh uh, sure" she smiles softly taking the baby and holding him awkwardly. She watches as Mary Margaret walks back around her desk to sit on one of the chairs, sitting back relaxing more in her seat, sending a bright smile her way. Regina relaxes, moving Neal to a more comfortable position in her arms, smiling down at the boy who stares up at her curiously but content.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Regina asks tearing her gaze away from the sweet boy
"It's… it's complicated, someone… showed up this morning, from the future but don't worry Emma found her… or she found her way to Emma, but we're still a little confused…"
"Snow spit it out" Regina sighs interrupting the woman's rambling
"It's your daughter"
Regina lets out an amused laugh "What?"
"This morning a three-year-old girl appeared on Main Street, she knows us, as soon as she saw Emma she ran up to her calling her 'Auntie Em', she called me Aunt Snow, she knows Henry and Neal and Roland, in fact that's how I first made the connection, she has Roland's stuffed monkey" Mary Margaret takes a breath looking up to see Regina staring back at her, eyes wide in confusion and mouth agape
Regina clears her throat "That…"
"Isn't possible? I know but maybe somehow Regina it is, she's here and she named you as her mom herself" she watches as Regina repositions her son, his head now resting on her shoulder as she rubs her hand softly across his back, calming both him and herself.
Emma, Henry and Maisie arrive at the park, the little girl holding Emma's hand whilst skipping along next to her. Henry, who brought his video camera along, smiles down at his sister as she asks him to come play with her.
"What the camera for Henry?" she asks sweetly
"We're going to make a little movie, Maisie's fun day at the park, does that sound cool?" Henry smiles turning on the camera
"Yeaaah" Maisie grins jumping up and down, taking Emma's hand again they walk across the grass and come across a small river creek
"Emma I can jump over that" Maisie says proudly looking up at her Aunt
"No way, your legs are too little" Emma teases being pulled along by the girl. Maisie lets go of her hand and runs before jumping from one side of the tiny creek to the other and back again. Henry walks a little closer following her with the camera.
"We might have to show this to my mom" Maisie smiles walking over
"Yeah? What do you think she's gonna say? Emma asks as Henry chuckles
Maisie looks over at the small creek before looking back at Emma with a cheeky smile. "I think she's gonna say that's a little dangerous"
"Sounds like your mom" Emma laughs walking over to a picnic bench
"Henry let's play a game. You gonna seek and I gonna hide" she climbs up to sit on the bench
"And what's that called?" Henry teases
"Hide and seek" she gives Henry a look which is almost identical to a face Regina would pull "First I have to run and hide and then wha…" Maisie exclaims in amazement looking down inspecting her hand "A fly on me, I'm holding a fly" she looks down at the fly not quite sure what to make of it before it flies off, Henry captures the whole thing on camera trying to hold in his laughter
Regina takes a deep breath in trying to make sense of what Mary Margaret just explained. "I have a daughter?" tears fill her eyes; she wants to believe it but doubt still nags at her
"She's beautiful" Mary Margaret whispers, she stands up walking over to the older woman. Taking her son back from her, she pulls out her phone handing it to Regina, who gasps softly at the pictures on the screen. Pictures of her little girl cuddled up in Emma's lap, both smiling at the camera, then a similar picture but with Mary Margaret, she pauses on the one of her and Henry, tears gathering in her eyes
"What's her name?" she questions softly as Mary Margaret brings a chair over to sit next to her
"Maisie" Mary Margaret smiles at Regina whose eyes haven't left her phone, still entranced by the picture
"Maisie" she repeats, her voice a soft whisper
"Maisie Margaret Locksley" Regina's eyebrows raise slightly at the mention of her middle name. Mary Margaret waits for the sarcastic remark but Regina just gives her a teary smile. "She has Robins hair sort of but she is all you"
"Robin" Regina whispers softly her smile widening
"Where is he?" Mary Margaret asks
"He and Roland are with the Merry Men, camping trip, we're sort of easing Roland into the mansion as to not overwhelm him"
"Makes sense. Now I know you're VERY busy…" Mary Margaret teases "But they're at the park, you coming?
Regina stands up from her chair so fast she stumbles slightly, blushing she nods picking up her purse "Let's go"
"Okay go" Henry chuckles zooming in slightly
"Hi mom" Maisie yells from her perch atop of the trash can, holding her arms out beside her to keep her balance. Letting out a string of giggles when Emma appears behind her, grabbing her before spinning her around. As Emma puts her back down on the grass she wobbles slightly, her laughter still echoing throughout the park
"Hey look at this big stick" she picks up the stick with difficulty pulling it along towards Henry
"What should we do with it?"
"Maybe bring it with us?" she huffs letting the stick drop to the floor
"We could build a fort?" Emma suggests walking over to stand next to Henry
The little brunette tilts her head to the side "A fort, how?"
"Well we have to collect a lot of sticks" Emma laughs at the girl's confusion
"Kay, Henry lets go get sticks"
Maisie hands Henry more sticks for their fort when she sees her Aunt Snow coming towards them, Neal in his pushchair and another woman beside her. Her eyes and smile widen and she runs towards them. "Mommy"
Regina bends down to catch her just in time, standing back up with the small girl in her arms. Maisie's arms tighten around her neck as she lowers her back to the ground. She reluctantly pulls back from her mother and Regina gives her a soft smile.
"Hi" Regina smiles softly, stroking the young girl's cheek
Maisie leans into her slightly, playing with her hair "You don't know who I am"
Regina scans her eyes over her daughters face, her daughter. Noticing the trembling lower lip and tears gathering in the identical brown eyes she's quick to reassure her.
"It's okay, that doesn't mean I don't love you okay?" she smiles seeing her nod "We're going to figure this out"
Maisie grins in return, running her fingers over Regina's necklace "You wouldn't bu…believe that I could stand on the trashcan"
Regina smiles up at her, eyes teasing "What? By yourself?"
"Ah, yes" Maisie grins looking up at her
"Is that safe?" Regina smiles watching as her little girl gives her a cheeky grin
"Yeeessss" Maisie giggles causing Regina to do the same
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