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Stars and Midnight Blue
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Emma and Ruby were lying together in bed, cuddling. Ruby was curled into Emma's chest, playing with a strand of her hair.
"So, about the wedding," Ruby said quietly, "I was thinking, would you mind if I didn't wear white?"
"Why not? I mean, I wouldn't mind. I wouldn't mind if you walked naked down the aisle."
Ruby let out a barking laugh and hit Emma with a pillow.
"I am NOT walking naked down the aisle."
"Hahaha, ok, ok!" said Emma, rising her hands in mock surrender. "What do you want to wear then?
"I want to wear a red dress."
Emma chuckled, "Of course you do." She kissed Ruby's head and put her arms around her, bringing her even closer to her. "Rubes you can wear whatever you want on our wedding day. All I care about is getting to be married to you."
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Ruby woke up to the smell of pancakes. Even before she was truly awake, her nose had started sniffing the air, following the faintest olfactive hint of pancake batter being stirred in the kitchen. Must be the wolf thing, she thought. Wait. What? Ruby shook her head in an attempt at clearing her thoughts. That was a weird thing to think Ruby Lucas, she said to herself, a really weird thing.
A few moments later Ruby had forgotten all about her bizarre thoughts and she was walking downstairs. When she got to the kitchen she was met by an unexpected sight. She had been expecting Emma to be the one making breakfast for them; but instead, she found herself looking at a pyjama-clad Henry kneeling on a kitchen stool and flipping pancakes on the grill.
"Morning Henry."
"Morning Ruby!" answered the boy happily.
"Where's your mom? And what are you doing here in your PJs? She asked him, ruffling his hair affectionately as she walked around him towards the fridge. She took out a carton of orange juice and pouring two glasses, one for her and one for Henry.
"My mother dropped me of here last night. She had something to do and didn't want me to stay alone. And I don't know where mom is, she was gone when I woke up this morning."
Ruby frowned, Emma never left without saying goodbye.
"Well, maybe she had something at the station. Let's eat those pancaked before they get cold kiddo. They look delicious."
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Earlier that morning:
Emma woke up startled. Ruby was talking in her sleep.
"Blue! Stay right where you are baby! Mommy's coming to get you. Hold on!"
Emma looked at Ruby, concern written all over her face.
"Rubes? Baby?" she whispered. When Ruby didn't wake up, Emma shook her gently. "Rubes?"
Ruby whimpered softly in her sleep.
"Azure!" she shouted. And then she didn't say anything else; falling back into an easy slumber.
Emma bit her lip worriedly. Azure. She kept thinking about how sad Ruby felt when she saw the little girl; and how worried she had sounded just now when she had been talking in her sleep about the girl.
Emma had a lot of questions. Why did Ruby get so sad when she saw Azure? Why was Ruby dreaming about an orphan she had never even spoken to? And who the hell was Blue?
Emma got out of bed, put on her clothes and walked downstairs. She took her red jacket from the coat rack and walked outside. Yes, she had a lot of questions; and she was going to find some answers.
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Blue ran through the cabin, laughing happily.
"I'm going to catch you!" said Red, running behind her. "I'm going to catch you!"
Blue screamed gleefully, her cobalt cloak billowing behind her.
Rumpelstiltskin had given them the cloak, for a price of course. He had asked to be left alone with Blue for two minutes; he had said that would be all he would charge them: two minutes alone with the toddler. Red had refused to allow him to stay alone with her, saying that she would not leave her baby alone with a madman. Rumpelstiltskin had merely shrugged and said he wouldn't give them the cloak unless they paid the price. Granny had pulled Red aside while Snow stayed with Blue and Rumpelstiltskin, and she had explained to Red how desperately they needed the cloak. She had explained that without the cloak they would never be able to teach Blue to control her wolf, and that it would probably end very badly. After listening to Granny's explanation, Red had walked back to where Snow was and begrudgingly agreed to leave Blue with the Dark One. "But only two minutes," she'd said "not a second more."