The perfect dress

The news of Emma's engagement to Killian was all over town the next morning. It was 9 when the couple entered Granny for breakfast and already everyone knew that had gotten engaged the previous night and they all wanted the opportunity to congratulate them. They got asked the same questions over and over again: when is the wedding, who is going to marry them, where did Emma get her dress, who's going to be bridesmaids, maid of honor, best men... It only showed Emma and Killian that there was still a lot for them to organize and decide on.

The first thing they did was decide on a date, which would have to be not too far away, because they didn't want to wait too long, but not too soon either because they were going to invite people from other realms and they'd need to organize a way to get everyone there with the Apprentice's wand and he few beans that Anton had managed to grow.

Then of course they made the guest list, which included almost the entire town. Emma wanted Elsa to be there, so of course she also invited Anna and Kristof since they were friends of her father. She also invited Aladdin and Jasmin. Killian invited his little brother along with Captain Nemo. The guests coming from other realms weren't that numerous. From Camelot they invited Lancelot and they even sent an invitation to Robin Hood's merry men. He might be dead now, but his friends and family deserved to be present, because they were their friends too, they had fought side by side often enough. From Oz, they'd have Red, Mulan and Dorothy visiting, which made Zelena a bit nervous.

"So, you're going dress shopping with your mother this afternoon?" Killian asked Emma that morning as they drove to work.

"Yes, we're going to look here first, in town. If we don't find anything then we'll move the search to Boston or something." Emma nodded.

"Your father said it should be faster for me to find a suit." He smiled.

"Of course, my father isn't going to make you try on a thousand suits before you find the right one. My mother on the other end... She seems so excited about this that I wouldn't put it past her to make me try on all the dresses in town." Emma smiled.

"You're the savior, Love. Be brave, have courage and face your mother." he teased her.

"Easy for you to say." She replied jokingly.

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Juste like Emma had feared, her mother, accompanied by Zelena and Regina, took her to try all the wedding dresses the town had to offer. They even had an appointment with a great seamstress that would try to draw the perfect dress (and make it if she was selected).

"There can't possibly be that many wedding dresses in town..." Emma shook her head when she saw that Regina's entire first floor seemed to be overtaken by wedding dresses of all sorts.

"We kind of collected all the used dresses as well. People were more than happy to contribute to the savior's wedding." Regina revealed.

"Belle will bring my old dress later, she found it this morning and now we're having it cleaned." Snow informed her daughter.

"This is so exciting!" Zelena declared, obviously happy to be a part of something positive and good.

Emma personally thought that it would be faster to see the seamstress right away but her mother insisted that she at least looked at all the dresses they had first, so she did. She looked at them all. Of course they were all beautiful in their own way, but none of them were quite right. If she could take different part from a few dresses, then she'd have a perfect one.

When Belle arrived, with Snow's dress, Emma knew that this was important for her mother, so she tried it on, even though she didn't think it was her style.

"So, what do you think?" Snow asked her eagerly.

"I'm not sure, mom... Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful dress, but it's not really my style... I'm not comfortable in it..." Emma confessed.

"You and I are different persons, I guess it makes sense that our dresses should be different..." Snow agreed.

"Maybe we should take pictures of the parts you liked most in all the dresses so the seamstress can draw the perfect one?" Zelena suggested.

"Great idea!" Snow exclaimed.

And so Emma had to look at all the dresses, one by one, all over again.

"Are you sure I can't just get married in a pair of jeans and my red leather jacket? Killian loves that jacket..." Emma joked.

"Absolutely not!" Snow frowned, not seeing the joke in this.

"I think she was joking, Snow. Relax." Regina chuckled.

"You'd be sure people would talk about your wedding though." Zelena added, amused.

"Maybe but I get it. I'm the savior and a princess, they probably expect me to wear something princessy." Emma nodded.

"Exactly. And you can wear your red leather jacket to go on your honeymoon." Snow smiled.

"Do you know where you'll go yet?" Regina asked Emma.

"Yes, I've discussed it with Killian. We'll take the Apprentice's wand to open portals and see the realms on the Jolly Roger. I haven't seen much of the different ones and Killian wants to show everything to me. We'll stop by Arendelle and other places were we know people, you know, to visit our friends too." Emma explained.

"That's a great idea." Regina and Snow approved.

"The seamstress is here!" Zelena announced.

It took over two hours but the nice old woman had three dress drawings for Emma to chose from. Though all three were pretty and fitting to her personality, one stood out and Emma absolutely loved it, so she asked for that one. The woman, who was old but fast working, promised that it would be ready a few days before the wedding, just in case they needed to make adjustments to it.

"Well, that was a nice afternoon. Have you decided on bridesmaid dresses yet?" Snow asked her daughter, making Regina and Zelena chuckle.

"I haven't even decided on a maid of honor or bridesmaids, mom! Killian and I need to talk it out, see how many people will stand with us. Then I think I'll let them chose their own dresses." Emma argued.

"But they'd have to be all the same!" Snow shook her head.

"As long as they're similar, it'll be perfect. Don't worry, mom." Emma smiled, relaxed now that she had her dress chosen.

A little long. At first it was too short... now there might be unnecessary bits, I don't know.

What do you think?

Lorelei Candice Black