I hope you enjoy this update! I wasn't sure where exactly to split the chapters because a lot is about to happen. Stay tuned!
1 week later
Emma woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of crying. She looked over at Killian who was snoring softly next to her. She got up and walked out of the room, following the crying until she realized it was coming from Regina's room. Emma tapped the door lightly and she could hear Regina reacting by sniffling and sucking in a deep breath.
Regina opened the door a crack, "Yes, Ms. Swan?" She said, her voice nasally from crying.
"Are you ok?" Emma asked pushing the door open a little more to see a puffy faced Regina, tissues in her hand.
"No, Ms. Swan," Regina said gently wiping her nose.
"Do you want to… talk… or something?" Emma said awkwardly.
"No thanks." Regina said, beginning to close the door.
Emma put her foot in the way of the door, "I'm sorry." Emma said.
"For what?" Regina said surprised.
"Well, for what I said in your vault-" Emma started.
"I know what you were doing and that wasn't your fault." Regina said.
"But I'm also sorry for this situation." Emma said, looking at Regina and for once wishing she didn't have to hurt her. "It can't be hard seeing Killian and I together all the time in your house."
"I'll get over it." Regina said.
"Yeah, maybe over us being here, but not Robin." Emma said, reaching her hand out and grabbing Regina's arm. "And I'm sorry."
"Thank you." Regina said. With those words, Emma removed her foot and shut the door for Regina. She walked quietly back to her room and climbed back into bed looking over at Killian and wondering if Regina would ever get her Happy Ending. In that moment, she realized that she promised everyone a Happy Ending and that included Regina.
The next morning Emma woke up to an empty bed. She looked to see that Killian's hook wasn't on the night table. As she climbed down the stairs she heard Killian, Regina, and Henry talking, but she also heard a few other familiar voices. Emma ran down the stairs as fast as she could, spotting her parents as she hit the bottom steps.
"Mom! Dad!" She said, hugging them both as they stood up, "I missed you!"
"Oh!" Snow and David said, falling over a little from the force.
Emma pulled away, "I-I'm sorry." Emma said.
"No, it's perfectly ok." Snow said, "I miss you so much, too."
"Why are you here?" Emma said, "Is there more happening with Ursula?"
"Oh, no, nothing like that." Snow said, walking past Emma. She went over to the area they had all been talking and then Emma saw it, her mother's wedding dress. Snow picked it up and walked towards Emma. "I thought maybe you would like to try my wedding dress on." Snow held it up looking at it. "You don't have to wear it at your wedding, but… just…"
"I'd love to." Emma said, taking it from her and holding it up to look at. It was a beautiful dress, and Emma would be honored to wear the famous Snow White dress from Henry's book. Emma began to walk away.
"I can help with that." Regina said, waving her handing the air and then Emma was wearing the dress.
"It looks beautiful on you." Snow said through tears. Then her face changed as Emma felt a weird sensation at her abdomen. Emma looked down to see a rather large pregnant belly.
"What the hell?" Emma said, rubbing her belly and realizing that it was indeed her pregnant belly, a kick from one of her twins confirming it. Emma's eyes were wide.
"Regina, what did you do?" Snow said angrily at Regina as she ran towards Emma. Snow helped Emma sit down.
"What did I do? You're the one that brought this dress here." Regina said accusingly.
"She planted it." Emma said as she thought about the last few days. "Ursula, she planted the dress in your closet."
"How? We are in and out of the loft constantly." Snow said, "How could she have even gotten in the loft?"
"It's actually fairly easy." Regina said, getting a few surprised looks from everyone, "What? How do you think I framed you? And now that there's magic here it's easier than ever."
"What are we going to do," Emma said, "I have no idea how far along I am now and I could have these babies at any moment, she could ta-"
"We're not going to let that happen." Snow said, wrapping Emma into a hug. Emma couldn't hold in the tears as she grabbed her very pregnant belly, Killian sat next to Emma.
"I meant what I said, Swan." Killian turned a teary eyed Emma towards him, "I will not let anyone hurt my family." Killian put his hand on her belly just as one of the babies kicked. "Bloody hell, we've got a fighter in here." Killian smiled.
Emma smiled at Killian, still not sure what to think of what was happening. She had just found out she was pregnant a few weeks before and now she's literally magically about to have these babies. Not only that, but she would probably have these babies taken from her before she even knew what was happening.
"We should get you out of that dress." Regina said, "Maybe taking it off will undo it?"
Regina waved her hand and Emma was in a nightgown, still very pregnant. Emma looked down, rubbing her belly and then looked at Snow.
"I understand you now," Emma said to Snow, "I now know the pain you've felt losing your babies. I know you said that you got us back, but so much damage had already been done. I never got to have the mother you should have been to me. You never sang me to sleep, you never comforted me when I was sick or hurt, I did it all alone."
Snow's eyes welled with tears, not able to speak of the pain she was feeling for her Daughter.
"I can't let my daughter and son grow up without me, that already happened to one of my kids, I can't lose them." Emma said.
"We'll figure this out, Emma," Snow said, "We always do. Good will win."
****I feel I should explain why Emma has Snow's ring. Because of the curse, many many things were destroyed and because Killian is a pirate and sold his ship, he does not have anything from his past, including things from his mother. Snow was not able to share in anything with Emma. No first ball, no gowns, nothing, this was Snow's only way of passing something down to her only daughter. Before the dress showed up, this was the only thing Emma could have that is her mother's. Also, because Snow believes that Killian and Emma have true love (and true love follows the ring) she felt Emma should have it. This family is all about sentimentality and I felt like this was a super sentimental action. Sorry if I took a shot at Snowing, but ever since Emma had the ring on in the episode where she went back in time, I wanted to do it this way.