A new curse
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Pan has found a way to evade his capture this is the first time anyone has realized Henry isn't really Henry. no one is gonna forgive that. Emma can hate herself all she wants but now Emma fear for Regina's life bring left alone with the Henry imposter. What could he possibly want?
Emma's eyes where undoubtably still dilated Regina looked at her one last time before Henry walked in the door. She clearly couldn't shake what just happened as well as she could. She smiled gently with knowing that she caused her such a reaction.
"Lay down on me your not well." Regina whispered and Emma finished redoing her shirt and curled up just in time. Henry closed the door and paused as he turned around.
"Oh Henry I'm sorry time just slipped away, Emma wasn't feeling good today I had to get her and bring her home to take care of her." His face dropped dramatically he had expected snow to hurt Emma again but not so soon.
"Is she ok? what did snow do now?" Regina forgot he was worried about that and quickly answered.
"Nothing Emma was just upset about yesterday she doesn't talk well about things bothering her till she realized it was to much." Regina smoothed out the blonde curls beneath her fingertips. "You know she went through a lot yesterday."
"Yeah." He then decided to go upstairs. Regina called after him to do his homework. Once they heard his door close Emma burst out laughing.
"That is not funny." Regina said unable to hide her laugh as well. She tried to frown but couldn't she was stuck on watching Emma. "Your laugh is so rich I love it."
It was hard for either woman to continue what they had previously been doing. Regina had to make dinner and Emma fully volunteered to help. She watched as Regina almost magically made her way around the kitchen. Her footing was so light she looked like she was dancing. Emma sat on the bar stool finally after making to many mistakes for Regina to keep up with. Regina just chuckled and eased in her assistance and Emma willingly let her take over.
Sitting down at dinner was pleasant like family finally. Henry chatted openly as if nothing had happened but both women could see his smile wasn't reaching his eyes. Emma knew he was tough and soon he'd feel comfortable again but till then they let him go about it his way. Later that night as they shared a glass of liquor they spoke about it among other things.
"I get a feeling this pan thing, I don't know maybe I shouldn't, I might jinx it." Emma still felt uneasy with no real reason. Regina gave her hand a gentle squeeze in understanding. "Maybe I'll just go to the docks a check tomorrow?"
"That would be preferred than worrying right now dear." Regina didn't mean to sound disinterested and attempted to fix her statement seeing Emma's face fall.. Capturing her chin in her fingertips she edged closer. "Just that there is no need to dwell more than you will tomorrow. Emma don't worry Henry has both of us." She promised sealing it with a kiss.
Emma melted into Regina's hold feeling a spark surge through her. Her mind spun what was worry she didn't want to worry anymore, and Regina gave her that, gave her a feeling of relief. Her eyes fluttered back open looking for the lips that left hers. Regina let her nails graze Emma's skin as she left the room to put the glasses away.
Without a word Regina left and Emma was left to her worries again. Something still turning inside about pan and his shadow. The lost boy that still sides with pan it just wasn't good signs. They brought all three back alive anyone of them would be harmful but even she didn't want death. She cringed at the thought of Henry being in danger again. World of magic may be generally new to her but one thing she knew for sure was that anything was possible.
"Emma did you hear me?" Regina loomed over Emma worry written on her face. "I said we should head to bed. Are you ok? Need to talk about something?" She goes to sit but Emma shakes her head.
"Yeah let's go to bed." They climb the stairs to Regina's room. "It's not strange sharing your room so soon is it?" She hears a chuckle above her.
"How about you come in here and find out." Her voice grew husky with every word she spoke. Turning on a bedside lamp as she hears the door click she turns, desire guiding her into her loves arms. Emma attempts to take charge walking her to the edge of the bed but Regina wants her decides to turn and spins Emma around laying her back.
It's to Regina's joy she peals off Emma's white tank top revealing her porcelain white skin. It sits in the moon light like cream. She laces her fingers under her bra straps. Emma at first stiffens with fear of judgement but Regina won't let that last. Flushed breast fell from fabric the sight hitched Regina breath.
"You are perfection Emma." She stated with a husky growl. With that Emma lets herself be taken. Melting under Regina's touch. Burning as Regina's fingers trace every inch of her body. Even with all sense heightened she found herself with no pants and underwear slowly being removed. For the first time since Neil she felt special like she wasn't everything her life told her. She wasn't unwanted, unloved, or ugly she was what Regina wanted, loved, and thought was perfection.
Regina laid above Emma her hands roaming her body receiving gasps every spot her touch grazed. She loves how Emma's chest rises and falls. How the flesh fit into her hand as she palmed and squeezed it. Grazing the perky buds before taking one into her mouth.
Emma's once gasps rolled into a moan that she willingly let escape her. No one had ever taken their time with Emma mainly the one person Emma thought no one could replace was now just another one of those who didn't love her. This was love and she knew it now. Without another thought she blurted.
"I love you!" She felt Regina smile against her and pop the bud from her mouth.
"And I love you." No hesitation no secret meaning just love. From there she let Regina find her folds. Her body arched an quivered with every erotic thrust Regina gave. Thin pale legs wrapped around Regina's waist pulling her closer forcing her deeper. Emma can't help but cry out her name can tell Emma wants more needs more so she give it to her.
Hot rich fluids began filling Regina's hand slowly it trickled from Emma the harder her muscles clenched her fingers. Regina gave animalistic growl and she buried her face into the center of both their focus. Her teeth nip at the lips and her tongue soothed and cooled the heated flesh. Regina felt Emma's heart race in rhythm with hers as she lapped her moist tongue over her clit.
This went on and on, after a few subtle moans and yells of her name Regina built a silence barrier and raged further into pleasing Emma. Emma felt fully at peace but completely rushed with memories, reasons, and moments all of which showered her on love. What she truly felt and never wanted to lose. She clung to Regina letting tears of pleasure and love streak her face.
Wave after wave her orgasm took her. she distantly noticed Regina crawl up her body. Felt her place kisses in the crook of her neck.
"It's ok." Regina shushed knowing this was not in pain or regret but an overflow of love. Pulling her into her arms and let her hold on tightly. "I'll always be here to love you." Regina ran her fingers through Emma golden hair till her breathing eased and she knew she was resting as could she.
Bang bang bang!
The two women startled awake.
"What the hell?" Regina bolted out of bed furious.
"Don't go alone give me a second." Emma grumbled behind her. Something told her it was serious. Regina huffed and flopped on the bed. Her eyes flickered over to Emma. Her pale legs slipping into her pair of pants hiking them up. "Regina." Her voice echoed soft and questioning.
"Yes dear?" She stood behind Emma and helped her clasp her bra. Ran her hands round her stomach, up to the lace cups, and resting her chin on her shoulder.
"Did I make last night weird?"
"Did you feel weird?" Regina answered with a question.
"Not in a bad way, I never felt like that before." Emma let her head lean to Regina's.
"Then it wasn't weird for me." Regina assured her.
Bang bang bang bang!
This time it's was more urgent. Signing Emma removed herself from her hold and picked up her shirt and rushed down the stairs after Regina.
"Regina!? Emma!? Open hurry!"
"What the hell could be so important this early in the morning!" Regina burst open her door to find a panic stricken Prince Charming.
"It's pans shadow, it's gone and-"
"Dad is that you? What's going on."
"Wait isn't pan trapped? How is that possible?!" Regina rushed him inside. As she closed the door she saw snow in the car and smugly shut the door. Turning to see Emma staring she gave her a guilty apology smile.
"We'll hook um checked his ship this morning. it was gone. I wanted to check on Henry since pan was so desperate to have him before." He should have expected it but still was surprised when the two ran up the stairs to check on their son. After all his banging he assumed the whole house would be up. When Henry came into the living room rubbing his eyes he felt a light smile and relief appear.
Once back on topic he suggested and everyone agreed Henry be taken to safety.
"Does this mean pan can hurt me?" For the first time ever Emma heard Henry sound scared it wasn't like before when he always thought of something that made him strong. He didn't trust them. Something about it bothered her.
"Why don't we go see if we can take a look at things first hand first." Emma pipped up finally.
"Emma you can't be serious! He should go somewhere safe now." Regina felt a anger she hadn't felt for quite sometime building up.
"I know trust me, but we need to stick together and make a plan know what's happening before we assume and Henry gets hurt." Nothing but a weak smile came from the supposed Henry. Emma felt it but she couldn't prove it so she said nothing.
Regina simply took Emma's hand an nodded although Emma could feel her tension could feel her shaking. She knew Regina hated endangering Henry but to Emma she was sure somehow. She was going to have to make sure it was Henry before letting Regina be alone with him.
Rushing out the door the first place anyone went was to rumplestiltskin.
"He's here isn't he?" Emma barked entering the pawn shop. "Pan? Is he still here?"
"Of course he is! I wouldn't risk him getting out." Rumplestiltskin pointed to the floor where they had places the box in a magic seal.
"Pans shadow.. it's gone!" David seemed to be shouting for him and snow who all she could do was stand at his side silent And Regina enjoyed this. Neil and belle entered the room. Rumple took a great defensive stance at their side.
"There is only one thing to do. We get the shadow. Pan is still in here I know it." rumple stated now holding the box.
"Wouldn't you like to be sure. End this for good." Her first instinct was to do the deed right there. For rumple to open it and let take him down but she couldn't. magic was here and he wouldn't die while it was. Emma turn to Neil an belle and them to David and snow.
Before Emma could active make a plan they heard a commotion out side. Upon finding out the shadow was sighted they all ran down the road where they found blue fairy collapsing on the ground. Not long after reaching her side hook and tinker bell ran from a building together. Hook stood flushed by Emma's. She questioned his state but told him to carry blue inside the chapel.
The time came to take action. "Regina.. Get Henry safe." Emma doubtfully made the choice to protect him hoping It was him.
"Mom you can protect me right?" That was it Emma knew she couldn't ever believe Henry to doubt his mother to protect him even after Neverland. He'd been too quite since the ship.
"Of course dear I will." Regina gleamed in joy that her son needed her. Emma needed her to be careful. She jumped from her spot behind Regina she called out.
"Regina." She turned meeting emerald green eye full of concern. "Be careful.. Watch him he doesn't seem like himself." Inside her the anger was intensely high at this. What was she insinuating that she didn't know her son. Or was it that her son needed her not Emma. She knew she shouldn't and she regretted it as soon as she said it.
"Why because he choose me when he is in need. Because you excepted him to come to you for comfort I raised him I know my son." Thankful her bitter words couldn't be heard by Henry she turn on heel. She saw her words sting but her frustration kept her from saying anything else to soothe the sting for her love.
Emma watched the two leave and she worries more because Regina couldn't see it. Her words sting greater than anything but she was determined to fix this. "Neil, belle, hook, and tinker bell get that shadow. David, snow, and rumple let's go see if that's got pan in it and finish this."
Reaching the border of town Emma decided to be the one to let pan out and kill him across the line. It was the only thing possible to killing him and yet Emma had a feeling in the pit of her stomach as she opened the box. It was pans body but the voice that spoke said mom.
"It's me Henry! Pan switched body's on last minute." She wouldn't except the though that the moments they shared holding Henry on the way home wasn't him. It had to be a lie. David stared at Emma knowing she was unsure. It was rumple that pushed her to keep with the plan.
"Tell me something only Henry knows. Why- why did I give you away?" Her tears edged but she willed them still.
"To give me my best chance." It was the echo in the words the forced the tears to fall. She believe him and that meant.. Regina!
"Regina! Oh no!" She grabbed Henry into a quick hug and bolted into the car. Everyone jammed in and silence dragged on.
"Emma where are we going? Where is Regina?" It was rumple again who spoke.
"To the only place pan wants to go, the place Regina finds magical safety." His choice in words pleased Emma but she hit the gas harder.
Regina brought her small boy down the stairs of her den. She promised to protect him and this was the only way she could from pans magic. He was strong beyond what she was ready for but she'd fight no matter what. Emma's words and her response echoed in her head. She knew Emma would remember and hate her later but trusted she'd be focused right now.
Gradually she saw Henry smiling finally feeling comfortable. His eyes wandered in awe. His worry subtle there and that was all she needed to feel she was needed.
"Be sure not to touch these things are dangerous." She felt the head of Emma's warning in her chest but buried it at the sight of her son. She couldn't doubt him even if she did love Emma he was him and she was sure.
Out of nowhere as she leaned against a counter shelf he wrapped his arms around her and then backed away with her words.
"I love you Henry."
"Yes yes you do. That's your problem." It was then that coated in Henry's voice she realized pans facial expression the annoying lip curl. "You loved and didn't see it wasn't your son." He was holding an item which Regina took as the only reason he came with her. Her defeat her pain she was about to feel vanished as she collapsed into sleep.
Calling out to his last loyal lost boy stepping into the woods. They had been secretly talking planing since the ship since finding out they would be headed to place with magic. The place that held this scroll. The curse that changed one world and one group of people. The same curse that this time her would rule not some woman.
The two boys walked to the place magic dwelled strongest. A well in the middle of the forest. Pan looked at his loyal friend.
"Get these ingredients. It's time to change this world for out own." He handed him a paper with instructions. Without hesitation the boy took it and did as he was told.
"Her fathers grave where she keeps all her magic." She gasp that filled the car wasn't helping Emma's tension. The came closer to the tomb. It was sealed. Rumple took ten minutes but he opened the sealed doors and Emma rushed down the stairs shouting for Regina.
Pan was clearly gone having whatever her was looking for. Regina lay sprawled out on the floor. She looked life less making Emma's stomach clench.
"Regina!" She stirred in Emma's arms.
"Emma, I'm so sorry I didn't-" Regina stopped her kissing her fully on the lips.
"Your ok." That was all that mattered. She stood her up.
"I was happy he needed me I hoped he needed me. I'm sorry I let pan get through to me because I wanted Henry's love."
Behind her she heard pans voice. It was instinct at first she tightened up but realized if Henry was pan then pan had to be Henry.
"I do need you and I do love you." He sprung forward and hugged her. She sobbed lightly looking at Emma feeling the urge to say sorry again.
Eventually as the other made it inside she said.
"Pan he took it."
"It? It what?" Emma butted her brows in confusion.
"You kept that here?" Rumple clearly the only one able to follow along.
"What!?" Emma begged again Regina looked behind her as if she should have know.
"The curse I used to make Storybrooke." As if the world shook understanding hit them all. Not sure what he'd be using the curse for specifically but undoubtably he would be using it. Another curse it wasn't going to end well Regina knew with a deep pang in her chest.
Meeting back up with the others they found the shadow had been missing and they needed it gone more than ever. Make pan weaker maybe the curse can't be cast. This time rumple had the plan.
"We need black fairy's wand, need to destroy the shadow, switch their body's back, and kill pan to stop the curse." He sent Neil's group off for the shadow an the wand and then mad himself and Henry ready for the body switch.
Felix returns to pan with everything needed, pan drops everything in the well and turns to his loyal friend for the last ingredient.
"Almost everything, now I just need the heart of the person I love most." His glare sends shivers down Felix's spine. He shakily asks.
"Your son?" Unsure how he can obtain that for pan.
"No I never loved him." He sees the boys confusion. "Felix love comes it different ways, doesn't have to be blood, emotional, but it could be trust, respect, or loyalty. As in my most loyal friend." His words strike Felix frozen. A hand grips around his heart and is swiftly pulled out.
Pan drops the heart into the vat in the well. Pan sighs as he has just willingly and coldly taken the last thing he has grown to care for. But now he will rule and everyday live forever with power. The green fog seeps from the well slowly and he heads away knowing soon he will have his wish.
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working together her to stop the new curse the pan has made but it seems like more than a few people willing to put there life on the line may have to do just that. Having Henry and Emma happy and safe is all that matters now to Regina. What will it take?