Good and evil

*Disclaimer* I have no rights to the characters or the show.

i hope my time is better than last time. I may be able to speed up again.

this chapter has not much just about the wicked witch if she is saved or not. About Regina having new plans. Mostly tried to keep it about two main women. So enjoy.

The morning light had barely started to enter the chambers as Regina climbed out of bed with a groan. She stretched spinning on her toes to see the sprawled out lovely blonde fast asleep still. With a grin she lowered her arms. She reached over trailed her finger tips down Emma's back. Luckily Emma hadn't moved more than shivered and lightly gasp.

Regina quickly dressed and covered Emma. There was multiple times her enchantment on her room last night was messed with. She knew it was Sydney but she didn't feel like hearing anything but Emma scream her name. Which she had done so well. She lowered the enchantment and right away a cloudy blue face appears. She rolls her eyes of course he's been waiting.

"What is it Sydney?" She drawled.

"Snow White has sent me to inform you your outworld visitor came yesterday.. I couldn't reach you till just now." His voice laced in concern. Very creepy unnecessary concern.

"Yes well that part of my special enchantment on you including my privacy spells. You personally can't interrupt me when I'm having private moments. I hadn't really needed it until being with Emma so leave your concern aside." She glared at him and his foggy head angled down. "Inform Snow I will be by later in the day. I can pick my temporary leader and they can leave soon." She still had court and she'd have to have another meeting in the court yard swear to her people she'd return in two months. That as an agreement and more for peaceful ways with the Charmings she was going to help them.

Emma began groaning as she woke and rolled over. Her body moving the blankets Regina had covered her with. She could her her talking but figured it was Sydney by the way her tone she was using. She hadn't noticed how she was not so hidden anymore until a flash of movement and blankets covered her again. The was a growl of defense to her side. She worked open her eyes and leaned over to grab hold of Regina.

"How dare you I put enchantments up for a reason so your simple minded self wouldn't perhaps chance a glance at my love. The moment her breast are out for a second you can't even pay attention. Your damn lucky I can't remove you and kick your ass. Go and send my message before I manage to do something to you!"

Emma finds her hands tangling in sheets before she finds Regina's hand. She missed her chance to lessen her harshness on Sydney but she didn't want her to remain upset. Regina cleared her mind at the touch of Emma's delicate fingers. Well more like Emma caused her mind to clear with just one touch. She leaned over and pressed her lips to Emma's.

"You ok dear I didn't mean to flash him I just woke up to you talking. Wanted to roll over to you." She sees Regina's surprised smile.

"I'm fine dear he just was out of line letting my enchantment down for him to speak was me being serious not to let him ogle over your body which I love to much to let him stare at instead of work." Emma frowned was he really ogling she assumed he only liked Regina.

"But he likes you." Regina snorted.

"Dear her loves me won't get over it but I'm not letting him crush on you too then we would have twice the trouble of his creepy and depressing infatuation on our hands." Emma knew it to be very true. "Your just to beautiful to not fall for."

"Oh? Am I now?" She didn't believe that and figures Regina was just being corny but she played along. Regina could see it in her eyes that she didn't believe that. She truly meant it and Emma thought she was saying it to be cute but it was true since the moment they met Regina had a thing for Emma. Who wouldn't? Who didn't she thought thinking about everyone that liked her in Storybrooke.

"Yes you are very beautiful Emma don't doubt me when I say that. I mean it." She leaned in giving her a soft kiss. Pale fingers bury themselves in black hair and pull her closer. Emma moans as Regina slips her tongue through and caresses hers. As Regina pulls away her eyes flutter open and she sees Regina's serious face. "You're beautiful and I love you." She said leaving Emma blushing as she said I love you back.

"S-so what did he need?" She says changing the topic after a few moments.

"Well we are leaving today. The good which has come and this way I can pass judgement and you parents go on vacation without the people complaining. So I need you to take care of the witch in the dungeon and pack for us and help Henry. We leave later this evening. I have much to do I'm sorry I'll help if I can manage time darling."

"I'll get started now don't worry about trying to make time if you can't." She had already slumped out of bed and worked on a pair of pants. Facing away from Regina she felt herself pout as she spoke. Until Regina's hands snaked around her waist causing her lips to curl up right.

"I want any time I can get to make up for so much I missed dear." She whispered in Emma's ear before kiss down her neck before leaving Emma with a goodbye and taking to her day.

Regina called on her two most reasonable choices and made them sit and advice in court. She didn't interject but with in reason made it clear she was going to if needed. It was told to her messengers to send word of a meeting by noon. She expect many to show so she cut out of court early. Her choices followed her around until she felt she could make a choice based off of how they did. A few time including now had she tested them but today was it she had to choose.

Eventually she stepped in for a moment to tell Emma about meeting her at the courtyard balcony and bringing Henry at noon. She reluctantly left them and kept on her many things to do list. Outside of her chambers she told we guards to escort the two men to the balcony to wait till she was there.

Walking in her chambers she enchanted the room for privacy. Except for Sydney when she called he appeared without hesitation. Still clearly devoted to her she smirked it was always cruel to have him but his devotion was always useful.

"I need you to tell snow I need a counsel meeting before she goes and preferably tonight. Doesn't need to be everyone but I need blue, belle, ruby, Snow herself and Charming, also I need them to make sure it's private."

"If she asks what it's about?"

"Tell her it's about a claiming challenge." She watched his puffed eyebrows raise. She hoped he didn't know anything about it but maybe he had heard something. But they eventually frowed she knew he was just surprise about what it could mean. "Just do it don't ask, thank you for answering me after this morning."

His head simply bowed at what he knew would be as close to an apology he'd ever have. As soon as he disappeared Regina made her way to her ceremony. Once she arrived Emma looked into her eyes an made her way into her arms. Discretely she left a heated kiss in the crook of her neck.

"Hope you didn't work to hard my queen." Regina chuckled but shook her head.

There way a great amount of noise and fuss at the news of a temporary leader for her to help the white kingdom. The people knew that Emma and Henry were now in her home so she did understand why it was such a fuss. Her people liked her were they truly that against her going. Then it made sense.

"First off I have further news that upon our return mine, emma, and Henry we will be having a wedding for my bride to be to join our kingdom. This is not a peace offering, my help it is a way of mending our families. This marriage is of love." She pulls Emma to her side an the crowd erupts in cheers. "I leave you in good hands and in two months we shall return."

She stepped aside an motioned for the man she choose to step forward. He stood face to face with Regina. The ceremony labeled him just underneath her own power so that if she returned under the set time she wouldn't have to fight about who was arranged to rule. She had no intention of fighting or leaving way for issues. As soon as he had his own little crown that showed he was in charge she stood aside to let him send the people away. There was nothing left to discuss an she had much more to do before leaving.

Now that she was not in charge officially she left the man to do her main work. She advised him if anything out of his day to day norm ever came forth to speak with her only if it was her kingdom at risk. Leaving the room with her family in either hand she couldn't help but smile.

It wasn't till after lunch and a few visits with planners and designers that everything was set to go. They wanted to make sure that when they came back they would have time to plan a wedding sooner. Even Henry was excited to become a complete family. Finally closer to evening they gathered together there things and everything vanished with them.

The three stood in the middle of the familiar throne room in the white kingdom. A few seconds after arriving Regina poofed the wicked witch in the the room beside them still cuffed. Emma kneeled down gave Henry a kiss before asking home to go unpack knowing that Regina put everything in perspective rooms. She smiled as Henry left without trouble. He knew that first they had much to do.

"Am I going to be poofed around all the time" the witch snipped pulling Emma's attention back to her.

"Well well well so I get called here to save you what did you do?" A voice interjected before either woman could reply. They spun seeing a blonde seated with the Charmings at a circle table. Taking a guess that she was the good witch they walked toward her. Regina extended a hand but the blonde was waiting for her friend to respond before acknowledging her. The blonde appeared to be frustrated but a small smile hid behind her stern look.

"I..I didn't mean for things to get out of control." The cuffed witch stuttered under her own guilt and current glare. Something Emma recognized similar to be much like Regina's whenever she did something bad. She laughed to herself at the parallels.

"I must ask that she be uncuffed she won't not can she do anything to harm you." She asked finally accepting Regina's hand and looking to her own companion. As the words leaves her mouth she feels the hand clench around hers. She winces and pulls it back to her body giving a questioning brow.

"I beg to differ she attacked and kidnapped my fiancé." She stated coldly motioning to Emma. Emma gave a weak smile to the good witch and her parents. Seeing their surprised faces at the word fiancé. A small 'oh' is all the blonde manages before promptly taking a seat. Emma and Regina sit leaving the wicked witch standing as an item of topic discussion.

"The wicked witch is accused with one known murder, one known kidnapping of royalty, and alleged four other kidnappings and suspected murders." Snow declares. "She has been held for her own safety as well as my kingdoms at Regina's castle. It was agreed upon between my daughter and her then later us as well that she would be released only into your company. The man who traveled and gave you the message assured us that you may take her her home an keep her there under control. For if she ever returns or you wish not to take her she must be executed for her crimes."

Silence dwelled on as the new blonde watched her friend. The witch in question was looking at her feet her hands clenched together. The witch expected to save her friend closed her eyes breathed deeply and the shimmers there moments before vanished. Everyone waited completely unsure what it could mean.

"Why?" She whispered. "I know who that was that gave me the message, I know you wanted to help him but why all this?"

Tears stained green skin as she heard her loves voice filled with pain. She had tried so hard to keep her good and honest but one night she just broke after seeing who she thought she loved struggling to stay alive. She wanted to save him and be happy she never imagined it would get so out of control. When it seemed like she wouldn't be able to answer Emma spoke up.

"He was stuck because of her I'm sure you can sense the magic I have in me right? She heard it might help but it's not controllable no matter how you take it out. There were others like me and I've been lost for months but she wanted to use my magic. With Regina's help we showed it didn't have to be the way she did it." Nobody could figure if Emma was defending or arguing the witch who kidnapped her.

"Emma if I didn't show she would have drained you dry and killed you."

"But she didn't, come on she was misguided told that true loves kiss would work, even if he was her true love, though clearly her wasn't. Wouldn't we all do whatever we could for our loves. Snow and James have, you and I have, maybe nothing has come to be that risky or extent but hers did."

"He wasn't even her true love-"

"Ladies!" Snow snapped.

"Sorry." They said in unison and glared at each other a second even slightly playfully to show no hard feelings.

"True love? You thought you was his true love and he was yours?" The good witch asked her voice laced in pain. Instantly Emma looked down feeling bad.

"I did because I didn't think anyone else liked me let alone loved me, I thought I didn't deserve the person I truly love."

"Who?" A little hope.

The wicked witch stays silent. The good witch stands up and begins to leave the room. She reached the door when she is called to wait. The cuffed witch looks to Regina begging with her eyes dashing from her cuffs to the good witch and back to Regina again. Regina rolls her eyes and flicks the cuffs off. The woman walks almost sprints to the blonde. Takes her hands and caress her arms.

Bottom lip wobbling an eyes shinning as they exchange words. A gasp reaches those at the table. The two mold into each other and pull back moments later. First slight hesitation out of nerves but they close the distance.

The four clear the throats after a reasonable awkward moment watching them kiss. Emma looks to Regina and can't help but kiss her softly on the cheek. Snow is blushing looking at her husband and James is burning red with all the women and random affections going on.

"Right well I will certainly take her but first I would like to apologize for the pain caused. I would love to get to know you two as I feel like we have much in common but I understand." The good witch says taking the wicked witch by her arm back to the table.

"We need to know she won't come back. Can you promise."

"Yes. I swear."

"Then we bid you safe travels good witch and watch the wicked witch, hope you can guide her." James says receiving practically two growls.

"I hate those names, we must change them it's quite ridiculous. I'm not all good nor are you truly bad. I don't get why we have to be labeled like we are mortal enemies when I clearly we are farthest from." Regina laughed at the strange parallels and references this time. The blonde questions her with a look and Emma explains.

"Another world had stories of you two and well have ones of us too but yours are more accurate. Anyways in this world I'm good and she was evil. It took me saying it a million times for it to matter that she's not evil nor am I good. Everyone would normally doubt the chances but we plan on getting married soon." The blonde looks at the two and them at her own love and smiles at the possibilities. "Good luck." Emma says and the two disappear.

The counsel room is filled with everyone Regina asked for encluding Emma and Henry. Blue last to arrive hovered over her spot. Regina breathed as she wondered where to start. She was sure nobody except maybe blue had heard of what she wanted to do. She stood and paced the room wonder how much she's have to explain.

She placed enchantments on the room because to her this was important and private. She could practically hear the nervous gulps from a few people. She looked to Henry, her main reason for this. Then to Emma, her greatest strength to do this. She sat again and began.

"I haven't always been dark or magical." She starts and all eyes raise to her. "I have considered this for a long time now even the past few months I had no memory of why I wanted to. Now I do I always promised Henry I would be better I tried to stop magic entirely but is addicting, at least dark magic is. Truth is I was light at first, I changed because I thought I had to.

I was wrong I see that now and Emma is my strength for asking blue for help in this. I wish to do a claiming challenge. I wish to strip my dark magic down to my core and claim the light I use to have. If I can't claim light, if there is nothing left I wish to remove my magic entirely." She took a deep breath as silence broke out in the room. For a moment she would have considered she use her enchantments on every single person in the room. Until Emma and Henry wrapped her in their arms.

"You're sure you want to do this?" Blue chokes up realizing her part in this. "It's difficult to not want to cave in half way if the stripping and calling the dark back in. As you said it's intoxicating addicting and feeling it disappear can-"

"I'm ready more than anything I want to be right for my family." Regina cuts in knowing quite well what may happen. Emma now back sitting but holding her hand seemed very curious about something. "Blue are you capable of concealing and destroying my stripped power?"

"Yes." She whispers barely able to talk much like everyone else. She mentally rolled her eyes at their current stunned behavior.

"Wait so why the privacy and council stuff?" There the question was.

"Once my dark magic is stripped it must be destroyed other wise I can take it back or someone else can but if I claim the light I can make a charm that can keep dark magic away from me and keep me from using it if I get tempted." Emma makes an 'oh' face now seeing how dangerous it sounded she full heartedly wanted it secret. Regina turns to the still silent Charmings and asks.

"Do you mind if I do it now I wish to be better and be claimed before I marry your daughter?" Snow shakes her head no and James just beams. Regina rolls her eyes.

"I think you making such a choice is good enough Regina to say that your not bad anymore. You haven't been for a long time." James says snow nodding in agreement. "If you want this then yes just please while you're here just make sure everything is safe till we come back." He stands and meeting is closed.

Dinner time Henry asked about what his grandparents were going to do while away. Even though he was excited to be at the white kingdom castle again he wanted to know why they wanted to leave so badly. Much his surprise her wasn't being put to bed on time. He simply listened to his parents and grandparents talk on and on.

Just as dinner was finishing James mentions inviting red and belle over get to hang out again. Emma enjoyed the idea until snow piped in with her chatter box mouth.

"Oh yes certainly I think it be wonderful, belle hasn't seen you in so long Regina not since she's been with red more often. I swear it's so nice to see she has her too she was always all over you before you lost your memories. The night you took them away I think she was attached to your hip I don't know how you managed to force her to let you."

Damn mouthy woman! Couldn't fate keep your lips sealed for once. Regina thought as she heard an audible protective growl from Emma. It was very clear she knew belle tried to sleep with her now after what Regina had told her before. Fuck this wasn't going to go well.

"She what!" Emma yelled. Regina looks to Henry an her gets the idea and leaves the room. She mouths to him they'd be up soon. "That's who you meant, great just awesome!" Stunned snow look back and forth between Emma and Regina, very confused.

"Emma like I said nothing happened beside I sent her to ruby told her she was more her type." Regina glared at snow. She wasn't ready to know that damn it. "I asked her to put it way in the back of her mind and never talk of it again."

"You mean- belle an-bell and red?" Snow stuttered.

"Yes your oblivious aren't you? Belle and ruby have been together for a while now." Regina states.

"I swear I'm gonna kick her square in the tits if she looks at you like she wants you." Emma bluntly voices. Regina blinks surprised.

"Now who is being bad and being good dear?" She said with a grin. Emma slowly smiled and said sorry. Hating the idea that belle who was already pretty had been close with her lover. What made her mad was that Regina was hurting and maybe belle was too but she just wanted her own fix. Regina could see the look in Emma's eyes she really didn't like it. "Hey I promise you Emma I never lead her on, I was to hurt to an we both hoped to forget for just a minute. Her way was to keep loving again. Mine was to just forget."

It made sense to Emma but she seriously didn't like the image. She couldn't ignore that Regina had only said before her memories were gone she didn't allow anything to happen. Bitting her lip nervously she waited for her parent to leave but it seemed they weren't. With a huff she looked back to Regina.

"An after you forgot me you didn't let her? She too pretty to say no Regina."

"I sent her away not remembering you maybe I thought differently but I remembered her and ruby. They belonged together so I sent her to ruby. I never touched her." Regina assure her.

It wasn't until Emma glanced over at her parents that her speechless mothers hanging jaw told her that she had no idea. Of course not she thought. She would have thought that even in Storybrooke she'd have noticed.

"Oh mom you really couldn't tell that they liked each other."

"No." Regina scoffed and retorted.

"Course you didn't because they did seem any bit obvious. You must be a blind idiot to not see that. When gold left for ny she was all over her. I don't think they did anything about it." Regina's mind went on even with Emma an snow giving her a glare. She could practically remember walking into the diner once and they where at the counter close enough to kiss. Maybe they were about to. Even heard about late nights together an go back together overnight.

She smiled at how real those to shared a connection an didn't know it. Belle always having a thing for bad and trying to save that person. Rumble was a lost cause he could never have changed he was the dark one. At least this time belle can be happy with someone who has control over their beast. Behind every dark story Regina was begging to realize there would alway be a light ending. For every villain a savior to hopeful not be to late to save even the villain.

You're not a villain, you're my mom.

I don't see the evil queen, I see Regina. Just Regina mills.

She remembered from her saviors. She didn't just have one, she has two saviors. Both of which made her better everyday. She didn't remember the last time she felt this way. Like she could be good again but you would try for them and for herself now.

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next chapter is going to be about this new claiming plan. I'll give more detail next chapter on it.