Author's note: So, here's my day 3 of the Swan Queen Week, Arranged marriage AU!

Characters are not mine. This is set in the Enchanted Forrest and is very AU (Emma is a Princess, David is her brother, and King Leopold rules the neighboring kingdom).

Enjoy!

Princess Emma arrived to their usual meeting spot panting. She had been held up at her parents' castle, and so she had run all the way there. She paused for a second to catch her breath when she heard muffled cries coming from inside the small cabin. Emma frowned and listened. She was soon convinced that it was Regina, her Regina, who was crying. She had never heard nor seen her cry, but she was convinced that, if someone as strong and dignified as Regina cried, it was because something really serious had happened.

Emma gently opened the door and slid into the cabin. Regina, her girlfriend of a few months now, was sitting on the old bed, hiding her face with her hands and crying her eyes out.

"Regina, what's wrong?"

Emma sat next to Regina. She wasn't anticipating the way the brunette flung her arms around her neck, clinging to her for dear life. Instinctively, Emma rubbed circles on Regina's back, waiting for her to talk.

Regina sniffed a few times and wiped her eyes before looking up.

"Emma… Something terrible happened…"

She sounded so miserable that it broke Emma's heart.

"My mother… She arranged for me to marry King Leopold!"!

Emma's heart dropped in her chest. She knew Regina's mother, Cora. To her, Emma and Regina were friends, a situation she was very happy with. She wanted nothing more than for Regina to be royalty, and being good friends with the princess was a good first step.

"You mean… King Leopold, as in Snow's father?"

Emma didn't need to see Regina nod to have the answer. King Leopold ruled the neighboring kingdom. He had lost his wife the previous year. His daughter, Snow White, was a few years younger than Emma and Regina; she and Emma had always been good friends, and Emma strongly suspected that the younger girl had a crush on David, Emma's older brother.

"But, he could easily be your father! What was your mother thinking? How did this even happen?" Emma exclaimed, the words tumbling out of her mouth.

"I was finishing a horseback riding lesson with Daniel and a horse ran by. There was a girl on its back, and I sped to get her off. The girl was Snow White! Then the King came to our mansion, and he proposed! As a thank you! Can you believe it? And my mother accepted! She didn't let me answer him! She accepted for me! Emma, what am I going to do?"

Regina had stood up and was now frantically pacing. Emma walked up to her and wrapped her arms around her. She gently kissed the side of her head.

"You mean, what are we gonna do? You didn't think I would abandon you now, did you? Because I won't. I love you, Regina, through thick and thin."

Regina looked up to Emma and gently kissed her on the lips.

"I love you too, Emma. So much. But… What can we do about this? My mother…"

"Will probably be pleased to know her daughter will marry a Royal Princess."

Shock was now written all over Regina's features.

"What? Emma, are you really going to marry me?"

"Of course I am! I want to spend my whole life with you! And your mother can't say anything against it, because then you will be royalty! So it's a win-win, right?"

Regina was still speechless. Emma laughed and took both of Regina's hands in hers.

"I promise you'll get a ring. And a real, romantic proposal. My parents will deal with King Leopold. We will get married, Regina. That is, if you want to."

The smile on Regina's face was answer enough. "Of course I do, Emma."