Emily used her magical connection with her counterpart and started her insults. Regina was also speaking into her ear because she has a few words that she needs to say. Hey, E. I was hoping that you could help me find a family for you because this one will never love you like you think they do. I don't think that is true because no one knows that they imprisoned the wrong child. You are acting like a coward because you won't come down a face me. The guards have more guts than you do. I can't go down there without suspicions. I thought you would know that. The guards have not been reprimanded and they have beat me for a while. I thought you would want a piece. It seems like you haven't learned your lesson, so I will be there in 10. See you later, E.
Emily smirked at what happened. "She bought it. She said in 10, so everyone needs to hide. Regina, Ruby, Henry I want you to stay, but there might be some things that will happen that I don't want any of you to see. I guess the Regina and Henry should return to the surface, while Ruby stays here and then reports what happened. Will that be acceptable?"
"I don't want to leave you with her, but as long as Ruby is here. I will be able to sense your emotions, so I will come in at any sign of danger."
"Okay. Ruby hide over by the back entrance and Emma, go in the shadows. Regina and Henry, go spend some time with the family. Don't raise any suspicions though."
They all obeyed the orders. Regina left something to eat for Emily and Emma. It was a little weird to have two Emmas in this world, but it wouldn't last long. Ruby said she would go all wolf on anyone that threatened her family. Henry said he would stay out of this for as long as he deemed necessary before he would cut in. Emily thought that would be okay. Regina gave Emily a reassuring hand squeeze before she went back to Snow. Henry followed obediently and Ruby hid away. Emma gave Emily a little pep talk before she went into the shadows.
It didn't take long for the counterpart to return. She looked at the cage and smirked. She knew that it was bad, but this was awful and she loved it. "Look at who the creature is now."
"Before you decide to laugh. I have a visitor. Visitor will you please some into the light." Emily had a huge ass grin on her face. Emma stepped out and the counterpart gasped. She stood there and didn't move. No snarky remark. No witty comeback. No movement. No mindset. Nothing, but blanks. "Still want to laugh."
"How is this possible?"
"I summoned her. You need to hear her out and then you can decide what you want to do."
Emma spoke up and gave a long spiel. "Emily, I am so sorry that I was not there for you when you were growing up. I honestly didn't know about you until yesterday. Regina and I split up 16 years ago and I guess you were the product. If I knew, I would have protected you and been there for you. I can't imagine what you went through and I am sorry that I didn't protect you. I want to know that I care about you and I want you to come home with me. I want to get to know you and then I want to have you as my daughter. I want us to be a family."
"Why? Why weren't you there? Why didn't you comfort me? Why didn't you save me when I was bullied? Why couldn't you find me?"
"I didn't know about you and I wish I did. We wasted 16 years being apart and I don't want that. I want us to be a family. You are hurting the life of another you and it could ruin your world, so can you please give up this obsession and come home."
"These people love me. They think that I am a gift from the heavens and they would never abandon me. They care about me and I am not leaving."
"No they don't. They care about her." Emma gestured to the other Emily. "She has a life here and she can be happy. I will never leave you. I will never abandon you, but I need you to come back with me."
"I can't trust the mom that gave me away."
Emily cut in before the next response. "Regina and Emma gave me away willingly because I was in danger. I was closed off and I didn't like being with other people. It took a while for me to trust them, but I did. They both gave me up, but Emma didn't give you up. You were a secret to her and she does want to be with you. Please, take this offer. You can have a life with you family."
"How can I trust either of you?"
"Come and open the cage. Take me heart and then trade yours with mine. We will feel what each other feel and then you can decided what to do." Emma said.
Emily was apprehensive to do so, but she did. She tore out her heart and Emma's. She traded them and felt all these emotions. She felt hurt, betrayal, sadness, love, and... hope. Emma was hoping that Emily would go back with her. Emma felt similar emotions. Sadness, hurt, pain, misery, but she also felt fear. Fear of rejection. Fear of pain. Fear of loss. And sadly, fear of abandonment. They looked at each other with hopeful eyes. They didn't break the silence for a while. They both knew what the other was feeling and didn't want to ruin the moment. Emma opened her mouth a few times, but sound escaped. They stayed there and neither Emily nor Ruby wanted to invade the privacy. After about an eternity of silence, Emma formed coherent sentences.
"Emily. I am so, so, so sorry. I wish I could have gone back and changed everything. You deserve a family and I want to be a part of that, just please give me a chance."
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay. I will go back with you, but I need to do something first." Emily turned to the other her that was standing over to the side. "Emily, can you get Regina down here? I have a lot of apologies to hand out and I want you and her here at the same time. Also, in your world my name is Skylar, but Sky for sort. Like yours was when you were first here."
Emily nodded her head and exited the cage. She used her mind to get Regina. Regina came running down the steps of the dungeon and burst into the area. "Em, what is it? What happened?"
"Well, mom, this is Skylar, or Sky. She wanted to talk to both of us at the same time."
"Regina, Emily, I can not express how sorry I am for my actions. I was so desperate to have a family that I tore another one apart. I hope that you accept my apology and one day forgive me for my actions. I am going to return with Emma. You have both been so kind to me, even with the truth and that means everything to me. I hope that you can move on and I wish you both the best."
"Thank you, dear," Regina spoke up. "I appreciate the sentiment and I also wish you luck when you return. However, how are we going to get you home?"
"Emily's combined powers with mine will open a portal for Emma and I to walk though."
"So, you were the miasma this whole time."
"Yes. I am created from different aspects of Emily, so I am a part of her. I am also considered a dark entity compared to Em's purity. That is kinda why I am connected to her and why you couldn't find me easily. Ready E."
"Sure and S." The twins looked at each other and focused on what they wanted to happen. They wanted Emma and Skylar to have a portal that went back to their world with no type of complications. It would be safe and their landing spot will be safe as well. Then a white light grew in between them and a portal was created. They looked proud at their work. Emily and Sky said their goodbyes for the final time and Emma and Sky walked through. Emily used the last of her powers to keep the portal open until they were both though. When the travelers left, Emily collapsed from the overexertion of all her powers. Regina daughter her arm and Ruby used her werewolf speed to get right behind her to catch her pup. Regina let out a breath she didn't know she was holding when she saw that Emily was still breathing. Regina and Ruby dragged her back upstairs to where she could be looked at. Henry came running towards them and spewing out questions. Regina informed him that he can hear the story with everyone else, when Emily was up and walking. It was Emily's tale to tell and no one else.
Regina and Ruby took the body to her room and laid her on the bed. Ruby left to give them privacy, while Regina climbed into bed with her daughter. She was silently crying over everything that happened. Regina then noticed that all the marks that she tried to heal, left scars. Scars were on the side of her left eye, the right side of her lip, and her stomach had one that ran from her rib cage to her hip. The lip scar looked exactly like her and she had two emotions. She feta horrible that she has any scars, but it was funny that both mother and daughter both have scars on their lips. She chuckled through her tears and then passed out from exhaustion, holding onto her daughter.
The next morning, Regina felt like someone was watching her and when she looked up, sure enough her daughter was stoking her hair like a mother would to a child. "Good Morning."
"Morning. How long have you been up?"
"Not long. You didn't have to stay with me."
"Yes I did. Shouldn't I be comforting you, not the other way around?"
Emily chuckled at this. "Mom, we both can use comforting, but you need to be put first because you have a kingdom to rule."
"Well you need to have a more social life. We can talk to everyone later. Right now, you have a certain soldier to see."
"Mom," Emily whined.
"Don't be such a child. There is nothing wrong with dating someone."
"It is when that someone beat you almost everyday."
Regina completely forgot about that. No wonder Emily didn't want to date him. He hurt her under accusations. Her eyes filled with sympathy and she hugged her daughter. "I'm sorry, Emily. I forgot about that. Are you going to talk to him about that or are you just going to do nothing?"
"I don't want to talk about it because then I have to deal with it. I know I will at some point, but that day is not today. Do I have to talk to anyone today?"
"Yes. They need to know and it is not my place to say."
"Can't you do a mirror enchantment, so I can just stay here? I will talk to them, but I will not be there physically."
"Fine, but only this once. It will become a bad habit and you are setting a bad example for everyone in the family."
"Deal." Regina took a hand held mirror from the vanity and let the full length one next to Emily. Regina walked over to where everyone was relaxing. They stopped talking when they saw her. No one spoke and Regina finished the enchantment and Emily appeared in the mirror. "Hi, everyone. I have a few things I need to talk about, but I need everyone, so. Henry, can you get Sir Tyler and his sister, Amelia. Might as well kill two birds with one stone."
Henry scurried out of the room and he came back with the siblings in tow. Everyone looked confused and so did Amelia, but then she realized what she wad about to do and her brother was not going to like this. Emily took in a deep breath and then started to speak. "Okay, now that I have you all here, I think you should know what happened. Firstly, Skylar has left to go back to her own world with her Emma. She will not be disturbing us again, so there is the good news. The bad news is what I have been going through. When you thought you locked her away, you locked me away and Ruby, Regina, Amelia, and Henry knew. I know there are going to be a lot of questions, but I had to say something. Mom, I know this was not the real plan, so sorry, but I had to get it out. So, I was in the dungeons this whole time and the guards started to beat me everyday and-"
"Wait. The guards beat you!" Emma, David, and Snow all exclaimed. Amelia was giving her brother a very disapproving look. Henry scolded Neal with his gaze. Neal and Tyler gulped audibly. Regina and Ruby didn't seem phased by the information, but were startled by the sudden outburst.
"Uh, mainly two people did it all, but there were some others that were making sure I didn't do anything to escape. I am not going to name who they are, but I bet they fell bad about this." She quickly looked at the guilty faces of Neal and Tyler. They started to slowly back away, but then all the adults started to shout at them. They went back to their spots and Snow was shocked. Her child was hurting his niece while she was helpless. Amelia smacked her brother upside the head for his idiocy.
"NEAL!" Snow shouted. It echoed in the hall. Neal still didn't say anything. "You are in so much trouble. I can't believe you would do something like this."
Emma said something and she was fuming at this point. "My brother is hurting his niece and her crush is also hurting her. What's next? Is the darkness going to return?!"
"Emma, honey calm down. We can have a whole fume and Q&A session later. Right now she has to say it all. I have been convincing her all morning and I am not going to have all you ruin this, so let her speak and then you can bite each other's heads off," Regina stated.
Everyone fell silent and Emily continued. "Alright, so I was beaten every day since I was there. Some names were called and I healed myself before anyone saw. Amelia came to me after Regina and Tyler went to get her. She helped me find a way to fix everything and she did. I summoned Emma from the other world and told her everything. Apparently, her Regina kept Sky a secret. She convinced Sky to go home and they did. Though in the short time that Emma was here, she exposed what the guards have been doing to me. Ruby and Regina saw this and I was mad for a little bit, but I am fine. I do have scaring from the last time because I waited a long time and Regina healed me. So, after we opened a portal and everyone left, I passed out from using my magic and I was carried up to my room. I woke up with the sun as usual and was happy to see that mom was sleeping next to me. I was there for a little bit and then she woke up. She then convinced me to talk, but I would only do it if I could use a mirror, so that is everything in a nutshell. Now you may resume yelling."
And so they did. Emma and Snow were ganging up on Neal and Amelia was yelling at her brother. David stayed out of this, while Ruby, Regina, and Henry looked at the all with shocked expressions. They have never seen so much yelling and then it stopped. Everyone looked over at the trio and they stalked forward. They didn't know what was going on until they realized that it was the three of them. The three that knew all of this, but didn't say anything. Now they were in for it. Emily yelled at Regina and Henry, while Snow screamed at Ruby. Neal and Tyler were still being reprimanded by Amelia, and they were yelling back. The whole castle was filled with the sounds of intense arguing and Emily had no idea what happened.
The yelling subsided when everyone's voice was raw and hoarse. They all looked and saw that Emily had witnessed everything. They looked sheepish and Emily laughed at that. "It's fine. I did say to keep yelling. So there are a lot of questions to get through, so I will answer as many as I can."