AN: Sorry for the delay in updating. Life got in the way and I had a touch of writers block, but hopefully it was worth the wait. Thanks for the follows and reviews!
Regina slowly closed her eyes, her heart was beating almost out of her chest. She could feel Emma's breath on her lips, they were so close. Then she felt the spark run through her, from her lips, warming it's way through her entire body. Her lips were soft, she parted them, their tongues dancing together. The world around them was lost, nothing had ever felt more right that this moment in her entire life. Her body was alive, she could feel the magic run along every nerve, every inch of her skin, she was covered in Emma and she felt complete. Her magic was wild and vibrant, much like the gorgeous blond. Regina was home, she was safe in this woman's embrace. She ran her hand up Emma's face, her fingers gently stroking her cheek, cupping it as she deepened their kiss. Her other hand found its way under Emma's tank top, slowly tracing her spine, the dragging her nails on the soft bare flesh, elicting a soft moan from Emma. Regina slowly sat up, while keeping them locked together with her left arm wrapped around Emma, slowly trying to push Emma down onto the bed. Emma gently broke the kiss to pull back and smile at Regina.
"Always one to be in control" she teased the brunette.
Regina smiled, looking down sheepishly and then quickly bring her gaze up to meet Emma's eyes, there was fire in them. "Yes, you know I do." She quipped before straddling Emma's lap and forcing her down with another kiss. Emma simply smiled against her kiss and gave in. Regina's hand once again found it's way to the bare flesh of her stomach, slowly running her hand up, lightly brushing against the swell of her breast causing Emma to arch her back and moan louder into Regina's lips. This simply aided in turning Regina on further, pushing her limits of how badly she wanted the woman beneath her.
Regina broke the kiss to look down into Emma's eyes "I want you, I've wanted you since that night" her eyes pleading with Emma to give her permission. Emma responded with another passionate kiss before replying to her. "Mmm Regina I want you, so badly" she seductively replied, almost breathlessly.
Then they both sat up as the door to their cabin swung open. Hook taking in the scene before him before he shook his head and managed to remember why he was there. "You two should come up on deck." Dazed the two woman simply nodded at him hoping he would leave.
Regina climbed down off the bed, offering her hand to Emma to steady herself. Regina ran her hands down her sides trying to straighten herself out. Smiling Emma quickly pushed her against the wall and kissed her deep and hard, showing her lover how much she wanted her. She broke the kiss and opened the door for Regina. "After you Madame Mayor" she slyly smiled at her. Regina was definitely out of her element, completely lost in that moment, lacking her hard edge and unable to reply with anything witty, she simply nodded and stepped out in the hall with Emma right on her heels.
Emma had no idea what time of day it was, it was cloudy but the sun was out, rays peeking out between the clouds. She took a deep breath as she stepped onto the deck, breathing in the salty sea air, she was so lost at how she came to be here. Then she saw something dark in the distance, squinting slightly she stared harder, it appeared to be land. She was jolted from her thoughts by the loud arguing occurring to her left, she barely rotated her head to see her mother and father, Regina and Hook and of course Mr. Gold in a heated debate. Something brought her attention back to that dark mass in the distance, something there was calling to her and she couldn't quite put her finger on the feeling but it didn't sit right, something was wrong.
Before she had a chance to say a word or join in the debate that was on going, the ship jolted and she saw something black and huge swimming under the boat. "What the hell?" she managed to get out before the thing jolted the boat again, causing it to rock hard from left to right. Emma grabbed onto the railing, holding on for dear life, trying not to be knocked into the dark waters below, with whatever the hell that thing was. She quickly glanced up to see where everyone else was and started to make a mental count in her head. Her eyes quickly took in the surroundings locating everyone but Regina. Where the hell is she?
"Regina" she bellowed out in the cool air, trying hard to keep the panic at bay as it threatened to rise up within and cause her to do something stupid.
She listened intently for a response and when none came she could feel the panic taking root in her stomach, threatening to expel its contents, the constant hard rocking of the boat was not helping her cause.
Then the ship took another hit and Emma was hanging off the side, gripping the railing as hard as she could. She went into the water up to her knees before the ship rocked back the other way causing her to scream. Fear hit her hard, she had no idea what was going on or where Regina was. She tried to ride the upswing of the boat and kick off back on to deck for some kind of safety when she felt the boat stop swinging back up and come crashing right back at her, with that she went under and everything went black.
Emma slowly began to regain consciousness she felt that her legs were cold, and wet with the ocean. Her head was turned and her cheek resting on a gravely beach shore. The wave rolled in again causing her upper torso to chill through. As Emma opened her eyes she saw the sand beneath her and a dark sky above, lit only by the stars. Trying to gain control of herself she tried to pull her knees up under her to sit up. It took a couple tries but finally she was on her knees her body mostly out of the water. Emma slowly shook her head back and forth trying to clear the fog and cold from it. After a few moments she made an attempt at standing up, only to trip hard onto the beach. Her face planted in the gravely, white sand with a thud. She felt exhausted even though she was sure she'd been asleep for quite some time. She rolled over to stare up at the stars and take in her surroundings. There wasn't much she could see by the star light, but she was sure she was on a beach and the ocean lay before her. She squinted slightly and tried to see far away, it appeared to be a forest ahead of her. She wasn't sure how to feel at this moment. Just as everything seemed to overwhelm her, the night took her and she promptly passed out.
As the sun rose, it warmed her skin and continued to dry out her wet jeans. Emma cracked an eye lid and peered around, vaguely recalling her brief consciousness the night before. She sat up, brushing the sand off of her pants and jacket. She glanced up and down the shore line, in the distance it looked like there was someone moving. Emma wasn't sure where she was or who that could be. She was hoping it was someone familiar that could give her some insight into what the hell had happened to her and her companions. Her instincts kicking in, Emma rose to her feet and headed for cover, the forest. She ducked behind a large tree and waited, ready to pounce if it wasn't a friendly face advancing towards her.
Emma shielded her eyes, watching as the speck grew closer and came more into focus. She was pretty sure it was a woman, and deep down she was hoping it was Regina, she had to be okay. Slowly but surely the figure came into focus and it was indeed the beautiful brunette who'd stolen her heart. She ran from tree line to embrace Regina in a hug that came with such force it knocked them both from their feet.
"Nice to see you too Emma" Regina smirked at her, brushing the sand from her face.
Emma beamed a huge smile at her "I'm just glad you're okay. What the hell happened? And," motioning around her, "where the hell are we?"
"I think the ever so famous kraken paid us a visit, not to fond of strangers in her sea." Regina stood offering her hand to help Emma up. "I believe we somehow drifted ashore to Neverland." Regina nodded towards the forest as Emma stood.
The two of them stood there for some time, not sure of what to do or how to take it all in. Regina finally broke the silence that had crept upon them. "I think we should head into the forest and find shelter, it's early, and who knows what might surface if we stand around here." Emma just nodded and followed as Regina made her way from the beach. They walked for a while, the terrain was rough and it wasn't easy to keep up their steady pace. Finally they came to a pond and nodded in agreement to an unspoken suggestion for a break.
"The water looks safe to drink" Emma nodded towards the lake, "What do you think?" she questioned Regina. Regina watched the lake for a few moments and nodded. "There are fish swimming over there and vegetation growing over there." She pointed to some small trees growing out of the left side of the pond. Emma nodded her agreement and bent down to take some cool water into her hands. As the water flushed her system she started to feel better, unsure of how long it had been since she last drank or ate something.
"I'm starving" she stated at Regina as her stomach growled. "Any clue where we can wrestle something up?" Regina looked around at their surroundings and after a few moments she located what appeared to be fruit of some kind growing on a tree about a quarter ways around the pond. "Over there" she pointed to the tree. Emma nodded her thanks and advanced towards breakfast. Ironically enough it was an apple tree. Emma chuckled to herself slightly as she pulled a couple down, slowly walking back to hand one to Regina. She had sat down on a rock close to the pond, her feet barely touching the ground. Emma handed her the red fruit and slid down to sit between her legs at the base of the rock.
"What the hell are we going to do Regina? We don't know where we are or how to find Henry. We need to find Henry." Her voice cracked slightly as the despair seeped in. Regina understood her fear completely; she too was worried about their next move. They had to find their son, and soon. She reached her hand down to stroke Emma's hair gently to try and calm her some. "We are going to take it one step at a time Emma. We are going to find Henry, I have no doubt about it."
Emma sighed and slumped her shoulders some, at the moment she felt defeated, it was not a good feeling. Seeing Emma this way broke Regina's heart, she was usually the fiery go getter, not the defeated woman sitting in front of her. Regina jumped down off the rock and put her hand out to encourage Emma to get up.
"Come on we should keep going, we're going to need to make some more ground before night fall and find some place to sleep tonight." As if shaken out of her dark thoughts Emma stood up brushed her hands off on her jeans and turned to follow Regina already making her way around the pond, stopping for a brief moment to snag another couple of apples for later.
They traveled in silence for hours, both woman lost in their thoughts. Emma kept worrying about her mother and father, after she found Henry she would surely go back to find them. They were fine, right? As long as those two had each other they could get through anything. She felt relieved that Regina had found her, she wasn't sure what she would be doing right now if it wasn't for her.
Regina too worried about Henry, she was racking her brain to find a spell that could help them get on the right track. She'd never been to Neverland before so this was all unfamiliar territory to her as well. She walked along leading the way to where she had no clue, but one of them had to keep it together or for sure they would both lose it. As she thought harder she started to piece together in her mind a plan of sorts. She just needed to remember a few key incantations and she was pretty sure she could create a compass to lead them to Henry, but until she was certain and had all the pieces together she was going to keep it to herself so she did not disappoint Emma. She seemed so broken right now Regina couldn't bear to hurt her or disappoint her anymore if she could help it.
After hours of traveling further into the island, the sun was starting to set and both women were exhausted. "Let's find shelter and gather some wood for a fire" Regina suggested. Emma nodded feeling the toll all that walking and worrying had taken on her. Emma began to gather kindling as they continued walking.
Finally after about another half hour, as dusk took a hold of the day, they found a rock over hanger that looked like it would provide them just enough shelter for the night. They worked together to gather wood and rocks to form a fire pit and with a little concentration Regina was able to light the wood, the flame taking easily. They settled down next to each other under the overhanging rock to enjoy the warmth the fire provided.
Emma pulled out a couple of apples and handed one to Regina, the brunette smiling her thanks and taking the fruit from Emma, her fingers lingering there for a few moments. They sat there not saying much, neither of them really knew what to say. Emma's fingers traced along the side of Regina's leg, and up her arms, finally her fingers finding Regina's and they laced together as if they were made for each other. They fit together perfectly. They sat like this a while longer until they were both in desperate need of sleep.
Emma rolled her jacked up and placed it on the ground as a makeshift pillow. She settled down and got as comfortable as she could. Smiling at her Regina snuggled into her and wrapped her arm around Emma's mid-section. She didn't really know why, but something about this felt more right than anything else she'd ever done in her life. The two slipped quickly into sleep after exchanging a sweet good night kiss by the light of the fire.
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