Once Chapter 11, an once upon a time fanfic

A/N: This update had been long overdue. So I've decided, despite my saying that there would be no more, to travel forward a few days, don't worry nothing important has really happened during the days I've skipped just more practising and work and Henry having chocolate milk with his cereal, the usual. So right now Tinkerbell, remember the talent scout? Remember she said that 'Once' would be recording a demo? Well we've skipped ahead to that day so here it is.

I apologise in advance for anything I get wrong with the whole demo recording process, I have no idea how it works so I'm going to go off of what I have seen in TV shows and movies, so everything may not be entirely correct.

Disclaimer in Chapter 1 (do I really have to keep doing this?)

Enjoy!

The blonde pulled in Regina and Henry in for a hug. Ruby and Belle looked at this with small smiles on their faces. Unbeknownst to the trio, the guitarist and bassist both took sneaky pictures and began posting them all over their social media. The trio's bubble couldn't be popped from the outside, only by the inside. This is what Ruby and Belle knew to be family.

"Wow." Belle breathed as she walked through the doors of Neverland Records. Ruby had gotten a call from Tinkerbell telling her that 'Once' was to meet her there, "Wow is the right word Belles." Ruby said coming through the door to stand next to her girlfriend, her eyes wide as she took in the number of platinum records on the walls. Emma strolled in and whistled, "Damn." she whispered. Regina looked around and nodded, she may have grown up in a rich family but her father's company was nothing compared to this record company. The band gazed at the high ceiling and modern furniture and fittings. "What's that supposed to be?" Ruby asks when her gaze falls on a contorted piece of metal. The band members walk up to it and tilt their heads, trying to figure out what it is they are seeing. "A tree?" Emma offers. "That is called 'Oppurtunities' it's a piece by a local street artist." said Tinkerbell coming up from behind them. "What's it supposed to be?" Ruby asked. Tinkerbell tilted her head and regarded the sculpture, "I don't know, only the artist will be able to tell you. Maybe a tree?" she says. Emma shoots a victorious smile at Ruby when she lifts her eyebrows in confusion.

"Anyway, I'm glad you came. If you would follow me?" Tinkerbell said before walking off. The band followed. Regina walked alongside Emma and stealthily linked her fingers with Emma's. Ahead of them Belle was holding Ruby's arm and the duo were laughing silently at something. They were led through hallways and ushered into an elevator which took them up five floors. "And here," Tinkerbell said, "is where you're going to record your demo. Hopefully is the boss likes it he'll sign you, but I don't think he won't like. He actually sent me out to go look for something and I quote, "Unique" and here you are." Tinkerbell spread her arms, "This is where your journey begins." the four women looked around the hallway and back to the blonde. "Are you telling us that this whole floor, is just for us to record our demo?" Belle asks. Tinkerbell smiles and nods. "Awesome!" Ruby says with a smile.

"Come, let me introduce you to the team we've got for you." Tinkerbelle says and walks through a nearby door. They follow the blonde and walk into a studio. Three people are sitting inside. "Here is your team, Leroy, Astrid and Jefferson." Tinkerbell says. When the blonde calls out there name they all give an individual wave of greeting. Leroy is a short, dark haired man with a permanent frown on his face. Astrid is a smiley, sandy brown haired woman. Jefferson is a dark haired man with a scarf around his neck despite the heat outside and wore a black, pinstriped fedora tilted back on his head. "So you're the band that Tink keeps talking about?" Leroy asks in a gruff voice. "Yes." Regina answers. "Okay, let's hear what you sound like. Then I'll be able to see if Tink's been lying or not." Leroy says. The trio get up and take their seats. Jefferson lifts his hand and points to the door on the other side of the room. The band goes through the door and find all they needed to play. Ruby and Belle pick up their respective guitars and Emma sits at the drums and Regina stand behind the keyboard after fetching a violin in the corner.

"Okay so play us your two best songs and we'll go from there." Jefferson says over the microphone. Ruby looks around at the band and nods her head at Regina, "Come sing." she says. Regina moves to the mic, to Tinkerbell's surprise and Ruby looks at the others. "Which is our best?" she asks. "How about 'She looks so perfect'?" Emma suggests. The other three band members smile, they had just finished going over it the day before. "Let's go." Belle says with a smile.

Ruby strums a single chord on her guitar, Belle joins in and strums the same chord over and over again before Ruby starts strumming a different tune and all four sing into the mics that were provided,

"Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey"

They stop singing all together and Emma who had joined in at the end of the first four 'Hey's' kept playing and then Regina started to sing.

"Simmer down, simmer down
They say we're too young now to amount to anything else
But look around
We work too damn hard for this just to give it up now
If you don't swim, you'll drown
But don't move, honey"

Emma and Belle had stopped playing for a bit and Ruby kept playing. Ruby did something on the guitar before Belle and Emma re-joined the playing.

"You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down
Your lipstick stain is a work of art
I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
And I know now, that I'm so down (hey!)"

Ruby introduced the new set of 'Hey's' and then all four were singing once again.

"Hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey"

The four women stopped singing and left Regina to the next verse. All four were smiling, because through the glass they could see the expressions of Tinkerbell and her team. Regina smirked before she kept on singing.

"Let's get out, let's get out
'Cause this deadbeat town's only here just to keep us down
While I was out, I found myself alone just thinking
If I showed up with a plane ticket
And a shiny diamond ring with your name on it
Would you wanna run away too?
'Cause all I really want is you"

Ruby and Belle sang with Regina as they sang the second chorus. The two brunette's were sharing a single mic and singing with their eyes closed, both of them lost within their music.

"You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down
I made a mixtape straight out of '94
I've got your ripped skinny jeans lying on the floor
And I know now, that I'm so down

Hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey"

Regina stopped singing and let Ruby sing the third chorus as they had practiced. The guitarist was able to make her voice go a little deeper than the keyboardist's and they agreed that it sounded awesome when they had a random deep voice start singing.

They all joined in for the 'Hey's' once more all four singing their hearts out with their eyes clenched tightly closed.

"Hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey"

The final chorus came and they did exactly as practiced, Regina singing whilst the other three kept on singing 'Hey' it worked like a charm.

"You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear
And I know now, that I'm so down (hey)
Your lipstick stain is a work of art (hey, hey)
I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart (hey, hey)
And I know now, that I'm so down (hey, hey)

Hey"

They stopped playing and looked to their audience. They all looked stunned and Tinkerbell was smiling smugly and held out her hand to Leroy who begrudgingly deposited a note into. Tinkerbell seemed to have made a bet. "Okay let's hear the other one." Tinkerbell said through the intercom. Ruby nodded. "Let's do 'What I've done' I quite enjoy that one." Regina says. Belle nods, "Yeah I love that one." she says. Regina takes up her spot behind the keyboard and Ruby stands in front of the mic. Regina begins to play on the keyboard and after a few seconds Emma joins in by tapping on the cymbals in a steady rhythm. The drummer then begins playing fully on the drums and after a few seconds Ruby joins in with her guitar and Belle plays a few chords on the bass. After doing an intro Ruby stops playing letting the guitar fade out and Emma and Regina are left playing before Ruby starts to sing. Belle plays with Regina on the lower notes.

"In this farewell
There's no blood
There's no alibi
'Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've done"

Ruby joins in again and all four band members are playing.

"I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done"

Ruby stops playing again.

"Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty

So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've done"

Ruby starts playing again and closes her eyes as she sings. Emma plays so actively that her blonde curls are flying everywhere and Regina and Belles' eyes are closed as they play, all of them knowing the music so well they don't need to see.

"I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done"

Ruby plays a short duet with Emma before she starts singing again.

"For what I've done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving what I've done!

I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

What I've done
Forgiving what I've done"

Ruby holds the note as Emma plays less forcefully on the drums and Regina plays softly on the keyboard. Ruby stops holding the note and Emma and Regina play for a bit before stopping all together.

Ruby, Belle, Emma and Regina look to the window. Ruby, Belle and Emma's chests are heaving and Regina's is rising and falling quickly but not as quickly as the other three. They can see the four people making up their audience talk amongst themselves, not hearing a word as the mic wasn't on. They reach a conclusion soon and Astrid's voice comes over the intercom. "You got yourselves a demo CD." she says with a smile, which makes the band all start shouting in excitement. "But!" Leroy's voice comes over the intercom, "The boss has to say he likes it first. We'll let you guys know in a few days." the gruff man says with what the four women assume is a smile but it looks more like a pained grimace. The four women nod, all with smiles on their faces.

A few hours later all four women are in a club toasting their success at recording their first ever demo CD. "To us!" Belle says. "To 'Once'!" Regina shouts. "To 'Once'!" they all repeat before downing their shots of tequila. "Oh I love this song. Come dance with me!" Belle shouts before she grabs Ruby by the hand and drags her to the dance floor as the remix of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Heads will roll came on.

Ruby and Belle made their way into the throng of the grinding throng of bodies and began dancing. The two brunette's closed their eyes and started to grind against each other, losing themselves in the music and the feel of the other against them. They danced until the song finished and another came on. They adjusted their swaying slightly to stay in sync with the bass pumping through the club.

By the bar Emma and Regina had just finished their third round of shots before Regina grabbed Emma's hand and pulled her close, "Come dance with me." the brunette whispered sensually into the blonde's ear, dropping a quick kiss to the blonde's neck making Emma moan and Regina smiled. "Come." the brunette whispered and dragged her girlfriend into the sweaty mass of bodies.

They reached a sort of less crowded space and the two immediately began dancing. Calvin Harris' So Close began playing and Regina wound her arms around Emma's neck and swayed slowly to the slow beat of the song. Emma rested her forehead against the brunette's and closed her eyes savouring the moment with her. Emma's hands travelled lower as she knew that the song would be picking up in a few seconds. The brunette smirked when she felt the blonde's hands come to a rest just above her ass. The song picked up and Regina let go of Emma's neck and spun around. The brunette ground her ass against Emma's crotch, her hand coming up to wind around the blonde's neck again and hold her there. The blonde gripped the brunette's waist and ground back into Regina. Emma dropped a kiss to the brunette's neck, making Regina gasp before moaning and tilting her head as the blonde continued her ministrations. Regina ground harder into the blonde before running a clawed hand up the blonde's thigh.

Emma spun Regina around, wanting to look at Regina as they danced. The brunette looked up at the blonde through hooded pitch black eyes and curved her blood red lips into a smile. Emma's eyes darkened even more at the smirk before she captured the brunette's lips in a searing kiss. Their bodies were still grinding together as they kissed. They broke apart when the lack of oxygen made it unbearable. The song kept going at the same pace and the couple kept dancing in sync with the beat.

The song eventually started winding down and so did their frantic pace. When the song ended the two women looked at each other, their eyes conveying things they were too scared to say aloud. Slowly they made their way back to the bar and found Ruby and Belle sitting on one of the stools, Belle on Ruby's lap laughing at something the guitarist said. Regina sat down on a bar stool and Emma came up from behind her and held her around the waist. "What do you say to going home?" Emma whispers in the brunette's ear, nipping her earlobe gently. Regina moans before nodding her head in answer. "Hey guys, I think we're gonna head home. Don't do something I wouldn't do." Emma shouts over the loud music to her two friends. "Yeah we were gonna head out too. See you two tomorrow?" Ruby asks. Emma nods in reply before she and Regina almost run out the club.

A/N: Okay and there we go. I was thinking for the next chapter do you guys want a little smuttiness or some Henry? You decide, just tell me in a review.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: okay well not so big but anyway, I will try to get the next chapter out before this happens but I can't promise anything. So I'm not going to be here or near my laptop for two weeks as I'm going on holiday to America, and I'm super excited! Okay so this was just to tell you guys and so that you don't get angry with me when I don't update soon.

Reviews are love and don't forget to tell me what you want in the next chapter.

Before I forget, the songs used are 'She looks so perfect' by 5 Seconds of Summer and 'What I've done' by Linkin Park and like the total scatter brain I am I forgot to tell you what the song in the previous chapter was so it's 'Shatter Me' by Lindsey Stirling feat. Lzzy Hale. I suggest you go check those songs out especially the last one it is f***ing awesome!

Until next time lovely readers! :)