AN: Its been awhile...SORRY!
Three days had passed and the White Princess's condition had begun to deteriorate vastly. The first two days she was able to slip in and out of consciousness and was able to respond to their voices but on the third day she became unresponsive. Regina had flew into a fit, thinking the Princess had perished until Zelena was able to calm her down. Since then Regina had refused to leave Emma's side. Cora could see the strain Emma's condition had put on both of her daughter's. One loved her like a mother would a child, Zelena had raised the girl for quite some time and they had formed a very close bond. The other loved her in a different way that words couldn't describe. The Queen of Hearts urged on the troops to find the herb she needed to counteract the poison in Emma's body. Once that was complete, it was up to Emma when she would wake. She trailed through the halls thinking back to the day when they had found the man responsible.
Flashback.
The Queen's Flying Troops had brought a straggly haired man in front of them and Zelena looked to Elsa for confirmation.
"That's him! Elsa spat looking down at the man who tried to kill her best friend. Zelena nodded before turning towards the man. Before she could think about what she was doing she lashed out with her magic cutting the side of his face.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" She snarled circling him before slicing down his back, relishing in the pained screams he was giving off.
"You think you can come into MY home and try to assassinate MY Heir? That you could get away with the attack on the Crowned Princess!" Two more slashes ran down his back.
"Please!" He begged.
"Darling do control yourself. We need answers before he dies!" Cora tsked but her glare was focused solely on the man kneeling before her daughter.
"Who sent you to poison the White Princess?" Zelena asked after she was able to compose herself. Still she couldn't get the image of Emma crashing to a heap on the floor out of her head. She loved the girl like a daughter despite them being so close in age, with only seven summers separating them. She taught Emma right from wrong, she soothed her after a nightmare or when Regina did something to break her heart. She had reassured the girl she wasn't dying when she experienced her first monthly bleeding. She took care of her and named her heir of Oz. So to say she was livid would be a tremendous understatement. Watching the man lock his jaw, preparing himself not to say anything had her lashing out again.
"Zelena!"Cora admonished.
"NO, you do not get to Zelena me! He tried to kill MY HEIR. You might be my mother and I am your daughter but that girl lying on a cot in that room is in every sense MY CHILD!" Zelena growled.
"Darling I know. However this situation requires a little more finesse. Let me take care of it, and you go check on Emma" Cora cooed to her oldest daughter. When Zelena went to protest, Elsa stepped in and led her away by her elbow.
"What the hell do you think your doing?" Zelena snapped at the Princess of Arendelle.
"You really should let the Queen handle this, you're not in the right place right now and you would regret it later if you killed him before you could get answers." Elsa shrugged. It was the air of nonchalance that sent Zelena flying over the edge. Her hand wrapped around Elsa's slim neck pushing her until her back hit the pillar. However the hand wasn't providing any pressure, Zelena really didn't want to hurt the blonde in front of her.
"Don't fix your tongue to speak as though you know me!" Zelena hissed her eyes never leaving Elsa's icy blue ones. The princess in response grabbed Zelena by the trail of her dress and pulled her flush against her before melding their lips together. Despite being the one to initiate the kiss, it was Zelena who dominated it when she bit down harshly on Elsa's bottom lip. That was how Cora came upon them, with Zelena ravishing Elsa's mouth while that said princess was wedged between a pillar and her daughter. Clearing her throat loudly, it was funny to watch the two jump away from the other.
"My dear Zelena, I never knew about your taste for the fairer sex. Isn't this something a mother should know?" Cora cocked an eyebrow at her daughter.
"What? No I- she we didn't? I-uh..." Zelena stammered, turning a bright red.
"How eloquently put. Honestly I shouldn't be too surprised. I mean you are nearly twenty-five summers and still not married." Cora sniffed while looking down at Elsa, ignoring her daughters glare.
"Elsa I have heard of your reputation. For your sake it better not precede you when it comes to either of my daughters." The Queen of Hearts eyed the Ice Princess.
"Regina really isn't my type so you need not worry. As for Zelena, well from what you witnessed I think we both can gather she can handle herself." Elsa responded cheekily.
"Very well. I gathered that the attack was sent out by Leopold. For a very interesting reason. He heard somehow about the blossoming relationship between the White Princess and your sister. The motive is still unclear but he plans to demand Regina's hand in marriage again. Which means the Dark Crown has been threatened by those twits. Only this time we must make sure they are squashed like the ants they are." Cora growled.
"Why can't he just leave her alone? Why is he so fascinated with her?" Zelena snapped thinking about the old man trying to get her little sister.
"I have my suspicions...There is an ancient prophecy told by the fates long ago. The heir to the light kingdom shall be the one to reunite three kingdoms at once. It would be the greatest rule and very prosperous for all involved. The tale is very vague after so much time has pass." Cora almost tried to wave off the tale itself.
"But he isn't a heir, he is just a bastard!" Elsa spat.
"Precisely." Cora nodded.
"It's Emma." Zelena gasped as it suddenly hit her.
"By blood right the White Kingdom is hers, by name right I named her heir of Oz. If she were to marry Regina she would inherit the Dark Kingdom...Does Regina know?" Zelena asked her mother.
"No, and that isn't going to change. I won't have her blaming herself for something she can not change nor be held responsible of." Cora said firmly and everyone agreed.
End of Flashback.
Looking in now as her youngest washed down a sweating Emma, she could practically feel the pain emanating from Regina.
"Once you wake up, I'm going to marry you regardless of the risk and consequences. I'm going to spend everyday for the rest of my life making it up to you and finding new ways to make you happy." Regina spoke softly but the emotions in her voice were as loud as could be.
"I'm so sorry Emma." Regina's shoulder shook from her effort to stop her sobs.
DREAM LAND
Emma woke up in a comfortable bed, her body heavier than she remember it. Looking around sluggishly her first thought was 'How much did I have to drink last night'. On her left side all she could see was a toned tan back, that was completely bare and a head full of chocolate locks. Panicking she jumped from the bed, not knowing who it was but her awkward landing woke the woman next to her. It also brought to her attention her slightly protruding stomach, as she sat gobsmacked looking at it. She was obviously with child, but that child was not there last night!
"Emma, my love are you alright?" Regina scrambled around the bed to look over the blonde for injuries.
"Why are you in my bed? We didn't...did we? Why is my stomach so large?" Emma rambled out causing Regina to chuckle.
"Darling, surely you can't be serious?" Regina laughed thinking it was all a joke until she seen the girl's lost expression.
"Where am I?" Emma's bottom lip trembled to her horror. She normally never showed emotions like this around the brunette, in fear of making herself to vulnerable.
"My love, what is the last thing you remember? Did you hit your head and not tell me?" Regina looked worried as she pushed Emma's golden locks out of her face.
"No I did not hit my head! Why are you treating me like a child?" Emma growled causing Regina to eye her carefully. The blonde hadn't looked at her with those guarded eyes in two years, since before they first got together.
"The last thing I remember was the ball. It was all White last night, Zelena's thought it would be funny." Emma furrowed her eyebrows together tightly trying to remember everything.
"Darling don't move, I'm going to fetch a healer." Regina went to rise but was pulled down by Emma.
"Not until you tell me what the hell happened to my stomach!" Emma snapped.
"My love, you-we are with child." Regina gently rubbed circles on the protruding flesh that held her unborn baby.
"What?! No this is impossible! We have not had sex! Hell you don't even like me so you can stop with all of that My Love quack! Just yesterday I vowed to never love you for so long as I breath, which must mean I am die or something!" Emma rambled again, unable to control the word vomit coming from her mouth. Regina looked hurt but Emma could care less. The brunette surely didn't seem to care whenever she hurt her.
"You choose Robin Hood over me! Hell you choose dozens of others over me and now you tell me I allowed myself to carry your child in my womb?" Emma snarled through heavy breathing.
"Emma..." Regina reached out for her but Emma pushed her away.
"If this is yours or Zelena's idea of a joke, you won't like the consequences!" Emma glared before all she could see was blackness.
Whipping around quickly, she would have soiled herself if she had a full bladder. She would recognize this dark dank room anywhere no matter how hard she tried to forget it. Barely any food, even less water and little to no light. She had been trapped in this cage for the majority of her childhood with only her magic to see bits and piece of the outside world.
"Regina...Zelena ….stop playing! This isn't funny! STOP IT!" Emma screamed. The feeling of the shadows suffocating her was unbearable. She began clawing at her skin, trying anything to wake up from this horrible nightmare, barely registering to the fact that her stomach was back to normal.
"REGINA PLEASE!" She cried sinking to the floor, wanting it to just hurry up and swallow her whole.
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"Are you sure this is going to work?" Regina asked for the fourth time since Cora came into the room with the amber vial.
"I've already told you Regina, this will stop the dreams. She'll have to wake up on her own!" Cora was frustrated, she could feel time slipping through her fingers the longer she sat talking to her daughter. Tilting the blonde's head back Cora slowly poured the liquid down her throat before massaging it for it to go down. Both mother and daughter watched the girl for signs of life and just as they were about to give up, her body began to violently seize