Zelena rushed down the corridors until she reached Emma's chambers, she stood outside the door not yet daring to go in yet. She could faintly hear Emma sobbing and she pushed passed her nervousness and the heavy oak and steel door so that she could go comfort her heir. The blonde was curled tightly into a ball, her shoulders shaking with the sheer force of her sobs.
"Darling.." Zelena sighed before climbing into the bed with the younger girl. She was surprised when Emma turned to face her and then proceeded to cling to her like a Koala bear. She had never had much experience in comforting another individual but that didn't mean she wasn't going to try for Emma sake.
"It's going to be alright, your safe now love." Zelena rubbed soothing circles on Emma's back, repeating the same phrase over and over until the girls sobs were reduced to hiccups and sniffles.
"Would you like to talk about it?" Zelena asked, feeling Emma shake her head violently from were it rested in the crook of her neck.
"Okay okay. How about we talk about the last thing you remember?" Zelena offered.
"W-we were at the ball. I was with Elsa and I was angry. Then there was Robin and Regina." Emma's voice was raspy from disuse and she spoke between shuddered breathes.
"Anything else?" Zelena questioned wondering if Emma remembered drinking something.
"She was walking over towards us and I didn't want to talk to her. So I tried to hurry up and drink my wine so I could leave...It was a red, the only red at the party. He said it was a gift for me." Emma said as her thoughts became clearer.
"You were poisoned and we were practically watching you waste away. Mother searched in another kingdom to try to bring you back." Zelena couldn't help but get emotional.
"Did I die?" Emma's eyes bugged out and Zelena had to stop from chuckling.
"No darling, it was like a sleeping curse. Only true love wouldn't have just woken you up." Zelena answered.
"Well that's comforting." Emma sat up in the bed but she still felt physically weak.
"Would you like something to eat? Regina will be relieved to see you awake." Zelena smiled briefly.
"I'm not sure I want to see her at this moment." Emma replied looking down at her hands
"...Well the decision remains in your hands, love. Let me just say she has only just left your side today after having some sort of meltdown. I can see the darkness swimming in her eyes, and we both know that no matter how angry you two are at one another you balance the other perfectly. I'm not saying just forgive her, well because I taught you better! Just for piece of mind, just let her see your are alive and awake before making her squirm." Zelena said.
"It was because of her I woke up. She brought up my promise to her, knowing that it would work and I would be pissed. I'll see her, but she will grovel beneath my feet before she earns my forgiveness!" Emma crossed her arms practically pouting.
"I'd expect nothing less." Zelena smirked in agreement before poofing to find her sister. She had expected her to find her in her room, however she didn't expect for the room to be completely torn apart with an unconscious Robin slumped in the corner. She could feel Regina's magic seeping out of her like a broken dam, and she rushed to find her little sister.
"Regina?" The brunette turned around and her eyes were completely purple, like she was letting the magic completely over take her. The side of the room she was sitting in was brunt to a crisp and Zelena winced when she thought about the repairs
"Oh honey, what did you do?" She asked approaching the girl like one would a wounded animal. Regina didn't answer, instead she began playing with the fireball she had conjured.
"Emma is awake, do you want to see her?" Zelena asked softly, watching the girls head snap up. She seemed to come out of her daze a little bit and she finally spoke.
"Is she okay?" Regina asked standing up quickly, the fireball was still in one of her hands.
"Yes she is, she is waiting for you right now. Honey why don't you put that away, we don't want to startle the poor girl." Zelena gestured to the fireball but Regina flinched.
"It was too much, I couldn't keep holding it in. The only place is out." Regina shrugged before sending it flying into the wall.
"I have a feeling I don't really want the answer by why is Robin in your chambers and what happened?" Zelena winced before sending for a healer.
"He was here when I got here. He said that he was going to help me forget. He wanted me to forget her! To just fuck him like she wasn't lying like a vegetable in some bed, barely clinging to life. I warned him to go but he wouldn't shut up about how he could make me happy. So I put him to sleep." Regina deadpanned, not feeling even the slightest bit of guilt as she stepped over his slumped figure. They stayed long enough to make sure the guard was going to get the proper medical assistance before Zelena poofed them to Emma's chambers. A maid was giving Emma a sponge bath and another had laid out a clean pair of clothes.
"You two are dismissed." Regina snapped poofing away the two unsuspecting maids before she slowly approached Emma.
"Regina was that really necessary?" Emma sighed when Regina continued cleaning her over heated skin, she watched Zelena slowly slip out of the chambers to give them their own privacy.
"You have no idea how worried I've been." Regina replied solemnly, her eyes still swimming with purple flecks.
"...I'm sorry that I worried you. Regina, look at me!" Emma snapped at the brunette who was patting her skin dry.
"We thought you weren't going to make it. You had a bad reaction to the medicine mother gave you." Regina slipped a white night gown over Emma's head and down her body but she still didn't look Emma in the eye.
"Either you look me in the eye or you can leave!" Emma tugged on the girls tunic so that Regina couldn't leave the bed. When their eyes finally connected , Emma gasped seeing the magic slowly dissipate from Regina's eyes.
"If you hadn't woken up, I would have burned this castle down by nightfall." Regina admitted.
"Look this doesn't change anything. I'm still pissed at you for what you did but I don't like seeing you like this. So hurt and lost...Come here." Emma patted the space next to her and she let Regina crawl into the bed.
"Did you guys find out who poisoned me?" Emma asked running her hand through chocolate locks.
"The peddler who provided the wine, he's dead." Regina replied flatly.
"Did Leopold send him?" Emma tensed up.
"That's what mother thinks. She doesn't know I know this but he sent a messenger demanding my hand in marriage." Regina burrowed herself deeper into Emma's side as the girl barked with laughter.
"Oh please, he wouldn't know how to handle you." Emma snorted before blushing when she realized what she said. It was Regina's turn to laugh.
"And you do?" Regina teased.
"Well we never got a chance to find out. Besides I'm expecting something big before I even think about excepting your proposal." Emma shot back.
"You heard that?" Regina asked, looking into Emma's eyes.
"I heard everything. By the way I don't appreciate you yelling at me when I was in such a vulnerable position, and using my promise to you was a bit below the belt." Emma said roughly pinching the flesh above Regina's hips causing the girl to yelp.
"As long as it got you to wake up, I'll accept any punishment you bestow upon me." Regina smiled cheekily.
"You say that now, but when I have you waiting on me hand and foot and declaring your love to the kingdom you wont be singing the same tune." Emma smirked.
"I shall sing whatever tune pleases my Princess. Whether it be my love or anything she wants." Regina leaned up and bit lightly on Emma's chin causing the girl to sigh and pull away.
"I'm not quite ready for that. I know some time has passed but for me it was just yesterday you fucked a palace guard, and then showed up to the ball with him." Emma disentangle herself from Regina so they could properly look at one another.
"I didn't have intercourse with Robin but that is beside the fact. I broke your promise when I said there wasn't to be anyone else. I was just so frightened of something happening that I missed the fact that it was I who was ruining us all along." Regina spoke while looking down into her hands.
"Your promised me something and then you completely pulled away from me, I don't know what I am supposed to think. Then you were with him and I was just so tired of waiting for you to realize I was there all along. Let me tell you this one last time and I want you to believe me when I say this. I'm done fighting for my spot in your life, if you truly care then you'll let me know what my role is. If not then let me know so I can start moving forward with my life." Emma said passionately.
"If I tried right now, I know you won't accept it so I am going to work for your forgiveness first. Just know my heart belongs to you." Regina replied.
"It was never your heart I was worried about. I've waited over six years, I am a very patient person and you know as well as I do how I can hold a grudge." Emma warned.
"My body belongs to you my princess, from this day forth you shall be the only one for me." Regina vowed.
"These are just words, I prefer to see them in action." Emma looked at her intently for a moment before her eyes softened slightly.
"I am very tired, will you lay with me?" Emma asked.
"Forever and always." Regina spoke the words like a promise.