Regina wanted to confirm her suspicions so she and Emma took another drive out to the dragon mansion.
"You sure about this?" Emma asked.
"Not really, but I need to see if it's true." If Mal was going into heat, there was nothing she would able to do to tear the dragon away from the Evil Queen. When they pulled up to the mansion they found a dragon sitting in the front yard. At first glance she thought it was Lily, since Lily was built thicker than Mal in dragon form. But the black scales and dual horns disproved that. Mal had put on a ton of weight and muscle. Gone was the slender, elegant dragon Regina had always known. In its place was a beast built for war. "Shit." It was yet another aspect of Mal being in season, making herself bigger and stronger to both attract a mate and fight off any other suitors.
The Evil Queen was sitting on the porch, watching Mal flex and show off her powerful form. "This is not good." Regina scowled, exiting the car. Emma followed and they walked up to the porch. The Evil Queen barely gave them a passing glance, instead focusing on watching Mal. She was wrapped in a large black piece of fur and was probably naked underneath it. She wore no makeup and her hair was left down, allowed to blow any way it desired. There was a black mark on her forehead, all a part of the ritual. Dragons desired power and strength above all other qualities. Mal would have to prove this through battle and the Evil Queen would have to do the same to prove herself worthy of being a dragon's mate. She wondered if Mal was going to conjure an army or something to fight. She didn't know that they were about to do something completely different. "Mal." She said as the dragon shifted back down into human form. She almost choked seeing Mal in the simple piece of fur that was fastened at her shoulder, the only clothing she wore. The same black mark was on her forehead as well. As a human, she didn't seem much different, except fitter maybe.
Maleficent turned to face her, scowling a bit when she spotted both her and Emma. "You can't be here right now, Regina."
"I know, but I need to talk to you just for a second. Please." She said softly.
Mal glanced at the Evil Queen, who made a shrugging motion. The dragon teleported them across the yard where they were out of earshot but still able to be seen. "What is it?"
"Don't do this." Regina pleaded. "Give me another chance to prove to you-"
"There is nothing to prove." Mal said.
"I can't let you do this. You'll be lost to me forever." Regina whispered. Maleficent touched her cheek. "Please."
"I love you, you know I do. I always will. But I have decided my place and it can't be at your side. You have worked hard to become a better person than you were, you have build something wonderful for yourself. Me being a part of that is impossible, and I can't take you away from them. They love and need you. You're a hero."
"They don't matter when it concerns you."
"You don't believe that."
"I will do anything to earn your favor again. I can put me and the Evil Queen back together-"
"No!" Maleficent suddenly roared. She took a deep breath and shook her head. "You wanted to be free of her."
"I didn't know that she would take you away from me!" Regina hissed. "Please, just one more chance."
"I can't-"
"You can wait until your next season. Please-"
"Why can't you get it?" Regina turned her head as the Evil Queen nearby. "She doesn't want you anymore. And I mean this in the nicest way possible."
"Nice? You don't know the meaning of the word." Regina growled at her. "You are nothing but a shadow, a shade, a vessel for evil with my face. That's all you will ever be."
"And yet she gave me a piece of her heart." The Queen snapped. "Our daughter gave me a piece of her heart. Yes, I look like you, but I am not you anymore! I am a piece of them and I know you cannot stand that, but it's true. She has moved on, with someone who isn't afraid to be with her, with someone who will treat her like she should be. Like she is the sun, like she is the reason I live, like she is everything! You may believe that she is, but you couldn't show it then, how can you do it now?"
Regina glared at her. "She is all that and more to me."
"You have a funny way of expressing that. Leaving her for the constant bullshittery with the heroes, treating her like some secret mistress than the woman who deserves the world, taking the side of idiots over the woman you supposedly love and your daughter?! You let the blonde buffoon kill her!"
"Who locked her away?"
"Enough." Mal snapped, teleporting them back to the others where Lily was glaring at Emma. "Regina, I'm sorry-"
"No." Regina said, aching for her dragon. It was almost painful to watch her look at someone else with love, to see her move on, to see her giving herself to someone else. If Mal and the Evil Queen completed the ritual, not only would it bind them together and potentially a child, but it would make it near impossible for Regina to win her dragon back.
"Why don't you guys fight for her then?" Emma suggested. All three brunettes turned to glare at her.
"My mother isn't some prize to be won." Lily growled at her. "You would know that if you weren't an idiot."
Emma returned her glare. "Look, I'm trying to come up with a solution to this."
"It's not your problem! You have nothing to do with this."
"There is a solution." The Evil Queen added. "Regina, back the fuck off."
Maleficent rubbed her temples as the arguing began and intensified. It was the height of her mating season and she absolutely could not be dealing with this right now. Everything was alive right now, the grass around her rubbing together form the wind was loud to her right now. It was that bad. Four heated women were just making this worse. Truthfully, she wanted nothing more than to slam both the Queen and Regina on the ground where they stood and fuck them until they couldn't walk. Emma, she wanted to punch and she wanted to lock Lily in her room until she was done with her mothers. "Gods, this is not my day."
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