"What?! You know?!"
"Yep." Grace said. "Did you know your father is also Alexander the Great, brought back to life by magic to reconquer the known world?"
"Your mother is Grace O' Malley, famous pirate queen." Xander added. "You didn't know?"
Emma sighed. "For the love of,- I thought you were actually serious for a second. Mom, listen to me. Look me in the eyes...Am I lying?" Grace was too busy laughing at her own joke. "Dad?"
"Emma, you have to admit this sounds incredibly ridiculous."
Emma rolled her eyes and stood up. "Fine, I'll get Regina to prove it to you when she gets back."
"Okay, dear." Grace smiled before getting up to hug her daughter good naturedly. "It's okay, archery contest in an hour. The others should be back by then."
"Horses?"
"Yes!"
Emma groaned. "You guys know I suck."
"Oh come on, we just need your help so the guys won't win or else we'll all go broke."
"Speak for yourself, my future wife is rich." Emma said. She ducked a swing from her mother and left the room to do some stretches. She might actually try to win this year. A few minutes later and the others returned, talking and yelling loudly. She walked out of her room in her archery gear and Dianah and Jacob immediately started screaming and running to put on their own. Henry ran into her arms.
"Mom, you look like the Green Arrow."
"Thanks, Kid. Hopefully I can shoot like him. Have a good time?"
"The best!"
"Okay, why don't you put your stuff in your room and go get ready to ride, okay?" He nodded and raced Elias down the hallway. Emma turned to Regina and quickly swept the brunette up in her arms. "And how was your day, my queen?"
"Excellent." Regina smiled, pecking her lips. "But it would've been even better if you were there."
"Oh yeah?" Emma grinned, kissing her fiancee again. She picked Regina up and carried her into their bedroom.
"What's with the archer get up?"
"Archery contest." Emma answered, sitting on the bed with Regina in her lap. "We draw names out of a hat, divide into two teams and the team with the most bull's eyes wins a fancy dinner paid for by the losers. It's usually the last thing we do before we go back home."
"You can ride?"
"Well enough. Are you going to participate?"
"Absolutely. I have to show you all how it's done." Regina snapped her fingers, changing her clothes into a leather dress pants combo from her Evil Queen days. Emma kissed her, again and again. "Miss Swan, what has gotten into you?" Regina said, struggling not to giggle.
"You are amazing to me." Emma answered. "All those years of pain and misery and loneliness and it has turned you into the strongest, the most beautiful, and kindest person I have ever met. I adore you so much it's ridiculous."
Regina smiled. "Stop it, you're going to make me blush."
"You're the most beautiful woman who ever lived." Emma grinned and hugged Regina, holding her close. "I love you."
"Say it again." Regina whispered.
She snorted. "I love you, Regina Mills."
"I love you too, Emma Swan."
"Yo Lovebirds!" The door flew open to reveal Lily, who was also decked down in black and red leather and carrying a matching longbow. "Let's go, we're picking teams."
"We're coming." Emma hissed at her. Lily only grinned as she skipped out, leaving the door wide open. "I swear I'm going to kill her." Emma got up and slammed the door.
Regina laughed at her annoyed expression. "Relax, dear." She conjured a black recurve bow and Emma handed her an empty quiver. She picked up her own bow and quiver and they walked into the living room where the rest of the family was gathering, every single one of them ready to shoot targets. They mostly carried recurve bows, the usual choice used historically by horse archers, and a couple composite bows. The coffee tables were covered with arrows. One table had arrows with red feathers and the other had arrows with blue feathers to distinguish the two teams. Jackson held the hat to them and Emma and Regina each chose one of the cards inside that was wrapped in a little black envelope. They opened them and Regina pulled out a red card while Emma pulled out a blue one. Emma filled Regina's quiver with red arrows for her and grabbed the blue ones for herself. Her team consisted of Evie, Xander, Jackson, Dianah and Lily. The Red Team was Jacob, Grace, Max, Rose, Regina and Mal.
"What about us?" Henry asked.
"Lucky for you guys, I thought of this ahead of time." Xander said. "Follow me." He lead the way out to the stables. Next to it was a small barn and inside was a wagon that could be hooked to a horse. "Alright everyone, saddle up."
"Prepare to eat my dust." Emma grinned at Regina as she mounted a white mare.
Regina smirked at her. "We'll see about that." She said, trotting around the blonde on Braulio. "How about we make our own little wager, hmm?"
"If I win, you have to sleep naked from now on and give me a strip tease." Emma said with a sly grin, not really expecting Regina to agree.
"Okay." Regina shrugged, nearly making Emma fall off her horse. "If I win, you have to sleep naked and you will owe me two massages."
"Why not make it three?" Emma asked.
"Done." Regina smirked, moving closer to her. "Full body massages too."
"I am yours, my queen, to command as you please."
"Good. I'll be making use of that devotion." Regina stopped Braulio close to Emma and leaned across to kiss her lover's lips, sealing their bet.
"Wait, are we still doing the no sex before marriage thing?"
"Yes, we are."
"Then I quit."
Regina snorted in laughter. "Emma Swan-"
"I am a very weak woman when it comes to you, Regina, and I'm trying to do this right."
Regina shook her head. "Deal is done, Miss Swan."
"Fine then." Emma drew her bow. "I'll just have to win."
Xander fired a gun into the air, announcing the beginning of the contest and Emma spurred her horse forward. The targets were all over the forest, even high in the trees. Xander paid a group of homeless people handsomely to see it done every year. Emma got 2 bulls eyes in quick succession. Regina suddenly soared by, hitting 2 more up high with ease. Emma scowled and nocked an arrow to hit a target several feet away. She was ready to loose when Regina called out for Mal. A split second later a red arrow hit the target right in the center. Emma reigned in her horse and looked behind her. Maleficent and her horse hadn't even moved from the starting position. The dragon was the only one using a longbow and her inhuman eyesight made her the perfect long distance sniper. "Son of a bitch!" Emma hissed. Regina laughed as she rode by. This was not going to be easy, but she wasn't going down without a fight.
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"Now, let's see, I'll have the lobster, the filet mignon and a thick, juicy steak. Want anything, baby?" Emma looked at Regina, who flared her nostrils before ordering a roasted swan. "There's no need to be passive aggressive because you lost, babe."
"We would've won if Evie hadn't knocked Mal off her horse or if you would've stopped getting in front of me." Regina retorted. "And I happen to like roasted swan."
"How the hell did you hit a target from 175 yards?" Rose exclaimed, looking at a smirking Mal.
"Magic." She replied.
"Where did you find this woman?" Rose looked at Regina.
"I could ask you the same thing about this woman." She nodded to Emma, who grinned. "Don't touch me tonight when I sleep naked."
"What?! Come on, Regina, don't be that way." Emma kissed her cheek. She smiled when Regina turned away and started up a conversation with Max, proceeding to mostly ignore her fiance for the rest of the evening. However, Emma knew it would not be easy for her when they got home...
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Emma looked up from getting changed as Regina walked out of the bathroom, fluffing out her freshly dried hair. Her jaw slowly hit the floor as her eyes took in every inch of the naked goddess before her. "Miss Swan, you'll catch flies." Regina closed her mouth for her and went to the dresser to grab some lingerie.
"Wait, the deal was you'd be naked, Regina." Emma whined, trying to take in everything she could before Regina covered it up. The woman was utter perfection. Her skin was a perfect shade of gold, unblemished except for the scars that she often wore with pride. Her body was tanned and toned from her workouts with Emma and from training sessions from the Enchanted Forest. But her body was still soft to the touch. Her ass was amazing but everyone knew that. There were more scars on her legs, more battle scars, but they were almost faded at this point. Emma took in the sight of Regina's breasts with baited breath. "Beautiful." She whispered in awe. Regina noticed her stare and blushed, the pink tinge traveling the length of her body. Emma swallowed and allowed her gaze to fall to the apex of the former queen's thighs. She wasn't sure why she expected Regina to be completely smooth or something, but she was pleasantly surprised to find that the queen was neatly trimmed instead. In fact, she found it a little sexier. "Regina, I-I can't."
"Can't what?" Regina asked. Emma whimpered and turned around. "Emma?"
"Regina, this is not fair!" Emma snapped, crossing her arms. She just wanted to touch Regina right now, to caress her, to kiss her, to taste her, everything. She wanted to do everything to her. God, she won the bet she should be able to bask in Regina's magnificence all night.
"Emma, your family doesn't know how to knock and the last thing I want is for them to burst in here with me in my birthday suit. Not to mention I would like to spare everyone the embarrassment of should Henry walk in and see me like this. I don't need our son wondering why Mommy is naked."
"But he knows why Mommy is naked, because Other Mommy loves when Mommy is naked." Emma tossed over her shoulder. Regina teleported in front of her, now wearing black lacy underwear. She laughed as Emma picked her up, wrapping her legs tightly around the blonde's waist. "This is like systematic torture right now."
"You suggested me being naked first. You played yourself."
"Stop spending time with Dianah."
Regina laughed, kissing her lips. "How about, when we get home we let Henry spend the night with the idiots and then we go back to the mansion and take our clothes off and don't put them back up until the next morning?"
"I would love that but you know I can't control myself with you. That's not going to help." It was taking everything in her right now not to rip Regina's lingerie back off. Now that she had seen the promised land she wanted more.
Regina kissed her again and hopped down. "In 8 days, Emma Swan, we will be married and I will be yours and yours alone to do with as you wish. We'll go on a long honeymoon and we'll put away the phones, the computers, everything unnecessary and you will spend that entire honeymoon rocking my world, yes?"
"Damn right." Emma grinned, wrapping her arms around Regina again and letting them fall onto the bed. She pulled back the sheets and slid under them with her queen. "Have you thought about where you want to go? Money is not an option."
"Someplace...tropical. Hawaii maybe?"
"No, Hawaii is for peasants. Everyone goes to Hawaii. Let's go to Havana or Jamaica or Indonesia, or maybe a place like Morocco or Italy. Somewhere different."
Regina smiled, watching the dreamy look take over her lover's face. "We'll do everything: go to a spa, go scuba diving, snorkeling, hiking, sightseeing. I'm gonna go buy a Lamborghini or or a Bugatti just so you can cruise around like the queen you are. Of course, as you said, there will be lots of sex." She smirked. "I want it to be...magical for you."
"It will be." Regina assured her. "And do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because you will be there."
Emma blushed and turned her head to hide it. She wanted to be the best Regina had ever had. She wanted to show the queen the kind of devotion she deserved, that she wasn't able to get. She wanted to be the happy ending that Regina had always been searching for and denied time and time again. She wanted the queen to know how much Emma loved her, but no matter what she did, she didn't feel like it was enough.
"Stop thinking so much." Regina kissed her cheek. "Relax, dear."
Emma sighed contently as Regina laid her head on her chest and wrapped her body around her lover's. Regina was such a cuddler. "Babe?"
"Yes?"
"Have you ever been with another woman?" She asked curiously. As far as she knew Regina had only been with men, although she was obviously bisexual.
"Yes."
"How many?"
"23." Regina yawned. She groaned when Emma sat up and looked at her like she was crazy.
"Are you fucking serious?"
"Of course not, you fool." Regina scoffed. "You honestly think I would allow just anyone to spend the night with me? You have to be very special to gain such an honor and the Enchanted Forest was sorely lacking in special people."
"But you had 28 years and free reign over leaving during the curse." Emma hissed.
"Emma Swan, I have slept with only 3 other women in my life. You will be lucky number 4."
"Who were they?" Emma asked, still frowning. A part of her was really hoping that she would be Regina's first, but she knew Regina used her feminine charms to get what she wanted in the Enchanted Forest all the time. 23 seemed excessive but 3 seemed just as weird.
Regina sighed and fell back on the bed. "The first was when I was 17. I thought I was in love, sort of. Her name was Giselle and she was a princess from a neighboring kingdom that Mother had me get to know to increase our status. We were barely more than children, rebellious and curious. Neither one of us knew what we were doing." The queen shrugged. "It didn't really mean anything."
"That was your first time?" Emma asked softly. Regina nodded. "And you and Giselle never actually got together?"
"No. We were both married off to old kings with children." Regina's eyes darkened. Emma wasn't sure if it was the memory of Giselle or the memory of Leopold that caused this.
"So Daniel wasn't your first love?"
"My love for Daniel was different. It was easier, more real I think. Same sex couples were frowned upon anyway. It was practically everyone's goal to find their True Love and have children. Two women and two men couldn't do that. The bloodline would end. Being with Daniel didn't cause the same problems as with Giselle. She was highborn, bred for a throne, but she was a woman. Daniel was a man, a good man, but he was just a stableboy. You know what happened after that."
"I'm sorry." Emma said.
Regina shrugged. "It is what it is." The brunette trailed off, looking away until she snapped her attention back to Emma. "The second woman was Maleficent."
"What?!" Emma almost yelled. Regina shushed her. "Are you fucking kidding me?" Fucking Maleficent! Of course it would be the Dragon Queen, who could practically do anything, who was beautiful and amazing and perfect and Emma had no chance of ever comparing to her. Fucking Maleficent…
"Emma, that was a long time ago." Regina assured her, rubbing her arm absently as she searched for the blonde's eyes. Emma finally met them and Regina could see the insecurities behind them. "My relationship with Mal was strained from beginning to end, my dear. It was never a very good one, it was very...toxic. I was a heartbroken young queen in need of help and I found Mal. She became my teacher...in many different areas-"
"Oh God." Emma sighed.
"Emma, our relationship was based on lust and curiosity and loneliness and deceit. We were never enough for each other, but for a time each other was all we had, all we could trust. Maybe we could've been something more but I destroyed all hope of that with the Dark Curse. Okay, is that what you were looking for?"
"No." Emma looked away. "It's just...It's freaking Maleficent. How do I compare to that? I bet she's amazing in bed."
"She is." Regina said. "But she doesn't compare to you, Miss Swan. You are very different people and I know for a fact that I have never loved anyone as much as I love you. Not Daniel, not Graham, not Robin, not Giselle, not Mal. I have never wanted anyone more than I want you. Never, Emma Swan. Do not ever compare yourself to any other person because anyone would be lucky to have even an ounce of heart and beauty that you do. Please?" Emma looked back at Regina, silently pleading with her to understand. "I can't-I'm not good at expressing my feelings, but please...try and-and…" She scowled in frustration for a moment.
"Regina-"
"No. Everything was worth it, Emma, all the pain, the unhappiness, the madness, all of it was worth it just to be here with you now. There is no place I would rather be."
Emma smiled at the sincerity and nervousness of her fiancee. Regina avoided her gaze and laid her head on her shoulder. "I love you."
"I love you too."
"Say it again."
Regina giggled. "I love you."
"Wait," Emma sat up and Regina groaned and being pushed out of her comfy place. "Who was number 3?"
"Miss Lucas."
"You slept with Ruby?!"
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