Maleficent growled softly to herself as she waited for Regina to exit the dressing room. She crossed her arms and checked her phone to see if Lily had contacted her. It had been 3 days since the start of their vacation and she had filled it with fun things for her lover to do, including going to an amusement park, going diving, paragliding, dancing, enjoying both the finest restaurants and a couple quaint diners, as well as going to the theater house, the movies and beach parties. Now they were doing what was quickly becoming one of Mal's favorite things: spending money on Regina. It made her happy to make the queen happy and who didn't love nice things? Mal was rich and it was the first time in many, many years that she wanted to spend her money.
"What do you think?" She looked up and her jaw hit the floor when Regina stepped out of the dressing room in nothing but black lace lingerie. Regina smirked and did a twirl for her. "They have it in purple."
"Yes, absolutely." Mal grinned, making a turning motion with her finger. Regina obliged her with another spin before going back behind the curtain to try on something else.
"Aren't you going to buy anything?" Regina called.
"I bought most of what I wanted beforehand as a little surprise for you. Don't worry."
"But I don't get the fun of watching you try on stuff." Regina peeked her head out. "This vacation isn't just about me."
"It's all about you, what do you mean?"
"You know what I mean." Regina stepped out again, this time in a blood red lace negligee that made Mal want to take her right then and there. "This one is very comfortable. Yes or no?"
"Yes, duh." Mal scoffed, licking her lips. "Maybe we get out of here before I slam you against that wall."
Regina laughed as she got changed and returned with an armload of lingerie. They walked up to the front and placed everything on the counter. Mal pulled out her card and turned it over in her hands.
"What is it?" Regina asked.
"Just wondering. It's so strange that I had to exchange all of my gold for green paper which is apparently all on this piece of plastic."
Regina chuckled softly. "This world is very different."
"You're right." She couldn't even turn into a dragon in this world. Natural tendencies like her heightened senses and increased strength remained for the most part, but her magic was no longer effective and it slightly made her uneasy knowing that if something happened she wouldn't be able to protect Regina as well as usual.
"That'll be $1,344.56." The cashier said.
"Oh, maybe we can put something back." Regina said.
Mal scoffed and handed the woman the card. "Regina, I'm rich."
After that they went to a massive shoe store and they both ended up getting a lot of things they liked. Mal spent almost $100,000 on that little excursion alone. After that was a jewelry store, and Mal, being the gem hoarding, shiny-thing-loving dragon that she was….bought everything.
"Mal, you won't have any money soon." Regina commented as they walked into their penthouse. Mal had thought about using a hotel room, but then just decided to buy this pretty loft that she saw on the blinking square that Lily used and filled it with furniture. It had three floors, four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a kitchen.
"I really do wish you would stop this worrying about money nonsense. I inherited my mother's hoard and have been adding to it for the last several hundred years. And besides, I'm only using the gold. I have 30 more types of gems and 300 of each. I could buy the entire state of Maine if I so desired." Mal tickled her under the chin as she walked past. They walked into the bedroom, putting away the many bags they had accumulated and all of its contents. Afterwards, Mal lead the way into the kitchen where they found Ruby sitting to the kitchen island and Lily frosting a giant chocolate cake.
Regina skipped across the room and jumped onto Lily's back, wrapping her arms around her neck and kissing the top of her head.
"Mom, what the hell?"
"I can't be excited to see my only daughter? The perfect offspring of me and your mother. Hmm?"
Lily smiled and kissed her arm. "Love you too, Mom."
Regina hopped down and kissed Lily's cheek. "So, how was your day together?"
"Perfect, we went to the zoo. Ruby hated it." Lily replied.
"Yeah, because I totally wanted to see a bored wolf in a glass cage." Ruby scoffed.
"She liked the aquarium." Lily continued, slicing a piece of cake.
"Where is Zelena and Belle?" She inquired.
"Probably at a museum. If not, they're in their room having sex."
"Hmm." Regina grabbed a fork to taste a piece of the cake.
Maleficent silently watched the exchange with a small smile. It took a while, but Lily was finally at ease with them. She smiled and laughed and joked with Regina as if they were old friends rather than mother and daughter, but Regina still exercised her parental rights occasionally. She was a natural mother. The blonde watched Regina brush a piece of Lily's hair out of her face and it just amazed her at the former queen's tenderness. Hands that could catch arrows in midair, wield a sword with deadly precision, fire a bow with perfect aim, light fireballs and make conjurations, hands that were hard and could rip out hearts...were the very same hands soft enough to hold and soothe a child, to comfort a friend. Everything about Regina continued to baffle her.
That evening found her and her lover naked and entangled together under the bed sheets, making out until they had to stop every so often to breathe. "Regina."
"Hmm?" Regina moved down to kissing her neck so she could speak.
"Are you enjoying being spoiled?"
Regina looked up and smirked. "I am. It's wonderful."
"If I had the money, I would buy you the world." Mal said, falling onto her back. Regina moved to sit on her stomach, one eyebrow arched curiously.
"What's really on your mind, Dragon?"
Mal took Regina's hands and pressed them to her heart, making her queen lean forward a little bit. "You are. All the time. But this time…" She paused, trying to think of a good way to word her request. "I wish to heal you...and for you to bear me another child. I wish for you to be my mate, to be my bonded, to be my wife, everything. I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy, seeing you smile, bringing you pleasure. That business with Emma and Robin, it wasn't just because I wanted to take you from them, I wanted you to be mine again. You give me purpose, I feel like more than just a dragon or a beast. It's a feeling I have never felt before. Only with you." She made the little black box appear in Regina hands and the brunette leaned back slightly to open it. Inside it, was the greatest thing Maleficent had ever created. A ring handcrafted by her own claws. Forged in the hottest fire she could muster, was an exquisite diamond ring. Almost a hundred little diamonds had been delicately put into place and the painstaking designs had taken hours and many failed attempts to perfect. In the center was a large round, white diamond. The most precious jewel from her hoard. Now it would grace the hand of her most precious person. "Well? Regina?" Regina suddenly got off the bed and rushed into the bathroom. "Regina?!" She got off the bed and walked to the bathroom door. "Regina, was it too sudden? I-It's okay...if you say no. I would completely understand." After that stint of being with Leopold, she wouldn't be surprised if Regina never wanted to tie herself to another person again.
The door opened and she frowned at seeing that Regina had been crying. "Did you-did you steal my ring?" She knew it would get a smile out of her lover. Regina smirked as she roughly wiped her eyes and Mal pushed her hands away to gently wipe them for her with her thumbs. Regina raised her hand to show that she was wearing the ring.
"I'm sorry, I just needed a moment, but...yes. To everything, to all of it. Yes."
"Yes?"
"Yes." Regina giggled as Mal picked her up and kissed her all over her face. She was so happy right now it almost hurt. Mal put her down and grabbed their robes, tossing Regina's to her and quickly putting hers on before racing to the 2nd floor and breaking into Lily and Ruby's room. Ruby sat up instantly but she had to almost beat her daughter with a pillow before she woke up.
"Mom, what the hell?"
"Regina." She said, forcing Lily to sit up and pulling Regina's hand over. Even in the near darkness the diamond almost glowed. Lily's jaw slowly dropped.
"Are you serious right now?"
"Yes!" She left the room and went down to Zelena and Belle's room and kicked the door open. Belle was still awake and nearly threw the book she had been reading. Zelena was on her feet in an instant in attack mode, looking around wildly.
"Mal, what the hell are you doing?" The redhead demanded. They all looked up at hearing squeals and stomping from upstairs.
"Regina agreed to be my mate and we're getting married and having children." She said excitedly. "She agreed."
"WHAT?!"
It was a joyous occasion that night and the women were up to almost 3 in the morning talking about future plans.
"I would prefer a small wedding." Regina said. "Just us, you know?"
"What about Henry?" Mal asked. She saw the pain flash in her lover's eyes before she simply shook her head. Mal knew that Henry was upset about Regina disregarding her soulmate, taking Emma from his father and then essentially breaking his blonde mother's heart. She thought they were getting better but she supposed not. "It's okay, dear." She kissed Regina's temple. "We'll continue our vacation and then we went get back to Storybrooke, we can plan our wedding."
"Or…" Regina said. "We could get married on our vacation…"
"Then transition straight into the honeymoon." Lily grinned. "I like your thinking, Mom."
"Are you sure?" Mal asked, wanting to be sure that they weren't rushing anything.
"Why wait?" Regina asked, pecking her lips, causing a bright smile to appear on her lips.
"Then we won't."
"Since we're spreading around good news," Belle said, causing everyone to look at her. "I'm pregnant." She turned to Zelena, whose head whipped around.
"Really?"
"Yes, why would I lie about-" Zelena tackled the woman off the chair and Ruby and Lily dove on them as well.
"This is wonderful. Soon, you will be pregnant and all we have to do is wait for Lily to finally give us grandchildren and everything will be perfect!" Mal said, looking at Regina. Lily's head immediately shot up. They both grinned and joined in the dog pile of Zelena and Belle, congratulating the happy couple.
A couple hours later Mal and Regina were back in their beds and Regina was almost attacking her lips, literally shaking with happiness. "Regina, take it easy."
"You've made me the happiest woman alive and you want me to take it easy?" Regina paused to glare at her, before her eyes moved down to her lips. "You have the most amazing lips, Mal."
"I know." She smirked.
"How are you going to heal me?"
"A little remedy I concocted." Mal replied, tenderly stroking her lover's back.
"But how are we going to make a baby?"
"Same way we made the other one."
"Magic."
"What? No. Dragons can have sex with the same sex and produce children. I thought I told you that before."
"No, you failed to mention it."
She smiled at Regina's unamused expression. "Well, we can. How do you think I came to be?" By the rise of Regina's eyebrows she guessed she must've failed to mention that as well. "I have two mothers, Regina." Regina snuggled on her chest, waiting for her to continue. She chuckled softly before thinking. "Millicent and Malevolence were their names, although most of the time they called each other Millie and Cynder. Cynder was the fire, and Millie was the hearth. They were true loves."
"Tell me more." Regina whispered.
"Cynder was the fighter, the most powerful. She was even bigger than I in dragon form and had white scales. Millie was more soft hearted, more of a healer. Cynder was a fire drake who could breathe ice, but Millie was a um...I'm not sure if it was called a basilisk or a wyrm really, but her dragon form was weird, well, different, but she was incredibly fast and a master at blending in. Together, they were amazing. They always made each other laugh and played games with each other and tricks on each other. They were truly in love."
"I wish I could've met them." Regina said softly, placing a kiss to her collarbone.
"They're not dead, dear...just not here."
"Is there a way to find them? To contact them?"
"I don't know. I've tried every way that I know how."
"I'll see what I can do." Regina promised, probably already thinking of ways to find her lost parents. She always suspected that something bad happened, but she wasn't sure. All she remembered were the good times and then suddenly being in the Enchanted Forest...alone.
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Emma almost threw her phone against the wall when her call went straight to voicemail again. Every time she'd tried to call Regina she was either rejected or ignored. But it wasn't pissing her off. It started pissing her off almost 6 fucking months ago when Regina left on what was supposed to be a 2 week vacation and never came back! She didn't even try to contact Henry. She didn't even call or text about the investigation. It was just silence. She sat down at her desk and pulled up to her computer.
"Emma." She glanced up at Robin as he closed the door behind him. "Has there been word?"
"No, now get the fuck out of my office. We're not friends, you idiot." She snapped, pulling up the tracker on screen.
Robin ignored her warning. "You put a tracker on Regina?"
"No, that would be ridiculous. I put one in her phone." She clicked on Regina's name and found that the woman was all the fucking way in Africa. There were former pings all over the place: England, Morocco, Ireland, Hawaii, Canada. Regina was traveling everywhere but she couldn't answer her phone just once? It was starting to make her crazy. Just the fact that Regina was ignoring her and she couldn't see her and make sure she was okay, and that stupid dragon was probably all over her. She couldn't let Maleficent win her girl.
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Regina sighed as she looked down at her phone and found yet another message from Emma, this time claiming that Henry was sick. She finally decided to answer. "What, Swan?"
"Are you okay?" Emma asked softly.
"I'm fine. What's wrong with Henry?" She looked up and smiled at Lily and Ruby feeding some curious giraffes that wandered over to their safari truck.
"Oh, um...nothing. I just needed to talk to you. It drives me crazy not knowing that you're okay."
"Why wouldn't I be okay?" Regina frowned. "All these messages need to stop. Now. It is beyond normal and I am tired of seeing your name every time I look at my phone."
"Yeah, well, if you answered, maybe I wouldn't have to call so many times. Um, where are you?"
"Enjoying my vacation-"
"You've been gone almost 7 months. When are you coming home?"
If Mal was here, then she was home. But she knew Emma didn't want to hear that. It was like the blonde was only paying attention to half of what she said and ignoring her on the topic of they were no longer together and Regina wanted nothing to do with her. They took her son and tried to take her town. She knew that in the eyes of the heroes, she would never be redeemed. All of these messages and calls was borderline stalking and she had had enough of it.
Regina sighed as she abruptly hung up the phone. "Mal, can you buy me a new phone?" She asked as the safari driver drove them away. The breeze felt really good in this heat but she could tell Mal didn't really mind. She liked open places. The forest never really appealed to her even though her territory was once covered in it.
"Of course. Is something wrong with this one?" The dragon asked.
"Besides the fact that she desperately needs a new upgrade?" Lily said.
"I would just like a new one."
"It will be done." Mal assured her. As soon as they got back to the resort, she purchased a brand new phone and crushed her old one and threw it away. She could've just changed her number, but Lily was right, she did need an upgrade.
"Mal, dear, we can't have sex on the beach again." Regina said, stepping out of the bathroom and finding her lover on the grand bed, removing her shoes. "I'm still washing sand out of my vagina."
Maleficent smiled and beckoned her closer with a crooked finger. "What is the score now?"
"65 for me. 63 for you." Regina said, walking into her arms.
"Bull. Shit. How am I behind?" The dragon demanded, placing kisses to her bare belly that by now was beautifully distended enough to know that there was life within. Mal had truly made her happier than she could ever be and she only wanted to repay that happiness in kind. Except she didn't need to. Mal was purring so loud right now she could hardly speak as she picked Regina up and laid her on the bed, continuing to nuzzle her like a happy cat.
"We took off points for the sex on the beach thing after we realized that it wasn't as romantic as this world likes to claim and has rather annoying lasting effects."
Maleficent chuckled and moved to lay next to her. "Don't worry. You still taste as sweet as ever. Something on your mind? That vein in your forehead is starting to protrude."
"It's my former suitors." She sighed. "Emma has called me 32 times and left 24 text messages….today. She lied and texted me that Henry was sick to get me to answer. She constantly wants to know where I am and what I'm doing and if I'm okay. And the last part, I don't truly mind so long as it's a reasonable amount of asking but the rest…"
"She still thinks you are hers."
"I think she still thinks I can be hers. But I'm not, I can't. I don't want to be with anyone except you. It's like she completely checks out whenever I tell her this." Regina sighed.
"I wonder what her reaction will be when we return and she sees that you are carrying my child." Mal placed another kiss to her stomach.
"She won't be happy."
"She is not my concern and she should not be yours. If I have to have another talk with her, I will. If I have to burn her alive...I will." Maleficent said, kissing her cheek. "You and this child and our family, that is my concern."
"I know you'll take care of us, Mal, but I will not be-"
"Yes, you will." Maleficent growled. "No more worrying. Let me handle the rest."
"Fine." Regina sighed, accepting another peck on the lips. She got up and changed into a little blue dress and laid back down on the bed. Mal got changed for a night on the town with the rest of the girls, but Regina didn't really feel like it. Instead, she stayed in bed and rested her aching feet.
"Mom?" Lily peeked in. "You still up?"
"Yes."
"You hungry?" Lily smirked as she pushed open the door and rolled in a cart. "Thought you would want a little something else before bed." She closed the door and sat on the bed next to Regina, revealing the plate of roasted swan, roasted vegetables and bowls of ice cream and cake.
"You are the greatest daughter in the world!" Regina exclaimed as she happily dug into the food. Lily only laughed and ate with her. After they both were comfortably full, they sat on the bed with their backs against the headboard and talked.
"So…" Lily said. "Mom told me about the idiots harassing you. Say the word, I bought a vintage battle axe the other day and I am dying to use it."
"What could you possibly need with a battle axe?" Regina frowned.
"I want to learn how to use it. And...Mom gave me an allowance."
"I am not going to even ask how much money she gave you, but yes, Emma is becoming more of a nuisance than usual."
"How so?"
"Lots of calls and messages, that's all. Even after I blocked her number."
"Maybe breaking up with her broke something in her."
"I don't know. Robin called me once as well. He wanted to talk about our relationship. I promptly replied that there was no relationship. He did not take it well. He started screaming about soulmates and lizards and other stuff, I don't know, I just hung up. Am I that amazing that I make people go crazy?" Regina asked, looking at her daughter.
"Do you really need to ask that, Evil Queen?"
Regina smirked. "I suppose not. However, they will have to be dealt with eventually. There's no doubt in my mind that at least one of them had something to do with Mal getting hurt."
"They'll get what's coming to them. Rest assured that Mom hasn't forgotten."
"Oh, believe me, I know. A dragon never forgets, rarely forgives. They simply wait for the perfect moment to strike." She sighed. "On to a better note, when can I expect my grandchildren?"
"Working on it."
Regina smiled as they fist bumped. "That's my girl."
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Emma was on her feet instantly when she heard that Regina had returned. She dropped whatever she was doing and drove to the mansion, only to find that Tink and Kathryn were there, clearing out Regina's stuff. "What the hell are you doing?" She demanded.
"Moving Regina's things. She asked us to."
"Why?!"
Tink frowned and took a step away from her. "She's moving in with the Queens of Darkness. Tell Henry that if he wants his stuff, to come get it before nightfall or it'll probably get blown up with the rest of the place."
Emma scowled and immediately got back into her car. She was about to drive up to the mansion the Queens of Darkness had stolen but was halted by the sight of Maleficent, Lily and Zelena roaring up the street on black, red, and green motorcycles respectively. They were leading a massive truck that had Ruby behind the wheel pulling two trailers. Behind it came Regina and Belle in Regina's new mercedes. She was sure Regina saw her, but the queen kept going. She decided to follow and parked behind her in the driveway. A big smile hit her face at seeing a glowing and beautiful queen get out of the car, but her smile fell when she saw Regina's stomach. Regina was pregnant?
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