"Regina." The queen looked up and sighed, making her way over. Behind her, the others were opening the trailers and removing the thousand gifts that Mal had bought, as well as new furniture and appliances. They even commissioned the former Lost Boys and some more kids from the school to help move all the stuff.

"What are you doing here, Emma?"

"Are you pregnant?"

"I am."

Emma looked her up and down. She was so beautiful, she was glowing and so bright. "You look nice-" She frowned when she noticed the giant rock on Regina's hand, glittering in the sun. "You're getting married?!"

"No." Regina said, fingering the rock. "I already am."

Emma paled at the news. "That can't be true."

"It is, I already told you that there was no way we could be together. I love Mal and I'm sorry for hurting you, but I can't change how I feel, how she makes me feel. It's impossible."

Emma quickly turned around and got back into her car. She willed herself not to cry as she sped to Gold's. The pawn shop was closed, but she forced her way in anyway.

"Can't you read, dearie?" Gold demanded from behind the counter.

"I can't take it. Make it stop." She removed her jacket and her gloves and rolled up the sleeve of her shirt. "How do I make it stop?" Gold looked down at her green arm. "Regina has gotten married, she's having a kid, she doesn't care about me, and I can't stop loving her. Is there anything you could do?"

"I can cut off your arm." He suggested.

"Gold, please! Can you take out my heart? Something?" It hurt. Knowing that there was nothing she could do to change Regina's mind. She wanted to go and kill Maleficent right now but she knew Regina would never want her if she did. She just wanted to be with her, to make her happy, but she didn't want her! Regina didn't want her. She wanted that stupid dragon!

"I can take away the color, but not the pain." Gold said finally.

"Do it. I don't care about a deal or a favor, just do it. Whatever the cost." Gold nodded and waved his hand, erasing the green affliction from her skin. "Thank you."

"Envy is a terrible cross to bear. It eats nothing but its own heart."

"Then what am I supposed to do when I love her and she loves someone else?"

"Move on, dearie. Find someone else to love. You think you're the only one who's had their heart broken?" He scoffed, leaning on the counter. "It will take some time, but eventually, it'll hurt a little less."

"No."

"No?"

She scowled. "No, because that dragon knew that I loved her, that Regina was falling in love with me and she stepped in anyway. She didn't care about breaking up a happy relationship so long as she got what she wanted...and she'll get what she deserves."

"And what does she deserve? Were you a part of that nonsense with trying to murder Maleficent?"

"It doesn't matter if I was. Why would it concern you?"

Gold shrugged. "It doesn't. Just curious."

"You should stop being curious." Gold said nothing more as she stormed out of the shop. Maleficent would get what was coming to her alright. She pulled out her phone and sent the news to Robin, knowing that it would sufficiently piss him off. She wouldn't have to get her hands dirty at all. He would do everything with that new temper of his. He'll kill Maleficent, Regina would hate him, maybe even kill him, and Emma would slide back into place. It was perfect.

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Regina looked around her new bedroom with a smile. It was huge of course and so very...Mal. It had a touch of old fashioned elegance and a certain modern appeal that showed Lily had a hand in decorating it as well. She sat down on the giant four poster bed and laughed to herself as she sank into it. She crawled onto it, almost swimming through all the pillows Mal had.

She heard a soft laugh behind her. "What are you doing, dear?"

"Marking my new territory." She replied, rolling over to take in the sight of a smirking Maleficent.

"Your territory?"

"Yes, now why are you so ridiculously beautiful?"

Mal shrugged as she walked over to the bed and jumped, almost belly flopping Regina off the bed. She laughed heartily at Regina struggling to stay on the bed. "What's wrong, dear?"

"You almost bounced me off the bed!" Regina exclaimed. "Your pregnant mate!"

"Oh please." Mal scoffed, snuggling up to the brunette. "I love you."

"I love you too, Maleficent Mills. I'm glad you took my last name." She beamed. Yet another of Mal's doings that made her feel like the most wonderful woman in the world. Even better was that Lily had her name changed as well, to Lilith Mills.

"Now, let's break in the bed, yeah? What's the score now?"

"94." Regina said, pointing to herself. "91 for you."

"That's ridiculous! Why am I always behind?"

"You guys are in the fucking 90s already?" Lily exclaimed, walking in. "What do you guys do? Have sex nonstop?"

"Sex is very important in marriage." Maleficent replied, sitting up. "You must always satisfy your mate. Especially when she looks like that and is carrying your child." She beamed at Regina, who ignored her and buried herself under the pillows for a nap. "Even though she can be a bit childish."

Lily smiled. "We got everything off the trucks and Ruby took it back. Everything has been set up."

"Good, and the properties?"

"All changed hands nicely."

"Properties?" Regina sat up. "You guys are buying up properties?"

"Indeed we are." Mal smirked at her. "I now own the Rabbit Hole, the library, the ice cream shop, the flower shop, the animal shelter, the shipyard, the cannery, a good portion of the surrounding forest, the Author's mansion and Æsop's Tables."

"Why?" Regina asked.

"All will be revealed in time, but it's mostly because I can, Regina. Now, get some rest, I'll be back in later for some more points."

Regina smirked as the pair left and she looked around her new bedroom again. Home. It felt like Mal, so it felt like home. She sighed and slid beneath the sheets for a good rest. Life really couldn't get any better than this.

/

Maleficent growled as she walked into the police station with Zelena and Lily on either side of her. Emma looked up from where she was sitting on a desk next to her father. Robin was present as well, but his eyes clouded over when she stepped in. In a cell nearby was a man she did not know, but by his clothes and the smell of forest hanging on his clothes, he was one of the Merry Men. "This is the man who shot me?"

"Yeah, he confessed."

Mal tilted her head, looking at the man. He didn't seem like he would do much. In fact...She looked into his eyes, casting a quick spell. He was terrified. He did not want to be here. A man with the gall to take down a dragon and yet he sat here, terrified to move. Robin could be hiding the real shooter among his men. Or he was the real shooter. Besides, there were two participants in her attempted murder. That flash blinded her came from her left, and the arrow came from her right. Two people. Everyone in this room was probably lying to her right now. "Where is the other person?" She asked carefully. "The one who blinded me."

"He said it was just him." Robin said.

"Did he now? Are you sure about this, Hood?"

"He confessed." The man repeated.

"We'll keep him until court." Said Emma. "I'm sure you'll want to be present for the trial."

Maleficent frowned and looked at Zelena. "Is court the same in this world as it is in mine?"

"Person gets tried for a crime in a trial. Judgement is passed by a jury and a judge." The witch answered. "Although I don't understand why we would need a trial if the man already pleaded guilty to trying to kill you."

"Oh no, I'll not be doing that." Mal grabbed the doors of the cell and wrenched them open. She reached in with a powerful swing and almost knocked the man out. She grabbed him by neck and dragged him out.

"Stop!" David and Emma both pulled out guns. "This isn't how this world works."

"Welcome to my world." Maleficent smirked, launching the man through the glass window nearby with one arm. She made a crushing motion with her hand and the guns became nothing more than a mashed wad of metal. She approached a stoic looking Robin Hood and got right into his face. "If I find out that you had a hand in this, Hood, and I firmly believe you did, nothing is going to stop me from ripping you apart. Look at your friend. For you, it'll be a thousand times worse."

"I would be worried...if I actually committed a crime." He replied.

"I see you still haven't grown that set of balls if you're willing to let your little buddy take the heat for your stupidity. What about the rest of your Merry Men? Do I need to go through them as well? Or are you going to man up." Without warning, she slammed her hand into his chest and wrenched out his heart, but she immediately knew that it wasn't his heart. What kind of innocent man needed to hide his own heart? She gently pushed his heart back into his chest. "I don't know if you know this, but I razed King Stephan's kingdom when he tried to kill me. I covered Snow's in flames when she took my daughter. I blanket King George's in an inferno simply because he is related to that buffoon." She gestured to David. "What do you think I'm going to do to you?" Robin scowled at her. "Would you like to find out, Hood?" A devilish smirk appeared on her lips.

"Why don't you be the bigger woman?" David asked, moving forward cautiously. "Move forward."

"I'm a dragon, not a human. Don't ever confuse that and try your greater good bullshit on me." Maleficent growled. "Until you bring me the real people who did this, I am going to do something that the two of you wish you could: I'm going to go fuck Regina." She smirked, making her departure.

"What are you going to do, Mom?" Lily asked.

"If an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

"Niccolo Machiavelli." Zelena murmured.

"Indeed. For a dragon, all transgressions are paid in blood and those who tried to kill me will pay. Until then...I'm going to do exactly what I said I would. I'm going to go fuck my wife. Make love first, then war."

/

Regina quietly stepped into the pawn shop and looked around for Gold, finding him at his usual place behind the counter, writing in a ledger. "Come in, dearie. I was just going to go find you."

"Me? Why?"

"How's Belle?" He asked as she walked up to the counter.

"Fine. Happy." She said. "But I didn't come here for a chat. I came here because I wanted to know if there a was a way to find Mal's parents."

"You do realize that Maleficent is immortal. There's no telling how old she is or how old her parents are. They could be dead, could've died thousands of years ago. In which case, I couldn't help you."

"She feels they're alive." Regina sighed. "Will you at least try? What would you want in return?"

A slightly creepy smirk appeared on the Dark One's lips. She could practically see the demented gears in her head churning and ready to spit out some ridiculous price for this task that would probably be easy for him for to do. He sat up and closed the ledger, leaning forward slightly.

"I would like to see Belle. Just once, to talk to her."

"I'll see what I can do, but I can't promise she'll agree."

Gold nodded slowly. "Understandable." She narrowed her eyes in suspicion at his tone. "But there is something else."

"Well, what do you want?"

"Nothing, I want to give you something." He smirked. "I'm finding myself a little bit bored these days. Not much mayhem the Dark One can cause in this tiny town. Thank you for that. But, I recently received the chance for some entertainment. I was just visited but a very upset blonde."

"Emma."

"Indeed. She was practically green with envy. Finding you married, pregnant, with the woman she hates, the woman she tried so hard to keep you from. Oh, it's too funny. I even believe she was involved in Maleficent's incident and knows who really did it." Regina started to scowl, which only seemed to make Gold more amused. "That's not all. She said and I quote, "She didn't care about breaking up a happy relationship so long as she got what she wanted...and she'll get what she deserves," referencing Maleficent of course. Do you really not know who did it?"

"At this point, I think Mal knows. She's just trying not to become unhinged. That's not going to help anyone, but thank you...for this information. I need to go."

"I'll see what I can do about Maleficent's parents, but if you do confront the fools, allow me to be present, yeah?"

"Of course, Dark One."

"Ta-ta, dearie."

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