"How is that possible? It defies the fundamental laws of magic." Snow said, watching Lisa, Regina and Cora rejoice in the street.
"Everything is so much more beautiful." Cora said, looking around in wonder. She grinned at Regina and cupped her face. "And you are so beautiful. You are enough, Regina." She sniffed and kissed her daughter's cheek. "You are more than enough."
Lisa smiled, watching them embrace and laugh together. She turned her head as Ruby and Henry approached, but she quickly looked away. She didn't want to deal with her sister right now. Emma and Neal returned as well and he and Lisa immediately went to embrace. "Welcome to Storybrooke, Neal Cassidy."
"Happy to be here. Just got here an hour ago and I'm already getting my ass kicked."
Lisa grinned. "Just wouldn't be the same."
"Aunt Lisa, you know my dad?" Henry asked, racing over.
"Of course I do. Me and Neal were actually best friends before I even met Emma. And he's still the same old jackass."
"Best friends?" She heard Regina mutter.
"Don't be jealous, dear." Lisa smirked.
"You have got to meet Tamara, you would love her." Neal continued excitedly. "There is so much you need to be caught up on. Apparently me too."
"You didn't tell me you were the Dark One's son." She looked up at Gold as he walked past. "No wonder you look so good, you came from his fine ass." Gold winked and she grinned.
"You are impossible to stay angry with, Miss Stone." He said. "But I will not forget that you almost killed me."
"Wouldn't expect you to, but kill me later. We should go to dinner, discuss everything."
"Miss Stone, might I have a word with you?" Regina said, conjuring her leash and pulling the she-wolf away from the chattering individuals. "Best friends?"
"Regina-"
"Don't. You can have dinner with your little friends, but you better be in my bed tonight by 10. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, ma'am." Lisa purred at her commanding tone.
Regina smiled and dispersed her leash. "I'm taking Mother home and making her something to eat. Have fun."
Lisa kissed her lips. "See you later."
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After a pleasant evening of rekindling old relationships and building new ones, Lisa returned home, finding Cora sitting on the back porch in a purple silk night dress and her hair in a messy braid. She looked so relaxed, sipping a cup of tea.
"Hey Mom. Is Regina still up?" Lisa asked.
"She is. Oh and do try to keep it down. Other people live here now." Cora smirked.
"We'll try." Lisa headed upstairs and growled upon seeing Regina laying on the bed on her stomach, reading a book and wearing a familiar red dress. Her back was to Lisa, but she was sure the queen knew she was there.
"9:40." Regina said.
"You said 10, I'm home early. Looks like I was missed." She leaped onto the bed and crawled over top of Regina. She placed kisses on the back of her shoulders, the back of her neck, the arch of her ears. "Gods, you are beautiful. So sexy." Regina moaned when she ran her fingers through her hair, gently pulling her head back for a kiss.
"Come on, wolfy. I've been waiting for two days for this. Don't make me wait."
"Wouldn't dream of it." Lisa purred in her ear.
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The next morning, Cora was the first to get up and she wanted to make something wonderful for her daughter and her girlfriend. She showered and dressed herself in a long purple dress and went downstairs to fix breakfast.
"Oh my god, what smells like heaven in here?" Lisa asked as she walked in wearing extremely short shorts and a fitted tanktop. She had on a headband to keep her wet hair out of her face and a pair of black reading glasses.
"I didn't know you wore glasses." Cora commented as she placed the waffles on the table.
"They're not really necessary. I had laser eye surgery when I was 20, but I missed having something to mess with. I usually just wear them for fun." She sat down and rubbed her hands together as Cora finished covering the table with food. "This looks amazing, Mom."
"Yes, it does." Regina appeared in the doorway, dressed in a simple black dress and sat down next to her girlfriend. "You didn't have to do this, Mother."
"I know, but I wanted to. It in no way compares to restoring my life, Lisa, but-"
"I don't want to hear any more talk about that, Cora." Lisa said at once. "You're here, just be happy you're here and live. You don't have to thank me. You already gave me a great gift." She gestured to Regina, who blushed. "She's so cute, but this breakfast comes a close second." Regina hit her on her arm.
"If that is what you wish." Cora smiled.
"Now, let's eat!" Knock knock. "Damn it. It never fails. Every time you sit down to eat…" Lisa growled and stood up to answer the door. "Can I help you, Emma?"
"Yeah, I don't want to fight anymore."
"Um, we're not fighting. You're fighting. I've gotten over the situation and I kinda have a huge ass breakfast waiting for me with the love of my life and her awesome ass mother, so can we speed this up?"
"Lisa." Emma sighed.
"Fine." Lisa smirked.
"Can I get a hug?" Emma asked, opening her arms.
Lisa sighed this time and gave her a side hug. "Better?"
"Much better."
"Great, now you have to start being nicer to Regina. You and Henry."
"I think I can do that." Emma said. "Okay, I'll let you get back to breakfast. But I do need to talk to you later about this new guy in town, a Greg Mendell. Maybe you can talk to Regina about him."
"Sure, whatever. See ya." Lisa slammed the door and walked back into the kitchen.
"Who was it?" Regina asked.
"Just Emma. She wanted to make up, and to tell me to ask you about this Mendell guy." Lisa answered, piling her plate with food and happily digging in. "So, what do you guys have planned for today?"
"Regina is going to show me the town." Cora said.
"Well, that sounds nice. I think I'm just gonna go take a nap or something."
"Lazy wolf." Regina muttered.
Lisa smirked at her and continued eating. They ate mostly in silence, sharing idle chit chat here and there, but mostly stuffing their faces with an awesome meal. Once they were done, Lisa forced both women out of the kitchen so she could do the dishes. They departed to tour the town and Lisa was left alone to her thoughts. She easily finished the dishes and went to lay down. Her nap didn't last long. It seemed as though she'd just laid down when she heard screaming.
"Lisa!"
"Regina?" Lisa gasped, clutching her chest. She was shocked by the amount of pain that was lancing through her body. But it wasn't her pain, it was Regina's. "Regina?!" She limped to the front door and yanked it open just as Emma was about to knock on it. "Where is Regina?!"
"We don't know. She's missing. Cora is in the hospital. She got knocked out when Regina was kidnapped and she hasn't woken up."
"Where was she found?" Lisa demanded. "She's in pain. I have to find her."
"We think that Mendel guy's behind this. And Tamara."
"I'm pretty sure that Tamara is all on you, but she did seem like a sketchy bitch. Sorry to Neal, but if she touches Regina, I'm gonna fuck her ass up-" Lisa screamed and nearly crumpled to the ground as pain lanced through her body again, almost like she was being electrocuted.
"Lisa!"
"Regina, I'm coming. Please, hold on." She turned to Emma as she struggled to catch her breath. "Take me to where Cora was found. Now."
"I can't. She was brought to the hospital."
"By who?"
"Neal, and it's safe to say he's not apart of whatever's going on."
"My Gina is hurting! We have to do something. I need to- I need to-"
"Calm down?" Emma said. "Take a deep breath for a minute. Did either of them say anything this morning about where they were going?"
"Regina was going to show Cora around the town. They could've went fucking everywhere!" Lisa snapped, clutched her head as she felt the electric pain again. Regina continued crying out for her, and she was unable to go to her. She tried to use their connection to heal her, send her energy, strength, something! Nothing worked. Regina would not be broken easily, and the longer she waited, the more pain Regina would have to endure.
"We can go to Gold and find something to help." Emma suggested, walking towards her car. She paused when she realized that Lisa wasn't following. She was stick still, ears pricked, pupils dilated.
"Lisa, if this is the end of me. I need you to know something."
"Tell me where you are." Lisa pleaded. "You're not going to die. Don't even think that way."
"I don't know. Please, just listen. I'm so sorry. I wish I could've been enough for you. You deserve so much more than me. I would have been honored to be mated with you." There was a pause. "I love you."
Once the words were spoken, it was as though Lisa had been awoken, as though the other half of her soul finally decided to join her. The world became brighter, louder, full of promise and Lisa knew immediately where her Gina was. "She's at the cannery. Get there ASAP." She said to Emma, before shifting and taking off. It would only take a minute to reach her destination and with each step she took, she became angrier and angrier. Someone had dared to touch her woman, her...mate. She let out a growl of pleasure. Regina was her mate. She said she loved her! "I'm coming, baby. Hold on Regina, I'm coming." She tore through town as fast as she could go and nearly tripped when she felt the connection with Regina weaken until it was almost nonexistent. Regina was losing the fight. She entered the cannery and followed the pull of her mate.
Lisa burst into the room and dove for the machine that was causing her mate's pain and viciously tore it apart. Greg tried to shoot her, but it took no effort at all to grab him by the face and crush it in her jaws. She shook her head back and forth, ripping his head off and began to tear the rest of him apart until there was nothing left of the man but a bloody pile of entrails. She even crushed the bones, making sure that nothing remained of the terrible man that had dared to touch her mate.
Snow and Charming looked at her in shock as they came in. She shifted back, still completely soaked in blood. "Regina?" She whispered, removing the cords from the machine, freeing her woman.
"Let's get her back to our house. We already have the Blue Fairy standing by to help." Snow said.
Lisa simply poofed them there and gently lay her mate on the bed. A moment later, the door was kicked off its hinges as Cora burst inside. She was clearly weak and in pain, but paled as soon as she saw Lisa.
"Don't worry, Mom. It's not my blood." Lisa said quickly. She waved her hand, cleaning herself and turned to her mate. Cora stepped forward to rip something off of Regina's arm and waved her hand over her.
"She's alive." The Blue Fairy confirmed. "Without the cuff, she'll regain her strength."
Lisa sat down next to her mate and laid her head across her chest, nuzzling her neck. "Regina, I love you. I love you so much. You're so beautiful, so perfect. Stay with me, baby. Please."
Cora sat on Regina's other side and gently stroked her hand.
Snow watched in silence, noting the way they caressed her and whispered to her. They truly did love Regina.
Lisa didn't even move when she felt Regina's arms curl around her. She let out a sigh of relief and closed her eyes, content to lay in the embrace of her mate forever.
"Lisa." Regina murmured softly. "About what I said."
"Don't even worry about it." Lisa said. "You were weak and close to death, I won't hold you to that. I'm just glad you're okay."
"No." Regina started to sit up and her mother pushed her back.
"Rest, my love."
Regina sighed and Lisa finally sat up to look at her. "Everything I said, I meant. Every word. I love you, with all of my heart and my soul. I only wish that I hadn't almost had to die to finally tell you, to finally realize it. You know I'm not good with love so-"
Lisa shut her up with a kiss, full of love and passion. She leaned her forehead against her mate's. "Sshh, it's alright. Besides, I told you you would fall in love with me. We were always meant to be."
Regina smiled and let out a contented sigh before she swallowed hard. "Did you catch Mendel?"
"Of course I did. He's dead. There's nothing left of him, literally." Lisa replied. "You know I wouldn't let him get away with what he did to you. But we still have to find Tamara. We will find her. She has to pay too, for messing with my family." She looked up at Cora and completely healed her. "I'll go look for her, you guys stay here." She turned to leave but stopped when Emma burst through the door. "Em? What's wrong, where's Neal?"
"Neal's gone."
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Lisa watched Regina as she slowly stood up and put on her boots. Truth be told, the only thing she could think about was finally claiming her completely as her own. Both she and her wolf wanted desperately to mate with Regina and fully take her as her mate, but this wasn't the time. They were mourning the loss of Neal and they still needed to find Tamara. She needed to pay for hurting Regina. She tilted her head, watching her mate closely. Regina had been healed, courtesy of her own magic, but she was still weak. She needed to rest to regain her strength, but who was she kidding? Regina was never one to wait around for something to happen. Still, Lisa couldn't help imagining what it would feel like to make love to her with this new development in their relationship.
"Lisa!" Regina suddenly snapped.
"What?"
"I can hear your thoughts clearly my dear, and they are not helping." Regina said, looking very annoyed and Lisa could smell her excitement and smirked.
"As you command your majesty." She rose to her feet as the apartment suddenly shook violently.
"What the hell was that?" Emma asked.
"Oh no." Regina whispered.
"Oh no? What oh no?!"
"What did you do?" Snow demanded. LIsa growled deeply and Cora had to touch her shoulder to calm her down.
"In case she haven't noticed, she was too busy getting barbecued to do anything." Lisa hissed.
"It's alright, Lisa." Regina said. She turned to the heroes. "I put a trigger in the curse, just in case. It's been activated. Tamara must've been so upset with Mendel's death that she decided to finish their little mission in destroying magic. It's going to destroy Storybrooke."
"Well, how do we stop it?" Emma asked frantically.
"It can't be." Regina sighed. "We don't have the amount of magic it would take." She looked at Lisa and her mother. "I'm so sorry."
"Why are you sorry?" Lisa asked. "For casting the curse? Then we wouldn't have met, you silly woman. We can find a way to stop this. I'm not losing you just yet."
"Are there any more magic beans? Maybe we could leave. The Enchanted Forest is still there, we could go home." Snow suggested.
"Tamara stole them all." Emma said.
"All but one." Hook appeared in the doorway. He held up a small pouch and presented it to Emma. "One magic bean. Before you question my motives, I had every intention of helping Tamara and Mendel as long as they helped me get my revenge, until I found out I had to die to get it. So take it and let's go, yeah?"
Emma snatched it from him and turned to her parents. "Gather the people in one place so we can leave. We're gonna have to make this quick." Everyone snapped into action and prepared to leave.
"Emma." Regina grabbed the blonde's wrist. "If we can find the trigger, I might be able to slow it down. Lisa, can you lead us there? I'm sure you can sense it better than I can."
"Already ahead of you." She waved her hands and poofed the three of them to the dwarf tunnels. "I'm guessing the trigger is that floating diamond thingy."
"It is." Regina said, walking towards it. "Slowing it down...is going to require all of the strength I have."
"What?" Lisa growled, not believing that Regina would actually suggest this. Not after everything they'd been through.
"Go Lisa. Go. I have to do this, but I won't let you die as well. Everyone knows me as the Evil Queen, including my son. Please, let me die as Regina."
Lisa nearly growled as she fought back the tears that threatened to spill down her cheeks as she watched the woman she loved about to sacrifice her life for the town of people that she had cursed. She could tell Regina was fighting back tears as well and her heart ached for her queen.
As Emma turned to leave, Lisa stepped forward. "No. I'm not letting you do this, Regina. Not alone at least. I love you, always have. If I am meant to die today, then I will do so gladly at your side, where I am meant live. I am the Guardian, your Guardian, and you will not face this alone. I want you to know, that no matter what you have done, you will always have my heart, and evil or good, you will always be my Queen."
Regina's lip trembled and a few tears escaped, before she suddenly smacked Lisa in the side of her face. "Oh you would wait until we're all about to die to tell me that!"
Lisa grinned and smashed her lips against Regina's. True love's kiss. It truly felt magical. Regina smiled as their foreheads touched and Lisa held her lovingly in her arms. "Come, my Queen. We have a town to save."
Regina nodded and stepped backwards and raised her hands above the diamond. Lisa did the same.
"I love you." Regina whispered.
"I love you too."
"How dare the two of you try to leave me out of this?" Cora snapped, appearing next to her daughter. She touched Regina's cheek. "I'm not losing you again."
"Mother-"
"No." Cora cut her off. "I will help, try and stop me."
Lisa smiled. She swallowed as the three of them took their place and raised their hands over the diamond. Her magic immediately reacted violently and she had to force it under her control. She looked up at Regina, her reason for being, the only thing keeping her here. Her mate. This gave her strength and she almost screamed as she forced more of her magic through her. Cora let out a grunt as she too was forced to exert more of her power. Regina smiled.
"It's working."
Lisa nodded and growled. She pressed down harder and trembled with all of the power she was using. She heard footsteps behind her, but didn't turn to look. The diamond dimmed for a moment, before blasting them all backwards. She hit the ground hard and felt all of the air leave her lungs.
"Lisa!" Emma said, trying to help the dazed werewolf to her feet. "Are you alright?"
"Thought you all were leaving." Cora said, assisting her daughter. Both of them quickly came to see to Lisa. She was a little light headed, but otherwise unscathed.
"We were, but we couldn't go through with it." Snow said. "It wouldn't have been right. And Henry didn't want to leave you behind."
"Not to mention, Hook tricked us with the bean." Charming added.
"Henry? Where is he?' Regina asked, looking around.
"He was right...here." Emma picked up her son's backpack, both straps were broken.
"Tamara." Lisa growled. She took a deep sniff of the air and took off angrily after her nephew. She could smell the sea. They must were near the harbor. She came out of the tunnels and continued following the stench of Tamara, finding her standing at the edge of the pier with Henry clutched to her side. He struggled, but couldn't break free. Tamara tossed a bean into the water, opening a portal. Lisa sprinted towards them as Tamara leaped into the air, dragging Henry with her. She leaped after them, but the portal closed just before she reached it and she landed in nothing but water.
"Lisa?" Regina appeared on the dock and held out her hand to her mate, pulling Lisa back onto the pier.
"I'm sorry, Regina. I wasn't able to catch them fast enough."
"It's alright. Now we have to find a way to catch them."
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Lisa watched mother and daughter saying good bye as the small group prepared to leave on the Jolly Roger to get Henry. Cora would be staying behind to help watch over Storybrooke, and also taking Regina's place as mayor. She wasn't sure how the townspeople would react to that news, but after the way Cora had helped save them all, perhaps they would give her another chance. Perhaps. There really was no telling with these assholes.
"Stay safe, my love." Cora said as she hugged Regina. She turned to Lisa as she approached. "There is no doubt in my mind that you, Lisa, will keep my daughter safe. Just make sure you don't do anything stupid in the process."
"Yeah Mom, I got it." Lisa purred as Cora hugged her as well, and they turned to board the ship. "You heard Mom, Regina, don't do anything stupid."
"She was talking to you." Regina scoffed.
"Would you call leaping into a portal after a soul sucking Wraith stupid?" Lisa asked, leaning against the railing.
"Yes, very stupid." Regina replied, leaning next to her.
"Why?"
"Because you could've died. Then where would I be? Without my mate?"
Lisa purred and pulled the brunette against her. "Don't tease me right now, baby. We have a long way to go and my wolf wants nothing more than to take you right now."
"Who says you can't? Find us a cabin below deck and work a little magic." Regina smirked.
"We are definitely meant to be, Regina." Lisa laughed.
"You definitely are and you're not talking softly at all." Snow said as she walked past.
"And no sex on my ship." Hook called from the wheel.
"Try and stop me." Lisa said, absently looking her mate's beautiful form.
"Where is Henry being taken?" Regina asked Gold, trying to ignore her lustful mate.
Gold made some kind of orb appear on a barrel and pricked his finger, letting a drop of his blood touch the surface. "Neverland."
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