A/N: Some of you wanted me to update this story. I'm sorry that I was busy with college stuffs. Blame on that shit. Just finished with my Midterm Exams and HOMECOMING WEEK. Now, I will be busy lately because of the rehearsals with technical run in the upcoming weeks. It's sucking my life into a vortex.
Here is a short chapter. I'm sorry that I can't give you a long long chapter like I used to be. But I promise you that I will do better next time when I update the chapter. :D
Enjoy it. The Song: Oh My Goth! by Razed in Black.
Chapter 9: Oh My Goth!
In Regina's mind, it went spinning with a lot of thoughts. She heard every word from Ella about the bounded dreams. She has been connecting with Emma since the blonde girl arrived in her town. It sounded crazy at first, but she felt that way since she met her for the first time. The brunette girl didn't know how to connect with her in a personal way, and she was staring at the blonde girl who was still staring at her soup.
Ella just left to find Regina's father and went on their way to do the business outside Emma's mansion. The silence took over in their bedroom since the redhead woman left them to no talk. The brunette girl slowly got up from the table, strode away to Emma and sat down next to her. Regina tilted her head and slowly caressed her hand on the blonde girl's chin then lifted it to look at her emerald eyes. Finally, the brunette girl started to speak up and felt a wince from the blonde girl.
"Have you been knowing about this?"
"I don't, to be honest." Emma retorted. Regina nodded and released her hand away from caressing the blonde girl's chin then looked down at her free hand. The blonde girl stared at her, looked down at the brunette girl's hand and put her cold hand on her then spoke lightly.
"Don't worry, you are safe with me. Trust me."
"I don't know how to trust you but inside me, I felt trustworthy because of you." Regina continued with a shaking head.
"Good. You need it." Emma squeezed her hand and encouraged her to know that she is always there for her.
"Thank you, Emma. So, bounded dreams? You and I have it but why not others like Ella?" The brunette girl asked with curiosity. The blonde girl released her hand, got up and walked to the glass window then spoke in a stern voice.
"Ella and others didn't have unique connection like you and I. I know that it is too much of everything to learn from it. Just take one at the time. I am sure that you have a lot of questions about it, and you can ask her later when she returns with your father."
"Wait a minute? Where is my father going?" Regina absorbed the beauty of Emma's figure and didn't hear the words until she heard the word, 'father.' The brunette girl snapped out of her thoughts and spoke in a concerned voice. Emma looked around to find her in front of her and replied back.
"He is on the business with Ella. Don't worry, I trust her to do her duty to look at him. They will be returning soon."
"What is the business he has right now?" The brunette girl furrowed her brows and spoke again.
"I think that you have to ask him yourself. I can't tell you anything unless he gives me permission." The blonde girl gave a small smile and retorted with a shaking head. Regina nodded and continued.
"Ok. It's fine. I can ask him when he comes back."
"Good. Anything else?" Emma nodded with a reply. She was relieved that Regina didn't press her hard to tell her everything, but she knew it was the risk to give information about Henry.
"Bounded Dreams that you and I have shared it together. Is it your dreams or memories? Please don't lie." Regina pledged with her big caramel eyes.
"It's my memories." Emma looked away at the window and continued. She remembered every detail when she was younger. Regina got up and walked toward her then inquired.
"Please explain it to me. I don't understand why I took your memories when I slept."
"You had access to my memories when I was younger before I died with my parents."
"Is it terrifying you?"
"No, it is not at all. Some memories were."
"Tell me," Regina asked. The blonde girl looked away at her watery caramel eyes and gave a little nod then continued.
"When I was young, these memories took my breath away while I was with them. Every detail I remembered, and it won't go away at all. It was like a scar on my body. Sometimes, I dreamed of them with me, and it went haunting me every day. That's why I can't sleep well."
"That explains a lot when I felt scared while I was in your memories. Does it mean that you are my True Love? Is it?" The brunette girl was on her curiosity and continued.
"Not yet. But Ella told you everything. Is it giving you a definite answer?" Emma sighed and replied back.
"Yes and no." Regina shook her head with a mumbled voice. The blonde girl furrowed her brows and quipped.
"Elaborate."
"Yes, I'm satisfied that Ella told me about the bounded dreams but no, I am afraid that I go in your memories again when I dream." The brunette girl looked away at the blonde girl and explained in the details. Emma hesitantly nodded and continued.
"You won't. It could give you some memories that it triggered me mostly."
"Will it scare you a little when you see yourself in these memories?" Regina pressed her lips and thought of the question while she was speaking with a soft tone.
"No. Not always. Remember, I'm a vampire." Emma cackled and spoke highly. The brunette girl rolled her eyes and gave a scoff then spoke lightly.
"Right. I forgot. Sorry."
"Don't apologize. You deserved to know, that's all." The blonde girl smiled and winked with a reply. Regina gave a small smile and asked with a little of excitement.
"Can you tell me about your story?"
"About what?" Emma raised her eyebrow when she looked away at the brunette girl and continued.
"Vampire." The brunette girl was giving an 'are you kidding me' look and retorted. The blonde girl furrowed her brows and spoke lightly.
I thought I already told you that."
"Well, yeah about that part where you were with Mr. Gold and Cora in the car accident. I meant, how did you stay as a vampire for a long time?" Regina shook her head and flicked her wrist to speak lightly.
"Oh. It lasted for six years." Emma nodded and explained while she was memorizing her time as a vampire for the first time.
"It's been a long time to be that vampire. Did you miss being a human?" Regina felt her heart down in her stomach and stuttered her words to ask carefully.
"Well, sort of no." The blonde girl looked down at the floor and cooed.
"What is the part of no?" The brunette girl didn't understand what Emma was trying to say but asked her again to repeat it.
"I didn't miss being a human when I turned out to be a vampire. I felt like I had my freedom. You know?" Emma sighed and turned away to face her then continued.
"What do you mean by freedom?" Regina pressed her lips and gave some thoughts then inquired her with curiosity. The blonde girl nodded and explained deeply.
"I don't need to worry about things like being a human and live to the death."
"Oh." Regina felt stinging after hearing the word, 'death' and quickly hid her feelings away from the blonde girl. Emma slowly realized that she did say that word in front of her and closed her eyes then replied immediately.
"Shit, I'm sorry."
"Don't be. I understand how you feel. I don't know if I like to be an enchantress or being a human." The brunette girl quickly waved her hand to dismiss the blonde girl's words and shook her head with a reply. She finally walked back to the bed and sat down there for a while with a reply.
"I know, it takes you to absorb everything that we threw at you." Emma responded back.
"Not that one I got information. I meant I had no clue that my mom was or is an enchantress as well." Regina shrugged with a timid voice.
"Don't forget that she is a vampire too." The blonde girl indicated it out with a point to speak highly of Cora Mills. The brunette girl nodded and asked with many theories in her head.
"Oh yes. Um, about that. How did my mom turn out to be a vampire?"
"I don't know how exactly did she prove to be that like me. But I'm sure that Mr. Gold knew about that story. Perhaps, you ask him when you have a time." Emma shook her head with a shrug and continued.
"Sure. I will, but I'm still curious. Did you meet my mother before?" Regina mused.
"Well, several times when we faced each other a while back." Emma gave some memories in her head and nodded with a reply.
"So, what was she like?" The brunette girl retorted.
"A very young woman in 30s. She had her regal ways but a stern look. We barely spoke a word at all but I can feel her magic toward me, and I didn't know that she was a witch before I knew she was a vampire." The blonde girl sighed and walked to the bed then sat down on the bed with an explanation.
"Young woman in 30s? It didn't sound like my mother."
"Did you look over at her childhood?" The blonde girl asked with her curiosity. Regina shook her head with a reply.
"No. We had no childhood photos of her in our house and even her adulthood. I think that she threw it all into the fire before I was born."
"That explains a lot." Emma nodded with the confirmation words. Regina caught the blonde girl's blank stare and asked.
"What is it?"
"She never mentioned it at all since she became an enchantress. I think that we have to ask Mr. Gold about it." The blonde girl explained right away while she was focusing on the windows.
"Yes, you are right. So, I think that's enough to ask you more questions, and we need to get out of here. I am tired of cooping inside our bedroom." Regina smiled at the blonde girl's explanation. She felt safe toward her and decided to speak lightly while she was looking away at the table from their dinner.
"Sure. Let's clean it out and we are going to my office. I think that you will be safe with me. Mr. Gold have a business with Ruby. My parents will be coming soon, and I can feel it. They will be here at least 5 minutes." Emma laughed and nodded with a reply.
"Who are your parents?" They stood up and walked to the table. The brunette girl asked her with curiosity after she heard the word, 'parents.' The blonde girl threw discarded papers and some of food on the table into the bowls.
"Snow White and Prince Charming." Emma snapped her finger to vanish their dinner and gestured Regina out of their bedroom. They walked downstairs to meet Rumpelstiltskin, Neal and the royalty couple in the living room. The brunette girl widened her eyes at the fair royalty and gaped.
The pixie brunette woman in the medieval gothic lace dress was sitting on the couch, and she was next to the blonde man in the loose clothes, but he had a sword on his waist belt. They looked away at the arrivals of Emma and Regina and sent their best smiles. Regina froze and took a glance at the blonde girl beside her. But she heard the voice coming from Emma.
"Hello, Your Majesty." The blonde girl bowed out in a curtsey way. The brunette girl quickly bowed her head down and half-curtsey until Snow voiced her presence. It gave her the shivers of feelings.
"You may rise."
"My beloved, who is this beautiful lady beside you, Swan?"
"This is Regina Mills, a daughter of Henry Mills and Cora Mills."
"Finally meeting you, Regina. My name is Snow White, an heir of White Kingdom for vampires and illusionists. Next to me, my husband, Prince Charming but you could call him David."
"Nice to meet you, your majesty." Regina continued with a small smile. Emma caressed her hand on the brunette girl's lower back and guided her to the couch across from the royalty. Rumpelstiltskin and Neal were on other couch between both of them and watched the scene. Prince Charming smiled at the brunette girl and looked away at his wife then continued.
"Regina, may I call you?" The brunette girl hesitantly nodded. The blonde man smiled and spoke lightly.
"I know that it's a lot of the information to absorb from us. But we promise that we won't hurt you on our intentions."
"It's true that we are vampires," Snow said.
"They've been vampires for years. Don't worry, they are on our side." Neal retorted while he was looking at the brunette girl. Emma nodded at Regina and continued.
"They are right, and they've been fighting your mother for the years before your birth."
"I think it's enough of the introductions." Rumpelstiltskin interrupted their conversation when he spotted Ruby standing outside with several werewolves. He nodded at them to come in the living room. Snow and Prince Charming looked away at the tallest brunette woman and gasped.
"Hello, your majesty. It's nice seeing you here."
"Hello, Ruby." The pixie woman replied. Prince Charming nodded with a smile. Regina looked away at the tallest brunette woman and took a glance at Emma, who was in silent then caressed her hand to touch on the blonde girl's hand. The blonde girl looked down at their intertwined hands and back to the brunette girl with a small smile.
Snow looked away at her husband and arched her eyebrow at him. Prince Charming smiled at her with a nod and continued.
"Who's going to start the meeting?"
"Now, you know about Cora Mills, who is in town," Emma spoke lightly while Regina winced at her mother's name and looked away at Ruby, who was showing a neutral face. The blonde girl was paying attention to everyone included Regina's face and knew that it was not easy to tell everything in her words.
"Yes, we are aware since Rumpelstiltskin briefed us after we arrived here."
"Good. But the problem is Cora brought her army." Ruby emphasized it right away. The royalty couple paled at the tallest brunette woman's words and looked away at the blonde girl who was looking down at the intertwined hands with Regina then said in unison.
"What's your plan, Emma?"
"Do you have Zelena's contact? I would like to talk with her."
"I'm here." The redhead woman came in from the back door and showed her gentle smile at everyone until she gasped when she saw Regina in front of her. The brunette girl went slack-jawed and widened her eyes. Snow and Neal went confused by their looks. Rumpelstiltskin, Prince Charming, Ruby, and Emma looked at them and knew that Zelena and Regina had no bond between them since they were born from a same maternal side.
"Hello, you should be Regina Mills. My name is Zelena Mills, your oldest sister."
"Yes, I know you, and you were in my dream." Regina mumbled. The redhead woman nodded and sat down next to Ruby then continued.
"I know. I tried to warn you, but you knew what happened next."
"But how?" Emma said.
"Again, bounded dreams that you both shared and I have access to Regina's dream somehow."
"Is it dangerous?" The brunette girl asked. Rumpelstiltskin sighed and replied while interrupting the conversation. Everyone looked away at him with their perplexing faces except Zelena.
"No, it is not dangerous unless someone put a spell on the risk then it would be then."
"Like what?" Neal asked while on curiosity about Bounded Dreams. Emma nodded. Regina looked away at the floor. Zelena took a glance at the royalty couple and looked away at the blonde girl then spoke lightly.
"If Emma has memories of her childhood, Regina would go in her dreams and find everything about her. I am the person who is going to warn her unless something happens to Emma. Well, the Mills have an access to her."
"That explains a lot when you warned me about my mother." Regina retorted while scoffing.
"Our mother." The redhead woman emphasized deeply. Emma arched her eyebrow at Regina. The brunette girl clenched her jaw and squeezed tightly on the blonde girl's hand then continued.
"You didn't know about my mother. You didn't live or grew up with her. I did."
"Well, I lived with her before you were born. I grew up with her before she married your father. I learned the witchcraft when I was 14 years old while she was my teacher. I had no father."
"Wait a minute? How old were you when you lived with your mother?" Rumpelstiltskin asked.
"I was ten years old when she took me in." The redhead woman stared at her sister while replying back to the old vampire man. Neal went slack-jawed and stuttered his words.
"Wait a minute, was it you when Cora took you in at her house in Milan, Italy while I was on the street watching you playing the dollhouse?"
"Yes, I remembered the time but you were the scruffy boy who was in muddy clothes?"
"It was me. It's been a long time since we have seen each other when we were younger." The scruffy man said. Ruby widened her eyes and asked.
"Zelena, you were the last one who stole the pastry pie at Granny's diner when you were 14 years old?"
"Yes, it was me. Wait a minute? You are the infamous Red."
"I guess, I am. Nice seeing you again, Lena."
"You too. Hope we catch up after this meeting." The redhead smiled with a reply. The tallest brunette woman smirked and pointed out.
"Sure no problem, you and Neal too."
"Cool, I'm in," Neal said.
"Nice catching up. So, now what's your plans, Emma." Zelena asked.
"I think that you have to group your illusionists with my army. I need your help."
"Sure. I will call them after the plan's solid. What about Regina?"
"She will be with me." The blonde girl said. Others nodded except Ruby and Zelena. Snow, Prince Charming, and Rumpelstiltskin went in silence and felt their goosebumps on their hair then looked away at the back door. They found Henry and Ella coming in the living room and greeted them. Regina gasped when she saw her father and ran toward him to give a hug.
Emma nodded at Ella and gestured her to sit down next to her husband and Neal. Henry smiled when his daughter came upon him and gave her a hug then a kiss on the forehead. Snow and Prince Charming smiled at the interaction between the father and daughter scene. The brunette girl finally released her hug and tugged him to sit down with her.
"Hello, the infamous Son of the Ruler."
"Hello, your majesty," Henry replied with a bow. Ella nodded in a proper curtsey. Snow and Prince Charming smiled at them. Regina went perplexed when she heard the words from the royalty and spoke lightly.
"The Son of the Ruler?"
"Regina, your father, is the hybrid wolf," Ruby mumbled after looking away at the brunette girl. Emma held her breath. Henry looked away at his daughter and gave a small smile. The brunette girl widened her eyes at the tallest brunette woman and looked away at her father then continued.
"You are a werewolf."
"Hybrid wolf." The bald old man spoke lightly.
"How?" Regina asked.
"Ask later." Emma leaned forward and whispered in the brunette girl's ear. Regina nodded and looked away at her with a little frown. The blonde girl stared at the caramel eyes and nodded then went with her plan.
"Good. Ella and Henry, do you have a report on your training?"
"I have training in three days' time with Silverberg. It will be tonight." Henry retorted. Ella nodded and explained right away.
"Once he tested himself into a hybrid wolf and would go on the training for good 24 hours. After that, he was transforming back to the human form when he gets exhausted."
"It's good. He needed some push." Ruby said. Henry nodded with a smile. Regina was overwhelmed with her father's supernatural ability to be a hybrid wolf and decided to blurt it out. Everyone looked away at the brunette girl's words.
"Am I half hybrid wolf-like my dad?"
"No." Emma, Rumpelstiltskin, Zelena, Ella, and Neal said in unison. Snow, Prince Charming, Ruby and Henry went in silence. The brunette girl nodded and went into a sigh of relief then felt a squeeze from the blonde girl.
"Zelena, you work with Ruby to work your army for now. Neal, I want you to re-group six teams for the lookout and switch with other three teams in three times. Ella and Snow, you work together to find a barrier for the humans to be safe. Prince Charming and I will lead our army included Regina on my side. Once we return again, we have to strategy our plans with other armies from our partnerships." The blonde lady explained in her plans.
"It sounds good." Prince Charming said. Snow nodded.
"Agreed." Rumpelstiltskin and Neal retorted in unison. Others went silent.
"What about me?" Henry asked.
"You will be with Ruby because you are the leader of the wolf pack with her, and you will be co-captain with her," Emma replied.
"Cool," Ruby replied back. They finished their plans and decided to meet again in the early morning. Snow and Prince Charming smiled at everyone and others bowed at them for their respect then left the mansion. Ruby left for her training with the wolf pack. It left Ella, Henry, Regina, Neal, Emma and Zelena in the living room.
"So, what are your plans, Ella?" The blonde girl asked. Rumpelstiltskin's wife rubbed her forehead and looked down at the floor with a perplexed face. Zelena fidgeted her hands while looking at her little sister. Regina took a glance at the redhead woman who was supposed to be her big sister that she barely knew and gave a glare at her. It left Neal and Henry to be silent and started to pay attention when Ella explained with her plans.
"I will be helping with Rumpelstiltskin at once, and I will be called from you or the majesties after I'm done with Henry's business."
"It sounds good, but I can handle it from now on since Rumpelstiltskin informed me few days ago while you and Henry are in the business." Neal retorted.
"Well, I guess that I'm yours from now on." The redhead woman said. Emma nodded and looked away at Zelena then asked right away.
"What are your plans?"
"My plan is to gather my army to help you out, but I could help Ella and Snow to protect the barriers for the humans. I have magical powers."
"Sounds tempting," Ella informed another redhead woman. Zelena frowned and figured it out in her head then replied with a concerned tone.
"How can it be tempting?"
"If you use your magical powers, Cora will find your magical trail to trap you," Neal explained right away.
"But I'm part… Never mind. You both are right." The redhead woman stuttered her words until she realized that she had her mother's magical powers and stopped her rambling then got silent afterward.
"I think it's all that I ask from you both. Now, get to work. I'm going to be with Regina to supervise her on her training. See you all in the morning. Good night." Emma stood up with a reply. Others nodded and left the living room to train their new armies. Regina was silent and looked away at her father with a reply.
"Why didn't you tell me that you are a hybrid wolf?"
"It's hard to tell you a truth. I know it's hurting you a lot. But, I had no powers to control my urge to tell it. Also, it's time for me to explain it to you later when you finish with your training. I think that it's important to take your hands on the magical powers with Emma. I trust her more than others. So, you will be fine with her for a while. Be careful." Henry explained right away while he was watching her daughter getting antsy while they were sitting on the couch, and Emma watched the scene between, but she won't interrupt them at all.
"I will. Promise me that you will tell me everything." Regina begged him.
"Yes, my sweetheart. I will. I need to go back to Silverberg for my training then will go with Ruby to train with the werewolves." The old man hugged his daughter and kissed on her forehead then retorted with a sweet voice.
"Ok, goodnight papa. I love you." The brunette girl replied back.
"I love you too. Be safe and good night." Henry said.
Emma gave a stiff nod to him and extended her hand to Regina. The brunette girl looked away at the blonde girl with a smile and put her hand on Emma's hand then let her take a lead to the room. Regina didn't realize that the blonde girl has an open space room for their magical training. It was across from Emma's office, and it's exquisite.
The open space room had the enormous and old fireplace. The red armchairs were at the side of the fireplace with a coffee table. The floor was hardwood floor. The wall lamps were trimming with the lace shade. The walls were mahogany oak. The room has a high ceiling as the height took two stories twice.
It took Regina to absorb the beautiful room and snapped her out of her thoughts. She finally spoke up when she came in and heard the doors closing by themselves. Emma was not paying attention and busied her with her flicking wrist to make everything appear. The brunette girl didn't notice that the blonde girl flicking her wrist to get the flames appearing in the fireplace and the lights from the wall lamps started to brighten the room.
"It's beautiful in here. Did you build this one? What is it for?"
"Yes, I designed this one, and it's for the magical training. But it's only restricted to everyone included Rumpelstiltskin and Ella. It belongs to the only me and mine. Welcome to the Room of Requirement." Emma half-looked away at the brunette girl and explained right away. The brunette girl nodded while she was analyzing on the fireplace's details and quipped right away.
"Wow. Why didn't you allow them to use this room?"
"Because I designed this room with my magic. Blood magic. They didn't have one. I do." Emma looked around in the room and retorted with a shrug.
"Oh." Regina raised her eyebrows at her and went with her reaction.
"So, can we get started?" The blonde girl arched her eyebrow with a smirking face then continued.
"Like what?" Regina scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest with a mumbling voice.
"Use your knowledge toward your magical training that Rumpelstiltskin taught you. Fight me." Emma sneered.
"You?! No way!" The brunette girl shook her head violently with a retort.
"Did you remember that I'm vampire with some unique abilities? I can't die." The blonde girl rolled her eyes and continued.
"Right, I forgot." Regina hesitantly nodded with a reply.
"Let's go," Emma demanded.
Regina was nervous to hurt the blonde girl in the duel. She swallowed a lump in her throat and put her hands up to defend herself in a nasty one. But Emma knew the brunette girl's magical abilities and let it flow between them. The brunette girl exhaled in the air and went with her focus. Regina formed the fireball in her right hand and curved away at the blonde girl.
Emma smirked at the fireball that Regina made and knew it was coming toward her then moved away on the left. The fireball hit the wall behind the blonde girl, and she looked away over her shoulder then spoke lightly.
"Oh, it's a good one but burned." Regina sneered at her and formed some more of the fireballs then fired away at the blonde girl. While Emma was looking at the black stain on the wall and felt emotions from the brunette girl then moved quickly in 2 seconds flat to avoid the fireballs. The brunette girl was screaming and threw her angry feelings to catch the blonde girl with her fireballs but failed at any attempts.
The blonde girl sighed, got bored with the routine from Reina and flicked her wrist to halt it. The fireballs were freezing in the air but didn't touch anything. The brunette girl was slack-jawed when she saw her fireballs in the air that didn't move at all then looked away at Emma in a safe distance. Emma was standing in 5 inches away from the brunette girl and continued with her soft tone.
"Are you going to the fireball that way when you try to catch me?"
"Yes."
"Try again but use the different approach."
"How?"
"Think what Rumpelstiltskin tell you what to do with the fireballs." The blonde girl walked toward the fireballs and caressed her hand to touch it. Regina was gaping while she watched the scene where Emma brushed her touch on the fireballs and remembered her dreams from the gold room in the mansion. The brunette girl spoke lightly when she watched the blonde girl doing her touch on the fireballs.
"Are your hands cold while you are touching my fireballs?"
"Not really." The blonde girl responded back while she was vanishing the fireballs and turned away from her. Regina decided to approach a different way to fire away and smirked. The brunette girl finally disappeared into a purple smoke. Emma was surprised that Regina knew how to transform her into the places and went impressively until she felt the fireballs coming behind her. The blonde girl turned away and waved her hand to put up a protection shield.
Regina widened her eyes when she fired away her fireballs on the way to the blonde girl but found out that the blonde girl had her protection shield to put up. The fireballs went vanished after touching the shield. The brunette girl stuttered her words while she was walking toward her.
"How did you know that it was coming toward you?"
"Easy, it was the emotions from you. Try doing without the emotions." Emma retorted. The brunette girl squinted her eyes and nodded. The blonde girl walked toward the fireplace and passed the brunette girl. Regina focused on her magical abilities and remembered that Rumpelstiltskin's words.
Use your ability to tamper with someone's magic. Finish it off."
The brunette girl turned around in a slow-motion and flicked her wrist to form the purple rays out of her palm then fired away at the blonde girl. Emma didn't turn around to find the purple rays but was blasting away to the wall in a three feet away. Regina finally smiled at herself until she was horrified when Emma's body was thrown away to the wall and hit it then slid down to the ground.
Regina ran toward her and crouched to the floor then caressed her touch on the blonde girl's body. She shook Emma's shoulder and didn't realize that she did slap the blonde girl's cheek hard. The blonde girl was shocked that Regina slapped her face and gaped. The brunette girl widened her eyes when she realized that she did wallop her and spoke immediately.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry that I hit you hard. Did it hurt?"
"It's fine, but you surprised me with a hard slap. And, no it didn't hurt. Oh, I didn't tell you that I have no feelings when it stings me hard like you just slapped my face."
"But?"
"But, I'm a vampire with unique abilities. Fuck that shit." The blonde girl got up slowly and swept the dust on her clothes then continued. Regina got up and fidgeted her hands with a reply.
"Oh."
"What's going on?" Emma asked.
"Nothing."
"Tell me, you blasted me away in the proper distance like 3 feet away from the fireplace. It's impressive. I know that something is bothering you." The blonde girl defended her point while putting her mask on. Regina frowned and continued with her soft tone.
"Because I don't want to hurt you."
"Good. It's your intention not to harm me because I'm your supervisor." Emma smiled at her and nodded with a reply.
"Yes, but it's not that."
"What do you mean?" The blonde girl furrowed her brows with a soft tone.
"Umm… I don't know. Should we go on with my training?" Regina shrugged and walked away with a reply. Emma pressed her lips and nodded with a response.
"I hold you to that conversation later after we get a plenty of sleep."
"Ok." The brunette girl nodded and continued to practice her magical abilities. Emma was observing the approaches that Regina gave her emotions through the magic and gave some pieces of advice on the skills.
They practiced for two hours into a duel. It was a nasty and protracted fight with the bloody hands. Luckily for them, they got few breaks and learned from each other a bit by bit. In their feelings, they started to like each other and pushed their emotions away.
Finally, they got tired of the magical duet and decided to head off to their bedroom for getting some sleep. Emma flicked her wrist to turn the lights off and locked the door. Regina yawned and walked along with the blonde girl while Emma was doing her errands around in the house to secure it. The brunette girl found herself to look away at the clock in the hallway and discovered it was 3 in the morning.
Emma guided the brunette girl upstairs and led them to their bedroom. The door opened by itself and Regina was surprised that she had never seen the door opening. The blonde girl entered graciously and went into the bathroom. The brunette girl sighed and closed the door behind her then went to search for her pajamas in her bags in the corner of the nightstand near the bathroom.
Regina yawned again and decided to change her clothes into the pajamas then she didn't bother herself when she walked back to the bed and tucked herself to sleep. Emma finally got out from the bathroom and planned to speak, but she saw the brunette girl knocking out in the bed. The blonde girl smiled and flicked her wrist to make the blinds closing to cover the window then snapped her fingers to put the protection spells over her mansion to secure themselves into a safe place.
Emma strode away to the bed and crawled under the comforter. The blonde girl clapped her hands to turn the lights off and turned away to face the brunette girl's face on the right side. She sighed and spoke in a soft tone.
"Good night, Regina." Emma didn't know that Regina heard her and went to sleep on her own. The brunette girl smiled to herself when she heard the blonde girl's good night speech and replied.
"Good night, Emma." Regina finally went to sleep, and she was dreaming of being herself in the carnival. She saw herself in a black lace dress and looked around in the huge field with the carnival rides and food booths. The brunette girl was confused that she was in somewhere but heard the beautiful voice behind her. Regina finally turned around to find the small blonde girl staring at her and spoke lightly.
"Hi, are you lost?"
"Yes, I can't find my mama." The small blonde girl continued with a nod and squeezed the teddy bear in her arms. The brunette girl smiled and looked up at the people who were passing through the food booths and carnival rides. Regina looked down at the small blonde girl and crouched on the ground then asked.
"What's your name?"
"Emma"
"Oh, I'm Regina."
"Gina, can you help me to find my mama?" Emma retorted. The brunette girl smiled with a nod. Finally, they walked through the carnival rides and Emma squeezed the brunette girl's hand tightly. Regina furrowed her brows when she felt a squeeze and looked down at her. She found the small blonde girl looking up at her with a grudge look from the film, Ju-On, The Grudge and screaming when she released their hands off.
The song came out from the speaker box. It was "Oh my Goth!" by Razed by Black. Regina frantically went panicking and looked away at Emma, who was growling at her. The people started to turn around and moved slowly like the zombies then they were coming toward the brunette girl. The carnival rides kept moving at a fast pace. The lights were flickering through all of the huge fields in the carnival fair.
The brunette girl gasped when she heard the creepy voice coming out from the speaker box and realized it was her mother. The first verse was harsh. Regina realized that she was running for her life with her black lace dress.
I know I prefer to hurt
it seems to comfort me and burn
I never asked for it – question
I never wanted it to end
Emma tilted her head and loosed her teddy bear off from her arms then strode toward the brunette girl. The zombies came to follow her path and moved slowly. Regina started to hyperventilate on her own and searched for a hidden place. She gulped and heard the small blonde girl's voice. The second verse was soft than the first one.
I know that I die gracefully in vain
I know inside deteriorates
you're such a part of me
I can't believe it's real
Oh, My Goth!
The brunette girl ran fast as she could stay away from the zombies and Emma. She was pacing in the circle of the carnival ride and realized that she never got out of the place yet. Regina was starting to get scared by harming herself in the way, but she found the hidden place. She was lucky that she was hiding in the hay maze and kept walking in the path to get lost from them.
The third verse came out from the brunette girl's mother in the speaker box. Regina was feeling anxious when she heard the voice and kept her pace in the steady until she turned left and kept going on. Emma and the zombies came closer.
I crawl in my black box to hide
I welcome misery with pride
take turns in whipping me, I bleed
enjoy the fantasy and greed
Emma cackled in an evil grin, found the brunette girl in the corner of the hay maze and growled. Regina turned around to find the small blonde girl with the fangs and was horrified when she saw the shiny fangs and went into the fast pace to run in the different path. The zombies were everywhere to block the brunette girl out of her way. The small blonde girl followed her with her steady pace. The fourth verse came out from Emma's voice.
I know that I die gracefully in vain
I know inside deteriorates
you're such a part of me
I can't believe it's real
You've such a part of me
I can't believe it's real
You've such a part of me
I can't believe it's real
You've such a part of me
I can't believe it's real
Regina was stuck in her path when she found the zombies were crowding her. She stopped herself from walking backward and felt the hay behind her. The brunette girl knew that she was screwed and looked away at the small blonde girl who was walking toward her. The fifth verse came out from the speaker box.
Oh, my Goth!
Subject to your world
Oh, my Goth!
Take pleasure in your hurt
Oh, my Goth!
Subject to your world
Oh, my Goth!
Take pleasure in my hurt
Emma tilted her head and came closer to the brunette girl. The zombies finally stepped backward to give the ladies some space. Regina swallowed a lump in her throat and watched the shiny fangs from the small blonde girl's mouth. Finally, they looked away at the black smoke reappearing in their eyes. It was Cora in the red gown with black sash at her waist. The brunette girl gaped when she saw her mother walking like a royalty. The small blonde girl turned away at the oldest woman and spoke lightly.
"Mama!"
"Mother?" Regina replied while she was shocked when Emma yelled for her mama. She looked away at the oldest woman who was giving an evil grin and felt her heart clenching. The small blonde girl ran toward Cora and turned her head in a full 180 degrees. The brunette girl screamed when she saw Emma's head twisting in 180 degrees. The sixth verse came out from Emma's voice.
I know that I die gracefully in vain
I know inside deteriorates in pain
I know that I die gracefully in vain
I know inside deteriorates
Cora cackled in an evil way. Regina shook her head violently when the zombies came to grab her arms tightly and pulled her away with them. Emma followed her on the path. The brunette girl was fighting to get out of the zombies' hands but failed at any attempts. The small blonde girl was laughing when she watched the brunette girl's struggles. The oldest woman strode away to be vanishing on them. Regina started to cry when she felt the pain in her arms and found herself that she was going to the big black hole in the middle of the field with the carnival rides and the food booths.
Emma clapped her hands and yelled at the zombies to drop the brunette girl off on the ground then walked toward her with her reply.
"Did you find my mama?"
"No!"
"Why?" The small blonde girl pouted while her eyes were glowing red. Regina sneered when she felt pain from her arms. Emma was flicking her wrist to tie with a rope around the brunette girl's body.
"It's not your mama." The brunette girl replied with a glare. Emma cackled when she felt magic tingling while Cora reappeared by her side. Regina widened her eyes and went horrified when they started to sing the last verse together. The zombies came upon her and grabbed her up.
Oh, my Goth!
Subject to your world
Oh, my Goth!
Take pleasure in your hurt
Oh, my Goth!
Subject to your world
Oh, my Goth!
Take pleasure in my hurt
Oh, my Goth!
Finally, Regina was thrown away in the black hole and screamed for her life. Emma and Cora looked down in the hole then waved their hands at her. The brunette girl fell to the bottom of the black hole and finally lost consciousness.
In the morning, Emma was waking up due of Regina's screaming and decided to shake her shoulder with her soft voice. The brunette girl was crying, and her legs were wiggling out of the comforter. The blonde girl knew it was a memory of her childhood and sighed.
"Regina, it was a dream. Wake up."
The brunette girl shot up in the bed with a panic attack. Emma held her in her arms and whispered in Regina's ear with her soft tone. It was calming her down, but she was still crying in the blonde girl's arms. Emma sighed and rubbed on the brunette girl's back with her gentle touch.
"I just saw Cora," Regina mumbled while she was hiccupping. Emma stopped her rubbing on her back and kissed on the brown locks then spoke lightly.
"What is it about?"
"The Carnival Fair and Hay Maze." The brunette girl replied.
"Oh shit." The blonde girl mumbled.
"What's wrong? Is it your memory?"
"Yes, I was four years old, and I cannot find my mom somewhere but I was wandering through the rides." Emma sighed and continued to rub Regina's back with her explanation.
"Oh, you were beautiful with your blonde locks but your face was terrifying me." The brunette girl nodded with a reply.
"What did I look like?" The blonde girl asked.
"At first, you looked adorable in the pink outfit then few minutes later, your face changed into a black and white raccoon-like The Grudge film," Regina spoke lightly while she was shivering from remembering the face of the movie.
"Shit," Emma replied.
"Stop cursing that word." The brunette girl begged. The blonde girl nodded with an apology.
"Sorry, Regina. I think it's time for us to get some breakfast before we go on with our training."
"Ok, I wanted you to know that I'm ok now. But I want you to promise me."
"What's it?"
"You have to promise me that you protect me from my mother; I mean ever."
"I try."
"No. I want you to promise me, please." Regina pledged with her big caramel eyes. Emma sighed and caressed her touch on the brown locks then kissed on the brunette girl's temple and spoke lightly.
"I will protect you if it's the last thing I'll do."
"Thank you, Emma." The brunette girl continued and caressed her hands on the blonde girl's cheeks then leaned to kiss on the pale lips with her plump red lips. That was a kiss that Regina gave her. They didn't realize that they continued to make out in their bedroom longer than they expected it to stop anytime. Their mouth moved together as a soft velvet icing on the cake. They tasted each other inside their mouth, and they felt their heart beating rapidly. Until, they finally got their breath back after they pulled back and looked into each other's eyes.
Lastly, they got out from their bed and changed their clothes. Before they strode out from their bedroom, they gave each other a passionate kiss and it was tempting for them to back out but they couldn't stop everything. Emma pulled her arms around the brunette girl's waist to get closer to her. Regina put her arms around the blonde girl's neck and her hands tangled in the blonde locks.
They made out like lovesick teenagers in ten minutes and felt their bodies starting to wear out because of their lasting kiss. Emma finally realized that she need to stop their kiss and mumbled in the brunette girl's mouth.
"I think we need to stop it. We have to get the breakfast."
"Right," Regina mumbled back before giving a tempting kiss on the pale lips for last time.
"We will talk about this one later." The blonde girl replied and gave a last kiss on the plump red lips. They smiled at each other and intertwined their hands on their way to the downstairs.
After they had arrived in the breakfast room, Rumpelstiltskin, Ruby, Zelena, and Neal looked up from their breakfast plates and raised their eyebrows at the ladies' intertwining hands in their eyes. Emma and Regina went blushing then went to sit down on another side from Zelena and Neal's side. They went silent and focused on their thoughts about the magical duel between Regina and Cora.
A/N: I know that you are fangirling over the kiss that I typed away in this chapter. Also, did you have Swanqueen feels when the episode was full of Regina and Emma on yesterday's night? I did too!
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