Two
Neverland's Wonderland
Chapter 2
Disclaimers: I do not own OUAT or its characters, just my colorful imagination.
Well, things are about to get interesting. The Charmings will not know what hit them, literally.
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Emma's jaw dropped as she stopped getting dressed. She looked at Regina, liking how she was holding her in her arms, distracted for a moment, she almost forgot what she'd said. "W..why w..would you say that? What do you mean? They are my parents. I mean…" she stumbled with her thoughts and feelings, trying to figure out what Regina was saying.
Regina moved so they both sat on the edge of the bed. "I saw your eyes. They changed a few times, even when you bit me." She tilted her head, forcing Emma to look at the area she had bitten. "Your teeth were very sharp. You are not human. At least I don't think you are." She replied gently.
Emma gasped as she looked closely at Regina’s neck and shoulder area. "That's not a human bite." She realized something then. "My dreams. I used to have dreams where I changed into something else. I never thought… but why doesn't it bother you that I did this?"
Regina smiled and was intrigued by what Emma said about her dreams. But she would bring that up later. "Well, I have been around people who change into beasts. Like Miss Lucas for one thing and then there's Maleficent."
Emma's jaw dropped as she realized she forgot about Ruby. "I dreamt I changed into something else. Sometimes I would wake up and think I was still dreaming when I saw talons instead of my own hands… sometimes, I would see scales, and sometimes my eyes would glow when I saw my reflection. Things always happened to me when I was growing up. People kept sending me back when they no longer wanted me. They called me a freak of nature. I never understood why they couldn't love someone like me. I never felt like I belonged in that world."
Regina's heart broke for her as she reached out to hold her closer. "Oh, Em-ma." She murmured.
The blonde bit her lip as she recalled something else. "I think I might um, maybe I could be a… I don't know. I dreamt about it all the time. A dragon. But also I could turn into a raven. Sometimes I would be some other kind of a beast or two." She looked down, wondering how she could be all these things, but the Charmings were nothing like that. Rumpelstiltskin even went so far as to convince her it was because she was a product of true love. She shook her head and scoffed. "Who are my parents if they are not the Charmings?"
"I might have an idea, but if it's true, you are not going to like what I am about to say. Especially since Rumple asked you to slay her." Regina sighed.
Emma felt as if she'd been sucker-punched by Thor's hammer. She grew very pale and started to panic as her guts felt like they had turned into snakes and were twisting inside her. Her world was turned upside down and she didn't know how to make everything right again. "Maleficent? And you think she's my mother?" She felt guilt flood over her. "I k..killed my mother? What the fucking hell?! Why would…" she shook her head and ran her hand through her hair, wishing she could curl up into a ball and fade away.
Regina took ahold of Emma. "No. She's not dead. Just temporarily incapacitated. She's immortal. Rumple just had you believe you killed her. I promise you as soon as we get our son and get back home, I will help you get your mother back to her old self again."
Emma groaned. "She'll kill me, won't she? How could I do something like that?! How can I face her, knowing I hurt her? What must she think of me?" She wasn't sure she could deal with rejection again if her mother wanted nothing to do with her.
"She probably didn't know you were her daughter. She was in dragon form and she didn't have the chance to smell you, to know you were her daughter. Unless she was also under another curse that I did not know about." Regina replied. "I know she will be happy to see you. Once we get her back to her human form, that is."
Emma gave a little shrug. "I guess I will have to wait and see what happens when we get to that point." She had so many things running through her mind. So many questions she needed answers for. If the Charmings were not her parents, why did they assume she was their daughter in the first place? How did she get separated from her mother? Who was her other parent? Did they look for her? Who knew about her? Why did Mr. Gold/Rumple seem obsessed about her being the Savior? What else did he know? Her eyes grew wide.
"Do you think Gold knows who I really am? Why would he insist that I was created from true love and that David and Mary Margaret were my parents? He seems hell-bent on me being the Savior. I never asked for that."
Regina shook her head. "It wouldn't surprise me. He always seems to have his hand in everything where it shouldn't be. But if he knew…"
Emma's eyes grew dark. "I will kill him for tricking me into slaying my mother. I don't care if he is the dark one. He's dead."
Regina smiled. She didn't blame Emma for the way she was feeling. "Just be careful. If you go after him, you could become a dark one yourself."
Emma nodded. "So why were you glad I bit you? I mean who enjoys something like that?" She smirked, feeling amused, yet curious.
Regina chuckled. "Because I know what that means from what Mal and even Ruby shared with me. They told me stories about how they would find their mates and what was to be expected. I should tell you, I know how to shapeshift." She smiled. "When you bit me, you claimed me as your mate, your bride. I would love to return the favor."
Emma's jaw dropped. "My bride? You want me that way? You can do that?"
Regina nodded. "Yes I do, and I can. I do not want to share you with anyone. You're mine, Emma Swan. We shared a true love's kiss. I want to claim you."
Emma's eyes grew dark with desire. "I want that too. I want you to take me."
Regina chuckled huskily, feeling herself grow hard again. "Well then, we need to do that before we get back to finding Henry." She then undressed Emma again as she moved between her legs, thrusting into her again as her eyes glowed purple. "YES!" She moaned, happy to be mating with Emma again.
Emma moaned, loving that Regina was going to claim her and complete their mating. "Yes, Regina!" She met her thrust for thrust. Her eyes glowed green in response to Regina's purple eyes. She felt her dragon rear its head as she changed partway.
Regina threw her head back and her thrusting quickened when she saw a better glimpse of her mate's dragon. The knot at the base of her cock disappeared inside Emma, locking them together. "Emma yesssss!!!" She felt the urge to claim her come over her as Emma tightened around her. They both came with a roar of pleasure, biting each other as Regina flooded Emma's womb yet again. They shouted their love for each other and slowly returned to themselves.
Emma felt so hot inside as she grinned giddily, mirroring what Regina was feeling at that moment. She then realized they could communicate telepathically and could know what the other was feeling. It was intoxicating for them both. They were now mated in the way of the dragon and could not see life without each other. They remained like this a while before they knew it was time to get going.
"We have all the time in the world now. But we do need to get going before they send a search party after us." Regina chuckled as they got cleaned up and dressed with magic.
Emma smirked knowingly as she kissed her wife. She knew she would be able to face the world with her Queen by her side. "Let's do this." They left.
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When they reached the camp, Killian spoke up. "Finally. What took you so long, Swan? Are we going to get that cure for your father?"
Mary Margaret finally noticed her daughter. "Emma! We need to talk."
David moved to hug his daughter, wanting to make sure she was okay.
Emma stepped away, not letting him hug her. "Not now. We are here to find our son and bring him home. We cannot afford to get into any more trouble. I will get you your cure and then we need to find Henry."
Regina looked at the Pirate. "So, where is this cure you were talking about? And how do we get it?" She asked.
Killian rolled his eyes at her. "Emma and I will get it. You're not coming with us. We have to climb a beanstalk to get it."
Emma looked over at Regina. She knew how much she despised him. "Alright. We will go get it and get back as soon as we can." *I will watch my back. If he tries anything, I will get the cure and leave him behind.* she spoke mentally with her wife.
Regina smiled at Emma. "Hurry back. I want us to get Henry as soon as possible."
Emma went with the pirate who tried at every turn to sweet-talk her into giving him another chance. But his words fell on deaf ears as she proved that she was more than capable of taking care of herself. As soon as they got what they came for, Emma tricked Killian, trapping him and throwing a mean right hook before she went back to the camp solo.
"Where is Killian?" Mary Margaret asked.
Emma shared a knowing smile with Regina. "He's sleeping the rum off, with the giants."
"We need to go back for him," David replied, wanting to get him out of harm's way.
"Can't do that. I cut the beanstalk down." Emma gave the cure to Regina who tried to keep a straight face as she prepared it for David. She was so damned proud of her wife.
"Why would you do that?!" Mary Margaret screeched. "When you two were off doing research, Killian told us he wanted to pursue you and court you. What if he's your true love? You need to get him back now!"
Emma snapped. "He is nothing to me! We came here for Henry! Did you forget? You don't get to tell me what to do!" She then stormed off, wanting to get away from these people.
Regina looked at the Charmings, knowing something they didn't, taking pride in knowing Emma would not be interested in being associated with them anymore. She realized then, that Henry would no longer be of any concern to the idiots. "Make sure you drink that, David. It will be the only thing that can save you until you get back home. I'm going with Em-ma to get our son. Do me a favor and stay out of trouble."
She left and then when she caught up with Emma, out of their sight, she kissed her deeply.
Emma breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled softly as they kissed. They then moved further into the woods.
Pan found them and the Charmings were restrained by the lost boys. Peter spoke. "Have you figured out who you are, Emma?"
Emma stared at him darkly. "What do you want me to say? I need to know who I am before you will give us our son?! Do you think I'm anything like you? One of the lost boys? Why? Because I was abandoned? Because I grew up an orphan living in the streets whenever people threw me away? Moving from foster home to foster home. I'm what? A lost girl?!"
"Emma!" Regina got her attention when she saw a map appear on the sheet of paper Emma was holding.
Emma looked down at the map, memorizing what was revealed to her. Just as soon as she committed it to memory, the map disappeared with magic.
Peter Pan clapped his hands slowly, a dark look on his face, bitter and unhappy. "Congratulations. You're smarter than you seem. I'm afraid this will not be easy. You have to do one more thing first." He then used magic to bring them to a huge cavern with a cage in the middle of a huge pit. The Charmings were with them, and somehow Killian was too.
Neal called out to Emma from the cage, surprising her.
"I thought… how are you still alive?" Emma asked, stunned to see him.
Peter looked at them. "The way this works is you need to reveal your deepest secrets and a trail will pave its way to the cage so you can free Neal."
Regina rolled her eyes, irritated by all the stalling taking place, preventing them from getting to Henry. "Here we go." She wanted to get this all out of the way, so she and Emma could take their son and get off this island.
Killian decided to go first. "I'm in love with Swan. I mean she doesn't know it yet, but we belong together. I saved her Dad." He took credit.
Mary Margaret smiled, thinking that was the sweetest thing she ever heard. "We give you our blessing."
Emma rolled her eyes and before she could tell Killian off, the first tile appeared.
David started next. "I really don't know how I feel. I mean I'm Emma's father, but I do not know how to be a father. I don't want to fail you." He looked at Emma, hoping his daughter would forgive him for almost leaving her behind.
Another tile appeared. Mary Margaret looked at David. "We can do this together. You wouldn't be alone. I want another baby with you so we can start over and be parents the right way. Emma's already grown up. I want a baby more than anything."
Another tile appeared as Emma scoffed at what Mary Margaret said.
Neal spoke up. "I don't care what Killian said. I love you and I regret what I did to you before. I regret the whole mess with Tamara. I would like another chance to be with you, and Henry." He admitted.
Another tile appeared, showing there was another tile or two left to connect them to Neal and be able to free him.
Emma shook her head. "I was glad you were out of the way, Neal. I know it's a horrible thing to say. But I was perfectly content. You hurt me. You put me into a situation where the first ten years of Henry's life were stolen from me. I didn't get to raise him. But he has a mother. He has Regina. She raised him, and she will always be his mother. There will never be an us, Neal. Nor will I ever have anything to do with you, Killian." She'd seen that cocky smile on his face when she told Neal there would be no chance for them to get together.
Another tile showed. Regina had a smug smile on her face when the filthy pirate faltered. "Emma is mine now. We shared a true love's kiss." She laughed when she saw the dismay and horror on their faces.
The final tile showed up as Emma smiled and kissed her wife. "I love you, my Queen." She murmured as they moved to get Neal out.
Killian was red-faced. "That did not happen! She is mine, you evil witch!!!"
Regina laughed again as she took Emma into her arms and they left in a cloud of purple smoke.
They found Tinker Bell and she helped them to find Peter Pan, showing them where Skull Mountain was.
As soon as they arrived, Emma could sense Henry was there. "He's here!" She was looking forward to getting him out of there. They used their magic on the Moon, and Regina was happy to know Emma had moon powers.
Soon, they found Henry with Peter Pan trying to get him to take his heart out, so he could save magic. He actually wanted his heart for himself, so he could stay young forever.
Emma and Regina saw through him, knowing he was lying. Emma's inner lie detector was blaring. "Henry! Don't believe him! He's lying! Inner lie detector, remember?"
"Henry! Get away from him! Don't do it!" Regina pleaded.
"But Moms, he needs me to save magic so we can go home." Henry looked at Peter. "You can have m-"
"NO!" Emma moved so fast, getting between Peter and her son. She grabbed Henry and moved him away to Regina before she turned to face Peter. "You will never touch our son again!" She snarled, her eyes glowing neon green.
Peter paled and actually seemed to grow weaker with complete shock as his eyes grew big. "You're a dragon?" He began to shake. The hourglass was soon spilling the last of Neverland's magic.
Emma chuckled, seeing the fear in his eyes. "I suppose I am." She and Regina took Henry into their arms, happy to have him back. Henry apologized for almost giving up his heart as he realized Peter had almost killed him with a lie.
Suddenly, a portal opened, and someone stepped through as Peter Pan started shriveling up. The woman smiled. "Oh good, I finally found you! Let's get you all back to… Storybrooke was it?" She used magic to get them, the Charmings, Killian, Neal, and Rumple out of there.
"Who are you?" Regina asked, as soon as they arrived. She wondered how this stranger knew who all needed to be back.
The woman smiled as she looked at Emma and caressed her cheek, before she answered. "I have many names. But you may call me, Lilith. Now where is Maleficent? I would very much like to reunite with her."