A/N Ok, this is it, the end of Inked Future, it has been interesting on writing this story since I directly rewrote a whole season to fit what I thought was an interesting storyplot so…

It has been both interesting and irksome to write this at the end since I wanted to avoid the mistakes or loopholes that anyone can fall into when they are traveling through time. At the end I think I managed to write it like I wanted to. There is not big change in the present since I'm a firm believer that time is set to be in a certain way; what has already happened can't be changed. Not the big things I mean. But if we, as humans, can see the bigger picture, the things we did with the knowledge we now know… we could change the perception of something that we couldn't see before. That's what I wanted to write; a story in which Regina and Emma are there for each other but Emma doesn't fall in love with Regina, she already felt something for Regina way before everything happened and the same applies to Regina I guess. For the ones that read PS and Texts you already know that I'm a firm believer that a relationship comes from friendship, for a solid feeling that yes, can be lust or desire for the other but, at the end, if someone wants to make it right you need to fall in love with a friend, someone who knows you. And Emma already knew Regina before the time travel, she only saw her in a different time, where Regina looked up to Emma because she saw her as something that the actual Regina couldn't see: Someone in which she could confide.

So no, Cora is still dead, Regina still casted the curse, Rumple is still his egocentric self and Hook and Hood are out of the picture, as it should be.

Anyway, enough with the rant, here it is the final chapter, I still don't know if it's going to be an epilogue or not. But for now… take care!

The hidden meaning

Emma looked at Regina, who was now focusing on Hook's back as the man walked away down the road. The city limit had already been crossed by the pirate and even if Emma knew that Regina was aware that Killian couldn't see them anymore she also knew that the other woman needed to see how the man disappeared in the distance.

Something that Regina had also needed when Robin, Marian and Roland had crossed the limit, their happy faces a complete opposite of the empty threats that Hook had cried as David carried him.

Robin had looked sad but a single glance at Marian had eased his mind and he had crossed alongside with his family without any problem, Roland had cried a bit and when he had hugged Regina Emma had touched the older woman's back reassuringly. They were gone within minutes and Emma sensed that they weren't going to see them again, not in a very long time at least.

But now, as Hook walked and screamed, looking back a few times and snarling at something that he couldn't see Emma felt exhausted and judging by the quiet sigh that escaped Regina's lips she wasn't the only one.

Henry had refused to go with them, it looked that whatever conversation he had had with Regina before the punishment had left him with some things that he needed to think about, but Regina didn't look worried so Emma had decided to not ask about it. On the contrary, Snow and David had insisted on being with them to the city limit and they were now smiling at each other as Hook gave one final howl and disappeared into the distance.

"You decided well, Regina" Snow said and even Emma wanted to make a face at the tone of her mother's voice.

"He will suffer more living a life away of what makes him happy" Regina replied caustically and Emma hid a smile at her parents horrified looks.

"I was going to go with the whole skin him alive so…" She said jokingly and when her father looked at him she winked, making David laugh as Snow looked disturbed by her daughter's words.

"It would have been interesting" Regina replied and her smile was full of the sultry bantering that Emma was fond of.

"I don't think so" Snow muttered under her breath and David laughed again making his wife glare at him.

"Are you coming with us?" David finally asked after trying to avoid Snow's glaring.

"I will see you guys later" Emma replied and she knew that her parents wanted to ask about what she could want to talk with Regina but after David's cough Snow turned and walked away with her husband, both of them carefully avoiding to look back but walking slow enough to make clear to the both women that they were reluctant to left them alone.

A few minutes later the sound of the old David's car filled the air and finally Emma turned to look at Regina, ready to ask if the brunette was right.

Regina, instead, looked at her and tilted her head while pointing at the now empty road ahead of them.

"It's over, for now"

Emma didn't ask what was Regina talking about, she already knew that in a place like Storybrooke everything changed at one point or another and they would certainly have another threat soon enough. But for now it was easy to finally relax knowing that they were finally in their own time line.

"I'm going to miss your younger self" She admitted with a smile "I prefer having you here but you were…"

"Don't tempt me Miss Swan" Regina replied making Emma's smile turn into a smirk when the brunette blushed slightly

"But it's true, you were incredible!" Emma's protests died on her lips when Regina approached her and touched her face with her right hand, the warmth touch of the older woman making Emma's turn to blush.

"So were you" Regina's reply was quiet; muttered against Emma's blushing face but neither the blonde or herself moved one bit. Two sets of eyes, brown and green, looked nervously at parting lips and suddenly nervous tongues.

"Regina…" Emma tried to say but the older woman had already kissed her, her lips grazing softly Emma's pale ones before letting go, leaving the younger woman looking completely dazzled as Regina smiled smugly at the blonde's reaction.

"I think I said that it was better not to tempt me"

Emma's reply was muffled by a sudden roar from somewhere near them.

"Again? We need to put something on the city line and tell monsters that we are on holidays" The blonde whined before turning and trying to discern from what part of the woods the sound came from.

"Don't waste your time, I bet that is Merlin the one that we have just freed" Regina commented while fumbling with her phone and passing it to Emma "It's better if you call your parents and ask them where they are, told them that Henry is at the deck, he was going to do something there"

"And how do you know that we are talking about Merlin?" Emma said as she called her parents with trembling fingers, the roar could be heard again and the blonde had the vague sensation of something caressing her magic, just as she had felt when she had gone to the mansion.

"Because of what you have already felt" The older woman replied forcefully "It explains why he gave me the ink so easily when I asked for help"

"He knew that we were going to kiss? But we haven't make any rainbow like you did with Henry the last time" The blonde protested as she tried to call her parents once again, the first attempt futile.

"But I thought something different this time" Regina replied as a purple mist surrounded both of them.

As Emma felt being swallowed by the brunette's magic she felt herself blush when a hand grabbed hers and tightened her grip around her fingers.

"I love you too" The blonde quickly thought as the mist disappeared around them.

And so, there they were again.