Lily's Swan

Chapter 4

Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my imagination.

Maleficent watched Regina's reaction to see how she felt about the fact she now shared Zelena with Emma. "You okay darling?"

Regina smiled and nodded. "So much happened today. Yesterday if you told me I would be on better terms with my sister, I would have thought you lost your mind."

Maleficent smiled. "Not what I meant, but okay." She nodded.

Zelena looked at Ingrid and smiled nervously, feeling awkward at first. "I always wondered what I ever did to deserve being abandoned."

Ingrid caressed her face. "You never deserved that, Zelena. If I had known about you, I would have taken you with me. Circumstances prevented me from being with you two. I hate knowing you both had to deal with being abandoned. That should never have happened. But at least you know you've gained another sister and another chance. I hope you will give me the chance to get to know you better. I have so much I want to share with you both, and to teach you. I love you so much." She kissed their cheeks.

Emma smiled, "You never said who my father was. Who is he?" She asked. "I mean, I heard he was also a God."

Ingrid nodded and smiled. "He is, indeed. I've had lovers who were gods, goddesses, and human. Your father is Loki. He never knew about you. Not since what happened with me. I probably should let him know about you. He's a shapeshifter like you are, like I am. But he is trouble. A bad boy. But he was good to me. Probably too good." She chuckled.

Emma chuckled then. "I guess you're drawn to the dark side like I am. Well… I was never much for those hero types. I would like to meet my father someday soon. Especially now that I'm pregnant." She shared a look of love with her wife. She then looked at Zelena, still getting used to the fact she had a sister now. She knew there wasn't anything she wouldn't do for her family.

Zelena finally smiled as she shared a look with Emma. "So… Sister. Does this mean I will have babysitting duties with Henry?" She chuckled. "I guess I will since you share him with my other sister Regina." She smirked and winked at Henry.

Emma chuckled. "I guess I can say the same for that little bun in your oven. I could give you some tips since I've been through it before."

Lily smiled at the sisters. "I think it's going to be a fun way for you two to bond…" She looked at Emma, smiling at how her wife had just found out she'd had a sister in Zelena. It was ironic how that happened considering both Emma and Regina now shared a half sister beside a son.

Maleficent smiled knowingly. "Being pregnant is one of the most sacred experience to go through. I'm sure you will get that experience yourself soon, Lily. At least you get to experience watching your children grow inside Emma."

Emma smiled at her wife. "You'd like that wouldn't you? You would want me to put a baby dragon inside you." She knew she would do anything for her dragon.

Lily smiled, "Yes Emma, I would. Soon. But I want to enjoy you being pregnant before I have my turn." She murmured, caressing her abdomen lovingly.

Maleficent looked at Regina and took a hold of her hand, pulling her aside and taking her to where they could talk in private. "You and I need to have a conversation. It's important. I've been trying to figure out who Lily's other parent is. I've had my suspicions…"

"What are you talking about Mal?" Regina asked. "Are you asking me to help you find out who her father is?"

Maleficent smiled and chuckled softly, "Look at Lily. What do you see darling?" She murmured. "Do you see what I am seeing?"

"What?" Regina looked at Lily, wondering why Mal was insisting that she should look at Lily. She looked over at Emma then Ingrid and then at Mal before looking at Zelena who was the only true redhead there. The last time there was another redhead was when her mother was alive. She then looked back at Emma and Ingrid again. The two of them along with Mal were blondes. Except… Regina's eyes widened when she realized what Maleficent was trying to tell her. Lily was a brunette like Regina. She looked at Mal with her mouth open. "Are you trying to tell me Lily is..."

Maleficent smiled and nodded. "Yes Regina. Do you remember that time I showed you how to turn into a dragon like me?" She whispered and smirked as she watched Regina's reaction to this bit of news.

Regina gasped softly. "Are you insinuating that Lily is… Ours? That I'm her other parent? But why wouldn't you tell me?"

"Because things happened. I couldn't be too sure. So much magic was involved. I was going through rough times as well. You know, after that whole thing with Briar Rose, Aurora, and… Stefan. It wasn't until I saw Lily, that I began to suspect she was yours. She looks more like you than she does me." Maleficent smiled.

Regina bit her lip as she looked at Lily again for a few minutes. She remembered all the times she'd been with Mal and how much she'd enjoyed her times with the dragon. She remembered when she became obsessed with putting the curse to use. How she'd fought Mal for the curse. "I wish you told me… How could you not know?" She whispered.

Mal had a sad smile on her face. "We were only starting out. I was weakened and trying to teach you everything. Stefan raped me. I'd assumed… But then again, there was another dragon in passing. He was from one of the very few dragon covens I knew about. But you and I, we used magic. You wanted to learn everything. Rumplestiltskin was teaching you dark magic and you came to me. You were so curious. Drawn to my darkness like a moth to flame." The dragon smiled. "I know Rumplestiltskin warned you about me. He warned you not to ask me to teach you." She smiled darkly.

Regina chuckled at the memory. "Yes, I remember. I asked him why. He seemed upset that I would go to you for help. He claimed he was a better teacher than you. That I would be much more thirsty to learn things you wouldn't be able to teach me. But that wasn't true was it?" She asked. "I mean, the part of you not being able to teach me things Rumple wouldn't be able to."

Mal chuckled. "Rumplestiltskin was born human. I've been a dragon longer than he has been the dark one. Of course he would feel threatened that you would come to me."

"You seduced me." Regina replied. "And I liked it. He taught me dark magic yes, but you entranced me. You drew me in and fascinated me in ways he never could."

Maleficent smiled knowingly. "You ignited my fire and made me remember who I was. I was in a slump and you woke me up. It was your passion and your desire to learn that drove me, made me want to do things I'd forgotten I could do. I was going to give up after what happened with Briar Rose and Aurora and Stefan. But when you came along… You basically woke my dragon up." She put her hands on Regina's hips and smirked.

Regina chuckled softly. "I seem to have that kind of effect on people." Her eyes twinkled as they moved back to the table. "So, when do we tell Lily our news?"

Lily heard what Regina said. "What news?" She looked at the two if them, noticing that something had changed between them.

Emma looked over at them and noticed that Maleficent and Regina seemed cozy. She smiled. "What's going on with you two?" She had the feeling something had happened.

Maleficent smiled. "Well, we just realized that our family is becoming more complete. Lily, darling how would you feel if you were to find out Regina was your other parent?"

Zelena laughed. Today seemed to be full of reunions.

Henry frowned in confusion as he looked over at his blonde mother and then at his brunette mother. "What does this mean?" Their family tree seemed to have gotten very complicated and confusing. Lily would be his sister and stepmother? He'd just discovered that Zelena was his actual aunt. Maleficent could potentially be his stepmother too, or was that step grandmother since his mother was married to Lily now?

Emma looked at her son and chuckled, she could see why he was confused. "Hey Kid I'm sure you will decide what to call them. Whichever choice makes you more comfortable. Don't overthink about things. Just go with the flow and see what happens. The important thing is we're a family. That's all that matters Henry." She smiled knowingly.

Lily was surprised. But at the same time, it made sense. She could see the similarities between herself and Regina. She had not thought anything about it when she first met Regina through Emma, and knowing that her wife and her other parent shared a son was unusual now that she thought about it. But nobody had ever foreseen how this family would turn out in the end. She then thought back to the conversation she'd had with the Apprentice about the Evil Queen. She had wondered why he brought her up. At first she thought it was because of how she created Storybrooke with the curse she'd stolen from her mom. The more she thought about it, the more she realized how much everything was tied in.

Maleficent smiled at her daughter. "Lily? Are you okay darling?"

Regina smiled as she moved closer to her daughter. "What are you thinking about dear?"

Lily smiled when she felt how Emma was caressing her thigh. She looked at Regina and then at her mother. "The Apprentice. Something he said to me about you and my mom and how it all led to the here and now. He'd warned me that mom wasn't aware of who my other parent was at the time. But he did say it all happened before the curse. I understand that things happened and had to happen before we could get to this point in our lives. But…" She sighed as she put her hand on top of Emma's.

"But what Lily?" Regina asked gently.

"Why did you go after mom for that curse? I get that you hated Snow White. And for a good reason too… But if you and mom were lovers… Why would you do something like that to…" Lily tried to finish the sentence.

Regina nodded and sat back, taking a deep breath. "Why did I fight your mom if we were intimate with each other?"

"Regina…" Maleficent started.

The brunette lifted her hand, stopping Mal. "No, it's okay. It's a very valid question." Regina sighed before looking at her daughter. "I'm not going to make excuses for my actions. But I can help you understand where my head was in all this. You already heard about what my mother… Cora was like. That woman taught me that love was weakness. As a result, I had no idea how to love. Not after what she did to my first love. She killed him in front of me and laughed about it. I blamed Snow White because had it not been for her, he wouldn't have died. I was caught up in the idea of revenge. I wanted to learn magic. Rumplestiltskin taught me dark magic. He taught me that power was the way to go, to use anger, rage, hatred, all the dark emotions I could use to harness my power, my magic. I craved more and I learned about your mother. I wanted to meet her. I'd looked up to her, wanting to be powerful like her. Rumple got angry when I asked about her. He told me not to waste my time on getting lessons from her. He wanted me to believe she was weak and incapable of teaching me everything he could." She smiled before continuing. "Of course I didn't listen to him. I went out on my own and looked for her. I was still pretty naive and not quite the Evil Queen yet." She chuckled. "When I found your mom, she was a broken woman, weak and without the drive she used to have. She'd lost that spark that made her who she was. This fearsome powerful dragon that I'd heard about. She was just an empty shell. At first she didn't have the strength or desire to teach me. But…"

"We clicked." Maleficent smiled. "The minute I saw her, I just knew there was something different, something special about her. Many people avoided me and were afraid of me, but not her. She helped to draw me out of my shell and reminded me of who I was. I needed that push she gave me. She helped me to find that spark I'd lost."

Regina smiled at the memory. "When I saw her as a dragon finally, I was in awe of who she was, what she was. She taught me things Rumple couldn't even teach me. I learned to shapeshift and we were close and intimate. She gave me a taste of what we could have had together. For a moment, I thought it was love." Regina sighed. "But then I was afraid. With Daniel it was too good to be true and my mother killed him. With Maleficent, I was afraid to finish what we started because I didn't want to lose what we had. Instead… I allowed Rumple to remind me again of what I wanted. He threatened me and blackmailed me while training me and teaching me about all the dark things I could do. He promised me that I could have it all." She shook her head. "Then I remembered how your mom had that curse. Rumple tried to warn me that magic comes with a price but that using that curse would make my price very steep. It destroyed me and made me incapable of love. Your mother tried to stop me. But I was too far gone. She didn't fight me hard enough. I stole the curse from her. Everything that happened had made me who I am. I'd lost hope, lost everything. Rumple seduced me with promises of what dark magic could give me. I was weak." She admitted. "It wasn't until I adopted Henry that I finally learned what love was about. I was still a selfish bitch, a bully, very controlling and manipulative. But when it came to Henry, I would do anything for him. He made life better for me even though time was still frozen. It was frozen for…"

"28 years." Emma chuckled, knowing where the story was going.

Regina smiled. "Yes, until Henry ran away from home and found Emma, bringing her back with him." She chuckled. "That was before we had magic back in our lives. The price of the curse I cast in the first place was losing my powers. None of us had any magic after I created Storybrooke with the curse. When Emma first came here, we didn't get along at first. I felt threatened by her presence especially since her arrival, she caused a series of things to happen, starting with making time move forward, a short time later she caused an earthquake to happen. We butted heads many many times, but she still saved my life after she broke the curse. My curse." She smirked. "I'm glad she did, because if it were not for her, the townspeople would have killed me because of what I had done. It was truly an eye opening experience. Seeing that this Savior would not let me die... It changed my perspective on things. But eventually, we became the best of friends and I learned to share. We came to an agreement when it came to our son. We had to learn how to coexist for his sake. I learned to be a better person because of Emma and because of Henry. She is more than just the Savior. She also found you and brought you home where you belong. I do believe things happen for a reason. I know I have regrets for how I treated your mother…"

Maleficent smiled knowingly as she kissed Regina's hand. "Had you not done this, we would never have found our daughter. I am glad we are here right now. It's not too late darling. How perfect is it that our daughter ended up with the person who ensured you got your second chance at life? Emma saved you and she saved our daughter. Now Emma is a part of our family and I wouldn't have it any other way. She kept her promise to help me find my daughter. Because of that, there isn't anything I wouldn't do for her."

Regina smiled as she bit her lower lip. "I agree. That's exactly how I feel about Emma and I know there isn't anything I wouldn't do for our family. That also includes Emma because I consider her family too. Perhaps this would be a new beginning for us all. Maybe for us both?" She asked, looking at her beloved friend.

Lily smiled at her parents before sharing a look with her wife. She was glad they were working things out. All she wanted was for them to be happy like she was with Emma.

Emma grinned knowingly as she locked lips with her wife. "I feel the exact same way with MY family." She murmured.

Zelena was about to say something else when someone else interrupted her.

"Get 'way fom Er ya sumbitch!" A very drunk and disorderly Killian 'Hook' Jones stumbled into the diner. "Swe nees a reAl MANNN naw a draggin beatch!"

Emma had a very dark look in her eyes when she saw Hook come in there, making a damned fool out of himself. There was a look of disgust on her face as she looked at the pirate. She stood up and before he could grab her, she knocked his light out and watched as he crashed to the floor, out cold.

Regina laughed when that happened. "I'll put him somewhere to sleep the rum off and then you can deal with him once he's sobered up." With a wave of her hand, she sent him to sleep it off at her private sanatorium reserved for those who deserved to be locked up.

"Thanks Regina." Emma had a dark smile on her face. "You better believe Killian and I will be having some words tomorrow, once he sleeps that alcohol off." She had not appreciated him walking in there and talking that way about her wife. She wanted more than anything to make sure he understood there was nothing left for him should he try to fight for her. She had everything she wanted in Lily. She was happy with her dragon, the love of her life.

Lily's eyes had glowed when that man started talking like that. But the moment her wife knocked him out cold, she realized how turned on she was by what Emma did. "Oh believe me, when he's sober, I wanna show him exactly who he is messing with." She growled.

Zelena had a very amused smile on her face. "Well that was fun to watch! You certainly have a fire in you sis." She smirked at Emma. "I like it."

Lily laughed then. "It's her fire that has always drawn me to her in the first place. Ever since I saw her take that box of pop tarts and hide it under her coat." She smirked, looking at Emma.

Emma grinned. "You didn't think I caught you checking me out before you got the cart, waving that stolen credit card we bought our food with?" Her eyes twinkled.

"Oh I noticed." Lily bit her lip and continued with a chuckle. "And we ran out of there. It was a rush wasn't it?"

Emma nodded, kissing Lily again. "It was. And then we broke into that house."

"We ate our stolen stash and stole their camera. We goofed around, just the two of us." Lily added, not noticing that everyone was hanging on to every word they were saying.

"I still have that camera." Emma replied, mischief in her eyes.

Lily gasped. "You do? Are we still…"

Emma nodded. "Yep! It's all there. I'll show you later." She gave her a look that was meant for her alone.

Henry was intrigued by everything he was hearing about his blonde mother's past that she shared with his stepmother. Hmm he just might use that for some blackmail material just in case he needed to.

"You know he doesn't need to sleep it off. I could make a potion that would sober him up real fast." Maleficent suggested.

Emma and Lily perked up at this. "Yeah! Let's do that."

Granny shared a look with Ruby and smiled knowingly. "We could keep an eye on young Henry for you while you deal with that foolish pirate."

Emma had a wicked smile on her face. "I would love to do that, the sooner, the better."

"We can go to my vault. I have everything we need to make potions." Regina offered.

Ingrid smiled at her daughters and wished them luck. "I'm going to see if I can get a hold of Loki. I need to let him know what happened."

Emma nodded. "Let me know how that goes." She hugged her mother. "We'll see you later."

After they all paid for their meals, they left and went to the vault. Regina then helped Maleficent to get the ingredients she needed to make that damned pirate sober.

Maleficent went to work preparing and mixing the ingredients before she poured the contents into a flask that Emma handed to her. They knew the pirate would be stupid enough to drink from his favorite flask, thinking there was alcohol in it, especially his rum. "We're all set. Are you ready?"

Zelena grinned. "I don't want to miss this." She was really looking forward to seeing them wipe the floor with Hook.

Emma had a dark smile on her face as she took the flask from her mother in law. "Oh I'm more than ready." She smirked.

Lily laughed. "Let's take care of that piece of shit pirate."

Regina had an evil smile on her face, looking forward to the Pirate finally getting what was coming to him. "Then let's go." She took them to her sanatorium and they entered the room he was kept in. They could see he was starting to stir awake, sporting a black eye that was swollen shut.

Killian turned to look at Emma, his eye was unfocused due to all the rum he had drunk. "Em?"

Regina brought a trash can to the filthy pirate, knowing he was going to need it soon.

Emma grinned at the shiner he had. "Hello Killian. You look like you need a drink." She waved his flask at him.

Killian perked up when he saw what Emma was offering. "Knew ye dinna hate me." He sneered as he reached out for his flask. As soon as he had it in his hand after Emma opened it for him, he took a long swig of it. Before he registered what he was drinking, it was too late to stop now. He had drank every last drop of it. "Ugh wat is dis?" He grimaced before his stomach churned. His eyes popped wide open as he lurched into the trash can and threw up everything he had drunk earlier. When he was done, Regina got rid of the trash can with a wave of her hand, not wanting to have to be stuck in the room, with the stench of his vomit.

After Hook drank some water, he turned to look at his visitors. "Swan? What are ye doing here? Ye came to see me? What am I doing here?" He finally recognized the place. He looked over at Regina. "Why am I here?"

"You don't remember do you Killian?" Emma asked.

It was then that he realized there was something very different about her. "Emma, what happened to you? Why are you…" His jaw dropped. "Yer the dark one now? Ye killed that crocodile? Shouldn't have done that Swan. He was mine!" He snarled. "Ye should 'ave been mine!" He turned to glare at Lily. "Not that bitch!" He growled.

Emma stared him down, waving her hand and immobilizing him. "You're upset that I killed Rumple? You have no idea what that bastard did to my family. The many lives he messed with. You're not the only victim of his. No… You're part of the reason he became the dark one in the first place. So that's on you pirate!" She sneered.

Lily smirked as she gloated at the man. "Oh she was mine long before she met you. We have more history together than you ever did. She was never really yours." She pulled Emma closer and kissed her deeply, chuckling at the way he scowled at them. "She's mine! And so are the babies growing inside her." She caressed Emma's abdomen lovingly. "You called me a dragon bitch. You're right. I'm a scary dragon bitch and proud of it. Emma is MY mate, MY wife. You'll do well to remember that. Or else I'll have you for dinner if you try that shit you pulled again." She promised.

Maleficent had a truly proud smile on her face when she heard what her daughter said. Smirking when she heard her use the words she'd used with her before, telling her she would teach her how to be a scary dragon bitch. She looked at the pathetic man. "You think you know Emma, but you don't. Not at all. Not like we do. She's my daughter in law, she's family. Us dragons tend to be very territorial and protective when it comes to protecting our family, our mates. If you think of trying to fight for Emma, you're going to lose."

Regina smiled at Killian. "It's no secret that I never liked now I know why. Emma has always been my best friend. But now she's not only my son's other mother, she is also my family. I just found out the happy news. Lilith is also my daughter. And you tried to badmouth my daughter. That's a very foolish thing you've done. You hate me for being the evil queen. Well then, that's what I am. I'm going to own it."

Emma laughed, loving what Regina said to him. She turned to look at the one handed wonder. Smirking at the thought that came in her head. "They're right, you don't know me at all. I found my real parents and it's not the Charmings you like to hang out with. Remember the Snow Queen? She's my mother. I just found out who my father is and believe me, you don't want to mess with us. Because I will tear you apart. Killian. I want you to remember something. There's nothing you can do that will make me want to have anything to do with you. Nothing. Lily is mine. She's my true love. We shared a true love's kiss. Something we would never share. We mated as dragons. How? I'm a shapeshifter. I turned into a dragon and made love with her. It was so beautiful, so perfect. And now I'm pregnant with our beautiful dragon babies. I wouldn't have it any other way. She makes me so happy. Got it? I don't love you. If you try to destroy what I have with my wife, I will kill you." She emphasized by grabbing him by his throat and squeezing it. "Do. You. Get. Me?!"

Killian whimpered and nodded.

Emma smiled, with satisfaction. "Good. Now I do believe we're leaving. I'm taking my wife home and having my way with her."

Zelena chuckled as she looked at the bastard. "Doesn't mean I can't have my wicked fun every now and then. Oh! News flash! Emma is also my sister. We share the same parent. How amazing is that? If you try hurting my sister, I will burn you." She grinned wickedly. "Toodles!"

Regina chuckled and waved her hand, sending the pirate back to his ship so he wouldn't know where the place was. They went and picked Henry up before heading back home, feeling satisfied with the way they dealt with Killian Jones.

Ingrid found Loki and could see he was having a bad day. He was angry about the way things had been handled is Asgard. He was surprised to see his old lover there.

"Where have you been? How could you disappear for so long? Its been over 30 years. What happened?" Loki was angry but at the same time concerned about what happened. He needed answers only she could give him.

Ingrid sighed. "So much has happened. I was kidnapped, my memories stolen from me, forced to go crazy, almost destroyed a town, tried to kill myself not knowing I couldn't die. And then Emma saved me today and helped me to get all my memories back."

Loki was surprised to hear everything Ingrid had gone through. His anger dissipated. "Who is Emma? How was she able to save you?"

Ingrid smiled then. "Our daughter. Loki, you gave her to me. Unfortunately when my captor kidnapped me, before I could tell you, he took her from me and implanted her into another. Someone else gave birth to her. I never had the chance to experience pregnancy to its full extent." Her chin trembled.

Loki stumbled back in shock when he heard what she revealed. "I have a daughter? Emma?" He took a deep breath, his shock turning into anger and rage at the injustice that had been done to them. "Who did this to you?! I will kill them!" He growled, his eyes black with rage as lightning struck.

"Emma killed the bastard who kept me imprisoned. It was the dark one, Rumplestiltskin. He's dead now." Ingrid informed him.

Loki felt as if he wanted to destroy everyone who ever wronged his family. Every single one of them. But a part of him couldn't help but be proud of his daughter. "And the woman who carried our babe? What of her?" He asked.

Ingrid smiled knowingly as she took his hands into her own. "Oh believe me, she's still alive. She has many enemies who would love to hurt her, to destroy her, to make her suffer."

Loki had a truly dark smile on his face, reminding Ingrid of Emma at that moment. "And suffer she shall. She will know no relief from her suffering. She will beg for death and it will not come." He promised, taking Ingrid into his arms. "Come, let's make up for lost time. Tell me about our daughter. I would like to meet her later. But first things first." His eyes grew dark with desire as they moved to his chambers.

Ingrid licked her lips, feeling more than ready to do this with Loki. She wanted this as much as he did. After spending some time intimately with him, she proceeded to tell him everything she knew about Emma.