Every King Needs a Queen

A/N: I've always wanted to write a king/queen fic so I just started this when it came into my mind. I hope you guys like it! I think I'm going to update this fic once or twice a week depending on how much time I have since I'm also writing "Without a Word". The title might change if I find a better one. The curse was also never casted.

Trigger warning: mentions of abuse.

Prologue

Emma was 17, in 2 months she would finally be able to leave the foster system. She had been living with Stanley and Margot, her foster parents, for the past 6 months. She did her best to be on her best behavior so they wouldn't sent her away. She only had a few months left in the foster system and then she would finally be free. The first 3 weeks were amazing, she always got 3 meals a day and the foster parents were always nice to her. After those 3 weeks, Stanley showed his true nature. It started with some slapping in the face when she did something that would annoy him. It escaladed quickly after that. He would slap her for no reason at first, then came the fists and the kicks. Margot never knew what was happening when she wasn't home. When Margot brought up the bruises on her arms or legs, Stanley gave Emma a murderous look to keep her quite. One day, Emma arrived back home 10 minutes late. She always headed back home immediately but that day, someone stopped Emma at her locker. Lilly, Emma's only friend, asked her a question about the lesson they just had. She didn't want to raise suspicion by telling her she had to head back home immediately so she answered Lilly's questions quickly. She ran home after that, hoping she would still make it in time. Stanley was already waiting for Emma and stood up when she came through the front door.

"Why are you late?" He asked angrily.

"Lilly had a question about the lesson." Emma replied nervously. She already knew where this conversation was heading.

"I expect you to be here in time!" Stanley shouted. Emma looked at the ground, she hated it when he shouted at her. Stanley grabbed her chin forcefully, "Look at me when I'm speaking to you!" He added while shouting louder.

"S-sorry." Emma said with fear in her eyes. Stanley slapped her cheek with force.

"You are so worthless! You aren't even able to make it home in time!" He started punching her in the stomach. Emma fell over from the pain with tears in her eyes. She couldn't wait for the day she turned 18, she wanted to be free so badly. Stanly grabbed a knife and started cutting in her legs and arms. Emma yelled from the pain, begging him to stop and repeating that she was sorry for being late. Stanley kept the torture going for a while until Emma eventually passed out from the pain. Stanley spit in Emma's direction, not feeling sorry for what he did to her.

Killian was 23 years old and became king only a few months ago. His father and older brother Liam both died during a storm at sea. They were heading to another country to meet Liam's betrothed. Killian wasn't trained to be king since the crown normally would go to Liam, so when he was a child he would normally play outside instead of following the lessons Liam had to go through. Their sudden deaths and the new responsibilities had been hard for Killian. He decided it would be better if he found himself a wife so they could bear the burdens together.

His younger sister, Ruby, decided that she would help him in finding him a queen. They were discussing the topic during a ride through the forest. Suddenly a portal came out of nowhere.
"What was that?" Ruby asked, ready to turn her horse around.

"Wait here, Ruby. I'm going to check what's up there." Killian said, already guiding his horse away from Ruby.

"Be careful Killian! I can't lose you too!" Ruby said loudly, hoping he wouldn't ride straight into danger.

"No worries, I'll be back in a few moments."

He was there in no time and he saw an injured woman with long blond curls. He immediately yelled for Ruby. She was there in an instant, gasping when she saw the young woman in the dirt.

"Who is that?" She asked Killian.

"I have no idea, but she needs our help." Killian said with worry in his voice. "Help me get her on my horse, we need to get her to the castle immediately." When the girl was securely in Killian's arm and on his horse, they were heading back to the castle.

A/N: Let me know what you think :D If you know a better title, please send me a message or post something in the comments :D Thanks for reading!