- This will be a huge chapter to wrap up the story.
- You have been warned.

It's a Death Trap Finale
Over the Rainbow

They started reading a different chapter from her book every night before she went to sleep. Emma and Regina were selective of the stories they wanted Emerald to hear and, with them, their little daughter started dreaming about the colorful land of OZ.

"Is it really somewhere over the rainbow, mommy?" She asked her brunette mother. "Yes, sweetie. "And how could Dorothy get there?" She turned to look with big eyes at her green-eyed parent. "A big cloud came down from the sky and she jumped on it to bring her to the rainbow." Emma made up. "Wow!" Emerald was excited and Regina chuckled.

"Enough reading for the night, honey. It is time to sleep." Regina closed the book and kissed her in the forehead. "But I want to know more…" Little Emmie complained. "You just heard your mother, kid, and nobody disobeys the Mayor." Emma moved red curls and then kissed her forehead.

"Really, Miss Swan?" Regina frowned but her smile gave it away she wasn't mad. "Yep. And it is Mrs. Swan-Mills." Emma corrected her and both walked to the door. "Nini, mommies!" Emerald said behind them and both mothers smiled warmly before leaving her room.

When they got into their bedroom, Regina leaned against the door and turned to look at her partner with sadness. "Emma, I don't think I can let her find the slippers." She confessed. "Neither can I." Emma said after her. "I was considering burning them. I'm sure Gold might still have something in his shop we could use to destroy them." The blonde sighed deeply and went to embrace her. "Only eight more years, Emma. I can't endure it." Regina nestled her chin on her shoulder. "We will have to act on it." Emma whispered in her ear.

Regina made sure their daughter was sleeping soundly in her bed and Emma checked on in Henry. They then went into the cemetery and entered Regina's vault making sure no one had followed. "Is it this box?" Emma asked and Regina nodded. "Yes."

"I will just add this last ingredient and…" Regina watched the potion come to effervescence. "It should be ready." She told her. "Did you put the letter?" She asked her partner. "Yes, everything is in place." Emma answered. "Good. Did you tell Tinker Bell?" Regina asked again. "Yes, love. I did." Emma took the potion from Regina's hand and poured its contents in two small glasses.

"To our children." Emma lift her glass and Regina did, too, with hesitation. "To our children." They made a toast and drank the forgetting potion to let go of their worries and memory of the prophecy. They looked at each other for a moment and then at their surrounding. "What the hell are we doing here?" They asked at the same time and transported back to their bedroom.

"I don't know what we were doing but I know what *I* will be doing." Emma said to Regina as her eyes devoured the sensual image of the brunette bent over her vanity in a skintight purple dress. It seemed like just as wine, her wife only got better and better with time.

"You are terrible, Ms. Swan." Regina turned around after removing her diamond earrings and putting them back in her jewelry box. "You've made me this way. It's all your fault, Mrs. Swan-Mills." Emma replied. She strode in Regina's direction and cupped her face in her hands to kiss her with passion. Regina's hands quickly pushed Emma's blazer down her shoulders and Emma's went after the zipper in a side of Regina's dress.

"Damn! This is too difficult." She grunted and snapped her fingers to make blue smoke disintegrate Regina's clothing. "Hey! I loved that dress." Regina complained. "I will buy you two." Emma picked her in her arms and brought her to their bed. "Fair enough." Regina smirked and let her own eyes devour the image of Emma removing her blouse slowly for her enjoyment.

"Is all of that for me, Sheriff?" Regina licked her lips and indulged in the vision. "As much as you want, Madam Mayor." Emma winked and started kissing her from bottom to top, rolling her lips slowly up Regina's smooth toned legs. She placed a few kisses in the corner of her hip and then looked deeply into dark eyes.

"Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a baby our own?" She caught the brunette by surprise with the question. "I mean one that shared our blood."

"We already have two perfect children." Regina raised her eyebrow. "But if we had one… I'm afraid how Emerald might take it." She told her.

"I don't think Emmie would be mad. She keeps calling one of her dolls Glinda and says she's her sister." Emma mumbled and turned to lay on her back.

"Really? I hadn't noticed." Regina chuckled.

"Hey, wait! Did you just suggest it could be possible?" Emma sat up, back resting on the headboard.

"It could with magic. The shape shifting spell, but there's no way I'm turning into a man." Regina told her. "Then turn me." Emma placed her hands on Regina's stomach and looked into her eyes. "Regina, would you bear my child?" She asked with hope and Regina looked deeply into jade gaze to consider the idea.

After Daniel, she had never wanted to bear child with anyone other than him, as the latent fear of having happiness ripped from her side again had kept her from opening up her heart to love again and she never even allowed herself to dream about the possibility of creating life with the person she loved most after that devastating experience.

But that was buried in the past now, as Emma was her soulmate now and she realized that moment there were no fears holding her back anymore. "Emma…" Regina mumbled. There were no curses left to break and no enemies on sight to defeat, time was in perfect synch to grant herself this little wish she had kept denying; an own child born out of her True Love for Emma.

"I would and I will, my love." Regina answered with a bright smile.

Regina waved her hands in the air and purple smoke engulfed Emma's body, transforming it into that of a masculine version of herself.

Dark eyes then examined the handsome image Emma made; wavy medium length hair that brushed over shoulders, sharp square jaw like always and a fine toned body unmistakably Emma's, except only for that bonus body part that showed Regina just how much her wife -or husband- wanted to make a baby with her right now.

Regina grinned and went over to caress her now male lover's abs. "Now, where were we?" She leaned forward and claimed Emma's lips with her own in a passionate kiss, letting her hands explore the savior's temporary body with detail.

"Mmm… I believe we were making a baby." Emma's voice sounded much lower and deeper. She moaned into the kiss and placed big hands firmly on Regina's hips. "Oh, right. I believe we were." Regina said with a fake serious tone. "Give me your best shot." The brunette winked and Emma quickly turned her to lay on her back so he could be on top. "You bet I will."

A Month Later

"What does it say?" Emma started tapping her heel on the floor with anxiety. She was leaning against the bathroom door as she waited for Regina's answer. "Give it some minutes, Emma. I just opened the package." The brunette chuckled.

After some minutes, Regina came out of her bathroom and looked into green eyes with mixed feelings. "So… Are we?" Emma asked her with nervousness. "Pregnant." Regina told her and Emma felt a sensation completely different to her own experience when she learned she was expecting Henry. This was the way she should've felt back then, as the amount of joy and happiness she felt now was beyond measure.

Emma cupped Regina's face in her hands and started peppering it with kisses. She continued to embrace her and just didn't want to let go of her ever, until Regina had to push her gently away. "I can't breathe, Emma." The brunette smiled warmly and placed a last kiss on Emma's lips. "Sorry, I just… am the happiest person in the world right now." Emma smiled widely but Regina seemed a tad flustered.

"What's wrong, love?" Emma asked. "I just… I don't know how Henry and Emmie will take it." Regina responded and went to sit in a corner of bed. "I'm sure they will be excited and happy the family is growing." Emma assured her. "I hope you're right." Regina told her and half-heartedly smiled.

They invited Emma's parents for dinner at the mansion and Regina and Emma gave their family the big news. They didn't get into details as how exactly they had done it, as it was enough to assume there had been magic involved and there was no need to deepen in the subject. Mary Margaret was happy to have more grandchildren and Regina could finally allow herself to feel all the joy she had been suppressing because of her worries.

Henry was very happy for his parents, as he was already getting close to his twenties and knew his mothers would miss him when he moved out to start college outside of Storybrooke. With a new baby to care for, the separation would be a little less painful and raising another child would sure keep them distracted from missing him too much.

Emerald was just as happy, if not more, as Henry. She wanted her new sibling to be a girl so she could play teatime with her and brush each other's hair. She couldn't wait for the day her new sister came home and she could show her all her dolls to play. "Honey, when the baby comes she will be too small to play with your dolls." Regina told her and chuckled lightly. "But when she grows we will play, yes?" Emerald asked her. "Yes you will." Her mom answered and kissed her forehead.

The first months reminded Regina why she had been hesitant to get pregnant. Morning sickness and body pain were a constant reminder of what she had avoided and there were days she wanted to strangle Emma for doing that to her. "Me? It takes two, you know." Emma answered and had to dodge a fireball that was thrown her way. "Argh! I hate you and these ridiculous hormones." Regina yelled and went to cry in her bedroom.

"I love you!" Emma yelled after her and summoned a strawberry sundae over Regina's nightstand with her magic. Regina turned to look at it with anger but after giving it a second glance, she realized that was exactly what she needed and Emma was always in tune to guess what would bring back Regina's smile. She picked the treat from her nightstand and decided to indulge in the sweet detail her wife had sent her way.

Every time she looked in the mirror, she saw her belly grow bigger. Her shape had been something that made her proud of but seeing this new body filled her with a different satisfaction and it also did to Emma. "You're always glowing." Emma came behind her and slipped her hands under the belly. It was quite big now and it seemed like it could pop any time. "So beautiful." Emma kissed her cheek lovingly. "I know." Regina smirked with pride and Emma smiled with humor. She then turned her wife in her arms to face her and kissed her softly. "I love you."

"It's time." Regina pushed Emma on her side of bed and slowly got up to walk to the door. "No, no. We have magic, we are taking no car." Emma stopped Regina from going to the stairs and used her magic to bring both of them into the hospital.

After hours of assisting her, Dr. Whale finally felt the baby head coming down. Emma held on Regina's hand and the brunette continued pushing with all her might to bring a new member into their family. "It's a boy!" The doctor announced and gave Emma the opportunity to cut the cord. A nurse took the child to clean him and then placed it Emma's arms. "Congratulations." She said to both mothers and Emma went to kiss her wife.

"Sorry to interrupt your moment but we aren't done yet, Regina." The doctor told her and Regina felt yet another excruciating contraction. "God! I forgot it was two." The brunette groaned in pain but she didn't really scream through her birthing. Even if it was her first time, she was a strong woman who would show no weakness and she would deliver her children with pride.

"A girl!" Emma said this time after going to see the small infant the Doctor had drawn out. "Really?" Regina asked with excitement. They hadn't wanted to know the gender of their babies until they were born and it was a total joy they had gotten one of each. A nurse placed the child in her birthmother's arms and caramel eyes met with dark brown. "Hello, baby." Regina whispered and the baby blinked.

"How did you name them?" Mary Margaret asked Emma after she came out of the nursery. "Stefan and Serena." Her daughter answered and smiled widely. "Congratulations, honey!" Her mother embraced her and then David came to join them in the love sharing.

After a day in the hospital, Regina and her children were cleared to leave, as they were all strong and thriving. They arrived home with their twins and the real circus started that moment. They had raised children before, but never two newborns at the same time and an eight year old. Sleep was a thing of the past. Though, they managed to survive and during the first two years, Regina decided to let Mary Margaret take over the Mayor's office to focus on her family. She would still occasionally advise her and guide to do a good job administrating the small town, while keeping it off the radar for the rest of the world.

"Regina, come quickly!" Emma yelled and the brunette appeared on her side after purple smoke. "What happened?" She asked with worry. "They did it again, look." The blonde pointed and Regina saw the twins moving their fingers and a white-pink light started glowing from their hands. The backyard was soon covered by warm pink snow that looked much like tiny stars falling from the sky and Emerald was dancing while she caught some of them in her tongue. "It tastes sweet!" She exclaimed.

"What is that stuff?" Emma asked her as she caught some specks in her hand.

"Looks like fairydust, but that can't be possible. It grows in mines." Regina told her.

"Hmn… not anymore." Emma chuckled and picked the children in her arms.

Years continued to go by and it was already Emerald's thirteenth birthday. Regina always threw a big party for her princess and she was happy to receive it. She knew how much her mothers loved her and she did enjoy being the center of attention once in a while. But it was not because she wanted to be more important than her siblings, but because she purely enjoyed everything life offered and, honestly, some times it was good to feel like an own child for a moment.

Her big brother's wedding was an even bigger event the next year, with the entire town celebrating his union with Grace, Jefferson's daughter, after they returned from studying in New York. The mad hatter had opposed with passion in the beginning of their relationship but True Love couldn't be fought and he finally gave up to let his daughter live her happily ever after with no other than his worst enemy's son.

"Do you realize we will have an empty nest soon?" Regina leaned to comment in Emma's ear while the couple made their vows. "Not as soon as I wish, though." Emma winked an eye at her and chuckled. "Don't say that!" Regina pinched her in the arm. "Ouch!" Emma squeaked.

"I miss him already, too, love. But life has to continue and we can only wish the best for them and give them our blessing." Emma told her and pecked her lips. "Now, let's actually pay attention to the wedding." Emma chuckled and Regina rolled her eyes.

Emma leaned for a kiss and Regina's hands went to rest on her wife's soft neck as they slow danced under starry sky. They looked into each other's eyes lovingly and for a moment it felt as if they were the only couple on the dance floor sharing a beautiful moment of intimacy.

"I wouldn't change a thing in my life." Regina told her suddenly.

"Me neither, despite all the pain." Emma said after her and smiled gently. "Moments like this make everything worth it."

"Our family made it worth it. I never thought I could have this." Regina's eyes filled with tears.

"I never thought I could be happy either." Emma wiped a tear from the corner of Regina's eye. "But we have it and it is very real." She smiled and kissed her. "Do you remember our wedding?" Emma asked.

"How could I forget? The handless wonder had to raise his hook and object, while still holding his bottle of rum in the good hand." Regina's brow furrowed. "Who invited him, anyway?" She asked with a glare.

"Nobody." Emma chuckled. "He crashed into the party and made a fool of himself." Emma brushed a black curl from Regina's face and went to kiss her red lips again. "I'm glad he finally found someone else to focus on." The blonde said after parting from the kiss.

"Poor woman, whoever is being mortified with his molesting charms." Regina shook her head. "He is in the past now, love." Emma leaned her forehead against Regina's and they got lost in each other's gaze.

Next to them were Emerald and Daniel, looking just as smitten whilst sharing their first dance together. They had always felt drawn into each other from a very early age and by now, Emerald knew the story behind her upbringing. She recognized Zelena as part of her past but it was a story that wouldn't define her present. She was happy with her adopted family and she was thankful she had been given the best chance she could've wished for, but she was unaware of the prophecy, as it was long forgotten in the memory of her mothers and no one was allowed to mention the subject.

On her fifteenth birthday, Regina and Emma threw out a huge party in honor of their adopted daughter. Regina's latin heritage called for a big celebration where the maiden would be presented in society in an elegant ceremony that almost resembled a wedding. Emerald was unsure she wanted such a big event, but her mother didn't really allow her a say and just threw the big Quinceañera for her princess.

In her first ball, she shared her dance with Daniel as her chambelan. It wasn't a surprise Emerald had chosen him for her escort of honor and the smiles on everyone's faces were wide as they watched innocent love flourish between them. It seemed like only the teenagers were oblivious of their true feelings.

"Would you… be my girlfriend?" Daniel finally gathered the courage to ask her after they went to sit under the apple tree, away from the noise of the party. "I… Hmn…" Emerald was nervous and unsure if their family would see with good eyes their bonding. "I'll tell you if you catch me!" Emerald answered and puffed in a green smoke. "Come on! That's not fair!" The blonde complained but soon vanished in a blue smoke. He, like Emma, was a product of True Love and wielded even more special magic from an early age, much like Emerald's own natural.

His senses brought him to the woods and he could feel Emerald's presence nearby, but he couldn't yet see her. It was dark and sometimes he watched shadows move around him but he knew Emerald was toying with his perception. "Gotcha!" He grabbed onto an arm and then green smoke revealed what he was really holding, a tree branch. "Argh!" He uttered and continued moving through the woods, until he found Emerald close to the magic well and digging out something.

"Em?" He asked as he approached her from behind and peeked on a side to see what she was extracting from the ground. "What did you find?"

"A box… I think I have seen it before." Emerald replied and he helped her pull it out of the dirt and placed it on the edge of the old well. Daniel summoned a small glowing ball to illuminate the box for her and Emerald started pulling out the objects she had once seen in her childhood.

"Look! These silver slippers go perfectly with my dress." Emerald exclaimed and removed her white heels to replace them. "Oooh! Pretty!" She looked at them and smiled widely. "Em, I don't think we should be here. It is getting late and people will start wondering where we went to." He told her and looked nervously around them. "Boohoo… you're such a party-pooper!" Emerald teased him. "Hey, that's not cool." He glared.

"Look, there is also a letter." Emerald retrieved it from the interior. "Weird. It is addressed to me. Is this my mom's handwriting?" The redhead narrowed her eyes on the envelope. "We should go now, Emerald. I'll bring your box if you so much want it." He grabbed the box in an arm as his other hand gripped on Emerald's wrist and blue smoke transported them back in the garden where the party was still going.

Regina came quickly toward them to confront them for their absence. "Where were you both?" She asked with anger and Emma joined behind her. She placed a hand over Regina's shoulder and asked her to calm down. Everyone noticed the change in mood and a circle started to form around them. Snow and David also made it to the center and glared at Daniel as if he had been the one with the brilliant idea to escape the party while no one was watching.

"I just wanted to get away from the noise and then I found this box in the forest and got distracted." Emerald answered and Daniel showed them the box they dug out.

"You ruined your dress, Emerald." Regina muttered and looked at the box in Daniel's arms. "And all because of a filthy old box with garbage." The woman exhaled deeply.

"It isn't all garbage, mom." Emerald glared. "Look!" She pulled her skirt up a little and showed her the silver slippers. "Aren't these beautiful?" Emerald asked her and tapped her heels three times with excitement showing her mother the treasure she had encountered.

A silver smoke started swirling in spiral around her and before she disappeared, she turned to look into Daniel's eyes with fear. "Daniel!" She yelled but vanished right after, with the letter still in her hand. "Emerald!" The young man shouted as he let the box drop to the ground and tried to hold on to his beloved Em, but it was too late. "I will find you! No matter where you go, Em!" Daniel yelled as the remaining smoke faded away.

"Why does this seem so familiar?" Snow turned to look at her husband with a cheeky grin "Young love." David answered and they went to join Emma and Regina as they picked up a crystal ball from the grass and the old broken pendant from Zelena's necklace.

"What did just happen?" Emma asked in shock and looked at the old crystal ball for a clue that could explain what they had just witnessed.

Tinker Bell ran to their side and put something in between Regina's hands. "What is this?" The brunette asked her friend. "The answer will reveal itself after you and Emma drink it." The fairy told her and both women drank from the potion she provided. A torrent of memories containing the secret of the slippers and prophecy came to their minds and they looked at each other with deep sadness in their eyes.

"What happened mom, ma?" Serena came to their side and asked with worry for her bigger sister. Regina looked into caramel eyes and tried to smile for her little girl. "Fate, my love." She answered and everyone around them felt empathy for both mothers. They knew they had chosen to seal their memories away to let Emerald's destiny be fulfilled and the time had come after seven years of living in the bliss of not knowing they would loose her so early. "Will she come back home soon?" Stefan came to ask them. "She is home." Emma slipped an arm around him and kissed his chocolate curls.

Everyone started leaving the party after the bigger event that just happened and Regina and Emma both thanked them for coming to celebrate with them and having supported their decision to keep Zelena after all of she had done in the past.

"We came for Emerald. Zelena we don't even remember." Grumpy told them before he left. "Whatever she did in the past, it has been erased with all the goodness her heart brought into our lives." Nova, an ex-fairy and Grumpy's wife told them.

"She always helped us in the hospital with the small children." One of the old nurses said before she left. "She always did her magic tricks to put smiles on their faces again. I will never forget that. I will never forget her." A tear rolled down her cheek and Regina embraced her. "Thank you." The Mayor told her and had to walk away from the people for a moment.

Everyone had finally left and Emma went to join Regina by the apple tree. Her gaze was lost in the fruit of the tree and Emma slipped her hands over her stomach. "She will be safe. She is expected in OZ." She whispered into her ear. "I know." Regina turned around. "Shall we go home?" The brunette asked and dropped the necklace she had been carrying in her hand.

After everyone was gone, Daniel appeared back in the garden. He looked for the old box and the items Emerald had left behind her. He went to the apple tree and remembered that not long ago had he confessed his true feelings for the redhead. "You never answered." He turned to look down to the grass as tears gathered in his blue eyes with pain. He brushed them off with his sleeve and then noticed the reflection of light in the ground. He leaned down to pick up the necklace. "This also belonged to her." He mumbled and looked at the pendant closely. "It is broken but I will find a way to repair it. I will find a way back to you for my answer." He pressed the pendant on his lips and vanished.

As days passed by, the pain in their hearts began to cease. What gave them hope and strength to carry on was their love for their children and knowing they were where they were meant to be. Henry was living happily with Grace in New York after getting a job in a big firm of lawyers and Grace had become a remarkable photographer with her own studio.

It was now months since they last saw Emerald but they had kept the book with them and it gave them hope to see her again, if even through its pages. It was the only thing they hadn't put back in the box that day, as it was a window to the world of OZ, and hopefully it would show them glimpses of their daughter. They would open it daily to check for new stories with hope one of them would speak about the Good Witch of the West, and it finally did after a year.

An ancient threat will rise from the ground in the peaceful land of OZ. That which was trapped over centuries shall break free from a prison of black and bring sorrow during a night of cyclone. A powerful wizard will make appearance with the mysterious storm that brought back lost relics and the West will embrace his presence against the power of three, but light will reveal the truth behind blue veils and together they shall defeat an age-old enemy of innocence.

"Looks like the next big adventure is now for OZ to handle." Emma told her after Regina finished reading the paragraph. "They will be victorious." The brunette sighed deeply. "I wonder who that wizard could be." Emma commented and they closed the book to get ready for dinner. "Could you get the twins from your mother's while I make dinner?" Regina asked her partner. "Yes. Be back soon." Emma pecked her on the lips and made it to the old yellow bug that managed to survive countless years.

They lived an awfully normal life for the following three years with nothing out of the ordinary. It was getting really boring in Regina's opinion but Emma was thankful for the lack of thrill. Their only casual spooks where whenever the twins played with magic and ended up turning trees or furniture into charcoal, which was almost every day. Who needs evil sorcerers and curses when they have the twins from hell? Emma thought in her head.

"Those two are seriously diminishing my lifespan by years at a time." Emma grumbled as she dropped her weight in bed.

"We're just getting older. We should've considered this when we decided to conceive." Regina told her as she came from the bathroom drying her hair with a towel.

"It's not like it's a total nightmare." Emma tried to make it sound less bad.

"It's just a rather intense dream come true." Regina chuckled and came to join her partner in bed.

"Was Henry ever like this?" Emma asked her. "No, dear. He never burned the school bus out of a tantrum. He doesn't have that kind of magic and he never was as snappy as Serena." Regina told her. "And there were no kids inside. Don't make it sound like she's a monster. Besides, I know someone who liked punching people in the face when she was mad." She raised an eyebrow at Emma. "Serena just… has a different way of expressing her anger." The brunette defended her girl.

"Yeah… But, seriously, why can't Serena live up to her name? It means tranquility… couldn't be farther from the truth." She singsong. "And that Stefan… God. He knocked out Killian's son because he was giving a flower to the girl he likes." Emma shook her head.

"I don't blame him." Regina smirked. "He definitely got the jealousy from you." Emma teased and Regina raised an eyebrow. "I'm not jealous, dear." The brunette suddenly became serious. "Oh, and I see where Serena got the snappy from, too." Emma laughed. "Are you done being immature?" Regina glared. "Please don't burn me!" Emma continued teasing her and Regina twitched her lip in that way Emma knew meant she was beyond pissed off. "I have a more fruitful way of reprimanding you." Regina muttered.

"Hey, come on now. You know I'm playing." Emma looked at Regina with puppy eyes. "Your doe eyes will get you nowhere." Regina turned her back to her. "Hey! You just need to see them for longer than 3 seconds to take effect." The blonde said behind her ear and that only irritated Regina all the more. "Off you go." Regina summoned her magic and made Emma appear in the guest room. "Geez."

A sudden quake made the house tremble and Emma transported back to Regina's side. "What was that?" The blonde asked and Regina looked around. "This isn't a seismic area. It can only be powerful magic... A curse or a portal opening." The brunette answered and they dressed up to go outside and look for the source of the vibration.

They tracked the epicenter back to the fairy's convent and noticed the black stone was missing. "What on earth happened here?" Regina questioned Tinker Bell as she came running behind them. "We don't know yet. Someone broke into the vault and somehow got hold of the black fairy." The petite woman answered. "But that would require an incredible amount of power and Rumple hasn't been the Dark One for almost two decades." Regina told them.

"The new prophecy from the book. Could it be the wizard, Regina?" Emma asked her and they looked into each other's eyes with agreement. "We need the book to make sure." Regina ordered and they went to the vault to look for the Book of Destiny. "It's gone!" Regina yelled with anxiety while Emma looked in another box. "I thought no one could break into this vault." Emma commented. "Unless they are related to us by blood." Regina responded. "Could it have been the twins?" Emma asked her. "Only one way to find out." Regina answered.

A storm started outside and the cyclone began forming in the sky. Silver rays lit the clouds and Emma and Regina saw a big ray of black emerge from the ground and shoot up into the sky. "It seems to come from the magic well." Emma pointed with her hand and they started running in direction of the source.

They soon met with a young man dressed in a blue tunic and there was a diagram all around him. "Daniel, stop! What are you doing?" Emma asked her brother as she tried to get closer. "Don't take one more step or you will lose your family." Her brother warned her.

"Is that a threat?" Regina asked him and formed a fireball in her hand. "Regina, wait." Emma yelled at her. "What do you mean?" Emma turned to look at her younger brother again. "I'm going to OZ. These relics do not belong here and I need to know…" He stopped talking. "Know what?" Regina asked this time. "Why she never came back. The slippers, she could've used them to come back but she didn't." He looked up to the sky. "You need to go now! It will touch ground soon and will drag us to OZ and we might never come back." He yelled at them as the magical vortex started descending from the sky.

"What did you do with the Black Fairy? You must not unlock her, she's too powerful and dangerous!" Emma got closer. "I already did. She just wanted the broken pendant and the black wand on exchange of opening the portal for me and we made a deal. She won't hurt us." The blonde man held the white wand high above his head and the ancient book in his other hand.

"You can't be so naïve! You can't trust her!" Emma shouted. "Sister, I love you. Tell our parents I'll miss them. I'm sorry." Daniel said before shooting a wave of light with Zelena's old wand that made Emma and Regina appear back in the mansion and he was sucked into the eye of the cyclone together with Zelena's stolen relics from OZ.

"He was the wizard. How didn't we see that?" Emma asked Regina. "He knew well how to mask his power and cover his tracks." Regina sighed deeply. "It is their story to write now." She came to embrace her. "They will be fine. You read the prophecy with me, Emma." Regina caressed her cheek.

"I guess they were meant to be together." Emma said after taking a deep breath. "Just like we were." Regina picked her hands and kissed her knuckles. "Happy endings are never what we think they will be, I guess." Emma slipped back inside Regina's arms. "Your mother was right about that." Regina whispered in her ear and then looked into jade eyes. "But we will always have one another." She kissed rosy lips and they hugged for a moment.

"And you're stuck with us!" The twins came running and hugged their mothers firmly. "I guess that's the best part of the deal." Regina chuckled and they went back to sleep. The next day they would have to explain the town what had happened and give Snow and David the sad news of Daniel's departure.

In the Town Hall

"We were already expecting that." Mary Margaret said to her eldest.

"How come you were?" Emma blinked eyes in confusion.

"He kept visiting Belle and borrowing books from her library. Her private library, to be specific." David told her.

"I wouldn't even say borrowing." Snow said after him and smiled lightly.

Snow and David started telling them how after Emerald's incident, Daniel became much more interested in magic and sorcery. He would spend his afternoons in the library and, when no one was watching, he would sneak inside Gold's shop and borrow items for research purposes.

"It was Rumplestiltskin who showed us the videotapes with your brother stealing." David commented.

"But we never imagined he would become such a skillful sorcerer." Mary Margaret continued after him.

"A broken heart is capable of anything." Regina commented remembering her own pursuit of power a lifetime ago. "At least he didn't give into darkness and he chose hope to guide him."

"We will miss him dearly but we had been preparing for this moment since the day he yelled he would find Emerald wherever she went to." David told them and smiled at his wife tenderly.

"He is a Prince Charming. There would be no way to stop him." Snow chuckled.

"We can all go back to our normal lives then." Emma smiled and dismissed everyone from the town hall.

"As normal as the twins will allow." Regina chuckled as she walked hand in hand with Emma down the street, watching their eleven year olds throw balls of energy at each other and whine about one using more electricity than what they had agreed to. "Life goes on." Emma sighed deeply and rolled her eyes at their twins now elbowing each other. "Quit it, brats!" She yelled at them but turned to chuckle with Regina. "We have a lot of work to do with them." Emma commented. "They're fine. They're just... maybe a little spoiled but they will get there." Regina smiled and squeezed her hand. "We will all do."

The End

In summary, Emma and Regina have been together for 20 years! And will continue to be for as long as they live. Twins from hell? Yep. Not everything is cotton candy, unless you ask Stefan and Serena. Yes, they would sure turn everything into sweet treats, you included! But they're not evil, just very naughty kids. Think about Merida's triplet brothers from Brave. That's what these two behave like. lol What will happen with Daniel and Emerald? They fight the Black Fairy and finally destroy her, as the power of both combined is the strongest ever imagined and they live their own happily ever after in OZ as the most powerful sorcerers in history. They both embody innocence and Emerald is granted permission to share her life with him and maintain her spot in the sisterhood of good witches, just as Daniel becomes a pilar of wisdom in their realm.