This was the end. After centuries of life, it was finally over. Maleficent could feel the dragon teeth tear through her scales. The rogue dragon that had mysteriously appeared in Storybrooke. After a life as a hero, it seemed fitting to die now, protecting her true love, doing something good as her final deed. She tried to fight back, her own claws shredding dragon hide and she pushed the dragon away, using her wings to pull herself free and faced down the dragon.

Her only regret was not being able to be a family with her love, that she'd been able to hold and care for her child that was taken from her.

"Mal! Mal! Don't do this!" Regina suddenly raced between them, holding their baby. "Please!"

Maleficent growled at her for putting herself in danger. She was about to launch herself over her and attack the dragon again when another woman joined Regina. She was strikingly similar to the former queen but her eyes were strange. They were beautiful, but it was as though they belonged to someone else.

"This is our daughter, Mal! This is Lily. It's her, I swear it."

"My mom is a dragon?" She heard the girl, Lily say.

"Mal!" Regina yelled.

The dragon roared and leaped for Regina. Mal's leg gave out just as she tried to defend her. Lily stiffened and turned, eyes glowing red.

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Regina sat up in bed and sighed again. Emma stirred next to her but didn't wake up, which wasn't a surprise. Regina could've flipped the bed over and she still wouldn't move. She swung her legs out of bed and walked into the bathroom, ran some cold water over her face and looked at herself.

Regina hadn't aged in 30 years, but in this moment, she felt like she were 3 times her age. It had been only a couple months since the Snow Queen sacrificed herself to save Storybrooke and she lost her soulmate. Since then, Emma had been trying to make up for messing up Regina's happy ending. Their rivalry turned friendship had become something a bit more. They'd gone on a few dates but this was the first time that Emma had come home with Regina. The sex was okay, but something about it felt wrong. She didn't know why, but she knew that she didn't want to do it again. But the more that she thought about it, the more she realized that her heart ached for a certain dragoness that could be hers again.

30 years of eating healthy and trying to be as healthy as possible had gone down the drain in only a couple months and Regina could see the fat that was starting to emerge from eating the terribly delicious but unhealthy food that Emma always somehow persuaded her to eat. As the queen, her body was kept in tip top shape, by magic or by exercising, now she was just letting it go and Regina was not about to allow that to continue.

She threw off her silk pajamas and put on some running shorts, shoes and a gray tank top. It was a clear and beautiful night for a run, so she transported herself to the trail in the forest and started running. She'd jogged and walked the trails for nearly three hours before she got a phone call. "Can I help you, Miss Swan?"

"We're back to Miss Swan?" Emma asked, sounding like a sad puppy.

"Sorry Emma, I just-" She paused at the sight of a rather large raven landing just a little ways up the trail. She clicked end call without thinking about it and tilted her head at the sight of it. It cawed and flapped its wings. "What are you doing here, Diaval?" She waved her hand and the bird became a man. "I thought you were in the Enchanted Forest."

"Regina, my mistress is in trouble."

"Your mistress is dead. I assume it's safe to say that you are released from your service."

"No, she can be resurrected, using the blood of the those who wronged her the most." Diaval said.

"And just who would that be?" Regina asked, raising an eyebrow.

"To tell you that, I would need to tell you a secret."

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"Hey Mom, have you seen Regina?" Emma asked, walking out of the mansion towards her mother, who was waiting on the sidewalk.

"No, aren't you walking out of her house?" Snow asked with a laugh.

"She was gone this morning when I woke up and I called her, but she hung up. Do you think something happened to her?"

"I'm sure she's fine. Why don't we go check the vault?"

Emma nodded. They decided to walk since it was such a beautiful day.

"So, how did things go last night?" Snow asked, trying to appear nonchalant.

"I don't know. I thought it was amazing, but apparently not." Emma said.

"Well, what happened?"

"That's a little private, Mom."

"Oh? Oh! Oh."

Emma rolled her eyes and remained silent for the rest of the walk. When she neared the vault, she was stopped by some unseen force. She touched Regina's magical barrier and looked at her mother.

"What is it?"

"A barrier. I guess she doesn't want to talk to anyone."

"No, she may be in trouble. Can you take it down?" Snow asked.

Emma took a step back and raised her hands. She took a deep breath, summoned her magic and let out a bolt of white magic. The barrier shattered at once. "That was too easy. Why would she put up a barrier and make it so weak? Unless she is in trouble. I'm coming Regina!" She took off for the door, with Snow just behind her. Both of them nearly fell down the steps leading down into the vault, but they made it in one piece, only to find Regina sobbing in the arms of some guy dressed in black. "What the hell is going on?" Emma demanded. "Regina, what's wrong?"

"Get out." Regina whispered.

"What?" Emma stepped forward to hear her better.

"I said GET OUT!" Regina roared, rising to her feet. Her watery eyes focused on Snow and she moved towards the woman.

"Regina, what-"

The former queen froze them both in place and grabbed Snow's hand, slashing it open with a knife and letting the blood drip into a small vile. "You're a monster." Regina hissed at her. She unfroze them and turned back to the man in black, handing him the vile of blood.

"Regina, who is this? What's going on?" Emma demanded.

Regina sat back down, picking up a picture and gently caressing it. "Go away, the both of you have taken enough from me."

"What are you talking about?" The blonde demanded desperately.

"I lost Daniel and Robin, my True Love and my Soulmate because of you two. And just when I could've had another happy ending, you steal that one too."

"Who did? What did we do?" Snow asked.

"You stole Maleficent's baby! My child and cursed it with the darkness that you sucked out of Emma!" Regina roared.

"What is she talking about?" Emma said, looking at her mother.

"Emma, I had to. Maleficent said you had the heart with the greatest potential for darkness and I just wanted you be a hero." Snow pleaded.

"So, you condemn an infant child to darkness, because of what? Is it because it was a monster?" Regina asked.

Emma was able to see the picture when the brunette stood up. It was a picture of Maleficent, looking so carefree with her hair down, laughing and smiling. It broke her heart to know that despite the last few months of being together, Regina's heart desired someone else. She reached towards Regina and a magical barrier shocked her hand.

"Go away, the both of you." Regina said lowly, sitting back down and clutching the picture to her chest.

"You said it was your child." Emma said. "You and Maleficent both conceived a child?"

"It's a magical world." said the man in black. "Magic can do many things."

"Who the hell are you?"

"I am Diaval, Maleficent's servant." He said proudly, finishing with a glare. "Who you killed."

"She can be brought back." Regina said, looking at him. "We just need David."

"What? No! Don't hur-" Snow tried to beg, but Regina simply poofed them both out of the vault. "We have to find David." Snow said, quickly getting to her feet. She looked back upon realizing that Emma wasn't following her. "Emma?"

"Did you really do that to a kid?"

"I had to!"

"No, you didn't. You could have trusted me to fight my darkness. You could have done a thousand other things than cursing a child, a baby. Maleficent didn't deserve that."

"She's a monster, and her child would have been the same thing."

"How can you say that?"

"I did what was necessary to protect my family."

"And in turn, destroyed people's lives. Maleficent lost her child, Regina lost her child, not to mention the baby, growing up without parents."

"Emma, we need to find out what Regina is planning. Whatever it is, it's not good."

Emma looked back at the vault. Regina was indeed in a dark place. There was no telling what she would. "How can you expect me to trust you after hearing this?"

"Emma, I'm your mother! I did all of that for you!"

"I don't care."

Snow sighed and took off running for the apartment.

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Regina had already gotten there and taken the blood from David. She poofed herself to the tunnels just as Snow burst into the room.

Regina gathered Mal's ashes with a wave of her hand and took out the blood.

"Regina." Emma said, stepping out of the shadows.

"Go away Emma, I want Mal. I'm sorry for hurting you if I did, but I need her."

"But I love you." Emma said, snatching the vile and kicking away the ashes.

"Emma!"

"I love you!"

"If you loved me, you would let me have my happy ending, even if it's not with you. You don't understand, I am hurting! I am in pain because i know Mal was alone when she lost the baby. I should've been there to protect her. I should've been there to help her." Regina wiped her eyes as tears started to fall.

"But-"

"There is no buts. Give that back to me."

"Regina, magic can't bring back people."

"No, but this spell can."

"Regina!" Diaval burst into the room. In his hands was a giant ball of clay. "I was searching the caves under the library, this is what I found."

Regina cast a glare at Emma before turning to Diaval. "It's a ball of dirt."

"No, it's not." Diaval pulled off a layer of mud.

"It's an egg."

"Mal wasn't protecting the failsafe diamond thing, she was protecting an egg when Emma killed her."

Regina gasped and waved her hand, shedding away the rest of the dirt. It was indeed a dragon egg. "She had another egg?"

"Yes, but it's cold."

Regina suddenly hit Emma with a blast of magic and took back the vial, magically gathered Mal's ashes and poofed the items and the egg home. She turned to Diaval. "Come on, I know what to do." She poofed them to Gold's shop and walked swiftly inside.

"Madame mayor, what can I-"

"I need dragon fire."

"That's a very rare item."

"I don't care, just give it to me, Gold. I don't have time to play games."

"Of course, but do you have time to pay?"

"Whatever the cost, it doesn't matter." Regina pleaded.

Gold looked at her for a moment, studying the desperation in her eyes, the brief shine to her that had been dull before. He waved his hand and produced a small bottle with fire inside.

Regina grabbed it and poofed herself home. Diaval placed the egg in the center of her living room. She popped open the bottle and poured the fire over the egg. She and Diaval quickly ran out of the room as dragon fire began to spill everywhere.

"Do you think it will work?" Diaval asked as the living room pretty much burned down.

"It has to. Now, we can bring back Mal." Regina replied, walking towards the front door with the vial of blood and jar of ashes.

"You're just going to leave the room like that?" Diaval asked, looking at the flames surging around the room, covering the egg.

"Well I'm certainly not going back in there until it's finished." Regina said. "I put a spell on the house so the fire can't be put out. Besides, the room doesn't matter to me as long as the baby is okay. We need to get Mal, she'll know how to take care of it."

Diaval nodded.

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Snow and David entered the tunnel just as Emma managed to get back to her feet. "Emma, are you alright?"

"No, I'm not." Emma snapped. "Get away from me." She wiped at the tears threatening to pour from her eyes and shrugged past her parents.

"What happened?" David asked.

"She's bringing Maleficent back. She never even cared about me! All she cared about was that stupid dragon!"

"Emma, she does love you, but this is Regina we're talking about. She's the evil queen and she likes to hurt people."

"Says the fairest of them all who apparently steals babies from their mothers and curses them with eternal darkness." Emma retorted. She leaned against the wall, healing herself. "I won't let her go, I love her."

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Regina watched Diaval carefully pour the ashes onto the ground, in the center of their torch lit clearing, before stepping forward to pour the blood over them. There was an explosion like thunder as the ashes began hissing and slowly forming. The moon turned blood red. Ma became her undead before changing into her dragon form, flying overhead, before landing in front of Regina. She wore her usual black leather, but her helmet was gone, leaving silky golden curls to fall free.

"Regina?"

"Mal?!"

Regina rushed into the dragon's arms and threw her arms around her neck. Their lips met in a heated embrace and the brunette leaned against the dragon, feeling an unnatural heat beaming off the blonde. She clutched the woman tighter as her mouth was invaded by a soft, wet tongue.

Diaval turned his back to them but couldn't help smirking as their moans were clearly audible. It was the arrival of the Charmings that made him go into attack mode.

"Diaval, wait." Maleficent commanded, slightly out of breath and clutching Regina tight against her with one arm. She used the other to motion him backwards. He growled but obeyed his mistress.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Regina demanded.

"We came to stop you." Snow said. "But it seems we're too late."

"You are, now go home."

"Regina, what is Henry going to say to this?"

"Who's Henry?" Mal asked, looking at her. She raised her hand threateningly at Snow without turning her gaze.

"My adopted son." Regina answered. "There's a lot you need to be caught up on."

"Apparently so." Mal smirked, her eyes never leaving Regina's. "It's so good to have you back."

"Same here." The brunette smiled and leaned her head against the dragon's chest.

"Regina?" Emma whispered, her heart breaking. But Regina didn't look at her. She was so fixated on that dragon. The Savior unleashed a bolt of white magic at the other blonde, knocking her off her feet and tearing Regina from her arms.

Maleficent picked herself back up and dusted herself off with a smirk. "Not bad. But this is more effective." She held out her hand and her staff materialized in her palm. The orb at the top glowed as it shot purple magic at Emma and blasted her through the air, where she hit the ground and didn't get up. "Some Savior."

Regina walked over, just to make sure the blonde was still alive. The Charmings of course then took over and refused to let her near. She simply sighed and turned to her dragon. "Let's just go home. There's a surprise waiting for us."

Read and review! A/N: I have never liked Snow White but what she did to Maleficent disgusted me and I just wanted to write a story where Mal gets a bit of happiness. I am also seriously shipping DragonQueen, first attempt at a fanfic about them so yeah please review!