A/N I know its been a while but a lot of people asked for more, so here it is XD Full credit for the idea goes to QueenApples, otherwise known as my lovely beta.

T/W for some minor angst but its not that bad...

Epilogue

-Ten years later-

Regina walked slowly through the function room and ran her hand across a pile of books, smiling at the name on the cover.

"Are we late?" someone breathed from behind her and she turned to see her wife with a five year old on her shoulders.

Her smile grew as she waved at the daughter they had adopted together a year after getting married and then she spoke and signed, "no, it should start in a couple minutes."

Mary Margaret Swan-Mills smiled at her mother and signed back "mom tried to take a short-cut and got lost."

Regina rolled her eyes and replied, "this is your brother's event, I will never understand how your punctuality got worse over time."

Emma smirked at her wife and was about to put Mary Margaret down so that she could see the reply, but she was interrupted by Henry tapping her on the shoulder.

"It starts in two minutes, I need you on stage!" he signed urgently.

The blonde mouthed for him to calm down and handed her daughter to the brunette woman in front of her.

Leaning over, she gave Regina a peck on the lips before following her brother into the auditorium.

Regina held out her hand and Mary Margaret took it, allowing her mother to take into the hall in search of her grandparents and aunt.

It didn't take long to find them and to have the youngest of the group hugged up to Cora.

Regina fell into the seat next to her sister and smiled at her.

Zelena smirked at her and said, "can't believe Swan has gone from being mute to speaking in a press release."

The brunette smiled at her and hummed contently, "you know that you don't have to keep reminding us that you got us together?"

"You would still be pretending to be straight if it wasn't for me."

Regina rolled her eyes and shook her head, "I would have figured it out in college."

"But Emma wouldn't have been at that college, face it, you wouldn't be happily married without me," the red head laughed.

"Yes, you are the best sister ever," Regina replied sardonically.

"Which is why I maintain that MM needs a little sister, how could she be happy without one?"

Regina laughed and said,"we actually discussed adopting again, but I think we'll go for a boy this time."

"David Swan-Mills?"

The brunette shrugged and said, "it would make Emma happy."

"You are so sickly romantic…" Zelena grumbled, she was about to add an insult but the lights went down and her eyes were drawn to the stage where an unfamiliar brunette was standing.

"Welcome to one of the publishing events of the year," she began, "Henry Swan came to me mere months ago with an ingenious manuscript and I just knew that we had to be the company to buy it. The preparation for this novel was done as quickly as possible, so as not to deprive the world of the rich universe this young author created. So, without further ado, please welcome Henry Swan and as his sister, who will be speaking on his behalf, Emma Swan-Mills."

The audience erupted in applause as a blonde and brunette walked on stage.

Henry smiled broadly at the crowd and handed Emma a piece of paper from inside his suit pocket and she took with a proud grin.

The cleared her throat looking down at the paper, the idea was that it would seem as though the speech was wholly Henry's so she wasn't allowed to look at it beforehand. She was kind of nervous about stumbling over some words.

The applause finally died down, and Henry covertly nudge her to start reading his words.

"'Once Upon A Time' is a novel about the fantastical mixed with the drama of everyday life. The Evil Queen is both a ruthless monarch and a loving mother, Snow White is a princess and a bandit, her daughter a saviour and an emotionally scarred orphan. As children, we learn that the world is either good or evil, white or black, but our childhood did not run so smoothly. At a young age, I had to…"

Emma trailed off slightly at she looked at the next words, but Henry nodded for her to continue. The blonde cleared her throat again, and read, "I had to rely on my sister after my parents tragic death during what should have been a simple trip to the supermarket. On that night, both of our lives fell apart, but she somehow managed to keep everything together. She fought for us to stay together and did everything to be both sister and parent, even while she was mourning alongside me. My childhood was not the stuff of fairytales, and neither is the lives of many people who live in our wonderfully complicated world. So I wanted to create a world where things were just as complicated, but happy endings were still possible. The Evil Queen does not simply hate Snow White for her looks, and Jimminy Cricket is not the pinnacle of morality we saw in the movies. All of these characters are much more complex and their adventures both in the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke reveal that they are capable of much more than simple good or evil. There is one final point that I would like to definitively answer, I have been asked many times who my inspiration for each of these characters were, and the simple answer is my family. This book was not only dedicated to my sister, she was the inspiration for its protagonist."

The blonde's breath hitch, tears were already threatening to fall, but Henry just nudged her again, "I may not have told her this, but the saviour of Storybrooke was inspired by no other than Emma Swan-Mills, because she will always be my saviour."

Applause erupted from the crowd as Emma's arm fell to her side and she turned to hug her brother vigorously.

Pulling back, she signed "thank you."

With a deep breath, she remembered what else she was told to say and turned back to the mic, "those were the words of my brilliant little brother, and I would just like to say how proud I am of him, I would say more but I'm sure there is no way I could ever match that.." there was a chuckle from the audience and Emma continued with a smile, "I hope you'll all join us for a signing in the next room."

-Later that night-

"Who knew that Henry could be so soppy," Regina commented with a laugh as she pulled out her earrings.

Emma looked over at her wife with a smirk and replied, "at least now I have a real reason for why I wasn't allowed to prepare for that, you have no idea how nervous I was."

"You have stuttered since we adopted Mary," Regina said softly as she fell into the bed next to the blonde.

"Well, the most important event of my brother's career would have been one hell of a time for it to resurface."

The brunette rolled her eyes and brought the other woman closer to her, "he wouldn't have been mad at you and you know it, you're his saviour remember?"

"I'm still surprised that your wasn't pissed about being the Evil Queen," Emma chuckled and leaned further into her wife.

"You're kidding, right? She's an amazing character, besides, Zelena wanted to be the Wicked Witch so I had to pick someone even more badass."

"I had no idea that fiction makes you so childish," Emma laughed.

Regina smirked and shook her head, "my sister makes me childish."

Emma laughed and leaned forward to capture her lips, "I love you."

The brunette sighed contently and lay down as Emma turned off the lamp, "I love you too."

A/N Hope you enjoyed, I would love to hear what you thought XD