Moments of Impact

Chapter One:

Thirteen Months Ago

If she hadn't already been leaning up against the wall, she would have no doubt either ended up on the floor or something worse. All of the blood seemed to leave her body, her skin blanching of color as her brain sped up to process what she had just heard or better yet what she had just seen. The smile that Zelena wore caught her off guard, she had thought it was strictly reserved for her. In the two years she had known Zelena she had never seen her smile like that when referring to anyone else. Then again she hadn't known Zelena had been engaged.

"She's my fiance." "My Fiance" "Fiance" She was her fucking fiance!

"Zelena.." Emma swallowed hesitantly as she shook her head clear of what just happened.

"Are you going to tell me who you are and what you're doing in my room?" Zelena raised an eyebrow.

"I'm-" Emma started and was once again cut off by Cora.

"Maybe now is not the time." Cora gritted out.

"Are you kidding me? She deserves to know that I am her wife!" Emma hissed watching a flurry of emotions wash across Zelena face before she crumpled. It had been a long day and she was equip to deal with all of the emotions regarding anything but what she already knew.

"Is this some sort of sick joke? Where's Elsa?" Zelena had never looked so panicked before to her, her heart was literally chipping away to small minuscule pieces the more this was unraveling.

"I'm afraid not dear." Cora responded grimly

"This has to be! In two months I'm supposed to marry the love of my life, where supposed to start a family! That person definitely isn't her!" Zelena argued, her heart monitor racing

.

"I think it's best if you leave." Cora glared at Emma.

"Zelena..." Emma tried to plead.

"Just go!" The redhead raged and it was then she caught sight of the ring on her left hand. It was a gorgeous princess cut diamond surrounded by other gems, it was on the small side and just from looking at it she knew it didn't come from Elsa. The ring she had got her was gaudy and it let people know that she was going to be the wife of a very important woman. She looked back up at the torn blonde who just shook her head preparing to leave the hospital room.

"Wait!" Zelena stopped her, watching the hopeful look cross the other woman's features.

"Take this with you." Zelena practically ripped the ring off her finger before tossing it to Emma. The blonde barely caught it before her face completely fell and the first of her tears came rushing down. The blonde locked her jaw before stalking out of the room. She had no idea why but she suddenly had the deepest urge to call the blonde back and to wipe the hurt look off her face. However her confusion out weighed everything else. She had never felt so lost before and so alone. The way her father looked at her with so much apprehension and how her mother looked so relieved set her off. Normally it was the other way around.

Now questions started filtering through her brain. How long had she been in the hospital? How long had she been where it is she's at because she could tell it certainly wasn't Storybrooke? How long had she been married to- she didn't even know her 'wife's name'. !

"When is Elsa coming?" Zelena's voice was scratchy from disuse.

"She should be here within the hour darling." Cora patted her hand.

"Should she even be coming? I mean if I supposedly married, wouldn't she have moved on also?" Regina asked.

"You should know by now that girl would drop the world for you and pick it back up if it could make you smile." Cora assured her.

"How long has it been? Since I've been asleep, since I last remember?" Zelena wondered out loud.

"If the last thing you remember is selecting a venue, then it has been six years that you've lost. Your doctor says you have been here for a month a half." Rupert answered.

"Do you guys know how long I've been married? I'm assuming you guys don't get along based off your reaction." Zelena was looking to her father for honesty, knowing that during the past half an hour Cora was willing to sugar coat and keep things from her.

"We didn't know you were married. We've never met the girl until we arrived earlier last night." Rupert answered, ignoring his ex-wife's heated glare.

"What? You mean to tell me I got married, and you've guys never met her?" Zelena scoffed.

"We haven't spoken in a very long time darling. When you left Storybrooke you cut all ties with everyone except for Walsh and Ruby." Rupert looked ashamed.

"What happened?" Zelena demanded an answer.

"Darling that is a story for another day, why don't you rest and we go find a doctor." Cora shut the conversation down, leaving the redhead in her thoughts. If six years had past she was no longer that twenty-three year old girl, instead a twenty-nine, maybe thirty depending on the month, year old woman. It's frightening to loose a huge chunk of your life. How many of those years had she spent with the woman she had just pushed away?

Emma had made it halfway down the hallway before she doubled over, sobbing into her knees. The ring she had gifted Zelena, cutting into the smooth flesh of her palm didn't stop her from clutching it harder. Her wife didn't remember her, she didn't want her around and more importantly the love she felt for her belonged to another now. Still it did nothing to stop Emma from wondering how her Zelena was feeling, because truth be told she didn't recognize that woman in that hospital bed. Yet she did. Zelena had been so guarded when she first stumbled into New York, and her and Emma didn't immediately hit it off.

They had been neighbors in the same apartment building, and they fought like cats and dogs for the first two months until Zelena offered to bring a sick Emma some soup. She had been kind and attentive, as soon as Emma had felt up to it she asked the woman on a date. They had dated for a year and been married for two, yet Emma had never heard much of her wife's background story. She had never met her parents, however she got on well with Walsh and Ruby.

"Emma!-" She heard Ruby's voice, but her eyes were burning trying to hold back her unshead tears. She could feel the older woman's arms wrapped around her rocking her, until all Emma could do was hiccup occasionally.

"What's happened? Walsh went to go check on Lena, I didn't expect you to be out here like this." Ruby placed a small kiss on Emma's forehead, encouraging the blonde to breath deeply.

"She's in there with her parents...Rubes she doesn't remember me." Emma's bottom lip trembled as she revealed that piece of information.

"Her parents?! What the hell are they doing here?" Ruby hissed.

"I think someone at the hospital might have called them." Emma shrugged.

"Did you say she doesn't remember you? She lost three years of her life, like that?" Ruby questioned

"Six, the last thing she remembers is being engaged to someone named Elsa. I didn't even know she had been engaged! Her mother was so smug, telling her that Elsa was on the way. How can I compete with that?" Emma sounded like a small child in need of reassurance.

"I- I thought she told you. That was a hard time in her life Emma, and Elsa isn't a good person. She had been physically and emotionally abusive in their relationship, and on top of that she cheated on her and got pregnant. They have a son named Rowen, and have been together since Zelena skipped town all those years ago. Her mother-...she knew about it all. She helped Elsa cover up her affair, and she gave Zelena makeup to cover up her bruises. She would have married the sick fuck but Hans showed up to the wedding and told everyone. Zelena left her standing at the alter." Ruby shook her head as she recounted the details.

"Why would her mother want her with someone like that?" Emma spat in disgust.

"Elsa comes from a very wealthy family, and so does Zelena. They both run in the same circle, that's just how things work, doll." Ruby rubbed her back.

"She doesn't even know." Emma shook her head in disbelief.

"She doesn't know what?" Kathryn frowned

"She doesn't know that I'm pregnant." Emma admitted.

"If I have it my way, she won't ever!" Cora spoke as she stalked down the hall with Rupert on her heels.

"Cora!" Ruby shot up with Emma quickly following her lead. She refused to allow this woman to look down on her for any longer.

"Ms. Lucas...Ms. Swan." Cora glared at them both.

"It's Mrs. Swan-Gold! If you think for a second that I'm going to allow you to ruin Zelena's life, you have another thing coming! How could you want your daughter with a girl like that?" Emma sneered at the unsuspecting woman who took several steps back.

"Not that you would understand but people of a higher standard have a reputation to uphold." Cora countered.

"Not that I would understand? Lady you come from a small little hick town and old money! It's probably not even your money but your husbands! My family owns half of time square, so I'd watch where your throwing your shade at next time!" Emma's eyes blazed at the small jab Cora tried to throw in. She watched Cora take in the information, and she could see her value in the woman's eyes grow when she stated her monetary value.

"Cora!" A smartly dress woman came rushing up to the group, and despite her suit costing money she could tell it was still under what the women in her family spent for hair gel.

"Elsa, I'm glad that you could make it!" Cora regarded her with cold appraising eyes.

"Of course! You know I'd do anything for her." Elsa's lips quirked slightly.

"You aren't going anywhere near her! So you can head on home to your family and stay the hell away from mine." Emma spoke steely as she regarded the female in front of her.

"And you are?" Elsa glared at her.

"Her wife." This time it was Rupert that spoke, as he stepped slightly in front of the blonde. They all watched Elsa's face blanch.

"Well why did you ask me to come here? You said she didn't remember anything but me! That she asked for me!" Elsa turned to Cora as he spoke.

"Dear, watch how you are speaking to me." Cora narrowed her eyes.

"You said-" Elsa ignored her and went to hiss out another response.

"I know what I said. The plan will still go on accordingly, I will be bringing my daughter back to her rightful home. Now sit down and shut up." Cora's tone was ice cold, and it took the platinum blonde by surprise.

"You can't just take her anywhere! She has a life and a family here!" Emma exclaimed.

"That ring in your hand tells me my daughter forfeited her life here. Her family is back at home, not in this city." Cora sniffed indifferently.

"Look Lady, we're having a kid. We built a life here-" Emma started her rant.

"That was until you tried to kill her! Why is it that both of you were in the car accident yet your fine, and my child is broken?" Cora's voice raised, she wasn't quite yelling but she was losing her patience rapidly.

"T-That wasn't my fault! She had taken off her seat belt right before we got t-boned by a drunk driver. She was tipsy and I was trying to focus on the road because it was covered in snow and no doubt black ice!" Emma defended, but her eyes burned fiercely with the accusation. The hospital hall went silent for a moment before Cora cleared her throat.

"I highly doubt my daughter wishes to remain in a civil union with you. I'll be having a lawyer contact you with the details regarding everything." Cora spoke stiffly.

"Civil Union? We're married! You can't force a divorce on her while shes vulnerable. She may not remember me today, or tomorrow but one day she will. You will be the one answering to that Ms. Mills." Emma scoffed.

"Well until that day comes, Zelena would like you to know, she doesn't want you here." Cora smirked, watching Emma's bottom lip quiver.

Present Day

Her thighs were sticking to the buttery leather seats of her Jeep, but she chose not to move in fear of being spotted. Maybe that wasn't true though, maybe she was afraid of what comes after being spotted. The forest green Jeep Wrangler blended in perfectly in the quiet little neighborhood. She was pleasantly surprised at the nature of the location. The house was on the smaller side than she was used to, three bedrooms and two baths. But the wrap around porch and tire swing was certainly all Emma Swan.

The blonde in question was laying on her back on a soft blanket in the grass, with a small chubby babe in her arms. However it was the tuff of bright red tight ringlets that had Zelena Meriana Gold sitting in her truck. This would have been so much easier, if Zelena hadn't remembered. If her memories hadn't come back like being doused in a bucket of ice cold water once Elsa Midas uttered those words she had heard before.

"I think I'm pregnant"

The memories blurred a bit, mixing as one for several moments until she was able to violently separate them. The headache that staid for days after was a bitch to deal with. She had been happy before then. Felt like she was granted a second chance with her high school sweetheart. It was so easy to deny everything Emma had told her, so easy to push the younger woman into the back of her mind, until it wasn't...

She watched with a small smile as the baby wiggled her way down her moms chest before settling with a plop on her bottom. She let out a squeal, and Zelena couldn't tell if she had any teeth or not. Her thoughts were interrupted by a firm knock on her window, and she was startled to see Emma's father with a stern look on his face. Gulping she rolled down her window.

"Hello Mr. Swan, h-how are you?" She tried unsuccessfully to give the man a genuine smile.

"What the hell are you doing here, Carrot Top?" Flynn asked crossing his arms.

"I-uh...I..." Zelena stammered

"You what?! If you think I'm going to allow you to come into my town and break my daughter down to the shell of herself again, you have another thing coming to you!" He hissed, leaning forward.

"No sir! I-I came to speak with her..."Zelena tried to explain.

"I'm not sure that's a good idea. From what I've gathered, you said all you needed to the last time. You know when you chose that Elsa girl." Flynn scoffed and Zelena swallowed harshly at the jab.

"T-That was before I remember." Zelena shook her head trying to blink away her tears.

"HA! As if that's an excuse! You were faced with all of the facts and evidence, and you still chose to turn your back on your pregnant wife. You are a piece of shit, no matter which way its cut. He stated harshly.

"Dad? Who are you talking to?" Emma had a bright smile on her face as she came closer with the babe in her arms.

"Nobody honey, stay over there!" He ordered, causing Emma to falter.

"Who is it?" She asked again, gripping her daughter tightly before furrowing her eyebrows trying to catch a peak of the driver. The sun was in her eyes, making it hard not to squint.

"You can't keep me from them!" Zelena bit out.

"No, you kept yourself away all on your own. She has been doing this day in and day out on her on, without you. Your services are no longer needed." He shot back. He could hear his daughter huff before she walked around the car and gasped.

"Z-Zelena..." The blonde looked at her blankly before shaking her head and walking away. Zelena quickly pushed open the door firmly, before slipping by the girl's father and rushing after her.

"Emma please!" Zelena called out.

"What do you want from me? Whatever it is, I have nothing left to give you. I gave all that I had." Emma's voice shook, and the babe whined out sensing her mothers plummeting mood.

"I remember! I remember everything!" Zelena exclaimed taking a step forward.

"Again, why are you here?" Emma asked, crinkling her nose.

"What do you mean why am I here? I'm here for you...I'm here for our family..." Zelena's eyes landed on her daughter in her mother's arms.

"We don't have a family, Zee. Your family is with Elsa, which is where you should be right now." Emma shook her head before looking away.

"Are you kidding me? I remember everything! Which means I remember everything she did to me, and how we ended things. I remember meeting you and never being so happy to have you in my life. I remember proposing to you...Emma I remember...Shouldn't that count for something?" Zelena asked in a hurt tone, as if she were the one being wronged.

"It should, but it doesn't. Not here at least. Maybe somewhere back in Boston, with your girlfriend. But not here." Emma responded, feeling her daughter chomping down on her breast through her shirt. It was almost time to feed and put her down for a nap.

"You can't say that, she's our daughter! We planned to have her!" Zelena refuted.

"She's MY daughter. And we didn't plan anything. My wife and I planned to have a child, but she passed away in that car accident!" Emma snapped.

"I didn't die! I'm right here!" Zelena took another step forward, snatching her arm back from Flynn when he stopped her.

"You're not her! You're the same Zelena who told me she would pay to have the procedure done because it was an inopportune time. The same one who had her mother try to write me a check to never try to contact you again. You pushed me away every chance you got, you denied my child from the time you woke up. The one who flashed her relationship with your ex in my face like I meant absolutely nothing...Memories or not, you are still that person. Don't come back here, Zelena." Emma huffed before rushing into the house.

"I think it's time you take your leave." Flynn jutted out his chin towards her Jeep.

"I'm not going to give up. I have rights, you know." Zelena responded stubbornly.

"No you don't. Not after abandoning your child for fourteen months. Then again the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree, does it?" He smirked

"I'm nothing like my mother in that aspect!" She argued.

"Please, you don't even know your own child's name! Either you leave, or I call the authorities. And let's just say Emma's uncle is not your biggest fan either." Flynn informed her, watching Zelena take one last look at the house before stalking back to her car.

The smell of burnt candles greeted her when she walked back into her apartment in downtown Boston. She would have to meet her mother in several hours, but she was hoping to catch a shower and unwind first.

"What are you doing here?" Zelena huffed, throwing her keys onto the counter.

"I was waiting for you to come back..." Elsa looked at her with a red tear stained face.

"I told you I didn't want to see you anymore. You lied to me about every fucking thing. Everything out of your mouth was a lie." Zelena pursed her lips.

"I-I'm sorry...for the way things were the first time. For the way I treated you and how I acted. W-when I had the chance to make things right, I couldn't pass it up. Treating you like that was my biggest regret." Elsa licked her chapped lips, her cerulean eyes were bloodshot as she tried to explain herself.

"Did you even think about Emma in any of that? How you broke up her family?" Zelena quipped.

"Oh please! I didn't force you to be with me. I gave you a choice and YOU chose me. That was your decision! I didn't break up her family, you walked away! You were MINE first! Lena don't sit up here and act like I've done some great misdeed when you called all the shots. I have been nothing short of a great girlfriend to you this pass year!" Elsa snapped, rising from her spot on the couch slowly.

"You didn't have to make yourself available when you knew I was vulnerable and confused! You knew under any other circumstances short of me losing all my memories I wouldn't touch you again with a ten foot pole!" Zelena defended, yet she knew in her heart that the shorter woman was right.

"Well guess what? You did! You lost your memories and I was the one who helped put you back together again. Not that little bitch! That was your decision, stop trying to blame me for your choices!" Elsa spat.

"I told you I wanted you gone, now leave." Zelena sighed, shaking her head.

"NO! You don't get to walk away from me or our child!" Elsa pressed her hand to her belly, watching Zelena's head snap up.

"O-our child?" Zelena's heart pounded.

AN: Found this sitting on my Documents with three days left before it was going to be deleted, so I decided to post it.