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Chapter 3

The grand tour of Regina's castle (that my mom pointed out, it technically belonged to her. Regina begrudgingly responded how she married into it, thus silencing my mom) took a lot longer than I had expected. There was the bedrooms, the halls, the ball rooms, the dining rooms, the main rooms, the family rooms.

Then I remembered how my dad had told me that my mom and him had a bigger castle, an overwhelming feeling setting on my chest.

Then again, that could just be the corset.

"You can all choose any room you'd like, except the room on the third floor to the left. That is off limits to everyone but myself" Regina told us all, and by her tone we could tell that she meant business.

"I have a question." I finally spoke up.

"What is it Emma?" My dad asked me.

"Well, you guys are both royalty of the same kingdom right? And mom, you're technically meant to rule with dad. But Regina was the queen because she married into it. So really my question is : who's going to rule?"

"Me"

To clarify, that was my mom and Regina both speaking about themselves.

"To be resolved at a later date, perhaps?" Robin interrupted, which probably saved us all from a huge fight.

"I'm going to go out for some air. Want to join me kid?" I asked Henry. He nodded and kissed Regina on the cheek before following me out the double doors.

It took a few minutes until we were walking through the gardens that were surrounded by blossom trees. They were so beautiful and I could watch them all day, watch them sway in the wind with petals falling here and there. It's more serene than you'd think.

"Mom, are you okay?" Henry asked me, finally breaking me from my intense staring and thinking.

"I was just thinking. But you do know that me and your mom won't be living together in this castle. You'll either have to live in one and the other visits or swap between the two. Are you willing to do that?"

I'm not going to lie, I'm worried. I know that Regina will never in a millions years part easily with Henry. But he's 17 now.

And in the enchanted forest, 17 year olds are already engaged and prepared to take the throne.

I'm certainly not ready for that. But it's besides the point.

And I know my parents want me to eventually take the throne from them. But I have to get married. Of course, I'd marry Killian. But he's technically still a pirate. Would this make him a prince? Or just a pirate?

With myself emerged in my thoughts I hardly noticed Henry babbling away to me, so I quickly snapped myself from my daze and attempted to catch his sentence.

"- Of course, you and mom will have to figure that out between you both. I really just want to explore as much as possible of the villages and the forest."

I'm going to be completely honest, I don't want him to stay with Regina. It sounds selfish but I want to experience everything with him. I want to be the one at his side when my dad teaches him to use a sword or when Killian teaches him how to sail his ship.

Regina got to experience everything with him growing up and I missed out on it. Fair enough, that was my fault but it's something I've lived to regret ever since. But now I'm here and I never want to miss out on anything, ever.

"I'm gonna go back to the castle, you coming?"

"You go on kid, I'll be there in a minute. I'm just thinking." I kissed his forehead and gave him a quick hug before he jogged back where we came from.

I spent the next few minutes having a wander around the ground, enjoying the time to myself to think.

I wasn't thinking of one thing specifically, just things that popped into my head. I'd get half way through a train of thought and something new would pop into my head.

Involuntarily, I flinched at the sound of a rustling bush. The sudden noise broke the silence so quickly that I jumped and made a gasping noise. I could have sworn that somebody was there, that they were watching me. But when I looked into the bushes, either no one was there to begin with or they had left just as quickly as they had came.

I dismissed the idea of being watched and put it down to the breeze that I could feel, I mean, what reason would anyone have for watching me?

I turned around and started walking back where I had came from, still fully emerged in my thoughts.

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