So, here's the first chapter of this AU I wrote for Captain Swan Secret Valentine! Warning – this entire work is complete fluff. Disclaimer: I don't own OUAT or Enchanted or any songs.


Once upon a time, in a faraway land, in a kingdom known as Misthaven to outsiders and The Enchanted Forest to its inhabitants, there lived a young maiden who was brave, smart and kind. Her name was Emma and she was dearly loved by everyone who lived in her kingdom and the surrounding lands.

Well, almost everyone.

Queen Regina was feared by many and hated by just as many. She was notorious for being a brutal and ruthless ruler who spent her time stealing and plotting to steal, killing and plotting to kill. The only person who could tolerate her was her step-son Baelfire. He was a brave young prince and many a troll feared that someday, his sword would cut off their heads.

Like many young people of their time, both Emma and Bae dreamed that one day, they will find love and share a true love's kiss with that special someone and live happily ever after for all eternity. However, the Evil Queen lived in constant fear that one day, her stepson will marry and she will lose her throne forever. So she did everything in her power to stop Bae from meeting any maidens in fear that one of them will be his true love. After all - true love was the most powerful magic of them all and it was stronger than the Evil Queen's powers.

One night, Emma had a dream of a young prince with dark hair and grey eyes. He was so lovely she couldn't get him out of her head the next morning and her friends were all too happy to help her recreate his face from memory. They were almost done sticking the "eyes" onto the statue when Emma gasped in sudden realisation.

"What about the lips?"

"Does he have to have lips?" – one of her friends asked.

"Well of course!" - Emma beamed and began to sing.

"When you meet the someone

Who was meant for you

Before two can become one,

There is something you must do.

I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss

And a prince

I'm hoping comes with this

That's what brings

Ever-afterings so happy

And that's the reason we need lips so much

For lips are the only things that touch

So to spend a life of endless bliss

Just find who you love through

True love's kiss! "

Her forest friends dashed into the woods to find a perfect pair of lips while she stared into the eyes on the statue, full of hope. After the lips were attached, Emma smiled widely.

"I can't wait to meet you!" - she exclaimed and went to fetch her horse.


"Bravo, sire! Your tenth troll this month!" - Graham exclaimed just as Bae was about to tie the big ugly beast to the horse. Bae grinned.

"I love hunting trolls! Now all I need is a fair..."

THWACK

"Sire! Sire, are you alright?!" - Graham gasped. Somehow, the troll managed to free one paw and send Bae face-first into the mud.

"I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss..." - the Prince mumbled, blinking in confusion.

"And a prince I'm hoping comes with this" - a voice rang from afar. Graham frowned. He was under strict orders from his beloved Regina to make sure that no fair maidens crossed Bae's path. No such luck, however. When he heard the voice, Bae's eyes opened.

"I must find the maiden with that sweet voice!" - he exclaimed and rose at once. Luck was on his side today it seemed, because the maiden's voice grew closer and closer with each moment. Soon, Graham and Bae could make out a silhouette of a beautiful lady on a horse.

"Sire, you are hallucinating! I don't see anything!" - Graham made one last feeble attempt to stall Bae but he just shook his head.

"Come on!" - he tugged on the reins but he needn't have. The maiden was approaching fast. However, the troll wasn't going to make this easy. While the two men argued about whether the maiden was real, he managed to rip off the bounds and stood up, blocking the maiden's way.

Emma gasped. The troll was the biggest one she's ever seen. Luckily, she spent most of her life in the forest, which inevitably involved dealing with ogres, trolls, and suchlike. She always came prepared. Now, all she had to do was to crush that beast's skull.

Emma looked around, grinning when she spotted a tree that was tall enough. She dismounted and started climbing to the top.

"That's not fair!" - troll exclaimed. - "I'm supposed to eat you!"

Good luck with that, pea-brain, Emma thought, but let out a sigh of relief when she reached the top. The fact that the ugly brute followed her only served in her favour. She reached for the sharpest and heaviest rock she had in her pouch and crouched behind a particularly leafy branch, waiting.

"Girl, yummy! Come out, come out wherever you are!"

Emma made a face and, as soon as she could see its head, she leapt onto his neck and hit his temple with the rock.

"Woah!" - Graham muttered and let out a loud scream when the troll began falling through the branches. His scream was echoed by Emma's.

"Fear not, fair maiden! I'm here!" - Baelfire exclaimed as Emma fell into his arms.

"Whoa!"

"Gotcha!"

"Oh my gosh" - Emma whispered when she opened her eyes. - "it's you!"

"Yes it's me! And you are?"

"Emma!"

"Oh Emma! We shall be married in the morning!" - Bae beamed. And Graham watched them miserably as they disappeared into the sunset, embracing, ready to begin their happily ever after.

Unfortunately, The Evil Queen had other plans. While Bae and Emma sang about the true love's kiss, Regina was watching them through her magic mirror, and fuming.

"So this is the little forest rat who thinks she's going to steal my throne? Never!" - she yelled at Graham who hung his head, and began to plan. From what she's seen of Emma so far, the girl was much more resourceful than Regina had hoped. She had to dig deeper - look into her friends, her past...


The next morning

Emma was so happy. She's finally found her True Love and they were about to get married! Her dress was the most beautiful wedding dress the Enchanted Forest has ever seen. All of her friends were coming to the wedding - all except one. Granny Lucas wasn't feeling well and Emma's friend Red had to stay home to look after her. Emma, however, wasn't going to let this put a damper on the happiest day of her life.

"Come, Your Highness! This way, this way!" - Graham escorted her out of the carriage and into the Queen's castle, hastily locking the doors to keep her friends out. He led her into the gardens, where both Emma and Bae chose to exchange their vows, and disappeared. Emma smiled and hurried towards the arch underneath which she was about to get married, only to be interrupted by a familiar face.

"Granny Lucas?!" - Emma gasped. - "What are you doing here? I thought you weren't well?"

"I couldn't miss the chance to give you a wedding gift, could I?" - "Granny" croaked.

"Well, that's very kind of you, but I really have to go, Bae is waiting for me, can you give it to me after the ceremony?" - Emma tried to bypass her, but the elderly woman grabbed her wrist.

"It's a wishing well, dearie" - she replied and began to drag Emma out.

"But all my wishes are about to come true!" - Emma protested. - "I'm marrying my true love and I'll never be alone again, that's all I ever wished for!"

"But a wish on your wedding day is the most magical of them all!" - "Granny" spoke with a hoarse laugh, pulling the maiden towards a large bottomless well. - "Just close your eyes, darling, and make a wish!"

Emma leaned closer and squeezed her eyes shut.

"Are you wishing?"

"Yes! Yes I am!" - she took a deep breath and whispered: "And they both lived happily..."

But poor maiden didn't get to finish her wish. She felt a sudden loss of balance and then she was flying through the dark, down and down into the abyss, screaming.