Here Comes the Sun
Summary: The prophesized Dark Curse failed, but not before Snow and Charming sent their newborn daughter to the world without magic. The Evil Queen, seeing an opportunity to make Snow White and Charming miserable, curses them so they aren't able to find their daughter. What happens when a stranger shows up 8 years later with a message that will change their worlds?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, the characters are all owned by ABC and their creators. The title comes from the Beatles song (one of my all time favourites).
Prologue
The physical pain had finally subsided as Snow White looked down at the tiny baby wrapped in a white blanket in her arms. Little Emma gave a tired yawn as she looked up at her mother with wide, blue, unfocused eyes. Snow smiled at her infant as she gave her a kiss on the forehead as David, or Charming as she affectionately called him, came over to join them.
"She's so beautiful." Snow said adoringly, not able to take her eyes off the baby in her arms.
"She's absolutely perfect." Charming agreed as he marveled at his new daughter.
Charming placed a kiss on his wife's forehead as Snow's entire demeanor suddenly changed. The wide smile that had lined her face mere seconds ago was replaced by a deep set frown.
"The wardrobe..." Snow said as Charming looked at her, "it only takes one."
Just then they heard the clashing and clanging of metal armor as the Evil Queen's soldiers ripped through the castle doors. Screams could be heard as the battle began.
"Then our plan has failed!" Charming exclaimed looking down at his wife sadly. "At least we're together." He rubbed her shoulder comfortingly.
"No, you have to take her. Take the baby to the wardrobe." Snow said.
"Are you out of your mind?" Charming asked, although something told him she was dead serious.
"No, it's the only way! We have to send her though." Snow explained. "We have to believe she'll come back for us. We have to give her her best chance."
Charming didn't want to believe what he was hearing, but sadly he knew she was right. This was the only way. If they didn't send Emma through, the Evil Queen would no doubt kill her before their very eyes, or she would be cursed forever with them. He looked down at the squirming baby in his wife's arms and kissed her gently on the forehead and with a shaky breath, he pulled away.
He could hear Snow's uncontrolled breathing as she leaned down to kiss Emma one last time. She was clearly trying to keep her emotions in check until he had left the room with the baby, not wanting to upset her.
"Goodbye Emma." Snow said in a heartbreaking whisper. She carefully handed the baby to Charming as it took everything inside her not to break down then and there.
Charming leaned down and gave her one last kiss, knowing it could be their last. She held his face for a few seconds, conveying all the love she had for him in that one look.
He took the baby, grabbed his sword and made a break for the nursery. It took everything in him to focus on getting the baby to the wardrobe while ignoring his wife's gut-wrenching sobs coming from their bedroom.
Emma remained almost eerily quiet in his arms as he made his way down the hall, swinging his sword, and sometimes killing, any guards that stood in his path. He wouldn't go down without a fight, even as he felt a stab to his shoulder, narrowly missing Emma. He took one last swing at the last of the Evil Queen's men that stood in his way before he kicked open the door to Emma's nursery.
He raced over to the corner where the Enchanted Wardrobe was and threw open its doors, placing Emma inside, still wrapped in her baby blanket. He leaned down and gave her one last kiss, whispering "find us" into her tiny ear, before quickly shutting the doors just as more black armored guards barged through the doors.
There was a short scuffle and Charming found himself nursing a stab wound to his gut as the guards raced to the wardrobe just as he laid back on the ground, in seering pain. They kicked open the doors, and to his relief, the very last thing he saw before his world went black, was that his daughter had clearly gotten away.
Snow heard the commotion from their bedroom and dragged herself out of bed, limping down the hall, severely weakened from having just given birth. She entered what would have been her daughter's nursery and noticed her husband lying on the floor, surrounded by blood.
"No." She cried. She limped as fast as she could over to him and knelt down beside him. "No, no. Please, pleae come back to me." She pleaded. She tried kissing him, knowing that True Love's kiss had saved them before. She tried over and over again to no avail. He wouldn't wake up, though she could tell he was still breathing.
She heard footsteps enter the room. "Oh don't worry dear, in a few minutes, you won't even remember you knew him, let alone loved him."
"Why did you do this?" Snow asked.
"Because this is my happy ending" The Evil Queen snarled. "The child?" She asked her guards.
"Gone." They answered. "The wardrobe. It was gone, nowhere to be found."
"Where is she?" The Evil Queen asked angrily.
Snow looked bewildered for a minute before smiling up at Regina. "She got away."
The Evil Queen looked defeated as Snow continued, "you're going to lose. I know that now. Good will always win." She held her injured husband's head in her lap, stroking his face tenderly.
"We'll see about that." The Evil Queen smirked, despite her loss.
Just then a loud, thunderous noise, interrupted them. The glass ceiling of the nursery shattered, sending tiny shards of glass everywhere as the ground began to shake.
"Where are we going?" Snow screamed as the Evil Queen laughed.
"Someplace horrible...just absolutely horrible. A place where the only happy ending will be mine."
But just as quickly as the cloud of smoke had started building, it quickly disappeared, as did the blackened sky. The thunderous noise and quaking ground quickly dissipated as well, leaving only destruction in its path. Snow had her head bent over her husband's body as if to somehow shield him from the oncoming storm. She took a chance and looked up after a few moments and noticed they were still in the same place as before.
The Evil Queen looked confused as she looked at her surroundings. "What's going on?" She quickly turned to one of her guards, who looked just as confused as she was. "Why did nothing happen?"
"I don't know your majesty." The guard said. "Perhaps the curse wasn't as strong as you thought?"
The Evil Queen was nearly shaking with anger now.
"What did you do?" She quickly turned her attention to Snow.
Snow shook her head, but smirked at her. "Your curse failed, Regina. Whatever you were planning didn't work."
"This can't be." She stated angrily. "It was supposed to take us to another realm, a place without magic. A place where I was in control and you and your shepherd were nothing but commoners who meant nothing to one another."
"By the looks of things, we are still very much in the Enchanted Forest." Snow said. "Obviously it wasn't as foolproof as your previously thought. Are you ready to admit defeat now?" Snow asked as she got to her feet, still keeping an eye for any sort of movement from her husband. She knew he was in bad shape, but she was pretty sure, based on the placement of the wound, that it has missed his major organs. She knew she had to get help, but first she needed to deal with her former step-mother.
"You've got to be kidding me." The Evil Queen said. "Admit defeat to you? Never."
"Regina, this fight is getting old. Now Charming and I have given you more than enough chances to turn things around. I'm giving you one more chance. Admit defeat now, take me to my daughter or show me where she is, and disappear from our land forever. Otherwise I will make sure you never see the light of day again as you rot in a prison cell."
The Evil Queen started to pace as an idea formed in her mind. Her curse may have failed, but perhaps she could curse Snow another way. One that may make her even more miserable.
"Ok, I'll leave." She agreed, though Snow knew it was too easy. "I'll leave you and your husband and even your people alone."
"But?" Snow asked.
"You and your dear husband, assuming he lives, can live happily ever after for all I care, but you'll be all alone." The Evil Queen looked her step-daughter dead in the eye. "I'm not telling you or showing you where your daughter is."
Snow's eyes started to well. "Regina please. Emma's just a baby. She's never done anything to you."
"She ruined my curse."
"She had nothing to do with that." Snow said. "Please, I know deep down you have a heart. And you had a mother, you know that a child cannot go through life without a mother. She's all by herself and she's so little."
"You should have thought of that before you ruined my life." Regina spat.
"I was a child Regina. I didn't realize what I was doing. I thought I was helping you."
"You got the man I loved killed and for that you will pay."
Snow knew it was pointless. She'd never back down. She knew her and Charming would have to find their daughter on their own, perhaps a locator spell and some magic beans would work.
"And before you even think of using a locator spell, you should know I'm putting a curse on you and everyone in your kingdom. From now on, no one in this kingdom or any of its surroundings, will be able to leave. You are to be forever trapped in this realm while your daughter grows up without you."
"Nooooo." Snow screamed, and her screams awoke the entire castle as everyone else awoke after being knocked out by the supposed curse.
"This is my happy ending now. I will spend the rest of my days watching you suffer and you continue to remember the daughter you sent away, knowing she is out there alive, facing the dangerous world without you."