Prologue

Flashes of green light, Whirls of color, Emma's pale desperate face, and pain. Always pain.

"I love you." Emma choked out.

"I love you to." He replied.

Emma relished in those words for a few meaning full seconds and rewarded him with a small heart felt smile. But then the smile turned into a look of horror as his hand slipped out of her's and he fell into the churning green portal. Then a hard impact with the ground, and the nothingness closed in.