Chapter 1: The Curse

No, he wanted to shout. He couldn´t understand what the others were telling him. He could only see Emma not far away from him, standing only a few inches away from the Snow Queen. Who's hands were dangerously close to her heart.

"Emma, don´t agree with her. Please love, It will kill you" And then me too, he wanted to say. But he didn´t. There was no life without her. Not anymore.

She turned her face to him, with tears in her eyes she said "I´m sorry."

She didn´t said anything anymore. Only two words. That´s it, he thought. After everything they had been through…after all the fighting, finding her, crossing realms for her, being with her…he would lose her again. Now forever. No. He would not lose her. Not her. The Snow Queen watched the spectacle with amusement.

"He´s so scared of losing you. I see it in his mind. It´s so loud there. He would really die for you. What a fool!" she said bitterly and looked at him with her icy eyes.

"Your love for her will drive you mad. It will be your undoing" she pointed out to him. All of a sudden he felt ice cold. There was pain. Pain, everywhere. He never felt something like that. He fell to the ground and held his hand on his chest.

"I feel like dying." he shouted. David and Snow who were standing not far away from him, ran to him immediately. They were trying to calm him down, but he was still screaming and fidgeting like a lunatic.

"Oh god David, he´s ice cold!", she said with panic in her voice and looked at him worriedly.

Emma was just standing there with shock. Now that she heard her mothers voice, she awoke from her bewilderment.

"Stop it. You´re hurting him. Let him be. You don´t want him, you want me!"

The Snow Queen looked at her and didn't said anything for a long time. It was so quiet, that they could only hear Killian screaming from the pain.

"You want him quiet? Here, have it." she said and with a sudden fast movement she was twirling her hand into the pirates direction. The screaming stopped. He was still laying there, with his head in Snows arms, but other than that she couldn´t see any stir from him.

She wanted to go to him, to see if he was hurt. But she couldn´t move. And she didn´t know how to use her magic. It was blocked. If Regina or Gold were here, they would have known what to do. But she, the saviour, couldn´t protect them. Him. She couldn´t use her magic. For what did she have it, if she didn´t even know how to control it? She felt helpless and useless. She wanted to scream.

"What did you do to him?" she asked after a while.

"He won´t be the same anymore when he awakes. You see, I did you both a favour. It´s better than a heartbreak….your love was a means to an end. What do you know of love, saviour?" More than you will ever know. "Nothing. That´s just the beginning, give me Elsa and no one else will die." she said a last time and left with a smoke of cold snow.

Without thinking Emma went straight to him, taking his head from Snow into her lap and holding him firmly like a child. She stroked his cheek.

"Killian. Please."

He didn´t said anything. She could only hear her mothers whimper behind her. She was angry. He wasn´t dead. Why would they cry? Without turning around, she said "Stop it. Stop the mourning, he is not dead." she yelled at them with tears in her eyes. "He´s not dying." she repeated again and again, trying to convince herself, still holding onto him.

Snow and Charming were in each other arms. Heartbroken. They didn´t know what to do. Didn´t know how to help their daughter.

"Killian, this isn´t funny anymore. Just wake up you stupid pirate" she cried, while she shook him. She didn´t knew, how long she stayed like that, with him in her arms but it felt like an eternity.

She was still laying there, with Killian in her arms. She stopped shaking him and let her head fall against his chest, not far away from his heart.

"Killian you can´t leave me. You promised."

"Emma…"

Did she hear him saying her name? She looked up at him, with tears in her eyes.

"Killian. I knew you would wake up. I knew it. You would never leave me." she said and held both of his cheeks in her hand. Stroking him softly.

"Love, I don´t have much time." he coughed, trying hard to be awake.

"What are you saying, don´t be stupid. We called for an ambulance, they will come and bring you to the hospital. You will be fine."

He looked with sorrow at her.

"No love, I´m dying. I can feel it. Please hear me. I want you to know…"

"No. No one is dying today. For gods sake you are not dying. I refuse to believe that!" she shouted, still crying.

"You know it, love. Look at me and just listen to me." he pleaded.

"This is my fault. I told you, love is not in the cards for the saviour. I knew something would happen to you when you´re with me. Why wouldn´t you believe me? Why? You´re dying because of me."

"Sweetheart, I wouldn´t have it better. Being with you for the short term of time and to die in your arms is better than never be with you. You made me happy Emma. You brought light into my life, when I needed it. You saved me." he said and played with a gold lock of her hair.

"Don´t say this when it´s not the case. I didn´t save you, you saved me Killian. You brought me home. You showed me what home is. I was truly happy. Killian, I was happy for once in my life. I was happy with you." she cried.

"I know, my love. Take the ring." he said and pointed with his head at his right hand, where a beautiful small diamond was sparkling, with the colour of white. She put it out from his finger and put it into her second finger, in her left hand. She looked at it fascinated.

"It was from my mother, she gave it to me before she died. She told me, to give it to the woman I would marry. I told her, that I wouldn´t know whom I should give it. But she said when the right time comes, I would know. And she was right Emma. I loved you the first moment I saw you. I knew that our path didn´t cross because it was by chance. It was destiny. I waited 28 years for you, to break the curse. To break my curse. And you did it. The ring was always meant to be yours. It belongs to you like I belong to you."

She was stunned. She didn´t know what to say. She couldn´t stop crying. She was heartbroken. This wasn´t fair. They were meant to be. He couldn´t die. He waited so long for her and she for him.

She laid him carefully to the ground, bringing one hand to his chest, while the other came under his head. She brought her face to his. They were so close, that their nose touched, while she leaned with her forehead against his. Breathing in his scent. It felt like hours holding him like that, but it were only seconds.

"I love you, Emma. I´m sorry that I have to break my promise, my love." he said a last time and closed his eyes.

"No this isn´t fair! No, Killian!" she said while she was shaking him hard.

Snow and Charming were not far behind them, and watched the lovers the entire time with tears in their eyes.

"Charming we need to do something!" pleaded Snow, not taking her eyes away from the spectacle.

"Let her be. The ambulance will come. Let her be with him alone for a last time. She needs to say goodbye." he said with sadness in his voice.

Snow hugged him firmly and said "I´m sorry. I know you liked him. He was your friend. It´s your loss too. I didn´t had a great relationship with him, because I didn´t knew him, but he was an honourable man. And he loved our Emma with all his heart."

"I know." said Charming, letting her comfort him.

She didn´t want to let go of him. The whole town was here, Whale behind her, trying to get her to stand up, so that he could look at him. He was dead, what could he do? She thought angry.

"You´re late." she only said and got up. Letting him room so he could get to Killian.

She left them with him. She couldn´t be there any longer. She wanted to disappear. When he was…buried, she thought heartbroken. When he was buried, she would take Henry and leave this town. She would leave and never look back.

When she arrived at her parents apartment, she found Henry with Regina and Robin Hood. He was crying in their arms. So he knew. When she walked up to them, Henry immediately ran towards her. He hugged her, bringing his head under her chest. She hugged him back and cried.

"Tell me this is a joke, tell me that he´s standing there at the door and wants to frame me. Tell me that he´s coming back and will take me to the docks, so that we can sail."

"I couldn´t save him. I´m so sorry Henry." she sobbed.

They were standing like that for a long time. Comforting each other. After a while her phone vibrated. She took it out from her pocket, and answered the call. "Hello." she said with sorrow in her voice. She was mourning, she didn´t wanted to talk with anyone right now.

"It´s me, David. You won´t believe me what happened…"

"What could be worse than that?" she said emotionless.

"Emma, he´s alive! We´re in the hospital, Doctor Whale is checking on him right now. We don´t know how, but he just awoke after a while."

"Please, don´t play with me. I saw him dying." she yelled.

"Just come to the hospital." Charming said and hung up.

"Where is he?" she said, when Snow greeted her.

"He is in there." she pointed at the room across from them.

Emma didn´t respond. She just headed straight into the room without knocking. Leaving her mother alone in the hall.

When the door opened, she just wanted to die of happiness. He was there laying on the bed, like he wasn´t dead an hour ago, with Whale to his right side, and Charming to his left side.

"Ahh bugger off, I told you I´m fine." he said to Whale, while trying to get up.

"Hook you just died an hour ago. I think you should let him check on you. It´s not like this happens every day." said Charming with concern in his voice and pushed him back to the bed.

"Aww I knew you liked me. I told you mate, you´re fond of me." said Killian jokingly. Charming just rolled with his eyes, while Killian let Whale check on him.

She couldn´t hold her excitement anymore, she just went straight to him, pushing her father away and hugged him. She held his face in her hands, and kissed his forehead. His nose. His cheeks, and then his lips. After a while she released him, and sat at the bed in front of him. Smiling widely. She stroked his cheek softly, and said with tears in her eyes.

"I thought you were dead. I thought you left me."

Killian didn´t say anything, he was stunned by this woman. He looked at her beautiful green eyes and asked.

"Do I know you?"

So this is the first time, I wrote something for them. I always read cs stories, but I never published one. Now that frozen and maybe the Snow Queen is coming to town, I thought I would write something. The Story takes place after Season 3, not hours but days after the finale. That´s definitely not an one shoot story, so let me know what you think. Also I don´t have a Beta, so I´m sorry for any grammatical mistakes :)