The a child off true love will be created in this land, and will be blessed with the powers of light magic. The child will leave this land for a while and will return to destroy the darkness and evil and rule the lands.

The Past

Arthur gasps for breath as he wakes up, he had been flung across the room and knocked out. His thoughts turned to the woman he loved Emma, she had been there fighting the dark one with him, using her light magic that she had been gifted with as she was the child of true love, the savior of Misthaven.

"Emma." he calls out her name still looking around for her. "Emma." shouting a bit louder this time. That's when he sees her lying there, her body was lifeless.

Arthur runs to her, and tries to wake her up but she isn't breathing. He starts cradling in his arms crying, she can't be dead he thinks he doesn't know how he can go on without her if she is dead.

"Please come back to me." placing a kiss on her forehead. Arthur couldn't face telling the Charming's that there daughter had died all because he couldn't protect her. He was meant to be the great King one day and protect and rule Camelot yet he couldn't protect the woman he loved. Arthur had knowing Emma and her family since she was born, he was a few years older than her. But at her birth her parents and his agreed that Arthur and Emma were to marry when they were old enough.

"I love you Emma come back to me." still holding her lifeless body in his arms. That's when he notices it. A dagger shining next to her, it was the dark ones dagger. He knew what it had looked like he had been searching for it the dagger to complete Excalibur for years.

He reaches over and grabs it, he looks in horror at the dagger, it no longer said the name Rumpelstiltskin, it now reads Emma Swan.

Arthur looks at Emma who is still in his arms "What have you done." he whispers to himself.

"Dark one come back to me." Arthur says aloud holding the dagger, he looks back to Emma who begins to open her eyes.

"Emma, its me, you're ok." Arthur stoked her cheek, she was quite dizzy it felt like the room was spinning.

"Killian." she mumbles. Arthur can feel the anger pulse through his body, she belonged to that pirate now she had helped him and his father defeat Rumpelstiltskin.

"No, it's me Arthur." he told her.

"What happened? She was confused last she remember she stabbed Rumpelstiltskin with the dagger and darkness surrounded her, she used her powers but they didn't seem to work against it, the darkness was to strong.

Arthur wants to lie to her, if Merlin's prophecy was to come true Excalibur needed to be whole and for it to be whole the dark one needed to be destroyed. He holds up the dagger and shows her it.

"I woke up and you were lying there, the dagger was next to you with your name on it." he explained to her.

"I am the new dark one." she shudders. Emma turns to look at Arthur she is scared, she knows she must die. "Do it." she tells him she know what must be done.

"Emma I can't." he drops the dagger to the ground, he loves her to much to kill her, he would rather have her in his life and fulfill the prophecy of Merlin.

"I can't life like this Arthur I'll change." Emma pleads with him thinking ahead she would change she would become like Rumpelstiltskin and that's something she didn't want. She didn't want to hurt her loved ones, her parents and Killian.

"No I'll find another way." still refusing Emma's wishes. "I'll find a way to get the darkness out off you."

Emma now crying, she doesn't want this, she can already feel the effects of the darkness taking its toll. Will her parents still accept her as the Dark One, her kingdom as well has feared the dark one and now she is it, she was there savior now she will be the one they will run from and fear. And then there's Killian he has always hated the dark one for killing Milah, he wants revenge on the dark one still even though he lies to Emma that he over getting his revenge but she can tell he isn't. What if he comes to hate her, she couldn't bare loosing his love.

Arthur picks the dagger up again. "You keep the dagger, control yourself. You are the savior Emma you'll beat this I know you, I know you can.

"My family, Killian, when they find out they will look at me different." she takes the dagger off Arthur. She can already feel the power of the darkness taking over her, she is tempted to give it back to Arthur but he is right she should be the one to control herself she is the savior she can stop this she can fight this, she won't loose her loved one to this like Rumpelstiltskin did.

"If you fight it, it can be our little secret until I find another way." He looks into her eyes with love and sincerity.

"What if you don't what if..." Emma is stopped in her tracks by Arthur placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"Enough with what if, I will, we will find a way to help you."

Emma is in bit of shock after Arthur even giving her kiss, she hadn't had a kiss from Arthur in years. She knew he loved her at one point but they had both moved on, well so Emma thought.

"We need to get back to our parents now." Emma starts to stand up with Arthur lending her some support, she lent against him as she felt light headed again. As they begin to walk and leave the cave Emma turns to Arthur to make sure he is telling her the truth she can't seem to shake the feeling he could be lying to her. "Promise our secret until things get really bad."

"Yes I promise." Arthur holds out his pinky finger, and Emma realises he is making a pinky promise like that used to do as children.