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Chapter One

It feels so right to love you like this

The Enchanted Forest

"The curse! It's here!" Grumpy's voice echoed into the palace from large gates.

Princess Emma looked down at her ten-year old son, Henry, her green eyes wide. "Come, Henry, we need to find your grandparents to ensure we're all together when the curse hits."

At twenty-eight, Princess Emma and her parents, Snow White and Charming, had stopped the Evil Queen's curse ten times over, but this time it appeared there was nothing they could do. The curse was coming, all they had left was hope.

"Emma! Henry!" Queen Snow White's voice carried down the stone corridor. "Are you ready?"

Holding her boy close the her, Emma reached out for her parents. "As ready as well ever be.

"Don't worry, Mom." Henry tugged on her hand. "We'll find each other. We always find each other." He reassured them as the purple smoke slowly seeped into the room.

Captain Killian Jones, otherwise known as Captain Hook, watched as the purple smoke rapidly approached the Jolly Roger. "Get ready, Mr. Smee, there's a bumpy ride ahead of us." He warned as he futilely turned the wheel of his ship to try to outrun Regina's curse.

Regina watched with sparkling eyes as her carriage bumped down the pat to Snow White's castle. It had taken her twenty-eight years, but she'd finally managed to find the magic ingredient to enact her curse: her father's heart. And now that she had the curse figured out, it was time to finally destroy Snow White's happy ending once and for all.

"We're almost to the castle, my queen." Her footman called out to her.

Letting out a laugh, Regina replied, "Excellent. Now it's time for my happy ending."

Snow and Charming gathered their court in the War Room of the palace. "What's going to happen?" Granny questioned worriedly as she shouldered her crossbow.

Straightening, Emma held her head up high. "While we may not know what might happen to us all, we must always remember that good will always defeat evil and we will always find each other."

Reaching out, Snow took her daughter's hand and proudly stated, "Spoken like a true hero."

The doors to the War Room were suddenly blasted open and Regina came into view. "I do believe you will find this time is quite different." She laughed maniacally.

"It matters not what you do to us." Charming rose from his seat. "We will always find each other."

Laughing again, Regina shook her head. "Not this time.

As the smoke curled into the room Snow asked, "Where are you sending us?"

"Somewhere horrible." Regina cackled as the windows around them shattered. "Absolutely horrible. A place where the only happy ending will be mine."

As the walls crumbled around them and Emma threw herself over her son to protect him she realized, "You will lose. You will always lose because good will always win."

Storybrooke, Maine

Regina's eyes snapped open and she sat up. Looking around she found she was in an odd looking bedchambers. Rising, she crossed to the window and drew back the curtains.. Looking down at the scene below her, Regina took it all in and realized one very important fact: She'd won.

XOXO

MAF