Emma Swan, Killian Jones, and Once Upon a Time are not mine. :(
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Prologue: Emma's Birth, October 22, 1983
On the day of Emma's birth, Regina, the Evil Queen, enacted the dark curse, sending all of our favorite fairytale characters to a town in Maine. In hopes of giving Emma her best chance, Prince Charming sent baby Emma through the wardrobe, cursed to grow up alone. Upon making her way through the wardrobe, Emma was placed in foster care without knowing her nobility, past, or future. Emma is unaware now, but in her twenty-eighth year, she will break the curse with the magic true love's kiss.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Cora betrayed Captain Hook. Instead of keeping him until after Emma broke the curse, she decided to turned back time. Cora turned Killian into a two year old boy, erased his memories, and sent him through a portal to The Land Without Magic. In our world, he is raised in the foster care system, much like Emma. He goes by the name James, since he arrived in our world with no birth certificate or form of identification (remember Emma had the blanket with her name). The power of true love's kiss is the only thing capable of breaking Cora's spell. When true love's kiss makes him remember his quest for revenge, how will Killian react? How will Emma deal with his dark past as Captain Hook? But, most importantly, will Killian still want his revenge after finding love and happiness again?
Beginning with Emma Swan's and James Smith meeting in middle school, this story/fic ends with Emma breaking curse roughly 17 years later. Over the span of these seventeen years, life repeatedly separates and reunites Emma and James. Progressing from a friendship to an inevitable romance, this fic tells the story of two lost children who are destined to be together.
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