So, I have been itching to write some sort of OUAT FanFiction and today's the day! Like it says in the summary (which is probably terrible) it takes place about two years after the end of Season 6. Passage between realms is now a pretty usual thing, so what do the Charmings do? Throw a Ball in the Enchanted Forest of course! Anyway, I hope everyone likes it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that has to do with the tv series Once Upon A Time.
"Oh, Emma, I'm so excited for you!" Snow White adjusted the ruffled trim on her daughter's gown. "It's your first ball in the Enchanted Forest!" Emma smiled at her mother's fussing.
"Well, technically my second." She corrected. "Hook and I did go to that ball as Princess Leia and Prince Charles." Snow shook her head.
"Well, yeah, but it's your first ball with us!" Emma inhaled through her teeth, making a slight hissing noise.
"When the Evil Queen banished me to that wish realm, I went to several balls with you and Dad." She insisted. Snow sighed with exasperation.
"Oh, you know what I mean!" Mother and daughter laughed together, then Snow's smile widened as she remembered something. "And, we get to make a very special announcement today!" Emma's smile turned into a worried line.
"You didn't tell anyone did you? Not even Dad?" She asked. Snow rolled her eyes and pouted mockingly.
"I spill one secret and no one trusts me anymore!" She complained. "I was ten!" Emma laughed.
"To be fair, in doing so, you created the Evil Queen." Snow surrendered with a sigh. "So, did you tell anyone?"
"Not a soul." Her mother promised. "We should head to the hall now. It'll be starting soon." The pair left Emma's old nursery, which had been converted into a playroom for the now three and two year old Neil and Robyn, who were with their father and mother respectively.
"It'll be Neil's first ball." Emma said, thinking of her little brother. "He didn't go to one in Camelot." Snow nodded with a smile. They reach the grand hall where David was greeting guests, his son in his arms.
"Emma, Killian is waiting for you in the ballroom." He told his daughter. Emma nodded and left her parents who now stood arm in arm. She made her way through the crowds, curtsying to people and welcoming them as she went. She made it to the ballroom and was taken aback by the royal beauty of it. Her parents really knew how to throw a ball. A dais waited at the other side, and Emma could see the rest of her family there. She hurried over and found Henry, Regina, and Zelena, who held Robyn.
"Where's Killian?" Emma asked, looking for her husband in the crowds.
"He went to go do something." Henry replied. "I don't know what." Emma nodded, then turned to keep searching. Trumpets began to blast and Snow and David entered the ballroom.
"We would like to thank everyone for coming tonight." Snow started. "It means a great deal, especially because this is the first ball where we," She gestured over to the dais. "Are a true family." There was applause and the Charmings made their way over to join their family.
"Dad, I though you said Killian was here." Emma asked. David didn't seem surprised in the least that what he'd told Emma had been false and shrugged.
"I thought that he was." Emma bit her lip, now feeling a bit concerned. "I'm sure he'll be along soon."
"I just want him here for the..." She trailed off, not wanting to spoil her little surprise that only two people knew. "I just want to know where he is." A slightly pointed tip suddenly pressed lightly against her waist.
"Well, I found him, love." Emma smiled faintly, then turned around to give Killian one of her signature 'I will kill you later' looks. "Swan, you look beautiful."
"Jones now." Emma reminded him. She kissed him lightly, then turned to look at her mother. "Can we do it now?" Snow shrugged and nodded.
"Are you sure, love?" Killian asked. "We can always do it more privately." David looked from his wife, to his daughter, and then to his son-in-law with confusion.
"What are you going to do?" He asked. Emma reached out and squeezed his hand.
"Well, you and everyone else is going to find out in just a second." Emma accepted a glass of wine from a passing server, then pulled a metal pin from her hair.
"You could've just asked for a spoon." Snow chided. Emma simply smiled and began tapping the pin to the glass, creating a lovely pinging sound that echoed through the ballroom. It took a second, but eventually the crowds fell silent.
"Okay, um hi, everyone." Emma began. With so many eyes on her, she began to feel nervous, until Killian placed a steadying hand on her forearm. "So, like my mom said, thanks for coming, and now, I would like to make a very special announcement." The crowd murmured among themselves for a moment, then turned their attention back on the princess. "So, my husband and I have recently found out that we are expecting." No reaction. "Um, a baby that is." The crowd erupted into applause and Emma turned to be embraced by her father.
"Emma, this is amazing!" David exclaimed. "Do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?" Emma playfully punched her father in the shoulder.
"Dad, this isn't Storybrooke. If I want to know my baby's gender, I'm going to have to go back to my world." Snow reached over and took her daughter's hand.
"Remind me to give you something before you go to bed." Emma nodded, then turned to her son.
"I'm going to be a big brother?" He asked, sounding somewhat amazed. His mother smiled and hugged him.
"Yeah, and you're going to be wonderful at it." Emma said. Henry pulled back from the embrace wearing an enormous grin.
"I'm going to go tell, uh, some people." He said, his face turning slightly red. Henry started towards the crowd when Emma called after him.
"Tell Violet we say hi!" Emma chuckled to herself as she watched her son pause, then continue walking. Killian suddenly appeared next to her and took her hand in his.
"What do you want it to be?" He asked, setting his hook on Emma's stomach. Emma shook her head.
"As long as it's healthy." She insisted. "But I think my mother would want a girl." Killian smiled and led his pregnant wife onto the dance floor.
"If you are feeling up to it, I was wondering if you would give me the pleasure of this dance." He asked, sweeping a bow. Emma rolled her eyes.
"I'm not even showing yet, I think I can handle a dance." She said. As the couple began to move to the music, Emma realized that there was something familiar about the melody.
"It's what we danced to as Charles and Leia." Killian told her, seeing her puzzled look. "Turns out that it's a regularly played song at these things, so I asked the musicians to play it for the first dance." Emma looked at her husband with amazement.
"Almost makes me homesick for the days of playing matchmaker between my parents." Emma said. Killian laughed, but they were both thinking that compared to the Final Battle that had been fought about two years ago, being trapped in another time was definitely more appealing. For the rest of the song, everything was perfect.
But as Emma and Killian returned to the dais, a cold breeze swept through the room. The candles were extinguished and everyone started clumping together, fearing the worse. Emma broke free of her husband's grasp and searched the crowds for her son. She found Henry with an arm protectively wrapped around Violet. She pulled the both of them to the dais, and no sooner had they reached it, the doors burst opened with a clang. Screaming filled the hall, and the Charmings' pleas for their people to stay calm suddenly fell quiet. In stalked a young woman with dark hair who looked vaguely familiar to Emma. She pushed to the front of her family to get a better look.
"Lily?" She asked in shock. The woman in front of her looked exactly like Maleficent's daughter and Emma's childhood friend. But there was something off about her. Her eyes no longer contained the warmth they had gained when she and Emma had parted in Storybrooke.
"Not quite, Emma Swan." The intruder said. "Or, wait, it's Emma Jones now, isn't it?" She laughed cruelly. "How silly of me. Now then, I hear that you're expecting a little bundle of joy." Emma placed both hands on her stomach and Killian held his arm across it.
"Identify yourself at once." David demanded. The woman smile deviously and her eyes turned lime green for an instant.
"I am Maleficent's daughter of course!" She announced proudly. "You took all of the goodness my sister and I had out of me years ago." She said, pointing at Snow and David. "You gave it all to her." Her accusing finger swung towards Emma.
"So, wait, that must make you, like Lily's twin sister." Emma realized. "You must've been separated from her when she was adopted."
"Give the girl a treat." The woman sneered. Killian's hand drifted toward his sword. "And yes, when Lily was adopted, I was left in the system, but not for long. The Black Fairy took me, and for a while, I was her favorite. Then I escaped. I found my way to Wonderland where I was taken as an apprentice by the Queen of Hearts." She threw a causal look at Regina, whose fists clenched. "Never did find out what happened to her. But anyway, by then I was about twenty six, so I made my way over here, waiting for vengeance."
"Lily and Maleficent made their peace with us," Emma tried. "Can't you do the same?" The woman scoffed.
"Yes, my family went soft." She said with disgust. "I, however, will show Mummy dearest who her true daughter is!" Emma glanced back her family and was surprised to see Killian rolling his eyes.
"Well, then, if you'll be seeking revenge on us, can we at least know your name." Emma squeezes her husband's arm, afraid that his brashness would earn him more than just an answer.
"That's the funny thing!" The woman laughed. "No one ever bothered to give me a name when I was little. I had to come up with my own when the Black Fairy took me." She paused, and looked at each of the Royal Family in turn, than flashed a malicious grin. "Desdemona." Emma saw that Desdemona was reveling in her causing of fear, and took the opportunity to strike. She threw a bolt of white magic at her which Desdemona brushed it away easily and created a ball of purple flames.
"Swan, the baby!" Killian exclaimed, and pulled his wife behind him and out of harm's way. Regina joined Emma and together, they formed a spell that created a protective bubble around each person in the room except Desdemona and a domed force field around their family. Zelena was holding Robyn tight and Snow and David were doing likewise with Neil. Desdemona extinguished her flames, seeing that they'd be useless against such strong magic.
"This isn't over!" She promised. "Your shield can't protect you forever!" And with that, the daughter of Maleficent vanished in a puff of orange smoke.
And that's the first chapter! I hope everyone found it at least mildly interesting. Please leave comments and tell me what I can do better! Until next chapter!