Emma woke up to his scratchy beard tickling her stomach. Without moving, she started to listen to his low voice to see what he was saying.
"Don't you worry about those things love. Your mother and I will take care of all of that. Oh and let us not forget about your big brother. I have taught him all that I know about the sea and being a pirate. I'm sure he would be more than happy to help me show you the ropes. That is if we can pull him away from his lady love. Although, he has always wanted a younger sibling, I'm sure it won't be too hard to get him to join us on the sea. Once the time comes, I sure I will need to teach you about love too lad. But now we really are jumping the ahead of ourselves."
Emma couldn't hold back a chuckle after that. "What makes you think we are having a pirate and not a princess?" He smiled up at her with this Earth shattering smile that hasn't left his face since yesterday afternoon. She thought his smile was breathtaking on their wedding day but this one didn't even compare. The thought that he was going to be a father was one that he had never thought would be possible. They had talked about it before how he figured around his 200th year that it would just never happen for him. Even after he met Emma, he hadn't even thought too much into it. They were their own little family with Henry. Now knowing he was going to finally be a dad, Emma knew he really did have all of his wildest dreams coming true.
"As much as I love the idea of having a miniature version of you running around our house, I don't know if my heart could handle that. It is bad enough to fend off fans of my lovely wife but to have a daughter that beautiful. I don't know if I would be able to keep my control if a lad would try to win her heart. If ever a lad would break her heart… Well, I chose not to think about that and ruin our moment right now." His eyes were slightly dark at the thought of an unknown daughter that we might have having her heart broken. Oh Emma loved this man!
"Well I hate to break it to you but I am picturing a daughter; a beautiful little girl with brown curls and green eyes. She will have a sword attached to her pink dress. She will be too busy playing in the dirt to worry about learning how to be a proper princess." Killian had moved on his side so he was laying facing her while she talked about her idea for their baby. "She will need to learn how to defend herself from those lads who might try to break her heart though. I would rather them have a broken arm then my little princess a broken heart." Emma smacked his chest while Killian grabbed a hold of it and held both hands there in place.
"I still like my idea of a blonde boy with deep blue eyes. He will be running around trying to be just like his big brother, mocking everything he does. He will be a captain at a young age trying to boss everyone around on the Jolly Roger. He will be able to win any fight he will be put up against but still be a proper gentleman and save any young lass who would be in distress." Emma could imagine his vision just as easy as she was imagining her own. Either a young boy or girl of the two of them would be amazing. It would be a perfect mixture of them.
They both just laid there for a little while thinking of the possibilities that would lie in front of them. After years of battling fights, literally slaying dragons, and fighting for true love; they would finally have their happy ending. One that started with them becoming engaged and continued when they got married. Now it was continuing by them having a child of their own. They both loved Henry more than imaginable. Killian had come to love him as if he were his own blood. Numerous times he had proven it by going to any about of danger to save her; no their boy. This was different than that though. This was going to be them. This was both of them bringing a beautiful joy into the world. A joy that couldn't be taken away because of the next danger in town or one that would only be temporary. This joy would leave its own place in the world and in the family that already loves it.
Emma's phone alarm rang breaking both of them out of the loving looks they we still giving each other as they soaked up on of their happiest moments in life. "If we don't get ready now love we will never make it to the doctor's office in time." They had called to set an appointment up after they took the test yesterday afternoon. Emma had figured she was a little over a month along but no more than that. "Ok if we must." "Yes we must. I want to get a full check up of our little one. I remember when Robin was looking forward to meeting his little lass, that we could even get pictures." He said already getting dressed in his all black apparel. "That usually doesn't come until later on. Right now we would be lucky if we can even hear a heartbeat." She replied moving to help him snap his brace in place. "I just want to make sure the baby is healthy and growing alright. I think I could manage to wait a while for pictures if I know our lad is growing." He said pulling his jacket on. Emma turned around to shoot him a stare as she was putting her own jacket on. "I believe you had meant to say lass." She walked past him to leave the room. He followed behind her smiling away.
They were pulled into a room shortly after arriving to the office and were waiting for the doctor to come in. They were going to do an ultrasound to find out exactly when the baby would be arriving and how far along they were. "How in the hell is this thing going to show us the age of our babe?" Killian asked walking around the ultrasound machine. He was finally learning how to use most of the tech in their everyday lives but there were still a few things that baffled him. "I am going to run that wand that you are touching over Emma's belly and take measurements of your "babe"" Whale said walking into the room shutting the door behind him. "It won't hurt them will it?" Killian asked in a soft voice. Most people knew of him to be loud and sarcastic. When it came to those he truly loved with his whole heart, his genuine concern took over and there wasn't a hint of Hook to be seen. It had clearly taken Whale by surprise. He had looked up expecting to see a sarcastic smile on his face as he was asking. All he found though was genuine questioning eyes taking in the "wand" that was being inched closer to his two loves. "It won't hurt them at all Killian." He had replied.
As soon as the wand had touched her stomach they could hear a loud constant thumping and saw a large circle on the screen. "Bloody hell! What is that?" The sound of adoration still in his voice. "That is the sound of your child's heart beat." Whale had told him as he was moving the wand back and forth. Killian looked to Emma and saw that they both had tears in their eyes. It was incredible that one noise and one picture could bring both a savior and a pirate to tears. "It is a little fast but I think I have found the reason why." Whale was saying which caused both of them to look at him anxious believing there might be something wrong with their small baby.
Pointing up to the monitor, Whale had started to explain. "Do you see these two small circles here?" Emma quickly nodded. "Is my baby ok?" She asked on the brink of angry tears as Killian started to kiss her hand. "I think the question you should be asking Emma is are my babies ok. You two are having twins. They are both healthy and right at 6 weeks. Congratulations both of you." Whale said and walked out of the room after handing Emma a few pictures.
"Twins" Killian said still staring at Emma
"Think we can handle it?" She asked him with a hint of worry in her voice.
"Love, you and I can handle anything in life. Questioning whether we can handle two angels that are to be our children, that is one I can promise you with every bit of my life." He replied kissing her hand again.
"You can be a cheese ball sometimes." She smirked before he kissed her. "So we will get the girl I envision and the boy you see. "
"It will be perfect love." He answered before leaning over to kiss her.
They walked into Granny's right after the lunch crowd came through. There were only a few regulars still sitting at the counter and her parents, Regina, and Henry sitting in what has came to be known as the family booth. "It is about time you guys got here! I am starving!" Henry said standing up to give his parents a hug before sitting back down next to Regina. "You are a growing lad. You are always hungry as proof of our pantry. Every time we go to the market, you eat everything before we can fix meals with it." Killian shot back while we settled in.
"Ok so what is this big news you need to tell us?" Snow asked practically bouncing in her seat. It was like she had already known what was going to be said and just wanted to hear it officially. She looked as if she knew she was going to be a grandma again. "Well Killian and I found out we are not only having one but two babies. We are having twins!" Emma had shouted.
Everyone jumped up and started hugging Emma and Killian. Henry was thrilled and already talking about all the things he would be teaching his younger siblings. Regina had her arm wrapped around Henry as he talked. David and Snow passed back and forth between their daughter and her husband. They both couldn't be happier about the thought of being grandparents again but this time from the beginning.
In the commotion of the news, they didn't realize one of the locals in town had started to choke on her coffee. It was one of the more quiet Nuns in Storybrooke. She was always around but hardly ever said anything and just kind of went with the flow of the town. Unlike the other Nuns in town, she was just slightly older than they were and just had this presence about her that you almost wanted to fear. "Sister Gothel! Are you ok?" Henry asked as he and Granny were making their way to her to help out. "Yes thank you dear. I am fine; my coffee just went down wrong. It is time for me to be getting back to the church anyway. You all have a great day." She bowed before heading out of Granny's.
They all went back to their booth after that while Snow was already questioning Killian and Emma about the babies and every part of their lives.
The next morning, Emma woke up from the little sleep she had got still feeling uneasy. It was the same feeling she had when something bad was starting in town. It had started shortly after they had came back home from Granny's. Killian tried to tell her it was stress from the babies coming and all the dangers that have been around their town in the past. Emma just had this feeling that something they had never planned for was coming and it would be bigger than anyone had imagined. No matter how much Killian tried to convince her otherwise, she still lost a lot of sleep over it and was thinking too much about what could happen. Maybe it was because they were bringing two babies into the world soon or her hormones had gone crazy. Something was not ok in Storybrooke.
Emma headed downstairs to get some food in her system that Killian had made for the both of them before they headed out to the station. As soon as they got back from the Underworld, Killian split his time working between the station and maintaining the docks. This morning he was to go check on the docks before heading to the station after lunch. He was going to walk Emma into the building before heading down to check on the ships.
"Regina said Henry will be meeting me at the docks this morning. He wants to get in a little bit of sailing before school starts up again next week." Killian told me as we walked holding hands swinging between us to the station. "That sounds like fun. Just don't forget to come get me for lunch." "Actually love, I was thinking maybe you bring the Granny's food to us and we have a picnic on the Jolly Roger." Killian had offered as they walked right up to the front of the station. "That sounds perfect. I will meet you there at noon." She said with a kiss to him before heading inside.
"I see mom there waiting at the docks with food in her hand!" Henry shouted as Killian was docking the ship for the rest of the day. After the boys had checked on everything at the docks, they decided they still had some time to kill before Emma showed up with lunch. They took the Jolly out for a small trip around the ocean but were back just in time for lunch. "I hope she brought extra onion rings. I am starving." Henry said running over to move the ramp into place so Emma could come aboard the ship. "Must you eat everything in sight lad? I understand you are a growing boy but you eat as much as a small village." Killian replied moving to give Emma a kiss as she made her way onto the deck and handed to food to Henry. "Just wait until these two little ones get here. We will have three kids in the house to feed." She replied as the three of them moved to their make shift table they had on the deck. "Bloody hell! We are going to go broke feeding all of these growing mouths!" Emma and Henry filled the space with laughter at that and started digging into the bags.
"Well, the babies and I are officially full." Emma said sitting back in her chair propping her feet up on Killian's legs. "That is good to hear especially since you didn't eat very good last night." Killian said with a smile as he started to rub one of her legs. "Why didn't you eat well last night mom?" Henry asked as he started to clean up from lunch. "I'm not sure but I just have this feeling that something big is coming to Storybrooke. That whatever it is will be bigger than anything we have faced before and we will not be able to stop it this time." "Love I have told you numerous times. There is nothing coming that we will have to try to run from or defeat. We are going to have a long happy life with these babies and our boy here. Countless times we have saved each other from death; your parents are separated from each other more times than we can count, and we have kept an entire town safe for years. I think even if we were to have something come rolling into town, we would handle it. Nothing including person or threat will cause these babes pain or heartache. Nothing will keep them from us. I would gladly go back down to the Underworld for them or you or Henry. You need to stop worrying love. There is nothing coming to harm us." Killian finished and now had Emma's face resting in his hand.
"Um, are you sure about that dad?" Henry asked questioning as he stared off to where the far forest is. There was a red cloud hovering over the top of the trees and almost what looked like magic light acting as a fire glowing below the cloud. In the distance there was loud screaming. "What the bloody hell is going on?" Killian shouted as they stood up and started to run towards Main Street.
They had made it down town and saw David, Snow, and Regina directing everyone towards the town line. As they were walking up to them, they started to see the "fire" reach the main road. It was burning the buildings and everything around to ash. There was no smoke to it though. It was a flame brought on by magic that was burning their town. Regina had been trying to stop it with her now light magic but it wasn't even making a difference. It was a slow burn that moved from one object or building to the other. Just a street down from them, they saw Rumple, Belle, and their son Eli came running into view. Rumple had directed his wife to where we were standing while Regina and he went to where the fire was closest to us to stop it. You could tell that Rumple was throwing everything he could towards it and like Regina's magic; his was doing nothing to the fire.
"What the hell is going on? What is this?" Emma asked as my parents were just standing there watching the fire move closer to where we were standing. Snow had Neal in her arms holding his head to her shoulder as they watched as one by one the stores of the beloved town where turned to ash in front of them. "We don't know. The dwarves were out in the woods gathering mushrooms when they heard the sound of a loud roar at the edge of the far town line. They looked around and saw this fire burning towards them taking everything in its path. The dark part of the forest is gone. There isn't anything left of it. We don't know who started it or why. We are trying all of the magic that we have any nothing will stop it." David said when a muffled noise came in through his walkie talkie. "David! You need to get to the town line now! Bring everyone with you!" It was Archie and he sounded panicked. "We are all on our way.
Everyone made their way to the town line. It seemed as if everyone from town was already there waiting when they had arrived. The crowd seemed to part as they walked up to the front by the line to find out what was happening. The town people around them were either in their own private goodbyes, staring in shock at a large red wall that wrapped around the entire line that was quickly coming into view, or they were standing ready to face off for a battle.
Emma and her family had made it to the front of the crowd where they saw their other friends in the town. Archie, Granny, Whale, Blue, Leroy and so on were standing there at our town line with nowhere to go. They all had fear in their eyes. Emma couldn't help but tear up as well seeing every single person she loves in this world scared of what was coming. This was it. This was the thing she had feared for. The thing that she wouldn't be able to save her family from. The thing that would destroy them all.
A large bright red puff of smoke came into view then in between Emma and her family and the large wall on the line. A figure in a cape appeared and she slowing started to move the hood from her head.
"Sister Gothel, what is going on here?" Snow asked recognizing the woman even though she was wearing something the Evil Queen would have and not a Sister.
"Yes, in fact I do know what is going on here lovely Snow White. I am in fact the one who started all of this. It is finally time to get rid of this town once and for all." She said stepping a little closer to them with a wicked smile on her face.
"Why would you want to burn our town down? What could possibly be so bad that you are going to kill all of us?" Regina asked trying to step forward as Henry held her back next to him.
"You really are a dimwit when it comes to magic. This curse isn't killing anyone. All it is doing is killing the town. After this curse is done, there will be nothing but flat land here in Storybrooke. There will be no shops, no schools, no police station, and no Granny's ever again. It will all be nothing. This will force all of us back to the lives we were meant to lead at our home not this poor excuse for one."
Everyone looked around in shock. Some were happy that they would in fact survive while others were still waiting for the whole story.
"What do you mean we will all be going home? Some are not from this world." Emma asked from Killian's tight embrace on her.
"Just because we might not all be from our world, doesn't mean there isn't a place there for everyone. It will be like this world had never existed. You will all be the age you should be as if there were no first curse. You will all have the memories of aging and growing in the Enchanted Forest instead of this hole. Everyone will be happy and the same as they would be if nothing had changed except for one important couple. One couple that can ruin everything that needs to be done for my plans to proceed. This one couple will never have the ending they wanted."
"And who is that?" Rumple asked this time as he held closer to Belle and Eli. It looked as if he feared it was them.
"Why Princess Emma and Captain Hook of course!" She shouted her smile getting larger.
"Why you evil witch!" Killian shouted as he and David started towards her before she raised one of her hands that had the red smoke starting to come from it.
"Be careful now boys. I could have made your lives far worse than I did. The only thing that would wreck my plan is for the product of true love to kiss her true love. It sounds simple enough, right? Wrong! Hook will return as a vengeful 300 year old pirate on Neverland while Emma will be a depressed princess in the process of taking over the crown. It seems very unlikely that the paths of these two love birds with cross in our world."
"Why is keeping us apart so important to your plan? What will it prove to have us away from each other?" Emma asked more curious than pissed off right now.
"You see it was long ago prophesied that twins that are a second generation of true love will be born with a light magic so bright that it will vanquish all dark magic from our realm. All of these year, and it has been far more than your pirate, I have been waiting along with my partner for this to come true. I was sent here with the curses believing I would never see this played out but it has and it happened right under my nose. Once I heard you two make your announcement in the diner yesterday, I knew I had to get busy. I made preparations for everything back in the enchanted forest, created the curse to take us there, and finally I needed a way to burn the town down so there would be no more running."
"Why are you giving up all of this information?" Regina asked
"You won't remember anything about this conversation in the next 5 minutes so why will it hurt anything? All that is important is that our dear Emma will be so depressed she won't care about the twins or their well being which means the light magic will never come to be to stop my plans. She won't have her husband there to help her to snap her out of this funk either. Now I have no doubt that you two will find a way to each other eventually. Time has told us over again that you can't keep true love apart forever. Let us just see though if you two can find each other before it is too late for your happy ending. And seeing Emma as you are still a savior, you should know you will never get it in the end."
"And how do you know anything about saviors and their happy ending?" Emma asked
"Because I am the first savior ever to be and I am still working on mine."
After she said those words, she had vanished in her puff of red and was gone. The red cloud and fire was moving closer and closer to everyone at the line. The people were starting their own little goodbyes with friends and family. Rumple was wrapped around his wife and son kissing them with everything he could. It would be unclear what path the dark one would have followed in the 30 plus years since he had left the Forest. Regina held on to Henry refusing to let go of him. David and Snow held each other with Neal between them saying their I Love You.
Then there was Emma and Killian; the one couple who would not be together after this curse. He held his arms around her looking into her eyes.
"Please find me. Don't let anything bad happen to our babies." Emma said with tears rolling down her cheek. "I will fine you my love. I will find you and you will find me. Nothing will harm these babes while I am still alive. I will do everything in my power to keep you and them safe. We might not share a heart like your parents but you do have all of mine as I have all of yours. I love you Emma Jones."
"I love you Killian Jones", Emma said before she reached up to kiss him.
They were deep into their kiss as the red cloud finally caught up with them.
The sun was shining in her open window causing her to stir even more than just hearing the knocking on the door.
"Come in" Emma called sitting up in her large bed looking around at the room she had had since she was born.
"Your mother and father would like for you to join them in the dining hall Princess Emma. Do you require help getting ready?"
"No thank you Hattie. Tell my parents I will be down in just a moment." Emma said before turning around to look out her bedroom window. It was a breathtaking view of the Enchanted Forest. The same view she has seen her whole life.
I don't own anything OUAT! It is a great show and had just thought this would be a great way to end the series. We will be seeing how everyone is settling in to the new roles they are in. We also get to see scenes that we had missed over the last 30 years. There will be 21 chapters/episodes altogether. Please read, comment, and like! Thank you!
