A/N: I do not own anything of OUAT, I just really like it :)
Prologue
They watched clinging to one another as Emma's sword plunged through the Evil Queen's heart. Rumpelstiltskin's plan had worked; giving Emma his powers had given her the edge to defeat the Queen, but as predicted the magic soon left Emma's body and trapped itself into the sword she held. Dropping the sword immediately for fear of what it contained, Emma looked to her parents, tears of joy, and sorrow began to run down her face. They started running to her, Snow helping King with his injured leg. Snow could feel her own blood running down her cheek, but could only care about getting to their daughter. Emma watched her parents near her, but noticed the thick, billowing, blue cloud of smoke approaching them. Her parents paused, sensing their child's distress, looking back and realizing the cause of her fret. At this point, they noticed how everyone in the vicinity froze and watched the clouds, everyone thinking the same 'Now what?'