Chapter 1
So this is my first OUAT fanfic, ever. So please read and review, tell me what you think!
Emma couldn't stop thinking about those words, the words that Neal said to her after they all got out of the cave.
"I will never stop fighting for you." It was true that she still loved him, and she knew that he loved her and their son. So much that he would risk his life to come back to Neverland and save them. But he had broken her trust a long time ago, and if someone breaks her trust, they don't usually get it back. Emma broke out of her thoughts as she heard someone come up behind her. Turning, she saw her mother, Snow White.
"What's wrong Emma?" Inquired Snow, obviously wanting to comfort her only daughter but not knowing how.
"A lot of things are wrong, or at least, confusing." Snow nodded, understanding her daughter's dilemma.
"Is this about not being able to choose between Hook and Neal?" Emma nodded and Snow took a deep breath before continuing.
"I know that you are unable to forgive Neal for what he did, but you know? I have been in this kind of situation before." Emma looked at her mother with surprise in her eyes.
"What do you mean?" Asked Emma.
"Years ago, your father and I were going to run away so we could be together. This was when Charming was engaged to Abigail, King Midas' daughter..."
"Wait! Dad was engaged to someone else? And who was Abigail in Storybrooke?
"Yes and Katherine Nolan." Emma nodded, this was making sense.
"Ok continue please, mom." Snow smiled at that word.
"Anyway, as I was walking to his rooms, his adoptive father caught me. He gave me a choice, either I leave and tell Charming that I didn't love him or Charming would die. I chose to leave so I could save him. I am telling you this because, from what I can see, Neal did the same thing for you, he left so he could protect you and help you fulfill your destiny. Charming forgave me, when he understood why I did it. Maybe you can forgive Neal."
"Maybe, I grew up in the foster system, not a happy place. Neal was...well he was the first person to love me in this world.
"How did you meet?" Asked Snow gently, she didn't want to scare Emma from talking. Emma chuckled.
"It wasn't uh...it wasn't your traditional fairytale meeting." Emma laughed again before continuing.
"I was 18, he was 20, I think. He caught me trying to steal his already stolen car. I swear to god he and Henry are so alike! They both like to jump out at me from the backseat of that bug."
Neal smiled at this, he was listening but he made sure that they couldn't see him. He was glad that Henry was so much like him. He started listening again.
"But then he left me to take the fall for all the watches that he stole. I understand that he let me go so that I could break the curse, but it still hurts. When I found out that Neal was Rumplestiltskin's son I was still mad at him, but he still had those same charms and I thought maybe, just maybe we would get back together." Emma was crying now, it was painful for her to relive all of those memories.
"But then you met Tamara" continued Snow for her.
"Yeah and then Tamara shot Neal and he fell through a portal, we all thought that he was dead"
"And then we got here, and you kissed Hook." Emma took a deep breath, trying to steady herself and control her tears.
"Yeah I wanted to thank him for what he did for dad, and he kissed me. I returned the kiss, but, I don't know it just felt wrong, it didn't mean anything for me!" Emma blurted out, not realizing that what she said was true until she said it.
Like Neal, Hook was also listening in on this conversation, he did not like what he heard but the lass had a right to choose, no one could choose for her and he respected her choice. He would help her find the boy, let them use his ship to return to Storybrooke and then disappear. Besides, if you think about it, I am technically the boy's step-grandfather. With these thoughts he turned away and started walking deeper into the forest, he needed to clear his head.
Neal on the other hand was happy to hear those words coming from Emma's mouth. In your face Hook! Neal thought as he started walking back towards camp, he got there a minute later. Charming looked up at him for a moment until he continued on with building the fire. Neal looked around and saw that the pirate was nowhere to be seen. Neal went and sat down near the unopened tents and began to work on them.
Should I continue?
-daughterofathena2
