Oh my god I am so excited for this story! Sorry it's up late, but it's been a hectic day. I hope you guys like it!
Emma Swan resented the Savior title all together and for good reason. It had caused her and her coven nothing, but trouble her whole life. They were always on the run and could never stay in one place for more than a couple months. They always had one witch hunter or another on their tail, always someone one step behind them. No matter how far they ran, or how hidden countryside house they stayed in was the coven was always found, even with protective spells and wards. Emma had tried to leave the coven numerous times when she was a teenager, but her parents (and the coven leaders) would not allow it. She claimed she was too much of a burden for them, that they could never have a normal life. Snow and David simply shook their heads and claimed that she was worth it. Their struggle was because Emma was prophesied to be the Savior told to rid the world of the most ruthless and dangerous witch hunter of them all Rumplestiltskin.
Most witch hunters were more of an annoyance than an actual threat to a witch's life. They are often hired to find a witch if they wronged someone with their magic and bring them to justice. Witch hunters original purpose was to bring balance to the world so no witch could be too powerful or malicious. Rumplestiltskin was different, he hated all witches. There were many rumors for his hatred, but no one knew the absolute truth. He set on a journey many years ago to rid the world of all witch no matter if they wronged humans or not. In his eyes every witch must die. For years he slaughtered covens until there were very few left and those that were left were forced to go into hiding.
One day a seer prophesied that a baby girl with straw blonde hair and jade green eyes would be born and she would possess the lightest of magic. That she would be the Savior of the witches that she would stop the witch hunter Rumplestiltskin at the age of twenty eight. The Savior would be known by all because her first spell would be glowing, white light emanating from one hand. Once the prophecy was told to one person it spread like wildfire throughout all the remaining covens.
When Emma turned six she performed her first spell. Her and Snow were in the forest gathering supplies for their next spell when a branch broke and was falling towards them. Out of pure instinct Emma flung her arm out above her head and without knowing it pure white light emanated from her hand blocking the branch from hurting either her or her mother. Snow looked at her daughter stunned when she realized what exactly was happening, she never knew that Emma would be the Savior. There were many babies that were blonde and had green eyes. David joked about it once and they both laughed never assuming what he said could be true. After consulting the elder of their coven, Ingrid, it was confirmed that Emma was indeed the Savior they had all been looking for.
Naturally this news spread throughout the rest of the covens like wildfire. These whispers soon reached the ears of witch hunters and of course Rumplestiltskin himself. Then the chase began, Emma and her coven having to be on the run constantly. Many times they hid out with other covens they were friendly with, other times they were not so lucky and had to hide out in caves or abandoned cottages or if they were lucky empty estates. The longest they had stayed anywhere was two months and even that felt like too long.
Through all the running and living in the countryside her coven trained Emma to be the best witch among them. She was a fast learner and took quickly to many of the lessons they taught her. Emma was practically a master of her craft by the age of fifteen which was almost unheard of. The normal age for mastery was eighteen. Snow attributed it to being the Savior and determination, David said it was her sheer willpower. Even once she mastered her craft her power seemed to continue to grow stronger with time. It was something that baffled everyone in the coven.
Emma was sixteen when she first tried to run away claiming that she was too much trouble and did not want to endanger her family anymore. Of course this happened after what would be considered a close call with an arrow that grazed her father. Her mother being an excellent tracker found her in less than half a day. When her parents caught up to her they embraced her. Emma was more stunned by this than anything else she thought they would be furious she left. They were rightly mad, but more than anything they were worried about her. When Emma told them why she left Snow reassured her that they were a family above all else and whatever challenges they faced they would do so together. That wouldn't be the last time Emma tried to run away, but eventually after the third or maybe attempt the message sunk in and she did not try to run again.
What Emma could not understand was that if she had mastered her craft at a young age why on earth would she not be able to defeat Rumplestiltskin until she was twenty eight. As a young woman Emma was stubborn and impatient. Her cousin, Elsa once said under her breath that maybe she had to learn to be patient in order to defeat the Dark One, the name many called Rumplestiltskin because they feared his name itself was cursed.
The village the coven stayed the longest is where Emma fell in love for the first time. There was a young boy who lived just on the outskirts of the village. Emma would pass by his house everyday going to and from her coven's camp. He always smiled and nodded to her when she passed by. After a few days he ran out when she passed and stopped her. He introduced himself as Neal and insisted on walking her to town that day. Soon this become a daily occurrence for them and they got to know each other in a small amount of time. He was handsome and charming and the first person she had ever taken an interest in. Witches traditionally marry someone from another coven because of this she did not tell anyone in the coven about him.
One night she agreed to meet him in the local tavern and they shared a drink and a few kisses. They laughed, talked, and he surprised her by saying he loved her. Emma said it back, never having felt this way about anyone. For once she could talk to someone without having the weight of the Savior on her shoulders. She felt safe with him. Neal lived on his own and offered to have her come home with him for the night. She agreed because they loved each other and she never wanted that night to end.
After sharing his bed with him he told her that they should elope and live far away from here. Emma agreed and was deliriously, blindly in love with him. She had to return to camp that night, but they agreed to meet at his home at sundown the next day.
Emma slipped back into camp that night unnoticed, thankfully. The next day she tried to act as normal as possible around her family. She feigned a headache and excused herself from dinner and escaped camp with a small pack on her back.
Her stomach dropped when she reached his place and the door was cracked. She pushed her way through and found the house to be completely empty. All belongings or trace of Neal was gone. She sank to the floor and cried. She sat there until the sun fell beneath the horizon. She dried her tears, unsure of what happened or how she could have been so easily fooled by a man with pretty face. She made her way back to camp and went to sleep. When the sun rose the next morning she made their meal and when everyone in the coven was present: her mother and father, Elsa, Anna, and Regina she told them that she thought that they should move on to another town. No one questioned this and they move on to the next village. Emma tried to put Neal out of her mind and focused on her magic.
Her magic started acting up and she felt out of sorts, but not physically ill. Emma then missed her monthly cycle and worried by the implications of this. When the next month came and passed without her cycle she knew she is with child. Emma knew she must tell her family, her coven. They were all extremely upset with her to say the least, but she told them everything. Elsa was the first to come to her defense. Stating that everyone makes mistakes and there is nothing to do now besides deal with the current situation. That brought the conversation to a grinding halt. In their own time they each came to terms with what happened.
Seven months later Henry arrives in the world screaming and crying. He's the most beautiful boy she's ever seen. The coven's number grows to seven that day. Despite everyone's initial anger and upset they all love Henry more than anything. They all vow to protect him just as much as any other member of their coven.
So the coven continued to move from village to village, never staying anywhere too long. It was a hard life and it wasn't a life that Emma ever imagined for herself, her family, or her son.
Killian Jones belonged to a pack and pack's blood was sometimes thicker than water. For Killian it was both his alpha was his brother, Liam. Liam and Killian were turned when they were young adults by a cruel alpha looking to build up strength in his pack. The alpha however was not interested in waiting until they adapted to being a werewolf to have them fight for him, so he abandoned the brothers instead.
Liam and Killian did what they did best and survived. Learning about being a werewolf when you do not have much clue as to what is going on is nothing short of difficult. They felt that they had no control over their own bodies.
A couple years after being turned they met Robin who left his pack due to their violence which caused him to fear for his son's safety. He told them that soon they should be able to control when they turn. At first the moon controls their turns, that control of turning is learned over time and they would at their strongest with the full moon. Without much discussion Robin and his son, Roland, fell instep with the Jones brothers. They formed a pack of their own and Liam became their alpha, their leader. Not long after they run into Ruby, who has never had a pack, who never knew who turned her even. She joined them quickly due to the fact that her grandmother had just passed and she had no family left. For years it was just the five of them living together in harmony.
It was still not easy sailing for them, but at least they had each other. After one bad scrape with another pack they moved towards a seaside village. Their first night they entered a tavern and Killian was struck by the beauty of Milah. She was enchanting and charming, but unfortunately married. Everyone in his pack warned him against being with her. He did not want to listen and they could not change his mind. Milah told him that she was unhappily married to a powerful man with nothing hatred in his heart for witches and had been hunting them after the loss of their son.
After a few weeks of seeing her every night at the tavern Killian almost turns in front of her, completely by accident. When his pack was in a new town they try to keep a fact that they are werewolves a secret until the town accepted them. This caused Killian to run out of the tavern and Milah followed him and had a many questions, worry straining her voice. Once he told her everything she asked him to turn her so they could run away together, so she could leave her husband, so she would not fear him anymore. Killian told her no, that his pack had promised to not intentionally turn anyone. Aside from that he would never cause her the pain he felt in his first turn.
At first she was upset he would not turn her and she stormed home. Killian was upset and worried he had lost her forever. He trudged home to the pack's camp. Later that night Milah found the camp and told him it did not matter that he would not turn her. She loved him and wanted to run away with the pack anyway. With how late the hour was Killian insisted she stayed with them fearing for her safety in the dead of night. She agreed and he promised they would sort everything out in the morning.
However before the sun even arose her husband, Rumplestiltskin came to the camp and attempted to drag her home when she refused to go with him things got violent. Killian tried to protect her, but by this point the commotion has woken everyone in the camp and Liam was holding him back, protecting his brother. Rumplestiltskin started talking about her betrayal, things got out of hand and he killed his wife. Killian crumpled to the ground distraught, he brought her into his arms and watched the light leave her eyes. Rumplestiltskin stepped back and looked to Liam. He told the alpha in no uncertain terms that if the pack wanted to live they should leave before dawn.
Quickly the whole pack buried Milah's body and Killian said a few words, words promising to avenge her death. They had to leave quickly, but Killian vowed to kill Rumplestiltskin.
Emma had to leave her coven's temporary home before dawn to recover herbs that had to be picked precisely at daybreak for a potion Snow was brewing. She pulls on her heavy cloak to keep her warm in the early morning hours. Emma slips out the back door hoping she did not wake anyone in the house.
Henry's tenth day of birth was coming up and Snow and Emma were planning a surprise party for him. She cannot believe that he came into her life ten years ago. Henry is everything his father was not. He is kind, loyal, and honest. Emma gets lost in her train of thought as she moves out of the protection spell surrounding the property. She does not notice the dark figure that follows her deeper into the forest. Once she arrives at the herb she crouches next to the plant looking and watching the skyline waiting for the sun to rise. Just as the sun peaks over the horizon and she moving to pick the herb an arrow lodges into the tree just to the left of her head. She rolls out of the way hiding behind another tree in the densely populated forest. She hears two people grunting and groaning. Looking out from her hiding spot she sees not two people fighting, but a man and wolf fighting. The jet black wolf is gunning for blood, by attempting to bite or slash the man, who has a dagger and is attempting to stab the wolf, but keeps narrowly missing. Emma gets ready to blast the man away when she realizes who he is. It's none other than Rumplestiltskin, her blood runs cold. Any ounce of warmth leaving her, this is the first time she has ever been face to face with him. She is usually running away from him. Only catching glimpses of him.
"Ah, have you finally figured out who I am, Savior? Never seen me up close have you? I've known for quite sometime what you look like. We are on even footing now," the witch hunter taunts her. In all the tales he had be portrayed as a man of great evil, as a monster. Although standing in front of her is a normal man, an older man, but simply a man nonetheless. It takes Emma by surprise. She had been preparing herself for something quite different her whole life.
The wolf takes this moment of sizing up each other and hesitation to attack Rumplestiltskin. The wolf slashes Rumplestiltskin's chest with his claws and he is just able to graze the wolf with the dagger causing a yelp. Fear cripples her for this wolf that is fighting her greatest enemy, a wolf who has unknowingly made an ally in her. Emma blasts Rumplestiltskin away from the wolf, knocking him back. She goes to hit him again and again to finally have this world rid of him when a whimper comes from the wolf and catches her attention.
"I'll see you again soon, Savior," Rumplestiltskin says retreating away from the fight, in her moment of distraction. She curses herself for becoming distracted, she had the chance to kill him and she just let him get away. She looks back to her ally, to her personal savior to only see the wolf transform into a grown, naked man. He's clutching the wound at his shoulder that blood is trickling out of.
"Savior, is it? You're a witch, correct?" he asks her and she nods still slightly surprised a werewolf saved her life, "Fantastic could you do me a favor and heal this? After all I did just save your life," he smirks, exuding charm. Without knowing that healing Killian would change her life and her coven's lives Emma moves quickly to help him.
Just really setting up the story in this chapter, but I see this story having anywhere from 8-10 chapters. Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks for reading!