A/n: Part Two as promised. I'm so excited about this one. I really put thought into how I wanted to portray Emma. I gave her a cross between the Evil Queen of Snow White and the Huntsman, played by Charlize Theron, and Maleficent played by Angelina Jolie. Enjoy!'
"Dark one, I SUMMON THEE." David commanded.
The ground began to shake as the lights flicker out. The whole town covered in pitch black. A menacing screech could be heard in the air. The same screech the darkness made before.
Then-nothing. The lights dimmed, but didn't diminish. David looked around the room. It was the same five of them as before.
"I don't understand." Robin spoke, looking aimlessly around the room as well. "Shouldn't something have happened?"
Regina closed her eyes, feeling the cold brush of darkness. "Something did happen. She's here."
" Indeed I am."A voice echoed in the room. A small, taunting giggle could be heard in the air as a faint dark smoke formed, surrounding them.
"Show yourself, Emma!" Hook commanded, waiting for her to appear.
Suddenly, Hook was catapulted into the air, being slammed hard against the diner walls, gasping for breath.
Emma's form appeared, her clawed nails digging into his throat as she held him up by one hand. "Is this clear enough for you?" she taunted.
"Swan…" Hook gasped for air.
"Charming, do something!" Snow screamed out of fear.
"RELEASE HIM." David commanded, remembering he had the control.
Emma cut him a sinister glare, before dropping Hook to the floor. Robin kneeled to help him up.
She faded into a gray haze as she traveled to the diner bar, kneeling before him. Everyone took in the sight of her.
In the light she appeared white as snow, her hair almost ash grey in a sleek ponytail, her eyebrows matching. She donned all black leather, and nails, were long and pointed. She was gloriously dark.
"You summoned me. I suggest you speak quickly before I lose my patience." Emma warned him.
"Do you know who we are?" Regina asked, facing her. "Answer me!" she demanded when Emma didn't spare her a glance.
"I do NOT answer to you!"Emma roared. She faded again as she reemerged directly before them. Inches away from David, she mocked, "'Dark one, I SUMMON thee.' Were those not your exact words?"
"I command you answer all of our questions, starting with Regina's. Do you know who we are?" David asked her, gripping the dagger.
Emma's face grew soft. "Yes…"she whispered. Snow took tentative a step forward. "You remember us?"
"How could I forget?" Emma said, looking at towards Snow. "The mother, who abandoned me,"her demonic voice growled to life. Cutting her venomous glare to David, she frowned, "…or the father who failed me."
"Swan…" Hook breathed heavily as spoke up, finally pulling himself back together. "Do you remember who you are? What you said to me?"
"I do remember such a handsome face." Emma observed, stepping to gently graze his cheek with her cold hands. "Maybe I'll save you for last, in the name of… love." She giggled out the last part, as if it were the most ridiculous notion in the world.
"Emma, this is not you." Regina told her. "You are the stronger than this. Fight it!"
Emma furrowed her brows together in curiosity. "Why would I want to do that? Fixing everyone's mistakes and cleaning up their mess like a common janitor. No…I'm worth so much more than that."
"We willget this darkness out of you Emma." Robin promised.
Emma smirked. "I have no doubt;you're all stupid enough to try. But there's only one problem…" she turned to Regina and snickered,"I don't want to be saved."
With an annoyed groan, Emma glanced toward her parents. "I sense the power has shifted. What is it you ask of me mother Mary?"
Snow stepped to Emma, tears filled in her eyes as she held the dagger. "I want to tell you a story."
"You missed your chance."Emma scorned. "I'm a little too old for stories, now."
"Then I COMMAND you listen." Snow said as she raised the dagger. Emma took an obedient step back, eyes rolling in the process.
"Once upon a time," Snow began, "…a lost soul was drawn to a mysterious town. That town desperately needed a savior. And you were that savior, Emma. Do you remember? We needed you to believe and you did!" she began to cry, as she continued.
"But something happened along the way. The endless battles against the forces of evil took their toll. Was it the lies, the loss, the struggle for love? Something opened your heart to the shadows." Snow told her. She watched as Emma listened, her defenses up, her fingers gripping.
"No one knows the lure of evil more than I. I have felt its embrace. Now I'm here to implore- remember who you are Emma Swan! Resist temptation, step back into the light! I will not lose my daughter, my child, my hope...to darkness!" Snow sobbed.
"Oh mother…"Emma came to her, wiping a single tear from her eyes. "…you already have." She whispered in Snow's ear, with an evil grin.
Snow took a horrified step back as Emma laughed maniacally.
With a swipe of her hand, she flung them all away from her, each of them crashing into a hard piece of furniture. The clink of the dagger could be heard, and it was music to her ears.
They all watched as she picked up the knife. "The next time the each of you see my face, your hearts will be shattering in my hands and it will be the last thing you hear."
And Emma Swan, the dark one, vanished.
"What the hell…"Robin gasped out of pain. "…was that?"
"That was pure darkness." Regina coughed as Robin helped her up.
"Snow?" David called out from the booth. Seeing her unmoving on the floor, he panicked. "Snow!"
He reached her the same time as Hook, turning her over gently. There was a thick piece of glass embedded in her side.
"No." David whispered. Hook examined the wound. "If we don't do something, she'll be dead in minutes."
"Stand back." Regina instructed as she placed her hands over Snow. Her magic began to work, as Snow began to breathe.
Snow coughed, trying to sit up. "Take it easy." Regina scorned lightly. "You're still healing."
"Where is she? Where's my daughter?" Snow asked, looking around.
"She's gone. When she threw you into the mirror, you dropped the dagger." Hook informed her. "As for her being your daughter…I'm afraid we're past that."
"She seems to know who we are, but it's like her heart is gone." Robin told them.
"When the crocodile was dying, he said all that would be left was the darkness." Hook told them. "Maybe that's what it did to her. Made her heart go completely black."
"And with her pain," Regina frowned, "all she remembers is the dark times in her life. She resents us all for something, and I have a feeling, we're going to pay for it."
"Resents us for what? I thought Emma moved past all of that." David said still not believing what he just witnessed.
"But the pain is still there. And where there's pain, there's opportunity to bring out the worst…" Robin told him.
"But what about Henry?" Snow finally asked. "She doesn't hold a grudge against him. So he should be safe."
"Henry, maybe." Hook reasoned. "But not Neal. She wants revenge on Neal for having the life she didn't."
"NO." Snow wouldn't believe it. "She wouldn't hurt Neal; she wouldn't hurt any of us!"
"If there is an ounce of resentment in her heart, the darkness will feed off of it." Regina warned her. "She's truly powerful, dangerous, scared, and unpredictable."
"We will find you Emma." Snow whispered to herself. "I promise."
Henry had gone over every book in the library, reading up on Merlin. He found a few clues, but nothing extraordinary.
"There has to be something." He grumbled, his frustration finally taking its toll. What's the point of being the stupid author if I can't change anything?!
The lights started to flicker. Henry paused, looking around the empty library. "Hello?"
Something was coming. Henry had been around enough magic to know when things weren't right. The lights dimmed, and a strong wind gusted through the building.
Henry braced himself, against the wall, looking up into the darkness. "Mom?!" he hollered.
"Far from it." A voice answered.
The darkness swarmed into a gray haze, before a body appeared. Henry watched Emma appear before him, his eyes not being able to comprehend. She was ash white, wearing all black and leather. Her lips red as blood, her eyes black as night.
"I-I knew you'd find me." Henry told her quietly.
Emma grinned, but her eyes were humorless, soulless. "I wouldn't be so optimistic if I were you."
She circled around the desk, her nails grazing over the books he had sprawled over the desk. "It's a little late to be doing homework." She chided, wagging a finger at him.
Henry took a brave step forward. "Mom, I…"
"I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER!" Emma roared, causing the wind to blow violently. "Not anymore!" Henry was pushed back against the bookshelf.
"Then why are you here?!" Henry hollered over the wind. Emma stopped her rage, long enough to answer his question.
"I am here to warn you, young prince." Emma answered calmly. "I'm about to give this wretched world, the evil it deserves."
Emma held out a necklace, that contained a small silver swan pendant, with a glowing diamond. The same necklace she had always worn. "I have peered into the souls of everyone in Storybrooke. Everyone's heart is as black as mine. Everyone, except for you."
Henry caught the necklace, as Emma tossed it carelessly to him. "It's the last drop of light from the North Star. Because when the darkness comes, and the dying starts…." She smiled vengefully, "…you'll pray you had a star to make a wish on."
"But too much darkness will kill you!" Henry objected. "It nearly killed grandpa!"
"Rumple was a fool." Emma laughed. "Magic is felt, and evil is made. But pure darkness…" she faded into the air, her last words echoing, "…is shared."
Henry put the necklace on quickly before the evil winds blew it away. In the night, the necklace grew brighter, fending off the darkness. There was a painful screech in the air as the wind left with haste out of the entry doors.
The lights flickered back on, as footsteps rushed in. Hook called out to him first. "Henry!"
"Yeah! I'm okay!" Henry called from where he was in the back. He held up the necklace, examining it.
Regina reached him first, as the group appeared. "You hurt?"
Henry shook his head. "She's my mother, she wouldn't hurt me."
Robin checked around the library. "She was here?!"
Henry nodded. "Yes…But she was…" he struggled to find the words.
"We know." David told him. "She's completely dark."
"I don't think so." Henry disagreed. Snow's frowned deepened. "It's true Henry. She's completely unpredictable, and if you saw what we saw, then…"
"She didn't hurt me." Henry objected. "That doesn't mean she won't." Regina warned softly.
Hook spotted the necklace on Henry wore. He knew that necklace-any it was glowing a soft light...much like a star. "Henry, where'd you get that?"
"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Henry explained to the group, taking off the necklace. "She gave it to me, for protection."
"Let me have a look." Hook suggested. Henry gave him the necklace and he examined it closely.
"It the light of a star." Robin replied. "Aye." Hook agreed. "The North Star to be exact."
"How do you know?" David asked.
"Many nights outside," Robin told him rationally. "The question is why?"
"She plans to use the darkness in everyone's soul to make them suffer." Henry concluded. "She said I was the exception."
"Of course." Regina nodded. "She can't contain all the darkness manifested over centuries. She has to share it. And what better way to do that, then to grow the evil resided in everyone else."
"But she spared Henry's life. There has to be good in there somewhere." Snow pleaded, hoping there was something to grab on to.
"If there was any good, any light, left in Emma, she just gave it to her son." Robin nodded to the necklace that Hook had given back to Henry. "She's protecting him from herself."
"So how do we stop it?" David demanded to know, trying to focus on the solution and not the problem.
"For now, we find to Merlin." Regina told them.
"But what about the people of Storybrooke?" Snow reminded them. "No, we first need to find a way to protect the town from darkness."
"Emma can cross over the town line. We need to figure out a way to keep her in Storybrooke." Hook jumped in.
"What good is that going to do, when she has more magic the whole town combined?!" Robin intervened. "I don't want my son's soul going black. We need to find a way to stop her for good. We need the dagger."
"We are not killing my daughter!" David told him fiercely.
"Hate to point out the obvious, but she's hardly your daughter anymore!" Robin yelled back. "She's a monster!"
"Well if you kill her, the darkness just transfers to the next person." Hook told him. "It solves nothing."
"Which why we need to find Merlin!" Regina stressed. "We can't leave people here to die!" Snow snapped.
Henry watched as the adults argued over the best plan. Emma's right. The darkness will eat them alive. He thought sadly. "STOP!" he hollered. Everyone paused to stare at him.
"This is what Emma, the dark one wants!" Henry told them. "She wants the darkness inside us to grow, and us arguing is helping her."
"Alright Henry," Hook exhaled in submission. "You're the author of this story. What happens next?"
"First," Henry told them. "We need to gather as much light as we can."
"How Henry?" Regina asked. "Emma is the only one with light magic."
"No she isn't." Snow expressed softly. "When you fought Zelena, your magic changed."
"You just have to tap into it." Henry added.
Turning to David, he instructed, "Grandpa- you get towns people together, let them know what's going on-then get to maleficent-we are going to need her dragon's breath. Grandma, find the fairies, and get them to make as much pixie dust as possible. Robin, have the merry men set up base stations around the town line. Mom, work on your light magic."
Everyone exited the library with a new mission. Hook glanced at Henry. "Why do I get the feeling my task isn't going to be as easy as everyone else's?"
"Because it's not." Henry smirked. "I think I know a way to turn her back into the savior…You have to steal my mother's heart."
"Again?!" Hook replied in mock exasperation, but was secretly dreading the task. Getting Emma to admit her feelings for him were difficult enough, but actually stealing her heart? It was suicide.
A/n: Bad, good, okay? What did you all think? No, it's not a whole story, but I wanted to give a little taste of what I think is going to happen in season five. The writers mentioned that everyone did indeed want to save Emma, but they all had different ways of doing it. And of course, everyone thinks their way is the right way. If I were to finish this particular story, it wouldn't be more than ten chapters. I see I got many, many, VIEWS for the first part of this 2-shot shorty, but not many reviews. Not that I mind-because I don't review everything I like either. BUT-if there are those of you who want to see this particular story unfold, then review! Otherwise, I might just leave well enough alone.
-R.
