Sorry it took so long, again, I have vaca in two weeks so updates will happen faster. I'll probably have one new chapter posted next week then more poster the following week. Thanks for keeping up with me.


Eva blinked open her eyes. Feeling a weight against her chest she looked down and saw Emma. Eva smiled and thought this is what it would be like to have a granddaughter. Then she remembered that she died. At least she thought she did.

"Emma?"

Emma sat right up at hearing her name. Seeing her grandmother's blue eyes staring at her Emma smiled and hugged her. "Grandma." Emma said cheerfully.

"Grandma, Emma what are you-"

At that moment Snow and Regina came into the room.

"Mom!" Snow said as she ran towards the bed with a smile on her face.

Emma stood up and walked to Regina and led her to the hallway.

"What happened? Is she okay?" asked Regina when she was sure Snow and Eva were out of ear shot.

"Do you know anything about magic?"

Regina instantly went pale. "More then I wish."

"What do you mean?"

"My mother was not the best person. She was vindictive, evil, uncaring. She only cared about power and, of course, magic is power. When she was younger she had Rumpelstiltskin teach her magic. She only married my father and had me because he was a prince and thought she would be the ultimate ruler."

"I'm sorry you had to live like that."

Regina gave her a small smile, "thank you. In the end she almost succeeded. She taught me magic against my will and when I refused to do her bidding she ran off. She said that she was going to find another child and raise her to be even more powerful and destroy me, but that was thirty years ago and I'm still here."

Emma had a bad feeling. "Does each individual magic look the same or is everyone's different?"

"Each family has a different color, but within that family that color is different hues. Why?"

Emma gulped. "When I was in there Eva died. Then all of a sudden I get these flashes of me as a baby. Next thing I know Eva wakes up and I find out she's my grandmother."

"Wh…what do you mean?"

"I didn't grow up here. I came from another realm and was brought here two years ago."

Regina started backing up and Emma followed her. "Two years ago? Please don't tell me that you were twenty-eight when it happened."

"Yes I was. Why does that matter?" Regina sat down on a window sill and looked into Emma's eyes.

"Years ago, before I was born, my mother found a prophecy about her. It stated that a child born from love three times was going to destroy The Dark One."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Emma, if you are truly Snow's daughter than you are more powerful than either of us realize. My mother, Cora, was taught magic by The Dark one. He is Rumpelstiltskin. In order for my mother to learn magic from him she had to sign over her soul to him, therefore, if he ever dies then she dies. So when she read the prophecy and knew that it was about her end because it meant the end of Rumpelstiltskin. She disappeared thirty years ago."

"So what you're telling me I'm supposed to kill 'The Dark One' based on who my parents are?"

"Yes."

"I don't see the connection."

"What my mother failed to realize is by believing that Rumple was going to die set forth events that will lead to his death."

"I still don't see why you think I'm the one in the prophecy."

"It is well known that your parents are products of True Love and that each of their parents are also. So you are the third generation of True Love. That's never happened before. It's rare that two True Love children have a True Love child, but when you put six True Love powers into one person, namely you, then you're talking about the most powerful person ever existed. I mean, The Dark One can only die from his own dagger that gives him his power. I can only imagine what powers you have."

Emma blinked. "Talk about going in depth. Why do you know so much?"

"Like I said, my mother is not a very nice person. When she disappeared I cleaned out her office and found all her research. I was curious and read it all." Regina stood up and took Emma's hands and pulled her to sit next to her.

"Emma, can you tell me about your flashes? It might help discover how you're here and why my mother isn't."

"I saw Snow and my father holding me then handing me off to some old woman. She left them room then handed me off to another woman. Then she vanished is a swirl of purple smoke."

"Well that's defiantly my mother with the purple smoke. She only does that for the theatrics. People can teleport without showing their magic residue. How do you know that the baby was you?"

"The man that was with Snow was the man that raised me until-"

At that moment Snow came around the corner with tears in her eyes and hugged Emma fiercely. "I heard everything, about the flashes and the prophecy; everything. Please what happened to James?"

Snow pulled back and looked into Emma's eyes with a hopeful smile. "I'm sorry he died twenty-five years ago from some type of sickness. Knowing he was from here I think it's because he didn't have the right immune system for my realm."

"Immune system? What do you mean died? He said he'd always find me."

"An immune system is what your body has to fight diseases and sicknesses. He wasn't raised in the other realm so his was weak for that they have there. He died when I was five, but he told me stories about my mother. Said that she would be here if she could and that I was loved; he showed me that I was loved."

"I just can't believe that he is truly gone. I always hoped that he was kidnapped, but I have you and I know that he took care of you until his dying breathe."

"You're taking this rather well."

"I've had thirty years to mourn and wonder what happened to him. It's nice to have closer."

"What I don't understand is how James and Emma got to another realm and then have Emma reappear here?" Regina asked.

Emma and Snow looked at Regina now wondering the same thing.

Meanwhile, Eva was leaning against her door frame hearing the entire conversation and remembering the day Emma was born.

Eva was so excited to being a grandmother. She had just come from visiting her daughter and was taking a walk outside when Cora appeared in front of her.

"Cora what are you-"the question died on her tongue when she saw baby Emma in her ex's arms. "Please don't hurt her."

"You know, there is a prophecy about Rumpelstiltskin's death. Knowing that it is your granddaughter that is meant to end him is just priceless."

"Why do you care if he dies?"

"If he dies then I die. I can't let that happen I've worked too hard to have it end now."

"She's just an innocent baby. What has she done to you?"

"Me, nothing, but she is going to be the price that YOU pay for breaking my heart."

"Cora we were teenagers. Each other's first loves; I'm truly sorry that we had to end the way that we did."

"Are you, are you really sorry? You got to marry a king and found out that he is your True Love. I got left behind to marry a weak man who gave me an equally weak daughter."

"Henry and Regina are so precious and sweet. How can you think of them like that?"

"The day you left to marry Leopold was the day I vowed to never trust anyone with my heart again. I loved you with all of my being, but seeing you walk away from me like I was nothing tore me apart."

"Cora I wanted to stay with you, but my parents already promised me to him. What was I supposed to do?"

"You could have run away with me."

"We were sixteen with no place to go and I wanted you to come with me. My heart also broke when I had to leave you behind. Leopold saw this and said it was okay if you wanted to live with us. He never knew what I felt for you; he just thought we were like sisters. So when I wrote to you I got a letter back saying you disappeared. When I couldn't find you he noticed I wasn't coping well. Somewhere during those months of my grieving he comforted me and I fell in love with him. I still love you, but he IS my true love."

"You still loving me is bullshit and the only way for you to understand my pain is for me to take away your precious Emma who is meant to kill me via The Dark one."

It was in that minute that James walked outside when all the yelling finally made Emma cry. Somehow sensing her father's protective danger vibe Emma popped into her father's arms, but not before propelling Cora backwards and making Emma and James disappear. Thinking that her family was fine Eva ran to Cora's side. Cora had a tree branch lodged into her stomach and bleeding profusely.

"Cora, you're going to be alright." Eva was holding Cora's hand and brushing her hair out of her eyes.

Cora tried to speak, but it was getting harder to breath. With her dying breathe Cora looked into her loves eyes and said she was sorry.

Thinking of that moment Eva wiped tears out of her eyes and walked to a secret basement in her room. "Cora, it's me. Somehow Emma is alive and knows almost what happened that night. I know it's been a while since I've talked to you. Thirty years in fact. Sorry it took so long to see you again. It's just been hard. Having Emma back made me remember that night. I know you might not believe it, but I truly do love you. Who knows, maybe with Emma here she'll probably bring you back. She brought me back after all."

With that Eva walked back to her bed and tried to sleep not knowing that Rumpelstiltskin was listening the entire night.


So know you sort of know what happened to James and Emma. I didn't know I was going to have Cora and Eva have a history until like 30 minutes ago. But I like it. So thoughts feels/ let me know what you think.