A/n: I'm not happy with this chapter. It's short and crappy but I like the emma version better. The disconnect made this chapter hard.
Disconnected
I have been abandoned, and I blame Rumplestilskin and his stupid conglomerate of Villains. Six weeks have passed since Robin left me. and three since I stopped having those dreams. I miss my Emma, instead I am stuck watching as the Sheriff gets closer to that god forsaken Pirate. However, his presence at our dinner table seems to ease the conversations between Emma and I considerably. He seems to lighten her mood, and he is attentive, even though she has clearly told him that she needed some space.
I heard that tidbit by accident shortly after the dreams stopped and I had been on my way back to our table during one of our "family dinners." This family is large and weird. But all in all, Emma and I remain friends.
One afternoon as I sat in my office pouring over the story book I needed to find this author so that he could write the story I had been dreaming about. I had been on edge ever since. Emma walked in and placed a container of salad on to the desk. I looked up at her. she looked a bit uncomfortable being in the room with me alone but she put on a friendly smile and said. "How do you feel about kale salad?"
My heart leapt because she was talking to me about something other than Operation Mongoose. Or missing fairies. "Like someone found some place other than Granny's for take out." I responded and continued to search for the author.
"Well I don't mind her grilled cheese, but I know her food gets to you." She said and shifted.
I looked up at her hands. "Is that rootbeer?"
"Yeah, I got you one except I can't get it open," and we bantered and this was kind of comfortable. familiar even, and I began to think that maybe my dreams were coming true.
as we talked I began to imagine that yes, maybe it would happen. I could feel a connection happening, and then my door burst open and that insipid pirate walked into the room. I could have incinerated him on the spot.
Him and the little bookworm prattling on about fairies and cursed and then Emma looked hopefully at me. I took the scroll Belle had in her hands and looked it over. I agreed to do what I could to enact the spell.
Later on Emma left with the Fairies and I was alone, shaken because I could feel something dark in the air. I just prayed it was something I could defeat.
At Granny's that afternoon I went to talk to Blue, because I needed to find my happy ending. I wanted my dreams to be real, and I couldn't figure out how to make it happen. I wanted him to write it for me. I needed this.
"No one has ever seen the Author, but he has left some clues in his stories." Blue said.
"Like Henry's book?" Emma asked having joined my conversation. but then… Evil.
Defeating the Hell bat was no easy feat. But I did it without alerting the avatar of the dream I loved that it was actually out to get her. That squid said that it looked for the heart with the greatest potential for darkness. I knew my heart was as dark as it was going to get. The heart of the savior however, being that she was a product of true love had an uncorrupted heart so her descent into evil would be devastating. I poofed out of the bug and to the town line, but that thing hung on to that vehicle and reached for Emma. It paid me no heed and I knew it wasn't me.
Thank god we defeated it.
The stupid thing was… trusting the squid and that pooch killer to be good. I gave them a chance, of course they have taken up all of my time and have kept me away from figuring out how to get back into my world of dreams.
For now, I sit at this table, shared with the pirate and the savior, and my son. One big strange happy family.
A/N: how was that? I know you like it as much as I do... Quick go read the Reception chapter. Way better. Later loves! S.K.