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Emma aimlessly strolled around the remains of the realm, finding no people, no buildings, just trees. What she recognised to be Balafins, swarmed above her head, forming a human shape...
The shape fell to the ground, and turned into a human.
"What are you doing here?" The woman asked, smoothing out her crumpled dress.
"You don't want to know who I am?" Emma asked, stepping forward, trying to make herself taller.
The woman infront of her was wearing a red lace bodice whislt the rest of the dress was black, and dragged against the dirty leaves in the forest. Her hair was jet black, and loosely fell by her waist in firm curls. Her eyes were green, a beautiful green that was the colour of shining emeralds, something that could guide the way through the dark night. Her expression remained sad, and her voice was quiet, almost like she hadn't spoken to anyone for years.
"No. I am not. I am asking what you're doing here, and it would be preferable if you answered."
Emma backed out a bit, and replied:
"I am here to find Merlin, I don't suppose you know where he is?"
"He hasn't been here for decades. Why are you trying to seek the sorceror?" She asked, her voice increasing in authority.
" To rip the Dark One from the dagger, so there isn't a Dark One anymore."
The woman scoffed. "Rumplestiltskin? Giving up being the Dark One? Am I hearing things?"
"No, actually, the sorcerors apprentice took the darkness from him and the dagger, but darkness surrounded the entire down, there had to be someone tethered for it to work, so... No Rumplestiltskin isn't the Dark One anymore."
"Hm" The woman said, eyeing Emma up and down, before unleashing a small cutlass from her belt and cutting Emma's hand with it, drawing blood.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Emma winced, pulling her palm to her mouth, sucking the gash wound the woman had given her.
"Just checking something, never mind your business!"
The woman dropped beads of blood onto an old parchment. emma watched over, as the blood started to form old hieroglyphics, that went in the pattern of:
"Reed, Owl, Owl, Vulture, Folded Cloth, Quail Chick, Ripple of water"
"What does that mean?" Emma asked
"It means Emma Swan. Taking that's your name?"
"Yes... Why do you need my blood to know my name, i could of easily just told you"
"I just like seeing people bleed." The woman replied, half- engaged, as she was still watching the parchment, as it revealed more hieroglyphics.
"Loaf, Twisted Flax, Reed, Folded Cloth, Vulture, Horned Viper, Reed, Lasso, Mouth"
"Hello, You have to tell me what it says!" Emma interupted, getting agitated.
"The savior! It says the savior! Okay? So... The savior... Isn't that what Rumplestiltskin wanted?"
"I guess... Look, can I have help or no?"
"Wait. There's more."
"Hand, Vulture, Quail Chick, Stand, Twisted Flax, Loaf, Reed, Mouth, Lasso, Horned Viper, Folded cloth, Ripple of water, Lasso, Quail Chick, Quail Chick, Twisted Flax, Reed, Loaf, Reed, Vulture, Ripple of water, Hand, Stool, Mouth, Reed, Ripple of water, Basket with a handle, Reed, Snake, Vulture, Owl, Reed, Folded Cloth."
"Daughter of Snow White and Prince James" The woman recited before turning her attention back to the parchment.
"Owl, Lasso, Loaf, Twisted Flax, Reed, Mouth, Lasso, Horned Viper, Loaf, Twisted Flax, Reed, Twisted Flax, Reed, Vulture, Mouth, Loaf, Lasso, Horned Viper, Loaf, Twisted Flax, Reed, Loaf, mouth, Quail Chick, Reed, Folded Cloth, Loaf, Foot, Reed, Lion, Reed Reed, Horned Viper, Reed, Reed, Mouth."
"Mother of the Heart of the truest believer."
"Yeah, my son. Henry."
The woman nodded, and waited for something else to come, finally the last thing came through.
"Stand, Mouth, Reed, Vulture, Loaf, Stool, Lasso, Loaf, Reed, Ripple of water, Loaf Reed, Vulture, Lion, Lasso, Horned Viper, Hand, Vulture, Mouth, Basket with handle, Ripple of water, Reed, Folded cloth, Folded cloth"
"Great potential of darkness..."
There was a small, awkward silence, before the woman held out her hand, offering a hand shake.
"You are Emma Swan, I am Morgan Le Fay. Would say it was nice to meet you, but I would be lying." Morgan Le Fay greeted, grinning widly at her sass, as Emma shook her hand.
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He was surrounded by darkness. Just black. There were no doors, no windows, no light. Just black. There were strange noises, groaning, like people were in pain, screaming, crying, people shrieking loved ones names and they weeped. There was also laughing, diabolical laughter, laughter that was unsure, and laughter of those who's sanity had been taken. He didn't know which category he fitted in. He attempted to slip down a wall he thought was behind him, but just crashed to the ground, on his back, looking up to strange figures floating around in a blue aroma. Their faces deformed, hair and clothes disheveled, ripped and torn in any place possible. Their mouths were pulled open so far, and their eyes drooped. He gasped in shock, and as he did, all the figures looked at him in a split second, wheezing and making strange noises, they started to soar forwards but were stopped by a sort of forcefield, inches from his face, this way he could see these figures up close. Their faces were drenched in blood, and each facial feature was wrong somehow, almost like it was out of place. He searched into the one that was closest to him, searched his eyes. Searching his eyes felt like searching his soul, every little move it did made him feel bad for the creature, it seemed sad, lonely, like it wanted to escape this prison. He watched it get bored, and float away, higher and higher into the darkness, so high it was just a small dot in his vision.
He had to escape, he couldn't turn into one of those.
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"What?" Mary- Margaret whimpered, half whispering, shocked to hear this news.
"It was Killian who killed Morgan Le Fay's family, its Killian who Morgan Le Fay wants revenge on. " Belle Replied.
"He had to have done it for a reason, what else does this book tell you?" Regina asked, a serious voice coming out from her lips.
"Nothing else, just that Morgan Le Fay was happy and-"
"Yeah, you said bookworm, what else? Why did the Pirate do it? How did she become the woman she is now? " Regina interupted.
"I don't know. " Belle murmered quietly, politely eating a french fry.
"Oh great. So theres this powerful sorceress lurking around, we have no idea where she is, so she could jump out at any time and hurt any one of us, in search of a stupid vengeful man. I say we let him out. If she really is still looking for him, then she can try to kill him. Realising he is the Dark One, so Hook can kill her. I don't want Henry getting threatened. " Regina spat.
"No! We can't make Killian kill another, just to get them out of the way. I believe everyone deserves a second chance! Which is why we need to let Hook out. He might not be that Dark-" Snow said, but was cut off by Rumple.
"Please. The Pirate will feel darkness snuffing the light. It feels strange. But, he will still be able to love, I still loved Baelfire when I first became the Dark One, then I learnt to love Belle after a while. If i know correctly, the only person he loves in this town is Miss Swan, who happens to be in Camelot right this second. So letting him out is a big mistake. He doesn't have any body he loves here, that will cause him to lose his path, like when I lost Bae. I went down many paths, some horrible ones, until i managed to find the curse for Regina to bring him back. The many dark deeds took their toll." Rumple explained getting a bit iritated.
"Yeah, don't you think we know that?" Regina spat again, getting fed up with the people around her.
"Then what should we do?" Robin asked, a mild sense of worry showing itself in his voice.
"We... er." David hesitated, looking at Mary-Margaret for help.
"We let Killian out, maybe use the cuff to stop him using magic?" His wife suggested
Everyone groaned at the answer.
"The cuff is in use for my wicked sister, who happens to be pregnant right now, what should we do about that?"
"Look, mom. You will find a way, you always do." Henry managed to put in
"Thank you Henry." regina said seriosuly, but smiled at the same time.
"So we do nothing then?" Robin questioned, looking around the table.
"Oh, not nothing Dearie, we wait it out, face any obstacle that comes to our stride, and wait for Miss Swan to return." Mr. Gold explained.
There was a long silence as the group watched Ruby look at them suspiciusly, taking their empty plates away. As they sipped on the last drop of their drinks, and stood up to leave, Mary-Margaret gasped, and insisted on asking a question.
"What is so bad about the hat? And what does it do to you?"
"I was going to read about it actually, there are plenty of books about magical items if you really want to know-" Belle started but was interupted by
"Inside the hat, sucks out any bit of sanity you have inside of you, it starts ripping any happiness, any good memories, anything positive from your brain, leaving you emotionless until you rot with the others who had once been sane within the hat. It's eery atmosphere pulls your soul from you, leaving you empty." He murmered darkly.
Everyone looked at him, shocked.
"Yes Dearies, I was once in that hat, but lets save that for another day."
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"So... er, do you have any idea where Merlin is then" Emma asked awkwardly, pulling her hand back from the handshake slowly.
"I have told you, he left."
"Yeah... You said, but did he leave any clues to where he went? Like I don't know... A note?"
"A note? You think the greatest sorceror of all realms would leave a note?" Morgan Le Fay chuckled, but stopped herself. She hadn't laughed since her family was killed.
"Well, you never know. Where did he live?"
Morgan Le fay sighed, before saying:
"Emma, look. I know where he is. He is still here. Ever since that "Dark Curse" Regina casted, he has remained here, un protected and weak as his apprentice was taken by the curse. I can help you, but you have to give me something in return."
"Thank you! What would you like?"
"Do you know the whereabouts of a certain man, a man with a hook for a hand and is known as "Captain Hook" ?"
Emma froze.
"Yes... Why?"
"Because if i help you get to Merlin you will leave, enabling me to leave this cursed realm to find him. Do we have a deal?"
"Why do you want to find him?" Emma questioned, straining as hard as she could to not let her voice crack.
"My business."
"I won't help if you don't tell me."
"Fine. A while back, I was happy, I was in love, i was having a child, and I lived with my father, he predicted the child to be a boy. Me and the pirate made a deal, he was going to return with the right amount of gold for a magical gauntlet that led people to someone else's weakness. He told me of his search of vengence on "the crocodile" as he put it, the Dark One. Rumplestiltskin, who cares.
Rumplestiltskin came to Camelot 4 months after, and made a deal with me for the gauntlet, I refused, so he stole it, killing our queen Guinevere in the process. Our village went to hell, King Arthur wanted revenge, so he left, leaving this village run riot. Merlin took over after that.
2 months later, Hook returned, the day afte I had my boy, his name was Edward Michael Teach, Michael being my husband. He was enraged that his enemy managed to get the upper hand, blaming it on me. He was furious, throwing things across the rooms of my home. I can't tell you how many times I said I was sorry, but he wouldn't listen. He grabbed my father, holding a cutlass to his neck, telling me to bring it back, I told him I couldn't, so he killed my father right infront of me. He grabbed Michael, asking me again. I was crying, crying so much. I thought that maybe he would take pity on me, maybe he had honor somewhere in him. No. He killed him infront of me too. Edward must of heard the comotion, he started wailing from his crib. I was knelt beside my desceased family, begging now, to not to hurt my son. He didn't listen. He got his First Mate to grab him, as he told me that I had no family. I begged for him to stop, but he instructed for my Edward to be taken. He didn't kill him, but he did make sure I never saw him again. He refused to kill me, said that would be to easy, and he left me, surrounded by my dead family, filled with despair that my child had been taken.
I never saw him again, Hook or Edward. I took lessons in magic instructed by Merlin. He knew I wanted revenge, so he made sure I couldn't leave Camelot unless he did. That's why i have been waiting for someone to come and distract him. Camelot seems to have a magical force surrounding it, causing the people inside to never grow any older, call it an eternal life. All of this happened maybe even a centuary ago. Before the curse, which was 30 years. So yes, 100 years ago. I don't know how my edward grew up, I don't know whether he's dead, and knowing that the man who caused my misery is still breathing hurts me, angers me. I just want revenge Emma. To kill everything and everybody who he loves so he can feel the pain i went through."
Emma's jaw felt like it was down to her toes. She knew Killian was a villain, but hearing a story like this really upset her somehow. Her heart ached. Her eyes filled with tears. She knew what it was like losing a child, she didn't want to give up Henry, she had to, and ever since meeting him again, seeing him die, seeing him be kidnapped and taken to a foreign land, seeing him in a different body, seeing him cry, it was horrid. She never wanted to lose Henry or see him upset ever again.
Emma kept telling herself that Killian wasn't this person anymore, but her mind went back to him nearly killing Rumplestiltskin.
(italic) "No Emma. He is the Dark One." (ooi) She thought, snapping herself out of whatever trance she was in.
"Can we make a deal now." Morgan Le Fay pushed, snifling wiping a few quick tears away, before moving her hand towards emma's, ready to shake it.
"I- I- I can't.2 Emma stammered, starting to tear up herself.
"What?"
"I know you may not believe me, but Hook has changed, he isn't that villain anymore, he's a hero. I need Merlin, or else he will suffer."
Emma mentally slapped herself with what she said.
"He's suffering? Let him." Morgan spat. lowering her hand, slapping it againt her side.
"No, he's suffering in a way where we all suffer. It's hard to explain, I need Merlin's help."
"Wait. You said you needed Merlin yo un-tether the Dark One powers from the Dark One and the dagger... Hook is the Dark one?"
"Yes. Can you see why I need Merlin now?"
"Ha! I say no. Let him destroy everyone. Let him see himself kill those who he loves-"
"Morgan, he can't he's in this magical hat, box, thing."
"Yes... Let him stay in there, let his soul be taken... Let him lose his sanity... Let him die."
"Morgan please. I have a son. And I miss him so, I want to return to him-"
"Then go!"
"- But i can't return empty handed, I have to return with the help of Merlin, for my son's, the town's, Killian's and my sake."
There was a silence for a while.
"You called him Killian." Morgan pointed out.
"That is his name yes."
"When I knew him, no one called him that. You are special to him, aren't you?"
"Well-"
"He's in love with you isn't he? And you have the same affections?"
Emma didn't like how the woman infront of her was getting more excited, the pitch in her voice increasing, a long with the speed and volume.
"Yes."
Morgan smiled wickedly, raised her hands and pushed Emma back into a tree with a wave of Dark magic.
Emma's eyesight was getting weaker, the last thing she saw was Morgan Le fay unleash a Hunters knife.
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He looked around, searching for a hidden door, or a wall he could climb.
He found something, as he put his hand on the weird panel he noticed something different about his hand.
It was turning a gold colour, and it sparkled, like any beautiful jewell he found in his Pirating days.