Title: Of Angels and Sinners
Chapter Seven: Something like a Happy Ending
Author: snarkysweetness
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Aurora, Killian, Phillip, Mulan, Emma, August, Henry, Snow, Charming, Belle, Geppetto, Blue, Flora, Fauna, Merryweather, Ruby, Granny; Aurora/Killian, Mulan/Phillip, Emma/August, & Snow/Charming
Summary: The happy endings returning are what was supposed to happen when Emma broke that curse, right?
Warnings: More feels and Killian being a jerkass, smug pirate who should probably be kneed in the gnads.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Author's Notes: Seriously though, Killian Jones is a jerkass, smug asshole pirate who needs to be kneed in the gnads. Also, I really wasn't lying when I said I tried to get a little something in it for everyone.

"Killian?" Aurora called timidly as she entered the loft. She had to admit, she missed Tristan. Killian was a man-child, with a quick temper and an ever changing mood, and she'd miss the calm of his cursed persona. But Killian wasn't all bad; she'd fallen in love with him for a reason. He could be kind when he wanted to, he was passionate, and he didn't hide how he felt. Loving him was an adventure in itself.

He'd never believed he deserved her, especially not with Phillip around. It was why he'd run from her in their home land and why he'd done it today. She hoped that he just needed some time to get his head straight, but she wasn't going to get her hopes up.

"His things are still here," Mulan whispered, trying to be encouraging.

"Right," she whispered, knowing full well that a pirate didn't need anything but his ship to survive.

"And this little birdie went to the market-" Yvie giggled as Tristan made one of her bird figurines hop over her belly.

"It's piggy-that tickles!" He pressed his face against her side, grazing her skin with his beard. She squirmed and shoved him away with a pout.

"We could do it, you know?"

"What," she asked, already knowing where he was going with this. They had this conversation at least once a day, but they never did anything but talk.

"Fix up my old boat, pack a bag, and fly away from here."

"And what would we do?"

"Who cares as long as we're together?"

Aurora trudged into Granny's, feeling miserable. She knew the war council needed to meet but her heart wasn't in it. She was ready to execute Regina and be done with it. What did it matter anyway? The damage was done. Their home was destroyed, they were stuck in this land with no magic, no way to go home, and would be forced to return to their boring lives.

She frowned and placed a hand over the baby protectively. At least she wouldn't be alone.

"Aurora, darling! Oh, look Flora, it's her!" Three pairs of arms engulfed her and Aurora hugged her godmothers back fiercely. She felt horrible. She hadn't been to see the nuns in weeks. Even in this life they'd been here to take care of her.

"Oh, I've missed you," she said before spotting a familiar face over their shoulders.

"You're alive!" She beamed.

August pulled away from Emma long enough to give her a quick hello but then her lips were immediately on his again. Aurora bit her lip to keep from laughing. Henry sat squished between them while their families and the entire council tried to ignore them.

"I'm so sorry I didn't believe you-"

"No, I'm sorry I left in the first plac-"

"You were like five, August, you can't really-"

Aurora took a seat awkwardly as they kept conversing in between kisses.

"I'm sorry I gave Henry-"

"You wouldn't have had to give him up if I hadn't been such a disap-"

"I was the one who got scared and ran off and got myself arrest-"

"Only because I scared you with all of the fairytale talk. And if I'd just gotten you out of jail sooner-"

Charming scowled at the two of them with his arms crossed before rolling his eyes. Henry sat between his parents with a pout until Emma kissed the top of his head and gave him an 'I'm sorry' and he grinned smugly.

There it was; what had made August familiar to her in the first place. That damn smug look he and Henry both shared. She shook her head. The men in her life were all smug assholes sometimes.

"They've been at this since they got here. All I've been able to gather is Geppetto made a deal with Blue to save Pinocchio. Pinocchio got scared and left Emma as a baby and then spent years trying to find her. They had a one-night stand that involved alcohol, obviously, and when he found out it was her he freaked out and spilled the whole 'you're the savior' news very unsmoothly and scared her off. And I think they tried to get Henry back, but it's very fuzzy because they can't stop sucking faces. I'm assuming Regina was involved in some sort of magical fuckery because they both forgot all of that until she kissed him back to life," Ruby muttered while shaking her head. "Our lives are so weird."

Aurora couldn't argue with that.

"How scandalous, Fauna!" Flora cried.

Aurora shook her head and turned to find Snow and Geppetto clutching hands while watching their children lovingly. Charming could pout all he wanted, August had Snow's approval.

"Stop hogging him!"

"He's my son too and you've had more time with him!"

Aurora covered her mouth to laugh. Now they were having a hug war over Henry. Merryweather pressed a kiss to her temple and Aurora leaned into her, allowing her to hold her. Nothing would ever come close to having her parents back, but this was good enough.

"We have time for this later!" Granny barked, but Aurora could see she was amused.

"Right, Regina…" Emma sighed as she handed Henry back over to August who gave him a tight squeeze and didn't release him. "Look, I know everyone wants to just go after her with pitchforks but she's still Henry's mom. Maybe she wasn't the best and he may be angry with her now but I don't want her harmed. I'm never letting anything hurt him again," she said before turning to him and taking his hand.

Aurora had seen Henry earlier, how hurt he'd been and how much he wanted to hate Regina, but he looked relieved. Granny rolled her eyes.

"So what should we do?"

"Punish her and Rumpelstiltskin." Everyone turned to Belle who looked completely dejected. She had no argument for that one. "He helped her. Regina's powerful but not powerful enough to create this curse. She had help," Snow interjected.

"She's right. Rumpelstiltskin did create the curse," The Blue Fairy added.

Aurora tuned out the moment the bell above the entrance chimed. She turned her head slightly to find her cocky, leather clad pirate leaning against the wall and watching her through sad eyes. She gave him a small smile.

This time, he'd come back on his own.

Aurora's hair whipped in the wind as she watched his ship disappear into the horizon.

"You shouldn't have run after me…I felt like a jackass. You could have hurt the baby." Aurora sighed as she watched him pout with his hands in his pocket, like a hurt puppy. This was Killian Jones all right; throw a temper tantrum before coming running back with no apologies, just sad eyes expecting to be forgiven.

Idiot.

"She's fine."

He looked up with wide eyes.

"She?"

"Sorry, I was going to wait to tell you but I never know when you're going to run off in a fit."

"Sparrow, I'm sorry-"

"Stop it. Look, I love you, but we're having a baby. One child is all I can handle. I need to know you're with me on-"

He cut her off with a kiss and she wrapped her arms around him in resignation.

"Killian-"

"No. I know I'm…I love you and I want to be the man I was this morning, before the curse broke. He was good enough for you. I know you love me, but 'Rora, why would you settle for me when you have Phillip? He's your True Love. I know you're going to say it doesn't matter to you, but it matters to me. I loved Milha, so much that until I met you, I forgot how to live, and I don't want to rob you of the man you were going to marry just because I got you pregnant while we were under some curse."

"Killian, do you think I only think I love you because Yvaine loved Tristan?"

"Isn't he right?"

She turned to find Phillip watching them and she regretted doing this out in the open. She should have told him everything earlier. She released Killian and motioned to one of the tables outside of the diner. She waited until they both stubbornly took a seat before joining them.

Boy, did she have a type.

"Phillip…I'm sorry I walked out on you but my kingdom had to come first. The moment I was coronated as queen you knew that. And I did love you. So much I threw away my virtue before our wedding to make sure I didn't leave this world without being with you. And I still do, but when I set out with Killian, I fell in love with him. And I hated myself for it, so much that I punished myself for it while I was under the curse. And when I woke from it…Phillip before we were brought here I was going to tell you that I was going to go after Killian, to bring him back so I could be with him. I don't love him because of this curse, I already loved him. I'm sorry."

"But Rose, I kissed you awak-"

"No, you didn't," Aurora insisted.

"Yes, he did, I watched him," Killian replied miserably. "You can ask the warrior girl if you don't believe me."

"While True Love's kiss may break most curses, that's not the only way. My agreement with Maleficent was this: I give up my kingdom and Phillip and go under the curse and she wouldn't kill my people. And the only way to break the curse was through an act of True Love. Nothing so simple as a kiss, I'm afraid."

"I don't get it."

Aurora sighed and reached over to take his hand with a small smile.

"Oh, Killian. It's how I knew that no matter how torn I was I had to be with you. Tell me, how did Phillip find me? Even with Mulan's help, he could have never made the journey."

"He found us and brought us to you," Phillip admitted with a grimace.

She smiled.

"You see, Killian, when you were willing to give me up and let me be with Phillip, so I could be happy, you broke my curse. When Phillip kissed me, you stood by and watched him do it, a selfless act of True Love."

"The only selfless thing I'd ever done, love, and I'd do it again if it meant saving you."

She smiled and leaned in to kiss him.

"But…" Phillip began.

"Shut up, Phillip. Even if it wasn't True Love, I'd still pick him," she said as she watched Killian with a smile. The woman she was now in this moment wanted to be with Killian Jones, even if he was a stubborn man-child. "Besides, Phillip, I know you and Mulan were together, before, when I was under the sleeping curse. You love each other. It's okay. Just because we will always love one another doesn't mean we have to be together. She's having your child, what did you think, you were going to marry the both of us? And we'd raise our children together like a pair of sister wives?"

"That sounds like him. Stupid with a side of jackass."

Aurora looked up to find Mulan watching Phillip with a frown.

"In a perfect world no one would have to be hurt, but it's not," Aurora reminded him.

"Do you love me?" Mulan asked, ignoring everyone but Phillip.

"Of course I do!" He stood and pulled her against him. "I would never have…how could you think I didn't love you?"

"Then what the hell is your problem?" She asked as she pulled away from him. "I know that before you felt guilty, but look at her, she's happy. And they're having a child!"

"He's a pirate-"

"Phillip," the girls said together, annoyed.

"You're telling me you actually love him?" Aurora nodded. "And you want to stay with him?" She sighed and rolled her eyes. She was so over this day. "And you do know, pirate, if you ever hurt her-"

"You'll stick me with a sword?" Killian sassed.

"I will kill you."

"Don't worry, mate, I'd never leave my darling little bird," Killian replied as he rubbed Aurora's small baby-bump protectively. "Or our baby," he added. Aurora resisted the urge to roll her eyes. How had she fallen in love with such a moron? He gave her a wink that sent a chill through her. Oh right, that face had something to do with it.

Phillip and groaned and made a face of protest. Mulan shot him an assertive glare and he sighed, defeated.

"As long as you're happy…I guess I will have to settle for one wif-oww!"

Aurora was impressed. Almost as big as a house and Mulan could still make a grown man cry.

"Come here," Aurora stood and pulled them both into her arms. "We're still family, Phillip. I love you and Mulan and I'll love your baby too. And in time I'm sure you and Killian will come to…tolerate one another."

"He's an alright bloke, love. Why don't we get us a bottle of rum and we can bond while you two lasses discuss diaper genies?"

Aurora ignored him.

"And who knows, Phillip, maybe our son and her daughter will-"

"Woah! No man is going near my lark!"

"Killian, please," Aurora begged.

"I made her and I say she's never leaving her papa."

Phillip chuckled deviously.

"I'm going to be so amused in sixteen years," he muttered.

Mulan and Aurora groaned in unison. They should have left these two children behind and run off together instead.