Broken

Emma Swan has now celebrated her birthday eleven times. She has been in the Enchanted Forest for ten years which will be eleven in the spring. She has been the Light Queen for the better part of nine going on ten years. Killian and Emma have been married for nine years. This winter, Henry, and Amelia will be seven-years-old. Emma Swan now Emma Jones is twenty-eight years old, and sure enough, Killian and herself both appear to be a few years apart in age. The Light Queen's birthday celebration lasted throughout the night. The next day, the King and Queen of the Cygnus Kingdom were going to have some visitors.

Killian, Emma, Henry, and, Amelia were in the dining hall when Robin and Roland came in with the news.

"They're back!" Robin said like what he was talking about was obvious. Before Emma or Killian could say anything, Aurora and Philip came into the hall also.

"Emma. The people of the Enchanted Forest are back. The curse must have broken." Aroura said with glee.

"You all have seen the people who have returned," Emma asked. If they were fact back, that means she will be visited by neighboring kingdoms. For a trip, Killian, Emma, Henry, and Amelia went to each neighboring kingdom and left a note, notifying them of the Cygnus Kingdom.

"There were more people in the woods than usual, Roland and I bumped into an older woman and her granddaughter. They were said the curse broke yesterday. And then in the middle of the night, they were transported back to the Enchanted Forest." Robin explained.

"So Regina's curse is broken... Oh no. Now Regina, King George and the Dark One have returned also." Emma realized that their decade of peace might be becoming to an end.

"We will get through this, You defeated Cora six months after you found out you had magic," Killian added grabbing her hand.

"We need to know more about what is going on. I can't have my people getting caught in the war between Regina and Snow White! Let's have the Navy go out on the Flying Swan to check by sea while we have a few soldiers go check by land. They can report if they find anything with the seashells I gave the captains." Emma demanded.

"Mommy. Is everything going to be okay?" Amelia asked grabbing the hand of her older brother.

"Yes. Everything is going to be fine. Why don't you two go find Johanna? Your Papa and I have some things to discuss." Henry asserted himself by taking Amelia out of the dining hall to find Johanna in the kitchen.

"We all agree with you, Emma. I will make the order to Captain Williams, to take the Navy out while Mulan and Lancelot split the army. Half can go towards the King Midas's Kingdom while the other can go towards Snow's kingdom. If they find any information, they can let us know." Killian said comforting Emma. Robin, Roland, Aurora and, Philip left to relay the orders to Mulan and Lancelot. As Killian was about to go when Emma stopped him.

"Killian. Wait!" He stopped at the door and turned to her.

"What's wrong love? We will get through this, and the fairies might be able to answer some questions for us; namely how you ended up here or why you have magic?"

"No Killian. We need to be careful. I am four weeks pregnant, and this time I am eighty-five percent certain that it is only one baby this time." Emma said with both glee and terror. All Emma needed was for some vengeful woman to take away their child.

"This is wonderful love. We will be careful, who knows maybe Snow and her Prince already defeated them." Killian gave Emma a small smirk and kiss her forehead.

"Okay. Now go send Captain Williams to see if anything or anyone needs help."

"Yes, Your Highness," Killian said with a bow, and that made Emma laugh. As long as she had Killian everything will be okay.

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Emma went into her magic chamber. This was one room she didn't go into often. She used her magic on a simpler scale after constructing Cygnus. But today she needs to feel safe. Emma looked over the spell that successfully trapped Cora all those years ago. Emma repeated the spell to make two more of the magical cuffs and stored them away for safe keeping. It was time to go find her children and relieve Johanna from babysitting.

"Mommy!" Amelia yelled running to give her a hug. "Did you know that Johanna used to be a ladies maid for Snow White?" Amelia asked.

"I did. When I asked Johanna to be a seamstress for the castle, she told me that she knew princess Snow White before she became a bandit." Emma added.

"Where is Papa?" Henry asked.

"Papa went to talk to Captain Williams. We were notified about something and want Captain Williams to take the Flying Swan to see what is going on. He should be back soon." Emma answered. Their children were beautiful; Henry has really dark brown hair almost as black as Killians but with Emma's green eyes, whereas Amelia had blonde hair like Emma with Killian's blue eyes.

"I am here, my boy." Both children launched into their father's arms.

"How did it go?" Emma asked.

"Captain Williams just set sail. He has the shell and will let us know if he hears anything." Killian stated planting a kiss on Emma's head. Then just so Emma could hear he asked, "When do we tell them about the baby?"

Emma replied in a whisper,"Soon. Once we figure out what is going on with the curse."

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Killian and Emma sat and watched their seven-year-old twins ran around by the swan lake. Henry and Amelia were always smiling and happy. They will always have each other, something Emma knew Killian was glad he had when Liam was alive.

"I am glad they have each other. Henry and Amelia are always so happy. Thank you, Killian, for giving me the family I never thought I would be able to have." Emma sealed her gratitude with a kiss.

"Love, you gave my life meaning after losing both Liam and Milah. Now I have you, Henry, Amelia and, now the little one on the way. I love you, Emma, forever."

"I love you too. I want Henry and Amelia to help pick the baby's name, but I want to wait to tell them until after everything is sorted out." Emma said, and Killian nodded in agreement. They sat there quietly watching their children play with the swans. After a few moments, Robin came up to them, his face showed that he had something to tell them.

"Henry! Amelia! Go inside, we will be in shortly." Killian called out to the kids, they followed the request and went inside. Killian then turned to Robin. "Loxely, what have you found?"

"People seem to be landing everywhere. Mulan went towards King Midas's land and Lancelot when towards Snow's. The grandmother and Grandaughter I met earlier are friends with Snow and Prince James. They were looking for them but, I wasn't able to get any information about what the curse did. They did tell me that when the curse broke, Regina sent everyone back on her own free will. I guess the curse didn't give her the happy ending she wanted."

"Well, that's a start," Emma said trying not sound disappointed. A few moments later there was a slight hum coming from the pocket in her dress.

"You're Highness! It's Lancelot. We found someone you may want to speak with." Lancelot's voice pierced through the shell.

"Where are you? Who have you found?" Emma asked full of hope that they might get some answers.

"We are just outside Cygnus's borders. We found Snow White and Prince James."

"Will they come with you to talk with us? They don't know us." Emma asked once again hoping beyond hope that Lancelot will persuade Snow and James to come and speak with them.

"They said they would come. I told them that their kingdom was in ruin and they would be safer coming with me. They agreed though they don't appear to know that people were left behind in the curse. I sent the Captain of the army to continue on the search while I escort Snow and James."

"Thank you, Lancelot. Give the shell to the Captain just in case anything else is amiss. We will see you shortly, bring them into the council room."

"Yes, You're Highness." Then the communication ended. Robin left to go check on Roland while Emma and Killian got ready for their guests in the council room. Soon they would be getting answers, though they weren't sure what to expect.

Notes:

Thank you for reading.

There will be a total of 16 chapters including an Epilogue.

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