Chapter 10

Till death do us part

(Agrabah)

"An ogre? Here? How?" Jasmine stood in front of the ogre's corpse but she could still not believe her eyes. But here in her throne room the corpse of the slain ogre lay. "An ogre in the kingdom of Agrabah."

"Yes my wife, this is most perplexing." Aladdin stood beside his wife. "I wouldn't have believed it myself but after fighting the creature, I can assure you this was a real ogre." He rubbed his sore sword arm. "And he did not come in peace, that's for sure."

"Ogre's only exist in the Enchanted Forest. There has never been one here. Could someone have sent it?" Jasmine wondered.

"To travel between realms would require a portal. And to make one you need to be a powerful magic user. We know ogre's can't use magic." Aladdin rubbed his chin.

"Or a magic bean." Jasmine offered.

"And we know those don't exist anymore."

"If someone did send it through a portal, what would their purpose be?" Jasmine asked.

Aladdin leveled his eyes grimly to his wife. "It could be an act of war."

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(Storybrooke)

As David and Mary Margaret watched Henry enter the diner they saw that Hook was getting out of Emma's car with a woman.

"Henry, who's that with Killian?" Mary Margaret wondered.

"Grandma, grandpa wait'll you hear this. You're not going to believe it." Henry shook his head as Hook entered with the woman. Killian wore what appeared to Mary Margaret a slightly confused look on his face. "Killian?" She prodded?

Killian cleared his throat. "This is Mila." Henry's grandparents were both slack jawed.

"Aren't you…? Isn't she…?" David was trying to find the right words. "Dead?"

"Aye, she was. But I can assure you that she is quite alive." Killian looked at her. Mary Margaret frowned a little at the way her son-in-law looked at the woman. She glanced over to her husband and David nodded. He saw it too.

"As I told Killian, I don't know how I got here. All I remember is darkness and then I was standing aboard the Jolly Roger." Mila looked at Hook with loving eyes. Hook averted his gaze with color rushing to his cheeks.

Henry leaned closer to his grandmother. "What's going to happen when Gold sees her?".

Mary Margaret looked at him and nodded, it wasn't going to be a happy reunion. Just then the door opened and Regina walked in.

"Am I interrupting something?"

Who the Hell is that woman?

"Mom." Henry walked closer to Regina and whispered as if he was telling her a secret. "This is Mila."

Mila?!

"As in Rumpelstiltskin and Hook's Mila?" Regina said in shock. "But isn't she dead?"

How is she alive? She was lost in the underworld! And look at the way she's looking at Hook! Emma was starting to get jealous. Hook is mine lady! Back off! She was about to say she won him fair and square but caught herself. This wasn't some competition. She had married him! Sure it wasn't love at first sight, in fact she hated him when they first met. She had left him locked up with a giant, he left her locked in a dungeon. They fought, literally. But he had finally wore her down after pursuing her relentlessly. That's how love worked right? The passion and chemistry didn't always have to be immediate. In fact in Emma's life she had never felt sparks right away with anyone. Not Hook, not Neal, no one really.

Well, that wasn't exactly true. She had felt sparks with one person from the moment they laid eyes on each other.

"Well," Regina smirked. "This little family reunion is going to get interesting."

What was that? Emma started to feel an emotion. An emotion that wasn't her's. I must be feeling Regina's emotions. Is she feeling hopeful? It feels like hope. She's looking at Hook and Mila and feeling hopeful! What's this all about?

"Mila?" a gravelly voice spoke from the front of the diner. Heads turned to see Rumplestiltskin with Belle and Gideon standing in absolute shock. Mila turned to face her former husband, her eyes narrowed. "Rumplestiltskin."

"I don't understand. How are you alive?" Rumple stepped forward and Belle gently put her free hand on his arm holding him in place. At the same time Hook stepped in front of Mila. "Easy crocodile." Hook growled. Rumple began to bristle.

Regina rolled her eyes and stepped in between them both. "Boys, boys we don't have time for this. She was dead now she's back. You have Belle and a baby." She pointed at Rumple then swung around to face Hook. "And you," is this disappointment she's feeling right now? "You have Emma."

The words seemed to take some of the fight out of both men and they moved a step back. The tension still hung in the air and Rumple and Hook continued to exchange looks. This was not over between the two men.

"Now in case anyone has forgotten we have massacred fairies." Regina spoke to the group. "And a missing savior." That was loss. I know that feeling. "Belle have you found anything in your research about the door?"

Belle looked thankful for the distraction. "Well, like I thought the markings were very ancient but they were definitely of fairy origin."

"Fairy?" Regina questioned.

"Yes." Rumple joined the conversation. "The enchantment is meant to transport the person who walks through into another person."

"Another person? What does that mean?" Charming asked. Regina rolled her eyes. And there's the irritation.

"It means that Emma's soul is probably residing inside someone in Storybrooke and I believe I have a theory on that as well." Rumple announced to them all. "A spell like this is not a curse in and of itself. It was intended to unite true love's into one body."

What?! "What?!" That's what I said Regina! "So you mean to tell me that Emma is inside the one handed wonder over here?" Ummmm….

They all looked at Hook. "Me?"

Shit. Shit. Wait. She didn't say that out loud. Regina thought that! I can hear her thoughts now?

Well Swan, if I needed more proof that we could never be together I guess this is it. These are Regina's thoughts! She's thinking this right now! She's thinking about me!

You'll never know just how much I love you Emma.

I think I might have an idea now Regina.

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(Elsewhere)

"It seems they've used the door." a voice in the darkness.

"Yes."

"Not the way we had planned."

"It doesn't matter. We can adjust the plan accordingly."

"Are you sure? They've proven themselves quite worrisome in the past."

A chuckle in the darkness for a reply. "Yes they have. But this time we are working together."

"They don't stand a chance."