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CHAPTER 13

Emma

"Who sent you?" She forgot she had put a hold on her neck so she let go so Tamara could breathe a little. "You do not love him. You are using him. I want to know why!" Once again she tightened her hold and then lifted her off of her feet.

"Co-Co," Tamara tried while still struggling for air.

"Co?" Emma dropped her.

"Cora." She coughed and Neal rushed to her side. "She saved me from the curse. I came with everyone but didn't end up here. I had my memories but didn't age. She said I needed to find someone when the time was right. Someone who she could use to hurt Rumplestiltskin." Tamara rubbed her neck. "She said once the curse was lifted I'd know how to find him." She pulled a necklace out from undershirt. "This led me to Baelfire."

"Tam?" Neal looked at her and Emma could the hold Tamara had on him was fading.

"Well, now that's not my real name." She smiled when realization hit Neal and he moved away. "She gave me memories and a potion to give him false memories of our life together. She wanted me to get information on the dagger but you came in to the picture and she was worried you would ruin it all." Tamara stood up tall. "But, your uncontrollable magic made Cora rather happy. She enjoyed watching you that night you transported back to the Enchanted Forest." Tamara grimaced when Emma grabbed her physically and sat on top of her. Emma punched her splitting her lip open.

Tamara

Poor Neal. He looked so sad and confused. Emma was just all kinds of crazy. Tamara had not anticipated this. They weren't supposed to find her out until she was ready. Now, she was forced in to plan B. She was not stupid enough to give Emma the truth. No. Instead, she'd give them the story they wanted to hear. Cora was gone. She was their Big Bad but now she was gone and could tell anyone if Tamara was telling the truth or not. Hook was still under her spell so he couldn't out her quite yet.

Now she just needed to survive Emma's wrath without letting on what she was really up to. Her throat hurt from Emma's magical grasp and her lip hurt from her physical attack. She could take a beating.

"I should kill you."

"Do it!" Tamara licked the blood off her lip. "But first, can I tell you how your precious Neal was ready to come for you? I had come just in time. He had a bag packed and was ready to try to make amends with you. He showed me the postcard and told me all about his lost love. He was drunk off his ass. It was too easy. A little slip of the potion and poof."

Oh, a little twist of the truth was working just fine. Emma's fury was intensifying. Tamara was loving this. The crowd was gathering. She saw the brat, Henry, being held back by his grandmother and Neal was just watching. Looking like the fool she always thought him to be.

Emma

"Emma," she heard her mother's voice behind her.

"I should kill you. If Cora was around I'd deliver you to her and I'm sure she would have destroyed you for failing her." Emma got off Cora's accomplice. She saw Gold in the crowd. "Perhaps the Dark One would like to have a word with you for trying to use his son."

"Tam?" Neal looked at her with both hurt and anger in his eyes.

"She promised me a place at her court once we all returned. I was living in squalor. I'm not sorry." She laughed. "They've won. You may not see it now, but I can. Your family is now divided."

"And with Cora gone what was your plan?"

"Destroy you." Tamara smirked. "Make a deal with Regina for her to get the brat back and Neal and I would go back to New York. Regina hates you and your family for being the reason she killed her own mother. If I could destroy you and cause your parents pain then maybe Regina would give me the deal her mother did." She moved towards Emma with her fist clenched. "You ruined it. I had him under my influence. You were a distant memory and with you in the picture my hold was loosening. He was dreaming about you again. I had to get rid of you."

"August and Hook?"

"Oh, that was just fun. My magic is rather limited but I used what I had to do that." Tamara caught Emma off guard and landed punch to her jaw. "I'm just sorry Cora is gone. She would have enjoyed this."

Emma was done with her. With all the anger in body she flew Tamara towards the brick wall of the building next to Granny's in an attempt to do serious damage to the woman. She watched as another force caught her in the air and set her down. Gold was standing to the side and Emma knew he did it. He told Tamara to run or he'd kill her which angered Emma. How dare he let her go after what she did. She used his son.

Tamara was starting to run away and Emma couldn't allow that. She reached her hand out and pointed it towards Tamara. The woman started to, and not of her own free will, move back towards Emma. She didn't want her going anywhere. She wanted to watch her suffer. Emma felt a force against her and saw Gold with an outstretched hand. Tamara seemed to be frozen. Emma tried to throw her again. Everything in her wanted the woman to suffer. And Gold was stopping it and next to him was Mother Superior. They were both trying to help Tamara.

"Let her go, Miss Swan." Gold said. "You don't want to do this. You don't want to be me."

"I want her to suffer!" Emma screamed and all the windows on the street shattered. She watched Gold produce a green ball in his hand and throw it at her. She fell back and her hold on Tamara was gone. "No!" Emma tried to get up but couldn't.

"I suggest you run now." Mother Superior took a step towards Tamara and when she didn't move Mother Superior pointed her wand at Tamara. "Now!"

Once she was gone Emma took a deep breath and then saw everyone looking at her. Some had fear in their eyes. Others had shock. She couldn't read Neal. She felt an arm wrap around her and thought it would have been her mom but it couldn't be.

"We will figure this all out," David said in her ear as he tightened his grip.

"You were going to kill her? Do you know what you've become?" Neal yelled.

"She was using you!" Emma held back tears. Her anger was gone now. "I couldn't let…" She stopped when she saw her mother with tears in her eyes and Henry. Poor Henry.

"You…you really are just like her. You used your magic for evil." He cried.

"I didn't mean to. I couldn't. I can't." She looked up at David at a loss. "I can't."

"You can't learn to control it here, Miss Swan. It's too unpredictable here." Gold came up to her and David. "Back there you can learn to harness it and learn to control your emotions. They are the source of your powers."

"I wanted to kill her." It dawned on Emma just how dangerous she was. "How can I create things over there but only destroy here?" She looked back up David again. She saw it in his eyes. The decision she knew she would have to make but didn't want to alone. He let go of her for a moment.

"Snow, I love you so much. Take care of everyone. When the beans are ready," he couldn't finish. He moved in and kissed her passionately.

"Kid, I'm so sorry. Please don't hate me. I can't risk hurting you. Or your dad." Tears streamed down her face. "It's not goodbye, Henry. I'll see you soon. I love you."

Emma and her father swapped places as she gave her mother a quick hug and said I love you. She could not do more than that for fear of losing it. David said goodbye to his grandson. She felt her father pull her close and wrap both arms around her. She wanted to hug Neal goodbye. In another lifetime she would have held him close and kissed him. But, their time had come and gone but her love for him was still there.

"Charming," Mary Margaret said softly. "Please." He just shook his head sadly. "I will find you."

"I know." He smiled.

"Emma," Neal said her name with such force and urgency. "Don't do this." He stood next to a crying Henry. "We can figure this out. You don't have to go there. There is nothing good back there. I saw friends die to the Ogres. Don't go." His voice cracked.

"I can come back you know." She smiled and looked up at David. "Daddy?"

"It's ok Princess." He kissed the top of her head.

Emma looked at her remaining family one last time. Her mother and Henry in tears. Their friends in tears. Neal…a tear rolling down his face. She thought she heard him say I love you as the wind whipped up in her face. She buried her face in to David's chest, just like the last time. They returned in the Nursery again. She opened her eyes and was shocked to see the room looking pristine and intact minus the wardrobe. David's eyes were red. She was crying.

"I wanted to see something nice. I didn't want to see destruction when we came back." She clung tightly to him. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Don't apologize. We will get everything under control with you. See, you made something beautiful here." David pulled her face up.

"But maybe I can only be here now? What if I can't go back? What if I just lost my family?"

"You can always make your little magical trip back to get your mom and Henry." He sighed. "However we do need the rest of our friends and Kingdom."

"I'm tired."

She smiled when he told her she could sleep but first she had to follow him to his personal armory as he wanted to get some weapons to protect them for the night. She followed him down to a bigger room. Probably their room. He opened a door and inside were swords and weapons that hadn't been touched in 28 years. They looked like they could use some cleaning. Emma touched them and they all started to shine again. She smiled at David looking for his approval. She then spun slowly around the room and watched as it was restored to what she thought was its old glory.

"I'm a little dizzy now," she laughed.

"You did spin in a circle." David laughed. He then caught her when she suddenly passed out. This much magic, she'd be out for a while. "Welcome home Princess Emma." David carried her to the bed then returned to his weapons closet.

Neal

Neal was furious. How did everything in his life just fall apart in the span of less than 10 minutes? He had been engaged to Tamara, a wonderful and smart woman. They met on the subway 3 years ago. He proposed to her over dinner at her apartment. He hadn't really thought of Emma in a few years. Now come to find that was all a lie. Tamara had come in to his life a few months ago and due some magical potion he was led to believe he had some amazing love affair when in reality he was on his way for find Emma.

And Emma had magic – that was a shocker when he learned that the first time. He knew she would break a curse but never in his wildest dreams did he imagine her blowing things up and trying to murder someone. That was not the Emma he knew and had fallen in love with.

"She'll come back. My mom will realize what she did and come back." Henry tried to convince himself. His grandmother just knelt down next to him and wiped a tear away. "But it's not like last time. She can come back. Her and Gramps. Whenever they want."

"I don't think we'll see them for awhile." Mary Margaret was trying to be strong. She looked at him with sad eyes.

"Why don't we get Henry home?" It was the only thing he could say.

"But our Prince," someone in the crowd said. "Who will protect us and lead us home?"

"Mary Margaret will," Ruby spoke up. "The court will re-convene and we will find the royal knights. Just give them some time."

Thomas stepped up and put his hand on Mary Margaret's shoulder. "And I will help. We may not all be from the same Kingdoms but we all want to go home and I will stand by Snow and do what Charming would do. We will protect the beans and find a way home and we'll have our Prince and the Savior there waiting for us."

Neal was thankful for Ruby and Thomas. He was still in complete and total shock that Emma and her father just abandoned everyone. He couldn't believe she abandoned her mother and son after knowing her own pain of being abandoned. He wondered if his face showed any of the pain and hurt that Mary Margaret's and Henry's faces did.

"But I don't understand." Henry threw himself in a chair at the table once they were back at the Charming apartment. "Why did they have to leave? I didn't want her to go. I was just scared."

"I know." Mary Margaret took a seat next to him. He saw her glance over to David's sword.

Neal was unable to speak. He moved to the kitchen and began rummaging through cabinets and drawers earning odd stares from his son and Mary Margaret. When Emma was sad or worried she would always want a mug of hot chocolate with cinnamon. The cinnamon part of it always made him laugh. He always found a way to get it for Emma even when they were on their last dollar. Maybe he'd feel closer to her. He kept on his mission and when he was done he carried three mugs to the table.

"Emma always liked this especially when things got crazy." He took a sip. "I remember one time…," he laughed recalling the memory, "she stood in the rain crying over something. I can't remember what now but I found myself searching the entire car for enough change for her damn cocoa. Then I get it and they forgot to put in her cinnamon. Cinnamon? I had never heard of that before. Anyway, let's say she had an even bigger melt down."

He saw Mary Margaret smile over the brim of her mug. "It's a family thing. Thank you, Neal." Her eyes were sad. "I don't think I can wait for those beans to grow. I am tired of my family being separated."

"We'll be together." Henry kept his head down. "She needs to fix herself and needs Gramps help. They'll be back. I know it." Henry looked up with tears in his eyes. "They have to come back soon."

Mary Margaret moved to comfort Henry but must have noticed Neal's desire to do so. He wrapped his arms around Henry while he cried. Who knew if they'd be back? Realistically speaking…if the Ogres were back what hope did the two of them have alone. If there was anyone left unaffected by the curse they'd be hiding. They were on their own.

"I need to sleep." Henry jumped up and dried his eyes. "Aurora and Mulan can help. They just need to know they are back." Henry started towards his and Emma's room.

"Slow down," Mary Margaret called out. "It's not that easy and I'll not have you go back there."

Neal remembered Henry's story about the room and how Mary Margaret and David both went as well to help guide them home. No way was Henry risking that again. That room burned him. And who was to say anyone would be waiting to talk to them. Mary Margaret had a look in her eye and it was the same one he'd seen on Emma when an idea crossed her mind.

"Neal, can you get your father?"

Sighing, he grabbed his phone and called his father. He told him what he was pretty sure Mary Margaret was up to. He knew David would not approve of letting his wife do this but Neal couldn't stop it.