As she was shoved under, Emma felt something ripple through her. It felt powerful, unstoppable. Emma's grip on Neal's wrist suddenly became vice like. She shot one hand up into the hair and hugged Neal close.

With an earsplitting scream, the couple flew into the air, engulfed in white flames. They shot through the air in an arc, abandoning the sea. They began to fall with just as much speed, but they seemed to be protected by the flames. At about ten feet above the ground, the flames flickered and went out, letting the couple fall to the sandy beach like a cannonball.

Emma fell into a heap on the shore. She couldn't feel anything. Neal crawled over to her and looked at her. She was so ghostly pale that you could see her veins. Her chest was rising with shallow breaths, and her eyes were bloodshot. Even her hair had turned white.

"Oh my gosh, Emma, you need help!" cried Neal.

"Help . . . coming. . . ." Emma gasped and then she fell unconscious.

"Oh no, oh no, Emma! Help! Help! He-"

Lucy arrived first in a cloud of red smoke, followed mere seconds after by Regina in a silver cloud.

"What happened?!" asked Lucy incredulously, looking over her niece.

"We saw the distress signal and came as soon as we could," said Regina.

"We were swimming, when some whirlpool thing appeared at Emma's foot. It grew and sucked us in and away from shore. Then we. . . ," Neal paused. Should he tell them about the proposal? "We got sucked under. Emma shot her hand up and then we flew through the air and landed here."

Regina's and Lucy's eyes widened. "Emma did that?!" they asked in unison.

"Yeah. I dunno how."

"Come on," said Regina. "We need to get her safe."

Lucy picked up Emma and disappeared in a cloud of red. Regina grabbed Neal's hand and they disappeared in a cloud of silver, reappearing in a large, white stone room lit by torches. There were no windows, and five beds were there with bedside tables. There was a faucet where one could get clean water, and cabinets full of medicine. Neal recognised it as the infirmary Regina had set up with a few fairies years ago.

Lucy lay Emma down on a bed, and ran to cabinets. Emma was slowly getting paler, her veins becoming more and more visible.

"Is she going to be okay?" asked Neal urgently.

No answer. "Sit down," said Regina, pointing to a bed by Emma's.

"Is she?"

"Sit down!"

Neal obliged, and sat down on the soft white sheets of the bed.

"Are you hurt?" asked Regina.

"Um, my right leg feels broken."

"We'll see."

Regina knelt over Neal's leg and examined it. "Yep," she said after a moment. "Definitely broken."

She ran to the cabinets and retrieved a large and lethal looking syringe. She tapped it and it filling with purple liquid, that bubbled inside. She walked towards Neal, who instinctively scooted back.

"Oh, it's just a needle."

Neal eyed it warily and then scooted forwards again. Regina gripped the needle, positioned it over Neal's leg, and pressed down.

Neal let out a yell as pain shot through his leg. The purple liquid felt hot, very hot.

"What the heck was in that?!"

"Knochenheiler. Heals broken bones. You'll be fine in fifteen minutes. For now just rest."

Neal shot a glare at Regina when she turned her back, but then he saw Emma again. She was even paler. When Lucy and Regina weren't looking, he picked up Emma's wrist and felt. The pulse was barely there.

"What's going on! Where's Emma?!"

"What happened to her?!"

Snow and James burst through the doors, concerned looks adorning their faces.

"Why didn't any of you come and get us?!" asked Snow.

"Not enough time," replied Regina curtly.

The two ran over to Emma, hands clasped. "Why is she like this? What's wrong?" James asked Lily.

"She did some pretty extreme magic to escape the whirlpool, James. Even Reina and I couldn't have done it. It affected her even more since she was completely trained yet. It drained her."

"Can you save her?" asked Neal.

No answer.

For the next hour, fairies rushed around Emma, using different salves, creams, potions, spells, and syringes. There was no change, and her heartbeat was getting ever fainter. Finally, they all stepped away.

"I put in one last medicine. It'll take fifteen minutes to take effect, if it does," said Regina.

Neal leaned over Emma. As he studied her face, he saw something shining on the floor. He leaned over and picked it up. It was two gold bands, each with half a heart on them. How did they get there. He leaned back over Emma, ready to drop them back on the floor, when he was struck with an idea. Neal took one ring, and put it on his finger. He picked up Emma's hand, and put the other one delicately on hers. If she were to die, Neal wanted to make it official.

Emma let out a deafening gasp and sat straight up, nearly knocking her head into Neal's.

"Oh my gosh, oh my-Regina! Lily! Snow! James!"

The four came running back into view. "What is it-oh my gosh!" Regina stared at Emma. "How?"

"I, I just put this ring on her and she woke up!"

"Well, you'd better not take it off!"

Snow and James shoved to the front of Emma's bed and hugged her.

"What's happening?" asked Emma, mildly confused. "All I remember is the whirlpool taking us under, and then, um. . . ." Emma turned red at the last part, remembering the proposal. "Then it all went black."

"Emma, you saved us!" exclaimed Neal. "You shot some magic and made us fly out of the whirlpool before we drowned!"

"What? Are you serious?"

"Would I joke about this?"

For the rest of the day, Emma lay in bed, resting, as people came and greeted her, complimented her on her magic, and wished her well. Neal and Emma still hadn't told Snow and James about the engagement yet, but they would get to that later. However, the paleness of Emma's skin only subsided slightly. You could no longer see her veins, but she was still as white as snow. It would be like that forever. Because of Emma's magic, and the color of her magic, she decided to be known as the White Swan.

The Blue Fairy fluttered about her flower, collecting things here and there. Emma and Neal weren't supposed to survive. Emma was being taught magic by Regina. The Evil Queen! And Neal was associated with her, so he had to go to. Regina was surely spreading her evil ways onto Emma, and she was planning to reveal her true purpose soon. Blue had to escape. What if Emma had seen her?

Blue grabbed her small suitcase in her hand and took a deep breath. With a small pop, Blue disappeared, never to return again.

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