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Chapter 25

By the time the sun was coming up Ruby and James were starting to get discouraged. They had looked through the forest last night trying to find any sign of Mary Margaret, or David, but they hadn't found anything. So now they were driving slowly down the main street of Storybrooke, hoping that they would find either one or both of them.

"I'm really starting to think that we won't find them…" James whispered.

As the words left his mouth, Ruby started blinking quickly trying to stop the tears from coming out of her eyes, truth was a small part of her did wonder if she would ever see her beloved David, or one of her best friends again, but she did her best to push those thoughts away. However hearing James say it took her off guard and made silencing the voice almost impossible.

Finally Ruby was able to clear her throat and speak, "you can' think like that, James."

"I know…." He said sadly, "But we've searched almost everywhere, I don't know where else we can look."

Ruby stared out the windshield, every once in a while she scanned her surroundings but didn't see anything. It wasn't until she turned a corner that she gasped and stopped the car.

"What?" James asked looking around confused.

"That old abandoned house," Ruby said pointing straight ahead.

James looked at the house and then at her confused, "you think that David and Mary Margaret would be there?"

"I don't know," Ruby admitted before putting the car back into drive, "but we're going to find out!" She said as she stepped on the gas.

As soon as Ruby pulled into the driveway she slammed on the brakes tears running down her face when she spotted David and Mary Margaret laying on the front porch of the house both out cold.

"David!" Ruby cried hopping out of the car.

"Mary Margaret!" James also cried, quickly following Ruby out of the car and up the steps.

"David!" Ruby cried kneeling down beside him touching his back, "David, wake up!" She begged.

"Why aren't they waking up?" James asked worriedly.

Ruby wiped away a few stray tears and then looked up at James, "call an ambulance!" She demanded, James nodded his head taking his cellphone out of his pocket and dialing 9-1-1.

The knot growing in Regina's stomach got worse and worse as she tried once again to get a hold of Killian. Last night after she had calmed down she had tried to call him to apologize, but he hadn't picked up. Now the sun was coming up and she still hadn't heard from him.

"Why did I have to be so mean to him?!" Regina screamed throwing her phone on the bed in anger, she hadn't meant to freak out at Killian, but she was missing her baby so much and she just wanted to be pregnant again. She knew that Killian was hurting as well, and that she should be supporting him just like he was trying to support her, but she had wanted to be alone last night… if only she had of just spoken calmly to Killian, then maybe she'd know where he was right now.

"Regina?" Cora aske cracking her door open, "Are you alright?"

Sighing and turning around Regina let the tears fall freely.

"What's wrong, honey?" Cora asked walking into her room and took her hand.

Regina sighed, "I was really mean to Killian last night, and now I don't know where he is…"

"I'm sure he's fine," Cora said squeezing Regina's hand, "he probably just went out and had a few drinks, and lost track of time."

Regina sighed staring out the window, the sun was starting to bright everything up now, "I think I'm going to go out and look for him."

"Shouldn't you sleep though?" Cora asked concerned.

Regina shook her head, "I won't be able to sleep not knowing where Killian is."

"Alright, I'll come with you."

"Are you sure?"

Cora smiled, "or course, let's go!" She said as the two of them ran out of the room.

Emma squinted as her eyes adjusted to the sun rising, the man who she had met last night had ended up falling asleep on her lap sometime in the middle of the night. Emma hadn't been able to sleep, since it was chilly and this alley gave her the creeps, it reminded her of the night she had met Neal, and a small part of her worried that he was going to show up while she was sleeping and kidnap her, or worse. The stranger groaned and rolled over, but his eyes still weren't open, Emma wished that he would wake up soon, since she really wanted to check into the Bed and Breakfast, and get some sleep, plus she was starting to feel sick to her stomach. Which confused her a little bit since she really hadn't had much to eat since early yesterday, but she figured that she was nervous that this man would wake up and recognize her from the news.

"Regina," the man mumbled, "I love you, and I'm sorry…"

Emma sighed and tapped the man on the shoulder, "hey," she whispered, "wake up."

"Regina, I'm sorry…" he mumbled once again.

"You need to wake up…" Emma whispered once again touching his shoulder.

The stranger sighed opening his eyes, when he saw Emma he rose his eyebrow confused and then sat up a little too quickly, which caused him to almost fall back down, however he managed to catch himself.

"Are you alright?" Emma asked concerned.

The man sighed and rested his head against the wall, "I'll survive."

"Good."

"Who are you?"

"My name's Emma."

"Well, Emma, what happened last night?"

Emma looked at him for a moment, in the light she could see just how good looking he was, he was wearing a black leather jacket, one of his hands was a hook, which Emma was very curious about, but she decided that asking him would be rude. Looking at his face she saw that he had black hair that was sticking up a little bit, more than likely from sleeping outside it had been windy last night. Finally she looked at his piercing blue eyes that were staring at her confused. Looking away embarrassed Emma looked at the wall in front of her, "I was about to go check into the Bed and Breakfast for the night, when I heard you crying down this alley."

"So you actually came down this pitch dark alley by yourself to see who was crying?" He asked impressed.

Emma shrugged, "I was a little scared, "she admitted, "but I just had to make sure that you were OK."

"Did… did I say anything?"

Emma nodded her head, "yeah," she said before taking his hand, "I'm sorry to hear about your baby."

The man sighed resting his head against the wall a tear escaping from his eye, "I was going to surprise her with flowers and make everything better, but all she did was yell at me…"

Emma squeezed his hand, "listen, you can't be mad at her."

"I'm not mad at her…" he said, "but I think that she's mad at me, and I don't understand why…"

"No she's not," Emma assured him, "you have to understand that a woman is the one who carries the baby… she's the one who feels all the movements, who goes through morning sickness. Imagine if you went through all that and then you're not even going to get to hold your beautiful baby at the end…"

The stranger looked at Emma his expression went from hurt to understanding to finally nervousness, "how do I know that she still loves me?"

Emma sighed, "I'm sure she does, you just have to understand that she doesn't love herself right now, she's wondering what she could have done to protect the baby better. She's hurting, and she just wants her baby back, give her time and just be there for her."

"How do you know so much about this stuff?" He asked confused, "Have you ever lost a child?"

Emma shook her head, "no… just call it woman's intuition."

He gave Emma a small smile, "thank you, love."

"You're welcome," Emma said also giving him a small smile.

"I have to get back!" He said, "I have to go and apologize and tell her I love her!"

"Can you stand?" Emma asked worriedly.

The man tried to stand, but immediately fell back to his knees, "I'm a little stiff," he admitted.

"Let me help you," Emma said standing up and offering him her hand, he happily took it, and she pulled him up, "are you good?" she asked.

"I think so," He said, Emma let go of his hand, however as soon as she did he began falling he immediately almost fell, Emma quickly put her hand on his back, catching him "whoa!" She said.

"Sorry…" he apologized.

"It's alright," Emma said just as their eyes locked, which made her heart skip a beat and made her knees start buckling, he was so good looking, and seemed to be genuinely nice. How she wished that she had met him before she had met Neal.

"Thank you…" the stranger finally whispered.

Emma smiled, "you're welcome."

"Not just for catching me…" He said, "But for staying with me, I don't know what I would have done if I was all alone last night."

Emma could feel his face getting closer and closer to hers, every nerve in her body told her to get away from him, he was taken, and she was in no positon to drag anyone else into the hell that was her life she didn't even know what his name was.

"This is wrong!" Emma cried turning her head just before their lips touched, "You're dating a woman who needs you!"

The stranger sighed and nodded his head, "I'm sorry, love, I don't know what came over me."

"I don't even know what your name is!"

Just before he was about to speak a female's voice interrupted him, "Killian!"

"Regina?" He asked turning his head, Emma looked as well and sure enough a woman was running down the alley right towards Killian.

"Killian!" She cried, tears falling from her eyes, Emma stepped aside and allowed her to jump into his arms, and share a long passionate kiss, which made Emma's heart start aching, but she managed to put a smile on her face as another woman walked down the alley.

"OK you two break it up!" She said rolling her eyes.

"Mother!" Regina said annoyed, before turning her attention back to Killian, "are you alright?"

"I am thanks to this young lady," Killian said pointing to Emma, "this is Emma, she stayed with me last night."

Regina smiled and walked over to her taking her hand, "thank you!" She said as tears continued falling from her eyes, "thank you for making sure he was safe!"

"You're welcome."

"Who are you?" The other woman asked.

"Mother!" Regina hissed.

"I'm the mayor of Storybrooke and I know everyone who lives here, and I've never seen you before."

"You know everyone?" Emma asked confused.

"It's a small town, now who are you?"

"My name's Emma Swan, and I'm just passing through."

The woman rose her eyebrow and looked Emma up and down, which made Emma nervous, did the mayor know who she was? Had she watched the news? Was she somehow friends with Neal? However before the mayor could say anything else her phone rang, sighing she took it out of her pocket, "I have to get this." She said before walking away.

Once she was out of earshot Regina turned back to Emma, "sorry my Mother's a little bit paranoid."

Emma forced a smile, "don't worry about it."

Regina smiled and took Killian's hand, she smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, he leaned down and kissed her head "I'm so sorry…" she whispered.

"Don't apologize." Killian insisted.

Emma smiled, before her nausea returned, she knew that she had to find a bathroom and quickly, "well, it was nice meeting you." She said as she began walking away.

"Do you need a ride anywhere?" Regina asked.

"I'm good!" Emma called over her shoulder, as she began speed walking out of the alley.

"I wonder what got into her." Regina said confused.

Killian shrugged, "beats me."

Regina smiled turning Killian's head as the two of them kissed once more, "I love you." She said after the kiss ended.

"I love you too." Killian said smiling, before taking her hand as the two of them walked out of the alley. As soon as they reached Cora's car Regina's cellphone rang.

"Who is it?" Killian asked curiously.

"Ruby," She said before answering her cellphone, "hello?"

Killian watched Regina's facial expression change from confusion to excitement, "that's great news, Killian and I will be there pronto!" She said before hanging up her phone.

"What's going on?" Killian asked confused.

"They've found Mary Margaret and David!"

Killian smiled brightly, "that's amazing, where?"

"I'm not sure," Regina admitted, before walking over to Cora, who had also just hung up her phone, "Mom, we have to go!"

"Go where?"

"To the hospital, Mary Margaret and David have been found!"

Cora smiled, "that's wonderful, honey!" She said handing Regina her keys, "I have some work to do anyways."

"Thanks Mom!" Regina said kissing her cheek, before running back over to Killian.

Cora watched as Regina drove away before walking over to Gold's Pawn Shop, it was still fairly early meaning that he was still closed, which meant that she had to bang on the door.

"Gold!" Cora yelled, "Open up!"

After a few minutes of banging on the door, Gold finally answered, "You know I'm still closed right?" He asked annoyed.

Cora ignored him walking inside, "David and Mary Margaret have been found!" She said crossing her arms.

"Isn't that what you wanted?" Gold asked confused, "It was part of our new plan."

"Are you sure that the plan's going to work?!" Cora demanded, "I don't want anything to go wrong, don't forget that everyone back in the Enchanted Forest hates you and if Mary Margaret and David share a kiss with their daughter around then that's it for the both of us!"

"But their daughter isn't here…"

"How do we know that that stranger isn't their daughter?"

Gold shrugged, "well I don't, but the odds of her being the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming are pretty slim."

Cora sighed shaking her head, "did that Ms. Swan girl come and see you?"

"Yes."

"For what?"

"She needs a new identity."

"That didn't strike you as suspicious?"

"No."

"Well what's her name currently?"

Gold shrugged, "I have no idea."

"You didn't ask?!" Cora demanded.

"No."

"Unbelievable…" Cora mumbled under her breath.

Gold leaned against one of the display cabinets, "So why do you think she might be the daughter of Snow and Charming?"

"Because Storybrooke isn't exactly a tourist destination."

"So you think it was her destiny to come here?"

Cora shrugged, "maybe."

"You sound paranoid…"

"Why aren't you?"

"Because my old friend, Taylor, sent her to see me."

"Again you don't find that suspicious?" Cora asked confused.

"Nope," Gold said walking over to Cora, putting his hand on her shoulder, "she'll be gone in a few days' time to never be seen again."

"You're sure?"

"Positive." Gold said smiling as he walked back to the front door of his shop opening his door, "now, if you'll excuse me."

Cora sighed walking to the front door, she hesitated glaring at Gold before she walked out, "you'd better hope that you're right or else we're both screwed."

"Good day, madam mayor." Gold said shutting and locking the door behind her.

Emma's heart was beating out of her chest as she crossed the street heading over to the drugstore, she had just spent the last half hour or so puking, which had left her weak, luckily the kindly old woman who ran the diner, connected to the bed and breakfast and was named Granny, had given her a big glass of water. Not that she had really been able to keep that down either. But now Emma knew that either she was really sick, or she was pregnant, but she had to try and figure out which one it was, and the only way she could do that was to take a pregnancy test.

Once she had walked into the drugstore she walked down the pregnancy test aisle, and then after reading several boxes, she decided on the one she wanted. After paying for them she stuck them in her purse she walked back to the diner and walked to the counter.

"Hi honey," Granny said smiling.

"Hi," Emma said trying to smile through her nerves, "do you have a room?"

"Of course I do!" Granny said happily pulling out a notebook followed by a key, "Please just sign your name!"

Emma signed her new name, feeling slight relief as she realized that Neal had no idea what her new name was, and hopefully never would.

Granny handed Emma the key, "you're in room six."

"Perfect, thanks."

"You're welcome, now be sure to come down and get some food!"

At the thought of food Emma's stomach twisted uncomfortably, "uh yeah." She said before turning and quickly walking up the stairs, when she found room six she walked in shutting and locking the door behind her, before leaning against the door. Emma didn't want to take the pregnancy test, but she really needed to know if she was pregnant. Finally after standing there for a long time, she took a deep breath and walked into the bathroom.

Ruby squeezed David's hand before she began rubbing it, he and Mary Margaret were still out cold, and the doctor's said that odds are they had probably fallen on the front porch and hit their heads. But what they couldn't answer was why the two of them were at the old abandoned house together… Ruby couldn't wait for David to wake up so she could get an answer.

"Do you think they were there together?" Killian asked.

"I don't know…" Ruby said.

"I can't see David cheating on you…" Regina said.

"What else could it possibly be, Regina?" Ruby asked a little harsher then she intended to.

Regina kneeled down beside Ruby, "let's not jump to conclusions, until we know for sure."

"Well, we already know that Mary Margaret cheated on me…" James said, which earned a death glare from Regina and Killian.

After a few long moments of silence there was a knock at the door and Leroy walked in, "how are they doing?" He asked.

"Still out cold." Killian said leaning against the wall, since all the chairs were taken up.

"I wonder what they were doing at the abandoned house…" Leroy wondered out loud.

"That's the million dollar question." Ruby said.

Leroy walked over to Mary Margaret's bed and put his hand on hers, before looking at David, "how long have they been out for?"

"Not sure." James said.

"Well I've got some time to kill is it alright if I stay in here?"

"Go ahead." Ruby said, her eyes never leaving David, Leroy walked over and stood beside Killian. For a long time no one spoke, Killian and Leroy just stood against the wall, Ruby continued holding David's hand, but she looked sad as her mind was going a million different directions as to why David and Mary Margaret would be at the abandoned house all alone, and although she didn't want to believe that it was anything bad her mind kept going there. Regina kept her hand on Ruby's shoulder, and James sat by Mary Margaret's bedside, not holding her hand, since he was still hurt that she had broken up with him, but he was still concerned about her.

Finally, just when everyone thought that David and Mary Margaret weren't going to wake up today, both of their eyelids fluttered.

"David?" Ruby asked squeezing his hand, "David, can you hear me?"

"Mary Margaret?" James asked squeezing her hand.

Everyone watched as David's eyes opened, and he looked around confused.

"David!" Ruby said a tear falling from her eye.

"Do… do I know you?" David asked confused.

"What?" Ruby asked equally as confused, "David, it's me, Ruby!"

"I don't know you!"

Ruby and Regina looked at each other, neither one of them sure what to say.

"Where am I?!" Mary Margaret cried sitting up, "Who are you people?!" She demanded, "Why are you in my room?"

Everyone looked at each other as they realized that Mary Margaret and David must have hit their heads harder than anyone thought.

Emma leaned against the counter, while she waited for the pregnancy test results, she knew she only had a small window to check the test before it would become void, and then she'd have to do it again. But she had to know, taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and turned around.

"OK, on the count of three…" she whispered, "one… two…" she hesitated before finally saying, "three," when she forced her eyes open staring down at the pregnancy test, her eyes filled with tears when she saw the two lines on it. "Oh my God…" she whispered touching her stomach in disbelief.

End Chapter 25

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