Here we go! Last chapter before we get to S5! I won't keep anybody waiting so, yada yada, Enjoy!

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"Please, you have to help me save her." Henry begged.

"We're not heroes, kid." Regina sighed, "Find someone else to rescue your damsel in distress of a mother."

"Regina," Abba said making her stop in her tracks, "Maybe…we should help him out."

"What?" she asked not believing her ears, "Abba, are you insane?!"

"Look," he said as he took her off to the side to speak in private, "I know the kid is nuts. But he's telling the truth, at least about his mother. Maybe we should help him."

"Are you just suggesting this because you think it's the right thing to do? Or because you think you've got a shot with his mother?" Regina asked skeptically.

"…I'm curious as to what she looks like." he admitted, "And it's the right thing to do. Look we both know what it's like to grow up without a mother, and this kid is on his own with Snow White chasing after him. The whole 'other world' thing might be nonsense, but what if the stuff he said about his mother is true? I was able to save myself back in Xerxes. But he may not be able to save himself. I don't know why, but I just don't like the idea of leaving him to fend for himself like this."

"Sigh…alright." Regina relented, "But I'm staying here."

"What?" he asked.

"If we both go and Snow finds out, we're just gonna back ourselves into a corner at that island." she explained, "But if we split up, I can shake her knights off your tail and give you the chance to get to the island, grab the kid's mother, and get back here so we can leave before Snow mounts us on her wall, dead or alive."

"Okay, that makes more sense." Abba nodded before they faced Henry, "Good news, kid, I'll help you find your mother."

"Really?" he asked in hope before hugging him tightly, "Awesome! Thanks, Uncle!"

"Still not your uncle, kid." Abba sighed as he awkwardly patted the boy while Regina chuckled.

"So how are we gonna get to my mom?" he asked.

"Well, I happen to know a certain pirate captain, who'd be more than happy to help me." he replied, "Fair warning though, she's a bit of a flirt."

"Wait, did you say she?" Henry asked as he followed his uncle to the docks.

"Get back to scrubbing, Jones!" a hot tempered redhead shouted from the helm of a pirate ship at her one-handed deckhand. She was dressed as a pirate but made no effort to cover up her impressive cleavage behind her blouse. As Abba and Henry approached her ship, she felt the fires of lust ignite inside upon looking at the red wearing alchemist.

"Ahoy, Captain!" Abba greeted trying not to cringe.

"Well, well, today must be my lucky day." she smirked as she seductively approached Abba, while stepping on Hook's hand in the process, "And what brings my favorite alchemist aboard the Jolly Roger?"

"I need you to take me and the boy to the bottomless sea, Ariel." Abba dryly informed as she puffed out her chest and pouted cutely.

"Is that all?" she asked as she pressed her bosom against his toned chest, "There isn't anything else I can do for you?"

"You can stop pressing your breasts against me in front of the boy, for one thing." Abba said while looking away as he blushed.

"Aw. And I was hoping we could have some fun. Make you earn your…sea legs." she whispered in his ear.

"I think your deckhand would be more willing than I." Abba replied as he walked away leaving Henry looking at the sight with a bewildered look.

"I hope Hook and Ariel won't remember this after we make things right, or else things are gonna be awkward the next time they see Uncle." he thought bluntly. As Ariel sailed the ship to their destination, with the additional harsh order towards Hook, Henry couldn't help but look at his uncle.

"If you've got something on your mind, spit it out." Abba said flatly.

"I was just wondering…how you…you know." Henry awkwardly replied as he gestured to Abba's arm and leg.

"I figured as much." he sighed, "Well, since you've told me so much about the 'other' me, I might as well tell you about this version. A long time ago, Snow White fell in love with King George's son, Prince James even though their kingdoms were at war with each other for power. Regina and I were working for Snow's father as stable hands at the time. One night, when we were feeding the horses, we found them in an…awkward position. Snow explained it to us that she was in love with James because he understood her and was just as cruel as she was. Instead of killing us, she let us live, but only if we kept their secret. Unfortunately, King Leopold became suspicious whenever he noticed his daughter randomly disappearing and since Regina tended to her horse, he confronted her. He tricked her into telling him about Snow and James. Needless to say, it didn't end well."

"He killed James." Henry nodded.

"Right in front of his own daughter." Abba nodded, "Snow was heartbroken, and beyond angry. She was going to kill Regina. And she would have if I hadn't stepped in."

"What'd you do?" he asked.

"Well, amongst alchemy, there are some procedures that others would advise against. One of which is considered the greatest taboo that no alchemist should ever attempt; Human Transmutation. Trying to bring someone back from the dead with alchemy. I convinced Snow that I could succeed and bring James back to life, but only if she would spare my sister. In her grief and heartache, she agreed to the deal without a second thought. It went against my better judgement, but I gathered everything necessary for the transmutation not long after. Every known element that makes up the human body, perfectly calculated and measured with the necessary transmutation circle containing the formula needed for it to work. It was just me and Snow that night.

"When I activated the circle, that's when everything went wrong. Instead bringing James back, the room turned red and a giant eye opened in the floor as multiple, little, black hands rose from the circle. Next thing I knew, I was in some white void with nothing but a stone gate behind me and strange outline of a man standing before me, grinning madly. The gate opened and revealed the eye and those hands again before they pulled me in. Then my head began to fill with knowledge, knowledge I never knew could be learned to the point where it felt like my head was going to explode. And before it did, I found myself outside the gate and realized I was back with Snow. Only thing different was that my entire left leg was gone below my thigh. Blood was everywhere. And when I looked up, hoping to see James so that my sister would be safe from Snow, I saw a mangled body choking on whatever life it had left reach out its hand towards Snow as she cried.

"After that, I passed out from the blood loss and woke up the next day in the dungeon with my leg stump patched up while Snow glared at me with tears rolling down her red face. It was then that I knew that I only made things worse for me and Regina. She said that I managed to make myself guilty of the same crime as my sister. Before I could say anything, she grabbed a nearby sword, screamed as loud as she could and cut off my right arm. I guess she thought I was dead after I passed out again because I woke up in the woods sometime later. Some old hermit found me and helped me recuperate before Regina found me. Took me almost three years, but I managed to build these replacement limbs. Trust me, it's not easy building stuff like this with only one arm. Once I got used to them, Regina and started our lives as bandits on the run from Snow White and her army. The only upside to it all was I don't need a transmutation circle to perform my alchemy anymore; I just need to clap my hands together and that's it. I also learned something else, two things actually. Human Transmutation can never be performed, and the dead, no matter what anyone does, don't come back to life."

Henry didn't say anything after Abba was done. The world he was in may not have been real, but for his uncle, everything that he just said sounded more real than anything else he had ever heard. It may have actually happened earlier in the book or it could all just be one great, big fake memory in his head. But the way Abba told the story, Henry couldn't help but believe him. The funny thing, though, is that story was nothing compared to what actually happened to his real uncle. About an hour later, the Jolly Roger reached her destination.

"Look!" Henry called as he spotted the island, "We found it!"

"There's a black knight standing guard." Hook said nervously.

"Only one." Abba chuckled, "I've dealt with worse. You and Ariel wait here while the boy and I fetch his mother."

When the two of them made it inside, Abba snuck behind the black knight and slammed his head against the wall rendering him unconscious. "Not much security you have here, Snow." he muttered in disappointment as Henry grabbed the keys, "Be quick, he won't be out for long."

"Okay. You wait here and keep watch while I get my mom." Henry nodded as he made it to where Emma was being held. When he unlocked the door, he found her in a dress on the floor looking fatigued and dazed.

"Hi." he greeted thinking she didn't remember him, "My name is-"

"Henry." Emma said weakly.

"Mom?" he asked as she rose to her feet.

"Henry." she said again.

"You-you remember." he said as he hugged her.

"I knew you'd find me." she whispered happily in her son's embrace.

"I don't understand. How do you remember when no one else does?" he asked as he unshackled her.

"Must have been part of Gold's plan. My punishment in this world is that I know the truth but I'm powerless to do anything about it. In this world, I'm no longer the Savior. I've got no magic." she explained weakly.

"That's alright. I think I know what to do. Now come on." Henry said as they headed downstairs, when Emma made it down first, she bumped into Abba and found herself holding on to him as she gazed into the light-chocolate brown eyes she adored. When he caught her, Abba thought as though an angel fell into his arms as he stared into her jade-green eyes while the sunlight shined in her golden hair.

"Uh, this is my mom." Henry introduced feeling awkward watching them.

"Uh." Abba replied feeling speechless as he continued to stare before awkwardly shaking her hand, "Yeah, um, nice to m-meet you."

"Uh, yeah. Thanks." she replied realizing he didn't remember her, "Look, we need to get going. We've got a wedding to stop."

"Wow." he mouthed as he followed her out to the ship.

"Thanks for the help." Emma thanked as the ship sailed away.

"Uh, yeah, of course." Abba said nervously, "I'm pleased you regained your, uh, your freedom."

"Unfortunately, it's not gonna last unless we put some distance between that tower and us before the guard wakes up." she replied.

"Why?" he asked.

"Because that was not any ordinary black knight. Her name is Lily. She's dangerous." Emma warned.

"I don't understand. What's the problem with this Lily person?" Abba asked as Lily in her dragon form flew out of the tower and headed straight towards them, "Okay. I see what you mean now."

"Henry, get below deck, now!" Emma told her son, "Ever fight a dragon before?"

"I wanna say, no." Abba replied as he helped her load the nearest mortar with a chain shot while Ariel steered the ship.

"Hold your fire till I tell you!" she said as he readied the flint stick, "Lily, over here! Come on, Lily! Come on! Now!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Abba ignited the fuse and watched as the chain shot made the dragon crash into the sea.

"That was close!" he laughed as she did, "You've got guts, Milady."

"I guess somebody I know back home's rubbed off on me." she laughed thinking about the real version of him.

"If I may ask, what made you trust me with your life, like that?" he asked.

"It's complicated. Might take a while." she replied.

"Well, I think I can make plenty of time for a lovely lady like yourself." he smirked making her blush a little.

"Wow. You're smoother here than you were back home." she chuckled under her breath. As they sailed back to port, Abba listened as Emma told him a lot of what Henry said earlier that day. After changing into some of Ariel's spare clothes, Emma left the Jolly Roger with her son and boyfriend and headed into the port. While Henry was off looking for food, Emma finished telling Abba her tale.

"So, in this other reality, are we really as close as your son says?" he asked.

"Well, you did travel across the realms just to be with me." she smirked playfully, "So, yeah, I'd say we're very close."

"Hmm. I'm starting to get jealous of this other me." he chuckled feeling proud of himself.

"Let's see what food Henry's discovered. I'm starving." Emma said still smiling at him. As they began to go look for Henry, Lily came around the corner with the evil version of the dwarves and Emma's parents.

"There they are." she said, "It's as I told you, my queen. The alchemist helped her escape, and the boy was with them, as well."

"Tell us where the child is hiding!" Grumpy snarled as he tried to grab Emma only kicked into his brothers' arm by Abba.

"Back off, dwarf! Or I'll change your name to Stumpy!" he threatened.

"I know you." Snow White said looking at Emma, "You're…Emma. The mad hag who was locked in the tower. I almost didn't recognize you out of your chains."

"You're the one that's hard to recognize; both of you. This isn't who you are." Emma said hoping to get through to Snow and Charming.

"Tell me, who are we?" she asked.

"You're my parents." she said shocking everyone but Henry, "I'm the product of your true love. You taught me how to be a hero, you taught me how to believe in hope. And I do. And now I need you to believe in it, too."

"You're right, Emma." Snow agreed, "Hope is a very powerful thing. Which is why I'm going to have to snuff it out of you and that awful son of yours. Kill them."

"Wait!" Charming halted as Henry came around the corner, "There he is."

"My, my. I am going to enjoy watching him die in front of his mother." Snow smiled darkly.

"Get out of here." Abba whispered to Emma.

"You can't beat them." Emma argued.

"Look at this way, if what you say is true, and I die here, then once you fix everything, I'll be fine. Besides," he said glaring at Snow and Charming, "I have a score to settle. Now go. Save your boy. Find my sister and wait for me at our hideout. I'll be there as soon as I can."

As Emma reluctantly headed over to Henry, Abba skillfully knocked down a pile of cargo over the knights, rendering them unconscious. Now, it was just Abba and the two monsters he helped create.

"You willing to die for her, alchemist?" Charming asked as Abba clapped his hands together and made a blade form on his metal arm over his hand.

"Dying is the day worth living for." he coolly replied as Henry and Emma got away. Charming, in his arrogance, tried to psyche Abba out by striking his blade only to see it be fended off easily. Growing frustrated, he tried again repeatedly which resulted in Abba striking back forcing him to go on the defensive side. With little effort, Abba knocked him to the ground with an elbow strike to the face, leaving him dazed while the other knights picked themselves up.

"Why don't you lot stay down?" he asked softly as he raised his left knee and pointed it at them. In a split second, a small version of a mortar fired a shot at them from his prosthetic limb. Those that weren't dead were either unconscious or too injured to get back up again. As this happened, Charming got up from behind Abba with his knife drawn with every intent to do this dishonorable thing and stab him in the back; literally.

But Abba knew this, and in one swift motion, he quickly turned and slit Charming's throat with the blade on his arm. With fresh blood splattered against the side of his face, Abba turned back around to see the queen stand alone with fear and shock plastered on her soft, white face. In a feeble attempt, she tried to kill the alchemist with a ball of fire only to watch it be deflected by his metal arm as he approached her.

"Snow White of Misthaven," he said in a terrifying tone as Snow stumbled back to the ground in fear, "You and your followers have devastated the balance of this realm. And now, you shall pay the ultimate price."

Before she could even so much as scream, he grabbed her face with his real arm, lifted her so she was but an inch off the ground, and used his alchemy to kill her. He knew when the lights stopped flashing and her eyes were rolled back in her head that she was dead; but he didn't take pride in it. He gently laid her down on the ground, closed her eyes, and bowed his head.

"The queen," he said as he walked away with his back facing the carnage he made, "Is dead."

It didn't take him very long, but Abba was able to meet up with the others back at his home. "You made it." Emma said happily before hugging him tightly which he didn't mind.

"…Brother?" Regina asked hesitantly, "Wh-who's blood is that?"

He could've kicked himself for not cleaning off the blood on his faced and gloves. It was then that Emma released him from the hug and looked at him with an unreadable expression. Not wanting to beat around the bush, Abba told them who the blood belonged to.

"Snow White and Charming are dead." he admitted solemnly causing them all, Emma especially, to look shocked, "I'm sorry. I know that they were your parents, but it was either them or me. But if we succeed in ending this reality, they just come back in the other one."

After swallowing, or at least attempting to try, the death of her parents, Emma and the others raced out of the woods to the church where Robin and Zelena's wedding was being held.

"We haven't heard the wedding bells yet. There's still time." Henry said as they reached the church.

"I don't even know what to say to him." Regina argued nervously.

"Sister, in this case, actions seem to be louder than words." Abba countered.

"Once you and Robin share true love's kiss, everything should be great again." Henry stressed.

"Okay." Regina nodded while Emma lightly chuckled, "What?"

"You don't remember this, but I promised you once I'd help you find your happy ending. I'm just glad I'm here to see it." she smiled, "You got this, Regina."

"I'm afraid none of you are crashing this wedding, dearies." Rumplestiltskin denied as he approached them with his sword drawn.

"Go." Emma said glaring at the man responsible for it all, "We've got the Dark One."

"Dark One?" he scoffed as Emma and Abba pointed their blades at him, "I'm afraid you have the wrong name, dearie."

"We'll see about that." she coolly retorted.

"No idea why, but I feel the strangest sense of Déjà vu and…enjoyment towards what comes next." Abba smirked.

"Unfortunately for you, nothing comes next." Rumple denied as the fight began.

"Regina, go!" Abba urged as he fought. Rumple proved to be a more skilled opponent than the others he fought today, so Abba struggled to keep him from staying on the offensive. In a cheap shot, the Light One used his magic to knock Emma and Abba back several feet rending him in a daze and her unconscious.

"Mom, Uncle!" Henry cried as he grabbed Emma's sword.

"Out of my way, boy." Rumple warned.

"You have to get through me to get to her!" Henry declared while Regina struggled between stopping the wedding and helping the others, "Go! You have to stop that wedding!"

But Rumple got the upper hand and knocked the boy's sword away. "You won't hurt me." he said standing his ground, "You're supposed to be a hero here."

"And that's exactly why I must do this; to ensure I remain one." Rumple replied as he swung his sword. But as he did, the flesh the blade cut through didn't belong to Henry, instead, it was Regina's.

"Sister!" Abba cried as he ran over to Regina.

"It's done." he whispered before flashing away.

"Mom?" Henry asked as his voice broke.

"Regina?" Emma asked as she joined them.

"Mom. Why didn't you go into the church?" Henry asked.

"I…I couldn't let you die." she said weakly as the bells rung.

"We're at the end of the book. We're not gonna be able to change anything now." Emma said in defeat as the newlyweds exited the church.

"Regina?" Robin asked when he saw his friend bleeding on the ground, "Regina!"

"Robin? What's going on?" Zelena asked as she joined him, "Oh, now I've got blood on my dress!"

"Can't you see she's injured?" he asked his wife in bewilderment.

"This is supposed to be my day! And she's ruined it!" she whined as he skin began to literally turn green with envy. As she ran off, Isaac watched the sight in the crowd.

"It's okay. You're gonna be alright." Robin soothed as he cradled her head.

"Gina, please." Abba begged chocking his tears.

"No. I'm not." she whispered, "I'm sorry, Abby."

"At least I can promise you, you won't die alone." Robin swore gently.

"Too little, too late." Isaac smirked before Emma clocked him in the face, knocking the pen out of his bag.

"Then you're gonna change things. Return them to the way they were." Emma barked as he clutched his jaw, "Bring back my parents, save Regina."

"I can't." he said as Henry heard something come from the pen before picking it up, "I'm not the Author anymore. I can't change a thing."

"Whoa." Emma said as the pen shined in her son's hand, "Kid, what the hell?"

"No." Isaac whispered.

"What's happening?" Emma asked.

"He's the next Author." Isaac said in disbelief.

"I-I can feel it." Henry said.

"Henry. Fix it. Write everything the way it was." Emma said.

"Without ink, he's not writing anything." Isaac spat while Emma grabbed her sword.

"My blood. It was supposed to work last time." she said ready to slice her hand only to have her son stop her.

"Yes, when mixed with darkness, but you're not the Savior here." Henry reminded, "But that doesn't mean we didn't find one. And in this world, we don't need a dark Savior. We need a light one."

"No, don't!" Isaac yelled as Henry knelt by his dying mother.

"Henry, do it!" Emma yelled as she held him back. Dipping the ink in her blood, Henry used his newfound powers to fix everything.

"With the hero Regina's sacrifice," he wrote, "Isaac's villainous work was undone."

In a quick flash, Henry found himself standing over Regina as she rose to her feet with Emma and the Apprentice rising up behind them as they hugged.

"You did it." Regina said proudly.

"No, Mom. We did." he corrected as Robin ran over to Regina and hugged her tightly while Henry went over to Emma, "Mom!"

"Henry." she said hugging him before her eyes widened, "My parents."

Without a minute to waste, Emma ran as fast as she could to the loft hoping to find her family there alive. Although, when she burst through the door, what she found was, in a word, just plain weird.

"Come on! It's only fair!" Nicholas stressed to Snow and David as he held a gun, "I killed you guys, you guys shoot me!"

"For the last time!" Snow said sternly, "We are not going to shoot you!"

"Mom! Dad!" Emma cried as she rushed over to hug them tightly. Nicholas smiled at the touching sight as his nephew and sister came in. As soon as he saw Regina, he walked over to her and instead of hugging, he thumped her forehead with the palm of his hand.

"Ow!" she said, "What'd you do that for?"

It was then that he pulled her into a very tight hug. "Don't ever do something stupid like that again." he whispered harshly even though he was very happy to see his big sister alright.

"Okay, Abby." she whispered back with a smile as she hugged him too.

Later that evening, as per usual with the defeat of a villain, a party celebrating victory was thrown at Granny's with everyone invited. As music, chatter, laughter and the clinking of mugs filled the air, everything seemed to be going well.

"Again," Nicholas said sheepishly to the Charmings with his arm around Emma, "I'm sorry I killed you guys. Though, in my defense, you didn't leave me much choice."

"Eh, you don't need to be sorry." David waved off, "Although, I'm probably gonna hold it over your head for a very, very long time."

"I think we can all agree that what happened in that world was not real." Emma threw in, "Although, see you guys as real villains makes me feel sorry for holding a grudge against you for so long."

"Which reminds me," Nicholas said nodding at Robin, "I promised you guys something once we were done with Gold and the Author. Now may be as good a time as any."

"Well, it's about damn time." Regina said bluntly with a smirk as she, Robin, Hook, Ariel, and Henry joined them to hear what he had to say.

"Okay," he said taking a deep breath, "Well, as you guys know, I've kept a lot of secrets from you over the years. That day I mysteriously disappeared, the reason why I went to New York besides wanting to be with Emma and Henry, who shot me repeatedly when…my mother died; even that mystery guy at the boathouse. All those things are connected to something…well, something very big that you wouldn't believe. The truth is, I'm-"

Everyone was waiting anxiously for him to finally come clean after being in the dark for so long. But as soon as he was about to tell them, Belle came bursting through the door with a panicked look on her face.

"Rumple," she panted gaining their attention, "His heart. He said it's almost gone. He said we're in danger."

After everyone, including the Apprentice, went over to the pawn shop, they found Gold laying on the ground unconscious. Knowing what to do, the Apprentice took out the Hat box and placed it next to him.

"He tried to use the Hat to free himself from the dagger." Hook recalled as he caught on to the plan.

"This is not unlike that." the Apprentice replied, "We're pulling the darkness from him and containing it."

"Does that mean his heart will be healed?" Belle asked.

"Perhaps. If the strength is there. This is more dark power than the Hat has ever been asked to contain." he informed before looking at the two agents, "I'm sorry, but this may interfere with what you originally had planned for him."

"Do what you need to do." Nicholas replied stoically.

"We'll handle whatever takes his place." Robin nodded confusing the others even more as the Apprentice began to cast his spell.

"Purest evil, blackest bloom, darkness, too, can find its doom." he chanted as he pulled out the black heart and unlocked the Hat, "Never dying, but contained, bound inside the falcon's chamber, shorn of anger, thornless danger, there forever to remain."

With the spell completed, the Hat absorbed the centuries of darkness collected in Rumple's heart and stripped him of his Dark One powers, making him an ordinary man once again. With his name no longer on the dagger, and his heart white as snow, neither dark or light, Rumplestiltskin laid on the floor with no signs of waking up.

"He's barely breathing." Belle said in her worry.

"Rumplestiltskin was the Dark One for centuries. His return to the man he used to be will not be easy." the Apprentice replied as he cast a preservation spell on the man, "This will preserve him until we discern if we can help him."

"And now, we're back down to four." Robin sighed while Nicholas shook his head.

"Four?" David asked as the Hat began to act up.

"Everybody step back." Emma warned as the box shook and unleashed the darkness it contained. In retaliation towards the one who sealed it, the darkness lunged at the Apprentice and tried to fuse itself within him. But thanks to Emma's magic, it left the old man's body as quickly as it entered him and fled outside into the night looking for a new host.

"Mom, Dad! Go after it! Go! I'll be right there." Emma said.

"Contact the others." Nicholas said to Robin, "They need to know what's happened."

"I left my shell at the camp!" he alerted in panic as he patted down his jacket.

"Dammit! Go out and help them!" Nicholas ordered as Regina followed her lover outside with Hook and Ariel following them, "What was that?"

"Long before your stories began," the Apprentice said weakly, "The Sorcerer battled the Darkness. He was able to keep it from consuming the realms. He tethered it to a human soul that could be controlled with a dagger."

"The Dark One." Emma realized as she held the dagger.

"The Sorcerer is the only one with the power to destroy the darkness once and for all before it destroys everything." he continued.

"Where is he? Who is he?" she asked.

"He's far, far from here. Find him. His name is…Merlin." he informed shocking Emma and Henry, "You must stop…the Darkness. Find Merlin."

Outside in the town square, the three of them met up with the others as they looked around for the darkness. "Where is it?!" Emma asked.

"We don't know." David replied.

"It just disappeared into the night." Snow added.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Regina said as they all looked around.

"…It hasn't gone anywhere." Emma spoke up, "The darkness, it's surrounding us."

And then, like vulture diving from the sky to catch its prey, the darkness pounced Regina and pulled her away from the others.

"Regina!" Nicholas and Robin shouted.

"What's it doing?!" Robin asked.

"It's doing what darkness does." Emma replied clutching the dagger in her hand, "Snuffing out the light."

"I'm not gonna let it." he growled as he tried to pull his soul mate out of the black vortex only to be sent back to the ground.

"That's not gonna work on this thing! The Apprentice told me we have to do what the Sorcerer did! We have to tether it to a person to contain it!" Emma yelled as she approached the darkness with the dagger.

"Emma! No!" Regina shouted, "There has to be another way!"

"There isn't." Emma said ready to make the sacrifice, "You've worked too hard to have your happiness destroyed."

"No!" David cried as his precious daughter was about to strike the darkness.

"You figured out how to take the darkness out of me once." she said to her parents on the verge of tears, "You need to do it again, as heroes."

"Emma! Emma, please!" Nicholas yelled trying to stop her, "Don't do this."

Looking the man she loved in the eyes, possibly for the last time as herself, she gently caressed his face and said three simple, yet important words. "I love you."

She then pushed him back and pierced the black vortex with the dagger and let it consume her instead of her friend. Before it finally took her over, Emma looked at her loved ones one last time before the darkness lifted her in the air, consumed itself, and disappeared leaving only the dagger behind.

And for the first time in over three hundred years, instead of reading the name "Rumplestiltskin" on the blade, it now said "Emma Swan."

Human Sacrifices

1. Nicholas Flamel

2. The Apprentice

3. Maleficent

4. Zelena

5. Emma Swan