AN: I do not own OUAT or the Characters and I probably never will.
I'm glad to see a lot of you have been enjoying the story and have been telling me to write more, but I would also really like if you guys asked questions about what will be happening next or things you didn't understand leading up to now, or even just random questions you may have about the story and I will answer them for you. It'll also be a good way for me to see what you guys will like to see.
So far we found out that Emma thinks she grew up alone, that's what the curse makes her think. Henry now found out about who his father and mother is and hopefully he'll soon be able to find out who everyone else. Now Henry and Killian need to find out a way to break the curse so they can get their Emma back.
Back to the story :)
Chapter 4: Love Swan
Mary-margaret woke up to the greasy scent of sizzling bacon in the air. When she turned over to face her Prince Charming, she noticed that the spot next to her was empty. "David?" She asked with sleep still in her voice.
Once she sat up she seen he was in the kitchen, explains the bacon.
"Good morning, I made you, your favourite, bacon, scrambled eggs and some mashed avocado" David said scooping up the food into a small plate and then placing it down onto their kitchen table.
Stretching the sleepiness out of her body, she slipped on her slippers and slowly walked over to the table. Taking a seat on the chair and looking down at the plate, it looked so good. Her stomach growled.
"David looked over at Mary-margaret and noticed she wasn't eating as much as her stomach was telling her to, he could hear. "Mary-margaret? You feeling okay?" David asked.
Mary-margaret looked up at David, she wanted to eat, she did, but she had something to tell him first, "David, I…" Her heart wasn't fully filled, she felt empty.
Suddenly David started to see she was upset, what was wrong? She seemed fine before they went to bed last night, she was giggling and laughing and talking about the movie they had just watched, something called Grown Ups, about a group of old friends that go to some old cabin with their families and try to have an old summer tradition.
"What's wrong?" David asked cupping one of her hands in his, letting her know he was there for her.
"I just - I feel like, unless we have a child, our family will always be incomplete, we'll always be sad, we won't be able to look forward to grandchildren or great grandchildren, nothing" Mary-margaret finally spoke as she got a small prick on her eyes, they were starting to fill with tears.
David watched her, he understood what she meant, he too wanted a child. He wanted to do whatever it took to have a child, he wanted a son.
"I know, Mary-margaret, and we will have a child, don't give up faith, it may take some time but I promise, we will not give up until we are positively pregnant" David reassured her.
"Promise?" Mary-margaret muttered, looking down at her food.
"I promise" David said giving her a small reassuring smile.
If he was being fully honest with himself, he would say he wasn't sure if they were ever going to have a child. After so many years of trying and failing it almost seemed like it was time to give up, but he couldn't give up hope, he had to make sure Mary-margaret was happy. Emma felt like a daughter to him but that was only because they spend so much time together mostly every day and they get along very well. But Mary-margaret and Emma were different, they barley hung out and when they did talk it wasn't nothing much.
Mary-margaret listened to her husband's words, of course she wanted to believe him, but it was hard to after so long. She couldn't even remember how long it had been since the first time she tried, it seemed like forever.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
David walked over to the door, opening it, Mr. Gold stood in the doorway with his smug grin.
"Mr, Mrs. Nolen, what a lovely morning it is" Gold remarked.
"Yeah, is there anything we can help you with?" David said, not really wanting to put up with Gold any longer than what he had to.
"Oh, no, I heard around that you're trying to have a child - your first born that is," Gold smirked, "Well, as I was clearing some shelves in my shop, I came across this amulet, said to tell you what your first born child would be, North to South is a girl, East to West is a boy" Gold said passing over the amulet.
"I think that's alright" David said, he didn't believe in superstitions and he definitely didn't believe in something Gold would give him.
"Please, I insist, children are...very precious" He said holding the small necklace that held the amulet.
David looked back at Mary-margaret who was watching and listening to the two men's conversation. She nodded.
Mary-margaret thought about it for a bit, what would it hurt to try? Maybe finding out the sex of their newborn would help calm her down some. At least she would know that she would eventually be a mother to a little girl or boy.
David took the amulet, looking down at it for a quick second, "Why?"
"Excuse me?" Gold questioned.
"Why give this to us? It's always something with you, what do you want?' David asked, slightly raising his voice.
Gold looked into the man's eyes, "Just thought you should know is all, not knowing is the worst curse imaginable" Gold said right before he turned his back and started making his way down the apartment stairs.
David watched as the eerie man left his apartment, that man creeped him out. Turning back towards his wife, amulet in hand, walking back towards her where he sat before they were interrupted. "Should we try it?" He asked.
Mary-margaret nodded, she wanted to know.
Henry was sitting in booth by the window, elbows perched on the table and face in hands, he was looking throughout the book. It had now been two days since he had found out about the curse. His father had left early this morning after he finished his breakfast, said he had to go do something, alone. That upset Henry because they were suppose to do everything together, now that Henry knew the truth.
"What you reading there, Henry?" Ruby asked ,walking over to the young boy as she picked up the dishes that were once filled with a scrumptious breakfast fit for a prince.
"Just my Storybook" Henry said without even bothering to look up at her, he was trying to see if he recognized any faces, he didn't.
Ruby looked down at the pages,"Hey, those two look just like Mary-margaret and David Nolan" Ruby said pointing to a Queen and King on the page Henry was now on.
"Who are they?" Henry asked, whipping his head immediately up at Ruby, this is exactly what he needed, figuring out who Snow White and Prince Charming were here. His grandparents.
"David is the deputy of the town and Mary-margaret is his wife and also the fourth grade teacher at the local school here" Ruby said placing a hand on one of her hips before walking off to take more orders.
Henry looked at the illustration on the page of Snow White and Prince Charming standing on the side of his father and Emma getting married. The Evil Queen said she would take away their happy endings if it was the last thing she ever did, but if the Evil Queen vowed to take away everybody's happy ending then why did she leave them together? What was their happy ending?
Emma shot up from her alarm clock, looking over, the clock read eight - fifteen, she was late! Throwing herself out of bed and almost falling over the sheets that had somehow wrapped around her ankle. She opened up her small wardrobe, threw on a red flowy shirt, dark blue jeans and a blue leather jacket, running to the door she put on her black leather boots.
When she got down to the bottom of the stairs, about to open the door that lead outside, her cell phone rang. Without even looking at the ID she answered.
"Hello, Sheriff Swan" Emma said.
"Emma, it's Granny, I need you to come down here immedatly" The older women said threw the phone.
"Oh, alright" And with that, Emma rushed into her bug and drove off to Granny's, it wasn't really much of a drive, only two minutes, but since she had to go down to the station, she thought she might as well take it.
Arriving at Granny's everything seemed fine, families were enjoying their breakfast, waitresses were taking orders, Henry was sitting down at a booth alone...I know how you feel, buddy, Emma said to herself.
"Oh, Emma!" Ruby exclaimed as she ran over to her the best she could in her six inch gucci heels, "Granny's in the back room waiting for you" Ruby said.
"Alright, thanks, Ruby" Emma said.
Walking to the backroom, everything still seemed fine, until she got to where, Granny was standing.
"Granny?" Emma asked.
"Oh, Emma, thank god you're here," Granny said, "He's been here all morning, found him when I opened up, he's making this whole god damn place reek of booze."
Emma walked over to the passed out drunk man, he was tan, had dark brown hair, was wearing a tightly fitted grey shirt that accentuated his muscles with a pair of old jeans. Examining the man even more she noticed he was grasping a book in his arms firmly, like he was scared of losing it.
Taking the book out of his reach carefully, trying not to wake up the man, she wiggled it free and looked at the cover, "Alice In Wonderland." What would a grown man want with this book?
Reaching in the pocket of her jeans she took out her cell phone and started dialing David,she needed help lifting this man.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?" David asked with a sigh.
"David, I'm gonna have to need you to come down to Granny's, we got a drunk sleeper and I need your help to take him in" Emma explained.
"Alright, I'll be right there" David said into the phone, not sounding very impressed right as he hung up.
Emma noticed David didn't seem like himself, usually when he answered he would be happy but this time he sounded like something was wrong.
Killian walked into Storybrooke Coffee, it was just down the street from Granny's. He probably could've just ordered his coffee at Granny's but he needed some time to clear his head. Seeing Emma and all his friends again after ten years was shocking to him, especially when they didn't know who they really were except for him. Henry finding out about the curse and who his mother was, was really stressful because now they had to focus on how they were going to break this curse and to be honest, he had no idea what they were going to do.
He had thought about true love's kiss, maybe that would work, he could just kiss her and everything would go back to normal, but then it hit him, even though Princess Emma loved him didn't mean that cursed Storybrooke Sheriff Emma would love him, she doesn't even know him.
All night Henry had talked about what they were going to do once they were a family, and after Killian didn't know how to answer he started asking if they would return back to the Enchanted Forest, Killian didn't even know if it was still be there or if it would even be safe to return. Eventually Henry had passed out.
"Can I take your order?" A female barista asked as Killian got to the counter to order his coffee.
Right before Killian was about to answer he spotted Emma's yellow bug outside of Granny's, perfect. "I'll take a black coffee and a hot chocolate with whip cream and cinnamon" Killian got a smile on his face as he handed the women the money. Perfect.
David slowly started to hand the amulet over to Mary-margaret, he was shaking, he was so nervous, he didn't really believe in his garbage, he heard a bunch of rumors about this kind of thing, but if Mary-margaret wanted to try it, he would.
Mary-margaret reached to grab it, stopping when her hand was about to touch it, she was hesitating. Was this going to work? Should she even do this? What if she didn't like the results? Of course she didn't care if it was a boy or girl, but she was still worried. Finally able to control her thoughts she grabbed the amulet. "Ready?" Mary-margaret asked.
David nodded, grabbing her hand and placing a kiss to her knuckles before letting it gently go.
Holding up the amulet, she waited until it stopped spinning. Bringing her hand to the bottom of the amulet, she waited. And waited. And waited. Nothing was happening. Then she started to panic, "Why isn't it working! Gold said it would work!"
To be honest, David was disappointed, he had hope it would work as well, "Mary-margaret, it's just a necklace, and remember Gold likes to manipulate people, he probably wasn't telling the truth" David tried to reassure her.
"No! He was! I could tell!" Mary-margaret exclaimed, she could always tell when somebody was lying, "David, that amulet didn't move because we won't ever have a first born" Mary-margaret said, pressing her hands into her face, her eyes started to fill.
"Mary-margaret, believe me, we will have our first born, I promise" David said reaching out to start rubbing small circles in her back. Just then his phone started to ring, "Hello?" David asked with a sigh, "Alright, I'll be right there" David said, into the phone not sounded very impressed as he hung up and looked over at Mary-margaret, "That was, Emma, apparently somebody broke into Granny's last night and is now passed out drunk in the back room and she needs help with bringing him to the station."
"Alright "Mary-margaret said, looking up at him, wiping away tears.
"You sure you'll be alright? I can call back and tell, Emma I can't make it if you don't want me to go" David said.
"No, It's alright, it's your job, I understand"
"Alright, well, I'll see you later tonight, I love you" David said placing a soft kiss to the middle of her forehead before turning towards the door and leaving. He hopped the amulet was wrong and he would have a child someday.
Killian walked into Granny's, coffee in hand and a smile on his face. He noticed Henry was still sitting in the same spot, so he walked over and sat down across from him, "Still at it, lad?"
"Yes! So far I found out that, Prince Charming is, David Nolan, the town deputy and, Snow White is, Mary-margaret Nolan, and works as a fourth grade teacher at the local school" Henry told his father.
"You've learned all that buy looking at a storybook?" Killian asked arching one of his eye brows.
"No, Ruby, aka Red, told me" Henry said with a smile.
"Ah" Killian noticed, David walk into the diner and rushing to the back, Emma must of been back there since her bug was still parked outside and she was no where to be seen at any table. It was probably weird for David to be bossed around by his own daughter, Killian thought.
Henry looked back down at his book for a quick second before looking back up, he had been thinking of a way to break the curse all morning and he thinks he figured out a way. "Um, dad, I was thinking about a way to break the curse, and well, I was thinking that maybe if you made Emma fall in love with you all over again, then you might be able to have true love's kiss and break the curse" Henry exclaimed.
"You know, lad, that actually doesn't sound too bad, sounds like it'll work" Killian said, taking a long sip of his slightly cooled down coffee.
"Really?" Henry cheered.
"Aye"
"Good! We'll call it, Operation LoveSwan" Henry said.
"Operation LoveSwan? I like it" Killian said with a smirk.
Henry smiled back at his father. At first the whole your family is a bunch of cursed fairytale characters was a bit strange to him but for the last few days he was able to cope with it because all he had to tell himself was he was soon going to have a full completed family.
Killian heard grunted noises coming from the back and when he turned to see what it was, he seen Emma and her father carrying a passed out man in their arms, trying to drag them out of the diner, he couldn't really see who the man was, but he looked somewhat familiar to him. She was still the strong princess he knew except without the dresses and riding uniforms now it was just modern day clothing that everybody was wearing. He had meant to get back to her on her offer from the other night but every time he seen her she would say she was too busy to talk or she wasn't around the station.
Emma was about to walk out the door with the drunk in her arm when she noticed Killian watching her, "Hey, David, do you got this? I need to talk to someone" Emma asked.
"Sure" David said waiting for , Emma to leave as he brought out the man.
"Hey" Emma said taking a seat next to Killian.
"Hey" Killian said looking up at her with a smile, she obviously didn't see his gift to her yet.
"Sorry, I haven't been able to talk with you, I've just been so busy. Being sheriff with only one deputy is pretty exhausting" Emma said cupping her face in her palms.
"Yeah, believe me, I know the feeling" Killian said looking over at Henry, "So, anyways I've been meaning to get back to you on that," Killian paused, "I'll take the job."
"Really? What made you change your mind?" Emma asked.
"Just...family" Killian said looking over at Henry and then down at Emma, his love.
Emma could feel the glare coming from Killian, she looked up and could see how his eyes looked so much like the Ocean, she quickly looked away, "Must be nice, to have family" Emma said sadly, looking down, trying to cover her emotions.
Even though her words were soft, Killian was still able to make out the words, "What do you mean? Don't you have any relatives? Mother? Father?"
Emma's head still bowed, "I gotta go." She ran out of the diner as quickly as she possibly could, not looking back. Her walls were still up, they were the only thing that had protected her all these years, all these sad miserable years.
Henry waited for his mo...Emma to leave before he questioned his father, "So, we're staying here?"
"Aye, lad, we're staying" Killian told his son who then jumped for joy, but all Killian could think about right now was how Emma thought she was alone the curse must've made it so David and Mary-margaret thought they didn't have any children and, Emma didn't know they were her parents.
Ruby had watched the whole thing from behind the counter, Emma was her friend, and she could tell this, Killian guy really cared for her, she knew what love looked like in a man's eyes and that's exactly what she seen in his, love. Walking up to the booth she leaned in to the man, close enough so the boy hopefully wouldn't ear. "Emma, she was abandoned on the side of the highway as a newborn infant, she was placed in the system her entire life, and she's been alone her entire life, so don't feel bad if it takes her some time to trust you, it took her awhile to trust me as well" Ruby whispered.
Killian's eyes narrowed as he nodded, he couldn't imagine the pain, Emma felt, thinking she was alone her entire life, nobody to count on. Well that was going to change, Killian would make sure of it, especially now that him and Henry had a plan, Operation LoveSwan. He had already started on the Operation before he had even known about it.
Emma rushed out of the diner, not wanting to look back, all the pain she had tried years to push down was just all resurfacing all because of this one man, what was it about him? As she made her way to her bug she seen that David must've already left and brought down the drunk to the station, thank god, there was no way she could've dealt with him too.
Right when she opened up her driver side door, she noticed something on the top of her car, when she looked at it, she noticed it was a to-go cup from Storybrooke Coffee. The cup had a small note on it, when she opened it the note read "Have a good-day, beautiful -Killian" That brought a smile come across her face, suddenly she forgot everything that she was worrying about just a matter of seconds ago, what was it that Killian Had that just made her relax? She didn't know the guy so she couldn't love him let alone trust him, the only thing she did know was that he seemed like a pretty nice and caring guy. As she drove off to the station she couldn't stop thinking about the note and the gesture he had made towards her, it wasn't much, but it meant a lot to her.
Gold watched Emma through the glass window of his shop, seen as the coffee the captain secretly brought her made a smile come to her face, it was only a matter of time before the curse would be broken and before he could get his son back. "All in time, Bae, all in time."
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I know it wasn't as long as the last chapter but hopefully the next onewill be longer. I think it's cute how a part of Princess Emma is still inside of cursed Emma and she still feels some of that connection to Killian that Princess Emma had. Do you guys know who the drunk man was? It's probably no surprise if you keep up with the show. Next chapter will be based off of the Episode Price Of Gold. Until next time, loves.