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Hey guys! I'm sorry to say that this chapter will be short, I didn't have a lot of ideas for this chapter, but I'm hopping it won't be too short, at least 7000 words, hopefully. This chapter will also probably be a little late and I'm sorry for that, but I really do hope you guys enjoy it. Just a few more Chapters until the curse is broken! And then we move onto S2A! Tell me any ideas you guys may have or questions.
Chapter 11: Christmas
Mr. Gold walked into his shop and looked at all of the useless things he collected over his years of being the Dark One. All the useless artifacts that were no good to him or anybody, just something he got out of making deals. Tomorrow was Christmas and all he could think about was what if Belle was here, would she love him? Would they be together, would they have a family? All the things he wanted with Belle but was too afraid to admit it, he wanted, but that was quickly taken away from him when Regina had kidnapped her, and let her rot in that cell. Tomorrow would be the anniversary of her death. He started to smash things, he smashed glass trinkets and the glass counters and knocked down shelves. He missed her silky brunette locks that blew in the wind and her soft pale skin and the red lips that were as red as an apple.
Emma knocked at Mary-margaret's door with a bag slung over her shoulders and a dark red jacket on with a Santa hat on her head. She was shivering, the temperature probably dropped twenty degrees outside in the last week. Finally the raven haired women opened up her door and Emma pushed through, soaking in the warmth of the house. "Brrr...it's colder than Antarctica out there!"
"Yeah, it really does look like a Christmas out there" Mary-margaret stated as she looked out her window and seen all the huge flakes falling down from the heaven above.
"Oh!, that reminds me! here you go!" Emma said pulling out two boxes, one for David, one for Mary-margaret.
Mary-margaret looked down at the small box wrapped in golden paper, "Oh, Emma! You shouldn't have." As she unwrapped the small box there was a blue and green jeweled charm bracelet that had a small blue bird hanging down from the middle. "It's beautiful!" She gasped as she placed it around her wrist and gave the friend a friendly hug.
"Emma, where did you get this?" David asked as he wrapped an old antic watch around his wrist and looked down at it, fingering it. "Thank you" He whispered into the blondes ear as he hugged her.
"Well, Gold had a bunch of things so I thought that you'd like it" Emma chuckled as the man hugged her. "Now, come on, we better get down to Granny's everybody's waiting."
"Where's Killian and Henry?" David asked pulling away.
"They'll meet us down there." And with that all three left in David's truck.
Granny's was packed, almost everybody from the town was there celebrating Christmas. All men had either a glass of beer or was taking shots with their friends or playing darts. Henry was drawing and colouring Christmas cards over in the corner with Ava, Nicholas and their friend Grace. Killian on the other hand was sitting up at the bar, stroking his fingers over the small red wrapped box he had for Emma, any minute she would be here.
"Hey, what's that?" Ruby asked setting down a small glass for Killian that had a crisp brown colour.
Killian looked up when he heard the waitress voice. "Oh uh, it's Emma's present."
"What is it?" Ruby asked as the bell above the diner door went off, making her look over and seeing Emma walk in with Mary-margaret and David behind her, "Look, there she is."
Killian spun around and seen his beautiful wife wearing a Christmas sweater and a Santa hat flopping down to one side, she looked adorable. "Swan...you look."
"I know, it's humiliating. Mary-margaret forced me to put this ugly sweater on" Emma said walking up to him and trying to cover up the red sweater that had a reindeer and snowman on in the front.
"You need to get into the Christmas spirit!" Mary-margaret said coming up from behind her and ordering herself a water.
Killian chuckled at the women and looked back at Emma and looked her up and down, "Love, you look adorable. I think the sweater looks just fine." He placed a soft kiss on her cheek before ordering her a drink.
The night went on and everybody was having fun exchanging presents and opening up presents, the adults were acting just like children on Christmas where they got excited over the smallest of things. Emma and Killian celebrated the night by having a couple of drinks and laughing along with each other as they watched the men and women dance around to the Christmas music playing in the background. Mary-margaret won darts with Ruby and David was pretending to sword fight with Leroy. Killian was hopping that by now they would have come across Will but nobody's even seen or heard about him. Emma had passed out Gifts to Granny, Ruby, she got Ruby a snow glob of a wolf howling at the moon and she got Granny a new recipe book since she's been saying fro weeks now she needed a new one.
"Emma!" A young girl holding a small baby in an infant carrier holding another young mans hand came in, walking up to the two at the bar drinking, she had a smile on her face and looked happy.
Emma turned around as she heard her name being called. "Ashley! Hi! I didn't even recognize you there for a moment, how is everything?" Emma went on as she seen Ashley and Shawn walk up to them. Alexandria was only a couple of months old so she didn't really grow too much, but she did have a slight bit of hair growing on her head.
"Baby on the outside" Ashley said as she bounced Alexandria in the carrier.
Emma smiled and looked down at the beautiful baby girl that had Ashley's big blue eyes, "She definitely does look like her mother."
"So, how's parenthood?" Killian asked as he looked over to the father that had a big smile on his face as he watched his daughter coo at Emma.
"It's incredible!" Shawn exclaimed turning to Killian, "Although it can be tiring and you have to work night and day and when you're not working you're taking care of this little fragile thing that's crying and depending on you. But other than that, it's pretty good" Shawn said with a slit chuckle along with Killian you patted him on the shoulder.
"Trust me, I know, at least you have each other to count on. I've been a single father ever since Henry was born, the only time I got sometime to myself was when he started school and was gone for six hours, but even then I was still working all day." Killian looked over at Emma who seemed to look up at him with a sad face, almost like she felt guilty.
Ashley gasped, "Six hours? I'm lucky to even get an hour to myself" Ashley chuckled a long with everybody else. "Oh, Emma, can you take her for a moment while I go find Ruby? I have something to give her?" Ashley asked nudging Alexandria over to her friend.
Emma was hesitant, "Oh - I uh - sure, I guess." She never held a baby once before she was nervous, they were just so tiny and fragile and she was scared that she would hurt them. When Ashley placed the small human being in her arms she instantly tensed up and tried to take deep breaths to calm her down, then she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"It's alright Swan, you're doing remarkable." He smiled down at her as he watched her cradle the small baby, it almost made him feel like crying. She never got to hold her own son and here he was watching her hold Ella's baby.
Emma smiled up at Killian and instantly relaxed as he placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked back down at Alexandria and she was smiling up at Emma, telling her she was doing a good job. She smiled back at the baby and she could feel a lump forming in her throat as her eyes started to sting. "Hello there Alexandria, I'm Emma, I helped your mother deliver you safely." The baby cooed at her and she couldn't help but smile up at Killian as a soft chuckle escaped from her mouth. "I always wanted a family, a son, a daughter. But I gave up on that idea after being a lone for so long."
"You're not alone anymore, you have Henry and me" Killian said tucking some of her blonde locks behind her ear and giving her a gentle kiss on her cheek. He looked down at Alexandria and gently rubbed his fingers over her tiny soft hands, she instantly wrapped her fingers around his thumb and held on.
"I think she likes you both" Shawn said walking back up with Ashley by his side.
Emma passed Alexandria back over to her parents, looking back once more at the baby who looked upset to be moved from her embrace. "She's a very sweet girl, if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask, you should know where I'll be."
"Of course," Ashley nodded, "Oh, and we got you guys both something to say how thankful we are after helping us have Alexandria." Ashley took out two small bags and gave one to the sheriff and one to the deputy.
Killian took the tissue paper out and looked down at the bottom, he could see a small box, as he took and out and opened it up he could see the bronze thick band of the ring, there were small buttercups around the edge and in the middle the jewel was a ruby. It was his old ring he had left in the Enchanted Forest, tucked away somewhere safe. Another thing was inside it was a Christmas card of Ashley, Shawn and Alexandria, they looked liked a happy little family.
Emma opened her gift, inside was along piece of jewelry, it was a bracelet that had small diamonds and emeralds encrusted in the chain, there was charms hanging down. A horse, a crown, a pumpkin, a shoe, and a sword. She gasped, "It's beautiful, thank you!"
"I thought it would bring out your eyes." Ashley smiled as she looked at how happy Emma was with her gift. She brought the women into a hug.
Jefferson walked into Madame Mayor's office with a smug grin on his face and a confident walk. He was finally allowed to come out of his house and into the town, his curse had broken a couple of weeks ago, when the clock began to move. All he needed now was to bring his daughter Grace home and become a family once again. The Mayor had ordered him into her office, the only thing going through his mind right now was how he just wanted to kill her for tricking him all those years ago where he wasn't able to return back to his daughter. "Regina...how pleasant for you to call me in. It's been a long time" He said with a mad smile on his face as he walked into the Mayor's office and took a seat.
"Jefferson, how good to see you again" Regina purred, eyeing the man up as she had an evil grin on her face whenever she meant no good.
He knew what was coming, the Queen only asked for him when she needed something done and nobody else would help her, he was positive that the Mayor would be no different. "What is it I need to help you with this time Regina?"
"Why do you assume I need you for something?" Regina asked. She noticed how Jefferson's head cocked slightly and his eyebrow shot up instantly, of course he had already suspected something was up. "Alright fine, Jefferson, I need you to get rid of somebody for me."
"Me? What happened to dear ol' Rumple? Or as I recall him being called Mr. Gold in this realm" Jefferson asked shacking his head from side to side as he sat with his legs spread wide apart and slouched over.
Regina's smile faded, "Mr. Gold has failed me already, that's why I need you to get rid of Emma Swan."
Jefferson knew who this women was, he heard a lot about her in the last couple of weeks. Mostly about how she was with the new person in town, Killian Jones and how she had failed to go after the Mayor last week. "Emma Swan, the sheriff? Now what would you want with her? She's harmless."
"That is where you're wrong Jefferson!" Regina exclaimed slamming her hands on her office and making all the papers that were on her desk fly off, "She is a threat to my curse breaking, Her and that Killian Jones with his child! If she's gone, the curse can never break!"
Jefferson nodded his head as he looked at his fingers, pretending he didn't care, "Now, why would I help you? I'm wishing for this curse to break probably more than anybody else in this town! In fact I probably want it to be over more than the Dark One!"
"After everything I gave you? I gave you the biggest mansion out in the woods were nobody would disturb you, I made you into a billion-air...what more could you ever need Jefferson? You're starting to come off a little greedy don't you think?" Regina asked him. She knew exactly what he wanted but she wanted to tease him, make him tell her himself.
"Grace! My daughter!" Jefferson shouted. Everyday for ten years he watched how his daughter was happy with another mom and dad, not even knowing they weren't her real parents. She was always smiling, always laughing. He hated that he couldn't make her remember, he was trapped. He would just leave small rabbit cards around her belongings for her to find. She was at Granny's tonight with her "mom" and "dad", she looked like she was having the time of her life.
"Oh that's right, you have a daughter," Regina teased with a slight smile, "How about this, if you deliver me what I ask, I will give Grace all her memories back besides from the point where you abandoned her -" Jefferson jumped up and grabbed her by the throat before she could even finish.
Jefferson gritted his teeth and looked her dead in the eye. "I did not abandon her! You set me up!" He whispered into her face. He let go and forced her back into the chair behind her desk as he fell back on his.
Regina brushed herself off before continuing, "Right, well I will erase all that and give her all of the memories before back, and I'll send you both back home."
"Home? It's still there?" Jefferson asked a little skeptic, he could have sworn that everything was brought over here and the Enchanted Forest was no longer in existence.
To be honest, Regina didn't even know for sure if it was still there, she just really wanted Emma gone. "Of course it is."
Jefferson thought about it for a moment, he wanted nothing more than to wait for the curse to break and to have his daughter back and to embrace her into his arms and tell her how much he loved her and how he would never leave her again. But he also didn't know if Grace would forgive him, he promised her that he would return home and he never did, he couldn't imagine what kind of anger she felt towards him after that. "Alright, deal!"
"Good" Regina purred as she got an evil grin on her face once again, thinking that she was successful and this curse was not going to break. That she had own and defeated destiny from happening, even though that was impossible, but not to her, she was The Evil Queen.
Emma and Killian had a couple more drinks after Ashley and Shawn left to tuck Alexandria in for the night. They were laughing and joking and Killian was even telling her tales about Captain Hook, tales she never even heard of before. Mary-margaret and David gave their present to Emma which happened to be a body kit. Inside was vanilla scented perfume, honeysuckle body scrub, rose scented body wash and lotion and a lavender scented candle. Ruby gave her a new lingerie, which wasn't surprising, and Granny knitted her a white blanket with her name embroidered on it. She had given everybody their gifts except for Killian and Henry, she wanted to give them both to each other together.
"Emma! Look!" Henry came running over to the booth that her and her father had went to. He jumped into the spot next to Emma and showed her a picture that he had drawn. There was a small boy in the middle and a blonde women on the side and a dark haired man on the other, "It's of our family."
Emma looked down at him when he said that, family? Her eyes started to tear up, "Henry...I love it. thank you" She placed a soft kiss on the boys cheek, watching as he blushed. "I have something for you also." She reached to her side and took out a medium size box and watched as the boys face lit up.
"Really? I can open this up now?" Henry asked, it was almost as if he hadn't believed her when she had said it. "Dad?"
"Of course lad, it is Christmas Eve after all, every kid opens at least one gift." Killian watched as his son tore open the box, digging inside and taking out a fancy note book that came with a quill pen, a colouring book with different fairy tales, a new set of markers, a new t-shirt that said "daddy's boy" and a hook design on it, and finally there was a teddy bear dressed as a pirate.
"Thank you Emma!" Henry jumped into the women's arms beside him and hugged her tightly, he didn't ever want to let go. "I love it!"
Emma laughed as she held onto the boy, "Good, I'm glad." She looked over at Killian who was scratching behind his ear and watching them with a smile. "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you ." She slid over a box wrapped in black paper, just how Killian likes it. She seen how he was hesitant at first to open it but when he did and he opened up the box, his mouth went wide.
He pulled out a spyglass...his spyglass from the Jolly Roger. Did Mr. Gold have everything of his? under that was a new leather jacket. But this jacket had a longer back than his, it was almost like the jacket he wore when he was Captain in the Enchanted Forest.
"I thought you'd like a new jacket and the spyglass is for when you go out sailing." She was scared that he may not like it.
"Thank you" He leaned over the table and gave her a passionate kiss. Having Henry squeal in disgust and having him and Emma start to laugh at the small boy. "Here." He placed a small square box in front of her, on it was a dark red bow that would mate her jacket.
Emma looked at the small box in front of her, she only knew of one thing that would fit in this kind of box. taking off the top slowly she looked inside and was blown back. It was a silver chain with a swan pendent. It glistened in the light and made her heart melt. "I love it Killian." She took his hand in hers and stared into his eyes, she loved him.
Regina walked down a set of stairs, leading down into the psychiatric base. She had a medium sized box in her hands as she pressed in the code and walking in where a nurse that sat there behind her desk all day, everyday making sure everything was in order greeted her with a smile. "Good day Ms. Blair."
"Madame Mayor, it's Christmas Eve, what are you doing here?" The nurse asked.
"Well, I have a present here for you." Regina passed the women the box and seen how her face lit up. She must never get any visitors down here. "And, I'm also checking out a patient here."
The nurse took the box and sat it next to her on the desk. "A patient? And whom may this patient be?"
Regina had an evil grin on her face on the plan she had in her head. Throw Mr. Gold off and threaten the girls life...once again, so she can get what she wants out of him. "Lacey French." The nurse nodded and told Regina to go right in and retrieve the women. So she did as told and stopped at the door she knew this women would be. Lifting up a small shaft she seen a dark brunette haired women sitting on her cot in a fettle position, looking up when she heard the door creaking slowly open.
"W-who are you?" Lacey asked shackling, you could tell she was scared for her life. She was locked down here for ten years, all because Regina didn't want Mr. Gold to be happy.
She slowly approached the sad weakening patient with a friendly smile, not wanting to frighten to women even more then what she already was. "Lacey...it's alright. I'm Regina, I was your friend before you lost your memory and was brought here, I've come to take you out" Regina said in the softest most friendliest way she had talked to anybody in a very long time.
Killian walked over to where Emma sat on the living room futon watching as Henry played with all the new toys he had got for Christmas. David and Mary-margaret bought him some toy swords, Ruby bought him a full set of magic sand, and Ava and Nicholas even made him some friend ship bracelets, how sweet. "Here you go love" He said as he handed her a mug of his famous hot cocoa that he use to make for her all the time and she would just melt over it.
"Thanks." She gave him a big smile as she took the steaming mug in her hands. She had put the pendent on her neck last night before leaving Granny's, then she felt like she was floating on clouds, but now she felt like throwing up every second. She wished she hadn't of drank too much, but it was Christmas! Taking the mug to her lips she blew on it before carefully before taking a sip. Whoa! This was amazing! "Oh my god! Where did you get this hot chocolate! I need some of my own!" Emma whined out with open wide eyes.
Killian chuckled at her, still the same Emma. "Well Swan, I made it myself actually, do you like it?"
"Like it? I love it!" She exclaimed taking another big drink to the point the hot liquid almost started pouring out from the sides of her mouth.
Henry looked up, what was his mother doing? She went crazy for that stuff. Was she like this also in the Enchanted Forest? Maybe that's why he liked hot chocolate so much himself, because his mother drank it a lot while pregnant with him. It was like a family thing, even Mary-margaret enjoyed hot chocolate. Then he felt his stomach start to rumble. "Dad, I'm hungry."
"Oh, well once I'm done my coffee we'll run down to Granny's for some breakfast" Killian suggested taking a drink from his mug.
Emma swallowed all of her hot chocolate down in one single gulp. "No, I'm fine with going write now and bringing some things back." She stood up and walked over to the small kitchen where she placed her mug in the sink, "Besides, I think I need some fresh air."
"Alright love, don't be too long." He helped her put on her fleece jacket and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before watching her walk off to his truck that he let her use. She left her bug at Mary-margaret's last night.
When Emma left, she didn't even think she would be able to drive, her head hurt so bad. But she really needed to get out for a minute, get some air. This all seemed a little bit too real for her. Being with Killian the last two weeks were amazing and she wanted nothing more, but something inside of her didn't feel right. Every time she looked into those blue eyes of his she would see love and nothing else and she loved him too but her heart was trying to tell her something...she didn't know what it possibly could be. When she got to Granny's she parked on the side of the road and got out, walking up to Granny's she noticed Augusts motorcycle was parked out front. She was about to walk in Granny's when she bumped into the man.
August smiled when he seen her and stopped in his tracks, a foot away from her. "I've been meaning to bump into you. Matter of fact, I was hopping we could get that drink sometime here soon that you promised."
"That you asking me out? Because if you haven't realized, I'm taken." Could she say that? Was she taken?
"Right, I heard about that. The deputy right?" August asked as Emma nodded at him, "Well, then let's just call it a little friendly get together."
"I thought you came here to write, find inspiration?" Emma asked 's what he had told her when she found out he was carrying around a type writer with him. "I won't go out with guys who won't even tell me there name, but, it was nice talking to you." She walked past him and was heading in to Granny's going to get Henry and Killian's breakfast.
August closed his eyes and sighed. "August. My name is August W. Booth."
Emma stopped in her tracks and turned back around to look at the man, "Really? Even the middle initial?"
"W stands for Wayne." He starts to walk back to his motorcycle and turns back to Emma, "So there goes your reason for not meeting me here tomorrow morning." He starts his motorcycle and starts driving back off down the road, needing to get to some very important business.
Emma shook her head, what did she get herself into. She couldn't tell Killian that she was going to get a drink with this man, he would get furious and find a reason for her not to go, but she had to, she promised. Stepping inside of Granny's she seen how Ruby was wearing her usual skimpy outfit and was flirting with Dr. Whale, not surprising. "Hey Ruby, I'll get three orders of bacon eggs with sausage, one without and get a small chocolate milk for Henry and me and Killian just some chi tea."
"Sure thing Emma, oh and Merry Christmas." Ruby walked off with the order and went into the kitchen. She returned about five minutes later with everything Emma had ordered, and today it was on the house, meaning it was free.
"Merry Christmas Ruby!" Emma called out as she walked out the door with her hands full and walking back to Killian's truck where she drove off back to the small Ocean house that she knew so well.
Emma was gone for about half an hour before she returned back and while she was gone Henry and Killian were colouring in the colouring page that Emma had given Henry last night as his gift, they were using his new markers to fill in a page of Captain Hook. By the time she arrived everybody's belly's were rumbling and they dug right into their food and praying before they ate, even though that was usually done at supper but they didn't do things right. When their breakfast was done Henry went back to playing while Emma and Killian had done the dishes, they weren't really saying a word, or atleast Emma wasn't.
"Emma? Is everything alright?" Killian asked breaking the silence.
"Why, why wouldn't there be?"
"Well, you don't seem alright, you're being quite."
Emma sighed, "I just have a lot on my mind is all."
Killian made her look up at him into his eyes, there was something else, but he didn't want to ask what it was, he couldn't get her more upset, she obviously didn't want to talk about, he'll just let her know that he's there for her. "Emma...I love you."
Emma smiled, "I-I love you too" She was hesitant to say it, it was the first time she ever admitted to it to Killian, but it made her feel good and happy by finally saying it. She seen how Killian was leaning in to kiss her, so she went a head and pulled him too her. They shared a heated kiss for probably a minute until one of them, not sure who broke it off and they pressed their foreheads together.
August took out some paper that was the same type as the pages from the book, he had written his story and drew a few illustrations to go a long with it. Now it was time to add it to the book and that's exactly what he did. He stitched the book back together again, making it look like it was untouched. When he was finally finished, it was a very long process, he put it into a rectangular metal box, one that would make sure nothing happened to the book as it sat waiting under Emma's car.
"Dad! I'm gonna go play outside!" Henry yelled loud enough for his father to hear as he threw on his hat, mittens, scarf, boots and jacket and ran outside as he started to draw to catch snow flakes falling from the sky in his mouth.
Killian was snuggled up with Emma under a warm flannel blanket as they watched How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It was Emma's favourite Christmas movie, Killian just didn't understand it, why did that green guy hate Christmas so bad? But if it made Emma so happy, he just sat and watched it with her, as long as she was snuggled into his arm.
"Killian...I know you really don't want to watch this movie" Emma said as she looked up to the man who looked as if he was going to fall asleep at any moment. She chuckled at how he jumped when she spoke.
Killian made himself a little more comfortable, trying to sit up and stay awake. "I got you and that's all I need, although I would much prefer that we do more enjoyable activities." He wiggled his eyebrows the best he could, which wasn't that appealing since he was half asleep.
Emma giggled at the man before she threw her legs on either side of him. "Really?" Emma asked corking an eyebrow up. She seen how Killian swallowed hard and looked up into her eyes, they were dark. "Well, I can make that happen." She started kissing him, her tongue exploring his mouth, his was doing the same. She could tell her was really enjoying this, and not from the hard lump she felt between her legs right now.
"Emma" He whispered in her mouth between kisses, this was probably the most heated thing they did. And then she stopped and he opened his eyes to see her smirking at him with an evil grin, "You bloody minx!" He knew she was just teasing her but he threw her down onto her back, got between her legs and started tickling her. He loved her laugh.
David was walking around, where was he? It looked as if he was in the forest in front of a sparkling blue lake, he did feel a little parched so he took a flask that he was for some reason holding and dipped it into the lake. Suddenly a ripple of blue waves formed on the surface of the lake, making David jump up, throw his flask and place his hand on the hilt of his sword. He suddenly started to feel threatened for some reason. "Who's there? Make yourself known to me!" David shouted for who ever may be there would hear him. Suddenly more ripples and bubbles started to appear as a long blonde girl appeared from under the water and onto the surface. She was wearing a light blue sheer dress that went down to her naked feet, she had a crown on her head that was filled with different sorts of jewels.
"Here I am" The women purred as a sneer like a Cheshire cat appeared on her lips. "What's your name?" She asked as she swiftly started to approached the prince who stood before her. "Would you like to know mine? Because I can be anyone you want me to be."
David lifted his sword up at the women, he strangely felt like he knew who this women was, or at least what she was. This all seemed familiar. The forest, the lake, even the women. It felt like he already went through this once before. "Stop! I know what you are. You're a siren. Your deceitful words are a spell meant to lure me to my death."
"I would never hurt such a brave, powerful man like yourself," The girl said moving the sword out of the way and approaching him even more to the point she could lay a hand on his chest, "Not when we could do other things together."
"I said stop! I will not fall pray to your deceptions!" David exclaimed as he grabbed the girls wrist off of him and flung it down to her side.
The girl got a cold look on her face and started back up back into the lake, "Really? You're immune to me?" She scooped up some of the lake water into the palms of her hands and poured it down onto her face. When she removed her hands she had long black hair and the face of Snow White.
"Like me now, Charming?" The siren asked disguised as Snow asked in a sweet voice.
David looked at the women that appeared as Snow before him. One minute the lady was a long blonde lake Queen and the next she's Snow...his love. "No, you're not really her. I know it's not real."
"Sometimes illusions are better than truth. Everything you want that you can't have...I can give it to you." The siren circled David, whispering into his ear. She could tell it was working and he was getting turned on from her voice. "All you have to do...is kiss me. I know you want to, I can feel it." She whispered closer to her lips to the point where they were millimeters apart. She pressed her lips onto his and he kissed her back, dropping his sword into the shallows of the lake. She backed away and started walking more into the lake, dragging him with her.
He realized what was happening and snapped out of it, snatching his hand back, "No! I want reality or nothing."
"And this doesn't feel real?" The siren whispered kissing the man once again making him whisper her name, "That's right. It's me" She said kissing him again, " I love you."
"No. No it's not you." He pushed her away.
"Yes it is! I love you!"
"No, this is not real love. I've felt it and this is not it. I know the difference" David told her once again.
"Congratulations Prince Charming, you're the first." Suddenly she launched at him, making him and her submerge under the water where she was dragging him down to the very bottom.
David jumped up gasping for air, his entire body felt soaking wet. He looked around, he was back into his bedroom with Mary-margaret beside her, but he was drenched, like he had just jumped into a pool.
"David?" Mary-margaret murmured with sleep still in her voice and turned over to look over at her husband who was now sitting down and was drenched head to toe. "Why are you all wet? What's going on?"
"I-I don't know, I was having a dream where I was at a lake and then I woke up drenched" David explained to her as he got up and changed his clothes. For some strange reason the bed wasn't wet from him, which was weird because as much water that was on his bod should have soaked through the mattress by now. When he looked out the window it was already daylight, he didn't see a point in going back to sleep. All he had to think about was how real that dream had felt. "I'll be downstairs, get more sleep." He kissed his pregnant wife as he watched her eyelids close and her breathing evened out.
David was scrolling through his browser, while sipping on a cup of coffee he had brought into the station that morning to keep himself awake. The longer he stayed up the more he just wanted to crawl into a cell and sleep on the cot. He needed sleep and this one cup of coffee wasn't working. It was only ten in the morning and he was the one doing the night check because Emma and Killian wanted to have some time with Henry tonight or something.
"Alright, I'm going to Granny's want anything?" Emma asked her deputy's as she slipped into her jacket and hat to cover herself from the cold.
"I'll have two more large coffees" David muttered out with a yawn.
Killian spun around in his chair and looked at the man that was half asleep. "Jeez mate, what happened to you last night?"
David yawned, "I had a dream about some siren and a lake and when I woke up I was drenched in water and it was already morning so I just decided to go downstairs and watch TV and until I had to come here" He explained through yawns.
"Strange, waking up from a dream about a lake and finding yourself drenched. Well, I'm going now, I may be a while,I need to make a couple of stops." Emma shrugged her shoulders when she couldn't make up an explanation. Walking over to the exit doors she knew that August would be outside of Granny's waiting for her. Still she didn't know what she was doing, why would she agree to this. She ended up just walking to Granny's since her car was still at Mary-margaret's and she hadn't bother to go get it yet. Arriving to Granny's she spotted August waiting there for her already with that smug grin of his. "So, that drink huh, wanna go in?" Emma asked.
"I didn't say here. Hop on" August told her nodding his head to the back of the bike.
Her eyes widened, was he serious? He wanted her to get on the back of that death contraption. "You want me to get on the back of that bike, it's the middle of winter!"
"That's what hop on means, and trust me, I'll go real slow if it makes you feel any better!" He explained to her with a sudden wink. The wink reminded her of Killian. "You owe me a drink. Hop on. I know a good watering hole."
"Hey, if you don't I will" Granny said from the side as she watched everything that was going on.
Emma looked over at Granny and smiled at her. Did nobody in this town know that her and Killian were now technically a thing, they kissed in public a couple of times and they're always holding hands around each other, did they just assume that's how all sheriff and deputy relationships are? Finally after what seemed like hours of debating whether to get on or just run back to the station she hopped onto the back of the motorcycle and placed the helmet that August gave to her.
"Hold on!" August told her as he darted off down the road.
Once they arrived in an open grassy field that had a tree in the middle next to a well Emma took off her helmet and looked at the small brick structure. "A watering hole, literally?" When he said watering hole she didn't think he meant an actual real watering hole.
"Well, say what you want about me but I always tell the truth" August said strapping his helmet onto the bike.
"I always thought a drink meant wine or whiskey" Emma told him. Every time Killian asked her if she wanted a drink that usually meant rum and whiskey on rare occasions.
August looked at her with a smug grin, "What? You want me to get you drunk?" He knew it sounded like he was flirting with her, but he wasn't he was just trying to get on her good side so she would forgive him for what he had done a lot easier.
"No" Emma told him with a smile.
"Next time" August said as he went into his small satchel that was draped onto his motorcycle and took out two mugs.
"You are optimistic" Emma said as she looked down into the well, seeing how far it went, it wasn't too far, a couple a feet to be exact.
August walked over to her and placed the two mugs on the ledge of the well as he grabbed the rope to pull up the bucket. "They say there's something special about this well. There's even a legend, they say that the water from this well is fed from an underground lake, and that lake has magical properties" He explained to her as he brought up the bucket.
"Magic? You sound like Henry." Has this man been talking to Henry and has Henry been telling him all these crazy things.
"Smart kid. So this legend-it says that if you drink the water form the well, something lost will be returned to you
"You know an awful lot about this town for being a stranger. Have you been here before?" Emma asked him, there was still something strange about this man that she didn't quite like.
"And you know very little for being the sheriff, besides, I know all this for one simple reason, I read the plaque" He said pointing over to the small piece pointing up on the ledge of the well.
Emma went to check it out and read it for herself, yup everything August told her was written on this plaque. With a small chuckle she asked "Do you actually believe that?"
"I'm a writer. I have to have an open mind. Believe in magic or not, water is a very powerful thing, cultures as old as time have worshiped it. It flows through all lands, connecting the entire world, if anything had mystical properties, if anything had magic, well, I'd say it'd be water" He explained his belief to her as he dunked the mug into the water and brought it out passing it to her.
"That's a lot of faith" Emma stated.
"If you need evidence for everything, Emma, you're gonna find yourself stuck in one place for a very long time" August explained to her. He wanted to try to make her believe in this curse for himself as well, he wanted to be a family once again with his papa. He wanted to worship the King and Queen and the Princess and...Prince he guess he'd call him.
Emma smiled at him, "Maybe I'll just find the truth before anybody else does."
"Well, Ms. Skeptic, if there's one thing I can tell you for sure that requires no leap of faith, and I know you'll agree with me" He said before taking a small sip of the water. Emma was giving him a look that she wanted to know, of course she did. "It's good water" He said with a smile as he banged his mug onto Emma's as he watched her take a sip.
Killian was looking up at the clock that hung down on the station brick wall, it was almost an hour that Emma had left, he knew that she said she was going to other places but he expected her to be back by now, there wasn't that many places in this town for her to go. He was worried that something back had happened to her so he picked up his phone and started dialing Emma's number.
ring.
ring.
ring.
"You have reached the voicemail of...Emma -"
He picked himself up and started walking towards the station doors. David had fallen asleep as soon as Emma had walked out the door and he just marched straight over to Granny's where he expected her to be. "Hey, Granny, did you see Emma at all today?" He asked as he seen the elderly women whipping down the bar.
"The last I seen her she was talking to that handsome new fella on the bike" Granny informed him.
Killian's face fell, he immediately knew it was August, why wouldn't she tell him that she was meeting up with him, he would've understood...eventually. And then that's when he heard the motorcycle pulled up and Emma getting off before walking into Granny's laughing with August. He crossed his arms before she looked up and seen him where his smile faded immediately.
"Killian..." Her eyes's were wide and her face went pale like she seen a ghost standing in front of her.
"Hey love, how was your drink with August?" He knew that would've been the only reason Emma would have gone out with this man, she promised him that drink, obviously it meant a lot to him.
August stepped forward, he needed to go somewhere private and explain to Killian why he was exactly with Emma in the first place, he didn't want to destroy the relationship and the curse from breaking. "Hey, Killian...can I talk to you for a minute...in private?" Killian told him to lead the way so he walked down in back of Granny's and around the corner where the bathrooms were and nobody could hear them.
"Alright, I'm listening, why are you so obsessed with Emma?" Killian asked immediately.
"I'm only trying to do what you're doing...I'm trying to make her believe" August said finally.
Killian raised an eyebrow in confusion, believe? In the curse? "Who are you?"
August swallowed, he knew this wasn't going to end well on his behalf, "August W. Booth."
"No, I mean your real name, who are you really?" Killian asked stepping forward, seeing if he recognized the man only be a thread...he didn't.
August swallowed once again and took a deep breath before answering the pirate, "Pinocchio."
Killian stepped back. Pinocchio? The wooden boy that became a real boy from his bravery? The little red headed boy that would stay in Henry's nursery for days constructing the wardrobe that separated his family. "Pinocchio? Why are you spending so much time with Emma? And how are you much older?...with black hair" Killian asked very curious.
"I need Emma to believe, I'm trying to make it up to her for what I did all those years a go to her...and I died my hair, red didn't really suit the adult me."
Killian stepped in front of the August once again, he didn't answer the question on how he was older when this town was obviously cursed to keep you your age that you were when the curse hit. "What did you do to Emma?" Now his husband protectiveness was starting to go off.
"I...I uh - um. I'm so sorry Killian, the reason Henry didn't have a mother while growing up was because of me, I'm so very sorry" August begged, he didn't want to say everything, he knew he was going to get punched.
"What do you mean? The reason Henry didn't have a mother while growing up was because the wardrobe could only take two...me and Henry" Killian stated, starting to think there was more to this story.
August shook it head, "No, papa made the Blue Fairy lie to you guys, he couldn't bare to think what would happen to me when the curse hit so he made Blue lie in saying only two when really there was enough for three and when the curse was coming...Papa placed me inside and I was swept here, to the land without magic." Suddenly August felt a hard fist hit the side of his face and in a matter of second he was laying on the floor with a blurry image of Killian looking down at him.
"Don't you dare ever go around Emma or my son again!" Killian yelled in the man's face. He didn't feel a slight bit guilty, if he was maybe still that young red headed boy than he wouldn't of done it, but that's not who he was anymore, he was a grown ass man, that still lied. Killian walked back out into the main part of the diner and luckily nobody had heard the outburst from seconds ago. Emma had already ordered the coffees and was waiting for him to return.
"Where's August?" Emma asked as she was ushered out the building by Killian.
"Oh...he...decided to take a nap..." It wasn't a full lie, it was just bent slightly to sound like the truth.
Emma looked up at Killian, he was taking this better than she had thought he would've. They walked for blocks in awkward silence, the only noise coming from the street cars and the pavement under their feet. She couldn't take this silence anymore. "Killian, I'm..."
"No love, you don't have to say anything, I understand" He told her before she could continue.
"Please, let me continue. I never wanted to hurt or betray you, I would've told you where I was really going but I figured you would find a way for me not to go. We only went to a well just down the road a couple of minutes" Emma explained to him.
"Emma...You're my lady now, and I don't control who you talk to or hang out with. I'm not mad at you, just promise me that you'll tell me next time so I don't have to sit waiting for you and worrying if something happened."
Emma smiled and blushed at his words, "You were worried about me?" She looked to the side and seen a big metal box on the gutter all covered in slush. She started to walk over to it and didn't even hear the words Killian was saying to her, but she knew they were sweet. Getting at the box she knelt down on her toes and looked at the box before taking a deep breath and opening it. It was Henry's book. "Killian, look, I found it." She looked up and Killian was standing over her with a smile.
Killian's face glowed up, finally. "Finally my...our boy will be happy" He said sweetly.
"Our?" Emma's face light up as she heard him refer Henry as her son, it's only been a month and Killian was already referring Henry as hers? Wow, their relationship moved fast. Emma leaned in and kiss his cheek as he blushed and corked an eyebrows up with a sexy smile on his face. "I love you Jones."
"I love you too Swan."
Henry was sitting on the couch inside of Mary-margaret's living room. During his break he had enjoyed spending time with his teacher. Emma didn't quite understand why Henry enjoyed it so much but she never really bothered to ask questions as long as he was happy. Arriving to the house it smelt of apple pies, Mary-margaret must of made her famous apple pie that was to die for.
"Dad! Emma!" Henry exclaimed excitedly as he bounced off the couch and ran over to hug them both.
Emma chuckled and hugged the boy back a long with Killian. Henry seemed to really enjoy her a lot, he would always hug her and play with her and joke around, it was like he really seen her as a mother. "Hey, kid. Did you enjoy your time with Mary-margaret today?"
"Yes! Me and her made apple pie and then we went outside and built a snowman" Henry said with a big smile.
"Emma, Killian, I didn't hear you guys come." Mary-margaret went in and hugged the both of them. "Would you guys like to stay for some pie?"
"Actually love, we need have a surprise for Henry and then we need to get back home, we're having a movie marathon tonight" Killian told her as he wrapped his arm around Emma's waist a pulled her close.
Mary-margaret nodded and then looked over at Emma. "A movie marathon, huh? That's how I became pregnant" She said with a wink.
Emma almost choked on her own spit, ow could she say that? Oh my god. "Mary-margaret! It's not like that. it's just some bonding time..."
"Is that what they call it now days" Mary-margaret said with a wink.
Henry scrunched up his nose in disgust, even though he was small, he still understood what they were talking about. "Gross."
Killian chuckled, "Alright, alright. That's enough of that, we got children ears in the room. Love, how about you show Henry his surprise."
"Alright." Emma watched as the boys face lit up as he got excited knowing that he was about to get something. Opening up the bag she had around her shoulder she pulled out the book slowly, making the title face towards her. Once the book was fully out of the bag she turned it over so Henry could see the title and see exactly what she was giving him.
Henry gasped and launched himself at the book. "My book! Where'd you find it?"
"Emma spotted it in a gutter. The person who stole it must've put it there for some reason, what other reason would there be?" Killian stated.
Henry could think of one, maybe the book was meant to go back to her because she was the savior...or at least one of them. "Thank you Emma. It's a sign, things are going to get better" He wrapped his arms tightly around Emma's middle and buried his face in her tummy. He wished he could have a baby brother or sister, he always wanted siblings.
"Alright come on, let's go watch movies, any suggestions?" Killian asked.
"Peter Pan!" Henry exclaimed happily.
"Oh bloody hell!" Killian exclaimed as they walked out the house and drove off to his house. This was not going to be a pleasant night that's for sure.
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