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Oncer4life11: So does Emma remember now?
I believe she now does!
Chapter 19: Jefferson's Hat
"Killian..." Looking up she seen those bright blue orbs that seemed like an entire century since she had seen them. Memories were swarming in her head, everything until the very end.
She jumped up and threw her arms around his neck. She had happy tears welling up in her eyes and small clicks of laughter escaping her throat, she was happy. It seemed so long since she felt this kind of happiness, almost eleven years to be exact.
He was still shaking from everything that had just happened. "Emma...do you remember?" A part of him believed she remembered and the curse was broken, but another part of him believed that this was all too good to be true and he was going to wake up warm in his bed, alone, with the curse still active and Emma still mad at him.
"Yes! Yes, I remember!" Laughter escaped her mouth once again as she clung tighter to his neck, she missed him, "I remember everything." It didn't take her long before she grabbed him by the collar and smacked her lips against his, sharing a rough passionate kiss that was long needed.
Feeling her lips against his was like heaven, they were sweet and smooth. When he opened his eyes up he noticed his left hand was gone, there wasn't even a hook just a nub. Quickly before anybody could see he stuffed it into his pocket. He never quite warmed up to being bare around people.
"Emma?" A small whisper came from the back of the room. When the embracing couple turned and look an over joyed Emma's face lit up even more when she saw her parents. Before they even knew it she was embraced in their arms once again with a crying Neal.
She had parents, her parents, and a husband, her husband. Then she heard the crying and remembered all the nuisance that had happened just to make sure he had a mother. She had a baby brother. "May I?" She held out her arms, wanting to hold him.
"Well, it's about time the two of you had a proper introduction," Charming said with a smile as he watched his wife passed their son over to Emma, their daughter.
Emma wiped a small tear that had shed from her glassy eyes and down to her rosy cheeks. "Hey there little one, I guess were siblings." A big toothy grin appeared as her eyes continued to water. It didn't take long for Neal to calm back down and look at his older sister. He had the same green eyes as her and the same pale skin with the same blonde hair. Then she realized, where was her baby? "Henry? Where's Henry?"
"Mom?" Henry said softly, he was choked up, not only because of what he had just done but because what he had worked so hard for these past months were finally coming true, he had a mom.
When she turned around and seen her boy for the very first time, standing in front of Killian with his hands on their boys' shoulders. She couldn't believe it, her baby was standing right in front of her but he wasn't a baby anymore. Her worst nightmare had just come true, she missed her boy growing up. "Henry?" It seemed like it took hours to finally come face to face to him and she was able to smother him into a hug and bring them down slowly to the floor. "You found me."
Henry sunk right into the hug, it felt good for his mother to finally see him as Henry, her son, and not just Henry.
He couldn't help but smile. Seeing his son and his wife finally together brought tears to his, he couldn't help it when he walked up to them and hugged them both. Something he thought he would never feel was the warmth of both of them in his arms, together.
"Killian, you saved us" Emma whispered into their hug, she could feel the tears of rivers on his cheeks.
"Actually love, I didn't, Henry did," He explained as Emma looked at him with a slight of confusion on her face.
Charming stepped forward, "Emma, Henry has magic. Killian was dying and he healed him."
"Henry, you have magic?" Emma asked with a smile, only receiving a small nod in response, that's when she noticed the small pool of blood on the floor that made her body cringe. She didn't know why he would have magic, she only seen herself do magic once, but that was only when she saved Killian also. She was just happy to be with her baby, well not much of a baby anymore, and her husband.
"Henry was the real hero here," Killian said as he placed a small kiss on his wife's cheek before bringing them all into another hug, which was joined by Snow and Charming. Everybody was happy the curse was broken, at least in here anyway, the streets were probably crowded with a mob.
Snow nudged herself between Emma and Charming while holding a happier Neal who seemed a bit happier than usual. "Charming and I are so glad to have you guys included in our family again."
"We were always a family and we were never separated, we never will be," Killian said as his voice cracked from trying so hard not to cry.
Emma kissed her son's cheek for the first time, how she wished she had done that when he was born. Turning to her husband she looked into those eyes she fell in love with, "I love you." She placed a kiss roughly on his lips and to her surprise, he deepened it. She could taste the salt from the tears.
Neal started to let out small happy screams as he kicked his legs and smiled up at his parents. We definitely knew what was going on. He was a special baby.
A tear shed Henry's eyes as he snuggled deeper into his families arms. He never thought he would be able to say he had a mother or grandparents for that matter or even an uncle. He already knew what had happened to his father parents, that's why he didn't have grandparents on that side but when your grandparents on your mothers' side are right in front of you and have no idea who you are, it really is a horrible feeling.
For so long she believed she had no family but now she had her parents, her husband, her son, and her brother. Emma Swan may have been an orphan that only wanted her parents, but Emma Jones had everything she wanted, a family.
Lacey had done as told and left Regina alone as she dealt with her tantrum. She had no idea what was going on from when she saw her walk into her office with rage and tears down her face. Until there was a purple haze surrounding her and a blast of magic that struck through her. Everything came back in an instant, it felt as if she were in a coma and everything was black, not knowing anything until you wake up.
She had to get away, with the curse broken hell was definitely going to break free at city hall at any moment with the town waking up and realizing what Regina had done to them all. She had to go to the one place she thought she would be safe, Rumples'.
Walking into the shop the bell rang above the door. Looking around she didn't see him, so she started to walk up to the back, looking around at all the artifacts. When something caught her eye, her chipped cup. He had kept it all these years, he really did love her. Maybe she was right about him, he wasn't a monster, he was just a man that had been hurt so much in his life he was forced to act out on all the sadness and anger.
"Belle?"
When she spun around she came eye to eye with the man, he looked so different than what he did in the Enchanted Forest, he looked like a real man. "Rumple?"
Hearing his name escape her lips stunned him, the one handed wonder actually did it, he broke the curse. Slowly he made his way over to his love, reaching out a hand in front of him so he could cup her cheek. Her skin was so soft. "You remember who I am?"
She nodded as her eyes filled with tears, "I love you" She said with a soft giggle before she pulled herself into a hug with Rumple.
It had been too long since he felt her warmth on him, far too long. Now that the curse was broken, he could finally ask what happened to her. "Belle, what happened? I thought you were dead for so long" He asked pulling away to look at her.
"Regina, she captured me and locked me away as her prisoner, when the curse struck I was brought over with memories of a terrible accident and going crazy" Belle explained with a saddened look bestowed on her face.
"Regina did this? All this time you were here?...alive." His anger was starting to now show. All these years he thought she was dead when really she was just under his feet.
A confused look came across her face, did he think she was dead for ten years? "Yes of course I was, wait, Rumple, were you the one that caused that purple haze moments ago?" She waited a brief moment for him to reply and when he didn't, she got her answer. "You did! Why?"
"Magic is power Belle, and with it, we can get revenge on Regina, for everything she's done to you!" Rumple was now gritting his teeth. How dare the Queen cross him, he made her for what she was today.
"Wait, are you saying to kill her? No! Rumple, that's not right!" She exclaimed, killing somebody was never the answer. It wasn't going to fix any problem.
"But Belle-" He was about to protest but was cut off by her.
"No Rumple! Promise me you won't kill her, promise me you will try to be a better man." That's all she ever wanted and she almost did get that once by true love's kiss, but Rumple quickly changed that.
He was hesitant to promise her such a thing, but he loved her. Besides he had a plan on his mind. He wasn't going to kill Regina, but somebody was. "Alright Belle, I promise."
That smile was brought to her face once again before hugging him tighter than the first time. This was the first step for Rumple to become a better man. "Thank you."
Henry was walking down the main street with a glowing smile on his face. He was holding both his parents' hands for the first time while his grandparents held his uncle in front of them. The streets were crowded with people who looked confused, angry and upset. But some were happy just to be reunited with their family once again.
"So, how come we didn't go back to the Enchanted Forest?" Henry asked looking up to his mother and father, hoping they would have the answer.
"I don't know, the curse is broken, this place was invented by the curse, we should have all gone back," Emma said looking around at the crowded streets.
"Well we all know Regina, she would find a way to that would prevent us all from going back if the curse were to break" Killian included as he looked down to his son, "But none of that matters, all that matters is that we're together again with our memories."
Emma smiled over at him, she couldn't believe she was with him while holding her son's hand. The son she never got to hold or kiss until today. "And let's make sure it never happens again."
"Aye love." Killian gave her a sexy smirk and an arched brow. He knew she loved it when he did that, it made her go weak in the knees and that's exactly what he wanted right now, was to tease her. Even though they had sex not long ago, Emma was still cursed at the time and it had been eleven years since they had sex. He wanted her alone.
Red was hugging Granny, she couldn't believe all the horrible things she had said to her while cursed and how she dressed and acted. She felt dirty and was thankful she no longer had to be that person, she could be herself.
"Red!" Snow shouted excitedly as she seen her best friend embracing her granny. Neal was tucked under his daddy's arm and jumped by the shouting of his mother, poor baby.
When Red turned her head she wasn't expecting to see the whole royal family. But when she did she was beyond happy. "Snow! Charming!" She ran over to Snow and flung herself into her arms with a giggle. "I can't believe it's you!"
Snow looked at her friends face that was flushed with red, "Well believe it, Killian, Emma, and Henry broke the curse."
Looking behind Snow she seen the rest of the family, Emma was next to Killian with his arm around her waist with her hands on Henry's shoulders. "Well, this must be Henry, last time Red seen you, you were still in your mother's tummy," Red said as she knelt down to hug the boy, "You've grown up so much, welcome to the family."
Killian smiled and looked over at Emma who was smiling back, he couldn't help it when he placed a soft kiss on her lips again. He was just so happy that they were together and nothing would ever separate them again.
Neal giggled loud enough for everybody to turn and look over at him. He was holding his father's thumb while moving his arms up and down. He loved getting the attention.
"Oh my, Prince Neal!" Granny squealed as she walked over to Charming and took the baby gently in her arms, "Well aren't you something." She rocked the little one in her arms gently as he looked up at her with squinted eyes and an O shaped mouth. "So, what do mommy and daddy think about having a child while they were cursed and thinking this was their first born?"
Snow and Charming both chuckled at the same time, it definitely was strange thinking that they had another child while cursed and not to mention they were much older than their cursed selfs. "I wouldn't have asked for it another way," Charming said with a smile, "He's our little prince and we love him no matter if we were cursed or not."
Emma frowned as she looked down to Henry. She couldn't bear to look up at how happy her parents were with Neal, it wasn't that she felt betrayed, she always wanted a sibling. She just felt hurt that her mother got to have another baby while she had just seen her grown baby for the first time today. She only wished she could have another chance herself, a chance to be a mother.
"Alright love?" Killian asked as he seen the hurt look upon her face as she pulled their son closer to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine" She nodded but not bothering to look into his eyes, if she did, he would know she was lying. Killian didn't say another word, so he must've not sensed the lie. Good.
"Your Majesties?"
Everybody turned their direction to the group of seven short men. They were all standing close to one another as they looked over and eyed up the family. Snow was the first to move and hug the man in front, Grumpy.
"The curse, it's broken," Grumpy said.
"It appears so," Charming said as he walked over with his son back in his arms.
"Then why haven't we gone back? Why are we still here?" Grumpy questioned with stern in his voice.
"And what was that purple smoke?" Happy questioned with concern, you could tell he was worried.
"We're not sure, we were actually just on our way to go find that out" Killian interrupted from behind everybody. His nub was still in his pocket, it was starting to feel uncomfortable as the material of his jeans scratched against the scars and tissue.
"Yeah, well why don't we go to the one person who can answer all our questions? The Queen!" Grumpy snapped as a bunch of loud screams and voices were heard off down the road. As everybody turned to look they saw a mob moving down the street with pitch forks and axes in their hands. Something bad was about to happen.
Next thing everybody knew Dr. Hopper was running to them with a worried look. "There you guys are! You have to stop them, Dr. Whale has created an angry mob, they're on their way now to kill Regina."
"What?" Henry looked up at his parents, they were hero's they couldn't let this happen.
Emma kneeled down to where she was eye level with him, "Don't worry kid, we'll make sure they don't."
"Good, maybe it's for the best," Leroy said to Dr. Hopper.
Snow looked at him, she was ashamed he would even think that was the right answer. "What? No! We have to help her, we can't just let her get killed."
"Snow's right, we have to stop this before it gets too out of hand" David stated firmly.
"Aye, I'm afraid it's already gotten too out of hand mate," Killian said right before they all started running off towards the mob. He didn't know how Charming and Snow planned to do it with a newborn in their hands, but he knew they would always find a way.
Whale hammered his fist on the mayor's office door. Nobody was here to keep the mob out which was even better, they could do exactly what they came here for. "Soon enough he was greeted by the Queen himself, she had a smirk on her face that almost looked as if she were innocent. "That smirk on your face won't last forever, Regina! You took everything from us, and now..."
"What? Now you're going to kill me?" Regina butted in with a Cheshire smile showed on her face and her eyes melting into his soul.
Whale shook his head with a grin, "Not today, but soon enough. First, you need to suffer, the way we all did for eleven years!" The crowd behind him went crazy at his words, they were all cheering for him as they pumped their fists in the air.
"Listening to you has been suffering enough!" She exclaimed as she pushed the doctor back into the crowd, "You wanted to see your Queen, well my dears, here she is!" She tried to counter a fire ball at the mob but nothing worked, she couldn't do it. Why couldn't she do it? There was obviously magic here, she could feel it filling up her veins.
After seeing she had no magic they were ready, the mob was firing up once again "She's powerless!" Whale pushed her up against the wall with his hand wrapped tightly around her neck, "Now, where were we?" He was starting to tighten his grip so hard you could see Regina's eyes roll in the back of her head.
"Stop! Let her go!" Emma shouted as she came running into the crowd with her parents, husband, and son following behind. "Let her go!" She stated once again as she pushed Whale off of Regina, having her father and Killian snag him by the arms to restrain him.
"Why should I listen to you!" Whale shouted as he tried to pull himself away from the prince and pirates grip.
"Because I am still sheriff!" Emma spat in the man's face as she stepped in between him and Regina.
Snow rushed in next to Emma holding Neal as tightly to her chest as she could, rocking him gently so he wouldn't get startled easily. "And no matter what Regina did to us, killing her is not the answer!"
"We are not murderers here mate," Killian said to the doctor who was still squirming in his arms.
"We're not from this world!" Whale replied as he gritted his teeth at the captain, "You should know that more than anyone!"
Killian smirked, "Well guess what, you're in it now."
Everybody started screaming and shouting to go after the Queen, Emma tried to hold them back as much as she possibly could, but nothing seemed to be working. Neal started to cry as the shouts got louder, he could tell something was wrong.
"Everybody, quiet down!" Snow shouted loud enough for everybody to hear, "Shh, it's alright Neal, mommy's here" She said sweetly rocking her bundle.
"Let me go! You're not my rulers" Whale told Charming and Killian, he wasn't going to give up.
Killian grabbed the man and pinned him up on the wall with his right hand and his left still in his pocket, he had enough of this doctor and his attitude. "It doesn't matter whether we're your rulers or not! We have a lot to figure out here and this won't help solve any of it! Do you hear me!?" He hated to act like this in front of his family, but if their safety was in danger he wasn't going to be a coward.
Whale quickly nodded and swallowed hard. He knew all of the tales about Captain Hook and he did not feel like getting on this man's bad side.
Once Neal had his bottle he was more than quiet, if you weren't paying attention you would have never known he was there. "And Regina's death, won't provide any answers. She needs to be locked up, for her safety and more importantly for ours."
Henry squeezed a hold of his mother's hand, it felt good for her not to tense up or hesitate to hold him back. "Mom, is everything going to be alright?"
For a second she froze, that was the first time Henry ever called her mom, and she loved it. "Yes, everything's going to be alright as long as me and your father are here" She placed a kiss on his forehead, she had to move some of his hair to the side, he was in need of a haircut.
"Okay," He nodded, "Hey mom. I love you."
"I love you too." Hearing those words felt so good to her. She was glad he wasn't mad at her for everything she did with having to leave him and not believing him about the curse. Now she wished all she did do was believe, the curse would have broken months ago.
Dragging Regina with only one hand while his nub was in his pocket was harder than he thought. He really was out of shape. David was helping Snow with Neal just behind him while Emma and Henry went in front of him to open up the cell but for some reason, they stopped. "Love, what happened?"
"Well, looky here, it looks like we have our princess back, guessing she never died, did she, your majesty?" Jefferson said with a wide thin lip smile, his scar was showing fully and wasn't easy to ignore.
"Why don't you go back to your daughter Hatter, just maybe she'll forgive you for abandoning her!" Regina snarled at the man as she was placed into the cell, tightly locked away from the world.
That set him off, if anybody didn't think he was the Mad Hatter, they did now. "I didn't abandon her! You tricked me into leaving her!" He shouted at the top of his lungs as he lunged at the cell. Gripping the bars until his knuckles were white.
"Whoa! Whoa! Jefferson, settle down" David quickly grabbed the man and dragged him away from the cell, "What are you even doing out?"
Jefferson pointed in the Queens direction as he calmed himself down, "She broke me out to retrieve an apple to kill Emma."
"Apple? Wait...The apple?" Snow asked as she walked into the small room where everybody else was. Regina nodded with a smug grin.
"See, I told you it was poisonous," Henry told his mother in an 'I was right, you were wrong' kind of tone.
Emma had to chuckle at that, "Yes, I now see you were right this entire time about everyhting, Henry. Next time I'll listen to you" She said cupped the boy's cheek as she smiled down at him, "I promise."
"Oh! That reminds me, some young gentlemen came and dropped something off for you Killian" Jefferson said as he motioned his hand over to the deputies desk.
Killian corked an eyebrow as he walked over to his desk, surprisingly he saw a black leather contraption and a polished piece of sharp metal, his hook. There was a letter on top. Taking it in his right he read it.
Thought you might want this back. ~An old friend
"Is that?" Henry waited for his father to nod and when he did his face broke into a giant smile, "Cool!"
Emma walked up behind her husband and placed her chin on his shoulder, looking down at some note she wondered who could have possibly given him his hook back. "Here, let me help with that," She said as she watched Killian struggle with putting his contraption over his nub. He tried to pull away from her, he was embarrassed, he never took that thing off around her before. "Hey, don't be embarrassed, I love everything about you Killian," She said taking his hand in hers so he would look at her.
Thankfully he didn't put up a fight and allowed her to strap on the brace for him, but he did tense up for a second. He watched as she took the hook in her hand, rubbing her fingers up and down and around every crevice of it before slowly and seductively twisting it into the hole at the end of the brace.
"I'll let you use it on me later" Emma whispered into his ear as she gripped onto his hook and slowly pulled away with a smirk. Gods she was going to be the death of him. He could only swallow hard, he was speechless by her words, plus her parents and their son were there. Now wasn't the time.
Jefferson pretended to barf as he had heard and seen what Emma did. "Get a room, guys!"
Snow rolled her eyes at the man, she didn't understand why David or Killian wasn't throwing him back in his cell for what he did to her and Emma but at the same time, she understood why he did it. He wanted to get back to his daughter, she would've done the same for Emma if she was going through what he had.
"That's the plan for later on," Killian said with a smirk as he chuckled and wrapped his arms around Emma's waist from behind. His ribs were soon struck by Emma's elbow, "Oi! The bloody hell!"
"Henry's right there!" Emma told him pointing over to where her son held his uncle. She had to smile at that but then the thought rose in her mind. Henry holding his own baby sibling, good he wasn't paying attention. She wanted another chance so bad, but she felt back for feeling that way, Henry would feel like he was being replaced if she said anything so soon. Looking up at Killian she saw that he was thinking of the same thing.
"Guys, we have bigger problems to deal with right now," David said clearing his throat so everybody would listen and turn their attention back to Regina.
"The curse is broken so why didn't we go back to the Enchanted Forest?" Snow questioned crossing her arms over her chest as she approached the cell to stand next to Charming.
Regina smirked, "Because there's nothing to go back to, that land you once called home is gone, it no longer exists. My curse destroyed all the lands."
Both Killian and Emma looked at each other, they were never going home, which meant Henry was never going to be able to grow up the way they wanted him to. He already wasn't growing up how they planned, he never had a mother until today. Now he would never see where he was born or where his family grew up. "We should go find Rumplestiltskin," Emma said sadly as she motioned Henry out the door as he passed Neal back to his mother.
Once everybody was gone, Regina tried again, she tried to use magic but nothing was working. Magic was different here, and stubborn.
"Having troubles I see dearie," Rumple said as he walked out from the shadows, "Magic is different here."
"You don't think I see that! I would have destroyed everything by now if I wasn't having troubles!" Regina said as she gritted her teeth and slammed her fists on the side of herself, "I need to get out of here, to stop this."
"Well sorry to say dearie, but you won't be stopping anything, anytime soon. " He reached the cell at this point, he was being careful not to have his skin touch the mendelian he held in his hand.
Regina smirked, "And why's that? Come to kill me have we Rumple?"
He sucked his teeth and waved a finger, "No, what I have in store for you is much worse, unfortunately I made a promise to Belle that I won't be the one to kill you, unfortunately I won't have to though." He grabbed the Queens' wrist and pressed the cold metal to her hand as fast as he could, making sure she had no time to pull away.
"I-is that?" Her voice was shaky as she watched the metal press in her skin.
"Why yes dear, the one thing nobody can escape. Destiny" And with that, he walked off, leaving Regina in her cell to only be smothered by her last thoughts.
He thought the best place to do this would be out in the forest, no body around, and no belle to convince him it was a bad idea. Here he could do just what he wanted. Placing the mendelian he used on Regina on the forest floor he grabbed his dagger that he hid safely in the chest of his jacket and held it up to the sky. "The dark one summons the" He said coldly be fore he plunged the dagger into the soil and watched as a portal opened and a demon appeared before him.
They were on their way to Mr. Golds Pawnshop or rather Rumplestitlskins pawn shop. Killian and Emma held hands as Henry walked in front of them happy as can be. Snow had a baby carrier strapped to her chest so it would be easier for her to carry Neal and hold Charmings' hand at the same time.
Only one thing could really be on Emma's mind right now though, it wasn't how much she missed out on Henry's life, even though that killed her, but it was a discussion for later. "Killian, I...I just want to say I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what love?" He looked over at her confused, there was nothing for her to be sorry about, not that he could think of anyway.
"Everything I've done in the last couple of months, with not believing you, having that fight, ignoring you," She said sadly, "I just wanted to say sorry, I hurt you and Henry both and..."
Killian had to stop her in their tracks and grab her other hand with his hook, "That wasn't your fault darling. You were cursed, you had no idea who you were. I don't blame you for anything."
A tear started to make its way down her cheek, "It's just that..."
"Hey," He placed his hand under her chin and made her look up into his eyes, "It's all over now, everything that happened is in the past...I love you, Mrs. Jones."
"I love you too Mr. Jones." Before she knew it Killian was picking her up and planting a kiss on her lips. It felt like no other, it was chaste, sweet and loving.
As they pulled away, their foreheads stayed together as they took everything in. They were together once again with their son, they were a family.
"Alright, stop making out and get over here so we can confront this bastard! You have time to get lost in each other later tonight!" Jefferson shouted from the front door of the shop. Everybody turned to look at him with serious looks, "What? It's true."
"Gross" Henry said as he scrunched up his nose from watching his parents be so intimate around him. Which made everybody burst out in laughter, at least everything wasn't so bad.
"Come on kid, let's go find out what Gold did and why he crossed over your father" Emma spoke with a smile to Henry as she held onto Killian's hand and walked into the pawn shop with everybody leading right behind.
Once he heard his bell go off he turned his head and was happy to see the sight before him. The Charming-Jones family were once again reunited. "Ah, well would you look at this, Everybody's awake and remembers who they are. Congratulations on breaking the curse Mr. and Mrs. Jones."
"Cut the crap, Rumpel! We want to know why you betrayed Killian and left him to die and what that smoke was" Charming said, stepping up in front of everybody else.
"Why isn't it obvious, that was magic" He answered with a smirk.
"Why try to kill me? Why risk the life of Emma? Your curse was almost not broken if it had not been for Henry!" Killian shouted as he stepped in front of Emma, wanting to protect her from the evils this man possessed.
Gold rounded the counter to be in front of him, "Let me answer your questions with my own. Why do you think I didn't care if you died? And your love is alive, isn't she? Is the curse broken? Oh and how long has Miss. Swan been wishing for parents." Everybody was now quiet, not a single thing to say. "Exactly, so before you start asking why dear old Rumple does things, maybe you should look back on everything that's happened, don't second guess me."
"Don't try to twist our words, what was the purple haze you brought?" Snow asked.
Rumple raised a finger and pointed up, "You know, magic."
"Why?" She asked again. This land wasn't supposed to have magic so lord knows what would happen once it was introduced to something that shouldn't exist.
"Not telling," Rumple said. Of course, that was him, he would tell you everything except the most important thing.
A loud screeching noise was heard from outside as lights started to flicker in the shop. It felt like the ground was shaking uncontrollably.
"What the hell was that?" Emma asked as Killian grabbed a hold of her and Henry while Snow and Charming looked out the shop window to see sparks flying out of electrical wires and papers were thrown around with heavy wind.
"That would be my gift to you. That is going to take care of Regina" Rumple said with a smug grin, "You're welcome your majesties."
Killian was about to grab a hold of the man's throat, choke him to death but Emma held him back, she knew it wouldn't do any good. "Come on, we need to go take care of the mess he made...again," She said, "We're not done here."
"Oh I know, you still owe me a favor," Rumple said coldly looking into the couple's soul.
Everybody turned to leave, but the pirate glared at him a moment too soon before slamming the shop door closed. There was no way they could stop the wrath from killing Regina, nobody ever could.
What Rumple didn't know was that Belle was listening to everything in the back inventory of the shop. Rumple was going to kill Regina, what he promised he wouldn't do. "You lied to me, you said you wouldn't kill Regina" She choked out as she walked up to the man that was surprised to see her there, he was probably hoping she didn't hear a thing.
"No, I didn't. I kept my promise I wouldn't kill Regina, that wrath will kill her not me." He knew it wasn't what she wanted to hear, but this was who he was and always will be.
She shook her head as she stepped up to the man she once knew as the beast. Her eyes were about filled with tears, he hurt her. "You toy with words, Rumple like you do people. You're still a man who makes wrong choices," She said as Rumple looked down to his feet, "I thought you changed."
Rumple scuffed, "what? In the hour you've known me?" Immediately Belle shown her emotions by sighing and walking towards the door, she was leaving him. He knew he made a mistake, a big mistake. "Belle, I'm sorry, come back. I truly am sorry, Belle!" She didn't believe him, she just walked out the shop and slammed the door. She didn't care if there was a soul sucking demon outside, she wanted to be away from this monster.
Everything seemed surprising quiet to Regina. That was until she heard the wind howling and the lights at the station started to flicker, she knew something wasn't right. "Hello? Is anybody there?"
The wrath flew into the station, causing Regina to stumble up from the cot she was laying on and stand in the middle of the cell. She knew it the wrath flung the hinges off the cell door and threw it against the wall, causing a big gash to the drywall. It was levitating there, looking at a frightened Regina.
"W-what do you want?" Regina asked shakingly. Suddenly there was a bright flash of light around her, she didn't know what it was until she started to feel her body shake. It was her soul being sucked from her body, this was how she was going to die.
"Oi! Demon! Over here!" Killian shouted as he rounded the corner and saw the floating black mass sucking the life from the Evil Queen.
David had a chance to pick up a chair and swung it over the wraths rotting flesh. Only to be thrown up against the wall and almost crushed by his own desk.
"Charming!" Snow shouted as she ran into the station and seeing her husband almost get crushed. Neal was fast asleep on her chest but wouldn't be for long with the commotion. Henry was right beside her, looking scared as hell, she didn't blame him. His hand gripped onto hers with all his strength.
"Snow, go! Get out of here and find a safe place for you and the kids!" Charming shouted as he got back to his feet and picked up something else to hit the wrath with. He just wasn't ever going to learn.
Snow took Neal gently out of the baby carrier and placed him in Henry's arms. "Henry, take Neal and run to City Hall as fast as you can, we'll meet you there once we get rid of this thing" She demanded her grandson, "Now!"
Henry nodded and did as told. He scooped up his newborn uncle in his hands, only hoping he wouldn't cry and cause any trouble. "Don't worry Neal. I'll take great care of you until they figure this out, good always wins, and remember that you'll be hearing it a lot in your life" He reminded the newborn who stirred in his sleep.
"Killian! Look out! Emma shouted as she walked the wrath take a swing for Killian's head. Her heart started to pump ten times as fast as normal, she was panicking. She thought she had almost lost her love again. Luckily he was able to move out of the way before anything like that happened. She quickly ran over to him checked over his body for any scratch or cut.
"I'm fine love," He said before quickly giving her a sweet kiss.
"Are you sure?" She was still searching, she didn't want anything to happen to him, she just got him back.
He loved how she was protective of him, that was one thing she missed most about him. "Aye darling, and I'll show you just how fine I am tonight," He told her with an arched brow and a wink causing her to blush. It was weird how they could have these small flirtatious moments when their life was at risk.
"Alright, I think I may have just solved our problem" Jefferson shouted as he came running into the room with two bottles of hairspray and two lighters.
"And exactly what are we suppose to do with women's products and old lighters?" Killian asked with a raised eyebrow.
Jefferson slouched, "Well if you're as smart as you claim to be Captain, you'd know hairspray and fire makes one heck of a blow torch together."
He gritted his teeth, he wanted to punch this hatter in the face, not only for making him sound dumb but also because he still had anger inside for what he did to Emma. He was just about to punch him until he heard the yelp from Regina which made him and everybody else turns around to see the wrath sucking her soul once again.
"Give me those before you guys hurt yourselves!" Snow exclaimed as she grabbed for one of the cans of hairspray and a lighter.
Emma followed her mother and did the same. She knew exactly what to do and did not hesitate when it was time for her to pull both triggers, causing a floom of fire to be released and aimed at the wrath causing it to screech and break one of the windows for it to escape.
Killian watched in fear, he wanted nothing to happen to his wife or his mother in law. But once the monster left a big weight on his shoulder did also. "Did they..."
"Kill it? No, it's only regenerating, it'll be back, and it won't stop until it consumes its victim...me" Regina said as she held up her hand. She was scared and this was the first time in a long time she could actually consider herself scared.
"Snow...I told you to take the kids somewhere safe" David said walking up to her as he wiped the sweat from his brow.
The kids, somewhere safe. Those words run in her ears as she searched around the room for her boy. "Henry...where's Henry?!"
"I told him to take Neal to City Hall and to keep them both safe, we'd meet him after we killed the wrath" Snow explained to the group.
"Speaking of which, how do we kill this...wrath," Emma asked.
Regina was trembling, she was absolutely terrified for her life. "You can't kill something that's already dead."
Snow thought about something for a moment, and for the first time, she couldn't think of a single thing that would work. "We need to figure out a way to help her, we can't just let Regina die."
"Why can't we? I say we let her after everything she's put us and everybody else through in the past years, I say she deserves it" David said honestly.
Killian cocked his head, that didn't sound like the prince he knew. "Dave, I don't think you're thinking straight, letting Regina die won't solve anything, that wrath will still be floating around here and eating anything that's alive. Trust me letting somebody die when you know you could have done something...you'll regret it. Maybe not at first but eventually it'll eat you from the inside out." He didn't want anybody else to go through the pain and torment he had to go through his whole life, especially if it was his father in law plus a best friend.
He seemed to take his words to heart if anybody knew of regret, it was Killian. "Then what is it you suggest?" Killian and Snow seemed to be relieved he chose the right plan but Emma, on the other hand, didn't even seem to care.
Jefferson was listening to the whole thing and if it were up to him, he would have just left Regina for dead. But not them, no they were the hero's in their land and he was just a villain but for some reason, he saw himself helping out here. "I think I may know of a way..."
"How?" Regina asked looking up at the hatter.
He smiled, "I think you may know your majesty."
Emma looked at the man and back to Regina, something happened between them in the last twenty-four hours. "What is it?"
Jefferson couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it, "If only you knew princess if only you knew." He put her through so much that one night, all for a hat that was locked away with Regina.
Henry was rocking Neal gently as he sat in the chair that Regina had behind her desk in her office. He thought this would be the safest place to hide at City Hall. But he immediately started to regret going there when he heard the noises coming from down the hall. He hid Neal and himself under the desk, hoping that whatever it was that was coming wouldn't see or hear him. When the door slammed open he could hear his heart pounding in his chest.
"So exactly why did we have to come the whole way to your office for? We're running out of time Regina" Emma scolded her, wanting to get rid of this wrath as soon as possible so her and her family could be safe.
Henry calmed down a bit, was that his mother? He listened in closer making sure it was before he popped himself up.
"Why are you doing this?" Regina questioned as she laid a beige looking case on the table.
"Because it's what's right and believe it or not...you're still apart of the family" Emma answered. She remembered the day her mother told her the Evil Queen was her step grandmother, she cried that entire night. Not understanding why she would want her own granddaughter and daughter dead.
Regina gave a fake smile as she opened the case, revealing a long black hat. A hat that looked surprisingly familiar to Emma.
"The hat! You had it this entire time...it's been here" Emma said slamming her hands down on the ground.
Killian remembered the story about how Jefferson kidnapped her and how he wanted her to make a hat for her to make it work. "So while Emma was being forced to create you a new hat, at gun point, it was here the entire time?" He questioned looking over at Jefferson who pressed his lips together and nodded.
"Wait, hat? You're the mad hatter?" Henry asked popping out from under the desk with Neal in his hands.
"Indeed I am," Jefferson said with a slight bow.
"Henry! What are doing here lad?" Killian questioned his boy as he seen him come from behind the desk and up to them. Seeing him hold Neal made something different start to flutter in the pit of his stomach, what was it?
"Grandma told me to hide here with Neal," He said as both his grandparents came walking in with brooms.
"What's this?" Killian asked cocking his head with a raised eyebrow at the couple holding brooms.
"Torches, I know it's old fashion, but so am I" David responded passing his son in law one.
Snow saw Henry and immediately ran over to him to see her baby, "Hi Neal, it's mommy, are you alright?" She asked placing a kiss a top her sons head.
"We're fine" Henry answered her with a smile.
"Alright, so exactly how are we going to do this?" Emma questioned grabbing a hold of Killian's hand, she didn't want to lose him and she felt like she was, like something bad was coming.
He noticed the way she was tense and how hard she was holding onto him, he hated when she was scared. "It's alright Swan, everything will be alright, I'm not going anywhere" He placed a chaste kiss on her forehead, feeling her pull closer to him.
"Haven't you heard, it's Jones now?" She said jokingly.
"Aye, but you'll always be my Swan," He said softly giving her a smile before wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close to his side. "Never will I let you go again, ever!"
Emma let out a soft giggle, "I love you."
"And I love you," He said before hearing David clear his throat, "Excuse me for wanting to make up for eleven years with my wife!"
"You can do that anywhere except in front of me" David informed the pirate. "Jefferson, how about you take Henry and Neal somewhere safe till we get the wrath in the portal."
Jefferson nodded and immediately brought Henry and Neal out of City Hall. He wished he could be with his Grace right now, protecting her, singing to her when she felt scared.
This was it, this was the moment where they either lived or died trying. All the brooms were lit to make sure the wrath stayed away from Regina so she would have time to open up the portal. David and Killian were banging the brooms on the wrath, probably only making it more furious.
"Regina!" Snow shouted as she grabbed a bottle of alcohol that was set on one of the tables. It looked as if the Queen was having troubles opening the portal.
"I'm trying!" Regina shouted back as she kept spinning the hat, hoping something would happen, but there was nothing. She was starting to give up hope.
Killian placed his broom on the railing that Snow had happened to pour the alcohol on, making it burst in flames. "Well, do you mind trying a bit harder! I don't know how much longer we can stale this thing!"
"It's not working!" Regina shouted after spinnning it once more and nothing seemed to happen, "It's magic! It's differen't here!" Regina growled.
Emma looked back and seen the monster approaching, she dind't know how much longer her husband and father would be able to handel it, she wished she would be able to do something.
"Now would be the time!" Snow shouted in her direction, the flames were starting to burn out and the brooms were burning up, there was barly a flame left.
Emma placed a hand on Regina's arm, just letting her know that she was here to help. But as soon as that hand touched the Queen the hat was working and the portal was starting to open. Did she do that? No it wouldn't have been her, she wasn't touching the hat. But Regina gave her a look of shock.
"It's coming!" Killian shouted as they couldn't hold back the monster anymore and both him and David were swept to the ground. "Emma! Look out!"
Looking up just in timeEmma pished Regina out of the way in order for the wrath to get sucked in, but before she knew it the wrath held onto her foot, dragging her into the portel as well.
"No!" Both Snow and Charming shouted after their daughter.
"Bloody hell! I'm not losing her again!" Killian shouted as he picked himself up as fast as he could and jumped into the portal after his wife.
"I'm not either!" David shouted as he an dSnow were about to jump. They thought they would be going where ever their family was going but no, instead they felt themselves smack down onto the tiled floor, with the portal closed. No way over with their daughter.
"No! Where are they?" Snow said as she got up and seen the squished hat that she and David had landed on. "Where is my daughter and son in law!" She shouted as she stomped over to Regina and got into her face.
Regina was shocked herself, she had no idea this would happen. "I have no idea"
David stomped over to her and got into her face, "Are they dead?"
"The curse destroyed all the lands" Was all Regina could say, she dind't want to say yes or no, she wanted them to think for themselves.
"Are they dead!" David shouted as loudly as he could this time.
"I. Don't. Know!" Regina then shouted herself, with her eyes going wide.
Rage built up inside of David, he had just gotten his family back and he wasn't going to lose it again. Not like this. "I should have killed you myself" He said through gritted death.
"Then what's stopping you now? Go right a head, I'd like to see you try!" She said as she pushed him into the wall that captured him by branches sprouting out from the wall paper.
"Regina! Stop this!" Snow shouted as she watched the branches tighten around her husband and chock him.
"You think you;re some horroic prince? Please, you're not but the son of the shepard, I should have killed you when I could and now...now I can" She threatened as she raised her hand and looked striaght in David's eyes. He was scared, frightened, everything that she never saw before in his eyes.
"Let him go!" Snow shouted once mroe as she charged for Regina, knocking her down to the floor and letting the branches release David whos tarted gasping for air. "We saved your life! You should be thanking us!"
"Grandma? Grandpa? What's going on?" Henry asked as he ran into the room, he never expected to see his grandfather gasoing for air with his grandmother holding down Regina. One thing he dind't see though was his parents, "Where my mom and dad?"
"Sorry, he wanted to come help" Jefferson said as he bounced a fully awake Neal.
David walked over to the hatter and took his son in his own arms, neselling him close to his chest as he bent down to look Henry in the eyes, "Henry, your parents they..they fell through a portal, and we don't know where they went."
He could feel the tears start to sting in his eyes, his parents were both gone. It wasn't just his mother, it was his father as well. "What?" The tears started to come down now, he was alone.
"Henry, we're so sorry, we dind't mean for any of this to happen" Snow said jumping off of Regina and running over to hug her grandson.
"A-are they alive?" Henry made out through the cracked in his voice as he started to snuffle into his grandmas chest.
David knelt down to look Henry in the eyes, it was now time to teach a lesson that this family always went by. "You know Henry, I believe they are becasue we have hope. I know they are alive, we will always find eachother. In the mean time you can stay with us until they do return."
Henry nodded, he couldn't speak, he had just gotten his mother back and that was all he ever wnated but nowhe had to go throuhg the stress of getting his mother nad father back.
Neal made a high pitch scream as he kicked his legs, making David nad Snow laugh. "I guess Neal's excited to have his nephew with him." Neal made another scream, this time a much louder one though, "I'll take that as a yes."
Aurora looked down at her husband, he was resting peacefully in the spot that was once occupied by her. If only that wraith had not shown up and dropped that medalian, everything would be fine, Philip would still be alive. "This place was suppose to be our home, we were going to rebuild here."
"We should leave this place, it isn't safe" Mulan told the princess who was laying her head down on her prince.
"But the wraith is gone" Aurora reminded her, how could it still be unsafe, she dind't understnad.
Mulan promised Philip she wouldn't tell Aurora everything, not at first. It's been an entire day, she thought it was time. "But there's more, much has changed in our land since you've been asleep."
"It's been less than a year" Aurora exclaimed, that's how long she's been a sleep, she knew it.
"In a matter of speaking, yes. Are you familiar with Regina the Evil Queen?" Mulan asked as aurora nodded her head, "Well as you slept and Philip and I searched for you she made a terrible curse wipe through the lands causing time to freeze here for the last twenty eight years and ripping everybody away to another world."
"But we're still here" Aurora said in more a question than a statment. If this curse Mulan was telling her about was true than she shouldn't be here. Was her parents still here? Was her friends still here?
"This cornor of the land was untouched, nobody knows why, after twenty eight years the curse weakened and time started to go by again, those of us who remained found a safe haven, we must go there now" Mulan explained to her.
A small noise came from the ruble where the wraith had come from. Mulan ordered Aurora to stay behind her as she checked it out, mediforacly she did but she still followed her. Once coming to the ruble she stopped and was shocked to see who laid there. They looked very familar to her. But the last time she saw them they were trying to kill one a nother and their clothes wasn't so horendise.
Once Aurora approched next to Mulan after seeing it was safe enough she gasped. Right there laying in front of her uncious was Emma and Hook. It seemed like just last week she was with them trying to help Emma get the compass form Cora so the land would be saved...so much for that. "I-It can't be...you said everybody was sent to a new world."
"And they were, looks like they found their self back home" Mulan said not taking her eyes off the pirate and princess.
Another chapter done! That is the beginning of another cunondrum our favourite ship is now facing. Emma and Killian and now back in the Enchanted Froest, away from Henry and now with Aurora and Mulan who last remmeber them hating eachother and fighting to the death. I wonder how they'll react when they find out their married and have a son together.
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