Chapter 3:
Emma POV:

I watched as Killian waved good bye. Once he walks out the door, I close my eyes and think about what just happened. I had said thanks but I really wanted to say 'don't go.' I should have told them the truth. I open my eyes and look at my parents and little brother. They are trying to entertain Neil at the moment.

What is the truth though? I had a seizure? That can't be it. I remember seeing visions but what does it all mean? Am I going to become the dark one? Do I kill the man I love because the darkness overpowers me? Am I just going crazy?

Mary Margaret notices I'm in deep thought and asks, "Emma, what's wrong?"

I look at her and lie, "Nothing."

She smiles at me, and I can already tell I'm not going to like what comes next. "I know that face. You love Hook don't you?" Okay I didn't see that coming, Emma thinks to herself.

I can already feel my cheeks turning red and as if it couldn't get worse, David looks over his shoulder. "You're in love with the pirate?" He raises his voice. Over protective dad is an understatement. I am twenty nine years old and still he seems to think no one is good enough for me.

Mary Margaret snaps back at David, "Our daughter has been seeing him for a while now. That ship has long since sailed and there is a pirate on it. Get over it."

I can't believe the words coming out of my mother's mouth. I am speechless and a little surprised that she actually seems okay with it.

She lays her hand on mine and says "Open your heart to love, Emma. It's so worth the risk."

I smile at my mom. I do love Killian but every man I've ever been with is dead. I can't bare to lose anyone else. Whatever that was earlier, whether it was a hallucination or just a bad dream, I need to forget about it. I'm starting to make things up in my mind to convince myself that I can't be happy with him. I want to be happy and I am.

Tears start to fall down my cheeks as I confess, "Mom, I do love him but I'm scared. The last time I opened my heart to someone I was left completely heart broken and alone."

She squeezes my hand, "But if you don't put your heart out there, you may miss out on something so magical. Not everyone is going to leave you."

David walks over from the window in my room, now standing next to my bed, and says "As much as I hate the idea of you being with a pirate, I know he cares for you. But if he ever hurts you, I'm gonna kill him!"

"Dad, no one is killing anyone." I say but I can tell it was a false promise. "Don't mention anything to Killian about this, please?" Already regretting confessing my feelings.

My mom crosses her heart and imitates zipping her lips with her finger but my dad gives me his over protective dad look. The look of uncertainty and annoyance.

"I'm twenty nine years old. I'm not a little girl anymore. I can make my own choices." I say a little harsher than I intended.

David raises his hands in surrender. "Okay, fine. All I want is for you to be happy!" He kisses me on the forehead. Suddenly His phone rings breaking our conversation.

He answers it, "Hello? What? I'll be right there!" He hangs up and looks at me and my mom. "I have to go. Leroy and Tom are fighting outside Granny's right now. Apparently Tom sneezed in Leroy's coffee and he lost it." He kisses my mom on the cheek and rushes out the door.

A few hours go by. I dozed off shortly after my dad left but was woken up by the doctor coming in. He looked at the machine and made some notes on my chart. "Well Emma, everything looks good. I don't see anything that shows signs this will happen again." He looks at me now, "You can go home, but on one condition. You have to rest. Take at least a week off from being the savior. I don't want to see you back here for a while."

I nod, "I don't plan to come back here either." I smile at him. "Thank you"

He unhooks the wires from my forehead. I sit up and glare at my mom. It takes a moment for her to realize I want some privacy. I can tell when the light comes on because she says "oh, I'll be right outside with your brother." And walks out with the doctor.

Now that I'm alone, I slip out of the bed and grab my clothes. It doesn't take long but once I put my red leather jacket on I feel a little better. The doctor is right, I just need some time off.

I open the door and walk out into the hall. My mom is talking to Regina. She sees me walk out and waves me over.

I walk down the hall to meet them. Regina gives me a hug "Glad you're okay, Emma. Captain guy-liner told me you were in the hospital, so I came right down but apparently you recover fast."

"Thanks Regina. Wheres Henry?" I ask, kinda surprised he isn't here to visit me. Usually he's with me or Regina but I don't see him anywhere.

"He is with Hook. I asked him if he wanted to come and see you but he didn't want to." Regina made a surprised look much like I imagine my face looked.

What could they be up to. "Well I guess we could go to Granny's then? I'm pretty hungry and could really go for a grilled cheese and some onion rings."

My mom immediately protests "Oh no you don't! David went there to deal with a problem. I'm not letting you slip back into work."

I roll my eyes at her. "Honestly mom. That had long since left my mind."

"Lets just go home, okay?" She says, "I'll make you a grilled cheese and we can just relax at home."

I open mouth to protest but I can tell she's made up her mind. We still haven't talked about what happened in the authors messed up reality. She was quite the villain in that story. And my dad killed Killian.

Regrettably, I nod. Going home isn't exactly what I want to do but I really should. Taking a week off should give me time to look for my own place. I don't mind living with my parents but I know they want their privacy and I can't exactly give that to them when we have such thin walls. And I wouldn't mind some alone time once in a while.

I follow my mom and Regina outside. Regina gets in her car and we get in. I forgot David took his truck when he left. She gave us a lift back to the apartment.

I walked up the stairs behind my mother and waited for her to open the door. I remember that feeling I got when I touched the door knob and instantly got a chill again. I am going crazy.

We walk in and she puts Neil in his playpen and he starts playing with his toys. I pick up the once upon a time book and sit on the bar stool. I start flipping through the pages and find the one of Killian and I dancing at the ball back when we accidentally went back in time. I touch the page and suddenly get a glimpse of something. Another vision.

I am looking at the same page. I'm crying as tears fall on the book. I hear someone talking to me, it's Gold, "There is a way to alter Hook's destiny but it comes with the steepest of prices." I look up from the book.

"I will pay it. I can't bare to lose one more person I love." I say in between sobs.

Gold puts his hand up telling me to hold on, "Don't you want to know what that price is?"

I shook my head but start to cry more. "If it means I can bring back the man I love I will do whatever it takes."

Gold seems surprised but he still warns me, "You can get past this Emma but if we do this you won't recover. Someone close to you will die. With a spell like this it will alter Hook's fate but there must be a balance. A life for a life."

I look up at him, "Can I choose who dies?"

He smiles at me, "My my Emma, the darkone may have left you but you still have some darkness there."

"GOLD?!" I yell

He pauses for a moment, "Yes, we can choose the who's life will be exchanged for his with the right ingredients."

I look down at the page, "Tell me what I have to do."

Mary Margaret brings me back from that vision when she asks, "Do you want anything on your grilled cheese?"

I reply, "No, thank you!" I start feeling sick and continue, "Actually mom, I'm not really hungry anymore. I think I'm going to go lay down."

"Oh, okay honey." My mom replies.

I smile at her and walk up stairs to my bed. I remove my leather jacket and fall back onto the bed.

That was my third vision and it's starting to make the other visions make more sense to me. Are these visions of my future? I kill Killian because I become the darkone? After I kill him I am not the darkone anymore and I regret what I did?

I know me, and that wasn't me. I would never kill him and I would never pay such a price. If this is my future I need to change it but how? I can't succumb to the darkness.

I close my eyes. Hopefully tomorrow I can get a grip on these visions. If this really is my future I'm going to change it.

With that last thought Emma slowly drifts to sleep.