Hey! Look who finally updated again! Anyway, I'm gonna reply to a guest review from the last chapter. Alexa said, "Don't get why Emma asked he would be upset and even leave?!" To answer your question, Emma was letting the worry turn into doubt. I feel like that is something her character does just because of the life she has had. Hope that clears some stuff up!

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Dreamcatcher

Emma shifted in her sleep, causing Killian to pull her closer to him in his sleep.

Suddenly, their bedroom door creaked open. In walked four-year-old Hope, her baby blanket in a tight grasp. She walked quietly to Emma's side of the bed. Emma's hand was reached out across the covers, close enough to the edge of the bed for Hope to pull on it.

"Mommy," Hope whispered, her voice choked. "Mommy."

Emma's eyes slowly opened. She let out a yawn. "Hope? What are you doing up?"

Hope sniffed. "I had nightmare."

Despite the sleepiness, Emma's heart clenched. She began to sit up, but Killian's arm tightened around her. Emma smiled a little. She carefully pulled Killian's arms from around her. Emma reached down and picked up Hope, pulling her into her lap. Emma rested her back against the headboard. She flicked her wrist and the lamp on her nightstand turned on, casting a small light through the room.

Hope snuggled into her mother's chest, her blanket cuddled to her own chest.

Emma finally got a good look at her daughter. Hope's face was damp with tears, her eyes still filled with tears. Around her eyes, her face was red. Emma dropped a kiss on top of Hope's head.

"I'm so sorry, baby," Emma said.

Hope started moving her hand randomly, searching for something. Her eyes were shut tight.

"What is it, baby?" Emma asked.

"Hold Mommy's hand."

Emma immediately moved one of her arms and took Hope's hand into hers. "I've got you, baby. Mommy's got you." Emma felt Killian begin to stir next to her. She looked over at Killian and saw him open his eyes. "Hey, handsome."

Killian yawned and sat up. "What are you doing up?"

"Hope had a nightmare. Sorry I woke you."

Killian shook his head and put his arm around Emma's shoulders, pulling her closer. Emma set her head on Killian's shoulder as he said, "You should have woken me."

"You've been working so late at the station, I wanted you to get some sleep."

Killian smiled. "I'd rather be up with you."

Hope sat up in Emma's arms.

"Hey there, little love," Killian said softly.

Hope looked up at Killian. Tears welled in her eyes. "Daddy, I had nightmare."

Killian put his hand on Hope's cheek. He swiped away a tear that fell from her eyes. "It's okay. It was only a dream. Everything is okay, now."

Hope leaned forward and laid against her mother's shoulder.

Emma wrapped her arms around Hope. "It's okay, honey. Go back to sleep."

Hope immediately pulled away from Emma. She shook her head. "No sleep. Sleep scary. Sleep take away Mommy and Daddy."

Emma's heart clenched. "You won't have nightmares again. I promise."

Hope shook her head and crawled from Emma to Killian. She clung tightly to Killian's neck. "I don't want to sleep, Daddy. Don't make me sleep."

Killian rubbed his hand over her back. "You have to sleep, Hope. I don't want you to be tired in the morning."

Hope started crying. "No, Daddy. Sleep makes me scared."

An idea suddenly hit Emma. She crawled out of bed and went over to the closet.

"What are you doing, Emma?" Killian asked.

Hope peeked a look at Emma. "Mommy?"

"I have to grab something." Emma opened her closet and knelt down. She pulled out her memory box. She sucked in a breath before she opened it. Inside, she saw her baby blanket and a few other trinkets she kept. Emma pulled up the blanket and saw what she was looking for. Emma reached in and pulled out the dreamcatcher. She carefully put her blanket back into the box and put everything back into the closet. She stood up, closed her closet, and walked back over to the bed.

Killian immediately knew where the dreamcatcher was from. Emma told him the story about Emma and Neal finding it in a hotel room.

Emma smiled softly at him. She crawled back onto the bed. "Hope, look what I found."

Hope turned her head and looked at Emma. "What's that?"

"It's a dreamcatcher," Emma explained softly. "It keeps all the bad dreams away and keeps them safe so they don't scare you."

Hope pulled away from Killian and sat on his lap. "It does?"

Emma nodded. "Yeah."

"Where did Mommy get it?" Hope asked.

"Uh…" Emma glanced nervously at Killian. He gave her a reassuring smile. Emma nodded and looked back at Hope. "An old friend gave it to me."

"Can I hold?" Hope asked, reaching her arms out towards Emma.

Emma nodded and handed it to Hope. "Careful."

Hope smiled. She looked at her mom. "Magic?"

"Sometimes," Emma said. She had an unpleasant memory of her time taking everyone's memories away with a dreamcatcher when she was the Dark One.

"It work for me?" Hope asked.

Emma nodded. "Yeah." She took the dreamcatcher back and hung it on the top of the lamp on the nightstand. "There. Now it will make our dreams happy."

"Can I sleep in here, Mommy?" Hope asked hopefully.

Emma nodded. "Of course."

Hope smiled.

Emma shut off the lamp and laid back down. Hope crawled off of Killian's lap and laid down in between her parents. She faced Emma. Emma wrapped Hope in her arms and held her close to her. Killian held Emma and Hope close to him.

"Goodnight, Hope," Emma said.

"Goodnight, Mommy and Daddy," Hope whispered.

Killian smiled. "Goodnight."

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up! Wake up!" Hope shouted the next morning. She pushed Emma's shoulders and then Killian's.

Emma groaned and rolled over onto her back. She opened her eyes. "What is it, baby?"

Killian opened his eyes as well.

"I didn't have nightmares!" Hope exclaimed. "Dreamcatcher worked!"

Emma smiled. "That's great."

Hope turned to Killian. "Daddy! Daddy! Guess what!"

Killian sat up. "What?"

"No scary dreams!" Hope started bouncing on her knees.

Killian chuckled. "That's wonderful, love." Killian picked up Hope and set her on his lap. He kissed Hope's cheek, then her nose, forehead, and chin.

Hope giggled. "Stop, Daddy! Stop!" She pushed Killian's face away.

Killian chuckled again. "Alright, love. I will."

Emma sat up. She leaned against Killian.

Hope looked at Emma. "Mommy, can I keep dreamcatcher?"

Emma hesitated. Even though Emma had moved on from Neal and that part of her life, she still didn't want to forget any of it. She also didn't want to be reminded of Neal every time she walked into Hope's room and saw the dreamcatcher.

Killian saw Emma hesitate and knew why. He stepped in. "Why don't we go to the shop today and buy your own special dreamcatcher?"

Hope looked at her father. "Really?"

Killian nodded.

"Yay!" She jumped up and crawled off the bed.

"Where do you think you're going?" Emma teased.

"I have to get ready to go to shop!" Hope shouted as she ran out of the room.

Emma and Killian laughed. They sat in comfortable silence until Emma decided to speak up.

"Thank you," she said.

"What ever for?" Killian asked.

"You know, for suggesting to buy Hope a new dreamcatcher. I didn't know what to say when she asked."

"Of course, love." He pulled away enough to look at her. "I know you've gotten past that part of your life, but I also knew that you didn't want to entirely forget it."

Emma looked down. "I'm sorry-"

Killian put his hand under Emma's chin and lifted her head up so she was looking at him. He put his hand on her cheek. "There is nothing to apologize for."

Emma smiled. Sometimes, it still amazed her how loving and accepting Killian was of her. She leaned forward and kissed him softly.

"Ew! Mommy! Daddy! Stop kissing! I thought we were going to shop!" Hope complained as she walked back into the room.

Emma and Killian laughed as they pulled away.

Hope went over to Killian and pulled on his hand. "Come on, Daddy! Let's go!"

Killian chuckled. "We're coming. We're coming."

Hope smiled. "Yay! I'll be downstairs!" Hope turned and ran out of the room.

Emma crawled out of bed. "I'm still tired from last night."

Killian nodded. "Aye, love. Me, too."

Emma faced Killian and threw a pillow at him. "Get up. We have to go get Hope breakfast before we take her to the store."

Killian groaned as he stood up. "Alright."

"Hey, no complaining. You're the one who suggested it." Emma walked into the bathroom to brush her hair.

Killian walked in behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm going to go make our lass some breakfast."

Emma smiled. "Good. Remember, put the cinnamon on top of the whip cream."
Killian chuckled. "Oh, I know. I don't want Hope to have another meltdown."

Emma laughed. "Good." She turned around and pushed Killian out the door. "Go."

Killian put his hand and hook into the air. "Okay, fine. I'll go."

Emma smiled and watched as her husband went to go help their daughter. She didn't walk back into the bathroom until she heard the giggles of Hope as Killian tickled her stomach.

Hope you enjoyed that chapter!