As the queen kissed the princess she felt as though something happened, she felt a force that she couldn't explain as she opened her eyes she hoped to see Emma's do the same. Hoped that her princess would have her feathers return to the white they once were and not remain black. That was a dream. As regina looked down at her precious Swan nothing changed. She looked at Ducky who had a hopeful look in her eyes but as her eyes met Regina's she knew the kiss hadn't had the desired effect. Regina took Ducky's hand and the two disappeared in a cloud of smoke, Regina whispering
"I am not her true love" as they left, disappointment etched on her face.

The tower was pitch black, it was night, though it would soon be over and the sun would begin its ascent. The white skin of the woman lying in the coffin was so pale it almost had a reflection, yet as the sun made its first peak a hint of pink began to return to skin as white as snow. Emerald eyes opened slowly and glanced around, blinking multiple times to adjust to the little light that the moon still gave as it began to leave the sky for the day to arrive. The coffin was opened abruptly allowing Emma to stand and get out. She walked to the mirror in the far end of the room in the tower. She didn't recognize herself. Her feathers were all black as night, her hair down and more white than blonde, she was pale with dark makeup surrounding her eyes and her lips were as red as blood.
"Where am I?" She jumps slightly at a whistling sound and quickly turns around screaming "who is there?"
"Hello Dearie" Rumple says appearing in the corner of room.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Emma looks at him confused.
"Well, are you ready to begin"
"Begin what?" Emma says walking towards the door.
"Well learning to be the Dark One of course, think of me as your guide, but only until you embrace your powers."
"I will never embrace the darkness," she snarled, "I have to find Regina and Ducky."
"They all say that, everyone who steps out of this well enjoys the taste too much dearie," the imp giggled, "the only way to stop is to be stopped, this is the fate of all Dark Ones" Emma scoffs and continues her journey to the door "you can't just walk away from it, this is who you are," Rumple says in a sing song tone.
"NO I WILL NEVER BE LIKE ALL OF YOU, I WILL NEVER HURT THE PEOPLE I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME!" Emma spins around screaming at Rumple. He grins at her and her fists clench at her sides as she exits the room, trying to shake the anger.
Once out of the room she tries to calm herself to escape the feelings of the darkness, the anger, the hate, the sadness. She needs to find a way to become her old self, and she can only come up with one solution. She needed to find Ducky. She ran through the castle holding her dress so it wouldn't be a bother while she ran. She saw different doors and hallways and she couldn't find her way out of the maze as she keep running she was stopped by two guards watching the hallway of leading to Queen Snow White and her precious Prince Charming.
A girl with flaming red hair and a bow suddenly starts shooting arrows at her while another one with long dark hair, asian features, and heavy armor holds up a sword, the blade at level with Emma's throat. Suddenly Rumple's voice rings through her ears.
"Now is the time, you want to get out. There's only one way," a pause before she clearly hears "Kill them"
"I am not killing them" Emma says aloud.
The red head, who can't be much older than Emma suddenly spoke, "you got that right," and she released her bow, an arrow flying straight towards the Dark Swan. Another followed. Catching each of the arrows easily Emma starts to get tired and her anger returns as does Rumple's voice.
"Come on use your anger, your power" she throw the arrows in the floor. As another one comes towards her Emma screams "STOP!"
Her powers surface and pull the red haired girl close to her, her hand suddenly has a mind of its own and the heart is in her hand. She looks at it with a devilish grin. "Crush it" Rumple says and with a smirk she does just that.
"YOU KILLED HER" the asian guard runs up to Emma her sword raised and ready to go for attack. With a flick of her wrist Emma watches as she flies through the air and lands a distance from her. "Get out of my way" Emma walks away and goes back to her search for an exit to find her daughter.
"So did you like it" Rumple said looking at her from afar.
"To Much" Emma states as she walks along side Rumple listening to his plans to destroy the Queen. And for some reason Emma was ready to cause The Evil Queen the pain she caused her and her daughter.
"Are you ready for your training, Dearie" Rumple says jumping around with a happy smile.
"There's no savior in this forest anymore. Now for all they did to me they will be punished," Emma says.
"That you will do, but first lets start with embracing the darkness."
"Can we start by killing the ones that killed my father?" Emma said
"No dearie you will do it all in due time."
"I'm tired of waiting" Emma chuckles darkly disappearing in a cloud of smoke leaving a smiling rumple behind.
"I guess she won't need training after all"