Emma woke up the next morning and looked beside her to find Sophia sleeping there. She smiled as she brushed her fingers through her dark hair. She really looks like Killian. She wondered in what way they were family, she was probably his niece or something. Didn't he once tell her about a brother in a drunk state?
She felt herself doze off again and found herself dreaming. She dreamt she was sitting in a nursery, in a rocking chair, looking out the window. In her arms lay a baby with green eyes, dark hair and pointy ears. She was humming softly to the child and rocked it gently. Behind her she heard someone approach. She looked up and saw a man, she couldn't see his face clearly but the closer he got the better she felt.
He talked to her and she said something back, what exactly she couldn't make out. Whatever it was she felt save and the worry she didn't realized she was feeling disappeared. She felt herself smile and stood up, handing him the baby. He kissed her forehead and she closed her eyes. The moment she opened her eyes again she could see his face clearly.
She woke up in shock and sat right up. Her heart was hammering against her chest and her breathing came to fast. She looked over to Sophia, seeing she was still sleeping Emma let out a sigh of relief and lay back down. She tried to calm her breathing as she lay on her side, thinking about the dream.
Killian. The man was Killian. Why the Hell was it Killian? Why was she in a nursery with a baby? Was that their baby? Why did everything feel so real? All these questions swirled in her head. She didn't dare close her eyes again, fear of dreaming something like that again. She didn't fear the fact that she may have had a baby, that Killian may be the father in her dream, no, she feared the fact that he made her feel calm, save and happy.
The woman named Zelena walked over to them, "I see you found our puppet."
"I did, what a coincident isn't it? That she happen to be in Camelot just when we need her," Arthur said. "Make sure the soldiers don't attack Misthaven, we already have what we wanted."
"Do it yourself, I'm not your personal messenger," Zelena sneered and turned her attention to Emma. "So what do we have here."
Emma swallowed the lump in her throat and lifter her chin, "don't think you'll get away with this."
"She's got fire, I like it," Zelena turned back to Arthur, "with her under our control we'll be unstoppable."
"I told you she would be a great queen."
"Oh, but she got more than just her fire," Zelena circled around the chair and whispered in her ear, "she's got Magic."
Emma's eyes widened, did she have magic? But that's impossible, needier one of her parents got magic, or anyone in their family.
"How do you know?" Arthur asked, clearly just as confused as her.
"I can feel it," Zelena stood up right again, "really powerful magic too, the pure kind, the kind a child get when their parents are True Love."
"I see," Arthur said and came closer to her face again. She gritted her teeth when he continued, "well, it seems like you just got even more useful to me than before."
Killian walked through the town to Granny's for his breakfast. The storm from last night had been pretty rough. He wanted to check on Sophia yesterday night but was afraid she would think he was too overprotective or that she would be annoyed by him. He hadn't been her father for very long, for the parts he remembered of his past she was still a baby, but now… now she was almost grown up and he couldn't be prouder of her. Still there was this part in him that was sad about the fact that he didn't get to see her grow up to be like she is now. She may look like him but in a lot of things she was just like her mother.
He smiled at the thought of Emma, when this was all over and he had his wife back he was going to hold her – and Sophia – and never let them go. He had been thinking about asking her on a date last night. Is she ready? Would he scare her away? Would she say yes? He didn't know. He sighed, why weren't things like in the Enchanted Forest? Wait, no, in the Enchanted Forest it had been a mess too.
He walked up the steps of Granny's and entered the diner. It was early so not many people where there. Looking around he spotted Sophia and Emma sitting together in a booth with a plate fries before them and two milkshakes. They were both still in pyjama's, did Emma stayover last night? Sophia saw him enter, she smiled and waved him over. He smiled back and walked over, settling beside Sophia. Emma didn't notice him till he sat right in front of her.
"Hey," she said, something was off, he could see it in the way she avoided his gaze.
"Hi," he frowned at the plate of fries before them, "fries as breakfast?"
"Why not?" Sophia said as she dipped a few of her fries in her milkshake. She laughed as he made a discussed face. "Try it, it's really good."
He grabbed a few and dipped them in Emma's milkshake to get her attention. When she looked up he put the milkshake covered fries in his mouth, shocked when they indeed tasted really good.
"Hey!" Emma said as he tried to dip some more in her milkshake, "get your own, this one is mine."
She took a sip and he chuckled. Sophia was grinning beside him. He flinched a bit when she elbowed him in his side. He looked at her and she gave him a knowing look. He gave her a small nod and turned back to Emma. He opened his mouth to say something but Sophia spoke first.
"I'm going to the bathroom, be right back," she said and climbed over Killian's lap to get out of the booth. She gave him one last look before disappearing behind a corner. He shifted slightly and scratched behind his ear. Emma rose a questioning eyebrow.
"Why are you nervous?" she asked while putting a few fries in her mouth.
"What? I'm not nervous-"
"Liar"
He sighed, "Well, I, uhm… wanted to… I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go out with me?" why was he so nervous? He was asking out his wife!
"Oh… uhm…" he saw a blush creep up her face and smiled at the sight, it looked cute on her. "yeah sure, why not." She smiled at him and he felt relief wash over him.
Like on cue Sophia came back from the bathroom, Killian knew she had been listening. She climbed over his lap again and sat down. "Did I miss something?" she asked innocent, Killian knew she was anything but.
"No, nothing interesting," Emma said before he could say anything and he saw her blush getting redder.
"Okay," he saw her smile knowingly to herself. He poked her side and she let out a giggle as she flinched. She poked him back, he chuckled and tickled her, out of the corner of his eye he saw Emma hide her smile behind her hand, but what she couldn't hide was the awe look she gave them.
Snow and Killian had been walking all day, neither one of them wanted to rest as long as they could still see the ground. Earlier they had spent enough time figuring out a way to safe Emma. They settled on going through a secret tunnelway that Killian discovered one night when he escaped from Arthurs dungeons. The secret tunnelway lead them right into the castle, from there they would find out where he kept Emma, save her and get the Hell out of there. It wasn't perfect but they didn't have anything better.
"You know that when we save her we are going back to our kingdom," Snow began, she hadn't said a word when they began their walk.
"Don't worry, I'll get you two save home," he gave her a sad smile. He knew what she meant to say, when they save her and she is back home he won't be able to see her again. He didn't expect anything else, he was a pirate and she was a princess. She was meant for a better man then him, a man who knew who he wanted to be and who was worthy of her love. As long as he knew she was save it was okay for him, even if it would break the last remaining's of his heart.
"I know how you feel about her," Snow continued after a while. "But just because I see it doesn't mean others will too. My husband for example, he only wants the best for her…"
"And he wouldn't approve of a pirate," he finished for her. "I can't give her anything, she is better off with someone who is worthy of her." She nodded, more in understanding then that she agreed and they went back to the silence. After another 30 minutes of walking they set camp in a clearing. Killian took the first watch. He was looking at the ring that hung around his neck, turning it in the light of the fire. It was his brothers ring, he gave it to Killian just before he died. Killian still has nightmares about that day, looking down at his brother, blood on his hands and clothing.
'Being a good man is far more imported then any title, little brother,' Liam once said to him.
'How will I become a good man?' he asked.
'Believe in good form and fight for what you want, because if you don't you deserve what you get,' was his answer.
His eyes began to sting at the memory. He closed them and held the ring against his forehead as the tears began to flow.
"I'm sorry Liam," he said in a silent whisper, "I'm sorry I failed you, I'm sorry I'm not the man you wanted me to become," he let the ring fall against his chest as he looked up at the night sky, "but I promise I'll make it up to you by doing the right thing now."
What he didn't know was that Snow wasn't asleep and heard everything he said. She smiled a little to herself, he may not think he is worthy of her daughter but she was sure that Emma couldn't wish for a better man to love her.
Arthur walked in the graveyard to the tomb of his wife. He walked inside and opened the secret passageway and going inside. Under the tomb was a secret room where he kept all kinds of ingredients for different kind of potions. Of course he didn't know what to do with them, but someone else did.
"Arthie! I was wondering when you would show up," he heard Zelena say as he entered the room where she was waiting.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting but being the mayor means having responsibilities"
"Just tell me why I'm here, I was in the middle of a relaxing bath"
Arthur walked toward a shelf and grabbed the little remaining of the magical orange dust, "you remember the potion we made back in Camelot from this dust?"
Zelena nodded and he continued.
"I need you to make it again"
"Is Arthie in love again?" she asked him teasingly.
"I'm afraid it's more serious than that," Zelena's smile faded as he continued. "Remember the child that was send away before the curse hit? The child of the princess and the pirate?"
She nodded.
"She is the same child that came to Storybrooke a week ago and is now getting her parents to fall in love with each other again and you know what that means."
"The curse would be broken by a True Loves Kiss," Zelena growled.
"Exactly"
"So what's your plan?"
"The same as back in Camelot, only this time he won't be able to break it"
"I like the sound of it, but how do we make a curse unbreakable?"
"Not the curse itself, but the person who is able to break it"
"Just say what it is," Zelena sneered annoyed, "I'm getting tired of your riddles."
"True Love or not, you cannot break a curse if you're filled with darkness"
A/N: WOW! chapter 10 already! thank you all for reading and reviewing! don't forget to leave a review with what you would like to see happen next and make sure you check out the prequel of this story: 'A Field Of Middlemist Flowers' :)
