A/N: This is the last chapter of 'Surviving To Find You'! I hope you all enjoyed it, I had a lot of fun writing it! but don't worry because I'm working on the sequel. At the end of this chapter is a little sneak peek of the first chapter of it's sequel which is called: 'The Lost Queen'
"Excalibur can't be destroyed, we have to hide it. No one must ever find it again," said Emma as they walked through the forest.
"Where?" Sophia asks.
"You know in the movies of this land the sword is stuck in a stone," Killian said and looks around. "Perhaps we could do something like that, put it in a stone deep in the forest."
"That could work," Emma agreed and Sophia nodded.
"But first," Sophia jumped before them, making them stop and pointed at them. "The curse still needs to be broken by True Loves Kiss."
"You really want this curse broken, do you?" her father teased her.
"Just do it already," she said, trying to sound annoyed. "If it helps I won't look."
She turned around and heard her mother laugh. "Well then, come here pirate," she heard her mother say.
"Just because I can't see he doesn't mean I can't hear you," she called over her shoulder. They laughed at her and she crossed her arms. After their laugh had died Sophia felt a wave of magic move past her. Turning around she saw her parents break their kiss and resting their foreheads together. "It worked!" she called happily.
Her parents looked at her and laughed. Killian's smile faded slowly. "But if it worked, why are we still in Storybrooke and not in the Enchanted Forest?"
"I don't know, but we have to get Excalibur in a stone and I have to find my parents," Emma said.
Arthur put the hood of his cloak over his head. His army had just attacked The Evil Queens kingdom and he was now sneaking inside her castle through a hole in the wall. He was looking for something that she had. A scroll of paper with a curse written on it. The curse that would rebuild his broken kingdom and he would rule again. The curse that would give him the chance to get revenge on Killian and the stupid kingdom of Misthaven. The curse that would give him a second chance with Emma.
Sneaking in the shadows of the dimly lit halls he made his way to Regina's vault. Luckily all guards and the queen herself were too busy with the attack and the kingdom to notice him. He entered her vault and pulled down his hood. He quickly searched through every cabin, every chest, every shelf but found nothing. He almost screamed in frustration when he noticed an out of place stone in the floor.
He kneeled down so he was seated beside it. Slowly he lifted the stone out of the floor and placed it next to him. Under the stone was a box. He grabbed the box and opened it. Inside was the curse. A smile spread across his face. Carefully he closed the box and placed it in his satchel. He stood up and pulled his hood over his head again, placing the stone back where he found it. He slipped out of the castle like he was never even there.
"Are you ready love?" Killian asked Emma as she stood before the stone. She nodded and lifted the sword. Killian took a step back, protecting Sophia while taking her with him. With a clashing sound the sword went straight through the stone until only the hilt and a part of the bade itself were visible.
Emma took a few steps back and was about to fall. Killian rushed to her side an caught her just on time. "Emma, what's wrong?" he asked concerned. She shook her head and steadied herself against him.
"It's nothing, just… all this magic is draining my energy. That's all," she gave him a smile.
"Let's get you home then," he said softly and looked over to Sophia. "You coming?"
"Yeah-"
"You are not going anywhere," someone snarled from behind then. They looked over to see Arthur standing behind the sword in the stone.
"How did you get out?" Sophia asked.
"I'm the mayor, I have a key for every lock in this town," he laughed like a crazy person. "And now I'm going to reclaim this sword and kill you all with it."
He moved closer to the stone, placing his hands around it's hilt. "Arthur No!" Killian screamed as the red stone on the pommel began to glow. Arthur began to shake and his eyes widened. With a poof, Arthur was nothing more than a pile of dust, blown away by the wind.
The three of them stared at the sword in shock for a while before Sophia spoke, "We should head back. There are probable a lot of people who are confused and they need someone to clarify everything."
Her parents nodded and in silence they walked back to the town. They walked to the town hall. Everyone was confused but there was no chaos. They walked further into the crowd of people, sometimes greeted by some of the people they knew, other times completely ignored by the people who were too busy finding their lost love, friends or family.
"Emma! Killian!" they heard from somewhere in the crowd and before any of them knew what was happening Emma and Killian where pulled into a hug by David and Snow. Sophia took a step back, watching the reunion, feeling a little awkward. Pulling back from the hug Emma turned to Sophia.
"Come on, don't be shy. Come meet your grandparents," Emma said with a encouraging smile. She took a few hesitating steps forward until she was standing between her mother and father.
"Sophia," Snow said. "Look at you! You are beautiful! The last time I saw you, you were still a baby."
Sophia blushed a bit and whispered a silent 'Thank you'. Her father moved his hand in a soothing motion on her back, making her relax a bit.
"We have met before," David laughed. "But if I remember correctly you said you weren't family." He looked between Killian and Sophia.
"That was a lie," Killian said as he scratched behind his ear. "I only just started remembering and no one else knew. We had to keep it a secret back then."
David nodded. "Where is that Arthur by the way? A crowd of angry people went to his house but he wasn't there."
"Uhm… well, Arthur is dead," Emma said and bit her lip.
"Dead?" Snow repeated. "What happened?"
"It's a long story. For now we have to help the people so they won't freak out," Emma said. "Mom, Dad, could you tell them the news? You were their rulers."
"Don't worry honey, everything is going to be okay," Snow said and gave Emma one last hug. "Go rest with your family, you all look exhausted."
Months have passed since the war with Misthaven. Arthur sat in his destroyed castle next to the bed of his dying wife. He was a cold hearted monster who loved no one, but there was one thing he did care about and that was his wife. She may not be Emma but she always stood at his side. Even when he killed her fiancé, Liam Jones.
"Don't worry my queen, your death won't be in vain," he said and kissed her hand.
"I'm sorry Arthur," she whispered weakly. "I'm I couldn't give you an heir."
"It's okay, my queen. With this curse I have a second chance."
He kissed her hand one last time and walked out of the room where she lay. Outside Zelena was waiting for him. "Finally, way I?" she said impatiently.
"Do what you have to do."
Zelena walked inside, he heard a gasp and she came back with a slow beating, faintly glowing heart in her hand. She handed him the heart. The heart felt weird in his hand but it also gave him a sense of power. Together they walked through ruins of the castle to where Zelena had placed a steaming cauldron.
"Crush the heart and put the remaining dust in the cauldron and the curse will be unleashed," Zelena explained and stood back. He walked forward and held the heart above the cauldron.
"For Camelot," he whispered and squeezed the heart until there was nothing left but dust. A purple looking smoke emerged from the cauldron and he walked out of the room.
"Where are you going?" Zelena called after him.
"I'm going to pay a visit to an old friend," he said over his shoulder and left.
"I still have the magic bean, remember?" Sophia said as she entered their home and closed the door behind her. "What are we going to do with it?"
"I think I got a few ideas," all three of then turned their heads to see Zelena stand up from her spot on the couch.
"How did you get out?" Sophia asked, glaring at her.
"Arthur of course," she showed them her wrist. "He also freed me from that horrible cuff." She waved her hand and the bean appeared between her fingers. "Thank you."
Emma prepared herself to blow her away with magic but she was to drained and only a faint light came from her fingertips before disappearing again. Zelena waved her hand again and send them flying through the room.
"It was nice to see you again, bye bye," Zelena said and walked out the door. Sophia groaned and got on her feet. She ran out the front door and tackled Zelena to the ground.
"Give me the bean!" she screamed as she tried to grab it out of her hands. Zelena let out a grunt of frustration and blew her back with a wave of magic. She hit a tree and felt a little dizzy. She saw her parents run out of the house, ready to fight Zelena off but she held them in place with a magical barrier.
"I was going to leave you be but because of your stupid girl I'm going to punish you after all," Zelena gave them a wicked smile. "Say goodbye to your precious daughter."
"No!" her parents screamed. Zelena threw the bean to Sophia, landing just a few inches before her. As quickly as she could she got to her feet and jumped up to grab the branch above her. Below her a portal opened. She clinched herself to the branch as much as she could with a bad arm.
Zelena seemed shock for a moment when she looked over at her, seeing that she was still there. She let the magic shield fall and Killian and Emma could grab her. Emma had restored just enough power to poof up the cuff and enchant it so no one could take it off without magic.
"Sophia! Are you okay?" Killian called to her.
"Yeah, I'm okay!" she called back. Suddenly she heard the branch crack. "Never mind, I'm not okay!"
"Don't move!"
She tried her best to hold on but the branch slowly broke off and she was lowered into the portal.
"Not again."
Sneak peek:
"And what do we have here," Sophia heard from behind her. The voice was deep but not the deep kind from a grown man.
"A very pissed off teenage girl," she said annoyed as she stood up and turned to the voice, brushing off the dirt from her clothing. From the look on his face he didn't expect that answer. She looked the boy up and down and focused for a moment on his face. He had blond hair covered by the hood of his cloak, a slim face, pretty tall, blue-green eyes and a scar starting right between his eyebrows running down the left side of his face. Handsome. She mentally shook her head and slapped herself, where the Hell did that came from?
She decided to focus on her surroundings, figure out where she was. "Where am I?"
When he didn't answer and just kept staring with wide eyes she just rolled her eyes and began to look around her. There were a lot of trees, bright green leaves, the sky was darker than it should be. She looked back at the boy, he was wearing a cloak that ended just above his knees, brown trousers and what he was wearing under his cloak seemed to be a combination of different kind of shirt. He was also carrying a wooden cudgel on his shoulder.
Then it hit her, the boy was a lost boy and she was standing in the middle of the jungle of Neverland.
