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CHAPTER 3

"So what exactly is their plan?" Regina asked the pool of people in front of her. David had called the Team to the sheriff's station. But it all felt weird because the Sheriff herself wasn't here. Henry sat at Emma's desk, deep in concentration, while Killian, Snow, David, Regina, Belle, and even Will Scarlet all surrounded him. The only missing people from this fairy tale police force were Mr. Gold and Emma – one who chose his power and darkness over them all and one who had no choice but to give in to the darkness.

"All Emma said was that it was their chance to get their happy endings instead of the heroes" Killian informed her. He had filled in the events of the day to everyone (excluding the heartbreaking fight between him and Emma) and everyone had obviously been shocked. Killian didn't care how anyone else reacted except of Henry, and had been relived when the boy just sat in his mother's chair and was soon deep lost in his own thoughts. He had also expected Belle to start crying since Rumple was back and had once again (this time successfully) used his grandson's mother for his own evil ways. But Belle had just stood there, her hands crossed, rage written all over her face.

"She said to get their happy endings? ˆWas Gold there with them?" Regina asked.

"Yes and no the Crocodile wasn't there" Killian answered.

"If this is Gold's plan then I know what they might try to do!" Regina said and glanced at Henry who looked up to her and his expression changed from confusion to realization.

"They are going to look for the author" Henry quipped.

"Aye, your Operation Mongoose I gather?" Killian asked, remembering how Emma was spending quite a lot of her free time trying to track down the author so that Regina could get her happy ending.

"Yes. But we've been on it for weeks and haven't reached anywhere except of that library we discovered that night" Regina complained, flinching as she remembered that awful day when she had had five seconds of happiness as Robin chose her and then had to cross the line with his family.

"Well, if this is their plan then they obviously know something that we don't about the author. And they need Emma for it somehow" David said, his arm around Snow who was still in a bit of a shock from her daughter's new identity.

"Only one way to find out. We need to find Rumple. He needs to tell us how to break this curse on Emma" Belle stated, anger evident in her voice.

"Or find the Queens of Darkness or Emma" Regina added.

"Speak of the devil" a voice came from the entrance and everyone turned towards it, their faces hanging from surprise while Henry dropped the pen he was holding and Will and Killian cursed "Bloody hell" at the same time.

They were facing their Savior. Except not really Emma. Since this Emma was wearing a tightly fitted red dress with a very impressive cleavage on display, her blond hair tied up in a beautiful braid and wearing some heavy eye makeup. She looked stunningly terrifying, especially with the smirk and glint in her eyes.

"Emma" Snow started walking towards her but let out a surprised yelp as she fell against David as her own daughter had used her magic to push her away.

"A little late for Halloween isn't it? How do you walk in that thing?" Regina smirked.

"Ah jealous are we Regina? With the poise and composure of a Savior" Emma replied back, walking towards her desk. Her walk was different – it was more regal and elegant and her facial expression gave off a "murder" vibe.

"Swan" Killian spoke softly, "Why did you do this?"

"I did it for a useless reason but now I'm glad I did it. You all are just lame people, trying to find ways to defeat the Queens of Darkness and me? What possibly could a little royal brat (Snow), a shepherd (David), an abused child (Regina), a lonely child (Henry), a petty thief (Will), a book nerd (Belle), and an one-handed alcoholic pirate do to stop us?" Emma grinned looking at everyone's painful expressions.

"Did the bloody sheriff just call me a petty thief?" Will broke the constraining silence.

"Mom, please what are you doing? You're a hero! You're the Savior! You're one of us!" Henry stood up and walked towards her.

Emma cupped his jaw and leaned down, "I'm not a hero, kid. And I'm definitely not one of you idiots" She let his jaw go a bit violently and sat down in her sheriff seat.

"See I'll explain, I feel in a charitable mood right now. I, Emma Swan, was abandoned by my own parents so that I could find them one day and give them their fucking happy ending. So they rather had me grow up without them than to be cursed with them and at least be together. Then this guy who was supposed to take care of me abandoned me. After dodging many foster homes, I finally got out of the system and for the first time made a friend and she lied to me. Finally found a nice foster parent but she ended up being a crazy bitch. Being completely broken, I fell in love with the first man who showed any interest in me and yes you guessed it right, he abandoned me too. But not just normally, he let me go to jail where I had to give birth! Then once I finally found my family, they've been using me to gain their own happy endings – killing villains for them while they went ahead and replaced me with a baby and the best of all named him after someone who broke my heart. So excuse me if I'm a bit bitter. If this is the life a hero has to live then I don't want anything to do with it"

Snow started crying while David was chocking back tears of his own. A sad and chilling silence took over the room as no one knew what to say to Emma reciting them her tragic life story in such a distasteful way.

Killian finally kneeled down in front of her and took her hand in his while his hook lightly lay on her knee, "Emma, remember you told me once that you were tired of living in the past? Love, this is not you. Please tell us what the slags did to you"

Emma stared at him, there was so much pain in his blue eyes. She ran her fingers on his cheek and Killian smiled softly. "Such a handsome face. But so stupid inside"

Emma pushed Killian away and stood up. "I was here to inform you all that I do not know what the Queens of Darkness are planning to do but I do know this much that you all are either going to end up cursed in some way or dead. So enjoy these bright sunny days, they will be your last"

Emma looked over at everyone once and after grinning at them she disappeared in a red haze.

Killian cursed loudly as a branch hit his face. He was trekking through the woods all alone. After Emma had made her appearance at the Sheriff's station, it was decided that a search party would be set up to try to find her or the villains. David had volunteered to go with Killian but Killian had turned his offer down as Snow was visibly upset and could use some emotional support, and cause Killian had always just been trekking in some manner of woods courting danger with Emma only. Plus, he needed to sort his thoughts out after Belle's proposition earlier.

"If Emma has been put under a curse, shouldn't True Love's Kiss be able to break it?" Belle asked, slightly uncertain as no one had yet spoken since Emma left.

"Henry is not going anywhere near her till she's like that" Regina clarified, whipping her hair back.

"But mom-" Henry started to protest but was interrupted by David.

"No Henry she's right. We don't know what Emma is capable and willing to do right now. It would be best if you stay away from her. If she hurt you accidently and once she's back to normal, she'll regret it a lot" David said.

"What about you Killian?" Belle asked, turning to face the pirate.

"Me what?" Killian asked.

"True Love's Kiss? I'm sure you are willing to do anything to get her back?" Belle added.

Killian shifted uncomfortably as he felt everyone in the station looking at him skeptically. "Aye, but unfortunately uh, Emma and I aren't True Love"

"How do you know?" David asked, a bit of disappointment in his voice.

Killian scratched the back of his ear, uncomfortable with everyone asking about his True Love's status with the Savior when just hours earlier Killian had confessed his love to her and she had turned away.

"I tried. I tried True Love's Kiss in New York when I went to bring her and Henry back. She didn't feel the same way about me – it didn't work" Killian sighed deeply, "We aren't True Love"

Belle walked towards her friend and put her hand on his shoulder gently, "Killian for someone who prides himself in being good at research and being perceptive, sometimes you really are a dork as Emma says"

Killian looked at Belle and then at the smiling faces of the Charmings and Henry and raised his eyebrow.

"True Love's Kiss doesn't work on Memory Curses Killian" Belle said, giving his shoulder a gentle squeeze.

How was True Love's Kiss going to break this curse on Emma when she didn't even love him? Just hours ago Killian had finally confessed his love to Emma and she had walked away. Hook truly believed that Emma loved him. He could tell it the day she put his heart back in, the pure joy, relief, and love evident on her face. At that moment after the kiss, he wanted nothing more to than just whisper the three words, but instead has only said I told you Swan. I'm a survivor.

Killian regrets having that fight with her. If the villains would succeed, the last thing Killian and Emma will have before they were either going to be cursed or killed, was them fighting and him saying things he didn't mean (except of the I love you, of course).

Lost in his thoughts Killian didn't even realize when he was near the Lake house where the Crocodile had taken his heart. He suddenly stopped as a figure in red appeared a few feet in front of him.

Emma stood smiling at Killian. He really was a devilishly handsome man. "What are you doing here Captain?"

Without giving a second thought, Killian marched towards Emma and pulled her against him roughly, his hook digging in her back.

"Aaahh Captain" Emma purred, her voice dripping of lust as she caressed his chest, "What do you say we take thi-" Emma started but was interrupted as Killian's lips crushed onto hers. Emma let out a little moan when she felt Killian's tongue stoke hers and she clutched his hair. Before Emma could deepen the kiss or teleport them into a room to continue this pleasurable activity, Killian pulled away, his eyebrows raised in a frown and a sadness visible in his blue eyes. He let her go and took a step back, and when Emma looked at him, she could see a tear threatening to escape his eye.

"Did you really think we were True Love pirate?" Emma laughed.

TO BE CONTINUED.

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