CHAPTER 4

"Mom you can't just keep me in here! Mom needs help!" Henry said for the millionth time. It had been decided that Henry will stay at the mayor's house and a protection spell will be put up around the house.

Regina cupped her son's cheeks and leaned down, "Henry. We don't know what she is willing to do under this curse. She might be able to hurt you"

"But I know where to find her!"

"If there is one thing I have learnt from your grandparents is that they always find each other and that they always win. Trust me, they'll find a way to get Emma back" Regina said, and Henry hugged her before she left for the Charmings loft.

"Do you think Killian will be able to do it?" Snow asked, tucking baby Neal in his cot.

"I don't know. But I do know that he'll do anything to save her" David replied, waiting for the footage of Gold's shop to load on his laptop. "Do you think they're true love?"

"I don't know. I've never seen Emma this happy. I mean, we all knew that there was something between them since Neverland, but I thought it was just physical attraction. I thought Neal was Emma's True Love"

"I really don't think Emma was in love with Neal. When she didn't show up on her date with him and I went to talk to her, even then she had mentioned Hook. David replied, remembering the heart to heart he had with his daughter. I don't know keeping me away from Hook? You think I'm interested in Hook? Emma, I'm a married man!

"But he's a pirate. And Emma's the Savior! Did Destinity, Fate, God or whatever really make them for each other?" Snow asked, sitting in front of her husband.

"He's hardly a pirate anymore. I think he's earned a Hero title. Don't forget he did help us in Neverland and since then has always helped us"

Snow sighed, "Yes, yes. And he did trade his ship for her. I still can't believe it"

Snow started laughing to which David raised his eyebrows. "What is it?"

"Oh they are True Love" Snow said smiling, "Their story started with Emma hitting him on his head. Reminds you of another True Love doesn't it?"

David touched the almost hidden scar on his chin and smiled back., "True Love indeed"

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

Killian bowed his head down in order to hide the tears that threatened to leave his eyes. I knew it. We aren't True Love. But he had hope, just a tiny bit of hope of that maybe, maybe his Swan felt the same way he did. But he was wrong. And it was the small little hope that he clung onto that destroyed him.

"Hook, I don't even love you and you think we are True Love?" Emma said, mockingly.

Killian gulped loudly and blinked rapidly. There were moments when he thought she loved him. When she had told him with tears in her eyes that "I can't lose you too", when she had comforted him after the date before she kissed him "Hey, it's ok", when she had kissed him before the curse hit "I'm not a tearful good-bye kiss person...but maybe just this once" and finally when she had put his heart back in its place (though Killian argued that in that moment, his heart was with its rightful owner: Emma Swan).

"You're lying" Killian said and looked up. Reminiscing all these moments made him remember that yes she loved him, maybe not True Love, but she did love him and he was gonna do bloody well anything to remind her of that love.

"I'm not. The only reason I kissed you outside Granny's that night was sort of a thank you for the ship thing" Emma said, a distasteful expression on her face as if the kiss had been disgusting, "If Neal was still alive, I would've chosen him. He's my True Love. The reason I didn't pick Neal in Neverland wasn't that I was conflicted between you and him, it was cause I wanted to do it the right way – go on a date and all. The kiss in Neverland meant nothing to me; it was merely a lust thing, I was kind of horny"

Killian clenched his jaw and kept reminding himself that she was under a curse. This wasn't really Emma. This wasn't his Swan.

"When we came back, I was going to choose Neal but then the stupid curse happened. When I drank the potion and I saw it was you, I was so disappointed. I was really hoping for it to be Neal. That's why I kept asking for Neal once we came back to Storybrooke. But then he died. And I soon realized that I'm out of options. I mean Whale's taken by Ruby, August is a kid, and I wouldn't date the stupid dwarves, so you were the best option. Plus you were so ridiculously in love with me. I mean who trades their home for someone who doesn't even have a crush on them?" Emma said, playing with the lapels of his jacket.

"This isn't you Emma. Every word you've said is a lie. Please don't do this. Come back to me. Tell me where those slags are and we'll figure something out" Killian said, his voice breaking.

"You're honestly so pathetic. I. don't. love. you. I literally chose you cause I didn't have any other option and I felt sorry for your pathetic little ass which kept following me around like a love sick puppy. I feel NOTHING for you Hook" Emma said stepping away from him and crossing her arms.

"Really?" Killian said and walked up to her. He uncrossed her arms and circled her waist, pulling her to him till her entire body was pressed up to him and her fingers unconsciously clutched the lapels of his jacket, "So you feel nothing when I touch your waist like this, and you can feel every inch of my body pressed against yours?" His voice was low and soft in her ears.

"No" she said firmly.

Killian brought his hand up from her waist to tangle in her hair, "When my fingers caress your soft and silky hair"

"No" she replied.

His fingers now gently traced patterns on her face and neck and before he could ask Emma let out another "No". A slightly breathless one.

Killian cupped her cheeks and brought his face down, aguishly slowly, and stopped once his lips were inches away from hers, "Does your heart really refuse to remember?"

Emma was breathing heavily and her lips were parted. She was staring deep into his blue eyes and her eyebrows twitched together as recognition dwelled in her green eyes. Killian smiled, knowing that he was successful but let out a "bloody hell" as Emma pushed him away and with an evil smirk said, "What heart?"

Killian hadn't had a chance to respond to her shoving and remark about her heart as David and Regina showed up. Once again his attempt had been unsuccessful but for a split second there he could've sworn he saw his Swan under the cursed dark Emma.

"Ah so the Evil Queen and Prince have decided to join the Pirate?" Emma said, her tone cold, "Did you all really think he was my True Love?"

David and Regina both glanced at Killian and he looked down. David clapped him on his back while Regina spoke in her commanding voice, "What curse have they put on you Miss Swan? May I see the parchment?"

Emma smiled and responded, "No. You're gonna burn it"

"It would do no good. You're the only one who can undo this curse since you put it on yourself willingly"

"Well good thing I don't plan to"

Miss Swan, I have known you for some time now and for the longest time you were nothing but a pain in my ass and I wanted you gone so Henry and I could live peacefully but honestly Emma, come back. Since Zelena, you have become – should I say, a friend. This isn't you. You always do the right thing – just like your parents. Honestly you can just break the curse if you really just want to do the right thing and come back to the light side. I know how easy it is to give into the darkness, but you need to be stronger, you need to figh-"

"You need to find a reason to fight it Swan" Hook interrupted, all to familiar with the pull of darkness, "Think of the lad. Do this for him. You can do this, I fight the darkness everyday Emma. I fight it for you. Please, please, fight it for Henry"

"Emma" David walked up to his daughter and cradled her head gently, "Find the thing inside of you that makes you want to feel. For Henry, for us, for Killian. Just let the emotions and the love in"

Emma felt suffocated. These three were making her feel things that she didn't want to. All she could think of was her sweet little Henry and how big his eyes go whenever he tells someone that he believes in them. The way his face bursts into a huge smile on seeing her and even though he is older, he still hugs her and still burries his face in her chest. She then remembered her parents – their optimism in even the direst of situations, their cute attempts at being parents, and their undying love for her. She looks up at Killian and hears her father still telling her to let the love seep in her. But she can't. She doesn't want to. So she raises her hand and the Sheriff is dangling in the air, his face turned red as he tries to remove the invisible pressure on his neck.

"EMMA" Killian shouts, trying to pull David down, "THIS IS YOUR FATHER"

Regina tries to counter her magic but with her other hand Emma pushes her and she falls near a tree.

"Emm…aaaa" David tries to speak while Killian desperately tries to pull him down.

Emma stares at the red face of her father, the veins on his forehead clearly visible, and she lets him go. He falls on the ground with a loud thump and Killian is hovering over him, trying to soothe him.

With a last look at Regina attempting to stand, and Killian clapping David's back, Emma disappears.

TO BE CONTINUED

Notes: - If any of you are Stelena shippers (The Vampire Diaries), I tried to do the entire touching her scene kind of like what Stefan did to Elena during the episode where they went to prom and Elena had her humanity turned off. Argh my Stelena heart had to (if you're DE then sorry!)

- I think there will be two more chapters and of course there will be a happy ending. I just love angst so much. But hey, the path to true love never was easy right?

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