A/N: I am SO happy that people are following this story. You seriously have no idea how excited I am every time I get a little notification. You are all amazing and thank you SO much. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I will warn you that the angst is coming.
Chapter 4:
"Can we watch a movie now?" Melanie asked as the family entered their home.
"Aren't you ready to take a nap?" Killian suggested as Emma took Liam to his crib.
"No naps! They're for babies!" she insisted.
"Very well then," Killian gave in, knowing his daughter would fall asleep during the movie anyway. "Go pick one out." Melanie started digging through the cabinet of movies as Killian set up blankets and pillows on the large couch in the living room.
"Movie time?" Emma asked as she re-entered the room.
"Soon to be nap time, but you can't tell our daughter that. She gets her stubborn streak from her mother." Killian whispered with a wink. Emma smirked and lightly slapped his arm before crouching down next to her daughter and picking up a movie.
"Snow White? When did we get this one?" Emma asked Killian.
"No idea, Love. They seem to multiply when we're not looking." Killian said.
"How about this one, Sweetie?" Emma held the movie out to her daughter.
Melanie took it in her hand and thought it over. "I don't know," she said somewhat hesitantly.
"I don't think you've seen this one, Sweetie. I'm sure you'll like it." Emma tried to persuade her daughter, really not wanting to watch Frozen for the millionth time.
"Okay." Melanie finally conceded and she climbed up onto the couch as Emma put the movie in to play. She returned to her spot next to Killian, who pulled her into his arms as they settled in to watch the movie. All three of them were asleep before Snow even met the dwarves.
"Emma, Hook! Please wake up!"
"Mom, I need you. Please mom!"
Emma awoke with a start to a blue screen on the t.v. Her sudden movements woke Killian up too, his arms tightening around her. "Tis it, Love?" Killian asked sleepily.
"I thought I heard someone calling out to me." She said as she listened intently. The house was silent except for the feedback from the blue screen. "But I, I had a weird dream too." She said. Killian looked at her with interest. "It was just flashes, but they were so…..vivid." She continued "There was a petite woman with black hair and a tall man with a handsome smile and a sword and they stood there looking at me with such love in their eyes." She said as she tried to piece her dream together. "And there was someone else….."
"A lanky boy with brown hair and green eyes." Killian interrupted her, looking at the floor. "They were all swallowed by purple smoke."
"How did you…"
Killian looked at her with concern. "Same dream, Swan."
Liam started crying in the other room.
"Why did you call me Swan?" Emma asked him.
"It feels right." Killian said simply. "But something else doesn't."
"I felt like I knew them, Killian." Emma thought hard. "Especially the boy. I saw him and I immediately missed him; and when the smoke came I wanted to follow them all. What is going on?"
"I felt the same thing, Swan." Killian started, brow furrowed as he thought over everything that had been bothering him that day.
"Daddy!" Melanie started pulling on his hand trying to get his attention.
"Get Liam, Love." Killian told Emma, pulling Melanie into his lap. His daughter started to babble in his ear about the movie she had barely watched. "Hush, darling." Killian told her as Emma returned to the couch next to him with the baby in her arms.
"Think about the diner, Love." Killian said. "Do you remember anything about it?"
"What do you mean?" Emma asked.
"I can't remember anything about it." Killian said. "Do you remember the face of our server?"
Emma thought hard, "I don't even remember if it was a man or a woman." She admitted.
"What about anyone else we passed today?"
"Daddy! Come play with me!" Melanie tried to interrupt.
"Hush, Darling"
"I don't. I don't remember any faces at all. It's like they were all just shadows." Emma said as she pulled Liam closer to her.
"Something hasn't seemed right since we woke up this morning Swan." Killian said, still struggling to think things through.
"Daddy! Mommy! Pwease!" Melanie said. Killian just held her closer in his arms.
"When did we move in here?" Emma suddenly asked. "There are no pictures." She realized.
Killian looked around the room. Nothing special stood out at all except the toys on the floor and the playpen in the corner.
The phone started ringing, startling them both and Emma reached over to pick it up and heard the static she had earlier.
"…..mma, Sweetie." She gasped as a man's voice broke through the static. Killian leaned over to listen too.
"Help…other." The sweet woman's voice from earlier could be heard now.
"Fight…..Believe!" a young man's voice full of hope come next.
That's…" Killian started.
"Henry!" Emma exclaimed with tears in her eyes as memories of her son and parents came flooding back.
"Mommy! Daddy! Pwease stop!" Melanie shouted as Liam started crying again.
"Killian!" Emma cried out as the house started shaking. "What's going on?"
"Hold on to the children, Swan" Killian said.
"It's okay, babies." Emma tried to soothe as they all held each other closer.
"No it's not!" Melanie sobbed.
"We've got you, honey. Everything will be alright." Killian soothed.
Purple smoke started rolling into the room.
"Pwease don't leave!" Melanie started sobbing.
"I'm not letting go, Darling" Killian said as he held his family in his arms and the purple smoke reached them.
A/N: I feel like a horrible person leaving the story off in this spot, but I worked the midnight shift last night and am doing another tonight so I had to fight to get this done. I promise to put the conclusion up tomorrow. Thanks again for reading and reviewing and following. You are all amazing! Happy ONCE day!