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There was a voice in her head that was screaming at her to RUN! She hadn't had that feeling since the day the Council asked her to become queen. Emma didn't know what to do, Snow White and Prince Charming said they had a daughter before the curse was cast, and her name was EMMA! Emma thought about her parents now and then, but she would never have an opportunity to speak with them since she is in another realm, but here they were. She didn't know what to do, embrace them as her parents; even though they are the same age or push them way since she has a family with Killian, Henry, Amelia, Robin, Roland, Aurora, Philip, Mulan and, Lancelot. Emma must have been silent too long since Snow pulled her from her thoughts.
"Is everything all right?" Snow asked concerned.
"Yes. Everything is fine. Thank you for letting us know what happened. I can have Lancelot show you to a room; you are welcome to join us for dinner. If you would like, we can help you reconstruct your kingdom. This palace was created with my magic; I am sure I fix your castle." Emma offered. Snow and David nodded and followed Lancelot out of the Council Room. Once they were out of view, Emma poofed herself and Killian into her magic room.
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Killian was watching Emma pace back in fourth. Emma had so many things to say, but she didn't seem to be able to form the words. Killian grabbed her arm to stop her from pacing. She looked into his blue eyes, while he wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"What... What do I do?" Emma said while sniffling. "Are they... Do you think I am their Emma?" Emma asked with more tears streaming down her face.
"I think that everything fits together. The reason you have magic, the reason you're here, and even the fact that your birthday was yesterday; then the curse broke." Killian said. Emma could tell Killian was trying to calm her down. Emma needed to calm down for the baby's sake, but the situation was just so insane.
"What do I do?" Emma asked. Snow and David are looking for their child; it was looking like she was right under their noses. "They want to find their lost daughter, but I am not a child anymore. I have a family with you, Henry, Amelia and, our newest addition." Emma said resting her hand on her stomach.
"They were cured for twenty-eight years, and the first person they look for is their daughter... You. It may be weird at first, but these aren't normal circumstances."
"So I tell them my name is Emma. How would that prove anything?"
"I don't know, but they will believe you. I can tell you got your hair from David and your beautiful eyes from your mother." Killian said.
"I love you, Killian," Emma said.
"And I love you. Why don't we tell the twins about our guests? I am sure Amelia will have a bunch of questions for Snow and David." Emma and Killian left the room and walked down the hall, and they ran into Johanna. Emma immediately remembered that Johanna knew Snow White, so Emma stopped.
"Johanna?" Emma called to get her attention.
"Yes, Miss Emma," Johanna answered coming to Emma's every beck and call.
"We have some guests staying in the east wing. I want to let you know that they are Snow White and her husband. I wanted to give you the opportunity to go see her." Johanna smiled and nodded turning on her heels towards the east wing. Emma and Killian continued their way towards the library. Emma walked in, and her babies ran over to her giving her hugs and telling her all about their day. It gave Emma just the thing to distract herself.
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Killian went to the dining hall to meet with their guest so she could get Henry and Amelia ready for dinner. She had dread creeping up to rest on her shoulders, she was going to see her parents, but they didn't know she is their daughter. Emma and the twins walked down the hall, towards the dining room in which she could hear laughing. Emma had a shy smile on her lips, Killian was trying to make a good impression on her parents. Emma, Henry and, Amelia walked in, and she could see Killian's signature smirk.
"I was wondering if you all got lost," Killian said trying to lighten her mood.
"Funny." She said to Killian. She turned to her parents to introduce her children. "These two little pirates are Henry and Amelia."Emma and Killian laughed at her joke about being them being pirates. Killian gave up his life of piracy long before they were married, but they always called the twins 'their little pirates.'
"Henry and Amelia it is good to meet you. I am Snow White, and this is my husband, David Nolan." Snow said Emma could see it in Snow's eyes that she longed for her daughter. For their sakes, Emma hopes Snow and David will be able to experience being parents from the start.
Dinner was quite pleasant. Amelia and her brother spent most of the time asking questions about everything and nothing. A few times, Emma redirected the conversation when they started talking about their daughter. She was going to tell them; she just didn't want to do it in front of her kids.
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"May I speak with the two of you for a moment?" Emma asked Snow and David to which they nodded. Emma looked at Killian; he looked back at her with understanding. Emma was going to speak to her parents on her own. She walked them back to the Council Room.
"I hope your stay here has been alright. Not many people sleep in the guest rooms. Everyone on the Council has found homes outside the castle." Emma sounded so diplomatic, but she had to keep reminding herself she was speaking with her parents.
"Yes. Everything is great. We were surprised to see Lancelot when we were trying to get home." Emma smiled, she knew the story from Lancelot on how he married the couple sitting before her. Snow then continued, "Thank you for sending Johanna to see us. I haven't seen her in ages it was nice to see she is happy."
"Yes. Johanna has been a godsend. She is an incredible seamstress and helps Killian and me with the twins."
"You said you landed here when you were seventeen. Why didn't you go back to your home?" David asked.
"I had no one to go back to. I ran away from my foster home before they sent me back. I used the last of my money on a bus ticket to where I was found as a baby. I fell asleep in the small woods to wake up in an entire forest that belonged to fairytale characters." Emma laughed at herself because it felt absurd, and at times it would hit her that she was married to Captain Hook and was friends with Robin Hood. "Everyone I met on the first day that I was here was welcoming and kind. I saw a home here after a few weeks." Emma said. Emma always knew that she was going to stay in the Enchanted Forest regardless if someone found her a way home. Emma could also see slight pity in their eyes, something Emma hadn't seen in over a decade but they didn't apologize.
"I was wondering on the significance of the name Cygnus. Why did you pick it for the name of this Kingdom?" Snow asked, and that gave her the perfect opportunity to tell them her suspicions by introducing herself.
"I didn't name the kingdom. I was astounded when I was asked to become a queen of the new kingdom. I left it up to the people to name. No one knew my name, many called me by my last name, Swan. So they took inspiration from that. There is only a handful of people who know my name is Emma Swan." Emma laid her cards on the table and was waiting for their recognition; which didn't take long. Snow gasped and looked between David and Emma.
"Your name is Emma?" David asked to which Emma nodded. The only reason anyone knew her name was because of her baby blanket, which she debated on telling them.
"A little boy found me when I was a few hours old. No one knew anything about where I came from. The social workers who came figured out my name because it was knitted into my baby blanket with purple ribbon." There was compete recognition.
"Your birthday was yesterday? How old did you turn?" Snow asked, and Emma could see the hope in her glassy eyes.
"Yes. I turned twenty-eight." They both gasped. They all knew she was their Emma, but it feels like they are going to tiptoe around the words that they all want to hear until Snow spoke.
"You found us." Snow said with tears in her eyes.
"It's more like you found me," Emma said with the same expression.
"You have a family. That is all we would ever want for you." Snow said.
"I have great people in my life. We were a mixture of misfits; we had a prince, a princess, a warrior, a thief, a pirate and a disgraced knight of the roundtable. But life is great." Emma smiled, she didn't want to say anything that made them feel bad for not being there for her.
"Who is the pirate?" David- her father- asked, because of course, that would be the one person he would pick out of her line up.
"Well, he is an ex-pirate, but he was known as Captain Hook." There was a look passed between them, one that she sure she wanted to know the meaning of. "He retired his pirate ways and now is known as King Killian of Cygnus. He is my husband, Killian Jones." The look they gave her was priceless. Emma wanted to get to know her parents, but if they thought they could show up and tell her who she can and can not love, then she would send them away.
"Captain Hook is your husband? The man who was at the dinner table with us?" David continued to question which she nodded.
"Yes. Killian is my True Love. I was in my magic room when I came across a spell to find your True Love. I passed it at least ten times, so I cast it. I followed the trail, and it leads me straight to Killian. At that point, we were already married and had the twins, so I was pretty sure he was my True Love. But if anyone told me eleven years ago that my True Love was Captain Hook, I would have called them insane." They seemed to both soften at that story. Emma figured her parents couldn't deny her, her True Love.
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Emma spent most of the night with her parents. She answered all of their questions. Many of her stories of the foster system made them feel bad. Logically, Emma knew that they were trying to save their people but she also couldn't help but wonder what would happen if they kept her. Emma erased all of those thoughts, Emma was happy with her life and didn't want anything to change.
"Henry and Amelia seem like great kids." David offered.
"They are the best. They love playing by the swan lake that is in the courtyard. Killian and I only thought we were having one baby. I believe they were going to be a boy whereas Killian thought they were a girl. We had names for both. Henry Liam Jones for a boy and Amelia Hope Jones for a girl. Henry was born. I bearly had time to look at him before my doctor told me another baby was coming. Amelia was a surprise. " David chuckled at that. It confused Emma but didn't comment.
"I am a twin. I didn't know it until Rumplestiskin told me my identical twin brother James died and his adoptive father- King George- wanted me to fill in for him. No one seemed to know that I wasn't my brother." David said.
"Rumplestiltskin is involved in everyone's lives your's, Robin's, Killian's, Cora's and, Regina's. Do you know why he stayed behind?"
"The wanted to find his son." Rumplestikins son, which was Milah's boy; who must be Baelfire.
"Balefire." They seemed surprised she knew about his son. "Killian knew Bae's mother." That was the simplest explanation. And luckily enough for her, they didn't press her on it too much. Emma bid her parents a good night a few minutes later.
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Emma left her parents and went to Henry's room to say goodnight and then went to Amelia's. Emma walked down the hall until she found her bedroom. Killian was sitting on the bed reading. Emma had no energy she walked in and collapsed on the bed. She soon got enough energy to change and then call into the bed.
"Was it that bad, love?" Killian asked with a smirk but also full of concern.
"No. They are great. I mean come on they are Snow White and Prince Charming. A few times they seemed to pick out specific details about things I wanted to gloss over. I told them about the family that adopted me when I was little and the about Lily's betrayal along with the not so crazy Ingred. Oh and David... Ugh I mean my father knows you're Captain Hook." Emma said while laying flat on her back with a pillow over her face.
"Bloody Hell. How did they take that one?"
"At first I think they were going to try and talk me out of loving you which would have gotten them kicked out of the castle but then I told them that you are my True Love and that softened them. So I think your friendship you were trying to start at dinner is safe, I think."
"Emma? How are you feeling?" Killian asked.
"I never thought I would meet my parents especially since I was in an entirely different realm but I met them, and they are Snow White, and Prince Charming is hugely overwhelming. So mentally I am slightly not okay, but physically I am great and so is our newest little one." At the mention of their newest child, Emma grabbed Killian's hand to rest it on her stomach.
"I love you. I love the family you have given me. You are an amazing woman Emma Jones and I am sure your parents have seen it too." Emma pulled the pillow off of her face and leaned in to kiss Killian.
"Tomorrow we will call the Council and tell them who my parents are. We can make good on that promise to help them rebuild their kingdom and maybe created a trade agreement with them." Emma laughed, but she was nervous because she didn't know what the relocation of her parents will have on all aspects of her life. Emma chose not to think about it and focus on the everything she was thankful for. Emma soon fell asleep, and she dreamt about all of her children even the one who was growing inside her. If the dream was anything to go by they were going to have another little pirate princess.
