Charming is still furious about the day's events as Snow drags him away from the grand hall and to the confines of their room. Red wishes her luck with Charming and Snow looks at her hopefully before disappearing with him into their room.

"This is outrageous Snow!" he fumes, loosening his cape and other attire. "We didn't bring Emma up to lie to us about the important things; not only was this important, it puts the entire kingdom at risk,"

Snow sighs. "She didn't lie Charming," Snow defends, "She came to me immediately about this,"

"So, you knew about the possibility of a curse that would effect all of us?"

She shrugs. "Not the curse part, but I knew something important...that at the time, you wouldn't be able to process rationally,"

Charming stares at her blankly and then shakes his head. "This is not making any sense. What could you know that I wouldn't be able to handle?" he questions.

Snow hesitates. "It's not really my place to say anything about it," she says finally, removing her jewelry and starts to undo her hair, but stops, looking back at him. Snow sighs and walks over to him, sitting beside him on the bed. "I know that this is a horrible situation David but I swear to you, Emma didn't hide this from you to hurt you. She was probably more scared than anything about how you would react...which was probably worse than she expected. But you should know before the witch rudely interrupted the wedding today, Emma had every intention of telling you about what was coming,"

"So she kept the truth from me, to protect me?"

She smiles wearily. "There's probably some truth in there but Emma would never purposely hide something from you," she reassures him.

"I remember before we made our big entrance in the grand hall, she turned to me and said no matter what happens today that she loved me," he says. "I thought it was sweet at the time, but she was probably warning me that something could happen,"

"I don't know, maybe she was trying to warn you but you shouldn't be angry with her over this. She's going to need her father's love in the coming months,"

Charming shakes his head. "I still blame him for this," he retorts, "Trouble didn't find us until he entered the picture,"

"Like I said before: I don't think the blame game will help anyone, and regardless of what you think of him, he's our son-in-law now and that makes him family," Snow reasons, "and we protect our family,"

"And the kingdom," David adds, sighing, "We're going to need a lot of help to figure this out. We have to put together a war counsel, strategize..."

Snow kisses his cheek suddenly and he looks at her. "What was that for?"

She smiles at him. "For being understanding," she says, "We will get through this and we will find a way to stop her,"

"We will," he agrees, "because good always wins,"

Emma doesn't know how much she was able to sleep last night but as soon as she groggily opens her eyes, the

weight of the world comes crashing down on her and she starts to cry. She tries to keep her cries silent but a not-so quiet cry escapes her lips and Killian wakes up beside her, looking at her sympathetically. He puts a hand on her shoulder and she turns, lying back against him.

"I'm sorry," she cries, "waking up to a crying wife probably was not what you expected,"

He smiles at her. "No, it wasn't but you're excused," he soothes and wipes away some tears with his thumb. Once her eyes are clear, he turns her over and he kisses her good morning. "But that's a better. Good morning wife,"

Emma manages a smile through her tears. "Good morning husband," she replies and kisses him again.

"I know it may not seem like it, but there is a light in all of this chaos Emma. Do you know what that light is?"

"No but please tell me," she cries.

He kisses her nose, cheek and then her lips again. "Our love and despite the witch's interruption yesterday, we still managed to make our union official," he says and places a hand on her stomach, "and our child. He or she will save us, although I'm sincerely hoping for a boy,"

Emma smirks knowingly. "I don't want to spoil the surprise but I already know the gender of our baby," she admits.

"Okay," he says evenly, "but for now, let me think it's a boy. So, do you feel any different?"

"I feel married," she says and looks at him curiously, noting his disappointed expression. "Oh, you mean that. Yes, I feel very different...I feel...I don't really know how to describe it actually but I know I wouldn't mind trying again and again until I know for sure that I will be expecting,"

He smiles at her. "I completely agree. Sex should absolutely be our top priority in the coming weeks if we're going to ensure that our baby will be born in time before the curse hits," he reasons.

"It should be one of our priorities," she says, "the other should be figuring out a way to save the kingdom,"

"I agree but Emma, what if the kingdom can't be saved?" he queries "I know these are your people and you want to help them but sometimes, you can't save everyone. We will eventually have to think of ourselves,"

"Neverland,"

He shrugs. "It may work. As soon as we know that you're pregnant, Starkey and I could bring you there to make sure you're protected from the curse if it hits early," he reasons.

"But I was here in my vision. I was in this bed when I went into labor, not in Neverland," she protests. "I know

you want to protect me and I love you for that but I can't abandon my kingdom and my parents. That would be selfish and I'm not,"

Killian kisses her shoulder, sighing. "My priority is protecting you and our baby, Emma," he says, "at least think about it as a backup plan in case things don't happen the way you saw them in your vision,"

"A backup plan,"

"Yes, a backup plan because every emergency demands one," he rationalizes.

"I can't keep secrets from my father anymore. If you're really serious about this, then I have to tell him," she reasons and he groans. "Killian, I have to tell him,"

"All right, we'll compromise," he offers, "We'll keep the Neverland plan a secret but as soon as we know that you are expecting, we offer it up as a solution. No doubt your father's created a war counsel of sorts to deal with this...I just hope one of his solutions isn't to kill me,"

She smirks at him.

"I was being serious,"

"I know," she says and kisses him before laying back in his arms. "I do feel different. I feel safe when I'm with you and nothing could ever hurt us, your love is so warm the way it fills me up," she muses.

He strokes her hair gently and kisses her temple. "I feel the same way love," he whispers.

Emma doesn't expect to find her parents waiting for her and Killian in the dining hall and yet, there are, already eating their breakfast. She holds her husbands hand, walking up to the table and smiles hello to her mom. Snow stands and hugs her and Killian good morning before they sit down. Emma glances at her father and tries to smile at him, and he manages a strained smile.

Killian helps himself to some food and Emma gets her own plate. Red walks in a moment later, smiling happily at everyone, as if nothing ever happened yesterday. She grabs a toast and picks some grapes, studying everyone and rolls her eyes.

"So yesterday was tense," she starts, eating some grapes.

"Yesterday was..." Emma starts, looking up at her father, "I'm sorry that I kept this from you daddy. I sincerely am. I should have warned you sooner about the witch and the curse, and I'm sorry; I really am,"

She looks to Killian and he squeezes her hand reassuringly and starts to say something else but Charming holds up his hand. "How did you know about the witch's curse?" he asks.

"I had a vision, which I did not understand at first. I saw – I saw myself going into labor and then crying to Killian to take our baby to a wardrobe. Which did not make a lot of sense at the time until I slowly began to realize whatever forces me to give up my baby, it's because of the witch's curse," she explains.

"So, you had a vision," Charming muses, "about the future, which to my knowledge, is an ability you do not have,"

"...until recently anyway," Emma corrects, "I'm not even sure how but that's what I saw,"

Snow looks at Charming and then to Emma and Killian. "But we know there is a reason why Emma saw that specific moment," she says, "it's because her child is the key to saving us all,"

"The question remains – how are your visions even possible?" Charming asks.

"I may have an answer to that,"

The Charmings turn, looking curiously at the Blue Fairy as she flies into the room, looking at the princess. "Emma, remember that night you made a wish to marry your true love...I didn't have the power to make that happen but I knew you needed some reassurance that things would work the way you wished them too," she explains.

"I remember," Emma recalls as Killian looks warily at Snow and Charming.

"Later that night after you finally managed to get back to sleep, I snuck into your room and gave you the gift of premonition," Blue reveals, "It was only meant to enable you to see your happy ending but I guess because you were still worried about your father, it didn't work the way it should have,"

Emma looks at her parents, Red and Killian and then to the Blue Fairy. "So, you gave this vision thing to me without my permission, allowed me to worry about it's possible meaning for weeks and you only thought to share this with us now, because of what happened yesterday?" Emma questions.

"I'm sorry for not saying anything earlier highnesses," Blue apologizes, "but now that we do know there is a light in the darkness, not all is lost. We can do something to help save Emma's child,"

"We can," Killian reasons, "but I'm not so sure we should include you on the we part,"

"This family has always trusted the Blue Fairy," Charming adds, looking at her, "It was very noble of you for wanting to help Princess Emma but I think, we have to deal with this on our own for right now,"

Blue looks to Snow and she doesn't say anything, silently agreeing. "I understand," she says, "but I will continue to be here if you need my help for anything,"

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