"So what are you guys doing in the forest this late at night?" Emma nervously glances at her parents as she tries to not look them in the eyes.
"what was that Emma" Snow gestures to the trees behind them to Emma, she sounded hurt.
"That" Emma looks down at her shoes.
"I know I have a lot of explaining to do, how about we just go home and talk about this"
"I don't think we should take you home, after what you did I am sorry but all of you have to come with me down to the station" David took his handcuffs from his belt going towards Emma getting ready to cuff her.
Emma looks like she just got betrayed, again her own parents didn't trust her.
"Your going to lock the Sheriff of the town up,David they were going to give me to the agent's right outside the barrier what was I supposed to do let them because I am not willingly going with them!" Emma shouted at her father who was waiting for her to calm down to cuff her.
"I think you should come with us Emma, I don't trust these people" Snow walked next to David, with worry in her eyes. She just saw her daughter expertly knock those guys unconscious, to get away from her captors. Snow felt bad for Emma, she had to see those people again after what they did to her. The reason why snow went along with David, was because she wanted her away from her 'friends'.
"No"Emma's sparked bright white then red in anger, Emma shook her head to clear her thought which made her eyes go back to their normal green. Elizabeth put her hand on her shoulder to tell her to calm down, Emma gave her a grateful look. Snow and David were worried about what these people were doing to their daughter, she was changing and it was getting worse.
"What!?" David was dumbfounded, she is really disobedient.
"I think it would be best if you left now" Nathaniel said to them stepping in front of Emma with Elizabeth and Nathaniel doing the same blocking Emma from their sight.
"Were her parents and she is coming with us"
"Emma what do you have to say about this" Emma looked between her parents and her friends she had known before her parents.
"I um.." Emma tried not to look at them as she decided.
"I think I should move out of the apartment and get my own place" Emma tried not looking at her parents who were trying to hold herself together.
"Why, Emma honey I know your confused as much as we are but you don't have to leave" Mary Margaret tried to reach for her, but Emma just backed away and shook her head at her.
"I think it would benefit everyone if I just...go" Emma turned away and ran off into the forest in a flash of bright light and disappeared into the night leaving her friends and her parents there wondering where she went.
"Alexander after her, she can shift at any time" Nathaniel commanded and he speed off after Emma in a bright flash similar but not as bright as Emma. "On it"
"Where did she go, how can she do that?" Snow asked eyeing the place her daughter was standing a couple of minutes ago.
"I understand you have many questions, I am Nathaniel Emma's second in command and best friend. I am sorry for what you had to witness back there, she had no choice but reveal herself" Nathaniel explained taking out a black square box out of his pocket.
"What do you mean reveal herself?" David demands stepping towards him, angry about everything they have seen.
"This will explain better" Nathaniel placed the box on the ground which he turned on, above the small box a hologram appeared.
"In our dreams we have traveled to many land helping in any way we could, but the problem was that Emma didn't remember them when we woke up much like Alice from Alice in wonderland did. She came up with the name the Seekers and we used the name for a while during our travels. Emma seemed to have forgotten her adventures with us but only remembered being friends with us, we all went on with our lives until the council struck. They came in many times throughout our lives and captured all of us, we weren't the only one's taken by them and tortured as we later found out. Everyone taken by the council always has scars of their time taken, and everyone deals with it differently. They take all magical creätures and study them, and eventually end them from existence completely but for some reason they want Emma alive." The hologram showed a picture of Emma in other world helping people, Emma on a horse, Emma on a Griffin, Emma and The seekers, Seraphina, Council agents, Emma fighting out with Tamara and Greg as a kid.
"This has been going for years, we are not alone in this fight there are many like us but not as powerful. Especially Emma, to them she is a threat and is more powerful than you think. True-love the most powerful being in the whole universe. These people do not stop, they kill anyone who stands in their way or doesn't give them what they want sometime they kill because they like it. They find nobody's in this world and bend their minds to make them think they would be doing good-by following them and carrying out certain wishes against magic, giving them a reason to live for" The hologram showed pictures of some agents and some buildings.
"Emma was moved from her adoptive home when she was three for her protection, the council had located her and were on their way. They would have taken her at a much younger age when she was weak and killed her, a group called S.H.I.E.L.D has given us shelter and aid instructed one of their agents,who took Emma and brought her to an orphanage where we were to protect her from the council and their forces. After we were separated Emma forgot about us trying to fulfil finding 'you', she grew up which made us grow too, we were supposed to stay as kids for many years but she wished to grow up so we all did." Nathaniel had a far off look in his eyes, as the hologram showed Emma singing, Emma stealing,Emma meeting Neal, Neal and Emma stealing, Henry being born, Emma crying her cell after giving him up, Emma as bounty hunter, then Storybrooke.
"She recently remembered when she saw us in Neal's room at the inn before the party started. If we are correct you watched some of her memories without her knowledge, Emma has lived a hard and confusing life and it is not a story meant for us to tell" Nathaniel picked up the box turning it off and stuffing it back in his pocket.
"Why Emma?" Snow worked up the courage to ask with tears on her face.
"I don't know. I'm sorry" Nathaniel put his hand on Elizabeth's shoulder telling her that they were leaving, and in comfort.
"There is something else you should know. The council guided us to Storybrooke to make the Savior weak again, they want to use her as a weapon to rule this world and all the other worlds all together. Right now they seek the Enchanted Forest, but when they reach it they will move to other lands, and with the savior on their side-"
"No one can stop them" Snow realised, her daughter was still in danger and she was out there right now.
"What is going to happen, that will make her weak?" David asks mirroring the same look on snow's face.
"We all will revert in age and return to five-year olds. When Emma has only a small amount of magic in her and her innocence in tact they will break into the town and take her back to their HQ" Elizabeth explained to the couple who held hands and were crying.
"I have explained this to you, because we can change at any given time since we are together. Do you know Tamara?"
They nodded their heads in understanding "Yes, Tamara tried to kill Emma's friend when she arrived in town" David explained to the man.
"She is very dangerous and is one of the most dedicated agent's working for the council keep Emma away from her at all times, she is a close advisor to Emma's nemeses the head of the council he is also known as Peter Pan in this world his body is here in tis world, but back in Neverland his shadow remains."
"Tamara is at the head of the council along side Greg Mendel also know as Owen Flynn, Greg may seem more sympathetic but looks can be deceiving he is just like his girlfriend. He attempted to help Emma from dying, but his real motives were to make a reason for her to survive through it in attempt to put her through a test to see if she would be strong enough to overcome love withdrawal" Nathaniel teared up a little talking about this, he shouldn't be telling them this Emma should.
"I can't.. Emma needs to tell you what happened" Nathaniel put his hand to his headpiece in his ear.
"Alexander do you have a visual on Emma?"
"Yes she is sitting near a big pile of wood that looks like a torn down playground crying her eyes out, I think she would like her parents"
"Okay I will take them" Nathaniel puts his hand down and looks at Emma's parents.
"She is alone and crying I suggest you fix that" Nathaniel smiles shyly towards them in effort to gain their trust in apologue.
"Can you take us to her, I need to see my daughter" Snow asks him nicely trying not to sound like she is begging but fails.
"Of course" Nathaniel walks over them both and takes both of their hands. "Hold your breath" Nathaniel takes them off in a flash of dimmed white. They soon find themselves gasping for breath, and near henry's castle. Alexander joins his brother and they prepare to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"It's best if we are not around Emma as much, she would revert in age. Its best if she stayed safe, we will be around watching and helping you just won't see us"
Snow and David watch as Nathaniel takes off in a flash with Alexander leaving them with their daughter sitting near the damaged castle crying into her knees.
"Emma" Snow says softly noticing her daughter on the ground crying loudly. David and Snow walk over to Emma on the ground and sit next to her, David on Emma's right and Snow on her left.
"Emma" Snow tries to reach for Emma's hands but finds that Emma moves away from her touch.
"Why are you here, are you here to arrest me because I'm a freak?" Emma whispers through her tears not looking at them with her head down.
"You are not a freak you are our daughter and we love you" David says scooting closer to her.
"Why would you think we were going to arrest you because of the stunt you pulled, we couldn't be prouder of how you handled it" Emma's head snapped up at this in confusion, they noted that she had been crying.
"Why would be proud of me, I pushed your father over the town line. You were going to arrest my friends"
"He is not my real father, that man was King George he adopted my twin brother James. James was killed in battle, and I had to take his place to save my mother's farm. George forced me to Marry Princess Abigail her name here is Kathryn, we both didn't want to marry each other and were in love with other people. I helped save her beloved Fredrick, and fled to be with your mother. He hated me for it, wanting my head for betraying him for love. We defeated him in battle and locked him away in a corner of the land for his crimes. Since the curse broke he was free to roam around and do as he wished. And your friends we didn't trust we saw Nathaniel take out one of George's men, we were cautious" David explained to Emma who listened, like a kid listened to a fairy tale or story.
"You did nothing wrong, but Emma you hurt those people"
"I did that in self-defense, I was not going back to those people" Emma declared thinking about her time locked up by the council still chilled her to the bone, and every time she thought about it her scars started hurting in reminder of what they did.
"They tortured me, I tried to escape but failed all because they mentioned you"Emma looked to Snow with tears in her eyes, she had to tell them this they needed to know even if it hurt them. They needed to know.
"They tortured me, they tried in every possible way to break me. It was horrible, I know it was two days but they made it feel like so much longer. They made me watch..." Emma covered her mouth, trying to stop herself from sobbing the thoughts were too much for her but she still continued.
"They had made a tape of you all dying in different ways with them behind it" David and Snow shared a saddened glance at each other.
"She made me look at that screen as you all died. You were just sitting their reading your book drinking your hot chocolate and they killed you" Emma looked at Mary Margaret next to her crying just describing it, Snow instantly wrapped her arms around her crying daughter. "Were right here, were alive" Emma had to touch her just to remind herself she was alive, this caused David to start silently crying next to them.
"They killed you mom, Dad I saw it. You weren't the only ones on the tape Neal and Hen-" Emma cried holding onto her mother, as she rocked her.
"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to" Snow whispered still rocking her on the sandy ground, Charming watched them and he thought how could those people do that what could they gain from it.
Emma got out of Snow grip and stood up, she had to tell them but she could let them see her face, Emma didn't face them as she told them. "They wanted all love ties I had to people broken, so they could kill me and I let them" Emma whispered to them, they just sat their taking in Emma's words.
"I doesn't matter what happened, were together now and we are not going anywhere not anymore. We love you more than any thing, it's something in your heart that they can't take away. Even if we god forbid it die we are with you, always" Snow approached her and hugged her, David soon joined her. Emma hugged them tightly,they had Emma back now.
"Let's go Home" David whispered taking his girls in his hands and leading them towards the apartment and away from the torn down castle.
"I am tired" Emma whispered speaking out loud not realising it. Snow and David chuckled at Emma's antics "You know it would be nice if you magicked us home"David joked with Emma trying to make her laugh, not knowing she could do that if she wanted to.
"Okay" Emma and Her parents disappeared in a very bright flash of White light, and they found themselves in the apartment. "Not that we aren't grateful, but we were joking" David laughed at Emma who was already headed towards the stairs.
Emma was really tired, getting kidnapped and fighting off evil goons did that on a person. "Emma get back here" Snow told her giggling a little at Emma's sleepiness, Emma stopped and walked back to her parents.
"What I am tired" Emma complained, David really wanted to scold her but from what happened today and what Snow had said about Emma childhood he couldn't give her a spanking.
"What can you do Emma?" Snow asked curious about her daughter's abilities.
"I can do anything I want basically" Emma said in a yawn.
"Really like what?" David asked playing with his daughter, they could mess around with her. Emma was tired so she was kinda out of it, plus it should serve as a punishment for sneaking out after being grounded for sneaking out, and the party, and the forest incident but they couldn't blame her for that one.
Emma made a fluffy white pillow appear in her hands, then she headed to the stairs again. David got up and hooked his arm with her leading her back to the living room.
"Come on guys I can play this game tomorrow can I go to sleep NOW" Snow noticed the look of exhaustion, she completely forgot whale's orders in her getting as much sleep as she could. Yes it had been a week but Emma still needed her sleep, especially naps during the day which she skipped today, while she was out.
Emma glanced at the clock " IT'S 3:00 am I AM GOING TO BED NOW!" Emma disappeared in a bright light into her bed where she went to sleep straight away.
They later settled in for bed, but Charming and Snow needed to talk about what has happened in the past week.
"I can't believe Emma can do all that"
"I know, but think about it Emma can most certainly take care of herself, she is safe. What can they do?" Snow laughs dwelling at her daughter's skill in the forest against those men.
"Turn her into a defenseless child, you heard Nathaniel about their plans. We have to make sure that doesn't happen"
"But what if we use the beans and go back to the Enchanted forest before and if that happens"
"Then Emma is safe and we are back home were we belong, and the council has no way of taking over. Brilliant this is one of the reason's I love you snow" David kisses snow, then goes under the covers. Snow takes out her book to read before bed.
"What do you think if Emma does turn into a kid again, will it be bad?" Snow asks secretly wanting her little girl she never got, she know her husband feels the same way.
"Emma will be in danger I want it too, but Emma might not feel the same way" David expresses his opinion, trying to help his wife.
"Your right, it's just we missed out on everything with her. We can have a second chance at raising a child, but Emma will never get that back"
"I know, I think about that everyday. Emma deserves happiness and you know what we are going to give it to her" David declares forming a plan in his head already.
"Charming what are you thinking?" Snow asks wanting to know, smiling.
"A wedding"