I think this is my favorite chapter, filled with action and suspense. I hope you enjoy it! It made me want to love on my babies... even though they aren't as much babies anymore. Thank you everyone for the reviews, follows, and favorites! I love you guys!
Emma left the room, waddling uncomfortably as she stroked and looked at the large belly that recently appeared. Many women wished their pregnancies would go this fast, but Emma was terrified. She wished she could somehow undo what had been done. She'd barely had time to get used to being pregnant and engaged and now she was days away from becoming a mother to two newborns and facing the possibility of losing them.
Killian walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her, his good hand rubbing her belly.
"I'll not lie, I imagined this pregnancy going by a little slower." Killian joked, turning her around. Emma rested her forehead on his as she sighed heavily.
"You're not the only one." Emma said, chuckling.
Snow walked up and rubbed Emma's back.
"I still have some of my maternity clothes, want me to bring them over?" Snow asked.
"That would probably be a bad idea." Regina said, "She may have accelerated the process, but she still doesn't know where Emma is."
"Maybe you could poof over to our loft later and grab a few things?" David suggested.
"I suppose." Regina said.
Emma froze as she noticed a sensation of liquid flowing down her legs.
"I don't think I'm going to need those clothes, mom." Emma said, her eyes wide with fear.
"Why-" Snow glanced at Emma smiling, until her eyes settled on Emma and the pool of water at her feet.
Emma cringed with pain as her belly tightened with pain.
"They're coming!" Emma shouted through the pain.
Just then Ariel burst into the front door.
"She knows where you are!" Ariel shouted through the house, running until she reached the group in the sitting area. "Oh" She said in surprise.
"Yeah, a lot's happened." Emma said sitting down.
"I'll go get some towels." Snow said racing up the stairs. Killian sat next to Emma, grabbing her hand.
"I'll go set up a protection spell to slow her down." Regina said, turning towards Henry, cupping his face in her hands, "Henry, get upstairs, your room is already protected, no matter what you hear, do not leave your room."
"Ok, mom." Henry said, then looked at Emma, "I love you, mom." Henry hugged Emma and then bounded up the stairs to his room. Regina went to the front of the house.
Emma clenched her teeth, squeezed Killian's hand, and took in another sharp breath as the pain seemed to increase. David got up and ran to the kitchen as Snow was running down the stairs with a large stack of towels.
"Is that another contraction?" Snow asked anxiously.
"Aye," Killian said, looking up at her terrified.
"They aren't very far apart," Snow said, "She doesn't have much time."
"I'll call Dr. Whale," David said walking into the room with a glass of water for Emma.
"Good idea," Snow said, rushing around, "Ursula already knows that Emma is here and we're definitely going to need him."
Regina ran in, Dr. Whale in tow, "One step ahead of ya." She said, ushering him into the seating area where everyone was sitting.
"Emma, how far apart are the contractions?" Whale said concerned.
"I don't-" Emma started as another wave of pain and pressure hit her hard.
"From what I've noticed, they're about 6 min apart." Snow said settling down on the other side of Emma and placing her hand into her daughter's.
"Breathe, Emma." Snow said, wiping the sweat from Emma's forehead with a cool rag.
Just then a blur of tentacles rushed into the room from no where. David, already carrying his sword, flew into his fighting stance. Killian threw his body in front of Emma, guarding her from the evil ocean dwelling creature.
"You won't hurt my family." Killian yelled at Ursula.
"Oh how sweet." Ursula said with a cackle. Whipping a tentacle into the air she grabbed Killian and threw him across the room. His head collided with the staircase banister, knocking him out.
"Killian!" Emma shouted, then another contraction rocked her to her core. Emma cried out in pain.
"She's crowning!" Whale shouted. David lunged at Ursula, cutting off one of her tentacles.
Ursula shrieked in pain and then threw David to the ground with another of her tentacles.
"David!" Snow shouted.
"I'm fine!" He yelled back, "Stay with Emma!"
Just then a bright yellow light filled the room. Emma looked to find the source and saw an old man holding a large fork looking object. The object glowed like Emma had never seen before.
"Ursula!" the man boomed, "You've used up your last chance."
Ursula turned at the sound of the man's voice, "Triton!?" Ursula shrieked as the man pointed the object at Ursula, a stream of light and magic flowing towards her. "Nooooo!" She yelled before she vanished.
"Emma!" Emma heard Ariel shout from behind Triton.
"Ariel?" Emma said confused, "Who is this man?"
"He's my father, King Triton." Ariel said, "I slipped out in the commotion to find him." Ariel ran and hugged Emma, then Snow who was at her side.
David got up and ran over to Killian who was still knocked out. After a few shakes, Killian began to come to.
"Wh-what happened?" Killian said groggily.
"The sea witch tossed you aside like a rag doll." David said.
Emma shouted as a very sharp pain shot through her entire body.
"Emma it's time to push," Whale said, "Now, push!"
Emma pushed with all her might, leaning forward to bare down.
"Good job, Emma, with the next contraction, I need you to give another good push." Whale said.
"You're doing so great, sweetheart," Snow said, wiping her face with the cool cloth again.
Killian got to his feet and, with David's help, made his way to sitting next to Emma again. Killian grabbed her hand.
"You can do it, Swan." Killian said.
With another contraction starting, Emma began to push, the lights in the house flashing sporadically.
"Ok, the head is out," Whale said, "One more push and baby A is out."
The next contraction seemed to start right when the last one ended. Emma pushed as hard as she could, then she heard the most beautiful thing, her baby's cry.
"It's a girl!" Killian yelled excitedly, David patted him on the back.
"A girl." Emma said exhausted, but she didn't have much time to think before another contraction hit.
"We've got a problem." Whale said, to no one in particular.
"What's wrong?" Snow said, concern in her voice.
"Baby B is breech." Whale said.
"What in the bloody hell does that mean?" Killian said, confused and terrified.
"It means the baby is coming out feet first." Whale said, "Emma you're going to have to push as hard as you can, we need to get this baby out now."
"Ok." Emma said through labored breaths.
"You can do this, Emma." Snow said.
With the next contraction, Emma took in a shaky breath and pushed hard. Her screaming rang out through the entire house.
"Good, good, Emma, a few more pushes, we need to get his shoulders out." Whale said.
"He?" Killian said, "I've a son?"
"Yeah," Whale said, still concerned.
Emma felt the next contraction starting and pushed with all her might. She could feel the shoulders coming out before Whale even said anything.
"Ok, shoulders are out, Emma we need to get him out, the cord is around his neck." Whale said, "Push now!"
Emma pushed harder than she ever thought possible. He was out. Everyone in the room was quiet. That was when Emma noticed something was wrong.
"Why isn't he crying?" Emma said, breathing heavily, looking at everyone's sad faces, she began to cry, "Why isn't he breathing!"
Whale was doing compressions on the tiny body she saw before her, his face was a bluish color and that's when it hit Emma.
"No! You have to save him." Emma said, looking from the baby to Whale.
Whale stopped compressions, "I'm sorry, Emma."
Snow brought her hand to her mouth as tears began rolling down her face. Killian walked over and scooped his son in his arms. He knelt down next to Emma, then looked down at his son, placing a kiss on his head. Just then a blast of magic shot through the room, and the still lifeless baby that was in his arms began to cry the most beautiful cry Emma had every heard. Everyone looked at Killian as she looked down in surprise.
"True love's kiss?" Snow said.
Whale handed Emma her daughter as Killian held their son.
"I've seen stranger things." Whale said, smiling at the two.
"What are you going to name them?" Snow said, her eyes still wet with tears.
"I-I don't know, we didn't get a chance to talk about names." Emma said.
"Well you have time." David said, "You can wait a few weeks to have a potluck and announce the names at Granny's"
"If you want to." Snow chimed in, nudging David, "I know you didn't grow up in the enchanted forest so you can do things your way, too."
"I think I'd love that," Emma said looking down at her daughter. Killian sat next to Emma and rested their son's head next to their daughter's.
"They are royal after all." Killian said, smiling at his new children.