I do believe this story may come to a close in the near future, but I've got one or two more conflicts in mind before the end. ;) Thank you as always for all the follows, favorites, and reviews. You guys are amazing and I can't believe so many people love my stories. Here is the new conflict at hand. Enjoy!

Emma stretched as she rolled over noticing Killian's side of the bed was empty. She felt around the spot as if she would find him among the blankets. His spot was cold as if he hadn't been there for at least 30 min. The moon was still in the sky, casting a slightly blue light in the room. Emma sat up, her eyelids sticking to her eyes after waking from a deep sleep. Just as she was about to get out of bed, Killian ran into the doorway, fully clothed and grabbed her from the bed.

"What are you doing?" Emma asked groggily, as Killian pulled out clothes for her to change into. Killian remained quiet as he quickly helped her get dressed.

"We must go." Killian said, after she was fully clothed, running from the bedroom and through the castle to take Emma out through the back, a group of people outside waiting for her.

"What's going on?" Emma asked, lowering her traveling hood to see who else was with them. Emma caught a glimpse of Henry, Regina, Robin, her mother, and the 3 babies. "Where's dad?" Emma asked Snow, panic creeping into her voice.

"He's warning the others." Snow said , a tinge of sadness mixed in.

Everyone began to run, Emma running after them before grabbing her mother's arm and stopping her, the group going on ahead, but a bit slower for them to catch up.

"What are you talking about?" Emma asked, "Would someone please tell me why we're running through the woods in the middle of the night on my honeymoon?"

Snow took a deep breath, trying hard to muster the courage to tell Emma what was happening, "Rumplestiltskin got out of his cell. He was trying to see Belle, but because of the price he was supposed to pay, Belle died once he was free. Now he's out for revenge… and…"

"And what?" Emma said, resuming their run as she waiting for her mother to answer her. Snow stopped, looking at the carriers the babies were in just ahead.

"He wants to kill the babies," Snow said sadly.

"My babies?" Emma asked, her heart sinking.

"Not just yours," Snow said ominously, "All of them. Liam, Johanna, Neal, Alexandra, Philip, Regina's unborn child. He wants to kill every baby in the kingdom."

Emma couldn't breathe as she ran with everyone, reminding herself to put one foot in front of the other. Once the sun began to rise they started to slow down, stopping in Sherwood Forest to rest. Emma sat, bending down to pick up Johanna, Killian picking up Liam. Her mother sat next to her holding her little brother. Emma looked into her daughter's eyes as Henry walked over to them.

"I get why he would be angry," Henry said, "But why take it out on innocent babies?"

"I don't know," Snow said, looking down at a sleeping Neal, "I don't know."

"Isn't there something we can do?" Emma asked, desperate to find a solution.

"The only way to kill the Dark One is with his dagger," Killian said, "But then you would become the dark one."

"Yeah," Emma said, "I don't think I'd make a great Dark One."

Snow sat silent as they spoke, a look of deep thought on her face.

"I know that face," Emma heard her father say. Everyone looked up, a look of relief appearing on Snow's face as she quickly stood up, the two hugging with baby Neal asleep in the middle. Behind him stood Aurora, Philip, Philip jr., Ella, Shawn, and Alexandra, "I've got the rest of our crew," He said, "Leroy and the dwarves are spreading the news across the kingdom. So far there have been no killings."

"How long do you think before he starts?" Snow said, looking at him in horror.

"I'm not sure," David said, "But you looked like you had a plan."

"I do." Snow said, smiling, "I think I do at least."

Snow looked around as everyone stopped what they were doing to listen to her.

"Well," Emma said, standing up, "Spit it out."

"Ok," Snow said, jumping, "Remember Lake Nostos?"

"Yeah?" David said, confused, "It's dried up."

"Not anymore," Snow said, hope in her eyes, "When Cora was trying to go to Storybrooke, she somehow revived it."

David's eyes lit up, "And the waters could break any curse."

"Exactly," Snow said, looking around to everyone, her gaze ending on Emma, "We just need to get to Lake Nostos and we can cure him of the Dark One curse. He will be powerless."

Emma nodded her head, looking around at everyone. Regina had started to get a baby bump, her wardrobe had much less black in it, and Robin was by her side handing her a canteen to drink. She thought of poor Belle then. All Belle had wanted was to see the world, and what did she get? Death. All because she loved a Beast that she thought could be a good man.

"So," Emma said, looking back to her mother, "When do we leave?"

"In a few hours," Snow said, "We need to prepare and make sure our children are safe."

Regina walked over to the small group, smiling sadly as she approached.

"I can perform a protection spell on this portion of the woods." Regina said, pursing her lips, "I can't do anything else more productive so I might as well do that."

"I really appreciate that." Emma said, putting a hand softly on Regina's arm, "For protecting all of our babies."

"I'm a mother," Regina said, "It was a no brainer."

"Of course," Emma said, squeezing the brunette's arm before letting go and turning to gather a few things before their journey.

Several hours later, Emma, her parents, Killian, Philip, Shawn, and Robin were on their way through the forest to Lake Nostos. Emma had learned several tracking tools and a learned her way around the kingdom since her bout with almost getting lost at the cave in which Rumplestiltskin had escaped from. Her father knew that they were only a few hours journey from the lake, so they tried to go as fast as possible so they could return to camp before dark.

"So," Snow said, obviously trying to strike a conversation and get her mind off of the situation, "Did you at least get to enjoy one night of your honeymoon?"

Emma blushed at the question, "Mom!" Emma whispered loudly, smacking her mother playfully and looking to make sure no one else heard.

"What?" Snow said shamelessly, "I can't in good conscience go on with this journey knowing you didn't at least get to… you know… at least once on your honeymoon."

Emma blushed even more, she couldn't believe she was having this conversation with her mother. Emma looked around to see if anyone was listening, everyone watching the forest as she trekked along.

"Ok, fine," Emma said, whispering to her mother, "Last night was…" Emma couldn't even find words to describe it to her mother without cringing at the thought.

"Oh, really?" Snow said arching an eyebrow, "You can't even speak it was that great."

"Shhhhh," Emma said playfully smacking her mother again as they both giggled behind the men.

"What are you two gabbing about?" David asked, smiling back.

"My guess is," Killian said, winking at Emma, "You probably don't want to know."

Emma and Snow laughed even harder as they continued on their journey, Robin and David rolling their eyes as Killian arched his eyebrows at them with a little smirk.