A/N. So here it is. An extra long chapter to show you all how much I love you and to thank all of you for sticking with me after all this time. This one got away from where I thought it was going but I like where it went! Hope you do too! Review and let me know your thoughts! Very interesting to see what you all think about which guy she should choose! if you haven't commented on which Killian is right for her, please do!
This wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
It was worse. It was A LOT worse. Gold was sitting around ribbing both versions of Killian, everyone was having trouble with two of the same people in the same room, (Pirate Killian was insistently answering anytime someone said Killian and Lieutenant Killian got angry every time his older-self gave an answer for him starting the weirdest arguments I had ever seen.) All the Jones boys were either marking some claim to me or hovering over me protectively and Regina was sitting there laughing the whole time. Not to mention my dad. In David's mind I now had 2 boyfriends and their handsome older brother was going to follow me everywhere (Liam had even attempted a follow me to the bathroom before he realized where I was going) protecting me which in David's mind was his job. As a result he was now back to WAY over-protective daddy and he was glaring at nearly every man in the room. Belle and Mary Margaret were both trying to be helpful but there wasn't much they could do and their attempts to calm everyone down were only adding fuel to the fire.
"Enough!" I finally yelled. Everyone froze, staring at me. "Please. This is seriously way too much. First, we need to call you to something different because this Killian vs. Killian fight isn't working. Liam, you seem like a great guy. Really you do, but you need to stop hovering. I can take care of myself for the 2 minutes it takes me to go to the bathroom, so please don't follow me there again. Dad, stop. Please just stop. I thought we finished this over-protective nonsense in Neverland. Gold, I swear to God if you keep taunting them I will actually slap you." He opened his mouth to protest but I cut him off before he could. "Yeah I know. You're the most powerful magician here but we recently discovered that my magic was connected to my emotions and I'm pretty pissed right now so do you really want to risk it?" Gold chuckled softly looking oddly pleased. Regina, too was smiling.
"Clearly." She commented.
"What?"
"Look down," She responded gesturing to my hands. I did and my eyes flew wide open. Two balls of white light were glowing brightly around each fist I had made.
"Oh. Right. And I turn off the glowing how?" I asked shakily.
"Just let it go." Gold suggested.
"The last time I just 'let them go' they went," I paused looking at him angrily. "Straight into that cliff side. I knocked over Regina's cabin."
"We fixed it." Gold said with a shrug.
"And how easy will it be to fix one the people here? It doesn't work that way with people Gold."
"So just pick one of the Killians. We've got a spare so you can channel your energy at them and if something bad happens-" I snarled before he could finish and stomped off towards the door.
"Magic is connected to emotions Gold," Regina hissed. "What part of that don't you understand?"
"I understand that perfectly." He replied.
"You're trying to make her angry." Regina's voice was quiet but I could still hear it. Hell I could hear her heart beating. Wait, I could hear everyone in the room's heart beating. And I could hear the traffic on the street, the lightbulb flickering in the lamppost downstairs. Okay, improved hearing, that was a new one. "You want to see how powerful she can be."
"No offense, dearie but she's already doing better that you were."
"Yeah, I know, but she's using light magic and I was working with dark. Of course she's doing better, it's easier to use light magic."
"I can hear you." I said. "So instead of arguing maybe help me?"
"You can hear us?" Regina whispered.
"Hear what?" my mom asked warily. "No one's speaking."
"Yes, Gold and Regina are whispering in the corner about which of us is more powerful."
"Oh my God. You can hear us." Gold whispered. He laughed. "Looks like she wins."
"What is going on?" David asked angrily. "No one was talking!"
"Regina and I were sending messages into each other's heads. We didn't want to alarm anyone at first so we kept it to ourselves." Gold answered. "How did you know Emma?"
"I was angry and I wanted to tune you out. So when you said 'if something bad happens' I stopped listening to you and I started listening to Regina instead."
"But I wasn't speaking out loud Emma. I was sending my words straight to Gold's head. And you listened in."
"Everything is so loud. I can hear everything. David you should really get your heart checked out. It has a funny beat compared to everyone else. And someone is speeding over by your house Regina." I winced. I was getting a headache. "Please. Just make it stop." I begged. Regina and Gold started arguing again.
"She needs to let it go."
"She took down half a cliff side. She could destroy this side of town!" Regina responded.
"Can't one of you two just take it from her?" Mary Margaret asked. Everyone had something to say on the matter. Tears were streaming down my face. I couldn't handle this much longer.
"Swan." Killian's voice whispered quietly from across the room. The only voice that wasn't yelling in my ear.
"We have an idea." It was the other Killian now. I had my eyes closed and I didn't know which of them was speaking but I knew there was something different about the voices. The feeling behind them perhaps. I nodded to let them know I was listening.
"Breath, love, it will be okay." That was my pirate for sure.
"Princess, neither of us know much about magic save for what we have seen. But we do know that you are good without a hesitation or doubt. So we know that you can do this."
"You are trying so hard to stop the magic but I think we have gone past the point of no return on that one, Swan. You will have to use the magic." My eyes flew open and I stared at them in shock. What?!
"Use it to do something good. Focus on your son, or something that makes you happy and make something wonderful with your magic." Oh my gosh. They weren't speaking. They were in my head.
"We figured it was worth a shot. If you could hear the crocodile and evil queen's thoughts, perhaps you could hear ours if we tried to reach out to you." I nodded.
"Come on Swan you can do this. Think of something good, something happy, and make something good and beautiful and happy."
"I can't do this alone." I said aloud. They nodded and both of them walked over to me. My pirate put his hand on my lower back sending both a thrill and a sense of calm through me. The Lieutenant put his hands on my shoulders. I would be lying if I said that he didn't give me a similar response to Killian Sr.'s touch. I closed my eyes and breathed.
Henry. Kissing Hook in Neverland. Holding Killian's hand. My parents saying they loved me. Regina laughing at one of my jokes. Ashley getting her child back. My son calling me Mom. Forgiving Neal. Holding Henry. Holding Killian. The hand on my back. The hands on my shoulders.
I felt a heat spreading through my body. My fingertips to my toes, ever single part of me felt warm and light and airy. I could feel the energy coursing through me and every loud, annoying, painful noise was getting fainter and then stopped suddenly. I lifted my hands and opened my eyes. Everyone was staring at me in shock. My whole body was glowing. I pointed to the window and shot the energy out of me.
BOOM.
The sky exploded. In a good way. Fireworks began blasting of high over the harbor. The two magnificent ships in the water were lit up against the night sky with the fire and light flashing across the sky in one of the most magnificent fireworks show I had ever seen. The colors were magical. Literally. Each color was not the normal shade of fire in a box, but were infused with an energy and light that regular fireworks couldn't quite manufacture. There were designs and shapes that were so complicated and intricate they made me gasp. Henry's face, letters stringing together to form words and phrases.
'I will always find you.' 'Mom.' 'I love you.' The Jolly Roger in fire sailed across the heavens, Regina's castle, and Granny's dinner, Henry, Henry and more Henry. His face was all over my happy moment and he appeared across the sky time and time again.
I was growing weaker. I could feel the energy leaving me. I knew I would faint. I looked up to see one last firework before I did and I blushed as a phrase scribbled itself across the sky. 'As you wish.'
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