Chapter 3: True Love

Killian never pressed the call button. His eyes were fixated on the outsiders. Granny who wouldn't so much as give you a free cup of coffee gave these strangers free rooms AND free breakfast. All because they asked? It didn't add up to Killian and based on everyone else's expression, they were thinking the same thing.

"I mean no disrespect, Granny... but what the bloody hell just happened?" Killian finally broke the silence from the table him and the Charmings were still sitting at. "Did they cast a spell on you?"

"It didn't feel like magic... Not anything I've ever experienced anyway. I just felt like I couldn't say no to his request. It was as if he was influencing me..." Granny held a frightened expression and was still dazed from the compulsion.

"I don't know what they are, but they were not human. They didn't smell right." Ruby said as she went to check on Granny. She pulled her over to a booth and fixed her a drink hoping it would ease her mind.

"Well, if they aren't human and they're not from the enchanted Forestthen what in the hell are we dealing with?" Charming asked confused and frustrated.

"I think I can help answer that... nobody panic please... I'm here to help." Emma cautionedas she came through the door and made her way to her parents... Snow held Neil a little tighter and backed away. Instead of being afraid of his daughter he walked over to her and simply hugged her. Emma felt emotion tug at her heart but there was no time for it. She pulled away and looked at Killian.

"These people are from this land... Evidently this isn't a land without magic like we originally have a witch with them who helped them cross the town line... They have a young girl who's under a sleeping curse and I haven't figured out what those brothers are yet but I know they aren't human. They just tried the same stunt they pulled on granny on me... I guess because I possess the power of the dark one it didn't work on me."

Killian was the first to speak. "Not that I condone you being the dark one at all but can you figure out more so we can know exactly what we're dealing with, love?"

"That's where I'm headed next. What I need you all to do, is to act like normal citizens. Whatever they are, they are going to expect this town to function like any other place in America. If they use the mind control thing, act like nothing happened once it's over... and someone get ahold of Regina and make her aware of the situation." Emma made sure everyone understood her instructions andexited Into the cold night. She could see her breath but it felt soothing to be outside away from everyone.

"Swan, wait! I need to talk to you!" Killian called out to her as he tried to catch up.

"I think you've said enough for one day, Killian." Emma huffed not turning to look at him, not waiting for him to catch up either.

He grabbed her by the arm with his hook and spun her around, "I know I hurt you earlier with what I said, but I need you to know I didn't mean it. I don't know why I said it, I've no reason to judge you. I spent three hundred years with darkness in my heart and you chose to see the best in me... I promise, I'm going to choose to see the best in you too. Dark or not. I love you, Emma." He pulled her close and his blue eyes burned into her green as they stood on the street corner.

"I love you too, Killian... I meant what I said earlier... I'm doing all of this to secure a future with you. I can't tell you everything right now but I promise... I am going to destroy the darkness... I just need you to trust me, okay? I know that's asking a lot but that's what I need from you." She begged as she hugged him.

"Aye, love. I think I can manage that." He whispered into her neck as he held her. She didn't want to break the embrace but she needed to get back to the bed and breakfast. She made the dagger appear. "Here, I want you to have it. I want you to know you can trust me."

"No, Emma... Keep it. I trust you." Killian assured. He pushed the dagger back towards her.

"I mean it, take it. If you need me, use it." She forced it in his hand and disappeared.

"Good...night... Emma." He said disappointed realizing she had left him with the dagger. He tucked it away in his boot and began walking back to Granny's. He fumbled and got his phone out and resumed the task from before.

"Aye, Regina... it's your favorite pirate... I know it's late but we have some out of town guests you needed to be made aware of... they possess magic abilities."

Everyone decided they had been through enough for one day after the dark one disappeared. Stefan dispersed the room keys and Caroline instructed they would meet first thing in the morning for breakfast to get a game plan.

"8:00 sharp! The sooner we fix Elena the sooner we can go back home!" Caroline was already forming a task list in her mind for tomorrow. There was definitely much to be done in this little town.

"Okay, well, if you don't mind... Elena and I are going to turn in for the night." Damon turned to leave the group with Elena's limp body in his arms. "Alaric, don't stay out drinking too late." he shouted down the hall.

"don't worry buddy. . . That's the last thing I need right now." Alaric took a swig from his flask. He swiped some of Damon's best bourbon before they left. He passed the flask to Enzo who took a drink too. "Come on, Ric. We can go investigate the town...
Surely there's a bar somewhere." Enzo said playfully giving him a nudge.

"What part of 8:00 sharp did you not hear?! Seriously?!" Caroline rolled her eyes as Stefan pulled her in their room.

"Goodnight." Damon didn't turn around to look at them as he was shutting the door behind him. He took a look around the room. The walls covered in floral wallpaper and old paintings. The furniture was old but well kept; The bed was a full size with a
heavy quilt. The nightstand had an old style phone and a lamp. Damon decided visitors in this town were a rarity.

He gently put Elena in the bed and then laid next to her. He examined her face and brushed the her hair with his finger tips. She just looked peaceful and asleep. She didn't look like she was under a spell. When was the last time I actually kissed her? Damon
thought to himself. Definitely before the spell. All of the sudden the urge to kiss her was more than he could bear. It wouldn't be weird for him to kiss her. After all, she was his girlfriend. He inched closer as he laid his arm over her stomach,
his blue eyes staring at her. "God you are beautiful, Elena." He whispered. His mouth was inches from hers; He slowly closed the gap and pressed his lips on hers. Suddenly he felt a gush of wind and her brown eyes met his blue.

Damon used vamp speed and was back against the door. Elena shot up and gasped for air.

"Damon!" She choked as she grabbed at her throat and coughed. She looked as if she had just awoke from a nightmare.

"This can't be real..." Damon shut his eyes for a second, then opened them. She was still sitting up awake. "You have got to be kidding me right now."

"I don't understand, Damon. What just happened?" Elena rasped.

Suddenly they turned their attention to "the dark one" slow clapping and sitting in the rocking chair. "Bravo, you're here all of ten minutes and you managed to break a sleeping curse... Really, it's impressive."

"You mean to tell me all I had to do this whole time was kiss her?" Damon cut his eyes from Elena to the dark one, "And how the hell did you get in here, why are you watching us?"

"Well, to answer one of your questions a sleeping curse can only be broken by true loves kiss. Now, magic here is different from than the magic you're used to. I don't think this was how the spell was intended to be broken now is it?" Emma questioned.
"Tsk tsk tsk. don't you know all magic comes at a price?" She rose from her seat and walked over to examine Elena. She looked over at a disgruntled Damon.

"Yeah... I know all too well about the price of magic... I've been alive for nearly 177 years." Damon could see by the dark one's expression that he had taken her by surprise.

"How is that possible?" She asked with a slight frown. "How is someone from this land able to cheat death and remain young for so long?"

Damon took her by surprise yet again using vamp speed to get in her face. His eyes turned red and the dark veins appeared under his eyes. He flashed his fangs, "Mind if I have a taste?"

"So... Vampires are real too?" Damon disappointed she wasn't caught up in his theatrics, she turned on her heels and walked away and took her seat back in the rocking chair.

"The whole reason my friends and I are here is to break the curse... Now it's broken and we can leave right?" Elena asked speaking up for the first time since she woke up.

"It's not that simple... You broke the curse in this land. If you leave whatever consequences this spell came with will happen when you cross the town line."

"So it won't be as simple as me going back to sleep... Bonnie and I will both die..." Elena muttered. "No no no no no! This wasn't supposed to happen!" Damon yelled in frustration.

"What else can you do as a vampire? How do you become one? Do you just bite someone?" Emma asked curiously.

"You don't become one by being bitten... You have to die with vampire bood in your system and then you wake up and you either choose to feed on human blood or you don't complete the transition and you die." Damon explained. "So once you complete transition,
your senses... Emotions... Everything is heightened. Also you become super fast, strong... And mind compulsion of course didn't work on you Ms. Dark Juju.. And one other thing I can do that I never really took part in until I met Elena was heal people
with my blood"

"Healing properties? Now that's intriguing. I believe we can help each other..."

"That's great, really... But before we start making deals with the almighty dark one... Can we ask you some questions?" Damon finally sat down beside Elena on the bed and grabbed her hand. He glanced at the clock on the nightstand... It was already almost
midnight. He rolled his eyes, knowing this night wasn't even close to being over.

"My real name is Emma Swan. I was born in a different realm called the Enchanted Forrest. I was sent here as a baby and grew up in foster systems and by myself until my 28th birthday. My ten year old son found me and brought me back to Storybrooke where
my parents had been cursed ever since I was born... Time didn't move here... They re-lived the same miserable day... " Emma paused, "I went from a bonds broker to the savior of this town. The dark one was formerly Rumpelstiltskin but he died... And
when he died the darkness had to go somewhere... It went to my sons adopted mother who had been working so hard to be a better person... I didn't want her to lose it so I sacrificed myself and hoped to destroy the darkness."

"But it didn't work I'm guessing?" Damon deadpanned as he motioned to her dark one appearance.

"We were almost successful. My boyfriend was injured by the blade Excalibur which I healed with my magic no big deal... But when we tried to complete the spell to repair the blade, his wound re-opened and he was dying... And out of selfishness I did the
only thing I could think of to save him... I turned him into a dark one too... He was bound by the other half of Excalibur." Emma sighed. It was painful to recall all of these events.

"You know, I would have done the same thing." Damon said, "But I'm also selfish so..."

"I just couldn't lose another person I cared about... It ended up being a disaster. He was so quick to seek revenge... I had no choice but to take everyone's memories so Hook wouldn't remember he was the dark one."

"That's kind of a kinky nickname your boyfriend has." Damon said as his mouth curled up into his famous smirk.

"His real name is Killian Jones. One of us will have to die to destroy the darkness once and for all but I think maybe your vampire blood will be the loop hole we need." She explained.

"It could work... But it could also turn him into a vampire." Damon shrugged, "It's really late and even the undead get sleepy. Would you look to meet the rest of us tomorrow and discuss things further?" Damon asked as he stretched and yawned.

"Sure, here's my address." She scribbled it down on a piece of paper, "I know I appear to be dark but my heart has good intentions. I will do everything I can to make sure you and your friends can leave this town safely. " Emma was sincere in her words
as she went up in a puff of smoke and disappeared.

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A/N

If you are not familiar with Once Upon a Time, I suggest maybe reading a little about it on Wiki. At least familiarize with a few of the characters, what the Dark One is... all that jazz.

The dark one dagger is what controls the dark one... it's the part of the broken sword Excalibur. Killian unknowingly is bound the the other half that Emma is keeping hidden. She gave Killian the dagger not to control her but to gain trust

I realize there are some errors. I'm going toTry to go back in and do some correcting this week.

Is this story worth continuing? I've not received much feedback... I loved the idea but I'm also very familiar with both shows.

I added the tidbit at the top because I felt like it was needed.

Thanks for reading and PLEASE leave me some feedback!