A shrill scream filled the air as the epic battle between good and evil came to a close. The Wicked Witch fell to the ground, the chill of death taking over her body before it disappeared into a cloud of green smoke. A blast of magic shook the town as the powers were released after the death of the witch, throwing people to their feet. Emma and Regina lay on the ground, momentarily, stunned from the blast, their hands still intertwined from combining the force of their magic against the witch.

"Holy crap, it worked!" Emma stood up and started brushing off the dirt and grime from her clothes. Annoyed, Regina stood and started doing the same.

"Of course it did! I am the queen after all."

"Right! Of course it worked! You weren't worried at all!" Emma couldn't help but smile through her sarcasm. Regina glanced over at Emma and the two shared a laugh.

Nothing about the past few weeks had been easy; the amount of moments allowing laughter has been incredibly limited.

The Evil Queen and The Savior started moving out of the woods where the main battle took place and made their way back into the town to check on their family. The majority of Storybrooke's resident's took shelter in their homes when the two mothers started to take on Regina's green sister.

As they made it towards the pier, they saw the Jolly Roger slowly and awkwardly trying to dock. Emma stopped short at that sight. "Something's not right."

The two continued toward the pier at a run, they had sent their loved ones onto the recently found Jolly Roger and sent them out to safety with its Captain to keep them safe. Henry, David, a very pregnant Mary Margaret, Belle, Robin and his son, and of course, Captain Hook himself.

The inhabitants of the ship were not easily swayed to leave their loved ones to fight the witch alone, but after much discussion and pleadings from the Emma and Regina, Hook took the group out into the water to avoid any kinds of magical strikes from Zelena.

The Jolly finally settled at the pier and Emma watched as a frantic David ran down the plank.

"Emma! Emma, come quick!"

"What's going on? Is Henry ok? Mary Margaret? What?"

Emma ran into her father's arms in a quick hug and then ran after Regina who had sped past them and was now running up the plank and onto the ship.

"Henry's ok, it's… just come quick. We were safe from Zelena but not from her monkeys. Thankfully those wretched monsters died as soon as you killed that green bitch."

Emma quickly ran up the plank with her father hot on her heals. As soon as she reached the deck she saw Henry in Regina's arms, the boy was clearly upset, and Robin had one arm around Regina and another holding his son close to him.

"Follow me." David grabbed Emma's hand and hurriedly pulled her below deck and towards… the Captain's cabin.

"No!"

Running quickly into the room Emma's heart stopped. Mary Margaret and Belle stood beside the bed their face wet with tears and hands covered in blood, and on the bed was what was left of the pirate captain who was trying so hard to stay conscious.

"Oh my god! What in the hell happened?!" Emma ran to Hook's side to take a closer look. Large gashes ran up his arms and shoulders spilling blood everywhere. Emma reach out and tried to put pressure on a particularly nasty looking gash near his neck.

Mary Margaret moved to stand next to her husband, trying desperately to calm her tears.

"We were just waiting to see what would happen when one of those winged monkeys came out of nowhere and tried to attack Henry but before it could get him, Hook pushed him aside and took the brunt of the attack. It took a few minutes to get the thing off of him but thankfully you and Regina were able to kill Zelena and the thing burned up in a cloud of dust, but the damage was already done. He… he sacrificed himself to save Henry, he saved his life."

Turning quickly to her husband, Mary Margaret broke down in sobs. Emma turned back to Hook, placing her hands on his face. When her hand made contact the pirate's eyes open slowly and only very slightly.

"Hello love. Good of you to join us."

"I'm so sorry Hook, this shouldn't have happened to you! This is all my fault!"

Emma let the tears fall down her cheeks, completely forgetting that there was anyone else in the room.

Hook lifted his good hand weakly and started to brush the tears from her face.

"Don't cry, lass. It's alright, I couldn't let you lose the lad, not again. You can live without me, but you can't live without Henry."

"I can't live without you, either! This is so unfair! It wasn't supposed to be like this!"

Emma let her tears take control of her, resting her head against his chest, strong sobs overtaking her body. She felt herself breaking, not just her heart but her entire self, it felt like a part of her was being ripped out of her slowly.

She felt his hand moving slowly in her hair. "Emma, love, please. Take your boy and be happy… I love you."

The air slowly left his lungs, the beating of his heart slowing until there was nothing left and the blood stopped pumping through his body.

Emma lifted her head and looked down at the lifeless body of Killian Jones.

"No! Hook, please! Please! Come back!" she gently took hold of his cheeks and moved closer, whispering to him through her tears. "Killian, please! Come back to me! I love you!" she closed the distance between them and pressed her lips against his and after a few seconds… nothing. Nothing happened, the pirate remained lifeless on his bed.

"Oh god!" Emma cried out, harder then she has ever cried before. Slowly, things started coming back to her; the feeling of he ship moving in the water, the sound of her mother's and Belle's crying, and her father's hand touching her shoulder.

"Emma, we should really…"

A strong blast of light and magic blasted around the room, the ship, throughout the entire town; the curse was broken, again.

With wide eyes, Emma quickly lifted herself away from Hook's head and looked down at her fallen pirate only to find eyes as blue as the ocean staring back at her.

"It's about bloody time, love. Next time, let's try not to wait until one of us is dead in order to tell each other how we feel."

"KILLIAN!" Instantly her arms were around him and her lips were pressed tightly against his. She could hear others enter the room, wanting to know what happened and how the curse was broken yet again.

"Mom, you saved him! You saved his life!" Henry moved closer to his mother and wrapped his arms around her neck.

Pulling out of their embrace, Emma started roaming her hands to where his injuries were.

"But how? He had terrible injuries, he lost so much blood but now there is nothing! How can that be?"

"Magic, specifically True Love's Kiss. That's what saved him, that's what broke the curse, again." Regina gave Emma and Hook a small smile and then turned back to wrap her arms around Robin.

Never in her life would she have thought she would love again, not after Neal, and never in her life would she have thought she would have found her true love, or that her true love would be none other then Captain Hook.

She couldn't help but allow a huge smile break across her face as she looked at her love.

"Looks like you won yet again, love. What do you think we should do now?" Hook gave her his best smoldering look.

Laughing, she looked around the room and said, "I'm going to Disney World!"

The room erupted in laughter, why go to Disney World when you can live in it?

The day came to a close and it was finally time for everyone to have a peaceful rest and for the first time in what felt like forever, they could look forward to what the future would bring them. Welcoming new family members, new friends, and new loves.

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