Emily and her friends got in the carriage to get back to the castle. Regina used her magic to teleport herself and the parents to the castle. Emily was looking out the window cautiously. It didn't get past any of her friends, so there was a short interrogation session. They would be the typical questions that nosey best friends would ask. Emily was glad to have a distraction and some people that understand where she is coming home. The ride wasn't long and the teens arrived to see their parents were waiting for them. Regina addressed everyone and gave some directions to their rooms.

"The girls are more than welcome to stay in Emily's room, while I have separate rooms for all the parents. I can take you there, while the girls get settled in. This is only a temporary living arrangement because I know most of you would like to return home."

The parents nodded and followed Regina inside. Emily took her friends to the training area so she could show off. What she was not expecting was to get involved in a fight with both Tyler and Neal against her. This was not fair, but she wasn't willing to back down. Emily was basically against tag teaming. She did manage to hold them off, before she was pinned by Tyler. All of Emily's friends whistled and hollered, as she glared at them Tyler chuckled and helped her up. He kissed her cheek and left with Neal.

"Emily, who was that?"

"His name is Tyler. Gabby, before you say anything else, we just started dating, so don't get too excited."

That did absolutely nothing to stop the hollers that came from her friends. She was telling them to shut up and it seemed to work when Emma came walking by. Emma slung an arm over Emily's shoulder to speak with her.

"Hey, Em. So, these are the honored guests?"

"Yes, ma, so please be nice. This is Anica, Gabby, and Lulu. We lived in the village together as friends and they are the few friends I had."

"What about Amelia?"

"Amelia was like a sister to me, so that was a bit of a different situation. Where is she?"

"She is with Tyler. She has been wanted to speak with you."

"Tell her to met me in my room and we can talk then. I need to get these three settled in."

"Sure, if you need me give a shout."

"I will. Bye, ma. Love you."

"Love you, too." Emma walked away and looked at all the soldiers. Emily walked into the castle with her friends in tow. The four girls walked to Emily's bedroom and started to get everything situated. Emily's bed was going to be for her friends, while she would sleep on the lounge chair. She never got to spoil them, so this was a perfect opportunity. They all started to talk about what has been going on. Anica is going to be opening a book shop to help educate people. Lulu is going into the medical field to provide significant help to the world. Gabby was planning on becoming a street performer; travelin the world, seeing new places, while doing something she loves to do. Emily wanted to be head of the guard, naturally, but she also wanted to get involved in politics. She was always good at sorting out differences with compromises, so she could do that for a living. They then started to talk about their love lives. By that, they made fun of Emily for having a boyfriend that was not as ripped as she was. She laughed at that because she didn't care for muscles. Emily cared that the guy understands the importance for her to be ripped. They also bugged her about the first date and kisses and training. Emily went though all of it in great detail. They all started to laugh at some point and it was uncontrollable, until they heard a lot of other voices laughing.

The four girls followed the sound and found that all the parents were in the living room, laughing about something. Regina noticed there was another presence in the room and looked to find all the girls.

"Speak of the devils. Emily, why didn't you tell me about your time in the village?"

"You never asked."

"Well, I just heard some stories about your actions and I am not surprised at this."

"What would those actions be?"

"You were a nerdy hunter. You constantly were reading books, but was always training to be in the army. Apparently you were so distracted that you almost hit some kid with one of your arrows."

"There is a story to go with that. His name is Armaan and he is known to annoy people. I was reading about the history of the land when he started to talk about all this random information. I knew where her was. He stood right in front of my target. I was aiming the arrow to miss his head and hit the bulls-eye. He saw what I was doing and started to scream like a maniac like I was going to kill him. He kept moving, so when I release my arrow, it narrowly missed him. I knew what I was doing and I intentionally shot the arrow, but I had wide margins before he started to scream. Even these three let me shoot things off of them."

"I see. Well, please do not shoot at people while you are training."

"I can't make promises. After my previous experience with everyone, I might just start firing warning shots."

"Don't do that. Anyways, aren't there more people you need to invite?"

"Yes. Do I have to ask the family? I know they are coming, but some people require you to ask everyone no matter what."

"You don't have to do that. Just ask the friends, also Amelia is looking for you."

"So I've heard. I will see you later." Emily ran off and left her friends with her mother. Not the smartest move on her part, but it was something. She ran to Tyler and Amelia to invite them. Tyler was preoccupied, so she went to Amelia.

"There you are, I have been looking all over the castle for you."

"Sorry, A. Gabby, Anica, and Lulu are here."

"Awesome. I haven't seen them in forever. We need to talk."

"If this is your protective sister speech about Tyler, you don't have to-"

"This isn't about Tyler. This is about you."

"What?"

"You are in danger. The Dark One is after you. Your destiny lies in another world, where we don't exist. When it happens, you must not fight it, but say goodbye to the people you love most."

"What the hell? A, I am not going to die."

"I never said it was death. I just said it was a different world. Now, I will tell Tyler you invited us to your birthday party in two days. He is going to be so excited for this. He needed an excuse to get you something, so this will be perfect. So, as I said, you will be taken to another world and we will not be real."

"Okay. I need to go and sort all of tis out. You are just being weird."

"Foresight, dear. Anyways, you have a party to plan."

Emily ran back to the living room and it looked like no one had moved since she left earlier. Her mother was giving her a look that signified she knew something bad and she was going to use it. Whatever is bad can't be worse than what might happen to her, so it wasn't really going to affect her.

"Anica tells me that one of your coaches thought you were sisters."

"Yes. Ms. Sahu thought that Anica, Lulu, and I are all related because we look similar. Gabby wasn't there for that, but she would have been closely related to Lulu. Is there any other embarrassing things that are going to happen to me or is that the bulk of it."

"There are so many things that I am going to use later. Now, dinner is about to be served so I suggest we all make our way to the next room and continue this conversation."

Everyone moved to the next room and still began to talk. Snow and David were already sitting, while Neal and Henry were running in at the same time. It seemed like Henry spent almost all day with Neal. Emma walked in and kissed Regina's cheek. They all started to talk about Emily and all of her actions since they have known her. Emily was absolutely notified about what was going on. Her two families were sharing stories. Soon, Ruby and Granny joined in on the embarrassment and Emily was glowing red from all of the stories. From when she was a baby to being pinned down an hour ago.

"How did Tyler manage to pin you?"

"Mom, Neal and Tyler were tag teaming against me, so there was no way I could have won fairly."

"Who said you have to play fair? You have magic, Neal is your slightly older uncle and Tyler is your boyfriend, so he shouldn't mind."

"I don't like using magic when fighting. Anyways I am going to turn in for the night, so I can start to plan my 17th birthday with all my families together. Goodnight and sweet dreams." Emily gave everyone hugs and gave Regina a kiss goodnight before heading back to her room. She fell asleep within an hour. Nothing was waking her up, but some strange whispers were around her. She thought they were her friends talking, but then realized that the vocal patterns are different than her friends. She looked around and saw that her friends were all silent. She kept listening to the voices. They were taunting her with power and freedom. She followed the sound outside, where she found Emma.

"Emma?"

"Emily? What are you doing up?"

"Voices"

"Wait, you hear them to!"

"Yes?"

"This is bad. Only Dark Ones can hear the voices of the dagger."

"I know, but I think it goes deeper than that. Can you get mom? I think she might have a better understanding about what is going on."

Emma waved her hand and a disoriented Regina in a nightgown came into view. "Emma, you could have called for me, instead of summoning me."

"Emily needs you help. She hears the voices."

"You both hear the voices?"

"Yes," both E's said in unison.

"We need to get Emily out of here now."

"Why?" Before Regina could respond, Emily was surrounded by darkness. The thing that takes away innocence is claiming it's newest member to a distinguished club."

"Regina, is that-"

"Yes. Emma, that is the darkness and Rumple is to blame."

"What do we do?"

"We need to eager. Rumplestiltskin I summon thee!"

A cloud of black smoke appeared with a smirking imp. "Hello, dears."

"You twisted little imp. You are dooming our child."

"On the contrary dear. I am saving her. Emily is supposed to do this as her destiny. She has lived this life and she is moving to the next."

"She is only a child."

"Yes, but she will be the same in the other world. I said I want to make a deal with her and I will. Her life for everyone. If she leaves you are all saved and will meet her, but not know her. This will all be a dream to her and she will be happy. You will all be together, but she won't know this life."

"How could you do this?! She is my daughter and you are taking her away!"

"I am actually helping an alternate you. This world is one I know. You and Miss. Swan are married, you have Henry, and are very close to the Charming's. You live back in the modern world and so does everyone else. This is after the first curse was broken and no other adventures take place. You two want another child, but are both infertile, so you adopt. You will be adopting Emily when she appears in this world and she will be happy."

"Why does she have to leave? There should be another her in that world."

"I didn't make the rules. That is the way it is, so I am going to make sure Emily makes it to her destiny in one piece." Rumple walked to the blackness and slid the dagger to Emily. He gave her a small nod and she knew what she had to do. Before she did anything she spoke.

"Mom, Ma, I love you both so much. We will be together and I will be happy. I am going to miss you, but I am fulfilling the end of my destiny in this world. I don't want to leave, but I have to. Never forget how much I love you and never forget all these times together. I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough."

"Baby," Regina said, "You are the strongest person I know. I don't want you to go, but you have to. I will always love you and we will never forget you."

Emma continued. "You have inspired so many people at such a young age. Make sure to make us and Henry happy while you are there. I love you. We love you."

With that, Emily took the dagger and shoved it into the darkness. It consumed her and she was gone like Emma was when she became the Dark One. She was sucked through a portal by a vortex of darkness. The only thing remaining was a note and the dagger that read Emily Swan-Mills. Emma and Regina picked up the note and Regina collapsed at the words.

I am a child.
I am flawed.
I was orphaned.
I found family.
I found home.
I found love.
I love my moms and brother.
I love my friends.
I love my boyfriend and his sister.
I love my fairytale.
I will always love them all.
I may be odd, but I am normal.
I am nerdy, and strong.
I am weak, but brave.
I am everything people think and more.
I am special.
I am unique.
I am Sky.
I am Emily.
I am me and nothing and no one can change that.

The finally words of Emily Remma Swan-Mills lies in the hand of her family. The people that would always love her.

A/N: Okay. I am sorry to end this chapter on such a sad note, but the last chapter will be happy. This is the second to last chapter and the final one will be in our world. Thanks for the support through all of this. -HW