Hello guys! Here it is, the next chapter of the Neal arc! Hope you'll like it and enjoy! The whole chapter was written by me, but I asked for my friend to write an ending as a basis which I later edited.

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Deadly poison. Aqua's healing increases.

New York

Neal and Emily were talking while they were walking through the New York streets, and they both got well along together.

"So, you, Emma and four other girls were sent from the Enchanted Forest to this world, in order to accomplish your mission?" – Neal asked, after he listened Emily's detailed enough story.

"Yes. Otherwise, the Dark Curse would take effect on us, and we would stay babies forever." – Emily said – "Storybrooke would have been frozen in time for all eternity."

"I wouldn't envy them…" – Neal commented – "My father sent you away too, I see…"

"No, he has nothing to do. In fact, until I arrived in Storybrooke, he didn't even know I existed… He fell in love with my mum, who was his maid. Then, I don't know things in details, but it finished by Gold drive her out of his castle. And… it appeared that mum was pregnant with me." – Emily explained, feeling awkward telling Neal this part.

"I recognize my father there." – Neal said with a sigh, then he changed the topic – "And how was it to battle a dragon? Were you scared?"

"You have no idea how…" – Emily giggled – "We all were, but what wouldn't you do, to keep your town in peace? Besides, it was no less thrilling than defeating Exitumia."

"Even though I never knew her, I totally agree." – Neal said with a smile – "Tell me about your mother now. I lost mine long time ago… I inherited her drawing skills… Did you inherit something from yours?"

"I inherited her love for books and desire for adventures!" – Emily said with a proud smile – "We're alike in a lot of points."

"A mummy girl, I see…?" – Neal asked in a teasing way, after what both him and his new sister laughed.

Mr Gold and Emma were walking behind them, observing how the two were progressively creating a family bond between them. Gold was glad that both of his children were getting along, but he also felt sad that he was rejected by his son and he couldn't really fit with the two together. Emma noticed this and she said:

"Don't worry; he'll forgive you with time."

"Hope you're right, Miss Swan." – the man replied.

Then, Neal offered to both Emily and Emma a New York pizza, which he claimed to be the best in the world. Feeling bad that he didn't invite his father, Emily invited him instead, even though Neal did his best to keep his distances with his father. So, walking with Emma a bit aside, the Dark One asked:

"Talk to him. Convince him to come to Storybrooke."

"Why would I do this? If I remember well, I owed you one service." – Emma pointed out.

"That's not only about me, Miss Swan. But it's also for your friend." – Gold said – "Bae and Emily are siblings, you can't change that. You might not like to see Neal enter your life again, but Emily needs him."

Emma sighed and nodded. She hated that Gold was right. She really didn't want Neal back in her life. Especially that she knew for sure that they would never be together again. And it was painful. When she met him a couple of hours ago, she remembered all those feelings she had when she was with him… plus, those she had after he left her alone, breaking her heart. Then, Neal and Emily approached them once more, to say that they planned to go to museum all together.

"We should return to Neal's apartment, to take our cameras." – Emily said.

"All right, let's go then." – Emma said, after what they went back to the building Neal was living in.

This time, Emily was walking on Gold's side, while Neal and Emma were behind them. It was the best occasion for her to make the offer she didn't want to make, but which she had to. Neal said with a smile:

"Emily is a nice girl… Maybe it's because I don't see my father in her. Well, except her eyes, that is."

"True… Look, we have to return back home soon." – Emma stated, thinking it would be the best way to start the topic.

"But… She and I are getting along so well… We didn't talk enough yet." – Neal said.

"So… you could come with us." – Emma offered.

"To Storybrooke?"

"According to your apartment, not much keeps you here." – Emma commented.

"You're wrong. Look, there's something I have to say. There are… circumstances." – Neal started, but at that moment, they approached the building.

Gold said that he would wait them down in the hall, while the three young people would go up in the apartment. When the three of them were there, Emma asked:

"So, what are those circumstances?"

"Well, actually…" – Neal started nervously, but he got interrupted by Emily, who saw something through the window.

"Emma… look." – she said.

Emma approached her friend and she saw Captain Hook, approaching their building!

"Captain Hook…" – Neal commented, recognizing him.

"You know him?" – Emma asked surprised, but he ignored her question.

"He's after our father, Neal…!" – Emily exclaimed – "We must stop him!"

Emma and Emily exchanged a glance, after what they grabbed their magical items to transform into their Sailor forms.

"Light Cosmic Power!"

"Lightning Element Power!"

Neal watched at them speechless. He was clearly surprised to see his newly found sister and his ex-girlfriend like this. Well, he knew that Emma was supposed to be some mystical hero, like Lux once said him, and he also knew that she had some connection with Sailor R. But he never thought that Sailor R could be not the only Sailor heroine. It was with those thoughts that he, on the side of Sailor Light and Sailor Lightning, was running down the stairs to the hall. They arrived just at time, because it was at that moment when Hook opened the door and showed himself. Gold looked terrified to see him there, since he had no magic to defend himself.

"I waited for this moment so long, Crocodile!" – Hook said.

"Stop right there! Don't even think about harm him!" – Emily shouted.

"We, the protectors of the Light, shall punish you, for causing trouble in this Land Without Magic!" – Emma added.

"You're so funny girls." – Hook said with a sarcastic smile – "You can't prevent this revenge I waited for during so long years!"

He raised his hook again, and he was about to hit Gold, but Emily quickly pushed him aside… to be hit in his place! Emma gasped in horror, seeing how the pirate quickly removed his hook, now covered by blood, out of her friend's body. She quickly grabbed her tiara and threw it in his direction:

"Light Tiara Magic!"

The magic tiara hit him and knocked him down. As he fell unconscious, Neal and Emma bent to their friend, who obviously was suffering.

"Emily…!" – Gold exclaimed as he sat on his suffering daughter's side – "Oh, Emily… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…"

Gold then gently raised her on her feet and Neal helped him to get her to his apartment. They laid her on the couch and Emma finally joined them, saying:

"I found a cupboard and I locked him there, so he won't bother us. Look, he had a map! He arrived there on his ship!"

"A pirate ship in New York?" – Neal asked surprised.

"Someone once enchanted it, so it's invisible to others… long story." – Emma said, after what she bent to her friend and asked – "Emily, how are you feeling?"

"Not so well…" – she replied, and as Gold wanted to examine the injury, he saw that there was some green liquid on the wound.

"What's this…?" – Emma asked with worry and a hint of disgust.

"Oh no… It's a poison. Hook prepares it himself, and there's no antidote!" – Gold said, horrified.

"There must be something we could do!" – Neal exclaimed.

"We must return to Storybrooke! There's magic and all…" – Emma suggested.

"I'll get a car…" – Neal said, standing up.

"No, we don't have enough time!" – Gold protested – "We need something faster! Hook's ship shall do it."

"The Jolly Roger instead of a car…?" – Emily asked.

"It's the quickest ship in the world." – Gold reassured her.

"But who will drive it?" – Emma asked – "The one who can wants your death, Gold."

"I can." – Neal said, to everyone's surprise.

As Gold sat on his daughter's side, Neal went to pass a call, to get a car. Emma passed a call too, but to warn her family about what happened. She thought that Storybrooke should be informed about the event, to better prepare the conditions for the cure.

Storybrooke

"Oh David, that's just horrible!" – Mary Margaret exclaimed after she finished to talk with Emma on the phone – "Captain Hook went to New York and he poisoned Emily!"

"We should have had a better look on him…" – David shook his head – "So, I guess they're coming back here?"

"Yes, they are… Oh, I hope she'll be alright…"

"Killian hurt Emily…?" – Little Em asked, who heard their conversation.

"Oh, I know, you must be disappointed…" – Mary Margaret said, hugging her lightly.

"No, it's… it's alright." – Little Em said – "I know that my dad used to be a villain."

Mary Margaret and David decided to get prepared for Emma and other's arrival, so they can quickly bring Emily to the pawnshop and heal her. As the two adults went outside, Little Em followed.

"What can I do to help?" – Little Em asked.

"You do nothing." – David protested – "You better go back inside and don't go out without us. You're never safe enough."

"But I wanna help! Look, I can be a nurse!" – Little Em said, transforming her Lux T ball into a first aid kit.

Mary Margaret smiled amused, and she said:

"Alright, you can come with us to welcome everyone back. But then, Emily will need a calm atmosphere to heal properly and you'll return to the loft."

"Alright…" – Little Em said, slightly disappointed.

She then retransformed the first aid kit back into her toy's original form. None of the three people noticed that Greg Mendell, who was now out of the hospital noticed the transformation scene. The man was authorized to go back home a couple of hours ago, but after what he saw during the night of his car accident, he had decided to stay and investigate a little. He filmed on his phone how Little Em in one movement transformed her ball into a totally different object, and Greg decided to send the video to a person he knew well. He selected in his list of contacts the person named "Her" and he immediately sent the video.

New York

Neal and Emma were running to a car Neal had prepared. They would ride to the point where the Jolly Roger was and then, they would take the ship to go to Storybrooke.

"Here's our car." – Neal said, as they approached a grey car parked alongside the street. He took a key from where the wheel was.

"Don't tell me it's stolen." – Emma said.

"No, friends borrowed it for me." – Neal replied.

"They're too generous." – Emma remarked.

"Err… Look, coming back to our conversation…"

But his words got interrupted once more, by someone screaming her name. It was an afro-american young girl, almost a woman, approached the young man and they exchanged a tender hug.

"What are you doing here?" – Neal asked with an embarrassing smile.

"I got worried." – she replied – "You call me, saying that you must go…"

"No, don't worry, nothing happened…" – Neal reassured her (even though it was a lie), as Emma looked at them in embarrassment.

"That's good… so, explain me, what's going on…?"

"Neal…" – Emma said, giving him the clue that he should introduce her to the girl.

For a couple of seconds, Neal said nothing so, the girl gave her hand to Emma and she introduced herself with a smile:

"I'm Tamara."

"Emma." – she said, as they shook their hands.

"She's my fiancée…" – Neal announced.

This announcement hit Emma in the heart. True, she knew very well that she and Neal didn't belong together and their story was in the past now, but still it hurt her to see how he moved on, to see another woman on his side, taking the place which once belonged to her. Fortunately, Tamara didn't stay long and short after, Neal and Emma went to the car and then Gold brought Emily in it. Emma was surprised that Neal could drive a car and that he had his own apartment.

"I added a couple of months to my birth date." – Neal explained – "People think I'm eighteen, which won't be a lie very soon."

They soon arrived to the Jolly Roger. Emma and Gold were surprised to see Neal's skills at sailing and wondered who could have learned him. Emma then went to the captain's cabin, where Emily was lying.

"How do you feel…?" – Emma asked, sitting next to Emily.

"I knew better days…" – Emily weakly replied.

Then, Emma took Emily's hand in her own and looked straight into her friend's eyes. Then, she said with a firm voice:

"You will make it, Emily."

Celestial Kingdom, eons ago

Queen Serenita and her little daughter, Princess Selene, were walking through long corridors of their huge castle. Selene noticed in the gardens the five Sailor Guardians, training their powers. The five girls saw their queen and princess pass nearby, which made them interrupt their activity and bow to them in respect. But seconds after, they returned to what they were doing. Selene smiled. The five girls were very young girls, but they already were the best guardians of the queen, her mum. They were the closest people to the royalty in the whole court and they also were very admired by others.

"I wonder if I'll be like them someday…" – Selene said.

"You will, have no doubt of that." – the queen replied with a smile – "You're the princess and you have great power of Light."

"I know. My duty will be to protect the Eternal Crystal, and use its power for good." – the little princess said, retelling what her mother taught her not so long ago.

"True. But that's not all. Since you're a goddess and my daughter, you have the greatest, the purest white magic." – Queen Serenita said.

"So, I'll be able to do things like you can do?" – Selene asked with an excited smile, proper to a kid.

"Yes. We, gods, are the origin of the magic and so we can use it. Most of gods are good and some… aren't really. The latter ones' magic tends to be dark. But you and I are the goddesses of Light, and our magic is pure. You and I, Selene, we have light magic." – Serenita explained to her daughter, who was excitingly listening to her mum.

Storybrooke

David, Mary Margaret and Little Em arrived at the port, where they saw Emma getting out of the boat, followed by Gold and Neal, who helped Emily to walk.

"How are you, guys…?" – Mary Margaret said as she ran to them.

"Well, more or less, as you can see…" – Emma said, giving a worried look in her friend's direction.

"So, you are Emma's parents?" – Neal asked to David and Mary Margaret.

"Yeah, that's us." – David replied.

"And you are… Emma's ex-boyfriend…?" – Little Em asked, with a hint of insecurity in her tone.

Little Em heard Mary Margaret's phone call, when Emma informed her mother about who Gold's son revealed himself to be. Now that Emma and Neal met again, something made Little Em's heart worry, but the child couldn't yet understand why.

"Guilty." – Neal replied – "And… who are you, kid?"

Neal knew that she couldn't be Emma's little sister, because from what he knew, no one aged during the Dark Curse. So, Snow White and Charming couldn't have had another child during that period of time.

"Oh, she's… she's Emma's little cousin. From my side." – Mary Margaret said, after what Emma gave her mother a grateful glance.

"Now, returning to our main problem." – Gold said, reminding that they had no time to chat at the current moment – "Help me bring Emily to my pawnshop."

David and Mary Margaret nodded and they helped the girl to walk to their car. Mr Gold then turned to Emma and rhetorically asked:

"Your friend Alex has a healing power, doesn't she?"

Emma nodded, seeing what the man meant. How didn't she think about that?

"Now, go find her and bring her to my shop. I guess you won't need to ask twice for her to heal her friend."

"Right, I'll be back within minutes…!" – Emma said, after what she ran in the direction of the Hermans' house. When Emma arrived, she knocked on the door and Sean was the one to open it. He smiled at her and said:

"Emma! You're back! It's nice to see you, Alex will be very glad…"

"Mr Herman, I need Alex quickly!" – Emma interrupted him – "It's very urgent!"

Seeing Emma's face, Sean understood that it had to be very serious, so he didn't wait long before calling for his daughter. Alex quickly appeared too and she didn't have time to say or ask Emma anything, because Emma said:

"Follow me! We need your healing powers!"

"Wh… what…? Why, what happened?" – Alex said, confused.

"Emily is dying, hurry!" – Emma exclaimed.

As soon as she said so, Alex was out in no time, running on Emma's side to Mr Gold's pawnshop.

"Aqua Element Power!" – Alexandra yelled and within seconds, she turned into Sailor Aqua.

The two girls arrived at the pawnshop, and Alex gasped, seeing Emily weak and in pain.

"Oh gods… what happened…?" – she said, bringing her hands to her mouth.

"It's all this pesky pirate." – Mr Gold said with anger – "He intended to poison me, but… Emily interfered… and got hit instead."

"Can you help her?" – Neal asked.

"Yes, of course…" – Alexandra said, approaching Emily and she raised her both hands above the wound – "Aquatic Heal."

Neal then asked quietly to Emma:

"So, she's one of your team too?"

"Isn't it obvious?" – Emma replied – "And there are three more of us."

"I know, Lux told me something about… "Chosen Six"…"

"That's how our team is called. We were destined to defeat darkness and break the Dark Curse. But we're also called the Sailor Guardians."

"So, I suppose Sailor R is in Storybrooke right now?" – Neal asked, trying to hide the fact he was somehow excited to meet his idol.

Well, Sailor R was not exactly his idol, he liked her like everyone did, but she had a particular meaning for him. Sailor R was Emma's idol, she's the person on the pins he once offered to Emma, and she was one of the multiple elements which constitute the fight against the darkness. And she also was from the Enchanted Forest, just like him.

"Yes, sure thing." – Emma answered.

"What takes you so long?" – Gold asked to Sailor Aqua, who obviously was progressing very slowly in the healing process.

"I don't know… It doesn't work…" – Alex said, lowering her hands – "It must be because I don't know this poison."

"You won't abandon her, will you?!" – Gold's tone began to rise – "You'll pursue your work, dearie, until Emily is completely healed!"

"The poison is too deep in her organism…!" – Sailor Aqua tried to explain once more – "When I use my power, I must imagine the damage of the patient's injury regressing. But now I can't really do it, because I can't really see how the poison works."

"It's killing my daughter, that's how the poison works!" – Gold snapped back.

"Please… stop this you two…" – Emily weakly begged.

"She's right. Seeing the important people for her fight with each other isn't the thing she should assist to now." – Neal commented.

"And this won't solve the problem either." – Emma stated – "Someone else should know how to help. Maybe the Mother Superior could?"

"Yes, she's the Blue Fairy, she must help!" – Alex stood up – "Let's go find her!"

"That's useless waste of time." – Gold commented, to what the two girls and Neal looked at him questioningly – "If even I don't know the antidote, she for sure doesn't either."

"Don't think so high about you…" – Neal said, rolling his eyes.

"Come on, Alex. Let's go find the fairy." – Emma said, and the two girls went out the pawnshop.

They soon arrived at the convent, where they explained the situation to Mother Superior. But to their disappointment, she shook her head and said:

"I'm really sorry girls… But I never faced this poison before, so I can't deal with it. The Dark One knows much more about it than I do."

"But you're the Blue Fairy…!" – Emma exclaimed – "You surely can do something..!"

"Fairies' magic has limits too, you know."

"No… no, that can't be…" – Emma said in despair, her eyes turning teary – "There's no cure for my friend… we can do nothing…!"

Emma couldn't bear the thought to lose her friend once more. Not after how they all died back then, in the Celestial Kingdom. So, she began to cry, remembering the horrific sight of her friends in sailor suits lying lifeless on the ground, while she was powerless to do something. This was what led her to grab her father's sword and pierce it through her own body, ending her own life. Emma didn't immediately realize that she was crying. She was crying both of the horrible final memory and the fact that her fried could die, once again. Like every time she was going through a similar experience, her hair turned silver.

"What's with her hair…?" – Mother Superior asked worried.

"It turns like this every time she remembers the final memory of her past life, as Princess Selene…" – Alex explained, as she was gently rubbing Emma's shoulders.

"Hey, that's it…" – Mother Superior mumbled.

She then, to Emma and Alex's surprise, suddenly plunked one Emma's hair. As the girl looked at hair questioningly, the religious woman explained:

"Sorry, but I'll need this. It's for something I'm working on for some time now."

Then, the two girls went back to Mr Gold's shop, their mood down and almost hopeless.

Meanwhile in the pawnshop, Gold was holding Emily's hand in his own ones and he was mentally preying that the Guardians would find a solution. He hated being this powerless.

"Gold… in case I won't make it, promise me something…"

"Emily, no." – he said firmly – "You will, and so no promises have to be made."

"You can't be so sure…" – the girl replied – "Please, listen. In case I… I go away… please, restore Belle's memory."

"I'll do in any case, Emily." – Gold said.

"But… just to make sure… and if… if you can't, remind her the person she truly is. Tell her that she's a beauty, who managed to love a beast, with all her heart. Please, promise you'll tell her… so she can know who she is. Please, Gold, will you?" – Emily begged.

With tears in his eyes, he said, trying to suppress a sob:

"Of course, my dear. I'll make sure she knows. She'll know, through my stories about you, Emily… because you two are so similar…"

Then, the father and daughter hugged. They rarely hugged, but every time they did, it made the gesture even more special. Neal felt himself emotive as he saw his father be so gentle and tender with his daughter. It reminded him of the times they had father and son moments together, at the time before Rumplestiltskin became the Dark One. When Gold pulled away from his weak daughter, Neal said:

"I… I don't remember you like this…"

Gold chuckled at this and he said:

"I have a lot of love in me, Bae. I spent my entire life searching for you, just to say that I love you… and that I'm sorry."

"Who knew you would break our deal…" – Neal commented, after a moment of silence.

"I made the wrong choice." – Gold stated, after what he offered his hand, so his son would take it – "Can I…?"

"I'm still angry." – Neal said, avoiding looking at his father.

A moment passed. Emily then said:

"Neal… Please, he's really sorry. You should make up with him."

Neal could take it no more. He knew his sister was right. He grabbed tightly his father's hand and then, they hugged each other as Neal let escape a sob. As they let go of each other, Neal took Emily's hand and he said with a smile, but also with tears:

"You're amazing you know…"

Emily only gave a weak smile and a slight nod to her half-brother. It was at that moment when Alex and Emma entered the room.

"So?" – Gold asked.

"She's unable to help…" – Emma replied – "But… but we can't give up like this."

"I'm going to try once more." - Alexandra said as she put her hands over Emily's injury.

Sailor Aqua was ready to try over and over now. Even if it would deadly exhaust her, she didn't care. It was the only option they had and they weren't about not even give it a second try, if there was a tiny chance to save her. Emma was thinking the same. She wasn't ready to see her friend die just yet. Sailor Aqua then said, concentrated:

"Aquatic Heal."

Emma put her hands on Alexandra's shoulders, in a "you can do this" manner. It was the least she could do to help, only to mentally support her friend, the only healer of the group. As everyone was staring at Emily, they didn't notice that a golden small aura of light began to glow from Emma's hands and a soft glowing star on her forehead. This aura manifested itself within Alexandra making her Aquatic Heal more powerful, which had for effect to be very efficient against the poison. Within seconds, the poison was erased from the organism and the wound was gone. Emily was now healed and saved. Emily felt very alive and healthy now and she squealed:

"Yes! Yes, the poison is gone…!"

Without saying a word, Gold tightly hugged his daughters, and Alexandra noticed that the man had a single tear in the corner of his eye. Emily then hugged her half-brother, it was their first hug ever.

"I'm so glad you lived…" – Neal said.

"So am I, you know." – Emily replied with a smile.

As they pulled away, it was only then that Emily noticed Emma's glowing hands as well as the star on her forehead. Emma noticed too and as she looked surprised at her hands, the light and the star vanished away.

"Emma…? You have magic?" - Emily asked.

It was nice to see that she and Danielle weren't the only ones with magic in their team. (Emily knew that she had magic, inherited from Gold, but she didn't have the opportunity to try or learn it yet.) Everyone looked as much surprised, and Alex said:

"I understand… your magic helped me to heal Emily…!"

"I suppose I did…" – Emma said, still very surprised at what just happened.

As she looked back at her hands, with which she had just made a miracle, she thought: "But how is that possible…?"

A/N: So yeah, even in this fanfic, Emma has white magic! :D For the most confused ones, it's an inherited magic from her mum, Queen Serenita. Reviews, please? *puppy eyes*