It has been a long road for those of you who have been participating in the e-online poll that has been going on for a while now. Can you believe that Captain Swan is number 2 out of all 64 of the ships that participated?

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CHAPTER NINE-Storybrooke, A few moments ago, Granny's Diner

It seemed as if most of Storybrooke had crammed itself inside of Granny's Diner as preparations for the Jones's baby shower started to finally slow down. Mary Margaret had been in a tizzy all week, and everything was finally coming together. She decided to make everything yellow, since she still didn't know the gender of either of the twins, to her immense frustration.

"Doc, can you start ladling the punch into glasses? Thanks. Oh, Belle! There are some streamers by the windows over there that still need to be hung up, could you do that? Here, I'll take Colette." Mary Margaret said, and picked up the tiny toddler while her mother went to help. "Why hello there! You remember who I am?"

Colette turned toward her and smiled a little, saying "Mah-wee Mwa-gwet"

"Yes! Very good, Colette!" and with that Mary Margaret walked over to help Grumpy with some of the finishing touches for the games. Emma sat in a corner with a mug of hot cocoa talking with Henry, waiting for the party to begin.

As the flurry of activity went about, Regina, who was about to join Emma and Henry in the corner, suddenly stopped and almost ran into Killian and David as they walked in with the cake and some more flowers.

"Whoa there, are you okay Regina?" David asked as he steadied her.

Regina looked a bit flustered, but she said "Of course I am." She then, however, motioned for them to follow her to corner.

"However, I believe I just sensed a vast amount of magic being used around the docks." She said in a hushed urgent tone. "Now, as far as I know, the only two people with magical abilities are here, so that probably means it's someone or something unfriendly. The last time this happened was the Ice Queen, and I do not want a repeat of that."

"None of us do. Does it feel like another curse?" Killian asked.

"No, but it does feel like someone tried to open a very large portal."

"I'll go down and check it out." David said. He leaned in to whisper "Please don't let anyone know. I don't want to interrupt the party. I'll try to be back before it begins."

"I'm coming with you," Killian said, "since if it's by the docks, it may mean that whoever this may be is sailing, which also means I may be able to recognize their ship."

David gave a curt nod, and with that the two made their way towards the door. "David?" Mary Margaret asked as they were about to leave.

"We just have to check something out. We'll be back in time for the party!" David called as they left. They quickly went to David's truck, got in, and sped to the docks.

"It looks clear to me" David said as they got out of the truck

"Aye," Killian said, "but look out there." He pointed out to the middle of the harbor. David looked out, and saw the waves foaming and swirling as a whirlpool seemed to be dissipating.

"Looks like Regina was right. But who do you think it is?"

"No idea. Probably some other evil magic thing coming to torment us, as usual. Maybe even Rumplestiltskin again."

"We haven't seen him since that whole Queens of Darkness thing two years ago. I doubt he'd try to come here again."

The two started walking the lengths of the docks, looking out for anything unusual.

"So, Killian, since you were going to announce the genders at the beginning of the party, and since we've already missed it by this point, do you think you could tell me?"

Killian gave his father-in-law a sly grin and replied, "Sorry mate, but you'll just have to wait like everybody else."

"Oh come ON!" David exclaimed, and someone let out a startled squeaked from behind a pile of crates to their left.

Killian and David spun around, David drawing out his gun and Killian his sword, and slowly they approached the pile.

Suddenly the pile of crates was knocked over, and as Killian and David jumped back to avoid the falling boxes, a blur of yellow and blue jumped out from behind the crates and ran toward an open alleyway past the docks, and toward the main street. David looked at Killian, shouted "Come on!" and with that they raced after the two newcomers to Storybrooke.

They followed them throughout alleyways and twist and turns throughout the town. Once they got to the middle of the street, they were able to make out the door of Granny's slamming shut. They dashed up to the diner and flew through the door. The party froze as everyone stared at them.

"David?" Mary Margret shot a glare at her husband. Her plans would not be interrupted. She worked too hard for this.

"Killian, what's going on?" Emma demanded.

David and Killian were trying to catch their breath.

"Did any one just come through here?" David choked out.

"Yeah, just a couple of teenagers, why do you ask?" Mary Margret asked.

David and Killian looked at each other, and then they shot a meaningful glance at Regina. She gave a barely perceptible nod, before quickly turning away.

David decided it was probably best to move on with the festivities, so he said "It's nothing. We'll talk about it after the party."

Emma and Mary Margaret looked concerned, but then Killian shouted out "So who wants to know the genders?" and the crowd of well-wishers gave a rousing cheer. And with that, the party began.

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