Revenge against the Charmings
A guest asked for a oneshot of Lily taking Neal as revenge against the Charmings.
"Stay back!" Lily hissed, curling the baby closer to her. Snow, Charming and Emma all froze on the spot- frightened for Neal's life. Snow and Charming could only blame themselves for this. It was their fault Lily was hardwired into making bad decisions. Emma could freely be furious with both Lily and her parents. One thing all three Charmings were certain of was that they were leaving here with an unharmed Neal.
"Lily, I know you're angry at us." Snow said cautiously. "You have every right to be, but none of this is Neal's fault." Snow had to be careful not to say that he was an innocent baby or that he wasn't even born at the time, because both those statements would have applied to Lily as well. "Don't hurt him. Hurt me if you have to hurt someone. Just leave my son alone."
"You fucked my life up to make sure your precious daughter would definitely become a hero. You didn't even trust her yourselves. You thought your own baby would be a monster, so you turned me into one instead. You sick freaks!" Lily cried.
"Lily we know what we did to you was wrong. We have no excuse. But Snow's right, don't take this out on Neal. Give him back to us-"
"Take me instead." Emma said calmly. Snow and Charming stared at Emma in horror, that was not part of the bargaining plan! "It was for me that they changed you. So take your revenge out on me. Leave my brother out of it." Before either parent could stop her Emma stepped forward. "Go give Neal back to them. I won't take another step until your back here, I promise."
"Emma no!-"
"Be quiet dad." Emma snapped. She knew what she was doing. Lily could sense that Emma wasn't lying.
"If either of you make any kind of move towards Emma they both die right here, right now." Lily warned as she walked towards them with Neal. She deposited the baby in his mother's arms and returned to Emma. "So here we are. The ultimate hero, and the ultimate villain. Not to steal J.K. Rowling's thunder but I think it would be fair of me to say that neither of us can live whilst the other survives." Lily said, taking a knife from her back pocket and clutching it tightly. Emma gave her old friend a sad smile.
"I disagree." With that, Emma quickly transported herself over to where her family stood. "I kept my promise, I didn't take so much as a step until you were back beside me. Lily, this has to end, and I don't want it to end with any more death or pain. You have a choice Lily. You can choose to leave us alone. If you come near my family again…I don't think the outcome will be pleasant." Emma warned her old friend. Lily stared back at Emma with a fiery fury. So it appeared that the fate of all in Storybrooke would eventually boil down to a battle between all that was good, and all that was bad.
And I shall leave it to A&E to tell us exactly what happens on the season finale next week!