Captain Swan: Protection

Chapter 13

Killian's POV

Natalie loved the idea of going out on the harbor.  Henry understood that we needed to spend time with Natalie, and Regina didn't complain about watching Henry.

Leroy heard about Natalie, so I suspect that by the time we get back to the docks everyone will know.  But we're not telling anyone about Emma's pregnancy yet.

Natalie didn't know much about sailing, but she was a natural.  Emma and I learned a lot about her and she learned about us.

As a second generation of true love, she is extremely powerful, and the future crocodile said she had a pure heart, and he doesn't like her very much.  Shocking.  Note sarcasm.

Apparently Emma wanted Natalie to be able to protect herself a number of different ways, especially given her family history.  David taught her to swordfight, Snow taught her archery, Emma taught Natalie her (Emma's) fighting style and how to use a gun, and Regina taught her magic.

She loves helping others, just her grandparents.  But she likes getting her way, and can be just as stubborn and hard-headed as her parents.  According to future Emma, Natalie has my fashion sense, and this Emma's dreading that.

We stayed out on the water for most of the day.  When we got back to shore, Snow, David, and Henry joined us at Granny's for dinner.  It was crowded and we got stares from everyone.  I think it made Natalie uncomfortable, but Henry kept her distracted enough that she didn't notice too much.  Everyone who came over to meet her loved her and kept telling Emma and I how much she looked like us.

The day went by to quickly as far as I'm concerned, and when we finally got back to my apartment, it was past 11 o'clock.  Natalie went to bed, and Emma and I talked for about an hour before going to sleep.

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I woke up with a bit of a headache.  I saw Emma next to me, and we were in my apartment.  Something didn't feel right.  I tried to recall what had happened last night and remembered talking to Emma, I just can't remember what we talked about.  It was fuzzy and unclear.

Actually, last night's not the only unclear thing.  I feel like the entire day yesterday was erased from my memory, as well as certain times when we were facing the Snow Queen.  I remembered Ingrid almost killing me and knocking Elsa out, but the next thing I remember was helping Elsa off the ground and seeing Emma.

What happened?  Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?  Or...someone??

Emma started stirring and I decided to ask her.  She felt the same way.  Spots in her memory were missing, so it wasn't just me.

After an hour, we realized that someone must have erased some of our memories.  But who and why?  What were we supposed to forget?  We had some breakfast and decided to talk to some people around town.

Everyone felt the same way we did.  Regina, Robin, Snow, David, Henry, the dwarfs, Ruby, Granny, everyone.  Emma and I went to see Gold, since he's the only person other than Regina who could erase memories, and it wasn't Regina.  He was at a loss too.  Both he and Belle had lost memories as well, the only difference was that Gold found a letter warning him not to try and get anyone's memories back, including his own.  If he did something would happen to Belle.  None of us recognized the handwriting.

Everyone spent the entire day trying to figure out what happened, but it was all a blur.  No one had any answers, and at 8 o'clock, I decided to take a walk with Emma and see if we could try and figure anything out.

We went to the woods, and talked about what had happened for an hour.  There was a sudden cracking sound, and I barely saw the large tree falling towards me and Emma when it happened.