The Truest Love

Chapter 20: Let's Play

Mary Margaret couldn't breathe. Voice shaking, she struggled to speak before giving up. What had happened to her Prince Charming? She piled in Emma's cop car with Killian, Regina, and Robin. Marian had stayed back due to the amount of room in the tiny car. It was tightly packed as Emma flipped the lights on and sped rapidly towards the edge of town. Towards the mines. Towards David. The car skidded to a halt on the dirt road, swerving ever so slightly as she hit the breaks. They all pushed and squeezed out of the car. Mary Margaret sprinted past the group in the direction of the entrance. They had barely made it to the opening when Grumpy and the rest of the dwarfs toppled out carrying David's limp body. They set him down on the dirt, and they rested his head upon a small, flat stone. Emma, Killian, Regina, and Robin hurried after Snow out of concern. Emma knelt beside her mother resting her hand on Snow's trembling shoulder. "David?" Mary Margaret asked her love while moving her palm to rest on his cheek. He winced at the touch and groaned, starting to wake up. Opening his eyes slowly, he made eye contact with Snow and then with Emma. David looked more than confused. "What happened?" He asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Mary Margaret turned to Grumpy and only received a shake of the head. He had no idea. "He's been rambling in his sleep about getting back to the farm and asking where his mother was. That's all I know. I heard a little bit of something going on, so me and my men grabbed our axes and rushed over to the noise. We found him on the ground unconscious." Grumpy stated gesturing to the confused body on the ground. Snow scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. "David, what happened? Are you okay?" She touched his arm just as he flinched, violently nudging away her touch. He looked around at everybody and then back to his wife. "Where am I?" He asked with a tone. "And who are you?" Mary Margaret's eyes widened. "What has he done to you?" She asked covering her mouth. David stood up quickly, panicking frantically as he looked from face to face. They were unrecognizable to him. Strangers. Where was his mother? Why did this kingdom look so strange? He grabbed his head, "what happened to my hair?" He panicked. "Where am I, and where is my mother," demanded from Snow, "she can't work the farm herself! She's not been able to keep up lately. Did Bo-Peep take the farm?" He scowled turning to Killian. "What the hell is he talking about?" Killian whispered uncomfortably towards Emma's direction. "I don't know," she whispered back confused. She then stopped dead in her tracks and looked up with terror in her eyes. "Someone took his memories. All of them. That's why he doesn't remember us! It's just like what the Snow Queen did to Elsa and I." Snow looked at her daughter and then at her husband. "But... true loves kiss," she stated and then rushed to her husband. She grabbed his face as he tried to push her off. "Wait, David, listen to me," she said soothingly. David stopped struggling. His eyes got really big as she leaned in, quickly smashing her lips into his. Something was different though. His lips molded against hers was unnatural and different. She opened her eyes and he shoved her off of him wiping his mouth. "What are you doing?!" He yelled at her. "I have to find my mom!" David then turned and stopped in his tracks. He looked around, and then back to his wife. "Snow?" He asked and broke out into a smile. He ran up to her, picked her up, and swung her in a circle. She laughed as the rest of them sat there confused. David kissed Mary Margaret for real this time. "There's something going on here," Regina stated. "True loves kiss doesn't work on memory potions," she claimed. "It's a trap!" Killian said as everyone whipped around to where Killian was glaring. "Aye... that it is... Dearie," responded Rumplestiltskin, twirling the stone in one hand and holding the bag of Killian's heart ashes in the other. Cruella, Ursula, and Maleficent appeared with a cloud of blackness following. "You're out-numbered," Ursula stated. Emma trembled with fury. She had killed Killian. Hook saw Emma on edge and ever so discretely, brushed his hand against hers. That was enough for her. There were two more poofs. They were both green. Regina took a step back along with Killian and Emma. "Hello sister... miss me?" the first figure stated. "Forget this small talk," the other said, "let's play."