Seeing The Best... (A CaptainSwan Story)

Chapter 6: Steps Forward

(Emma's POV)

Killian and I had been thinking. I know shocking; but we decided we wanted to move in together. We hadn't started searching yet because today was the day; the day I tell my parents. We walked into the apartment after hot cocoa hand-in-hand when we pulled my parents to the side, I was sitting on the stairs in the loft with my dad, and my mom and Killian were sitting on the couch nearby. I turned to my dad. "Daddy, there's something I- well we'd like to tell you." I said.

"What is it Em?" He asked me with a 'please tell me your not pregnant' look. I shifted closer to him on the step, and he gave me a hug, clearly enjoying our father-daughter moment. And if I was honest so was I.

"Dad, mom you know I love you guys, and I've had so much fun living as a family, but..." I hesitated. This is the hard part. I thought to myself. "Killian and I are moving in together. It's really crowded with the baby, and I figured now would be the best time to do it." I noticed my dad shed a tear, and my mom was full-on crying.

"My little princess is all grown up." He said kissing me on the forehead, which caused me to tear up. We somehow ended up in a group hug; my dad's arms on the back of my head, and around my mom's body. I tried to leave the hug, but my dad stopped me. "Wait what do you mean 'Killian and I'?" He asked with a disapproving look.

"Dad, Killian and I are adults, and we love each other. It's time for us to take the next step." I said, walking over to Killian who wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead. I smiled at his gesture, and my father -obviously fed up with watching us- turned around surrendering with his hands in the air grumbling to himself. All of us giggled with silent laughter at my father's discomfort.

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(Killian's POV)

It had been a month and a half since we told her parents we were moving in together. We had settled into an apartment on the docks with a beautiful view of the ocean. Emma and I were standing on the balcony admiring the view of the sunset over the ocean. The waves were died pink, that faded into a beautiful orange near the horizon -the color mimicked the sky, which had lilac colored clouds. We had just moved in, and tonight would be the first night with all our furniture unpacked. I looked over at her, I was so scared that I would lose her; the black outs were becoming more, and more frequent.

As if on cue, she collapsed into my arms shaking, and breathing heavily. When she collapsed she dropped her coffee cup which cut her hand, I ripped my shirt, and bandaged her palm. What scared me most was this time she was whispering with panic "Killian please help me." Over, and over again, I set her in my lap, and whispered reassurance in her ear; waiting for her to wake up. She finally arose in about 2 hours, I had set her on the bed placing her down gently, and pulling the blankets over her.

"Killian?" She asked with a rough voice when she came back to consciousness.

"Are you alright, Love?" I asked her squeezing her hand in mine. Her emerald irises were a welcoming sight.

"We need to find the sorcerer." She said with a tired face. "I don't know how much longer I can take this." I couldn't stand seeing her like this; I crawled into bed next to her holding her close.

"Get some sleep, Love." I said stroking her golden hair. And, for a while she was sleeping peacefully. Then, she started screaming, and I woke up in panic, ready to protect her if necessary. I looked over to see her still asleep in my arms, but she was restless, and obviously having a nightmare. I gently shook her awake, she was crying. She buried her head in my chest, and I soothingly rubbed her back. "Shh..." I whispered, trying to calm her.

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(Emma's POV)

It was completely dark outside, and the sky looked like a pit of ink; making it impossible to look for the darkness that escaped Rumplestiltskin. "What, where the hell is it?" Regina asked clearly annoyed at the crisis that interrupted her walk with Robin. I turned around looking for the answer, when I realized "It hasn't gone anywhere. The darkness it's surrounding us.

Then, Regina gasped as the darkness swarmed; like a tornado around her. She flew back a few feet, the darkness not relenting on it's attempts to seize her heart. "Regina!" Robin shouted.

I was flustered all I could manage to stammer out was: "I-I...". Robin was getting more worried by the scene in front of us.

"What's it doing?" He yelled.

I panicked when I realized just what was about to happen. "What darkness does; snuffing out all the light." I answered.

"I'm not going to let it." He said rushing forward, towards the chaos surrounding Regina. He tried to reach into it, and got thrown back, and onto the ground.

"That's not going to work on this thing!" I explained angrily. "The apprentice told me we have to do what the Sorcerer did; we have to tether it to a person who can contain it." I knew what I had to do. I ran forward with the dagger despite my mother shouting my name helplessly behind me, trying to convince me to spare myself.

"No!" Regina scolded, also trying to protect me. "There has to be another way." She pleaded.

"There isn't. You've worked to hard to have your happiness destroyed." I told her with tears in my eyes and the dagger in my hand.

"No!" My dad pleaded, holding my hysterical mother in his arms.

"You found a way to take the darkness out of me once. You need to do it again as heroes." I told them, and I was about to summon the darkness, when Killian ran up to me, and grabbed my arm.

"No Emma please!" He begged, he was crying as well. "No. Don't do this." He looked extremely worried, and I cried even harder.

I opened my mouth, breathing in deeply. There was a lump in my throat, and I kept opening and closing my mouth as if trying to talk. I can't believe I'm about to say this. "I love you." I told him. I touched my forehead to his, holding his hand over my heart before pushing him away. I lifted the dagger towards Regina, and the tornado of blackness dissipated into a mess of scribbles before encircling my arm, and crawling over my body until I was surrounded.

I woke up screaming. Killian had his arms around me, and was whispering reassurance in my ear. "What was it about, Love?" His accented voice asked soothingly. I cried harder burying my head in his chest.

"Me becoming the Dark One..." I said with worry.

"Don't worry Swan we'll find him we just need to work a little harder. Now, come here, and try and get some sleep." He said softly, pulling me closer to him, and wiping my tears.

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I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON AND I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY!!!! I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SOOOOOOO LONG!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!! These past few weeks have been INSANE with: my family visiting, my brother's graduation, school (thank God I'm finally done), birthdays, summer parties, and fathers day. Any ways, it's over now, so I'm free to write. I hope you enjoyed and I should have another update soon.

p.s. I finished writing this at 12:06 am yay!