A Childhood Memory

Chapter Five

Killian fell to the ground with a thud. Screaming with pain, he tried to get back up. Rumpelstiltskin had been torturing him for what felt like hours. 

Emma turned away from the two men. She knew she was doing the right thing but that didn't make it any less painful to watch. After a while she couldn't stand it, so she picked the box that was on the floor and walked out the room. A tear rolled down her cheek as she stood at the door, listening to his cries.

"I'm sorry." she whispered, before opening the box.

*16 years ago*

Emma followed The Dark One until they reached a long table. She looked behind the see his guards carrying Killian in behind her. 

"Why do you need him?" She finally asked, after moments of silence. They were both stood at different ends of the table. 

"You'll find out soon enough. The important thing is that you brought him here." He smirked and walked towards her. He placed his hand on her back and started to escort the frightened blonde to the other side of the room. "Your mother is waiting for you through here, I'll see you both for our evening entertainment." He said before pushing her into a open doorway, smiling as she fell to the ground with a thud

"Mum!" Emma called running into the arms of Snow White who stood elegantly at the window, her long brown her was loosely tied up and clothes had become dirty. 

"My princess, I've missed you so much." She kissed her little girls fore head and took a step back. "Did you do as he asked? Did you bring him?" 

"Yes." Emma lowered her head. "Why do we have to do this?" 

Snow saw the pain in her eyes, she hated what this was doing to her daughter but they had no choice. "I'm sorry, you'll understand why soon."

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"Snow." Belle said as she came into the room, Emma and her mum were trapped in. "The Dark One needs to speak with you, and only you." She added once she saw Emma getting up to leave. 

Belle walked out, giving Emma another sympathetic smile. Making sure the door was closed behind her. 

She walked around the room, pacing nervously. She didn't know what she was doing there.Why did Rumple need Killian so bad? 

After walking around the room for the tenth time, Emma decided to get away. She couldn't do this anymore. The guy she loved was somewhere in this castle, knocked out and just waiting for Rumple to do, well who knows what, to him. 

Slowly, she turned the door handle, making sure she wasn't making any sound. The door creaked slightly as she opened it so peered round to see if anyone had heard it, but luckily no one was there. Emma started to walk to a small door, located at the other end of the room. However hard she wished him not to be in there, she knew Rumple would of put the young sailor in the dungeon. And as she opened the door, that's exactly what she saw. A dungeon. 

Creeping in, she entered the dungeon. She was hit by a disgusting smell, with worse connotations. She imagined Killian here, locked up, being tortured because of Emma. She tried to get rid of the image and carry on down but as she went round the corner she caught sight of two guards. 

"Hey!" One of them called out to her. "You shouldn't be down here."

"Sorry" she replied before blowing them so magic, causing them to fall to ground in a deep sleep.

"Killian?" She called out, just loud enough to echo through the long corridors. 

Emma was about to turn back before she heard a groan from the other end. She started to quickly run through the never-ending passageways until she got to wide open area, and in the middle is where she found Killian. Lying in the cold, with blood dripping down his face. 

"No, I'm so sorry. I'm going to get you out of here okay?" 

"This is your fault." he moaned as she removed the shackles from his wrists.

"I didn't mean for this to happen. I had to, you don't understand." Killian didn't know what to say, all he knew was that his best friend, the girl he trust with his life, knocked him out and sent him to The Dark Ones castle where he would be tortured.

"I know right now you're angry but i need to get you out of here so just limit the shouting, for now at least."

Emma lifted him up so, he was using her shoulder as support,and started to carry him back through the passage ways and other the sleeping guards.

"Why did you bring me here if you just want to help me escape?" Killian  before she opened the door.

She looked down, ashamed. "He told me to. He needs you." She quietly said. 

They opened the door and tried to walk out, but someone was in the way.

"Going somewhere?"