Life isn't always as it seems

The Truth

To our luck there were no other staff at the castle here in Southern Heights. Just the kitchen staff but they would only serve our food when it was time to eat but other than that we were alone. It was very secluded and we are able to spend time with our loves without people seeing us. Robin and Regina went their own way and Killian and I decided to go swimming in the lagoon/waterfall. We get to the lagoon and Killian smiles as he gazes upon the lagoon. "It's so beautiful, I sure missed this." I smiled. "I know that's why I wanted to bring you here." He smiles and pulls me in close to him. He caresses my cheek. "I love you Emma." "And I love you Killian." He then gives me a sweet and tender kiss. "Mm." I say as we let go. "Race you." He smiles. We take off our regular clothes and we are in our swim wear. We run to the water and canon ball into the water. "It's so different when you don't have a tail." Killian said trying to get a hang of swimming. I laughed. "Well now you know how it feels to swim when you're not a fish." "Hey!" Killian says as he splashes water at me. I laugh. We continued to splash water at each other and we were just enjoying of each other's company. He hugs me and I could feel something was ailing him. I glance up to him and sigh. "What's wrong love?" He sighs. "I'm scared of losing you." I caress his cheek. "We will always be together ok, Robin and I will find a way out of the marriage and we will be together forever." We continued to swim around and we went and sat in a cave that was hidden behind the waterfall. Killian was leaning against the wall and I was leaning against him. "Love do you know the story of a powerful mermaid whose tail was red?" His eyes shot open. "How do you know about that?" "Well I was talking to Regina and she was telling me about it." He nods. "Yes her name was Aquata, she was the most powerful mermaid as my dad was the most powerful merman." I gasp. "There was much dispute between them because they both wanted to rule the sea. Then one day Aquata fell in love with a human and the mermaid council found out and they banished her. No one knows where exactly but after that no one knew about her whereabouts." I gasp. "Oh and yeah she's the only mermaid besides you that I've seen that has a red tail. Usually mermaids have an orange, light purple or green tails. All mermen have blue tails." I stayed quiet. "Then how come when you changed me into a mermaid my tail was red?" His eyes shot open. "Emma is your mother Aquata?" I shake my head. "No she's been here since I can remember and by my tail being red it was probably because of your powers." He squints his eyes. "Well if you say so your majesty."  I nudge him. I sit in front of him and he leans in and kisses me. Oh my do I love kissing him. I just can't get enough of him. We let go and he groans. "Come on we told Regina and Robin we would meet with them for lunch." "Oh I'm pretty sure they're busy like us." I squint my eyes. "Oh yeah busy doing what?" "Doing this." He kisses me then runs away.  He runs through the waterfall and jumps into the lagoon. My was I head over heels for this man. I run and I jump into the water. "Well let's go!" Killian screams from the edge of the lagoon. He starts to dry himself and I get this weird sensation in my hand. I point my hand outward and I moved the water. I gasp and look back at Killian. Oh no could it be the mermaid powers are coming back.? I clenched my hand and tried to relax. I swam over to the edge and I started to dry myself. We changed and went over to the little dinning area that was close to the sea. I was honestly worried about being here because if either Regina or Killian touch sea water they will be killed. We get there and we see Regina and Robin kissing. I clear my throat. "Are we interrupting something?" They let go and laugh. "No we were just waiting for you guys so we could all eat together." I laugh. "Sure." Killian and I say in unison. All four of us sat down and started to eat. After eating we decided to take a stroll on a trail close to the shore. Killian and I were holding hands as were Regina and Robin. "So it's true." We hear a voice say. We all jump and it's the king, Robin's dad. "Dad, what are you doing here?" Robin asks with a look of horror on his face. In a matter of minutes all the Knights were surrounding us. "I can't believe this Emma you're with Killian and son you're with Regina." He shakes his head. "Please dad, I don't want to marry Emma and she doesn't want to marry me either." "Her kingdom and our kingdom had an agreement and it was that you two be married so our kingdoms can unite and not be in war but I guess that's changed..." He takes out his sword. "Arrest Regina and Killian for treason." "No!" I scream as I extended my hand out and that's when all the Knights went flying back. Everyone stared at me as I stared at my hand. I started to panic, I was scared as can be. I look at Killian and he got closer to me and I backed away scared that I might hurt him. That's when one of the Knights comes towards me with a sword and Killian picked up a sword that was on the floor and blocked it. He started to fight him. "Emma what was that?" Regina asks. "I don't know." She started to get close to me and I back away. "Emma its ok." Regina says with a big smile. I shake my head. I'm terrified as can be. Everyone started to fight and thought that there was no point in me being scared. I let go of my clenched fist and I grabbed a sword and started to fight. That's when I noticed that Regina and Killian were way too close to edge and could fall into the ocean. Someone grabs me and puts a dagger to my throat. "Try anything and I'll end you princess." I stomp on his foot and elbowed him. I turn around and two Knights push Regina and Killian into the ocean. "No!" I scream. Robin comes over at me. "What's the matter can't they swim?" I gave him a concerning look. "No it's not that its just, Robin please don't panic but Regina and Killian are..." "Mermaids!" The knights screams. Robin gasps. Robin and I run to the edge and sure enough there they were in their tails. I felt something odd, a whirlpool started to form around them. No the banishment. "What's going on, why is there a whirlpool surrounding them?" "They were banished and if they touched sea water they are going to get killed." Robin gasps. "Wait so are you one of them too?" I shake my head. "No Robin, I was just.." That's when the Knights started to fight against Robin and I. I see mermaids coming. I see them surround Killian and Regina. They started to do something to them that they started to scream. Their screams were killing me. I slash the knight and I stood by the edge and I extended my hand. Whatever I was doing it was stopping the mermaids. It was 10 mermaids against me and I felt like I was being drained. Robin stood behind me protecting me. Then someone comes from under the water and waves her hand and all the Knights fall to the floor. "Mother?" She smiles. "Hi my sweet Emma." I was in shock. "What the hell are you doing there?" She smiled then her smiled turn to a frown. Killian and Regina were still trapped. "Aquata you were banished what are you doing?" Arista, the head of the mermaid council asks in a very frustrated tone. "Defending my family!" My mother waves her hand and each mermaids power started to drain. I still had my arm out and then I started to fall. Robin catches me. There were two mermaids left. My mother and the leader of the mermaids. Then someone comes from under. "This ends now!" It was Killian's father. Arista lets go as Killian and Regina gasp for air. "Father?" Killian asks. The king nods. "Aquata, Arista please." "You know the rules, Killian and Regina must die, and now all those people up there know that mermaids exist your majesty." Arista says.  My mother stays quiet. "Yes I'm aware but I could have prevented this." Aquata nods. The king swims over to Killian. "Son I'm sorry it's just that the day you saved Emma I knew I had to separate the two of you because Emma is Aquata's daughter." Killian and I gasp. "I knew that your fate would be like Aquata's if I didn't intervene, that's why I made up the whole story that you needed to marry Belle." Killian and I were in utter shock. "But when I heard that Emma had turned into a mermaid I knew I had to banish you as well as Regina so you wouldn't be alone." I gasp. "Mom you're that powerful mermaid that was banished?" I ask with my voice shaky as can be. She looks down and nods. "Yes I had changed my name to Snow, that way no one would suspect a thing." I gasp. "Robin's father and I had an agreement, he knew the truth and that's why he was so harsh on you guys." Robin looks at his dad. "You knew father?" Robin asks as his eyes were watering. The king nods. Robin walks away in disbelief. "Emma I'm sorry dear but we didn't want our children to go through what we went through." I sat down and I was just in shock. "So let me see if I got this straight. Killian's father made the mermaid council banish you because you fell in love with my father, a human?" She nods. "And when he found out that Killian and I started to see each other you two got together to separate us?" The king and my mother nod. I shake my head in disbelief. "So mother you brought Robin into this mess?" She nods. "Mom why didn't you tell me truth?" She starts to cry. "I'm sorry sweetie I just didn't want to remember that part of my life." "Wait so how is it that when I was younger a tail never appeared?" She sighed. "With my powers I took your tail away but I guess something triggered you to get your tail and powers back." I nod and my heart was broken. Killian swims to the edge and smiles. "Love that explains when I tried to turn into a human you turned into a mermaid when I touched you, you weren't a full human." I nod. Regina smiled. "I was right." I smiled at her. Robin is just standing there in disbelief. I went and grabbed Robin and brought him to the edge. Regina swims up to the wall him and smiles. "I'm sorry for keeping this from you but I never thought I was going to fall into the sea." Haley says with tears forming in her eyes. Robin jumps into the water. "I love you no matter what Regina, tail or no tail." I smile at the sight of that. I just sat there as I was clenching my hand. Killian and my mother swim up to me as I just stared at them. I was just so confused, mad, irritated, I had so many emotions it was killing me. "So what happens now?" "Well I have to wipe the memory from all the Knights." My mother waves her hand and it was done. "I suppose now that Robin and I won't have to get married now right?" My mom looks at both kings and they smile. "No sweetie, Robin and Regina can get married and stay in Middle Haven and you can come home anyways you are the heir to our throne." A smile forms on my face. "So mother I have powers like yours right?" She nods. I wave my hand as I jump into the water and in a matter of seconds a red tail appears. Killian swims up to me and caresses my cheek. "So are Killian and Regina free?" I look at Killian's father. He shakes his head. He waves his hand and a parchment appears and he rips it and it dissolved into the water. "Regina and Killian are free to wander on both land and sea." I smiled. "You did it love, now we can be together." I nod. He then pulls me in and we kiss. He then hugs me and I look at my mom and the king. "Seems we have gone from enemies to family huh Aquata?" Killian's dad says and my mother nods. "Well your majesty I must get back to my husband, Emma dear..." I turn to her. "I'll be waiting for you." I nod and she dives under. The king nods. "Son I am so sorry for everything I put you through but you deserve to be happy and I love you." Killian swims up to him and hugs him. I smiled at the sight of that. He loved his father so much that I'm sure this healed that anger he had had in his heart. "Emma dear I am so sorry for everything, I love you and thank you for making my son happy." I smile and nod. He swims over to Regina and Robin. "Regina I apologize for all of this, it was me that had sent you to be arrested." He waves his hand and a shell appears. "This was your mothers and she had asked me to protect you, and I thought sending you to land would be best." Regina grabs it. "She loved you so much." Regina starts to cry. She nods. The king dives under and disappears. I look at Robin. "Do you want to know how it feels like to be a merman?" Robin eyes shot open. "Love you can do that, I thought you didn't know?" I smile at Killian. "Remember I'm the daughter of the most powerful mermaid in all the seas, it's not that hard." Killian smiles. I wave my hand and in a matter of minutes a blue tail appears where Robin's legs were at. "There now I believe you can join us." Robin smiled. We all look up at the king and he smiles. "What a mess, but now you are all free to do whatever you want, Robin, Regina I will meet you back at Middle Haven." They nod. "Now go before I change my mind." All four of us nod and we dive under. Regina and Robin go their own way and Killian and I go our way. He smiles at me. "So I guess you were a fish this whole time Emma." I nudge him. "I guess you fell for a fish after all." He nods. "I wouldn't have it any other way." He kisses me and I whisper in his ear. "Race you home." "You don't even know the way back to your home." "I'm sure I'll figure it out." I started to swim away and he followed right behind me.