Finding You Always

Worlds Apart

Finding You Always

Chapter 49: Worlds Apart

Soft crying slowly roused Emma from a hazy world of unconsciousness.

"Owe..." she groaned, as she flexed her sore muscles.

"Emmy..." a voice sobbed. Emma opened her green eyes and instantly took her baby sister in her arms.

"Mommy and Daddy won't wake up," Summer cried. Emma was struck with a flurry of memories. The Wraith. Pulling Summer out of its path. The portal. But Mom and Dad should be back in Storybrooke...unless...

She looked behind her and let out a strangled gasp, as she saw her unconscious parents, arms wrapped protectively around each other.

"Mom...Dad..." she called, as she reached out and shook her father's shoulder. But the cold steel of a blade was suddenly at her throat. She clutched Summer close and looked up, finding a dark haired woman glaring down at her.

"Don't move," she ordered.

"I'm just trying to wake my parents," Emma said, using her free arm to hold it up in surrender. The woman narrowed her eyes and it was then that a brunette woman in a dress stormed into her vision.

"You're the reason my prince is dead," she hissed.

"What?" Emma asked.

"You brought the Wraith here," the other woman hissed.

"No...we were trying to stop it too...and my sister and I were knocked into the portal. My parents followed us...where are we?" Emma stammered, as she heard her mother whimper.

"Mom..." Emma called.

"Emma...Summer..." Snow called, as she sat up, instantly noticing their company and the woman's sword on their daughters.

"Charming..." Snow said, as she shook him awake and brushed her hand over his face.

"Snow..." he groaned, as his blue eyes met her green ones.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Summer cried, as she reached for them. But the woman's sword blocked them from their girls.

"Where are we?" Charming asked.

"I think we're home...or what used to be home," Snow replied.

"But...I thought the curse took everyone to Storybrooke," he recalled.

"The curse...you're talking about Queen Regina's curse?" the warrior woman asked.

"Yes...we were victims of Regina's curse. We thought everyone was," Snow replied.

"Well, you were wrong. This portion of the land remained untouched. No one knows why," the woman with the sword explained.

"We need to find a way back to Storybrooke. The rest of our family is there," Emma said. Her parents nodded.

"You're not going anywhere. You killed Phillip," the woman hissed.

"We didn't kill anyone! We came through the portal, because two of our daughters fell through it!" Snow protested. Summer wriggled away from Emma and started to run to Charming, but the blade stopped their baby.

"Get that blade away from my baby," Snow hissed.

"She's four...she's no threat to you," Charming added.

"Thinking you have any kind of power here is a mistake," the woman hissed back.

"Aurora...put the child on my horse," the warrior ordered. Summer kicked and screamed, but the princess managed the task. Charming's hands were tied first, followed by Snow and Emma and soon, the three of them found themselves being dragged along behind the two horses.