Forbidden Peace

Postponed

Hi guys, I know it's been nearly a year since I finished Forbidden Fruit but I have been working on a lot and have finally gotten around to publishing the sequel, this one starts off at about where the first one finished. I was originally going to keep this as a non-magic au but I changed my mind. I really hope you enjoy it and I will try to keep posting updates on a regular basis. Enjoy!

-Charlotte 

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We ended up having to postpone the wedding for a while as we had a terrible loss in the family. Sophie, our little girl that never made it. It killed us both to have to say goodbye to our baby girl before we had even got to meet her. We were so in love with her already. Regina and I had been through so much that losing Sophie was something that we knew couldn't break our family apart. Everyone had been so excited for her arrival and when the accident happened everyone was devastated. It was like the whole town was mourning with us. I sometimes still put my hand over my body where she would have been growing and image what we would be doing at this moment if she were still there. We would be married, Henry would have been getting ready for his big brother role, I would have finished my book, Regina would be starting her new job, but everything was put on hold. It's only been 4 months since we lost her but we all know that we have to continue to live our lives for her at least. Regina is looking for a job that means she can still either work from home a couple of days or only work 5 days a week instead of 6, I start down at the sheriff's station next week as the new deputy so that I'm not stuck at home all day but so that I still have enough time to write for my book, and Henry starts school again on Tuesday, he'll be going into 8th grade.

Regina and I have still decided to get married, we are just going to wait a little bit longer before we do. Not because we don't think it will work, just because neither of us in the right emotional state to deal with planning such a big event, even though in such a small town we could get married tomorrow if we wanted to, everyone would help us, you could call it a little bit of Storybrooke magic, being able to plan and execute an event in just one day. We needed time though, all of us.

I look over to the brunette sleeping next to me curled up into a tiny ball and run my fingers through the curly locks when the arm around my waist tightens. A kiss is placed onto the back of my neck as my whole body seems to relax in the embrace, "I miss her too my love." She always knew what I was thinking, especially when it came to Sophie, because she was thinking it as well. I carefully turned my body slightly so that I could look into those chocolate brown eyes without disturbing our son, which didn't seem to work as not even a second later the boy was stretching out of his cocoon and rubbing his sleepy eyes. I pulled him closer to me and closed any distance between Regina and I as well. I could hear my thoughts racing about it my head all at one, all blaming me for what happened, "You did this" "murderer" "she died because of you" it always started like this and I knew what was coming next. I shot up out of the bed and ran to the bathroom and collapsed in front of the toilet, not before closing the door so that my family wouldn't have to witness the mess I was. I could hear Henry waking and talking to his mother as I emptied the little contents of my stomach, I could hear the concern and the love, but all I could think was how he would hate and blame me if he knew what had happened 4 months ago. Regina would tell me that he would understand and that it wasn't my fault but the voice in my head wouldn't believe her.

There are things in this world that you never believe are actually true. As a kid you hope that all of the fairytales are real and that magic exists, but as you grow up you just know it was all a lie that you were told to keep you young and innocent. Even after a so long every one of us carries that sliver of hope that magic is real and one day we will see it. No one stops to think about whether magic is a good or a bad thing. Think about who should be able to use it. Think about the consequences that would follow when magic is found in a world where its not supposed to be.

My name is Emma Swan and I grew up believing that if magic was real the world would be a better more peaceful place. I watched as someone I loved was taken from me. Trapped and alone, just wanting to be safe. I never thought the day would come where our lives would change forever and our world would be thrown into darkness. 

My name is Emma Swan and I am the Saviour.