On Stranger Tides

Chapter 19

"Rise and shine my dear." Snow said gently, slightly nudging her daughter awake. Emma startled awake. She wasn't supposed to sleep this long, she was supposed to move her bags to the kitchen entrance and catch up with Samuel. 

"What time is it?" Emma asked Snow, rubbing her eyes and trying to cover her face from the fear that was now consuming her. 

"Its nearly noon, you're going to have to get ready fast. There are some ladies outside waiting for you to help get ready." Snow said smiling. But her mother's grin slowly turned down, the lies catching up with her. Emma's heart was racing.

"Send them in." She said sadly getting up from her bed and helping her pregnant mother off the mattress where she sat. Snow unexpectedly hugged Emma tightly before walking off to send the ladies in. She stopped before exiting and turned back towards her daughter.

"I'll be back when they're finished, Emma. I love you."

"I love you too, mom," Emma said, being the first to turn away. It was too painful to even think about leaving her generous and kind mother behind. She was going to deal with the Evil Queen, herself. 

Three ladies, not much older than Emma came into her room and began shuffling things around. One went into her bathing room to start a bath, another setting up some powders, brushes, and jewels on her vanity, and the last was hanging up a white dress and delicate little shoes. Emma quickly undressed and got in the bath, she wasn't even planning on getting dressed today in the wedding attire. She was hoping to be gone before they had even arrived, but she was going to play the part of the bride for just a short while. She quickly scrubbed clean and dried her hair and put on a bathing robe before heading back into her room to sit at her vanity. The ladies did her hair and makeup before she slid into the gorgeous white gown. Emma didn't want to look at herself in the mirror and become attached to what she would see. But she had to see what a princess bride looked like, what she looked like. 

Her hair was left in its natural loose waves but was braided back on the sides, small white flowers danced in her hair. Her gown was a simple A-line cut dress that draped onto the floor, its skirt was made of silk that flowed like ocean waves. The bodice of the dress was off the shoulder and was embroidered with patterns of small swirls that also had embellishments of small silver gems. Her makeup was simple but made the green of her eyes stand out. Emma looked beautiful, she was truly the fairest of all the lands. 

Around her neck, she still wore the ring and medallion. They did not go with the outfit at all, but when the ladies tried to take them off, Emma refused. The ladies could tell that their princess was unhappy and did not push the matter any farther. The whole time Emma was being dolled up, she thought of how she would get out of here, surly Sam and Killian had already come up with a new plan. 

"Shall we send for your mother now, Princess?" The lady with the shimmering black hair and tanned skin asked bowing her head.

"Yes, please," Emma said gently. "And before you go, a small favor." She continued walking over to her bed where her bag for escape lied. She picked up the small bag, sliding something else inside, and handed it to the lady. "Could you please take this to Samuel in the kitchens? He is expecting this." 

"Of course, milady. We will send for your mother too." 

"Thank you, for everything," Emma said kindly and the three ladies bowed their heads and quietly exited the room.

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Emma had not come down to the kitchens in the morning like she was supposed to. Killian knew the plan was too easy, either something was terribly wrong or knowing Emma, she simply overslept. But because of that Samuel and Killian had to come up with a completely different escape route that would be much harder to endure. Emma was most likely getting prepared for the wedding now, and there was no way they could get to her until the ceremony was about to begin. Samuel knew where she would be before walking down the aisle, the only problem is that her father would be with her, and he would be armed. If they waited until she was in the walking down the aisle, that would be a lot of eyes and swords in their direction. Each option was dangerous, now it was time to chose one.