Maleficent | CS Fanfic | Sequel to Frozen

five ; don't give up

Emma Swan's POV

"Hook!" Emma screamed, shaking his shoulders violently. She even tried kissing him again, anything to keep him awake. With her heart pounding furiously, she lowered her head and pressed her ear against his chest. He had a steady heart beat, which was good. But it was faint and sounded fragile. She had to take him to the hospital, to safety.

Just as she got up her feet, she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand. The crispy air had impossibly grown colder as a sharp wind blew her hair back. Obviously, something was wrong. Very wrong.

Emma turned and looked around the docks. No one was there but... but she could feel their presence lingering around and could sense the darkness of their magic. She kneeled back down and held Killian to her chest, protecting him from whatever was out there.

"Aw." She heard a cold voice say. Even though the voice sounded like it was from the distance, Emma could sense the sarcasm, "What an adorable couple."

Emma faced the direction where the voice was coming from. A familiar woman walked up to her but Emma was certain that she had never met the woman in her life. But she did see her in...

"Cruella...?" Emma furrowed her eyebrows as her childhood memories began to surface. She remembered watching the movie from behind the other kids' heads. She always dreamed of having the body structure of Cruella and to have her witty and confident personality. But, seeing her now, Emma felt pure hatred directed towards Cruella's presence.

"Hello, Emma." Her lips formed a tight and fake smile, "It's a pleasure to finally meet the savior."

Emma saw past her friendly expression and asked, "What the hell are you doing here? Last time I checked there weren't much dalmations around here in Storybrooke."

Cruella's feign friendliness suddenly broke and she scowled, "Dalmations aren't my problem anymore."

"Then, what are you doing here?"

Cruella gave out a small laugh before walking up to Emma. She rested her hand on Emma's shoulder and held it there. Emma gave her a questioning look as Cruella whispered, "I came here for Hook, darling. She wants him back."

Emma furrowed her eyebrows in confusion but her question was answered in the waves began to become heavy. Each one would become higher and heavier until she had saw something come out of the waters. 8 green tenticales popped out one by one. Slowly, a woman rose from the sea and stared at Emma with such intensity that Emma felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise.

"Hello, Emma." The octopus woman glanced at Hook. For a second, it looked like her cold, dark eyes soften but it was probably Emma's imagination because as their eyes met again, hers was as cold as a winter morning in Antarctica.

"You aren't getting him." Emma said firmly as she cautiously slid down and brought Hook to her chest, "Not without a fight."

"Oh!" The octopus giggled, "I don't want to kill you just yet. I have to make you suffer-" She paused before saying, "-after stealing him away from me."

Just as the octopus finished her sentence, Emma felt her arms fall to her lap. She looked down and gasped to find Hook gone. She whipped back just to see the octopus appear in front of Cruella, with legs, holding Hook in her arms. His head drooped down and his body was limp.

"No!" Emma screamed but they all disappeared into a dark cloud of mist. They were gone by the blink of an eye. She ran to the spot where they were standing and dropped to her knees.

"No!" Tears ran down her cheeks as she choked, "No, no, please-" She looked up towards the sky and shut her eyes, "-please, please. Give me another chance. I can change him back!"

As her eyes were shut and her sobs blocked any sound from coming into her ears, she hadn't notice a transparent figure standing behind. He looked similiar to the pirate she loves and had lost. His eyes looked like an ocean during a storm- dark and passionate. He stared at her with such love and such pain but could not touch nor feel her. He kneeled down and wrapped his arms around her chest and planted a kiss on her head.

Emma's eyes flew open as he whispered something into her ear. But once she turned around, she saw nothing. He was gone but she didn't know what had happened. She shut her eyes and recalled the words he had whispered into her ear.

"Don't give up just yet, love." The distant voice said, "I'm still here waiting."

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Ursula's POV

Cruella inhaled deeply as they appeared back in the forest. She glanced as Ursula placed Hook on a large log before asking with an exasperated tone obvious in her voice, "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes." Ursula pursed her lips and stared at the young man as he slept. Memories began to flow into her mind and her expression softened. She bent down placed a long kiss on his forehead. She watched him intensely as she spoke softly, "I need to make sure he's safe."

"You've seen the girl when she was in battle, once." Cruella spoke with a scowl, "She'll come for us now that we've got him. And we're not strong enough to destroy her, yet. We should've gotten him with Maleficent by our side."

Ursula looked up at Cruella, "This will help us find Maleficient. The girl will find us sooner or later and we'll make a deal. She gives us information to Maleficient's whereabouts and she'll get him back."

"Hmm." Cruella poofed a glass of wine into her hand, "So let's say the girl is willing to make this bargain, will you be ready to give him up just like that?"

Ursula looked back down at Killian. He looked like a little boy when he slept. Seeing him like this pulled Ursula's heartstrings yet caused the sudden feeling of regret. "I don't want to leave him again, Cruella. I did that once and see where that has gotten him? I'll give her what she wants but once we become whole again - You, Maleficient, and I - I shall come back and take back what is truly mine."

Cruella's lips slowly broke out into a smirk before nodding and walking away. Ursula waited until she was a far distance away from them before pulling Killian into her lap. She combed his hair back while singing a soft melody.

"Don't worry, Killian." She whispered into his ear once the song was finished, "Once we deal with all of this, we can become a family again."

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Once Upon a Time will be back on tomorrow! And, don't worry, I will be updating regularly now :) I didn't update last week because I was still working on the chapters and I still am but I've got enough to show you guys now ^~^ Sorry for the wait >o<

Man these past weeks have been crazy and stressful but I've still got A's in me little gradebook, babies, so I'm guuuuuuud.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and see ye next week!

-- Sarah xx

February 28, 2015

Next Chapter: March 7, 2015