Marina Karssen, it seems, has been dealt a bad hand in life. After dealing with disownment by her family, a particularly bad breakup, and being kidnapped and experimented on by a power-hungry alien known as Apophis, she finds it unlikely that things will be any better at Stargate Command. To make matters worse, she's on borrowed time. Inside her, an alien weapon is growing, threatening to take her over. But Marina isn't ready to give up her life yet. **Content Warning:** This fic includes swearing, sexual content, and deals heavily with trauma. Reader discretion is advised.

1 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 4 𝖎𝖓 𝖍𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 Emma Swan was created as the product of true love, by her parents Prince Charming and Snow White. But, her counterpart was created as the product of great darkness by her parents Rumpelstiltskin and the Evil Queen; Scarlett Mills. On the day the dark curse is enacted, the people of the Enchanted Forest are swept off to Storybrooke, and Scarlett is stripped away from her true love; Captain Killian Jones.

2 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 4 𝖎𝖓 𝖍𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 Scarlett, Emma and Henry have been happy in New York for a few months, now. Emma is getting really serious with her boyfriend, but Scarlett has been focusing more on her babysitting job. When Killian comes to New York, something magical happens. He brings Scarlett, Emma and Henry back to Storybrooke, where yet another curse has taken place.