#until the stars are all alight

whimsicallyenchantedrose:

Hello, and welcome to my entry for the Captain Swan Supernatural Summer 2019!  This au combines two story ideas I’ve wanted to explore for a while. 1. What if CS existed in a Tolkien-esque, LOTR world? 2. What would have happened if it was Killian rather than Neal that Emma ran into when she was stealing the bug?  Huge thank you to my beta, @blackwidownat2814​​​​​, to @clockadile​​​​​ for the amazing story and chapter art, to @kmomof4​​​​​ and @cssns​​​​​for putting this event together, and to the ladies in the CSSNS chat who have helped me think through this story.  If all goes well, I should be posting every Tuesday, and the story will have approximately 18 chapters plus the prologue and epilogue.

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Summary:CS Lord of the Rings au: When Emma Swan steals a yellow Volkswagen Beetle, she has no idea it will lead her toward an adventure filled with danger and intrigue, sacrifice and a love stronger than anything she could imagine.  Tasked with bringing the Savior home, the elf, Killian Jones of Misthaven travels to the Land Without Magic.  Can he convince Emma to fulfill her destiny before the Dark One regains power and takes over all of the Enchanted Forest?

Rating:  T

Word Count: 5088

Other Chapters: (prologue) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) 

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Chapter 19 (Toward the Land of Shadows)

Forest outside of Misthaven

Regina felt her heart rate increase the closer they got to the border.  It had been years since she’d last been to Misthaven, but the pain and shame of her departure–banishment–was still fresh in her mind.  Would they even allow her to enter, or would they bar her?

Robin stepped up beside her and took her hand, interlacing their fingers and giving a small, reassuring squeeze.

“It’s going to be alright, my love,” he said, soothingly.  “The king who banished you has passed, and from what you’ve told me, Queen Snow is far more reasonable.”

“Maybe,” Regina said, eyes troubled.

After Emma Swan-Jones had successfully mended the broken sword, they’d reconvened to discuss the best strategy moving forward.  It went without saying that the sword needed to be taken to the Underworld and destroyed without delay.  It similarly went without saying that the Merry Men and the Misthaven elves would be sending their best and strongest fighters with the Savior and her husband to aid and back them up in any way they needed.  Nothing was more important or urgent than this task.

But a question still remained.  If their best and strongest soldiers joined the fight, who would protect their people who remained behind?

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