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• When a Saviour Falls… by Ember23

  Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

  • General Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  03 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan
  • Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Robin Hood
  • Evil Queen | Regina Mills & Henry Mills
  • Henry Mills & Emma Swan
  • Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
  • Prince Charming | David Nolan/Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
  • Emma Swan
  • Evil Queen | Regina Mills
  • Captain Hook | Killian Jones
  • Prince Charming | David Nolan
  • Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
  • Merlin | The Sorcerer (Once Upon a Time)
  • Arthur (Once Upon a Time)
  • Belle (Once Upon a Time)
  • Nimue (Once Upon a Time)
  • Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)
  • Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena
  • Lily | Lilith Page
  • Dark One Emma Swan
  • Once Upon a Time Season 05A: Dark Swan Arc
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

  Summary

  What if instead of turning Hook into a Dark One, in Camelot the Dark Swan discovers the price of being the Saviour? She must choose to either embrace the darkness or accept her destiny, sacrificing her future.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  30,998

  Chapters:

  17/?

  Comments:

  16

  Kudos:

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  Bookmarks:

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