Emma Swan/Relationships

Relationships of Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time.
==Family==
===Snow White/Mary Margret Blanchard===
Before the Evil Queen casts the Dark Curse, all Snow White wants to be is a mother. She fears that she will not fit to be one because her mother died when she was still young. She is later happy to learn she is pregnant with her daughter and does anything to keep her from becoming a villain. She also cries when Emma is taken from her arms and into the wardrobe, never to see her again for another twenty-eight years. After the curse is cast, Emma did not unaware that her mother's identity as Snow White. Later they meet, but Emma and Mary Margaret have a strange connection, unaware they are both mother and daughter. After the curse is almost broken, Mary partially awakes and realises her other connections. They become friends and "family" even though they are unknowingly reunited. After the curse is broken, Snow hugs her daughter after many years. They also love each other but Emma does not call her "Mom" until the season 2 finale before they were about to die and she later calls Snow "Mom" in season three finale and foreword on.
When she learns that her mother had sent Lily, the daughter of Maleficent, to the real world, Emma grows hurt and betrayed that both her parents lied to her. However, Emma realised that she had to stop blaming her mother, who said that she will never stop protecting her. Emma makes up with her mother and they resume their mother-daughter relationship once again. However, their bond becomes short-lived again as Emma becomes a dark one and Snow refuses to hurt Emma in any way or give up on her, finding ways to get the darkness out of her. After Killian's sacrifice, Emma immediately goes to her mother who comforts her and Snow convinces the family to join Emma on the Underworld journey to rescue Hook. Emma becomes very protective of Snow while in the Underworld after she has a dream where her mother dies, but Snow assures her daughter that everyone wanted to come with Emma to help her and protect her. 
Emma later tries to keep secrets from her mother when she learns that Emma is meant to die in the final battle against Gideon and that she has been having visions. Snow comforts Emma in the sense that as her mother, Emma should speak to Snow about feeling scared. 
===Prince Charming/David Nolan===
Prince Charming is Emma's birth father. Charming has wanted a son, but is happy with the daughter he has. He also worries for their unborn child's safety and also sees a happy ending where their child is safe and happy. Charming plays the typical protective father, as David is later called "Dad" in season 2 finale. Charming shows protectiveness over his daughter by threatening Hook to stay away from her, but then slowly accepts their relationship in season four, and also acts the typical parent to have his daughter be safe home, and Emma retaliates she needs to get her own house instead of living with her parents.
Throughout the remainder of the series, David becomes very protective of Emma, especially after she starts dating Killain and still believes there is good in her after she becomes the Dark One in season 5. David never gives up on his daughter and she comes around to calling him dad.
===Neal===
Emma loves her younger brother, and even before he was born, she wishes to protect him and their mother from the Wicked Witch of the West before she can get her hands on her brother. She later rescues him from the said witch with Regina, Robin, and Prince Charming. Emma later is touched that Neal was named after her ex-lover, Neal Cassidy and touches the baby's hand.
In the fourth season when Emma has magic, the Evil Snow Queen gets to Emma, getting her to believe that her parents had Neal to replace her as a normal child. If something should happen to her parents, Emma would become Neal's guardian.
===Henry Mills===
Emma accidentally got pregnant with Henry when she was 18 years old by Neal Cassidy and gave birth to him in jail after Neal abandoned her. Feeling she wasn't capable to look after a baby, Emma gave Henry up which resulted in Regina Mills adopting him after she decided to stop being the evil queen. Years later when Henry was 10 years old, he turned up to her apartment revealing she is his birth mother and that she was the Savior so she had to go to Storybrooke with him to save the town.
Over the series, Emma and Henry grew very close and although Regina was Henry's new mother (adopted), Emma made sure Henry was always safe and that she would rescue him if necessary like in Neverland.
Henry and Emma are very supportive of each other and although he is at first nervous and slightly upset that Emma is moving on from his biological father Neal to Killian, Henry is very supportive and just wants his mom to be happy. They both at some points have to give each other a kiss of true love on the forehead to revive or save the other person.
Years later when Henry is now a teenager, he decides to stay in the Enchanted Forest and although Emma is disappointed at first, she understands what makes Henry happy and says that since she is his mother, she will miss him so much but believes he needs to find his own story in life.
===Hope===
Emma becomes pregnant with her and Killian's daughter about 2 years into their marriage and reveals it in episode 2 of season 7.Not much is known about their relationship but Emma is relieved when she gets pregnant again and is excited about being there for her and Killian's child, in the way she wasn't when Henry was born and grew up. Emma later gives birth to Hope sometime before the series finale where she and Killian arrive late to Regina's coronation with their daughter.
==Friends and Allies==
===Lily Page===
Emma first met Lily when the girl saw the former stealing food from the market and pretends to be her sister. They promise to be best friends no matter what. Eventually, Emma sees through her lies and refuses to be friends with her. Later, Emma discovers that Lily is actually the daughter of Maleficent, and was sent to the Land Without Magic only because Emma's parents cursed Lily to bear the darkness that is destined for Emma. Emma sets out to find Lily and make things right, but by then Lily has found out about what happened and is bent on killing Emma's parents. Understandably, this makes Emma angry, and the two fight. Eventually, Emma chooses not to kill Lily, although given the opportunity, and offers to bring her to Storybrooke to meet her mother. Lily is still somewhat angry, but with help from her mother, she learns to forgive. Emma and Lily do not go back to their childhood friendship, but they remain somewhat allies.
===Elsa===
Elsa and Emma first meet in the ice cave where she offers to find her sister, but Emma is stuck with the Ice Queen. At first, Elsa is very threatening towards Emma and threatens to freeze everyone in Storybrooke. Emma asks for Elsa to break down the ice but then realises that both woman have a lot in common: they both have titles they don't understand, they can't control their magic. Elsa then starts to care for Emma, wanting to break her out. She then is able to break them out and Emma is saved. Then friendship is formed between them. Later, when the people are realising that Elsa is to blame, Emma tries to hide her friend and Hook. Elsa then wants Emma to go out on her date with Hook, cause it is not worth the trouble for someone to put their life out on hold.
Elsa still hopes to find her sister Anna in town and Emma continues to help her. Later on, Emma and Elsa defeat the Snow Queen once more, and then she tells Emma how to rebuild her friendship with Regina. .Belle, Emma and Elsa later discover the true part of the Snow Queen's evil plot, that they will be the perfect family together. They both practice in how to capture Ingrid, which they succeed in doing. Later Emma flees fearing she'll hurt someone else and Elsa knows she needs time to herself. Elsa later tracks Emma down and says that her powers are what makes Emma special and that their sisterly love is enough to help the savior get her magic back on track. Elsa later says to her sister that she trusts Emma with her life. Before Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff through the magical door for home, Emma and Elsa share a hug before Elsa departs for her home.
===Rumplestiltskin===
Before Emma's birth, Rumplestiltskin predicted her birth. Their alliance varies throughout the series, as Rumplestilskin often switched sides. Before the curse broke, he struck a deal with her because she owed him one. In Season 2, when it was revealed that Rumplestilskin's son, Baelfire, is also Neal, the father of Emma's son, the two become allies. Rumplestilskin is even able to find the good in him, in Season 3. He helps Emma find Henry, who he now knows to be his grandson. Later, Rumplestilskin even sacrifices himself in order to save Neal, Belle, Emma, Regina, Snow, Charming, and Henry from Peter Pan, his father. After he is resurrected by his son, however, he is taken captive by the Wicked Witch of the West (Zelena). Zelena is able to control him with the Dark One dagger, so he is unable to ally with his friends and family. In Season 4, however, once he begins to go back to his evil ways when he discovers a magic hat that, if given enough power, will help him cleave himself of the dagger. On the surface, Rumplestilskin appears to be working with Emma and her family. However, he secretly intends to trap her in the magic hat in order to use her power to cleave himself of the dagger. He tricks Emma by telling her that he will help her rid herself of her magic (which has caused her to inadvertently hurt Henry). Luckily, Elsa convinces Emma not to go through with the plan, and he is thwarted. Rumplestilskin continues his mission, undetected, until Belle catches him in the Clock Tower, attempting to kill Hook. She banishes him from Storybrooke, and Emma, and all others, believe he is no longer a threat. Unbeknownst to them, however, he returns. He attempts to make Emma go dark in order to get a happy ending for himself and the Queens of Darkness (Cruella, Ursula, and Maleficent). This plan fails, and Rumplestilskin's heart goes black, causing him to fall into a coma, and his power to boil off into the air. In Season 5, while Emma is struggling to control the Dark One powers, Rumplestilskin is not a prominent figure. However, halfway through the season, Gold tricks Emma into killing Hook, so that the Dark One powers will be restored to him. He does aide them in rescuing Hook from the Underworld, however, and serves as a somewhat unwitting ally for the remaining time in Season 5. In Season 6, Gold's son, Gideon, arrives, and attempts to kill Emma multiple times. Rumple, however, stay allies with her, and saves her from the giant spider Gideon summoned from the Echoles to kill her. In the end, once it is discovered the Gideon is, in fact, not evil, and is being controlled by Rumplestilskin's mother, the Black Fairy, Rumplestilskin does what is needed to be done. He refuses the Black Fairy's offer to join her, and kills the Black Fairy, allying with Emma. At times, Rumplestiskin is a valuable and powerful ally for Emma, and other times, he is a formidable and devious foes.
==Romances==
===Killian Jones===
Emma and Captain Hook (who is later revealed to be named Killian Jones) first meet in season 2 when he pretends to be a blacksmith and although he reveals who he really is, Emma isn't too fond of Killian at first since he is technically a villain. Over the season, Killian starts to fall in love with Emma and is determind to win her heart. However it isn't until season 3 when their feelings for each other really start to show. They share their first kiss in Neverland after Emma finds out Killian saved her father's life and kisses Killian as a thank you and although it is very passionate, she claims it as a one time thing.
Over the course of the third season, Hook's feelings for Emma grow stronger and a year after the second curse, Hook brings Emma back to Storybrooke after restoring her memories of him and her life in that town. Hook tries to prove himself for Emma by even letting Neal be with her if she is happy but after Neal dies, Emma and Hook's feelings for each other are stronger but she is leaving for New York. During the season 3 finale, Emma and Killian are pulled through Zelena's time portal where they find themselves trapped in the past to where her parents first met. However, Emma and Killian mess up her parents meeting so must make sure Snow steals Charming's wedding ring so she can save him from the trolls. Hook and Emma share a romantic dance at a royal ball and Killian starts to get jealous when Emma starts/plans to seduce past Hook. However, after Killian and Emma return to Storybrooke she decides to stay and learns that he traded his ship for her to save her. Touched, Emma pulls Killian into a passionate kiss and they finally start a relationship.
Throughout the fourth season, Emma is scared about losing Hook after losing all her previous but he assures her he is a survivor. The couple go on their first official date in episode 4 and continue to be together throughout the season. After entering another Realm and seeing that version of Hook die, Emma is about to tell her Killian she loves him but is too scared. However, in the finale, she willingly becomes the Dark One and tells him she loves him.
In season 5, after Emma has become the Dark One, Hook and her family try to do whatever they can to take the darkness out of her. Killian and Emma's relationship is strained when she tries to save him by turning him into the second Dark One but he realizes the only way to save Emma is if he dies and the darkness goes to the underworld. With the darkness taken out of her and Killian now dead, Emma is heartbroken and not being able to deal with the loss so she and her family travel to the Underworld to save Hook where he and Emma realize their relationship is true love. After Killian decides to stay in the Underworld, he is later resurrected by Zeus for defeating Hades and finally reunited with Emma. Finally feeling like they are both in a good, safe place, Emma tells Killian she loves him and they share a passionate kiss.
In season 6, Emma and Killian decide to move in with each other and he wants to take an even further step with her: marriage. Hook asks her father David if he can marry Emma and gets her father's blessing. In episode 13, Emma finds the engagement ring and Killian proposes to her and she accepts. However after Emma finds out Killian killed her grandfather when he was still a villain, she returns the ring and Hook leaves town but tries to get back to her. Emma later saves Killian when she travels trough a portal and finds him in trouble in Neverland. Once they have both returned home, Kilian apologies to Emma saying he should have told her what he did all those years ago. Emma understands and Hook proposes to her the way he wanted and she acceptts for real this time. Emma and Killian later marry in the season 6 episode, The Song in Your Heart but another curse by the Black Fairy occurs which causes Emma to lose her memory again but she eventually remembers and that she is now married to Killian. The two eventually leave to go on their honeymoon.
In season 7, Killian and Emma reveal they are expecting their first child together, at least 2 years into their marriage. Killian is replaced with a wish realm version to stay with Henry whilst the real Killian and Emma return to Storybrooke to prepare for the birth of their baby. Months later in the series finale, Emma and Killian turn up to Regina's coronation with their newborn daughter, Hope.
===Neal Cassidy===
Emma dated Neal when she was a teenager which resulted in her getting pregnant with his child at the age of 18. When Neal revealed he was wanted for stealing expensive watches, Emma volunteered to retrieve them so they could relocate together. However, Neal was approached by August Booth, who revealed Emma's destiny which she would be unable to fulfill if she stayed with him. Thus, Neal reluctantly abandoned her to be arrested while he fled to Canada, though he left her with their car. He would be unaware that she was pregnant with his son while in jail. They would not meet again until eleven years later, where Emma was helping Rumplestiltskin track down his long-lost son, Baelfire, only to be shocked to realize he and Neal were the same person. Despite Neal explaining why he had scapegoated her, Emma still held a grudge against him for betraying her, trying to keep him and Henry from meeting each other. Emma was devastated when Neal was wounded when shot by Tamara and fell into a portal to parts unknown, admitting to him she loved him. In Season 3, Emma found out from Hook and her parents that Neal was alive and in Neverland, where they were visiting to save Henry from Peter Pan. Neal and Emma see each other again, but it causes both Neal and Hook to compete for Emma's affections. Ultimately, Emma and Neal accepted their relationship had ended and remained on good terms. However, Neal decides to sacrifice himself for his father, causing him to die. Emma initially struggles with the loss of Neal, but manages to move on with Hook. In Season 5, Neal appears to Emma in a dream to warn her against continuing to the Underworld. Both show they still care for each other, Neal being happy Emma moved on with Hook while Emma admits she would have come to the Underworld to save him if she had known. 
===Walsh===
Emma dated Walsh, who was secretly a flying monkey spying on her by Zelena. She went on a date on him in the beginning of New York City Serenade, and revealed to be dating for eight months. He asks her if she will marry him, but Emma says she needs times to think about it. The night she breaks up with Walsh is when he attacks her in his monkey form. Emma manages to make him fall off the building with a pipe, killing Walsh before turning to dust.
===Sheriff Graham===
Emma fell in love with Graham for a short period time before he died due to the Evil Queen, Regina, crushing his heart. Regina and Graham were having sexual interactions making her fill with envy and rage because Graham left her after accepting that he was in love with Emma Swan. Regina ripped out Graham's heart out as Emma kissed him, killing him as a result.
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