She could feel pulling from every direction, her head was spinning, she could only make out colours not shapes. Will this even work? Will this get me back to Henry? What's Cora planning to do now? The questions repeatedly swan around in her head. The pulling seemed to be gradually slowing down, her eyes began to focus and then it happened, she crashed into the desk in the sheriff station. She was back. Back to Storybrooke. Back to Henry.


Emma frantically started looking around, her yes still blurry causing Emma to struggle to see clearly, as her vision cleared she could see a hand to her right. She rushed over, letting out a sigh of relief when she saw who it was…Mary Margaret…Mom she corrected in her head she reminded herself that she really needed to get used to that. Emma helped her to sit up

'Are you okay?' she asked her, leaning her back against the desk

'I guess, head hurts but apart from that, I'm good, you?' Mary Margaret asked more worried about her daughters' wellbeing than her own

'Fine'

'So we're back?' Mary Margaret smiled

'Yeah, I guess' Emma struggled to be as optimistic as Mary Margaret was, when deep down Emma knew that something wasn't right.

'Who else made it or is it just us?'

'It's not just you' they heard a voice say, looking behind them they saw that it was Mulan who was helping Aurora to stand, who looked to be still in shock. Emma smiled a sigh of relief that they were okay and was glad to see their faces but there was one person who she wished she had seen, as if reading her mind Mulan asked

'Where's Hook? I know I saw him with the compass so I just thought…'

'He threw the compass to me' Aurora explained whilst showing them all the compass that was hanging around her wrist 'I guess he figured that he wouldn't make it but wanted us to, wanted you to Emma' Aurora gave Emma a knowing look, laced with sadness. They had all seen Emma and Hook gravitating towards each other whilst in the Enchanted Forest.

'Oh' Emma sighed. He didn't come through with us. He wanted me, well all of us to make it here and yet again risked his life for me, and this was after I chained him to a tree and then left him up a beanstalk with a giant. Maybe I was wrong about him? Maybe I should have taken a chance on him? Maybe he isn't the bad, evil pirate people make him out to be? No stop, what's done is done, I can't change that, I just wish I got to say thank you. She thought.

'Emma are you…?' Mary Margaret asked

'Yeah I'm fine, at least us four made it and Cora didn't' she tried her best to offer them a convincing smile but somehow didn't think that she managed it.

'Actually, I did make it through' all their heads whipped around to that familiar voice, shock on all of their faces.

'You…how did you..?' Emma stumbled over her words in utter shock

'Now now Emma, are you not glad to see me here in your precious Storybrooke?'


In another part of town Gold felt energy surge through him. Magic. It was unmistakeable. Someone had found a way through, no not just one person, he could feel the energy of at least four maybe five, it was hard to tell, magic is still so unpredictable here. So Gold made his way to see Regina, the only other person that he knew of that would be able to sense a portal opening.

'Gold' she curtly nodded as she let him into her house

'You know why I'm here'

'I felt it too, though I don't know where or how it has opened or…'

'Who has come through it' he added

'Exactly' she said as she paced up and down 'How many did you feel?' she asked nervously

'Four or five, it's not an exact science'

'But only Emma & Mary Margaret went through!' she exclaimed

'I know that dearie so who else has come to this land…oh I get it you think that it's her, you think that your mother is here don't you' he smirked knowing just how to get to Regina

'No it's impossible I just don't like not being in charge and knowing what is happening'

'And…'

'And I just want Henry to be safe' she finally admitted

'Well then I suggest we find out who it is and fast or else your boy may be in danger'


'We need to get out of here and quick' Emma told everyone, panic unmistakeable in her voice

'Emma?' Mary Margaret asked

'Well what do you think is going to happen if we stay here, I don't want anyone to get hurt!' she explained

'Emma I'm sure none of us will get hurt' Mulan tried to reassure her

'We may not but he will' she said inclining her head to where Hook sat, looking as relaxed as ever and not showing any signs of the fact that his life was in danger.

'Oh don't mind me love, I can look after myself' he smirked

'No you can't! What do you think is going to happen once Gold, I mean Rumplestiltskin finds out that you're here?'

Hook rose up out of his seat and walked towards her slowly 'Well you know I have been waiting hundreds of years to finally see him again'

'Yes for revenge and I don't want you…I mean I don't want anyone getting hurt, It's my job to protect everyone, I am still the sheriff' she could see Hook was about to bite back with some witty retort but at that moment Mary Margaret decided to chime in

'Well what do you suppose we do with him? And Aurora and Mulan?'

'Okay give me a second' Emma paced the small room thinking of different solutions to their current predicament 'We can get Aurora and Mulan a room at Granny's, if that's okay with you two?' Emma added

'Sure that's fine' Aurora smiled, not fully knowing what Granny's was

'Can't you just get Hook a room as well?' Mulan asked

'No it's too dangerous, once Gold realises you came back with us, he will search the other rooms to see if anyone else did.'

'I have an idea' Aurora said shyly, we all looked at her waiting for her to explain, 'Okay so me and Mulan will be staying at Granny's correct?' Emma nodded 'Well then even if this Gold person does search the other rooms he won't find anything and won't suspect a thing because why would you split us all up. So until he figures out that Hook is with us couldn't he just stay with you?'

'I don't like that plan' Mary Margaret told them 'It's too risky Emma'

'But it does make sense at least this way, I could keep an eye on him' Emma didn't want to admit it out loud but she was more than happy to be having Hook stay with her.

'Looks like it's settled then, let's go home shall we darling' Hook winked and headed towards the door.