Back To The Past

Disclaimer: The TV Show Once Upon A Time and its characters are not mine.

A/N: Surprise I came back from the dead and wrote my first OUAT AU multific! This is my twist on how things happened. So I'm just going to point out a few things before you read on to avoid any confusion…

(1) This is set in Season 3B

(2) But I left out the things that happened in Neverland, so basically Season 3A never happened

(3) Other things will be explained further in the chapters ;)

Okay so that's it, enjoooooy! : )


CHAPTER 1

Killian Jones was never the sit-still-and-wait kind of man. He preferred taking risks and surging head on to the storm, this quality, apart from his looks, was probably one of the many reasons why the name Captain Hook was well-renowned over the entire realm (and beyond), because Captain Hook never backs down on a challenge. But as he sipped a cup of coffee he took out from Granny's, he couldn't help but think of how that image he forged for centuries have changed.

Never in a million years would he have seen himself in his deck, laying bloody low, waiting on a chance to murder the sodding crocodile who never seems to die.

He hated this plan.

But alas, this was, apparently, his only plan to defeat the person he loathed the most. It wasn't the best plan, but it was the only one he got that wouldn't get him killed. And without Cora, or any other benefactor to help with his endeavor, he's… useless. Although he hated to admit it, but he knew that his revenge plan was not going anywhere. This only meant that Rumpelstiltskin would continue to live and his thirst for vengeance would remain unsated.

Popping off the lid of his coffee cup, Killian reached for his trusty ol' rum, pulled the cork with his teeth, and poured it into his morning drink. "Ah, cheers to another worthless day." He mutters to himself and takes a full swig of his concoction.

But just after he finished his cup, his eyes caught the unusual streak of light that seemed to come from somewhere near the docks. Instinctively, he reached for his telescope and found a shed where the beam of light rose out of. At the sight, his gut—his pirate gut, the one who craved adventure more than anything, swelled and he just knew his gut was telling him to follow and leave everything else behind.

And for the first time since his return from New York, he followed his instincts and ran.


Emma Swan was just about done with Zelena. She was annoying as hell, but this, taking a fucking newborn baby to change the past, was just crossing the line and Emma was going to make sure this hag does not succeed.

"There, I see it!" David says beside her as he points to the abandoned shed.

Following David's directions, Emma veered her yellow bug swiftly to the right, her tires screeching at her sudden turn.

"Remind me again why I didn't just poof myself there and saved me the trouble of sitting in this pigpen you call a car while you drive like madwoman on the loose?" A rattled Regina protested, her annoyance ever so present as she brushed off invisible specks of dirt on her coat.

"Well, you don't have to worry about that, your highness," Emma pushes her brakes and turns around to meet Regina's stormy eyes. "We're here."

Taking her gun from her dashboard, Emma took off with Regina, David and Robin following suit. The shed burned bright inside, the streak of redish light pushed through its roof and then she hears voices… Zelena and Rumpelstiltskin.

It was all she needed to hear before they marched inside, weapons ready, and yelled, "Zelena!"


There was chaos when Killian arrived at the base of the mysterious beam. He took a quick peek inside the building and the first one he saw was the crocodile flipping his hand and sends Emma, the feisty lass that locked him in the storage room back in New York, flying across the room. Then his eyes sweep to the other side of the area and sees a circle with patterns, each line burning bright as it connected to a brain, a heart, half a sword and, is that a baby? Killian didn't even want to know. And then he sees the key to his redemption…

The Dark One's dagger.

The weapon he's long sought after was here—in the hands of a woman he's never seen before. Suddenly it all made sense. It explained why he never saw the bloody thing in his undercover scavenger hunt in the crocodile's shop and why he never even seen the owner himself. That woman was controlling him. It must be nice, having the most powerful being that ever existed right in the palm of your hand. Too bad he'd have to take it from her.

Killian was about to make an appearance when he heard the raven-haired woman speak with her hands aflame as if ready to attack. "Time travelling has its consequences, Zelena," Time travelling? "Yes, it will change your future, but no one, not even you can predict what will happen after."

The woman with the dagger, Zelena, Killian figured, was seething. "I know the consequences very well, sis, but that won't matter as long as I get everything that you have," Zelena flashed a wicked grin, "And once I make mother keep me, you, my little sis, will cease to exist."

'Time travel?' Killian thought incredulously. He's lived more than a century, travelled to different realms, and never has he heard something as absurd as time travelling. But then, he realized, in a world where he was considered a fairytale character with a perm and thin whiskers as a mustache, skipping through time may just be worth believing in.

And then an idea came to him like a whirlwind.

Milah.

If he goes back in time to prevent their encounter with Rumpelstiltskin, he could save Milah and live happily ever after. And then, he won't even have to hunt the bloody crocodile for revenge in the first place. Instead, he'll sail the world with the woman he loves and hopefully die a happy man.

Killian was pulled from his reverie when a gust of wind pushed through from inside the shed. There in the middle of the infrastructure appeared a pool of bright red light, spiraling infinitely into oblivion. He then sees Zelena as she turns around and faces the portal with glee. "Looks like my ride's here, time to create my happy end—" She hadn't got the chance to finish when Killian pushed her out of the way, knocking her off her feet so she was lying flat on her back.

The whole place stood still, he could tell by the immediate silence that ensued in his appearance. Killian didn't even need to look around to know that they were all as stricken as the redhead he's knocked over.

"What the—" Zelena started as she pointed her index finger murderously at the intruder. "Who the hell are you?"

"Killian Jones, milady, or Captain Hook if you'd like," He said with his signature smirk before turning to face the portal. "But I believe this is my ride to my happy ending." He declared finally and jumped through.


When Emma saw the familiar dark hair and dashing blue eyes rushing towards Zelena, she thought she was hallucinating. She thought that maybe all the madness that happened in the past few years in this town had finally caught up to her. But when she looked around and found the same look she figured she had on everyone else, she wished she really was hallucinating.

The last time she saw Hook, she was dragging his unconscious body down the basement storage room back in New York. They'd left them there and took off with his ship back to Storybrooke. She admit she got a little guilty when they took the pirate's ship and left him back in a place unknown to him, but it was the only way they could get back home on time and avoid Hook's rage.

Seeing him now as he pushed Zelena to the side, she couldn't help but think of what had happened to Hook since their arrival from New York last month. With all the things that happened with Cora and now Zelena, she'd regrettably forgotten about him. And she actually feels sorry for the guy.

"Emma," Robin called quietly beside her and motioned toward the golden brain that was just a feet away from her. "Take the brain, and I'll take Regina's heart."

Emma carefully followed, taking advantage of the distraction. She silently took the brain and saw Robin do the same with Regina's heart.

Across from her, she saw David backing up to where the baby was. With a quick swipe, he was able to carry the baby in his arms and one by one, the glowing lines that connected the portal to the ingredients flickered off.

Zelena didn't seem to notice how the portal was growing smaller and she thanked her lucky stars that Hook was there to keep her distracted.

That was until Hook turned around and faced the portal. It then dawned on her that he wasn't there to save them.

He was going to jump.

Before she knew it, she was running towards Hook. Emma didn't know what came over her then, all she knew is that if he changed the past, something is going to go seriously wrong in the future, and she wasn't going to let that happen, not when things are almost going well. Whatever his plans were, she can't let it happen.

"But I believe this is my ride to my happy ending." Hook had said and leaped. But before he did, Emma was able to grab at his coat and stood firm on the ground. She saw the portal moving faster and faster as it grew smaller by the second. When she saw how weak the portal was getting, she actually believed she might just stop him. What she didn't expect though, was the portal's strength, along with Hook's force, pulling her in. She could only stare in horror as she was being sucked in by the vortex.

"Emma!" She saw David and Regina yell in unison. Her name echoed over and over until it stopped. And it was the last thing she heard before the spiraling light engulfed her whole.