If I could break this spell, I'd run to him today.

Emma tossed her covers aside and climbed out of bed. She dreamed of him again.

She was on a ship. A wooden ship. Somehow she knew it's name was the Jolly Roger. But that was ridiculous. The Jolly Roger was the pirate flag flown by Black Beard. It wasn't the name of a ship, right? There was a man. There was always a man. Black leather, black hair, black eyeliner, blue eyes. Bottomless blue eyes that reminded her of the ocean. She saw a flash of metal. A hook.

She could never shake the thought of him out of her head. She told herself she was being ridiculous. One: she was with Walsh. Two: This guy was in her dreams, only in her dreams.

Being with Walsh wasn't as fulfilling as it was before. There were multiple holes in her heart left behind by her parents and Neal. Henry filled the need of a family, and she supposed Walsh filled the spot Neal left. But, it felt like a bandaid put over ripped stitches. A temporary thing that, in the end, was useless in dealing with the wound.

"Faces seen in dreams are people you've seen in real life." Henry's voice wafted down the hall from his bedroom. He knew the dreams.

And somehow I know he's on his way to me.

Killian Jones walked along the deck of the Jolly Roger. He had found his beloved ship, and was at sea trying to find anything that would let him leave this blasted realm.

"So that's it? Emma's gone and..." He shook the thought from his mind. Yes. Emma was gone. She was in another realm and he didn't even get to have the comfort of her thinking of him. Missing him. Because she didn't remember him.

"Villains don't get happy endings."

The gull was his first clue that something was happening. Gulls didn't fly that far away from shore. The gull had a note attached to it's leg. It perched on the helm and stood patiently while Killian used his hook to release the rope. The note had a potion attached.

Trouble. Find Emma. Memory potion attached. Hurry!

He turned his ship towards the nearest port, knowing someone who would require a hefty price for the last magic bean.

Far longer than forever I'll hold you in my heart.

Her day to day activities were done mechanically. Wake up Henry, make breakfast, see him to school, go to work. Get home, make dinner, play video games with Henry, sleep, dream of him.

Every night she fell more in love, and she didn't understand it one bit.

It's almost like you're here with me, although we're far apart.

This was the last thing he had of her. The last place she had been that he had access to. He could see her in every corner of his ship, always around the corner. He dreamt of her every night. Seeing her living a happy, normal life. The need to get her back in the future was stronger than the need to hold onto their past.

I swear that I'll be true.

Her days with Walsh her mechanical. Get ready, he would pick her up, they would have dinner, see a movie, get home, make sure Henry was in bed/at a friend's house, fall in bed together. She seemed to be faking it more and more as time went on.

I've made an everlasting vow to find a way to you.

"You know my price, Jones. It's the last bean around."

"I've come to realize that statement isn't always true. You see, I've had all four 'last beans' in the past year and a half." Killian muttered under his breath.

"Aye, even if the giants were growing again, it would take months to produce a bean. And you said you were in a hurry."

Killian cursed under his breath. There really was no other way. He nodded, took the bean, and walked to the docks to say goodbye to his beloved ship.

With your love I'll never be alone.

There was a knock on her door. Insistent, banging on the wood as if the knocker was planning to break it down if she didn't open. Her brain took longer than needed to work properly. It wasn't until after he kissed her and she kicked him in the groin that she realized who he was. The man in her dreams.

(After the Witch was defeated and they returned to the forest, Emma took Killian to get his ship back. The person he bartered with was more than happy to get rid of her. Seems the damned thing was difficult to man, even with the most experienced crew. People feared the ship after they found her missing from the docks, only to be seen a day later sailing through the waters, unmanned. Killian just laughed until Emma forced him to explain it to her.)

(The Jolly only took orders from her Captain. On the day in question, Killian had been thinking of ways to get his ship back, and wondering if she would take his orders from a realm away.)