*Hello all, this is the sequel to my other story, Reformed Villains Club, and I legit meant to have this posted a long time ago. However, things changed and I unfortunately didn't manage to achieve that goal. But here we are. This is most likely going to be two parts. It's a little silly in this chapter and then next chapter deals with the aftermath of Killian and Emma's Excellent Adventure Back in Time. Mostly I was just craving some Evil Hook/Hooked Queen bromance. So hope you guys like! Ciao for now.

Despite the fact that her sister was all sorts of insane and annoyingly whiny, Regina sometimes could see where she was coming from. In recent months, Regina found herself also longing to go back into the past. She wanted to go back in time and have a conversation with her younger self. Not only to warn her that the anger she felt towards a little girl just wasn't worth it in the end but also to give her the heads up that there were some seriously heavy consequences to casting the curse. One, she was now permanently adopted into the Charming family. She even found herself going to family dinners with her former stepdaughter and her husband, their children, and their various friends and loosely associated family members. Two, she finally had to let Daniel go. It was scary and strange but worth it for the happiness that she found with Robin Hood (and above mentioned former stepdaughter and her husband, etc). The final consequence, and the one she really never saw coming, was that she was suddenly found that she was acting as something like a big sister to a definitely older than her villain straight out of a fairytale. Yes, she knew she was also out of a fairytale. But that's not the point. The point was that she wasn't expecting to have a surprise sibling that she cared about. No, she wasn't talking about Zelena. The witch was crazy on a whole new level of crazy and she was also so Oz's problem now. No, Regina was talking about the man formerly known as Captain Hook.

Don't get her wrong. Regina actually did enjoy the odd and seemingly unlikely friendship she found with Killian Jones. In the weeks following that initial conversation in the woods, the pair of former villains found themselves seeking one another's opinion and insight on a variety of issues. To say that he was a three hundred year old pirate with the mentality and temperament of a hyperactive attention seeking five year old puppy, Killian was remarkably intuitive and intelligent. He was a good grounding force for when Regina felt like running away from the happy new life that she was building with Robin and the Charming family. She also helped with keeping him on the somewhat moral straight and narrow. Emma had a tendency to see in black and white sometimes and that didn't help when dealing a walking, talking gray area like Killian. But Regina lived in shades of gray herself and she could help. She did help.

Somehow the two former enemies became friends. She didn't pretend that she had the same connection with him as he had with David or Robin. They held a very different position in his world. They were his bros or whatever ridiculous term Henry used whenever the three men were together. They were there to pat him on the back, to talk to him about him about women problems and provide whatever passed as entertainment between the three of them. Regina was different. She was more like an older sister. She was there to protect and support but also tease and harass. It definitely wasn't a bad way to live.

Still there were moments when she did wonder how her life came to this. She also wondered if prolonged exposure to Neverland did actually have lasting negative consequences on mental stability after all. Because some of the things Killian said and did pretty much defied all normal logic. With the threat of her crazy pants sister effectively neutralized and back in Oz (for now at least), Regina had enough free time to truly understand just how completely exacerbating Killian Jones could really be. It was a role she shared with David, Robin and Emma but there were times when only Regina was able to reel the former pirate in, or at the very least remind him that he had something worth living for these days. Then there were the days when he proved them all wrong and showed that he was a lot smarter than they gave him credit for. Like the afternoon less than a week after the final battle, when he decided to stroll right into Gold's shop grinning like the Cheshire Cat. She really hated that stupid cat…. wait… stupid pirate.

It was David, surprisingly, and not Emma that called Regina in as reinforcements. Emma was too busy ranting in the background about how her so called True Love was "a raging moron with no damn self preservation skills". David was the closest he got to being panicked at the thought of the two men reverting to their old pattern of trying to murder each other in horrible, terrible ways. Regina was of a similar line of thinking. When she, Emma and David arrived at the shop expecting to stop Killian's epic and humiliating (yet well deserved for challenging Gold in the first place) beat down, they found an entirely different scene. Captain Hook and his loathed crocodile were seated at one of the tables in the back, sharing a drink in Neal's memory.

What they all seemed to forget was that while they were all starting to move on past Neal's death, Gold was just only beginning to deal with his grief. It seemed that the only two who noticed were Belle and Killian. And Killian was the only one that thought to do something about it. Apparently he initially thought about challenging Gold to a fight and essentially letting Rumpelstiltskin work though his grief with violence. But eventually the logic Regina always knew he had kicked in and instead he invited Gold to sit down and have a drink. And that's where they found them, nearly an hour later, sitting at the table and sharing stories they both remembered of Neal. Regina had to smile with a bit of pride as the former pirate lifted his glass in a silent invitation for his former rescue party. As Beauty and her Beast sat alongside the Savior, the pirate, the Evil Queen and Prince Charming, Regina could feel the long bitter feelings between them all slowly starting to heal. Especially between Killian and Rumple. Though they may never be the best of friends, it was clear that they were both tired of the death that followed in the wake of their bitter hatred for one another. Besides they were both in this family and holidays would be incredibly awkward and difficult to explain to Henry if they killed each other as he was terribly fond of both men.

At any rate, Rumple and Killian did not kill each other nor did they express any interest in doing so in the future. Their three hundred year long feud was over for good. This was evidenced by the gift Gold gave Killian one afternoon out of the blue. He and Robin were both loitering in her office wearing on her patience and sanity (as they prone to doing when Emma finally kicked them out of the sheriff's station and away from their other partner in annoying shenanigans) when Killian suddenly fell off the table he was using for a chair, screaming in pain. Regina could feel the magic in the air. For a moment, she thought Zelena was back. She immediately tensed, looking frantically around for any sign of the witch. Ok, actually she froze but who could blame her? They just barely managed to send that crazy green bitch packing back to Oz and it wasn't without it's (albeit temporary) causalities. So she didn't think she was wrong for being a bit anxious at the thought of Zelena being back and on the attack again. But then the moment was over almost as suddenly as it started. Killian sat up shakily with Robin hovering over him anxiously. That is until he spotted something that led to him straight up gawking at the fallen man.

"Uh, mate?" Killian started, also staring at something with wide sea blue eyes.

"Yeah?"

"You see that, right?"

"Kind of hard not to, I'm afraid."

Regina rolled her eyes, finally stepping away from her desk to where Killian was still seated on the floor. She opened her mouth to chastise the two idiots for scaring her when she saw what caught both their attention. Killian's hook lay forgotten on the floor beside him and in its place was a hand. Judging by the look of silent awe in his eyes, it was Killian's actual hand. She didn't know whether to be disturbed that Rumple kept his hand all these years or excited that he chose to give it back. She settled for somewhere in between. She was a shade of gray. She was used to dealing with these kinds of things. Besides, it was hard to be anything but happy when Killian was beaming with a dazzlingly bright smile while also poking Robin repeatedly on the shoulder with his newly restored hand. First time in over three centuries he has both of his hands and the first thing he does with it is poke his best friend. Totally makes sense. Yet he wondered why she repeatedly called him a brat.

After they managed to get him to stop poking Robin, the trio went over to the station to show off his new (old?) hand and then on to Granny's to celebrate. Rumple and Belle were already there. The not quite so Dark One tilted his head in acknowledgement before leaving with Belle. Shortly after that, the party broke up for the evening. That was the last time she saw Killian for several days. She would've been worried if it hadn't been for David confirming that he was still alive and the fact that Emma was similarly missing for two of those days. When she finally made an appearance at work, she was positively glowing while somehow also looking exhausted. Regina so didn't want to think about that one in too much detail. Anyway, four days passed without as much as a peep from the pirate. That, of course, would explain the scream that erupted when she walked into her office that morning to find Killian sitting in her chair with his feet propped up on the desk.

"Hello, your highness. Missed me?" he grinned, waggling the fingers on his left hand. Oh, she could already tell that was going to get real old, real fast.

"Killian? What the hell?!"

"So I've been doing some soul searching these past few days and I think we need to really work on our redemption plans."

Regina sighed, waving a hand so that she was seated behind her desk and the blue eyed pain in her ass was planted on the floor where he belonged. She sometimes thought they maybe they got it wrong and the floor was actually his true love. He sure as hell spent enough time on it. He didn't even look uncomfortable anymore. So evidenced by the fact that he was cheerfully leaning back on his elbows and staring up at her expectantly. She sighed. It was best to indulge him when he got like this. "Our redemption plans?"

"Aye, you know? Our plans to be better people. People worthy of our True Loves and the various people around us and that all that jazz."

She raised an eyebrow. "First off, since when did we have actual plans? And second, since when did you start using 'all that jazz' in a sentence? Actually, better question is how did you even hear that phrase?"

Killian's brow furrowed even as his lips twisted thoughtfully. "Did I use the reference incorrectly? Swan and your boy have been trying to teach me about… popular culture. The last two nights have been dedicated to musical films. I must admit, I rather liked some of them. They weren't nearly as abhorrent as David led me to believe."

Regina resisted the urge to face palm (but it took a lot of effort). She was going to have words with Emma and Henry because no. There had to be something, anything, other than musicals they could show him to get him caught up with the modern day era. She then had a horrifying thought of Robin or any of the rest of the Merry Men watching musicals. It was bad enough that Henry had the bright idea to show Robin and Roland a few Disney films (including Robin Hood, The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan, because of course he would). Robin hadn't stopped walking around randomly singing 'Kiss the Girl' ever since that night. She desperately wanted to crawl under her desk and hide.

"And as for our redemption plans, well remember when you asked me if I had any inclination to include Rumple in our little meetings? I'm beginning to think it might be in his best interest, and dare I say the best interest of town, for him to join us."

"Since when did you call him Rumple? Also when did you start caring?"

"Pretty much when our beloved Mr. Gold used dark magic to throw Grumpy through the window of the diner this morning because the dwarf pissed him off. Ordinarily, I wouldn't care because Leroy is a pain in my arse but this time the glass spray landed in my coffee. I don't think I need to point out that this is not the first time this has happened either. This is just the first day that it actually affected me. And since the dwarf doesn't seem particularly keen on learning self-preservation skills and I'm growing rather fond of the coffee beverage, it would seem to be a mutually beneficial thing to invite Gold to join us."

She smirked. "Always thinking about yourself, pirate."

"You know me so well, Gina."

She threw a pen at him. "I told you stop calling me that! You did it around Roland and now that's all he calls me. Henry is starting to pick up on that too." Killian smiled like that was something to be proud of. She threw another pen at him. "Anyway, back to Rumple."

"Yes, well, three centuries of hatred aside, he's not that bad. Especially when he's around the Lady Belle. I know that if we continue to struggle with being on the side of light and good, then it must be an equally strenuous task for the Dark One."

"I'm really starting to regret ever talking to you by the tree that night."

Killian arched an eyebrow. "No, you don't."

She didn't reply. She didn't need too. Stupid pirate being all observant and insightful. She glared down at him before finally noticing his attire. "Are you wearing skinny jeans?"

Killian stretched out one long denim clad leg. "Aye. This is yet another one of Swan's genius plans to help me assimilate into this world."

Regina took in the sight of Killian outside of his normal leather pants. He kept the long coat and the vest. Yes, she did have a True Love of her very own but that didn't mean she couldn't look. And those jeans were doing wonderful things for the pirate. She wondered if that look would work on everyone.

"If you can convince Robin to wear a pair of those, I'm in for whatever harebrained scheme you want to work on for the remainder of the month."

"But this month is almost over."

"Well then, I guess you better get cracking."

Regina repressed the urge to sigh as she sat across from Killian and next to Gold in a very awkward and uncomfortable silence less than two days later. Really she only had herself to blame for this. She was the one that challenged Killian 'I spent 300 years in Neverland' Jones. The man was a professional when it came to overcoming nearly impossible odds. After all, he did get Emma Swan to not only fall in love with him but also confess it. So really Regina should've known better. She also should've remembered that Robin had a soft spot for the pirate. Apparently, Killian reminded him of one of the Merry Men that left their band of brothers for Wonderland. That meant that Robin was unusually indulgent of Killian's random whims and plots (also he enjoyed the inevitable chaos and uproar that followed after said random whims and plots). And because of that soft spot, Regina was now sitting in a booth at the very back of Granny's Diner for the first official meeting of the Reformed Villains Club. The only consolation she had in all of this madness was that skinny jeans looked just as good on a thief as they did on a pirate.

"Are we going to start this any time soon, dearie? Or are you waiting on someone else?" Gold asked. Disdain dripped from his voice though Regina noted he made no motion to leave. She arched an eyebrow looking between the two men.

On that note, how did Killian manage to convince Rumple to join this thing anyway? He had to be using the dagger. That was the only answer that would lead to her not panicking. Because they needed Gold to stay strong. They needed Gold to be the only person in this messed up family that could say no to the bratty pirate. Clearly it was a lost cause with Emma, Robin, Henry and David. Regina like to pretend that she could say no but she knew better. She had no resolve anymore when it came to the little parasite. Even Belle found herself charmed by him after he gave her a sheepish and more genuine apology for his actions against her. It didn't help that they both shared a mutual love for books. After that little fact came out, Belle was putty in Killian's happy little hands. Yeah, they were screwed. Well not entirely, Snow was really excellent at saying no but that was because she was not so secretly waiting for Killian to turn around and do something heinous and horrible to hurt her family. She was going to be waiting for awhile.

"Oh, I was just waiting for her majesty over here to stop mentally drooling over her thief," Killian retorted with that damn Cheshire grin.

"Sometimes you really make me regret giving up dark magic," Regina pointed out, with a not even effective glare. It rolled right off of his back. "Just get on with this already, will you?"

"Fine," he grumbled. "I'll start off. My name is Killian Jones and I'm a recovering story book villain."

Regina's brow furrowed. "Did you steal that from Alcoholics Anonymous?!"

"I believe the term is 'borrowed', love," Killian retorted with a smirk. "Besides, I found the book in the pile of books Lady Belle let me borrow from the library last week. Upon reading it, I discovered that the purpose of the book was to dissuade people from drinking. Need I remind you all that I'm a pirate? A pirate without rum is just pathetic."

"And we wouldn't want that," Gold muttered under his breath. Killian glared in his direction before continuing on.

"As I continued to read the otherwise useless tome, I found that some of the principles applied to us. The principles there are essentially guidelines to helping individuals find peace with themselves and their struggle to overcome their various addictions."

Regina narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. What he was saying made a lot of sense. She knew there were a variety of organizations that used the Alcoholics Anonymous Steps for other issues, such as narcotics and the children of alcoholics. Still what was the point of all of this? She was starting to wonder if Robin in those jeans was really worth it. She paused. Yeah, yeah it was.

"The one principle I thought most apt for our needs was the one about seeking forgiveness for those we've transgressed upon. Fortunately for me, most of the victims of my past transgressions are dead now, so I need only apply these principles to a select few." Killian took a deep breath before turning to his longest living enemy. "Rumpelstiltskin, I would like to apologize for the wrongs that I have done to you. I apologize for stealing your wife and robbing your boy of his mother. I apologize for mocking your efforts at rescuing her. I also apologize for hurting Lady Belle in a bid at getting revenge. I am truly sorry."

Regina's breath caught as even she could hear the sincerity in the (former!) pirate's voice. Killian's eyes were glistening as were Gold's. Though the Dark One was staring off into the distance. Finally, he swallowed and met Killian's gaze.

"I forgive you," Gold nodded. Killian gave him a small smile. "I would also like to apologize for killing the woman that you loved as well as cutting off your hand prompting you to live in Neverland with my bastard of a father for the better part of three centuries."

Killian shrugged a little. "At least, you gave me the hand back. And realizing that Pan is your father has given me a much needed appreciation for you." Gold chuckled. "At any rate, I forgive you. I think I did a long time ago."

The two men gave one another brighter smiles before turning in unison to look at Regina. She shrugged. "I forgive you both for making me sit through this?"

Killian frowned. "You're not even trying."

"Hey, I said that I would show up to this thing. I didn't say that I was going to actually participate. I've already made my amends."

"What about that time you tried to kill me?"

"What about that time you were supposed to kill my mother and didn't?"

"Regina, dearie, I believe that's counter-intuitive to the process."

Yeah, they were definitely screwed. She swore she would gouge her eyeballs out before she watched those two be buddy buddy with one another. And if Robin even thought for a minute that they would be inviting Gold along with them on Guy Night. Oh, who was she kidding? She might as well reach out to Belle now. Looks like she was going to be another casualty in the great bromance that seemed to be sweeping over Storybrooke.

"It's ok, Gina. One day you'll see the value in this and I'll be right here waiting."

Regina narrowed her eyes in Killian's direction before throwing a French fry at him. "Just know, pirate, that it will be a cold day in hell before I see the value in any of this insanity."

Killian merely shrugged and took a sip of his coffee. She hated that smug look in his eyes. Like he knew something she didn't know. But she was sticking to her guns on this one. She wasn't going to give in. It would be a cold day in hell before she saw the value in this. Too bad an icy front was coming in strong.

to be continued...