Aurora whimpered in her sleep waking Snow, "Aurora" Snow called out shaking the sleeping princess. She wasn't waking "Aurora" Snow said again, this time Aurora sat straight up gasping, tears streaming down her face. Snow cradled the weeping princess in her arms comforting her until she fell back asleep. Snow walked out of her tent to check on her daughter but Emma was missing. "Emma" Snow yelled panicked, no response came. "Emma, where are you" she yelled louder but still nothing. "Emma" Snow shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Snow what has happened" Mulan asked coming into the clearing.
Snow White was searching the camp site "Emma, I can't find her" she said scanning the area.
Mulan knelt looking at the ground "Look she something dragged her out of camp" Mulan said pointing to the marks Emma's shoes had made.
The hunter in Snow kicked in grabbing her sword and bow she took off into the woods pausing briefly, "Mulan look after Aurora, I will be back by morning" she yelled before disappearing into the night. Reading the tracks she played the scene in her head "two people walked this direction, Emma and a man. She took off running and he chased her" she thought running after Emma's tracks. Snow entered the clearing where the big standoff occurred and she became confused, "She went with him willingly" she questioned. "Hook" she suddenly realized "Emma wouldn't go with someone she didn't know, it must have been Hook" she thought.
Emma trailed behind Hook a good five feet "can I ask where we are going" Emma asked. Hook simply nodded, Emma waited for a moment "well" she prodded.
"I said you could ask I never said I would tell you" Hook turned to Emma flashing a smile "you'll know soon enough" he called back.
Emma sighed "Hook can we please stop for a bit" she said with the beginnings of a yawn on her lips.
He scanned the area for a minute "for a minute" he responded. "If you're going to keep calling me Hook I am going to insist you address me as Captain, I do have a reputation to uphold" he said deadly serious.
Emma almost laughed but his tone told her not to. "Fine then Captain Hook" she said not able to hold in a snicker.
This confused Hook "what do you find so funny, I don't understand. You know who I am, no one laughs at me, certainly no one still living" he questioned.
"I wish I could explain it to you but you wouldn't get it" Emma responded sitting nodded in agreement, she rested her head on her knees slowly drifting off to sleep.
"Time to go love" Hook whispered into Emma's ear.
Emma rubbed her eyes groggy "how long was I out" she asked.
"I would say about 10 minutes" he said helping Emma to her feet.
"You know I haven't actually slept in almost two days" Emma huffed.
"Do you wish for me to carry then" Hook asked sincerely.
"I can walk thanks" Emma laughed to herself.
Hook knelt next to her, "Get on" he said but Emma didn't move. Hook turned to look at her over his shoulder "I said get on" Hook commanded.
Emma sighed climbing on his back "I feel like a child" she groaned. "Just close your eyes and try to forget about it" Hook told her.
Emma tried to forget that he was carrying her but it wasn't working. At first she worried he was going to stab her with his hook, then she worried she was too heavy for him. She closed her eyes after a while and rested her head on him "he is so warm and comfortable" she thought right before she fell asleep.
Hook smiled when he felt her go limp on his back "She just might be starting to trust me" he thought. He knew Emma wouldn't be happy when she found out where they were going but he would deal with it then.
