Hello guys! There's chapter 4, and I guarantee that you'll be surprised during this one. :)The chapter was written by my friend, but I edited (as usually) by adding some dialogues, etc. The very first flashback was entirely written by me.

Disclamer: I own nothing, OUAT goes to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, and SM goes to Naoko Takeuchi/Toei.

Shattered Light! Dark Thunder unleashed!

London 2004

The school bell rang, which made all the children of the class put their stuff back in their bags. After one last instruction from the teacher, the children went outside without waiting any longer. Outside, they ran to their parents, who welcomed their children with a smile and started to ask about how was their day. Emily was the only one who exited the building slowly, and she watched at her classmates with sadness. She sat on a bank, knowing that her foster parents would be late, as they warned her that morning. As Emily continued to stare at how the parents and their kids were slowly quitting the school area, she didn't hear her teacher approach. So, she was surprised to hear her voice ask:
"Are you okay, Emily?"
Emily looked up and after a moment, she answered:
"Yes… It's just that… they all seem so happy. They all have parents and I don't. I wish I knew who my parents are…"
The teacher nodded with compassion, she then sat next to Emily, saying:
"You know, not all parents are good. And some people who indeed have their parents are not happy with them."
A moment of silence followed the teacher's words, and since Emily didn't reply anything, she pursued:
"There is a possibility that your parents are not bad, that you got abandoned for good reasons. But there's no proof to this. They can either be good or bad people."
Emily looked at her teacher, wondering what she was trying to say, and then she said:
"But… isn't it important to know your origins?"
"Yes, but… sometimes it's better to never find out who your parents are. Maybe, the fact you don't know who they are is for the best."

Storybrooke

Mr Gold opened a box, revealing a necklace, and Belle said smiling:

"It's… very beautiful. And it's for what occasion?"

"The occasion is us." – Mr Gold said as he put the necklace on Belle's neck – "We never went out together since the curse broke. I thought we should go see the town together."

As he said that, Belle kissed him and said:

"Thank you, for all that you're doing… for changing."

The moment between them got interrupted, as Leroy entered the pawnshop, shouting:

"Rumplestiltskin, I want my axe back!"

"Leroy, we're closed right now."

"The axe is mine, give it back to me!" – Leroy insisted.

"But we are still closed." – Gold said without losing his calm.

"If something's in your possession, that doesn't mean it's yours. Nothing in your shop belongs to you." – then turning to Belle, he added – "And you, how can you be with a monster like him? You're just another of his possessions."

Those words angered Mr Gold, and pushing Leroy against a wall, he shouted:

"How dare you?! You need your axe, fine! You'll get it, right in your chest!"

"Rumplestiltskin!" – Belle yelled – "Don't! Enough! That's not you, anymore..!"

Then, he turns his head in her direction, revealing his appearance as the Dark One from the Enchanted Forest, and he said:

"Oh it's me, dearie. Always has been, always will be!"

At that moment, Belle woke up. Seeing that Gold wasn't in the bed, she stood up searching for him in the house. She found him in the basement, spinning gold and putting a thread of it into a beaker.

Meanwhile, Emily was walking in the streets of Storybrooke, after hours of researches she made in order to find a way to bring Emma, Danielle and Rosalie back. But it was with no success.

"Just a useless child that can't accept the darkness in her heart." – a voice suddenly said.

As Emily heard it, she tried to find the source of the voice, feeling some panic. Emily was unaware that she was being haunted, by a piece of the past.

Enchanted Forest

Rumplestiltskin came home, informing his son, Baelfire, that he came home. He then saw that he was sitting all alone. Rumplestiltskin asked him:

"Bae..? Where is your mum?"

The boy didn't answer anything, just briefly looked away quite sadly. His father then reassured him:

"She probably just forgot about time… Take your cape, we'll find her."

Later, Rumplestiltskin found his wife socializing in a pub with a bunch of sailors. He approached their table, saying:

"Milah… it's time to go home."

"Well, go home then." – she replied.

"Who't that?" – asked the man who seemed to be the captain.

"It's nobody… just my husband." – Milah answered harshly.

"Well, he's taller than you told us." – the captain commented, making the rest of the sailors and Milah laugh.

"Please, you have responsibilities." – Rumplestiltskin reminded his wife.

"Like being a man and fight at the war against ogres?" – Milah asked sarcastically – "Other women became honored widows, while I'm married to the coward of the village. I need some fun. Run home, Rumple. That's what you're good at."

But as she said so, she heard Baelfire's voice, who just approached the table:

"Mum…?"

"Bae… you were supposed to wait outside." – Rumple said to him.

Then, Milah wordlessly stood from her table and walked home with them. That night, while Rumplestiltskin was making some tea for his wife, he asked to Milah:

"You… you didn't want me to have died in the ogre war, right..?"

"I wanted you had fought." – Milah answered – "But you hadn't."

"But I am alive." – Rumple stated, as he gave her a cup of tea – "I am here, with you, with Bae."

"That's not a life… not for me. Why can't we go to another village, where I won't be labeled a coward's wife and where we can start a new life? We could move to a place where no one knows us."

After a moment of silence, Rumple said:

"I know, it's not the life you wanted… but we can live happily here. Can you at least try, not for me, but for Bae?"

"Alright… I'll try." – Milah answered.

Storybrooke

Alexandra and Cecilia, along with Lux & Athena were talking, trying to get ideas of how to bring their friends back. But then, they noticed that Emily wasn't much talkative this time. Emily was considered as the brain of the group, she usually was the one who had the most thoughts to share. So, it was a surprising thing to see her silent.

"Hey, Emily…" - Alexandra said to her friend, getting the impression that she was not feeling so well.

"Oh, um… What did you just say..?" - Emily replied, confirming that she wasn't following the conversation at all.

"Are you alright? It's like you don't look okay." – Cecilia said as she put her hand on Emily's forehead.

As she did so, she got a little static shock, which made her flinch. Cecilia quickly retracted her arm, rubbing her palm a little, and she then suggested:

"I think there might be something wrong with your powers."

The cats nodded in agreement and looked at the girl full of worry, wondering what the cause of this could be.
Meanwhile, Mr Gold entered inside his house, to find Belle sitting on the sofa, obviously waiting for him to talk about something. Belle confronted him about the magic she had seen him creating in the basement.

"What were you doing in the basement? I saw you using magic."

"Will you have breakfast?" – Gold asked, trying to change the subject.

"No, we have to talk about this." – Belle kept insisting.

"It's just a couple of spells. There's nothing to be worried about." – he replied.

"Alright, so tell me honestly: why did you bring the magic to Storybrooke?" – Belle asked, determined to get an answer.

"I already told you, because magic is power." – Gold tried to get over this by the same old answer he gave days ago.

"But why do you need power? Tell me…" – Belle almost begged.

But Mr Gold was like blocked; he could not say anything back. Seeing that he was not about to give an answer, Belle said shaking her head sadly:

"You don't need power. You need courage, to let me in."

Enchanted Forest

A neighbor woman knocked at Rumplestiltskin's door, and informed that Milah has been kidnapped by the men she was with, in the pub the previous week. She said that he should hurry, since they're about to leave. As he processed her words, Rumplestiltskin went to the port. Once there, he found their ship and moments later, he went up aboard their ship. As he saw the captain of the boat, who looked at him and grinned in a mocking way, Rumple said:

"I… I remember you. You were in the pub…"

"Really? It's nice to give impression about me." – he replied, as the sailors laughed – "But where are my manners, we weren't properly introduced… My name's Killian Jones. What are you doing at the board of my ship?"

"You had my wife…" – Rumple started.

"I had a lot of other's wives." – Killian commented, making the sailors laugh once more.

"No, you don't understand… Her and I have a son, and he needs a mother…" – Rumple tried to explain.

"Well, my boat is full of men who need company." – Killian Jones replied, as everyone on the boat grinned at that comment.

But Rumple kept begging the captain to let Milah go home. Killian Jones then stated that he does not like to bargain. So, he threw a sword on the floor, at Rumple's feet, saying:

"But I'm a man with principles… if you truly want your wife come back home; you just have to fight for her."

As he said that, Killian picked his own sword, pointing it to Rumplestiltskin. But Rumple was too scared, so he just stood here, and didn't pick the other sword which laid on the floor. So, Killian commented:

"If a man cannot fight for what he needs, he deserves what he gets."

"Please sir… What am I going to tell my boy?" – Rumple asked with fear and sadness.

"Try the truth. That his father's a coward."
Some time later, Rumplestiltskin returned home, wondering what he could say. As soon as he entered the house, Baelfire asked him:

"Papa? When is mum coming home?"

After a short silence, Rumple then replied:

"She isn't…"

"Why not?"

Rumplestiltskin approached his son, and after a what seemed a long moment, he finally answered with sadness:

"… Because she is dead…"

As he said that, Baelfire burst into tears, and Rumplestiltskin hugged the boy and started to comfort him:

"I'm so sorry, Bae… I promise you… I'll never let anything happen to you…

Storybrooke

The Guardians, Lux and Athena were walking in the woods, hoping to find something there. The last time, when the situation seemed almost desperate, they randomly found the well, which led them to the Heavens. Maybe, this time they could find something too. There were very little chances that the luck could find them once more, in a same way, but it was the only thing they could think of, right now. But they also thought that perhaps, walking a little afar from the town would make Emily feel a little better. Suddenly, they began to hear a voice. The voice was not very clear, and it was hard to identify what it was saying. The three girls looked around, trying to find who was talking:

"Do you hear that too?" – Emily asked her friends, with some distress in her tone.

"Yes… Why are you asking?" – Cecilia said.

"Because I heard it yesterday night, after I was walking back from the library." – Emily explained to her friends.

"Oh no, now that's clearly not good…" – Alexandra commented, her nervousness growing after what her friend just said.

But the suspense did not last long. Moments after, in a very dark and almost transparent smoke, they saw a figure appearing in front of them. She gasped as they stated that it actually was… Zhelia!

"What..?! How is that even possible?!" – Emily gasped, walking a step behind her.

"Wasn't she supposed to be dead..?" – Alex asked rhetorically.

"Well, she should be." – Lux commented, confused too – "There are laws of magic."

"And one of them is that you cannot resurrect the dead." – Athena added.

But it wasn't the moment to wonder how and why Zhelia succeeded to come back to life (even though she still looked a bit different from before), but it was rather the moment to take some action. The three girls held their pens to the air, shouting their quotes:

"Aqua Star Power!"
"Wind Star Power!"
"Lightning Star Power!"
They immediately turned into their Sailor Guardian forms, and prepared themselves to battle Zhelia.

Enchanted Forest

Rumplestiltskin, who had became the Dark One, was sitting in a pub with a man named William, who said him that he trades in "hard to find objects", such as a magic bean that can open portals between worlds.

"I heard that there were no beans left on those lands." – Rumple commented.

"True. But there come boats from other lands, with treasures they sometimes don't know the values of." – William explained.

"You know a lot."

"That's my job. Just like I know, from rumors, who can pay for those treasures the highest price."

Rumplestiltskin then asks him what kind of 'rumors' he hears, and William answered by telling what he knows about how Rumple used to be a coward but he became the Dark One in order to protect his son, which he however lost. As soon as he said that, Rumple started to struggle him with his dark magic. He then shouted that it wasn't a good thing to expand rumors but also asked:

"Where is the magic bean?"

"I don't have it with me… I hid it… I swear…" – William said with a cracked voice due to strangulation.

Rumplestiltskin then stopped to strangle him, to his surprise, since he didn't tell his price yet. The Dark One said that he makes gold from straw.

"I don't need money." – William stated – "I need eternal life."

As he said that, Rumple giggled and said:

"Only the Dark One can have eternal life! But I can do something else. What about to turn you back to a little boy?"

"That works too."

As the deal was done, the man left the bar. A few seconds later, Rumplestiltskin saw Killian Jones, along with his men, entering the bar.

Storybrooke

Sailor Aqua, Sailor Wind and Sailor Lightning positioned themselves, ready to use their attacks.
"Heavenly River Shine!"
"Silver Tornado!"
Both of their attacks went to Zehelia, but it did not hit her and went right through her instead, like it was nothing. The three guardians blinked in surprise, and Cecilia gasped:

"What?! It's like she's a ghost..!"

But it was not time to let the surprise take over. It was Emily's turn to give it a try, and she started to use her own attack. But instead of 'Supreme Lightning' or 'Divine Thunderbolt' a black thunderbolt shot out, attacking Zehelia. She got actually injured this time, but the dark thunderbolt almost hit Alexandra and Cecilia. Emily looked around, wondering what just happened, as Zhelia laughed:

"You are weak, Sailor Lightning! Very soon, your darkness will make of you a coward!"

After that, she phased away. Emily dropped on her knees weak and shocked of what just happened, as dark electrical sparks surrounded her. Worried for her friend, Cecilia was about to approach her, but Alexandra stopped her:
"You might get hurt from the thunder, like from the last one, but even worse! Go find Belle and Gold, and do it fast! Lux, Athena and I will stay here, to make sure her powers don't spiral out of control."

Cecilia nodded, and then quickly ran in the direction of Mr Gold's pawnshop. Alexandra looked at her friend, her heart and soul full of worries.

Enchanted Forest

Rumplestiltskin bumped into Killian Jones in an alleyway, disguised as an old beggar, after what Jones shouted:

"Hey, you! Even alley rats have more manners than you do!"

Turning around, Rumple said:

"I am very sorry, sir."

As Killian looked at him, he remarked in a mocking way:

"That's not a rat, it's more like… a crocodile!"

Then, he pushed him on the ground, he asking his name, while he was still laughing. Rumplestiltskin then stood up, giggling on his turn, revealing himself. As he now could fully see him, the captain Jones said:

"I remember you."

"It's nice to give impression about me." – Rumple said, imitating Killian from the day they met on the boat – "But where are my manners, we weren't properly introduced. Rumplestiltskin! Or, how people call me, the Dark One."

As he said so, the other sailors started to walk back in fear. Killian then asked:

"What do you want to know?"

"How is Milah, of course?"

"Who..?" – Killian said grinning, pretending that he did not recall who she was.

"I would like to search in your memory… but it's a very dirty process."

"She is dead." – Killian said calmly – "She's dead for a long time now."

Rumplestiltskin stayed silent a moment, before Killian asked:

"What do you want?"

"We never had a chance to have our duel." – Rumple finally said.

Killian was about to pull off his sword, but he got interrupted by the Dark One, who said:

"No, not now. Tomorrow morning at the dawn! You can spend this evening knowing that it will be your last. And don't think about running away, because I'll find you and I'll gut all your crew as fish."

The next morning, Killian arrived at that same alleyway, as suddenly a sword was threw on the ground just in front of him. He looked up, seeing the Dark One sitting on one roof.

"Pick it up, dearie. Let's begin!"

"I don't need it." – Killian stated as he wanted to pull off his own sword.

But Killian then saw that his sword was no longer at his waist, Rumplestiltskin had taken it from him using his magic. Rumple remarked:

"Sorry, but killing a man with his own sword was just too delicious to pass up".

Killian then picked up the sword which was lying on the ground and they began to fight. Rumplestiltskin finally disarmed and he said:

"Do you know how it is, having your wife stolen? It feels like your heart is ripped from your chest. Let me demonstrate."

As soon as he said that, he began to take the captain's heart. He was about to rip it, as suddenly Milah, dressed like a pirate, arrived and yelled:

"Stop!"

Storybrooke

Cecilia rushed to Gold's pawnshop as fast as she could, and as she finally entered the shop, she took her hand to her chest, gasping for air. The atmosphere between the two was quite tensed, after the conversation of the morning, but it was forgotten as they saw the girl who gave all signs of an emergency.
"Cecilia, is there something wrong?" - Belle asked, worrying that it somehow concerned her daughter.
"Something is wrong with Emily…" – Cecilia replied, breathing with difficulty – "Her lightning is filled with darkness…!"

Mr Gold and Belle looked at each other, worry growing in them, and without saying a word, they exited the shop. On their way, Cecilia briefly exposed the situation. While they were walking, Mr Gold said to himself:

"Damn it, I should have expected something like this…!"

Belle looked at him and saw that he was truly concerned by the situation. He pursued:

"That darkness… she got it from me…!"

"What truly matters is that her powers don't hurt anyone… and mainly herself." – Belle replied, wondering how her daughter was going to live with it.

Mr Gold only nodded, still thoughtful.

The three of them finally arrived to where Emily was. They saw that she was still sparking dark electricity. Belle lifted her hands to her mouth, shocked to see her daughter in such distress. Mr Gold kept walking forward, in Emily's direction.
"Don't get close, she is very dangerous!" - Alexandra said, but Gold ignored her warning.

He approached Emily, as the electricity shocked him, but he resisted it. He then held Emily's both hands, as she looked up with tears.

"You shouldn't be afraid." – Gold said – "If you let the fear take over you, the darkness will easily consume you. It's not something you should go through, because… I know how it is; this is exactly what happened to me."

Emily looked at him, expecting him to pursue. Belle got attentive too, because she knew he was about to reveal something important, something he never shared with anyone. Mr Gold explained:

"The reason I became the Dark One was because I am a coward... I always was. That power I always need is all about to compensate my lack of courage. Power turned too important to me, so I cannot renounce to it… And that even led me to… lose a very important person to me… my son."

Emily got surprised to hear that Gold ever had a son. Belle remembered how she tried to learn more about that son back in the Enchanted Forest, but with no success, since Rumplestiltskin did his best to avoid that subject.

"His name was Baelfire…" – Mr Gold said, as Emily smiled a little by hearing his name – "I became the Dark One in order to protect him from a war. I succeeded but later, I lost him anyway, because of my obsession for power. But as soon as he disappeared, I made very long researches about how I could bring him back. It took me long years, before I finally found a curse, which could bring me to the world my son was in. This world."

Then, Mr Gold paused a little, before saying:

"I spent the last fourteen years to wait for the Dark Curse to be finally broken, so I could go outside the town and search for my son. When you and your friends broke the curse, I brought magic in Storybrooke, because I'm too dependent on it, Emily. I'm no less a coward than I was before. But at the end, it didn't change much… because if I leave the town, I will forget everything, including Baelfire."

Mr Gold then looked in Belle's direction, and added:

"My task now is to find a way to pass the line without losing my memories… That's why I was doing magic in the basement."

As he said that, Belle finally understood and was relieved that she got the honest answer she wanted from him this morning. Looking back to Emily, Gold concluded:

"You see now how I am. And it's not something I want you to become. I know that you won't end like me, Emily. Unlike me, you are very strong and courageous. So, show me those qualities once more. Don't be afraid, Emily, and the darkness will never take over yourself."

As she listened to him, Emily felt a tear escape her face, from the mixed feelings she got. She finally understood the reasons of Mr Gold; he wanted to arrange things with his son. Emily also felt a strange feeling for having a half-brother. She also felt emotional about the fact how Gold wanted to help her and that he truly believed she would not turn dark. Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, Emily hugged her father and as she did so, the dark electrical sparks dispersed.

"The colors of my Sailor Guardian uniform… it has a darker shade now." – Emily then noticed as she stood up.

"It's due to the unleashing of your second power." – Athena explained.

"I'm not specialized in your type of magic, but… I think you should give a quote for the dark version of your power." – Mr Gold suggested – "So, you'll use it only if you need to."

Emily nodded as she suddenly sensed Zhelia's ghost again.

"She's still somewhere in the forest… I must go confront her, by my own." – she said, as she walked away.

Enchanted Forest

"Milah…?" – Rumplestiltskin asked in confusion – "But… how…?"

"Milah, run away from here…" – Killian said weakly, as he was now lying on the ground.

"I won't go without you." – Milah protested.

"Oh, how sweet… seems like I don't know the whole story." – Rumple commented – "Tell me it, Milah."

"Please, don't kill him, I'll explain everything…!" – Milah begged him – "That night, when Killian and his crew came to the pub, he told me about all those places he visited. And I fell in love with him… I just didn't know how to tell you the truth, I'm sorry!"

As she explained that, Rumple then mocked them, saying that he was impressed by the "True Love" Milah and the pirate had together, but he however would be very pleased to separate them. He was about to kill Jones with the sword, but Milah stopped him, by showing a red cap. The Dark One recognized it, because the man who wanted to sell the bean was wearing it the night before. Rumplestiltskin asked:

"Where did you get that?"

"You know very well whose it is. Even though I have no idea why the Dark One would need a magic bean, but I have it. I'll give you the bean in exchange of our lives."

Rumplestiltskin did not fully agree to this bargain, and he said:

"I want to see it first".

Later that day, on the board of the pirate ship, Milah showed Rumplestiltskin the magic bean, before throwing it to Jones.

"You saw it. Happy?" – Killian said.

"Do we have a deal?" – Milah asked – "Can we both move in our ways?"

"Are you asking me, if I forgive you?" – the Dark One said – "If I can forget all of this? Maybe. As I can see, you are truly in love. But…! I still have one question: how could you leave Bae?"

Milah did not respond, while Rumplestiltskin pursued:

"Do you know how difficult it was for me to come back home and tell our son that his mother died?"

"I shouldn't have lied to you, I was a coward…" – Milah admitted – "I regret for leaving him every day..!"

"Regretting is not enough!" – Rumple shouted – "You abandoned him!"

"I let my misery cloud my judgment…" – Milah tried to explain.

"Why were you so miserable?" – Rumplestiltskin asked her.

"Because I never loved you!"

As she said that, Rumplestiltskin became very angry. He ripped her heart out of her chest, and Killian tried to interfere but he got magically pushed to a mat. Before Rumplestiltskin could finally crush it, Killian succeeded to untie himself and ran to Milah, who said him her last words:

"I love you…"

After that, the Dark One crushed her heart for good, killing her. Killian Jones then said:

"You may be more powerful now, demon, but you're no less a coward!"

Rumplestiltskin then stated that he can now get what he came there for, the magic bean. But Jones refused to give it to him, saying that he must kill him first. Rumplestiltskin, therefore, cut off Jones' hand. As the pirate fell on his knees due to pain, Rumple said:

"I want you to live; because I want you suffer in the same way I did suffer."

Despite his pain, Jones stood up, grabbed a hook and stabbed Rumplestiltskin with it. But it did not kill him.

"If you want to kill me, you need something more than that!" – Rumple said with his usual giggle.

"Even a demon can be killed!" – Killian said angrily – "I will find a way!"

"Well, good luck living long enough!" – Rumplestiltskin smirking, before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

Storybrooke

Emily entered the deepest part of the woods, as she saw Zhelia appearing in front of her once more. Looking at the Sailor Guardian a moment, Zhelia said, almost with disappointment:

"It seems like you accepted your darkness."

"I am no longer afraid of the darkness." – Emily replied – "Because I am going to use it to protect the light."

Zhelia only laughed at her words, as if she said something stupid, and she then said:

"You think that you can be better than your father? You think that he can respond to your expectations? But it's a 'no' to both! He's a coward, and is the reason of many misfortunes!"

"True, but he became the Dark One, because he wanted to save his son!" – Emily protested – "There's still some goodness in him!"

"But what did he do to become the Dark One, do you know? To become a Dark One, you must kill the predecessor. Rumplestiltskin is not the first, there were many before him! The previous Dark One before him was named Zoso! And guess what? He was my father!" – Zhelia revealed – "And he was also Kalino's master, who taught him everything about dark magic! Why do you think it took so long to defeat him?"

As Emily processed Zhelia's words, she said shaking her head in disbelief:

"Is it all about it? You are haunting me, because my father killed yours?"

"Well, you also humiliated me in front of your friends, participated in ruining the great plans our queen build during long years… But yeah, it's mostly because of our families' history." – Zhelia concluded with a short laugh.

But her words didn't have the effect she expected. Instead of hurting, upsetting or anything in that kind, it only made Emily to stand proudly and looking her enemy straight in the eyes. The Guardian of thunder said in a serious tone:

"I have nothing to do with the murder of your father, Zhelia. I have nothing to blame myself for!"

As Emily said that, Zhelia decided it was time to finish the conversations and take some serious action. She started to attack the girl with her dark blood rose petals, not without leaving some cuts. But Emily didn't surrender to the pain, and thought to herself:

"She is the fragment of darkness left behind, due of being consumed by it her entire life... The casual attacks don't work, since she's not material anymore. So, let's defeat darkness by darkness."

Concentrating, Emily unleashed her new power.
"Dark Thunder!"

With that quote, Emily shot out the Dark Thunder, hitting Zehelia's ghost. Seconds later, the ghost vaporized into nothingness. After a short moment, Emily sighed in relief.
"It's over… the past is gone… Now, time to think about of how to get my friends back." As Emily said that, she returned to normal and headed out of the woods, limping in the process.

Enchanted Forest

Rumplestiltskin took Killian Jones' hand home and unclenches it, only to discover that the bean was not in it.

"No… He tricked me!" – Rumple shouted in anger.

On board Jones' ship, William, whom they had taken prisoner to get the magic bean, got released. He approached the captain, saying:

"Give me my bean back!"

"Now, let me explain you how things work on this ship: I give orders and you execute it. The bean is mine now." – Killian Jones replied.

"You must give me something in return for it." – William asked.

"I give you your life. A chance to join my crew."

"So, instead of getting the promised eternal life, I'll clean the blood off of your board… Is that even fair?" – William said in a complaining way.

"And what if I say that we're going to a place where none of us will ever grow older?" – Jones asked.

"That works for me." – Willian replied with a smile.

"Alright… what's your name, seaman?" – Killian asked.

"William… William Smee."

"Well, Mr Smee, welcome to the board." – Killian said, as he threw the bean into water.

Seconds later, a portal opened in the water, and Killian Jones started to give orders to his men. The captain then took the hook which he used in attempt to kill Rumplestiltskin, and put it at the place where his left hand used to be. Smee then asked:

"What's that place where we're going, captain?"

"Neverland!"

Short after, the ship sailed into the portal.

Storybrooke

"Look, she's back!" – Alexandra said, as she saw Emily walking to them.

Emily smiled peacefully in response, while she was limping from the battle, suffering from cuts.

"You look better than before." – Cecilia said, as Alex nodded in agreement.

Belle ran to her daughter, and after a hug, she asked:

"Emily, are you hurt?"

"It's okay… just a few cuts I got during the battle, nothing to be worried about." – the girl reassured her mother.

Then, she looked at Mr Gold and, approaching him, she said:

"Thank you… for helping me to accept. The darkness and… the person I got it from."

Mr Gold was surprised by the latter words and he then replied:

"I could not let yourself at the mercy of your… no, my darkness."

Then, he paused a moment, before saying what it was about time to say her:

"And I… I apologize for the Wraith incident. I never intended that your friends would be lost after that. I once again let my darkness take over me, making the revenge too important, without thinking twice about consequences."

"Well… I hope we can help you with that." – Belle said, taking his hand in hers and giving a look to Emily, to which the girl nodded.

"At least, this is something which can be corrected." – Emily said with smile.

After that, they all walked back in the town, and Lux recommended that Emily takes some rest before pursuing her researches, despite her protests.

Enchanted Forest Present

Killian Jones was looking upon the safe haven island through his telescope, as Cora walked up to him, saying:

"Hello, Hook."

The pirate turned in her direction, replying:

"Hello, Cora. You said you wanted to show me something important."

Cora then pulled off a bottle, containing some pinky dust. Not very impressed, Hook said:

"Shiny dirt..? Wonderful."

"This is the rests of a magical platform, which used to be a portal between worlds." – Cora explained to the pirate.

"Is that enough to go where we need to?" – the captain asked.

"Not exactly… But that's a beginning. But there's something else to show you."

Using magic, Cora showed him in water an image of the guardians, Aurora and Mulan heading back to the safe haven.

"Who are they?" – Captain Hook asked.

"The ones we can use to reach our goal." – Cora answered – "The three youngest girls have magic powers… But I am much more powerful."

Hook watched at them a little, then he turned to Cora and asked:

"Alright… so, what's that place we want head to?"

"It's called Storybrooke. That's where I will finally see my daughter again."

"And that's where I can skin myself a crocodile." – Hook said, while he and Cora grinned in anticipation.

A/N: This is one of the chapter for which I waited the most forward to write/upload. :) Reviews are always welcome.