"Take that!" Their wooden swords made contact as Emma fought Ella's daughter, Alexandrea (whom Emma called Lexi).

"Stop, Lady Lexi!" Emma demanded. "We waste time fighting each other. We must defeat the dragon and save my brother!" She pointed at Aiden, who was standing in his crib, watching his older sister.

"But where is the dragon?" Alexandrea asked.

Suddenly, a gold-skinned being emerged from behind them, growling loudly.

"There it is!" Emma squealed. The monster lunged towards the girls, who jumped out of the way before they could be snatched. They thought they were safe until Emma was grabbed by the creatures limbs.

"Be careful, Lady Emma!" Emma pushed away from the monster's grasp and with a quick turn, "stabbed" it.

"Ugh…" The beast groaned, "You got me!" It fell to the floor as the sound of laughter was heard from the doorway.

"Be careful, Rumple," Belle began, picking up Aiden from his crib. "We don't want you getting hurt for the sake of the children, would we?" Since Belle had found Rumplestilskin, Snow and James agreed to release him. They visited often, leaving the two of them to watch Aiden and the girls while the families were in the middle of business, like now.

Rumplestilskin stood up, "They're just kids, Belle. I doesn't hurt to give them some fun."

Emma's voice pierced through the room, "THE BEAST HAS RISEN!" Rumplestilskin suddenly found himself falling, the two princesses on top of him.

"What's going on here?" A chuckling voice asked. They all looked up and saw Snow, James, Ella and Thomas standing in the doorway.

Snow stepped in, "Emma, please get off of Rumplestilskin and apologize."

"You too, Alexandrea," Ella replied.

Emma and Alexandrea turned sheepishly, "Sorry, Mr. 'Stilskin…."

"It's no trouble, dearies," He responded with a small grin. "No trouble at all." He sat down on a chair as the others continued another conversation. His mind drifted down memory lane to his son, Baelfire. He was so enveloped that he didn't notice Emma walking over to him.

"What's wrong, Mr. 'Stilskin?"

He was snapped back to reality at the sound of her voice, "Oh, uh, nothing."

Emma put her hands on her hips, "Mr. 'Stilskin, I can tell your lying." He smirked. Ah, so she does possess some magic. Either that or she's got a good intuition. "Please tell me why you're sad."

He didn't know how to explain Bae to the little princess, so he tried doing so in the simplest way possible, "I had a boy-."

"Like Aiden?"

"Yes, dearie. I…I lost him." He sat back in his chair, remembering that day. It was burned in his memory so well that he could almost relive it. Little Emma never would be able to understand that.

"You'll find him," Emma said with a smile. "Family always finds each other." As she skipped back to her family, Rumple was left in deep thought.

Maybe, he thought. Maybe someday.