Author's Note: Another chapter and not long to go until Once! I'm sorry for the just a bit too long wait but as I said, I have a few stories, but they're not finished because I don't know how to finish them. Yeah... Well I managed to finish one! Not sure how it is, migraines are a pest so I'm having trouble seeing if it's okay. Well hope you enjoy!

Stories connected to: None, but you can imagine it in the other universes if you wish. It doesn't matter.

Spoilers: Filming picks of what looks like Will, Emma and David breaking into the sundae shop.

Summary: Emma and Killian are trapped in a freezer full of ice cream, and it's freezing. How will they keep warm?

And Once Upon a Time is still not mine.


Keeping Warm

"Are you sure she's the one who works here?" She asked as their new friend Will Scarlet tried to pick lock the lock to 'Given any sundae'. She was looking through the small window on the door while her father was looking through main window.

"I'm pretty sure. If not, you're the sheriff." He seemed to have trouble picking the lock.

"Need some help?" She asked the struggling thief. They had met him in the forest after chasing the snow queen saying he might know something. He was claiming that he might have an idea of why it was cold, and it wasn't Elsa's fault.

"I think this lock has been magically sealed." He said as he took the two metal sticks out of the lock. "Although lock picking is quite hard, I'm not sure if you can do it." He stood up.

"Actually, I can." She held out her hand and he put the two metal sticks in it. She knelt down and started on picking the lock. She also concentrated on her magic to undo the seal. She felt the magic going through her veins and with one more twist, the door opened.

"I didn't know you could pick a lock. Did you learn it as a bail bonds person?" Her father asked. She didn't look up at either of them, just swung open the door.

"No, Neal taught me that." She proceeded into the shop, hand on gun in case. It had a more of a retro theme to it. Granny, Archie, Leroy and a few other residents complained of something suspicious happening around this certain shop. Then they met Will.

"Looks empty." Her father noted. Everything was packed up, chairs stacked, counter clean.

"Maybe-" she was interrupted when a crash came from behind the counter, into the kitchen of the ice cream shop. She held out her gun in front of her again and motioned for them to follow her. They went behind the counter into the small kitchen. She heard footsteps coming around the corner. She stopped and aimed her gun.

Who stepped out was not who she expected. "Hook? What the hell are you doing here?" She asked not lowering the gun.

"I came to help. If you could love." She looked at the gun pointing directly at him in her hands.

"Right, sorry." She lowered the gun. "You were suppose to be looking after Henry." She argued as he came closer to the group.

"Regina came and picked him up, so I came to find you. You said something about a sundae shop so I came through the back door." She put her gun where it belonged. There's a back door to this place?

"Okay fine. We're just looking for clues that the ice queen was here, or works here. Elsa's afraid of her and thinks she has something to do with Anna's disappearance." She explained.

"Hook?" She turned around to Will who had said his name. "As in the pirate Captain Hook? Who owns the Jolly Roger?" She looked down at the mention of the Jolly Roger then to Killian.

"Yes I am him. But I no longer own the Jolly Roger."

"You're the one who attacked Alice aren't you? When she was looking for Cyrus. Bloody hell you were keeping two of the truest loves separated!" He claimed. Her mouth fell slightly open.

"Killian is that true?" She asked him.

"Alice? The one from Wonderland?"

"Really she's real too?" Alice in Wonderland, Jefferson must know her...

"Yes." Will replied.

"Ah I remember her. Alice, a young lady looking for her true love. She's really good a sword fighting, has good form. She reminds me of a Emma." She looked at him eye wide, she was like Alice? Petite Alice who loves tea parties?

"Although I didn't try and separate them. I was helping her get from one place to another. I asked her to keep my reputation by telling everyone I had held her captive. I did nothing to hurt her. She's a tough lass."

Was she crazy for being jealous of this Alice girl who she had never met and already has a true love? Probably.

"I'm still keeping an eye on you pirate." They went around the kitchen looking for clues, anywhere. Will and David were somewhere, and Killian and her were in another. They came to a cooler room where they must store ice cream.

She slides the metal door open. "Wow it's freezing in here." She said while making her way in. She switched on the light which gave off a blue glow.

"That's what i'd expect for a freezer room." He followed her in.

"It's way too cold for ice cream even. Let me check the thermostat." She went over back near the door to look at it. "That's not right." She said as she touched the thermostat. "It's on warm, how is it freezing in here?"

At that moment a wall of ice sealed the door. She looked at Killian worried and went up to the wall. You could still see through it but things were blurry. "No." She said banging against the wall. The ice was thick and she ended up hurting her wrist instead.

"Let me try love." He dug his hook into the ice, but it froze and he was stuck. "Any other plans?" He said trying to brighten the mood. She gave him a glare.

"David! Will!" She yelled hoping it wasn't sound proof. They weren't anywhere to be seen. "Great. When I wished to have lots of ice cream when I was a kid I didn't mean this." She looked to Killian who had managed to un click his hook from the brace. The hook was still in he ice and wouldn't budge.

"We will find a way out love. David and Will are soon to notice, and some looking for us." He reassured her brushing a lock of hair behind her ear.

"If I was to be trapped in a freezing room with anyone, I'm glad that it's you." He smiled. The temperature suddenly dropped, that's not natural. She shivered and he noticed and started to take off his jacket. "What are you doing?" She asked. "It's freezing in here."

"I'm used to drastic weather love. I expect that you aren't so much." His jacket was off and he tried putting it around her. She stepped back.

"No you do have any other layers on beside that thin top. I've got a few layers on." Surprisingly he didn't argue. He just slipped his jacket back on and came and hugged her. She was surprised at first then realised how warm his jacket really was. She snaked her arms around his waist so they were under the jacket.

"What are you doing? Not that I'm complaining." He chuckled.

"Well if you won't wear the jacket you have to keep warm somehow." They stayed like that for a while warming up in each other's embrace. "Have you tried your magic yet love?" He asked moving slightly.

"No. I haven been able to control it easily." She looked up to him.

"I believe that you can. Try love." He took her hands in his own and opened hen so they were face up. She was hesitant but closed her eyes and imagined a ball of fire in her hands. It was hard considering it was freezing cold like Antarctica.

She felt a sudden warmth and opened her eyes to find a ball of fire in her hands. She smiled at the fact she was able to do it, and that the warmth felt so good. "I did it." She said in wonder. He stepped back so she could throw it. She made the ball bigger and threw it at the wall of ice. A hole big enough for them to go through was formed and heat started flowing through.

"Yes, let's get out of here." They came out and it felt so warm in the small shop. It was actually cold but it felt warm compared to what they just went through. Killian picked up his hook and clicked it back to place.

"I knew you could do it Emma." She smiled proudly and saw Will and her dad coming towards them.

"Emma, Hook we were looking everywhere for you. What happened?" He asked looking at the hole in the ice wall.

"Looks like the ice queen trapped us in there and intended to turn us into ice blocks." She replied. David came and hugged her.

"You're freezing. Granny's is just next door, you can warm up there."


"Well that was an adventure I would not like to go on again." Killian said tugging the blanket around him more. They were sitting by the fireplace at the back of Granny's, snuggled up in blankets and hot chocolate.

"Same here. I will never wish to have all up the ice cream in the world again." She said before taking a sip of hot chocolate. She placed it on the coffee table in front of her and snuggled closer to Killian.

"I would rather climb that bloody beanstalk again." He said smiling at the fact she had leaned into him.

"Same here. I can't wait until this winter is over." She felt his hand on the side of her head and she turned to face him.

"I don't mind it as long as you're here keeping me warm."

"Same." She said and they met in the middle for a kiss. It was slow and passionate. They broke apart, his hand still on the side of her head. "Although let's try to avoid being locked in a freezing room next time." He chuckled before kissing her again.


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