Chapter 10: I hate Surprises
After the plane ride and when Emma, Henry and Rumpelstiltskin are finally in their own perspective rooms at the hotel, they immediately freshen up and fell asleep.
Captain Killian Jones along with his wife Emma and their sixteen-year-old daughter Felicity were docked at a port, they all had a good time in the early morning to which Emma and Felicity both relented to a no and due to Killian's insistence that they spend time together as a family, Emma and Felicity woke up early to spend their time together. For a couple of hours everything was good, and Emma was happy, she didn't know if this was the best time to tell them, but she thought maybe she could do it tonight.
"I've got to tell you something tonight. It's definitely good news." Emma said while Killian and Felicity were looking until night comes. Then a minute later, a man with crocodile features with a creepy giggle of laughter was relived was brought to their attention. When the Jones family caught his attention, he poofed himself and the family away.
"Who are you, you bloody demon!" Killian said with panic and the feeling all the family were experienced somehow tripled.
"I am Rumpelstiltskin, the Dark One of all the realms." The Dark One Spoken.
"What do you want from us?" Killian asked again.
"Oh, actually I don't want anything from you three. However, I've to fix this mess which you" he points to Emma and giggles, "started when you arrived here about eighteen years ago. The Dark One that preceded me which includes myself as well have been trying to find you for a very long time. Now that I've found you, I've got to make everything right."
"What did I do?" Emma asked curious of what she changed. "What did I change?"
"Straight to the point, I like that." Rumpelstiltskin said along with the rolling eyes coming from the family. "Ever since you came here you changed destiny, fate, and alas since you brought too many changes, I've to fix them myself." He turns to the youngest person there, he looks at her thinking what shall he do with her, but he can save her for last, so he poofed her in smoke and she was gone.
"FELICITY! Emma and Killian shouted when they saw the smoke when they saw their only daughter was taken away from them.
Then the Dark One returns to the couple. He first deaged them, made them younger, to the age Emma was when she arrived here, while Killian was only a couple of years younger. After he did that, he opens a portal for Emma, cursed her from the memories that she has made throughout the years, ever since she arrived at this land. Then made her go in the portal while that happens, Killian shouts his wife's name.
" No!" Emma shouted when the dream ended and immediately gets waken up from what she has just seen, from her dream, her memory. Now that she is wide awake, she looks around and could see her son Henry stirring up next to her most likely getting waked up by her. He then rouses up, looks at his mother, and says "mom are you okay?" He asks worriedly.
"It was only a bad dream kid, don't worry," Emma says then she sees what time it is, and it was only around nine o'clock in the morning. "Come on Henry let's get dressed quick so we can have a quick breakfast."
As Emma got dressed quickly, she spotted her phone, and since Henry is still in the bathroom, a quick call to Killian sounded perfect. To her amazement, he picked up and talked quickly about her getting the dream and her being wary with the predicament she finds herself in with Mr. Gold. Then she ended the call and went to the bathroom.
Back at Storybrooke Mary Margaret goes to the docks and climbs up the plank to the Jolly Roger. There she sees a surprised Captain Hook on deck.
"Your majesty, what are you doing here on my ship in this fine morning?" Killian asks.
"While I'm not here with what my husband did last night, I'm here to learn more about what is going on between you and my daughter." He starts to raise his hand however before that happens Mary Margaret insisted that she's not done talking. "I know that there is more to it and I want to know why."
Before he can say anything, the sound of phone rings. Knowing that it wasn't her phone, she was shocked to see that the pirate has gotten a phone. When he picked up the phone, he walked quite some distance away from her as he takes his call.
"Hello Killian, you picked up the phone that's good, I thought you might have some problems and not answer the first ring."
"Hello Emma, love, and no the directions you gave me were simple and efficient. So, what has happened that you need to call me my love?"
"You said that if I got the dream about our last memory, you said I should talk to you. Well, I got it and I'm freaking out over here Killian. With Gold here, I don't know if I can trust him, all that I want to do the first thing I see him is to punch him in the face. Do you have any advice, Killian?"
As Killian hears Emma's frantic voice and the words that she is saying, he can tell that she doesn't know what to do. So, he takes a breath and gives an answer. "Love if I were you, I would be cautious around him and act as nothing has happened, so he won't suspect a thing. Emma, we don't have all the memories back yet until our curse is broken, so relax and act normal."
"Thanks, Killian, anyway Henry is going to come out of the bathroom now, so I'll talk to you later okay bye."
"You're going to call me back later love? Well I'm honored to know how much you love me Emma, remember you're a Swan and a Jones goodbye love." Emma laughs and rolled her eyes as if he was there with him, said goodbye to him again for the final time before she hanged up her phone.
When the call was finished, Killian left his phone where it was before then walked back to Mary Margaret waiting and knowing the conversation that they're going to be having.
"I didn't know you had a phone there, Captain and much less how to use one. Where did you get it?" Mary Margaret said, almost knowing the answer he would say would be confirmation enough.
"It was a gift from your daughter Emma if you must know. She gave it to me before she left the town with her lad and that crocodile." He said with bitter taste knowing the crocodile, that monster of Rumpelstiltskin is with them.
"Emma went to see you yesterday. You must be important to her to see before she left Storybrooke, can you tell me why Captain?" She pauses thinking maybe she should say more to get her answer ever since she came out of the Enchanted Forest with Emma. "Last night you said to my husband that you will get Emma to you without any trickery, you said it in full confidence, and I can't say that I was amused through the whole conversation between you and David. Why do you have full confidence that you will get Emma's heart?"
Hook has heard of the great tales that happened in the last few years of the Enchanted Forest. He heard tales of the Snow White along with her lover, Prince Charming and her friends varying from werewolves, dwarves, and fairies trying to fight away with the Evil Queen Regina. He heard them all while he was close to the port in the Enchanted Forest, while he was on the seas. He didn't think then that he will be related to them, but ever since meeting Emma Swan again, things have become clearer in the edges. Anyway, with all these tales that he had heard each person about them like Snow White becoming an inspirational leader while hunting down her stepmother, fighting to do what's right for her and her kingdom. As he looks to Snow White is now known as Mary Margaret, he could see from what the tales that has spoken of her has come to live, for the first time he acknowledges of who this woman is to him and that he has seen of that little bit of a Snow White left in her, he could say that he is somewhat proud to be related to her although she doesn't know that they are in-laws.
"I've met Emma before, and I know her very well. I can't say how as today is not the day for anyone to learn the truth however one day you will all learn the truth, your highness."
"That's it!" Mary Margaret says annoyed. "That's all I'm going to get from you Captain Hook, that you have met Emma before and know her. I need more information than that Hook!"
"Sorry your majesty but that is all I can tell you."
"When will be that day Captain?"
"That's the question we both want to know, do we, your majesty. Here's a hint for your troubles Snow White, we both don't remember and when we remember will be the day for all to know." Hook said.
With that, Mary Margaret looked at him and leaves the ship. She then looks back in that royal perspective as Snow White was in those days as she planned with her lover and friends to get her kingdom back from her stepmother. Instead, this time she is bound to learn more, she is bound to get help and to have hope, to be optimistic that she will know. She sighs and goes back to her apartment, to David.
Shortly after she had left, Hook grunted realizing he was asked to go to Regina's home where Regina and Cora will be talking about plans about how to get rid of Rumpelstiltskin as well. So, he left his ship and walks thinking of what is going to happen when he gets there. He arrives there a little late but before he announces himself, he hears them talking, so he is going to listen if they're going to do anything to his family which included the Charming's. At Regina's house, in her bedroom, Cora sits with her daughter on her bed asking her what's the matter. Regina says that it's Henry, that Emma left town with Gold and she took him with her. Cora wonders why Regina didn't stop them, but her daughter informs her that she didn't know until after they'd gone. Assuring Regina of Henry's safety, Cora states that once Gold is finished, he'll bring him back. "But not with me," Regina points out. After that Hook finds this opportune moment to make his entrance and to also gain more insight, he needs to act like his Captain Hook self, not the Killian Jones that is coming back, so he needs them to believe that's he a villain and, on their side, unfortunately. Captain Hook goes into the bedroom and wonders where exactly Mr. Gold shall be coming "back" from. Regina tells him that she doesn't know, and Hook adds, "Well, if he's left town, then he's powerless. He can be killed." At this, Cora tells her pirate comrade that the moment either of them leaves town, they lose their magic and their advantage. Hook asks if their memories are included in these losses, but Regina explains that none of them were victims of the curse, therefore, it's not about memories, it's about magic. The pirate says that he doesn't need magic and can go after him alone, but Regina stands and asks even if Hook could find Rumpelstiltskin if he really thinks he can just walk up to him in the street and stab him with his sword. "Well, I'd prefer my hook, but I can't find that now," Hook says before Cora tells him that he's not going anywhere. The captain exclaims that he deserves his vengeance and Cora stands, telling him he's right but that with the Dark One gone, they can search for the one magical item that can kill him within Storybrooke - his dagger.
In the library, Regina is searching through books, as are Cora and Hook, as the latter asks if they shouldn't be ransacking Gold's shop or searching his home. Regina tells him that that would be the obvious choice, but that Gold wouldn't risk crossing the town line and losing his memory without entrusting the dagger's location to someone. Hook realizes that she means Belle, and Regina states that her guess is she hid it in one of her beloved books. Cora tells her daughter that her sleuth work is impressive, and Regina sincerely thanks her mother. Hook tells them that he'll be impressed when he's holding the dagger in his hand, and Regina finds the place where the numbers on Belle's paper indicated, seeing that no dagger is there. The pirate asks if they may go now but Cora tells him to hold on before pulling out a large, folded up sheet of paper. She unfolds it and wonders what it is; Hook inspects and tells her that to the untrained eye, it looks like a child's scribbles, but to a pirate, it's a map. He carries the map over to the table and says that Gold may not have hidden the dagger there, but he's left them the next-best thing: its location. Cora asks Hook if he can read it, to which he replies, "Well, lucky for you ladies, I'm quite adept at finding buried treasure." As he first saw the map to where the supposed dagger is supposed to be, he immediately knows that this is the map where Baelfire is, where Emma, Henry, and Rumpelstiltskin are at, oh how he wishes to go over there and protect her. Then in the background, Regina and Cora talk to each other while Hook was ignoring them. While they didn't hear anything from the captain, they knocked him out.
"Captain Hook is acting strange don't you think Regina?" Cora asked Regina.
"I don't know, it's not like I'd been in long lengthy conservations with the guyliner since you're most curious then why don't you ask him a question, mother?" Regina snarky replied, not even caring of the Captain. So, she listens to her mom asked a question to him however much to her surprise he didn't reply, seeing he was very distracted. So Cora blacked him out with her magic while they quickly talked and seemed to be in agreement with what to do with Captain Hook, they've decided that they will find the dagger here while he can kill Rumpelstiltskin, however, has the Captain have the guild to kill him? So, Regina got a dreamcatcher in her hands, handed it to her mother and placed it in front of Captain Hook, who is still unconscious. While they did that, they found their answer and with shock as they saw the savior there as well along with their daughter, as the memories are flying back and forth from the past to the present. There was still shock present in their faces as they think of a plan for him to kill the Dark One, when they've finally agreed towards a plan, they woke him up and cast a spell on him, so that they will succeed without taking his heart out, besides when the deed is done he will be aware with his surroundings as he walks out of the library and towards his ship with determined to get to the Dark One. Then when they get back, Cora will make sure that her daughter will be happy when getting her son back.
At New York after breakfast they met up with Mr. Gold after they were to find his long-lost son, Emma gets the same feeling she had while they were in the plane before they took off from Boston to New York. The feeling was the one and the same and it somehow intensified. So, they went to where he lives in the apartment building. There, Henry is inspecting the buzzers labeled with the apartments' residents as Emma and Gold stand behind him, he states that there's no "Baelfire" to be seen. Emma cuts in, telling her son that that wouldn't fly as an alias before asking Gold whether his magic globe gave him an apartment number, alas, he tells her that it doesn't work that way. Henry asks the pawnbroker if any of the names mean anything to him but Gold answers negatively, despite names being what he traffics in. Emma, inspecting the buzzers herself, points out apartment number 407, which has no name labeled to it, telling Gold that that's the home of his son. The latter argues that it could just be vacant but Emma replies, "You might traffic in names and magic, but I traffic in finding people who don't want to be found, and those sort of folks don't go advertising their whereabouts." The blonde presses the buzzer, stating through the intercom that she has a UPS package for 407, there is no reply. Henry suggests that maybe she should have said "FedEx", but the next thing heard is the sound of footsteps on the fire escape, and Emma says that Bae's running. The three of them step outside where a man with a hood covering his face is seen running down the fire escape of the building and climbing down to the pavement. As Emma is about to intervene, Gold tells her, "That favor you owe me, this is it. Get him to talk to me; I-I can't run." Emma tells Gold to watch Henry and that she'll be back, before chasing Gold's son down the sidewalk. The chase advances and Baelfire is seen running across the road with Emma not far behind, he runs into an alley and around a corner, but Emma runs through the adjacent alleyway, the two of them then running side-by-side but with a store between them. As Baelfire runs, Emma emerges from another corner and tackles him, causing them both to fall to the ground. Emma sits up and takes one look at Baelfire, then everything comes crashing down with only one look, she is shocked to see him again as she replies "No..." she says as Neal Cassidy stares back at her. "Neal?" she asks. "Emma," he states.
Emma couldn't believe what she is seeing as she sees Neal Cassidy again. Oh, the fates must like her, she thought. She can't believe she is with Neal Cassidy again, the last time she saw him was before getting the watches and then he was gone, and she was placed in prison for eleven months. Oh, how she feels her hatred of him for doing that to her, leaving her with a delicate situation when she arrived there. Then she remembers that Neal isn't Henry's father, it's Killian no doubt that she knows now, while most of her memory is still hazy the important ones never flickered. At this moment she doesn't know what to do. This is one of the reasons why she hates surprises, is that you'll never know what's going to happen and for her, it mostly turns out to be bad. She truly hated surprises.
AN: If you are wondering what Regina and Cora from Hook were the memories that we've already seen, the scenes include the opening of this chapter's memories, including when Emma went to the dock to talk to Hook from the ending of Chapter eight, so they now know the primary gist between Emma and him. Since they are both witches they know about their curse because they can sense as it was powerful. As they went through his memories, they were still blurry and hazy, signifying the powerful curse. Seeing his memories was proof that he and Emma are still under the curse.