Hey guys! Sorry for the wait, I hope you like the chapter!

A week after the whole sleeping curse thing ended, Pan came again

Good morning people of Storybrooke! You know, I watched you this past week, and I have to say that I'm impressed. You have done so much to try and arm yourselves against me. The effort was adorable, but pointless. Anyway, you are probably expecting something horrible to happen but I live to be unpredictable! So here's the thing, I will not lift a finger against your little town or any of its residents. I won't harm anyone. I will sit and wait for the lost ones to find me. Remember. You have a week.

The Charming family was sitting down in the living room of Charming and Snow's apartment, listening to Pan. When he finally stopped they all looked at each other
"What did he mean by 'lost ones?'" Asked Mary Margaret.
"Emma and I" answered Neal softly; Henry looked at his parents with a scared look on his face.
"What? How do you know?" He asked, everyone could hear the fear in his voice, Emma put her arm around him, comforting him, Neal explained
"We both grew up without parents, we didn't have a home until we found each other." He said, looking at Emma who returned his gaze and nodded before standing up.
"Alright, it looks like Neal and I need to go and kill Peter Pan once and for all." She said calmly, Neal looked at her and nodded, standing up as well.
"Here, as much as I hate letting you go I know we don't have much if a choice so at least take this." Said Charming, handing Emma his sword, she nodded thanks to him and looked at her mother who had tears in her eyes.
"Be safe, please." That was all she said before hugging Emma and Neal, Emma hugged her dad too and then he and Neal turned to their son, Neal got down to Henry's level
"Alright buddy, you mind your grandparents while we're gone. I promise you that we won't be long. I love you." He said to his son. Emma crouched down next to Neal and pulled Henry into a hug
"Henry please don't do anything that you're not supposed to while we're gone. I promise you that we will be back as soon as we can. I love you so much." She said
"I love you too. Both of you." Said Henry, then Emma and Neal left the apartment.
When they got out on to the street Emma turned to Neal.
"Where do we go?" She asked
"Let's start at the forest, come on. Everything will be fine." Emma nodded and wiped the tears from her cheek before grabbing Neal's hand and together they started to walk towards the forest, holding hands, each person gripping so tightly in order to remind themselves that they are not alone as the entered the forest to search for Pan.
Meanwhile Charming was on the phone with Ruby while Snow was on the phone with Grumpy; both were explaining who was going to find Pan, why they were going alone and when they would be expected back. Henry was texting Grace, telling her the same things and this time it was Grace trying to comfort Henry, telling him that his parents would be back and everything would be ok.
When Ruby got off the phone with Charming she turned back to the counter with a sigh, Hook was sitting on the other side, watching her. He waited a moment before asking her
"What did he say?" Asked Hook softly
"The 'lost ones' that Pan was talking about are Emma and Neal, they've already left to find Pan. David says that we all need to stay put and keep calm. God I just hope they get back ok!" She said, Hook reached across the table and covered her hand with his.
"Everything will be fine, love. Swan and Baelfire know what they are doing." Red smiled at him gratefully
"Here, help me up onto the counter; I need to make an announcement." Red moved around to his side of the counter and he helped her first onto the chair then the counter.
"Listen up! Emma and Neal have gone to find Pan; there is nothing we can do to help them except let's just not make things worse here. James is acting sheriff for the week until Emma returns so if any of you have any problems go to him. Thank you." With that she looked down at Hook who was smiling up at her as he offered her his hand to help her down. Red jumped off the counter and Hook caught her with one hand holding hers and the other arm wrapped around her waist.
"Thanks." She said
"No problem, love." Replied Hook.
Meanwhile Emma and Neal were walking through the forest when Neal stopped and picked up an object.
"What is it?" Asked Emma
"It's the same object that led me to you and Henry in Neverland." The object started to glow and pulled them slowly in a direction.
"Well at least we know where we're going now." Said Neal
"Yeah, how many times were you attacked while using this in Neverland?" Asked Emma
"Just once. But there's no saying what will happen this time." Almost as soon as the words were out of his mouth an arrow flew past them and lodged itself into a tree. Within a few seconds a whole volley of arrows were flying towards them and Emma and Neal started running, still following the object. Neither of them could tell where the arrows were coming from or whether or not they were spiked with dreamshade. Neal really hoped they weren't because he noticed that Emma's shoulder was bleeding. Almost as suddenly as the arrows started they stopped and the object stopped glowing. Emma and Neal slowed down and caught their breath.

"Emma let me look at your shoulder." Said Neal, he had managed to get through that without a scratch, Emma didn't argue. Neal carefully lifted up her sleeve to look at her cut, thankfully he didn't see any signs of dreamshade. It was just a normal cut

"Thank god, here, it's just a normal cut, a little deep but not life threatening." He said as he tore off a piece of his shirt to tie around her arm in order to stop the bleeding.

"Thanks are you ok?" asked Emma

"Yup, not a scratch." He said with a smile, just then the object started to glow again and they continued walking.

A tiny but shorter, but I liked it, I hope you did too! Please leave a review! I actually ship hookerbell more then I ship redhook but I couldn't think of a plausible explanation for Tink to be in Storybrooke. Which do you guys prefer?

Important dramatic questions:

How many more obstacles will there be?

Will Emma and Neal be able to defeat Pan?

What is going on between Hook and Red?

And what is Peter's final plan?

Find out, on the next installment of Emma's Choice

-daughterofathena2