Emma and Baelfire were going through a deep part of the jungle. Baelfire was hacking away at the large fronds with a sword he had hidden earlier. Emma had asked him why didn he use it, and his response not unless he needed to. The air was misty and humid making both teenagers soaked in precipitation.
"Ugh, how can you live with this humidity?" Emma groaned.
"You get used to it." Baelfire said as he hacked away a large frond.
"Not likely. Makes the sewers back in New York seem more comfortable." She muttered.
"You lived in a sewer?!" Baelfire asked incredulously.
"Yeah. Me, my sensei and four brothers all lived underground in a sewer." Emma said like it was no big deal.
"Why would you do that?"
"Because my brothers and sensei are not exactly human." Emma said carefully.
Baelfire stopped and turned around, "What do you mean they're not human."
"it's kinda hard to explain it, its better if you meet them in person. Then you'll get my meaning." Emma said.
Baelfire didn't know what to make of this girl. She was not like any other girl he'd ever met. She was nothing like his once friend, Morraine or Wendy. She was…different. But he couldn't tell in what way.
"Any particular reason why you keep staring at me?" Emma asked, with her hands on her hips.
"I just… can't figure you out." Baelfire admitted.
"What do you mean, you can't figure me out?" Emma asked skeptically.
"You're so much different from all the other girls I've ever met. I've never met anyone like you."
Emma wasn't sure what this boy meant as he said this. But it was getting her irriatted. She wasn't some puzzle to be solved or something. She was just a regular person. But…she understood what he meant in a sense. She was a girl who was raised by a rat and four turtles and trained as a ninja. She sighed as she tried to think this over. A hand was on her shoulder, pulling her out of her thoughts.
"You ok?" Baelfire asked.
"I'm fine…it's just…I'm different because of how I was raised. I raised to be a warrior like my brothers, even though they we aren't related by blood."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I'm adopted. I met my real parents not too long ago, but I barely know them and already I'm scared. Scared that…I may not see any of them again."
Baelfire felt his heart go out for Emma. She seems like she's had it rough. He thought to himself.
"I'm sorry." Baelfire said.
"Don't be. I guess I'm just a little homesick. Besides, wouldn't you be?"
"I guess…I do miss my papa. But at the same time, I'm also angry with him for leaving me behind."
"Hey, he made a mistake. But that doesn't mean he may not be looking for you. He's probably beating himself up for what happened. You won't know till you ask him yourself."
Baelfire was getting angry. He wanted to scream and shout, but deep down, he knew Emma was right. He had to talk with his father. But would he have the chance?
"Let's just get to the beach and than we can work out making a signal fire." He suggested.
Emma just nodded slightly and continued to let Baelfire lead her down the trail. She wanted to help this boy. But how?

Hook brought the ship close to the banks and dropped anchor.
"This is as far as we go." He called out.
"This is good." Charming said as he got his sword ready.
Everyone was on deck and ready to get onto shore. Snow had her crossbow ready. The turtles had their weapons ready. Splinter right beside them with his walking stick. Casey and April were all set with the hockey sticks and Bo Staff.
"All right, now that we're here, be aware, you don't want to get hit with anything or eat anything. I you do and try to leave, you'll die. Also, the lost boys tend to shoot arrows with poison dipped in them. Don't let yourself get shot."
"Good to know." Mikey said, trembling a bit.
"All right, can we go? There's no telling what's happened to Emma by now." Raph said, getting impatient.
Everyone started making their way off the Jolly Roger and onto the white sandy beaches. The atmosphere was tense as they all slowly made their way into the jungle up ahead.
"Stick together, it's easy to get lost in here." Hook warned them.
Nobody commented, as everyone kept their eyes and ears open for anything that moved. Noise and the sound of rustling brush had everybody on high alert.
"This place gives me the creeps." Mikey said.
"Can't argue with that Mikey." Donnie said.
"Yeah, this place looks like something out of those syfy horror movies." Raph said.
"Let's just focus on finding Emma. We still don't know if Pan has found out she's here." Leo said from up ahead.
"He's gonna be dead meat if he has." Raph grunted.
"Ditto." Mikey said.
"We will find her my sons, but please, let us keep our voices down." Splinter said.
"Yes master Splinter." All four turtles said.

Maleficent found herself trialing right next to Hook and her heart began to beat faster. Hook noticed her and couldn't help but stare. She was quite a looker. But why would she go for a guy like him? Despite the facts eh already broke his nose when they first met, he was a hard drinker pirate. Who would want someone like him? He felt himself deflate a bit, not realizing that Maleficent took notice of the whole thing. They came upon a water stream and Hook made the group stop.
"I suggest we stop and take time to fill up our canteens. This water is safe to drink here and we'll need it."
Everyone hastily took out their canteens and began to fill them up. Hook stood away from the group, lost in thought. Not noticing Maleficent was following him into the brush. He sighed as he leaned heavily against a tree.
"Are you all right?" Maleficent asked.
Hook turned around and saw Maleficent looking at him with a worried expression.
"I'm fine lass. Though I don't understand why you would care?" He said solemnly.
"Why wouldn't I?" She asked, before realizing what she just said.
Hook looked up at her with a curious eyebrow, "Why should you? I'm a pirate."
"And that means what?"
Hook just sighed. He had never felt like this. This woman was driving him nuts. It was like he was in…no that's not possible. Was it? A hand was on his shoulder.
"I know you're a pirate and quite frankly I don't care. Just like myself, I see a good person who lost his way due to things that occurred earlier in life. Just like I have."
Hook could only stare into her eyes. He saw thw sincerity in them and felt his heart beating faster. Both were leaning towards each other until they all head.
"Hook? Maleficent?" David's voice rang out.
"Better get back to the others." He muttered.
Maleficent just watched him walk away before joining him. Wishing that they had not been interrupted.

Emma and Baelfire were still trekking through the jungle. They both were low on water, but both were determined to keep moving to the beach. Baelfire and Emma kept their distance to each other, unsure of what to make of the other. However, Emma felt herself constantly thinking about him. She kept feeling her heart going crazy and at the same time her cheeks getting warm. Ii was like she was in love with the guy. But…that couldn't be right. They just met! You can't fall in love with someone you just met! It wasn't like in the movies! Where a princess and prince fall in love at first sight. That stuff didn't exist! But than again, she is the daughter of Snow White. Ugh, this was so confusing. 'Just focus on the task at hand Emma.'

Baleifre was unable to keep his mind off Emma. Whenever it seemed she wasn't looking, he kept glancing back at her. Every time he did, it was making his own heart beat fast. He wanted to get to know her more. He wanted to just stare at her for as long as time would allow him. It was as if he was in love with her…but that can't be right. He had heard stories of true love from his papa, but never in a million years did he think it would happen to him. Besides, she didn't seem to like him in that sense. He sighed, 'Why dwell on it. It's not like it would ever happen.'

"We should be close." Baelfire said.
"That's good to know." Emma panted out.
The moist air and constant walking was starting to take a toll on her. They had been hiking through the jungle for nearly three hours. Emma's nose caught the scent of salt water and beamed.
"I smell sea water." She exclaimed happily.
Baelfire stopped walking, nearly making Emma bump into him. He sniffed the air. He smelled the seawater too.
"We're definitely close now." He said with a smile.
"But what direction should we be going towards?" Emma asked.
Baelfire licked the top of his finger and pointed it up in the air, "The wind seems to be coming from this way. Let's try it."
Emma shrugged and followed Baelfire into the brush. The air was getting rich of sea salt as they kept walking. Bae and her pulled back some fronds and saw a white sandy beach.
"We made it!" Emma said happily.
"We did. Now we can work on getting that signal fire going."
"What about cooking some more rabbits? I don't know about you, but I'm hungry."
"I could go for some rabbit myself. I'll get them out."
"I'll get the firewood." Emma said as she set her back pack down in the sand.
Baelfire watched as she walked away and couldn't help but stare as the sunlight got caught in her hair. From a distance, it looked like spun gold. She was like a teenage goddess. Shaking his head out of his thought, he went back to taking out the rabbits. Not realizing the shadow had seen them from up in the tree brush.
Emma came back with an armload of sticks. Baelfire had started making a pit and Emma set the firewood down inside
"Let's hope we can get a fire going. It's kinda windy today." Bae said.
"We'll just have to try, won't we." Emma said.
Bae smiled at her and Emma smiled back, feeling her heart beat a bit faster. They broke eye contact and went back to setting it up.
"So Emma, what's your family like?" Bae asked.
"Well… where to begin…I have four brothers, each different in their own. Leo's a natural born leader at times with a tendency to allows follow the rules, Raph can be a bit of a hard head but he means well, Donnie is a genius so he's smart and Mikey…well, he can be a bit of a spastic goofball. We all get along most of the time."
"Sounds nice." Bae said.
"It was. Sensei is great too. He's been a good teacher for us. How he's had the patience to put up with all of us, I don't know. But gotta give him some credit. There's also Casey, he's kinda a funloving crazy uncle in a way. April is a fun aunt to have as well. We're all a weird family, but we're a family none the less."
"Sounds amazing." Baelfire said wistfully.
"They are. I think you would like them." Emma said as she tried knocking two rocks together for a spark.
Baelfire smiled. He then noticed Emma was humming. He had never heard the song before, but it sounded nice.
"Wha's the song?" Baelfire asked.
"Just a song from a movie I like. It's kinda corny though."
"Corny?" Baelfire parroted.
"Corny because it follows all that love at first sight and that mumbo jumbo."
Baelfire felt himself deflate a little bit. She didn't believe in that stuff. Maybe she didn't even believe in true love.
"Do you believe in true love?" He couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know. I've never been in love before and I kinda think it's a bit more of a feeling instead of just automatically saying 'oh I'm in love' with someone random you've just met. You got to know the person before you truly know if you do."
Baelfire nodded his head and felt his heart leap. So, she did believe in love. Maybe…just maybe…there was hope for the two of them. Baelfire didn't realize that both Emma and his ahnds were moving towards each other. As soon as they touched, they felt a spark and it made them jump at the sudden contact. Emma looked at Baelfire and Baelfire looked at Emma. Both lost in each other's eyes for a moment. Emma looked away, blushing. Her face red. Baelfire also found himself blushing. Emma started humming again, but Baelfire asked her,
"Could you sing the song?"
"What?"
"The song you're humming. Could you sing it?"
Emma blushed again and nodded as she got up from the beach. She began to sing,

Emma: I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream

I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam

Yet I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem

But if I know you, I know what you'll do

You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream.

Baelfire was astounded. Her voice was beautiful. Emma blushed as she saw his facial expression and said,
"Like I said before, it's corny."
Baelfire gently grabbed her hand and pulled her to him.
"I may not know what 'corny' is, but I don't think it is."
He began to sing to,

Baelfire: I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream

I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam

Emma and Baelfire: Yet I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem

But if I know you, I know what you'll do

You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream.

They both stopped singing and both were leaning towards one another. However, they were caught off as a rustle from the brush spooked them. Emma grabbed a stick from the fire and held it up. Baelfire took his knife out and held it out.
"Who's there?" He called out.
Emma was on her guard and so was Baelfire. More rustling came from the trees. A few high-pitched giggling sounded off, making the two teenagers nervous.
"The Lost Boys." Baelfire whispered.
"Pan's men?" Emma whispered back.
"Yes."
"Oh Great." Emma said.
An arrow struck Baelfire from behind and he fell to the ground.
"Baelfire!" Emma screamed as he fell.
Several ropes wrapped around Emma's arms and legs and soon she was being lifted off the ground.
"BAELFIRE" Emma screamed as she was carried away by the Lost Boys.