So yeah, Tiger Lily is here in Storybrooke! Who Knew? Not I... well that's clearly a lie isn't it? I always loved Tiger Lily so I knew I wanted her in the story from the beginning, the question is, Is she the same Tiger Lily we all know and love like in the Disney version or is there more to the tale?

Let's find out :D

Reviews make me happy...blah blah blah, you know the drill ;P

"Coooooooool, you married Tiger Lily" Henry's voice was loud and clear in the silence.

Then everyone spoke at once, chaos ensued as they all tried to ask questions, speaking over each other. Mary-Margaret surged forward, she wrapped her arms around the girl and pulled her into a tight hug as David clapped his hand on Rufio's back and shook his hand,. Emma watched the scene unfold, a smile on her face but as her Mom pulled back from her hug with Tiger Lilly Emma noticed that the girl wore a very confused look on her face. Why was she confused? What was Emma missing. She turned to look at Hook and found him staring furiously at the newly revealed visitor.

"What? What's wrong?" Emma whispered in a low voice that only he could hear.

His eyes met hers and all she would see was bitterness and anger, not a look she had seen on his face in a long time. She had once wondered at the handsomeness of his scowl but now it didn't suit him, he was no longer that person anymore.

"Hook?" she brought her hand to his cheek "What? You're scaring me"

He took the iPad once more and started typing out his reply, Emma glanced into the room again as he kept going. Tiger Lily looked very uncomfortable, she looked like she wanted to run from the room. What the hell was going on? Emma looked back at Hook just as he was finishing typing, he once again shoved the iPad back into her hands and slammed himself back into his pillows clearly not happy about the situation.

"Read this out loud to everybody." she read to herself. Hook tapped the iPad with his cast and pointed into the room in a clear indication that he wanted his message read aloud. Emma stood from the edge of his bed and announced in a loud voice.

"Hey Guys... GUYS. Sorry to interrupt but Hook has something to say." she glanced at her Pirate as he continued to sit steely faced on the bed, he gave her a tight nod so she took in a breath and read.

"This girl is not to be trusted..." she was immediately stopped by calls of outcry from most people in the room.

"Guys, if you would shut up for two minutes I'll finish reading THEN you can ask questions" she stared at the group of people in front of her and couldn't help noticing that Tiger Lily was the only one not complaining.

"Right, can I carry on?" she didn't wait for their approval she just surged on wanting to know the answers herself , she started again.

"This girl is not to be trusted, she was in cahoots with Pan and the Lost Ones for as many years as I was in Neverland."

All eyes turned to Tiger Lily. She merely lifted her face and gave a thin smile.

"It's not what you think" she said in a small voice.

Hook scoffed in the bed behind her and Emma felt him touch her on the back to get her attention. She turned around, he was red with fury now, the tendons in his neck stood out and the muscles on his face ticked furiously as he obviously worked his jaw in anger. He grabbed the iPad back, again typing like a mad man, this time Emma read as he typed not wanting to get into a tug-o-war over his only way of communicating.

"You bloody near damned killed me... and then you stood over me with that bloody demon and laughed, yet you dare to come here and expect me to... what? Welcome you with open arms" she read out

There was a loud gasp in the room, Mary-Margaret actually took a step back from Tiger Lily as if she were about to do something terrible. The girl looked at Rufio for help, who then in turn looked at Hook.

"We knew this would not be easy Hook but I hope that you will let Tiger Lily explain. You once saw it in your heart to help me, you helped me leave the influence of Pan behind me and grow into the man you see today. Tiger Lily has tried to do the same, please allow her to tell you her side of the story."

Hook stared at Rufio like he wanted nothing more than to tell him to leave but she could see the silent battle going on in his eyes, he was torn. Eventually he closed his eyes and gave a deep sigh then typed.

"I do this for you Rufio, you and Rapha, I owe her nothing" his eyes met the man on the other side of the room and they both nodded in agreement.

Tiger Lily stepped forward, she actually walked over to Hook's bedside coming to a stop by Emma. She pulled in a deep breath then started her tale.

"For many moons my tribe lived in harmony with the Lost Ones of Neverland. Peter was my friend I am ashamed to say, for the longest time we were as close as any two children could be. My Father doted on us both and honored Peter with the name "Little Eagle", it was always such a wonder to us that he could fly high with the birds. In the beginning it was just Peter and I but soon other children started to arrive on the island, Peter told me he had no idea how this came about, many were scared when they first arrived but soon there was a whole tribe of Lost Ones who seemed only too happy to be on our island. Then one day the Pirates arrived and Peter told us that they had killed many children in other lands and that they had been sent to kill us all. My Father was furious, he immediately declared war with the pirates, we would send out scouting parties before we went anywhere to ensure none of us were captured. One day on one such mission we found one of our young Braves dead, he had been tied to a stake in the ground and left in the heat of the sun with no food or water for many days. Peter told us how he had seen a group of Pirates near by and how it must have been them who had carried out this hideous crime. I was so mad, the Brave had been my friend so after we had returned to our village to come up with a plan on how to hunt down the Pirates, myself, a large group of Lost Ones and Peter took off on our own, hell bent on vengeance. We found the pirates and a fight ensued, the pirates fled and they all escaped, except one" she paused and looked up at Hook, eyes big and round with sorrow. He still wore a scowl on his face and he actually tried to cross his arms but couldn't quite pull it off.

Unable to hold his gaze she carried on. "The Pirate we caught had fallen down a ravine knocking himself out, we managed to pull him up and Peter suggested that we did to him that which he had done to our own Brave. Peter flew the two of us plus the Pirate, to another part of the island, away from the place we had captured him so that if the other crew members came back they would find nothing. We tied the pirate to the stake, when he awoke I saw a different side to Peter, he was cruel and taunting. The Pirate denied any wrong doing, he claimed that their party were merely picking berries, I believed him but Peter insisted that he was lying, in the end we left the Pirate alone in that clearing. On the third day we returned to find the pirate near death, Peter howled with laughter but I couldn't, we had killed a man, or nearly anyway, Peter got mad at me for not laughing too so I did just that, to appease him. My eyes could not leave the man in front of me, he was hurt from his fall, dehydrated, burnt from the sun and had clearly damaged himself further while trying to get free. We left not long after but the image was stuck in my head and I crept back in the night, untied the Pirate and dragged him as close to his ship as possible before lighting a small signal fire so that his crew would find him."

She moved uncomfortably from foot to foot "I suppose this was the day that I started to question Peter in my head. He had seemed so different to me on that day. From then on I listened to him with caution and it paid off. I witnessed something some months later that made me completely change my opinion on everything I had ever known. I witnessed the same Pirate that I had saved from death trying to kidnap a young Lost One. I was alone in the jungle and frightened to move in case I too was taken but as I watched I saw the young boy strike out and incapacitate the Pirate by lodging a dagger in his back. The Pirate fell to the ground unable to do much more than groan in pain. In that moment I was ashamed of myself, I had saved this man and he had gone on to do this terrible thing, I planned to end it there and then by finishing off the pirate but stopped in my tracks when another Lost One appeared, he ran to the Pirates side, pulled him to his feet and mostly carried him away. I followed at a safe distance, they never knew I was there. I watched as the Lost One helped the Pirate back onto his ship and how a short time later Tinkerbell arrived. I was so confused as to why they were both helping the Pirate if he were so bad. I crept closer, I managed to get myself on board the ship and close enough to hear what was going on. That night I learned that it was Peter who controlled the island, he was manipulating everyone around him. I found out that night that everything I had ever known was a lie, the Pirates were not out to kill us and the Lost Ones never asked to be kept in Neverland, the boy with the Pirate wanted to leave and Tinkerbell had agreed to help. I left the ship a short while later intent on returning to my tribe and exposing the truth. I got about half way across the island when I was surrounded by shadows, Peter had always told me that the shadows were controlled by dark magic that the Pirates could control but that night I saw the truth. Peter arrived soon after, I told him that I knew that he was lying, he just smiled. He didn't seem to care that he had lost my friendship, he ordered the shadows to take me back to their camp. He disappeared for many hours and when he returned he told me that he had told my Father that the Pirates had abducted me and that they were fleeing the island. I knew by then that that part was true, I had heard Tinkerbell discussing the plan with the Lost One and the Pirate, they were leaving that very night. I never thought for a second that Peter could ever be so cruel but it became clear to me that night that we were all just a part of his giant game, he cared for no one but himself, he tricked the Lost Ones into joining him on the island then kept them there with it's magic. I told him that I would escape and tell everyone what I had learned but he just laughed. The next I knew was that I was being dragged from my homeland by his shadows, he banished me, he told me if I EVER returned he would kill my Father. I had no choice in leaving and I could never return, I knew then that it was Peter who had killed the Brave that day and manipulated me into thinking it was the Pirate, I had to protect my Father, I could never go home, Peter would not think twice about killing him if I did. I was taken to a strange world, one I knew nothing of. I survived in the wilds for what seemed to be the longest time until one day I was discovered sleeping in the hollowed out trunk of a tree by a boy, he was a few years older than me and at first I was scared but as I looked at him I realized that it was the same Lost One that had escaped the island with the Pirate that day all those moons ago. I was wrong to blame the Pirates for all that was wrong with my land, I know now that it was Peter but I thought he was my friend and I trusted him, he just used me and my family for his own amusement, I see that now" tears leaked down her face as she finally looked back at the Pirate of whom she had just been talking

Hook's features had smoothed out, he looked conflicted, then typed again

"You were young and trusted the wrong person, I cannot hold the woman here in front of me responsible for the mistakes that she made as child." he gave her a small smile then typed again "You truly returned me to my ship? We never quite understood how that came to pass"

"I did" she nodded "It seemed like the right thing to do. I am so sorry Hook, I never truly understood the extent of Peter's influence until I came to be with Rufio. When he found me in the Enchanted Forrest I was the very epitome of a Lost One, he saved me like you saved him and now it seems that you have saved Rapha too. We will remain here, in town for a while, myself and Rufio, we are going to scout around the area to see if we can pick up the trail of the two remaining Lost Ones"

"They've left town" Henry chirped up

"Don't be so sure" Rufio's voice carried across the room "The Lost Ones always did like the element of surprise. We just want to find out one way or another, I want those boys to pay for what they did to my Brother and to Hook. Devin always was a nasty piece of work, he learnt straight from Peter himself and was always willing to do anything Peter asked of him, he is dangerous when crossed, he will stop at nothing to get what he wants"

"Yes well, we aren't going to let that spoil our day now are we?" Mary-Margaret stepped forward "Now that we're all friends, let's have some fun, it is Thanksgiving after all."

The room was filled with excited chatter for the next couple of hours as everybody got to know everyone else. Emma watched her Dad and Hook as they seemed to be laughing at each other over a silent conversation on the iPad, she smirked to herself, those two had the biggest bromance going on. She watched more carefully, was her Dad drunk? He was certainly beginning to act like it? Wait, was he slipping Hook a flask, Hell no!

"DAD! Are you giving him RUM?" she roared as she practically flew over to the bed, the rest of the room fell into silence. She grabbed the flask from her Dad's loose grip and he beamed at her.

"Maaaaaaaaaaaybe" he slurred.

She looked at Hook, he looked absolutely wrecked, a lazy smile spread across his face.

"Dad, he's on prescription painkillers you idiot, he can't drink alcohol!" she scolded

"Well that's a lie" David slurred "Clearly he can drink alcohol 'cause he just did!"

She was going to kill him.

"David what did you do?" Mary-Margaret gasped, realizing what had been happening under her very nose.

"He just needed a bit of his favorite rum, it's not like he's never had it before, he's a bloody Pirate, he probably has it on his cereal" he gave a giggle and looked at Hook to see his reaction but Hook was no longer listening, he was sleeping with a trail of drool sliding down his chin.

"Great Dad, just great. There goes my romantic night. Happy Thanksgiving! Just be thankful I'm not killing you right now. Go on, get out of here before I kick your ass" she huffed out

"Sorry honey, he just looked like he could do with a laugh after all the drama of the day, don't hate me" he looked really sorry.

"I don't hate you Dad, just go have dinner, I'll just... sit and watch him sleep all night!" she lent over the bed and pressed the call button thinking it best to get Hook checked properly.

"Seriously Dad, just go to dinner, all of you, go and enjoy your night" she tried not to sound hurt as they all started grabbing their things to leave.

"I will remain with you, I wish to hear your stories of the great Captain Hook. I wish to hear the truth of the man that I believed for the longest time to be a man with no honor." Tiger Lily said sincerely

"You don't have to, it's OK" Emma didn't want her to feel bad just because her Dad was an idiot.

"I know and yet I want to stay. I would like it very much if we could become friends. I feel I have much to make up for in my life and if I am to be a good influence on Rapha I wish to start that now" she looked so hopeful Emma couldn't refuse her

"Sure, why not. I could certainly do with the company now that the good Captain will probably snore the night way. You can share my dinner when it arrives, Granny always gives me HUGE portions" she gave a genuine smile of thanks.

Maybe tonight wouldn't suck as much as she thought it would.