Hook sad on the meadow and was starring into the fire. Snow, Charming and he had been on their ways for hours when they reached this meadow, they decided to take a break. He threw a piece of wood into the flames and watched as the sparks went flying. "Killian?" he heard a voice beside him. He looked up and saw Snow who reached a bottle of rum out to him. "Thanks." Hook took the bottle and pulled the cork with his teeth out. "It's hard to get used to it isn't?" Snow asked and sad beside Hook. "I haven't been called Killian for years and as long I hadn't had this thing." A new he flexed the fingers of his left hand. Snow lay a hand on his arm and said: "We're going to find them." Snow smiled encouragly at Hook. "Thanks Snow." "How is he like?" Snow asked and poked at the fire. "Who Inigo?" Hook asked and Snow nodded in agreement. "Stolid and he want let anybody tell him what he has to do." "That's in the family", Charming, who brought new fire wood, laughed. "That's true, but I should have left him in your care just like Lucina." Hook sighed. "No who knows what Henry would have done if the two of them had grown up together. Their combined magic is very strong." Charming sat down opposite Hook and Snow. Hook nodded, Henry had surely changed much, but Hook couldn't imagine that Henry had down worse to his brother than what he had done. "What should we do now?" Snow asked and moved to Charming. "Because the twins are with the crocodile's son, we should pay him a visit." Hook looked darkly into the flames, just like the two others. They all knew that move wouldn't be easy, the dark one surly would make a deal with them and they had to prevent that then everything had his price.
As soon as the sun rose the next morning, the three set out because they had a long journey in front of them. Just shortly before noon they reached the castle of the dark one. Hook pushed open the big gate. It squeaked horrible, together with his parents in law he entered the castle. It was gloomy, the curtains in the whole entrance where closed. As soon as they reached the middle of the room the door behind them shoot and they heard the unmistakable laughter of Rumpelstiltskin. "What a pleasure." "Rumpel", Snow said coolly and looked up at the absurd figure on the stairs. The skin of the dark on was sparkling and he was smiling through with his black theet where visible. "Why so unfriendly?" Rumpelstiltskin asked, laughed a new disappeared just to appear right in front of Snow again. "We don't have time for your games", Charming said menacing. "You came to me, so you have to play after my rules." He disappeared again and appeared in an armchair on the right side of the group. "So what do you want from me?" Rumpelstiltskin asked, lay forward and laid his fingertips at each other. "Your boy", Hook said with a firm voice. Rumpelstiltskin lay back and looked skeptically at the pirate. "And what do you want from my boy?" he wanted to know. "I just want to ask him some questions. For example what he have done to my children." Hook was angry, his hand lay on the handle of his sword, even though he knew that it wasn't really useful he wouldn't hesitate to use it. "I don't know what Gideon should have to do with your brats, besides I have no idea where the boy is wright now, but I can call him if you want." Hook gave the dark one a hand sign to do so. Rumpelstiltskin cleared his throat and called few times for his son. After some time he frowned. "Wait here", Rumpelstiltskin called out and disappeared. "Apparently the crocodile is as bad as father as I am", Hook stated and drop in the armchair in which Rumpelstiltskin had sad before. "What do you think he will demand for his help?" Snow asked and looked at some obstacles who stood an a drawer at the wall. "No idea, but it will us cost a lot", Charming said and laid beside Hook on the wall.
Some minutes had already passed, the Charmings and Hook still sad around useless. "This little maggot has disappeared!" Rumpelstiltskin shouted and stormed into the room. Hook rolled his eyes unnerved. "That's what I thought." Rumpelstiltskin cast a look at Hook who was supposed to be deadly. "Follow me", Rumpelstiltskin called out and guided the three throw the castle and lead them into a dining room. "Do you know if your son is also with Gideon?" asked Rumpelstiltskin Charming and Snow and got a crystal ball from one of the closets. "Neal? Why should he have to do something with your boy?" Charming said angry. "Let's just try", Rumpelstiltskin laid the crystal ball on the table and asked Snow to come to him. She stepped closer and Rumpelstiltskin took her wrist and stung her finger with a needle. A drop of blood landed on the ball and it started to glow. In the ball a picture of Neal appeared, he was sitting on a table with a girl and was laying over some books. "Neal", Snow called out and took the ball into her hand. At this moment an other boy stepped to the two, he kneeled down beside the table and crossed his arm on the tabletop. "Is this Inigo?" Snow asked as she saw the boys face. Hook stepped closer and look also into the ball. The three of them seemed to discuss something. "Where are they?" Hook asked and looked at Rumpelstiltskin. He stroked the ball and the picture moved rapidly. Only shreds were visible until the picture stopped at the town sign. "Storybrooke! How did they get there?" Hook shouted. The city had stopped existing when they had returned into the enchanted forest. "Gideon must have found a way to travel in time", Rumpelstiltskin said took the crystal ball and put it back into closet. "Can you send us to them?" Charming asked and looked at Rumpelstiltskin piercingly. He took a deep breath and turned again to the closet, as he turned back to the attended he had wand in his hands. Hooks eyes widened, he knew what would come now, at last this had been how he and Emma had came back when they where stuck in the past. "Forget it crocodile. I'm the only one who has witnessed a time spell and I can't do magic." "That's one possibility pirate, but there's an other and for that you mustn't be able be able to do magic yourself", Rumpelstiltskin said and smiled mysterious. "Stop putting us on the rack, what's this possibility?" Charming flared up. "This wand can open a portal for the one who holds him. The only condition is that you have to love the person and care about her." With this words Rumpelstiltskin pushed the wand into Hooks hand. Hook closed his eyes, took a deep breath and concentrated on Inigo and Lucina. A thunder was heard, a lightning crossed the room and a portal opened. Hook opened his eyes and grinned. He thanked Rumpelstiltskin and stepped through the portal. Charming followed him straight away, Snow also wanted to step through the portal, but turned around to Rumpelstiltskin. "Don't you want to come with us?" Snow asked. Rumpelstiltskin shook his head and said: "If Gideon had wanted my help he had come to me and had asked me for help, but it looks like my son don't trust me. Now go or the portal will close again." Snow nodded and followed her husband and Hook through the portal.