Back in The Enchanted Forest, Mary Margaret, Aurora, Emma, Mulan, Lonnie, Audrey, and Mushu (who was in Lonnie's pocket) were walking back to the safe haven after their hectic adventure seeing the castle of Snow White and Prince Charming.

"I don't know if I can do this," Aurora pouted. "I'm not a very good liar."

"Not to mention who's gonna tell his son in Camelot." Audrey added.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Lonnie replied about Lancelot's son who would eventually have to be told about what happened to his father.

"Well, it's not really a lie, Aurora. Lancelot did die an honorable death and Cora did escape," Mary Margaret soon spoke up. "All true. Just... Leave the particulars to us. There's no reason to cause unnecessary panic amongst your people."

"I'm not so sure it's unnecessary-" Aurora began to say.

"Wait." Mulan suddenly said as she looked ahead with her future daughter at her side.

"What? What is it?" Audrey asked out of concern.

"The tower," Lonnie pointed out. "Shouldn't someone be there?"

"You're right... Something's wrong," Mulan added before looking back at the others as this was very suspicious. "We always have sentries guarding the entrance. Stay close," she then said before drawing out her sword. "Li? You're with me." she then told her future daughter.

"I'm on it." Lonnie nodded as she drew out her own sword then.

Soon, the two warriors went further into the safe haven as something was terribly wrong that had happened in their absence. Audrey and Aurora then came after the two which then prompted Emma and Mary Margaret to follow suit. They rushed along only to find the safe haven had been nearly destroyed and just about everybody who was there had been brutally killed.

"Oh, my God." Emma muttered in shock and horror.

"This can't be..." Mulan murmured as she walked into the safe haven in horror. "I haven't seen anything this bad since I left for war and found my home destroyed."

"Your home was destroyed?" Lonnie asked in surprise.

"Yes... Shan Yu went after everybody I knew and loved when I went to the war in my father's place and told everybody that my name was Ping since only sons were allowed and I didn't want him to die," Mulan explained. "I guess it was true what they said back then and right here now. You can't go home again."

Lonnie flinched and winced, not knowing that about her mother's past as she cupped her mouth.

"Our land, we were protected here, hidden," Mulan then said as she examined the scene with the others. "How did the ogres find us?"

Mary Margaret looked down to see the fallen people and saw one man had a large bloody gash in his chest which told her one thing. "Ogres didn't do this." she then said.

"What?" Mulan asked.

"Then who did?" Audrey wondered.

"Cora did," Mary Margaret explained. "Their hearts... They were ripped out. This was her magic... Twisted and evil. We have to stop her." she then added.

"We're too late. She killed them," Mulan retorted. "She killed them all."

"Oh, my God..." Lonnie muttered. "We have to do something... But what?"

"Obviously we have to stop her before she hurts anyone else," Mary Margaret replied urgently. "And Evie... Who knows what she might do to Evie?"

"Help!" A voice soon cried out.

Emma walked around before following the voice. "Hey. Hey. Look." she then said before seeing two crushed bodies.

Aurora hopped over and soon saw what Emma saw. "There's someone under there." she then observed.

"They're alive! ...I think." Audrey added.

"Yeah. They're alive." Aurora nodded to her future daughter.

"Please." A man cried faintly.

"It's okay." Aurora said, helping the man.

"There's a boy here too." Audrey added, finding that the man had company with him.

"Please help us." The boy begged.

"It's okay. You're safe now," Mary Margaret soon smiled sweetly as Aurora and Audrey helped save the man and boy who were trapped, but were now safe. "We won't hurt you."

"Thank you. Thank you." The man said in relief.

"Dad... Is that you? I see a bright light..." The boy coughed a little before looking around with wide eyes.

"It's all right, son. We seem to be in good hands now," The man reassured the boy. "That bright light is just the sun."

"Oh, Dad... I was so worried..." The boy then said before clinging to the man who was his father. "I thought I'd never see you again."

"It's okay, son. I'm right here," The man soothed. "We're all going to be okay."

"Oh, that poor boy..." Mary Margaret frowned in concern. "He must be traumatized about what just happened."

"Let's sit you down then." Mulan suggested.

"Can we trust these guys?" Lonnie soon asked her future mother.

"Yes, we can," Mulan reassured. "Come on now."

Soon, the group helped out the boy and the man before bringing them to a table to sit down and relax after the stirring events that had plagued them beforehand. Mulan and Emma were soon gathering water for their new guests as Mary Margaret tended to a fire. The boy looked rather eager around Lonnie and Audrey and looked like he was trying to win them over with some sort of charm by grinning and wiggling his eyebrows at them, but they didn't look very interested in him. Even Mushu stuck his lizard tongue out at the boy in annoyance and disgust while hiding in Lonnie's pocket.

"Have you seen them before?" Emma soon asked the warrior woman.

"Yes, I've seen them around. The guy's a blacksmith and that kid's his very own. Came to our camp a couple months ago," Mulan explained as they looked at the father and son from afar. "Said he lost his hand in an ogre attack. Why would Cora leave two survivors?" she then wondered.

"It's messy," Emma replied. "Doesn't make sense."

"You think they're lying?" Mulan then asked.

"I think Cora's tricked us before. I don't want that to happen again," Emma replied before approaching the table, giving their guests a couple of cups of water as Mary Margaret, Aurora, Lonnie, and Audrey soon joined them. "Here you go."

"I can't thank you enough for your kindness," The man soon said as his son took a big drink of water when he had the chance. "Fortune, it seems, has seen fit to show us favor."

"An island full of corpses. You're the only ones to escape. How exactly did that happen?" Emma replied suspiciously.

"She... She attacked at night; slaughtered everyone in one fell swoop." The boy explained, trying to sound convincing.

"Aye. When she started ripping out people's hearts, my boy and I hid under the bodies of those who had already been killed," The man added. "Pretended to be dead ourselves. Mercifully, the ruse worked."

"So much for fortune favoring the brave." Lonnie scoffed a bit while Emma nodded in agreement.

"It was all we could do to survive and I trust my dad cuz when I grow up I'm gonna be just like him." The boy spoke up then with a grin.

"Aww... Thank you, son," The man smiled warmly in response. "That's a real compliment."

"You make it look real easy, Dad." The boy beamed and nodded.

Emma narrowed her eyes, looking between the father and son. "I'm gonna let you both in on a little secret. I'm pretty good at knowing when someone is lying to me," she then told them a bit sternly as she looked them both in the eyes. "...Kid, are you wearing your mother's eyeliner or something?" she then asked the boy.

"HA! Joke's on you... It's my dad's." The boy grinned boastfully.

"Yeah... Cuz that's so much better." Emma deadpanned in response.

The boy then stuck his tongue out at Emma in a bit of annoyance.

"We're telling you the truth." The man defended.

"We should leave here in case Cora decides to come back." Mulan soon suggested.

"I agree." Lonnie added with a nod.

"We should start searching for a new portal back to Storybrooke," Mary Margaret then piped up. "I only got about five minutes with my husband, not to mention my grandson."

The man looked a bit amused with how young Mary Margaret looked and having grandchildren. "You have a grandson?" he then asked with a smirk.

"Long story." Mary Margaret replied.

"Well, we know this land well," The boy spoke up hopefully. "We can guide you."

Suddenly, Emma drew a dagger and held it to the man's throat.

"Dad!" The boy cried out.

"Take it easy there, Junior," Emma replied bravely as she held onto the boy while holding the blade close, but not enough to cut the man's throat. "You guys aren't gonna guide us anywhere until you tell us who you really are."

"Well, looks like we're about to have our hands full, my boy." The man soon said to his son.

"But just one hand for you, right?" The boy replied with a grin.

The man narrowed his eyes for that joke. "You're grounded." he then decided.

"Aww..." The boy then groaned and pouted in defeat.

Soon, the group had tied up the father and son to the tree as it was time for a little interrogation.

"Did you get it good and tight?" Lonnie asked Mulan.

"Of course," Mulan nodded. "They shouldn't be able to go anywhere for a while."

"Now we can get you guys to talk." Lonnie then said before glaring at the father and son.

"We already told you," The man defended. "I'm just a blacksmith and this is my son."

"Sure you are," Emma rolled her eyes in disbelief before she then suddenly whistled out loud to get some sort of attention before looking back at the father and son. "You don't wanna talk to us? Maybe, you'll talk to the ogres while they rip you both limb from limb."

Soon, the ogres could be heard approaching.

"Come on." Emma told the other girls.

Soon, the group went to go and leave while the rest would be up to fate... But then something else happened surprisingly enough.

"You... You can't just leave us here like this!" The boy soon cried out. "I'm just a little boy!"

"You're pushing 16, buddy!" Lonnie replied. "You and your old man had your chance!"

"What if they're telling the truth?" Aurora soon asked out of concern.

"They're not." Emma retorted.

"Good for you! You bested us!" The man soon called out. "I can count the amount of people who've done that on one hand."

"That supposed to be funny?" Emma scoffed before they soon came back. "Who are you?"

"Killian Jones and this is my boy Harry, but most people have taken to call me by my more colorful moniker," The man revealed. "Hook."

"Hook..." Mary Margaret murmured in surprise.

"Check the satchel." Harry suggested.

Lonnie soon did just that before she took out a certain hook that was in there.

Emma soon put two and two together. "...As in, Captain Hook?" she then asked in shock.

"Ah, so you've heard of me." Hook concluded with a boastful grin.

"Well, of course, Dad," Harry replied. "After all, Dad... You're the most brazen, bold, and brilliant buccaneer who ever sailed the briny blue and not Blackbeard!"

"Oh, Harry, you're making your old man blush." Hook chuckled in response.

Emma soon heard the sounds coming closer. "You better hurry up. They're getting closer," she then warned the father and son. "So, unless you wanna be dinner, you better start talking."

Harry glanced over to his father then.

"It's all right, Harry. I'll tell 'em," Hook told his son as he explained what was really going on. "Cora wanted me to gain your trust, so I could learn everything there is to know about your Storybrooke. She didn't want any surprises when she finally got over there. Naturally, as Harry and I have a very close-knit relationship, he wanted to come along, so I let him."

"She can't get there. We destroyed the wardrobe." Emma retorted.

"Ah, but the enchantment remains," Hook replied. "Cora gathered the ashes. She's going to use them to open up a portal."

"But what about Evie?" Audrey asked.

"Yeah, what does Cora want with Evie?" Lonnie added.

"That much I'm afraid we don't know, but it appeared to be classified information," Harry replied. "Now, if you'll kindly cut us loose...?"

"No. We should leave them here to die," Mulan spoke up firmly as she disagreed with that decision. "To pay for all the lives that they took."

"That was Cora, not us," Hook replied. "Besides, Harry here is just a child and shouldn't pay for the sins of his father."

"Yeah... I'm very sensitive that way." Harry added before attempting to do a puppy dog pout.

Emma glanced over before she shook her head. "Let's go." she then told the others.

And then once again, the group turned to go, only to be stopped suddenly again.

"Wait. Wait! You need us alive!" Hook soon called out.

Emma glanced back then. "...Why?" she soon demanded.

"Because we both want the same thing," Hook defended. "To get back to your land."

"You would say anything to save yourself and you're a bad influence on your son," Emma scoffed in response. "Why are we supposed to believe you now?"

"I arranged for transport with Cora, but, seeing how resourceful you are, I'll offer you the same deal," Hook replied. "I'll help you, if you promise to take us along."

"How are you going to help us get home?" Emma asked then.

"The ashes will open a portal, but, to find your land, she needs more. There's an enchanted compass," Hook explained calmly. "Cora seeks it. I'll help you obtain it before she does."

"And we'll help you save this Princess Evie you speak of too." Harry quickly added hopefully.

"So, Cora won't make it to Storybrooke, Evie will be safe, and we'll be one step closer to getting home?" Emma concluded thoughtfully.

"Sounds too good to be true." Mary Margaret scoffed in disbelief.

"There's only one way to find out." Harry tempted.

The ogres soon got even louder and closer than they were before which was rather concerning for everyone.

Emma narrowed her eyes before approaching the pirate father and son suspiciously. "You tell me one thing, and whatever you say, I better believe it." she began to demand.

"You have our word as sailors." Harry vowed bravely and maturely.

Emma nodded before she soon asked her question. "Why do Captain Hook and his son wanna go to Storybrooke?" she then asked.

"To exact revenge on the man who took my hand: Rumplestiltskin." Hook replied.

"And since I wanna be just like my dad, I wanna go after the son of Rumplestiltskin." Harry added.

The group all looked at each other a bit thoughtfully before they would decide their next moves after those answers as Hook and Harry were in tow with the main group.

"Up ahead. We'll find the compass just over the ridge." Hook instructed his company.

"I'm not sure that I trust this." Lonnie spoke up to the others.

"What do you mean?" Audrey asked.

"Isn't a little suspicious that this pirate and his kid are leading us up somewhere we know nothing about?" Lonnie explained herself. "What if this is a trick from that Cora lady?"

"...She might be onto something there," Mulan agreed thoughtfully. "This whole thing could be a trap."

"It's definitely a trap," Emma began to warn the others. "As long as we know they're trying to play us, we can-"

"Stay one step ahead of them." Mary Margaret then concluded.

"Exactly." Emma nodded.

Harry kept walking until his father spoke to him suddenly.

"Stop those paces, lad," Hook told his son then. "We're here."

Harry nodded before he looked up. In the distance, everyone could see a beanstalk standing in the middle of a field and it was so tall that it could extend through the clouds.

"Let me guess; the compass is up there?" Emma asked Hook.

"Oh, yeah." Hook nodded.

"So how do we... Get to it?" Audrey asked before checking her nails as Lonnie instinctively rolled her eyes. "I just had a manicure and I don't think climbing is good for my cuticles right now."

"It's not the climb you need to worry about," Hook warned. "It's the giant at the top."

The group then proceeded over to the beanstalk just like in the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk that Emma grew up with in book form while it was vital and important history to the people of The Enchanted Forest.

"It's a little freakier than I remember from the story." Emma remarked in concern at the sight of the beanstalk.

"Reminds me of death." Mulan commented.

"Encouraging." Mary Margaret deadpanned to the warrior woman.

"Well, your compass awaits. Shall we?" Hook soon prompted as he looked over at the beanstalk, aiming to climb up it.

"Wait. If these beans create portals, why not just pick one and go home?" Emma soon spoke up.

"Yeah, why do you need the compass?" Lonnie added. "Can't you just go home with a magic bean or two if that's what they're used for?"

"Because there aren't any more beans." Harry replied knowingly.

"Whatever story you think you know, my dear, is most certainly wrong." Hook added with an agreeing nod to his son.

"There was a guy named Jack, and a cow, and something about evil giant with a treasure and a golden goose... Or harp." Emma explained with a shrug.

"Sounds like a lovely tale, but the truth's a little bit more gruesome." Harry replied.

"Aye," Hook nodded before he explained. "The giants grew the beans, but, rather than use them for good, they used them to plunder all the lands. Jack, was a man who fought a terrible war, defeating all but one of the evil giants. The beans were destroyed by the giants as they died. If they couldn't have their magic, then nobody could. It's really very bad form."

"Very grim and bad form." Harry added.

"Evil giants, who made magic portal beans?" Emma replied to the father and son. "Why doesn't anyone just go up and grow some more?" she then asked.

"Because one giant survived. The strongest and most terrible of them all," Hook replied. "And we'll have to get past him to-"

"The magic compass." Mary Margaret guessed as she finished.

"Indeed. The treasure remains, and amongst it is the compass. Now it will guide us to your land," Hook nodded. "Cora has the means to open a portal with the wardrobe ashes, but she can't find your land without the compass. Once we get it, steal the ashes from her and we're on our way." he then added.

"How do we know you're not just using us to get the compass for Cora?" Lonnie soon demanded, trying to look as steely-eyed as her mother.

"Because you six are far safer company," Hook replied. "All my boy and I need is a ride back. We'll swear allegiance to whomever gets us there first."

"Then we'd better start climbing." Emma soon decided.

"Well... There is one more rather teeny tiny detail we might have forgotten to have mentioned." Harry soon spoke up.

"And what would that be?" Emma glared in accusatory suddenly.

"Well... I was told that the giant enchanted the beanstalk to repel intruders." Harry then explained with a shrug and grin, greatly resembling his father physically.

"Alright, so how do we get up there?' Audrey then asked.

"I've got a counterspell from Cora. If you'd be so kind." Hook soon said before holding up his wrists which were still tied together.

Mary Margaret then stepped over and untied and freed the adult male pirate.

"Thank you, mi'lady," Hook then said once he was freed by the short-haired woman. "I've got one more of these. Cora was to accompany me and perhaps my son."

"So… Which one of you six lovelies shall take her place?" Harry soon asked with a grin. "I can be pretty persuasive like my old man..." he then approached Audrey and Lonnie hopefully. "I'm a lady murderer just like him~"

"Lady murderer?!" Audrey and Lonnie repeated in horror with wide eyes.

"Ladykiller, Harry. Ladykiller," Hook corrected with a chuckle before he looked over at the adult women. "I apologize for that... Harry is a bright young lad, though he often isn't the sharpest hook in the shed."

Emma, Mary Margaret, Mulan, and Aurora just looked over in silence while Audrey and Lonnie looked around.

"Go on, fight it out," Hook smirked as he decided to wait with his son to see what would happen next. "Don't be afraid to, you know, really get into it."

"We'll be waiting in the meantime." Harry soon said before he walked off with his father for the time being.

The remaining females then looked around and at each other as they wondered what they should do.

The father and son then watched the girls in the distance, eagerly awaiting beside the beanstalk in anticipation.

"All due respect, I'm the best-equipped to go," Mulan suggested as she glanced at the others. "How many wars have you been through?"

"My share." Mary Margaret said.

"You?" Mulan practically scoffed. "You haven't fought in a battle."

"What if we went?" Lonnie spoke up, referring to herself and the teenage princess beside her.

"I already told you. I can't risk it," Audrey reminded the warrior girl as she checked her nails. "I just got my nails done."

Lonnie rolled her eyes in response at that so-called excuse.

"Besides, you two are too young," Mulan then told the two teenagers protectively. "We still have no idea what happened to Evie, so we can't risk losing you two too."

Lonnie and Audrey looked soft in response.

"Either way, the boy should go with his father." Emma suggested as she looked at the pirate father and son standing around together.

"Yes, he could join him." Mary Margaret nodded as that sounded best, even if they were unsure about the pirate father and son duo.

"It should be me." Aurora soon piped up.

"This is about us getting home to our loved ones," Mary Margaret reminded Aurora. "Why would you-"

"Because I have no loved ones," Aurora interrupted. "If I fail, you can still go on."

Audrey whimpered slightly since Aurora said she had no loved ones.

"You aren't born yet, remember?" Lonnie whispered to Audrey. "Don't take it personally."

"It's still so hard." Audrey said in a crying voice.

Lonnie sighed a little bit before she then decided to give the teenage princess a hug while the adults conversed.

"It's me. I'm going, and I'm not gonna fail." Emma stated.

"You're new here." Mary Margaret retorted.

"It's about getting back to Henry. I don't care what I have to face," Emma said only to get silence from Mary Margaret. "You're not gonna argue with me?" she asked.

"Would it do any good?" Mary Margaret smiled.

Emma gave a small smile back. "No," she admitted and agreed. "Anything in that bag that's gonna help me with a giant?" she asked Mulan.

"Or Hook?" Mulan added.

"Hey!" Hook cried out and pouted from the distance.

Harry chuckled a little to that, trying to hide his face behind his hands to drown out his laughter slightly.

"You're grounded again." Hook then told his son.

"Aww..." Harry groaned and pouted before crossing his arms.

"Come with me," Mulan said as she had something to help Emma out. "This... Powder made from poppies. He has to inhale it." she then said.

"Your sword... How strong is it?" Emma asked Mulan, after taking the bag of poppy dust.

"The most powerful blade in all the realms." Mulan replied as she showed off her sword.

"Is it strong enough to cut through that beanstalk?" Emma asked her.

"Indeed." Mulan nodded.

"Give me 10 hours. If I'm not back, you cut it down and keep going." Emma said quietly but firmly to Mulan.

"Snow won't like that." Mulan shook her head.

"That's why I'm asking you," Emma told Mulan. "If we don't get back, you get her home and those kids, wherever they came from."

Mulan soon looked a little soft in response.

"Ladies. In this world, we are slaves to time," Hook soon told the girls. "And ours is running out. In other words, tick-tock."

Emma soon approached Hook and put out her hand, standing between the man and his son.

"I was hoping it'd be you." Hook grinned eagerly at the blonde woman.

"And you're coming too." Emma then told Harry.

"Me?" Harry asked with wide eyes. "But who will protect these nice girls from giants or ogres or giant ogres or giant giants?"

Emma glanced over at Audrey and Lonnie who looked indifferent to Harry staying with them before she then looked back over at Harry. "I think they'll survive." she then said.

"So... The three of us altogether?" Harry then wondered. "How's this going to work?"

"Well, Harry, I suppose we'll just tie all of our hands together as Miss Swan doesn't seem to trust you or I to be alone or separated from each other." Hook then said to his son.

"You can't separate the Hook father and son team," Harry said with a nod. "It would take a whole lot more of that to separate us."

"After all... I'm not a monster." Emma soon told the two.

"I suppose you aren't," Hook then said before putting his arm around his son. "After all... We can hardly afford his birthday or his Christmas anymore..." he then took a deep breath and let out a shaky sigh. "Though I suppose that's just the price to pay while being a single father."

Harry then sniffled as he even attempted to do a puppy dog pout for Emma.

"Just get on with it." Emma soon groaned out of impatience.

"Put your hand right here... That's a good girl," Hook told Emma as they got settled. "This will allow you to climb. There are other dangers. Thankfully, you both got me to protect you," he then pointed to his left nub. "I can't climb one-handed, can I?"

"Or me, but I wanna grow up to be just like my dad~" Harry grinned.

"No, Harry. You're not getting your own hook for the millionth time." Hook told his son with an eye roll.

"You're no fun~" Harry pouted at that as Emma sighed and shook her head.

Emma got out the hook and handed it to him. "Don't think I'm taking my eyes off you for a second," she told him. "Especially your kid... I've got my own." she added.

"I would despair if either of you did." Hook smirked.

"Let's go." Emma replied as it was now time for beanstalk climbing.

Aurora, Audrey, Lonnie, and Mulan soon stepped out of the way, closer to Mary Margaret as Emma, Harry, and Hook were tied together so that they could climb up the beanstalk which would pretty much take all day.

Soon, they got quite far up. Emma was lagging behind just a little, not used to the climbing. Hook helped out his son, showing that he was a pretty good father when he wanted to be by coaching his son about climbing and reminding him to be careful. This was a lot more complicated than climbing the rope in Gym Class after all.

"First beanstalk? Well, you never forget your first," Hook remarked to Emma as they continued to climb. "You know, most men would take your silence as off-putting, but I love a challenge."

"I'm concentrating." Emma retorted.

"No, you're afraid," Hook clarified. "Afraid to talk, to reveal yourself, to trust me. Things will be a lot smoother if you do."

"You should be used to people not trusting you." Emma told Hook.

"I trust him." Harry piped up innocently.

"Yeah? Well, you're his kid." Emma retorted a bit firmly.

Harry frowned at that reply.

"Ah. The pirate thing," Hook remarked. "Well, I don't need you to share. You're something of an open book."

"Am I?" Emma asked.

"Quite. Let's see... You volunteered to come up here because you... Were the most motivated," Hook said to Emma thoughtfully. "You need to get back to a child. I'd wanna get back to Harry if anything happened."

Harry grinned smugly in response to that.

"That's not perception. That's eavesdropping." Emma replied.

"Ah, but you don't want to abandon him the way you were abandoned." Hook remarked.

"Was I?" Emma asked, a little defensive.

"Like I said, an open book," Hook replied calmly before glancing towards Hook. "Wouldn't you agree?"

"I think so. I definitely think so." Harry nodded in agreement with his father.

"How would you know that?" Emma then asked.

"I spent many years in Neverland: home of the Lost Boys," Hook clarified to Emma. "They all share the same look in their eyes... The look you get when you've been left alone."

"Yeah, well, my world ain't 'Neverland'." Emma said.

"Good. Don't go there," Harry warned with wide eyes. "It's Hell on Earth."

Emma glanced over, finding that to be a bit of an exaggeration.

"But an orphan's an orphan," Hook coaxed then. "Love has been all too rare in your life, hasn't it? Have you ever been in love?" he then asked softly.

"No. I have never been in love." Emma replied.

"I have~" Harry grinned and batted his eyelashes.

"Quite a charmer," Emma snorted in response. "Like father, like son, I guess."

"Oh, indeed," Hook nodded proudly. "Harry gets a lot of his charm and wit from his father."

"Hm... What does his mother have to say about this?" Emma scoffed and rolled her eyes slightly.

"She and I don't speak much anymore," Hook replied. "It's a bit of a long and complicated story."

"Hmm... Emma paused thoughtfully in response.

Meanwhile, Mulan began to draw something in the sand with her sword.

"What is that?" Audrey soon asked.

"It's a sundial. Keeps the time." Lonnie explained.

"Precisely." Mulan nodded until she finished.

"You have somewhere to be?" Mary Margaret asked.

"We can mark watches, take turns sleeping," Mulan advised. "We'll most likely have to walk through the night again, so we should rest while we can. That goes double for you girls." she then added with a look over to Audrey and Lonnie.

"Yes, ma'am." Lonnie nodded while Audrey pouted a little.

"I'll take first shift." Mary Margaret said, though a little suspicious of Mulan.

"I'll stay up with you." Aurora offered.

Mulan gave a small, shy smile. "Okay." she then said.

"When's the last time you slept?" Mary Margaret asked Aurora.

"I don't really sleep now," Aurora frowned softly. "Not after what I've been through."

Audrey gasped and clutched her heart suddenly. This is probably what gave her mother the nickname of "Sleeping Beauty".

"Sleeping curse." Mary Margaret understood.

"The one time I did sleep, I had horrible nightmares." Aurora frowned.

"It's a side effect. Same thing happened to me." Mary Margaret told her.

"It did?" Aurora asked with wide eyes.

"I... I had no idea..." Audrey whispered as her future mother discussed Mary Margaret.

"Mm. I had them for months," Mary Margaret said then started to reminisce. "Charming... My husband... He used to wake me. When I cried out, he'd light a candle. He said it would capture the nightmares. He'd watch over me as I fell back to sleep." she smiled softly.

"Sounds like he lives up to his name." Aurora smiled softly as that sounded like the most wonderful thing ever.

"Yeah." Mary Margaret smiled back.

"And I can't wait to meet my own Prince Charming." Audrey said hopefully.

Lonnie rolled her eyes just a little bit to that.

"These dreams you had though," Audrey spoke up as she approached her future mother. "Do you know where they came from?"

"Oh... Like I just told Snow, from a sleeping curse." Aurora replied quizzically.

"No, no... I mean... Did someone curse you?" Audrey explained.

"Oh, that... Yes..." Aurora said before nodding. "My mother Queen Briar Rose was cursed by a wicked fairy godmother called Carabosse and I was cursed by her daughter Maleficent."

"...I gotcha... Thank you..." Audrey then said before nodding.

"Erm... Uh... All right... You're welcome." Aurora blinked to her future daughter, feeling confused before she then shrugged.

"I'm still dreading this," Audrey soon told Lonnie. "I don't know who she is or when I'll meet her, but I'm going to be cursed for 100 years instead of partying with my friends and having fun by Maleficent's daughter."

"Nice to see you have your priorities straight." Lonnie scoffed slightly.

"I'm serious!" Audrey firmly pouted. "Maleficent's daughter is going to curse me someday, I just know it!"

"Unless she has a son." Lonnie clarified with a shrug.

"Not helping!" Audrey snapped which made Lonnie smirk nervously.

"Just relax, okay?" Lonnie told Audrey. "It's not the end of the world. Besides, we're on a mission to help our future mothers, remember? I know you wanna go home now, but we can't until we avenge our future families. We're their descendants and they need us."

"I guess so..." Audrey sighed and pouted. "At least you were engaged to a prince before you left your home."

Lonnie wrinkled her nose.

"What? He's gotta be cute, right?" Audrey then asked with an eager grin.

"He has seven other brothers I haven't met, but I don't think I want to marry any of Lord Qin's sons," Lonnie replied as honestly as she could. "It was promised by The Golden Dragon of Unity, but I think that it might be wrong. I don't wanna listen to any dragons."

Suddenly, her pet slithered around before coming out into the palm of her hand as he stuck his tongue out at both girls as Audrey grimaced, still repulsed by him.

"Except for Mushu, of course," Lonnie giggled as she held onto her pet lizard. "I don't know how yet, Mushu, but one of these days I'll help you retain your true great and powerful dragon form."

"Ugh... How much longer are you going to tell yourself that that's a dragon?" Audrey groaned and rolled her eyes.

"He is too a dragon!" Lonnie retorted with narrowed eyes. "I'll show you! I'll show you all!"

"Uh-huh. Sure." Audrey replied, still not convinced.

Lonnie stuck her tongue out at Audrey before she looked down into her hands to her pet. "Oh, it's all right, Mushu... The mean pink princess might not believe in you, but I do~" she then coaxed. "Soon, we'll be back home to Li'l Shang, Sha-Ron, and hopefully Uncles Yao, Ling, and Chein Po if they aren't too busy. It's going to be all okay in the end, you'll see. We'll live happily ever after just like we're supposed to."

Audrey looked over softly to that before she sighed and looked down in the distance.

Mary Margaret soon decided to try to help comfort Audrey's future mother. "Um... Why don't you try... To sleep? I'll watch over you. You'll be safe." she told her.

Aurora looked soft before nodding and seemed relieved. "Thank you." she said with a whisper.

Mary Margaret smiled warmly then looked at the time stick.

Up at the top of the beanstalk, Emma looked around. "What happened here?" she asked, seeing all the skeletons dotted about. She did undo the two's bindings now they were all up the top.

"I think this is where the true war came from." Harry spoke up.

"Indeed, lad. It's where the final battle was," Hook informed as it wasn't a pretty sight, that's for sure before Emma glanced around, then slightly winced which he then noticed. "Give me your hand."

"What?" Emma asked softly.

"Your hand; it's cut," Hook replied. "Let me help you."

"No, no. It's fine." Emma then said quickly.

"No, it's not." Hook shook his head in response.

"So, now you're going to be a gentleman?" Emma asked with a bit of a scoff as Harry looked around, looking eager to collect some treasure as he was born and raised to be a pirate after all.

"Giants can smell blood. And I'm always a gentleman." Hook retorted as he uncorked a bottle from his breast pocket before he then poured the contents over Emma's bloody hand.

Emma then instantly cringed in pain. "Ah! Ow! What the hell is that?" she then hissed.

"It's rum. A bloody waste of it," Hook replied as he tied a piece of fabric around the blonde woman's injury. "Don't worry. I do this for Harry all the time."

"It's true..." Harry added with a shrug. "Never go barefoot on a wooden deck on a regular basis. Splinters are my biggest enemy if not seasickness after sipping Dad's steering rum."

"Right. Seasickness," Hook rolled his eyes a bit as he seemed to know more than his son's habits than he let on before he explained to both of them something of very big importance. "Here's the plan: We wait for the giant to fall asleep. When he does, we'll sneak past him into his cave. It's where the treasures are, where the compass lies." he then explained as he finished wrapping the blonde woman's hand.

"And then?" Emma asked.

"And then we run like Hell." Hook replied

"We don't have time to wait for a giant to fall asleep," Emma said. "The powder Mulan gave us... We need to use it. We gotta knock him out."

"Well, that's riskier." Harry spoke up while Hook nodded as he agreed with his son.

"Than waiting for a giant to fall asleep when we need him to?" Emma rhetorically asked Hook.

"Point taken." Hook then nodded.

"Ooh, you're a tough lass," Harry grinned at Emma then. "You'd make a hell of a pirate."

Emma then took the powder away from Hook, then saw a certain thing that the pirate had on his skin. "Who's Milah on the tattoo?" she then asked.

Hook looked soft before answering that question. "...Someone from long ago." he then replied gently.

"Where is she?" Emma asked.

Hook looked a little soft. "She's gone." he then told her.

"Gold. Rumpelstiltskin," Emma realized before she acted like a detective to the adult male pirate. "He took more than your hand from you, didn't he? That's why you want to kill him." she then concluded.

"For someone who's never been in love, you're quite perceptive, aren't you?" Hook remarked.

"Maybe I was, once." Emma said softly then.

Soon, it was time to get ready and to get into position.

"All right, Harry. Miss Swan will be going to get in while I help distract the giant for her," Hook soon said to his son. "Okay? I need you to stay hidden."

"And recover the treasure when you guys get the giant out?" Harry asked with a hopeful and eager grin.

"No, you should wait out here and stay hidden, like behind a rock or something," Hook explained delicately. "We'll go down with you, but that will be it."

"Wait... I can't help recover the treasure?" Harry asked with a pout.

"I'm sorry, son, but I can't risk that," Hook replied. "I promise, after this, we'll go on an adventure somewhere, the two of us. We could go somewhere like... Like..." he then tried to think quickly.

"Treasure Island?" Harry asked with a grin. "I wanna meet Long John Silver. He's the second-best pirate of The Seven Seas."

"And let me guess; I'm the first?" Hook smirked in reply.

"Well, duh!" Harry nodded. "I wanna be just like you when I grow up, ya know?"

"I'm quite familiar with your life goals," Hook chuckled before he firmly narrowed his eyes. "Now listen, Harry. I mean it. Stay out of sight. I can't risk losing you like I lost your mother. You remember what I told you about her."

Harry pouted and looked down a bit softly.

"Aye... It was a very sad and heartbreaking experience and I don't want to go through it all over again, only with you in trouble," Hook then told his son. "Losing you would be a thousand times worse than losing your mother."

"It would be?" Harry asked softly.

"Well, of course... While I love your mother with all my heart and very much, it's her love in here that kept to it so that this old pirate could love again," Hook then said before putting his hook against his chest, but not to poke himself. "So please... Stay out of sight and stay out of trouble. I can't lose you, all right?"

"...Okay, Dad," Harry soon said with a nod. "I'll stay hidden."

"Good boy..." Hook nodded. "Now you better go and hide now. Miss Swan should be ready by now. Are you ready, kid?" he then asked.

"Aye-Aye, Captain." Harry nodded.

"I can't hear you~" Hook then grinned playfully.

"Aye-Aye, Captain!" Harry repeated, a bit loud, but hopefully not loud enough to wake up the giant suddenly.

Hook winced and shushed his son before looking over. He heard stirring, but luckily the giant seemed to be coming right out just yet, so he sighed in relief. He then looked back at his son before saluting him suddenly. Harry then saluted his father back before he took off running to go and hide as he passed Emma who was perching herself on top of a statue near the entrance of the castle.

Hook then nodded to that before he picked up a bone he had found on the ground, then approached a metal shield that was there. When he saw Emma, he nodded to her and spoke to her. "You ready?" he then asked her.

"Yeah." Emma nodded from where she was up on a statue, ready to throw the powder if needed.

Harry then poked his head out as he hid behind a rather large rock that was there before he flinched a little at the sudden echoing. Hook soon banged on the metal shield with the bone, the noise causing the giant to awaken. The giant then appeared and stepped out of his home to tend to the noise.

"Oh, dammit..." Emma murmured, appearing to freeze with fear.

"Oi! Hey! You big git!" Hook soon called out to distract the giant.

The giant then looked over and saw the adult male pirate.

"Yeah, you. Huh? You wanna kill a human, huh?" Hook challenged the giant, even trying to move toward him. "You wanna kill a human? I'm the worst human around! Come on! Come on then! Come on then!"

Harry hid a bit further, concerned for his father then. The giant soon leaned in and was about to reach out and grab Hook like a doll only for Emma to suddenly throw the powder, knocking out the giant as he suddenly fell to the ground. However, as the giant fell, the pirate father and son duo appeared to be unseen.

"Hook? Hook!" Emma soon called out in concern.

"He's out cold," Hook said as he came out from behind the giant. "I don't mean to upset you, Emma, but I think we make quite the team." he then added.

Emma responded with a rather indifferent facial expression. "Let's go steal a compass." she then suggested.

Hook nodded and he soon walked off to go with Emma so that they could get what they needed. However, once they were out of sight, Harry poked his head out, and soon began to sneak inside the giant's home after them, trying to be very quiet and stealthy in effort.

Emma and Hook then entered a room filled with treasures.

"They hoarded all of their greatest stolen treasures in here," Hook educated Emma. "Piles of jewels, and every room filled with coins."

"Let's get to it. The compass." Emma suggested urgently.

"What's your rush?" Hook soon asked.

"How long do you think magic knock-out powder lasts?" Emma defended and asked a bit thickly.

"I have no clue." Hook replied honestly.

"That's my rush." Emma then scoffed.

"Too right, lass," Hook nodded. "Come. Everything we need is right in front of us." he then instructed as they walked inside the treasure room, unaware that they were about to be followed.

Some time had passed since Emma, Harry, and Hook had left as Mulan studied the sundial to see how much time they had left. Aurora was suddenly animated in her sleep and seemed to be having some sort of issue. Audrey gasped and cupped her mouth in instant worry, especially because of her future destiny of becoming the next Sleeping Beauty which meant that she would be cursed by the next Dark Fairy who, unknown to her, was Mal who was still in Storybrooke.

"Hey. Aurora? It was just a dream," Mary Margaret soon told the princess out of comfort. "It was just a dream."

"It was horrible." Aurora trembled after she had stirred in her sleep.

"Why don't you tell me about it?" Mary Margaret then asked. "Do you wanna tell me about it? Come on; let's stand. Tell me."

Audrey looked over and soon approached Aurora and Mary Margaret out of mild curiosity.

"It was the same as last time. I was in this room. This... This red room. It was bright," Aurora began to explain, sounding rather frantic and alarmed from the dream she was forced to live with, breathing shallowly and sounding totally and utterly petrified. "Blood-red curtains. There were no windows or doors, so it didn't make sense, and I couldn't get in or out. I was trapped. The curtains, they, were on fire. It was horrible."

Audrey cupped her mouth in even more horror and fear for the nightmare fuel that would soon strike her next as the new Sleeping Beauty once she would become of proper age as Aurora's descendant.

"It's okay." Mary Margaret soothed as best as she could.

"I was hunched in a corner, and I looked over into the other corner," Aurora soon continued. "And in the shadows, there was someone else there. I just see his eyes. He was looking right at me."

"It's okay. It's over now," Mary Margaret soon coaxed. "These nightmares... They will fade away. I promise."

Aurora looked over at the other woman a bit softly. "...Did they for you?" she then asked wearily.

"Yeah. Come on. Come on," Mary Margaret replied out of comfort. "I'll sit with you until you fall back asleep. Who else do I have to take care of?"

Lonnie and Audrey then looked over softly.

"You two can come along too... I have a way with children, you know," Mary Margaret replied. "I'm a schoolteacher in Storybrooke."

"So... This Storybrooke... Have you met the granddaughter of Carabosse?" Audrey asked nervously.

Mary Margaret glanced at Audrey with a bit of a raised eyebrow to that question.

"I mean... Just making conversation..." Audrey chuckled nervously once she was given an odd look for her question.

"There's a lot more to you girls than there appears to be, isn't there?" Mary Margaret then asked.

"Uh... Whatever gave you that idea?" Lonnie grinned nervously.

"Y-Yeah... We're definitely normal teenage girls... Even though you're the one wearing pants like a man." Audrey then added sheepishly.

"I don't know what it is, but I get the strangest feeling that you two girls are hiding something from me, but especially Aurora and Mulan." Mary Margaret replied slyly as she continued to give them the look.

Audrey and Lonnie glanced at each other before glancing back at her.

"I'm not just a teacher, but I'm also a mother and actually a grandmother if you can believe it," Mary Margaret then continued from their silence. "One of these days you're going to have to admit the truth sooner or later."

"W-We... We have no idea what you're talking about, ma'am," Lonnie said sheepishly. "You're probably just overreacting."

"Mm-hmm..." Mary Margaret narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "You can keep your secrets all you want, but I'll find out what's going on between you too or my name's not Mary Margaret Blanchard," she then looked to the side a little with a shrug. "And it's not. It's actually Snow White."

"Uh... Well... Okay... Good luck with that," Audrey replied. "You're going to have a rather long wait, ma'am."

"Oh, I've waited 28 years for something pretty big to happen, I can probably wait a little bit longer," Mary Margaret smirked. "We'll just see who breaks first. I can do this all day."

Lonnie and Audrey blinked, a bit concerned and freaked out right now before they backed away from the short-haired woman.

"She is scaring me and I'm the daughter of Mulan." Lonnie whispered to Audrey with genuine fear in her voice.

"We'll have to be very careful around Snow White in the future. I can tell." Audrey whispered back with a nod.

The two teenage girls then walked away together in the distance as Mulan continued to keep track of the time.

"Seriously... What are those two girls up to?" Mary Margaret wondered as she scratched her chin while sitting with and comforting Aurora as much as she possibly could.

Aurora quietly whimpered as she lay her head down against Mary Margaret who then gently stroked her back out of comfort.

Emma and Hook continued to explore the treasure room.

"They kill all the giant housekeepers, too?" Emma asked with a scoff as she looked all around her. "How are we going to find a compass in this mess?"

"By looking," Hook replied like it was obvious. "Start searching. I wonder how much treasure we could carry down the beanstalk... In addition to the compass, of course."

They then walked around before coming across a skeleton holding a sword. "Jack" could be shown to be etched into the blade.

"What the hell?" Emma asked out of horror at the sight of the skeleton.

"That... Would be Jack." Hook then informed Emma.

"As in Jack-" Emma began to say.

"The giant killer." Hook nodded.

"With that toothpick?" Emma then asked, gesturing over to Jack's sword.

"Well, it packs quite a wallop. You'd be surprised." Hook replied as he kept walking.

Emma then suddenly stopped him by pulling him into her arms and holding him. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" she then called out.

"It's about bloody time~" Hook smirked as he mistook that for a warm embrace.

"It's a trip wire. Quite a security system." Emma warned and pointed out as he almost walked right into a wire and it led up to a cage attached from above.

"Well, that's a plausible excuse for grabbing me, but next time don't stand on ceremony." Hook replied.

Emma scoffed at his behavior. "Let's find the compass and go home. After you." she then ordered.

Hook looked over before he stepped over the wire gently and went to continue to walk forward.

Emma looked over and then followed after Hook as she took a look around the gold coin piles among various other treasures. "So it's just... In here somewhere?" she then asked.

"Allegedly," Hook nodded. "Give me a boost would you, luv?" he then asked.

"So I can't see what you're pocketing?" Emma firmly retorted. "No way. You give me a boost."

"Try something new, darling. It's called trust." Hook retorted.

Emma then sighed before giving in. "We do it side by side and fast," she then instructed. "Who knows how long before the-" she then started to ask, only to hear giant footsteps suddenly.

"Someone's up," Hook said urgently before looking over. "Quickly. Get under something." he then instructed.

The giant soon charged into the treasure room. The ceiling then caved in and debris fell onto Hook, crushing him suddenly.

"Hook?" Emma then asked out of fear and concern.

However, the giant suddenly charged inside of his home and reached right out to Emma to grab her suddenly and soon did.

"I'm not what you think!" Emma soon cried out of fear.

"You're a thief, and you poisoned me, so yeah, I'm pretty sure you're exactly what I think." The giant retorted.

"No. Look, you have a compass," Emma soon tried to explain. "I need it."

"I don't care what you need." The giant scoffed in response.

"No, for my son! To save my son!" Emma cried out urgently. "Don't you have a family?"

"No. Because humans killed them all." The giant growled and he began to squeeze hard on the blonde woman in his fist.

Emma grunted and groaned, beginning to get dizzy from the pressure. She could tell that her life would be over soon if she didn't think fast enough before her bones would be ground to make bread. She then thought quickly and bit the giant's hand, causing him to suddenly drop her. She then landed by Jack's skeleton and sword and decided to use the sword and ran with it as the giant tried to crush her before she used the sword on the trap set from earlier, trapping the giant. "Nice security system. Efficient." she then remarked before pointing the sword right at the giant's face.

"No. No! No! No! No!" The giant soon cried out.

"I can tell by your face you know what this is. Let me guess... It's dipped in some sort of poison?" Emma replied as the giant winced, especially for his eye. "You have a compass. I need it." she then demanded.

"You're going to kill me either way," The giant huffed with a pout. "Go ahead. Kill me."

"You don't know me." Emma retorted.

"I know your kind," The giant then defended. "They massacred us, and destroyed our beans."

"I heard it the other way." Emma replied.

"That's because the victors get to tell the story." The giant soon said.

Emma glanced at the giant before she began to draw the sword closer.

"Okay! Stop. Here," The giant cried out, wincing before he then brought out to give Emma what she was asking for. "See? I'm not the bad guy."

Emma looked soft, though she wasn't fully sure. "Maybe you are telling the truth. Doesn't really matter," she then said, urgently suddenly. "I have to go. Are there any more of you?" she then asked before looking around.

"No. I'm alone." The giant reassured.

Emma looked around before she then saw something that looked a bit odd to her with the compass. "What's this? Is this a bean?" she then asked. "Can this make a portal?"

"Not anymore. It was destroyed like the rest of them," The giant explained. "I wear it as a reminder... A reminder that you're all killers."

"You're wrong." Emma said with a bit of a frown.

The giant looked at her as she soon began to leave and she didn't even kill him which told him one thing. Soon, the giant then broke free from the cage and removed a boulder that led outside. "Go." he then told her.

"Why?" Emma asked, a bit surprised.

"Because you could've killed me, and you didn't," The giant explained. "You get one favor. Now go, before I change my mind."

Emma paused before looking thoughtful. "Actually... I get two favors." she then decided.

"What?" The giant soon asked.

"Well, the way I see it, I could've killed you twice," Emma explained. "The poison and when you were knocked out. I didn't."

"...What do you want?" The giant soon asked.

Emma gave a crafty smile in response.

Soon, Emma was on her way back to the treasure room as she took two steps to turn around before she flinched suddenly as someone was right behind her who wasn't there before.

"Oh, good! You found it." Harry said in relief.

"Harry! What are you doing here?" Emma asked the boy. "Your father told you to stay out of sight!"

"I know, but I just wanted to help," Harry replied. "Recovering treasure runs in the family, you know."

"Yeah... So I've heard..." Emma rolled her eyes and shook her head before she walked off. "Whatever. Let's go."

Harry looked over to Emma and soon followed her.

Soon, the two were back in the treasure room, so Emma pulled the adult male pirate from under the debris. "Hook." she then said.

"You are bloody brilliant," Hook replied before he looked to see the treasure that Emma had. "Amazing. May I see it? The compass."

Emma looked over and soon showed him the compass.

"It's more beautiful than legend, isn't it, Dad?" Harry grinned as he stepped over.

"Aye. It certainly is," Hook nodded with a grin before he suddenly frowned and then looked over with narrowed eyes. "Harrison Colin Jones..." he then slowly said.

"Whoops..." Harry replied nervously.

"Didn't I tell you to stay out of sight from the giant?" Hook asked rather sternly then.

"Uh... Aye... But... Well... I did," Harry defended. "He never saw me! He just saw you two!"

"Nice try..." Hook tutted and shook his head. "Go outside and wait for us. We'll talk about this later."

"B-B-But..." Harry stuttered.

"No buts, Harry, or you'll be swabbing the deck until you're 40 years old." Hook then threatened.

"Even as the future captain of The Jolly Roger?" Harry asked.

"Even then... Now off you go, young man." Hook replied sternly, still staying parental even given the circumstances.

"Okay. Okay. Fine." Harry firmly pouted before he walked on out ahead of the adults in defeat.

Hook nodded sternly before he then faced Emma. "Come. Let's go." he then told the blonde woman, extending his hand out to her.

Emma then suddenly chained his hand to the wall.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?!" Hook suddenly panicked.

"Hook, I-I-I can't..." Emma stammered a bit.

"Emma, look at me. Have I told you a lie?" Hook soon asked and confronted her. "I brought you here. I risked my own safety to help you and I told you I would do the very same for my son. The compass is in your hand. Why do this to me now?" he then demanded.

"I can't take a chance that I'm wrong about you," Emma replied. "I'm sorry. I'll try to help out your son too."

"You're sorry? You're sorry?!" Hook cried out in anguish. "I got you here! I got you the compass!"

"I got the compass." Emma retorted.

"Well, you're just going to leave me here to die and have my boy grow up without a father?!" Hook glared. "Have that beast to eat me, to crush my bones?"

"He's not a beast. And you're not going to die," Emma replied. "I just need a head start. That's all." she then suddenly left, ignoring his cries ad pleas for help.

"Swan. SWAN! SWAN!" Hook then cried out.

Back outside the castle, Harry glared in frustration before looking up and over to see Emma.

"Come on. We're leaving." Emma told the pirate boy.

"What?" Harry asked.

"You heard me, now hurry," Emma replied, approaching the beanstalk outside. "We don't have much time."

"But where's my dad?" Harry asked.

"Don't worry about it, okay?" Emma said before taking his hand and began to pull him away from the giant's lair.

"NO! No, no, no! Where. Is my dad?!" Harry demanded. "I can't leave without him!"

"Listen, kid, I'm sure you look up to your dad and all, but I can't take any more chances, all right? I'll make it up to you somehow," Emma told him as it was time to leave. "You can either stay up here forever or you can trust me and come on down to safety."

Harry narrowed his eyes in response as she clenched his hands, balling them into fists. "You don't trust anyone, so why should I trust you?" he then retorted as he gritted his teeth. "I won't go anywhere without my dad and I won't let you stand in my way."

"Kid..." Emma said softly, concerned about him since he was only a teenager.

"I believe you heard me now, Miss Swan," Harry said before turning away and crossing his arms. "I'll stay up here with my dad... Besides, a good captain always goes down with his ship. He taught me that." he then said before running back inside.

"Harry!" Emma cried out before she looked around and then sighed. "Oh, well... At least he's a loyal kid to his family..." she then took a deep breath and began to go back down the beanstalk as Harry decided to go back for his father.

Mulan soon checked the sundial and saw that it had been 10 hours so she headed toward the beanstalk, drawing out her sword while Mary Margaret was still watching over Aurora as she slept.

"Whoa, wait!" Lonnie cried out as she rushed out in front of her future mother. "What are you doing?"

"Just stay back," Mulan replied. "Emma gave me 10 hours."

"What's going on?" Mary Margaret asked as she looked over.

"The beanstalk is about to be cut down!" Lonnie warned her.

"WHAT?!" Mary Margaret then cried out. "No, no, no!"

"What? You're just gonna leave her to die?" Aurora then asked the warrior woman.

"10 hours," Mulan reminded them all. "She may already be dead."

"Isn't that a little too extreme?" Audrey asked. "Maybe we could wait a few more seconds."

"Okay... We'll wait a few more seconds," Mulan then said as she waited for a few more seconds, then nodded. "Okay. We waited. Time's up." she then said before striking the beanstalk with her sword which brought out a surge of magic traveling up to it.

"No! Stop!" Mary Margaret, Audrey, Lonnie, and Aurora soon cried out in concern.

Mary Margaret then rushed towards Mulan and tackled the warrior woman to the ground. The two of them then fought on the ground.

"Stop! Stop!" Aurora then cried out.

"This was your daughter's wish!" Mulan told Mary Margaret.

"I don't care what you say!" Mary Margaret glared in defense. "You do not put my daughter in danger!"

"Stop!" Emma's voice suddenly called out.

"Wait... Is that-" Audrey began.

"Emma!" Lonnie added.

Emma soon jumped down from the beanstalk. Mary Margaret and Mulan then stopped fighting as they saw her back on the ground with them at long last.

"Emma! You okay?" Mary Margaret called out to her daughter.

"Two earthquakes and a jump from a beanstalk. I think my brain's still rattling around a little." Emma shrugged with a small smile.

"I did what she ordered, nothing more than that," Mulan soon stated and reminded rather bluntly. "Did you get it?"

"Yep." Emma nodded in understanding.

"W-Where are the Hook boys?" Aurora soon asked.

"I was just wondering that myself." Audrey added.

"Hook is detained and his son refused to leave him behind," Emma explained before she took charge. "Let's go. Get your stuff. We got 10 hours before they follow us."

"What? How?" Mary Margaret then asked her daughter.

"I got a friend looking after them 'til then." Emma replied.

Everyone looked around and soon got ready to get going to the next part of their adventure.

"I think you helped us, Mushu," Lonnie cooed to her pet. "Who says that only crickets are lucky?"

Mushu then slithered up to her face and seemed to lick the tip of her nose, prompting her to giggle a little as that tickled.

"You told her to cut it down?" Mary Margaret then asked Emma out of concern.

"Yes. I couldn't risk-" Emma nodded as she began to explain why.

"We go back together. That is the only way," Mary Margaret retorted, kindly yet firmly as she was a mother after all. "Do you understand?"

The mother and daughter then looked at each other and soon shared a hug. Audrey and Lonnie looked soft at that themselves as their mothers were right there with them, but they couldn't risk too much and telling them of who they really were especially since the future was already messed up enough as it was which sent them back to the past in the first place.

"Yeah..." Emma said softly.

"Good. Now, let's go get that dust from Cora." Mary Margaret nodded and then suggested.

"Yeah, and go home." Emma added in agreement.

Lonnie and Audrey then began to follow the adult women so that they could continue their task.

"Hey, guys! Wait up!" A familiar voice soon called out.

Soon, everybody suddenly stopped in their tracks and turned around.

"Evie?!" Emma asked with wide eyes.

"Hey, guys," Evie said as she stepped over and panted a bit. "Phew... I'm out of breath."

"We'll get you to a river very soon," Mulan replied. "You're okay?"

"Yes... I'm fine... It's a very long story," Evie said breathlessly. "I'm just glad to see you all."

"Oh, Evie..." Mary Margaret said softly and warmly before hugging the teenage girl suddenly. "It's okay. It's going to be okay. Whatever happened to you, we'll make it all better."

"Oh... Thank you so much," Evie replied before she looked around. "Say... There aren't any ogres around here, are they?"

"No, don't worry. We'll be okay," Aurora said softly. "Let's just get you some water real quick. You must've had a very rough time."

"Yes... I have..." Evie nodded. "Dealing with Cora wasn't easy, even if she is my grandmother."

"Come on then... The sooner we help you, the sooner we can help get Snow White and Emma back home and you too, of course," Mulan replied. "We can't waste any more time. We already lost 10 hours."

"10 hours?" Evie asked, feeling confused at first.

"It's a long story. We'll explain later," Emma replied. "Come on, kid. We have a bigger trail to hit, but luckily, we have a way back home." she then added before showing the compass.

"Oh... Good..." Evie smiled in relief. "Let's get going then."

The others nodded and as there were no disagreements and they soon walked off to continue their journey outside of Storybrooke to make it back home. They were going to have a long day ahead of them and plenty more to come as well as avoiding Captain Hook, his son, and of course, Cora.