AUTHOR'S NOTE/DISCLAIMER
Belongs to ABC Studios and whoever owns the show. I only own the plot.
What the hell!? Emma thought to herself. She pulled away and punched the man.
"Who the hell are you and what the hell do you think you're doing?" she demanded.
"Sorry, Love. I was just hoping.." the man's voice trailed off. Obviously, she's still into Baelfire, but I was hoping that there was enough of a friendship type of a love to wake her up, he thought to himself. At this, she let out an exclamation of disgust and shoved him out the door.
"Mom, is everything okay?" Henry asked.
"Yeah, Kid. Everything's okay," Emma assured. "Let's just finish breakfast," she stated. Henry nodded, his eyes clouding in concern. Something's up, he thought to himself. Like his mother, he seemed to know when she was lying. Of course, she had only really lied to him a couple of times, both regarding the relationships she had had that had turned sour. He had been upset before, but now realized that she had been trying to protect him. After all, who wanted their kid to know that their conception was the result of a one night stand or that they had had been born in jail because some jerk had turned on them? The knocking came again and she groaned. Ugh…if it's that same idiot, I'm going to knee him where it hurts, she thought to herself as she stood up. In fact, why hadn't she done so when he grabbed and kissed her? It would've been an appropriate reaction. She gave herself a mental shake and went to the door, Henry close behind her. The boy watched as his mother opened the door and then his eyes furrowed in confusion at the guy at the door.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"You again," his mother said at the same time. "What do you want?" she demanded.
"Your family's in danger," he said. Probably should've started with that, he realized. But hindsight was twenty-twenty, or so he had heard.
"My family's right here," she responded. What the hell is he talking about? I don't know him and he doesn't know me, she thought.
"Your parents, Neal. They need you," he insisted. Surely she'll remember Baelfire in some capacity, he thought to himself.
"I don't know anyone named Neal," she responded.
"Henry's father,"
"My father?" Henry echoed in confusion. "Mom, you told me-"
"And it was the truth. I had a drunken one-night stand which resulted in you," Emma interrupted. Great. I'm going to have to use those blasted potions after all, he thought. Apparently, the new memories were too strong. He had been hoping that Baelfire's name would be enough to jog her memories.
"That's what your memories are telling you, but it's not the truth. You fell in love with Henry's father. I have something that can help you remember that," the man stated.
"What do you mean?" Emma wondered suspiciously.
"Mom was in love?" Henry asked, his eyes widening. I always thought she should have someone to love. Even if it's Walsh, he thought to himself. Not that there was anything wrong with Kevin Walsh. He just…didn't feel right to him. Of course, he wasn't going to say anything to his mother since he had never seen her so happy.
"Aye, she was," came the response. Emma then tensed as the man reached into his jacket pocket. Almost immediately, she angled herself in front of Henry. Oh damn. He's got a gun, she thought to herself. How could she have been so careless? She braced herself and then-watched as he brought out two small vials. What the..? she wondered. The Blue Fairy walked up to Hook, a vial in hand.
"This will restore her memory. She just has to drink it," she told him, giving it to him.
"What about Henry?" he wondered. There's no way she'd let him be unprotected, he mused.
"There wasn't enough time to make two vials and we need the Savior. You're to make sure only she drinks it," she responded. We're in a war and a war is no place for children, she thought. Emma would agree after she took the potion.
"Astrid and I made another vial," a voice said and the two turned to see Tinkerbell holding a similar vial, Astrid standing right beside her.
"Green, who gave you and Nova permission to-"
"This isn't the Enchanted Forest and from what I hear, Henry's the one who got Emma to believe in the first place," came the interruption. She then turned to Hook and gave him the second vial.
"Go. Bring them both home." He smiled at the soft tone and then headed out.
"Good luck," Astrid said.
"You need to drink these," he told them. "They'll return your memories and you'll remember everything," he continued.
"Why should we believe you? We don't even know you," she countered.
"Not anymore you don't," he allowed. "But I know you have a type of super power in which you can tell if someone's lying," he continued. At this, mother and son looked at each other. How would this guy know that? It didn't make sense. Okay, I'll bite, Emma thought and took one of the vials and drank it in one gulp. If this was a trick, she'd kick the guy's ass. Almost immediately, images besieged her and she looked at the man.
"Killian," she breathed.
"Aye love," he confirmed. She's back. Wonderful, he thought to himself. They had a chance now.
"Mom? You know him?" Henry asked.
"Yes, I do," Emma answered, taking the second vial and handing it to him, resulting in a look of confusion from the boy. "It's okay, Kid. It tastes a little nasty but it won't hurt you," she assured. At this, Henry drank the concoction. His mom would never let anything bad happen to him. He then blinked as images entered his mind. Whoa, weird, he thought to himself.
"Killian," he noted. "What's going on?" he asked.
"We need to get to Storybrooke. Baelfire and Rumplestiltskin are missing," the man replied.
"Whoa, wait a minute. Rumplestiltskin? He's dead. We all saw him die," she reminded him.
"Grandpa's alive?" Henry asked at the same time.
"Aye, he is lad. She didn't give me all of the details but apparently, Belle and your father found a way to bring him back without a price," he responded.
"No, that's impossible. All magic comes with a price and Grandpa once said that bringing back the dead involved the darkest of magic," Henry objected.
"When did you talk to your grandfather about something like that?" Emma asked sharply.
"It was shortly after Dr. Whale brought back Daniel. I asked Grandpa why he couldn't have been brought back before and he said that the laws of magic prevented it by placing a really high price on it," Henry replied.
"We really should get going, Love," Killian stated.
"Don't call me "love" and you're right," she agreed. "Got a car?"
"No. Regina opened a portal."
"We'll take mine. Henry, grab only what you can fit into the bug. We'll send for the rest of our stuff later." Neal's in trouble. He needs me, she thought to herself. Henry went to do so and Emma also grabbed some stuff she wanted to bring. Wish I had my necklace, she thought. She missed that necklace. Neal had given it to her after stealing it for her. Well, hopefully, she'd get it back soon. Once they had everything and everyone was buckled up, they headed out. As she drove down the street, Emma dialed a number and waited.
"Hello?" she heard a moment later.
"Kevin, hi. Uh…listen, something jumped off on a case and I won't be able to make it to dinner tonight. I'm really sorry," she apologized.
"What case?" Kevin asked sharply.
"One of my older ones," Emma replied in a surprised tone. He's never been snappish before. What's up with that? she wondered.
"Emma, you can't just leave. You have commitments here!" Kevin growled, his eyes turning from his usual brown to a deep red. What is she thinking!? his mind screeched. His mistress would not be pleased. He was supposed to keep her here!
"Kevin, it's for work. I-" her explanation trailed off at the terrible screech. "Kevin?" she asked, her voice becoming alarmed. The man screeched again and two giant grey wings broke through his clothes as his limbs twisted and turned until a grey monkey stood where a man had once been. Much better, the monkey thought to itself. He had hated that human disguise. Now to take care of the damn Savior. With another screech, he leaped into the air, flapping his wings as fast as he could and headed out, honing in on Emma's scent.
"Swan, are you all right?" Killian asked in concern.
"We got cut off. There was an animal or something," Emma replied.
"It sounded like a monkey," Henry stated.
"Damn. She must've found us," Killian stated.
"Who?" Henry and Emma asked as Emma continued down the road. Before Killian could respond, a loud screech filled the air and they all looked up.
"Is that a-" Henry started to ask.
"Flying monkey?" Emma finished.
"Aye. We're fighting the Wicked Witch of the West but we don't know who she is," Killian replied, handing Henry his phone. "Call your mother. Ask her if she can create us a portal."
"I don't remember that in the kid's storybook."
"Different type of a tale, Mom." Henry waited.
"Hook?" Regina asked.
"Mom!"
"Henry?!"
"We're being chased by a flying monkey! We need a portal!" Regina gasped. Henry, she thought. He was in trouble. Seeing the distressed look, Tinkerbell and Astrid walked up to her.
"Regina, what is it?" Tinkerbell asked.
"Henry's in trouble. He just asked for a portal but my magic's unpredictable. I don't know if-"
"We'll help." Regina summoned her magic from herself revealing a white light and Tinkerbell summoned from hers from her wand as Astrid did likewise, which emitted a bright green light and a bright pink light respectively and they placed the three energies together, closing their eyes and bringing Henry to mind. Hold on, My Little Prince. Mommy's coming, Regina thought to herself. The energy shook and the three women grunted as they drew up more strength. They then opened their eyes to see a portal shimmering and shaking.
"It's not working," Tinkerbell fretted.
"It has to," Regina growled. Henry, she thought frantically. She couldn't lose him. Suddenly, a blue light crackled, joining the green, pink, and white lights and they looked to see Blue, holding her wand.
"Blue," Tinkerbell said in surprise. I didn't think she would help us, she thought in surprise.
"You're…helping us?" Astrid queried, sounding as surprised as her fellow fairy.
"I'm not as much of a self-righteous ass as I pretend to be," she smirked and despite the situation, Tinkerbell, Astrid, and Regina couldn't help the chuckles that escaped. "Now then, let's get our friends home, shall we?" With that, Tinkerbell, Astrid, Regina, and Blue all summoned more strength and they all focused on Emma, Henry, and Hook. Moments later, the yellow bug appeared in Storybrooke.
"Whoa. How did…?" Emma asked in confusion. Yeah, she knew it was magic that had teleported them from the road to here, but who would have enough power to do something like this?
"It was Mom. It had to be," Henry realized.
"Let's go find her," Emma stated. It must be bad if they called us here, she thought. With that, they headed out, unaware that Regina and the others were coming to meet them.
"Emma!" Snow exclaimed.
"Henry!" Regina cried at the same time
"Mom!" Emma and Henry called, running to them. Within moments, Emma, Snow, Henry, Regina, and David had wrapped each other in a hug, though Emma noted that her father was quick to make sure her mother wasn't squished.
"Ohh….we missed you guys," David breathed.
"What's going on? Why aren't you all back in the Enchanted Forest? That's where the Pan's Curse was taking you, right?" Emma queried.
"We were…I think," David replied.
"You think?" Henry repeated.
"Things are fuzzy. Bits of the year are missing. Like someone tried to erase our memories and didn't get the spell quite right," Snow replied. That can't be good, Emma thought to herself.
"Or got interrupted," Regina commented, twisting a finger on her left hand.
"That's not good," Henry said.
"No it's not. And from what I can tell, it's been at least a year," Regina stated, repeating her previous motion, causing Henry's eyes to narrow in concern. What's up with Mom? She's not usually so nervous, he mused.
"How can you be sure? You stopped time when you cast your curse. How do you know this isn't the same?" Emma wondered. Then her jaw dropped as her mother came up to her. At the same time, Henry's jaw dropped as Regina let her left hand come into view.
"You're pregnant?" Emma gasped seeing the swollen belly.
"You're married?!" Henry exclaimed. Hearing this, Emma turned to the Mayor and her jaw dropped even more when she saw that the woman's left hand was adorned by a silver band with a red ruby.