AN: I do not own OUAT that is an award for the incredible Adam and Eddie.
Here's the next chapter, I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter and seeing Emma interact with Henry, even though neither of them knew who each other was only Killian did, who was just watching and admiring it.
So you guys really liked the Henry, Emma, Killian interacts and said you wanted more of it, so this chapter has a lot of that. You're welcome :D.
P.S What did you guys think about the musical and the season six finale episode? I truly loved both episodes, especially when David calls Hook is Son in law and Hook calls Snow his mommy. SO KAWT! And the wedding was beautiful, I almost cried.
Chapter 3 A Threat
Regina walked into the diner where she got her breakfast mostly every morning before heading to City Hall to do more work. Today she was wearing her tight black dress with black heels and her short black hair straightened down.
As she walked over to her seat she noticed a young boy was sitting in the one next to her, enjoying what looked to be pancakes with a topping of whipped cream. She never noticed the boy before, he had dark brown hair and he looked pretty young.
"Good morning, Madam Mayor, what can I get you this morning?" Ruby asked walking up to the counter where the mayor sat.
"Just a black coffee" Regina said.
As soon as he heard that voice, he recognized it right away. That bitch! Killian thought. She ruined his life all so she could become mayor of a small town? What kind of person does that? He looked over to make sure he wasn't mistaken...nope, it was her.
Henry looked over to his father, he could see his body tensed up. "Dad? Are you alright?" Henry asked.
Killian looked down at his son, "Oh, yeah,lad, I'm fine."
Regina looked over, she only knew one person with that deep accent and called a man lad. Captain Hook. what the hell is he doing here? Regina thought, he was never brought over with the curse! And then it hit her, the wardrobe, that's why nobody was able to find the child or pirate before the curse hit. No! She had to think of something, she couldn't let this man destroy her curse! She wouldn't allow it.
Emma walked into the diner, the greasy scent of bacon being sizzled and the sweetness of fruit filled through the air, making Emma's stomach grumble.
Looking over to the counter she seen the two boys she couldn't help but think about last night. She walked up to the two of them, touching the oldest on the shoulder. "Good morning, Killian, Henry" Emma greeted.
Killian spun around in his chair once he felt the gentle touch of a hand, only realizing it was, Emma. His body got tense once again. "Goodmorning, darling," He calmed himself down.
Emma felt the way he tensed, she let go of him, instantly seeing how he relaxed, was she that scary? "I see you're having some of Granny's pancakes" Emma said looking over to the boy who looked a lot more awake than he did the last time she seen him.
Henry had a huge smile, after he awoke from the dream of his mother screaming his name he dreamt of a beautiful blonde princess, she looked a lot like Emma. "Yup! They're the best!" Henry exclaimed taking another large bite of his pancake.
She smiled and laughed down at him, "Well, if you think that's good try the hot cocoa with whip cream and cinnamon, Granny makes the best in the entire town" Emma told the boy.
Killian smiled, she always had a thing for a cinnamon when they lived in the enchanted forest, it's good to see that not all of Emma was taken away with her cursed memories.
Emma looked over at Killian, it was the first time she noticed the blue eyes, suddenly she seen something in his eyes, it looked like...love mixed with anger at the same time. It was the first time she ever looked right into his eyes but they seemed so familiar.
Henry looked between his father and the blonde, his father always acted so strange around her, why?
Looking up at the clock, she noticed she should of been at the station ten minutes ago, "Oh, shoot! I gotta go! But, I hope to meet up with you sometime again, Later Henry!" She said as she ruffled the boys hair as she walked out.
Killian smiled as he watched her leave, she seemed so happy, but was she? Was her life better without him or Henry? No! It couldn't be!
"Dad?" Henry called out for the fifth time since Emma left.
"Hmm? What was that?" Killian was too distracted.
"Do you know her?" Henry asked.
"Oh, no, lad, not since last night" Killian lied.
Henry could tell his father wasn't telling the whole truth he didn't want to ask any questions, yet.
Regina watched as the man walked out of the diner and then down at the boy, he definitely looked like Ms. Swan and that god forsaken pirate. She had to get rid of them! And she knew exactly how to. A smirk appear onto her face as she walked down main street until she found the small vintage store she was looking for.
Once Henry had finished his breakfast him and his father had walked up to their room, Killian had promised him they'd go looking around town today.
Killian jumped in the shower, leaving Henry alone on the bed. Henry had looked over at the thick brown leather Storybook he had received last night, still not being able to look at it he grabbed it off the side table and opened it up.
Opening the page that said Storybrooke he looked out his window that had a square view, right when he noticed one of the shops name "Storybrooke Coffee." "What the?" Henry asked himself. So somebody from here sent him this book, but who?
As he flipped through pages that showed Snow White, Prince Charming, and The Evil Queen. He came to a page where there was a man with black hairy and blacksmiths clothes, he was tied to a tree, it looked like his father. There was also a women who held a blade to the man's neck, the women was blonde and was wearing riding clothing, she looked like Emma. Then his father's words ran through his mind.
"Well, um...your mother was a sheriff and well, she thought I was a criminal and was lying to her about who I was because she had this superpower that would detect whenever somebody lied to her, so she tied me up to a bloody tree"
Flipping through more pages Henry noticed another picture where the dark haired man held a baby boy that was wrapped in a blue blanket with the name Henry printed across it, the man was running away from two knights as the women called out to her baby.
"Henry!"
His eyes shot open, seeing a vision the blonde woman that he was only able to look at for a simple second, who's eyes were closed, before he was carried away.
"Henry?" Killian called out as he slowly walked over his son from the steamy bathroom he had just walked out of.
Henry turned around, a tear dripping from his eye.
"Henry? Are you alright?" Killian asked as he knelt down next to his son.
The words were stuck in his throat. Was everybody in this town a Fairytale Character? Of course he had only seen Emma but his father was in there too and according to the book he escaped from some curse the Evil Queen cursed by a magical wardrobe….with him.
"Yeah, I'm fine, dad, probably just a little tired."
"Hopefully not too tired to go sight seeing" Killian teased with a soft smirk on his face.
"No! Of course not!" Henry exclaimed. He wanted to see more of this town, if everything he had just seen in the book with his father being Captain Hook and Emma being the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming and also his mother. He also wanted to know if the dream and visions he had been having were real. He needed to know what's the story of this so called Storybrooke, was everybody in the book sent here from the Queen's curse?
"Good" Killian smiled.
"Alright, Gold, I know you're in here, come on out!" Regina shouted as she stepped into the vintage pawnshop, that held all the objects from people from the enchanted forest.
"Well, it is my shop after all" Gold said limping out from the back room with his cane in tow.
Regina walked straight up the him, her heels making the small clink as her foot hit the hardwood. "There's a new visitor here, with his son" Regina said smacking her hands down on the glass case.
"Oh my, a visiter?" Gold said sarcastically.
"Cut the sarcasm! I need you to get rid of them!" Regina exclaimed glaring in the imps eyes.
"Pardon me Madame Mayor, but you want me to get rid of a father and his son?" Gold asked, "Now tell me, why are they such a threat to you?"
"I-I just don't trust them" Regina said looking down for a second.
Gold hummed, "May I ask who they are?"
"Killian Jones, is the father" Regina said smirking.
Gold looked into Regina's soul, his stare becoming darker by the second, "I can't say I've ever heard of him."
"You have a week to decide, Gold!" Regina exclaimed as she walked towards the door, "I know you'll make the right decision."
Those words, he remembered how very important person would always talk about the good in others and happy decisions. The grip on his cane grew tighter. Killian Jones.
"Come on, dad!" Henry exclaimed as he started running towards the small wooden structure that looked almost like a castle.
"I'm coming!" Killian said laughing as he looked up from the phone he had in his hands where he then bumped into somebody.
Thud!
Looking down he seen the sheriff, "Lass, I am so sorry" Killian said letting out his hands.
"Oh, no, it's...alright" Emma said as she seen his hand and ignored it, pushing her own self up, "I should've been watching where I was going."
Killian found it strange she didn't take his help, "No, it's my fault, I was looking down at my phone, rushing, I should've been paying more attention."
Emma smiled, "Let's just say it was both our fault."
Killian nodded. A twinkle caught his eye, causing him to look down, seeing the silver ring he had given her the night of their wedding, when the exchanged vows. She still wore it, a smile appeared to his lips.
She noticed this, looking down at her hand and seeing the ring, "I've had the ring for as long as I can remember."
"It's beautiful" Killian said smiling.
Henry watched from a the castle, he could hear everything they were saying, see everything they were doing. When he seen his father looking down at Emma comment about the ring, he pulled out his book, flipping through pages when he seen a page of Captain Hook kneeling down on one knee and asking the princess to marry him. It was the same ring. Henry looked back up.
"So, how long you thinking of staying?" Emma asked.
"Well," Killian looking over to the young boy, spying, "I haven't quite figured that one out yet, love."
Emma nodded looking over to the boy who was looking over at her smiling, "Henry seems to like it here."
"Aye," Killian said.
Emma looked back over to the man, his eyes on his son. "So, no Mrs. Jones?" She asked.
Killian was taken by the question, his eyes wide, looking at her.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize…" She was cut off.
"No, it's just that…" She's right in front of me, he wanted to say, but couldn't, "It's complicated," He sighed, " We kind of got separated after Henry was born."
Emma nodded, "I'm sorry, for asking."
"It's alright, love."
"He's an adorable little boy, he's lucky to have a father like you" Emma said, wishing she could've grown up with somebody to call dad, but no, her parents had to leave her on the side of the highway.
Killian smiled at her. He seen what he never seen in her eyes the years he known her in the Enchanted forest, he seen sadness, hatred, anger, all kinds of things that shouldn't be there. He just hoped she was alright.
Henry was reading more of the stories, realizing that Captain Hook's name was Killian Jones and the Princess was Emma Swan, the stories were real. Emma was his mom! Captain Hook was his dad! Everything in the story is real!
Picking up his book, he placed it back into his backpack and walked over to where his father and mot...Emma were talking.
Emma smiled when she seen the boy approach her, "Well hello, Henry, how's your visit so far?"
"Amazing! But dad promised we would see more of the town, so…" Henry grabbed his father's hand.
Killian chuckled, "Alright, lad, let's just say goodbye to sheriff Swan"
"Oh, please, just call me, Emma" She insisted.
"Alright, well, I guess I'll see you around, Emma "Killian said with a smile.
"I guess so, bye Henry" Emma said with a smile as she then watched the two boys turn around and start walking back towards the main street of the town.
Regina sat in her black mercedes, watching the two interact, the last thing she needed was for Ms. Swan to wake up from her curse. She was not going to let her happy ending come to a fall now, she worked too hard for it.
Emma was outside of the sheriff station, setting up some equipment into the trunk of her sheriff car. She was working so hard she didn't even here the heels approach her.
"Ms. Swan?" Regina called.
Emma looked up, "Madame Mayor, what can I do for you?"
"I just want to let you know that you should stay away from Killian Jones, he's not as nice as he may seem" Regina told her harshly.
"Excuse me? He doesn't seem like he would hurt anybody, he has a son" Emma explained to her, not understanding where this woman was going.
"Sooner or later you'll understand what I mean, and when you do, you'll wish you would've listened to me" Regina said with a smirk as she then started to walk off.
A confused Emma stood back confused, what was the mayor going on about? She had just met this man and she only talked to him a few times, and those few time were no longer than ten minutes. Ignoring the thoughts that ran through her head she just continued packing up her equipment.
David walked out the station, tight leather jacket on and wallet in hand, "What was that about?" David asked after seeing the mayor walk off.
"Oh just, Regina being, Regina" Emma embarked.
"Ah, gotcha! Anyways I'm going to grannys, want anything?" David asked.
"Grilled cheese with onion rings"
"I'll never understand how you eat that food and gain nothing" David laughed deeply.
Killian and Henry were walking passed what looking to be a pawnbroker, it looked like there was a lot of Vintage things inside, probably things from the Enchanted Forest, Killian thought.
Henry seen some cool articulates inside and thought that maybe he would be able to find something inside that would tell him who else was here or something that belonged to his mother, or father.
Dragging his father inside, a small bell above the door ran, causing a man dressed in all black with a cane walk out the back room. "Anything I can help you with?" Gold questioned.
Killian turned his head, "No, we're...just looking" Killian said in the nicest way possible he could, that damn crocodile was here! How badly he wanted to tar out his spin.
Henry ignored the tension that had seemed to rice in the room, he was more interested in the cool artifacts at the moment.
Looking around he seen puppets, windmills, tiaras, cups, wands and a bunch of cool things, the one thing that caught his eye the most was a small ship inside of a wine bottle. The Jolly Roger. "Dad, I want this" Henry said pointing to the ship. He remembered how the ship was Captain Hooks from Peter Pan.
Killian walked over to his son, as soon as he seen the ship he knew it was his,"The Jolly Roger? Isn't that Captain Hook's ship?"
"Yup!" Henry said with a smile.
"You sure you want a ship that a villain sailed? "Gold asked from behind the counter as he watched the son and his...father.
Henry turned around, his smile fading immediately, he recognized him from the book, his name was Rumpelstiltskin, he took his father's first true love. Henry found out Rumple was the man who told his parents about what had to be done to save him and his family. He was the dark on. "He's not a villain! He's a man who lost so much in his life, always abandoned! He did whatever it took to protect his loved ones until the very end!" Henry exclaimed.
Gold looked down and hummed, "I suppose so."
Killian was shocked at what Henry had said, he never knew his son was involved into "fairy tales", although there was that book he received on his birthday.
"I want this" Henry said walking up to the counter and handing it to the man.
Gold took the artifact and rung it in, receiving the money from the Captain, he looked up and gave him a chilling smirk. Giving Henry back the ship he wished them both to have a good day as they started to walk out the door. "See you later...Captain" He said as Killian then turned to face him for a brief second before shutting the shop's door behind him.
Oh no, he had his memories, he could come after him or Henry anytime he wanted too, of course it would be harder to do something without magic, or did he have magic. Killian was really starting to panic, until he felt his sons hand grip his own.
"It's okay dad, I won't let Rumpelstiltskin hurt you or mom!" Henry exclaimed.
"Excuse me?" Killian asked.
"Rumpelstiltskin, he's your oldest enemy, you went to Neverland for three hundred years to find a way to get your revenge for him killing your first love, Milah. I won't let him touch you or my mom, Emma" Henry said.
"Henry? Are you implying that I'm, Captain Hook and your mother is, Sheriff Swan?" Killian asked, looking down at his son.
"I know you are! The book" Henry said taking the book for his father to see, "It has your story, I know that ruby is red riding hood and Granny is well, Granny, and I now know that Gold is Rumpelstiltskin."
"Henry, it's just a book" Killian tried to tell him, he couldn't let his son get caught in the middle of this, he might get hurt.
"No! It's not! Look" Henry passed his ship to his father and opened up to a page, "I dreamt about this last night, look, there's Emma lying on the bed, she just gave birth to me and she just had to watch you leave with me, she never got to hold or see me once, she didn't even know when we'd be reunited again, and then she weeped out my name. I dreamt about this, before I even looked at the book" Henry exclaimed.
Killian's eyes started to fill with tears when he thought about that sad day. "She didn't want to leave you, but we had no choice" Killian exclaimed.
Henry was taken by surprise, "Wait, really? You're not denying it?"
"You were going to find out eventually, why not now than later" Killian said wiping away a tear that had strayed.
"Is that why you took me here? Because you knew? You wanted to find mom and break the curse?"
"Aye" Killian said looking down at his son with a smile.
"Well, let's go figure out a way to break the curse!" Henry exclaimed as he started to run down the street back to their INN.
Killian chuckled behind him, following him, that was his boy. His boy finally knew the real truth, and now they were going to break it, together.
Hours had passed by, Henry had said that the only way for the curse to be broken was to make, Emma believe, fall back in love with, Killian. But they had no idea how to do that, Emma was a busy women and never got time to herself.
Eventually Henry had passed out with the book in his arms and the ship next to him on the side table. Killian was able to sneak out the room and told Ruby that if Henry woke up to just tell him he went for a walk and would be back soon.
Walking out of the Diner he walked down the street until he found that pub he had seen earlier in the day, The Rabbit Hole. "Nice, do they got, Alice and the, Mad Hatter as bartenders?" Killian joked to himself as he pulled open the door and walked inside, hearing the noises of people playing pool, cheers, glasses clinking and the chatter among st the crowd.
Killian sat down and was immediately greeted by a blonde woman, her name tag read Alice. Killian snickered to himself.
"What can I get ya?" She asked blowing a bubble in her mouth and then popping it.
"Just rum" Killian said, he never did get use to the modern day alcohol, he still preferred his rum over anything else.
As Alice walked and got the bottle of the light brown liquid, Killian was able to look around, immediately spotting faces of the guards that lived in Snow and Charmings Castle, and then he seen his first mate, Smee, he didn't look any different. Still wearing that bright red hat, what an idiot.
"Here you go" Alice said placing the tumbler in front of him.
Killian nodded a Thank You. When he was in Wonderland he remembered coming across Alice, never spoke to her, just crossed paths every so often.
"Killian?" A female voice was heard behind him.
Killian spun around in his stool, a grin on his face, not really paying any to whom it could've been.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Emma asked, sitting down in the stool next to him.
"Just had to have a drink," Killian chuckled, "It's been a long day."
"You got that right, I spent all day at the station filling out reports, only time I got out was when I met up with you and Henry this morning" Emma said.
"Emma? Who's this?" Mary-margaret came up to her friend.
"Oh, this is,Killian, he just came to town yesterday with his son Henry" Emma told her friend.
Our son, Killian corrected her in his head.
"Killian, this is Mary-Margaret" Emma introduced.
"Pleasure" Killian said taking the hand. Snow, well, Mary-Margaret wasn't Emma's mother? Was David her father? Killian asked himself.
The last hour Killian got to talk more with Mary-Margaret, got to know her cursed personas, she was almost like the Snow he knew except Mary-Margaret didn't have the confidence.
Once Mary-Margaret left, since it was getting late, Emma and Killian went to the back of the pub with their new topped up glasses, this cursed Emma definitely liked her whiskey, the princess he knew never touched a drop unless it was a special occasion and she had wine. Finally he was able to spend time alone with her.
"So, how's Henry?" Emma asked, sitting on the opposite side from him in the booth.
"He's...good, I guess" Killian said with a chuckle.
Emma nodded, "Must be nice to have a family."
"Excuse me?" Killian asked.
"Nothing, it's nothing, forget I said anything" Emma told him.
Killian nodded, he didn't want to pressure her into telling him anything she didn't want to. This cursed Emma just met him twenty four hours ago and probably didn't trust him well enough yet.
"So, do you know how long you'll be staying in town yet?" Emma asked.
"Aye, I think we're going to stay, just need to find a vacancy, and a job" Killian chuckled, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Oh, well do you have any experience with finding criminals or chasing people down? I have a spot open for deputy, one of mine just quit last week and ran off somewhere" Emma said thinking about the crazy melt down her deputy, Graham went through the other day, right before running in the woods and mumbling about some wolf.
"Do you, lass? It just happens I am a bail bondsman"
"That's good enough, here," Emma took out a small card and passed it to him, "This is my number if you decide you want the job."
"Thanks" Killian said reaching for the card as the tips of their fingers brushed together, making them look at each other
Emma shook her head, looking away, she couldn't fall for another man, not after everything she went through. "I should probably get going, it's late" Emma said as she started to stand up.
"Let me walk you" Killian suggest as he got up himself.
"Oh, no! You need to get back to Henry and besides, I came in my bug" Emma said.
She was right, it had been hours since Killian had left the INN, he did have to get back to check on Henry, but he missed her so much these last ten years, he just wanted to hold her and tell her how he felt, tell her everything.
"Bye" Emma said with a sweet smile.
"Bye" Killian sighed as he watched his wife walk off, thinking that they didn't know each other. Making Emma trust him and open up to him about things was tougher than he thought. He knew she was hiding something from him, but he didn't know what, he had to figure it out.
That's another chapter down of this serious, I hope you guys enjoyed. Sorry it took so long to upload this story, it was suppose to go up over the weekend but things got switched around and then yesterday a lot of things were going on so when I got home I had no time to type. Hoping to get a lot of reviews telling me what you think and what I should add. I wonder if Emma will ever tell Killian her cursed memories so he can try to convince her they're not her and make her believe, and I also wonder if Killian will tke the job? What do you guys think?
