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:) Really glad that you like the story, there will be a lot of CaptainSwan coming your way! This Chapter may be a little shorter. I'm going camping all weekend with my family and I just wanted to upload at least one chapter before leaving.

Taino Delson: Don't tell me she (Emma) Miscarried?

No, Emma was not pregnant, the reason why she's not feeling well since the curse broke will be revealed here soon.

Chapter 20 Back Home

He felt her warmth beside him, her petite body next to his, the fleece blanket trapped over their bodies as the sun shone in through the small window approve them in the cabin they were given.

Upon arriving at the camp, both Killian and Emma were exhausted and he could also tell something was off about her. Her hands were clenched around her stomach and she had a hard time standing and walking. Killian thought she was only tired and he only hoped she wasn't deathly sick.

Mulan had given them an empty cabin for the generation they would be here, which they both hoped wouldn't be long.

"Mmm, good morning love," He said placing a sugary sweet kiss on her warm pink cheek.

She could hear the sleepiness in his sleep, the rough, deep voice that she missed so much while cursed.

Turning over she looked into this big blue ocean orbs that she had fallen in love with. "Good morning, you're up early." She snuggled into him, laying her head on his shoulder and throwing an arm around his torso. The pain in her stomach was gone, and she hoped it would stay like that so they could return back to Henry quicker.

"Well, I thought we could have just a little bit of me and you, time. Since we're alone, no parents, no children...no chasing town drunks, just me and my princess." He placed his thumb on her chin, making her look up at him. Her eyes were sparkling as he lowered himself down to her, licking his own lips as he started to crave hers.

A knock sounded at the door, revealing a young man dressed in furs and a sword on his waist. "Oh...pardon me, but the leader requests an audience," The man said awkwardly as he moved out of the room quick enough, not wanting to be in there any longer than he had to.

"Come on, let's go, I want to get out here soon as possible and start finding a way back to our son," Spoke Emma as she picked herself up, ignoring the struck of pain that rose once again in her abdomen.

Killian smiled, "I love hearing you say our." He crawled himself over to her without her knowing and flung his arms around her.

Starting to nibble on her neck a small chill ran up her back, and a slight gasp escapes from her throat. "I've...missed you...so much," he said through the kisses.

She could feel herself melting into his touch the feeling of his lips on her skin was making her forget everything in that moment.

"Can we have a little longer to ourselves? Five minutes perhaps," He wanted her so bad. He wanted her in his arms, he wanted her on her back under him.

"As much as I'd love to, we have more important things to think about right now, come on." She pulled herself away from him, getting a pout. She couldn't help but laugh, he looked so cute and so much like a child. "Hey, I promise when we're a lone again, maybe a little something will happen."

He jumped out of bed with a smirk on his face, "good enough for me!" He cheered with a rough chuckle.

She couldn't help but laugh at him, her pirate, the best thing that ever happened to her. Taking his hand they walked out of the small cabin and into the area where the other citizens were. Some bowed to them, remembering how she was a princess and he was her husband. Some whispered, wondering where the child was since they last remembered her being pregnant.

"Emma? "

A male voice came from behind them, as they turned around Emma was shocked to see who it was. An old friend.

"Lancelot?" He was her mothers, good friend, he was the reason Emma was here today.

When King George had cursed her mother to never bare a child but her grandmother told Lancelot to give Snow the last drop of magical water to heal her.

"W-What are you doing here?" She asked as he approached her and embraced her into a friend huh.

"It just so happens I'm the leader here, if I knew you were the one Mulan brought back, I would have come and welcomed you sooner," Lancelot said as he then spotted the man dressed in all black next to her, "Who's this?"

Emma held up both their hands well enough to see the matching wedding bands, "he's my husband and father of my son."

"I heard that you married a pirate, but I didn't believe the rumor was true," Lancelot said looking slightly confused at the princess. The Snow and Charming he knew wouldn't have let their only daughter marry a villain.

They both couldn't help but chuckle, "Well, she couldn't resist." Killian raised an eye brow and smirked down at his princess who was starting to blush.

Before the boys could even blink they watched as Emma's legs buckled, making her fall to the ground with a shout of pure pain as she once again clenched her stomach.

Killian, being the protective husband he was, ran over to her and took her in his arms, examining her quickly. "Love? Is everything alright?"

Squeezing her eyes she waited for the pain to subside. She knew what was happening, but she didn't want to tell him, he would worry about her and would take the focus off of getting home.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just hungry," She lied.

He knew she was lying but if she were he knew it was for a good reason. "Aye, Lancelot would you happen to have anything here for her to eat?" He held her close to him, not wanting to let his wife go, especially when she was in this kind of pain.

"What the bloody hell is that?" A plate of what looked like to be meat was placed down in front of them a long with small wooden bowls of fruit. Lowering his nose down to the concoction his face scrunched up in disgust.

"Kimara, it's an exquisite taste but we can only work with what we have left in this land, which isn't much," Lancelot explained, standing at the end of the table.

Emma wanted the pain in her stomach to go away so she picked up as much food as she could. Mostly fruit, trying to avoid the Kimara. "We're not staying long Lancelot, we kind of accidentally got separated from our family, including our son. So is there possibly a way that you may know of for us to get back?"

"Unfortunately no, after the curse was broken many things changed in our land, ogres returned and many things have been lost, including portals." As he knew, there were no more portals left in this land, everything was wiped out with the curse, "I'm sorry, but there's not much we can do with finding you a way back to your family."

Emma could feel her heart drop. Was there really no way back? Was she not going to have the chance to be a mom? It seemed like lately everything wasn't turning out as planned.

Another pain struck her causing her to squeeze her eyes and clench her fist. What had this curse done to her? It felt like blood clots all in her stomach.

Killian rested a hand on the back side of his bride, rubbing soothing circles as he seen her tense. "Actually, I think I may know a way."

"Really, how?" Lancelot asking placing his two thumbs in the fold of his belt, leaning on one leg.

"Oh, sorry mate, but I don't feel comfortable discussing my idea when Cora lurks so close by." He looked from side to side, he didn't see anybody that was a threat, but he could sense she was close.

Lancelot smiled, so big it almost looked dark. "There's no need to worry about her. We've had her locked up since the curse, she's no threat to us anymore."

Emma popped a grape into her mouth and swallows it slowly while guzzling on water. God, she was thirsty. "Actually I agree with my husband Lancelot. You never know when Cora may be listening or not, she has ears everywhere." She had no idea what he was thinking, but if it meant getting home to their son, she was glad to follow along.

He smiled down at his wife and placed a sweet kiss on the top of her head. She felt warm, to his lips. Pulling her close he could see the way she flinched when his hand wrapped around her stomach.

"Fair enough. Well at least take my best warrior along with you. Mulan, she's the most equipped, it would at least make me feel more comfortable if you weren't out there alone with all the danger."

Mulan came up to the table, her hand on the hilt of her sword and her war uniform still on. She was always ready for a battle.

"Thanks, mate," Killian said as he got up from his seat and then held Emma up who seemed to move slower than usual. "You sure you alright, darling?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah, I'm fine." If she was being honest with herself she knew she wasn't, she was far from fine.

Mulan being the strong woman she came over dragging a chest behind her. "Alright, choose carefully, choose something that is familiar to you. It won't do any of us any good if you use a weapon you have no idea how to use."

Killian dug through the chest and picked up two swords, one for him and one for Emma. Handing her the sword she seemed hesitant to take it. "Don't worry love, I'm sure we won't be needing them anyway, just in case."

She smiled at him, of course, he saw the tension on her. He could partially read her mind, apparently, she was like an open hook as he told her when they first met.

"Is that it? That's all you need?" Mulan asked confused. Her belt held multiple daggers, and a sword among everything else.

"Yeah, well we have our guns as well." She took out the gun she kept hidden in her boot, it was the safest place to put it when you were walking the streets of the town.

Mulan looked at the strange object, it looked like a more compact version of a musket. "What is it? Some kind of magic?"

Emma smirked, "Depends on who's pulling the trigger." She placed the gun back in her boot, feeling what felt like a big ball in her stomach.

That was his girl. He placed an arm around her waist and pulled her close, never wanting to leave her side. "Shall we?"

Mulan led the way out of the camp as Killian and Emma stayed behind. His arm was around her waist and her hand was over his, you wouldn't need to meet these two to even realize they were true loves.

"So what is this plan of yours?" Emma asked laying her head on his shoulder as they walked. Looking up at how his chiseled jaw tensed every couple of seconds before looking down at her with doughy eyes.

He chuckled with a smirk, "the wardrobe of course," he whispered, considering they were still in camp boundaries.

"The wardrobe? Wait, the wardrobe? Like the one that sent baby Henry and you away from me?" At first, she was confused, but then she understood.

The wardrobe, she remembered the day they had found out about the tree trunk by Blue. Saying it was their only hope of getting the new born to safety.

"That's right love, we're going home." He held her close to him, he loved the feeling of her body on his.

Home, the one place she thought she would never find again, and she never did. Home found her.

"I love you." She could help it, she just needed him to hear it, that's what true loves did right? She placed a kiss on his cheek.

"I love you too darling." He stopped them with his arm, so she could t move an inch. Without warning he pulled her flush against him and smashing his lips into hers, their lips were fighting a war together, an endless war.

Aurora watched from afar. Watching how her 'friend' Emma and her old enemy wrapped one another in their arms and were being passionate. That should have been her and Philip. They weren't even together long enough to do anything more than sharing a kiss before he was taken from her, because of them. They were going to regret ever sending that wraith here.

David pulled up to Ava and Nicholas or now Hansel and Gretal's house. He wanted Henry to stay with friends today while he and Snow try to at least figure out another way to bring home Emma and Killian.

Henry looked out the window, it wasn't that he didn't like hanging out with Ava and Nicholas because he did. He just wanted to help out a little. He had magic, he could maybe figure out a way. "Why can't I stay with you and help?"

"Come on, Henry. We both know that if anything were to happen to you, your parents would kill me when they got home," David began as he looked down at his grandson who was pouting in the seat next to him. He sighed, "Alright look, if you want to help then help me by staying here and staying out of trouble, alright?"

Henry nodded, "Alright." Getting out of the truck he walked up to the front door and knocked. Almost instantly the twins opened the door and greeted him.

"Henry! Aren't you glad the curse broke! It turns out you were right this entire time, now I bet everybody who thought you were crazy feels horrible now" Ava expressed happily, wrapping her arms around the boy.

Henry chuckled at the girl and how excited she was to see him. "Yeah, but now's not the time. My parents, they fell through a portal and I don't even know if they're alive or where they are."

Ava's face fell, "Oh, Henry, that's horrible. I'm so sorry."

"Thanks. But I think I may know a way to find out and maybe even get them back. If you both are up for the task?" He looked between the both of them who looked at each other before nodding their heads happily. "Alright, good. Follow me!"

They have been walking for hours, and the pain in Emma's stomach wasn't feeling any better. Most of the time she had to lean on Killian for support. Plus now she was starting to feel tired, hungry and cold.

She had almost tripped, making her stumble a few inches before Killian laid out his hook and grabbed her before she could hit the ground.

"Alright, Mulan, I think we should stay here and rest. Emma seems a bit exhausted and I could also have a bit of rest and food and maybe a warm fire myself." Killian gently placed Emma down on the ground. She looked exhausted to him and he didn't blame her.

Mulan placed down her sack of arrows next to Emma, "Of course, this place is the safest anyway."

"You mean in the big wide open field, what about the ogres?" She didn't quite understand why they would camp out in the open if ogres were back around the lands and could easily spot them, rather if they were in the forest, surrounded by trees that they could easily hide behind.

"They only hunt with sound love. Trust me, I've had a share of days where I came across those beasts, lost half of my crew to them, luckily I was able to survive," Killian explained laying down a soft blanket for him and Emma to rest on for the night.

Emma could only smile at him. Sometimes she had forgotten all about the hundred of years he spent with out her, where he was the ruthless pirate that stole and ravished women. The pirate that spent long nights at taverns looking for a wench, the pirate that spent nights locked away in his quarters, trying to drown the pain of his deceased brother and the pirate that cared about nothing than getting his revenge on Rumplestiltskin.

It was strange to see how much he had changed since meeting her. Now he only drank an average amount and the only women in his eyes were him. Now he didn't care for Rumplestiltskin, now he only cared about his family.

"Well then you know that they rip you limb from limb and leave no survivors," Mulan then stated, having Emma's gaze then quickly move over to her. "Come on, Hook and I will search out for some fire wood." She started to walk into the forest to the point she was away from view.

Killian bent down and placed a soft chaste kiss on his wife, cupping her cheek with his thumb gently rubbing on his skin. When they broke apart their foreheads met and their gaze never left each other. "I'll be right back, stay here love and relax, you look tired."

She could feel the heat rushing to her cheeks, how did she ever get so lucky. "alright, don't be too long" She whispered before he gripped her hand and held onto it until there was too much distance between them to hold on anymore.

Watching as he also walked off in the distance, this time in the opposite direction as Mulan she couldn't help but imagine how far they had come. From sword fighting in a dried up lake to being married with a son and now fighting together to return back to their family. Now they were returning back to their old home, their kingdom, in search of the wardrobe that separated their family the first time. Then she felt the cold metal, as she was taken from her thoughts.

"Don't move!" Aurora whispered into her ear through gritted teeth as she clenched the daggers handle tightly into her hand, pressing it firmly against the other woman's throat.

Emma's breath hitched, what was going on? "Aurora? What are you doing?" She never her life on the line as much as it was right now, well other than being put into a sleeping curse. But this was enough to distract her from the ongoing pain.

"Philip is dead because of you, and now you're going to pay," She threatened as the knife went tighter against Emmas' throat to the point where it was ready to break the skin.

She was not going to let this happen. Aurora was supposed to be her friend, friends don't put daggers to each other's throats because they blamed them for something that wasn't purposefully their fault.

Grabbing Aurora by the wrist that held onto the knife she quickly pulled the hand away and pushed it down onto the ground as she crawled onto, holding her down. "You listen here princess, Philip's death was not our fault! We were just trying to send the wraith off into a void, not send it here to kill your prince!"

The minute he heard Emma shouting he knew something was wrong. Quickly running back over to the camp site with a pile of fire wood in his arms, he saw Emma on top of Aurora, or at least he thought it was Aurora, that auburn hair was hard not to notice. "Emma?"

"Aurora!" Mulan saw her friend under Emma, struggling to fight back. She knew that Aurora wasn't strong enough to fend for herself. Quickly rushing over she pulled Emma off of Aurora and put some distance between the two. "What are you doing?" She asked Emma firmly.

"She tried to kill me! I was only fending for myself!" Emma shouted pointing at Aurora and the dagger that now lay on the hard cold ground.

"What!?"

Emma turned around to saw Killian dropping all logs in his arms and started storming towards them. His face was filled with rage and he had his hook raised. She knew exactly what he was thinking about doing right now. Rushing over to him herself she placed her hands on his shoulder and made him look at her, which she failed at since he wouldn't take his eyes off of Aurora. "Killian, look at me. Look at me, I'm fine alright, it was just a miss understanding is all."

"Misunderstanding? She tried to kill you, Emma!" He exclaimed, the rage not leaving his face, but it only growing stronger.

"Yes, but look. She didn't I'm fine" He looked at her and looked her up and down, making sure there were no cuts on her body or any blood seeping through her clothes, there wasn't. Thank god.

"Calm down Hook and I'll talk to Aurora," Mulan said as she dragged Aurora off to the other side of the field.

Killian watched as they left and grunted before turning away to gather the logs he had dropped. He wanted to sink his hook into her chest and rip out her heart once again, but this time he would crush it.

"Killian, please...everything's alright, She didn't hurt-" Before she could finish her sentence, an agonizing pain struck deep in her gut, worse than ever, worse than she had been feeling all day. "Ahh! Shit!"

His heart stopped when he heard her scream and saw her on the ground in a ball. He didn't care anymore about the firewood, he ditched it and ran straight forward her, picking her up into his lap and started to rock her. "Emma? What's wrong?" She didn't answer him, but she was clenching her shirt into a fist at her stomach. "What is it, love? Does your stomach hurt?" She could only nod for a response, but that was all he needed.

Carefully he laid her down on the blanket he laid her out on earlier, making sure she was comfortable. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

She grabbed a hold of his hand and looked up into his eyes. She was shaking, and her breathing was far from even. "S-Stay" She was able to mutter out through breaths, loud enough only he could hear.

"Of course darling." Carefully he laid himself down next to her, gently taking her in his arms where she laid her head on his shoulder. He was being extra careful, he didn't want to hurt her even more than what she was. But as he laid there he thought about what could have been causing this pain, this was the second time he saw her react like this to this so called pain.

He placed a soft kiss on her head as he stroking her blonde locks softly with his finger tips, "I'll always be here, nothing can ever separate us again."

"Thank you...for not giving up...on me" Emma whispered into his shoulder.

"I'd never give up on you, with you I have everything. Now get some rest, we have a long walk tomorrow." He only hoped she would feel better by then.

"To...home..." She said with a yawn and before she knew it her eyes were feeling heavy and start to force shut. The only thing she could see was darkness.

Killian smiled, "Aye, home."

The breeze was soft and cooling on Jefferson's skin. The sun was out that made the town oh so happy but for him, no, he wasn't happy. He was sitting down on a bench at the docks, looking down at a drawing his daughter drew of him. She was looking for him, like how he should be looking for her, but he was scared she would be angry at him, reject him.

"Hey." Ruby sat down on the bench next to him. She was on a jog when she saw Jefferson sitting down looking at that single piece of paper. They haven't talked a lot ever since the curse broke, so she decided to sit down and chat with him. "What's that?"

"Nothing," Jefferson replied folding the paper back up and placing it inside of his jacket. He wasn't in the mood to talk about this.

Ruby frowned, "Your daughters looking for you isn't she?"

"What do you know about it?!" He snapped. He really wasn't in the mood for this right now, he would much rather be alone right now.

Ruby slouched, "Henry told your story, I know what happened with the Regina, I know why you got separated. Why are you here? Shouldn't you be looking for her?" She asked. Grace deserved to see her papa again and know that he was alive and still loved her and never meant to abandon her, he was trying to go home to her.

He was not in the mood for this right now, "I have to go home." He got up and started to walk away but Ruby stayed in front of him, not letting him pass her.

"She probably wants to see you, Jefferson, she was waiting for you at City Hall when the curse broke, you have to go see her!" Ruby exclaimed. She knew how it felt to not have your parents with you, and all Grace wanted was her papa.

"Get out of the way" Jefferson muttered, not bothering to look at her. He just continued to walk.

"Why aren't you going to see her?!" She exclaimed, stopping him by pressing a hand into his chest.

"Because I left her!" He shouted grabbing a hold of her shoulders and slightly shaking her. He wanted to see his daughter, but what would she do when she saw him. Run? Cry? Get angry at him? "She'll hate me."

She placed her hands on his shoulders. When she met her mother for the first time, finding out everything she was told was a lie, she wasn't mad, she never hated her family. Because she knew it wasn't their fault. "You don't know that."

Yes, he did know that he knew exactly what she would do and say. He straightened himself out and let go of her, looking out at the sea that surrounded their small town. "I was on my way there, but faint reminded me I shouldn't." He got into a car accident when the wraith struck the town, luckily he was able to get out but it was also a reminder that his Grace wouldn't want to see him.

"You should, I've been left too, anything's better than nothing. She'll spend her whole life wondering what happened to you, not know is the worst," She explained the best way she possibly could. Maybe it would actually give him a boost to go see her.

Thinking she gave him enough courage to at least go see his daughter she started to walk away. Looking back every so often to see what his decision was she was happy to see him not sit back down and pout, she saw him start to walk towards the bus stop, where in just a matter of minutes, Grace would show up.

Jefferson stepped around a street lamp, seeing as all the kids swarmed out from the big yellow school bus. His heart was pounding in his chest, he could feel the blood pump faster through his veins. He felt like passing out, was he really going to do this? This could either end very well or very horrible, she may never forgive him and would want to stay with her cursed family.

Watching, he saw her jump off the bus with another girl. It wasn't hard to mistake her from the curly blonde hair that just flowed like a waterfall.

"Grace!" This was it, the moment where he saw her true feelings.

Stopping, she slowly turned around. She was not expecting this to happen to her today. Then she saw him, "Papa!" She ran straight towards him and wrapped her arms around him tightly. He was here, he came for her, finally, they were reunited.

His words were choked inside of his throat. He was too relieved, too happy to even say anything. All he wanted to do was wrap her in his arms and kiss her and tell her how much he loved and missed her.

This was all worth the wait, he was so glad he listened to Ruby and came to find his little girl.

"I'm so sorry, Grace, for not coming sooner, for abandoning you in the Enchanted Forest" He could feel the ball in his throat grow bigger and bigger. blinking to let the tears soak back inside and not go down his face, they stung.

"I know Papa, Henry showed me the story, I was never mad at you. I knew you wouldn't abandon me on purpose. I love you, Papa." She looked into his eyes and saw how a tear escaped his eye. Taking her thumb she wiped it away with her thumb. She was so happy to see him, she knew he would always come back for her.

He couldn't help but smile. That was his girl, always having faith. Now she knew the real story and knew she was right, he would never leave her on purpose and now, he was never going to leave her ever again. His last deal with Regina or any villain for that matter was over. He was retired, all he wanted was his daughter.

To be continued...

Alright, I'm gonna have to stop it here. I'm leaving to go camping at any hour and I still have a few things I need to pack plus I have to clean the house and get showered. So please forgive me for the short chapter.

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