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Arthur. Her blood went cold as she looked at him. The man who separated her from her parents. The man who took away her parents happy ending. The men she hated with every cell in her body. When Arthur looked at her she quickly hid her face behind her dark hair. She heard footsteps coming closer to their table. She kept her face hidden as he spoke to Emma, " Ah, miss Swan, I was looking for you, but it seems that you are busy at the moment."

"Uhm… yeah, is it okay if I drop by later today?" Emma said as she noticed the way Sophia tried to hide her face from him. Arthur knew he wouldn't be introduced unless he asked, so he did.

"Alright," he said and turned his attention to Sophia, "hello there, I'm the mayor of this town and it seems you are new here. Let me introduce myself, Arthur Pendragon," he exchanged his hand for her to shake but she just kept her face hidden and looked at Emma in the hope she would help if she saw her discomfort, "and what your name?" Arthur pushed.

Emma seemed to have noticed her silent plea, but so did Killian who was still in the diner after Arthur arrived. Emma gave her a small nod as to say it was okay. Sophia knew that her mother in this world wouldn't know how bad he actually was. There was an awkward silence for a while before it was broken by a loud crash.

"Bloody Hell!"

Everyone, including Arthur, turned to see Killian on his back, food all over his face and clothing. Sophia made eye contact with him, he made a small gesture with his head towards the door. Sophia took the hint, grabbed her bag and rushed past Arthur out of the diner. She ran, ran as fast as she could, she didn't know where just that anywhere was better than with Arthur in the diner.

Emma and Snow walked toward 'The Jolly Roger'. As they were on board Emma turned to her mother, "where are we going exactly?"

"It's a surprise remember? I can't tell you"

"At least tell me to which kingdom where going," Emma pleaded as she leaned against the railing. Snow wanted to answer but was cut off by Hook who waked toward them.

"Would you ladies like a tour of my lovely ship?" he asked, an eyebrow raised.

"You go ahead, I'm going to help some of the men to get the ship ready to sail," Snow said which earned her a surprised expression from Hook and a smile from Emma.

"You don't ha-"

"It's the least I could do"

Hook didn't want to argue with her, probably because she would win no matter what he said. Instead he just motioned Emma to follow him as he went below deck. He showed her the storage room, the small kitchen and the crew's cabins. When he came to the first mate's cabin he stopped and turned to her, "this is the first mate's cabin but he will be sleeping with the crew while you and your friend are on board with us."

"Oh, that won't be necessary, we can sleep in the crew's cabins. We don't want to be any kind of trouble."

"It won't be a problem, you deserve your privacy. I can promise you that I'm a real gentleman but I can't say the same about my man"

Emma crossed her arms, "you? A pirate and a gentleman?"

"I believe in good form, something not all pirates believe in so be happy you are stuck with me instead of Blackbeard," he gave her a smirk. Emma only just noticed how close the stood in the small hallway. They stared at each other before Hook looked away from her gaze and turned to the door behind him, "this here is the captain's quarters, you're only allowed inside with my permission."

He opened the door and walked inside. Emma followed behind him and looked around the room. There was a bed In the left corner and a table on her right with a few chairs. There were a few maps that where rolled out on the table, "so, where are we going?"

"Your friend told me not to tell you," he said simply as he looked at the map's on the table.

"But she is not here," she took a few steps closer to the table, trying to see the maps, "what she doesn't know won't hurt her, right?"

Hook gave her a flirty smirk and she saw the mischief shining in her eyes as he walked around the table and invaded her personal space. " No it won't," he said in a low, husky voice that send a shiver down her spine, "why don't we make a deal? I'll tell you what you want to know if you give me something in return."

"And what would a pirate like yourself want from me?" she challenged him.

He took a step closer, they were now almost touching. His breath felt warm on her skin. she was playing a dangerous game, she knew that, but she couldn't help but enjoy it. It has been a long time since a man flirted with her like this. All those stupid princes didn't dare touch her in fear for her father. That was the best part of being a nobody, you could do what you want no matter what anyone thought.

He leaned in slowly, stopping only inches from her face as he whispered, "a kiss."

"Answer my question first." She whispered.

"Camelot"

She slowly leaned in, letting her nose brush against his. She saw him close his eyes. She let out a little giggle and whispered a 'thank you' before pulling away and heading toward the door.

Hook opened his eyes and just stared at her for a moment in surprise and disbelieve, "what about my kiss?" he asked as she opened the door.

"You never said anything about getting it now," she said as she left his quarters.

"Bloody siren," he muttered to himself before following her.

Sophia sat on a bench at the docks, legs crossed beneath her, hood up and storybook on her lap. She read her parents story again. She wished she could be as brave as her parents sometimes, face danger instead of running from it. She jumped at the sound of someone's voice at her right, "there you are, I've been looking all over town for you."

She turned her head to see Emma walking in her direction. Did she really went looking for her? No one ever went looking for her after she ran away. Most of the time someone just found her and send her back into the system. "I wanted to be alone for a while." She looked back at her storybook at a drawing of her parents dancing on their wedding. A small smile tugged on her lips.

Emma came to sit beside her, "what happened back there?" she asked.

Sophia shrugged her shoulders, "Killian probably fell or something…"

"That's not what I meant," Emma said sterner than she wanted to. She saw Sophia tense beside her and Emma immediately soften her tone, "you know you can tell me anything, right? I know we only just met this morning but I know how much it helps to tell someone your problems."

Sophia looked up at her mother, tears building behind her eyelids. This was the 3 time today she was on the brink of crying. She inwardly scolded herself for it and blinked them away. "I know him, Arthur I mean," she took a deep breath before continuing, "he is the one that tore my family apart."

"Oh, sweetheart, come here," Before she knew what was happening she was pulled in a hug by her mother. She couldn't hold back the sob that escaped her. "shh… it's okay, " Emma whispered as she stoked her hair. It felt so good to have someone to hold her as she cried. It was comforting and safe.

She calmed herself and pulled away from Emma's arms. She whipped away the tears with the sleeves of her hoody. Somehow she felt lighter, she wasn't alone anymore, even if her parents didn't remember that she was their daughter.

"Tell me about your book," Emma said, trying to distract her a bit.

"If I tell you, you'll think I'm crazy," she said with a small humourless laugh.

Emma frowned, "why would I think you're crazy?"

"I don't think you're ready yet."

"Okay, then show me some of your drawings."

Sophia hesitated for a moment before putting the book back in her bag and grabbing her sketchbook and handed it to Emma. Emma looked through it and her frown turned in to awe as she looked at Sophia's drawings and sketches. "This is really, really good, you should consider doing something with it. Take a few lessons, you have a special talent," Emma told her as she handed back the sketchbook.

Sophia blushed a bit at the complement, she wasn't used to getting them in the first place. Emma seemed to have seen her discomfort and stood up, "come on, let's go back to Granny's to get you that room, you must be exhausted."

Sophia nodded before standing. She grabbed her bag and followed Emma to a yellow bug car. Somewhere inside her she realised that she was glad that no one wanted her, because if anyone did she would probably have never found her real parents.