Emma found Sophia already sitting in a booth as she entered Granny's, this time on the phone she gave her for her birthday. She walked over and grabbed the phone out of her hands.

"Hey!" Sophia said.

"Who are you texting? Your boyfriend?"

"Why does everyone assume I have a boyfriend?" Sophia asked annoyed but Emma saw the amusement in her eyes.

"Who is everyone?"

"Killian"

Emma let out a laugh and gave the phone back to Sophia, "come on kid, let's go."

Sophia jumped out of the booth, Emma noticed she didn't have her bag with her, but didn't comment about it and followed her out of Granny's. They both stepped into Emma's bug and drove off.

"So, why did you want to go to the stables in first place?" Emma asked after a while.

"I like drawing horses and I always wanted to learn how to ride," Sophia said.

"Ah"

It was silent for a while until Emma spoke again, "has Killian found a job yet?" not that she was interested in what he did or something, no definitely not… right?

"Yes he has, why?"

"Uhm… just wondering," Sophia looked suspicious at her, than a small smile curled on her lip and she turned her focus back on the road.

"What?" Emma asked.

"Nothing."

Emma knew she was lying, there was defiantly something but didn't push it because she was kind of sure she wasn't going to like the answer. The rest of the ride they spend in a comfortable silence. When they parked Sophia jumped out of the car.

"Whoa, slow down kid," she called after her as she got out.

Sophia waited for Emma and they walked to the stables together. At the end of the long hall of horses there were two men talking to each other. Sophia seem to notice them too as she walked over and greeted them.

"Hey Killian," she said, bobbing her head to the second man, "sir."

Emma came to stand next to her, "I thought you said Killian couldn't come?"

"Nice to see you too, Swan," Killian said, "I work here now and this is my boss, David Nolan."

"Nice to meet you," David said and extended his hand for Emma and Sophia to shake.

"Emma Swan," she said.

"Sophia Jones," Sophia said as she shook the man's hand.

"Jones? Are you two family?" David asked.

"No," Killian said a bit too fast and Emma saw he was lying. Why would he be lying? She said the same thing when Sophia first arrived at the station, he didn't act this nervous back then. Killian scratched behind his ear and cleared his throat, "So, Sophia, I got the horses saddled and ready to go."

"Great!" Sophia said before turning to Emma. "I thought it would be fun for us to go for a ride."

"Oh, Uhm… I don't know how to ride actually," she said, she felt a blush creep up to her face under Killian's stare. He took a few steps closer to her.

"No worries, Swan, I can teach you," he said, licking his lips.

"You know how to ride?"

"I do."

"Well then, I'll be heading back to work then," David said and turned to leave, "I expect you back around four, Jones!" he called over his shoulder.

"Shall we get going?" he asked and motioned her to follow him.

"I don't know about this…" Emma said with a bit of hesitation.

"Come on! It will be fun!" Sophia said bright and Emma smiled at her.

"Okay, but if I fall" - she pointed at Killian – "I'm going to kill you for putting me on a horse."

"It's a risk I'm willing to take," he said with a smirk and walked out of the stables, Emma and Sophia close behind him.

Hook was still sleeping when he heard someone knocking on his door. Yesterday had been a rough night and he just wanted to get some more sleep. He had to be in full strength for the journey to the castle. He put his pillow over his head and growled as the person behind the door knocked again.

"Captain, there is someone here to see you," he heard Smee say through the door.

"Tell them to wait," he growled and rolled over, tugging his blacked up to his chin. He didn't want to get out of bed, not when he was just awoken from a wonderful dream. He was about to drift of again when someone entered his quarters and pulled him out of his bed. He landed on his back on the cold, wooden floor, wide awake.

"Bloody Hell!" he hissed.

He looked up to see Mary Margaret looking down at him, arms crossed and tapping her foot impatiently.

"And to what do I owe this pleasure?" he said sarcastic as he stood up and rubbed the back of his head.

"I need your help," she said shortly.

"What if I don't want to help?"

"Oh, you do."

"And what makes you so sure I want to?"

She took a few steps forward, "because this is about Emily."

Hook's eyes widened at that. Was she hurt? Has something happened to her? Why was he suddenly so worried? He lifted his chin, "what about her?"

"She has been kidnapped and I don't know who took her or where they took her. I figured pirates are good at finding valuable things so here I am."

He tried do stay calm as he asked, " I'm flattered but how do you know she was taken and didn't just run off?"

"I followed her trail and it looked like there had been a struggle before the tail ended, like they just disappeared," She explained and Hook felt panic rise up in him. He still didn't know how the lass had captured his heart this fast but she did and he couldn't help but feel concerned about her.

"Take me to where she was taken," he said. "Give me ten minutes to get drest and prepare for the journey."

The woman nodded and walked out the door, closing it behind her. He was going to find her, he didn't care about his revenge at the moment, all he wanted right now was to make sure she was okay.

"This is Captain, Broka and Marshmallow," Killian said as he introduced the three horses to Emma and Sophia. "Sophia, you can ride on Marshmallow, I'll take Captain and Swan, you can take Broka."

"Is she… nice?" Emma asked a bit nervous. Killian was a bit stunned at how nervous she was, Emma Swan, town sheriff, the toughest lass he ever met, was nervous. He felt like he had to do everything in his power to make her feel comfortable again.

"Don't worry Emma, she is the sweetest horse we have here," she still didn't look convinced. "Come, give me your hand."

Hesitating she gave him her hand. He gently held it an brought it up to Broka's nose. He felt Emma slowly relax as the horse sniffed at her hand. She slowly brought up her other hand to stroke Broka's head and neck. Killian looked at her in awe, at times like this he really wished she knew about the curse too, that she knew she was actually his wife and Sophia their daughter. He looked over to see Sophia petting Marshmallow and give him a hidden thumbs-up. He smiled at her and turned back to Emma.

Just then he realised he was still holding her hand, he cleared his throat and let go, "well, let's get you up there."

"Go help Sophia, I'll be fine over here," she said, all nervousness from before gone as she gave him a smile.

He smiled back and walked over to Sophia, "how is it going?" she whispered immediately.

"Good, I guess," he whispered back.

"Then why are you here?"

"She told me to help you get on your horse."

Sophia nodded and hopped on her horse with a little assistance from Killian. When Killian was sure she was stable he turned back to Emma who was now on her horse, trying to find her balance. He walked over and looked up at her.

"You alright there, love?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm good," she said as she brushed some of her hair out of her face.

He nodded and walked to Captain. Grabbing the reins, he pulled himself into the saddle. He noticed Emma staring at him and gave her a wink.

"Enjoying the view?" he asked and licked his lips.

She snorted and rolled her eyes, "just hurry up so we can go."

"Not so fast, Swan," he said as he lead his horse toward her. "Just because you can sit on a horse without falling off doesn't mean you're an expert."

"Then show us how to be one," Emma said as she looked back at Sophia who was smiling back at them.

"Alright then, first, hold the reins like this…"

Emma woke by a splash of ice cold water that was thrown into her face. She opened her eyes and sputtered out some of the water that landed in her mouth. After taking a few deep breaths she looked around the room. It was dark and a few guards were standing guard at the door. She was tied to a chair, hands behind the back of the chair and each of her ankles were tied to a leg of the chair.

"Is she awake?" she heard a voice say from behind the only door in the room.

"She is," another said.

"Good"

The door opened and a man in a suit of armour walked in. he stopped a few feet away from her and looked her up and down. She felt uncomfortable under his gaze. He notice her discomforted and a smile curled upon his lips.

"Where am I?" Emma asked, trying to sound threatening.

"Leave us," the man ordered his guards, only turning his attention back to her when all the guards were gone.

"Pretty thing you are," he started circling around her. "The pirate has good taste."

"Excuse me?"

"To bad I already have a queen" -is he serious right now?- "but that's not why you're here."

Well that's a relief, she thought.

"You see, your pirate and I have a history. Sort summery, I did some things to him, he did some things to me, I send him 300 years to the past and now he is back for his revenge"

Emma didn't know what to say, what to think. So it was Hook they were talking about. He really did spend 300 years in Neverland. And they think she is his lover, just because she kissed him before she left. She did like him, a lot even, but did he like her in the same way? No, now was not the time to think about that, now she had to focus on getting away from this lunatic king.

"Whatever your plan is, it won't work. I'm no one to him, so let me go," she said, really trying to sound convincing.

He stopped right in front of her and turned to face her, disbelief all over his face, "No one to him? It didn't seem like that, because by informer informed me that he looked heartbroken when you left."

"What does that proof?"

"Clearly you don't know him as I do. You see, he is known in these lands for his bloodlust, his merciless and heartless nature. He never shows emotions, never since… well, 'the accident', but that's another story," slowly he got closer to her and she moved further back in her chair. "For now you just need to know that if he looked heartbroken, than that means you are the key to destroy him forever."

The King was now bend over her and Emma felt fear rise up in her stomach, fear for herself and for Hook. How is she going to get out of this mess?

A/N: thank you all for reading! leave a review if you can please, it really helps! also, if you like this story make sure to check out the prequel 'A Field Of Middlemist Flowers'