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.

Emma woke in the in the middle of the night. She heard someone walking on the deck. After they sat sail Emma and Snow helped as much as they could on deck. Which surprised the captain even more to Emma's delight. After the sun had sat Emma and Snow went below deck and settled for the night.

Careful not to wake up her mother, Emma slipped out of the bed. She opened the door just enough for her to get through and closed it again behind her. Trying not to disturb anyone she silently tiptoed to the upper deck. Looking around she was surprised not to see anyone, she could have sworn she heard someone. Taking a few steps, she now saw a figure standing with his back to her at the railing of the far end of the ship. A glimpse of metal shining in the light of the moon told her it was the captain. She turned go back and give him his privacy.

"Everything alright, Swan?"

She stopped in her track and turned back toward him, "Uhm… yeah, just woke up by some noise from deck. Thought I'd check what it was."

"My apologies, I didn't mean to wake you," he said, still with his back turned to her.

She shuffled on her feet, "why are you up?"

"Couldn't sleep, that's all."

Somehow she knew there was more to it but she didn't push it. She walked up to him to stand beside him. He gave her a side glance but didn't say anything. They stood there for a while, looking at the waters with the reflection of the half-moon and the stars. Only the sound of the small waves crashing against the ship to break the silence.

"It's beautiful," Emma said after a while.

"Aye"

"Must be nice to have the opportunity to watch the ocean every night."

He nodded and turned his attention to her, "where are you from, if I may ask."

"Misthaven, you?"

"To be honest, I don't remember," he gave her a sheepish smile.

"How can you not remember where you're from?"

"300 years spend in Neverland can make a man forget"

Her mouth fell open just a bit, he didn't look like he was much older than her, "you spend 300 years in Neverland? Why?"

Although she couldn't see his face very well in the dark, she could make out the frown that sat on his face as he clearly thought about a painful memory, "that's a story for another time," he said as he gave her a fake smile, "perhaps it's best if you go back to your cabin now, get some more rest."

She nodded and turned, but knew she couldn't sleep for the rest of the night. Still she walked back, gave him one last glance before disappearing below deck.

The next morning she was greeted by the salty wind of the sea that played with her hair. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again she noticed out of the corner of her eye that someone was staring at her. she turned her head to see the captain staring at her with his mouth half agape. She gave him a smile and he looked away.

"How are you enjoying our trip so far?" she hear her mother ask from behind her.

"It's great! I like working on the ship, at least I got something to do instead of just staring at the ocean," she said as they walked to the front of the ship.

"I know the feeling," Snow said and gave her daughter a sweet smile.

Most of the morning Emma has been repairing sails and cleaning the canons. Snow has been sharpening the sword. Later that afternoon they sat on two barrels eating a piece of bread.

"How long till we get to this place?" Emma asked, she knew they were going to Camelot now but she has to keep up an act for her mother.

"About a week or so," Snow said and broke off a piece of her bread to put in her mouth.

"Ah… so this land is a week journey from Misthaven, interesting."

"I'm not telling you anything more than that."

Emma laughed, she really loved these trips with her mother. She admired her knowledges of surviving, when she was younger she dreamt of one day meeting her True Love the same way her parents did. Emma dreamt about a lot of things actually. There were many ways she would like to meet her True Love, she always believed that when she met him, she would know.

"So… I saw the captain staring at you this morning," her mother began, Emma roller her eyes.

"Since when does the great queen Snow White think that a pirate would be a good match for her daughter?"

"First of all, I married a shepherd. Second, I'm not 'the great queen Snow White', we are normal peasant women looking for a way to cross lands. And third, can't we just have some mother daughter talk about boys?"

Emma was silent for a moment, "I guess we can."

"Well?" Snow pushed.

"Well what?" Emma asked innocent.

"What do you think?"

"I guess he is nice for a pirate…"

Snow gave her a disbelieving look, but before she could comment about it they were interrupted by the so said pirate himself, "I don't mean to interrupt but we are about to head to stormy waters so I recommended to get on your post or below deck."

Emma and Snow looked at the sky and saw at getting darker and a raindrop fell on Emma's nose. They stood up from the barrels, Emma was about to get to her post but Snow stopped her, "Emily, get below deck, we can handle this." She said, using her fake name.

"No way, I'm helping," she protested, Snow nodded, knowing there was no point in arguing with her daughter now.

Emma got to her post and prepared herself. By now the rain got heavier and the waves bigger, sending the ship in every direction possible. She saw Hook barking out orders and trying to keep the ship in balance at the helm. Emma tried to help everywhere she could. A few feet away from her was her mother, doing the same.

Everything went well for a while, of course the rain was annoying and the waves didn't help either but they stayed on the water and not under. Slowly the rain seemed to become less and for a moment Emma thought it was over until big waves brought the ship out of balance and send her tumbling down, face first.

Pushing herself up again she looked around, trying to find her mother. After spotting her, cleansing against the mast, she let out a sigh of relief. Slowly standing up, trying to keep her balance, a big wave made her fall again, this time on something sharp. She let out a scream as she felt the sharp object piers through her skin. The last thing she heard was someone screaming 'Swan!' before something hard hit her head and the world went black.

A/N: thanks to all readers for reading! make sure to check out 'Surviving To Find You'! :)