Chapter 3

They sat on the tavern in silence, not knowing what to say. Emma had ordered rum to Killian's great surprise, so he knew that what he did with Milah was bothering her, but she didn't want to talk to him about it.

"Rumple is our only hope of getting home, you know." Emma said while looking at the other people in the tavern. He sighed and drank the last of his rum.

"I know, but I still think it's too dangerous to be asking him for help." He said and leaned his head against the wall beside him. Emma drank her rum and looked at him.

"We have done this once before and I almost made my parents not meeting, so I think I can handle Rumpelstiltskin. I have my magic! I can protect us!" Emma said frustrated.

"Why can't you just open a portal? You did it the last time." Killian said. Emma shot daggers at him.

"Unless you have the Dark Fairy's wand hidden in your coat, I can't open one." She almost yelled. Killian sighed and closed his eyes. "I should have done this on my own. You should have stayed at home with the others." Emma mumbled, but just loud enough for him to hear it.

"Can we go now?" She asked and stood up. Killian nodded and followed her outside. The night come to an end and the sky was lighter than before, but laughter ripped through the silence of the street and Killian had a flash of panic.

"Wait." Killian said and grabbed Emma's wrist. "Stay completely still." Emma did as she was told and stood still beside him.

"What is it?" She whispered, but gasped when she saw his past-self come walking up towards the tavern with some of his crew. They were laughing and pushing each other, but suddenly a man showed up from nowhere and bumped into past-Killian. Emma glanced to her Killian and saw the painful look on his face. She quickly took his hand and squeezed it. The man took of his cape and revealed Rumpelstiltskin.

"We don't have to watch…." Emma started, but Killian shook his head and continued watching. A sword fight played before them, but Rumple won and Killian was lying at the ground. Suddenly, Milah showed up and stopped Rumple from killing him.

"You can still save her, you know." Emma whispered to him and Killian knew how much it hurt her to do it, but then his past-self and Milah started to walk away with the crocodile behind them.

"Killian, we can still save her!" Emma said and looked after them, but Killian grabbed her hand and pulled her against him so their lips met. Emma was caught by surprise, but kissed him back.

"No, stop." Emma said and pulled away. "It's not right. Your wife is right there and you don't want to save her?" Killian didn't know how to answer. Of course he wanted to save Milah, but if he lost Emma in the process, he would never forgive himself.

"Let's go." Emma said and dragged him after his past-self.

Every fiber in Emma's body was screaming to not do this, to just turn around and have Killian to herself, but she couldn't. She knew how much Milah meant to Killian and she knew he wanted to save her, and she was going to help even if it meant breaking her own heart.

She could see The Jolly Roger and Killian's past-self was walking on board with Milah and Rumpelstiltskin.

"Why is Gold on your ship?" Emma whispered as they closed up to the ship.

"Milah promised him a magic bean in exchange for our lives." Killian whispered back and looked up at the scene above him. Suddenly, a loud splash came from the water and Killian's eyes met Emma's. A barrel had fallen in the water and disturbed those on the ship.

"Who's there?" Milah called out and the crew started looking at each other. Emma said "Not again" under her breath, but a red mist surrounded them and in a blink of an eye, they were on board on The Jolly Roger.

"Well, well, looks like I got two for the price of one. Who are you?" Rumpelstiltskin said and clapped his hands.

"I'm Emma Swan and that's, well, him." Emma said and pointed to past-Killian who was clutching his shoulder and staring at his future self. "We are from the future."

"But time travel hasn't been invented yet." Rumple said confused. Emma smiled nervously and looked at Killian.

"Yeah, well someone has cracked that code long ago and then you opened one that led us here." Killian said and smiled challenging to him.

"And why are you here and not her?" Rumple asked and pointed to Emma then to Milah. Emma sighed.

"Long story which is not worth getting into right now, but you have to help us home." Emma said and took a step closer to him, but Killian quickly caught her hand which made Rumple chuckle.

"You are protective of her and her of you, I wonder why." He said to Killian who avoided his eyes. Emma quickly glanced towards Killian before turning to Rumpelstiltskin again.

"Can you help us home or what?" Emma asked annoyed while squeezing Killian's hand. Milah looked stunned at future-Killian and past-Killian looked stunned at Emma.

"Yes, I can, but what do I get in return?" Rumple asked and narrowed his eyes. Emma let go of Killian's hand and walked over to him and whispered something in his ear. She took a step back and looked at his surprised face.

"How?" He asked insisting and grabbed her hand. Emma jumped by his touch and Killian was immediately by her side.

"It's a long story that I will tell you later." Emma said and pulled away from him. "But first we have to get the Dark Fairy's wand which I know you have."

"How do you know that? I required it only a week ago!" He said confused.

"That's how we got home the first time." Killian said. That only made him more confused. "It's still a long story and growing."

"Wait! Do I know you?" Milah asked and stepped forward while looking at Emma. Both Killians looked confused at the women in front of them.

"Yes, I guess you do. You both me this dress." Emma said and looked down on herself. "Oh, and you know him too or knew, I don't know, but he was the guy you kissed that you thought was him." Emma pointed to Killian and then at past-Killian.

"You kissed him?" Past-Killian asked Milah who looked as confused as everyone else. "And what the hell happened to my hand?" He asked future-Killian and pointed to his hook.

"Guys! Long story! Can we go and get the wand now? We'll explain on the way." Emma said and made gesture to the docks.

"But what are you going to do with the wand?" Rumple asked and Emma sighed. She held her hand out and summoned up some of her magic, so it created a fireball. "You have magic?" He asked surprised. Emma nodded.

"Can we go now? Please?" She asked the confused group.