Chapter 4

They walked on foot to Rumpelstiltskin's castle, all of them. Emma, Killian, past-Killian, Milah and Rumple, the world's weirdest group of people to ever come together in Emma's mind, but in some crazy way, they fit together perfectly.

"You said you would tell us everything and since we have a long way to go, than now is the perfect time to start." Milah said to them. She and past-Killian was walking in front of them and Rumple walked in front of them again.

"Okay, well, what do you want to know?" Emma asked as they crossed a little river. She almost slipped, but to her great surprise, past-Killian caught her before she fell.

"Thank you." Emma said and straightened up. He smiled and started to walk again. Emma quickly glanced to Killian who looked surprised and kind of angry before she started to walk again.

"Why didn't I come with you here?" Milah asked without turning to them.

"Well, you were supposed to…die today." Emma said and everybody turned around to look at her.

"What?" Milah almost whispered. "I was going to die? I'm dead in your land?" Emma nodded and Milah took a step towards her. "How?"

"The crocodile killed you by crushing your heart and you died in my arms, causing me to become a ruthless pirate seeking revenge in over a hundred years until I met Emma who made me believe I could be more than a pirate. She saved me, I betrayed her and she saved me again. I helped her save her son from Pan and here we are. Did I leave anything out? Oh, he took our hand, mate." Killian said and everybody, including Emma, looked shocked at him.

"Yeah, what he said." Emma said and shook her head. Everybody started to walk again in silence, deep in thought.

"Hey, Gol...Rumpelstiltskin," Emma corrected herself. "You can give us our old clothes back right?" With a little hand movement, the red mist surrounded them again and they had their old clothes on.

"Finally, I hate corsets." Emma said and looked down on herself. Her red leather jacket and jeans were back and Killian's leather jacket and his old vest were to. The others looked at them in wonder.

"Our world's clothing." Emma explained. She was so happy to move properly again.

"Hideous as well." Rumple chuckled and continued walking. Emma rolled her eyes and smiled at Killian before starting to walk again, everyone in their own deep thoughts. The day turned to night and the woods became cold and dark. Right now, Emma thought, I would be at the loft, drinking hot cocoa with cinnamon with Henry and watch a movie with Mary Margaret and David. Oh, how she missed them and to speak of how she could have messed up the future by saving Milah.

"Maybe we shouldn't tell Milah about…us." Emma whispered to Killian who was walking beside her. He looked at her with a confused look. "You know, it's complicated enough and it's going to be hard for her to deal with it and your old-self." Killian nodded and was about to answer when Milah spoke up.

"We should stop here for the night." She said and picked up a stick. "We'll have to create a fire."

"Oh, no problem." Emma said and summoned her magic that created a huge fire between them. "The perks of having magic when a crazy snow queen isn't after you." She mumbled just loud enough for Killian to hear who chuckled. Milah rolled her eyes and sat down beside past-Killian near the fire. Rumpelstiltskin also sat near the fire, almost like he admired its existence.

"I have really screwed up." Emma mumbled and sat down on the ground a little away from the fire with Killian.

"Why, love?" He asked and kissed her hand. Emma looked at him and saw the love in his eyes, something she never wanted him to stop looking at her with.

"I got angry when you kissed Milah, but really, I should have supported you. You lost your first love and it's no wonder that you want her back. I also pushed you to save Milah so you would be happy or whatever. I don't know, but I can have damaged the future very badly." She sighed and leaned against the tree beside her while staring at the fire.

"You don't think I was happy with you?" Killian asked and put her legs over his. She didn't answer, because she didn't know how to answer or what answer he wanted to hear right now.

"I was perfectly happy with you, more than I have ever been. Yes, I miss Milah, but I told you once that you were my happy ending, and I can reassure you, that's not something I go around and tell everyone, love." Killian said and raised his eyebrow with a smirk.

"Can we just blame the rum?" Emma asked and looked tired at him. He laughed and pulled her against him so her head was on his shoulder. "You know I never wanted to…push you away or anything, right?" He made and an agreeing sound and leaned his head on hers.

"Wait, I still have my phone." Emma said and sat up straight while pulling her phone free from her jacket. The white IPhone was completely fine. "I'm sure there's no signal here though."

"You brought you talking device?" Killian asked and raised an eyebrow at her. Emma shrugged and smiled.

"Hey, when I woke up yesterday morning, I did not know that I was going to be sucked through a portal with my boyfriend and meet his first love and old-self plus Rumpelstiltskin." Emma said and put the phone back in her jacket.

"So that's what I am to you now? Your boyfriend?" Killian said and wiggled his eyebrows. That earned him a punch in the shoulder, but it wasn't hard at all. Emma laughed and leaned back to looked at him.

"If you want to." Emma said challenging and crossed her legs were they laid over his.

"You have no idea of how much I want to kiss you right now." Killian whispered and caressed her cheek. Emma smiled tired and kissed his wrist discreetly.

"I think I have a pretty good idea." She whispered and leaned on his shoulder while closing her eyes.

Past-Killian stared at his future self and Emma. They seemed so happy together, but they acted like friends, but he knew better and he knew himself. They were more than friends and it seemed like Milah had the same idea. She was sitting and stared daggers into Emma.

"Relax, love." He said and patted her back, but she just shrugged of his hand. "What's bothering you?" Milah turned to look at him.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that I was supposed to die today or the fact that I see him or you or whatever with her?" Milah yelled and pointed to the couple on the other side of the fire. They heard them and sat up straight. Rumpelstiltskin was sound asleep in one of the trees above them, but he didn't move a muscle. Milah stood up and walked into the woods with anger in her every step, leaving past-Killian. He sighed and put his face in between his hands.

"Hey, you okay?" He looked up and saw Emma standing in front of him. His future self was still sitting on the other side, watching them carefully.

"It's not the first time she's yelled at me, but the situation was new." He said and made room for Emma on the rock he was sitting on. She sat down and smiled at him.

"Well, I have also yelled at you or whatever and I think I'm worse than your wife." Emma laughed and stared at the fire. He chuckled and played with one of the rings on his hand. It was still somewhat strange to see him with two hands.

"She's not really my wife, we never got married." He said and threw the stick into the fire.

"What? I thought you were. That's why he always just refers to her as his first love or Milah." Emma said and leaned on her hands. Strange that he hadn't corrected her before.

"Once, when I came late home from the tavern in another land, she actually threw me over board." He said and to her. Emma laughed and pulled her hair away from her face.

"It still doesn't beat what I have done to you." She said and he looked confused at her. "I, well, kind of left you on top of a beanstalk with a giant, who is very nice by the way, but I couldn't leave you to die, so I made him set you free after I had escaped."

"One of the few times you have bested me, Swan." The future Killian said and sat down beside Emma. "But I bested you after I escaped."

"You didn't best me! You betrayed me by following Cora!" Emma protested and turned to look at him. He raised his eyebrow at her and smiled.

"You know, mate, you'll never meet any one like her again. She's one of the few persons that will ever best you." Future-Killian said to his old-self. Emma blushed slightly and nudged him with her shoulder before turning back to past-Killian.

"Ignore him. He likes to embarrass me." She said and smiled.

"Says the woman who was going to marry a flying monkey! I think you can do that all on your own, love." He said. Emma stood up and looked own at him.

"I didn't know that! He was a perfect man until you came and ruined everything!" Emma said and laughed. Future-Killian stood up and took her in his arms.

"Aren't you glad I did?" He asked and looked her in the eyes. Emma bit her lip and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Of course I am. What do you think?" Emma said and smiled while pulling him down to her.

I know they could just "poff" themselves to the Castle, but that would make this story VERY short! What scenes do you want for the next Chapter?