A/N: Still don't own anything and I'm still unbeta'd. Okay so This is the first of the kidnapper we see and the next chapter will be completely about his mythos with a little cs splashed in there. As always reviews are love and I would really like some feedback. It gives me a better handle on the direction I'm taking. On with the show!

It was dark all around him and he was scared. Henry had never been far from his mother or family and wanted to go home now! He looked around him trying to see if anyone else was with him. He tried to get up but found that his hand and feet had been tied. And so he reacted as any four year old would, he cried. Long and loud, cried for his mama and gramas and grampas, for his uncles. He cried for his papa. His mama would tell him every night, that his papa was always watching over him. If anyone would be able to hear his pleas it would be the angel in the form of his father watching over him. With that thought and exhausted from crying Henry fell into a fitful sleep.

"The boy finally fell asleep my lord."

"Finally the infernal crying has stopped. Fetch me the mirror, I need to see where the princess is now. Surely she'll come after her brat, and then she shall be mine."

An ornate full length mirror was brought in front of the cloaked man. He touched his finger to the middle of the mirror and soon ripples began to form and reveal the visage of Princess Emma, standing at the helm of a ship, overlooking the sea before her, her jaw set determinedly.

"That's right princess come straight for me, and then you shall be mine."

On the Jewel…

Emma stood at the helm, her talk with Killian helped take some of the edge off, but now she was even more determined to find her son. Gods, their son, Henry needed to meet his father and then they could be a proper family. Her happy ending was in reach just as soon as her son was back in her arms.

"Darling, come you must get some rest. We're going to weigh anchor for the night, and then resume our trek tomorrow at first light. We'll make port soon after, from there we should be able to figure out if the ship that took our son headed. They would have had to make port somewhere nearby judging by the size of the ship that took him."

Emma smiled softly at his mention of their son. But she wasn't so thrilled with the idea of weighing anchor now, when God knows where their son and his kidnappers could be, let alone who took him.

"Killian, is there no way to keep sailing through the night? You taught me to sail, love, I can help." At his look of distress Emma pressed on, knowing he would try to change her mind.

"Please Killian, we can't waste any time getting to Henry, we don't even know who took him."

Killian sighed, he understood, there was nothing more he wanted than to rescue their son and start their lived together, but sailing through the night now would be ill advised. The ship had not been properly seen to when they'd docked back home, the men were tired, their rations low, even with his love's help, he'd be running them ragged and they would be of no use to Henry this way.

"My love, I want to do that as well, but we must weigh anchor. I want to rush after our boy and bring him home just as much as you do. I want to be able to meet and hold my son and tell him I've loved him even before I knew he even existed. But we are no use to Henry completely wrecked."

"I understand, I'm just so scared Killian. Henry's never been without me, he must be so frightened. Our baby boy, he needs us."

"How's this? We will weigh anchor and get a few hours of sleep, and before first light we will take the helm my love. I promise you we will bring our son home."

"Alright that sounds better. Come on, let's get that rest. I've spent too many nights without you."

"My darling I'll take the first officer's room next to yours and you shall have the captain's quarters to yourself."

"Killian no, I'll never fall asleep there without you, please love just stay with me. I'm sure you can control yourself captain. And even then its not as though we don't already have a son."

"I know my love, but I want to do right by you and us. We never - we never got to have our wedding. Darling, I love you I do, I just want to be able to call you my wife and start our lives as a family."

"And we will Killian! We'll just share the room, please don't leave me to my nightmares alone Killian. And as soon as we have Henry back we'll return to the kingdom and have our wedding and officially be a family. Not as though we aren't one now, but don't you see we are better together. We are a team."

"Aye my love, come let's get some rest and before first light we will go get our son. We will find out who has taken him and we will make them pay through the nose."

They made their way to the captain's cabin and readied themselves for a bit of rest. As they settled into the captain's small single bed. Killian took her face into his hands, feeling the need to reassure her that they would get their happy ever after.

"I promise you Emma we will get Henry back, and we'll start our lives together as planned. I swear to you. This town we will dock in, I have some contacts that might be able to help us."

"I trust you Killian. I love you. We will have our happy ending."

The couple settled down finally together for the first night in over four years. Snuggled together in the small bed they found some semblance of peace, as much peace as they could get until their family was whole once again.

Far Off in Distant Caves…

As night descended the cave grew darker and colder, the still of the night was not quite so still. The young prince had curled in on himself as much as he could in the dank cave, when suddenly there were noises all around him waking him from his fitful sleep.

"Who's there? I'm not scared! My mama will find me! My papa watches over me, and he'll stop you!"

The noises only increased, the scratch of claws against the cave floor grew closer and closer to Henry. He began to feel the fear arise. Where was his papa, mama promised he would watch over him, would never let anyone hurt him. Where was he now?

Just as Henry was about to scream, the reason for the noises made themselves visible. There sitting at Henry's feet were two bear cubs. Henry smiled and righted himself. His Grandma Snow and even his Mama attracted forest critters of all shapes and sizes anytime they went for walks around the forest. Nana Regina teased that they could smell the pure goodness in them, and the animals did the same with him. And so Henry did what he always did when he saw animals in the forest. He made friends.

"Hello buddies, I'm sorry I don't have any food for you. But if you're as cold as me we can cuddle? You look like my stuffed toys in my room."

As though on cue the cubs rounded on Henry effectively cocooning him in their warmth. As Henry stroked their fur as best he could as he was still bound, he began to drift to sleep, wondering if his Mama and Papa sent the cubs to keep him warm.