AFTER CURSE: Emma has lost all her memories and everyone who was ever hit by the curse has been sent back to the Enchanted Forest. Neal's skipped Storybrooke before the curse hit town and Hook and Henry are trying to retrieve him to try help Emma get her memories back.
A/N: I haven't had time to include all the recent spoilers, this was planned this way before the new guy appeared on the picture at all. Killian POV

Part 7.

"... I tried to get in touch with you before leaving, but you left the house when you saw me and the morning after I saw you're mom expression and then I knew you told her. I was ready to leave by then, I just took my time to write you this. I cannot say when I'll be back again, I'll be in touch with Henry sure, but recent events with my dad and Pan and you and Tamara... Emma I just need time, please forgive me."
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This was the part of Bealfire's letter he kept re-reading. The story got full circle again, abandonment once again. He somehow understand Bealfire, but bloody he should act like a MAN, instead he kept running away and at the moment he was just happy that Emma wasn't "there" to read this, it was the last thing she needed. He clenched his fists when he remembered that he was taking her to him.
The lad was so stubborn he couldn't see that his father wasn't Emma's salvation, he only ever wrecked her.

"There Emma, pull off we're here" he heard Henry say from behind his seat . They stopped near Bealfire's apartment and got off the car. Emma was stretching her arms and back after getting out of the bug; it'd normally have been a brilliant view if she would've been herself, but if she would, she would never show any sign of tiredness or weakness. He drew his eyes away from her, hardly coping with the fact that she was alive and well. Stripping Emma of her identity was monstrous, every cell in his body was trying to drown the thought, quite unsuccessfully moreover.

As he expected Bealfire was not inside, but the flat looked like someone had come in to sleep for at least one night. He searched the house to find Tamara's address, and in the meantime he tried his best to prevent Emma from dropping him and the lad here in order to get back to Boston. Killian Jones never expected he'd have to struggle so hard to make one woman stay where he was, and the fact that he almost won her over before losing her like this make his temple vein pulse ruefully. "Miss Swan I beg you, we still need your assistance, I don't know the city and he's just a boy, please give us some more time to find our friend ok?" he saw her drop on the bed and fold her arms, finally resigned. "Fine, but it's high time, he's obviously not here and even if you broke in, I don't think we should stay inside here. I suggest we take a room somewhere and come back to search him tomorrow either back here or to his fiancée's house. Is that okay? I want to lie down" Killian nodded, instantly unsure what it'd be like to be in a hostel with the woman he loved and her son.

Apparently the lady at the hostel's desk thought they were a family on holiday since she gave them keys to a room containing a queen-sized bed and a small one for the lad.
Emma was the first to break the silence "Well I don't have time for this, I'm too tired I drove for almost 2 days, just don't pull the covers and stay on your side" formalities long forgotten Emma picked up her backpack, went to the room he assumed was the lavatory, closed the door, then in just a couple of minutes came back wearing a big t-shirt and some loose trousers.
Hell, how come she looks beautiful every time? It's like god's punishing me for having eyes and ever leaned them on an unattainable woman! Killian thought psychologically shattered with all this Emma situation.
He watched her climb up in the bed and looked back at Henry who was giving him is best Prince-Charming-Look, before getting himself ready to sleep. Killian simply removed his boots and laid on the bed, not even bothering getting underneath the covers since he didn't think his body could take it.
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The morning after Killian woke up suddenly, not remembering falling asleep at all. Last night he challenged his eyes to stick open, tried to analyze the situation to try and distract himself from the fact that what he most wanted to do was wrap his arms around Emma's body and held her in her sleep.
With eyes barely open fighting with the daylight rays, he tried to wake up only to find Emma's head resting on his chest and her arm around his waist. He instantly stopped moving, amazed. She looked so peaceful in his arms, her blond curls messy and scattered over his shirt, the faintest smile on Emma's lips.

Killian knew what this meant, but couldn't admit it to his own self. When he finally decided to wake up, he assumed he better try to sneak out from under her grasp, because if her unconscious self was somehow at ease with him, she probably wouldn't still when awake. Moving ever so slowly he forced her to roll off him without waking her. Finally on his feet he woke the lad and asked him to get ready and then to go wake up his mother. Henry looked weirdly at the figure laying diagonally in the bed, wondering just how his mother get that far on the pirate's side, but said nothing.
"Oh God is it morning yet? I was sleeping so well" said Emma moments later, between the yawns, making Killian wanting to yell in frustration. Gods this is getting more hard than I ever expected.

After they all made breakfast they briefly returned to Bealfire's flat only to rush back out and go look wherever Tamara's house used to be. They found Neal sleeping on the couch, couple of beers on the floor, next to some boxes full of stuff Killian couldn't recognize in the dark of the night.
Henry was silent, his expression showing somehow anger and disappointment, but it instantly went away as he ran to the father and woke him.
"Henry wha.. how are you're here?" he said sitting straight up looking puzzled.
"Pan reversed the curse, sent everyone back to the Enchanted Forest and make mom forget who she is and also give her false memories, we need your help dad!" as the word "we" hit the aim Bealfire looked up to exchange the most awkward look with what Killian though meant "what is the man who accomplished to take both my mother and my love away from me doing in my house?".
"Dad, listen to me" Henry yelled impatiently "I know you're here to take time, but you need to bring mom back!" Bealfire put his head in his hands, and what felt like hours later said "What do you want me to do?" "Well you have to remind her who you really are and who she really is, and then try with the true love's kiss. It won't work if you do not convince her before you kiss her"

This was far more than Killian could accept to listen, so he just looked back at Emma who was still leaning on the hallway wall outside the flat, unaware to say "Miss Swan, would you care to sit in here and talk to this friend of mine for a bit while I'll go look out for a special tool I need to take back to Storybrooke and lookout for the lad while I'm out?" As Emma nodded and entered the room, he started to speed-walk out. When he finally went out in the street he found the first inanimate object and kicked it until his lungs weren't taking any air in anymore. He should've thought of this, what else could've ever come out of this situation?
If only it meant that Emma would be back he would be fine with it in time, but honestly knowing he was up there trying to kiss her was driving him crazy.
He walked back and forth for hours, unable to bring his legs back up in the apartment. Exhausted he resigned himself to sit on a bench, and, like Bealfire did before, put his restless head to rest onto his good hand, looking down.
Then he saw ha glimpse of gold near his chest. Emma's hair must've been entangled with his button and there it was, one of Emma's hair. Well if this is the only thing I'll ever have of her from now on I'll bloody keep it. While thinking it he opened one of the phials he stole from the crocodile's shop and he put Emma's hair in it. He got back to his feet when he heard a door smash behind him.
Emma was almost running in the street when he got hold of her arm "You!" she yelled, "Why would you leave me there with him? He tried to kiss me, I had to fight him off, but not before he could get his way with me, god why did you do this to me? You're all mad!"
She run off and soon Bealfire was out himself with Henry at his heels. "We tried everything" Henry cried, red-eyed "Nothing worked". Killian wasn't looking at him when he said "Doesn't matter now, we have to catch her" and ran after her.

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He found her leaning on a wall a couple of blocks of houses away, panting for the effort he put in her run.
"Miss Swan I'm desolated, I should've come back earlier. He's probably still drunk, I should've known better, I am deeply sorry, are you alright?" unexpectedly Emma hugged him, starting to cry. "I know it's not you're fault, you just helped that kid to get back his father, you would never do this to me, you've been nothing but kind to me" she looked at him, and in that moment he felt something burn in his hand.
It was the ampoule. Emma's hair, trapped in that small bottle of glass was glowing and burning like the sun.
He then remembered what Cora told him about the Evil queen's curse, and how Rumplestilskin dropped some true love in it so that Emma could become the savior. Like in a dream he took his hand off Emma's back and used it to tear one of his own hair off his head and he dropped it in the phial.

It was instantaneous. The two hairs floated closer and begin to spin. In a while the ampoule was filled with a purple potion. True love

Inhaling irregularly and shaking, Hook waited for Emma to break her grip, then said, trying to sound confident "Here Miss have some of this drink, it'll ease your nerves". He almost couldn't believe it when Emma took the bottle and drank a sip without even looking at the contents of it.
Killian froze. He watched Emma swallow the potion and was about to let tears roll from frustration when she finally removed the bottle from her lips and, opened her eyes and.. hesitated.
He was about to lose it when she blurted out "Killian?" her eyes quickly filling with tears. "Emma?" Killian tried to say but it only came as a chocked wisper, too stunned to do anything. "You brought me back" said Emma, hugging him again and crying on his shoulder, sometimes laughing. He only managed to reciprocate the hug and feeling tears streaming on his cheeks, he closed his eyes.
I did it.