Thank you all so much for the support. I wrote most of 11 and 12 on the plane back home from Hawaii. I am really jazzed about Jefferson and Davina. In fact he has always been part of the picture in my head. When Davina first popped up, it was Killian's sister and Jefferson's wife. I hope you guys are having fun learning more about her.
Chapter 12
Emma threw the cup across the room. "I can't do it!" She hung her head in defeat. "I can't see him."
Snow put a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "Maybe we should call it a night?"
Emma slapped her fists down on the table. "No! Killian is out there, he could be hurt or worse!" "Emma you would feel it if he were in real danger." Charming said.
"But I can't feel him anymore, that's the problem." She looked at Davina with tears filling her eyes "I'm so sorry."
Davina looked around the room. "I think I need to talk to Emma… alone." When the Charmings were about to protest Emma nodded. When everyone had cleared the room she sat across from Emma. They stayed silent for a while. Emma never looked up from her hands that were now folded in front of her. Davina studied the woman in front of her. She grabbed Emma's hands and squeezed. "Emma, things are going to turn out. You will figure out how to control the connection. I have faith. You just need to relax."
"How can I relax when he's in trouble?"
"Maybe relax was the wrong word." Davina paused and pulled her hands away. Emma looked up and saw that Davina was deep in thought. "Maybe it's not about you trying to find him. Perhaps in those moments when you felt him, you were finally giving into how you felt about him, how you feel when he's around, and how you feel when he's not. Think about that, the way he completes you." Emma looked at her like she was insane. "It's worth a try Emma."
Emma took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Try a memory. Think of a time when it was just the two of you." It hit Emma like a ton of bricks when the memory came flooding in.
"Swan! Swan are you ok?" Killian kneeled next to Emma and put his hand on her cheek. She nodded quickly and tried to stand. Killian offered her his hand and she gladly took it. "We got it love." He handed her the vile. "Your father is going to be just fine." Emma looked at him in wonder. He simply nodded to tell her to go.
"David! Mary Margaret!" She yelled as she handed the vile to her mother. Snow quickly opened it and drenched Charming's wound with it. The potion worked instantly and was almost as painful as the wound itself. David screamed in pain but when he saw the wound heal he held his daughter's hand and kissed his wife. Emma got up and let her parents have a moment. When she looked in Hook's direction he was nowhere to be found, but she saw a scratch mark in a tree nearby. She walked past it and saw him leaning against a tree 20 feet away. She walked up to him and put her hand on his arm.
"Everything back to normal Swan?"
Emma looked at him and turned him so he was facing her. "No."
He quirked his eyebrow. "I thought healing the prince would make things better."
She shook her head. "No it does." She paused and looked down. Killian used his hook to tilt her head up so that he could see her eyes. "What is it then Swan?"
Emma hesitated only a second before grabbing the collar of his coat and kissing him. It was tentative at first, but she felt him react and put his good hand on the back of her head and pull her closer, she opened her mouth to grant him access. It wasn't a long kiss but there was a spark. When she finally released him from the kiss he did not let her go. He leaned his forehead against hers not wanting to be too far from her. She exhaled when he finally said something she had been dying to hear. "Emma." It was such a soft whisper she almost asked him to repeat it. She wasn't sure he really said it until he kissed the tip of her nose and laughed a little. "It's about bloody time."
She smiled and swatted him playfully. "Don't spoil it."
"I'm not Emma. I have been waiting for that kiss for a very long time." He looked into her eyes when he finally pulled his head back. "But I knew it had to be you."
She smiled at him again. "How do you always know?"
"Because love, we make an excellent team, and we are far more alike than you know."
It was almost as if the map formed in her head. She could see a trail in the water. Emma's eyes flung open and she looked at Davina. "Emma? What is it, what do you see?" Emma didn't see anything; she got up and ran to the top deck with Davina hot on her trail. "Emma! Wait, what is it!" When Emma reached the helm she looked out to the water and smiled. She pointed south.
"Look! Don't you see the path?"
Davina looked where Emma was pointing, but she didn't see anything. "Emma I don't see anything."
"It's there, a path! It's leading us to Killian!" She said almost breathlessly.
Davina smiled and put her hand on Emma's shoulder. "No, it's leading you to him."
Break
A green flash came across the horizon of Neverland. She hadn't come to Neverland with her ship in some time, but she wanted to one last time before Sebastian took over her post. She stepped onto the other ship with a light foot. It had been nearly 300 years since she felt the deck of The Jolly Roger under her feet. A small man in a red hat came up to her. "Who are you?"
"Excuse me?"
"You're not part of our crew. The captain will not like this. He hates stowaways." He man tried to usher her to the edge of the ship.
"Actually I am here to see your captain." She waved her hand and he went flying into a nearby chair. "Besides, you would not have been able to make me do anything I didn't want to do." Davina walked down the stairs to her brother's cabin. She knocked lightly.
"Come in." She heard Killian say. It wasn't angry or excited; it almost seemed a dead tone. But she had news and she hoped that she could see him smile after all this time. She opened the door and walked in. She saw Killian working tirelessly at his desk... He was flipping through pages and scribbling on everything. "What is it Smee?" He asked as he turned his head. He dropped the pen he was holding. It was almost as if he were frozen.
"Hello Killian." Davina smiled at him. That seemed to make him snap out of his shock.
"What do you want?" He asked standing putting his hand on his sword.
Davina threw up her arms in defense. 'I'm not here on bad terms Killian."
"Anytime you are in my presence, you are on bad terms."
Davina sighed. "So you still haven't forgiven me?"
"What do you think?" He gritted between his teeth. "You had better have a bloody good reason for showing your vace..'
"I do Killian." She almost sang it. He looked at her waiting for her to continue. "Killian, I'm getting married."
"What?" He said in shock. "You can't get married; it's not a part of your job." His words cut her heart deep.
"I know." She hung her head for a second and looked at her hands. When she saw her ring she gathered her strength. "But Killian, I've found him, my true love!" She aid excited. Killian stared at her with a blank expression. She continued. 'Killian I want you there."
"Excuse me?"
"You're my brother. I want to share this with you; you're the only family have."
"No!" He cut her off. 'How dare you come her after all these years and expect me to just forgive you. Do you have any idea what I have been through these past centuries in the godforsaken land?!" "Killian, please." She pleaded.
"No!" He lunged at her and pinned her against the wall. 'I will have my revenge on Rumpelstilskin! I will avenge Milah. The only reason I have no planned the same fate for you, is because you are my sister and I loved you once."
Tears started to form in Davina's eyes. "Killian." She whispered. He pushed away from her.
"My name is Hook." He turned away from her. "Now get off my ship. I have work to do." He looked out his window and regretted yelling at her, but when he turned around she was gone. He hung his head ashamed of himself.
Break ' "Davina, are you alright?" Jefferson came up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders.
She let out a sigh and tears fell down her face. "Am I that big a fool?" She looked out at the lake and scowled. "I honestly thought after all these years he would have forgiven me." Jefferson wrapped his arms around his fiancé, pulling her to his chest and resting his head on her shoulder. "Or at least stop hating me enough to come and walk me down the aisle."
"Darling, I know you want him here, but at least Sebastian will be."
"It's not the same." She hung her head. "He's never going to meet this woman while he's stuck in Neverland. She's not there."
Jefferson laughed and hugged his wife. He turned her in his arms so she was facing him. "We are getting married in a week and you are still worried about your brother's happiness." He kissed her softly. "I think it's time you let this go and focus on you, and me and the life we are starting." He kissed her passionately and Davina melted into his arms.
She giggled when he broke the kiss and leaned against her. "I have been alive for over 300 years, but around you I feel like a teenage girl again." She kissed him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I have waited far too long for you, not to be completely happy right now." Jefferson deepened the kiss and his hands traveled down her waist. She was shocked when he broke the kiss. "My love, as much as I would love to continue this, I am afraid I cannot control myself much longer. I have to go." He gave her a chaste kiss before tossing his hat and jumping through the portal it created. Davina laughed at him when he was gone "So dramatic."
"Well isn't that a sickening sight." Davina turned and saw Regina standing in the doorway.
"What do you want Regina." Davina spat.
"Oh just here to wish you well dear." She smirked and picked a rose from a pot nearby. "I hope the two of you will be very happy."
"Why do I feel that is more of a death threat than a wish for a happy ending?" Davina crossed her arms and glared at Regina.
Regina gave a mock look of shock. "My dear Davi I'm hurt you would even think that." She walked across the room. "It's not like you stole Jefferson from underneath me." She glared back at Davina.
"From what I hear, you were underneath most of the time." Davina almost yelled. She could feel her blood boiling even thinking about Regina and Jefferson.
"Oh so he did tell you?" Regina said slightly shocked. "Then you also know that I don't like it when people steal what is mine."
"Do I look like a fair skinned princess to you Regina?" Davina scoffed. "I didn't steal anything. Jefferson came running to me."
Regina and Davina stood toe to toe when finally Regina relaxed and walked towards the door. "I think your resolve will not always be this…designed Davi. Don't worry, you will pay. Sooner or later, everyone always does."
Break
"So how do we save Killian?" Emma asked Davina.
"We need to enchant the ship." Davina said quietly. Emma looked at her with questions in her eyes. "To go under the surface. I will bet anything Ursula has him in Ariel's old grotto."
"Seriously?" "Yes, some of the movies are correct. She was quite the collector." Davina laughed.
"Do you know everyone?" Emma asked.
Davina laughed again. "When you have been around as long as I have Miss Swan, you tend to know those who matter most in the world. And when you know Rumpelstilskin, you tend to know even more." Davina closed her eyes. "Now please stand back." Davina raised both of her hands and said something under her breath that Emma could not understand. A green light started to come out of Davina's hands and spread across the ship. It took all of five minutes for Davina to collapse. Emma ran to her.
"Davi are you alright?" She asked as she helped Davi sit up. She nodded. "What was that? Is the ship ready?" She nodded again. "Come on; let's get you to your quarters so you can rest." Emma almost carried Davi down to Killian's cabin and helped her into bed. Davina was out almost instantly.
"You didn't tell me you were a portal jumper too." Jefferson looked at Davina in shock.
Davina shrugged. "You never asked." She laughed and ate a little of the sweet bread the scarecrow had given her.
Jefferson huffed. "And here I thought I was being all impressive with my hat." Davina giggled at the statement. "What is so funny?" Jefferson stopped and looked at Davina.
She swallowed her mouthful and stopped to look back at him. "Do you even know who I am?"
"Davi… um Davi..um"
"Jones. My name is Davi Jones." She looked at him waiting for a reaction, and she got it.
He smirked. "That explains a lot." He walked up to her and they continued their walk.
"How so?"
"Well you healed my arm, no one seemed to know what witch you were, you know The Dark One, and you're striking." He whispered the last part into her ear. Davina turned towards him and they were mere inches apart. He leaned in and she could feel his breath on her ear. "You know, I haven't had a night that I haven't dreamt about you." He pulled back so he was look in her eyes. He rested his forehead against hers. "I know it's ridiculous." He shut his eyes.
Davina raised her hand to his cheek and he leaned into her touch. When he opened his eyes he saw she was looking at him with wonder. "It's been the same for me. I can't explain it. It's not like lightning struck that day in the woods." Jefferson laughed. "I think maybe it did." He lowered his lips to hers. The kiss was soft and full of hope. It was as if he had been planning the kiss forever. She reacted immediately, pulling him closer as she looped her arm around his neck. She felt him pick her up and she giggled. They finally broke the kiss and started laughing. "You are going to be trouble Davi. I can tell."
"It's Davina actually. I normally hate my name, but I don't think I like you calling me Davi." She laughed.
"It's a beautiful name Davina." He kissed her again, this time with more determination.