Killian POV

"Then I guess we are going to Neverland to get our daughter." The queen said confidently.

"Your majesty… the dangers I have told you about in Neverland are not lies. That island is evil, as are the inhabitants." He warned her.

"I don't care. We will go save her. Can you get us there? You've been there before."

"Aye, that I have. I know of two ways to get there myself. You can use a magic bean to open a portal, or you can fly."

"The Jewel of the realm." Charming said.

"Yes, the Jewel. We can use her to get to Neverland, but when we get there we still have a problem." He said reaching up and scratching behind his ear.

"What's the problem? We need to save my fiancée!" Graham shouted anxiously.

"The problem, mate," he said glaring at the man, "is that she is the prisoner of Peter Pan. He's not going to let us waltz in and take her back. I want to save her as desperately as all of you, but we need a plan to get her back or we will all be killed. And once we get her back, we need a plan to get off the island. You have to have Pan's permission to leave."

"He's right, we need a plan." Snow said, "Do you know of any way to stop him?"

"No, as far as I know he cannot be stopped."

"How did you get off the island last time?" Charming asked

"He let us. Now I know why, he wanted to see who I was close to. When we go back, we will need an exit plan before we get there." he answered.

"I may have a suggestion." Graham announced.

"What is it, Graham? Could it save her or get us there?" Charming asked.

"It isn't a what… it's a who."

"Rumpelstiltskin ..." Snow realized.

"No. We are not going to him. We can solve this on our own."

"Charming, we might not have a choice. We have to speak to him."

"He is a manipulative crazy person who only gives information when it benefits himself. Any deal he will want to make may have catastrophic outcomes."

As the king and queen bickered, he couldn't help but fear for Emma. He knew the Charming's weren't quite aware of how dire this situation was. Pan sent his shadow to a different realm, for Emma.

Emma, love, be strong. We are coming.

"Fine." He heard Charming say as he looked at the guard, "take us to the cell of Rumpelstiltskin." He ordered. They left the room and followed the guards, and as he turned the corner he felt a jerk on his collar that had him slammed against the wall, hitting his head and making him see stars. He focused and saw that it was Graham who had him by the throat.

"You are the only one that has been to Neverland. What did you do? What have you done to make him come after Emma?" he spat.

"Get. Off. Me, Mate." He replied with venom dripping from his words.

"Not until you tell me what happened to make him kidnap my future wife!" he yelled slamming him against the wall again.

"I killed his favorite Lost Boy to save my captain's life, something any sailor would do. I couldn't have known he would come after her." He admitted.

"If anything happens to her, anything at all, I will kill you myself." Graham promised.

"If anything happens to her, I'll let you." He said as Graham released him.

"What are we walking into?" he asked him.

"He knows we're coming. He knows we won't just let him take her, which is bad. It means he has the upper hand. So we need a way to get even."

"Maybe Rumpelstiltskin will have the answer for that." He said as they caught up with the king and queen. They walked down the hall to the stairs and went down. Down so far that the guards began having to unlock gates at intervals on the way. The air was cold and he could hear water dripping from somewhere. Once they reached the bottom, they continued to walk through what looked like a dug out cavern. No other cells lined these walls, only the Dark One required containment such as this. As they got closer, he could feel the tension rolling off the king and queen.

"Will he have a way to help us?" he wondered.

"I have no doubt of it," Snow answered, "but that's not the question. The question is what will his price be? Because…"

"All magic comes with a price, dearie!" They heard him finish.

They rounded the corner, and saw the cell of Rumpelstiltskin. The lone figure inside had green, scaly skin and long greasy hair, he reminded him of a crocodile. His smile was crooked and yellow and his eyes gleamed with mischief.

"Ah, your majesties!" he said in an overly exaggerated bow as the group stopped in front of his cell. "To what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked with a laugh.

"Don't play coy, you know why we're here." Charming answered.

"Oh of course I do! But, enlighten me."

"We need a way to stop Peter Pan." Snow stepped forward, "he has our daughter."

"Ah, yes. The young princess. Soon to be married, am I correct?" he asked looking at Killian.

"Yes, we are to marry in a week, but you know that already. Tell us how to stop Pan." Graham said from the back of the group.

"Oh, well I can't just give you what you want, that's not how it works, dearies. Let's make a deal." He said giggling.

"What do you want?" the king asked.

"Why, take me with you, of course!"

"You're not serious." Charming scoffed.

"Well of course I am! You see, Peter Pan has kidnapped your precious princess and bride to be. Well, I have my own quarrels with him and want to rid the realms of him forever. Only I have the means to do it, and only I know the location of the items of which I speak. There are three of them, dearies. Take me with you, and I will give you their location, and even help you. That is my deal."

"How do we know we can trust you?" Snow asked.

"Oh, you don't! But there isn't much of a choice unless you want to go up against him unarmed."

He looked at the king, "Your majesty, going up against him without a weapon will end in our deaths. He is angry and will not hesitate to kill her, and then us."

"What happened, Killian? When you were there." Snow asked placing a hand on his arm.

"We came across a clearing. We'd been walking all day. We were tired, hungry, and thirsty. The captain decided to call it a night and to get a fire going. I was sent out to hunt. I was returning when I heard their yells. I saw people running in front of the fire and realized the Lost Boys were attacking the camp. I dropped my kill and ran, and when I got into the clearing the first thing I saw was one of them going for the captain while his back was turned. I didn't think and threw my spear. I killed him. Apparently he was close with Pan. That has to be why he has taken her. I took someone close to him, so he took someone close to me for revenge."

"Ah.. yes. Felix was it? Yes he was a favorite of Pan. Felix was loyal to a fault. I can imagine him not being too happy about his death. Which means, your daughter won't be a top priority. I promise you, she is not enjoying her stay." He said with another infuriating giggle.

"We can't trust Rumpelstiltskin. He's the dark one, for crying out loud!" Charming said. Shoving his hands through his hair. When he looked at his wife, Killian noticed how desperate he was for a simpler solution, "there has to be another way. There has to be."

"Charming, what If there isn't? This may be our only chance to save our daughter." Snow implored.

"I know what it is like, to lose a child to that monster." They heard the dark one say.

"What are you talking about?" Snow asked him walking closer to his cell.

'Before I was the Dark One, I was actually a very happy man. I had a simple life in the countryside with a beautiful wife, Milah, by my side. I signed up for the Ogre Wars. I was preparing for battle when I came across a Seer, she told me that my actions on the field would leave my son fatherless. So, I injured myself to make sure that didn't happen. By the time I returned, news had spread that I was a coward. What no one understood is that I did what I had to do for my boy. My wife was taken, by a pirate named Blackbeard. He tried to tell me she was there on her own, but I knew better. I came into the power of the Dark One and sought them out. I killed the pirate, and Milah told me she loved him more than she ever loved me. So I ripped out her heart. I returned to my son missing. The only clue was the villagers talking of a piper, who had been taking the young boys of the village. This piper is Peter Pan, he took my son and I want to get him back."

"I didn't even know you had a son." Charming said after a few moments, "No one did."

"Because I worked hard to keep it that way. I am only telling you fools now, because you have the means to travel there, and this is my first chance. You see, dearies, it's not getting to Neverland, it's getting back. Once you step foot in Neverland, the shadow never lets you leave, so we have to take it with us when we leave. Take me with you so I can get my son back, and I will help you stop him and help us escape, that is my deal."

"If we make this deal, I need it somewhere in our contract that if you betray us, we leave your son with Pan." Charming negotiated coldly. "You don't break deals with anyone, so I want it in ours. When we get back, we will figure out what to do with you."

The Dark One glared at the king coldly, "Deal. But I can't make the contract inside this cell, dearie."

"How do we know we can open this cell, and you won't just disappear? Graham asked.

"I want to get my son back."

"Couldn't you just… I don't know… poof there? You are the Dark one." Graham asked.

"You have to have permission from Pan to leave, haven't you been listening?" Killian told him.

"And how I plan to do that is part of the deal, dearies. One that you won't know unless you accept. So, by all means, go to Neverland on our own, but know that you travel to your deaths."

Killian watched as the King made his decision, and he could see the moment when he decided. He looked beaten when he quietly said "Deal."

At that, the dark one smiled.

"We come for you after everything has been prepared. And listen to me Dark One, if you betray us, I will leave your son with Pan. If you mess with my chance to put my family back together, I will show your son no mercy. If our end of the deal is not in our contract, you will never get an opportunity to go after your son, because you will spend the rest of your miserable life rotting in this jail cell. I swear to this." The king promised. Killian had never seen the king talk to anyone like that, and had never heard that much venom dripping from his words. He was a father, a protector, and a king all in the same moment. With that, he turned to leave and the rest of them followed suit.

They followed Charming back down from where they came from, "Killian, you go talk to the Captain of the Jewel and tell him the King needs his ship for an emergency mission. If he is against the return trip to Neverland, I trust you to get us there." He said turning around and placing a hand on his shoulder.

"You want me to captain her, your majesty."

"Yes, I do. Get the ship, we will be there within the hour." He instructed taking his wife by the hand.

They exited the cavern and Killian ran through the castle and back to the docks faster than he'd ever run before. He got to the docks and saw the Jewel floating quietly. He took a moment to catch his breath and ran to the last of the ships where she was. He thought of the last time he was here, he was with Emma. So much had happened in the last hours, he felt as though that was weeks ago. He could still feel her laying against him as they watched the stars from the deck, could steel feel her warm breath on his chest as they hid from the crew, and even more torturous was he could still feel her lips, her smile, against his. He ran up the plank, and onto the deck, the first place his eyes went was to where they lay last night and he saw their blanket discarded atop some barrels where the crew must have placed it when they found it last night.

"Captain?!" he yelled.

After a moment, the captain ran from below, "Mr. Jones, what is it?"

"The princess is missing. She went missing sometime last night, and there is reason to believe that she is in Neverland.." he told him, all of it rushing out in one breath.

His face went white at the mention of the cursed place. Killian understood, the place still haunted his dreams. "What… why is she.. why do they think she's there?" he stuttered.

"The pudicus plant, sir. We found the powder on her pillow the morning she went missing. I think Pan took her, because of my part in killing Felix."

"Jones, I feel for them, I do, and I know why you're here. But I can't go back. Those were my men that died, and each of their faces haunt me at night. I can t go back…. I can't.."

"Sir, you don't have to go back. We just need a way to get there. I can captain the Jewel back and get us back home. You don't have to return, but I do and so does the ship."

"You're going back," he asked shaking his head. "You're insane, Jones."

"Aye, that I am. I would go to the end of worlds for her. Let me take the Jewel back, sir. Please, let me help them save her."

"This princess, is she the one you constantly spoke of over the journey?" he asked.

"Aye, she's the one. Her name is Emma."

Oh I know her name, she's all you bloody talked about you love-struck fool.. Very well, take the jewel and please forgive me Jones, but I can never go back to that place again."

"There is nothing to be ashamed of, sir. They want to leave as quickly as possible. I imagine they are already on their way here."

But he didn't even get to finish his statement before the king, queen, and Graham came onto the deck. The captain turned and saw them and he reached for the Queen's hand, bending over it and placing a kiss on her hand, "Your Majesties, I am sorry to hear of your situation, I beg your forgiveness, as I cannot return to that accursed land. I trust my ship in the hands of none other than Mr. Jones. I wish you all the best on your journey. I will take my leave now, as not to keep you any longer. When you return, find me in the tavern, I will rent a room there until your return."

"Nonsense," Snow replied, "You will stay at the palace as an honored guest of the Charming and myself. Without your help, getting our daughter back would have not been possible."

"Why, your highness, you do me a great honor, which I gratefully accept." He said bowing low to the deck.

"it is no trouble." Charming said. "Now that we have a vessel, we will need our dark one."

"You plan to take the Dark One with you?"

"We don't have a choice, he is the only one who knows of a way to stop Pan." Graham answered.

"Then I truly wish you good fortune, no luck has ever become of trusting that demon." The captain said as he walked towards him, "and Jones, make sure my ship returns in one piece." He instructed with a handshake before turning around and walking away.

"Ok, so now what?" Snow asked.

"Now, we go get Rumpelstiltskin." Charming said.

"I'll stay here and prepare the Jewel." Killian told them as they headed back towards the palace.

He needed a moment, is what he wasn't telling them. When he became aware of the fact that he hadn't told his father anything that was going on, he quickly went to his shop. Upon opening the front door, he saw his father figure standing in the back working on what appeared to be a clock. He thought, then, about how much Emma and her family had changed his life. Without Emma, he'd most likely be dead, and without her family who knows where he would have ended up. They went out of their way to find him a family that he knew loved him like a son, and he gave them that same love in return. He owed everything to Emma and her family, and he would gladly risk his life to help them get her back.

"Dad? I'm going to help them find Emma." He told him as he turned around and saw him standing at the door.

"Ah, do they know where she has gone?" Geppetto asked setting down his tools and brushing the sawdust off his clothes.

"We have a pretty good idea where she is, yes. I may be gone for a while."

"Where is she, my boy?"

"Neverland." He answered.

"Oh, son. You don't have to go back, you can stay here with your family, your brother and I, and just stay safe. They have a palace full guards they can take with them. They would understand."

"I know they would. But I have to go, I owe them my life, and…. I love her. I love Emma, more than I ever thought I would. If anything happens to her…. It'll be my fault."

"Oh, Killian, I've known that since the first time I met you. The way you have always looked at the princess has told me much. I know you will save her."

"Dad… if I don't come back… if I.."

"No… no I will not hear that nonsense! You are going to come home after you save her, you are going to come home to me and to your brother, yes? Just like before."

"Yes, but if I don't… thank you." He said before he could stop him again. "Thank you for everything. You have been a father to me when my own father wouldn't. I can never thank you enough for that."

Geppetto walked from his bench and looked him in the eyes, "Your father was a foolish, foolish man. Having you in our lives completed the picture, Pinocchio has a brother, and I another son that I didn't think I'd be worthy for. It is I who thank you, Killian." He said wrapping him in a hug. He'd never been the 'open book/emotional' type. But it was in the moment when he thought he may be saying goodbye his father for good, did he realize how much he would miss them. Because, his father didn't realize that this wasn't like the last time. Pan had plans that they didn't know, and no one knew of his plans.

"I have to go. They will be coming back soon."

"Of course, my son."

He walked out the door and he didn't look back. He arrived at the ship moments before the king and queen, along with their new companion. When they got aboard the ship, the king turned to the dark one, "Now, make our contract, and don't think I won't be reading every last line of it."

With a roll of his eyes, a parchment appeared in the scaly hands of Rumpelstiltskin. Charming took it, and true to his word, read every line. After he appeared satisfied, he signed.

"Now, how do we defeat Pan?" Graham demanded.

"There are a total of tree magical items to help us. Only one can stop him, the other two, well, they are crucial. To stop him, we need an item known as Pandora's Box. It is a powerful object that can trap a magical being forever. The second, is squid ink. The squid ink is harvested from the rarest species of squid, from the bottom of the bottomless ocean. Impossible to find, unless you're a mermaid, or me. It can eliminate his powers, though, not permanently. The third is a magical bracelet that can absorb ones magic. We will need all three for our plan to work."

"Where are these items located?" Killian asked.

"My castle, dearies."

"Very well, what's our heading? We've lost enough time as it is." Killian said walking away from them and towards the helm.

"Do you not remember who I am?" The dark one asked before a simple wave of his hand had them all vanishing behind a veil of smoke. Before his eyes appeared a room he had never been in before and a sense of dizziness. He felt as though he was falling and quickly reached out to grab onto a desk of some type. He looked around and saw that everyone seemed to be feeling the same way, except Rumpelstiltskin.

"A bloody warning next time."

"I could have let you sail us here, and waste half day." He said rummaging through cabinets, "All the items we shall need are here." He started throwing things backwards out of the cabinets until he had a pile of assorted objects and relics in a pile behind him. "At last." They all heard him say and they walked behind him and looked over his shoulder to see what he'd found. In his hands he held a small square box, grey with a black jewel in the center. There were inscriptions etched onto the outside of it. "Pandora's box, legend says it contains the worlds darkest evil. Pan will fit in nicely." He set it on a desk and continued looking for the other two items, which he found and placed on the desk next to the box.

"So what's the plan?" Snow asked.

"Well, we first need to stop him with the squid ink. All he has to do in touch it and he will be frozen and unable to move. The only problem with that, is it requires getting close enough to him for it to work. Once we do that, we can attach the bracelet to remove his powers. Then we can suck him into the box, forever." Rumpelstiltskin replied.

"That's all well and good, mate, but how do we get off the island?" he asked.

"Why, we fly of course. This ship of yours, this Jewel of the Realm, it possesses the Pegasus Sail, does it not? Made from the feathers of the legendary horse."

"Aye, it does."

"Well we can use that to fly out of there."

"The shadow won't allow us to leave without permission from Pan, I thought?" Charming said adding his input.

"Yes, but we will trap the shadow in the Pegasus sail! Don't you see, the shadow will be why we can leave, because we will be taking it with us."

"How do you trap a shadow?" Graham asked.

"Delicately." The dark one replied. He once again waved his hands and held forth a coconut.

"You plan to trap the shadow in a bloody coconut, are you mad?" Killian asked.

"You have no idea," he snarled at him, "but this is no ordinary coconut. Inside is a candle that, when lit, will attract the shadow. Once it gets too close, it will get sucked in and it will be trapped."

"How do we get Emma?" Snow asked.

"ah, yes that is the tricky part. I can imagine that he will have her in the camp with him at all times. We will have to act quickly, because if he knows what we are going to do, he won't hesitate to kill her."

"We need to get to her, now!" Graham said.

"I agree, we've got to go." Charming said.

"As you wish." The dark one said, "Warning." And poof. They were back on the Jewel with everyone staggering once again.

He didn't waste any time, as soon as he knew where he was he ran to the helm. He yelled out some instructions to Charming and Graham and immediately set sail. His thoughts filled of Emma, as they had many times in the past few hours. He wondered if she was ok. Prayed that they could find a way to get to her.

I'm coming for you, love. I'm coming.

"How much longer until we can release the Pegasus sail, Killian?" Snow asked a couple hours into the voyage. All had been quiet, and time had passed quickly with the winds and the tide in their favor.

"it won't be long now. Less than an hour. Second star to the right, and straight on till' morning. That's how we get to her, your highness." He told her.

"Thank you, Killian. Thank you for everything you are doing. I saw the captains face when he talked of Neverland. I'm sure it's not easy for you to go back again."

"There is no need to thank me, your highness."

"But there is, you volunteered. You're the only one who really has a choice to be here, and you chose to come, back to a place that has everyone whose been there trembling with fear."

"Aye."

"Do you love her, Killian?" she asked him.

"I.. I uh." He struggled with answering her. He knew Emma's parents were part of the reason that she was marrying Graham. She wanted to make them happy. So he didn't know how to answer that, "your majesty, I…."

"LOOK OUT!" Graham shouted.

Killian looked up just in time to see a ship emerging from below the waves. She emerged from the bow, the figure head like an open mouth with rows of teeth. Her three enormous masts were next, equipped with grey sails full of holes, the deck of the ship was four stories high, bigger than Killian had ever seen. Upon the side of the ship was her name.

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

"Oh no…" he said as the chills went down his spine.

"Killian, Killian what is it? What.. how did that just happen?" Snow asked as Charming came up next to them.

"It's the Flying Dutchman. Vessel to the dreaded Davy Jones."

"Who is Davy Jones?" Graham asked.

"He is a man, cursed to ferry those souls lost at sea to the other world."

"No one here is dead, what is he doing here?" Charming asked.

"He offers sailors immortality to join his crew. He is cursed, by the goddess Calypso. He can't set foot on land but once every ten years. So he sails the seas looking for sailors to join him."

"Where's the dark one?" Charming asked.

"We have bigger problems right now." Killian said drawing his cutlass as the Flying Dutchman dropped anchor right on the bow of the ship, "My queen, get below. My king, graham, be prepared to fight, I don't know what they want but it can't be good and I won't go down without a fight."

"I'm not going anywhere." Snow said drawing her bow.

"Snow, you need to stay safe." The king told her.

"I can handle myself, Charming." She smiled and told him.

Killian watched as the sailors aboard the Dutchman prepared to board, as he gripped his cutlass tightly. He thought about unfurling the Pegasus sail now and getting away from the Dutchman, but where they anchored prevented that. Davy Jones was intelligent, he cut off any means for escape. He watched as the sailors gathered on the main deck, they were greatly outnumbered.

"Ahoy! What a fine day it is today, yes?" they heard someone shout from the Dutchman.

"Very fine in deed. Be much better if we could continue on our way." Charming answered.

"Ah yes, about that. Well I'm sure you know who I am, but I'm not sure who you are." He looked at Charming and shook his head don't be stupid mate he pleaded knowing he couldn't hear him.

"My name is David. I am the King of this realm,"

"Not smart." He warned.

"Ah, the king? Well then where are my manners? I mean to come aboard, and I mean you and your guests no harm. Drop your weapons and we will have a peaceful conversation."

"Then you bring none aboard and your crew stays there."

"Ah, a negotiator. I see, Well, I have a lieutenant who doesn't seem to think you lot can be trusted. How about the two of us come aboard and… discuss things? The rest of my crew will stay here and have my orders to not leave their post unless you do something stupid. Agreed?"

He looked at Killian, and he gave him a slight nod of his head, "Agreed"

"Good! On our way." He yelled down as he made his way towards where the crew of the Dutchman placed a plank connecting the two vessels. As the man got closer, he gripped his cutlass even more tightly. He didn't like this. The king didn't know the tales of this man like he did. Nothing good ever came from trusting Davy Jones.

"Kilian, how do we get out of this?"

He turned away from the approaching duo and looked at the Queen. At this moment, he saw how much of her mother Emma possessed. The queen was trying to be brave and strong, but he could see the slight tremble in her stance and the fear in her eyes.

"Carefully." He answered.

He noticed the footsteps had stopped. He turned his head back towards Davy Jones and his lieutenant.

"Killian?" he heard someone call his name. He looked at the man standing behind Jones and saw him clearly for the first time. He thought he was seeing a ghost, and he could feel the color draining from his face as he tried to put together how this was possible.

"Liam… Liam is that you?" he asked stepping from beside the queen.

"Aye, Killian it's me."

"Liam?" Charming and Snow asked from behind him, but he wasn't paying attention to them.

"Liam, I thought you were dead! The ship it was destroyed. They searched the wreckage you were nowhere to be found. How are you here?"

"I wasn't killed. I survived.. I thought you were dead. I thought I'd failed as a brother for years. For years I thought of nothing but how irresponsible it was to take my younger brother on that ship. But you're alive." He didn't notice that everyone else was watching, and he didn't care when his older brother grabbed him and pulled him into a bone crushing hug. He'd spent the last few years of his life thinking his brother was dead, and now he wasn't.

"How did you survive?" he asked as they separated and he slammed Liam on the shoulder.

"I was saved.. by Davy Jones. Our father, Killian."

AN: Ok guys super long wait for this and I'm sorry! I made this one much longer because of the wait and it took me a while to write and critique. So A lot happened in this chapter… a lot. Review and let me know what you think! I love this story and I love writing it, I hope you guys like reading it! A lot more coming, so review and encourage me to update soon!