Not quite over yet...

Behind his closed eyelids, Killian could see the vivid blotches of green everywhere, like it was engulfing the world. He smiled in satisfaction. The Swan girl was right, then. Her magic was swallowing up this realm and him along with it.

Milah, my love. I'm coming to you.

After the sound of magic rushing through the trees had died down, Killian opened his eyes. The last speck of vivid green vanished.

And here he still was, handless.

Prince Henry was watching the portal close too, his face contorted with rage and confusion, as the forest around them settled into an uncomfortable hum.

"They tricked her," he said to himself.

"Aye, it would appear they tricked us all."

Henry turned to the Captain, surprised, as though he'd not noticed he'd been present before. He stepped forward towards him.

"Who are you?" Henry asked.

"The name is Captain Jones of the Jolly Roger."

"I am Prince Henry."

"Yes, I know," Killian replied. They stared at each other for a moment, and the weight of the past hour hit Killian with force.

Milah was dead.

No longer tired from blood-loss, he stood, his body shaking with rage as he held out his severed wrist.

"Did the Evil Queen do that to you?" Henry asked. "To your hand?"

"No," Killian snarled, beginning to walk away. "That was your mother."

"My mother?"

"And I'm going to find her if it's the last thing I do."

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That is all (for now), folks! I've had such a blast writing this story - I love taking all the maybes and writing something from them before we know the reality. I'm much more interested in writing to fill in gaps, rather than rewrite (although I read a lot of AU actually...)

The end of this story is obviously wide open, and though I have plenty of ideas for a sequel that continues on in Storybrooke, I don't know if I'm going to have time to write it with all of my university work and other commitments (I should be writing for assignments... I have one due on Tuesday... oh well!)

Thank you all for reading - especially those who have followed it from the first chapter I posted and followed me through, leaving comments and messaging me about possible plot points - it's been so interesting to hear your ideas and opinions!

I'm working on something for a Tumblr prompt right now, so you'll see that in the New Year :)

Hope you've enjoyed!

Emily x