Its always wonderful to see that beautiful 'Completed' sign at the top of a project like this.

Epilogue

Forever a Lost boy

Killian remembers his reunion with Swan, he remembers the Merry Men celebrating his non-wedding to the impostor Marian. He remembers speaking to a distressed Roland after his life was turned upside down. He remembers Emma holding him after he fell, it felt like he was safe for the first time in a week. A simple week without her had nearly killed him.

Killian felt her swirl her magic around them and he let go.

He slept. Killian slept then and there. It felt amazing.

He blinked his eyes open again. What he couldn't remember was where Swan said she was taking them. He felt the familiar rocking, heard the familiar sound of waves lapping against the wooden hull, smelled the familiar salty scent. The truth brought a smile to his face because Swan knows him so well.

"The Jolly Roger." He stated plainly. Emma must have taken them back to his ship. He looked around, noticing Emma had redecorated a tad, Smee's things were gone, replaced with a shelf and a desk filled with books and his maps. His collection of maps was no longer hidden bellow, but here in the Captain's Quarters.

His quarters. He was the captain.

Killian struggled out of the bed, not feeling perfect, but felt better than he had in days. He changed out of his nightly attire, something he assumed to have been Swan's doing, and back into his usual pirate leathers. It was much better than the clothes available at the camp. He felt safe, he felt at home.

Slowly, he exited the cabin in search of his Swan.

The first thing he ran into was Lily, leaning over the side, face green as she clutched the wood, her nails making unusual marks.

"First time on a ship?" He asked, surprising her. She turned towards him, smiling weakly." You're awake." She greeted. "How're you feeling? Light headed? Trouble breathing?" He shook his head.

"I'm fine, just looking for Swan." He replied. "If you're feeling ill, keep your eyes on the horizon, it'll pass in a few-" The brunette pointed towards the hull.

"You better give her a hand." She snapped, "I'm only sick because someone has been taking us in circles for hours!" knowing something he obviously didn't.

Henry was the first to spot him bolting over to him. "I knew there was a perfectly good explanation for why everyone was acting weird. I knew it." He insisted. "Now on for Operation Hook." Henry said, gaining an echoed cheer from little Roland.

"Operation Hook?" He asked, glancing at a figure with blonde hair at the hull cursing under her breath at the helm of the ship.

"Saving you of course." Henry said with an eye roll. "You're a part of this family now, and Good Form means standing by your family."

Killian grinned. "You've been studying lad." He realized. The boy shrugged.

"Figured it'd be good to get ahead." He said casually. "But there is a bunch of stuff you left out, I know it. You have to keep your promise and teach me." Henry insisted.

Killian nodded. "Aye. I gave you my word didn't I?"

Henry grinned before his glance went towards Emma. "Go, she's getting real frustrated, if you don't help, one of my moms is going to throw a fireball at your boat." He laughed. "I'm betting on Lily."

Killian couldn't help chuckle. "Ship." He corrected. "The Jolly's a ship."

Henry snickered. "Just checking." The boy reasoned, running off in the direction of Lily. Killian made his way to her, to his beautiful blonde lass.

"How do I work this thing? Where do I turn it? Where's the freaking gas pedal?" She snarled at the wooden wheel.

Killian laughed at that. "She needs a certain touch Swan." He replied, coming up behind her, wrapping his arms around her to rest on the wheel just above her hands, adjusting it just so.

"Killian, you're awake." She said breathlessly, sighing into his embrace, he could feel her hair on his face, lips just shy of his neck. "You were so sick, I thought-" He shook his head, placing a kiss to the top of her golden hair.

"I'm ok Swan, nothing a little sea air can't fix." He assured her. "Where are we headed love?"

She smiled. "Neverland, but we need some things to get there, some people to help us find something to guide a portal to the right realm." She replied. "And maybe a map to land us to the right island."

Killian frowned. "I found a map that could've helped, but I'm afraid I lost it when your papa sent me for a swim." He replied. "It was probably destroyed, as for a way to guide a portal; I don't know what to tell you."

She nodded in agreement. "I know. That's why I may have called in some reinforcements." She said with a guilty expression.

He narrowed his eyes. "Swan? What did you-"

He felt the cold before he saw her. It practically hit him in the face.

She tapped his shoulder with a frozen finger.

Killian whirled around.

"Hey sailor." She taunted, icy blue eyes narrowed, blonde hair in a braid on her shoulder, her sparkly blue dress twirling in the wind. "Miss me?" She laughed.

He chuckled, releasing his grip on Swan, he rolled his eyes.

"Of course Elsa." He replied. "Pleasure as always."

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He feels the poison, feels it receding, making its way from his shoulder down till it's just lurking around the dark purple scar in his arm. He watches the veins like a count down. He knows that once the poison vanishes, that Killian Jones will be dead and he will be free.

But the veins had nearly disappeared once already, disappeared before reclaiming their position along his arm the size of his palm. Its at that instance that he knows.

He knows that Killian Jones is no longer waiting around clueless, to die.

He knows that Killian Jones is fighting his fate. He's fighting it with a powerful ally.

He knows that Killian Jones is on his way here to the island of the Lost Ones.

He's returning to Neverland after fifteen years.

"He's coming." He says with a sigh. He can hear the figure behind him, making noises, the familiar noises of the opening of a coconut.

"You thought he might." His companion replied. "You thought he'd find his way back here."

He nodded. But suspecting and knowing were two vastly different things.

"It's going to be war Liam." His companion adds. He knows. The moment his baby brother returns, everything will change.

"Then we just have to be ready Peter, because when the Jolly Rodger reaches these shores, there will be hell to pay."

The End

Coming Soon:

(Hopefully a few weeks)

The Lost Ones:Once upon a time, there was a Captain and a Lieutenant, off on a mission from a corrupt king, leaving one broken and the other dead, a defining moment for the fearsome future pirate Captain. But this is not that time, nor that place. This is the time of a pirate captain and his little brother, a betrayal hidden by magic, but perhaps, like all stories, there is more to this tale than meets the eye. The Dark Swan will need to learn it if she is to have a chance at hearing those three sacred words from her once cowardly deckhand.

Teaser:

He stopped breathing. Emma could feel it, the moment it happened. She knew it because it was the moment she stopped breathing too.

They were so close, landing on the Neverland shores, she thought as soon as they made it, he'd get better. She thought everything would work out. "Please Killian. Please." Se begged, his body was still on top of hers as she held him tight, begging him just to wake up, to breathe, she needed him to. "Don't leave me." She sobbed into his neck. "I don't know what to do."

Killian Jones was dead.

Her sobs got louder.

She failed.

It was then that she heard something.

Two teasers in a row end up with Killian dead, but he's just so fun to kill! I'm so happy to finish this! It's been a long story, and one that was so enjoyable to write, thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews, they have truly been a pleasure to read! This wouldn't have been possible without such lovely readers.

And Elsa has returned!

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andria: Regina and Robin are going to have an interesting journey ahead of them, I'd call it borderline slow burn. As for Killian, its certainly going to be a bumpy road.

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