"David, signal flares!" Snow called.
"Killian, you think?"
"Yeah, I think," she said. David steered towards the island with Snow and Emma by his side.
"We'd best proceed with caution," warned Snow. "Remember who was in the brig."
"Yeah, yeah," he said as they neared the island. The ship hit the sandbank as the set anchor.
"Where the hell are we?" Regina barked as she came above deck.
"Hopefully, where Killian Jones wrecked." David said. Killian raced through the woods in search of where the others stopped.
A voice in his head said: "straight ahead, Dearie." He stopped for a moment, confused, before continuing on.
"Killian!" Sought Emma, shouting through the trees.
"Emma!" He shouted back. He ran until they collided and he wrapped him arms around her. "Emma," he gasped.
She held onto him for a few seconds. "Where's Rumple?" She asked. "Did he make it?"
"Unfortunately."
"Where is he, then?" she asked.
"At the house, with the... Er... Well, there's been a little change..."
"Yeah?"
"He's... Gotakid..." Hook said awkwardly.
"Oh...Kay,"
"His name is William. And there's another girl who needs a home; her name is Audrey." He explained.
"Well, let's take them to Storybrooke and get things sorted out there." She said, following Killian through the forest. Suddenly, a small figure in a dress shot out of the bushes and seized Killian's leg.
"Audrey," he told Emma, pointing down at the girl.
"Ooh! Ooh! You're pretty!" Audrey said happily.
"Thanks," Emma smiled. "Come on, the others are this way," Hook said, leading her to the house. The entire way, Emma was barraged with questions like: "are you in love with the captain? Is he in love with you? Do you like dollies? How are you so pretty? Can I play with that sword?" She answered each as best she could until they saw Rumple and a little boy.
"Is that Emma?" William asked excitedly.
"Aye! She is." Killian smiled. William ran over and hugged her around the legs.
"I just met you and I love you." The boy said.
Emma laughed.
"C'mon, guys, the others are waiting," she said.
"Others?" He squealed excitedly.
"Yes," Killian said, "now come on," As they started walking away, William realized something and tugged on Rumple's pants leg.
"Yes, Dearie?"
"I gotta say good bye!" He said running back in the house.
"Oh, okay. May I come with?"
"Sure," he said, running into the backyard. Rumple followed, clasping his hands behind his back. The boy said goodbye to the gravestone, then climbed on top and hugged the weeping angel. "Bye, mummy," he said.
A distant "I love you" echoed in the wind. He then turned back to Rumple, gave a small smile, and walked with him back to the ship. William and Audrey ran around the ship, saying hello to everyone in a very excited way. "Hey," William asked Rumple, "Where is your Belle lady?"
"She's still in Storybrooke." Rumple told him.
"Oh," he said, looking sad for a moment, "then how long until we get there?"
"I'm not sure yet, Dearie. We shall see, shan't we?"
"Okay!" He said before running off to find Audrey.
"We're on a real boat!" she exclaimed.
"I know and there's a CAPTAIN! It's like in all those fairy tales Ms. Kinley told us!"
"Yeah! With the sleeping princesses and the dragons and the straw and the gold and the magick!"
"Wait...Mr. Rumplestilts...kin..." William finally put two and two together.
"OMIGOSH IT'S HIM! But...Wasn't he... Bad?" she said.
"In the fairy tales...yeah, but he doesn't seem bad,"
"He's awfully nice!"
"Yeah, so he's okay!" William then went to Mary and David and Regina and wanted to know who they were in the fairy tales.
"I'm Snow White, and this is my prince!" Mary-Margret said. Regina declined to answer so William just asked Mary who Regina was. "A wicked queen. A real rotten apple."
"Oh," he said, not expecting that answer.
"She's not so bad over here." She assured him.
"Oh, good!"
"In fact, she loves it when you give her warm hugs," she lied playfully. William ran to Regina and hugged her around the legs.
"Wh- unhand me!" She exclaimed.
"Wh- but...you don't like hugs?" He asked innocently.
"I... Oh, fine!" Regina surrendered to the little boys' childish hugs. William smiled and hugged her more. Eventually Mary got curious about the kids.
"What's with his eyes?" She asked Rumple.
"I've no clue, Dearie." He told her, having been very curious about that himself.
"Wonder if he even knows."
"There were no mirrors; I'd hardly be shocked if he doesn't."
"Doesn't what?" William asked from behind Rumple.
"Doesn't... Know what size he is! After all, you need and deserve new clothes!" He improvised.
"Oh, okay!" He said, looking down at his old school clothes.
"I should think something a bit more like... This!" He said, waving his hand. His clothes were no longer tattered, but fine and well-fitting, and he had a blue coat with brass buttons and bright buckles on his shoes. He gaped at the new clothes, toying with the shiny buttons.
"Whoa," he gasped.
"More like it, innit? And for Audrey, I think..." He snapped his fingers and she had an orange dress with green vines embroidered on the hem of the skirt. She smiled and hugged Rumple. "A pretty dress for a pretty princess."
They ran around to everyone, talking excitedly and showing off their new clothes. William soon became tired and sat with his back against Rumple's legs, having fallen into sleep. Rumple looked down admiringly at him. Killian glanced back and smiled.
"What d'you suppose Belle will think?" he asked Rumple.
"Her heart's big enough, I hope." He sighed in return.
"Perhaps you should take him to a cot," he said, nodding to the sleeping boy.
"Aye," he agreed. William did not stir once while being carried off. As he laid him down, Rumple kissed his forehead. He turned to leave, and in the hallway was Hook, who smiled at him. "If ye tell anyone I have emotions other than avarice and rage, I will crunch yer veins with my teeth."
Killian threw his hands up in surrender.
"Good choice."