Alex walked around the streets quietly. The wind was softly blowing through his brown shoulder length hair. He had the look of determination in his eyes. He reached the graveyard where he knew Regina kept her magical items. He knew that at this time she didn't use them, but here he could continue his research throughout the night. In the morning he would go over to his father's shop to talk to him. By then he should have a way of making it all right again.

….

Emma awoke to the sound of plates. She looked back to see Killian in the kitchen and walked towards him.

"A pirate who knows how to cook, huh?"

"Did you really assume I got all your lunch from Granny's?" He asked.

"Maybe. Need any help?"

"No, I'm going to prove to you I can make the best breakfast in all the land."

"You sure you can handle that with one hand and a hook?" She said stealing some blueberries from the counter.

"Bad form, Swan. Making fun of an invalid."

Emma kissed him and then held up her arms. "Fine, you wanna make me breakfast. I'm not stopping you." She went to the couch and turned on the T.V

Killian started whisking up some eggs when a bundle of joy popped up from the bed.

"Dad's making breakfast? Yay!"

Killian turned to Emma.

"See? Our daughter seems to think I'm quite the cook even with one hand and a hook."

Lily stared seriously at her father. "Actually, Dad, Mom and I usually just watch you fail and when you've finally given up Mom takes us all out to eat."

Killian stumbled with his words."What? B-but.."

Lily giggled. "Dad, I'm kidding."

Emma burst out laughing. "The look on your face was priceless. Good one, Lily." She gave her a high five and both continued laughing and giggling on the couch.

Killian shook his head but laughed too.

"Like mother like daughter." He said to himself.

Henry awoke to a wonderful smell and quickly jumped out of bed and rushed down the stairs.

"It smells so good!" He exclaimed.

Lily turned away from the cartoons she was watching with Emma.

"I know right! Dad's making breakfast."

Henry took a deep breath.

"Awesome!"

Killian put down the plates he was holding and placed them on the counter.

"Thank you mate! Now before I forget I need to give you this."

He reached into his jacket pocket. "Is this the game you were telling me about the other day?"

Henry stared at the box. "Uh…no."

Killian shook his head. If only he had paid more attention to the game Henry was always endlessly talking about. Maybe he should have jotted down notes…

"Sorry, lad. I'll go back and -" Henry interrupted.

"Are you kidding? This looks way better than the one I wanted. Thanks Killian!"

"No problem." Killian smiled. He almost resumed cooking when suddenly two bright blue eyes appeared looking up at him.

"Yes, lass?" Lily continued staring.

"Expecting a gift?"

"Well, you wouldn't give Henry a gift without getting me one."

"Perceptive, arent we?"

"I'm just from the future." Lily shrugged.

Killian patted her head gently and handed her the small bag. Like any child would she opened it eagerly.

"Wow, its beautiful. Thanks, Dad." Lily put it on and Killian's heart warmed up. Little did he know that Lily was hiding the same exact necklace below her shirt.

Killian stared at Lily as she skipped back to the couch and propped up next to Emma. He had only met this little girl yesterday, but that didn't matter. He already adored her with all his heart.

Kiliian finished cooking and everybody came downstairs to enjoy the wonderful meal. Even baby Neal.

After breakfast, Emma was the first to mention Alex.

"So, we need to start searching for Alex. Make sure he doesn't harm anyone."

Lily nodded. "Agreed. I started thinking and I think I know where he may be."

"Well, that's great! Where?" David asked.

"Aunt Regina's vault. He's magical so he'll want more magic."

"Okay. I'll call Regina. David and I will look for Alex there."

"I'm coming too." Killian added. He did not want to leave Emma alone while someone was here to hurt either of them.

"Wait what about us?" Lily asked.

"Guess what? You two get to spend quality time with your grandmother and uncle." She kissed Lily and Henry on their heads.

"What? But Mom, I'm from the future. I can actually help you if you find any leads or clues or whatever."

"Yeah c'mon. Plus, you do realize we're probably going to be sneaking around to help anyways." Henry pointed out.

Emma looked up at her mom who just shrugged and then back at her kids who were looking at her with begging eyes she couldn't resist.

"Get in the car." She finally said.

"YES!" Henry and Lily ran out the door.

"Emma? Why would you do that? You could be exposing them to danger." Killian was not happy about this.

"I know, but she's right. She's the only one who actually even knows what this guy looks like. She can help. We just gotta keep them close and they'll be safe."

Killian nodded and they walked out the door to the car.

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Alex looked through all the things in the vault. There were tons of books about magic in here. Tons of spells that he did not know. He could only learn little in a night, but he could still master a few. A vault was too small to practice some of these spells. So he took a few books and items to go practice in the forest.

—

"There's nobody here." Regina called out.

"But that does't mean he wasn't here. Do you see anything missing?" Emma asked.

Regina looked around.

"I don't remember everything that's in here you know." She touched shelves and drawers.

"Actually, I think there might be some books missing. Nothing special. They were just spell books."

"Perhaps a book full of evil spells on how to torture your victims." Killian asked.

"If I had a book like that you would remember me as more than evil."

"Actually I remember you quite evil." David replied.

Regina stared at him coldly.

"Can we stop with the bickering. We are here with a purpose. Lily, what do you think he'll do with a simple spell book?" Emma asked.

"Well he could be looking for ways to torture you... but maybe he's just learning. It seems like him. He's always reading about magic." Lily replied.

"He could also be at my grandfather's shop. He could be talking about magic with him." Henry said.

"Alright. Then I guessed we stalled long enough. We gotta go to Gold's shop." David replied. Everyone nodded in agreement.

The bell his shop's door rang. Gold looked up from organizing.

"I'm going to guess and say you aren't here to buy, sell or pawn anything." He said.

"You got that right." Regina answered.

Gold stared curiously at all of them. What could it be this time? His eyes then lingered on the small little girl next to Henry. He's never seen her before.

"We know this might sound weird, but we're looking for your son." Emma stated.

Gold was confused.

"Son? My son is dead and you should know that more than anyone, Ms. Swan."

Emma sighed. "Not Neal. Your other son...from the future..."

"If this is a joke. You're gonna have to try harder because I'm not laughing." Gold replied slyly.

"Don't play any games, crocodile. Have you seen him?" Killian raised his voice.

The little girl walked towards him and said, "Dad, I'll do the talking."

"Hi. I uh- my name is Lily. I came from the future too following your son. His name is Alex. He looks just like you. The problem is that he's here to hurt my parents and if you could help us you know convince him not to that would be helpful." She talked slowly and gentle.

"But how could-?"

"If you haven't seen him we should be out looking for him. Look, if he comes here just let us know. Please." Emma interrupted.

"Fair enough" Gold agreed. He watched the family walk out the door.

He shook his head. What was that about?

Suddenly a figure stood up from behind the counter.

"Hello father." A boy, about 14 years old stood tall looking straight at him.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"You know who I am. I'm your son, Alex. Look at the resemblance. I'm just here to help you."

Gold stared at the boy who looked almost exactly like him when he was young.

"That girl. Lily. She said you were here to hurt her parents."

"I have no idea how Lily came here. She must have jumped after me in my portal. And yes it's true."

"Why?"

"In the future, you give up all your power and it's because of them. I'm here to help you keep your power so that you never have to give it away."

"Really? You think you can do that?" Gold was intrigued.

"I know I can, father."

"But why would you want me to keep my powers. Belle has pointed so many ways that power made me a monster and perhaps I still am."

"You're already losing hope to keep your powers!" Alex yelled.

"I know Mother did say that, but now that I'm here you can keep all of your power and love her. You can have it all. I need you to keep your powers. I had to grow up developing these powers on my own. What you taught me was limited. You could never truly show me because you could not practice it yourself. I felt alone all of my early childhood and it's all because of Killian and Emma. If they hadn't stopped you and shown you that powers mean nothing against love then I would have a father to be there and teach me magic like he rightfully should. But now that shall all be fixed."

Gold listening carefully to his son. Could he be right? Could he really have power and love without trouble? Why not give it a chance?

"What do you have in mind?"

Alex smiled. That's exactly what he wanted to hear.

Stay tuned :)