I'm so sorry about the major delay in my story! I had a hard time continuing the story once I watched the first half of the season. I couldn't write Elsa as the "bad" guy when they made her so great in the show. I'll try and get the rest of the story out to you within the next 2-3 weeks. One of my goals for this year is to write more. I really love it, and all of you who have favorited and reviewed my little story. You guys are amazing.

As always, I do not own the characters at all.

"Once Upon a Time, there was a pirate who could cross realms with his ship. On one such expedition, he came across a strange icy land called Arendale. The pirate and his crew did not much care for the weather in this icy land, but alas, they had to replenish their supplies."

"I know you are the pirate in the story Killian. You can tell me in first person," interrupted Emma.

"Of course Love. As I was saying...We did not like the weather in Arendale. The water would freeze even though it was moving, and that caused us all kinds of trouble. We had just come from Neverland, and as you know, it is very warm there. The drastic change in weather was quite alarming as you can imagine. The crew was eager to replenish and leave, but I wanted to learn more about this place, so I asked around. I heard the townspeople talk of Queen Elsa and her sister Princess Ana. People said that Elsa had great power, she could control ice and snow, make it bend to her will. That was very interesting to me as I was still looking for a way to get my revenge on the Crocodile. I thought that possibly freezing him would be enough for me since killing him wasn't an option anymore."

"I found my way into their castle a few days after we docked. I had an audience with the 2 sisters. They were decidedly less formal in Arendale than in the Enchanted Forest, and held court every day. At the time, I thought it was foolishness, but now I can see it was because they really cared about Arendale, which makes what happened even worse. Swan, please remember that I am not that man anymore...There are some things that I've done, things that haunt me now and will continue to haunt me..."

"We all have a past Killian, it won't change how I feel about you now. I..." Emma started.

"I tricked her people into forcing her out of Arendale! I learned all that I could about her and her past. Apparently there had been a problem when she was younger, she froze the whole town, the ocean even. I planted seeds of doubt that she had her powers under control everywhere that I went, while I was telling her my story in court. I knew nothing about her powers, I just wanted her to freeze my crocodile. The people started to worry and whisper. Some brave souls even went to Elsa herself and asked her if she was in control. The queen did not take their doubt in her very well, as I knew she wouldn't since she was so insecure to begin with. She rescinded her title and gave it over to Ana. Her sister though, was adamant that she find out where the rumors came from," he paused.

"She traced them back to me after I had offered Elsa an escape to a land without magic. Obviously she was more than a bit upset with me, and since she was also upset about being ousted by her people as well she kind of lost control. She froze the land again and everyone in it, including her sister Ana. The Jolly Roger almost didn't make it. One of my crew was fortunate enough to come across a magic bean in the marketplace. If it wasn't for that, we would have been frozen as well. And that is why Elsa came after me. I pretended to be her friend, I used her and I helped push her over the edge all because of my vendetta."

Emma looked at him, and for once he couldn't tell what she was thinking. She was anything but an open book at that moment. He was expecting her to move away from him, to tell him to stay away from her. Yes, she had said we all have a past, but his was a bit dirtier than most. He was surprised when she hugged him closer, kissed his cheek and rested her head on his chest.

"Thank you for telling me. I know that can't have been easy. I know you aren't that man anymore. None of us have a perfect past Killian. We have all made mistakes, done things that we wouldn't do in the present. I do see why she went after you though. Do you know why she went after Gold?"

"She went after Rumplestilskin?" he asked.

"Yes, she had frozen him in a block of ice. He couldn't magic himself out or use any magic to get out of it. Speaking of which, why were you over there instead of picking me up for our date?"

"Hmm...I don't know anything about Rumplestilskin's magic. As for my being over there.." he paused as Emma's phone started ringing.

"Hey mom," Emma started.

He watched her face turn pink at whatever Snow White had said to her. He found he liked watching the flush spread from her cheeks. He just watched her, not really listening to the conversation she was having with her mother.

"My parents are glad you're ok," she whispered. "They're going to let everyone else know, which really helps the plan even more actually. Once Leroy knows something, everyone else knows within an hour. Now though, we need to sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a very long day."

"I think I've had quite enough sleep for a while, but you sleep Love," he said. "I'm going to just lay here and enjoy your presence, if that's alright with you. If I get tired, I'll sleep."

Emma nodded at him, and placed her head back on his chest. He ran his fingers through her hair as her breathing evened out and she fell asleep. He lay there watching her for a while. He was amazed that this beautiful woman was here with him, even after what he had told her about ruining Elsa's life.

"I don't know what I did in my miserable life that makes me deserve your presence, but I am so glad my love that the fates decided we should meet and that I was able to win you over. You changed me for the better Swan, and there are not words enough to express what it means to me, to be the man I once was again. The man that Liam was proud of. I just..." he whispered into the dark.

"I love you too Killian. Now, go to sleep," she whispered as she grinned at him.

Knowing better than to argue with her, he closed his eyes and relaxed into her warmth.

Again, thank you for follows and reviews. I really will finish this up soon. The plan is that I will finish up the next chapter this weekend before going back to work.

I hope everyone had a great Holiday Season.