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David wasn't happy, he still wanted to get underway as soon as possible but he knew that he couldn't. The meeting with the Chief had been productive, yes they now had a clear plan and a safe place to keep the boy but David didn't want Hook going with them and not because he didn't want his help he just didn't want his Brother being hurt again and this mission was going to be dangerous.

He was currently trailing behind Hook and Robin as the archer led the Pirate to the lake, Robin had told them that it was minutes away and it would seem that he was right as Robin suddenly stopped and held out his hand in front of him.

David looked beyond the archer but he was confused "What? Why did we stop?"

"Look again David, the lake is right in front of you" Robin chuckled raising his eyebrows

David did just that only this time when he looked there was a large lake before him "Whoa... that is..."

"Beautiful" Hook finished eyes going wide in wonder but then he gave a frown "How did I never see this before?"

"The tribe have some kind of spell over it I think. I swear I walked straight over this area hundreds of times before I knew it was here and it just looked like grass land to me" Robin replied with a shrug "Don't question it, just enjoy it"

Hook gave a huge grin "I plan to Mate"

David threw his arm out effectively stopping Hook as he was just about to strip out of his clothes "Just wait a second will you" he turned back to Robin "There's nothing lurking in there is there? No Mermaids, no giant squids or any other creature that would enjoy chewing our butts?"

Robin laughed "No, you are safe in there. I myself have swam in these waters many times along with Roland, I would not put him in danger and I wouldn't put you in danger either"

"Good enough for me" Hook said with a nod and promptly threw off his clothes before wading into the water and disappearing under the surface

David gave a sigh and shook his head with a chuckle "I swear he is part fish, him and Junior seem so at home in the water"

"Wooooooooooooo" Hook yelled as he resurfaced "It is a might chilly"

"It's full of snow melt you idiot, what do you expect?" David yelled back but Hook didn't seem to care he just set off out across the lake

David couldn't help but smile, it was good to see him doing much better even if he was currently ruining David's handy pink stitch work. His wounds had healed rapidly after Lark had administered his ointment and in all honesty the stitches could probably come out... maybe he'd do that later.

"You can find your own way back?" Robin asked before backing away "I need to get back to Roland"

"Yeah, it's not far, thanks Robin. This is great." David replied with a smile

"No problem" Robin said with a smile of his own "Just don't let him overdo it, he may regret it later"

"I won't" David chuckled "I think I may join him being honest, it does look quite good"

"Well enjoy" Robin gave a slight bow before turning and heading back into the trees

David stripped his clothes too and headed into the water "Jeeze... You weren't kidding when you said it was cold"

"That will be all the snow melt" Hook grinned as he swam over

"Yeah, very funny wise guy" David smiled back "But it is freezing. How about we just have a swim to the far end then head back?"

"If you are looking for a race I feel you may have the advantage here" Hook replied tipping himself into a dead man's float

"No racing, just a swim. Come on" With that he struck off at a slow pace so that Hook could keep up

"If this place wasn't so damned dangerous it would be a magnificent place to stay" Hook mused as he swam by David's side

David had to agree but it wasn't home "Give me Storybrooke any day"

"Not the Enchanted Forest?"

"Nah, I've got too used to modern living. The thought of being without electricity and running water again kinda made the decision for me" David replied with a laugh

"Aye, I love the Jolly with a ll my heart but I have to say, that shower is a wonder to behold" Hook laughed back

They reached the other side in about five minutes and David gave Hook a concerned look "You want to get out for ten minutes? Maybe warm up a little"

"If you wanted to see my body you just needed to ask" Hook laughed but started towards shore anyway

"Please" David scoffed "I've seen enough of your naked ass to last me a life time"

They lay on the sand and David could tell that Hook was tired, he was breathing heavily and clutching his ribs lightly but David held his tongue, he had to trust that if it was too much Hook would say, he usually did.

"Do not let me fall asleep here" Hook said turning with a HUGE grin on his face "There are parts of a man's body that should NEVER get burnt by the sun!"

David laughed and shook his head again "You are an idiot..."

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Emma woke to find the bed next to her empty and when she looked at the clock she almost jumped from the bed when she saw it was nearly eleven o'clock. Why hadn't her Mom woken her up? She quickly dressed, dragged a comb through her hair before tying it into a pony tail then brushed her teeth. She looked at herself in the mirror and saw her answer. Her Mom had left her because she had tossed and turned half the night and looked like crap.

She gave a heavy sigh "You better send back a message soon guys otherwise I'll not only need to dress up for Halloween, I'll just look like a zombie full time"

She headed to the galley expecting to find her Mom there but all she found was a note "Gone into town with Junior and Neal, will bring back lunch, won't be long"

Lunch sounded good but she still needed something so she grabbed a banana and headed up on deck to wait for them up there, they could eat lunch in the sunshine. Emma was just pushing the door open to step out when it pulled away from her and Regina stood in front of her.

"Hey, what you doing here?" Emma said in a light tone "I'm just gonna sit up top, you want to join me?"

"Sure" Regina agreed with a smile "I heard the news that they are fine, you want to talk to me about it? How is Junior? And Henry? They must be so relieved"

They settled on the seats up on the quarter deck "Junior and Henry are fine, me and Mom on the other hand are like, having a nervous breakdown. We recorded a message on Hook's cell and sent it back in a waterproof tub... now we're just waiting on a reply. It's torture. I mean, I know Ariel said that they were OK but I want to see them with my own eyes... Hook got a cross bow bolt through his shoulder for God sake, he was bad enough before without that adding to his issues"

"He will be just fine Swan" Regina soothed "David will see to it"

"I hope so" Emma sighed in return settling back into her chair "Anyway, can we talk about something else? I'm not sure my stomach can take much more"

"OK" Regina said sitting up straighter "How is Junior doing?"

"Better than I expected being honest" Emma suddenly laughed and pointed up "I found him up there yesterday morning, I hate to think what he's gonna be like when he doesn't need his crutches anymore"

Regina looked up at the crows nest and her eyebrows raised high on her head "He was up THERE?!"

Emma nodded and laughed "I tell you, he has no fear"

"I can see" Regina laughed back "But it's good to see."

"Yeah, it is" Emma agreed with a smile, she literally JUST opened her mouth to speak again when the boy in question yelled from the gang plank

"GINA, YOU CAME TO VISIT"

He whizzed across the deck coming to a stop right by Regina's side, he lent his crutches against the table then held up his arms to be lifted, Regina obliged and he hugged her tightly before settling on her lap.

"We got a message from Papa and Grandpa" he grinned

"I heard" Regina smiled back and asked "Where's Grandma?"

"She is coming" he said pointing to the gangplank

Emma jumped up and headed over to help as Mary-Margaret came into view carrying Neal on her hip and several bags from Granny's in her other hand.

"Let me help" Emma said taking the food

"Thanks" Mary-Margaret replied blowing the hair from her eyes "My, it's warm"

They headed back to the table where Junior was babbling excitedly. It would seem that Mary-Margaret had known that Regina was coming because when Emma pulled out the food it was to find lunch for Regina too. She looked at her Mom who just smiled then looked towards Regina with a knowing smile, yeah, her Mom was right, Junior had missed her.

"Would you like some of my onion rings Gina?" Junior asked when he realized that she didn't have any while still sitting on her knee

"Why, I do believe I would" Regina said with a wide smile "That would be just lovely, thank you"

"We are sharing Momma, Gina is having some of my onion rings"

"That's great kid" Emma replied sitting down and smiling "Why don't you sit on the chair? That way Gina can eat her lunch better"

Junior instantly started to move but Regina tugged him back "We are fine just the way we are Swan, We can share better this way"

Junior grinned widely and actually lent into Regina's front as he started to eat, this Kid was just too easy to love and it would seem that he had captured the heart of the former Evil Queen, who would have thought? Regina had changed so much in the last couple of years, she was almost unrecognisable.

Emma suddenly had an idea.

"You want to join us this afternoon? I thought that we could head to the park then swing by the school at finishing time, you know, meet up with Henry"

"That sounds lovely" Regina said with a gentle smile then she turned to Junior and added "And maybe we can stop by Archie's and see if Pongo would like to join us, I know how much you like spending time with him"

Junior gave a huge gasp "PONGO, yes please Gina, I love Pongo"

And that was it, it was decided.

So after everyone had finished eating and everything was cleared up they all headed off towards Archie's offices to ask is Pongo could come out to play.

"Sure thing" Archie cried out in joy "Pongo, do you want to go to the park with Junior?"

Pongo gave one bark and wagged his tail furiously

"He said yes, he said yes" Junior cried out practically jumping up and down on the spot

"That he did" Archie agreed with a chuckle "Let me just get his leash and he will be ready to go"

Ten minutes later they were heading into the park, Junior held Pongo's leash as he hobbled along on his crutches.

"Do you want me to throw the ball for you boy?" Pongo gave another bark causing Junior to turn to Emma "May I have the ball Momma?"

"Sure Kid"

Junior took off across the grass with Pongo now off leash bouncing by his side as Emma, Mary-Margaret and Regina settled on a bench.

"It's good to see him so happy" Regina chuckled as Junior threw the ball and Pongo took off after it

"He's been like a tightly wound spring since we sent that video to David and Hook" Mary-Margaret sighed "I just hope that their message gets here soon. I don't think I can wait much longer, I barely slept a wink last night"

And they were back on the subject that Emma had been trying to avoid but Regina saved the day when she suddenly steered the conversation away again.

"Oh, I meant to say earlier" she gasped giving Emma a knowing look then talking to Mary-Margaret "You thought about piano lessons for Junior, right?"

"Yes" Mary-Margaret nodded with a little frown

"Well I may have found the perfect piano for him to practice on"

"Yeah?" Emma asked "Where?"

"My house" Regina gave the biggest grin Emma had ever seen her give "I may or may not have bought it for him"

"REGINA!" Emma burst out with a laugh "You need to stop"

"Why?" she asked indignantly "I have money, he needed a piano and I could give it to him. Swan if I can make him happy I will, please don't ask me not to do that."

Emma gave an understanding smile "Thank you, I mean it. Thank you. You are so good to him"

"That's because he deserves it." Regina said looking across the park at the Kid as he squealed when Pongo suddenly licked his face

They sat watching him play for a while but eventually he hobbled his way over with a slight frown on his face.

"Your leg hurting?" Emma asked scooping him up into her lap letting his crutches fall to the ground.

"A little but not much" he replied but gave her a smile "May I have a drink though, all this playing is thirsty work"

Mary-Margaret dug in her bag and pulled out a bottle of water and handed it over before pulling out a bowl and another bottle.

"Come on Pongo, do you want a drink too?"

The dog wagged his tail happily as he drank from the bowl and Junior giggled "He was thirsty too Grandma"

They were all laughing when suddenly Pongo took off over the grass again but this time he was barking furiously, he stooped at the foot of a nearby tree and continued to bark.

"Must be a squirrel" Mary-Margaret chuckled

"I am going to see" Junior yelled and struggled down from Emma's knee, he grabbed his crutches and was off again.

"God he can move" Emma laughed as she watched but the laugh died in a second when Pongo turned and was suddenly biting hold of Junior's sleeve, trying to drag him away "What the hell?"

Emma was running in an instant and her pace only increased when Pongo gave a particularly hard tug and Junior fell to the ground in a heap. He was crying by the time Emma reached him but Pongo was still trying to pull him away.

"PONGO" Emma screamed "Leave him, I've got him. What is it boy? What's wrong?"

Pongo took off back towards the tree and Regina followed him squinting up into the branches but whatever it was was obviously gone as the dog only gave a whimper before running back over to Junior who was now being cradled in Emma's arms as she knelt on the ground. Pongo placed his chin on Junior's shoulder and whined.

"He's OK Pongo, he's OK" she hugged Junior in tighter as he cried into her neck "What did you see huh?"

"It was a monster" Junior sobbed pulling himself back "I saw it's red eyes Momma, it was hiding in the tree"

"Well it's gone now" Emma soothed pulling him back in "You're OK, Pongo scared it away"

She felt him give a little nod and he sniffed before pulling back and looking up at her "May we leave? I do not want to stay here"

She nodded "Come on then, it's nearly time to pick up Henry anyway . We can maybe just stop at the library on the way and choose a new book to read seeing as you have practically devoured all of yours, would you like that?"

He just gave a little nod.

Emma set him down on his feet again expecting him to ask for his crutches once she was standing but he was suddenly clinging to her legs burying his face against her thigh.

"I am frightened Momma" he whispered when she bent down

Emma gave her Mom a worried look before hoisting the Kid up into her arms "It's alright, Momma's got you. Grandma will get your crutches"

"I'll get them" Regina said in a low tone "Mary-Margaret has the baby to carry"

They headed out of the park but no matter what Emma said or did Junior just clung to her and in the end she gave in, figuring he'd come round when he was ready. Emma wondered what it could have been in the tree, maybe an owl? Whatever it was had scared the life out of the kid and she was determined to cheer him up so when they walked into the library a few minutes later she gave him a little tickle.

"Right Kid, there are no monsters in here so why don't you go find a book?"

He gave a little sigh as he sat back and looked around. The lure of the books must have been to much to resist because he gave a little frown then nodded.

"I will be brave Momma, may Pongo come with me?"

"Of course he can" she replied and Mary-Margaret handed him the leash.

He gave a little smile and started off across the floor "You will keep me safe Pongo, that monster was scary so thank you for chasing it away, you will warn me if you see it again will you not?"

Pongo gave a single bark making the Kid smile.

Emma turned to Regina "Did you see anything in that tree?"

She shrugged "Not a thing. He's been through a lot Emma, it was probably nothing"

"Hmmmmm, maybe" Emma sighed and looked back to the kid who was now rifling through the shelves pulling out books randomly, he looked calm and relaxed but something was still niggling at Emma, had he really seen something?

"May I have this one Momma?" Junior called out

"What you found?" she asked walking over

"The Hobbit" he replied holding it up "Look, there is a Dragon on the front"

"If you want that one that's a great choice" Emma said taking the book "I'll just go check it out, Belle showed me how to do it before"

She headed across to the computer but when she turned around it was to find that Junior had trailed after her and as she stood typing on the keyboard he once again cuddled into her leg... maybe there really was more to this "monster", the kid was really shaken. She made a mental note to talk to him about it later, she didn't want to do it right then. She'd give him a bit of time to feel better and she knew just the thing that would do that.

"Right Kid, you ready to go get Henry?"

"Aye" he said standing up straight and grinning.

Yeah, Henry always made people feel better... he was just the best.