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"What the hell just happened?" Regina cried out grabbing the mirror and giving it a shake
"It broke" Emma gasped out in disbelief
"I don't mean the mirror Swan I meant what the hell was that noise?"
"I presume it was another tremor" Emma replied in a very monotone voice... she couldn't believe it, after everything, after all the built up hope she might just lose both her Dad and her Pirate and now they wouldn't even know when it had happened. She looked up at Regina with tears in her eyes to see the former Evil Queen just standing with her arms hanging loosely her her side.
"Regina, what are you thinking?"
Regina's eyes moved to Emma but the words that came surprised her as her friend narrowed her eyes and yelled "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT SWAN"
"My fault?" Emma cried out in surprise getting back to her feet
"Yes... you and that Pirate of yours and I'm not talking about Marian before you start yapping on about that. No this is much worst. You brought me hope. You made me believe that I deserved to be happy. Well now karma has played it's trump card Savior and this time you lose too so congratulations Swan, your meddling has finally come back and bit your own ass"
Emma stood in total shock, she blinked back tears but soon her anger broke free too "FINE, blame me Regina, blame me all you like but just remember this... I was not the one to start this. This town wouldn't have needed me if it wasn't for you. Marian wouldn't have needed me to save her if it wasn't for you."
Regina's eye flared in anger, she stepped forward and snarled "And Henry would not have needed me if it wasn't for you"
Emma's breath whooshed out of her as the words hit her straight in the gut and her eyes went wide in shock. Regina seemed to instantly realize what she had said and clamped her mouth shut looking horrified but the damage was done. Tears fell down Emma's face as she looked at the woman standing in front of her, the one she had called her friend... no her family.
"Swan..." Regina started stepping forward but Emma stepped back and held up her hand stopping her.
"Don't" was all Emma said stepping around Regina. She headed to the doorway but she paused knowing that Regina had spoken in anger "I'm gonna let that one slide Regina but I suggest for the moment you go home. I can't even look at you right now. You know what I went through and how it made me feel... I thought you of all people understood."
"I do" Regina cried out after her as she started to walk away "I'm sorry Emma... I don't know why I said it."
But Emma didn't look back, she just stepped out into the corridor and headed up to the deck fighting back more tears. Junior and Henry ran to her when she climbed back up the stairs to he quarterdeck and as much as she thought she had prepared herself not to cry, her own pain at the loss of the mirror and the harsh words that had just come out of Regina's mouth had her falling to her knees and hugging the life out of her kids.
"What's wrong Emma?" Mary-Margaret asked throwing her arms around them all
Emma sucked in a breath "Nothing, just ignore me, I'm just being stupid. It's nothing I promise" she pulled back and tried to smile knowing that she was scaring Junior, he had already been freaked out and she was just adding to that.
"Something's happened" Mary-Margaret said "Talk to me, you're scaring us"
"Sorry" Emma muttered before looking right at Junior "OK kid, Grandpa and Papa are just fine I promise, I spoke to Papa and he said that the teepee had fallen on them, that's what happened when you were talking to Grandpa. I'm crying because when I was talking to Papa the mirror in Neverland accidentally got smashed but it's not a disaster right? I mean we can get another one"
"We can ask Mr Gold" Junior said wiping the tears from his eyes with P.B.'s arm "He might have one in his shop"
"That is a great idea Kid" Emma smiled bringing her finger to tap his nose "What do you say we go ask him now? Then we can call Ariel or her Sister, I'm sure they would help us again"
Junior gave a little nod " I like Ariel and her sister, they are cool"
"Great, so we have a plan" Emma smiled standing back up
Emma caught a glimpse of Regina heading down the gangplank as she straightened up but she turned away quickly when the mayor turned to look back up at them, Emma couldn't look at her right now, she didn't trust herself not to cry again.
"Where is Gina going?" Junior asked pointing to the dock
"She had to go Kid... she remembered that she had a thing"
Junior seemed satisfied so she ruffled his hair "Go wash your face before we go kid, I'm just gonna call Ruby and tell her we'll be gone for about half an hour or so THEN we are eating that picnic, right?"
"Right" Junior cried back giving her a smile
He hobbled off towards the steps before turning back to Henry "Are you coming Henry?"
"Yeah, I'll catch you up" Junior just nodded and headed down the steps but Henry looked back at Emma.
"We'll get to speak to them again soon Mom, don't worry" he lent in and hugged her around the middle before stepping back and heading after his Brother leaving Emma fighting back tears again as Regina's word rang in her head... she had left her Son all those years ago but the thought of doing that now took Emma's breath away, a life without Henry was no life at all.
The minute Henry was out of sight Mary-Margaret stepped forward and pulled Emma into her arms hugging her tightly. Emma wept openly as her Mom hushed her rubbing a soothing hand up and down her back.
"It's OK" she whispered not knowing the real reason for Emma's tears "It will all be OK, a mirror can be replaced, it's OK"
But for first time ever Emma wasn't sure her Mom was right and as much as she wanted too she just couldn't bring herself to take away Snow White's hope so she just hugged her back and nodded deciding to not tell her about Neverland... not just yet.
"I know Mom... I told you, I'm just being stupid" she forced out a chuckle "Just ignore me"
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Killian couldn't quite believe what he had just heard. He had initially pretended to be asleep mainly because he was just too tired to do anything else but as David and Lark discussed the prophecy he had found himself stunned into silence and now that Lark had moved off and David was sleeping Killian just lay starring up at the roof of the teepee as darkness fell.
He felt awful, he was too hot and the nausea was back. Several times he had found himself gulping against the sensation unwilling to put his ribs through another bout of sickness.
He let out a long sigh... he wasn't a savior... that was Swan's title, definitely not a title for a lowly Pirate of no consequence. Maybe it would be something that Emma would do that would get them home and the tribe would just believe that he had saved them? Perhaps she would find a way to make that flower bloom early or perhaps they would find another bean.
Killian mused that point... if only it were that simple. If they had another bean they could be home by midnight, no more wretched island and he could see his boy head off to school for the very first time.
"You look troubled Apenimon" Tala suddenly whispered by his side
He didn't even have the will to correct his name, he just turned his head slightly to look at her and gave her a smile "I was thinking of my boy... I just miss him"
"As I do with Tiger Lily but worry not, we shall see them soon enough, the time is nearly upon us"
Killian looked back up at the roof with a groan "You all expect me to save the day... what if I cannot? What if your prophecy is wrong?"
"Then we will surely all die" Tala laughed making Killian look at her again
"That is not to be laughed at" he growled "I need to get home"
"Well stop lying there feeling sorry for yourself and get off your behind and do it Apenimon. YOU know the way not I so save us... save us all"
"Just wait a bloody minute" Killian cried out suddenly"I don't know a damned thing. I have no way to get back. For that we either need the flower or a bean and I have neither"
Tala just raised an eyebrow and simply said "If you say so but look deep within Apenimon... you have seen the way"
Killian opened his mouth to answer as he came up on his elbow, why did everyone keep telling him that he knew the answer when he didn't?
"What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean? "Look within", I'm sick and tired of "Looking Within", there's nothing there damn it"
"That is because you are concentrating on the negatives not the positives. I can help you, would you like that?"
Killian flopped back down with another sigh "If it shuts you up I say I am all for it"
There was silence by his side and when he peeked open his eye it was to see Tala giving him a look of utter shock and he instantly recoiled.
"I am sorry Tala... I am just so tired of this whole thing, I just want to go home"
"As do we all" Tala said walking forward to his side "But we do better not taking our anger out on others"
He gave a nod and another apology then watched her as she laid a hand on his stomach then brought her other one up to his head "Remember, focus on the positives. See what you need to see... do not focus on the boy"
Killian opened his mouth suddenly realizing that she was about to release Devin... he wasn't sure he was ready for that just yet but he was too late and in an instant he was in the clearing with the boy standing in front of him.
"What do you want now?" Devin sighed "Must we go over this again and again?"
Killian blinked in shock... this was new... Devin was normally the one in charge but now he seemed to be the one here against his will.
"I did not do this but now that we are both here perhaps you can shed some light on the question of home. Do you know how to get back?"
He watched as Devin smirked and looked up at him "Of course I do you idiot"
"You do?" Killian burst out in surprise
"You are not very bright are you Captain?" Devin laughed walking over to the log and sitting down heavily "Tell me Hook, how did this whole thing start?"
"With you beating Henry" Killian growled
"Not then" Devin rolled his eyes "This time, what changed that made the Dark One free me?"
"The gem stones" Killian mused finding himself sitting next to the boy without concern "What of them"
"Think about it" Devin smirked "What could they do when reconnected?"
"Duplicate things" Killian replied as a little niggle bit into his brain. Suddenly his head swivelled to look Devin straight in the eye and whispered "You were wearing that jacket when the Crocodile duplicated you... the bean... the bean was in the pocket."
Devin just smirk and raised his hands giving a slow clap "And there we have it... you better just pray that the jacket that is here is the one with the bean in it!"
Killian lurched from sleep sitting upright in the bed. His eyes looked around frantically and in an instant Tala was at his side.
"What is it Apenimon?" she asked in concern "Did you have a bad dream?"
"What?!" he gasped out trying to hold on to his ribs with his sore hand "What did you do to me?"
She frowned deeply and gave him a very puzzled look "I did nothing, I have been tending to the boy. What is wrong?"
"Nothing" Killian suddenly beamed before reaching out and pulling her in to drop a kiss on her cheek "Absolutely nothing is wrong. You helped me see clearly Tala... Thank you"
She gave a startled cry and then giggled bringing her hand to her cheek "I think that your fever is playing tricks on your mind Apenimon"
"If you say so but I think you will find that my fever has gone" he replied with a knowing smile as she raised her hand to his forehead and gave a frown as he carried on "I know what you did even if you are unwilling to admit it Tala"
She just smiled and nodded her head "If you believe it to be true who am I to argue?"
Killian smiled at her again before throwing back his blanket, he pulled himself to his still quite wobbly legs and hobbled the three paces to David's bed. He slapped his hand down on his Brother's chest eliciting an "Oomph" from the man who lurched from sleep in an instant.
"Hook? What the hell?"
"Are you ready to go home Brother?" Killian laughed
"What?" David asked coming up onto his elbow with a look of shock on his face "How?"
"With a bean of course" Killian grinned back.
"What? I don't... what the hell are you talking about Hook?"
"Devin" Killian replied hobbling back to his bed and sitting down to pull his shoes on "When the Crocodile duplicated him back in Storybrooke, the boy already had the bean in his pocket... in turn duplicating that too. We have a fifty fifty chance of that bean being here and as luck would have it you brought his jacket back to Tink's cave so we just need to go and see if it's there... if it's not then it's in Storybrooke and I am damned sure that the Mermaid would be able to bring it to us... David we are going home"
David's face changed from one of confusion to one of absolute joy in an instant "Of course... Hook, I could kiss you right now"
Killian chuckled "Save it until we are home, I would very much like to see Swan punch you in the face"
They both laughed as they prepared to go and ten minutes later when they pushed through the teepee entrance out into the darkness with a band of braves even the Shadow Man himself could not have taken away their joy.
Yes, they were heading into the darkness of the Neverland Jungle but they knew that it would be for the last time. They clutched their torches and both men were now limping so badly that their party had to keep stopping but they laughed harder than they had in a long time. The group of braves sang songs so loudly that no Neverbeast would dare to attack and in what felt like no time at all they were standing at the entrance to Tink's cave.
"Are you ready?" David asked as they stood side by side at the opening
Killian's heart was thundering in his chest. He was tired and sore but felt so happy that if there had been even a single grain of fairy dust left on the island he was sure that he could flown back to Storybrooke.
He pulled in a breath then grinned looking back at David "I am"
"Well after you then Savior" David chuckled motioning for Killian to go first
"That is one name I could get used to" Killian laughed as he started to move "It is certainly an improvement on Peg Leg"
"Yeah well maybe I'm feeling sympathetic right now, I'm not exactly what you call nimble on my feet either at the minute"
Killian chuckled but as he headed down the narrow passageway his smile fell as the anticipation grew. He finally made it back into the small space where he and David had stayed for their first few days back on the island and stopped by the bed pulling in a huge breath. He looked around the floor until his eyes fell on the disguarded jacket and he set off hobbling over to yank it up into his hand. It was awkward as hell without his hook and with his now very sore hand but he was not about to be stopped. He dug into the pocket and the minute his fingers touched the smooth surface of the bean inside his head snapped up and he grinned at David. He pulled it out letting the jacket fall to the floor and held it up between his fingers for his Brother to see.
"We are going home David" he suddenly cried out through tears as the emotion hit him
David grinned back before striding over and throwing his arms around Killian and pulling him into a hug "You did it... it took you long enough but you really did it"
Killian hugged his Brother back as he fought back his tears of sheer happiness but he found himself laughing "You know you could have saved us all of this trouble if you had simply gone through the jacket pockets when you brought it back?"
David laughed "Yeah, fair point but you had a prophecy to fulfil and a whole tribe of people to save, who was I to get in the way of that?" David slapped his hand on Killian's back one last time before pulling away "Let's get back to camp, we have a hell of a lot of people to get through one portal, this is gonna take some co-ordinating."
"That part I shall leave up to you" Killian replied with a groan as he suddenly became aware of his pain again, he was exhausted but happy as he gave a chuckle "Just make it happen as quickly as you can, I wish to get some sleep in my own bed before I accompany my youngest Son to his first day of school"
"Done and done" David grinned back "Come on Pirate, we still need to walk back to camp" Killian gave a playful groan before looking back at David with a smirk but his Brother beat him to the punchline when he raised an eyebrow and laughed "And no, I'm not carrying your ass so don't even ask"