{Emma's POV}
David and Mary Margaret showed up just as Emma had finished explaining things to Belle. As the door opened, Killian's hand clenched tighter around Emma's. She knew he was nervous. "Dad.. Mom.. Hey..." She hugged them tightly before pulling away bluntly. "Let's get started, shall we? You guys can start looking in the front, Killian and I will look in the back."
"Wait, Emma. We may not even have to look for clues. Your mom had a genius idea." David put his arm around Emma grinning at Mary Margaret. "What if we found the sorcerer's hat? No magical object or entity can overpower the hat. We just need to know how to locate it." David claimed beaming at her.
"That might work," Belle claimed, "I think I know where to look. Rumple always hid valuable items in tiny compartments in this shop." Belle walked around and grabbed Rumplestiltskin's dagger, waving it over a part of the ground. A small compartment opened, and the spot where Pandora's box used to be was replaced with a small seashell.
Killian picked it up. "Ursula," he mumbled under his breath.
"What?" Emma asked catching his recognition of the sea witch.
"Nothing. It's not important," he shoved the small shell into his pocket and kept moving. She grabbed his arm.
"Wait, no... you know Ursula?" She asked, wondering what he had been hiding from her. He nodded slightly not wanting to go down that path of past experiences.
"Yes, I know Ursula. I was a pirate, and she was an evil ruler of the sea. We crossed paths briefly. Nothing more," he claimed stubbornly. He turned back to keep searching for spots before she pulled him back to face her.
She turned to him, "Hook, Killian, you know you can tell me anything and it won't change anything between us, right?" She looked for truth in his eyes, but only saw lies.
"I told you Swan, nothing happened, we just crossed paths. That's all I remember." More lies spilled smoothly from his mouth. She looked around at the crowd watching.
"We'll talk about this later," she whispered angrily at him and turned to Belle. "Are there any other compartments?" Emma sighed. This was so much stress, and on top of everything she was already sweating.
"Yes, quite a few actually. I keep finding them to this day, but I haven't seen the hat anywhere. I can try to see if I can open anything more." Belle asked Emma and Mary Margaret to help look for more hiding spots containing the hat.
"Hook and I will head over to Granny's to see how Regina and Robin are coming along." David threw his arm around Killian's shoulder and gently squeezed. Killian's eyes closed for a moment before he agreed to go with David. Emma laughed at the fact that this is what Hook thought would happen. She had hoped that he wouldn't break down and spill about the baby bomb. "Let's go!" David exclaimed patting him on the shoulder.
Killian gave one more frantic look towards Emma's direction before turning to keep walking with her father. Yep... he was dead.
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The Truest Love
Fanfiction-AFTER SEASON 4A- After Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff have left for Arendelle, Captain Swan, Outlaw Queen, and others are faced with the biggest problem they've ever faced. As Emma and Killian look to defeat Rumple and his group of villains, they are fac...
