The Song of Darkness

A Pirates Life

KILLIAN JONES

Layla looks down at her clothes. She's in rags. I'll need to get her clothes then figure out what the bloody hell happened. She hugs me and I pick her up. Everyone from Storybrooke is here. Regina certainly looks evil.

"What the hell happened?" I ask.

"We're home." Regina says.

Emma's parents look absolutely frantic. "Regina..."

"What?"

"Emma and Henry aren't here."

"What. They were here. I saw them. They must just be somewhere else."

Snow and David exchange looks. "Emma said before that she wouldn't go back and she was going back to Boston."

"Henry must have gone with her." She falls to the ground. "He didn't want to be with me." Layla wiggles down and hugs Regina. Regina hugs her back.

"I think he just didn't know he wouldn't see you again. He loves you a lot."

Regina holds her close. "Thank you sweetie." I go find clothes for Layla. I find her a cute little dress and go have her get changed. She goes back to hugging Regina.

"We need to find a way back."

"Thank you captain guyliner for the obvious statement."

"I also may have a way back."

"How."

"I know a guy."

She rolls her eyes. "Who."

"We'll have to travel."

"Just tell me where to go." She says angrily.

"Locksly." She uses her magic and poofs us there. I go into the woods. "Robin!"

Regina's carrying Layla. "Killian?" Robin walks out.

"Aye. We need some help."

He lowers his bow and nods, leading us to his camp. I see Layla hold onto Regina tighter. "It's okay honey." She whispers. Regina sits with Layla in her lap.

"So what is it you need help with?"

"We need to get back to a different land. I was wondering if you had a magic bean or something."

He sighs. "I'm afraid not."

Regina scoffs. "This was your big plan! Seriously?"

"Now, your majesty, I didn't say I couldn't get one. I simply just said I don't have one."

"Where would you get one?"

"I don't know." Regina puts Layla down and walks away. Snow and I follow her.

Snow holds her dress and runs after her. "Regina!"

"What Snow! What could you possibly want!"

"I want to get back to Henry and Emma just as much as you. But getting mad isn't going to help."

Regina turns around and walks closer to us. "Don't you understand? Henry is the only thing I have. You have David. Hook you have Layla. My heart is empty. The only person I love is gone and there is no way to get back to him as far as anyone can see. So forgive me for getting frustrated." She takes out her heart. Layla starts crying and holds onto me.

I kiss her head. "Regina! You're scaring her!" Layla covers her ears and runs away.

"I got her Hook." Snow chases after her.

"Regina. Put your heart back."

"Take it. Hold onto it. I don't want the pain it causes."

"That pain is whats gonna get you back to your son."

She shakes her head and puts it in my hand. A creature swoops down from the sky and knocks it right out of my hand. Regina falls to the ground. I knock the creature with my sword and get it to go away. I put her heart back in her body. I hear a scream. Regina poofs Layla and Snow to us. A little boy comes running with a monkey chasing him. Another one swoops down. Regina turns them both into toys.

She hands one to Layla and the other to the boy. Oh that's Robins boy. I kneel down and kiss Laylas head. "Are you alright little love?" She nods and hugs me.

The boy goes to Regina. "It's just a toy now honey. All good."

"Thank you." He's holding his arm.

Regina moves his hand and heals him. "Let's get you kids back to the camp." She picks the boy up and we walk back.

I hug Layla. "You stay here with Robin and Ruby. You know Ruby, and look she has Victoria. Go play honey." She shakes her head and holds me tighter. "Love I have to go figure out what those things were."

Regina comes up behind me. "Stay behind. We'll go to my castle and figure it out using the magic I have there."

"Be careful." She rolls her eyes at me and takes Snow and David. Someone taps on my shoulder. Lottie. Layla cries and hugs me tighter. "Robin do you have somewhere we can lock her up at?"

"Yeah." Lottie points to her throat.

"You still can't talk, I know." She gives me a look. Robin gets her all tied up. "Little love it's ok. She can't hurt you. She can't even talk."

Layla nods. Everything is going to shit. If Emma were here this wouldn't be happening.