While In Neverland

Chapter 2

NEAL (BAE)


"So you plan on using my toddler as bait?" Hood wasn't so easy to convince that his son could help him get to Neverland.


"The shadow won't get him. We'll be hiding when he says it and then you and Mulan jump out to protect him. I'll go with the shadow."


Robin Hood rubbed his eyes, "If you weren't doing this for the women you loved, I swear."


"Yeah, I know. Let's just hope I can get my family back together. Thanks, Hood." Relief flooded Neal's lungs. He was finally able to breath again. This was his chance to see Emma again. To help save Henry.


"Back together?" Hood didn't know about Emma not fully loving him back. For all he knew, the man she was holding was her father.


Neal shivered at the thought. "I screwed up with Emma the last time. I won't do it again if she gives me the chance. Thank you, Hood."


He still looked skeptical, but he nodded in reply all the same.


And then his son came in.


***


"I believe," Robin Hood's son spoke towards the large window in Neal's father's house.


Robin Hood, Mulan, and Neal were all hiding. For a moment, nothing happened. And Neal could tell Robin Hood was getting impatient.


"There's nothing happening." Then he stood up, as if to go get his son from out of in front if the window. But then the shadow burst in.


It went straight for the toddler, but Robin Hood got there first. He grabbed his son and held him tight as the shadow tried to pull him away.


Neal and Mulan instantly stood up. They raced towards them from opposites sides of the room -Mulan getting there first.


She sliced at the shadow's hand, cutting off the connection between it and the boy. And then the shadow started to fly away. Neal instantly start running. He ran towards the window and jumped.


His hand caught a hold of something and when he opened his eyes he saw that he was holding the shadow's foot.


He grinned as he looked back down at Mulan, Robin Hood, and his son. They were smiling up at him -clearly happy that it had worked.


"To Neverland," Neal whispered.


EMMA


For some reason Emma felt as though she had to guard herself more than usual. She knew that there was four more people with her, so she was most likely safe, but as she looked down at the map Peter Pan had given her, she couldn't help but think about the night before.


Emma couldn't believe she had let that happen. Ever since Neal, and then Graham, she had tried to been so careful about her emotions. But, it was like she wasn't even in control last night. And of course she loved spending the night in Hook's arms, but she should not have let her guard down like she did.


Oh well. It already happened. Just let your walls come down. Not with everyone, just him. Emma thought this but then she wanted to scream.


How could one man put a falter in the walls she had spent so long building? Just then there was a tap on her shoulder.


She turned to look into the face of Captain Hook. "Hello, love. You alright?"


She hated how he could see right through the walls. Even if... maybe, just maybe... she wanted it.


"Yeah. Just conflicted," Emma tried to say in her most calm voice.


"About what. We go save Henry. We kill if we must."


Emma stopped walking and turned to him. "Why do you want to help me so much?"


Hook looked confused and shocked at the same moment, -like she should've known the answer- but before he could tell her, David walked in between them.


"Anything the matter? Shouldn't we be walking?" He said obviously not wanting them to talk to each other.


"Yeah," Emma said looking down at the map. "Okay, the camp should be, right in front of us. No, wait! Now it's where we came from. But, I was sure we were going the right way."


"Great. Now we've been going the wrong way all because of you," Regina said to Emma.


Emma scowled at her, feeling guilty as it was. But then Hook walked behind her. "No. Not because of Emma. Peter Pan's camp moves. We didn't get there in time."


Emma looked up at the pirate, grateful, and then David said, "And you're just mentioning this now?"


"Sorry," Hook replied.


"Listen, no one is at fault here. We should just hurry before the next camp moves, too." Emma said handing the map to Hook.


"You lead?" Emma asked him. He nodded, "Sure thing, love." Emma smiled at him and then, they were on their way.


HOOK


Hook smiled as Emma followed beside him.


"Aye, Swan, you are curious." He said out of the blue.


Emma looked up from the ground and stared at him, confused. "What do you mean?"


"First you hate me, then you're in love with me. You're a piece of work."


"And you're full of yourself," Emma said looking back to the ground, her face reddening.


"Am I?" Hook raised and eyebrow at her and smirked.


She looked up, saw, and laughed. Hook looked forward again, smiling now.


"You say I am curious, but you are too. I mean, I left you at the beanstalk, you've been quite murderous and forgiving since then, and now it's like..." Emma didn't finish her sentence, but Hook knew what she was planning to say.


"Yeah, I've already told you that I've quite fancied you from time to time. Complicated history we do have, love."


Emma looked over at him. "Is now one of those times?"


Hook smirked at the ground. Maybe she could read him as well. "What if it was?"


Emma shrugged and stopped walking. "Hook and I are going to look for some firewood, while you guys rest."


Hook stopped walking as well. Why stop walking? They needed to find Henry as soon as possible.


Snow nodded while David hesitated. Regina just looked annoyed but she stood still anyway.


"Why the sudden decision to take a break?" Hook followed Emma into the woods and stood close behind her when she stopped walking.


"It's getting super cold. We need to build a fire to gain warmth, and then we can keep moving," Emma turned toward Hook as she spoke -only a few inches of space between them.


"Okay, but you're warmer if you keep moving."


Emma shrugged and then shivered. Hook instantly wrapped her in a hug, letting them share body heat.


"It was just a shiver," Emma said still shivering.


"No, it's not. You're bloody freezing, Emma."


Hook then scooped him up in his arms and started carrying her back to where they left the others.


When they got there, David immediately stood up. "What's wrong," he hissed.


"She's going to get frost bite, that's what. Neverland frost bite. Someone else has to go search for the wood," Hook said sitting down with Emma in his lap.


"Oh, for Pete's sake. I can just use magic," Regina said pointing her finger in the center of all of them -starting a fire.


Then she did the same to Emma, but with a wool blanket. She wrapped it around both Hook and Emma, warming them both.


Soon, Emma started to get back to normal temperature. "Hook," she said weakly. "Yeah?" he said as her parents scowled at him. "Thank you," she said in reply. Hook smiled and said back, "Of course, darling."


Then, Emma fell asleep.


***


Regina was arguing that they should wake Emma up and get going, meanwhile Hook was trying to get everyone's attention.


"Guys, Peter Pan's shadow is flying towards us, along with something or someone attached," he said still holding the sleeping Emma in his arms.


That got everyone's attention. They all looked up and saw that he was right.


When they were passing overhead, the person holding onto the shadow, let go and started falling towards them.


As the person got closer it seemed clearer that he was going to land in the woods. Snow White got out her bow and arrows and stood up.


"I'll go see who that was. You guys stay here," she said. Of course David tried to protest, but she was stubborn.


As for Hook, he held on to Emma tighter.


Then they all heard footsteps walking back. And... laughter? "Guess who I found, David?" Snow said as she came back into the clearing.


Then, following behind, came Neal, or Baelfire. Instantly his eyes set on Emma and the pirate holding her.


NEAL (BAE)


A/N: I was going to end the chapter with Neal coming, but I decided not to. So enjoy!


Neal sees the group of people he saw back at his father's house and instantly let go of the shadow's foot.


Luckily, his lands on hard mud and not a tree that he would have had to ride down. As soon as he hits the ground, Snow White is there.


"Who are you?" She asks him in a commanding voice.


He then turns his face to her and she drops her bow. "Neal?!" Neal groaned in return. She then said, "You're alive? But Emma said..."


Emma's name reminded Neal why he was there in the first place. "Emma. Where is she?" Neal stood up and faced Mary-Margret.


"Back there. I'll take you to her. I'm sure she'll be happy to see you."


"Great. Lead the way," Neal said.


"Neal...? Where'd you go?" Mary asked.


"Long story. I'll tell you when I tell the others," Neal said shifting his weight from foot to foot.


"Okay..." Then Snow White picked up her bow and led the way to the clearing.


As soon as he saw Emma being held in Hook's arm, he froze. He didn't know what to do. He decided to just play it cool and not freak out.


He walked over to Hook and Emma and took a seat next to them. "Is she alright?" He asked Hook the question, and he answered.


"Yeah. We were out getting wood and... I noticed that she was freezing cold. She complained it was just a shiver, but I knew better. I carried her back here where Regina used her magic to summon a fire and a nice wool blanket, which she should've done in the first place."


Regina turned a glare on him, he returned it with a smile.


Neal couldn't help but notice how he didn't say how he realized Emma was "freezing cold." Neal shook the thought and then said, "When everyone thought I was dead, I was back in the Enchanted Forest and Mulan and Sleeping Beauty were saving my life. Then Mulan accomplished me to my father's castle, where I found a crystal-ball-like thing that could show me Emma if I wanted it to. I saw you all last night."


Neal cleared his throat and glanced over at Hook before continuing, "I saw that you were in Neverland. I knew it had to be to save Henry, because when I was captured," he looked at Hook again and noticed that he was looking back at him, "they said something about needing the true believer. Henry must be the true believer. I mean, after how hard he tried to get Emma to believe and to get everyone to believe...?"


"Yeah, well Henry has been captured by Pan and we need to get a move on things, but the star couple over there keeps delaying us." Regina spoke to Neal and as Neal realized what she said, he froze.


"Do you enjoy referring to me as Emma's 'boyfriend' as you called it?" Hook looked at Regina with a smirk on his face -Neal could tell he enjoyed being called that.


"Oh, not really. Now wake her up, please."


"Mhm, fine." The Hook looked down on Emma. He used try back of his hand to feel her head and, luckily, he looked pleased.


"Emma, love. Wake up," Neal's stomach churned as he watched Hook whisper something in Emma's ear to get her to wake up.


She didn't open her eyes but her natural frown turned into a grin. She then turned her head to Hook and opened her eyes. "Think you're funny?" she said to him.


Hook then grinned back, "Oh darling, I've known that I am for quite some time."


"Mhm, sure." Emma said.


"Aye, Swan. ...Emma, there's something you should know." Neal could tell that he had started to tell her about Neal, but she was about to find that out anyway.


She turned away from him and towards the fire, completely ignoring Neal, while saying, "And what's that?"


She then stopped smiling, realizing Neal didn't belong. She turned towards him and her eyes widened. "Neal?"


"Hi, Emma," he said smiling slightly.


"Neal? But you're dead," she said still not smiling.


"I had a little help from Mulan and Sleeping Beauty along the way. Aren't you happy that I'm here?"


Emma seemed to be shaken out of a trance. She smiled slightly, as though not entirely happy and went to hug him.


She got off of Hook's lap and went to him; wrapping her arms around his neck, Neal wrapped his arms around her waist as he breathed her in. Neal grinned as she hugged her, wanting it to last forever, but then Emma said, "Come on, we better hurry to go get Henry."


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A/N: Oh, please don't call me evil. I love Neal and Emma, but he had his chance. Plus I said this was a Captain Swan story.


You know, Emma Swan and Captain Hook.


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