Trigger warnings; assumptions, judging, swearing, etc.

This is another short chapter.

Sorry guys I have writer's block.

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Hook and the mother-daughter duo walked up the gang plank to the Jolly Roger, with the mother-daughter duo silently conversing behind the captain as they did so.

Which just led to him zoning out even further as he excitedly thought about his upcoming reunion with his little ankle biters.

He was so zoned out, in fact, that he didn't notice 3 small figures running toward him. Though, to be fair, Snow and Emma didn't notice them either at first. That is, until Killian got tackled hard to the ground by said figures who all squealed and screamed "DADDY!" in unison as they did so.

Snow stared at the scene in shock, as Emma muttered "Well, I'll be damned. He was telling the truth after all."

Snow briefly considered asking just what the two of them had discussed on that beanstalk but just couldn't seem to get the words out. Because what she was seeing was just too shocking to put into words.

There, on top of Hook, were 3 young children ranging from 3 to 8 years old.

There were two girls—the older of which had long, curly black hair that went down to her shoulders, pale skin, and freckles with blue eyes while the younger was tan with curly blonde hair and big brown eyes. The older wore a long, blue and white dress with a matching bow and coat while the younger wore a short red dress with a black headband and a matching belt around her waist.

The boy seemed to be the middle child and looked just like Killian minus the stubble. He even had a small toy hook grasped tightly in his hand. He wore black breeches, a white button up shirt, an oversized pirate hat that kept slipping down his as well as a large red overcoat that he was basically swimming in.

But the most shocking thing of all, was the fact that all 3 of the children looked happy to see Hook who looked just as happy to see them.

Snow just stared, frozen in place as she tried to figure out what was going on. They had called Hook 'daddy' and that, along with Emma's words, strongly implied that the 3 children were the pirate's children but that simply couldn't be. Could it?

No, no. It couldn't.

Who would choose to leave their children with a pirate? Regardless of whether or not he was their father. But if they weren't his children then who's where they and who were they?

She opened her mouth to comment, but caught a glimpse of Emma shaking her head frantically out of the corner of her eye—causing her to halt.

'Just watch' the blonde mouthed, gesturing to the pirate and the children.

Snow wanted to argue but knew that doing so would only cause more damage to her relationship with her daughter. Damage that she couldn't afford at the moment. So, she reluctantly did as instructed, praying that she wouldn't regret it.

To her surprise, Hook smiled and lifted the 3 children up into a tight hug "Hello my wee darlings, did ya miss me?"

The mini-Hook bounced excitedly in his arms, beaming brightly at his (maybe) father? "Yes! Yes we did!"

The female Mini-Hook nodded, leaning back "Yeah. You know we did! We always miss you when you're away, daddy!"

The 3rd child nodded, smiling just as wide. "Yeah, always !"

Hook, no... Killian.. smiled pushing himself to his feet, causing the children to cling to him. Which caused him to sway slightly but luckily for everyone involved, he somehow managed to maintain his balance.

"Well.. in that case, I guess we should get back on deck and set sail so you three can catch me up on what you have been doing while I was gone?"

The 3 siblings began to talk over one another, excitedly jumping up and down as they followed their father up the gangplank.

Emma strolled forward, shooting her mom a small, somewhat wary smile and mouthed 'see, everything is fine. Let's go.'

Snow nodded faintly and followed close behind, still baffled by all that had occurred so far.

Hopefully she would get an explanation soon—one that wouldn't leave her regretting following Emma's lead. And hopefully Hook wouldn't end up screwing them or those kids over anytime soon.

But for now, Snow just trusted her daughter's instincts and simply hoped for the best. Which was all she could do until she and Emma were left alone without any prying ears or eyes to get in their way here... which was the only thing she was sure of at the moment.

God, what had her life become?