Rachel cautiously followed him up abovedeck, looking around with wide eyes.

"Where are we?" she asked. She felt the vaguest sense of familiarity, as if she wanted to know where they were, but didn't know enough of it.

Gold watched her, and went over when he saw her trying to get all the bark from her hands.

"Let me see," he said, taking one of her hands. A quick wave of his fingers, and the cuts healed. He did the same to the other hand. "Better?"

"Back where we started," Hook said with a brief grin. "The curse vaulted us all back to this world, apparently." He looked around, satisfied with how his ship looked, before he started investigating the dock they were at. "Welcome back."

Tina looked at him, still a little wide-eyed. Yeah, she hadn't remembered he could do that. "Yeah, thanks," she said quietly. "You seem very pleased."

"This... world?" Rachel asked. Her mind flashed back to her tower and she took half a step back. "I don't want to go back. Not to the tower."

"I had not expected much of this place to survive," Gold admitted after a moment. "I find myself pleasantly surprised that it has."

"No one's making you go back there," Hook said soothingly. "You can stay with me." He surprised himself with the offer, but really, where else was she supposed to go?

Tina nodded, looking around. "This is all vaguely familiar. Very vaguely." She shook her head a little, looking rather lost.

Rachel looked at him.

"You... would let me stay with you?" she asked.

"We are only a few days from my... home," Gold replied, glancing around. "Not far at all, although here we are sadly without certain conveniences from the other world." He smirked just a little. "Such as cars."

"Yes," Hook said. He hadn't planned on saying it, but he wasn't going to take it back, either. "I will, if you want."

Tina snorted. "Certain conveniences," she muttered. "Well, looks like we're going to be testing your hiking skills." She was quiet for a moment, looking at him before she had to look away. "Just point me in the right direction and I'll see about finding an easy-ish route."

"I... Thanks," Rachel said. She bit her lip slightly. "I just don't want to go back to the tower. I was trapped there for so long..."

Gold just looked around before gesturing northeast.

"There," he said. "That direction." And hopefully he would come across something that would work as a proper walking stick. A cane was fine in a town, but in the forest? Not by a long shot.

"You won't have to go back," Hook assured her. "Not a chance." Because he would gladly rather kill Rumplestiltskin than let him shut Rachel in a tower again.

Not that he still didn't plan on killing the crocodile anyway.

Tina nodded and started walking slowly, memorizing everything she could as they walked. It didn't take her long to notice his little predicament either, and within an hour she'd found him a decent walking stick, thicker and sturdier than his cane.

"Thanks," Rachel said, sighing a bit.

Gold looked a bit surprised when he was handed the walking stick.

"Why thank you," he said. Taking it in one hand, he used the other to make his cane disappear. He raised an eyebrow slightly when he noticed it was much, much easier to do magic here, but then that was to be expected. He gestured for them to continue.

Hook nodded and looked around once more before he stretched.

"I should have some food below," he said, glancing over at her. "Shall we?"

Tina nodded and kept walking, picking the easiest path she could find while still walking in the correct direction. She was feeling very out of her depth there, so she was quiet and tense.

Rachel paused, then nodded.

"Sure," she said.

Hook nodded and led the way back down below deck, starting to rummage around to find food.

Hopefully something that he could cook.

Rachel sat quietly on a chair, just looking around. She was definitely way out of her depth, now, and absently played with a little bit of light between her fingers.

Hook managed to find food for them and cooked successfully before putting stuff on the table.

"We'll probably have to go find a port city soon."

Rachel blinked and looked at him, the light in her hands going out.

"Okay...?" she replied. "Just keep in mind I have no idea what's going on right now, so I really don't know what I'm doing."

"I can handle the ship myself," Hook said with a shrug. "Just thought you might appreciate the heads-up."

Rachel nodded. "Thanks," she said. "I appreciate it."

Hook smiled a little and nodded, giving them the rest of the day to settle in again and making sure she'd be okay staying with him.

Fortunately he had extra hammocks and extra rooms.

And Rachel was indeed alright staying on the ship, for a few days, anyway. Luckily, she turned out not to be prone to seasickness at all, so she was actually able to enjoy being on a real pirate ship.

Hook got them to an actual city without any problems, docking a little ways away just in case. Because he was a little paranoid.

"Well, shall we investigate town? Or would you prefer to stay here?" Because he did have clothes suitable for women in this world, but he thought he'd give her the option.

About the same time, Tina stopped when she saw the castle and found the road leading up to it.

"Well," she said quietly. "Guess you weren't kidding when you said you had a castle."

"I..." Rachel thought for a moment. "I wouldn't mind looking around, as long as it's not too much trouble."

"Indeed I wasn't," Gold replied. He was more than happy to see his castle; now he could go and clean up and put on clean clothes and see how well everything had held up under the curse. "It all seems to be intact, as well."

Hook nodded. "You should probably change first," he said after a moment. "I doubt you want to attract attention to yourself."

Tina nodded and started down the road, glancing back at him and moving off to the side once they got to the front of the castle.

Rachel looked down at herself and grimaced a bit.

"This is true," she conceded. She looked at him. "What would you suggest I change into? I don't exactly have gowns and corsets anymore."

Gold walked past her, up to the front door, and opened it easily. Inside, the main foyer was exactly how he remembered it; not even a speck of dust. That was promising.

"I have some things that should fit well enough for the moment," Hook said, looking her over once. "And before you start glaring at me, they're clean and it was a long time ago."

Tina followed him inside, looking around quickly. Once they got to the main room, where his loom was, she had to lean against a wall from the sudden memories.

Rachel raised an eyebrow.

"Any connection to the name on your arm?" she asked. Because she'd seen 'Milah' tattooed on his arm on more than one occasion, she just hadn't asked about it.

Gold paused when he realized Tina wasn't following him.

"Tina?" he asked, turning to look at her.