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Chapter 1- Prologue

Third Person's POV

It was a typical day on the Jolly Roger but you shouldn't believe everything based on the way that they seem. But continuing our story today was typical, that is until night came around.

Captain Killian Jones had spent the night at the bar, as usual, but he had not expected to meet a newly transformed acquaintance, Rumplestiltskin. But he was better known as the Dark One. And considering the last time their paths had crossed, this was not going to be a pleasant reunion, especially with Rumple's newfound powers of dark magic.

However, considering their past, it actually went quite well. But of course the Dark One wanted revenge on the pirate who had taken his wife many years ago, the woman who had brought the Dark One's son, Baelfire, to the world.

But concerning Killian and Milah, eleven years ago Hook had a beautiful daughter named Faith with his former love who sadly died in childbirth, though Milah treated the girl as if she were her own. Faith, or Fay as she preferred, travelled on the Jolly Roger with them. Fay was a pirate prodigy, but she was still too young to experience what it is to really be a pirate as she has yet to leave the Jolly Roger.

But anyways, going back to Killian and Rumple. Killian was challenged to a duel by none other than the Dark One himself. But instead of doing the duel right there and now, Rumple told him that he would let Killian live for one more night as Rumplestiltskin was planning on killing Killian tomorrow morning. But when the duel had come, there wasn't much of a show as Rumple used magic and was surprisingly skilled with a sword for a wizard. However, there was no killing as Milah was there to Killian's rescue before Rumple could pull out his heart. The couple knew that the Dark One would kill them, unless they had something the Dark One would want. Most people wouldn't have anything he would want, but luckily for them, they had earlier kidnapped a man who possessed a magic bean, a bean Rumplestiltskin had a particular interest in as it was the only way for him to find his son.

Killian and Milah then reluctantly led the way to the Jolly Roger as that's where they had stashed the bean. But, of course, they weren't stupid enough to just give the Dark One the bean. Like everyone else they knew they would have to strike a deal with him or else they get nothing in return.

"So do we have a deal?" Milah asks Rumplestiltskin.

"You mean do I forgive you? Do you know what it was like telling OUR son that his mother was dead?" Rumplestiltskin replies.

"Rumple..."

"You left him!"

"And there's not a day I feel sorry for that. I let my misery cloud my judgment."

"And why were you so miserable?"

"Cause I never loved you."

Of course Rumplestiltskin did not take this well saying he had loved Milah long ago. He then plunged his hand into her chest, pulling out her heart, preparing to crush it.

"NO!" Killian screamed. But it was no use as the Dark One simply used his magic to hold him back. However, no amount of magic could hold him back as true love is the most powerful of all magic and Milah and Killian were indeed each other's true love. Killian rushed to Milah's side, but there was nothing he could do as Rumplestiltskin had her heart.

"I love you" Milah says to Killian, staring at him lovingly. But before Killian could reply, Rumplestiltskin crushed her heart, killing her instantly. When he opened his hand, dust fell out, replacing what had once been Milah's heart.

"I'll have what I came for now" he says to Killian, getting back to what he had originally come for.

"You'll have to kill me first." Killian replies.

"That's not in the cards for you today dearie." Rumplestiltskin then cuts off the hand of Killian's that he believed had the magic bean. Angered and heartbroken, Killian attacks him with a hook, hoping to kill the crocodile who killed the love of his life. But it unfortunately didn't do anything except for getting stuck in the Dark One's clothes.

"It's gonna take a lot more than this to kill me dearie." Rumple says.

"Even demons can be killed. I WILL find a way." Killian replies.

"Good luck living long enough." And with that the Dark One vanishes, taking Killian's hand and leaving the hook behind, as well as the magic bean, for Killian had tricked him.

"Papa?" a voice says from behind him. But this wasn't just any voice; it was his daughter's voice. Killian had been hoping that she had been below deck all this time, but her watering blue eyes told him otherwise. She runs up to Killian and cries into his chest as he strokes her dark raven hair, trying to comfort the young girl in her time of need. After about a minute Fay is able to recollect herself, her eyes red from crying. But you really couldn't blame the girl, losing her mother, or as close as she had to a mother, at such a tender age is hard enough, but she had experienced her murder firsthand.

"Hey! Hey!" a muffled voice says. But as the merchant was the only one who couldn't speak, it wasn't hard to figure out who it was.

Darting his attention away from the merchant, he turned back to his blue-eyed daughter and kneeled down to her level so that he was now eye level with Fay. "Lass I need you to go below deck for a little bit while I take care of some things." Killian tells Fay.

"Why do I have to go?" Fay asks in response.

"Fay, just listen to me. Just go down there and I'll be there shortly after. Okay lass?"

"Okay papa." Fays says, walking towards her quarters.

"Allow him to speak." Killian orders his crew after Fay had vanished below deck. The crew member closest to the merchant complied and removes the gag that was over the merchant's mouth.

"I want my bean." the merchant tells Killian, walking up to him.

"Let me tell you how it works on my ship. I make the demands, you follow them. The bean is now mine." Killian responds.

"You have to give me something for it."

"Oh I will. Your life. The chance to join my crew."

"So instead of the promise of eternal life, I get to scrub blood off your decks. How is that right?"

"What if I were to tell you in a few years I was to set sail where none of us will ever grow old? Where I can discover how to get my revenge on Rumplestiltskin."

"But why wait? Why not go now?"

"Because of my daughter, she's too young to go right now. But in a couple years she'll be able to handle what lies in store there."

"I can live with that."

"Good. What's your name sailor?"

"William, William Smee." Mr. Smee says, then notices a crew member wearing his signature red hat. "Can I have my hat?" he asks Killian who signaled the crew member to give the hat back, who quickly complied.

"Well welcome aboard the Jolly Roger, Mr. Smee." Killian responds.

"Where is the land that we'll be heading later cap'n?"

"Neverland!"

hope you enjoyed the prologue

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