Behind Blue Eyes

« No one knows what it's like, to be the bad man... to be the sad man... »

*N/A : I just wanted to inform you that I'm french and I try to write this fanfiction in English to improve my English level. Just tell me if some sentences aren't correct, it would be very kind of you !

Rated M for incoming chapters.*

CHAPTER 1 : The Forgotten Sea

The Jolly Roger headed straight to the vortex, created by the magic bean. Neverland. That was their destination.
The little group composed by Emma, Snow White, Charming, Rumplestiltskin, Regina & Hook was on the ship and was thinking about only one thing : Henry.
The kid had been kidnapped by Tamara and Greg and brought to Neverland through an other vortex, itself also created by an other magic bean.

Hook had dropped the last one into the water and then, he led the ship in the hole.
The journey through the water was very difficult to handle for all of the protagonists, except the Captain, used to passing across portals.
He was standing behind the helm and holding it to navigate, whereas the others were still holding very tight a rope to avoid falling in the water.
Hook smirked when he saw everyone wet and confused, especially Rumple. He had a quiet laugh while watching him trying to stand correctly on his feet.

"So. Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the Forgotten Sea." he yelled so everyone aboard can hear him.

Whilee he was talking to the others, he moved down the stairs between the place of the helm and the rest of the deck.

"I thought we were heading toward Neverland !" Emma replied, angrily.

"Yes ! To find Henry !" Regina added.

"But we are M'ladies. We are. It's a long way to Neverland you know ! Full of dangers."

"Hook, I don't care about the dangers ! We have to find Henry as soon as possible ! We don't even know the good reason Greg & Tamara took him away from us !"

He stared right at Emma while she was retorting that. A brief grin appeared in the corner of his mouth.

"You know, love, the Jolly Roger may be the fastest ship in the entire worlds, but the Forgotten Sea isn't an ordinary Sea."

"What do you mean ?"

"I mean that we can't just sail straight forward and hope finding Neverland that way. No. This is far more subtile. We have to find THE way. The only right way."

"What ? And what if we took the wrong way ?"

"We're cursed : sailing on an infinite sea till our death. Which should appear in few months now if we choose a wrong pass."

Emma looked at to Captain with frowning eyebrows.

"C'mon, Emma. Why would I lie to you ?"

They remained quiet for a half minute, gazing at each other, before Rumple broke this silence by asking a very good question, in a very sarcastic tone.

"So... Captain. How do you find the right way ? With your clever mind ? We could also jump into the water and die now, no ?"

Hook turned his head toward Rumple. He smirked and rose only one eyebrow.

"You know, that's not because I nodded when you asked me if I was done trying to kill you that I can't change my mind."

"So can I. And, unfortunatly for you, there is magic her-..."

"Oh shut up you ! » Regina shouted. « We have more important problems than your foolish little fight. We have to bring Henry back !"

"Regina is right, please guys, let's think only about our survival." Snow White added while smiling to Regina.

Hook grinned again and then, walked into his office. All the others stayed on the deck, quiet.
Then the Captain came back with maps and sailing material. He invited them to follow him near to the helm. There was a wooden table. He put the maps, the compass and all the other things he needed to find his direction.

The others were looking at him, quietly.
It was midday judging by the place of the sun in the sky.

"Well. I'm sorry but we'll have to wait the sunset. Then I will be able to find our way thanks to the stars. That's not the first I come to this sea, so now, I'm pretty used to knowing how it works. Don't worry, love, I won't make a mistake. You'll have your son back, and I will finish the business I had on this island before Cora took me with her to the Enchanted Forest." Hook ended with a bit soreness in his voice. No one noticed it but Emma.

"Well. Then, what do we do till sunset ?" Charming asked that. That was the first he spoke since they went away from StoryBrooke.

"You're sure we can't find the way before sunset Hook ? Because the sooner we go to Neverland, the better it is !" Emma retorted. There was a bit of frustration on her face. Hook noticed it, and then, tried to reassure her as much as he can.

"Emma. I'm doing my best. I wish there was an other way. I know you don't trust me, but I just want you to try. Just for once. Please, Emma. As soon as the sun fall into the water, I will know which way is the good one. Just wait few hours. I -"

"Honey, I know you're worried about Henry. We all are. He is part of our family. He is your son, Regina's too even if I don't like to admit it." Snow said, tears blurring her eyes as she put her hands on Emma's cheeks. Emma looked at her mother, smiling and started crying a bit too.

Charming added "We're family. We will always find each other."

During this quite emotional moment, Regina, Rumplestiltskin and Hook looked at each other. Regina was seriously worried for Henry too, her face couldn't deny it. Rumple seemed quite sad too but tried not to let it reflect on his face.
Hook was unhappy too but especially because Snow talked about something he didn't have : a family. Not any more anyway. He was all alone for too long.

He decided to interrupt the moment, and yelled.

"So, David. You were asking what you could do till sunset, weren't you ? My desk is quite dirty and wet because of the portal we passed accross. Why don't you clean it up ? M'ladies, you all can take a deep breath and enjoy your day aboard my marvelous ship. And you, Crocodile, could you play dead ? Thank you."

"You'd play that role better than me, little pirate." Rumple retort with a sarcastic smile.

"I won't be the servant of a pirate."

"MY SHIP, MY RULES !" Hook yelled, smiling but also in a serious tone. "Try to be useful only for once, my Prince."

Charming, angrily, tried to punch Hook, as he did in Storybrooke but Snow stopped him.

"I'll help you cleaning it."

"We don't have to listen to him. He has no right to order us a thing."

"Actually... I think he might. He came back and then, he chose to help us to bring Henry back. We owe him a debt. So, let's try to listen to him."

Till the sunset they were all waiting for, Snow and Charming cleaned the deck, Regina sat in the steps and thought about baby Henry and the way he grew up. The last hugs too. She was willing to die for him, and now, she was still alive and she didn't even know if he was okay. Tears appeared in the corner of her eyes. Emma sat next to her and tried to comfort her. She didn't cry but her heart was very painful though.
Watching this scene knowing all the fights between Henry's mothers is quite weird.

Rumple came to the bow and relied his elbows on the fence. He was thinking about his son. The only person that matters, the one he is able to do everything for. He lost him again. Forever. Rumple is not used to cry so many times in a short time, and this time, he couldn't stop his tears. He couldn't believe that was true. Bae was gone. He swore Tamara and Greg'd pay for that.
Rumple also thought about Henry. The boy will be your undoing. That's what the seer have said to him. But he didn't care. He was Bae's son. He had to save him.

Hook disappeared in his office for the rest of the day. He came back to the deck at sunset and hurry to the maps. He started calculating the position of the stars. His stare stopped when he saw two very big shining stars. He smirked and finished his computation.

"Found !" He screamed.

Everyone ran to him.

"You're sure ?" Emma asked, her feelings swinging between relief and doubt. Her voice was shivering.

He held tight the helm and led the ship right to the direction he calculated.

"Pretty sure, love. Neverland's ahead ! Second Star to the right and straight on till the morning !"