Hi all. This has a spoiler for 4x08 the 2 hour special and it has references to OUATiW so if you haven't watched that yet it has some spoilers from the show. Canon wise, this is set after Killian lost his heart. In the story the Snow Queen's curse has already been released and defeated. I do not own OUAT, OUATiW, or the ability to write characters that aren't OOC. I have no beta so all of the mistakes are mine. ' ' are thoughts
Will's POV
'I really need to get back to Wonderland. Besides that being where Ana is, this town is out of its bloody mind. I don't remember it being this crazy when the white rabbit grabbed me to save Alice and her genie, or ex-genie now. I'm just lucky I wasn't around that many people the last few days or know enough people to be the subject of any of their emotions. Everyone was turning on each other. Well almost everyone at least. From what I heard there was a certain pirate that didn't start attacking everyone he met.' I thought as I entered Grannies hoping to have my lunch and dinner in peace for once. 'I owe Robin for leaving him and his Merry Men at the mercy of Maleficent but still, it's not like I know what's going on around here anymore.' When I entered the dinner, luckily missing one good doing outlaw, I noticed another outlaw in the corner.
"Hey mate, I think you owe me lunch and dinner after I kept quiet about who gave me that bloody black eye a while back," I said as I slipped into the both with Killian and signaled to Ruby for my usual. 'This is as good a time as any to test out a theory of mine.'
"What is it you want Will? And what makes you think I'm picking up your tab?" Killian shot back.
"Well I plan on sharing a couple of experiences from my time in Wonderland and I figured we would see from there. I hear you've been to Wonderland, haven't you?" At this time Ruby dropped off my drink and I started adding a little extra to make it last me my two meals.
"Aye, I have. But what make you think I care about your experiences from Wonderland? Though I do like your idea of lunch and dinner." Killian replied looking at me like I was a Bandersnatch that decided to join him for dinner.
"Trust me I think these might be of some use to you. You see mate, when me and a pal of mine, Alice, were in Wonderland we ended up in the Black Forest, which isn't as dark as one would think once you turn off your lights, where they had trees that sprayed a mist on you that made you so happy you never wanted to leave. Of course this is bloody Wonderland so it's not as nice as it seems. If you want to stay enough you turn into a tree. Alice had this genie that she was trying to save, True Love and all that, but the forest made her forget. I had to remind her and convince her she wanted to leave."
"Didn't need any convincing yourself did you mate?" Killian interrupted.
"No, I didn't you see I was missing something very important. Something that without, the forest had no effect on me. We did manage to escape. We even found her, her genie and freed him by accidentally turning me into a bloody genie in his place but it all got figured out. Before it got figured out, though, the Jabberwocky escaped. You know what a Jabberwocky is right?"
"Aye, I've heard of what a nasty piece of work it is."
"Yeah. Well I was put face to face with one. She tried to get in my head and read my fears but bloody well couldn't. Turns out the Jabberwocky needs someone with a heart if they are going to read their emotions." At the mention of a heart Killian straightened in his seat more and seemed to be paying more attention. "Apparently, whether the bloody magic is working with positive or negative emotions the person needs a heart to be effected. The heart holds the emotions and if the person has no heart the magic has no place to attack is my theory. If I were to guess, if someone didn't have a heart during the chaos that was the last few days they wouldn't have been effected either." At this time Ruby dropped off the check. I reached for a dollar in my pocket to pay when Killian's response distracted me.
"I imagine you're right mate. One needed a heart to be effected by The Snow Queen's curse. Put the money away. I believe the deal was the tab for the two stories though I think one story covered the tab. Let me give you some advice to cover the second story. Crocodiles can and will hold grudges for centuries. You may have decided to give your heart to a Swan but a Crocodile can and will just take it if they have a use for it. You might want to tell the sheriff this stuff. It might even buy you some good grace down the line mate."
"I'll do that. Talk to you latter mate." I said as I stood up and headed out the door. 'I guess I was right. Someone did steal his heart. Bloody hell now I'm going to have to actually, willingly step foot in the sheriff's station. Oh well. I hope they will know what he meant about a Crocodile and a Swan because I have no bloody idea.'
Will has made me curious so I binged watched the 13 episodes of OUATiW before the 2 hour special and it got me thinking about this. I highly doubt that Killian is going to be immune to the curse but I do think that he should be due to the evidence in OUATiW. And I had them talking in riddles on purpose. I figure that Rumple has forbidden telling anyone that he has Killian's heart and has forbidden Killian talking about it. I figured this was there was enough wiggle room he might get away since he was just confirming what someone figured out in a normal conversation. I hope it was clear enough. Please leave a review telling me how I can improve my writing style and if you think that Killian not having a heart should have a chance at protecting him from this curse even if you think the show won't go that way.