ONCE UPON A TIME AND SECRET OF MOONACRE X-OVER CHAPTER 2
Okay it's Killian Jones/Captain Hook. Got it!
ROBIN'S POV
As soon as I got home, I was bombarded with chores. "Ah, Robin! Where have you been?" my father asked. "I told you father, I had to meet Maria." "Oh, yes. That Merryweather girl. Well now that you're back I need you to check to make sure the cake's ready, and if it's not get any ingredients they need, then make sure the servants are decorating the grand hall, and you should probably get your brother a gift…" the list went on and on. "Robin! Did you get all that?" my father asked, shaking me out of my thoughts. "Yes father," I said, walking out of the room to go complete my first chore.
BENJAMIN'S POV
Maria walked through the door looking a little disappointed. "Is something wrong Maria?" I asked. She jumped, apparently she hadn't noticed me sitting in front of the fireplace. "Sorry Uncle, you startled me." I smiled at the girl. "No, nothing's wrong." I raised my eyebrow. We had grown closer since she had broken the curse, and I knew when something was bothering her. She sighed. "It's silly. Robin was just late, that's all." "My brother? Late? Well that's not like him at all. Especially where you're concerned," said Loveday as she was entering the room. Maria blushed slightly. Her and Loveday's brother had grown especially close, and Loveday always liked to tease them about it. It worried Mrs. Heliotrope though, "a lady should not be frolicking around a forest with a ruffian" as she put it. I think it's good that Maria found a friend, however if Robin hurt her in any way, physically or emotionally… "Loveday? Do you know of something going on at the De Noir castle?" Maria asked. Now that brought me back into the conversation. "Something's going on at the castle?" I asked. "Well, I don't really know…Robin was just acting really strange and refused to tell me why he was late or what he had been doing at the castle. He said that the curse wasn't the only part of his life…" "Something's going on at the castle and they haven't told me?" Loveday asked no one in particular, slightly insulted. "Well Maria, why don't you and I go over there and see what all the fuss is about?" suggested Loveday. "Absolutely not!" shouted Mrs. Heliotrope as she entered the room. I groaned. The woman's heart was in the right place, but she could be so annoying and-"Maria is not going to that castle again," said Mrs. Heliotrope, as if that settled it. "Mrs. Heliotrope, we are friends with the De Noirs now. You have nothing to fear," said Maria. She seemed to be one of the few people who could make Mrs. Heliotrope see reason. "Then why are we going to their castle to snoop around because of suspicious activity?" she countered. It was a good question. "We will not be snooping around. We're just going to walk in and inquire about it." Loveday answered. At this both Mrs. Heliotrope and I frowned. "Are you sure? If they haven't told you anything about it then it's probably of no importance," I said. Loveday and Maria both "hmphed" and walked off. "Woman." I muttered.
MARIA'S POV
"Well they clearly don't have our sense of adventure." Loveday said as we walked outside. I smiled. "Don't worry. You take Periwinkle and go to the castle. I'll cover for you," she said. "Really?" I asked. She nodded. I looked at the sun starting to set. "It'll be dark soon though, so I'll wait until tomorrow. I'm supposed to meet Robin again tomorrow anyway, so I'll give him another chance to explain himself." I pointed out. She nodded again. "Very well. Tomorrow we find out the great mystery, one way or another." I laughed. The great mystery. "Come on, dinner's probably ready by now," I said, my stomach grumbling as we walked back to the kitchen.
EMMA'S POV
"He tricked us! He went through the portal first!" I yelled, kicking the ground. "Emma, calm down. There's still some left, and he left us the compass. We can still go through," pointed out Mary-Snow-mom? "Hmph," was all I said in reply. How could I have been so stupid? Then again I did leave him chained up in a giant's castle… "You two should probably go now. Cora will be coming soon," said Mulan, expressionless. "You're not coming with us?" I asked. Aurora shook her head sadly. "This is our home. I didn't do so well protecting my home as a princess since the sleeping curse…I want to-I feel like I need to make up for it; now." Mary (mom would take a little getting used to, and Snow was still waay to weird) nodded in understanding and smiled. "The important thing is that you don't let the sleeping curse control your life. You can't spend you're life on what ifs and whys," she said to Aurora. "What will you do? Like you said Mulan Cora will probably be coming soon." I asked her. "There must be other survivors. We'll look for them, and keep Cora from obtaining another portal to enter your world." "Thanks." I said. "We'll come back for you and anyone else you find. Eventually." I was surprised at myself as I said those words. Mary looked at me. "Y-you want to come back?" she asked, and I could tell she was holding back tears from forming. I looked around. Despite all the weirdness and fairy tale characters, it was my homeland. "I want to learn more about the land I came from. Inaccurate fairy tales, or even accurate ones, can only do so much." Mary broke into a huge grin. "I can definitely teach you about this land." Mulan cleared her throat. "I suggest you go. And take the compass and dust with you." Mary started to protest. "But what if-"You can't spend you're life on what ifs." Aurora interrupted. I suddenly had newfound respect for the girl. Both her and the warrior were choosing to stay in a dangerous land when they could leave. And she had proved that though she may not exactly be the adventurous type, she had spirit.
"Mulan's right. It's the safest bet, in case we don't end up in Storybrooke, and so Cora doesn't get ahold of it." Mary had to admit that was a good point so she promptly poured some of the dust out and handed me the compass. "Think of Storybrooke. Think of Henry," she whispered to me. And I did. I thought of Storybrooke. I thought of all my friends. I thought of my family. I thought of me waking up to a breakfast cooked my Mary Margaret, with David sitting in a chair next to Henry. And Henry with his book full of fairy tales that had started this whole thing. And Henry's latest fairy tale character had been a certain obnoxious pirate with a hook… "Emma! The portal's open!" shouted my mom. I opened my eyes to find a swirling portal of purple and black before me. I nodded at both Mulan and Aurora in respect, and yelled "thanks for everything!" before jumping in, compass in my hand. Mary quickly followed, yelling goodbye with the vial of dust in her hand. I was falling, and then everything went black.
Okay so this chapter was more of a space-filler and not anything major. Sorry 'bout that. But next chapter we'll finally meet Robin's brother, Killian Jones. ;) It'll be more interesting, promise. R&R!
