Savior Discovered

Chapter One

Nineteen Years Later…

She stood at the front of the ship looking out into the distance, she felt the wind blow in her hair, the sea spray into her face, she felt free. Like this is where she belonged.

She felt strong arms encircle her she knew it was him, she leaned against his broad chest and put her hands on his hand and her other met a cold object. She looked down to see a hook as his left hand. She tensed afraid of what he might do.

"Don't be afraid of me." he said softly into her ear. She relaxed as she felt his lips at her neck, she turned to kissed him but his face was blurred, as always.

They heard a strange laugh behind them, both turned to find a man sitting on a barrel. He had one leg over the other, he was dressed in brown leather pants, brown blouse and leather vest, his boots were even brown that came up to his knees. His wavy brown hair came to his shoulders, his skin was reptile looking.

"Finally, I've been searching for you, dearie." he said followed by a creepy laugh.

The man who was kissing her drew his sword, "Over my dead body, crocodile!" he stood in a protective stance in front of her.

The creepy man waved his hand and the man with the hook flew into a wooden pole ropes bounding him. He struggled to free himself but failed to do so, "Now then I shall take you, dearie." he said in a sinister voice. He stalked towards her before he could even grab her, her alarm clock went off.

Emma jolted awake thankful that the alarm clock went off, she slammed her hand on dismiss button and laid there for a moment. That dream, again. she thought.

For a while now she's had strange dreams, most of them were flashes of a forest, a castle, and two figures one in white and one in red. But the majority of her dreams were on a ship, a pirate ship.

Why was that? She always wondered, she hadn't seen any movies about pirates, she never had the time. Emma was always studying or hanging out with her friends, so why a pirate ship? And who is the man with the hook?

Emma never saw his face but felt attracted to him, she shook her head that's ridiculous how could she be attracted to someone she can't see or met for that matter.

"Still laying in bed. Come on get up, last day of school." Came Emma's mother's voice.

Emma leaped out of bed realizing the time, she had never been late for class, ever, and she wasn't going to start now. Emma hurriedly showered and brushed her teeth then got dressed.

She came flying down the stairs just as her mom was walking out the door, Barbara heard Emma, she turned to find her rushing to the door. Barbara chuckled at her daughter as she rushed past her.

They buckled themselves in Emma was bouncing in her seat, "Emma, honey, calm down you have twenty minutes." Barbara said pulling out of the driveway.

It only takes ten minutes to get there but Emma was still anxious, they pulled into the school and Emma said her good byes and made a mad dash to her locker. She shoved what books she needed in her bag then her locker slammed shut.

Startled Emma looked up to find Lizzie, her best friend, leaning against the lockers. "Chill, Em, classes isn't for another five minutes." Lizzie teased. "Besides it's the last day."

"I just don't want to late is all." Emma said.

"Oh my dogs! You're going to explode for being this tight." Lizzie exasperated.

Emma relaxed a little. The two girls began a conversation about the costume party that the school was throwing for the seniors. Lizzie was talking about her costume just then the school's quarter back approached the girls.

"Hey, Emma." he smiled then walked away.

Lizzie turned to Emma she gapped at her, "'Hey, Emma' he frickin knows your name!"

Emma was in state of shock did the quarter back actually just speak to her, in her mind she thought he didn't know she existed but she was obviously wrong. "I guess." was all she could say.

"Steven Sullivan knows your name!" Lizzie practically yelled. Then the school bell rang.

"Okay, can we go to class now, please?" Emma begged. She threw her backpack on her should as she and Lizzie walked to first period.

They took their seats in history the teacher wasn't in yet so Lizzie turned around to face Emma.

"Will you sleep with him please? For me?" Lizzie asked. Emma looked up at her friend hoping she wasn't serious.

Emma faked a laugh, "Yeah, sure." she teased.

"Okay, people quiet down, it's last day of school I know but us teachers still have you for nine more hours." the teacher said as he walked in setting his bag on the desk.

Emma sat there half way listening to the teacher which she's been doing a lot of lately, she was always thinking of the man in her dreams, the one with the hook. Who was he? Why was he a major part in her dreams? Questions like that filled her mind.

The last bell of the day rung and the hallways flooded with eager students to leave to start the summer, Emma and her friends walked to Granny's a small diner where all teens went to after school.

The girls ordered milkshakes and gossiped about their day. "So, our quarter back knows Emma's name." Lizzie dished all the looked at her in surprise, Emma had a strong urge to roll her eyes.

"Omg, why didn't you tell us?" Helen asked.

"Because it's not a big deal." It really wasn't where Emma was concerned. To her he was just another pretty boy that all the girls fell for.

"Not a big deal, yeah right!" Kim replied.

"We have to get Em laid by our quarter back tomorrow at the costume party." Lizzie declared.

"Do I have a say in this." Emma asked.

"Nope." Lizzie smiled. Emma knew her best friend wouldn't make her sleep with anyone, it was all in good fun.

Emma happened to look up at the bar and saw a man staring at her. He was older she'd venture to say late forties, he wore a suit and had a cane. His wavy hair came to his shoulders, it was brown with gray streaks.

He stared at her intensely making her feel uncomfortable, wanting to leave she made an excuse that she had work to do on her costume and her friends gathered their things and they all exited the diner.

Emma kept her eyes down not wanting to make anymore eye contact with the man as they pasted him.

They all stopped at the sidewalk and made plans after the party, the girls were interrupted by the man who was staring at Emma. "Excuse me, ladies, but do any of you know where I could find a hotel around here?" he asked polity, he had an accent Scottish maybe? He had a limp when walked.

"Ummm, yeah," Lizzie answered, "just go down two blocks and take a right, then the owner of this diner owns the hotel. It's called Granny's Inn, can't miss it."

"Thank you, and you ladies have a good day." he said still polite then stared at Emma and he walked away.

Emma got the strangest feeling about him and it wasn't good.

"What was all that about?" Helen wondered.

"Did you notice the way he looked at Emma, it's like he wanted to kill her or something." Kim said.

Emma stared after him till he disappeared, why did he seem to familiar? He looks like the man with the reptile-like skin. She shook her head she was being ridiculous.

Emma said good bye to her friends, Lizzie offered to walk with Emma but she refused.

The walk home was quiet and peaceful, of course growing up in small town like Storybrooke, Maine, it was nothing but quiet. No sounds of the city which Emma liked. She had been looking at colleges in Boston but wasn't sure leaving felt right not sure why but it did.

Emma turned onto her walkway that led to the front door of her home and went inside completely oblivious to someone watching her in the shadows.


The ship rocked gently with the waves but the motion made the ship's captain sick. Still hung over from the previous night, Hook laid in his bed trying hard not be sick. He always drank too much, and as a result he had a monstrous hang over but it dulled the pain that still ached in his dark heart.

Just then his cabin door flung open causing it slam against the wall, the noise was too much for his head. "Cap'n!" came Smee's urgent voice.

"What!" Hook hissed, annoyed by the short round man. He laid in his bed, arm draped over his eyes keeping the light out of them.

Smee said nervously, "I have something you might like."

"Unless it's a cure to my aching head I rather doubt it." Hook snapped.

"Better," he said, he rummaged through his pocket pulling out a small sack. He poured out beans into his palm showing them to the captain. Hook focused his blurred vision on the objects in his hand.

"Food, wonderful." he said sarcastically.

"No, sir, magic beans. Like the bean I had years ago when we set sail to Neverland for the first time. These beans can take you through portals to different lands, and rumor is that the crocodile has traveled to a different world."

This new information got Hook's full attention. "I'm listening." he sat up ignoring the dizziness as he did.

"Well he learned of the one can defeat him and he's been searching for nineteen years and had recently found the where the savior is." Smee said.

"Is there a point to this, Smee?" Hook asked annoyed. He knew the crocodile had been searching for this mysterious savior, and Hook had recently returned to the Enchanted Forest because he was told by Smee that he returned.

Only to find that the crocodile had just left and no one knew where. Now Smee was blabbering on about these magic beans.

"Captain, if you use one of these beans it can take you where the crocodile is." Smee explained. "Where is he exactly?" Hook asked.

"A place called Storybrooke." Smee answered.

"Curious name." Hook pointed out. "Well, come along, Mr. Smee, we best head for shore."

Hook did not want to bring the whole ship and crew, so Hook and Smee took a long boat and went ashore to a small pond where he could jump into the portal.

"You're going to have to take all of them so you have a way to get back." Smee said handing Hook the sack of beans.

Hook took one out threw it in the water, a small whirl pool began to swirl. "Good luck, Captain." Smee said he nodded at him. He jumped in and landed on hard ground.

Grunting in pain he got up he glanced all around him, he was on a road and houses on either side. What an odd place he thought.

He wandered around till he came to the main part of small town, he kept well hidden then he heard the unmistakable sound of women talking. He peeked around the corner of a building and saw four girls standing together.

Then a man who was limping approached the girls, he knew that limp anywhere it was the same limp he saw years ago when it stumbled onto his ship, Rumplestiltskin, he had to fight the urge not to charge and pierce his heart. He looked like an ordinary man, it must have a disguise but it didn't fool him.

He asked the girls something but couldn't make out what, he was staring very intensely at one of the girls. The crocodile walked away from them and they all split up in different directions, Hook followed the one that the crocodile stared at. She was beautiful that much he could tell. She had long blond hair, almost golden from the way the hit it.

He had no clue why he followed her, perhaps to make sure that the crocodile would not harm her. Wait, what did he care? He came here to destroy Rumplestiltskin and that's what he was going to do.

He watched her go inside a house which he assumed was hers then left. Hook thought about why Rumple would be here, then realization hit him the girl she had to be the savor everyone spoke of back in the Enchanted Forest.

Of course, it made sense the way he stared at her there could be no other explanation. He had to find out. He stood by a wall with all kinds of parchment attached to it but one stuck more than the others, it was a very bright green that said, Costume party! Tomorrow night at eight at Storybrooke High School for seniors, hope to see you there!

Hook knew that the girl would attend this and that the crocodile will follow her, and so will he.

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