Author's note: As promised, the bonus chapter :)
Thanks to SaharBear for asking me to do Rumbelle watching Beauty and Beast in the first place; if it wasn't for that I wouldn't even have thought of doing this in the first place!
Chapter 4
When it came to Netflix, the group was deeply divided.
Emma and Henry loved it. To them, it was something that they just couldn't live without, like hot chocolate or grilled cheese. It was as necessary as air. Where else would they catch reruns of Scandal or Orphan Black?
Mary Margaret and Regina fell somewhere in the camp of "we know what it is, but don't feel that it's that important.". It was something that they felt only "younger people" needed, which Emma found hysterical because Mary Margaret was only several older than her. (But maturity wise, she was more like forty years older).
David had heard of Netflix, but had never really experienced its joys. When you had someone like Mary Margaret for a wife, who insisted on only buying food from the organic aisles (she'd been called a killjoy by her husband and daughter on more than one occasion), Netflix was not something he was very familiar with.
Of course, Belle, Gold, and Killian had no idea what it was.
"Let's just call it one of best forms of magic in this world." Emma said as she fiddled with her phone, attempting to connect it to the TV.
"As opposed to all of this?" Killian gestured around the room, pointing to the microwave, dishwasher, DVD player, and space heater.
"Yes." She frowned at the cables in her hand. "Damn, we should really get you guys a new TV. Or maybe I'll just move the one from my apartment in New York over."
"What's wrong with the TV?" Mary Margaret asked, sounding mildly offended.
"Nothing, except for the fact that it's as old as dirt." She sat back and smiled triumphantly. "Ah, got it!" Emma's Netflix suggestions page filtered on screen.
"You sure watch a lot of shows." Mary Margaret commented. "What's Orange is the New Black?"
"Just a show about people in jail. And if you think I watch a lot, you should see Henry's. I should really make him pay for his half."
"Of course she'd watch that." Regina said with a sneer. "That's right up her alley."
"Hey, Regina." Emma fired back. "Look, it's a movie about you." On screen, there was a picture of an angry Godzilla.
"Looks more like you." Regina rolled in her eyes in response. "See, I can see the resemblance right here.
"Funny."
"What're you looking for, love?" Killian asked.
"This." She clicked on something, causing a loud groan to escape from Killian's lips.
"Peter Pan." He deadpanned. "Really?"
She sent him a wry grin. "Just because I found the DVD doesn't mean you got off easy."
"Well, I for one would love to see it." Gold cut in. "Watching our dear captain squirm is something I've been looking forward to."
"I wouldn't be smiling for long if I were you." Henry muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" Gold asked.
"Nothing." Henry said innocently. "You'll find out soon enough." He added quietly.
And squirm he did.
It started out small. As the Darling children talked on screen, Killian's eyes darted from corner to corner of the room.
"You know, I should really go and see if the snow has stopped."
Emma stopped him with a hand to his shoulder. "You're going nowhere."
"Why do you look so nervous?" David asked. "You haven't even seen yourself yet."
"Because," Killian explained. "if the other movie made such a fool of the bloody Dark One then there's no way this one is much better."
"You never know." Henry spoke up, though he knew the truth of course.
"That's right." Regina commented. "It could be worse."
And then a little while later, the first complaint was heard. Rather loudly too. "Bloody hell!" He shouted. "Is that...me?"
"Yup!" Henry replied cheerfully.
"What's the matter, Captain?" Emma teased. "Can't handle it?"
"Oh, no, that I can." He fired back automatically, but there was no denying the disbelief on his face as his Disney counterpart strutted across the boat on screen.
"You sure don't look like it."
"Believe me. I've dealt with some of the worst creatures in all the realms. I can handle this." A vein in his forehead pulsed and his fists clenched and unclenched, but he started resolutely at the screen.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." Killian interjected as Smee came on screen. "You're telling me that they got Smee of all people right but not me? They completely missed my devilishly handsome looks. He looks nothing like me!"
"Shush!" Regina snapped. "I'm enjoying the movie!"
Killian continued rambling as if he hadn't heard her. "Look at him! He looks like a bloody fool! I refuse to believe this. What kind of sorcery is this?"
"That's you all right." Henry said.
"Waxed mustache, perm, and all." Emma added.
"So that's what you meant." Killian mused. "And here I was thinking it was a good thing. But that's not me. No bloody way."
"Believe it, buddy." Regina said. "Now are you going to be quiet so that I can enjoy this?"
He seemed to calm down as the screen cut away from Captain Hook, but he tensed right away as Peter Pan came on screen. Except this time he wasn't the only one.
"That looks nothing like my father." Gold muttered darkly.
"Calm down." Belle said comfortingly, running a hand down his arm. "It's just a movie."
"Well of course you feel that way. Your onscreen self looked exactly like you." Regina pointed out rather unhelpfully. "Give or take a few pounds." She added snidely.
True to her Disney princess nature, Belle shrugged off the insult.
"But look at that." Regina continued. "They completely butchered Rumple's father. I completely understand why, of course. The real one was a nightmare."
"I can't believe I used to have a crush on him." Emma added. "Used to wish he'd come and whisk me away to Neverland. Of course, that was before I found out he was completely psycho."
"LOOK AT THAT RED COAT!" Killian shouted. "Just look at it! It's a travesty." He shot a glance at Emma, whose body was wracked with laughter. "Oh, well I'm glad you think this is so amusing." He quipped sarcastically. "A CODFISH? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!"
"Lighten up." Regina drawled from her spot in the armchair, where she hadn't moved for hours. "It's just a movie."
"Oh, of course you can say that. I bet you look amazing in your movie."
"As a matter of fact, I do." Regina said, punctuating her statement with a flip of her hair. "I always look amazing."
"But a crocodile?! A crocodile? I was not afraid of a crocodile!"
"Actually, you were." Gold spoke up with a touch of amusement. But he looked rather affronted as well. "I can't believe they portrayed me as a crocodile. That is just ridiculous. I am the most powerful sorcerer in all the lands, and they've reduced me to a barbaric creature and a reptile."
"Who made this monstrosity?" Killian said. "I will tear him limb from limb."
"Good luck with that." Henry snorted. "Pretty sure he's dead by now."
"I believe he's called Disney." Belle spoke up. "And by that, I mean a group of people who have nothing better to do than botch up our stories."
"Dead or not, he must have descendants. I will find them and let them feel the wrath of the Dark One." Gold declared.
"Right there with you, mate." Killian raised his mug in acknowledgement.
"Myself as well." Regina agreed. "My mother's horrible portryal must be avenged."
Henry and Emma exchanged a glance; the thought of Rumple and Regina with their fireballs and Killian brandishing his hook and a sharp sword just showing up to an office full of movie writers was just too hilarious.
It occured to her, as Killian continued to complain (loudly), causing Regina to call him a big baby, that this day hadn't been all bad.
At the very least, given their history, it could've been much, much worse.
Author's note: So that's it! I would LOVE to do more movies (ever heard of the Full Monty, starring Robert Carlyle? That would've been hilarious for this fic!) but I have other stories to do and work and schoolwork and yeah. So thanks for reading!
