AN: I'm transitioning to where we get less feedback from Killian/Elphaba and Liam/Emma. I think it's gotten a bit confusing as to who is talking so for this chapter we're going to try and just show some more back story and then see if y'all like it better or not. Reviews and Comments are always appreciated

-Tay

Over the Love: Henry and the Black Pearl

Chapter Seven:

A eleven-year-old Elphaba ran and slide on the marble floor lodging herself into the Library, "Nessa! Nessa Rose!" she exclaimed falling on the floor.

"What is it Elphie?" her eight year old sister replied.

"He's coming! He's coming!" that was all Elphaba had to say before her sister jumped up from her seat and they both ran down the corridor. Their laughter echoed in the hallways as they passed their Aunt Regina in the hallway that was talking to one of her advisors.

"Roughhousing today aren't they my Queen?" he said.

"No," she lightly chuckled, "Their brother is coming home today."

"How delightful, the young prince has not been home in several moons."

Regina rolled her eyes, "He is on some ridiculous quest and is probably coming home to ask for my help." The two chuckled lightly before returning to their discussion.

Elphaba and Nessa Rose had run to the top of the tower where they say the guard August standing watch. "Good morning," he stood and gave small bow, which the girls responded with curtsies. After the Great King and Queen had died while aboard the Jolly Roger, August had requested to be moved to Regina's castle instead of remaining where he was stationed. He had made a vow to Emma and Killian that he would dedicate his life to protecting their family as long as he lived. August was trying to make up for everything that he had done to Emma in their past. He wanted to be selfless, brave and true again.

Elphie stood up on one of the tall stools so she could over look the kingdom and was hoping to see a carriage that belonged to her brother. Nessa was too short to climb on top of it herself so August lifted her up so she might be able to see the things her sister could. "So my princess, what have you come to visit me for on this beautiful morning?"

Elphaba pouted, "He's late."

Nessa sighed, "He's always late."

August chuckled, "Then I suppose you two should be used to it by now." They turned back to the horizon and waited a few more minutes before the carriage finally appeared. Both of the girls gasped and hopped down from the stool. Elphie started to run towards the front gate but Nessa stayed only for a moment and said to August, "Thank you for letting us look out from your view good sir."

"Anytime my princess."

"NESSA! Come on!" she heard her sister shouting, she waved at the captain of the guard and then ran towards her sister's voice. August smiled at the fading memory of the little princesses he had sworn to serve. Regina and Robin were waiting by the gatekeeper when he began to slowly raise it for the prince's carriage when two little girls ran past them. "Isn't that sweet?" Robin asked.

"They always get excited when he comes to visit, he goes on so many adventures and they love hearing about them." Regina smiled.

The carriage stopped when the driver saw the two girls running toward it. The door popped open and a smiling prince came out and embraced his sisters. They however, did not respond to his attempt to hug them. "You're late." Elphaba said.

"Yeah! You're always late?"

The prince raised his eyebrows, "A prince is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

"Henry." Regina called out for the prince.

"Mom" he smiled at her. Henry bent down and picked up both of the girls, "I think you've got some mice in your castle." Nessa and Elphaba shrieked and giggled as their brother swung them around. He gently placed them on the ground and hugged his mother. "So how've you been?"

She raised her eyebrows and smirked, "Snow already told me why you're making this visit so you might as well go ahead and ask me."

Henry sighed, "I found their souls."

"Your parents?" he nodded, "Where are they?" Henry mumbled something under his breath, "They're where?"

"Davy Jones locker"

Regina looked back at the two girls and realized this was not the place to discuss this so she pulled Henry away and continued the discussion in her office. Elphaba never heard the rest of the conversation, but she was happy that her brother was home. He stayed for a few weeks and then ventured off to find some crazy guy with a hat. It was on that adventure that he was reunited with a girl from his Storybrooke days, and that was the adventure where he discovered his true love. Grace.

Years had passed and Liam spent most of his time with Robin Hood and Roland in Locksley. He studied the magic of the people and harvest. Nessa Rose was studying the air and wind, she spent most of her time down at the lake where she could experiment different spells at her own whim. Elphaba on the other hand had been drawn to the sea; she could summon mermaids whenever she wished and she could control the way the sea moved. Each skill came to them naturally and since neither of them wanted to return to their natural kingdom. The Charmings and Regina had decided that they would be the overseers of each skill.

Elphaba was nearly eighteen years old and she and Nessa Rose were spending the summer with her Nan and Pop. It was a cloudy summer day when Elphaba approached her grandfather and said, "So like when am I going to get my own boat?"

David and Snow looked at each other, "When did you start to feeling this way?" Snow asked.

"My heart longs for the sea, I need to gain my title and then explore my realm. We all need to be crowned, I know Nessa is only fifteen but still the people need to see her as one of their Queens."

"You're right," David began, "I'll find you a crew and we'll set up a date for the coronations."

Another year had passed and finally the day had come, it was the day before coronation day. That evening there was to be a ball in honor of the two Queens and one King. Many families from across the realm had come to Regina and Robin's castle in order to witness this most wondrous event. Elphaba had gotten dressed and went to eat breakfast with her Aunt before meeting her grandparents in the parlor. Liam had just arrived from Locksley with his best friend Roland, both of them where checking that the security would be extremely tight for the evenings events.

Elphaba had begun to wonder where her little sister Nessa had gone, "Oh I am hoping that I will begin my earliest sea voyage within the next few months." She told her Grandparents over a sip of tea. Her Pop had begun to ramble on about the crew he had found for her when Elphaba's eyes flickered to the window and she saw her sister out by the pond. Nessa was playing with the air again only this time a Captain of the Guard stood beside her.

Elphaba saw her sister giggle at whatever August Booth had said to her. She giggled at the fact that her sister actually had a crush on someone, and someone so much older than her.

"What plans do you have after tomorrows events my princess?" August asked Nessa Rose.

"Well," she began, "I am only sixteen, but I am hoping that by the time I am eighteen that I will be able to move into a castle of my own.

"You have a castle?" he asked.

She nodded, "Oh yes! No one's seen it though," she leaned in and whispered, "it's just my little secret"

"Then why tell me?"

The princess shrugged at the captain of the guard and she went back to making little clouds appear all around the lake.

"Elphaba, there is someone I want to introduce you to." Her Pop had brought her back to his attention. She looked up and save a man in a naval uniform, "This is Commodore James Norington, he's going to be your first mate."

Elphaba raised her eyebrows, "He's my babysitter?"

Charming shook his head, "No! He's just there to make sure you're safe."

Elphaba got up and walked over to look at the Commodore, "You expect this bean-pole to protect me?"

"If I could speak ma'am I've traveled great distances on the water and know short cuts and the safest ways to travel." The Commodore told the princess.

"I want adventure, can you promise me that?" He nodded and she sighed, "Fine, we can keep my babysitter but he is under my full control and will do as I command." Charming reluctantly agreed to that.

"There is something else we want to show you sweetie," Snow told her, the three of them walked to the docs together and Elphaba saw a ship covered up. "When you were a child this washed up on the shore, the past few years your grandfather and I have been repairing it to the best of our abilities as our present to you on your coronation day."

A group of men pulled down the covers to reveal the Jolly Roger, it looked ghostly even though it had been repaired. Elphaba, completely speechless edged closer to the ship, she remembered her father's stories about the ship. All of the adventures he had done aboard this ship the good and the bad. She looked up and she saw that the ship had white sails, "I would like for these sails to be take down."

"Are they not how you would like them?" Snow asked.

"No" she said, "They need to be black." Elphaba stepped aboard her ship for the first time, "This isn't the Jolly Roger anymore"

"What is it then?" Snow asked.

"The Black Pearl." Both the king and queen knew the significance behind her new name for the Jolly Roger. She was her father's treasured pearl and nothing in the world could replace the sorrow she felt in her heart for the loss of her parents.