Chapter 10: Captain Hook
Mal was flying the north side of the wall, keeping a steady stream of fire lit to add another layer of protection while the southern soldiers rested. Half had just returned from Grimmsville to find the market pillaged with many of the supplies the soldiers needed taken by Captain Hook's crew. There'd been no deaths but Ben was on his way there to smooth things over with the town folk. On the upside the pirates seemed to be following Uma's path north. Evie had tried to warn them but they all knew it was too little too late. The reports coming back though were indicating it wasn't nearly as damaging as it could have been.
Ben had put Neverland on high alert to warn them of the incoming pirates but they didn't much seem to care. While most of the states had chosen sides, Neverland was staying annoyingly impartial. They did not care who won or lost and the Villains weren't a huge concern for them either. They still had their pirate's village full of taverns and inns opened. The pirates meant more business for them and as long as they played by the old rules of you don't shit where you eat the lost boys and Indians were glad that more business should be coming back to the island. They had never truly fit in with the rest of the states and Peter and Wendy had moved to Auradon City long ago, more than happy to leave the dangers of Neverland behind.
Mal was exhausted as she completed one last pass and landed gracefully to the south of the wall where Jay greeted her as she turned back into her human form.
"There is news from Ben, uh I mean King Ben."
"Good or bad?" Mal tool the water he offered gratefully. Her throat was parched.
"Depends who you ask." Jay shrugged and led her into a nearby tent that was currently acting as central command. Jay handed her a letter.
With word that pirates are loose in the realm leaders from all of the states of Auradon have agreed to meet in Auradon City tomorrow at noon. They all wish to dissolve the USA and establish their own leaders. They feel as if a central monarchy is no longer the correct answer.
"Ben must be devastated. This is basically a mutiny!" Mal knew what this meant for Ben, he had tried to rule in the best interest of all his people, but the Auradonians did not see the villains of the Isle as those worthy of consideration.
"But Mal if the USA dissolves then the fighting will slow. They'll be too focused on setting up trade deals with their neighbors. It will be like it once was and the Villains can't all be sent back to the Isle because it took all the lands as one to do that."
"Ben will feel like a failure, Jay. That he failed his people and he let his parents down."
"Maybe. Well, probably. But at the end of the day the fighting will stop, people will stop dying and we can move on with our lives."
It was late when Harry finally appeared in their cabin. Evie was finishing up a shirt for Chester and her fingers were aching, taking one look at Harry she saw how tired he was, Uma had left him in command for most of the day and he'd been at the helm for near twelve hours. He kicked his boots off and flopped on the bed.
"You look tired." Evie commented unnecessarily. She finished up the shirt and turned her sewing machine off. Harry was half asleep by the time she got her nighty on and crawled over him to lay between him and the wall. He did a funny little wiggle to get closer to her and pulled her in tight.
"Uma has decided we are going to sack Olympus with the help of the other pirates." Evie stiffened, she could tell by the tone of his voice that he was apprehensive and a little bit excited. "We're headed to Neverland to wait for them all, it's gonna be interesting." Harry snuggled into her hair inhaling the scent of apples deeply.
"I want to help. Sack the city, I mean. My magic is stronger now, I have a feeling I could do a lot of damage if I wanted to."
"I don't want ye getting hurt, love."
"And I don't want you getting hurt either. So, I am going." Harry leaned up on to his elbow and looked down at her. He knew that look, that I dare you to tell me what to do look. He wasn't going to win this one, there was no use arguing about it.
"Ye promise to stay close to me, and keep yer dagger on at all times so I know yer safe?"
"I promise Harry." He kissed her forehead and laid down next to her, pulling her in close. This scared him but Evie was a powerful witch and he knew she could take care of herself. He just had to let her.
Dawn brought them into the docks at Neverland, they were well supplied so there was no reason to rush off to market, most of the crew decided sleep was more prevalent than rushing off to explore. Of all the states Neverland was the most villain friendly. To them money was money they didn't rightly care as long as you were spending and not stealing. It was a pirate haven for many and the few that broke the rules were often lynched according to the older pirates that had been around before the banishment. Evie yanked the blackout curtains closed over the morning sun and crawled back into bed. Making sure to crawl right over Harry who promptly smacked her on the ass for waking him. She squealed and settled into bed next to him.
"That hurt!"
"Shush, ye liked it."
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Go back to sleep." Harry grabbed her around the waist and yanked her to him. She wiggled to get comfortable, smirking slightly when she felt something poking her. She drifted back to sleep with a smile. Harry on the other hand was waking up more and more, but he refused to move relishing in having a calm morning with Evie. Her body was warm which helped combat the chilly spring morning. It would start getting hotter the farther north they went. Most of the time he liked warmer weather but right now the chill in the air was pleasant with Evie curled up against him. Harry was left with his thoughts while Evie dozed. He was worried for her, he didn't want her to get hurt or end up in a situation where she had to do something she might hate herself for, she was softer than the rest of them. But he didn't want her any other way, as long as she loved him that was all he needed. His eyes drifted to his hat, he had snuck off while Evie was shopping in Grimmsville and found a ring for her. It was uniquely her, absolutely perfect. He untangled himself from her slowly as not to wake her and he retrieved his hook and the ring. He slid the ring over the hook. The band had small blue sapphires around it except the top where a beautiful ruby solitary sat, the white gold of the ring went beautifully with the striking gems. It wasn't a diamond but it was spelled to always fit her comfortably. As Evie slept he trailed the hook down her neck around to her breasts, when he dipped it lower to hook the bottom of her nighty she woke as his hook traveled back north.
"Harry. What is that…" She grabbed his hook and held it in front of her face. She looked at him in shock and uncertainty.
"That's yer engagement ring, that's if ye want to be stuck with this pirate that is." Evie squealed, very loudly. He laughed as he pulled the ring off his hook and slid it onto the ring finger on her left hand. She admired it for a minute before launching herself at Harry. Kissing him over and over again. She felt like she was in a dream, she had never seen a ring fit her so perfectly, the solitaire reminded her of a beautiful apple and the band was her favorite vibrant shade of blue.
"I love you Harry Hook."
"And I love ye." He buried his face into her hair and inhaled. He bit her neck lightly and her newly adorned hand gravitated south rubbing him through his pants. With quick fingers she undid his pants and tugged on them, clearly wanting them off in a hurry. Harry ignored her and nibbled on her ear lobe. Harry's hands were firmly planted on her hips and she was becoming frantic for him to touch her but he was being a tease. Evie groaned in frustration when his hand refused to move from her hip no matter how much she tugged at him. He was smiling into her mouth as she attempted to bite his lip. When he still refused she crawled away from him. She was the queen of teasing, if he wanted to play that game she was going to win. She was as far from him as she could be and still be kneeling on the bed and lifted her nighty over her head to reveal she was completely naked underneath. He had a sinking feeling his teasing was about to backfire, but he had a feeling he was going to enjoy it. He propped himself up on his elbows while Evie shook her hair out behind her. She sucked on one finger and then trailed her moist fingertip down her chest. She cupped both breast and allowed them to bounce as she let her left-hand wander down her flat stomach until she reached between her legs and began touching herself. Harry should have known she would play dirty. Her hand worked slowly, slowly rubbing her clit as her other hand traveled up to play with one of her barbells. She was staring right at him moaning. His pants were unbearably tight and he wanted to take her right then and there but this was a game and he was going to try his damnedest to win. But he was undone when she dipped a finger into herself and very slowly brought it to her mouth and licked it. Harry stood and pulled his pants down and ripped his shirt over his head but when he got close to her she shook her head no, not saying a word her left hand went south again and she used two fingers on herself, pulling them in and out of her quickly. Harry had never considered being able to come without ever being touched but he was beginning to believe it was actually possible as Evie's chest started to get its telltale blush.
"Evie, I don't know what I want more, to watch ye finish yerself or to help ye finish." She grinned wickedly at him and reached her soaked hand out and trailed it up his hard on, over his chest, until her fingers could be captured by his mouth. She had brought herself closer to him, his erection brushing against her as they kneeled in front of each other. She pulled her hand from his mouth and kissed him while she gripped him in her hand. She held him so his head touched her bundle of nerves, and she moved in a way that sent shivers up Harry's spine as she rubbed herself across his head. She was moaning into his mouth when she came. Her cheeks burned and her whole body shuddered as she still held him in her hand. She rested her head on his shoulder while he ran his hands softly up and down her spine causing shivers to wrack her body.
"Evie, I could watch ye do that all day, every day." She laughed and flopped onto the bed.
"I was hoping your self-control would crack, but I guess I was wrong." He grinned at her as he flipped her in one smooth squeak inducing motion that landed her on her belly. He spread her legs as wide as he could while keeping her stretched out on the bed. He crawled over her, brushing against her wetness causing her to jump with sensitivity.
"I just know the second orgasm is always the sweetest." He whispered in her ear right before thrusting into her. The angle was very different as he was stretching his body along hers and rubbing his hands down her arms until he could interlace his fingers with hers. "Come for me princess." She moaned as he whispered in her ear. He had settled into long slow strokes that massaged all the right places. With heightened sensitivity she came quickly around him which allowed him to spill himself inside her.
"Son of a Beast, I did not need to see that!" Harry leapt up and pulled the cover over Evie spinning to face none other than his older sister Harriet who threw his hat at him. He covered himself, more than irritated with the intrusion.
"If ye didn't wanna see it maybe ye should knock!" Evie had buried herself under the covers almost one hundred percent, all that could be seen was her blue hair poking out. Harriet was dressed in some finery, more than likely from their recent stop in Grimmsville.
"Well little brother mayhaps ye should lock yer door. Who'd you force in ta ye bed this time." Harry cringed as Evie popped her head up and glared at the eldest Hook. "Whoa ho, if it ain't the fairest of them all, the princess of traitors, the poisoned apple of the Isle. Ye sure descended on him fast."
"Considering how large your nose is and your habit of sticking it in other people's business I would have thought you knew I have been on the Isle for the past seven months."
"Oh yeah, fer what? Yer shoes not match yer outfit?"
It was just for show but Evie called on the magic singing through her veins. A heaviness was in the air making it tough to get a lung full of air as she stared at Harriet. She wasn't a threat but everyone knew first impressions were what mattered.
"I ripped a man's heart out, it still beating offended me." She dropped her magic in a whoosh which caused both Hooks to gasp in precious air. Harriet took a moment to regain her composure and stood a little straighter.
"Harry, father wishes to speak with ye and yer captain at noon on his ship." Harriet turned back to the door, "He'll want to meet yer little witch too." Harriet's long curly hair trailed behind her briefly as she stormed off. The young woman would never admit to being scared of the little daughter of the Evil Queen, but to have never been around magic her whole life that suffocating power had frightened her. And for it to have stemmed from everyone's sweet little villain worried her. What were they up against in this new world?
Harry closed the door and was sure to lock it that time. We tossed his hat on his head and swaggered back to the bed. "Ye know princess, yer a bit scary sometimes. Gorgeous, but scary." Harry got hit in the face with a small pillow, eliciting a chuckle from the pirate. She got up and tried to make it the wardrobe but was intercepted. Harry hugged her to him, kissing her shoulder as she tried to wiggle away. "Round two?"
"Harry its…" she glanced at the clock on the wall, "ten thirty. I've got to get ready if we are meeting your father at noon!" he wanted to tease her but he knew she was nervous, he was too. In the past seven months he had made it over to see his father and his crew a handful of times. The man was always overbearing and made him feel like anything he did was never good enough. That was the main reason he had kept Evie far from his family. He knew he wasn't good enough for her but, he didn't want his family to make sure everyone else knew it too.
"Ye don't have to go, Evie."
"Yes I do. I know Auradon better than any of you. It's just your dad, once upon a time he was quite fond of me." Harry couldn't exactly argue that point, he had stuck his head in Tick Tock 's mouth to try to get her to laugh at her birthday party. Harriet had been quite jealous. Evie had thrown her robe on and was off to the washroom.
Harry just shrugged his clothes on and donned his jacket without sleeves. It was not even noon and it was already getting warm now that they were farther north. He found Uma in the galley, who stood and began clapping when he entered the room. He bowed to her and the crew as they laughed and teased him about the show he'd put on for Harriet.
"You do know there's a lock on your door right?" Uma scolded when he sat down next to her and Gil.
"Aye, but I thought everyone knew to not just waltz into me room too." Harry took a bite of the oatmeal that was sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. "Ta think we been missing out on food that actually taste good. Harriet tell ye what she wanted?"
"Aye, it seems Evie is coming with us, where is she?"
"She's getting ready. She put on quite a show with her magic, I think Harriet was actually afraid of her." Harry muttered with a mouthful of oatmeal.
"Hopefully that'll work to our advantage, she's not the only witch on board ye know. But her magic isn't like mine, I do much better with spells and incantations. And besides she's had more training." Harry realized that Uma was actually jealous of Evie, that she had learned how to control her magic and Uma had not. Her pride was wounded.
"Ye know I'm sure ye'd scare Harriet too once we get ya trained up." Uma gave Harry a quick smile as he turned back to his oatmeal. They talked different strategies while they waited for Evie, they weren't sure what the pirates' thoughts to joining up were going to be though.
Harry had his back to the door when Evie entered but Chester, Weasel and Sidney whistled loudly and started catcalling. When Harry turned around he was stunned for a moment. She had a short sleeved red crop top hugging her top half, and a beautiful blue skirt that had red polka dots all over it. It fastened at the waist, accenting how tiny she was and then it flared out over her hips stopping above her knees. The buttons running down the front of the skirt were red shiny apples. Her hair was pulled up in a perfect bun on top her head and her dagger was peeking out from under the skirt. Her eyes were lined with blue and her lips were painted red.
Evie searched out Harry and was satisfied with his adoring look, she skipped over and sat in his lap. "Look at ye, ready before we have all turned old and gray." She swatted him as Gonzo set a bowl of oatmeal in front of her. She ate it delicately while Uma and Harry returned to their plotting.
When noon neared the three made their way off the ship, Evie with her dagger while Uma and Harry had cutlasses strapped at their waist. Evie looked every which way she could, the landscape around the port was so beautifully green. Of all the states of Auradon, Neverland had been one she not had cause to visit. For the most part they did their own thing with Tiger Lily showing up for council meetings to just stay informed on things going on. The docks were filled with pirates, it appeared that Captain Hook's ship was not the only ship that had docked. The Black Pearl could be seen docked along with two others she was not familiar with. Harry led them onto the ship, greeting the crew as they passed, he easily made his way to the captain's quarters with the girls following behind them. They were greeted by Captain Hook, Harriet and three other captains. But it was obvious Captain Hook was calling the shots.
"Da' how good it is ta see ye!" Harry threw out his arms as a way of greeting. Harriet snorted at his bravado.
"Harry, take a seat. Ladies…" Mr. Smee ran up pulling a chair out for Uma while Harry made a point to pull out Evie's chair before sitting himself. Harriet stubbornly stayed at her father's side while Harry took the seat to his left. "I've heard we have ye all to thank for being off that Isle."
"Aye, Mal has a soft spot for Evie and offered us a deal. It seems all the heroes are fighting amongst themselves and they want us to stir up a bit of trouble to the north."
"So now we're the heroes' bloody henchman?" One of the captain's piped in.
"Not exactly, the king wants us to cause just enough havoc to draw the states back together but that doesn't help us much. If we get them all to secede then the seas will have goods up and down the channels. Prime pickings as far as I'm concerned." Uma looked only to Hook.
"If you want to divide Auradon, all you need to do is spread the word of the deal we made with King Ben. The states will turn against him, especially after we lay siege to Olympus." Uma did her best to hide her shock at Evie's revelation. She assumed Evie would put up a fight for her precious Auradon, not assist in breaking it apart. "Ben would be a good King, he is very progressive. But he is ruling people who aren't, they want the traditional good vs. Evil. And he can't give them that."
"Alright Miss Evie, how will sacking Olympus help accomplish this?" Captain Hook looked at her intently, his hook seemed more menacing that she knew it was his hand.
"Captain," Evie nodded trying to show respect for the older pirate. "We would add fuel to the Olympians argument that villains are villains. More states would side against Ben, and the states would crumble." The table broke out into conversation, captain talking over captain and Uma whispering furiously to Harry. But Captain Hook and Evie still regarded each other thoughtfully.
"Alright. We'll do this together, but I will lead this little operation. And ye," Captain Hook pointed to Uma. "Ye will follow my lead on this. After this we will go our separate ways, but the same old rules apply. Neverland is our sanctuary. The island folks leave us alone as long as we don't pillage, rape or plunder here." Evie cringed slightly but all the captains agreed and began plotting. After a few hours they had a real plan, in two days' time they were setting sail for Olympus.