This is my 6th crossover story.
All characters and rights belong to Disney.
Long ago, somewhere deep in the ocean...
A red codfish with black hair and a pencil thin mustache sits all on the coral bed, sniffling.
And believe it or not, that codfish was once a human being. Well, not just a human being, the guy was an emperor. A self-proclaimed elegant, sophisticated, coiffed, genteel and distinguished man. Duh! He was the boss.
The codfish continued to cry, staring at his tail fins.
This is his story.
His name was Hook. Emperor James Hook.
He was the world's baddest guy and they entered his life for many reasons.
Who's 'they' you ask? And how did all of this happen? Well, let's go back to the very beginning and you'll see how it came to be.
In the cabin, a tall man was waiting as a smaller man polished a silver hook that replaced his left hand.
Aye. 'Tis he, the elegant Captain Hook.
He was born for swashbuckling, stripping ships, cutting throats and-
Whoa, I'm sorry. I'm getting ahead of myself here.
Hook was the emperor of this beautiful, shining palace. Everyone in it was under his command.
He had Smee as his butler, a chef for three square meals a day and he had his guards. They acted like pirates, but they were loyal to their emperor.
Though he ruled over the land, Hook was rude, hot tempered and selfish. Like the one time someone 'threw off his groove.'
Hook was admiring himself when he bumped into Shorty, a small old man.
"You old fool!" shouted Hook. "Why don't watch where you're going?! Guards!"
The guards grabbed Shorty and threw him out the window.
"SORRY!" cried the thug.
Ahem, as I was saying...
Hook thought of himself as a great man, the king of the world and wanted the world to know that.
One day, Hook was out on a stroll around the palace with Smee by his side.
"Mark my words, Mr. Smee" Hook began.
"Marking, sir!" Smee saluted.
"I am absolutely certain that those pesky merpeople are up to something. They keep stealing food on land and see me as the enemy! If it's a war they want, then that's what they'll get."
Hearing this, Smee was shocked and tried to reason with him.
"Um, e-e-emperor, sir?" Smee stammered. "Shouldn't we discuss with the merfolk about their thievery?"
"Aye, Mr. Smee" Hook replied, "but no merperson will be willing to talk to me."
Then, an idea hit Hook's head.
"That's it! One of Triton's daughters. She will tell us about the thievery."
"The princesses?!" gasped Smee. "But the princesses refuse to enter here."
"Oh, no? The youngest daughter has married a boy from the village and she may be the key to our success."
Outside the palace the next morning, a young couple were walking up the stairs; a man with black hair and a beautiful, young girl with long, red hair who looked heavily pregnant.
They are Ariel and Eric.
A guard approached them, eyes narrowing.
"Pardon us, we're here to see Emperor Hook" Eric said politely.
"Inside, up the stairs, to the left" the guard replied. "Just follow the signs."
"Oh, great."
Ariel smiled and thanked the guard.
Now, you see Ariel and Eric have recently been excited to be parents and they were summoned to the palace. Well, Ariel, mostly.
You see, Ariel is the youngest daughter of King Triton, king of the merfolk.
Inside the palace, someone stood in Hook's place on the throne.
"And why have you come here?" asked a voice to a villager named Monty.
"Well, Your Highness, I mean Your Grace" Monty began. "The reason I'm here is because the merfolk..."
The woman you're hearing is none other than Gothel, Hook's adviser. She may look young, but she really had a dark secret hiding in her eyes.
And let's not forget Gothel's beloved and loyal minions. They are Varian and Cassandra.
As you can probably imagine, Gothel has been stealing the throne behind Hook's back.
"I'm sorry, but it is no concern of mine whether you have food or not" Gothel answered Monty.
"But, my family are hungry!" Monty protested.
"Ha! You should have thought of it before you became peasants! We are finished here. Take him away!"
Two guards took hold of Monty and dragged him away as he struggled to fight out of their grip.
Gothel sighed, shaking her head.
"The nerve of those peasants" Varian glared.
"Tell me about it" agreed Cassandra.
Just then, Hook arrived.
"Your Majesty" Cassandra and Varian said in unison, bowing.
Gothel got up and chuckled nervously.
But Hook wasn't falling for Gothel's 'innocence.'
"I cannot believe it" he said, scowling. "You're stealing my throne again! Only I, Emperor James Hook, can sit on the royal throne. And you're the emperor's adviser, better to be seen and not heard."
"But, your Majesty, I was only dealing with meaningless matters" Gothel insisted. "Since you were occupied with the recent theft done by the merpeople, I thought I could..."
But as Gothel spoke, Cassandra and Varian noticed that the sun started to pour into the room and touched Gothel, causing her skin to slowly wrinkle and her hair turned grey (just a little bit).
Slightly panicking, Cassandra pulled Gothel out of the sunlight.
"What are you doing?" seethed the older woman.
"The sun is out again" whispered Cassandra.
Gasping, Gothel placed the hood of her cloak on, covering her wrinkles and grey hair.
Varian sighed in relief.
"What the blazers?! hollered Hook.
"Sorry, Your Majesty" Varian apologized. "She's hitting her stride."
Gothel and Cassandra glared at Varian, evilly. They wished that he didn't say that. Did he want them to get fired?
Just then, Smee entered the throne room.
"Excuse me, your Majesty" he said nervously. "The-the-the youngest daughter of King Triton and her husband are here to see you."
"Very well, Smee" replied Hook. "Send them in."
Gothel then backed away.
"Come on, Varian, Cassandra" she ordered. "We've got better things to do."
As they walked away, Hook sat in his throne, waiting.
Soon, Ariel and Eric entered the room.
"Afternoon, your Majesty" bowed Eric. "I'm Prince Eric and this is my wife, Ariel."
"You summoned me, sir?" asked Ariel.
Hook got up and approached them.
"Of course, milday" he said in a gentleman-like manner. "I was told that you, the youngest daughter of King Triton, became human."
"Well, yes" Ariel replied. "But I still become a mermaid whenever I set foot in the ocean."
"Good, then you can answer my question. We humans have been having food shortage in the marketplace. And I believe it was your people doing it. Why?"
He showed Ariel and Eric a map of the empire and the village.
"Oh, no one's been stealing" Eric ensured Hook. "All the merfolk are friendly creatures."
"Yes and we only take very little" added Ariel. "We have everything under the sea, we don't really need all the fruit and vegetables."
Hook frowned, he thought they were lying.
"As a matter of fact, my father wants the merpeople and I to be happy" Ariel continued. "We've been around for many generations."
Eric smiled and held Ariel's hand.
Hook nodded.
"Now tell me, princess, where do you sea dogs get the most sun?" asked Hook.
Ariel replied "I think just on the side of the coral reef. When the sun gleams above the water and beyond the reef, the sea sings her song."
Hearing this, Hook thought of something.
This made Eric a little suspicious.
"If you're still thinking my wife's family is stealing food, you're wrong" he said to Hook.
"I knew it was you, I can smell the salt from your hands!" Hook bellowed in anger.
Ariel wasn't going to put up with Hook's attitude about her people.
"We're not barbarians and we're not thieves!" protested the mermaid. "No other merperson can go near humans expect my family and me!"
"I gave you savages everything and this is the thanks I get?!" Hook argued.
"You're the savage, Hook! You mistreat your kingdom the same way you treat my people! We do not want war!"
"So be it then! War will come upon you and the other merpeople."
This made Ariel even angry, but Eric held her back.
"Come on, Ariel" he said gently. "He's not worth it."
The two walked away.
Hook chuckled evilly. Everything was going his way now.
Or... so he thought.
To be continued...
I know I need to finish Hiccup (Tarzan), but I'm in the process of working on the battle and ending. I will have it done soon.
In the meantime, enjoy this story and please review.