A Bat In Storybrooke

by Emersonian

An old foe of Killian arrives in Storybrooke to get his revenge on the latter. Killian tries to keep Emma out of it. Rumple and Belle are expecting a child who has inherited magic from the Dark One that will make the baby a terrible villain. In the past, Lieutenant Killian meets and befriends a special yet mysterious humanoid bat who lived among humans his entire life.

13. Chapter 13

A BAT IN STORYBROOKE:

Chapter 13

Flashback: Year 1774, aboard the Aldoradian ship God's Dorada, a few days later.

The winds were calm as The Jewel Of The Realm and one of Aldorada's ships, God's Dorada, sailed together in the middle of the ocean during the expedition towards the peace-making artifact. While General Denada Cortés, Liam, and Prince Pablo were aboard The Jewel of The Realm, Killian, along with Fitzgerald and Princess Isabella, were sailing on God's Dorada with half of the expedition's crew.

Killian kept watch of the directions that The Jewel Of The Realm took ahead of them. Although he was used to sailing, he wanted to make sure that he didn't lose sight of his brother; After all, he was the only family he had left.

"Lieutenant Jones?"

Killian looked behind him. Princess Isabella stood there. Unlike the way he met her back at the party, she was dressed in the Aldoradian uniform, only in a way that was fit for a woman, and her hair was tied up in a militaristic ponytail. She looked more serious than the giggling princess he saw a few days ago.

"Fidget wanted to know if you've seen any change of direction from our comrades ahead of us," she said quite simply.

"No changes so far, your Highness." Killian's tone was respectful as he answered the princess.

"There's no need to do all of the 'Your Highness' around me when we are out of the castle. You can just call me Isabella. Even Fidget said you didn't have to call me by my title."

Killian nodded in an understanding way. Yet, although he didn't doubt Fitzgerald at all, even as they were developing a friendship, he was still curious to know how a Batrishan like the sergeant got engaged to a human princess. So he dove into a conversation.

"Fitzgerald is quite a remarkable person. I wish I'd met more honorable people like him during the previous years of my life," he told Isabella. The latter's face brightened at the positive mention of her fiancé. She sighed happily.

"I know, right? He's brave and a great leader. He's sophisticated and polite. He's very intelligent, warm, welcoming, and so much more. He's also very handsome." She twirled in a dreamy, girly way on the forecastle deck. "I fell in love with him ever since we first met."

"True love at first sight?" Killian guessed.

"Yes. We were only two-years-old when he met during one of my mother's royal parties to celebrate another victory led by Fitzgerald father. We were young, yes, but I knew right away when I saw him that I was in love. And he reciprocated the same feelings over the course of the years until we finally became a couple by last, and a few months ago, he proposed to me."

"A true tale of romance between…" Killian decided not to say the rest of it.

"Between a beauty and a beast?" Isabella completed the sentence for him. "It is one. After all, what goes on for him in the inside is more essential than what is going for him on the inside."

A marine breeze finally hit the sails as Isabella excused herself and went to the other side of the ship, where Fitzgerald was giving navigating directions. Killian smiled in amusement as the princess stole a kiss from the Batrishan; the latter returned the theft as well. It was obvious to Killian, that the sergeant and the princess were lucky to have each other. The wise words of Isabella still rung in his head.

What goes on for him in the inside is more essential than what is going on for him on the outside.