So glad that you all enjoyed the last chapter!
Judi92 - Thanks for taking the time to review! I can't wait for Hook and Wendy as well, it may take a chapter or two but it'll be fun when they remember who they were!
Castiel Angel Heart - I wanted her reaction to be similar to Emma's, her attitude towards everything. Skeptical but still kind of curious. I hoped I wrote it well lol
Enjoy the chapter! xoxox
Bored with watching the Crocodile, Killian lazily leaned back in his seat. Smee had been kind enough to bring him what was known in this land as a "camping chair" equipped with a cup holder which Killian used to hold his flask of rum.
The grey clouds that had filled the sky earlier in the day had made way to brilliant blue and sparkling sunshine. Never one to resist a clear day, the pirate soaked up some vitamin D and let the sun warm his skin as he shed his leather jacket and rolled up his shirt sleeves.
On the streets below his post, he could hear muffled conversation. Two female voices...one belonging to a certain Swan girl. Emma Swan. The other was unfamiliar, perhaps the young woman Swan was with the day before.
Killian's ears perked up curiously as he got up from his seat and grabbed his spyglass to get a closer look and perhaps listen in.
The spyglass brought into view Emma and the stranger. Emma looking as beautiful and sarcastic as ever while the other looked around curiously as they walked, examining everything around her closely.
The woman was about Emma's age, it seemed, with long, wavy brown hair that swirled behind her occasionally as the wind picked up. She was a beauty. An exquisite face with oddly familiar eyes and full pink lips.
The pirate cocked his head to the side as he considered her. There was something about this woman that he just couldn't place in his mind. It drove him crazy because he was certain he would remember a face like hers despite his 300 years of existence.
Perhaps, he thought, he could put his dutiful watch of the Crocodile on hold til tomorrow.
Today, he would learn more about this beautiful stranger.
The Mayor's Office - Downtown Storybrooke
"Ah, am I finally meeting the infamous Officer Wendy Darling?" Regina smiled as she looked up from her desk and rose to her feet, coming around to the front and approaching the two women who had just entered.
"Mayor Mills." Wendy nodded once as she shook Regina's extended hand warily.
"I see you've told her..." Regina chuckled, aptly noting Wendy's pensiveness.
"She may have seen my magic, too." Emma replied with a little smirk.
"Yea, about that...how the hell do you even have magic?" Wendy asked, her voice coming back strong again.
"Emma must've told you who she is." Regina answered the brunette.
Wendy simply stared back.
"Emma is the product of what we call True Love, the most powerful magic in any land. Though her parents, Snow and Charming may not have magic...the product of their love does. Meaning Emma." Regina explained, almost painfully. The fact that Snow had found and kept her True Love even in this land was still a hard pill to swallow even after all they'd been through.
It was something she was still learning to suppress. The need to seek her revenge against Snow for the loss of Daniel. For the death of her mother, Cora. But as things had taken a downward turn in Storybrooke, the love Snow still had for Regina could not be ignored...and the realization of this kept Regina from her revenge.
It made good lighten her heart...if only just a little.
"I'm sorry if I have a hard time with this...it-it's a lot to take in." Wendy said.
"That's understandable. Emma and I are here to answer any questions you may have." Regina smiled kindly and Wendy nodded twice.
"So, what brings you both here?" Regina asked, knowing there was something specific.
"Thought maybe you could jog Wendy's memory a bit, help her out and speed up the process." Emma replied as she leaned against Regina's desk and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Unfortunately, Miss Swan, I don't think there's much I can do on my end. She needs to remember on her own. We can tell her all we want, but she'll never truly believe until she remembers who she was. It'll take something drastic to do that, to trigger Wendy's memory...which is why I'd like for her to meet our pirate Captain sooner rather than later." Regina said casually, picking up and toying with an apple from a bowl on her desk.
Emma knew where to find Hook. The docks, the Jolly Roger, even sometimes Granny's because even a pirate needed to eat. She was hoping that today, he'd be his charming self instead of the murderous revenge seeking pirate she had seen too many times before.
It had been about 3 weeks without an incident. 3 weeks prior, however, Hook had broken into Mr. Gold's pawn shop and ransacked the place. Perhaps to remind him that he wasn't safe there, that Hook could come for him at any moment he wished.
The pirate had a thing for dramatics.
In the 3 weeks since then, Hook had lain low. Had almost blended in with the town. He'd come to the station and harass Emma from time to time or go to Granny's to eat or have a beer and flirt with Ruby, but Emma and Regina both knew something needed to be done. Hook was still planning his revenge, despite the calmness of the last few weeks.
It needed to come to an end permanently so the town could at last have a little bit of peace after so much violence and sadness. Both Emma and Regina could at least agree on that. The town was tired of fighting.
That was where Wendy factored in.
She would bring the peace.
They hoped.
"Wait, we're going to see him today?!" Wendy asked incredulously.
First she gets frozen by magic. Then she gets told all this fairytale nonsense...and now she was supposed to meet the man who was turned basically into an evil villain because they were in love and had been separated?
Wendy had been through many a crisis. She had disarmed homemade bombs under pressure and the threat of her failure causing the death of innocent people. She had been involved in shoot outs in crowded city streets. She had probably almost died more times than she was comfortable admitting...and yet, this frightened her.
"I think it would be best for you to meet him now when things are calm." Emma said as she pushed off of Regina's desk and walked back over to Wendy.
"What if he doesn't remember?" She asked, shifting in the spot where she stood.
"Well, you don't remember either...but, you two still have to meet in order to make any kind of progress. Otherwise, this is pointless." Regina laughed to herself.
"I just didn't think we'd start so soon." Wendy said softly.
"You're going to be alright. I promise. I'll be there the whole time." Emma reassured her in a kind tone that she was surprised she even used.
"Can we at least get lunch first?" Wendy sighed with a chuckle.
"Yea, we can go to Granny's." Emma smiled as she turned to leave. Wendy joined her when Regina placed a hand on her shoulder, stopping her.
"Here, take this for the road." Regina smiled sugary sweet, extending to her the apple in her hand. Wendy nodded and took it before she met Emma outside.
Emma spied the apple in Wendy's hand and snatched it from her cautiously.
"Never eat these...just in case." Emma instructed. Wendy's eyes went wide before she tossed the apple into the bushes and the pair walked off in the direction of Granny's.
Little did they know...they were not alone.
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A/N :Just a reminder that this story is AU, a lot in the show has happened. Pretty much everything except Greg and Tamara (Who I can do without, quite frankly lol). Neal isn't in Storybrooke...he may show up eventually. They haven't gone to Neverland. Belle is Lacey though, because Hook did still shoot her.
Milah was not Hook's True Love, however, but he did love her in a time when he thought himself incapable of it and is still seeking revenge for her death. He does still have a code of honor, afterall.