Killian Jones: Prompt: Aurora and Killian were friends as kids but when his mother died (which might be canon) he started acting really weird but she tried to help him until he finally lost it and joined a pirate ship, and then they found each other later when phillip died and she was just like KILLIAN...what happened to you?
Killian Jones
His mother had just died, yes, but he was going to be ok. He would be fine. He stared at the mirror, trying to convince himself that he was the same person. "I'm fine, I'll be happy and I'll be nice and I'll be fine." he said, slipping a pouch over his shoulder. His father was high-class and had gotten him into a good school that only the richest could attend.
he walked out of the door, his sighed trailed upward as he grinned to the world, putting on his new mask "Hello Aurora!" he said when he saw his friend "What's up?" he knew that he was a bit too chipper, but it was either that or breaking down.
Aurora: "Nothing..." she said unsure. She had been there for moral support at the funeral and she knew he couldn't be over it already. After the way he cried...
Killian Jones: "Really? Is your life really that boring?" he asked, raising an eyebrow "We should do something fun, then. After school, of course, I know you wouldn't ever skip..."
Aurora: Normally she would NEVER skip, but her best friend's mother had just DIED. Once wasn't going to kill her. "No, we should skip today. Just this once. Want to go down to the docks?"
Killian Jones: he grinned "Sure! Let's go then, princess."
Aurora: She rolled her eyes teasingly, "Just because I am a princess doesn't mean you can call me that!"
Killian Jones: "Why not, your highness? I could call you a lot of worse things!" he took off running towards the docks.
Aurora: "DON'T YOU DARE, JONES!" she yelled at him before taking off after him.
Killian Jones: They stopped at the docks where a strange boat was sitting... it was a pirate ship, they both knew. "A pirate ship..you know how much gold must be in there?"
Aurora: "Killian, you dad is loaded. You don't need more gold. Besides, that would be stealing!"
Killian Jones: "What's wrong with stealing?" he whispered "And funerals cost a lot of money, if only I could just..." his eyes grew dark and concentrating, an expression that he had never displayed before.
Aurora: She was getting a bad feeling. A very bad feeling. "Killian...stealing is...well, stealing. Of course it's wrong! Are-are you okay?"
Killian Jones: "I'm fine." he said "If you don't want to do it, then you don't have to, but..." he grinned devilishly "This could be very interesting."
Aurora: "Killian..." She took a deep breath. True, she was one for adventure, but this was different. "I'll go, but I'm not going to take anything, and you shouldn't either."
Killian Jones: he shrugged "SHould and will are two different things. Now let's go before they get back or we'll have our heads on their platter." he entered the boat with no cowardice, and began walking towards the captain's cabin "It must be in here, c'mon."
Aurora: Aurora followed him hesitantly. This was definitely NOT a place for a princess. Or her best friend for that matter. "Let's just hurry...We need to get out of here."
Killian Jones: "I'm not about to lounge around here!" he said cheerfully. If wasn't the right tone for the situation, but he couldn't do anything else... Once they entered teh captain's cabin, they were rewarded with chests of gold... "Amazing!"
Aurora: "Okay, you've seen it. Now let's get out of here," a pleading note tainted her voice.
Killian Jones: he shook his head "That'd be no fun, Rora..." he opened the chest and grinned, stuffing his pockets with gold and rubies. he found a pretty diamond necklace and put it on her before saying "Now we can go."
Aurora: "Good. Let's just hope we don't get caught..." She didn't even register the necklace, but instead peered around the door and took off down the hall when she saw it was clear.
Killian Jones: he followed behind her quickly and escaped from the ship "Alright...now unless my father figures out what I've been doing, we'll be fine. See, that wasn't so bad!"
Aurora: She laughed nervously. "We still shouldn't have done it."
Killian Jones: "Why not? They already stole the stuff! What's one more time."
Aurora: "I know...but it's still not right. Why should we stoop to their level?"
Killian Jones: "Stealing from pirates isn't the same as stealing from innocent people." he said, shaking his head... he couldn't believe that his friend was such a coward... and he also couldn't believe that he was doing this...
Aurora: "I know...let's just get out of here though. Maybe we can still make our after lunch classes?"
Killian Jones: he shrugged "I don't see the point, but I guess. Pretty necklace, anyway."
Aurora: It finally clicked that she had the necklace he had put on her. She glanced down at it and ran her fingers over it. "Yes...thank you," she smiled.
Killian Jones: "Of course. I
Killian Jones: 'm not that greedy!" he smiled and said "But really, if you tell my dad I will murder you!"
Aurora: "Considering I'd get killed if my parents found out I'd skipped, let alone been on a pirate ship, I don't think me telling is a problem." They had been friends forever and had so many secrets together already. Why would she tell this one?
Killian Jones: He laughed, not sure why he had suddenly lost faith in her... she was teh one person that he could trust. "You're right. I think this secret is safe."
Aurora: "Like always," she grinned. "Now lets get back before we're both killed."
Killian Jones: "Fiiiinnneee..." he said. Usually he wouldn't want a spot on his amazing record, but he didn't care right then...who cared about grades? Certainly not him anymore.
Aurora: She laughed. "We did just kill your perfect attendance."
Killian Jones: "Like I care." he said, shrugging "But let's get back before I ruin my perfect not-being-hit-with-a-bel t record!"
Aurora: Her smile faltered a bit. He -always- cared about his attendance. Always been so proud to be the only one in class with perfect attendance. "Well...I guess there are more important things..." she muttered.
Killian Jones: "Yes. Yes there are." He looked rather broken, but he held it together before running to the class. The teacher was dumbfounded that Killian could possibly be late...
Aurora: Aurora ran in after him. It was less surprising to see her late as she had a tendency of oversleeping. "Sorry. We had to take care of...an errened for Mr. Jones..." Aurora covered lamely. She hoped the teacher would catch her drift and move on.
Killian Jones: "yeah...that..." said Killian. He was a horrible liar
Aurora: The teacher smiled kindly. "Of course. Just please take your seats now."
Killian Jones: Killian sat down, but he wasn't really paying attention. He put his feet up on the desk and played with a trinket instead of taking notes and paying attention
Aurora: Aurora looked at him with worry. Something was definitely wrong. Sure, he didn't get the best grades or anything, but Killian was usually just such a good student. She knew something was wrong. She knew it. After school ended Aurora ran to catch up with him. "Hey, want to walk home together?"
Killian Jones: "Sure." he said, still fidling with the gold coin. "What's up?"
Aurora: "I know you said you're fine," she started unsure, "but I know you're not."
Killian Jones: "Why wouldn't I be?" he said, going around the problem "I'm perfectly fine."
Aurora: "Killian. Stop," she grabbed his arm to make sure he had to stop walking. "Your mother just died. It's only natural you'd be upset. It's okay."
Killian Jones: "I'm fine." he hissed, a strange fire lighting his eyes.
Aurora: "Killian, I know you better than anyone, so I know you are not!" she huffed. Why was he lying to her? Sure, put on a brave face for everyone else, but she was his BEST FRIEND!
Killian Jones: he calmed down and tried to put his mask on again... but it wasn't easy this time, he wanted to scream at her that it didn't matter that he wasn't fine and that it was none of her business, but that wouldn't help anyone. He sighed "Look, AUrora, I'm fine, thanks for caring." then, since he knew that she would recognize his lie, he added "It won't be easy, but I'll be fine."
Killian Jones: however, the dark expression on his face wasn't reassuring "Yes, she's dead, but she's just somewhere else. I'm not grieving."
Aurora: She sighed. "And I think that's the problem. I know you don't want to talk now, but if you ever do, just know I'm here okay?" Then she did something that she really hoped she wouldn't regret later. She kissed her best friend lightly on the cheek.
Killian Jones: his eyes widened and he nodded, dumfounded "Uh-i'll talk to you later, Rora..." he said, walking off.
Aurora: "Okay," her voice was small. She had been so confused about this forever now. Did she like her best friend? Every other girl in their class sure did, and she had always maintained that they were -just frineds-. It bewildered her to think that they might be right.
Aurora: "Okay," her voice was small. She had been so confused about this forever now. Did she like her best friend? Every other girl in their class sure did, and she had always maintained that they were -just frineds-. It bewildered her to think that they might be right.
Killian Jones: Killian woke up the next day, but once again he didn't feel much like going to school... of course they would probably tell his father if he didn't, so he walked to school. He was a bit worried about what had happened with Aurora... if she could see through his mask, how many other people could. He decided that he had to distance himself... he didn't need friends. So when he saw her, he walked straight past her on the way to school.
Aurora: She felt her stomach drop when he kept going. She knew she shouldn't have kissed his cheek. She followed after him. "Killian. Killian! Stop! Killian, wait up!"
Killian Jones: Killian knew that he had to distance himself... so he just would talk to her like he would talk to anyone else. He stopped and waited for her before saying "Hello."
Aurora: "Killian, I'm sorry about yesterday. I just wasn't thinking when I kissed your cheek. Can we just move on and pretend it didn't happen?"
Killian Jones: he raised an eyebrow and began laughing. he shook his head "That-Aurora what!?"
Aurora: "I...I thought you were mad," she asked in confusion.
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Of course not." He couldn't tell her that he just wanted to go out and do a lot of things that he shouldn't, and so she couldn't see him like that. "Why would I be mad?''
Aurora: "I don't know," she blushed, "I just thought...Then why'd you walk past me?"
Killian Jones: "What, I can't walk past you?" he kept walking to class "I guess I've been acting weirder than I thought if that would shake you..."
Aurora: "You have..." She didn't tell him that she had spent almost the entire night previously worrying about him. Her, the girl who could sleep through an earthquake, couldn't sleep because of it.
Aurora: Jack was the worst student in school. Horrible really, always disrupting in class when she even bothered to show up. "Uh...alright..." Aurora said uncertainty. She knew that Jack had previously been a large annoyance to Killian.
Killian Jones: When they got to class, Killian sat right next to Jack. He knew that she found him attractive. Most of the girls in class did. And she wasn't half bad herself, so... this would be interesing.
Aurora: Jack smiled. Usually she hated guys like Killian, Mr. Do-good-er. But he intrigued her. One, he was hot, no doubt about that. And two, something just didn't seem right about him being all goody-two-shoes and hanging out with the resident princess who annoyed Jack to no end.
Killian Jones: "Hello Jack." he smiled at her seductively, which he knew aurora would catch... why he wanted to make her jealous he didn't know. He was definately off today, but he didnt' care. He didn't care about anything.
Aurora: Aurora raised her eyebrow. Well...this was new. "Hello," Jack purred back.
Killian Jones: "So, you see, we should have a drink sometime." he was NOT being a good-two-shoes at any rate... he'd never been much of a drinker, but what the hell?
Killian Jones: Jack raised an eyebrow. He was dressed differently today...dangerously. There was obiously something wrong-but Jack liked it "Didn't know you drinked, boy." she shrugged "Alright, let's see how much you can handle."
Aurora: "Uhh..." Aurora had no idea what was going on. Killian did not drink. Ever. Waaaat?
Killian Jones: "More than you I bet." he said, giving a crooked smile "But you know what, I'm not really enjoying this class, how about we go after this?"
Aurora: "You're ditching again?!" Aurora gasped.
Aurora: Jack raised an eyebrow and completely ignored Aurora, "I'm not sure what happened to you, Jones, but I like it."
Killian Jones: "Shut up." he hissed to Aurora, hoping that she didn't alert the teacher "It's not a big deal." He turned to Jack and shrugged "Well we'll have to see now won't we?"
Aurora: Aurora huffed in indignation. She did NOT like this one bit. "Fine, but you won't be copying my notes." She stormed away.
Killian Jones: "Didn't ask to, love." he rolled his eyes "Sometimes I wonder about her..."
Aurora: "Then why are you friends with a priss like that?" Jack asked.
Killian Jones: "Well I'm not anymore." he said, rolling his eyes "Don't really know why I ever was... you know what, let's just go, I'm not a fan of math."
Killian Jones: *history
Aurora: "Don't know why I even bothered showing up," Jack smiled and headed out of the school with him.
Killian Jones: "Me either." he said, shrugging "I need a drink, not school." they walked into the bar, and he was glad to find that his father was not there...that would be embarassing. He sat down and ordered some strong rum and let her order for herself.
Killian Jones: Hook was mildly drunk by the end of the date, but it had gone well. He'd flirted all through it, and unlike Aurora would have been, she wasn't afraid at all. However, on the way back home, he ran straight into aurora...
Aurora: "Hello," she said stiffly.
Killian Jones: the fact taht he was somewhat drunk didn't help try to ignore her. "Hey, princess." he said, wanting to just apologize and have her talk to him again...
Aurora: "Are you...actually drunk?" she gasped in disgust.
Killian Jones: "Not too much." he said, wondering why all of a sudden she hated him...yesterday she'd known that he was having problems, and she tried to help him through it. Today she acted like he was a different person...
Aurora: "Too much? Since when do -you- get drunk at all!" He was acting like a completely different person!
Killian Jones: "Since now apparently.'' he said "I'm going to go home...I'll see you tomorrow." he looked both pleading and angry at the same time which was very, very confusing...
Aurora: "Killian...I care about you, you're my best friend, of course I do. But I don't like this person you're turning into."
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Look, I'm trying to deal with this, Rora... I'll get it eventually..."
Aurora: "I know it's hard," her voice was soft, understanding, "but this isn't the way to go about it."
Killian Jones: "I know." he said, frowning "I'm trying, I am."
Aurora: "I know you are...I just don't want you to do something you'll regret." She kissed him on the cheek again, more comforting this time. "Be careful, please?"
Killian Jones: "Alright." he said, knowing that if he was sober he wouldn't make that promise. He hugged her and said "I'll try."
Aurora: "Thank you," she smiled up at him once they pulled away.
Killian Jones: he waved and regretfully began walking away. He really wasn't too drunk, but he was drunk enough to be noticable.
Aurora: Aurora on the other hand had now made the jump from worried to panicked. Something was completely wrong about this. She went straight to his father.
Killian Jones: his father opened the door and said "Oh hello, AUrora...Killian isn't home, yet."
Aurora: "I know. I just saw him. I was really needing to speak with you actually..."
Killian Jones: "Alright." he let her in "What is it?"
Aurora: "Have you noticed how Killian has been effected by...the death?" she needed to say it gently. This was this man's wife after all...
Killian Jones: he shook his head "No, other than the fact that he's been a little happier than normal...I thought he was just putting on a strong suit..."
Aurora: "Well he has...in a way...but it's something else too. You know Killan, always good in school. But now he's been skipping, not paying attention, and he even went drinking today. I'm so worried and I didn't know what else to do." She toyed with her necklace as she spoke, the very one Killian had given her off the pirate ship.
Killian Jones: "Drinking?" he sighed "Alright, where is he?"
Aurora: "Knowing him, I think he probably went to the docks. You know how he loves the sea."
Killian Jones: "Yeah, yeah..." he smiled silently "I didn't realized that he was hving such a hard time...I wish he could have talked to me. Alright, let's go." he stood up and started walking to the docks... everyone said that he hadn't come back and the last place they saw him was the dock, so they knew where they were going
Aurora: "I don't see him anywhere," Aurora's voice was oddly high pitched as she was trying desperately to keep the panic out of it.
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Neither do I... but he has to be somewhere, doesn't he?" his dad sounded desperate too... he couldn't have thrown himself over, would he?
Aurora: "You don't think...? No, of course not," Aurora had thought something along the same lines.
Killian Jones: "I don't know..." he said "He couldn't have left...we don't have a boat, and he couldn't have stolen them without a key...and we know that he didn't leave, so... what else could have happened?" he was frozen with fear. That was so unlike Killian...
Aurora: For once in her life, Aurora was speechless. No...
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Aurora, he's gone..."
Killian Jones
They had a funeral for Killian a few weeks later. Everyone was sure he was dead and no one more devastated than Aurora.
On the other hand, he erally hadn't thrown himself over. He'd just seen a piarate at the dock... he wasn't afraid at all, which might have been how this started "What would a pirate be doing in this district?" he asked him
Aurora: The pirate raised an eyebrow. Most kids his age wouldn't have the guts to come up and talk to him, let alone bluntly agknowledge he was a pirate. "What's a kid your age doing here? Shouldn't you be at school or something?"
Killian Jones: he shrugged "Probably should be. I dont' really care. Now I asked you a question, and you might be a pirate, but I still expect you to answer."
Aurora: Normally the pirate would have killed any man who would address him in such a way, but for some reason he liked this kid. "Few of my crew got eaten, need a few new members."
Killian Jones: "I see. Wouldn't want your crew to be eaten." he rolled hiis eyes "You won't find anyone around these parts... they're damn boring..."
Aurora: "Not sure. I might have found a good one. Can you sail, kid?"
Killian Jones: He thought about it for a second. Did he really want to leave? Yes. COuld he leave aurora? ...yes. He nodded "Of course."
Aurora: "Got anything keeping ya here?"
Killian Jones: "Not really." he said, his expression growing harder "Not anymore. And i'd never be one to resist an adventure."
Aurora: "Well then, if you want a spot on my crew, it's yours. It's not an easy job, but something tells me you can handle it, kid."
Killian Jones: he thought again, part of his mind trying to violently rebuke this offer. But instead, he said "Done."
Aurora: The pirate smiled. "Good. We were planing on heading out in about an hour, but if you need us to wait a day we can. That's all the time I can give you though."
Killian Jones: "No. If you're going now, I'll go." he pulled a coin out of his pocket and gave it to the pirate "And, I believe this is yours."
Aurora: He raised an eyebrow, "What do you know. You're that thief. Now I know I made a good decision, but ever steal from me again and I'll cut your limbs off... And what about the necklace?"
Killian Jones: "That one wasn't mind. Sorry, but I don't wear jewelry." he lied smoothly.
Killian Jones: "Oh-and if I was going to try to steal from you again, I wouldn't have given that back."
Aurora: "You're a mouthy little shit aren't you? Well...either you're not going to last long, or you'll be my first mate in no time."
Killian Jones: "Let's hope for the latter, then, eh?" he said "I'd rather not be dead, that'd be no fun." he gave a crooked smile... and that is how the story of captain hook begins. No one knows the story because he'll never tell it, but this is how it started, and that is how he left Aurora to the sleeping curse.
Aurora: Aurora on the other hand, which many did not know, had been under the sleeping curse twice in her life. The thirty year one the latter, the first, for hundreds of years, which was how even 200 years later when they found him, she still looked young. Frozen in time under two curses. Though when she did see Kilian again, now Hook, she didn't even recognize him.
Killian Jones: It turned out that Killian could handle himself just fine. But he'd gotten himself in moer trouble than he'd wanted and got into league with Cora. So now he was hiding under a few dead bodies. That was extremely fun...
Killian Jones: Then emma had tied him up to a tree, which was no ball. She kept asking him his name! Why did she care? "Killian Jones." he said, not completely lying.
Aurora: Aurora's breath caught. She hadn't heard that name in years. She had been walking away, but suddenly turned back and marched right up to him to where she was in his face. "Liar," she snarled fiercely.
Killian Jones: "I'm not lying, love." he said, winking "of course,the others here might know me by my more colorful moniker, Hook."
Killian Jones: "Captain Hook?" asked Emma, dumfounded
Killian Jones: "Ah, so you've heard of me!" he grinned at her...this couldn't be hook, he was so much different...
Aurora: "You are -not- Killian Jones," she growled, her death glare aimed straight at him.
Killian Jones: "And why is that, princess?" he asked smoothly
Aurora: "Because I know Killian Jones, and trust me, he's a better man than you!"
Killian Jones: Killian frowned "Then you don't know him very well. It's been a few years."
Killian Jones: "Wait, you two know each other?" asked Emma while snow just watched carfully
Aurora: "No because this is -not- Killian Jones. Killian Jones died almost 200 years ago!"
Killian Jones: "Wait, what did you think happened?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow
Aurora: "That's none of your business," she snapped.
Killian Jones: "Fine, whatever you say, but my death is probably just a bit my business."
Aurora: "Fine then," her tone had turned from angry to a cool detachment in the blink of an eye. "If you're Killian Jones as you say, then what was our first hour history teacher's name?"
Killian Jones: he shook his head "God, Rora, that is...I'm an old man I can't remember these things! It started with a B...mrs... BAKER!"
Aurora: Her jaw dropped. "It...Oh my gosh it is you! But...but how?"
Killian Jones: "Well, I lived in a realm where you never age." he shrugged "Waiting for a chance to..." he had to stop himself. He was used to telling her everything, but he wouldn't... not anymore.
Killian Jones: "Wait, let me get this straight!" said Emma "Sleeping Beauty and Captain Hook are childhood friends? Of coruse..."
Aurora: Aurora was studying him. He was just so...different. "Oh Killian, what happened to you?"
Killian Jones: he frowned "Well if you could untie me, maybe I would tell you a few stories...at the moment, I'm inclined to stay silent..." he glared at all of them
Killian Jones: "What is going on here?" asked Emma
Aurora: "That could be dangerous, Aurora," Snow spoke up.
Killian Jones: Hook sighed "oh yes, love, i'm VERY dangerous." he grinned at her "But I'm not going to hurt my friends...probably."
Aurora: "Who says we're friends anymore," Aurora said coldly. "We thought you were dead."
Killian Jones: "Well, I'm sorry for that, what did you think? That I killed myself?" he rolled his eyes "Maybe I would have ran off, but never would have killed myself!"
Killian Jones: "Snow!" hissed Emma "Do you know anything about this?"
Aurora: "...The pirates. That's it! You ran off with those pirates!" She ran her fingers over her necklace without realizing it, like she had the nervous habit of doing.
Aurora: "Not a thing," Snow answered.
Killian Jones: he stared at the necklace "You kept the necklace, hmm? And good guess! You always were the smart one."
Aurora: Her hand flew back to her side as if the necklace had burned her. "It doesn't mean anything. I just happened to be wearing it at the time of my curse."
Killian Jones: Mulan went to Aurora "Is he dangerous?"
Killian Jones: he rolled his eyes "Never said it did. Touchy, are we?"
Aurora: She bit her lip. Was he? "From what I can tell...no. He's not dangerous."
Killian Jones: Hook laughed "Yeah, not dangerous. So can you let me go now?"
Killian Jones: Emma looked at Snow "i'm not sure this is a good idea..."
Aurora
Snow nodded. "Me either."
Aurora spoke up, "May I speak with you two for a moment? Alone?"
Killian Jones: "That's probably a good idea." said Emma, walking with them so that Hook couldn't hear. "What's going on!?"
Aurora: "Emma, I just lost Phillip. About two hundred years ago I lost my best friend. Now I can have him back. Please untie him. If he tries anything do whatever you want with him, just let me have this one chance."
Killian Jones: Emma sighed and said "Alright...fine." she didn't like it, but he deserved a chance "But if he does anything I'm tying him up again!"
Killian Jones: she walked back to the tree and untied hook who grinned at her "Thank you, milady."
Aurora: Without missing a beat Aurora ran straight up to him for the second time that day, but this time was much different. She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "I missed you."
Killian Jones: "You too, princess." he broke away first "So how are you alive?"
Aurora: "Two sleeping curses. One lasted for over a hundred years. Froze me in a way."
Killian Jones: "You didn't get very lucky!" said Killian. His mind couldn't comprehend that she was here...but he had to get his revenge and she was not a piece in his puzzle. She didn't matter. "i got -very- lucky." lies...so many lies.
Aurora: She sighed. "So I see who won," but she seemed to have a deeper meaning.
Killian Jones: he licked his lips "Can't say I know what you mean...you got the better half as far as looks."
Aurora: "It seemed like you were two people, in a way. I see who won out," she explained solemnly.
Killian Jones: "I'm not sure if there was two people, I'm not that insane, love." he smiled "But it did take a while. I took your advice at first, you know."
Aurora: "You did?"
Killian Jones: "Yes. But it's hard to be careful in a pirate ship. I did try, but..." he trailed off
Aurora: She kissed him lightly on the cheek for the third time ever. "I'm just honestly glad your alive right now."
Killian Jones: he had grown a lot taller so he towered over her. Was he glad that he was alive? yes. He had to get his revenge. That was everything. "I'm honestly glad that I'm alive too."
Killian Jones: Mulan pulled Aurora aside "Aurora, Phillip died for you. You can't play with a dangerous man..."
Killian Jones: "He's a pirate. I've heard of his adventures, and none of them are free of blood."
Aurora: She tilted her head in confusion. "What does Phillip have anything to do with this?"
Killian Jones: "Phillip has everything to do with this." she shook her head "IF he kills you, then how Phillip died will be for nothing."
Aurora: "I know Killian's reputation. I also know he was my best friend. He's not going to hurt me."
Killian Jones: "If he does, then only know that I have warned you." she shook her head "He's a pirate, and not a good one at that."
Killian Jones: *take out not a
Aurora: "Thank you for your concern," Aurora nodded graciously. She smiled as she headed back to Killian.
Killian Jones: Killian was looking at something far away, dark concentration on his face. She'd only seen it one time before, but it was never a good sign. the last time was when he'd stolen from the pirate ship...
Aurora: "Oh no, something's wrong."
Killian Jones: he looked up "What?" he looked kind of like the boy that she knew, but his face grew foreign again after a few seconds. "Is something wrong?"
Aurora: "You just...got that look again..."
Killian Jones: "What look?" he raised an eyebrow "I believe that this is just my face princess."
Aurora: "It's...never mind." She decided to just change the subject, "You promised me a story."
Killian Jones: "DId I? What do you want to know, lass?"
Aurora: "Just...what happened to you? You're so...different. Heck, you're a -pirate-!"
Killian Jones: "Ah, well you're going to have to be more specific than that. Several things have happened in 200 years..."
Aurora: "I don't know! From one of the best students in class to a pirate captain? There has to be a story behind that. I guess start at the beginning, how did you fall in with pirates?"
Killian Jones: He shrugged "Well, after talking to you, I went to the docks and saw the pirates...and I joined. THat's how it started." he said quickly "And I soon became first mate. I suppose I was still grieving, and that would have been why it happened. Wanted to go away and have an adventure."
Aurora: "And why didn't you tell me? I was so worried..."
Killian Jones: "Well, they were leaving... they would have given me a day, but I figured a clean break was better."
Killian Jones: "And it was better if my father thought i had ran off than joined a pirate ship...he would have hated that."
Aurora: "Your father was a bit strict...But I think he would have been better off knowing you were alive."
Killian Jones: "Well, I didn't think that he would have thought i'd have killed myself." he said slowly "But it's still better. My name is quite known, and he need not know it."
Aurora: "So how did you become Captain? I mean aren't pirates rather...rough?"
Killian Jones: "They are. But I bidded my time. I never killed unless I was forced to, and it gained me respect. From then on I became first mate and the captain was killed..."
Aurora: "I've heard of you. Fearsome Captain Hook. I never once thought it would be you."
Killian Jones: he shrugged "Why would you?" he held out his hook "You could have never guessed."
Aurora: She gently ran her fingers over the smooth curve of the hook. "Your hand? What happened to it?"
Killian Jones: "Got cut off." he said, his eyes darkening into something frightening. It was no wonder he had such a reputation "Which is why I need to go to Emma's land."
Aurora: "Your hand's in another world?" she looked highly confused.
Killian Jones: "No, no, but I'm going to kill the person who did it." he hissed. "Who is in Emma's world. I'm going to skin myself a crocodile."
Aurora: "Kill?" she squeaked.
Killian Jones: "No, we're going to have a tickling fight, what do you think?"
Aurora: "It's just hard to think of you killing anyone I guess..."
Killian Jones: "Is it?" he stared at her "Is it, really? You've heard the stories, love."
Killian Jones: "I'm a pirate, princess. That means rum, stealing, and murder. You can't expect anything else just because you knew me when we were kids."
Aurora: "It's still strainge. When it's odd thinking of you as a pirate at all. Besides that one day where you stole from that ship, you didn't act anywhere near like that.."
Killian Jones: "Yes, well that day on the ship was the beginning of the end. After that point, I was broken enough to do whatever I had to."
Aurora: "Had to or wanted to?"
Killian Jones: "Depends on the situation. Everyone is a mix of light and darkness, and I had just enough darkness to tip me over the edge. Darkness isn't born, it's made. YOu can't expect me to be the same."
Aurora: "Well excuse me for not wanting someone who I care about to be a murderer! It takes a bit of getting use to, don't you think?"
Killian Jones: "You got used to me being dead, I don't think this is nearly as extreme."
Aurora: "You'd be surprised. I didn't have to talk to you when you were dead."
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Aurora, I'm glad to see you, but 200 years have changed you just as much as me."
Aurora: "Really?" she raised an eyebrow. "How?"
Killian Jones: "You're broken. You've loved and lost and that changes a person. I would know."
Aurora: "You know?"
Killian Jones: "Of course. Pirates don't live long, love."
Aurora: "Neither do princesses apparently, but yet we have."
Killian Jones: "So we have." he shook his head "If you can call this living."
Aurora: "I guess surviving is the better term. But there's still hope."
Killian Jones: "Is there? For what?"
Aurora: "For things to get better. The fact that my best friend is still alive after all this time is proof of that."
Killian Jones: "Yes, but i'm not your best friend." he said, leaning towards her "I have many lovers, but never friends."
Aurora: "You are my friend. You have always been my friend."
Aurora: Lovers? Him? Waaat? Aurora knew all the girls in class had been infatuated with him, but he had never payed it much mind.
Killian Jones: "WAs your friend." He said "as you said, I'm no the same person and I never will be. Dad said that exactly."
Killian Jones: Seeing her confused expression, he said "I did return to the town a few times, and one time he caught me. It wasn't a pleasant experience."
Aurora: "Ah. Why did you never come to see me?" She couldn't help but be a little hurt by this.
Killian Jones: "I might have, This particular time, we'd been taking a woman with us...no, no, not like that, she begged us to take her. Wanted to get away from her husband. But either way, he took it the wrong way. Had the encounter not gone that way, I might have come to see you."
Aurora: Her smile turned Cheshire, "So that's who it was. You said you knew how much losing love could change you, and now you just told me the who."
Killian Jones: he flushed white "You know, for someone who is still grieving, you're quite perceptive."
Aurora: "I haven't changed -that- much."
Killian Jones: "No, not -that- much." he pulled at an earing "If I didn't know you better I would say that you didn't even love the boy..."
Aurora: "What do you mean by that!" she huffed. Of course she loved Phillip!
Killian Jones: "I mean, when Milah... let's just say that she died for a second (instead of murdered) died, I lost it. You're just sitting here like normal. I sure as hell wasn't."
Aurora: "You think I didn't react? You think I'm -alright- right now? Just because I'm better at hiding it than you are does NOT mean I didn't love him. I did. Even the notion that I didn't is sickening! He -died- for me! Do you know what that's like? To have your true love die to protect you? It feels like it's your fault! Remember how I didn't want you to be a murderer? I almost was. I almost killed Snow because of it! I almost did something that I'm disgusted at because of it. Now tell me I didn't love him."
Killian Jones: he raised an eyebrow "You can't say what I have an haven't experienced, princess, but I'll leave you alone for now. The less you know the better." He seemed rather startled by her reaction, but he did admire her a bit more. he never knew that she had it in her...
Aurora: "Don't you even. I've been so sheltered all my life and look where it's gotten me. The -more- I know the better."
Killian Jones: "Alright, then. You're perceptive enough, why exactly do you think that I'm going to kill the crocodile? My hand, right? That's all you need to know. That i'm going to kill him, and you don't need to feel sorry for me and that's all my story ever does."
Aurora: "Oh, so he took both of your girlfriends."
Killian Jones: He laughed "No, not quite. Go to sleep, princess, you look like hell."
Aurora: "Really? After what I've been through you think I really want to sleep?"
Killian Jones: "No, but I think that you need to."
Killian Jones: when they were kids, she'd been able to fall asleep anywhere, this was strange...
Aurora: "Trust me, I don't. I hardly ever sleep anymore."
Killian Jones: "That explains a lot." he said "Sleeping curse, right? Nasty curse, but losing sleep over it won't help anyone. A good bit of rum would put you asleep, but I somehow thing that you would resist such a remedy."
Aurora: "Right now I'm not sure I'd care as long as it would let me sleep. Too many nightmares." It was still odd to see him drinking though.
Killian Jones: he nodded as if he understood. He pulled a bottle out of his pocket and popped off the cork with his teeth. After taking a good swig, he handed it to her.
Aurora: She took a small sip and spit it right back out. "That's awful!"
Killian Jones: he laughed "That was my initial reaction too. It's not about to break the curse, but it'll help you sleep."
Killian Jones: his laugh wasn't quite the same. What had used to be joy and hilarity was now rather dark and conniving. everything about him was different-everything. "And don't waste my rum, that is a waste, princess."
Aurora: "Sorry," she muttered. "I just didn't expect it would be that...awful."
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Most people don't. It's an acquired taste. And one that you don't have, obviously."
Aurora: "Yeah. Let me try again?"
Killian Jones: He handed it to her again "Of course, milady."
Aurora: She forced herself to down two drinks. Although it was gross, it did help her sleep. Her head was just fuzzy enough to hold off the nightmares for a couple hours. Though she did eventually wake up screaming.
Killian Jones: Killian, who hadn't been sleeping, rushed to her side at the same time as mulan. They gave each other annoyed looks but then awoke her. "Are you okay?" asked Mulan, while Hook just sat back down.
Aurora: "It's burning!" she yelled half between awake and asleep.
Killian Jones: He crouched next to her as Mulan looked around, not knowing what to do. "It's ok, you're fine now. You're fine..."
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Killian Jones: Mulan glared at her "No, she's not fine! She just lost Phillip! Of course she's not ok!"
Killian Jones: Killian rubbed her cheek with his thumb, looking very concentrated and young. As if he was studying a particularly difficult test. "I know."
Aurora: Aurora snapped back into reality with a jolt. She was shaking and couldn't control the tears from falling down her face in rivers. "It was burning! Everything was burning!" she cried as she clung to Hook for dear life.
Killian Jones: "Took you long enough." he muttered and said "Yes, yes that's the sleeping curse." he could have told her that it wasn't real, but that would be a lie
Aurora: "It was terrible! See? This is why I don't sleep! Don't make me go back there! Please!" She was still in a panic.
Killian Jones: "There are worse places than that room." he decided that he needed to calm her down "Love, did I ever tell you about neverland?"
Aurora: "No?" Her brain was so scrambled right now she didn't even register the fact that he knew about the room.
Killian Jones: "It was a place where no one ever aged. But it was beautiful...paradise, really. The grass was greener than a vibrant frog and the sky more beautiful than a singing bluebird." he had to stumble to find the right words "The only thing that plagued it was a small boy, not unlike myself in my day. His name was Peter Pan..."
Aurora: "Why was that a bother?" She was slightly calmer now. Starting to imagine the beauty of Neverland.
Killian Jones: he stroked her hair as Mulan watched him too carefully "Well, he was very much a bother, because -he-, first of all, was not as handsome as me, and secondly, because he hated pirates more than anything. He would fly around the ship trying to be a nuisance."
Aurora: "Oh yes, because looks are really just -that- important," she teased. "Why didn't he like pirates?"
Killian Jones: "Looks are the only reason I'm alive." he was glad that she was calming down, but now he had to finish the story "I'm not sure. But he definately made an act of following us around and stopping us from doing anything interesting. And he happened to like calling me codfish... which was more annoying than irksome."
Aurora: "Interesting?" she raised an eyebrow. "How did looks save your life? Almost get eaten by a shark but then he said 'oh wait, you're too hot to kill'?"
Killian Jones: he laughed "No, that only happened once. But one time I did get taken by a kingdom...it was while you were asleep, see, but your mom didn't care for pirates much...that is until she saw my beautiful face. She let me go while the king was bathing."
Killian Jones: of course, that wasn't true, but he couldn't help himself.
Aurora: "My mother died when I was two. How could you not remember that?"
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Not the point, little dove."
Aurora: She laughed, "My mother didn't die! Well, not when I was two anyway...But that still did -not- happen!"
Killian Jones: "No, you're right, it didn't, but it would have been a hell of a story."
Aurora: "I'm sure you have plenty of those. I don't think you need to make them up."
Killian Jones: he shrugged "True enough. But you're calm, so it worked."
Aurora: She smiled. "Thank you," she said softly.
Killian Jones: it was good to see her smile, but he had a quest and he wasn't going to abandon it. He had to remember his revenge. His eyes grew hard and he sat down next to her "Of course."
Aurora: Her eyebrows scrunched together in confusion at his sudden change. "Did I say something wrong?"
Killian Jones: "Of coures you haven't, love...there are a few things that you could do right, though..." he purred
Aurora: Her eyebrows shot to her hairline. "You're hitting on me...that's new...uh..."
Killian Jones: he shook his head with a crooked grin. He hit on everyone-it was funny to see someone recoil at it. No one ever said no to him...or anything bad, really. "It doesn't have to be."
Aurora: Aurora was completely at a loss. What could she possibly say? Her best friend who may not be her best friend anymore but still was sort of acting like it even though he was now a pirate...was hitting on her. "Uhhhh..."
Killian Jones: "That is most women's response as well. Though some have slightly better instincts..."
Aurora: "Really? Most women respond by wondering why their best friend is hitting on them?" she joked a bit awkwardly.
Killian Jones: This was too much fun...he hadn't had so much fun in a while! Neverland didn't have too many beauties... "Yes, that's exactly what I meant, Rora."
Aurora: She laughed. "I haven't been called that in years."
Killian Jones: "well, then obviously you haven't met the right people." he lowered his eyelids and said "Most pirates wouldn't bother to flirt, you know."
Aurora: "You're not most pirates. What would most pirates do then?"
Killian Jones: "Well... Let's just say that I'm a gentleman and they're not." He wasn't going to give her the gruesome details.
Aurora: "See? I knew it. Not even a pirates life could completely take the gentleman out of you," she said triumphantly.
Killian Jones: "I'm always a gentleman." he said in a deeper voice
Aurora: "And I'm a lady," her voice came out a bit breathy.
Killian Jones: "You always have been that." he stood up "Well, we are going to continue walking, are we not?"
Aurora: "What do you mean?" she inquired, yet stood up and began to follow him.
Killian Jones: "Well I assume that you weren't just here to find me. YOu must have been going somewhere."
Aurora: "Not the walking thing," she rolled her eyes, "The thing about me having always been a lady."
Killian Jones: "I mean, even when we broke into the pirate ship, your manners did not evade you."
Aurora: She raise an eyebrow. "Yes, because breaking into a pirate ship is just so classy."
Killian Jones: "Definately. No-but you thought that it wasn't right, that we shouldn't take anything, remember." he'd gotten much more attractive in his time. Even if his attrctiveness was in his roughness.
Aurora: "I don't really think that counts as ladylike. Just following the rules I guess." While Aurora had also become more attractive over the years, hers came more from her softness, although that softness did have an edge just below the surface.
Killian Jones: He admired her beauty for a second before saying "Let us wake the others then, love?"
Aurora: "Let's not. Let them sleep while they can, they'll awake soon anyway."
Killian Jones: "So they shall. What do you suppose we should do while we're waiting, then princess?" he asked suggestively.
Aurora: "What did you have in mind?" she asked a bit ironically.
Killian Jones: "Hmm, let's see." She was too damn innocent. It was really quite hilarious "I've got several things in mind actually."
Aurora: Unlike what he assumed, she knew -exactly- what he had in mind, but it was so fun to tease him. To play her part as the innocent little princess. "Oh?"
Killian Jones: he hit her upside the head playfully "You are no fun, princess."
Aurora: She dramatically gasped. "How dare you touch a princess in such a manner!"
Killian Jones: "Pirate, love, i've done a lot worse to a princess before... I'd say that you were much too pretty to take, but... oh, a pirate is always in search of beautiful things, is he not?"
Aurora: "So now I'm beautiful, am I?" she smiled a bit mischievously.
Killian Jones: "Oh, lass, you always have been...but age has done you far better than most.''
Aurora: "You as well. You don't look a day over one-fifty," she teased. "You know, if I didn't know any better I'd say you just admitted to a school boy crush."
Killian Jones: "Maybe, maybe not." he teased "But i'm not in school anymore."
Aurora: "But apparently I'm still beautiful." She loved this. Falling back into their banter. It reminded her of how they use to be, always teasing each other.
Killian Jones: "You know what would make you more beautiful?" he asked, pulling her forward with his hook.
Aurora: "What?" She didn't protest to the proximity. She didn't want to admit it, but she was kind of enjoying it. He -was- attractive. A little part of her was mad at herself for this so soon after Phillip, but she ignored that part. She should be happy again, and if a little harmless flirting was making her feel better, then why not?
Killian Jones: "Losing the clothes." he said, with a smirk, leaning closer to her face "Milady."
Aurora: "And you would just love to help me out of them, wouldn't you?" she breathed silkily and leaned closer herself.
Killian Jones: "Always." he breathed. The coal around his eyes, though was helpful to keep sun out of them, lined them just well enough that the blue was made bright. "But I don't think for a second that you would let me."
Aurora: "You know me well. Though you are doing one heck of a job at convincing me." Aurora? Aurora! That's more than harmless flirting! Her mind seemed to scream at her. She wasn't really listening at the moment.
Killian Jones: he lowered his eyelids as if staring at the ground "You wouldn't be the first to say so... If only..." if only he didn't have somewhere to be, somewhere to go, he would want to stay. If it weren't for the crocodile.
Aurora: "And that's exactly why I'm not going to be one at all," she smiled and pulled away easily. Or it looked easy, it was actually more difficult than she would have liked to admit.
Killian Jones: he grinned "You know, I always do like a challenge."
Aurora: "Yep. I remember because you always wanted all A's yet you never had the brains for it."
Killian Jones: he smirked ''not what I meant, princess. Maybe I was just...distracted."
Aurora: "Oh, by what? My flawless good looks?" she joked.
Killian Jones: "No, by Jack's" he said sarcastically "You know, what I ever saw in her I don't know. Though I suppose my mind wasn't quite on the right track..."
Aurora: "And I doubt it has been ever since, Mr. you-would-look-better-wi thout-clothes-on."
Killian Jones: "There is a very good chance of that, but at least I have good taste."
Aurora: "You have a point there. Too bad I can't be like you in that retrospect," Aurora laughed.
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Not everyone can be as amazing as me, love." He shrugged "Even you."
Aurora: "You're right. I'm not -as- amazing. I'm better."
Killian Jones: he shook his head "Want to test that?"
Aurora: "And how would we do that?"
Killian Jones: "Oh, you know, a little of this and that. You know what, I'll be imaginative, you tell me."
Aurora: "You could thoroughly inspect me then I'll return the favor?"
Killian Jones: he licked his lips "You're a tease, you know that?"
Aurora: "Yeah," she nodded. "And you love it."
Killian Jones: "I love a lot of things." he stared at her "You rank right under explicit women and gold."
Aurora: She laughed, "Hey, that's pretty high on the list."
Killian Jones: he shrugged "True, true. But you'll find that you can so easily move higher up the list..." he gave a crooked smile
Aurora: "Let me guess, by joining the 'explicit women' category?"
Killian Jones: he nodded "There we go! You do have brains!"
Aurora: "And apparently you don't. Either that or you don't know me too well."
Killian Jones: he shrugged "Never said I thought you would, I just said that you -could-." He wiggled his eyebrows "And ditto, love."
Aurora: "It's sad. I don't like not knowing you. Feels..strainge."
Killian Jones: "That's alright, lass, not many people do. You woudn't be the first to try."
Aurora: "Would I be the first to succeed?"
Killian Jones: "Nope." he whispered "But you'd be on a very short list."
Aurora: "Good. That means it is possible," she smiled smugly.
Killian Jones: he shrugged "Yes, but you won't like it much. Good luck."
Aurora: "Eh, I think that might surprise you."
Killian Jones: "Maybe, maybe it will. Now, if you look behind you, you'll see that Swan is waking up. If you could stop her from tying me up again i'd be appreciative."
Aurora: "Say please," Aurora smirked.
Killian Jones: he licked his bottom lip and said the magic word, then sat down next to Emma "Hello Swan, awake early, I see?" he was slightly tipsy from drinking teh night before, but not enough taht he failed to notice her beauty.
Aurora: "Hook?" she asked kind of groggy.
Killian Jones: Hook grinned "Hello, love! Awake yet? in this world, we are slaves to time. In other words, tick, tock."
Aurora: "You're not helping your case of not getting tied back up," Emma's voice reflected her irritation.
Killian Jones: "Aurora will protect me." he said jokinly "Won't you, lass?"
Aurora: "Not if you keep being annoying," she smiled.
Killian Jones: he frowned at her "I'm not being annoying! Now c'mon! Unless you don't want to get home!"
Aurora: Emma rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything. Aurora had a grin, "You haven't changed as much as you think, Killian."
Killian Jones: he mocked Emma's expression "and obviously, neither have you. Now let's go!" he'd never been a patient man and being a pirate had only fed that habit.
Aurora: "You yourself said that I had!" Aurora protested.
Killian Jones: "I said that you've changed, not that you're that different!" he said "AAANnyway." then realized how childish he sounded...what was he doing? It was as if he was trying to fit her image of him...interesting. "We need to find the compass before Cora does."
Aurora: Emma looked between them with a thoughtful expression. Aurora laughed, "Such a big, bad pirate."
Killian Jones: "Well you don't need to know about that part. As it is, Cora is something much more dangerous than any of us, and she will catch up to us eventually."
Aurora: "Yeah, for some reason you don't seem as dangerous as I thought," Emma commented, mostly to herself.
Killian Jones: "They never do." he said with a smirk
Aurora: "Let's just go," Emma was still half in her mind.
Killian Jones: he grinned "There we go! Now, Aurora, love, can you climb?"
Aurora: "...Why?"
Killian Jones: "Because I'm not going up with Mulan. No offence, but I think she might kill me... oh did I not explain? We're climbing a beanstock."
Aurora: "What?" all four women said at once
Killian Jones: "Yes, well I have a counter spell in my bag if you will untie my hands..." he winked at Emma "And my hook if you will."
Aurora: Emma turned to Aurora, "Sure we can trust him?" Aurora nodded after a split second's hesitation.
Killian Jones: Hook smiled "Of course you can, love."
Aurora: Emma pursed her lips in annoyance but reluctantly untied him, but still didn't return the hook.
Killian Jones: he noticed her hesitation to return his hook but decided not to push it. they had to trust him so that he could get the compass for cora. "Beautiful, now, you never answered my quesion, love, can you climb?"
Aurora: "I guess..." Aurora said, still uneasy.
Killian Jones: "Beautiful. As beautiful as your companions are, they very well might chop off my head if I turn the other way."
Aurora: "Yet you think I won't?" she raised an eyebrow, "That just might be your fatal mistake."
Killian Jones: "Oh, you won't kill me until I give you reason to, princess." he realized his mistake... until, not if...
Aurora: "Then don't give me a reason," she smiled.
Killian Jones: "I'll try my best. You know women, always willing to attack you for the strangest of things." he looked at Emma "I'm afraid I really must ask for my hook, I can't climb one-handed."
Aurora: "Fine," Emma replied begrudgingly, but returned his hook just the same. However she kept a much closer eye on him.
Killian Jones: he grinned and winked at her "THank you, milady." returning to the beanstock, he began climbing "Your first beanstock, hmm? You never forget your first."
Aurora: Aurora rolled her eyes, "I'm going to pretend I didn't catch the double meaning in that."
Killian Jones: "What?" he said innocently "I would never say such a thing! That would just be...disgraceful."
Aurora: "Because you didn't say worse last night, hmm?"
Killian Jones: "Definately not." he agreed as they got higher and higher. "Now, I might have failed to mention the giant."
Aurora: "The WHAT?!" Mulan, Snow, and Emma all heard twenty seconds later.
Killian Jones: "Ah... yes, the giant. There is one left. Now the real question may be: how do we get past it."
Aurora: "Well if you would have told me when we were on the ground we could have asked the others for help! I remember how your plans usually went..."
Killian Jones: "Yes well i've had a while to fix up my plan-making skills. How about this. I've got a sleeping potionthing and I'll distract him and you throw it in his faec?"
Aurora: "Oh yay. I get to get close to a giant's face. Your plan making hasn't improved much, Killian."
Killian Jones: he gave a thumbs up "You can tell me that when it fails." he jumped to the top "Ah...you cut yourself?"
Aurora: "Just a scrape," she said as she inspected a small gash on her arm.
Killian Jones: he frowned and pulled a bottle out of his pocket, pulling the cork out with his teeth. He poured it over her hand.
Aurora: "Ouch!" she jerked it back at the stinging sensation.
Killian Jones: He ripped a piece of fabric off of his clothes and wrapped it around her hand, pulling it with his teeth. "Now-you stand on that statue" he said while wrapping "And I'll get him to face you. When he does, throw this pouch at him.''
Aurora: "This seems about as good an idea as breaking into a pirate ship," she sighed.
Killian Jones: "Yes, but we didn't get caught that time either, did we?" he said, giving a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. His smiles never did anymore. They were empty.
Aurora: "I'll agree when you smile."
killian jones: he gave her a look but smiled. Again it was fake
Aurora: "Nope. Not good enough."
killian jones: he rolled his eyes "Do you want to get us killed? What do you want?"
Aurora: "I told you. I want you to smile. A -real- smile."
killian jones: "I just gave you a smile. Why do you want me to smile? Princesses..."
Aurora: "Because I need to know you're still in there somewhere. You always had the best smile and I want to see it again."
killian jones: "We don't have time for this." he said. He didn't know exactly what she wanted...
Aurora: "Then I'd hurry. You see, I'm a princess and we don't do well when we don't get what we want..." Which wasn't true at ALL, but when she had her mind set on something...okay, maybe just a hair true...But not a princess in general thing!
killian jones: he gave her a look of irritation, which was very real before saying "That's like asking you to REALLY laugh about something that isn't funny."
Aurora: She shrugged, "Then I'd find something to smile about quickly."
killian jones: Annoyed, he thought deeply, trying his best to think. He thought of Milah, when he first saw her and a small smile almost graced his lips, but as soon as that thought came up, her death did as well and a scowl came on before he could smile. "Look, let's just go."
Aurora: "Soooo close, but nope. Still not budging." She was adamant about this. She wanted this little glimpse of her friend, and darn it, she was going to get it!
killian jones: he glared at her "How about this, for the first time in your life-NO."
Aurora: "Oh, I've heard that several times in my life, but apparently you haven't. So, no. I'm not moving. If you want me to agree to your ridiculous plan, then agree to my ridiculous terms. "
killian jones: he took her by her shoulders and closed his eyes, imagining something later in Milah's history...nothing to do with the crocodile. He remebmered when he'd found some mermaids and...flirted with them. Oh the lecture he got. Back then it was very strange, but now it was funny. He smiled at her and opened his eyes. It was small, but it was a real smile at least.
Aurora: A huge smile burst across her face in return. Her best friend was still there somewhere. "Perfect," she touched her lips to the tip of his nose playfully. "See? That wasn't so hard, now was it?"
killian jones: "It's more difficult than you'd think. Now can we go or are you going to ask me to do something a little more...exotic?"
Aurora: "Do you want me to?" she purred, but was totally kidding.
killian jones: "You're a tease." he said "But any day when you mean it..."
Aurora: She laughed. "Maybe," she winked. Why was this so fun? She had never been like this before. But maybe because she just felt so comfortable around him thanks to their past?
killian jones: His face instantly sobered as if it was never flirtacious. "Alright, so love, get up on that statue..."
killian jones: None of his expressions were sincere anymore, but when the giant came out of his lair, he seemed rather frightened for a second before saying "HEY! YOU WANT TO KILL A HUMAN? HMM? WELL IM THE WORST HUMAN AROUND!''
Aurora: Right when the giant turned to the noise Aurora hit him right in the face with the sleeping dust. Lucky shot too, she couldn't even bair to look as she through it.
killian jones: the giant collapsed right on top of kilian. Of couse he was okay-a little smushed, but he couldn't get out for a second...
Aurora: Aurora ran right to him. "Killian? Killian! Are you alright?!"
killian jones: Killian crawled out of under the giant "Of course. You think I'd be bested by a giant?" he looked ruffled, but not entirely smooshed. "He won't be out for long, we'd better get going.
Aurora: She shook her head, "Only you."
killian jones: He didn't answer her and walked into the giants lair, his eyes shining with lust as he saw all of the gold...pirate...
Aurora: "Down boy. We're here for the compass, that's it."
killian jones: He sighed and put down the coins "You know, I bet we could take some back with us..."
Aurora: "No. What good would it do you anyway?"
killian jones: "Oh you can buy a lot of things with gold...Like rum..."
Aurora: "Which you have. Besides, where would you buy rum when no one's in the realm? Hmm?" She raised an eyebrow.
killian jones: "Oh I have my suppliers. You'd be surprised." He grinned falsely "And I don't have nearly enough rum, love."
Aurora: "If you had all the rum in the world somehow I don't think it would be enough. What happened to 'drinking makes you do stupid things'?"
killian jones: "Only if you can't hold your liquor." he said "And I do."
Aurora: "And how do you gain resistance? By drinking too much and doing stupid stuff."
killian jones: he shrugged "Yeah, but I don't have to worry about that now, do I? I'd have to drink a hell of a lot to get to that point now...''
Aurora: "Yes, but I'd like to know how you got to that point."
killian jones: "By being a pirate." he said "You sure do have a lot of questions."
Aurora: "And you sure don't have a lot of answers. You -despised- alcohol. What happened?"
killian jones: He tightened his jaw "Well I drank with Jack the one time, didn't I?" he avoided the question. That wasn't hers to know.
Aurora: "Well yes...but I kind of figured that would be a one time thing..." She knew she was onto something here. Dangerous territory.
killian jones: "Well, then you figured wrong." his flirtacious mask was gone for a second, but he soon grew fake again. "You can't be right about everything, love."
Aurora: "Stop," she said suddenly. "Stop being fake. Be real again."
killian jones: "Being fake? And you're the one to judge if I'm being real or not?"
Aurora: "Yep. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person alive who knows what the non-fake you is like. Or at least has met him."
killian jones: "Well, see, i'm not the same person, but that doesn't mean i'm pretending to be someone else." He rolled his eyes "Now look, the giant is going to wake up now."
Aurora: "Fine, let's go. But don't think you've completely escaped this conversation."
killian jones: "I wouldn't dare." he said, sighing. "Now-" the giant came tumbling through the door "Da**it!" he cursed "We need to find the compass, and quick!"
killian jones: A strange glint appeared in his eyes-a dangerous one and he said "Aurora, go over next to the gold. It'll only take a second."
Aurora: "Alright...?" her voice was uncertain, but she did as she was told anyway.
killian jones: He called the giant over to him, but as soon as he was close-killian jabbed him in the foot, as fast as lightning, sending him tumbling over a line, where a gate crashed over him. However, on teh giants way down, he hit a few boulders that came down on top of him.
killian jones: *of killian*
Aurora: "Killian!" She ran over to him and kept shouting his name. He had to be okay. He just had to be.
killian jones: he didn't answer, covered by boulders. The necklace was on the giant's neck
Aurora: Aurora glanced between the giant and Killian. Racing over to the giant she called, "If you help him I'll get you out of there!"
killian jones: "Why should i?" asked the giant stubbornly
Aurora: "Because you'll get free! Please just help me!"
killian jones: the giant stared at her "Why? You'll just kill me anyway."
Aurora: "Why would you automatically think that? We have no reason to."
killian jones: He nodded "I'll help you, but I don't think for a second that you will spare me."
Aurora: She raised her right hand, "I swear on my honor as a princess no harm shall become you."
killian jones: Once he was released, he lifted the boulders off of killian, revealing a slightly more crumpled man who was unconcious.
Aurora: "Oh my goodness!" Aurora gasped and rushed over to him, unsure of what to do.
killian jones: His eyes opened after a few moments and he struggled to sit up "How much did I drink?"
Aurora: Aurora let out a shaky, but relieved, laugh. "Nothing. You got hit by a rock...Actually, pretty similar circumstances now that I think about it."
killian jones: He nodded and looked at the giant, hostility growing in his icy eyes "I see we've found a truce. Look, we need the compass." (can you be the giant?)
Aurora: "And why would I give it to you," the giant crossed his arms in amusement, "I've already helped you more than I had to."
killian jones: "Because we've spared your life." he said "And because we need it. What use would a giant have for a magic compass?"
Aurora: "What would a pirate have use for a magic compass?"
killian jones: "For revenge." he said "There was a crocodile a long time ago who took my true love's heart and crushed it in his bare hands right in front of me and he deserves to pay for it."
killian jones: eventually, after a bit of coaxing from aurora, and blatant silence from killian, who should have never done any of the talking in the first place, the giant let them go. They'd been relieved and jumped down the beanstock as quickly as they could. Killian seemed relieved, but immediately put on his mask again, refusing to show any kind of emotion.
Aurora: "Well that was...different," she laughed. "I'm pretty sure only you could talk me into going up a beanstalk to meet a giant."
killian jones: "I could probably talk you into a lot of things, love. Want to test it?"
Aurora: "Do your worst," she smiled.
killian jones: He took some rum out of his pocket, unaware of their previous conversation. "Perhaps another day. I may be a pirate, but I do need sleep."
Aurora: "Wimp," she t