There Once was a Princess... (Hook x Reader)

Chapter 6

After walking a few hours, in a painful and awkward silence. Hook, breaks it,

"Up ahead. We'll find the compass just over the ridge."

Emma and Mary Margaret fall back, and so you start to slow down to join the conversation.

"Do you get the feeling he's leading us exactly where Cora wants us, that this whole thing is a trap?" Mary Margaret asks

"It's definitely a trap" Emma answers

"but— as long as we know it's a trap..." you comment

"We can stay one step ahead of them..." Mary Margaret continues.

"Exactly." You look into the distance and you see a beanstalk in the middle of a field.

~THAT BLOODY COMPASS BETTER NOT BE UP THERE~

"Let me guess... the compass is up there?"

"Oh, yea." Hook smirks

~OF COURSE, IT IS~

"So how do we... get to it?" Emma asks

"It's not the climb you need to worry about. It's the giant at the top." He tells her, plastering that stupid smirk on his face.

The 6 proceed onward. Before you know it, you're standing at the base of the stalk. You're looking up, just trying to estimate how tall it is. You've come to the undeniable conclusion that it's... tall. Emma is also shocked at its size,

"It's a little freakier than I remember from the story."

"Reminds me of death." Mulan states

~OMG NIIIIICCCCCCEEEEE~

"Encouraging" Mary Margaret utters

"Well, your compass awaits. Shall we?" Hook motions to the large clump of huge green vines in front of you.

"Wait. If these beans create portals, why not just pick one and go home? Why the compass?" Emma asks

~Hey... Emma using her brain twice in one day! Let's get it~

"Because there aren't any more beans. Whatever story you think you know, my dear, is most certainly wrong." He replies

"There was a guy named Jack and a cow and something about an evil giant with a treasure and a golden goose." Emma explains

"Or harp." You add

Hook turns from Emma to you and shuffles closer,

~Ew... stop that... back it up scruffy. You smell like dirt, booze and ugh, there's a hint of dead body in there too. blech.~

"Sounds like a lovely tale, but the truth's a little bit more gruesome. The giants grew the beans, but rather than use them for good, they used them to plunder all the lands. Jack was a man who fought a terrible war, defeating all but one of the evil giants. The beans were destroyed by the giants as they died. If they couldn't have their magic, then nobody could. It's really very bad form."

"Evil giants who made magical portal beans? Why doesn't anyone just go up and grow some more?" you ask

"Because one giant survived... the strongest and most terrible of them all. And we'll have to get past him to..."

"Get the magic compass"

"Indeed. The treasure remains, and amongst it is the compass. Now it will guide us to your land. Cora has the means to open a portal with the wardrobe ashes, but she can't find your land without the compass. Once we get it, steal the ashes from her, we're on our way."