Full Sail Ahead [Harry Hook X Reader]

Aftermath

An aesthetic picture for this part because I can't find a gif - I know this is Huma, but replace Uma with (y/n) for the sake of it! Hope you enjoy this part :)

Your POV

Time Skip 5 mins... 

I gasped for air and sprang upright as I felt my consciousness returning. Suffocated, I feel suffocated.

"Harry?"

"(Y/N)?" We were on the couch, still in the lounge apparently.

"Did I pass out after the spell?"

"Yes, yes you did. (Y/N), who am I?"

I laughed. What an odd question Harry. "You're Harry Hook, my uhh..-"

"It is you!" He pulled me into a hug. "You're back."

"I wasn't aware I went anywhere." I hugged him back, confused. "What happened after we got back, Harry?"

He wiped tears from his eyes. "(Y/N), I was scared to death. You lost your memory."

"What, I don't remember..?"

"Stop - you're never allowed to say those words again. Say anything you'd like, but please, not that you don't remember."

"I forgot you?" I was still processing the absurd information.

"You passed out right after we got back. Twenty minutes later you woke - but with a memory of nothing but your name." Harry must've gone crazy - I must've been scared! Waking up in a room with a random guy and no memories? Unnerving... spooky.

"Really? All that joking around with you before, saying things like I'd never be able to forget your eyes, no matter what... - I really forgot you?"

"You forgot everything, and were acting completely out of character! It was a nightmare." He sighed. "(Y/N), it's too dangerous. What we just pulled off, what we just did - it was risky and completely ill-advised. Imagine if you never came back... just because we were playing with a spellbook that shouldn't even be in the hands of anyone!"

"Please let's not talk about this anymore, my head's all clouded." I looked at him. "But something keeps replaying in my head, clear as day. We need to talk about that."

"I couldn't imagine where to start."

"Did you get on the Roger in time?"

"You know the answer, princess."

"Is it our fault? We delayed our families - and I never paid the price for it, you did."

"It's... It'll break us if we blame ourselves. We couldn't have known, we were children! And even if we had gotten away, the other "villains" didn't."

"So it's not us who should feel guilty, it's--"

"The monsters behind it all."

'Did you find out who's doing - who did - this?" It's hard to think of this as something that happened in the past - just seeing it now, it feels so recent.

"No. But it seemed like they were counting on us to remember what happened - why us? We were children!"

"Because a memory wipe took place, and I don't think it spared anyone - but if my mom had her way, we would be spared. She was counting on them discluding children our age, and younger probably, so that one day it would come back."

"But (y/n), things don't just come back like this - I think there's something key that we haven't thought of. What's the reason for it coming back in dreams... why wouldn't we remember what happened right after it happened?"

"Maybe it was some sort of half spell - one that did erase, or cloud, our memories, but could be lifted with the right... with the right catalyst? No that doesn't sound right..."

We sat in silence for a while, pondering the possibilities.

"Wait a minute! Harry, do you remember what we overheard the Elders saying back in Motunui?"

"In Motunui? No, not really, I admit."

"The mist - we broke their weird mist, and this lady said something about the mist "protecting"! What if that was the initiator, the thing that broke the spell?"

"And since then it's been a chain of events - a snowball effect with everything unravelling quicker and quicker! Come to think of it, the "odd occurrences" only began after returning from Motunui - after the mist had been breached! Your dreams, my dream..."

"The mysterious message - beware the past! Or King Adam's irritations, completely out of character, and right the next day! And not to mention, Johnny only first noticed Ruby after we got back - he'd been in Auradon months without ever giving her a second look!" I slowed down. "On the topic of Johnny..."

"(Y/N), I don't know what we can do about Johnny."

"Same here, it's not like we can just tell him! But he needs to find out somehow."

"Before we're too hasty, we need to think it through completely. Do you understand how detrimental something like this could be to Johnny? It's one thing to imagine his parents were careless villains - but to think they were some of the highest up royals? Think about the life he was robbed of! We know how hard his childhood was, and the idea of the Rider family living happily in Corona at the same time? It's almost too much for me to bear."

"We need to find a way for Johnny to realize this himself - we can't rob him of the life he could have with his family now! He'll need to see it himself. We won't tell him what we're guessing, we'll let him conclude what he wishes from the memory."

"The memory? No, (y/n) - you can't do that."

"There's no better way."

"Can you imagine what would happen to you if you did exactly what you did with me today a second time?! Who says you'd ever get your memory back after that kind of burnout! Who says you'll keep it now - what if this is your last "lucid episode" before you completely succumb to amnesia?! I can't lose you again!"

"Harry, take a deep breath. I won't fall back into that - remember, as much as my bracelet can tire me, it also protects me. I don't think it would let me do more than I'm capable of."

"Still, this isn't up for discussion right now. We have to be careful playing around with forces we know nothing about."

"Fine. Either way, with a cast lasting so long, I doubt I'd be able to use any magic for the next week at least." I took Harry's hand and decided to change the subject. "Harry, I've been meaning to tell you this since we got back, but wasn't sure how to bring it up. Your mom... she was brilliant."

He was surprised by my mention of her. "She was, wasn't she? I never thought I'd see her again, but doing so made me realize how much I need her. And father, how much he needs her. Oh, how much he's changed since she..."

"Your father was different, so much happier, just like in the stories you would tell me of your childhood. Just the way he would say Maria made me want to melt."

"Maria - he loved her, just as he loved her name. You know what it means, right?"

"The seas? In Latin."

"Exactly, but Father loved to translate it differently - he'd say her name ought to be "of the seas" or "from the seas" because that's where he found her."

"That's beautiful."

"Have I ever told you what happened to Mum?"

We'll see some background on Maria next part, and also some cute Harry X (y/n) moments! 

Thank you for your comments, votes, and general support on this story - I appreciate it! 

Comment your favourite "side" character in this story (or from "Shiver Me Timbers") - so basically anyone apart from Harry or (y/n) - I'm curious to see what you'll say! -->

It's really hard for me to decide, but I have a particular soft spot for Johnny! (And Maya, I love her :))

Bye!