The Story Untold: The Pirate & The Princess

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Hook

One of my all time favorite chapters of the story.. Hope you guys enjoy!

I touch the wheel of The Jolly Roger again, in what felt like forever, meanwhile in reality it has only been a year, possibly two. I make sure everyone is comfortable in their temporary rooms. The rooms on my boat are much more comfortable than the ones in the prison, much more homeier. I realize that my crew is awaiting my orders on what to do.

“Mates, prepare for bumpy seas,” I order across the boat, for my crew to hear me.

“Captain! Where is our heading?” Smee asks.

“The Enchanted Forest…” I say, trying to decide on how to play this out. The Dwarves: Grumpy, Happy, Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, etc, probably want to come home. I throw a bean to open up a portal into The Enchanted Forest. We go through a tunnel of water heading us there.

The land seems much more lonely, as if it was awaiting the people to return to it. Keira comes up and asks whose stop it is.

“It’s the Seven Dwarves. Doc, Dopey, you know. All of those. It’s their homeland. They deserve to be back home,” I say. She nods and goes to get them.

“Weigh Anchor! Allow the Dwarves to see their homes,” I order. By the time they all come up, they're all looking around. Grumpy actually has a smile on his face.

“Thank you, Pirate. I can’t believe it. You ACTUALLY got us here, to our home,” Grumpy says. I smile and nod, even though I’m deeply thinking about Swan, and her reaction to leaving the boat, my only home I’ve known for a very long time. The Dwarves leave, and Ruby comes up to me.

“Hook.. I need to talk to you about something..” Ruby says.

“Fire away,” I say, looking at her.

“Thank you, for helping all of us come back to our homes. I also need advice, on what to do,” Ruby says. I raise an eyebrow in confusion.

“What makes you think I’m a good advice giver? That’s not the matter though. What do you need advice on?” I say.

“Should I stay here in  The Enchanted Forest living a lonely life, or should I stay with Micah, even though he’s from a different Realm? The choices are: Stay with Home, or Follow your heart,” Ruby says, explaining her situation. I frown. What I would have done in the past was staying with home, but now, I’d choose my heart, My Swan.

“For me personally, if you were to ask me that two years ago, I’d gone with staying home. However.. I’m starting to doubt myself in what choice to make. I’m sure your family will understand if you choose to follow your heart. True Love is always worth the risk, I may not know it very well, but, that is what I would choose. So, my advice would be to follow your heart,” I say.

“Thank you so much! You helped me make my decision!” Ruby says, tears in her eyes, while giving me a random hug.

“Uh… Glad I could help?” I say utterly confused, crinkling my nose in confusion, and my eyebrow raised in confusion. I have my arms out, because she surprised me with the hug, and I’m only allowed to hug Emma. Ruby finally realises me and I smile, but I have to focus on steering the boat, and I have to give the order raise the anchor.

“Common mates! Raise the Anchor, so we can be on our way,” I order my crew. I help them raise the anchor. The Crew gives me a strange look, and I go back to the wheel, steering it in the direction of The Royal Palace of The Charming Family, the stop I dread the most, because I know I will never be able to see my Swan again, they will close the gates to me.

“Charmings..” I mumble to Keira, as she nods to go get them.

“Thank you, Hook. Very nice of you to do that,” Snow White says.