A Pirate's Revenge (Peter Pan OUAT x Y/N Jones)

Chapter 22

Once we were back at camp, Snow tries to help Charming due to his little nick from the fight.

Snow- You sure you don't want me to take a look at that?

Charming- I was lucky. My jacket wasn't. Don't worry about it. I think we have bigger issues.

Snow and Charming walk over to Emma.

Snow- *to Emma* Don't let him shake your confidence. We've all had moments we thought we couldn't prevail.

Charming- She's right.

Emma- Guys, not now. Please. *walks away*

Charming- Emma, wait.

Snow holds Charming back. Charming nods his head in agreement with his wife. Snow approaches Emma and takes a seat next to her.

Snow- Please talk to me.

Emma- There's nothing to talk about. We had our chance and we lost... I lost.

Snow- Then we have to keep fighting.

Emma- You heard what Hook said. Pan is a demon.

Y/N- Not fully. *mumbles thinking of how he protected you during the fight*

Snow- And you are a...

Emma- What? A savior? Because if that were true, this map would have shown us the way already!

Snow receives a revelation.

Snow- Maybe who you think you are isn't who you really are.

Emma- What do you mean?

Snow- Sometimes we think we know ourselves, but we need a push to show us the reality. That boy with the knife... you stopped fighting him. Why?

Emma- 'Cause he was... just a boy.

Snow- No. There was something else. I saw it in your eyes. Why did you stop? *whispers* Why?

Emma- Because when I looked at his face, I saw me.

Snow- Go on.

Emma- That look in his eyes... *inhales sharply* the despair. I had it back when I was in the foster system. Just a lost girl who didn't matter and didn't think she ever would. A little girl who cried herself to sleep at night 'cause... *voice breaks* she wanted her parents so bad. And could never understand... why they gave her up.

Snow- And then you found us but it was too late.

Emma- It's just, on this island... I-I don't feel like *sniffles* a hero or savior. I just feel like what I've always been... An orphan.

Snow- Emma...

Emma- What?

Snow- *whispers* Look.

Emma gasps as the map appears on the parchment.

Emma- What happened?

Snow- You accepted who you are.

Emma- *exhales sharply* ...I'm sorry.

Snow- It's okay. It's the truth. You were an orphan. It's my job to change that.

Y/N- Everyone gather around.

Emma- The map is working. We know where Henry is.

Regina- Where?

Hook- Uh... We're here at the southern tip of the isle, in the middle of the Dark Jungle, and Pan's camp lies due north.

Emma- That's where he's keeping Henry.

Y/N- What are we waiting for? Let's go.

Hook- Well, the terrains are not easy. There will undoubtedly be some nasty impediments along the way.

Charming- We should prepare. We only made it out of our last encounter because Pan let us. We need a new plan.

Emma- Agreed. It's time we stop playing his game and he starts playing ours.

Regina- And if I disagree?

Emma- Go ahead, but I think you know our best chance is together.

Regina- You better be right.

Hook- Excellence show of patience, Luv. And that's what defeats a nasty little boy.

Emma- I hope so.

Hook takes out a bottle of rum.

Emma- Is rum your solution to everything?

Y/N- It's part of the pirate life.

Hook- Aye, and it certainly doesn't hurt. *takes a drink* Mmm. Hmm? *gestures the bottle to Emma. She grabs it and takes a drink* So just how did you unlock the map?

Emma- I did what Pan asked.

Hook- And just who are you, Swan?

Emma- Wouldn't you like to know? *hands the bottle of rum back*

Hook- Perhaps I would.

Emma walks away.

Y/N- Dad, please don't flirt in front of me.

Hook- I wasn't flirting.

Y/N- Dad!

Hook- Fine, I won't flirt in front of you.