Black Heart {OUAT fanfiction}

Part 15

The Jolly Roger was finally on the seas again. Joe on the wheel. With me right beside him. Cal helping the rest of the new crew.

I know all about the Black Bloods since I am the leader of the group... It happened long after I killed the black bloods on the ship.

Joe can't find out. Not yet. He was the one who helped me rise from my inner darkness, he helped me fight it. Yet, I'm back at the same place again and he wouldn't want to be around me any day longer. Which I totally understand though...

As we get farther and farther away from the mainland, the skies get darker and the seas get quieter. Until it's still. There is no wind, no sun, no lights anywhere. Like we're on a cursed sea. I look around the ship, everyone falls silent. The ship stops moving.

"What's happening, Rose?" Cal asks as I walk down the small stairs that lead to the deck. "Some sort of curse or what?"

"Does it look like I'm a genius to you?" I roll my eyes at him and study the seas.

"Mermaids? A curse? What is this?" He asks once again.

"Can you just shut up already!" I yell at him. "If you wanna know what the hell is going on then you need to fucking let me do my job!"

"Okay, Okay. That's enough ladies." Joe pulls me back in a sudden move. "Whatever is going on, it's certainly not right. We all know that, but yelling and fighting won't make anything change." I yank my arm away from him and walk back to the edge of the ship to study the seas.

"She's been on this ship the longest, she should know what to do! She should know what we're dealing with." I turn around to Cal and hold my dagger against his throat.

"Wanna end up like your brother? The one I killed on my ship years ago?" I push the dagger a little further, drawing a small line of blood. "What was his name again? Warren?"

"You bitch! I knew I couldn't trust you!" He struggles in my arms but that only makes my dagger dig into his skin deeper. drawing more blood. Joe yanks me away from him, not realizing I'm holding a dagger. I slid Cal's throat and he falls down. His blood spraying all over the place., staining our clothes.

"Fuck." Joe mumbles. "Now what? We lost him."

"He was one of the most important people on this ship, we have to find the others..." One of his friends, men or puppies said. I look at him, 'The Others.' Now it's time for explaining...

"The others? Who are they? What's going on." Joe asks confused.

"Captain? He doesn't know?" I shake my head ever so slightly. "Then we should start explaining. If he doesn't know, there is no way this can work." I nod slightly at my crew and turn to Joe.

"Ever heard of the Black Bloods?" I ask, and he just gives me a nod. "I can't say I created them, but I lead them from now on. Actually since the moment I killed those Black Bloods on my ship..." I slowly explain to him. "You are now surrounded by Black Bloods." He slowly takes a step back as the rest of the crew steps out of the darkness.

"You can't be serious."

"I am. I know you've helped me to take down my inner darkness, but it never really went away. Once you give into the darkness you can never be light. I am so sorry Joe, I should have told you this before..."

"What about the others?" He asks. Like he's understanding now.

"This isn't it, this isn't the whole black army. There's a list we need to find and need to follow. We can create an army, find a cure and do whatever more. We're powerful in secret, no one knows their abilities, neither do I. But we have to find that out."

"Let me guess, I am not one of them?"

"You'll never be." He nods. "With the list and the right people, we can take down the person we hate most. The creator of this mess."

"And who or what is that?"

"Regina Mills, The Evil Queen of the Enchanted Forest."

We're still strapped on the still waters but managed to make the ship move again. But the seas where creepily quiet. The crew didn't work, they watched the seas instead.

I took my place again beside Joe. I tried to look into the distance but it was too dark to see a thing.

Suddenly, out of nowhere there is a small light, and we could hear a lullaby. Or something like that, I'm not quite sure anymore.

"What shall we do with the cursed Pirate, what shall we do with the cursed Pirate, what shall we do with the cursed Pirate." It echoed over the seas. Everyone on the ship followed the small light passing the ship. It terrified me. I haven't seen such a thing ever in my life, this didn't mean anything good.

"Prepare for battle." I yelled over my crew. "Load the canons. Keep your guns out and loaded. Danger's ahead." They all rushed over the deck to load guns, load canons and whatever else they could find.

The light got bigger and brighter. A ship. It came closer and closer, really slowly. Like it didn't want any battle, or they were suffering from the same as we.

"Hold fire." I informed and walked to the railing of the ship. Looking at the ship who's going to pass us. But she stops. So does our ship. I lock eyes with the Captain. Since the eyes practically glow. I can't tell who he or she is, I can't see it in this darkness.

"Ms. Felicia. We meet again." He speaks with a thick British accent. No one has ever called me that. Only one person in this world has...

Some people act so strong for us, that we often forget how fragile they are