𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 ★ 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 ⁷

•Chapter 2: Nautilus•

After using my magic to send the Merry Men a letter about the situation at hand, I teleport everyone onto the submarine to try and figure out exactly what's going on. As soon as we get onto the vehicle, we follow Killian, Aladdin, and Jasmine through the dark halls with Roland in my arms and Felix, Sam, Katherine, and Austin at my sides. Another silent moment passes between everyone before we end up in the control room of the machine. The first thing we see when we enter is a man giving orders to a line of men, one of which looks far too familiar for my liking.

"Who are these people?" the familiar crew member asks as the rest of them follow the captain our of the room.

"This is Jasmine, Aladdin, Felix, Katerine, Roland. And this is Everly and Sam, my adopted children, which makes them your niece and nephew," Killian says before turning to face us, "everyone, this is Liam. My younger brother."

"Wait, hang on. We have another uncle named Liam Jones?" I question, only to receive a nod in response from Killian before I let out a sign, "can my family tree get any weirder?"

"Sorry I can't stay and chat but the Kraken did some damage but I'll see you around later," Liam tells us as he makes his way out of the room. Once he's gone, I find myself looking back at Killian in confusion with more questions than ever before.

"A story for another time," he mutters when he sees the look on my face before turning his attention to Aladdin and Jasmine, "these two made a bloody mess of everything. Have you got any idea how rare a Kraken is?! I need its blood to get back to Emma! She's in danger! And now...now I've got no way of getting back home!"

"What kind of danger?" Sam says, causing his anger to fade before he looks over to me with a hint of concern in his eyes.

"Someone is after Emma. She kept having these visions of someone...uh," he hesitates for a moment before glancing at Roland then back to me, "hurting her. And I'm afraid that it could be coming true."

"So now we're all separated from home," Aladdin sighs.

"Do you have any idea who took yours?" Felix asks.

"We don't have a clue," Aladdin tells us at the same time Jasmine says, "Jafar."

"Wait. What?" the man in the genie outfit questions in confusion before turning his attention to the raven-haired woman next to him.

"It was...Jafar," the princess repeats.

"But you said with-"

"I know what I said. I should have told you the whole story, and I'm sorry."

"Sorry's not the half of it. If Jafar took Agrabah, why aren't we looking for Jafar?"   

"Because I can't face him again!" Jasmine shouts, causing the rest of us to exchange a look, knowing that this should probably be a private conversation, "he ripped away everything that I cared about. My home, my father, my people. So forgive me if I'm...afraid of him."

"He scares me, too," Aladdin sighs.

"It doesn't matter. We can't find Jafar any more than we can find Agrabah."

"Actually. That's not quite true, love," Killian tells her, "Jafar, he's a man with revenge in his heart, yes? Well, on this ship," he pauses before he goes to pick up a box on the other side of the room then places it on the table in front of us. "We have something to find such a man."

Once the device is placed in front of us, we all gather around the table to see an object that looks like a giant compass that spins out of control, bringing a small smile to Roland's face.

"What about getting back to Storybrooke?" Katherine asks.

"This is my way back," the pirate captain says before casting his eyes over to us as a smile forms on his face, "our way back if that's what you'd like."