𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝕻𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊

2

THE LITTLE GROUP of people was now standing in front of the giant bean stock.

"It's a little freakier then I remember from the story." The blonde said, Majo really needed to find out her name.

"Reminds me of death," Mulan replied.

"Encouraging." came Snow's reply.

Killian nodded, eyes still on the giant plant. "Well, your compass awaits. Shall we?"

"Wait. If these beans...create...portals, why not just pick one and go home? Why the compass?"

"Did she really just ask that?" Majo asked her Captain who's eyebrows just up as a slight smirk played on his lips. He pretended to be serious again, as he answered the blonde: "Because there aren't any more beans. Whatever story you think you know, my dear, is most certainly wrong."

"There was a guy named Jack and a cow and something about an evil giant with a treasure and a golden goose. Or harp."

Majo sent her a tight-lipped smile, "Sounds like a lovely piece of bullshit, but the truth's a little bit more gruesome. The giants grew the beans, but rather than use them for good, they used them to plunder all the lands. Jack was a man, or woman, who fought a terrible war, defeating all but one of the evil giants. The beans were destroyed by the giants as they died. If they couldn't have their magic, then nobody could. It's really bad form."

"Evil giants, who made magic portal beans? Why doesn't anyone just go up and grow some more?" the blonde in leather asked.

"Because one giant survived-" Killian told her. "-the strongest and most terrible of them all. And we'll have to get past him to-"

"-the magic compass." Snow finished.

"Indeed," Killian said, with a small smirk. "The treasure remains, and amongst it is the compass. Now it will guide us to your land. Cora has the means to open a portal with the wardrobe ashes, but she can't find your land without the compass. Once we get it, steal the ashes from her, and we're on our way."

Mulan looked at him doubtfully, "How do we know you're not just using us to get the compass for Cora?"

"Because you four are far safer company," Killian told the Asian woman. "Besides, Majo here doesn't like Cora and has waited for an opportunity to ditch her since we first met her. All we need is a ride back. We'll swear allegiance to whomever gets us there first. "

"Then we'd better start climbing." red-leather-jacket-girl said.

"Right. So..." Killian chuckled, "I failed to mention that the giant enchanted the beanstalk to repel intruders." he made hand gestures, with his tied up hands.

"All right, so how do we get up there?" the blonde asked.

"He got a counter spell from Cora," Majo explained, waving her hand and letting the ropes around Killian's hand fall of. The pirate promptly started to take off the patched up cloak and scarf he had used as a disguise, to reveal his typical leather clothing.

Killian held up his right hand and knocked on a black leather wristband he was wearing, which promptly glowed yellow with a whooshing tinkle. "I've got one more of these." he wiggled his fingers.

"Cora was to accompany us. So...which one of you for lovelies shall take her place?" Majo asked with a smirk.

Killian got out the second wristband and held it out with two fingers. "Go on. Fight it out. Don't be afraid to, you know," he made a little jump "really get into it." he smirked at the women.

*****

"Who's that?" Majo asked her current boyfriend, Benjamin, as she saw a soldier standing to the side, looking over the camp.