A Little Faith

Chapter 10

Harry had to swallow the pleasurable sounds that were threatening to come out of him as he took a firm hold of the ship's wheel. His own ship, the Jolly Roger. He took so much pride in her and this would be the first time in a while that he'll be able to be the captain on her decks. Uma now took two things from him; his title as Captain Harry Hook and his fairy. Two things too much in his opinion. Anyone with brains between their ears would know better than to steal a pirate's treasure and booty. Uma knew that and she was calling him out. Harry didn't have a doubt that Uma wanted something out of this, there were many reasons for her to kidnap Terry. Maybe she wanted to use Terry as bait to lure him into her trap, to get back at him for throwing his loyalty with the royals, maybe she knew Mal and her VKs would tag along and planned the revenge for them instead or maybe she wanted to trade Terry for some powerful magic relic like she wanted to do with Ben a few months ago?

Whatever her wicked reason, Harry was prepared for anything her slimy tentacles will throw at him.

The ship was quiet as they sailed on the course Queen Ariel gave them. She even sent two orca whales ahead of the Jolly Roger to show them the way, however, she refused to accompany the rescue team herself, because of the unforgivable things Ursula did to her once. Harry couldn't care less. He would've gone on this mission all by himself if he had to. All he wanted to do was to save Terry and promise her he'll be good for the rest of his life. He thought about her as the waves broke against the ship, the salty ocean spray hitting his face. A week ago he would've been ecstatic to sail the seas with the wind in his hair and the sea in his nose. Now none of that mattered.

"You okay, dude?" Gil joined him at the wheel with a worried expression.

Gil rarely wore anything else on his face than a goofy grin or smile, sometimes a confused, more idiotic smile when someone said something he didn't understand. Seeing him all serious and worried, as if he understood what was at stake here made Harry feel slightly less alone, knowing that his best friend cared.

"Do you like Wanda?" Harry responded with another question.

Gil's frown disappeared when hearing her name and his eyes immediately went on a search for her on deck, lighting up when spotting her, "Like is not the word. Does love count?"

Harry frowned, not knowing Gil could come up with such an answer, "What would you do if she was in danger?"

Gil licked his lips while thinking, "Probably something that would get me sent back to the Isle. Why?"

Harry's expression darkened as he looked Gil dead in the eyes, "I know what I'm going to do to Uma when I get close to her. Don't you dare stop me."

Gil swallowed a bit too loud and slowly shifted away from Harry. He has never seen his friend like this in all the years they knew each other. Not even Ben made him this furious when they kidnapped him. He realized that his friend was out for blood and wouldn't be satisfied until Uma was served in the form of calamari with chips on the side.

"Harry, we have a problem." Chelsea said as she, Wanda and Phoebe marched up the stairs of the poop deck.

"A BIG problem." Wanda and Phoebe repeated in unison.

Harry handed the wheel to Gil and focused on them, "Share."

Chelsea pointed at the course ahead of them, "It's getting colder and a few mountains of ice have drifted past the ship in the last half hour. We're heading somewhere where it's cold and probably frozen all over."

"Terry's wings aren't made for the cold." Phoebe said when seeing Harry was lost, "Wherever she is, if the temperature drops too low, her wings will freeze and break. She will never be able to fly again."