Now and Forever [Jefferson Hatter || OUAT || Mad Red #7]

Chapter 12

Flashback: Wish Realm...

Wish Captain Hook found his crew, laying around on the street, passed out drunk, he grabbed a pot and began to bang it with his hook, waking them all up, "Get up, your filthy bilge rats! Playtime's over. I need the Jolly Roger in ship-shape before we set sail, you have an hour," Wish Captain Hook said to his crew.

"Aye, Cap'n, but you haven't even told us where we're going yet," Wish Mr Smee said as he stood up.

"We are going to a land without magic, Wish Mr Smee and once the Wish Evil Queen casts her curse, I will finally get my revenge on the Dark One," Wish Captain Hook said.

"Actually," The Evil Queen walked up and the pirates looked at him, "You won't be going anywhere and neither will I," The Wish Evil Queen said.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't you be casting your curse?" Wish Captain  Hook asked her.

"Well, I would be. If that insipid Snow White and her Charmless Prince got Rose Red to stop me," The Wish Evil Queen said.

"How the bloody hell did they do that?" Wish Captain Hook asked her.

"She stole my magic and now they have locked away my sweet step-daughter," The Wish Evil Queen said.

"Snow White defeated the Evil Queen and the Light Queen? I did not see that coming," Wish Mr Smee said.

The Wish Evil Queen tried to choke Wish Mr Smee with magic, Wish Captain Hook leaned back, but nothing happened. She looked at her hands and whimpered at the loss of her magic. Wish Captain Hook and Wish Mr Smee looked at each other.

"That looks frustrating... Hang on," Wish Captain Hook looked at her, "If your curse isn't cast then my chance at revenge is lost, as well," Wish Captain Hook said.

"Perhaps. As it happens, I need a ship to take me away from this wretched land before they find me and also someone who can save my sweet Rose, bring her and her daughter to me. That's why I brought along this payment for passage on your ship," The Wish Evil Queen held up a folded piece of parchment, "It's a map to a tower in a distant realm. It holds magic strong enough to defeat an immortal," She turned and stepped away from the pirate captain as she fanned herself with the parchment, "Like your Crocodile," The Wish Evil Queen said.