It's a Pirate's Life for Smee

Yes, she’d promised Mulan she wouldn’t stray…or stray -far-. Perhaps she’d even promised to just collect a bit of firewood and return a few moments later to their little campsite…but Aurora hadn’t expected for there to be a patch of wildflowers in the clearing. They were so rare in the Sands that the blooms drew her in like a moth to a flame, plucking one from the earth to sample its sweet aroma. It was only then that she heard a twig snap underfoot somewhere behind her, and she spun to search the trees about. “…Hello…?” She called, her heart racing. She should’ve gone back to camp…

A woman's voice. William froze, not knowing what to do. A moment's thought. The woman might think he was a deer or something, or worse think he was an ogre or a robber and then try to attack him. "Hello to you, Miss," he said, nervously. He moved a little, trying to get a glimpse of the woman.

Emma startled when she saw the rat scurrying along the side of the buildings. Among everything else that they had, they really didn’t need rats too. “Shoo.” She nudged her foot towards the rat when it squeaked, trying to keep her distance.

Smee started to tremble. So this was how he was going to die. Rumplestiltskin was a cruel man, and he hoped that his Captain skinned him alive... even if he didn't find out what had become of his right hand man.  

Maleficent held her hand against her forehead in irritation.  One would think banishment would come with a bit more privacy.  As her eyes adjusted to the light, she spotted an unfamiliar man dressed in what appeared to be pirate garb.  Pirates?  All the way out here in the middle of nowhere? “Who in Hell’s name goes there?” she called to the man.

If this woman had been trapped here, it must have been for a reason. "No one," he said nervously. He wished he were still a rat so he could scurry out of the way. No one ever noticed a rat!

*squeaks in alarm and scurries away*

It had taken William some time to find his Captain, but as someone who had once traded in hard to find objects, tracking down a pirate wasn't exceptionally hard. It seemed as though the pirate had left town for a bit, something that Smee himself now had the ability to do, no thanks to the Dark One. Sure enough, his Captain was exactly where William had thought he would be. "But he did, Captain," confessed the pirate, "though it seems as though magic works differently in this world. As you can see, I'm no longer a rat." It hadn't been particularly pleasant, and Smee planned to do all he could to avoid becoming one again.

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